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The Marshall republican., 1900-04-27

Mr. Charles Baker. q veil known
and highly respected Young man If
the Mt. Olive neighborhood. was
married on Tuesday afternoon,
April a. 1900, at 2 O'Clock, to
Miss Kate Wheeler. at the home Of
the bride In Sweet Springs. Rev.
c. Il. Paxson Of the Presby terrain
church at Sweet Springs officiating.
The bride il o cousin If Mrs. Il.
r. Orear Of Jefferson City and 10
an interesting and highly intellec.
tual young lady. who has taught
the Martin school for several terms.
giving general satisfaction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baker arrived on
the 9 o'clock train Tuesday night
and went Immediately to the home
at Mt. Olive, which had been pre-.
pared by the happy groom. aud
where we will leave them. wishing
for them q long life Of uninterrupt.
ed happiness.
The Marshall republican., 1900-04-27

Mrs. Nettic Jones, wife Of Oscar
Jones. a laboring man Of this city.
died at the home Of her relative,
Sherman Anthony on Monday. Of.
ter q short illness. Mrs. Jones wss
very young. only r9 years. ~
months and % days old She leaves
q husband and two little children,
one rs months and one little baby
just seven days old. 10 face the
world without q mothers care. The
remains were taken TO Slater on
Monday night. where the mother
If deceased, Mrs. Spradley had
just died Of erysipelas. The tuner.
81 Of both mother and daughter was
held In Slater on Tuesday morning
at 9 o'clock. Burial took place at
the Slater cemetery.
The sympathy Of the entire COM
niunity In extended To the bcreav.
ed In this hour Of deep trouble.
The Marshall republican., 1900-04-27
George Easiey Desd.

The death Of George Easi y, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Easiey Of
this city. took place on Tuesday
afternoon at one O'Clock at his
home In the western part Of the
city. George was q bright. indus.
trious young man. who was engag.
ed in farming near Mt. Leonard.
when some ten days ago he came
home sick. He had just reached
his sixteenth year and was q great
comfort to his parents. who are
greatly crushed at his death.
caused by erysipelas which At.
tackled the brain. The funeral was
held at the house on Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. B. +.
Wharton conducting the services.
A father and mother. one brother,
Don Easley and seven sisters are
left to mourn for this young broth.
er. They are, Mrs. George Hern.
don Of Herndon, Miss Sallie Easley
of Baton Rouge, La and Misses
Beatrice. Musette, Ursula Easley,
Mesdames Weekly and Clarence
Grimes all OF this CITY,
The Marshall republican., 1900-04-27

On account Of the rains. the
program of the Ladies' Harmonic
Club for April Is was postponed two
weeks. The next meeting will be
with Miss Fannie Taylor Monday.
April so, At ago p. M. A full at.
tendance is..desired.
MRS. J.'0. WHIrrRD. Sec.
The Marshall republican., 1900-04-27
ConvenGon.

The fifth annual Sunday school
convention Of the Saline association
will meet with the Mt. Leonard
church April a7th, asth and 29th.
All are invited to attend.
The Marshall republican., 1900-04-27
PuehMabrey.

Mr.. G.. N. Pugh and Miss Kizzie
Mabrey. both Of Orearville neigh.
borhood, were married on Tuesday
afternoon. April "a, at ago. in the
parlors Of the Quigley Hotel, Rev.
d. G. Bolton Of the Baptist church
officiating.
The Marshall republican., 1900-04-27

HutchIngs for fine pho.
tographs. Established
9 Phone 265. Il.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
CONAN DOYLE TO THE RESCUE,
The Anglo-Irishman Defends, the War
Office.

In a letter to the London press,
Conan Doyle, the novelist, defends the
war office from adverse criticism.
due credit" he urges, fought to be
given to the war office for its striking
successes in the mobilization and dis
patch Of so large iorce to such dis
lance in so short time. All foreign
authorities agree that this was re-
markable achievement. See how divi-
sion after division is being formed and
dispatched, and yet how often we have
been told that these divisions of re-
serves were non-existent. Surely here,
also, the war office has scored.
"In the matter of guns l am assured
by expert officers that our field artillery
is still the best in Europe. Certainly,
i'll this campaign, it has silcnced all field
guns brought against it.
'In the exceptional circumstances of
guns OF position being trundled about
the country and used to outrange field
allhlSly, tNC iiOol VIC SOulU ldllly DISK Is
that our authorities should at once
adapt themselves to these novel condi-
tons. This was quickly done by the
use of naval guns on the spot and by
the dispatch OF siege guns from home.
GAS to mounted infantry, this whole
campaign is now thing destined per-
haps to revolutionize warfare, and we
can simply meet conditions as they
arise. The large mounted force now on
it's way is sign OF how adaptive and
elastic we are.
THE real fact is we are fighting
against tough lot OF men, whom we
shall certainly wear down i'll the long
run, but who will give us many hard
knocks which we must bear in manly
silence, without any shrieks OF nous
sommes trabis.
LET there be reckoning at the end
for whoever has done less than his
best"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
TELLS OF BRITISH CRUELTIEs.
Philip Kock Says Wounded Beers We're
Robbed.

Philip Kock, adjutant to the late
Gen. Kock, of the Boer army, swears
that after the battle of Elandslaagte he
found General Kock wounded and en-
tirely naked. He said that British SOL
diers had robbed him of his clothing
a we'll as his valuables. In an affidavit
he continues:
There we're others robbed besides
General Kock on that battlefield. The
dead were not spared. l saw the re-
mains OF Assistant Commandant Boden-
stein, Landrost of Krugersdorp. He
had received bullet in his left breast
which pierced his heart. He had been
robbed OF his telescope, his rings had
been taken from his fingers, and all his
money was gone.
From the body of William Preto-
RUS, revenue collector at Johannesburg,
were taken all his money and his ring
from off lis finger.
From Servaas de Wet, wounded. a
ring and his money were taken.
~. A. Lepeltakkeeft was wounded by
lancer. He threw his gun down, and,
holding up his hand, surrendered as
prisoner. He was ordered to march
'vorwaerts' and took turn to the left.
He did not do this quickly enough for
the English officer, who shot him in
the back
'On the battlefield were found heaps
OF dum-dum bullets. 1t is with these
barbarous instruments that the English
wish to destroy our nation.
"As far as can see, our burghers
can expect no Christian and civilized
treatment from the English. So far,
their treatment of us has been of ma
ture I should be ashamed to apply to a
Kaffir.
"Our generals and officers are not
| respected and our ordinary burghers
are treated with contempt"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
The Confessional.

A well-known Jesuit scholar, Rev. R
+. Clarke, S. J., comes to the defence o.
the confessional in the North American
Review. He contends that it has mani.
fold advantages to the individual and tc
society and has its source in funda
mental need. He says:
The natural origin and fountain fead
OF confession is to be found in an in.
stinct Of human nature, which leads us
to communicate to others any strong
emotion present to the soul, any power
full influence engendering in us joy OF
sorrow, hope or fear, self-approbatior
or self-reproach. If some counter mo-
tive render concealment necessary, the
suppression will be painful to us and
will aggravate our suffering, where the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
{ No Entangling Alliance.

I'VE are now at peace with Eng.
land and there is great deal of gush
ing over our Anglo-American alliance
says Mayor Harrison of Chicago. 9Th
people say that blood is thicker thar
water, and they apprehend that NJ
trouble can come with England. Tha
is all foolishness. We are of differ.
ent blood than the English. We are
not Anglo-Saxons. We are a mixed
race, made up of the cream of the ma
tons OF Europe, and composed o.
Americans and all sorts OF foreigners
including Germans, Scandinavians and
Others who have no friendship with
England. I believe that the English
will be our friends just as long as il
pays them to be so. I am not in favor
of entangling alliances in peace or war
L think Uncle Sam should stand alone
He is able to take care of himself, and
he should stick to his own field, which
is this hemisphere.
II do not think we want any prop
erty SO lar away as the Philippines. I
believe that America is big enough for
all our energies. 1t is by far the best
part OF the earth's surface, and we
should be satisfied with it. As to the
Philippines, 1 can't see why we want
them. The population they have now
is thicker than that of Illinois, and it
will cost us enormously to hold them.
l see no reason why the Filipinos
should not be allowed to rule them
selves. Admiral Dewey says they are
superior to the Cubans, and we propose
to let them govern themselves"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
QUEER TALE OF ARCTIC SEAS.
A Ship That Had Been Icebound for
Fifty Years Drifts Into the
Harbor of COrvO.

One of the most curious finds ever
made from the sea was that which came
to the Azores in 1858. The island of
Corvo was then in possession of two
beach-combers, runaway English sail
ors. There came drifting into little
harbor one morning a craft which had
evidently been frozen in the ice for a
lifetime, and had lately been released.
1t had come down from Davis strait,
and was an ancient and battered hulk
without masts, bnlwarks, or name. The
craft had been brig, and she was Rus
sian. Her matches were on and her
cabin doors fast, and the hulk was buoy
ant. She had come out of the belly of
an iceberg. She had little cargo, and
that consisted of skins and furs in prime
condition. No papers were found in
her cabin, but it was figured that she
was sealer or trader, carrying crew
of ten or twelve, and that she had been
provisioned for year. The flour found
aboard tasted like chalk, but the beef
was perhaps better than the day it was
put on board. She had been abandoned
when frozen in, and the dark color of
the woodwork and the growth of moss
proved that she had drifted for years.
Then she got fast in the ice, and be-
came part of berg.
The date of letter found in her fore
castle showed that she had been aban-
doned nearly half century before.
The hulk drifted on to sandy beach,
and the combers went to work on her.
They got out the furs, which brought
them $4,000, hoisted out a couple of bar
rels of beef, and then set fire to the
wreck, and little remained of her when
the story leaked out. That the hulk
had come down from the far north was
proved only few weeks later by the
log of an English merchantmen. She
reported passing great iceberg to the
northwest Of the Azores, and of seeing
curious object Embedded in it so feet
above the surface of the water. This
object was believed to be whale, but it
was probably the hull of the brig. Get
ting down into the warm seas, the berg
fell to pieces, and that queer old relic
found herself afloat again.-N. Y. Sun.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There are many muscles in the hui
man body control of which has been
lost through ages of disuse.
The longest tree in the world lies
broken and petrified at the end of a
defile in northwestern Nevada. It is
said to be 666 feet long.
The Gersoppa falls, on the Sharavatti
river, in south Kanara, India, are larger
and more magnificent than Niagara.
The water makes clear drop of $40
feet.
The United States has more mer-
chant vessels than Great Britain. She
has 22,705 vessels of 4,749,73S tons,
while Great Britain has 2O,6O1, of g.
953,171 tons.
When you have blood upon your
hands, first wash them in pure wa
ter. Using soap at first is a mistake,
as soapy water does not dissolve blood
rapidly. Clear water and nail brush
should come first, soap next.
Many clocks with weights and wheels
were in use in England during Chau-
GERS time, and most of the monasteries
of the fourteenth century possessed
clocks, though these were used to show
the astronomical movements, as we'll
as the passage of hours. Throughout
the fifteenth century clocks were made
mostly by armorers and blacl1smiths,
as they were constructed of iron and
steel.
The aggregate national debt of Eu-
rope exceeds $4,000, 100000, according
to consular information procured by
the state department, and officially
published. The exact figures for each
country are given as follows: England,
$3,323, s19,50o; France, $6,24s,5s6, 1000;
Germany, $2,447,34o,s30; Russia, $4,-
759,437, 1000; Austria-Hungary, $2,574,-
37s,5oo; Italy, $2,4s2, s14,s12; Spain, ST.
79s,Sso,799.
To thread needle hold it with the
ring and little fingers Of the left hand,
instead of with the thumb and fore
finger, as is the usual way. This meth
cd, according to DR.. Joseph NJ. jack
son, leaves the thumb and forefinger
free to grasp the smallest bit of silk
or other suture material as it passes
through the eye and pull it to safe
distance on the other side. This does
away with. the slipping back, so COM
mon in the old way of changing hands,
and incidentally decreases profanity.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06

Wbu4
regular army, is a sgentlemen's regi-
ment," differed by members of the
smart set" When it is sent forth for
the sport OF the man-hunt it is led by
"scions" OF the "first families" by men
OF title, birth, high breeding-the "chi-
valry" OF Britain, says the New York
World.
On the retreat from Glencoe the Brit
lsh, in greatly superior force, came
upon a small Boer detachment at
Glands Laagte and put it to flight.
Several squadrons of the Fifth Lam
GERS, about three hundred in all, were
sent in pursuit and overlook and sur
rounded about ninety OF the Beers. The
Beers threw away their arms, and, be-
ing unable to speak the language, fell
upon their knees i'll supplicating atti-
tudes, indicating that they surrendered.
But the Fifth Lancers, with its high
bred sporting instincts, was not to be
cheated. The officers called out "Show
'ANiiA !io !lISlSy! stuu ultll DARKNESS. III =
tcrtered, to quote all officer whose let
ter appeared in the London Times.
most excellent pig-sticking ensucd for
about ten minutes, the bag being about
sixty"
Pig sticking!' THE bag!" Clearly
sporting event OF the very highes.
type!
They begged for mercy''-the pigs
but the gentlemen and their "beaters
in drove home the lances Through
rheir backs and bowels" Sixty out O..
ninety went into "tlle bag"
These British gentlemen and the men
who must obey, and, so far as may be.
pattern after them, are in South Africa
according to the statements of the Brit
sh government, for the cause of prog
ress and liberty and civilization. Ye.
when they write OF battle in this holy
cause they describe a massacre and cali
it most excellent pig-sticking.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
PERCENTAGE IN GAMBLING.
Will Always Break the
Small Players.

I'm all gambling games" said an old
time sport, there is percentage in
favor of the house, Anybody, except
born fool, knows that man couldp' t
afford to equip an establishment, hire
help, pay rent, and defray all the hun
dred and one incidental expenses un-
less he derived profit that was based
on some fixed principle and not depend
ent on mere luck or chance.
Just where the profit comes in, how
ever, is something that very few peo-
pie understand. Most of them imagine
it is derived from some slight advan-
tage in the arrangement of the game,
such as the zero numbers in roulette
or the splits in faro, but they are very
much mistaken. 1t really depends on a
principle that applies to all games alike,
and might be termed the percentage of
capital
"Strange as it may seem, I could take
capital of $1,000 and begin pitching
nickels, in which the chances are per-
fectly even, letting the players guess
either way they wanted to, and would
make steady profit, day in and day
out. The secret is this: The average
player has only limited amount OF
money, and slight run of bad luck
wipes him out. He is obliged to quit,
and somebody else takes his place,
while the house keeps right on through
good luck and bad, continually swell.
ing it's reserve with the cash of the
broken players. To simplify the mat.
ter, suppose have 100 pennies and you
have one, and we begin matching. One
loss breaks you, but can stand 100
losses before having to quit. You may
have squirt of luck at the start, but
in the long run am morally certain to
wipe you out. That principle of the
percentage of capital is at the bottom
of the profits of every gaming house in
the world, from Monaco to Long
Branch" -Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
LIFE ON ST. HELENA.
Inhabitants of the Island Happy and
Contented and Crime Almost
Unknown.

Few people ever think of St. Helena
except as rock in the sea on which Ma
poleon lived awhile miserably and then
more miserably died. That the great
est of anti-climaxes was not the end of
the little islands history is hard to real
ize, possibly because poet or romancer
would have made it the end, and con-
tinuation is therefore more or less UNI
natural and absurd. Be that as it may,
st. Helena has remained the abiding
place of ordinary human beings who
concern themselves very little about the
colossal ghost generally supposed to be
the islands only inhabitant, and the re-
port to the English government just
made by their governor shows that they
have joys and sorrows exactly like those
of the folks dwelling in places less
tragically famous. For instance, the
revenues of the island last year were
e9,152, decidedly comfortable sum,
but alas! the expenditures amounted
to 6 $40, and that is an excess of out
go not comfortable at all. The govern
or says, however, that the bad balance
was due to some extraordinary drains
upon the islands resources, and that
he anticipates substantial surplus for
the current year. A recent increase of
the garrison and extensive improve
mcnts now making by the colonial and
imperial authorities assure the imme-
date prosperity of the islanders.
st. Helena has no public debt, but is
paying off by small annual installments
Notwithstanding grant of e 5000
made by parliament in 1871. The i'm
ports, chiefly foodstuffs and building
materials, amounted last year to e62,-
9S5, and the exports, almost wholly po--
tatoes, to e4,391. Lacemaking has been
introduced among the girls of the is
land with great success, and the gov
ernor is experimenting with the manu-
facture of brick and tile. The whalers
have now entirely deserted st. Helena,
the few ships engaged in that industry
keeping far to the north or south. The
total population of the island is 4,543.
The governor hopes that winter vis-
itors from England may be tempted by
the salubrity of the climate to try St.
Helena, which is superior, he says, in.
some respects to that of Madeira and
the Canary islands. He says the peo-
pie as whole compare favorably with
the English agricultural population;
with few exceptions all can read and
write, and the language is spoken with.
greater purity than in many districts
at home. AS rule, the people are hap.
Ply and contented, with little crime
among them and much kindness in help.
ing each other. Strangers are greatly
impressed with the general civility
shown to them by old and young.-N.
v 1,;rnee
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
ROB SIBERIA OF TERRORS.
Reforms Proposed in the Russian
Penal Code with Decreased Num-
Der of Exiles.

The proposed reform concerning the
Siberian exile system is one which it
will take some time to put into force.
To do away completely with the exile
system sat one fell swoop" seems i'm,
practicable, if not absolutely impos.
sible. From what learn it is proposed
to abolish the punishment of exile first,
for certain categories of prisoners, un.
til sufficient penal stations have been
established in European Russia for all
classes of convicts, political or other.
wise. In the meantime the government
is taking energetic measures to do away
with the great curse Of the law-abiding
subjects of the car in Siberia by draw,
ing distinction between them and the
convicts who have broken their parole.
The latter form permanent bands of
thieves and murderers, which are the
terror of the natives and colonists in
certain provinces of Asiatic Russia.
According to recent official information
on this subject there are between sO,-
600 and 10000 of these exiles who have
broken their parole.
This question of penal reform is now
in the hands of an imperial commission
appointed for the purpose. The num-
Der of these imperial commissions in
Russia is great, over 200 of them being
at work just now. AS rule, they hold
meetings and deliberate for several
years without coming to any definite
conclusion. 1t is to be hoped that the
commission just appointed to deter
mine what punishment is to take the
place of exile to Siberia will be an ex-
ception to this rule, especially since
there are few noteworthy exceptions
to the general rule. Thus, for instance,
special committee, appointed for the
purpose of revising the rules and regu-
lations of the judiciary in Russia, has
just come to the end of it's labors after
being at work for over five years, dur
ing which time 500 seances were held.
From what is known of the conclusions
reached by the commission radical
transformation of the entire code of
common law has been decided upon.
These proposals will be submitted to
the council of the empire next Janu-
airy for approval.-N. Y. Times.