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The Washington times., 1904-05-07
SOUGHT FORTUNE
AND FOUND DEATH
Village CObbler UrOssed Sea
for inheritance.
WAS KILLED IN MARSEILLES
Dying, Sent Message to Wife il Mount
icy, Pa, Who Has Sworn
Revenge.

MOUNT JOY. Pa, May death By
the knife OF an assassin awaited Jacob
Large. who was known here as Daddy
the Ccbbler," at the end of his journey
overseas TO claim a fortune of S200, 600
To which he fell heir not long ago.
Large lived only long enough TO obtain
a portion OF his inheritance. when he
was attacked and robbed at Marseilles.
France. dying soon after in a hospital
in that city.
This is the news that came to Mrs.
Large today from patient in the hos
pftal, to whom Large confided his iden-
tity and told his story just previous to
his death, asking that the news be con-
veyed to his wife.
Mrs. Larye's informant gave his name
as Heinrich Shultz. He wrote that Large
was brought into the hospital April 20
suffering with stab wounds. He lived
only a few hours.
Told Story in Hospital.
To Shultz. who. like Large, is a Ger
man. and the only one in the institution
who could understand his talk. Large
detailed the circumstances of the as
sault.
After leaving Mount Joy five weeks
81 LII Z jun Ell lESL 10 t1SllDIuIIl,
Germany. Before he went he had been
informed that estates worth 500, 900 We're
awaiting him. They were the properties
Of his uncles, Wilhelm Large and John
Large, in France. and his grandfather,
Wilhelm Large, of Elsers, Germany.
At Heilbrunn large sum of money
was turned over 10 Large by the Ger
man government There he was pro-
vided with a draft on bankers in Mar
seilles for another portion Of his in
heriIance.
LuTed to His Death.
When he reached Marseilles. Large
told Shultz. he was accompanied by a
man whose acquaintance he had made
on the trip. This man, having learned
the secret Of the old man. offered to
guide Large TO a hotel and aid him in
carrying his luggage.
Taking advantage of Larye's unfamH-
iarity with the city, the man Iured him
into an alley and stabbed him. The
murderer robbed him of all OF his mcn-
ey and fed
Large was sixty years old. He cob
bled shoes here for a long time antI
was a familiar character in the town
Mrs Large Will take steps TO hunt down
the murderer of her husband
She does not know how much of his
inheritance had been transferred TO
Large in cash. and is therefore ignor-
ant Of the ana unit that was gained hS-
his assassin.
The Washington times., 1904-05-07
BLOCK ROAD WITH CHAINS.

EGG HARBOR, n. J.. May THE po-
lice Of the city VIII stop fast automo-
billing or wreck a few benzine buggies
in the attempt. They have decided to
stretch heavy chains across the roads
at intervals. They will be thick enough
10 stop the sturdiest automobile.
The Washington times., 1904-05-07
PACIFIC AND ORIENTAL
TRADING COMPANY FAILS

MANILA. May THE Pacific AMI
Oriental Trading Company. one of the
larE est houses in Manila. has annouiic-
e. its suspe nsion. No cause is given
"he company has been acting as
agents for the Studebaker Company.
the large American manufacturing
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CRACKSMEN DYNAMITE
WYNC0TE P0STOFFICE

PHILADELPHIA, May = Robbers
early this morning dynamited the safe
in the Dostoffice at Wyncote. Pa. near
this city. According 10 the postal in
spectors, nothing was stolen
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NO Authority TO BURY.

BALTIMORE. May because the
district board of health and the Anne
Arundel county commissioners neglected
TO appoint sGbregisters to issue burial
permits, no legal interment can take
place there this month.
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CHURCH NOTICES.

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 18th and
II SITS NV; Rev. Samuel H. Greene.
ID, pastor-Sunday school. $50 am
W, ;. snaIlenberger, superintendent
pm. the pastor. Teachers Bible
Ciub, Thursday, Z pm; Church PRAYER
meeting, pm; Young Peoples PRAYER
meeting tuesday, pm. All cordially
ii-1Ileo 1t
FIFTH BAPTIST CHURCH. e st sw
tween 9th and 9TH SITS; Rev c. G.
Ieador, ID, paStOr-The Rev I eVyiS M
roper, ID. D., pastor of the First Bap-
tlst church Of Spartanburg. S. c. win
preach at II am and 7:45 pm. and at
mass meeting for men ut pm. sub
Ject. The Ira gedy OF a Life" Juniors
at pm; B. Y. p. L. ut I pm Tho
ordinance OF baptism Will be admins
tered during the evening service. 1t
LEXINGTON PRES YTERIA
CHURCH. North Capitol and O SITS
PREACHING by pastor. Dr. w. TaIiaferro
thompson, II am and pm Sabbath
school, $3.50 pm. Christian Endeavor, 7
pm. Seats free. Strangers welcome :
1t
CHRISTIAN sCIENCE-First Church
OF hrist Scientist, 18th and r SITS NV.
Service Sunday II am. and pm. Sub
J1ct, Mortals and Immortals." Sunday
5chOOl: Y m; Wednesday, s D. m. Public
cordially invited. All seats free. Free
re3dlng rooms IN the Bond Building. IT
sPIRITUALIsM- II. NJ. Nolan.
81 500 ST. NV, Will hold religious
services at Spanish War Veterans Hall
l9 9Th St NV. Sunday evening. 7:30,
Silver collection. 1t
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
CHURCH, 1907 G St nw.-Services IL
A. m and pm. Subject Of morning
lecture. by Bishop OLIVER c. SABIN
For God Hath Not Given Us the Spirit
CT Fear. but OF Power. and OF Love. and
Of a Sound Mind. Evening service
testimonial meeting. Quiz meeting. Wed
hesday evening. pm. Hall centrally
located; seats comfortable. free: all cor
daily invited. 1t
COLORED EVANGELICAL CHRTs-
TIAN SCIENCE CHURCH-At Odd Eel
lows Hall, on NJ 81. NV, between 18th
and 18th SITS. at pm, Elder ROLAND
=. HAZARD viii deliver a lecture on
the subject of Divine Healing" AM
invited 1t
W. ]. COLLVILLE will give four lee
lures at parlors OF 1880 18th ST NV, COM
menclng Sunday. May S. 3 and 7:30 p. n
Monday. same hours. All invited TO re-
ceive the knowledge given through this
man, as all so well know. 1t
SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCI
ENLIST. Hall 1902 14th St nw-Services
Sunday II am; subject, "MOrtaIs and
ImmOrtals. Sunday school y m;
Wednesday. s pm. Reading room. Trad
sylvania ave. II
NORTH CAPITOL METHODIST EPIs
COPAL CHURCH corner North Canf.o,
and X SITS; Rev Harold w Rider. pas
tor-Public worship. II am. and pm.
Preachlng by the pastor. Sunday school
$50 a m Epwcrth League, pm.
ap30myI. l4,21
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JAPS' LANDING AT PI-TSU-WO
A MASTERLY STROKE OF WAR

least. if not to destroy. his communion
lions with Mukden.
This viii throw him back upon the
mountains. every pass in Which IS
known 10 his enemies. while they may
be held by insurgent Manchurians. only
too glad 70 reap the spoils of a defeat
ed army"
The Washington times., 1904-05-07
WANTS BURIED MEASURE.

AUSTIN. Texas. May 7-Ignacio Mar
tinez Valeasco, of Madrid. Spain, has
written to the Government authorities
Of the state of Sinaloa. Mexico. that sew
eral years ago he left Mexico hurriediy
and buried 1.000.0 900 franc pieces near
Chamela. in that state. He asks that
the money be recovered and sent to him
The Washington times., 1904-05-07
CHEERS
HIS GARRISON

ST. PETERSBURG. May IA tele-
gram received today from Port Arthur
contains an order issued by General
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THEY ARE GOING FAST
NAV RE V0T-D 7 cTS CIl

THEY ARE GOING FAST
MAY BE YOUR LAST CHANCEi
WE HAVE THE CHEAPEST LOTS IN
Washington. They adjoin Columbia
Heights. Meet US Sunday, May S. ar
Brightwood ave. and Harvard ST. NV.
and see them. Price $500 and upward.
Terms, SIS cash, $40 per month. Free
deed in case of death. Office hours. s
to $50. Only 81 lots. Must be sold to
close an estate. HOWARD F. JOHN
SON & CO., 1901 c. ST. NV. myG-tf
LET NOTHING KEEP YOU FROM AT
tending the sale of choice lots adjoining
Columbia Heights, Brightwood ave. and
st: chance of d lifetime; they
are going fast: lots. $500 and upward IS
cash, so per month; free deed in case Of
death; Sunday. May 8. may be the last
opportunity to see these lots; they must
be sold to close an estate. HOWARD r.
& CO. 1G01 G ST. NV. my6-tf
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN the pub
lie that | will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by Lillian A. Russell
my Wife ANDREW RUSSELL
IT
The Washington times., 1904-05-07

NORTH CAPITOL METHODIST. EPIS.
COPAL CHURCH. corner North Capitoi
and X SITS; Rev. Harold w. Rider. pas
tor-Public worship. II am and pm.
Preaching by the pastor. Sunday school
$50 am Epwcrth League, pm.
ap30myT.142I
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SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST. SOC
ENLIST. Hall 1902 14th st. nw.-Services
Sunday II am; subject "Morta!s and
ImmOrtals." Sunday school y m
Wednesday. s pm. Reading room. Trad
ers Bank Building, 10th ST. and Penn
sylvania ave. IL
The Washington times., 1904-05-07

W. j. COLLVILLE will give four lee
lures at parlors of 1880 18th 81. NV. com
mencing Sunday. May S. 3 and 7:3O %. m:
same hours. All invited TO re-
ceive the knowledge given through this
man, as all so well know. II
The Washington times., 1904-05-07

ECKINGTON PRE- BYTERIAN
CHURCH, North Capitol and O sts.-
PREACHING by pastor. DR.. w. Taiiaferro
thompson. II am. and pm. Sabbath
$50 pm. Christian Endeavor, Z
pm. Seats free. Strangers welcome :
It
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10

In the Japan Of thirty years ago all
classes except the officials adhered
strictly to the old dress Of Japan. 1t
was as much the exception then to see
a man wearing his hair in the Euro
pean fashion as it is now to see the
shaved front Of the head with the
carefully tended cue lying upon it. The
government, however, red hot with
Western notions, not only insisted that
all officials should appear with heads
like backing brushes, and their bodies
arrayed in Western evening dress, but,
in order to encourage the fashion
among the country people, erected at
the entrance of every considerable vii
lage a board displaying tailor's pat
terms of coats, waistcoats, and trou-
sers, every stitch and every seam III
it's place, which the local tailors were
often to be seen copying with stern
eXactitude into notebooks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10

at any service or ceremonial. BY no
means may they be present where
prayer Is going on. Even at a bear
feast the women must take back seat
and content themselves with such
crumbs of food and drops of sake" or
rice wine, as the men may condescend
to give them.
The existence of the Ainu women
thus being one of such trial, privation,
sorrow and hard work, it is not strange
that they usually have downtrodden,
hopeless look. They have neither joy
in the present life nor bright hopes for
the life to come. Their whole time and
thought are given to the necessary
drudgery Of everyday life. A woman
may do all she can, and yet receive
neither thanks nor encouragem from
her husband. 1t is little wonder. then.
that many of these women overcome
by the troubles and worries of such an
existence, regard life as a burden and
sorrow and give way to despair. Many.
thus tired Of living, die by their own
hand. Hanging is their favorite meth
cd of suicide.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10
Fifty Years a Clerk.

A few weeks ago Wall street bank
clerk celebrated the completion of the
fiftieth year of his service in the en-
ploy of single bank and the papers
singled it out as matter of note that
an American had been content to serve
one master for fifty years. And it was
a matter of note. We printed some
little time ago a striking little article
on Americans as Cutters" Those
were men of brains and energy who
quit when their job was done in order
to go higher up and do a better Job,
better still. But most of us are more
fitted to clerk it than to organize, and
what is energy in ADLER men is often
just plain restlessness among the rank
and file. TO serve one master we'll
for fifty years is an achievement. It
ought to be made distinctively an
American One.-Leslie's Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10
TREATED LIKE BEASTS.
The Lot of the Aim Woman In Japan
Is Miserable One.


The Ainu people, the aborignes of
Japan, are a strange hairy race living
iE YeZO, the northernmost island Of
the Japanese group. Their origin and
past history are lost in obscurity; they
are rapidly becoming extinct, the few
thousands surviving to-day being but
the remnant Of a once numerous ma
ton extending all over Japan in pre-
historic times.
The Ainu women are treated as in
ferior beings by the men. Their whole
life is prolonged drudgery. They are
regarded as slaves.
In the spring the women. both old
and young. crawl out of their sleeping
places in the small hours of the morn
ing, eat a hasty meal of cold vegeta BILE
stew, with perhaps morsel of I'M
cooked dried fish by way Of relish,
shoulder their tools and proceed to
work in their gardens. They dig up the
soil and SOW the seeds, returning to
their huts at sunset only to partake
of another meal like that of the morn.
ing, and again lie down to sleep.
In the winter, especially during No
vember and December the women as
sist the men to net and spear the large
salmon which are found in the rivers
about this time. After this the main
stock Of wood for winter fires has to be
cut and split, dragged or carried home
and stored away. Then the millet must
be pounded, the beans and peas shelled
and thousand and one other little
things attended to. Thus, you see, the
Ainu women is little more than the
abject slave of man.
One might imagine that when the
Ainu woman's' lot is so hard and la.
borious out of doors, she must surely
lead an easier life at home and there
find rest and a little comfort. But this
is not so. Even in the house she must
do what little cooking there is to be
done-they have no servant problem
and she must also attend to the clean
ing, smoking and drying Of fish, must
keep the fire going and the water tank
full, must look after the children. pay
attention to the husbands wants and
see to the making and mending of
clothes.
Polytheism being the religion of this
strange people, they have innumerable
gods, but the women have little or 10
religious solace in all their cares. In
the opinion of the men, woman is
rot capable of learning anything about
a god. She is held to be such an in
ferior being that the gods take no
: thought or care about her. The Ainu
widows are particularly unfortunate,
for their presence is barely tolerated
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10
NEW ALLOY INVENTED.
Valuable Discovery Made by a Ger
man Physicist.

Invar, an alloy which when heated
contracts instead of expanding, has re-
Gently been invented by DR.. Guillaune,
the physicist, says the Frankfort
News. 1t consists of nickel and steel,
therefore Of two metals which each for
itself expands rather considerably in
heat. Correct measurements have,
however, shown that DR.. Guillaune has
really produced alloys which when
heated expand even less than marble
or wood and when slightly changed in
their composition even contract when
heated. Proportions Of compositions
OF alloys have been found so that they
neither expand nor contract, but re-
main the same in all degrees of heat.
The Importance of this invention is
extraordinary. For scientific, as we'll
rs for practical purposes, measuring in
struments of invar, as the inventor
calls the new alloy, will render most
superior service. Already objects for
tropical surveys have been made Of it.
Such measurements always suffered
from certain Inaccuracies owing to the
expansion Of the metals in the heat
and required numerous remeasure-
ments. Measuring sticks for laborato-
ries, as well as for official gauging, are
also to be made of this new alloy.
DR.. Guillaune has made a special al
10y to correct the unrest Of naval chro-
pometers by the medium defect Of
temperature. Such chronometer, re-
Gently tested at the observatory Of
Kew, near London, had a deviation Of
only .18 Of second day, and for an
increase Of temperature Of / degree
Fahrenheit each the deviation was
only .004 Of a second day more That
pendulums Of invar, therefore, must
excel by their Interchangeable and even
swings is self-evident and the tests
made at the same observatory have
demonstrated that even in differences
of temperature Of IS degrees Gel SIM
pie pendulums Of invar rods showed
only a deviation Of 2 Of second a
day. It has to be added that these
pendulums had no equalizing attach
ments, but consisted only Of rods. With
these examples the number of uses Of
invar is certainly not at az exhausted
and undoubtedly many more will yet
be found.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10
PRONE TO SEE GHOSTS.
Negro Is Superstitious to Degree
Anecdotc TO Prove This.

AnecdOtc to Prove This.
Negroes are naturally afraid of
ghosts and / suppose it will be good
long time before they outgrow certain
primitive inheritances which made
them firm believers in the existence of
such things" said writer in the New
Orleans Times-Democrat 1.-THE Negro
will naturally shy around the dead
house and the graveyard. And if there
is any chance in the world to see a
ghost OF to conjure up a ghost story
you may depend Oh the negro to do it.
But there Is somewhat of the real in
the story have in mind. There was
a certain old black nanny in my
neighborhood and she was thoroughly
devoted to a certain family. She had
known the husband and father Of the
house all his life-was a servant in
fact, in the home of his father before
and after the war. He was good to
her and she could find in him all the
virtues of the old man. He took sick
She was with him all during his sick
ness. lie died.
'She still remained in the room and
would not leave even during the time
the body was being prepared for the
grave. A sheet had been pulled over
the body, and the old woman at the
moment was the only person in the
room. She was keeping a silent watch.
Suddenly the sheet moved, as II TIE
dead man had pulled up one of bis
arms in order to shift his position. She
never remained in the room to see
what was going to happen. She russ
ed out Of the house and went to tie
place next door, where she declared
her young master was not dead, and
that he had come to life. OF course
it was all quite natural The move
ment she had observed was merely
the contraction of a muscle, thing
which frequently happens. But you
could not convince her of the truth of
the matter. She still looks upon the
whole thing as Il manifestation of life
returned. Curiously enough, she could
not be persuaded to enter the house
again after that time, nor would she
attend the funeral Of the man to whom
she had been devoted during all of his
life Superstitution is curious thing.
isn't it?'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10

Drink a glass of water when you get
out of bed in the morning. Never mind
the size of the glass. Let the water be
cold if you will. Some people pre-
scribe hot water, but that isn't neces-
sary. You may have washed your
face already and relished the expert
ence. You may have taken cold
plunge into the tub and delighted in
the shock and it's reaction. The brisk
use of the tooth brush has left your
mouth clean and the breath sweet.
But you are dirty still. Drink a glass
of cold water and enjoy the sensation
of being clean inside. All that is
luxurious in the cold bath cleansing
the outside is artificial. That which
should prompt the glass of water after
sleeping is natural AS a test tell the
9-year-old protestant against his morn
ing scrub Of cold water that he may
escape it by drinking half pint Of the
fluid. He will jump at the opportun-
ity. Sleep has drawn upon the water
in the blood, and the instinct of the
animal, under natural conditions, is to
replenish the circulatory system and
distend the blood vessels anew. The
food in the stomach which had SO
much to do toward inducing sleep has
disappeared, leaving mucous sub
stance in the alimentary canals. Yet
man would wash his face and leave
these half-clogged canals to the duties
: of another day. Drink glass of cold
water in the name of cleanliness. 1t
becomes one Of the shortest and east
est of toilet duties. It Is swallowed
in a second and in five minutes has
passed from the stomach, taking with
it the clogging secretions Of the ali
mentary tracts. 1t has left behind
the stimulus that goes with cold water,
and, by filling the arterial system to
the normal, it puts a spur to the cir
culation that has grown sluggish in
the night. 1t is one Of the greatest
awakeners and one Of natures own
stimulants. Drink a glass of water
before breakfast, another before
luncheon, and another before dinner.
Water is the best, cheapest and pleas
ATTEST medicine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10

Young men nowadays are inclined to
the opinion that the opportunities for
making fortunes are not as great as
they were half or even a quarter of
a century ago. AS q matter Of fact,
there is plenty of evidence that the
avenues to fortunes are as unobstruct-
ed now as they ever were. Indeed, the
demand for men who are capable and
reliable is now greater than ever be-
fore, and where there is such a de-
mand there are opportunities for max
ing fortunes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10
UNBREAKABLE TABLE WARE.
Belgian Manufacturer Discovers New
Way to Make Dishes.

Belgian Manufacturer Discovers New
Way to Make Dishes.
James G. McNally, United States
Consul at Liege, Belgium, writes to the
Department of Commerce and Labor
of the manufacture in that city Of a
hardened crystal dish, which in APP
pearance closely resembles fine trans
lucent china Of uniform shape and
manufacture, says the New York Post.
The resisting power of this ware is due
to a special hardening process and to
the quality and nature of the crystal
used. 1t not only successfully resists
the usual wear and tear, but is almost
proof against breakage.
The resistance to shocks and sudden
changes of temperature of this product
is remarkable indeed. A hardened crys-
tai dish can be substituted for ham,
mer in driving nails into wood, while
the same ware can be put into boiling
water at high degree, then plunged
into ice water repeatedly, without the
least noticeable damage to the dish or
plate. 1t is known that set Of this
dishware has been in use in family
there for ten years, and, with the ex-
ception Of few unusual local accl-
dents, the set presents the same fresh
appearance as when it came from the
factory.
The consul has seen plates Of the
usual form, of this hardened ware,
hurled to the stone floor Of ware
house and go bounding along the whole
length of the building without suffer
ing the least damage. The same firm
makes glassware of the same CORE
spending resistance. The color OF the
hardened crystal ware is Of a blue
white and not Of the pure whiteness
of the porcelain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-10
COWS THAT WEAR GLASSES.
A SPECIALIZED BOVINE.

Cattle with spectacles are to be seen
on the Russian steppes. The steppes
are covered with snow more than six
months of the year. The COWS subsist
on the tufts of grass which grow
above the snow, and the rays of the
sun on the snow are so dazzling as to
cause blindness. TO obviate this smoke
colored spectacles are placed upon the
cattle. These spectacles are great
success and are worn by 10000 cattle,
which 10 longer suffer from the snow
Kindness