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The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
THE BIBLE AS A WAR CODE.

How 1t Has Been Employed In ths
south African Campaign.
Mr.. Kruger's cable to his Pretoria
relatives who inquired what was to be
done with the exPresident's house,
now it was no longer tenanted by the
late Mrs Kruger, was Read Proverbs
vii, verses 19-20"-"For the goodman
is not at home, he has gone on long
journey. He hath taken bag of
money with him, and will come home
at the day appointed" Under Kruger
rule every South African editor found
the Bible an indispensable book Of
reference, most proclamations from
Pretoria containing Biblical illusions
The latest cable sent by Mr.. Kruger
has now prompted Il correspondent to
a Leeuwarden (Holland) paper to EMU
merate number of Scriptural mes
sages exchanged by the Boer leaders
just before the surrender of COME. On
February %, 1900, Mr.. Kruger tele-
graphed to General Christian De Wet
(who was to rescue Cronje): Notify
Cronje that large reinforcements are
on the road, and he will be released
Sai" AAii., 81 WHICH leduS
Save me from the lions mouth, for
Thou hast heard me from the horns
of the unicorns.'
De Wet photographed Cronje the
same day at 1920 p. m: president
telegraphs, Stand firm; large rein
forcements are approaching. AS soon
as they arrive we shall attack at dawn
on the north. Psalm Xiv, T."
Cronje replied with Psalm XXX, T.,
also mentioning incidentally that his
food supplies were getting short, to
which the ingenious De Wet retorted:
Psalm lix.. 15''-'Let them wander
up and down for meat, and grudge if
they be not satisfied
But Cronje grew impatient; De
Vets promised convoy of food was
long In coming, and he again hello
graphed Psalm xx., 7''-"Some trust
in chariots and some in horses; but we
will remember the name of the Lord
our God"
No relief coming on the morning OF
the 10th, General Cronje photographed:
The enemy has been enormously re-
inforced; l am hard pressed. Psalm
ill.,. l."
Most of the verses have been most
aptiy chosen, and in many cases con-
vey the meaning of the sender as per-
fectly as long message sent over the
wires in the usual way.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
THE RICH MAN AND THE CHURCH.

President Blanchard of Wheaton cor
lege in an address delivered the other
day at meeting of the Congregation
al ministers of Chicago. was unusually
severe against the tenderness and con-
sideration with which some ministers
treat their wealthy parishioners. All
the sheep in the flock should be treat
ed alike or If any distinction is to be
made it should be in favor of the poor.
The rich. having more of the root of
evil in their hearts. are presumably
more evil in their lives and should
be urged as often as possible to obey
the apostolic command by going to"
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
HAS HAULED 1000, 600 PEOPLE.
The Record of John McCurdy, n West
erp Engineer.

The Record of John McCurdy, n west
ern Engineer.
John McCurdy of Jackson, Mich,
WHO has just resumed his daily trips
between Jackson and Michigan City,
on the Michigan Central railroad. is
20 years of age and claims to be the
Oldest locomotive engineer in the
country. For SO years he has worked
for the same company and he asserts
that he has Travelled more miles than
any other man that ever pulled lever
in an engine cab. His run is 1853 miles
long and as he has made in the neigh
borhood of 10000 trips the total num-
Der of miles he has travelled by rail
is in the vicinity of 100000. He has
hauled approximately 100000 persons.
has never had serious accident and
has never lost cent to the company.
Few of the people who ride in
comfortable coaches and palatial par
lor cars and sleepers," he says, know
what 1t is for an engineer to give
them a safe ride and to keep them
warm and comfortable. for the engin-
eer of these times must do all of such
things. When l began l had nothing
to do but start and stop the engine
while on the rail. Now We must
brake the whole train, heat it and in
many instances light it. Then there
is the never relaxing lookout for safe
ty. Sometimes / have had to run the
whole length of my division through
the heaviest fogs. The snoI beating
on the fire box will render the outside
of it cold enough for you to lay your
hand on 1t. / have known icicles to
form on it, despite the fact that there
was raging fire inside. All of this
tends to retard making, and in
these days when we haul string OF
IA sleepers and keep them all warm
we need every ounce of steam we can
make"
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clothes on her back. but her animal
beauty remained with her
He built her palace at 329 West
Twenty-third street. and there he and
his friends reveled night after night,
and there in time came Edward S.
Stokes. Stokes was of good birth and
breeding, a Wall street clerk of hand
some personality and features. whom
Fisk took n fancy to one day and
made his protege.
Fisk thought that Stokes was about
to betray him. He therefore forced
down the stocks in which the latter
was interested. Stokes was thus al
most financially ruined. 1t was said
at the time that the woman in the
case told Stokes to kill Fisk.
However this may have been, Stokes
left her house the afternoon of Jan.
s, 1872. He went to the Grand Cen
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in order that they may weep and
howl" Nor will any harm be done
il they are reminded on Sunday morn
ings that the Magnificat still contains
the remark about the .ich having been
sent empty away.
Mr. Blanchard's wishes in this mat
ter are unexceptionable. They pro-
ceed upon the excellent principle that
things temporal should be of minor
Importance in religious body where
the object of endeayor is to be found
in things eternal. But it woQd seem
that before this principle, excellent as
it is. could be put in operation, there
would have to be certain changes in
the organization of a great many
churches, especially in the larger
cities. But what can be done about it
as long as the congregation will not
make up its mind to get along without
the money for which it pays so heavy
a price?
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
Home of the Oxster.

oysters are widely distributed
throughout the worll. Their chief hab-
itats are in the United States and in
France, with scattering colonies in
England, Holland and other places
But the whole number in other parts
of the world is inconsiderable as COM
pared with that of the United States
Maryland alone produces twice as
many oysters as all the rest of the
world put together. Oysters and pow
erty, Dickens says, go together, but it
is not so in this country Baltimore
cans an immense number for both for
eign and domestic consumption, the
revenue from which is enormous. The
Indians of the coast, before the dis
covery of America, used them in great
quantities. Near the mouth of St
Johns river, FloriCa, there is a forest
clad mound of over so feet in height
extending over many acres of ground.
consisting entirely of old oyster shells
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
NEW YORK BUTTERCUPs.
A Club of Women Who Are Pledged t.
Say No Unkind Word.

A Club of Women Who Are Pledged to
Say No Unkind Word
OF making women's clubs there Is no
end. New York has new society
The members call themselves the But
tercups. Why Buttercups, deponent
sayeth not, but the aim of the society
is laudable one, no less a thing than
the cultivation and dissemination of
charity and good will No member is
to say an unkind word or to form a
harsh judgment. Every member is to
take whatever comes with cheerful
serenity and make the b2st of the
situation. Each woman is pledged to
spread abroad the club principles. II
any one In the fold is heard to utter
an expression unbehtting the sister
hood her fellows are apt to say But
tercups." The magic word will bring
the wandering one back to a sense of
her responsibility. A member of the
society tried the formula on a mere
man the other day. He was talking
before an audience of women that in
cluded many Buttercups. He grew
violent on the subject of Czolgosz and
make the assassin's punishment
harsh one. Some of the women ap-
plauded, but one woman arose to the
occasion. She was a Buttercup, and in
the words of the statesman she "seen
her duty and she done it" II carton
tones she called out to the speaker;
"Buttercups!" The man didn't un-
derstand. Perhaps it was natural that
he shouldn't intuitively grasp the
meaning of the warning word. He
looked puzzled and went on with his
speech, but later he asked the signifi-
canoe of the enigmatic comment.
The Buttercups say he was deeply
impressed by the explanation. He
sighed to be Buttercup himself, and
just to show that there was no hard
feeling the society made him a mem
ber. So one little word may alter the
destiny of man.-New York Sun.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
6be SOCK ES-FX~SK
~ 80 6RAGEDV.

Ed" Stokes is dying-dying of old
age, and perhaps regrets. In few
days. as days go. he will cross to that
unknown to which he sent Jim" Fisk
thirty years ago There will be left
then of trio only n woman-a bro
ken-down woman, Josie" Mansfield.
Thirty years ago, Josie" Mansfield
triumphed over the honor, the busi-
ness affairs, the regulations and the
eternal happiness of Ed" Stokes and
Jim" Fisk. She plunged the affairs
of the Erie railroad and Jay Gould
into a whirlpool of litigation, scandal
and shame that ended in murder.
Fisk is dead. Gould is at rest.
Stokes is dying. The Mansfield lives
abroad-in Paris.
From 1860 to 1867 she lived in Bos-
ton-in good society, she always
claimed. In 1867 she secured d.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
where the Boycott Wa. Effective.

The boycotting by the United Irish
League of grazier at Westport, coun-
ty Mayo, Ireland, led to a curious Incl
dent few days ago. A steamship for
Liverpool had just taken on board a
flock of sheep belonging to the boy
cotted grazier, when a large dealer
objected to the sheep being put on
board with his stock. He was sup
ported by other dealers. who threat
ened to unship their stock. and the
captain accordingly put the sheep on
shore again and they were driven back
to the grazier's farm.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
A MEMORABLE CABINET.

When the Confederate States gov
ernment was organized, in February,
1861, Jefferson Davis named as his
cabinet Robert Toombs, secretary of
state; Charles G. Memminger secre-
tary of the treasury; l.. Pope Walker,
secretary of war; S. R. Mallory, secre-
tary of the navy; John II. Reagan,
postmaster general, and Judah P. Ben
jamin, attorney general. Before the
year ended, h. NJ. T. Hunter had sue
ceeded Toombs as secretary OF state,
and Judah p. Benjamin succeeded
Walker as secretary of war.
In 1862 Benjamin became secretary
of state, James A. Seldom secretary of
war, and Thomas II. Watts became at
torney general, to be succeeded in 1868
by George Davis. In 1854 George A.
Trenholm succeeded Memminger as
secretary of the treasury. and in jan
uary. 1865, General John C. Breckin-
ridge became secretary of war, Seldom
resigning because of criticism by the
Virginia legislature.
All of these cabinet officers, except
Reagan, are dead. Toombs died in
1885, Hunter in 1887. Memminger in
met officers with Mr.. Davis from first
to last, Mallory died in 1873, Benjamin
in Paris in 1884, and Reagan, the sole
survivor of them all, is reported by
the daily press to be fighting his last
fight against death, at the age of SO.
Benjamin was the only one of the
Davis cabinet who declined to accept
the situation after the war. He went
abroad in 1865 and lived abroad until
his death. Hunter acted with the
Democratic party. and just before his
death was appointed to Federal Of
fee by President Cleveland.
Reagan was the only member of the
cabinet captured with Mr.. Davis, but
soon after his capture he wrote an
open letter to the people of Texas ad-
vocating laws which should grant ne
groes civil rights and political rights
with an educational qualification. This
letter greatly excited the Democrats of
Texas, but in 1874 they elected Mr.
Reagan to congress, where he became
conspicuous in interstate commerce
legislation In 1887 he took his seat in
the United States senate, and since
that time has been one OF the most
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25

was seven steps up when he saw
Stokes, his right arm resting on the
standard at the head of the stairs.
pistol in his hand. Without speaking
Stokes fired twice. The first bullet
took effect in the abdomen, the second
in the left arm. Fisk fell to the floor.
Stokes walked away, but was captured
before he could leave the hotel.
Fisk was carried upstairs, and Jay
Gould and Boss Tweed came to his
bedside. He died the next day, but
Josie Mansfield was not with him.
Instead came his wife and his broth
ers, and they remained with him to
the end.
Colonel "Jim" Fisk was buried with
honors such as New York bestowed
upon few men. Tweed bluhbered and
even Gould cried. Stokes remained in
prison. He hired the best counsel in
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
jim CORBETT BROKE.
Former Champion Has squandered Two

Fortunes in is Years.
James j. Corbett, at one time the
cleverest man who ever drew on
boxing glove, is now without dollar
and if it were not for his wife, who
has little stored away, like all other
fighters of note he. would have to de-
pend on his friends for a livelihood.
Corbett has made and squapdered
two fortunes. but claims he will start
to make third. Few men there are
who spend such sums in order to be
good fellow" such as Gentleman
Jim" has. Nevertheless Corbett says
1t pays to be good fellow" During
all his life he has made money and be-
lieves in spending it literally with his
friends. The former champion said
the other day he would rather have
the good fellowship of good fellows
than all Of the money of Rockefeller
and Morgan. He believes in having
a good time as he passes down the
roadway.
When you make plenty of money"
said Corbett. why not spend it with
the good people. the Bohemians, your
friends-the world in general? Live
and let live the old motto, is my
motto. Give 'em all a chance. Keep
the stuff in circulation. 1t costs mon
ey, you know, to be a good fellow
You must have the chink at all times
to keep up your end, and when you
get in with a bunch that don't happen
to be quite as strong financially as
yourself you must keep up their end
too. You are required at times to make
sacrifices which you would gladly
make to help out chap in hard luck
1T may be that | am little soft
on this point, but l can truthfully say
l never refused deserving fellow a
dollar and if the truth is to be told
l must say that l have enough 1 o US
in my desk at home to plaster the side
of farm barn; and these, too. in sums
ranging from 81 to a thousand"
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25

DR.. James r. Dewey of Chicago. who
recently severed his connection with
the educational interests of that city,
has the unique experience Of having
spent Al years of continuous work as
an instructor. In 1880 he took the
chair of Greek in the one High school
then in Chicago and continued his ser
vices uninterruptedly until the last
week in September when failing eye
sight compelled his retirement. During
his long term he varied from time to
time the branches which he taught.
When he first began he taught Greek
and Latin and in after years this was
changed for scientific branches. While
engaged in the work of teaching h;
studied medicine and about - years
ago was graduated He also lectured
in the Chicago Homeopathic Medical
School,
When he became instructor in Chi
cago's first High school the number
of pupils in that institution was 200.
He lived to see that number swelled
to 10000 There are hundreds of men
living in Chicago and other places who
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
Iowa the Center of Intelligence.

Westward the star of journalism
takes its way. Ten years ago Massa-
chusetts claimed the highest general
intelligence of all the states, because
within its borders were the greatest
number of newspapers in proportion
to the population. Now comes the
United States census and shows a
quite remarkable change in the last
decade. The center of intelligence
on the newspaper basis-has moved
beyond the Mississippi river. Iowa
now holds the place that Massachusetts
held ten years ago and leads the states
with the largest number of newspa-
pers in proportion to the number of
inhabitants. The census gives 23,916
as the present number of printing es-
tablishments in the country, a gain of
1916 since 1S90.-Ex.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
Lord Morris, Connter-Thrust.

The late Lord Morris was unsparing
in the counter thrust when he was as
sailed. An English official. who filled
the post of under-secretary to the lord
lieutenant. once was rude enough to
remark, in a loud voice, at a Dublin
dinner table, that it was strange ar
rangement. and one characteristic of
Ireland, that he should have a much
smaller salary than the chief Justice
Morris was then chief justice-though
his functions were so very much more
important. Chief Justice Morris, amid
the awed silence which ensued, said:
THAT is thrain o. thought that
am sure often occurs to me tipstaff. -
London Letter.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25

pronounced nationalists in the South.
All OF Mr.. Lincoln's two cabinets are
dead, so that Mr.. Reagan is the sole
survivor of all the cabinet officers of
the great war period.
The distinguished Texan is type of
southern gentleman that is rapidly
passing away. He was born So years
ago in Tennessee, and drifted, when
almost a boy, into this section of the
country. In 1856 Texas sent him to
Congress, and four years later he re-
signed his seat to become postmaster
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
Women In New York.

The Women's Municipal League oi
New York is actively engaged in rails
ing funds to further the interests Of
the fusion campaign against Tam
many. They are distributing PAM
phlets showing how vice is being proj
tected under Tammany rule and it II
for this purpose chiefly that they ar1
raising a campaign fund
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25

vorce from her husband, a man by the
name of Lawlor, and went upon the
stage. She could not act, but men
could look at her and her tigress
beauty. She appeared in New York.
but did not succeed. She solicited an
audience with Jim" Fisk. She was
penniless then and only possessed the
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25

the land and was tried three times,
the last time being convicted of man
slaughter in the third degree. Grover
Cleveland pardoned him from prison
In 1877 after he had served four years.
Something of his fortune was left, and
on that he has lived an earth pariah
ever since. He is at the home Of
sister, now dying.
The Mansfield woman fled to Boston
after Fisk's death. From there she
removed to Paris. In 1891 she mar
ried Robert l.. Reade, formerly Of Min
neapolis and New York. Since then
she has lived in comparative obscur-
ity. She is wealthy-most Of her mon
ey came out of Fisk and Stokes.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
The WnrId.s Mill Lag

OF the 1900, ,OOO. 900 letters annually
distributed by the poztofiices of the
world, 5000 100000 are addressed in
English. 1900, 100000 in German and
900 100000 in French. All the other
languages have less than 100000, 600
between them
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25

Professor w. d. Gibbs of the OH
State University has been elected pr,
fessor of agriculture and director
the experiment station at the Ne
Hampshire College of Agriculture al
Mechanic Arts at Durham. N. H
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
OCCUPATION In Norway.

Sixty per cent of the population 4
Norway live by agriculture, 10 per ce1
by manufacturing and numbering,
per cent by commerce and trade, p1
cent by mining. and the remainder al
in the professions and the army an
navy and engaged in different emploj
ments.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
A Doubtful Compliment.

She (arTayed for the theater)-Sorry
to have kept you waiting so long, Mr.
Spoonamore. but it has taken me
longer than usual to get ready. look
like fright in this hat. too. He (de-
sirous of saying something compliment
tary)-It isn't the-er-fault of the
lovely hat. am sure. Miss Hankinson.
London Tit-Bits.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25

trail Hotel, where he stationed himself
in the corridor of the parlor floor.
carelessly walking up and down, and
not appearing to be interested in any
thing in particular. The main STAIR
case was in front of him.
Thus stationed he saw Fisk enter
and start up the stairs. The latter
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
Champion sneak TbIef.

Greenwood. Iowa. reports the cham
pion sneak thief Two hours after be-
ing released from Jail he broke into
prison and stole his photograph from
the rogues' gallery-Ex
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25

A postal card sent from Paris
Paris via Moscow, Vladivostock al
San Francisco, made the trip aroul
the world in eighty days, at a cost
2 cents.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25

Pens Of hardened gutta percha have
been repeatedly tried in this country
and England, but have not met with
success.
The Springfield herald., 1904-11-25
TAUGHT FOR Al YEARS
REMARKABLE RECORD OF AN EDU-
GATOR IN CHICAGO.

As an Instructor of Youth He Proved
EminentIy Successful - Many Owe
Their Success In LIfs to His Methods
of Teaching.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-16
Armies Face to Face.

Headquarters of General Count Kel-
Ter, Mutt Ktay. July 13.-The opposing
armies are grizzly facing each other
on the heights across the Liank river,
ready to engage in death grapple.
The Liank crosses the main Lao
Yang Feng Wang Cheng road, 2S miles
east OF Liao Yang. II flows north into
the Tao Use river. which passes
through Lao Yang and empties into
the Lao river.
Around the generals tent were many
officers OF the guards. the pride OF St.
Petersburg. To see them as weather
beaten as the Cossack officers one
could scarcely believe them TO be the
dashing guardsmen OF the Russian
capital. They have become hardened
fighters. for hardly a day passes with
out collisions between the advance
posts of the eastern army and the Jap
anese. The whole army is anxious to
fight General Kurolli. whose headquar-
ters are at Vandiapudze, and whose
men are entrenced on the other side
OF the river. The burning question is.
who will be the first to cross the
dread valley OF the Liank river?
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-16
STATE LIBRARYPRICE, FIVE GENTS

OF aaron. ana Horace RobinsoK OF
Ba:Iingtcn. as accessories after The
fact. and for ohstructing the polio off.
GERS in the discharge of their eutv
when they Were searching for the
three principal offenders.
In making their presentmenf the
grand jury thanked the officers os the
law for their efforts in bringing the
criminals to Justice and offer al the
following resolutions:
This grand jury hereby reeom.
mends that the law of this state pro-
viding punishment for the c1fns o;
rape be so altered as to provide for
capital punishment. or for imprison.
ment for any term of years in the dis
creticn of the trial jury. the present
punishment for the said offe use ap-
pearing to be inadequate"
AS soon as the acquisitions for the
defendants have been honored bv ths
governor of Pennsylvania they will he
brought here, and every prec aution
will be taken by the authorities To pre-
vent any interference with the orderly
administration of Justice