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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
STATIONS IRISH STEW.
story Of the Great War Secretary
az Told by His DOdyGuard.

a story Of the Great War Secretary
az Told by His DOdyguard.
An attempt by Secretary of War
Stanton to cook an Irish stew while
holding the war department Office
against the removal order of President
Andrew johnson is one of many anec-
dotes related by Louis Koerth, at the
period mentioned the great war secre-
tary's bodyguard.
Feb. 81, 1868, President johnson ap-
pointed General Lorenzo Thomas sec
rotary of war ad interim, but the pow
er of removal having been taken by
the tenure of office act from the presi-
dent, Mr.. Stanton refused to resign or
to vacate the office of secretary.
He camped in the office, determined
to hold 1t until the result Of the Inn
parchment proceedings against the
president, which were then pending In
the senate, should be determined. For
sixty days Mr.. Stanton held "the fort, I"
and during that period his faithful
bodyguard, ex-Sergeant Louis Koerth,
then in the United States general serv-
Ice, assigned to the war department,
kept him company.
On the day in which Mr.. Stanton re-
ceived the official notification of his
removal by the president he made i'm
mediate preparations for a siege. He
dispatched Sergeant koerth to Mrs.
Stanton for blankets and pillows, but
that lady refused to send them, insist
ing that the secretary should come
home and give up the office.
Mr.. Stanton smiled on receiving her
message and simply said:
"Koerth, go to your own house and
bring blankets, pillows and such cook
ing utensils as we may need"
The Irish stew was the first effort
Koerth, being a German, needed in
structions in the mysteries of prepar-
ing the savory stew, and the secretary
named the various ingredients, which
he ordered the servant to purchase.
Both men had spent q busy and la
boriously exciting day, and both were
tired out when the pot was put on the
fire to cook the stew.
The consequence was that the great
war secretary and his bodyguard fell
asleep. The secretary was the first to
be awakened by the smell of the burn
ing stew.
''Koerth, Koerth! Wake up, man"
shouted Mr.. Stanton. 1.-THE stew is
burningp'
Koerth sprang to his feet, but, alas.
too late to save Mr.. Stanton's Irish
stew. 1t was burned and smoking,
while the pot was a glowing red. Rue
fully the secretary rolled himself up in
his blankets on the sofa and went to
sleep for the night supperless.-Wash-
ington Post.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

and one of the wittiest men of the Jew
ish race In Germany, once criticised
King Ludwig's verses so sharply that
he was ordered, says Household Words,
to quit Munich within twenty-four
hours.
The court chamberlain waited upon
the journalist with the kings conn.
mand and. having delivered 1t, consid-
erately asked:
do you think that you can get away.
In that timer /.
"Yes. think So" Saphir said, "but IL
my own legs can't take me quick
enough I'll borrow some of the super
iuous feet in his maJesty's last volume;
OF verse"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

Among the most extraordinary p:,,r
Of symbolism known TO have been us
by the early Asiatics was II f%ury. OF
donkey's head used as Il representative.
of the Deity. There is no doubt wha.
ever that the same emblem was one,
used among the Hittites. the Egyp-
tians and one or two other nations as II
symbol of their red god. SUIT. The
superstition of the yellow donkey of
India, the story of the swift ass of
eastern Asia and the ass of Dionysius
and many other marvellous ass stories
are all survivals Of that curious form
Of religious wroship, the alteration of
the ass head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
The Fire Gods Wrath.

A curious story comes to us from the
suburbs. A resident in the near neigh
borhood of London has a museum In
his house In which the principal curl
osity Is a fire god which has been wor-
SHIPPED for many centuries In an Indian
temple. Once when the owner of the
house took party Of people to look at
the museum he proposed in fun that
they should all kotow to the image.
This they all laughingly consented to
do, all except two ladies, who declared
1t was wicked. The fire god was re-
venged within two months. One Of the
ladies had her house burned to the
ground the week after, and the other
one on a later date fell backward into
the fire and sustained some terrible
burns. We give the tale without COM
Chronicle.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Appreciated Himself.

A little boy while playing near the
Serpentine fell into the water. An
Irish laborer who was passing at the
time courageously jumped into the wa
ter, clothes and all, and rescued the
boy, says Spare Moments.
A lady who had observed the brave
deed went up to Pat and, shaking his
hand, said:
81 feel 1t an honor, my brave man,
to shake hands with you. Many a
worse man than you has been present
ed at court" .,.
"Faith, you're roight, num-" replied
Pat as he proceeded to wiring the wa
ter out of his coat. 9Th last tonne OF
was PRESENTED at court OF only got one
month. whole me mate got two, begor-
rap
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Genius Analysed.

In the intellect constructive, which
we popularity designate by the word
genius, we observe the balance of two
elements. The constructive intellect
produces thoughts, sentences, poems.
plans, designs, systems. 1t is the gen.
Grafton of the mind, the marriage of
thought with nature. To genius must
always go two gifts, the thought and
the publication. The first is revelation,
always a miracle, which no frequency
of occurrence or incessant study can
ever familiariZe. but which must al
ways leave the inquirer stupid with
Tonder.-Emerson.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
All Was Well.

The old Bridewell burying ground in
England is the resting place of Nine.
Creswell, so often mentioned by Charles
II. dramatists, who died in Bridewell
prison and left f1O for a sermon to be
preached at her funeral on condition
that nothing should be said of her but
what was well. The preacher got out
of the difficulty rather neatly by say
ing: Call that shall say of her is this:
She was born well, she lived well, and
she died well, for she was born with
the name of Creswell, she lived in
Clerkenwell, and she died in Bride
we'll"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Clerical Life I'm Fiction.

Bishops do not often figure in the
modern novel. When they do appear
it is for the purpose Of supplying ''com-
ic relief" Deans escape fairly lightly;
the dean of fiction has no worse vice
crate fondness for gossip. On the 9th
err hand, the archdeacon-in novels-is
rubicund, fussy and self important.
While the rector may be hearty sort
Of idiot. with a bluff and breezy man.
ner, if you want real clerical villain
he Ia invariably a vicar-Treasury.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

Hallit - What's the matter, Klay !?
You look all tired out.
Klay-And no wonder. I've had a
hard day of it. don't know when
I've worked SO hard looked at the
men clean up the railroad station this
morning, and after that | saw three
safes raised into four story windows
and four loads of coal delivered in bas-
kets.-BostOn Transcript.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
INSTRUCT OF STAFFORD. IS. Pro.

IL bate Court July ed, 1908
Estate OF Zenas Fairfield, late OF Stafford,
In said district, deceased.
The administrator having exhibited his adj
minfStraffOn account with said estate TO this
Court for allowance, IL is
Ordered, that the Sd day OF August, A. d.
1903, at 10 O'Clock In the forenoon, at the Probate
once in STAFFORD, be and the same is assigned for
O hearing on the allowance OF said admfnfstra-
ton account, with said estate. and this Court d.
reefs the Illustrator to cite all persons inter-
ested therein to appear at said time and place,
by publishing this order in some newspaper hav-
ing circulation in said district, and by posting
a copy on the public sign-p0st fin the town OF
Stafford, where the deceased last dwelt
MARCUS b. FISK. Judge.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Saved by the SOlOfst,

An old lady who at the best was GER
tainly not very musical attended
church one morning a little while ago.
During the service an anthem was
sung by the choir, during which a GER
tain Mr.. Wood rendered n solo. When
returning home. the old lady remarked
to q friend:
Dear, dear! What mess they made
of that anthem, to be sure. Why, If it
had not been for Mr.. Wood they would
have broken down entirely in one
part. "-London Standard.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

CATARRH OF THE SToMAoH.-Whent the
stomach Is overloaded when food Is ia
ken into 1t that fails to digest, 1t decays
and infiames the mucous membrane, ex1
posing the nerves, and causes the glands
to secret mucin, instead of the natural
juices of indigestion. This Is called Ca
tarrh of the Stomach. For years l sufi
fered with Catarrh of the Stomach, caused
by indigestion. Doctors and medicines
failed to benefit me until l used Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure.-J. r. Rhea, Coppell,
Tex. Sold by w. D. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

The Willimantic camp-meeting opens
August II. Rev. DIR. Mead of New York
will preach the opening sermon, and In
the afternoon the Norwich district Ep-
worth League will hold q meeting and
district officers will be elected for the
coming year. .. ...
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

Resolutions, obituaries or cards OF thanks In
serted at one-half advertising rates. Births,
marriages and deaths inserted free. Communi-
cations received without signature always COM
mitted Co the waste basket without attention.
This paper is mailed regularly to its subscrib
ers until defnite order to discontinue is re-
oeived and all arrears are paid in full.
THIS Paper and The Connecticut Courant
semi-weekly1 furnished for SAILS per year in adj
vance.
We are not responsible for, nor do we by pub
fishing, endorse the opinions OF our correspond
ents-
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

Towne-Met Gabbie and Perkins at
a smoker last night and introduced
them to each other.
Browne-Oh, say, it's shame to in
troduce bore like Gabbie to anybody.
Towne-It's evident you don't know
Perkins or you'd see the humor of it,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
The Dogs of the Red Men,

When Columbus discovered America,
he found that the Indians possessed
dogs. They were direct descendants of
the wild coyotes of the plains. You can
find a beautifully mounted group of
coyotes in glass case at the National
museum. a male. female and young
one. Their resemblance to certain do
mesticated dogs Ia very striking.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Not an Authority.

"You don't pronounce that word
right" said the stranger, who was do
ing his first fishing in a northern Wis
kellunge.'"
81 never heerd Of Webster" fiercely
retorted the old guide, "but I'm willin'
to bet he never ketched musky in his
life! Chicago Tribune.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

WANTED.-sEvERAL INDUSTRIOUS PER-
sons in each state to travel for a house estab-l
lished eleven years and with large capital, to
and profitable line. Permanent engagement
Weekly cash salary Of $1S and all travelling ex-
penses and hotel bills advanced in cash each
week. Experience not essential. Mention ref.
erence and enclose self-addressed envelope.
THE NATIONAL, 1874 Dearborn st., Chicago. !
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Where Ignorance Is Bliss.

Miss Inez Sentz-It's true I'm en-
gagged to Mr.. Founders. The other
night he told me was the only girl he
ever loved, and
Miss Truster-Where's the ring?
Didn't he give you one?
Miss Inez Sentz-Oh, yes, the very
next day, but sent it back to the Jew
eler to be fixed. The stupid engraver
made the inscription "Jack to Gwen
doline" instead of nez."-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Her anatomical Experience.

Teacher (of class in anatomy)-How
many bones are there In a chicken7
Millie youngest member OF large
family)-I can tell you how many there
are in the neck. That's the only part
I ever get.-Chicago Tribune.
A SURGICAL OPERATION Is always dam
gerous-do not submit to the surgeons
knife until you have tried De'Witt's
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t will cure when
everything else fails-it has done this In
thousands of cases. Here Is one OF them !:
suffered from bleeding and pIotruding
piles for twenty years. Was treated by
different specialists and used many reme-
dies, but obtained no relief until / used
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Two boxes
OF this salve cured me eighteen months
ago and have not had a touch of the
piles sinee.-H. A Tisdale, Summerton.
s. G. For Blind, Bleeding, Itching and
Protruding Piles no remedy equals De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by w.
ID. Head. ..-. I
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

p. NJ. Arthur, 70, grand chief engineer
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, dropped dead last Thursday night
at Winnipeg, Man., while speaking at g
banquet.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Critictsinr HI. Own.

'But, my dear husband, it really L.
unjust of you to abuse mothers-in-law
50. There are good ones"
well, well; never mind. l haven't
said anything against yours. It's only
mine I'm grumbling about" - Boston
Traveller.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

Strength and vigor come of good food,
duly digested. Force ready -to-serve
wheat and barley food, adds no burden,
but sustains. nourishes. invigorates."
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
A Hint For the Flatterer.

Eyes"
"He used to praise her beauty in
glowing terms. should think that
would have made her fall in love with
him."
ut made her fall in love with herself,
and she hasn't had room for thought
about anybody else.'
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Born

Union, 18th, son to Mr.. ard Mrs.
Fred. Aldrich.
Buff Cap, 22d, daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry A. Hansen. @
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Their Privilege.

Applicant-And IL we want certain
changes made In the fiat
Janitor-Well. when people want 'em
very bad they generally move.-Brook-
lyn Life
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

Died.
Stafford Springs, nth, Miss Lizzie
Clark, 49,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23
Nervous U,e0kneSS


Are often found together, for the reason
that where there is nervous weakness
there is arrangement of the nutritive
processes, and the blood loses color.
Pepfir0n,
The NeD Iron Tonic,
Which is both medicine and food for
the nerves and the brain, cures nervous
weakness, reddens the lips, cheeks and
ears, and brightens the eyes.
It is the only preparation of iron
that does not cause constipation, how
ever long taken, nor injure the teeth.
Peptiron Is made In two forms: In q liquid
an aromatic cordial elixir-at 81 per bottle.
also In chocolate-coated pills at Soc. or 81 per
box. By C. 1. HOOD CO.. proprietors Hoods
Sarsaparilla, Lowell. Mass. u. s. A.
Selling Agent, WIN. %. HEAlD.
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l)-tratnS leave:

In effect June 81, 1903
e. III. FTTxHU6H, Vice Pres. and 4enT Manager.
]. e. BENTLEY, General Passenger Agent.
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0lee pre<<.

LEWIS MCLAUGHLIN, PUBLISHER
$3.50 q year. II paid strictly in advance, %
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nor SALE. = Good Work Horse
Il 3w L. HANSON, Buff Cap.
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LOR SALE-About two acres of Oats
L. s. P. MORRISON, Wilmington Hill.
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WANTED An apprentice girlto learn
w millinery for fall season at MISS BECK.
WITH s, East-Ma1n-st., opp. National Bank.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1903-07-23

"ANTED.-Org at M. E. church.
w Apply to committee. F. F. PATTEN,
MRS. A. C. EATON,
MRS. w. q. ELLIS.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-18

the signatures to whifif 5are written round
the circumference of the circle which in
closes the body. of the 9pistie. or radiat-
ing therefrom like the Spokes of a wheel
from. the hub. SO that tsthe responsibility
of signing is equally shared. No one
leader or the whipperlh; says The Lon
don Globe. 1yyxe
sent to DR.. Johnson in connection with his
epitaph on Oliver Goldsmith. The doc
tor had prepared ap hepitaph in Latin;
but some of his friends. who had also
been friends of Goldsiaith, took excep-
ton to it on two grounds. the first being
author of 'The TraNqler'' as writer.
and particularly as a, poet. and the sec
ond. that it should be written in English.
The party of friends were gathered round
Sir Joshua Reynolds hospitable. If some
what ill served. table. and though they
found themselves in general agreement on
these two points. no one had the courage
to be willing to bell the cat" or, in
other words. to take the lead in tackling
the formidable Johnson on these two
rather delicate matters. At last, says Sir
William Forbes lit was limited that there
could be no way. so good as that of q
round robin, as the sailors call it, which
they make use of when they enter con-
spiracy so as not to let it be known who
puts his name first or last to the paper"
dress to Dr. Johnson was prepared, and
all signed it in the form proposed. This
very interesting paper is still eXtant, and
is preserved among other valuable man
uscripts in the library of Haigh Hall. near
Wigan. the seat of the Earl of Crawford.
1t begins: 1--WE, the CfrcumscriberS," and
the signatures, written round the circle
which incloses the address. include those
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-18

for why should pancake be called q
round robin?'
Another curious use of the term has
been beer unearthed by the pathological. con-
tr1DutOrs to Notes and Queries" and
that Is as a sixteenth century name for
the .sacramental wafer. Bishop Latimer
preaching on June 9, 1886, referred to the
wafer as "a Ifece of bread or a little
pretty piece round robin" Similarly, a
century later. Fuller in his Church His
tory, wrote of the sacred symbol as "a
piece of bread or little predie round rob
in. There seems to be here plainly a
connection of some kind with the Devon
shire application of the name to a pan
cake, but in either case the why and the
still to seek
The question will probably have to re-
man one of the many insoluble verbal
ptooieins. ptt!n Every one who has paid any
attention at all to word study knows well
Win %lin what casual irrelevance apparently
christian names are applied to objects Of
every kind: The "Jacks" alone are very
aia[ge aJan ,iamily; ann but there are not few
1i Iies and "Billies" and Georges" and the
IKE TO keep them company. But who can
eXpialn aSp the origin Of all these terms? :?
yanss,o gens, ior instance, should a brown
george De IN different places or at vari :
gus times Jug Ca companion presumably
TO the black Jacks"), a coarse brown loa {
OF hard biscuit, and smlal dark eigh-
teenth century wig? Or why should a
certain housebreaker's implement once
nave been known by those who used it rs
petty. and nowadays by their sue
Kind might be asked to any number. and
70 very few of them indeed could any
pertinent answer be given. The robin y
Wnetner pancake or written remonstrance,
must be. cassed with those other curl
oslties OF nomenclature Guesses will no
doubt continue to be made but we are
nardiy likely now to obtain any fully sat-
INslactory explanation of ''round robin. -
New York Tribune
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-18
stood transfgured. a worshipful thing.

stood transfigured. worshipful thing,
a hero.
Any listener to their conversations
would have noted. between maps, chat
he talked a great deal about himself,
but this never Jared upon Jane. What
finer nobler subject could he have
found? Largely. after they became en-
gagged, his talk was about his book. for
he was an author This book was to
make him famous; this book was TO
make him rich; this book once it was
printed and it's merits understood of a
few, was to run through countless edi-
uonS; there was to be a constant, ever
increasing demand for this book. it
was to be translated into all modern
tongues, because the nations were to
realize that it was the one thing needed
to their development. The name of II
was The Level of Pedagogic Motion"
1t presented all the science of pedagogy
SO succnctly. so eloquently. so mastery
that the education of the races was as
sured. There was a conspiracy Of the
publishers against it, He knew it to be
conspiracy because IL was not to be
supposed that ten publishing firms could
be 80 fatuous as to fail TO see its merits.
rected by the text book trust" there
could be no earthly doubt of that.
Therefore he intended to publish it at
his own cost. a cost certain to be re-
year. Then he and his wife (happy .
bushes hereD would visit Europe to-
gether. viewing and instructing its great
educational institutions. He nearly ap-
preached eioquence at this juncture. The
sum needed. joined to his own resources
was $4,000 and he hoped. by careful
economy and industrious essay writing
to amass that much in a years time Then
wealth and position would be assured
Jane Ware leaned forward faint flush
tinging her thin cheeks all OF a woman's
beautiful devotion and self-sacrifice In
her eyes:
Dear" she said. II have that much:
it is yours
But your visit to Europer he re-
monstrated in faint protest.
Il can wait. until-until we go to-
gether."
That was two years ago. She got a
chilly letter the other day. The writer
was going over the pages of "The Level
of Pedagogic Motion" 1t needed consid-
cradle emendation and amplifying: he
could not say just when it would be pub
lished; he was pressed for time to attend
to his business correspondence.
Faded is the dream of the Coliseum's
hoary walls and Of the trees that grow
along its broken arches.
The Saint Paul globe., 1903-07-18
interesting Conference Closed.

Special to The Globe.
EAST NORTHFIELD, Mass. July
1.-THE Mortified Young Womens s
conference, which has just closed, was
attended by the young women with
unabated interest to the end. DIR. Frank
Gunsaulus, president of Armour lnstl-
tute, of Chicago, delivered seVeral
striking addresses. His Sunday nlgnl
address contained cauStlc estimation
of the present social and rellglous tel
dencies of American civilization. he
was followed on Monday by Robert e.
Speer. secretary of the Presbyterian
board of missions. Mr.. Spear spoke at
both the Round Top meeting and the
service held in the Auditorium Ills
topic was "The Value of the WorioS,
This World and the World Beyond.
The programme for TUESDAY ana
Wednesday was a lecture at by Rev.
G. Campbell Morgan, who is now de-
Iivering a series of addresses in Car
nesie hall. New York city. and talk
by Miss Margaret Slattery, of Fitch
burg, on the subjects, What. Is Worth
While, a Girl-a World-a Life with
another sermon in the evening by Mr..
Morgan. Previous to one of the meet
ings prayer was offered by Fleming Il.
Revell, Of the Revell Publishing COM
pany The music of the conference was
under the direction of George Z. Step
bins, of Brooklyn, the we'll known COM
poser of gospel hymns. He was as
sisted by Mr.. and Mrs. Chafer. two
singing evangelists, residing at North
field, and Miss Augustine, a soloist,
from Chicago. w. r. Moody, son of the
late D. L. Moody, presided. The con-
ference is conceded by all in attend
ance to have been one of the most IN
teresting gatherings held this year at
Northfield.