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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
Manifesto Held Back.

St Petersburg publication Of
an imperial manifesto summoning rep
resentatives of the people to a nation
al assembly has not been made up to
this hour, although the entire force of
the employees in the senate printing
office. in which the document is to be
set up, is on duty. 1t is said that two
drafts of the manifesto have been pre-
pared, one combining with the solemn
announcement of an imperial favor in
granting representation to the people
a stirring call to arms to continue the
war if necessary and the other fol
contingencies.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
THE GREAT wARsHIP KANSAS.
Bottle of Kansas Water Is Used in
Christeninu.


Philadelphla.-The battleship Kan
sas, the largest war vessel ever built
in the east, was launched at 12.47 p.
m. Saturday at the yard of the New
York Shipbuilding company in Cam
den, n. j. The launching was witness
ed by Governor Hoch of Kansas,
whose daughter acted as sponsor for
the ship. Along with the governor
was a christening party of 80 Kansans.
An unusual feature Of the launch
ing was the fact that the vessel was
christened with water brought from
Kansas by Governor Hoch instead of
the customary bottle of champagne.
This was the FIRST time that water in
stead of wine has been used in launch
ing a vessel in TINS vicinity.
Governor Hoch of Kansas made the
suggestion and he made the announce
ment after the launching that the
christening bottle contained only wa
ter.
The Kansas is a sister ship of the
Vermont.
The keel plates Of the Kansas were
laid February 10, 1904. She is known
as a $50 foot battleship and her con-
tract calls for a maintenance of Is
knots speed for four consecutive
hours. Her armament will be: Main
battery, four IL inch, eight s inch,
twelve inch breech loading rifles;
secondary battery, 20 three inch, or
IA Founders. rapid fire guns. so caliber
in length II three FOUNDER semiauto-
matte guns. six one FOUNDER auto
MATES; two one FOUNDER semiautomat'
lc three inch feldpieces, two machine
guns of 3 caliber. These guns will be
amply armOr protected and well
placed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
DoUKHABoRs GO NAKED.
Men, Women and Youths Stand Naked
and Unashameu.

Winnipeg, Man.-Another pilgrim
age in search of the Redeemer has
been instituted by Doukhabors and the
vanguard of the main body of modern
seekers of the holy grail arrived in
Yorkton, N. w. r., and stripped them
selves of every vestige of clothing,
which they piled in a heap
After a brief sort of funeral cere-
mony they set fire to the pile and
burned every stitch before the local
police could interfere. In the party
were 16 men, Is women and six youths
anu they stood in the twilight unclad
and unashamed Sergeant Jungle OF
the northwest mounted police, with a
posse of redcoats, surrounded the fan
atics and a fatigue party from the
police barracks shortly afterward
brought up a pile of rough clothing
and blankets, with which the imita
! tors of Adam and Eve were forced tC
dress.
When this was accomplished the
horsemen herded their excited anC
refractory charges together and drov,
them to the courthouse. where they
await the decision of the bewildereC
federal authorities, whose wards they
are
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
viii Pay Dollar for Dollar.

Denver Col.-rhe report of the COM
nittee appointed by depositors Of the
Western National bank to inquire in
to the condition of that institution
gave assurances to the depositors that
a careful investigation had been made
into the affairs of the bank and that
the securities of every character found
by the committee gave promise that
depositors would receive dollar for dol
lar and that the affairs of the bank
could be wound up within a year, pro
vided litigation did not ensue.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
Fear Attack on Americans.

Soochow reports that the anti
American boycott is assuming a politi-
cal character. An antiforeign outbreak
is feared. Only the northern Chinese
authorities are sternly REFRESHING the
movement. The viceroy of Marking APP
parently is undecided what steps to
take. Soochow has a population of
l 100000. and it is situated in the most
populous district of China. 125 miles
south Of Marking.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
AppIIeatIons for uIntah land.

Salt Lake City.-Registrat Of ap-
plicants for Uintah lands closed at 6
o'clock Saturday evening. The figures
for Saturday and the totals since Au-
gust l follow: AT Provo, Saturday.
1857; total 1S.S5S; at Price, Saturday,
143; total. 1886; at Vernal, Saturday,
SO; total, 1876. The drawings for
choice of lands wall begin at Provo on
August II.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
HEAD-ON COLLISION
TWELVE PERSONS KILLED and
TWENTY-FIVE INJURED.
Accident Happened on Nickel Plate
Road at Kshman, Ohio-caused by
Misunderstanding Orders-Passen-
ger Engine and Three Cars Leaped
over Freight Engine.

Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. IA fast
eastbound passenger train on the
Nickel Plate road collided with a west
bound freight at Kishman, Ohio, neal
Vermillion, resulting in the death OF
IL persons while at least 20 others
were injured, eight of whom probably
will die. The wreck, according to the
officials of the company. was caused
by a misunderstanding Of orders, or
neglect to obey them on the part OF
the crew of the freight train.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
Discomfort of ENJOYS.

Conditions at Portsmouth, n. H., so
far as the arrangements Tor the com
fort of the plenipotentiaries are con
cerned are far from satisfactory, and
in any accurate reflection of events
there it is impossible not to take no
tice of the complaints heard on all
sides. The fact that foreigners do not
live as Americans do has not been
taken into account by the hotel mana
ger, and little effort has been made
to provide for their personal comfort.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19

Mrs. Hiram Onfen-IIow long were
you In your last placer
New Servant-Jist a month, ma'am.
Mrs. Hiram Offen-lndeed? What
was the troublel
New Servant-The trouble was that
l got sick an couldn't Fave sooner.
Philadelphia Press.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
The Special Correspondent


men, furniture. bride, bridegroom and
witnesses. No one kept his equilibrium.
1t is an indescribable pel-mell, with cries
of terror and prolonged groans. But l
hasten to point out that there was moth
ing serious. for the stoppage was not
ali at once.
Quick" said the major. "Out of the
trainv
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19

The recent census In Bengal reveals
the fact that there are 1000 baby girls
In that province alone who have been
married, and Of this number 600. all
less than a year old. are widows.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
The Dead.

Charles w. Pool. engineer of pas
senger train, Conneaut, Ohio.
Joseph Alexander, Newark N. j.
Frank Weaver Findlay, Ohio.
Nine Italian laborers.
The injured include the following:
John w. Long, Cleveland.
Richard A. Long, son Of j. w. Long.
Louis Rheinbold, Bascom, Ohio.
E. e. OHara, Findlay, Ohio.
b. L. Kerr, Grafton. Ohio.
John w. Murphy, West Haven, Conn.
Phillip Baskima, Tifhn, Ohio.
Floyd Tuner, Ada, Ohio.
John Dedtout, Tiffin. Ohio.
Frank Phillips. Findlay, Ohio.
Aside from the engineer, the men
killed on the passenger train, were all
riding in the smoking car and were
mostly foreign laborers in the employ
of the Standard Oil company on their
way from Fort Seneca, Ohio, to Brook
field, Ohio. in charge of foreman.
Engineer c. c. Poole Of the passen-
ger train, was killed on the passenger
train while trying to reach for the air
brake. His fireman saved himself by
jumping. The high speed Of the pas
senger train threw its locomotive and
first three coaches over on the engine
of the freight train. telescoping the
smoker and the car following. Several
cars of the freight train were splinter
ed to fragments.
OF the passengers in the smoker
none escaped injury. Fortunately there
was no fire, but the heavy timbers
of the wrecked cars pinned down many
and prevented them getting out until
assistance arrived.
Doctors were sent on a special train
to the scene from Lorrine.
When the trains came together. al
most everybody in the smoker was
doing. The sudden jar hurled them
out of their seats into the aisle and
the roof and sides OF the car seemed
all at once to crush in like a paper
bag, pinning down the passengers
The passengers in the second car were
more fortunate. There the violence o.
the impact was not so severe, though
few got off without cuts, bruises
sprains or broken bones. No passen
gers in the sleepers were injured.
The men on the train who escaped
injury worked hard to rescue the vic
tins and were aided by residents from
the vicinity of the wreck. Some of thu
injured were placed in the sleeping
cars while others were removed t.
houses near the siding.
Blunder over the Time.
President Caniff of the Nickel Plat
states that from the information il
the hands of the officials the freigh
crew had orders to go on the siding a
Kishman and there await the passag
of the passenger train. This was no
done in time to permit the passenge
train to go by. or a flagman to be sen
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
Miss Elizabeth Alexander a daugh

Miss Elizabeth Alexander, a daugh-
ter of ]. w. Alexander of Fairview
township. Pennsylvania, seems to have
a clear title to claim the champion
ship among the berry pickers of that
section. In one day while at work in
her fathers strawberry patch she
gathered 10 quarts, almost five and
one third bushels.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19

Disapproval of a play in Japan is
expressed by members Of the audi
ence turning their backs to the stage.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
LIS Commercial Value.

According to a bulletin of the cen
sus bureau, the commercial value Of
railroad property in the United States
is s11.244.S52, 900.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19

Garner up pleasant thoughts In your
mind. for pleasant thoughts masf
pleasant lines.-Wilkins.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19

At Calcutta a society has been form
ed for the protection Of wild animals.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
Wholesale Feed Prices.

Bran. SIS ton; bran and shorts, s19;
straight shorts, $50; white shorts, $21;
corn. s1.4oWl.5O cwt; cracked corn
S1.55 cwt; timothy hay. $l4 ton; al
falfa hay, S12 ton; oil meal, 81 cwt;
grain hay, S13G14 ton; rolled barley
$1.S5 cwt; whole oats, $3.50 cwt; chop
ped oats, SLIGO cwt.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
SPOKANE.
Wholesale Produce Prices.

New potatoes, 75c cwt new onions,
$3.50 cwt; cabbage, $1.50@2 cwt;
oranges. $Q5.5O case; lemons, $3.50
Q75O case; pineappes, $3.50 case;
red raspberries, S2Q2.25 crate; black
raspberries, $2Q2.25 crate; blackber-
ries. 81 crate; blueberries, 81 crate;
pie cherries, 7@Sc ID; peaches, 75@S1
box; apricots. 9OcQ$1 box; peach
plums, 9Oc@S1 box; Bartlett pears
$3.50 box; sugar pears, 75c box; eat
ing apples. S1.2501.5O box; cooking
apples. $1Q1.25 box; cantaloups, $3.50
crate; watermelons, $3QS.5O doz; new
beets, l 1-2c ID; turnips. l 12c ID;
beans, 3Q4c ID; green corn. 10c doc
ears; summer squash, 5O@75c doz to
matoes, s125; cucumbers. 75@S0C
box; eggplant. 81 crate; Sweetwatel
cranes. 81 crate
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19

About 10000 tons of butter are made
yearly in Great Britain.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19
Prices Paid to Producers.

Live Stock-Steers, 2 1902 SAC ID;
sheep, S2Q2.50 cwt; hogs, $3.50 cwt;
veal, So cwt.
Poultry and Eggs-Chickens, hens,
13c Id live weight; roosters. 6Q7c lb
live weight; broilers, s3.75@4.50 doz;
eggs, $6.75 case.
Creamery Products, f. o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat,
% 1-2c ID.
Hay and Grain-Timothy, SHOE
ton; alfalfa, S1O@11 ton; oats, S1.45
cwt
Potatoes, Coo cwt; cabbage. Ia !
lac ID; red raspberries, $3.50 crate;
pie cherries, 405c ID; cooking apples,
5OG6Oc box beets. 75c cwt; turnips
75c cwt; string beans, 1 1-2Q2c ID;
cucumbers. 25c box.
Wheat at Portland.
Portland. Ore.-For export: Club
71G72c; bluestem, 74Q76c. For mill
ing: Valley. 76c.
Wheat at Tacoma.
Tacoma. wash.-Market unchanged
Bluestem, 74c; club, Tic; red. CSC.
Wheat at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis-Se September closed al
1885 QS3%c; December. S2A QS2%c;
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-08-19

Tacoma. Wash.-Market unchanged
74c; club, Tic; red. CSC.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-02-02
Is il Riqht7

Is il right that property-owner should
lose a 20 TO let dealer make 80 cents A
dealer makes so cents more on fourteen
gallons OF ready for-use paint, at u 90 pei
gallon. than our agent does on eight gal.
ions of l.. & NJ. paint and six gallons oil
linseed oil, which make fourteen gallons
of the best paint in the world, at sl.zo PEI
SALON; the property-owner loses just s4.2O
l. il rightg
II only requires gallons Of l.. 4 M and
2 gallons linseed oil to paint moderate
sized house.
Ten thousand churches painted with
Lopgman a Martinez l.. & NJ. Paint.
Liberal quantity given to churches when
bought from Topper 4 Graham, Bethel.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-02-02
EAsI RoxRuRY.

Clannct stearns from Chelsea was in
town asst week.
f. D. Hove has purchased new Empire
creamseparRtor.
Eldir Ora Boyce has returned home
from Unity, n. II.
Orlando Thayer and George Knowles
each lave a telephone.
Ruh and Ruby Wardner spent several
days asst week in Randolph.
Len Debuc from Pearl, VT, was at
Georse wardner's last week.
Mrs. lizzie Freeman, who has been sick
all winta, was taken TO Worcester, Mass,
last weekly her daughter, where she can
care for hsr.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-02-02
FOUND.
Odd Notice in Prominent Southern
Paper oflnterest to Randolph Res

Odd Notice In Prominent Southern
Paper oflnterest to Randolph Res
idents.
One Of the best-known newspapers in
the South isthe "Guide'' of Dunn, n. G.
Its publisher. j. p. Pitman, sends us the
following clipping with request to pub
lish:-
.'Found, by the editor OF the Guide, a
bottle OF Hyomei, the wonderful treatment
that cures catarrh without stomach dos
ing. We can speak in highest praise OF
its remarkable power to cure and relieve
catarrh Of the head and throat. This
mention is made not as an advertisement,
but in the interest OF those who suffer the
torture Of that terrible disease, catarrh."
In sending the clipping, Mr.. Pitman
wrote the following letter.
~ enclose little piece from my paper,
issued today. You win see from this that
l desire to push the selling of Hyomei as
far as possible. am using II in my own
family, and find that it gives the desired
relief, so that take pleasure in spreading
far and near the knowledge OF this sure
relief for cstarrh."
F. F Bryan, in preparation for the ca
tarrhal troubles Of this season OF the year.
has ordered a large stock Of Hyomei, and
sells it under guarantee to refund the
money il it does not relieve. The COM
plete outfit costs but q, and extra bottles
can he obtained for so cents Ask him to
show you the strong guarantee under
which he sells it. This remarkable rem
edy medicates the air you breathe, sooth-
ing and healing the mucous membrane oil
the air passages, and making complete
cure of the worst case Of catarrh. 1872
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-02-02

Bad breath, belching OF gas and sour
risingt are al due to Indigestion. Kodol
DYSPEPSIA cure Is guaranteed cure. l..
A. Sopr ofLittle Rock, KY, writes us:-
ave Eel that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure de-
servesAll tie commentator that can be
given Il, asst saved the life OF our little
girl when sle was three years old. She Is
now sk anc we have kept il for her con-
stantlj, butof course she only takes IL
now when anything disagrees with her.
Kodolls tn, best medicine in the world
for Indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach
troubles. Z trial Of this greatest OF all
digestsnts will convince any who suffer
Good br young OF old. Sold by +. T.
RryaD
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-02-02
vILLIAmsIows.

Erdis Bacn of Chelsea was in town las
Saturda.
The aditcs meet Feb. 9Th at the Tow
hall to ettieaccounts.
Mrs. Geope Colby and Mile Drury
were il Barr city Monday.
Mr.. hnd drs. Eugene Ingalls, have
movedinto bin BOWS house.
Rev. Francs Kimball went TO Wells
River Monde and returned Tuesday.
Twill sons we're born last Sunday to Mr.
and Ms. Norris Virgins. Only one lived.
T.. n Hoffman was in BFookheld last
Saturday to cry the Gibson Farrell Co,
there.
TheN. f. OF. viii have an entertain
ment ht the Town hall next Saturday
evening.
Theladies Q the dancing class will hold
their econd annual ball at the Town hall
tomofow nigt.
TheEast Hi Birthday Social club held
its anhual netting at George Holden s
Mondby evening.
Rev. r. A Kimball officiated at the
funers Of Ms. George Smith in south
Barre last FRAY.
Jess Poor bst one OF his work horses
several days 20. His friends are respond
ing TOP subscription paper IN his behalf.
Johr Germin and family are intending
to 90 & Caliornia soon to live. Ii is
thought that Or. GERMAN has tubereulo-
sis.
The fentleien OF the Universalist socie-
ty willhave sbaked bean supper and mas
querad pronsnade at the Town hall this
evening.
Attorney z. G. White was recently
elected high ouncilor OF the newly organ
lied Stte Hin Court of Foresters held at
MONTPELIER.
Glen McAlister and Miss Eta Mckee
were lutte adly hurt last Sunday By
being throw from their horses while
riding horse aek.
A. A Reedeft last Tuesday afternoon
for Brdgepot, Conn, with a carload OF
horsesand cttle for market. The mixed
carload consisted OF very desirable class OF
animss, andNith 'Doc's" wide experiences
as a market lan be can easily shift the
propery int, cash. w. r. Bixby OF East
Barre tccomanied Mr.. Reed as an assist
ant inlpeFsuding the animals to appear
equal " prizes demanded, which walt
mas hcultyof doing. Messrs. Reed q
BixbyWill b present at big horse sale
during theiabsence, and II circumstances
are faforabe. and their fancy tickleo
sufficiently, they may return with several
horsesfor tleir home, or local trade.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-02-02

Want your mOustache or beard
abeautiful brown or rich black? Use
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-03
Their Fir.t Experience.

A day or two ago Brooklyn clergy
man received an evening call from an
elderly man and woman, who ex
pressed wish to be Joined in the
bonds of matrimony as quickly as
possible.
Have you ever been married be
fore?' asked the clergyman OF the
man, good natured, weather beaten
person of seafaring aspect.
"Never, and never wanted to be be
FORE" was the prompt reply.
.'And have you ever been married
before?" the question came to the wo
man.
mo, SIR" she replied with equal
promptness, and with touch of humol
that appealed to the clergyman al
once she added: II never had a
chance"
The marriage ceremony was speedi-
ly performed and the clergyman re
fused to take any fee, telling the bride
with a twinkle in his eye, that it had
been an unusual privilege to officiate
New York Press.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-03
The Governors Wife.

1.-TWO men in Buffalo, says ex-Lieut.
Gov. Woodruff, recently had heated
argument over the question whether
the wife of a governor of state had
an official title. One man contended
that she should be addressed as Mrs.
Governor So-and-So, while the other
man stoutly insisted that she was sim.
ply Mrs. Blank, wife of Governor
Blank Finally they agreed to sub
nit the question to the first man they
should meet. He proved to be an
Irishman. The case was put before
him and he was asked for a decision.
Nayther of yez is right, said the
Irishman, after a moments reflection.
The wife of governor is a COVER
ness. "-Collier's Weekly.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-03
Medical DISCOVERIES.

The real proprietor of some one lit
tie eve lamb in the way of discovery
may have been aroused to not en-
tirely unjustifable sense of grievance
by the attribution of his darling to
some other, and may hence have been
inclined to urge his claim with an
emphasis apparently in excess of its
importance. From such a case ii
would be difficult to Withhold sympathy,
especially as in the medical profession
discoveries can seldom be sources OF
direct profit; there Is, therefore, the
more reason for taking care than any
credit to be derived from them shall
be assigned where it is due.
Hence arises some excuse, and per.
haps the only one which can be sug.
gested, for attaching the name of a
physician or surgeon to structure,
to an operation, to an injury, or to a
group of symptoms hereafter to be de-
scribed as somebody's disease"
somebody who, if he had not been
thus distinguished, would in all prob
ability nave DSCn dDoOiuICAy uuhHOWu
beyond the limits of his own country
or of the circle of friends or students
with whom he was brought into per-
sonal relations.
The average English practitioner
would know Pott independently of a
fracture and Hunter independendent
ly of canal: but he is not quite I'M
reasonable when he asks for further
information about Reynaud or Yer
nicke, and feels doubt as to the pre-
else character of the phenomenon" OF
the former or of the sign" of the
latter. Sometimes an invention is
more important than the individuality,
SO that we scarcely know of Ward ex.
cept by his paste or of James or OF
Dover except by their powders. This
only happens, of course. in the case
of comparatively small people; no
one, for example, has so far described
vaccination as "Jenners method
Lancet
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-03

Atkinson says, after five years experience
with Peruna:
II iCiIt ever continue to speak
good lC0rd for PerHna. am still
cured Of c0tdTrh. ''--JoIelI o. 4tktn-
son, Independence, NO, Boz 2s2.
Mrs. Ala Schwandt, Sanborn, MINI,
writes:
'Ih0rc been troubled with 4heltma-
ttsnt daLL cGfGr1h for flCenty-JIre
gears. Could not steep dan or night.
after haUt1lg used PcrWgd Team steep
datd nothing boihel.s nae 4splC.. III
eUe1' am affected lriut am kind of
sickness. Perttna tCiiJ be The Medf..
clue shah Mse. ny SON lcds cured
Of cafdrIii. Of he tGfync 6y PerEnG.v
--Mrs. AFLd. !ScIlCandt.
When cid age comes, catarrhal diseases
come also. Systemic catarTh is Almost uni
versal in old people
Address DR.. 5. b., Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio, who viii be pleased to give you the
benefit of his medical advice gratis.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1905-03-03

Admiral Togo was third son Of Togo
Kichizaemon, samurai of che clan Of
Satsuma, and the father gave him the
name of Heihachiro. He was born at
Kogoshima on the fourteenth day of
the tenth moon of the year of grace
1857. The gracious period of Meiji
(Which by Interpretation means the
era of enlightened reign began in 1868
A. D. That was also the birth date Of
the new Nippon. After the sacred
tradition Of samurai family his
mother took him to the shrine of a
guardian deity and placed him upon
the altar as the offering to HIS country
and to the sword that he might defend
the land of the gods. Like many an
other boy of samurai family his mill
tary training dates back far beyond
his memory.-C