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The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
GENERAL NEWS.

The Michigan Central railroad has
increased trainmen's wages 6k per
cent and operators approximately IA
per cent.
M. Bleriot, the celebrated French
aviator, was seriously injured at Con-
stantinop1e few days since by the
collision of his aeroplane with house.
At monster meeting in Albert Hall,
London, Herbert Henry Asquith, Brit
ish prime minister, pledged the Liber-
al party home rule for Ireland should
it be successful in the coming cleo
tons.
The village of Utica was prac-
tically wiped out by fire early on
the morning of the 9th inst, and one
man. Edward Daug Of Lancaster. a
guest of the Hotel Vance, was burned
to death. Thirty-five other guests OF
the hotel had narrow escape. The
loss is 100000.
Prince Frederick Won Sayn Witt
genstein, of Prussia, who renounced
his princely rank in pursuance of a
family agreement on account of hav-
ing married below his rank, has re-
ceived from Emperor William the title
Of Baron Won Altenberg. Frederick
married Marie Louise Vertling, a
woman of the middle class.
The appellate division of the SUI
preme Court of New York has upheld
the section of the Armstrong law, linn
iting the new business of life insur-
ance companies in any year to $780,
100000.
Official statistics for the first six
months of 1909 show continued de-
cline in the population of France. The
marriages decreased 6,201 as com
pared with 1908, divorces increased by
543, births decreased 1852 and deaths
increased by 25,019.
Decided business improvement is
shown throughout the country in the
receipts at the fifty largest postoffices
during the month of November. Every
office reported an increase. varying
from COS per cent. at Brooklyn to
34.OS per cent. in Seattle.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Washington. = Vigorously denounc-
ing President Zelaya for having MUIR
dered" Cannon and Groce, officers OF
the Revolutionary army, Senator Ray
ner of Maryland advocated his resolu-
ton authorizing the President of the
United States to apprehend and try
the President of Nicaragua for his
crime against these two American
citizens. THE private life of Zelaya
is almost unspeakable in its enorm-
nifty" said Rayner. should be made
public by the State Department in or
der that the people of the United
States might know the kind of man
Zelaya was"
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
Judge Lindsey Sued for Libel.

beaverton Monday, William G..
Smith, formerly Acknowledgements
and speaker of the the House of Rep
resentatives of Colorado, now tax
agent for the Denver City Tramway
Company, filed suit in the District
Court asking $4,000 damages from
Harvey ]. O'Higgins and Judge Ben
B. Lindsey for an article relating to
his career as speaker of the House in
the Twelfth General Assembly, which
appeared in the October number Of
Everybody's Magazine. and which, he
claims, is libelous, false and defama-
tory,
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
Practical Politics.

A political office In a small town in
Iowa was vacant. The office paid
$3.50 year, and there was keen COM
petition for it. The Democratic can
didate. Ezekiel Hicks. was a shrewd
old fellow. and neat campaign fund
was turned over to him. To the as
constituent of all, however, he was
defeated.
Il can't account for it," said one
of the Democratic leaders gloomily.
with that money. we should have
won. How did you lay it out. Eze-
kiel?
"Well." said Ezekiel, slowly pulling
his whiskers, Eyer see that office only
pays $3.50 year salary. an didn't
see no sense in payin' 5000 out to get
the office, so l bought me a little
truck farm instead.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
Slow Recovery.

as the editor out?" asked visitor
to the office of the Ridgeville Banner
Eyes, SIR" answered the editors
small assistant. Hes gone out to
put away Jug of Ticker left by sub
scriber"
DO you think 1t will take him long
to put 1t away?"
Nav. sir. 1t won't take him long
ter put 1t away. but after that he
won't be able ter do nuthin' fur a
week."
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
kino Leopold Dying.

Brussels.-Leopold H.. King of the
Belgians, is making desperate fight
with death and the odds are strongly
against the aged monarch. AS last
resort the surgeons knife will be
tried. If the operation is successful,
King Leopold may live. If it fails, the
end is inevitable. All will depend
upon the Kings strength and vitality.
which are fast ebbing. Rheumatism
has already conquered the aged and
wasted frame. Dropsy has developed
and an obstruction of the intestine,
which must be removed, has greatly
aggravated his condition.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

tired all the time and very nervous. l
began using Doan's Kidney Pills, and
after taking few boxes was cured
and have been we'll ever since"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
Precoclous.

The little girl was acting naughtily
before company. Her mother warned
her sharply.
"If you do that again. I'll smack
you." she said.
mo you won't" replied the pert
daughter. I'll sit down on myself and
then you can't"
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
Expects Statehood Biz to Pass.

Washington.-"I think the House
will pass statehood bill for New
Mexico and Arizona very quickly"
said Chairman Hamilton of the House
committee on territories Monday.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
Coming to Terms.

Possible Boarder-Ah, that was
ripping dinner. and If that was fair
sample of your meals, should like to
come to terms.
Scotch Farmer-Before we gang
any further, was that fair sample
O. yer appetite?
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Mrs. Crawford-You must love your
husband very dearly If you save all
the letters he sends you while you're
In the country.
Mrs. Crabshaw-rm keeping them
for comparison, my dear. I'm sure to
catch him in lie.-Judge.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Rheumatism and Neuralgia never could
get along with Hamlins Wizard Oil.
Wizard Oil always drives them away
from the premises in short order.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
1 s

"I have suffered with piles for thirty
sig years. One year ago last April be-
gan taking Cascarets for constipation. In
began to disappear and at the end Of sig
weeks they did not trouble me at all.
Cascarets have done wonders for me. I
am entirely cured and feel like a new
man." George Kryder, Napoleon, o.
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good
Do Good Never Sicken. Weaken or grippe.
lOc, 2Sc. Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gen.
uine tablet stamped c &C. Guaranteed to
cure or your money back. go
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

OF the D l u u u . Z
reached Its climax
last spring and / suf-
fered terribly. My
back ached a n d
panied 30 I could
hardly get around
and the secretions
were scanty, fire.
quent OF passage
and Dainful I was
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Our idea of heaven is a place big
enough to make 1t possible for people
to be without neighbors.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Constipation causes and seriously aggnvates
PIerce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated granulcs.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Mrs. Windows Soothing syrup.
For children teethng softens tho gums reduces In
NATION, asys pain. cures wind colio Csc bottle.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

As a Rule.
"It's the unexpected that always
happens"
1.-THE unexpected happens very sell
dom, seems to me. Somebody always
claims to have predicted 1t, whatever
it is"
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

ALIENS LUNG BALSAM
IS the old reliable cough remedy. Found in every
iruR store and In practically every home. For sale
By all druggists, 25c, Soc and sl00 bottles
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Everyone can do his best thing cas-
iest.-Emerson.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANYTHING
better for sIdcachc, backaches or stitches than
Perry Davis Palnkilicr Got the large size 1t is tho
cheapest. Al all druggists, 25c. Gc and 60c bottles
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
The War Play Today.

The War Play Today.
This is a very exciting scene. That
orderly with dispatches has just
dropped from war balloon"
What is that fleecy stuff he's
brushing OFF,"
Bits of cloud"
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

It's one thing to run into debt and
another to crawl out.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

MARRY me" pleaded the mere
man, land your slightest wish shall be
granted"
But" queried the wise woman,
how about the large ones?"
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

The first step toward keeping your
mouth shut Is to close 1t.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
Often the Case.

Often the Case.
"Why are you making those horri-
BILE faces?"
I'm amusing the baby"
But the child Is screeching."
YES; some people can't realize
that they are being amused. Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
SUFFERED TERRIBLY.
How Relief from Distressing Kidney
Trouble Was Found.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wolf, 1888 W. Morgan
St., Upton, Mo-, says: inflammation
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Better poor man at large than a
rich man In jail.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

why so?" asked his friend.
"Why. the people in the audience
are not going to throw eggs and take
a chance on spelling their own adver-
tisements, are they ?"-Yonkers States
man.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
Safe place for the Author.

''In a small town where the audi
ence calls for the author Of the piece
to come before the curtain. he always
feels better If the curtain has a lot
of local advertisements on It," said
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Internal or External Use.
Young Woman Customer-I'd like
some rice, please. You have different
qualities. haven't your
Groceries miss-wedding or pud-
ding Boston Transcript.
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
NOT HAVING ANY.

Bertie-But, my dear. there's no
harm in a kiss.
Nellie-No. Well. but then, where's
the fun?
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17

Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, q safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The Springfield herald., 1909-12-17
RELIABLE (; PROMPT

Gold, 75c: Gold and Sill
yer. $500. Gold. Silver
Gold and Silver refined
for free mailing sacks.
1886 Court Place. Dem
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-06
OUR SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
MAKES CHILDREN MACHINES
English Educator Declares That Present Methods Of instruction
Deal Death to Originality and Self-Development.
oEs our present system of education dull the imagination and wits
our children and unfit them for development along lines Of originality
That is the view Of Harold E. Gorst, whose father "a minister

re- oEs our present system of education dull the imagination and wits Of
S@@~ That is the view of Harold E Gorst whosefa father was minister of
education in England for sevHa years Speaking OF the detrimental effects OF
the present system a few days ago, Mr. Gorst told IN incident of his own child.
Il have a little daughter" Mr. Gorst said. when she vas a small child she
had a remarkable Imagination. She va fed with these sweet little chids
fancies; lived in her little world of romance and all that sort After she be-
gan to go to school At years Of age she lost all her imagination 1 watched
With education which is not at al adapted to their individual tastes or natures.
When the imagination in my title girl died 1 began to dc a great deal of think
Ing.
But I didn't begin to study educational problems in the stufy old way that
every master of pedagogy studies them. 1 went back and studied the influence
that our bethods Off education have uron life itself-upon the life Of the child
and of the young man an woman. My conclusion "a that education as the
AngloSaxons practise it, IN as he German nd Iatins practise it, for that
matter, destroys ali individuality; in so far a 1t has power to- wrecks the inia-
tive to a great extent, and caves the mass of the educated n drabi duh lump
of commonplace humanity
See here. now. Both the English nd he American schemes of education
destroy or suppress initiative, Imagination and the faculties for observation
They destroy the thirst for knowhdge-everybody being brought p IN thu same
old time system of examining the head full of a lot Of stuff and rubbish. Take
the youngsbr who is about tt 60 to school, He is full of activity, bubbhng with
spirits nquidhve, always IN the lookout for something new The minute he
begins to enter the grind of education he losese energy, becomes lsless, becomes
a machine am a part OF the great machine of organized education"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-06

The equipment of the secret service
headquarters includes a delicate scales
for weighing coins whose g%enuineness
Is questioned and a '"Rogues' Gallery"
consisting of a monster file of photos of
eounterfe1ters and other offenders.
However, the bureau in Washington is
essentially a nerve centre from which
are directed the operations in the TWEEN
ty-five districts into which the country
is divided on the secret service map.
Secret service men who reinforce the
regular body guard of the President
whenever ne makes a tour of the coun-
try are participants in any big public
function.
Grover Cleveland inaugurated the ex-
listing system of having secret service
men guard the President. He was in
great fear of violence, so he had sentry
oXe planted all over the White House
grounds and about forty of Washing
tons police force detailed to guard his
residence.
1t is this field service which makes it
necessary for every secret service man
to abandon all thought of fixed habi
tation with social and family ties. Tic
meg ~ Oldtltu NUN AN0N IQIh W
Texas, or from the mountains of Ten
nessee to San Francisco at an hours
notice, and it is impossible to predict In
advance how long he will remain az
any given place.
True to its name and policy. the Sc
cret service aims to let the public know
Just as little as possible regarding its
personnel. No secret operative allows
his photograph to be made, much less
published, if he can help it, n he SOL
dom acknowledges his vocation. Al
headquarters there is a rule against
disclosing the name or address of any
member, and in no government publ
cation, not even in the Blue Book
which is supposed to list every govern
ment employee. can there be found any
roster of the secret service men.
4 new recruit in the secret service
starts out as an assistant operative at
So a day and. If he proves worthy. Is
promoted IN due course to the rank OF
operative ~ Sc a day. AS an opera
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-06

Facts About the Federal Secret Seru5ce,
Or The Mysterious BLACK Cabmef''
Government Spies Whose Meth
eds Are Kept Hidden from
the Outside World.

P1Gs~7 HE mysteries of the inner work
4 inge of the United States secret
service, or the BLACK Cabinet
a. II IS sometimes called, is an unsealed
book to the general public, but side
lights on its methods may be revealed
as a result of the controversy between
the President and House of Represen-
tatives. Yet it is unlikely thai the veil
of secrecy will be lifted SO as TO dis
close the in~tricacies of this organiza-
ton of human bloodhounds.
Owing to the stipulations made by
Congress in providing the last annual
appropriation for the maintenance of
the secret service-the limitations I'M
der which President Roosevelt is
chafng-the operations of the secret
service are restricted to what might
be termed it's original functions-name-
ly, the experimenting of counterfeiters
and the protection of the chief magis-
trate. Until Congress called a halt,
however, there was a gradual, but con-
tinuous expansion Of the activities of
the nations secret. police until they
babe air to Guido their European
brethren in the scope of their surveil-
lance.
ANtRNiiAiJ IL hlo Dt1ii ( lila
everybody in the Senate and House
who has opposed the Presidents views
and wishes in the last two years has
been Swallowed by officers assigned
from the secret service. Representa-
tive Lilley repeatedly said he was at
all times followed by government de-
tectiVes after his sensational declara-
ton that a submarine boat company
had paid money to several members of
the house naval affairs committee.
The headquarters of tho secret serv-
ice are in the treasury building. Here
are the private Offices of the chief of
the service, John e. Wilkie, who re-
ceives a salary of $4,000 a year., and the
assistant chief, William Herman Moran,
who is paid $1,000 a year. There is a
clerical division, employing half a
dozen men, and a large storeroom,
where confiscated counterfeiting out
fits, spurious coin and other contra
band seized by secret service men is
deposited and allowed to accumulate
until at intervals of about a yea a
committee is appointed to superintend
the destruction of these unlawful ar
ticles.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-06
HOTELS IN NEW JERSEY.

An absurdIy incorrect tabuIaton is made in the majority report o.. the state
Excise Commission of the number of hotels in New Jersey, by counties. 1t is
WE'LL nownt that in Atlantic city alone here more hotels than in any county
Of the State, while hotels generally are found in popuous cities not in suburban
or rural sections of the State. Next to Atlantic City com the Monmouth
county seaside resorts, Lakewood, in Ocean county, and Cape May seaside
resorts. Elsewhere in the State. and even in Newark, New Jerseys
largest city there are few hotels. But the commission places 72 hotels in Pas
sale, III, in Hudson, 1922 in Camden POI in Bergen. 27 in Union. 35 in Mercer
md 1888 in Niddlesex, while Atlantic is credited only with 252 Monmouth with
10 Cape May with 81 and Ocean with 49, Essex is given $50 hotels, or 65 less
than Hudson and 81 lesst than Bergen. In another part of the report the COM
mission speaks OF owe eight hundred hotels and boarding houses in Atlantic
City, with from 100000 to 100000 visitors at times" At the average oil 1888 to a
hotel this number of visitors would need a thousand hotels for accommodation
There is n o foreign travel n Bergen very little IL Hudson or Passac' or Union,
or Niddlesex, or Camden, and, therefore there is mall demand for hotels in
tisics
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-06
SldeIigfts on Organization Aboat
Which the General Public
Knows Little.

tive, his pay may increase to 81 a day.
but the secret service operative whose
salary reaches the point just short OF
$50 a week must have proved his wortl
BY long service and have the ex-
perience which can be gained in nc
other manner than by practical secret
service work.
There is no authority in any genera.
statute of the United States for the
creating and maintenance of the secret
service. 1t exists simply because from
year to year provisions in regard to il
are carried in two or more of the great
supply bills. The appropriation of pub
lie funds began in 1864.
In 1904 the secret service reached
high water mark for a thirty-year
period, When the appropriation was
$3.50 00. In forty-four years it climbed
all the way from $10.0 900 to $125. 900
This does not take into account any
thing but the legitimate employment OF
the secret service.
1t is still proposed TO enlarge the
scope Of the secret service and in
crease the number of employees. ac-
cording to the estimates furnished by
the Secretary of the Treasury for the
fiscal year which viii end June 80, 1910
The sum of $685. 900 is requested for
that year, which is $4,000 more thar
for any previous year and $4,000 more
than for the present fiscal year.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-06
A REAppoIN7MENT ..UNDER FIRE"

Former Governor Stokes can point to a number of important lasting DEMENT'S
~ IN. state as the result Of his administration, chief of which is an increase
Of s25oom 700 in the annual revenue from railroad taxation. But n act of his
was more creditable than the attitude he took when it became necessary to ap-
notnt a secretary of state. Secretary Dickinson, finishing hst term, wa assaied
with cbarpesb " enyenomed enemies in Hudson county, with the object of pre-
venting his reappomtment The charges did lot relate to his official acts To
nav refused to reappoint Dickinson would have been to officially ndorse the
charge and to condemn him before they could be proven. What Governor
enemies for libel in the courts and prove his innocence and that failing this,
he would resign. When Dickinson did neither, Governor Stokes formally re-
auested his resignation, and had 10 power to compel it Now that Mr.. Stokes
is ut OF office, there is neither sense nor ecency in Misrepresentation OF ms
orscnI acts ad especially an act that displayed judicial judgment and a fairness
under hi circumstances that appealed to the favor of every honorable man.
It would be a weak governor. indeed, who should twn down a man for re
appointment simply because he vas under fire from his enemies e nope never
10 see that kind of a governor in office in New Jersey.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-06
EVERYTHING BUT

Just look, dear. Don't you think
an a real automobile girl? What of
my automobile veil?"
at is beautiful"
And this automobile coat-isn't it
becoming to my figure?"
wonderfully
"Apd the automobile cap-did you
ever see anything set so fetching?'
Never"
ard even my hair is in a beautiful
automobile tousle. Isn't it grand?"
Indeed it is, dear, but-but where is
your automobile?"
oh, / haven't a machine yet, but
after I save up 10000 baking powder
labels and 10000 soap app and al
the cigarette coupons the young men
give me III get one in no time. 1t
won't take over ten years at the long
est"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-06
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS TO RHUNi7E.

Wilbur Wright the modest American whose aerial featsh AVE stonEhedt the
world and opened a new great. ERA, is extremely popular n France. His brother
rnvHle, his partner in the wonderful aeronautc experiments that have led tol
suh results, has sailed to Join Wilbur, and it goes without saying that he will
be aiken right to the Partisan heart In fact it is said thai orvile is thu more
accomplished of the TWO brothers He made thu first wonderful record at Fort
Meyer. and bt for thu accident in which he was disabled, he would have done
nue. greater wonders The two brothers nw united may be expected to do
something to completely eclipse the recent eat of Wilbur Wright n navigating
the air for more than w hours We may expect TO see the brothers making
trips to London and Berlin nd even Rome before the end IF the year.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-06
CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE SCHOOLS.

The Board of Education has wisely and humaney suspended the rule against
taking UP subscriptions in the public schools and has ancdone ne for the
benehto Of III italian relief fund. 1t is well argued thata an occasion oft this kind
furnishes a good opportunity to teach an objct-esson to the children. They
should be given a interest in the srea events of the world and be taught pac-
teal sympathy in the great calamides that com upon mankind. Children
should occasionally be taken out Of their little environments and shown the wide
expanse If the world to pc impressed with the fact that they are members of one
great human family that has its joys ant sorrows. its ttumphs an misnrtunes
just thu same a. he little family or neghborhood group the child is familiar
with and which institutes its little world.