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The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
Did Not Block the Harbor.

Toxic, Feb. 27.-Vice Admiral To
go's attempt to bottle up the Russian
fleet at Port Arthur by sinking a fleet
of stone-laden merchant steamers in
the mouth of the harbor. evidently
failed, though the venture caused no
loss of life and the vessels lost were
not of great value.
Five ships were prepared by Vice
Admiral Togo for the attempted block
ade. Four are reported to have been
sunk, but the fate of the fifth is un-
known here. 1t is presumed that it
withdrew with the other japanese YES
sells.
The FIVE vessels were filled with
stones. so as to make the obstruction
permanent. and were manned by vol
unteer merchant crews. 1t was impos-
sible to select naval officers and sail
ors. on account of their great rivalry
to participate in the daring venture.
Accompanied by four battleships.
nine cruisers and numerous vessels of
the torpedo flotilla, the stone-laden
steamers reached Port Arthur Wednes-
day. While the fleet engaged the
shore batteries, the steamers made a
dash for the mouth of the harbor, di-
rectly under the. Russian guns.
Details of the attack have not been
received here, but 1t is evident that
the Russian fire sank the steamers be-
fore they reached the points planned
| for their laundering by the Japanese.
The naval department has received
a brief dispatch from the commander
of one of the torpedo boat destroyers
saying that no lives and no warships
were lost. and that no damage was in
| tlicted by the Russians. Pending the
receipt of the official report Of Vice
Admiral Togo. the naval department
declines to make any announcement re-
garding the affair.
| 1t is said that all of the crews OF the
four vessels escaped in boats and were
picked up by Japanese torpedo boat
destroyers. The report that two Of the
| torpedo boat destroyers were sunk by
the Russians is denied.
| The five merchant vessels which
were prepared for sinking were the
Jinsen Maru, OF 1881 tons; the T1en
4 sin Maru. of 2943 tons; the Hokoku
Maru. of 27TG tons; the Buyo Maru. of
1869 tons. and the Bushik Maru. OF
1899 tons. Each carried five men, two
steering. and three firing and running
the engines.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
New Cure for Dyspepsia.

The latest in the line of reliable
cures is remedy for dyspepsia.
This cure consists of walking about
on all fours twenty minutes at time
and four times a day. There couldn't
be a remedy simpler than that, and
then it is one that everybody always
has in the house-though it has been
suggested that patients should not
take it in public. 1t is perfectly inno'
cent and harmless. but still people will
talk, you know. The theory seems to
be that the man who walks like a
bear will soon develop an appetite and
digestive apparatus like bear-and
that's just as sound as many other
theories.-Albuquerqu Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
BEARERS OF BURDENS
NO ONE ESCAPES THE COMMON
LOT.
Useless self-Pity Makes Us cowards-
No Man should Play the Baby Act
Each Ones Burder- FsstHored- to
His Shoulders.


No Man should Play the Baby Act
Each Ones Burden- Fassruned- to
His Shoulders.
In some form OF other we are all
burden-bearers, says the "Parson' in
The Washington Post. Sometimes the
weight presses hard. And in no re-
ypect Is there a sharper difference be-
tween men than in the way in which
hey carry their respective burdens.
What, then, is the secret OF successful
burden-bearing?
In the last analysis much depends on
pne's fund of courage. Most OF us are
tempted to whimper over our burdens.
We say to ourselves, II not to others:
~ can't carry another ounce. I've had
sickness in my family for long while,
or I've been suddenly called upon TO
support a distant relative or I'm
bearing more than my share OF respon-
sibility in the church or in the club.
and can't stand it much longer Then
before we know 1t the habit OF sell
nifty grows upon us and instead OF fac
ing our burdens like heroes we draw
back from them like towards.
A beautiful woman one of the army
OF "shut-ins," and herself wasting away
with consumption, said to me when a
boy: God will never put anything
uIon you too heavy for you to bear
The years have confirmed the truth OF
that prophecy Certainly no man ought
to play the baby act because OF his DUR
dens. He may undertake OF his own
volition to do too many things at once,
but the things which are put upon MN
to bear by higher power he ought to
stand up to man-fashion and not be
perpetually whining about them In pub
lie or bemoaning them in private.
1t helps, too. to look upon ones fel-
lcwmen and realize that each Is carry
ing burdens. too. You are not the
scapegoat of the human race while ev-
erybody else moves through lie dane
ing and singing like mountain brook.
But very few people have as much to
carry as do" Doubtless you think SO.
but you have probably forgotten the IA
BILE about the old-time monarch who.
wearied with the grumDling OF his sub
jects. at last bade them all to assemble
on certain day at certain place.
bringing each his own greatest burden.
When they had come together he COM
manded that all the burdens be massed
in one great pile.
Then by lot he selected one man to
help himself from the pile to the bur-
den which seemed to him the lightest
and most agreeable. After walking
around the pile and looking carefully
at all the other burdens. he selected the
very one he had brought. So did NO:
and No. 3, and so on through the list.
Finally all went silently home with
their old burdens. but with contented
hearts. There is deal of philosophy
ir this ancient tale. You are better OFF
with your own burden than you would
be with your neighbor's. 1t was fash
ioned for your shoulders. And the time
may come when you may even be fond
of it.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
DOCTORS COFFEE
And His Daughter Matched Him.


Coffee drinking troubled the family
of a physician of Grafton, w. Va, who
describes the situation briefly:
Having suffered quite while from
vertigo, palpitation of the heart and
many other arrangements of the ner-
vous system and finding no relief
from usual methods OF treatment, l
thought to see how much there was
in the Postum argument against cof-
fee.
so | resorted to Postum, cutting
off the coffee and to my surprise and
satisfaction have found entire RELIEF
from all my sui.erings. proving con
clusively the baueful effect of coHee
and the way to be rid of it.
Il have found Postum completely
takes the place of coffee both in flavor
and in taste. 1t is becoming more
popular every day with many of our
people and is having great demand
here.
MY daughter. Mrs. Long. has been
a sufferer for a long time from at
tacks of acute Indigestion: By the
dismissal of coffee and using Postum
in its place she has obtained com
plete relief
Il have also heard from many 9TH
ers who have used your Postum very
favorable accounts of its good effects.
81 prescribe Postum in place of cof'
fee in great many cases and I be-
leve that upon its merits Postum will
come into general use Name given
by Postum Co, Battle Creek, Mich.
Look for the famous little book
THE Road to We!lville." In each pkg
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
russian Account of Attack.

St Petersburg, Feb. 27.-A dispatch
from Port Arthur says the japanese
torpado boat attack of Feb. 25 result
ed il a Russian success. The accurate
shooting of the batteries inflicted
loss es on the enemy and caused the
boiler of one of the Japanese torpedo
boats to explode. Early in the morn
ing a Japanese fleet consisting of six
batgleships and four cruisers appeared
on the horizcn. The Russian cruisers
AsI.old, Bayan and Novik were then in
the harbor and the Japanese torpedo
bosts advanced to within so or 35
cable lengths to attack them. The
Japaneses battleships and cruisers
separated and then advanced against
two Russian torpedo boats cruising in
Pigeon bay. One of the latter broke
through the enemy's lines under hot
fire. and reached the harbor. At 10: 45
O'Clock a fierce engagement took place
between Japanese battleship and the
Russian cruisers supported by the
shore batteries. In view of the su-
poriority of the enemy's six battle
ships over the three Russian cruisers,
the latter were withdrawn. The enemy
ceased fire at 1928 O'Clock and al
IL O'Clock the Japanese cruisers
which we're chasing the Russian
torpedo boats began to fire on the
forts. but the firing did not last long.
The Japanese maneuvering was
clumsy, and in turning their vessels
came so close to one another that
Russian shells could be seen falling on
them as they huddled together. A
Japanese torpedo boat which was
driven ashore near Djelywool is sup
posed to have belonged to the flotilla
which was escorting the fire ships de
stroyed the night Of Feb: 23rd.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
Russians Very Unfriendly.

st. Petersburg. Feb. 2S.-The Bourse
Gazette makes Washington dispatch
saying the United States has under
taken to lay submarine cable from
the Philippine islands to Japan. to
prevent the latter's isolation in case
the Russians cut the Shanghai cable.
the subject of bitter attack upon the
government at Washington for this
new evidence of its breach of neutral
ity," claiming that the contention Of
the United States that the landing c.
the cable will be undertaken for the
improvement of trade relations "daes
not clear Americas skirts" and in-
Quiring what the Americans would
say if Germany had run cable fram
kiao Chou to Port Arthur or Nladi-
vostock."
The news that the United States had
assented to the extension of the Pa
cific cable to Japan. with the reasons
therefor assigned in the dispatches
from Washington, still further agra
waited the popular belief that the Unit
ed States is siding with Japan against
Russia. The few Americans at st.
Petersburg have all remarked upon the
changed demeanor of their Rusaian
friends. Formerly they were treated
with the greatest cordiality. but oow
the Russians greet them with the
question:
"Is America our secret enemy, and
will we have to fight her also before
the war comes to an end?"
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
Cos. of Wireless Messages.

The charge for transmitting wireless
messages from ship to ship at sea Is =
pence a word. with the address and
signature free. From ship to shore
the rate on the American side is 81
Tor ten words, and 12 cents for each
additional word; with no charge Tor
address and signature. On the Eng
lish side the charge for marconigram
from liner is shillings for twelve
words, and 6 pence for each additional
word. the signature and address being
charged for
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
SYNOPSIS OF LATE WAR NEWS UP TO DATE
SHOWING GREAT ACTIVITY OF JAPANESE

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The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
Mor,vInn harley and spoltz.

Two great cereals makes growing and
fattening hogs and cattle possible In
Oak, Mont, Idaho. Colo. yes. every
where. and add to above Saizer,s BIZ
lion Dollar Grass. Teosinte, which pro-
duces so tons of green fodder per acre.
Salzer's Earliest Cane. Salzer's GO Day
Oats and a hundred of other rare farm
seeds that he offers.
JUST CUT THIS oCT AND RETURN IT
with 1oc in stamps to the John A.
Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis. and
get their big catalog and lots Of farm
seed samples. CIV. n. VI
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
Tha Oat Wontfcr.

The Editor must tell its readers OF
this marvel. 1t originated with the
largest farm seed growers in the world.
John A. SalZer Seed Co., La Crosse.
Wis. 1t has stiff straw. stands up like
n stone wall, is white, heavy. and has
long ears. filled to the tip with fat.
plump kernels. 1t is a great stooler. so
stocks from one kernel.
II YOU WILL SEND THIS NOTICE AND
10c IN STAMPS
to above address. you Will get sam
pie of this Oat Wonder. which yielded
in 1903 in 40 States from $50 to $40 bu.
per acre. together with other farm
seed samples and their big cataloS.
CIV. N. ID
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

While the sky-scrapers in Baltimore
were crumbling an ancient warehouse
built in 1885 withstood the flames un.
harmed. Our greatgrandfathers did
not know much about fireproof con,
struction. but they knew how to build
things to last.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Moscow, Feb 2S.-According to the
latest Information in high military
circles, Russian infantry has occupied
the road between Liauyang. on the
railroad from Mukden to Port Arthur
and the Yalu river, its front and hanks
being strongly supported. The right
flank Is at Takushan and the left near
the town of Win.
The Russian cavalry crossed the
Yalu between Antung and Yongampho
and occupied the road toward Suk-
chon, and Cossack scouts advanced
along the greater and lesser caravan
routes. Scouts are now ten miles east
Of Phyeng Yang.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Young Mr.. Rockefeller advises peo-
pie not to complain of their hard luck
The man whose hard luck is not TEN.
pered by Standard Oil holdings will be
inclined to regard the advice with
some cynicism.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

A Cleveland man who belongs to a
wealthy family has renounced society
and gone to live with tramps. because
he says society people bore him with
their talk about books and art. This
apparently upsets the widely accepted
theory that society talks only about
dukes and bridge.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

wants to say anything. he says it. His
latest remark is that it must be
queer experience to freeze to death
and then go to hell afterward.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

The burglar who raped the keeper
of the Saco prison over the head with
n bottle, remarkng I'm id sorry,
Murphy, but l have to do it," at least
had some of the instincts of gentle,
man, rough as he was.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

A gun on the United States battle.
ship Missouri has thrown shell fif-
teen miles, That, however. is not as
remarkable as the fact that nobody
was killed and nothing was broken on
the Missouri.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
The Most common disease.

Yorktown, Ark, Feb. 2eth.-I-eland
Williamson. M. D.. successful and
clever local physician, says:
There is scarcely another form OF
disease a physician is called upon so
often to treat as Kidney Disease.
invariably prescribe Dodd's Kidney
Pills and am not disappointed in their
effect for they are always reliable.
| could mention many cases In which
l have used this medicine with splen'
did success. for example. l might re-
fer to the case of Mr.. A. II. Cole.
age 81, greatly emaciated. some
fever, great pain and pressure over
region of Kidneys, urine filled with
pus or corruption and very foul smell
ing and passed some blood. Directed
to drink u great deal of water. gave
brisk purgative and Dodd's Kidney
Pills. The pills were continued regu'
larly for three weeks and then few
doses every week. especially II patient
felt any pain in region Of Kidneys
Cured completely and patient per
formed his duties as farm laborer in
four weeks"
DIR. Williamson has been a regular
practitioner for over twenty years and
his unqualified Endorsement OF Dodd s
Kidney Pills is certainly wonderful
tribute to this remedy.
An Indiana court has decided that a
man must treat his mother-in-law with
hn ~ ~ ~
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

A Chinaman has been made lieu
tenant in California regiment. His
troubles will begin when he goes
around to ask the colonels consent to
marry his daughter,
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

The circus trust has resolved to
abolish the circus parade on the
ground that an expense is involved
which may be eliminated without de,
creasing the patronage of the tent
shows It's a mistake.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Imagine the expression that spread
over the face of Russell Sage when he
heard that Mr.. Morgan was thinking
of retiring from business at the early
age of 66.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

1t may be that every college pro-
fessor needs wife, but the question
is. How can he support her in the
style to which she has been accus-
toned?
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Really, we feel quite relieved. Prof.
Totten, who predicted the end of the
world this year, has found that he
made a mistake. 1t is not due until
1919. Possibly he will discover an,
other error by that time.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

We are told now that the Duchess
of Bedford was the means of obtain.
ing the release from prison of Mrs
Maybrick. What office is the Duchess
of Bedford running for?
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

There is to be a congress of moth,
ers in Washington in May. Let us
hope the nurses will have the good
ness to refrain from organizing in the
meantime and presenting an ulti'
matum just as the mothers are get.
ting ready to pin on their badges.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

The woman who is reported to have
won big sum of money at poker on
an ocean liner ought to make every
effort in her power TO remain incog-
nito.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Possibly the reason so many men
make fortunes on thousand or two
year is because they do not let the
left hand know what the right hand is
doing.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

The world loves a game man, and
this ss why the Englishmen are ad-
miring Whitaker Wright's game fin.
ish to hard fight" He didn't peach
on his pals"
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Patti has declined an offer of $780,
900 to make farewell tour of Austria
liza. She must have a decided prefer
ence for our kind OF money.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

A Scotchman who came to New
York City to buy farm in Manitoba
has gone home disgusted. because
America is too big. 1t was eminently
characteristic that he did not con-
clude that he wa5 rot big enough.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Everybody will plant cotton down
South this year. The boil weevil
need have no fear at all that he will
starve
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Even though he retires from bust.
ness. it is believed that Rockefeller
has laid aside enough to tide him over
Il rainy day or so.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Again it may be observed that the
French lose no opportunity to throw
q few fits.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Japan is in receipt of Russia's hon
orable note and begs to reply that it
will try to punch the honorable head
off the sender.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Radium. you may have observed. is
now guaranteed to do all those things
that liquid air was going to do few
years ago.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Connecticuts peach crop may be in
iured by the frost, but we understand
that the wooden nutmeg crop is safe.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

A war in Europe Is an expensive
thing. Still. Uncle Sam has all sorts
OF expensive things to sell.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

observe that the German savants
generally speak of germs. while the
Irish actually prefer microbes.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Do the very poor ever have appen-
d!citis?
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

The man who talks politics the
most doesn't always have the most
attentive listeners.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

DO you imagine that your leap year
girl is really in earnest?" II do: she
always turns down the gas when she
calls"
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

A grander and better Baltimore
than ever will arise from the ashes of
the stricken city.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

Mr. Bryan says that the dollar should
not be placed before the man, but some
how it seems to be an effective way OF
getting votes. 80
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

It's pity men can't postpone their
trials as easily as a lawyer can stave
them off in court.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES pro-
duce the brightest and fastest colors-

When an American girl Is looking for
title she should not marry beyond her
fathers means. ..
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

zone object of our organization" said
the would-be reformer. lis to prevent the
practice of allowing corporations to get
valuable franchises for nothing" why. .
rcjoned the eX-aldcrman in surprise. II
didn't know that they ever did"
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04
A Chance for Good Farmers.

We are settling a tract of 10000 acres of
land in the San Luis valley. where there
are good water rights, good land no al
kali. good markets. all the land on
broad gauge railway. We want n few
good farmers to show what the land will
do. To men who have tools. stock and
cash enough to make start. will sell
land on especially easy terms. provided
they will go down and begin work this
spring. Write to-day and tell us what
payment you can make down on 80 to leo
acres. Prices range from s.. to $40 per
acre. The Colorado Bureau of lmmigra-
ton. Zeph Chas. Felt. president. GIG Ma
j,stic building Denver. Colo.
The Springfield herald., 1904-03-04

An Indiana court has decided that a
man must treat his mother-in-law with
respect Generally the mother-in-inw
attends to that.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-20
Our Daily Short Story

A man who was all action was an in
teresting study to her. That was how
she put 1t to herself when her ears in
clined to the first officers impulsive
wooing. She did not take him serious
ly then. She had read about sailors
and had theories concerning them.
The second day out she wrote in her
diary:
"A sailors life is so filled with perils
and hardships that can hardly blame
him If he fills up his breathing spaces
with whatever sport comes his way
even II that sport sometimes means
playing at love. Any other man I
should despise for making a Jest of
such a serious matter, but, consider
ing all things, I think Jack can be
forgiven for having a sweetheart in
every port"
Miss Nolan. like many an inexperi-
enced girl, prided herself upon being
liberal and broadminded.
The fourth day her diary recorded:
Il believe he thinks he Is in love
with me. but that's absurd. How can
he possibly care for me whom he does
not know? He has the audacity also
to tell me that he is sure that I love
him. Why DIR. Gibson. who, father
says. is both morally an intellectually
one of the finest men on earth, and
who has been paying me attentions for
two years, would not presume to hint
of such thing. I think I will marry
DR.. Gibson. after all. He has such
good, kind eyes. They never make me
feel-uncomfortable. I wonder why I
am so attracted to him-this sailor
man? Even before we had spoken to
one another. before the vessel left port,
when he was experimenting the stow
ing of the hold. I was drawn to watch
him and listen to his masterful voice.
never saw a man work like a king
before. How the men under him obey
ed his orders. His strength was great
er than any of theirs. don't believe
they could have hoisted those lighters
without his aid. Then he moved with
such freedom and fearlessness, scorn-
ing the gang-plank and passing from
steamer to dock and back again so
quickly and carelessly. How alert he
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-20
ATTACKS HER HUSBAND
MRS. JOSEPH PATE wEARIED OF
SPOUSE's DISSIPATION.
As He slumbered Peacefully In . sa-
loon, She Appears and Wounds
Him Eight Times With
n knife.

Pensacola. Fla, July Especial. }
Late yesterday afternoon Mrs. Jo-
seph Pate. white, suddenly made her
appearance at saloon in which her
husband sat, and without saying a
word, walked to the table on which
her husband slept off the effects of a
spree, and began plunging a knife into
him, inflicting eight wounds. mostly in
his arms
She left as suddenly as she came,
and 1t was some minutes before those
in the saloon had realized what had
happened. Then an officer was notified
and warrant was made for the wo-
man. who was this morning bound over
to the Criminal Court for assault with
a knife.
In the Mayors Court today the wo-
man stated that she had assaulted her
husband, but refused to say anything
in addition to that. She appeared to
feel the offense very much. and after
court had a long conference with the
Mayor, with whom she pleaded to have
the order set aside.
The woman has had many trials with
her husband, 1t is understood. and has
suffer much more than the usual
wife.