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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

Lilliputian Wedding Tonight,
The Lllipitian wedding, which waste
have been presented at Calvary Baptist
Church lastgnight, was postpnned on "A 81
count OF the rain until Tonight. The: ems
There is certain to besa large attendance.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

y Children's Chorus Meets.
s5 .rhe W ednesslas Tub 'iiortisa
will meet AT II he: AZ a. hall to5dilys
al noon for the ..sieiiisi.i 4 full All
tendance is desired. E3s "a;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25
AS OTHERS SEE US.
An Alexandria Visitor Gives His
Estimate Of the Situation Here.

While the guberaatoral campaign in
this stare, and especially IN this city,
Is yet at 100 early " stage to enable.
one 10 form an accurate idea Of the rela-
iiye strength OF Tho three asprants for.
The Democratic nomination., an Alcxari.-
dtian, who recently visited this city, APP
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

AT the Second Baptist Church the pas
tor. Rev. DR. Smith, will preach t 70 nor
row morning and night. II morning sud- D.
iect will be The Sound OF Marching y = =
the Tops of the Mulberry Trees anu ~
night his subject will beBs's.,rhe Kept. In
the Guarded Heir
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

Rurnett,s Extract OF Vanilla
3lRparts assup9rior uelicacy VI flavor, NY
IT, use it.--"Advn VIZ Fiji fef! y
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

Rev. Henry Pearce Atkins vii pr'se 'slt
at West End Christian church tomorrow.
me morning subject. will be THE COM
Of Christ The subject at night
will be y" Pau. at Athens.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

There will be special music at Mon
umental Church Sunday afternoon at s
O'Clock. by special request, Mr.. jenkins,
the organist will play lIandel's LARGO
pilgrims, Chorus by Wagner, Even
ing Star, by Wng.ner, and the Lost
Chord, = by Sullivan. . X
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

At both services to-n!orrow at As slty
Place Methodist Church. the pa stor,l se W
C. H. MEG llee wi Il preacll morning su q
jject, Go Forward evening subjecS = Sin
and the Sinner s, Advocate. s{sG 5s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

Il I2ev.1E.. w. Stone, pastor Of Emmanuel,
Baptist Church, vii preach at Grave Ave-
Eue Church Tomorrow morning in the
absence of Rev. pr. Hawthorne. Dir.
Pitcher, of Petersburg, will preach at.
Emmanuel and Rev. Mr.. Stone Will I'LL
his own pulpit ut night.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

Rev. j. j.. Haley, the pastorskof the the
Seventh Street Christian Church, has
selected two very interesting subjects
for IFS disoourses tomorrow. In the.
his subject will beH"The; Nee
,Iected Factor OF Spiritual Progress, and
at night All Object lesson in the Saliva
ton OF the Soul. 49, il5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

The pastor, Dir. Derielx, WI preach q I
|yenable Street Baptist Church tomorrow
morning. at 4 clock on H y, u
ings.,, Alright 5;thegannual address pe,
fore tho Ladies' Missionary Society VIII
|,be delivered by Professor. r. 70. g aliles.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

Regular services will be held In RAM
idoIphl street baptist Church tomorrow
with preaching by the pastor, Rev. Vs.
Rohertson, whose subject at ! Ia. M. WI y
lie 'IIow to Hear and at 8 E. Ms Con-
LfcSs i'm and Deninl." I.st.8 ,g9t
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

At the morning service in East End
Baptist Church. Mr.. J. r.. Harmon, 4 a.
ncwly-elected deacon, will be ordained.
President Il. W. Boatwright, Of Richmond
college, will deliver he ordainins adj.
dress. His subject will be Christian,
service" Tho pastor the Rev. !. y. Cav
will offer,tfe ordainns prayer. q 7 the
evening service the pastor will preach l..
His theme will be The Foolish Farmer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-25

Rev. c. S. Gardner will preach the an
nual sermon before the Missionary So. So
ciety OF tho Bainbridgc Street church Gnu
ut II O'Clock to-1norrow and l)r.5 l y. "
Badly Will preach at the Grace Street
Church at that hour. IN the evenirf. ll-' ~.
Gardner will preach Mt the Grace l:'' street wee
Church ons"Chiist and the Joys 81 Lille
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Curious Enactments of the Isle OF
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" G561). The first of these
laws was the result of a series Of
raids on the Manx coast by a Galloway
owe 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 "to 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 "whosoever shall be
found or detected to pull horse tayles
shall be punished upon the wooden
horse OF the parish, thereon to con-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

AS the liner cleared the heads and
the heavy swell of the open Atlantic
became noticeable, dinner was serv-
ed. The twenty-six places at the cap
tain's table were filled, and as the
soup appeared, the captain addressed
his table companions. 81 trust that
all twenty-five OF you will have b
pleasant trip" he said, land that this
little assemblage of twenty-four will
reach the port much benefited by
the voyage. l look upon these twen-
ty-two smiling faces as a father upon
his family, for I am responsible for
the lives of this group of nineteen.
| hope all fourteen of you will join
me later in drinking to a merry trip.
l believe we sever fellow-passengers
are admirably suited to each other,
and I applaud the judgment which
chose from the passenger-list these
three persons for my table. You and
l, my dear sir, are" The captain
chuckled. Here, steward, bring on
my fish and clear away these Dishes"
No married woman can pass an old
admirer without looking back.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
"Divine Storm" Saved Japan

Buddhist monks were busy at their
prayers.
"a tremendous Chinese feet gather
ed in the boisterous bay of Genkai
in the summer of 1891. At last the
evening came with the ominous glow
on the horizon that foretells 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 a fearful typhoon, known to this
day as the divine Storm arose, break
ing the jet-black sky with its 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 grea,
relief of the horror-stricken populace,
and to the unspeakable disappoint-
ment of our determined soldiers. Out
of the 100 900 warriors who manned
the invading ships only three are re-
corded to have survived the destruc-
tion to tell the dismal tale to their
crestfallen great khani"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

making him believe that he was Ham
ilton himself"
'Well, well, Tony. you must own
that this is all the purest conjecture;
but if by any strange conjunction of
circumstances your idea should prove
to be not without foundation, how did
Ashley come by the notes; why did
Hamilton go away with Mrs. Ashley,
and where is Hamilton now?"
THE second question | give over
unanswered, the other two, by think
ing of Hamilton as in the power of
Ashley, are explained. Yes, and that
might explain the second, too"
But how about the Italian theory,
must that go to the WALTZ"
"The two might be united, some
how"
81 conclude you have thought this
matter up considerably"
yes, sir, I have"
"Couldn't have been Ashley instead
of Hamilton you saw going into the
bank, hey?"
mo, sir, I was too far away to be
hypnCtized," said Tony, smiling, land
l know it was Hamilton himself"
We'll" said Mr.. Hastings, thought
fully, this is a strange matter. and
perhaps we are only at the beginning
Of the mystery"
THAT is what I think, sir. only
wish it might end by restoring Hamil-
ton to his home and to his place at
the bank, a happy. honored man."
"Amen, Tony"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Could Not Be Out.

Years ago there was a prominent
lawyer Of Chicago who was one of the
uuietest and most unobtrusive Of men.
It was said that he moved about noise
lessly, with his hands meekly ciasped
on his breast and a seraphic and per
petuaI smile w%reathing his ccunte-
nance
A bon mot at his expense was cred
tied to the late Emory Storrs, also of
Chicago, as brilliant a wit as he was
an advocate.
1t appears that one day Storrs went
to the meek lawyers Office and was
Informed that he was out.
But I know he is in" said Hr.
Storrs quietly.
Il assure you, sir" responded the
clerk, that he is not in"
Il know better" insisted StorIs
He must be in, for it is so still in
there."-The Sunday Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
The Miniature Drama of Boy
hoods Golden Days-Holdins
the Mirror Up to Nature in
Branaghan's Patch.

Our theatre in the woodshed was built
by barefoot boys,
We didn't try the classics, but we made
a heap of noise.
Lillian Russell in her pinkest lights ne'er
loomed upon our sight,;
We fought shy Of Lily Langtry. that pure
We cut out the damsel with a past, and
let her sob In vain;
We passed up the pure young vestal and
her throbbing, girlish. pain;
We never ~butchered up the French and
faxed a problem play.
We mqzzled all the Literary Hessians,
and made the deadheads pay.
Sardonic Henry Irving never thrilled us
And piquant Julia Marlowe never dawned
upon our sight.
No feather-headed damsel sang to scare
the bunch away.
Richard ManSfield'S a ~Spellbinder, King
of the strollers troupe.
Dicks the Master Of the Revels, but we
barred him from our group.
Our stage was lit with candles that shed
And torches rugged the footlights tina
seemed to wink and stare.
An awning for the curtain that hid he
actors true,
Soap boxes were the parquette chairs
that held a motley crew.
A banjo and a fiddle, and a jewsharp
And Owney Kelly's booming drum would
We all would play the hero, and wear
We fain would BATTLE villains plots and
balk the treacherous foes.
Finland me, cruel monster!" piquant
Mary Desmond cried.
Nay, Marmaduke Maloney, l won't be a
brigand's bride,
Oh, if my Jack were only here, he'd
VIII no one save a virtuous girl, and
shed the traitors gore?"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
CHAPTER VI.-Continued.

But was not there an ominOus sig.
nifcance in its being found on the
bank of the river so near the spot
where the Italians were wont to land
on their excursions after liquor?
Easily excited, malicious and revenge
full, ready to brandish their knives at
n provocation, it was not impossible
that they had set upon Hamilton when
intoxicated, killed him and sunk his
body in the river. If his surmises
should be proved true, then it would
not be asked why Hamilton should do
so strange a thing as to go to the bank
and yet not to his own house after
wards. It would be seer that he was
on the way there when something hap
pened to prevent, something dreadful,
or he would have been heard from.
Osborn, after some deliberatiOn as
to what would be the wisest course,
called after banking hours at the
house of the president. Mr.. Hastings
vas present and received him pleas
antly. AS soon as the young man was
alone with the president in the lat
ter's room, he preached the subject
Of his call and produced the cap as
conirmatory of his statement.
You found it by the river bank?"
eyes, sir; lodged in the bushes. 1t
may have been washed ashore, but I
think, as the water has been low since
May, it was more likely tossed there
by some one"
1--WE had a small freshet the very
last of May, you ~recollect."
Eyes, so we did. Well, it may have
been washed there by the rise of the
water. Anyway, it looks ominOus; do
not you think so, Mr.. Hastings?"
perhaps So said the president.
"Do you think Hamilton started to go
home from the bank, went as far as
the river, encountered the Italians,
presumably intoxicated, and was final
ly set upon by them?"
81 DO" said Tony, firmly. 81 know
that he was in town the 22d. and from
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
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, I do swear that
| 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 ledger, 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
wiz. 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.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Profanity Allowed For.

If there was anything the late Sen
ator Hear disliked more than he did
another it was profanity.
The story is told how much shocked
the venerable senator would he by the
infammatory interjections Of a Ger
tain politician with whom he frequent
Iy was compelled to confer. But on
all such occasions he would refrain
from censuring the culprit except IN
the mildest manner
One day when the politician came
to the senator's committee-room on
a subject of considerable importance,
Mr.. Hoar indicated a seat to him, and
remarked:
Now, Mr.. Blank, before we enter
upon a discussion Of this question, we
shall that everybody aud
everything is damned. Then We can
talk it over amicably The sunday
Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
A Japanese Night Attack

ut is ar overwhelming honor and a
responsibility almost too great to lead
men such as these to dangers and de-
struction, men to whom in age / 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 I am gone, and send 1t up
to the wal fund Office, will your Now
these are my last verses, keep them
for my sake, Oka!' 'Good-by, Tori;
meet you at Shokonsha' (the shrine OF
those fallen for the nation and coun-
try). These are bits of sentences |
catch as / pace to and fro in the front
waiting for the signal to advance. 1t
made me think. l have seen almost
all the important actions since the
war began, yet / am here still and
about to lead my trusted and tried
heroes to almost certain humiliation.
cat midnight the men threw off 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 a
line at certain intervals, then the main
body in columns of skies with a gren-
alderman at every few PAGES in the
ranks. And with a tremendous yell we
stormed into the earthwork. What
happened I cannot bear to recite. How
many Of us returned? A few, a very
few. And the works? Intact still!
AS we receded came the enemy's coun-
ter-attack-the officer in command of
this section knows his business well.
But there is nothing so r~idiculously
easy as to repel a Russian counter-at-
tack"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Mighty Force Gathered by Kublai
for the Subiusation 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 Y~oshisabura, says:
"The mighty Kublai, grandson OF the
great Genghiz khan, naughty with his
resistless army, whose devastating in
trepidity taught ven 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 a large number OF
vessels with the choicest soldiers
China could furnish. The invading
force was successful at first and com
mitted m~assacres 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
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

breast. Yes, it is his cap his travel
ing cap. [ made it myself, and he
took it away with him. Where did
you find it?"
Il found it on the river bank. where
it lay as if tossed there by the freshet,
or some person."
ooh, then he was drowned! He was
coming from the bank toward home
II he fell into the river. Was it
very dark that night, Tony? I don't
recollect," said Constance, piteously.
Rather dark; but consider, Mrs.
Hamilton, the unlikelibood of his walk
ing into the river, a man in his senses
and who never drank"
"True. Then what do you think
about it,
at is all conjecture, Mrs. Hamil-
ton" said the young man. ~forbearing
to speak Of the presence of the Ital-
ians, as he had done to Mr.. Hastings.
Il brought the cap for you to see and
keep if you wish. thought you might
like to know that it was probable Mr..
Hamilton started to come here that
night"
ooh, yes, thank you, Tony, and I
will keep the cap. I was sure Vane
never would go away without coming
home. But il he did start and was
prevented, what was it that happened
to him? 1t was something dreadful.
He may have been murdered and
thrown into the river" and Constance
clutched at a chair to save herself
from falling.
LET us hope that it is not so bad
as that. He may be in the tolls of
Ashley somewhere"
"WhO is Ashley, Tony?"
Young Osborn saw that by his sym
pathy he had been led into error. Evil
IDENTIFY she knew nothing about the
suspicion entertained by Bruce and
others. He hardly knew what was
best, but he decided to tell her about
it.. This would introduce the hypnotic
theory. which might be in some sense
a comfort to her, as doing away with
the n point, hitherto regarded as in,
cOntrovertible, of her husbands pre-,
senting in person the altered notes to
N' @AN ~ JIG oIhSl bhuh anu lC'
ceiving the money in exchange.
Constance listened to his account
t of Ashley, of Bruce's suspicious, and
Tony's own ideas based on Bruce's
: account of Ashley's hypnotizing the
jailer.
"Now, if he could do that, Mrs. Ham
tlton, why might he not have infu
:. enced Low to the extent of making
him believe he was the cashier Of the
n Groyedale bank?"
at is a bold idea, Tony. I wish
e could credit>it fully. And yet, as yo,
say, it is no stranger than what h
did to the jailer, as alleged by Mr.
Bruce. Bruce then thinks Ashley ant
u Vane are n and the same"
"Bruce is a stupid old %curmudgeon
Couldn't track a mouse back to hi
hole"
S, TONY" said Mrs. Hamilton, sudden
ly, what do you think Of the lette
Is thrust under Mr.. Hastings door an,
" purporting to have been written b
Mr.. Hamilton? / do not think he wrot
v, 1t at all"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

A literary man, who has seven
children, recently purchased a coun-
try place. This man has rather siren
uous ideas about bringing up child
rem, including cold baths among the
things that are good for them. One
morning he carried his youngest, a
two year-old, to the creek near the
house, and gave him a cold plunge.
The child objected, but the father
soused him in again, and plunged
him under. At this instant a hand
grabbed the Spartan father, and a
neighboring farmer, owner of the
land, roared at him: "Here, none of
that! I'll have the law on you for
this!" And" said the literary man,
it took me half an hour to convince
that man that l was not trying to
drown that child. Even then he was
Mt wholly convinced. To the very
last minute he kept on shaking his
head skeptically and saying: Walt
l dunno about that. l dunno. You
got six besides this
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

Every h~ousekeeper should know
that II they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because 1t
sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in q pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch Is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you
a 1907. package 1t is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose Of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures "16 ozs." Demand De-
fance and ave much time and money
and the annoyance of the iron stick
ing. Defiance never sticks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24
Young Lieutenant Tells of Lead
ing His Men in Desperate
Assault Upon q Strong Eus-
sian Earthwork.

Lieut.. Tokutaro. Oshio, a Japanese
officer, gives the following description
Of an attack on Russian works during
the battle of Mukden: Eat 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 q 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 a tumbler full of water, to drink
to the long parting--a 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
tlemen, I have not much to say to you
tonight. You know well 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. I can
only wish you, gentlemen, godspeed.
Go, gentlemen, do your best