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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-25
Berth for General Roeser.

Washington. March 24.-President Roosevelt recently appointed General Rosser, who was the youngest Briga- dier General in the Confederate army
 postmaster at Charlottesville, Va. At the time the appointment was made 1t was intimated that a better position might be provided for General Rosser in the near future. It is understood now he will be nominated United States Mar ,shaI for the Western District of vir- ginia on the expiration of the term of the present incumbent S. Brown Allen.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-25

extra session 1t Is believed the Presi- dent will advise legislation on both the tariff and railroad rates.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-25

Have you all really quit nghtino the Yankeesr' asked Molly.
 Yes" said John. we've let up on lem. But, blame their hides, if theG don't behave. we'll lick 'em again.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02

what ought to be said next, another
comrade stood on his feet and said:
I didn't steal the chickens, but 1 help
ed eat them, and 1 am keen to swear
they were very good. But as to chok-
ing them out of anybody, that can't
be done, because, don't you see, they
were eaten twenty-five years ago.
while we were in the rear of
the boys learned good deal about
baking. They made what they called
outdoor ovens by digging holes in the
side of bank or hill. They would
build fires in the holes, and when the
earth was hot rake out the fire and
put in the dough or whatever was to
ing, and one of the boys came to the
conclusion it would be no trick at all
to make and bake a lemon pie.
'As he was short on flour the boys
suggested that he pound hard tack
| into powder and use that with the
| -four. Powdering hard tack proved
slow work, and the piemaker broke
| the crackers in pieces and put them
| in on the theory that they would dis
| solve and be the same as if pounded
| into powder. But they didn't When
| the pie was baked a piece was sent
| over to the Colonel, and he finding
| the broken crackers, treated the
lemon pie as a joke. This didn't suit
| the piemaker, and he tried again.
! leaving out the hard tack. Greatly 10
| the surprise of the colonel, the result
| was good lemon pie, and no joke.
| Chicago Inter Ocean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Curious Enactrnents of the Isle oil
Man-Every Woman Entitled
to Vote at Elections for Mem
bers of the House of Keys.

Peculiar to itself is the code of laws
of the Isle of Man. The laws of Eng
land have never prevailed there and
some of the Manx enactments are very
curious. One of the earliest enjoined
"all Scots to avoid the land with the
next vessel that goeth into Scotland.
upon pain of forfeiture of their goods
and bodies to prison" Another enact
ed that Irish women lettering and not
working be commanded forth of this
isle with. as much convenient speed
as may be" (1561). The first of these
laws was the result of series of
raids on the Manx coast by Galloway
rover named MacCulloch. 1t is said
that it was at this period that the
Manx custom originated of "eating the
meat before they supped the BROTH"
lest they should be deprived of the
more substantial part by the appear
ance at their doors of this Scotchman
and his crew. About this time the
parish clerks were ordered 'sto stand
at the church doors at the time of SER
vice and whip and beat all the Dogs"
During the seventeenth century a law
was made that whatsoever shall be
found or detected to pull horse tayles
shall be punished upon the wooden
horse of the parish, thereon to con-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Narrow Escape From Shark

morsel of a plump little darby boy,
had 1eaped toward the careened boat
with open mouth. So vigorous was
the sharks leap that as Pedro went
over one side of the boat the shark
Topped in at the other. Not being
used to these surroundings. and miss
ing his prey, he foundered around
until his head bore down the gunwa1e
and he slid from the careening boat
into the sea again before the people on
the steamer could fling harpoon at
him. Almost as he disappeared poor
Pedro's head popped up on the oppo-
site side of the boat, and in terrible
fright he clambered into the dingey
again, as thoroughly scared young
darby as ever had narrow escape
Had he not thus saved himself from
the maneater, help from the steamer
would have been necessary, and. even
then it is more than probable that the
boy would not have been saved. This
is a remarkable instance of the feroc-
ity of shark Seeking his prey out OF
the water.-St. Nicholas.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Was Verv Much Alive.

A veteran tells of an experience in
hospital at Nashville after Shiloh. 81
was in the convalescent ward, recov-
ering from a wound, and had become
well acquainted with a jolly fellow
from my own county. One day, while
he was reading the Nashville morning
paper, he cried out in alarm. When
l went to him he pointed, with wide
eyes, to the list of deaths, and in it
was his own name. He said that
would scare his poor mother to death,
and was in great distress
Il advised him to write his mother
at once, which he proceeded to do in
this wise: Dear Mother: I take my
pen in haste to tell you that the state
ment published in the Nashville
papers this morning that 1 am dead is
the most scandalous lie you ever
heard of. Don't you beneve word OF
it. l am alive and kicking with one
foot), and am well cared for. A man
who knows me well will swear that
am not dead, and 1 can get the at
fidav1t of the doctor if you want it.
But what's the use? If any man says
I am dead, bet him a hundred dollars
I am not, and send winnings to me.
Thirty years after the war 1 saw
that letter in the hands of the daugh
ter of the man who wrote it. 1t had
come down to her as a precious gift
from her grandmother"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Manx Laws Seem Strange

tinue two hours, and to be whipped
naked from the waist upward
Manx deemsters-the high court
judges-are still sworn, as they have
been for hundreds of years, by the fol-
lowing curious oath: by this book
and the contents thereof, and by the
wonderful works that God hath mir
aculously wrought in the heaven
above and in the earth beneath in six
days and seven nights, do swear that
1 will, without respect of favor or
friendship, loss or gain, consanguinity
or affinity, envy or malice, execute the
laws of this isle justly between party
and party as indifferently as the her
ring backbone doth lie in the midst
of the fish. So help me God and the
contents of this book
Every woman, widow or spinster in
the Isle of Man, whether she be owner.
occupier or even lodger. enjoys the
franchise for the Manx House of Keys
elections. Every widow enjoys half
of her husbands personal estate and
has a life interest in his real estate,
and she cannot be deprived of this by
will. Her written consent must be OBJ
tanned to all transfers and deeds af-
fecting her husbands property On
the other hand, no married woman
can legally own in her own right
either money or property in the Isle
of Man; she can have no separate es-
tate unless specially provided before
marriage
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Mighty Force Gathered by Kublai
for the Subiugation of the
Island Empire Annihilated by
Fearful Typhoon.

About 600 years ago Japan was
threatened with an invasion from con-
tinental Asia, much as England was
threatened with invasion by the Span
iards. The beaten Spanish armada
was dispersed by storm and Japan was
delivered in much the same way, but
without an engagement. A Japanese
writer, Okakura Yoshisabura, says:
1.-The mighty Kublai, grandson of the
great Genghiz khan, naughty with his
resistless army, whose devastating in
trepidity taught even Europe to trem-
BILE at the mention of his name, dis
patched an embassy to the Japanese
court to demand the subsection of
the country The message was in
dignantly dismissed. Enraged at this,
Kublai equipped large number of
vessels with the choicest soldiers
China could furnish. The invading
force was successful at first and COM
mitted massacres in Xxi and Tsushi-
ma, islands lying between Korea and
Japan The position was menacing:
even the steel nerves of the trained
samurai felt that strange thrill a
patriot knows. ShintO priests and
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02

There have been many books writ
ten upon Dickens. London, the London
which is SO rapidly vanishing away,
and many Dickens localities have been
satisfactorily Identified and described
by the authors But there seems al
ways to have been doubt as to the
exact situation of one of the most in
teresting of all the houses inhabited
by the characters of the master-the
quiet lodgings of DIR. Manette, that
wonderfully pathetic figure in the
Tale of Two Cities Recently one of
the parish magazines of the metropolis
came out with the following state
ment: va ~
Charles Dickens in his Tale of Two
Cities describes Manette street, with
its quaint goldbeater's arm projecting
from a shop on the south side. We are
sorry to learn from Mr.. Dickson, who
has beaten out gold leaf in the odd
paneled shop for no less than forty
five years, that foreign competition
has SO reduced business that he, is
compelled to retire from it. 1t is with
much regret that we have to record
the loss of yet another old Soho trade.
Now, Dickens does not describe
Manette street-Rose street, in his
time-in the Tale of Two Cities, nor
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Divine Storm" Saved Japan

Buddhist monks were busy at their
prayers.
"a tremendous Chinese fleet gather
ed in the boisterous bay of Genkai
in the summer of 1881. At last the
evening came with the ominous glow
on the horizon that torete1ls an APP
preaching storm. 1t was the plan of
the conquering army VIGOROUSLY to
land the next morning on the holy soil
of kyushu. But during this critical
night fearful typhoon, known to this
day as the divine storm arose, break
ing the jet-black sky with it's tremen-
dous roar of thunder and bathing the
glittering armor of our soldiers guard
ing the coastline in white flashes of
dazzling light. The very heaven
and earth shook before the mighty
anger of nature.
Dawn of the next morning saw the
whole fleet of the proud Yuan, that
had darkened the water for miles,
swept completely away into the bot
tomless sea of Genkai, to the great
relief of the horror-stricken populace,
and to the unspeakable disappoint-
ment of our determined soldiers. Out
of the 100000 warriors who manned
the Invading ships only three are re-
corded to have survived the destruc-
ton to tell the dismal tale to their
cTestfalleh great khani"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02

In Dreams
In the vague. misty map OF my dreams
There's a place that know, where it
seems
That it never is night, but a mellow
Through the dim. shifting trees ever
streams
And there's always a song in the air
AS of birds, and the flowers are fair.
And the Springtime appears to hide
And to sleep through eternity there,
But the roads to it turn so, and wind
Through perilous passage and blind,
That never can tell, though know IL
How to reach it-so hard it's to find
So far off from dying and birth.
And the houses of sorrow and mirth,
But I'm happy again, for she comes 10
then -
Whom 1 never may see on this earth
She comes, and all borrowings cease,
And the pain that years but increase
Is stilled for while by her wonderful
BY her tenderness hushed into peace.
And oh. if some power could make
Me dream to death for the sake
OF my dream brides embrace. and her
fower-Soft face
I would pray l might never awake
1 would pray to sleep on in the beams
OF that dim, mellow half-Hght that
CLEANS
Like the light of her eyes, in the region
that lies
On the vague, misty map of my dreams. .
Cleveland Leader.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Young Lieutenant Tells of Lead
ing His Men in Desperate
Assault Upon a Strong Rus
sian EarthWorl.

Lieut.. Tokutaro Oshio, a Japanese
officer, gives the following description
of an attack on Russian works during
the battle of Mukden: AT the sugges-
ton of an officer of the staff corps we
volunteered to rush the works the
same night. Men came to their OFF,
GERS and begged to let them go and fill
up the trenches with their corpses, so
that others following them might
walk over their bodies into the de-
lenses. At the mems earnest request
a deputation of officers and men was
sent to the divisional commander, who
gave them the requested permission,
not without some hesitation All the
unwounded of our company offered
themselves to man, and formed up
in fact, they all offered themselves;
but we were compelled to take only
the unwounded- The men of the Kes-
sitai formed up in a square, each man
with tumbler full of water. to drink
to the long parting parting after
which they might never meet again.
Gen. Tachimi uncorked some wine and
himself poured just a drop into each
mans glass, shaking hands with each.
Holding his glass aloft, he said: Gen
tonight. You know we'll the desper-
ate nature of your undertaking, in
which success is not certain. You
know also the chances against your re-
turning alive to tell the tale. / can
only wish you, gentlemen, godspeed.
Go, gentlemen, do your best
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
! "A japanese Night Attack

ct is an overwhelming honor and a
responsibility almost too great to lead
men such as these to dangers and de-
struction, men to whom in age l am
but a younger brother, and in point OF
experience a mere child. L have got
seven yen in my bag. Honda: take it
out when 1 am gone, and send it up
to the war fund office, will your Now
these are my last verses, keep them
for my sake, Oka, sGood-by, Tori;
meet you at Shokonsha' (the shrine of
those fallen for the nation and coun-
try). These are bits of sentences I
catch as pace to and fro in the front
waiting for the signal to advance. 1t
made me think 1 have seen almost
all the important actions since the
war began, yet I am here still and
about to lead my trusted and tried
heroes to almost certain humiliation.
AT midnight the men threw OF the
winter coats, and white distinguishing
bands were put on the left sleeves in
readiness to move. With drawn
swords the officers lead, with fixed
bayonets the men follow, in our usual
formation. First grenade-men in
line at certain intervals, then the main
body in columns of skies with a gren-
ade-man at every few PAGES in the
ranks. And with tremendous yell we
stormed into the earthwork. What
happened l cannot bear to recite. How
many of us returned? A few, very
few. And the works? Intact still
AS we receded came the enemys coun-
ter-attack-the officer in command of
this section knows his business well.
But there is nothing SO rfdiculously
easy as to repel Russian counter-at-
tack"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
The colonel His superior.

During the civil war soldiers were
very apt to become intoxicated, a
liquor was sometimes the only drinh
they could get. One soldier who was
in the habit of becoming intoxicated
was demonstrated with by the cclonei
of his regiment, the conversatic 4
which took place being as follows:
"You are a remarkably clean man
SIR
Thank you, colonel"
"But, sir, you have bad habits"
81 am sorry for that, colonel"
stYou drink, SIR
81 am sorry for that"
"Oh, know you are sorry, but why
don't you drink like me?"
Colonel, couldn't do it; 1t would
kill me."-Bostcn Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Col. George Drew the Line.

Col. John H George, a very aggres
sive trial lawyer, who practised in
Concord, n. H, for many years, was
once pitted against Judge Aaron w
Sawyer, late of Nashua. The colonel
got his title by being upon the staff
of some New Hampshire governor
and the judge had a very short and
rather unsatisfactory service upon the
bench The judge tried his best to
Mathew Temperance Society Of that
all sorts of military titles. first @cap
tain," then major" then general, y
ETC., to all of which the colonel paid
no attention. Finally the Judge said
by the way, Mr.. George, what is
your correct military title?"
The colonel replied: 'sOh, call ma
anything but ex-judge."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Past Commanders Gone.

Announcement is made by the COM
mander-in-chief of the death of the
following comrades:
James H. Seymour-Past Depart
ment Commander, Department of
Ohio, died at Akron, Ohio.
Matthew T. Benton-PaSt Depart
ment Commander, Department of New
Hampshire, died at East Derry, N. H.
Alvin Coe Voris-Past Department
Commander, Department of Ohio, died
at Akron, Ohio.
David w. Thomas-Past Depart
ment Commander, Department OF
Ohio, died at Baltimore, Md.
A. F. Dill-Past Department Com.
mander, Department of California and
Nevada, died at San Diego, Cal.
ment Commander, Department of New
Jersey, died at Trenton, N. ].
w. B. E. Miller-Past Department
Commander, Department of New Jer.
sey, died at Camden, N. ].
1. M. Christy-Past Department
Commander, Department of Arizona
died at Phoenix, Arizona.
John Palmer-Past Commander-in
Chief, died at Albany, N. Y.
Amos M Thayer, Judge Advocate
General, died at ST. Louis, Mo.
Joseph P. Cleary-Past Department
Commander, Department of New
York, died at Rochester, N. Y.
Stephen NJ. Long-Past Department
Commander, Department of New Jer
sey, died at East Orange, N. ].
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02

Speaking of things happening after
the war;" said E. A. Gardner of New
Hampton, Iowa, reminds me of a
case in point on the Red river expedi-
ton. Our officers mess had some
chickens cooked, ready to eat. When
the cook went for some water the
teams came along and one of the
teamsters put the chickens in his
wagon and went on without remark.
When the loss of the chickens was
discovered the officers ragged, but that
wasn't the end of the story
twenty-five years after the war
the teamster who stole the cooked
chickens was at G. A R,camp fire
and heard a comrade tell of his bad
luck in losing chickens ready to eat
through some light fingered teamster.
He ADDED that if he ever learned who
the rascal was that stole his chickens
he would choke them out of him
While the teamster was thinking of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
At Gettysburu.

There are about 400 monuments on
the battlefield of Gettysburg, marking
the location of particular actions On
Cemetery Hill there is a battle monu-
ment surmounted by statue of Lib
erty, and with typical basal figures of
Cemetery dedicated by Abraham Lin
War. Peace, History and F,enty.
There are 3,629 graves in the N; .sonsl
coin
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
E2~ss~7f-ss-9f-ss--~3>-
s A.sa Home of DR.. Manette
Especial Correspondence


Dickens ways, that in his wanderings
about Soho while he was writing the
story he saw the golden arm in Man
cite street, then Rose street. and
transferred it to the interior of the
house which he had in mind-a HOUSE
where a casual stranger might be
seen '.peering about" the hall.
The Actual House.
Those who have already inquired
into the Identification of the house
Mr.. Allbut, in his "Rambles in Dick
ems Land and Mr.. Snowden Ward
have expressed the opinion that Car
Isle street, which leads out of the cen
ter of the west side of Soho square
was the street in which Dickens lai6
the London lodgings of DR.. Manette
and that Carlisle house, which term
mates the western end of Carlisle
street, was the actual house. The
street and the house, in fact, answer
all the requirements of the narrative
as anyone can see for himself by going
there. But neither Mr.. Al1but nor Mr.
Ward nor any other searcher of the
sites of Dickens Land seems to have
gone into Carlisle house, there, like
Dickens stranger who was probably
himself, to peer about. This, however
the explorers did, and, by the kindness
of Mr.. Keeble, whose firm now occu
pies it as a cabinet makers manu-
factory, they were rewarded with a
sight of ore of the noblest late seven
teenth century interiors now remain
ing in IondOn-a marvelously rich ex.
ample of the late English renaissance
school of architecture and decoration.
with a beautiful old hall, a grand stair
case, lofty and splendid rooms and en-.
riched ceilings of plaster work-a yer.
liable palace. And a palace it orig
inally was, having been the town man
sion of the Towards, Earls of Carlisle
built about 1690-a hundred years be
fore the French revolution.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Ferocious Monster Leaped in Boat
After Prey-Presenceo of Mind
and Quick Action Saved Life
of Boy.


of Boy
The yellow fever was raging in the
city of Vera Cruz that year, and one
of the large West Indian liners which
arrived on certain day was obliged
to anchor on in the harbor. A small
boat, known as a. dingey, foated
astern, and in this an active young
colored boy of about fifteen was
busily at work washing on the seats.
The boat lurched over with sud-
den dip as the boy bore his weight on
one of the thwarts, and Pedro heard
warning shout from the steamers
deck just in time to give one terrified
glance around and to hear a noise he
knew only too we'll
without an instanf's hesitation he
Jumped overheard from the opposite
side of the boat For as he looked he
caught sight of the jaws of a great
shark which. spying this tempting
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
Saws Lots of Them.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak = you never
hear a man say anything nice about
his wife"
Mr.. Crimsonbeak"-Oh, don't
knowi 1 know a man who is press
agent for his wife, who is on tas
staS<"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02

Quented it is given in the interesting
"reminiscences" of Henry Angelo,
first issued in 1880, and quite recently
edited by Lord Howard de Walden and
Mr.. H. LAYER Smith, with illustrations
from the collection of Mr.. Joseph
Gregg. But none of these describe the
house itself. The accompanying
sketches will give some idea Of its
beauty. ~
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
His Graceful Escape.

The Twin-@Which do you think is
prettier, me or my sister,"
The Gallant-'1t is impossible to
tell How can one compare the in
comparable?"