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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-01

his blue ribbon temperance pledge and af-
forward lead lives of sobriety and useful
ness When he visited East Washington
at the request of the Temperance Reform
Club and talked temperance to large au-
diences In the several churches in the east
ern section. he gave an impetus to the
work in that locality. and soon after his
departure from this city the great temper
ance revival which swept over the District
of Columbia was inaugurated.
Following his impetus Charley Nye. Bud
Eaggleston. Frank Cunningham and other
local temperance men conducted crusade
which resulted In saving many men and
women from lives of debaunchery. These
men and women afterward wore little knots
of blue ribbon. Which was the Murphy
sobriety emblem.
Francis Murphy. who in thirty-six years
addressed more than %, 900 public meetings.
travelled nearly 1.0O0.0oO miles and is said
to have persuaded 12,00O,0O0 men to sign
the Murphy pledge" was born in WEEK
ford. Ireland. In 1896. He came to America
when boy of sixteen. and served in the
Union army in the civil war. He also served
In the Spanish-American war as a chap
lain 1t was in Portland, Me. that he
made his first public plea for temperance.
Was Not a Prohibitionist.
Men in every English-speaking nation on
the globe have heard Francis Murphy plead
for temperance. His success was In a
great measure due to his motto. printed on
every pledge card: with malice toward
none; with charity for all He had friends
among the liquor dealers as warm as any
of his coworkers for temperance. He never
denounced men who sold liquor; never was
a prohibtionist and always advocated
moral suasion as the means of solving the
drink problem. He insisted that men could
not be made good by law. His idea was
that there must be a reformation of the
individual, and II on these lines that
he worked for years and greeted millions
of men and women with his hearty God
bless YOU
The first public speech ever made by MI
Murphy was in Portland. He was invited
to a public meeting by the mayor or the
city and asked to speak. He was too en-
barrassed. and finally the mayor promised
not to ask him to speak but persuaded him
TO come up TO the platform. Such men az
the late Tom Reed. Gen. Neal Dow. Gov.
Padelford and other men prominent in state
affairs were present. The governor pre-
sided and almost took Murphys breath
away when he called on him to speak. Mr..
Murphy burst into tears but when he re-
covered himself said few words. Never
after that" he said in describing the scene.
was | afraid to speak to my -fellow-men.
Mr.. Murphy made tour of the world.
and in every large city was greeted by i'm
mense crowds He converted thousands In
England. Ireland, Wales. Scotland and
Australia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-01
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-01

%h BUNDANT requirements
jMl for charming games and
Nv outdoor pleasures and pas
times are shown in our
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

an evergreen tree in Ceylon. and cassia from the
coarSer varieties of bark. Until recently no svs-
tematlc attempt made to plant and cultivate
the trees, and their propagation depended entirely
upon the cinnamon eater. a species of wild dove
winch ate the fruit O the and distributed the
seeds or kernels around Both cinnamon and cassia
contain tannln and too much of either has the same
effect excessive tea drinking There are cinna-
mon ana caSSla toperS who as much addicted to
the habit of chewing the bark as some men are to
chewing tobacco
The cinnamon topers acquire their habit chiefly
from working in the woods stripping the bark from
the trees and driving it. 1t is graded bv men who
taste tiny morSel of each lot At first this causes
the hips and throat to swell but in time this t1ndesr,
Die effect overcomes itself and u genuine love for
cloves have figured largely in the history of the
world, and they have been responsive for ,,an,
crueities and deaths. The Dutch and Portuguese,
early realized the value of cloves or tke XII (oorous
nal as the Chinese called them and they struggled
hercey to gain control of the supply II was NOT
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

famous Stonewall JJackson'" the farmer stammered.
That's what they call me-
The farmer took off his hat with great reverence
and said. General Jackson ride over my whole
field. DO what you like with it, sir"
Onyonce at the battleof Fredericksburg Stone
wall Jackson caught in a brand new uniform,
with gold laced cap the gift of that prince of
alters +. b. Stuart, and there a<Iear expressed
along the lines that Old Jack woulbbe afraid of his
clothes and wouldn't get down to business.
He was a of unusual religious devotion, but
would always go to sleep in church Perhaps it
was because the church service the only thing
he could depend upon to go ht along he did not
keep awake to watch it. His friends said that it
because OF weakness resulting from his eXertlOnS
in the Mexican War. When he teaching at the
institute he i'll, and all efforts failed to
for him a nights rest. One of his friends in attend
suggested that the Rev. Doctor White be called
in, as he the only who able to
put Jackson to sleep. In spite of this detection.
however, DIR. White and his famous parshioner
fast friends to the end. After the battle of
Manassas, 1t was rumored in church that DR.. White
had just received a letter from Jackson. and they
all crowded up great excitement to get
of the battle The good man arranged his spectacles
soemny broke the seal opened the letter, and read
Remembered the Sunday School
MY DEAR PAsTOR-ln my tent last night, after
INl fatiguing days service, l remembered that
failed to send YOU my contribution for our COored
Sunday school. Inclosed YOU will find my check
for that object, which please acknowledge at your
earliest convenience and oblige. Yours faithfully,
T. ]. JACKSON.
This minute attention to details was another
trait of his character which through his entire
life While professor at the institute he borrowed
the key to the library OF OF the literary societies.
saving that when he had done with II he would put
1t back in its proper place. He always absent
minded, and at night discovered that he had taken
the key away. He knew that it would not be needed
before morning. and the rain falling heavily
nevertheless he walked back mile to put the key
IN its place.
His men said Of him that he always marched at
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
Know of Jackson's Unexpectedness


IN reaching Charlottesville, one of Hooker's
~ officers said, " We seem to have them this time
and a victory only / don't know where old
Stonewa IS He might break in on us here any
minute and spoil all this" The prophecy was
promptly made good
Military leaders have usually approved the policy
OF subsisting the enemys country; but it left
for Stonewall Jackson to make the enemy himself
the purveyor of supplies. The Federal General
Banks became known JacksOns conmisSary
general and when his column was seen to turn
off into the valley the report would go out Lee is
out of rationS again. and has sent Jackson to call
on his COmmissary general"
Jackson was like tlint-cold, impassive. still. in
time of peace. But at the sharp. swift stroke of
military necessity the spark of his genius flew out
and burst into flame that swept away all obstacles
When General Ewell was asked what he thought of
JacksonS generalship in the Valley campaign he
replied:
When he began it, l thought him crazy Before
he got through. | thought him inspired
Before the end of the campaign Jackson had his
men brought into spirit like his own The division
reached a deep stream where the bridge had been
burned. He sent for engineer corps and also for
some carpenters among his own soldiers The
engineers at set to work to prepare plans: but
two hours later the head carpenter appeared and
reported, The bridge IS finished, General and we
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

daybreak, except when he started the night before
The celebrity of his movements gave his division the
name of Jackson's foot cavalry" One of his men
said
Moses took forty years to get the Israelites
through the wilderness. with mamma furnished
all the way; but Old Jack would have double
quicked it through half rations in three days at
the most"
Federal prisoner taunted his captors by telling
them that their apparent success only temporary,
for a large Federal force had gone down the road
to intercept Jackson's approach and would
doubtedly take his entire division He was told
that Jackson had already arrived on the field and
was fighting and that he then talking to some
of JacksOn'S men.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03
Loved by tie Whole World

A FOREIGN paper. recording his death spoke
"A of him as "One who took to a soldiers grave
the love of the whole world and the name Of Stone
wall Jackson.
General Garnett was one who had been most hurt
by the severity of the old heros military discipline
At the battle of KernstOwn he had been arrested
and temporarily relieved from duty. General
Pickett had charge of JacksOns funeral and Garnett
came to him and asked permission to take part in
the procession. OF all who followed the great
soldier to the grave there was no mourner more
sincere. Every i'll feeling vanished when the ball
at Charlottesville struck down the beloved com
of veneration which flowed around his name and
fame.
Even to those who most opposed the cause for
which he gave his life, the of the battle lost
was made more sad BY the message. '.StoDevva1I
Jackson is deadl'
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

can go on. but them air pictur'S amt come YET "
The soldier may need religion as much as. or more
than, anyone else, but rule the tabernaces
of the Lord are not spread on the tented field of
the warrior. Stonewan Jackson. however, was an
exception He never failed to invoke the Prince of
Peace to preside his battles. Old Jim, his faith
ful servant, said
De Gen al IS de creates man fO prayin night an
mOrnin an all times. But when sees him git up
sew al times in de night besides, an start in prayn
l knows dars gwine ter be sumpn up, an l go
straight an pack his haversack, ca Sc know he
be calm fer it TO daylight
1t fitting that he who found his life on the
battle field should find there the entrance into
immortal life; but IN the agony of loss Lee exclaimed
Any victory would be dear at such priceI"
To his wounded General he wrote, Gould / have
ordered events, / would have chosen for the good
of the country to have been disabled in Your stead
Jackson replied to the leader who he had declared
was the only man whom he would follow blindfold
Better that ten Jacksons should fall than one
Lee"
Some one has said that the Lord in His providence
intended that the COnfederacy should not win and
to prevent it He had to remove Jackson.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

a popular scdatlve, stImuIant, and stOulChi-- y
cordlng 10 the dose taken, and mauy popular
drinks owe their flavor TO the fragrance of This
and the American market absorbs most of the
crop
On the other hand black and white peppers are
universal spices. The world consumes upward Of
forty two million pounds of pepper a wear. and It's
physiological and psychological, effect upon nations
IS tremendous 1t is used as a stinulant in place
OF liquor IN some places and a remedy for colds
among the lOggers OF the Northwest Half o-1r
popular dishes would lose their attraction If pe-e-
was cut out of cookery. ApPetites would decline
and the effect upon the mind would be most
disastrous
Similarly, ginger is international spice that in
SureS comfort and happiness TO the world. Some
twenty million pounds of ginger are used in the
without their ginger for bread and cookies woald
not be Germans Most of them would prefer to
give up their beer rather than be deprived of their
precious ginger.
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

q
y important part in the
~ world history. At
time they were worth
their weight in diamonds.
and whole provinces
mOrtgaged to obtain them.
Daring navIgators were in Hs
duced to sail upon unknown
seas to barter in the silks and spices of
the Indies Pliny paid FIVE dollars a
pound for pepper. and then pronounced
It rather tastccSs but his description of
it almost Immediately popuarized it
and made 1t of the most generally
sought spices Kings paid their ram
SONS in spices in ancient DAYS, and in
medieval times rents were frequently Z.
paid in peppercornS
There are portions of the globe to-
day where spices worth than
gold or silver In the Arctic region
spices essential to health and hap
pineSs, wrote explorer. ~ dash
OF pepper pinch of ground cinnamon.
a little nutmeg, or piece of ginger
root reyives the jaded appetite wonder
fully IN the North. | have seen ship
wrecked sailors tight over ounce of
spices with more herceness than they
ever did for money"
The physiological effect of spices is of
less importance than the psychological results More
than writer has confessed his inability TO write,
without the odor of spices in his room \ GREAT
musician composed his most noted work under the,
influence OF cinnamon and cloves steaming i'm the
Kettle iTI OF preserves OF neighboring kitchen
Thereafter he ordered steamed cloves and CHINA
mon whenever he wished to compose The food
OF one man, however, very often happens 10 be
more or less violent poison for another In the
annals OF insane asylums there are many cases
on record where the odor of cloves cinnamon
pepper allspce. ginger has driven patients into
violent parOXySmS.
Yet all the world loves spices and the trade in
them IS annually increasing In the fear that the
source OF supply would eventually become exhausted
chemists have sought to make spices svntheticallv
They have succeeded in a number of instances to
such an extent that cheap authorizations are some
times used.
mere IS reason to suppose that cinnamon and
casSia were the oldest spices known and used FIRE.
queht aiusions are made to them in the Bible Gin
nanon IS made from the finer grades of the bark of
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

was inflicted upon the natives for SELLING
or stealing a pound of cloves The Dutch
Governm ent controlled the supply for
years; but in 1872 a cyclone DESTROYED
nearly all of the trees in the No'ugcl
Isles and famine in cloves was threat
ened. But the shrewd foresight of the
Government was then disclosed. In sealed
casks an enormous supply had been kept
IN storage, and when opened cloves which
had been kept for upward of sevcutv--re
Years were found IN q perfect state of pres.
crvatiOn.
The nutmeg has figured more largely r.
American history than anv other Sriee
Ever since the ingenious New Englar-er
made wooden nutmegs and shipped tnen
TO market at a big profit the term Con
nectlcut nutmeg has been applied 20 an
inferior grades of this spice. We i-rra-t
over a million and half pounds of n-,-
megs annually, and the nuts are graded
according to size. Ground nutmcgs prove
New-York tribune., 1907-03-03

only among themselves that
they quarreled. but they
showed great CruelticS to
the natives of the MOlucca
Isles. Wherever either ma
ton got possession of the
supply, 1t was claimed as a
Government monopoly. and
The puniShment Of drarn
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-03
INVESTIGATE
WRECKS

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. s.
Both houses met at noon today. A
resolution was introduced in the
house that congress investigate the
Baltimore & Ohio and the Rock
Island wrecks.
A conference between the presi-
dent, Bonaparte and Straus today
preceded the announcement that
the government will fight to the
last to secure a decision uphold
ing the constitutionality of the en-
ployes' liability act, which Judge
Evans declared unconstitutional at
Louisville recently.
Taft today communicated to con-
gress the recommendation Of the
government to reimburse San
Francisco saloon keepers to the ex-
tent Of $4,000 for liquors federal
soldiers destroyed under orders
during the earthquake disaster.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-03

But the real sufferers by the
storm, to hear them tell 1t, were
the men and women who had to
get down town to work early.
Tramp, tramp, tramp. they came
a.marching, as far as the eye could
see-and perhaps farther The
motorman sat in his stranded car
and watched the procession. From
all directions whistles and bells
could be heard appealing for help.
Cars that got started with passen-
gers were blockaded by drifting
snow and the passengers compelled
to desert and take to the snow difts
to reach town in time for work.
And most OF them werelate.
Did the street car conductors pay
back the nickles? Hardly.
On North Monroe st. this morn.
ing there was solid line of pedes-
TRANS four blocks long. Same
sight everywhere. At each avenue
new ones would step in and from
7 o'clock until 0 this line Of march
dragged its lengthening chain
cavity along.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-03
HOLDS IT
ILLEGAL

Contrary to the general impress
sion the action of the county COM
missioners in appropriating $4,000
toward the Spokane freight rate
fight is not regarded as valid by
one of the attorneys principally
concerned in the matter. E. c. Nc.
donald, attorney for the bonding
company furnishing security for
the county auditor, declares that
he regards the appripriation as alb
solutely illegal. This view of the
matter is shared by other attor-
neys and 1t is believed that City
Attorney Geraghty holds the same
opinion In regard to the city ap-
preparation made last night, al
though he declines to make a state
ment until the matter is formally
referred to him.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-03

nominal price per acre, but quite
large in the aggregate, and exceed,
ingly valuable to anyone engaged
in large numbering transactions.
This land proved Immediately prof
liable, and since 1t was acquired
has risen in value by leaps and
bounds. The provision was repeal
ed in 1905, but the railroads and
the lumber syndicates had already
reaped their harvest.
Weyerhaeuser was able 10 swing
the big deals involved in this big
plum by the capital he had ac-
quired in laboriously developing
the Wisconsin and Minnesota lum-
Der areas. When he first came
to this country he engaged as
saw mill hand at Rock Island. Ill.,.
soon became foreman and with +.
c. A. Denckman, also German,
became able to buy out the firm.
He went timber prospecting into
Wisconsin, got hold of some fine
property and made the most of II
and continued this process success
fully until In 1872 he was able to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-03
ST. CARS
. TIED UP

Today's snow presented an ex-
tremely difficult problem for the
street car companies and not until
late in the afternoon was anything
like satisfactory service resumed.
And that was subject to more or
less uncertainty. Early this morn
ing the cars that followed the
snow plows out were stalled before
they could make return trips, so
fast the snow fell, and were COM
PEELED to wait until the pillow came
along again. Men were kept busy
at the corner turns but the tracks
clogged for a time nearly as rap.
idly as they could be cleaned.
All the track clearing equipment
of both the Traction Co. and the
w. w. p. was called into early use
and kept busy most all day.
Rain this afternoon complicated
the situation by packing the snow
around the rails and adding a de-
gree Of slipperyness that made the
motorman sweat as he poured on
the sand and Juice.
With all the hard work done to-
day there Is no certainty that lots
OF folks will not be late getting
home tonight unless they start
early. AS one perspiring motorman
remarked: "It's simply fierce"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-03

When the oldtimers around town
awoke this morning to find the
ground covered with a foot more
or less of snow and the air so full
of more Of it on the way down that
it was difficult to pick out any
ozone to breathe, many of them
grew reminiscent and conjured UP
vivid word pictures of storms in
the early days of Spokane. I
]. M. Grimmer, who came to Spo-
kane in 1880, in speaking on the
subject, said:
1.-THE worst winter for snow that
l remember was that of 1889. 1t
started to snow on Friday, Decem.
Der %, and didn't let up till there
was 30 inches on the level. A
chinook wind came soon though
and reduced the fall to about IL
inches, when 1t froze up and we
had the finest kind of sleighing for
at least six weeks. i
"This was the year after the fire
and practically no buildings had
been put up, most of the business
being done in tents. The only avail.
able building for business on Riv.
erside ave. was frame structure
which stood on the ground now oc-
cupied by the Empire State build.
ing. This was used as city hall,
fire and police headquarters. A
deep gully ran from the present 10.
cation of the Holley-Mason Co,
clear down into Peaceful valley,
About eight years ago We had
another severe snowstorm, though
it wasn't nearly so bad as that of
49,"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-03
CONDUCTOR SUES
w. w. P. CO.

Albert Towe, formerly a conduc-
tor for the Washington Water
Power Co., this morning brought
suit against the company to re-
cover $500 damages for injuries
sustained to his spine when car
No. 81 ran into a team of horses
belonging to E. H. Stanton on the
East Sprague av. trestle last Sep
TENDER.
Towe charges that on account of
negligence in inspection, the cars
air brakes did not work well. AT
ter stopping at the head of the
trestle the motorman left the car
and went ahead to help pull the
wagon out of a broken plank in
the bridge. The air failed to hold
the car and it dashed down the in.
cline. When it struck the team
Towe was jerked violently back.
ward and his back struck the ali
brake rod in the rear of the car
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-03
HAD TO hike

BY some unaccountable weather
mixup more snow was dumped on
this townsite yesterday and last
night than anybody had any earth
ly use for Even the Washington
Water Power Co. for once got all
1t wanted Of what is purely public
property. 1t found itself unable to
get rid of the surplus even by a
watered stock issue. Consequent
iy Its street car system has been
out Of business for the greater part
of the day. There was little or
nothing doing in the street trans
portation business this morning.
According to the official measure
ment at the weather bureau two
and a half inches OF snow fell dur
ing the night, Notwithstanding the
fact that four inches was already
on hand, or rather underfoot, and
nobody mentioned need Of any
more. With what fell since s a.
IN. to shortly before noon, when a
drizzling rain set IN, there was
about eight inches OF the downy
dope from the skies to shovel off
the walks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1907-01-03
HIRED GIRL
FIXED HIM

A bold attempt to burglarize the
residence of N. E. Nuzum, attorney,
at $500 Washington ST., failed last
night through the courage of
Hattie, the hired girl. Mr.. and
Mrs. Nuzum are now visiting in
California and the house is in the
care of Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Nuzum's
mother-in-law.
Hattie heard the burglar make a
noise in a rear room and she kick
ed over chair to brighten him
Then she opened her door and saw
the light of a dark lantern on the
stairs. She screamed and the
burglar fed. Hattie went to the
telephone in the front room, but ii
had been disconnected by cutting
the wires. Then she ran to Mr.
Nuzum's room and called the po-
lice over the extension telephone
Patrolman Lawson, mounted, re-
sponded but when he arrived the
burglar vas gone. Investigation