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Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28
OF CORRECT LEGIsLA-
4. TION

A lecture delivered before the members of Morton
County Alliance
1t is plainly visible to the observing
mind that the masses of people are
diverging greatly from the correct path
and allowing themselves to fall into the
byways of anarchy, selfshness, and
tyranny, neglecting to cultivate the
grand and noble principles of charity,
without which God tells us we are vain
as sounding brass or tinkling Gym
ball." and We are also taught that
though we may possess all other good
qualities, yet If we fail to properly ex-
ercise this exalted principle of charity
we shall be weighed in the balance of
justice and found wanting. Emulation
is also an excellent principle for us to
all cultivate, but there is another, ex-
pressed by little word called "envy,"
that too often secretes itself in the
mind, and though its photographed
composition is very brief, yet it causes
great trouble and is a terrible annoy
ance wherever 1t is allowed to predomi-
nate. There should be general re-
formation in regard to these matters
among the members Of our order espe-
cially. More care should be taken for
the cultivation of good principles and
the suppression Of strife, that a
greater degree of unity may exist, its
influence extended and strengthened,
its principles practiced, and our obliga-
tions fulfilled.
The mind of the school child is not
supposed to be capable of understand
ing the laws of the country or the
science of government, but there is
scarcely one ten years Of age who does
not know that money is scarce, and
that the silver dollars which have been
so plenty are shut up somewhere out Of
reach Of the industrial people in the
country; and while it is our duty to
maintain all public institutions for the
proper instruction Of children and
youth, We deem it to Be Of vast import
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28

The silver legislation is another sly
dodge which is intended to pull the
wool over the eyes Of the general voter
at least little while longer. It is
pure nonsense to suppose that the
present congress has sand enough to
do anything that will change the gen.
eral drift of the money shrinkage
system.
A new set of men from the country,
and men who cannot be bribed or in
anywise boodled, must take the places
of those wire-pullers in the Legislative
halls, ere any good can come for the
m asses.
Organize and educate. There lies the
farmers and laborers' best field of
action. Organize in order to get the
OF every toiler and get them
to feel the necessity Of cooperation.
Then educate in political economy,
self-preservation, and united action,
for general good, and you viii have
accomplished a vast amount Of mis-
sionary work that will release more,
foggy ideas than millions- OF money
in preaching the gospel IN
foreign hsathen lands.-Ths Patron
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28

ryt were reused and stood to horse"
until about eight o'clock, when Com
pany G was by General Hamilton sent
to point east of the battery, outside
the Union infantry lines and between
them and the skirmish line of Birge's
Sharpshooters. By dismounting, they
were sheltered from the enemy's bull
lets, which went over the men but hit
some of the horses. While lying there
they had some fun with an honest
Dutchman, of which Private Miller
tells
George (the Dutchman) was q
blacksmith, and was q particularly
good horse-shoer. Once in the field no
pursuasion could induce him to use his
trade skill. He said he had enlisted
to fight; he could shoe horses at home
in the army he would be q soldier
and nothing else. In the charge at
Pennington, George and his horse
were both slightly wounded and his
equipments badly riddled; his saber
was knocked out of his hand and
broken by ball, his scabbard was cut
in two, his sword-arm was creased near
the shoulder, q button shot off his
Jacket, bullet through his hat, one
through his trousers at the thigh, one
in his wooden stirrup, and the horse
hit in three places. After that George
didn't talk so much about only fight
ing, but managed to get along still as
q soldier-not very bloodthirsty one,
though.
"On the day we lay holding our
horses near Battery Robinet, he was
next to me in the ranks. Suddenly q
ball went slap through the brain of
Georges horse, and he fell dead. Our
brawny comrade at once started on q
Journey on all fours. He kept up that
method of locomotion for nearly one
hundred yards, in spite of the yells Of
laughter and the commands of the
Captain. He kept right on repeating,
L guess I let him die, I guess I let
him die Finally the Captain brought
him back, and he stripped off his
horse equipments, shouldered them,
and made a bee-line for camp. He
shod horses faithfully from that time
until the end of his enlistment, and
when all the others re-enlisted he
struck for home three years was
enough for him.
"Soon after this incident we were
ordered out on the Chewalla road to
feel the enemy. We obeyed, but did
not get far. As we sheltered ourselves
behind our horses, several being
wounded, our Sergeant (afterward
Captain), who had q few days before
lost his only brother, who was First
Sergeant, Company II, Eleventh
Iowa Infantry, and had been killed
after being taken prisoner, at Medor
Station, Tennessee, was feeling
very revepgefnl over the savage
deed which had deprived him of his
brother. While we remained in from
of the enemy's skirmish line few mo
ments, he crept down the road to /.
stump, laid his gun across it and
waited for Confederate skirmisher
with o straw hat, who was irin;
from behind a tree, and hat
inst shot one of our men through
the arm and his horse through
the neck with the same ball. Whel
the Confederate again leaned arount
the tree to fire, he was shot dead.
saw him in the afternoon lying in tn
came spot by the big tree: The Ser
ceant came back, and. saying There
ene for BILL took his place quietl.
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28

II ~
1865, brought US face to face with this
formidable barrier. The crisp air, at
a temperature not above freezing and
the position of the soldier temporized
to the situation and mandates of his
superiors made his position less envi-
able. An ordinary adventure might
have been undertaken with little COM
ment, but an undertaking lay be-
fore us which required an unusual
amount of pluck and bracing up. The
freshet common to that latitude had
caused an overflow of all the streams,
which spread out over the bottoms to
the hills beyond. A detachment from
the pioneer corps the night before had
explored the route the troops we're to
take. They had ascertained also that
the deep, narrow stream could be
bridged sufficiently, by telling trees
each way from opposite bank, to war
rant safe passage.
The Seventeenth Corps, Army of the
Tennessee, under Gen. F. P. Blair, had
captured Pocataligo, with its large
amount of supplies and heavy ord
nance. Though surrounded by swamp
which had been deemed almost impeG-
etrable, by this time we had become
Injured to the peculiar warfare of trav-
ersing the quagmires of the Carolinas.
Eighty miles from the coast we
struck the second line of railroad run
ming north from Charleston, at q point
on the Edisto River where the town of
Orangeburg is located It was fore
gone conclusion, when this railroad
had fallen into the hands of the ene-
my, that Charleston would necessarily
have to be evacuated, also the Confed-
crates would be captured. Though
Hoods army had sustained o crushing
defeat in Tennessee, the Confederate
Government had put good deal of
energy into the defense Of Charleston.
A division of Confederates, under
the command of General J. B. Palmer,
had been placed here for the defense
of the place. Not with the view, how
ever, of success longer than to enable
the inhabitants of Charleston to re-
move their effects further into the in
terror, as the fate of the doomed city
had been sealed.
The divisions under General F. P.
Blair had been distributed along the
river at intervals. By simultaneous
movement they forced the passage of
the slushy stream. The Thirty-second
Illinois was designated to effect q
crossing one and one-half miles above
the town alone, at point between the
divisions. This divergence made the
undertaking appear more hazardous to
those directly concerned. There was
no doubt as to the general results
of the movements; but some force. or
forces, would be vigorously opposed on
the opposite shore. We were not more
mindful of this than the thought of be-
ing in the freezing water for hours, q
great portion of the time up to our
necks. We bore in mind Cromwell's
Injunction, @Trust in God and keep
your powder dry" We held our car
fridge boxes aloft, sometimes poised
upon our bayonets. Many q poor COM
rade had to be carried out of the water
who had been seized with cramps. No
wonder so many of our soldiers are VIC
Tins Of disease contracted while in the
service. resulting from such terrible
exposure.
Ho1xAxs m
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28

that hot country, never forgets that
part of it. Before daylight We passed
through Corinth and out through the
southwest of the town, where the at
tack had been made. and where an
other was feared at daylight, but we
found none of the enemy, except dead
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28

scramble OF the professional politician
for place, the diversion of the higher
functions and duties of statesmenship
to the more sordid demands of personal
advancement and partisan schemes
corrupt or otherwise become simply
evils OF the present that must have their
day. Men feel these disabilities; thew
sense the demands of the higher condi-
tions to which the future is drawing
Us, and these at times break out into
new departures, new movements, new
parties, and advanced ideas. But it is
rarely the case that these men with ad-
yanced ideas are permitted to put them
into practical operation. The inertia
OF opinion must be overcome by the
forces OF education. In the great anti
slavery movement that resulted in a
new dispensation to the human race,
the men who originated it and educated
the people never had hand in the
work OF its practical extinction. And
SO 1T will be with the men who are at
the fore in this still greater movement
OF the masses of mankind to equal con-
ditions in economic and industrial life.
They must clear away the obstacles
the main one being the political cupid
ity of their fellows. How often have
we seen the confding people elevate a
man to leadership. only to be betrayed
for the first Office that came along.
These things will happen; they are
discouraging, but they are inevitable.
We do not think there is a case in
history where political revolution was
brought about by men seeking Office to
compass it. The professional politician
will always beat at that game. There
is only one way to do ito make the
professional politician do the work as
the price of place. That is practical
politics for high purposes. In the
United States there is no just or posi-
bic political demand that is not obtain
able without drop of bloodshed. The
men who work for a living have it in
their power before 1900 to remedy all
they complain of and start the power
of association in all industrial matters
on the plane of equal justice, just as
fully as in 1900 our fathers had made
civil equality possible. All that is
needed is to enter the wedge and keep
pressing it. The power of accumulation
must be restricted, and when that is
done the equity of distribution follows
as simple matter of economic gravity.
All that lis needed, as human history
shows. is not law, or regulation, or de-
vice--only to get the obstacles out of
the way and let natural unfoldment
nave us course unlmpeded. We have
too much politics, too much govern
ment. Why do we have to have police,
jails, penitentiaries. criminal laws?
Only because we allow every man to
get what he can and keep what he gets.
This rule allows one to get that which
rightfully belongs to another-and he
can only keep it by force. The whole
power of civilization, it's armies and
navies, in the last analysis, is simply to
make a bill of exchange par over the
globe When this power says that the
right Of man to live and be must be
held at par, then politics will be what it
ought to be-the noblest science of
human endeavor-R. T. Van Horn.
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28
A Private IN the Cavalry

RIVATE M ak
Miller's diary of
events d IL rim G
tn e b at of
Corinth open s
once more on the
morning of Octo-
Der 4, 1862.
1t was early
when the enemy
b egan frin 6
shells into the
wn from q
point on the Che
walla road in
front of Battery
Robinet. The
regiment IS &C.
1~I To-o Co-o1
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28
Crossing the Edisto River.
BY J. R. PALMER, 32D ILLINOIS,.

-GH! the very
thought of having
to wade for two
miles the Edisto
River tn u g b
.ush-ice causes an
involuntary shud-
der. I am shiver-
ing now at the re-
currence of t b e
ur line Of
IN
Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28

SOSlOUy NR W VAA0 ASOoAf VI SOAIOC0lys LILO
natural condition. We have found that
individual freedom is the necessary con-
dition of progress, but that freedom
must be turned in the right directions
OF it finally grows into oppressive con-
ditions. The corporation, or in other
words, association and combination, has
worked marvels in bettering the condi-
tions of mankind and advancing civili-
zation, but it must not be allowed to
become the organized power of selfish
ness. We have demonstrated that as
sociation or combined effort on the part
Of the people has been eminently sue
cessful in civil administration or in the
economy and benefcence OF political
government. The next step is to have
il so in the management of the econom-
ic and industrial forces of humanity.
That is what true progress means. It
is that which we may call the involun-
tary forces of human development are
working to. It is great mistake to
suppose that our present civilization is
the ideal one-a hundred years more
will regard a millionaire and pauper
as a state Of crime against nature and
unendurable; as much as hundred
years ago our ancestors found this
continent too small for crown. and q
cabin. :.
I'm this view Of the situation the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-05
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,.Why don't you 90 to work?" she
asked Of the tramp.
$3. 35s 81 am working. lady
3. AT whats You show no signs Of II. s. s
ss { No matter for that, mum. am 81
working as travelling adver. for g.
soap f1rm, I'm che Before Using card,
aud nv pard ner round the corner repre-
sents the After Using end of the COM
9blnati Thank yo1 mum ~
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again and thrust into prison vap; Mr..
Dillon was clad in convict's garb; Mr..
Edward HARRINGTON was subjected to
petty indignities that made mems blood
boil; Mr.. Blunt was flung off plat
form. and Lady Anne Blunt seized by
the throat with a violence from which
she still suffers; and so on, the brutal
tiles exercised by
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-07-05
A Promising Young Man of Ashland,
Wis.,. Falls Into the Docks
There.
MINNESOTA.

John Garvey, a farmer east Of Lydia,
had the misfortune to lose eight head
of cattle last Saturday by LIGHTNING.
r. Mullen, of Washington Lake, re-
ceived by express on Thursday, fifteen
colonies of Spanish bees, for which he
paid the sum of $150. =
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-21

There's the most beautiful diamond
/ have ever seen during an experience
OF thirty years with the sparkling
gems said veteran diamond mer.
chant. as he held up stone that
seemed to live in lire. From every
facet radiated brilliant colors. and the
hue of the stone was that steely blue
which delights every connoisseur OF
the precious gems The diamond did
not weigh over six carats, but it was
easily worth 1000
That stone has tragic history,
continued the man OF jewels as he laid
the diamond TO rest amid nest OF
snowy cotton. at comes from the Dc
Beers mines. in South Africa, and was
discovered by coolie employed by the
Company. His practical eye saw that
the gem was marvellous one for
beauty OF color. and desire to steal II
overcame him. Well. he did steal IT,
and to conceal the diamond about his
persou-for the coolies work almost
naked in the diamond mines-cut a
hole in his flesh under the arm. But
the wound did not heal. and the OBJ
servant eve of the foreman saw what
was the matter. A few days after he
charged the coolic with having stolen
n diamond. but the negro denied IL.
when Jack the foreman. reached for
his sore arm the thief made dash and
ran toward the outskirts OF the camp
like "A deer. The foreman followed him,
but the lleet-nooted negro outstripped
him. He knew that n severe punish
mont awaited him if captured, and cen
tered all his efforts on getting away
with the stone. whose value would
have made him rich for life. But Jack
was equal TO the emergency, and
drawing his pistol shot the coolie
through the back just AZ he was taking
10 the hills. His dead body was dragged
back into camp, his arm cut open aud
this beautiful gem In the rough was
taken from the insertion. It's tragic
story. but true as gospel. and only "A
sample of what has happened more
than hundred times in the diamond
mines OF South Africa. - philadelphia
Inquirer.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-21
A Very ObIiging Horse.

A very good and true story Is re-
ported with Professor Marsh In the title
role. While walking on Prospect street
near his home not long ago he remarked
horse attached to dilapidated ash
wagon. driven by an aged negro. which
animal had on its leg queer bone for
nation. The Professor stopped ths
team. made cursory examination Of
the protuberance. aud concluded tho
interview by saying In a half joking
way that when tho horse died he would
like that leg for scientific examination.
and would give - for the same de-
livered to his house. A couple OF hours
later. on his return home. he found
long. awkward bundle AT his front door
on the veranda. and IL required no
careful examination TO reveal the leg
of horse. You see. sab. tho owner
Of the ash wagon remarked. with
peculiar look In his eye. ''dc old horse
he died. "--NeD HaUen Palladium.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-21

evening. Alice Lee Is In love with MIR.
Tracey. and he is actually too stupid
TO perceive III"
fortunately for you. Julictte. l
have feared all along that he might
fancy that girl, and IL you don't hurry
up matters she may vet steal a march
on you. BY the by. that Tracey house
will have 10 be- rem0deled and refur-
nished. | suppose. Ii is all very hand
somely fitted up, but not in the latest
style"
Indeed. mamma. I've no idea OF
living in the Tracey house. | shall in
sist. after we are married. upon NOV
ing into the new west end. know it's
expensive. but he can afford il. I'm
sure. And must have more stylish
carriage than that with which the Ira
cey girls were satisfied. oh. trust me
to have all fwant and TO enjoy myself
now that / am going to marry rich
mani owe IL TO myself for giving up
poor Fred. II only Fred had Mr.. Ira
cey's money"
FLUSH. JuIiettel Positively you must
not talk in this way. Suppose Mr..
Tracey could hear youP What would
he think?n
HE would be rather surprised.
suppose" she answered. laughing. But
don't bee alarmed, mamma. am not
silly enough ever 10 let him suspect
that married him for his money"
But how late il isl and | must real
~ try to get good sleep, for You
knowI must look as charming as posi-
BILE tomorrow"
Mr. Tracey indeed was surprised. So
surprised that long after all was still
he lay in half-dazed condition, which
gradually gave place TO an emotion of
intense thankfulness nj having escaped
the snare laid for him. He could have
taken Rudolph to his breast aud Rugged
him in real affection.
But his pure aud beautiful ideal of
womanhood-wa that destroyed for
everP Juliette--the Juliette of his
fancy had proved a myth; but-there
was Alice. He knew Alice 10 be good
and true. And could it really be, as
Juliette had said. that Alice loved himP
Long before sunrise Mr.. Tracey was
mp and miles away on the beach nerv-
ing himself TO meet this new condition
of things.
The Highbeach gossips who had
taken an interest in his affairs were SUR
prised TO observe that on this evening
not Miss Bcssamy but Miss Lee. was
the companion OF his moonlight stroll.
Some set him down rs flirt. Will q
others asserted ION the best authority"
that he had been discarded.
hut what else could the Bessamys
do. after being informed by Master
Rudolph had peeped through
the keyhole OF the ncn-closet--that
Mr.. Tracey had passed the night in that
apartments
Mr. Tracey is very friendly toward
Rudolph 10 whom he considers himself
indebted for his sweet young wife
Alice. - Saturday Night
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-21
Reserved seats in Mexico.

You don't have TO bother securing
reserved seats in some OF the Mexican
theatres for there are no seats nj all.
You just send your servant ahead with
one of your own chairs, and he does all
the hustling necessary to secure good
position. III you don't have a servant
or chair available, you can hire %
chair at the door for 6 cents from an
old woman who. as you pay her. will
murmur. Give me cigarette. senior.
for Gods sake in liquid Castilian.
She doesn't mean TO bc irrcverent; she
is only using common idiom. IN y.
Tribune
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-21
DID Not consummate the sale.

A grizzled old farmer with shot
gun put two swindlers 10 flight few
miles north of Mascoutah. His name
is Henry Emmerich. He signed the
old swindling lightning-rod contrad
under the impression that he was get
ting his lightning-rods for Si5. When
he discovered the true character OF his
contract he took down his double.
barreled shotgun and waited for the
party OF the first part. lie had not
long 10 wait before the swindlers came
prepared to put the rods on the build.
ing.
''Stopl" said Emmerich, as one OF the
agents started TO enter. You cant
come in. aud backed the assertion
with his shotgun.
But" protested the lightning-rod
man. Il have contract 10 put up rods
on your building. aud am here for
that purpose"
How much will II costP" asked En-
merich.
Something over sl5." was the reply.
How much moreP" said Emmerich.
'Well. sir. IL will cost you $3.50"
II don't think II will. said En-
merich. decidedly, and he cooked both
hammers Of the shotgun. Now" ho
continued. II will give YOU just live
minutes to get of my place, aud II you
don't get I'll ill you so full OF buck.
shot that you won't know what hurt
YOU"
They fled. Minneapolis Tribune.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-06-21


The fame OF the old east Tennessee
town of Rogersyille Is spreading. Here
are some OF its advantages as enumer-
ated In paragraph just now making
the rounds:
The town itself Is just one hundred
years old. IL has the oldest masonic
lodge in the state. and the house which
sheltered General jackson for months
still stands la state of almost perfect
preservation. A huge hearth ia a
froRt room. which he laid with his own
hands, shows scarcely trace OF wear.
The first newspaper published In the
state was issued from Rogersyille.
Within the corporate limits OF the town
are the graves Of the parents OF Davy
Crockett The only ebbing spring In
the United States Is but short distance
from the public square. II has regu-
lar tides aud GIBBS and flows every two
hours with unvaring uniformity. The
water Is always intensely cold, but
never freezes. Nashville american.