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PAGE SIX. ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 11)04. USED MINES ON THE JAPS Assailants' Assault on Liao Yang Is Rendered Difficult by Explosives. ALL THE ATTACKS REPULSED winter. inl put Irt" fhfW fr prno. kkai civ-. I'.ivo, :s i.w;:; u.o wUU U are coming In daily how that the year is to be one of distinct achievement ana that the work l proreslnR every where with important advance in American forestry. These experts. In covering their various territories, are sealous missionaries In the cause they serve, for wherever their work carries them the iurpo-e of forestry. Its meth ods, and Its Incalculable Importance tc the general welfare are understood, ap preciated, and applied as never before. SHORT STORIES. After Beating: Oil the Japanese: the Kussians Evacuated The Fortifications and lte j treated. ! St. Petersburg. Sept. 5. A dispatch to the Official. Messenger tiled ac Muk den on Sunday says: The bombardment cf Liao Yang, which commenced last Thursday, con tinued Friday and Saturday. On these days the forts surrounding the town withstood the heavy Are of artillery and a brilliant assault by the Jap anese Infantry. All the attacks were repulsed, mines playing an important part In the discomfiture of the assail ants. Nevertheless the Liao Yang for tifications are finally evacuated and the remainder cf reverse supplies de stroyed by fire. During the three days' bomoardineut the railway station and suburbs of the Chinese town suffered the most. The later was abandoned by its Inhabitants after the town was ablaze in many places. To the east In the neighborhood of Yental station and the coal mines there was hot fighting on Friday and Sat urday. Both sides, according to latest information, were quiet. On Saturday trains from Mukden went south as far as Yentai. Improved Rural Mail Service. St. Louis, Sept. 5. One of the Inter esting features of the United States government building at the St. Louis Rabbi Hirsch of Chicago was riding in a crowded street car and rose to surrender iiis seat to a lady. Before she could take it a young man plumped himself into it. The rabbi looked at him in disgusted silence. ' What's the matter?" demanded the man. "What yen glarin' at me for? Yeh look as If yea'd liXe Jo eat inc." "I foibidd;'!i to eat you," answered the rabbi, "1 am a Jew," A lively looking poiter stood on the rear platform of a sleeping car In the Pennsylvania station w.ien u fussy and choleric old man clambered up the steps. He stopped at the door, puffed for a moment and then turned to the young man In uniform. "Porter," he said, "I'm going to St. Louis to the fair. I want to be well taken care of. I pay for it. Do you understand?" "Yes. sir, but" "Never mind any 'buts.' You listen to what I say. Keep the train boys away from me. Dust me off whenever I want you to. Give me an extra i'liinket, and If there ts any one In the Vtlh over me, slide him in to an other. I want you to" "Hut say, boss, 1" "Youn,5 man, when I'm giving in structions I prefer to do the talking myself. You do as I say. Here Is a two dollar bill. I want to get the good of It. Not a word, sir." The train was starting. The porter The World's Greatest Skin Humour. Affects Every Age and Condition. The Only Sure Cure is Cuticura. If there were not another external skin disease known, eciema would be a sufficient Infliction on mauklnd. It per vades all classes, and descends Impar tially through generations. While some are constantly enveloped In it, others have it confined to small patches la the ears, on the scalp, on the breast, on the palms of the hands, on the limbs, etc, but everywhere Its distinctive feature Is a small watery blister, which discbarges an acrid fluid, causing heat, Inflamma tion, and Intense Itching, scaling and crusting. 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World's fair visitors find tiiese mutoseopes equal to a show, and there Is always a crowd viewing the pictures. Bureau of Forestry Field Work. In addition to its force engaged in forest reserve work, the bureau of for estry has this summer 116 skilled men In the field. Of these 8, scattered In 26 states, are studying commercial trees, making working plans for wood lots and forests, and gathering data Invaluable for the proper management of wooded odeas. The remaining 48 experts, divided among 10 other states, are studying means of. replacing the .Joreet on lands from which it has been denuded, making planting plans for tracts to be forested, and planting In the western forest reserves. The data they will gather will be worked over and condensed by the office force this pocketed the bill with a grin, and swung himself to tlie ground. "All right, boss:" he shouted. "You can do the talking if you want to. 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