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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

Krook,s rag and bottle shop, a neighDor
TO crazy little Miss Elite. Of the Chancery
Court and the many bird cases.
Krook himself was an ignorant. spec
gtacled old rascal, whose sole occupation
seemed to be 10 sleep and to drink gin,
bottle Of which stood always near him,
His only intimate was a big, gray evil
tempered cat called Lady Jane, = who
when not lying in wait for Miss Elites
birds, used to sit on his shoulder with her
tall sticking straight UP like a hairy
feather. People in he neig hborhood call
cd his dirty shop the Court sof Cham
Gerry because, like that other court, It
had 50 many old things in 1t and What
eyer Its owner once got into It never got
odt again.
In return for Mr. Tulkinghorn's money.
sKrook told him all he knew about his
lodger. The latter, It seemed. was suriy
and dissipated, and did what copying he
could get In order to buy opium with
which he drugged himself daily. SO far
as was known, he had but one f,.iend-Joe..
q wretched crossing sweeper to whom
often, when he had any, he gave a COIN
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No. 1O---BLEAK HOUSE.

anything or anybody setting fire to It.
This is just what happened to Krook.
AS he stood in the middle OF the dirty
shop. without any warning. all in a
4twinkling, he blazed up and burned.
clothes and all, and In LESS time than It
takes to tell It., there was nothing left
but little pile OF ashes, a burnt mark
in the floor and sticky smoke that
stuck to the window, pancs and hung
In the air like SCOT XII
And this was all Guppy found when
he came back to try to get another sight
OF the letters. He searched for them,
but could not find them, and came to
It;ae combustion they had been In 1lrook's
pocket and had burned up with him.
This was the end of Krook, and the
rag-and bottle shop was tsken possess
sion of by Grandfather smallweed, a
hideous, crippled none calender, who had
been his brother-in-law.an and who ut once
went to work ransacking all the papers
he could find on the premises.
Il Grandfather smallweed was thin.
toothless. wheezy. green old 5tnlser,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

who was SO nearly dead from age and
asthma that he was past walking and
had to be wheeled about the streets by
his granddaughter, Judy, in a chair. He.
had a wife who was deaf and out OF her.
mind. Everything said in her hearing
she connected with the idea OF money.
If one said, for example: ITS twenty
minutes past noon she would at once
begin to gabble: "Twenty8ce cents! Twenty
dollars! Twenty Thousand millions Of
bank notes locked UP In black box!!"
and she would not stop till her husband
threw a cushion at her which he. kept
beside him for that purpose, and knocked
her mouth shut.
AS 1t happened. the letters which
sGuppy thought DESTROYED had y not been
burned after all, and Grandfather Small
weed, discovered them hidden back OF the
shelf where Lady Jane, BROOKS big cat,
slept. VII 8#
The name, Captain Hawdon," told
the money-lender far more than It had
told Guppy. Long ago, when its owner
was living dlsspated life In London,
he had borrowed money from Grand.
father snallweed. money that was still
unpaid when IIawdon Disappeared, never
to be seen again. 1t was said he had
fallen overheard from q vessel and had
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

OF his He was called MIR. George" ard
kept a shooting gallery. Mr.. George had
among his papers a letter written him
by the captain, and not knowing the pur-
pose for which 1t was to be used, loan
ed 1t to tho lawyer. An lnstants COM
5parison n convinced the latter that the
handwriting was the same, that tho
copylst had been really Captain Hawdon.
and that the letters In the bunthe had
once been written to him by the woman
who was now the naughty Lady Dedlock.
1t was a strange. sad story that the
letters disclosed, as Mr.. Tulknshorn read
them, line by line, gloating over his sue
cess. Tho man who had fallen 80 low as
to drag out O wretched existence by COPY
Ing law papers-wforn, until she saw the
tell tale handwriting in the lawyers
hands, abe had believed to be dead-'wns
Ia man Lady Dedlock had once loved.
Many years before, when a young W 20
man, she had run away from home with
him A little child was born to them
whom she named Esther. When she and
Hawdon had separated, her sister, to
moro easily hide from the world tho
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

been drowned. TO think now that the
captain might perhaps been living all
those years In London, free from arrest
for the debt, filed the Wlzened soul or
the old man with rage, and lilo was ready
enough to talk when Mr.. Tukinghorn
questioned him. and finally sold him the
bundle NJ letters
Tho lawyer knew at once that tho LEFT.
ters were In Lady Dedlock's panmanship;
1t remained to prove TO his own salts
faction that the dead Memo" had been
the Captain IIawdon to whom they were
written. Mr. Tulkinghorn, Of course, l,ad
many specimens of the copyist's hand.
and after much search he found n man
who had once known the captain we'll
who had, indeed, been 9 fellow soldier
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

clap, His death. following 80 speedily,
had shaken her self-rontrol md since,
feeling the suspicious eye of Tulkinghorn
watching her always she had often trem-
bled lest no knew mere than she SUPP
posed. Now, through Guppy's disclosure,
sshe had learned that she possessed Il
daughter g
When, the law clerk had gone she threw
herself on her knees in the empty ROOM
with tears ana sobs. crying:
"Oh. my child! My child Not dead IN
the first hours OF her life, as my cruel
slater told mo, but sternly nurtured by
her, after she had renoWlced me and my
name! Oh, nly~child MY child!'
3.--Little Joe Plays a Part,
Z While these events which so closely
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

Llltlll 11St 1|eANA AtSSA
for love. Lady Dedlock was not noble
by birth-no one, indeed, knew who she
had been before her marriage-but she
was very beautiful. She was soFproud
and naughty. too. rs she was lovely, and
was much sought after. But with all her.
popularity she had few close friends, and
no one In whom she confided.
Even her housckeeper, Mrs. Rounce-5
we'll, a fine. handsome old lady who had
been "a Sir Leicester's servant for fifty
years. thought her cold and reserved.
Mrs Ro,,ncewell herself had son..
George, who many years before had en-
listed as q soldier and had never come
back; and looking at her mistress face
she often wondered II the shadow of
lain there was tho mark Of some old
grief or loss OF which no one knew.
However, that may have been, the old
baronet loved his wife and was exceed
singly proud Other.
& Sir l.eicesters y family lawyer h was
named I'ulklnghorn, He was q dull, dig
nified man. who railways dressed IN black
and seldom spoke whom 1t was unneces-
sary His ono passion was the discovery
4 of tolner peoples secrets, 1ie knew more
family secrets than any one else IN Lon
don, and to discover q new one no would
have risked all his fortune.
Now, among tho very many connected
lin some way or other Win the famous
Jarndyce case, which seemed destined
never to end, was Sir Leicester Dedlock.
and one day. Csc Chancery Court having
actually made a llttle-progre Mr.. Tulk-
lnghorn brought the baronet some lega!
papers to read to him.
AS tho lawyer held one In Ills hand
Lady Dedlock. seeing the handwriting,
asked III an agitated voice who had writ
ten II. He answered that 1t was the
work of one OF HIS copyists a moment
later. as lie went on reading they found
that Lady :, edlocN jnuu tainted away, Her
husband did not connect her 4..ncss With
the spaper,s but Mr., Tulkinghorn did and
tnat instant no determined that Lady
Dcdlock had a secret, that this secret had
something TO do with the copyist and
that what this secret was he, 4 .....ng-5
horn, would discover.
y He easily found that the writing had
been done by q man who called him-.
self '.,emo,9 and who lived above
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

n LEICESTER 5DEDLUCK,1
whom Mr.. Boythorn SO loved to
torment. was seventy years old.
His wife, many years younger.
3 than himself, he had married
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-23

The Court Of Chancery.
n nee upon a time In England n
man named Jarndycc, having
B made great fortune. died and
4 lefta great Will. The persons
r. AL. Arlr10i1ltnd To carry, nut ifa u n.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
SHE GOT HER BAGGAGE.
Mrs. Isabella Bishop Was a Self Pos
sessed Traveller. r-

Mrs. Isabella Bishop Was Self Pos
sessed Traveller.
Mrs Isabella Bishop, whose travels
In different parts OF the world secured
for her membership in the British Roy
al Geographical society, visited Ameri-
ca when she was n;young womun She
was unused to travel and was alone
when SHE had the following expert
ence:
Once III Il train going to New York
she was dreadfully tired, and yet size
had Il feeling that If she went to sleep
the man sitting next her would pick
her pocket She struggled for some
time against her inclination to sleep;
but, having for u moment given way,
she awakened to feel the hand Of her
from her pocket. -
In her purse. besides some money.
which was. comparatively speaking, OF
bInnll moment. was her baggage check.
That was the only thing that really
mattered. Ifishe accused her:ueighbor
Of theft. nothing was simpler. for him
than 10 drop the purse out of the open
window, beside which, he was sitting.
No; she determined .she would leave
any interference until they arrived at
their destination.
She secured the services of porter
and. with'upparcntN Guinness. followed
her travelling companion down the
PLATFORM: Having described her bag
gnge 10 the porter, she ut2the critical
moment bowed slightly to the pick
pocket and, with all tairy smile. said,
This gentleman las my baggage
check" And he Immediately presented
1t to her. ',fr:4
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
.-..yii+.i 4iss -f3i : 7. {.-z,sl ! n 2
RUSHING WORK ON
The CONNECTICUT
Feress Working Night and Day at
New York Navy Yard to Com. =
plete Ship by October 1.

According TO II reliabl. report re.
ccirei from New York. the naval co.-
stiut toIs in charge of The work Oh the
battlcship Connecticut, building ut rne
Brooklyn navy yard. are working large
FORCES oil men on that SLIP night and
day and they believe that the ship Will
lie ready to go iutO commission about
fletcher !. OF this year. 1T had been
argnod h. naval men that the local
shipyard has mad the advantage over
The srLoklyn yard in the hattleship
race between the Louisiana and the
Connecticut, because tile local yards
| mrn work len hours n ,lsy whereas the
w'iimcn at the navy yard work only
eight hours. Now it seems; that ne
navy ward forces wtrk even longer
hcnis than the forces at the local
ward
II is true that for several mouths the
wGrs on the Louisiana has been going
on ni3ht and day. TWO shifts of men
wtrl:ing during every twenty-fou
hcnrs.A butpthe lcca. yard has not near
SO many :nen at work on the Louisi.
ana as the navy yarl has OIL the Cor!
nec'icnt and there Is no reason why
the navy yard shuulrl not win he
i race irs
The Louisiana cannot be completed
by October ], anl naval men here do
not thirk that the Connecticut will be
completed as so"n as the officials of
the Brcnklyn yar'I ansicipa tic AS there
yet remains treat amount Of work
'rle done Gil the ship
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
tFiifFsf 80 i:Eyr~ ~ . :
'M'GAtiAN AND ,SCOBELEFE.s
Shc Newspapers Nuns Picture of the
Great Russtun General

She Newspapers Nuns Picture of tho
Great Russtun GeneSnl
Mcclellan was tile correspondent who
first described to Europe. the Bulge.
rian atrocities. What n brilliant crea-
ture he was, with his steel blue eyes,
his face as delicately chiseled as
though,it were ,of marble, his 1.-The
light frame and that suggestion of alb
solute courage, iron resolve, under
neath the. almost feminine tininess. OF
the features. He was one Of the in
Inmates of scobeleff4indeed the men
were SO attached to each other that
ScobeleRf nearly always Insisted thnt
McGahan should SHIRE his tent with
him. and McGahan WIS in the tent Of
Scobeleff the night after the disas-
trous assault on Plevha Scobeler
was, said 'MfcGahnn,. n wonderful pic
ture of the horrors and terrors Of war
His face, was black with powder, his
uniform was in rugs and his sword
was twisted like a corkscrew. 1t Ia
evident from this description that SEQ
belief took part with his own hand IN
some of the work OF tile day. There
was sequel. by the way, to this pic
ture. 4 nm not quite sure whether
AIcGahan published it. but he told it
to me- Scobeleff was always IL dandy
Even in leading n charge lie was dress
ed with d,,ndicnl precision. In the
middle Of the night McGahnn was
woke UP, and he saw Scobelen dress
Ing himself With great care, putting
on new uniform aud even pertaining
his hair and clothes. And then came
another transformation. Scobcleff. his
elaborate toilet finished, sut down on
his bed and burst Into shower OF
tears and a tempest Of sobs, thinking
over all his poor men who had been SO
vainiy sacrificed in the attempt to gain
the fortress.-Iiondon NJ. APP. az
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
a wem Conductou MOI.

In 1907, i1'ritated by the high. price
Of provisions the poor 'peoplsaof Eng
land rose In many parts and seized the
corn from the flour mills, which: they
sold at reasonable prices. giving, the
money to the rghtful owners-n well
conducted riot that caused law to be
passed against the eighteenth century
cornering of swheati;tBu a { severe
winter following. the distress becnme
so great TINT the London common
council ordered $1,000 to be subscribed
out Of the city funds and that "a sub!
scription book should be opened for the
donations; Of all well disposed per-
sons" "By this noble plan" says u
writer of|that time,s "great numbers of
people were happily relieved from the
most ab1ect stute of distress"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14

The readiest and surest way to get
ED Of !censure Is, to correct ourselves
Demosthenes. Is
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
The "aovcrnorn Was Enourh

Charles, have ayoaYoyer considered
going into any sbusiness?" .stsas;
Nav. The governor wanted me to
ldstNyealf, butsI4told him. S;dontcher
know 1t was edotgli ITO have one
ltradesman,in'the famiiy.p-Judge.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
PREPARATIONS FOR EXHIBIT.
Magnificent Display of Fireworks at
ti i',ii RucIsroe FRIDAY Njoht...t-,

Magnificent Display of Fireworks at
II ''' Rucisroe Friday Night
Arrangements for the big protechnic
exhibition at Buckroe Beach next
Friday night have been completed
Manager Rex States that the display,
which Is to be free to the public, will
be the most sumptuous ever exhibited
hereobouts. The fireworks have been
received from the Pain Pyrot echniC
company and will be set off by an ex.
pert, who has arranged the following
program for the display.
1-Colored rockets. 2-Exhibit of
parachute rockers, chromatic rockets
and hanging chain rockets. 3-Nation.
al streamers and peacock rockets. A.
Worlds fair rockets. 5-Niines OF
stars and serpentg. 5-Devils among
the tailors. G-Batteries OF stars. -
Electric spreader batteries. 9-Mag.
nesium star batteries. 10-Changine
star batteries. 1l-Vertical wheels
12-The fiery geyser 13-The rosette,
14-Saucissons. 15-The tri-color
bengoa. 15-China Hiers. 17-Aro.
lites. g 18-Floral fountain. 19-The
golden spray fountain. 20-Jewelletl
tresses. ,21-lndian jugglery. 22-The
prismatic fountain. s23-4Port fires.
24-Manhattan, Beach shells. 25-13
IL inch aeriel bombs, STRENGTHENING
into ,eocentriques 2G-The bouquet. of
Gerbis. 27-eFhe blazing sun ,i28-The
shower of penrls 29-The Chinese
fan. 30 Egyptian circlets. 3l--The
tempest wheel. ~. u .a,4's So.
III addition to the above showers
OF stars created by one hundred rec
kets fired simultaneously will be
shown. .N.
Extra cars will be run from all the
peninsula towns to the beach until mid
night in order to avoid overcrowding
AMI to guard against delays in trans
rortation.,
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
THE GREAT TITAN.
IFS WINS an All Embracing Genius,
slt' 'TCouRtly, serene, Maj estic.

Ifs WINS an All Embracing Genius,
~, "Courtly, Serene, Majestic.
AT once q genius and a. faTOrlte Of
fortune, Titan moved through his long
life OF polnp and splendor serene and
self contained. He was of old and no.
BILE family, liorn!at Pieve, III the noun.
tain district OF Cadore BY the time
that he vas eleven years old his Ia.
ther, Gregorio di Conte Vecelli. recog.
'nized TINT he was destined to be O
painter and sentahim to Venice, where
be becnnie the pupil first OF Be.iihi and
then OF the grentnrtIst Giorglne. From
the first indeed he enjoyed. every, privi-
,!ese that dnsinrtist of bis time could
need. The doge and council OF Venice
recognized his ability, rs did the dukes
Of Ferrara and MantiIa. AS the, years
went on kings. popes and Eemper6r,
were his ifrleiids and patrons In Ills
home at Brit; suburb OF Venice, from
Which In one direction tho .snowclad
Alps are visible and Fin the 'other the
soft luxuriIIlce Of. the Venetian lagoon.
he maintained II princely household, ms,
sociating with tile greatest and most
accomplished men OF Venice, working
on until had reached the ageS Of
,ninety-nine yours Even then 1T was
no 6:dihdry diiment, but the visitation
of the plague. that carried him til, aud
such was the: honor in which lie wig
held TINT the law against the burial of
the plague stricken in church was
overFuled In, this case, and he was laid
In the tomb (which he had prepared for
hilnselfti In tthe great Church of the
Frari.. ssi;.ss k.uaS1t n ,..;.
No artists life was 30 completely
ind sustainedly superb. and such, too,
Is, the character OF his work. He was
great In portraiture,, in Handicapped in
The painting Of religious and 'mythoiok,
teal subjects. In any one Of these de-
partments others have rivaled him, but
his gloiy} Is that he attained to the
highest aranll.>ine all.- He was an arts,
OF universal gifts.l His was an all ON.
bracing genius courtly, serene, smajcs
/ tic. He viewed the splendor Eof the
world in a big, tealtIful, ample way
and represented 1t with the glowing
brush Of a supreme muster OF color.G
Charles II. Gafiln In st. Nicholas. i,2
y Every baldheaded man secretly en-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
WINK Matches.

Wax matches. SO called, are made
by drawing strands Of fine cotton
thread, twenty OF thirty at time,
through melted steRrln. with a. small
admixture OF parafln. 1.-The wax
hardens Qulckly;upons the threads. yand
the long taperst thus produced ore
ismoothed and rounded by pulling them
through iron plates perforated with
holes of the desired size. Finally the
tapers are cut into match lengths and
dipped. 81. isssf as il $50 rs
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
C;o'LORED CHURCH
TO HAVE A RALLY
Congregation CT the Queen Street Bap.
fist Church to Attempt to
Raise $4,000.

The congregation OF the Queen
Street tcolored) Baptist church. whose
building was recently destroyed by
lire, VIII held big rally i'll the court
house ON the third Sunday in June.
When an attempt will be made to raise
&''gCoafor tie erection of new place
'.f worship.
The following program has been ar
ranged for the. rally:..# tss.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
FINE. MUSIC AND
GOOD READING
SPLENDID Entertainment Will Be Giver
in Central Methodist Church
Tomorrow Evening.

An entertainment Of unusual inter.
est '"ill be given in the Central Meth.
oiist church., tomorrow. when Mis-,
Starr. an elocutionist of high repula.
ton will he tho leading feature.
The nrosram follows:
Partl.
Piano Duet. - THE Witches Flight
II. III. Russell
SGio. ....... ..:....:.. Selected
MIR, j. w. H.. Grief.
Rea'iing, "A Sisterly Scheme Bennett
Selection, "Minuet," :. Paderewski
Virginia saXophnne Quartet.
Soprano Solo ,.......,......., Selected
Miss Caroline Davis.
Rra'llng' line Steam. Chair" Alden
Piano Sole Mountain Stream Smythc
Miss Louise Rehtllal. -i.., ~
Mezzo Soprano Solo. ."Snnset" .Bucl,
= Miss Grace Cosby
Part IT,
Plano SClo .."Inpromptu'' Reinhold
Miss Grace Cosby.
feahins' s..... ,....... Selected
5 "A Tramp Abroad"
Vocal nuet... Live and Love Thee"
Miss Davis and Mrs Eastman
Selection Pilgrim Chorus" Lcmbardi
Virginia SaXophone Quartet.
Reading "A Little, Coquette" Memo
Violin Solo, Piano Accompaniment
Pref, Dodd and Miss Cosby
Reading The New Juliet" Austin
lane Solo. 800. Medley
MIR. Otis NTorrisette.
Recalling. "At the Opera" Anon
Selection
Virginia saxophone Quartet.
MISS starr j. Nj. Hare.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14

Every baldheaded man secretly en-.
vies poodle, 3i3
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
The Besetting Sin. of aGen,lemen.n

The Besetting SIN, of "GentIemen."
All people above. the condition OF la!
borersi arc ruined by excess of stimu-
lus and nourishnent clergy Included
never yet saw any gentleman who ate
and drank as little, as was reasonable.
Looking back ION my past life; find
that all my miseries Of body and mind
have proceeded ;hffomi indigestion.
Sydney Smiths Confession. =
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
llamlup'ton News l' and Advertisement
Pastor Thin: Baptist Church, Hampton
Special music Third Church Choir
Y. M. c. A. Secretaries.

Secretary Charles Leiby, of the
Young Mems Christian Association. at
tended conference of association sec.
retaries In Norfolk yesterday. Steps
we're taken hooking to arranging a star
course for the coming year, Score
tarics we're present from Newport
News. Norfolk. Portsmouth. Hampton
and Elizabeth City. N. C.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-06-14
Knew Him.

He was looking fora rich wife and
thought he&whsl on the trail.s 81 dove
'you@ hes said iii soft, warm tones,
s"more than lean tellin words. 'stat
".Yoh'd better try figures, she re.
piled cbldly.s for she was not so green
as she looked. y |in..s J. :.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-05-05
Chancerx Sale.

In pursuance and by virtue OF decree of the
Circuit Court for the County OF Shiawassee
State OF Michigan. In Chancery, made ana
entered on the 2ist day of January, A. ID. 1905 In
n certain cause therein pending, wherein
Charles w. Gale, Herman q. trieseke Tod
kincaid and Edwin T.. Waldron, complainants
and Vigor 0 Health Food Company, Limited,
defendant
Notice Is hereby given, that shall sell at
public auction 10 the highest bidder, at the
front door of the temporary Court house in the
city of Corunna. Michigan THAT being the place
OF holding the Circuit Court for said County,,
on Tuesday the 18th day OF June, A. d. 1905 at
ten clock in the forenoon. the following de-
scribed property, viz: all that certain piece or
parcelof land situate In the City Of Owosso,
County of Shiawassee ana state of Michigan.
described as follows. Commencing at q point
where the southerly line of the Corunna road
intersects the west limo of section nineteen,
town seven north range three east, thence
south seventy. one degrees and fifteen minutes
hundred and twenty feet, thence south
erly one hundred eighteen and one half feet to
the Detroit. Grand Haven and Milwaukee
Railway, thence westerly one hundred and
ninety seven feet along said railroad to the
west line of said section nineteen, thence north
erly along said section line one hundred and
four and one half feet to the place OF begin
ming.
Dated Owosso, Michigan, April 27th,, 1905.
NEIL II. WALSH.
Circuit Court Commissioner,
Shiawassee County, Michigan.
WATSON & CHAPMAN,
Solicitors for ComplainantS,
OwosSO, Michigan