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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-08

The work Of cutting out the franz
Ing for the new Town Hall is being
pushed forward at q rapid rate.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1890-02-08

frost Of the 18th Of January are
again up and the corn planting has
commenced. A severe frost later
on would undoubtedly be disastrous
to the fruit crop and materially
damage the sugar prospect, which
at this date promises wonders.
In the heart Of the sugar region
the phenomenal weather conditions
during December and January seem
to have had no other effect than .
rapidly advancing growth Of vege-
tation Of all kinds and especially ON
the cane crop, which, notwithstand-
ing the deficiency in rainfall, has
beyond precedent. The
early morning humidity has yielded
moisture to the soil. The
fall plant, the spring plant and the
cane have responded Is
they usually do in April, and an
early lay-by and consequent large
yield Of sugar is the confident and
universal prediction Of the plant
rs.
It is remarked by an observer,
Who notes that although the orange
rees bloomed in December, that
ruit trees are in bloom throughout
he State and fg trees are putting
nut their leaves, yet that the pecan
rees show no sign Of budding, and
hat it il said that the pecan il never
by . late freeze or frost.
The high temperature and the
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1890-02-15
Mgemtem berlangt.


p I'M @lub.Naten mno ndbere Musfunit
fdreibet IeIerlid an 1nierseidne,en, mil bent.
ii6er anaabe eurer @obnuns, etaai, gountpt
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beruns .uirb baburd sefideri, menn Sbr elm
goubert nit bollfdnbiser Moreffe einIest.
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VI. u. Saubbin, Waibinstpn, .. s.
Sn sepobnliden 8rieferi, Money Order ent.
balteiO, iueIde bon ieber Express Company
ausseseben speroen. Stem gorter Exchanges,
Draft ODER Postal Note.
Mbreifre regiitrirte Briefe nit GeIb
a1l New Orleans National Bank,
Setp Orleans, Ga.
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Semtidb Gmglifdbe Gdmle,
Saa antonio, geraa.

aneriaaat tidtiee aebranfoIt fur anabsg
uno MaSaen felt breibia sabren III reger
Birflamfett. @OrtrefRtde 9ebrsrdftc unter be.
pdbrter 2eitung. Ser en9Iii9en Gprad)e pirs,
pie bet eeutfden. bolle 8ednung 9etraseE.
auberosm lnterridt i'm @boniiden. Ginger,
.,aben borbereitete SdiIer finbeu ~teoer5tE
anfaaene. Nabere ausfunft crtbciIcn Scr1
8. @roos, %r0itbent be8 Sdul @orifanpss
uno B III. 8arbed, Oigeflor Der auiiaIs
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1890-02-15
8eraeGet nt6t, ' .as,a sis ,, sas.

Iider @eiuinne bon 8ier MationaI.
8anfen bon Stein DrIeans garantirt
pirb, unb bic 2ooie bon Dem YrdfOenten Il.
mes Snfitntes, beren berliebene Medte bpa ben
oberiten Geridten anerfannt nerben, unter5eid.
net; be6balb bitet gud bot allen GdIfduuseu
ODER a%ncnbmeu Tldneu.
Gin 9plar if BET Yreis bes f~leinffen I'm.
tbeils ODER BrudtbeileS fur elm bon uns
ausgegebenes 2oos fir irsenb nelde Bic.
buns; mas in unierem Namen fur teaiser fell,
aeboten pirb, 1T S1pinbeI.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1890-02-15

~ I||Eg'l|.||g ''4le International Route !,
MMI sSnteruational & Great Northern eiienbabn.
aaMIzssEasa Sic tarseRe, lduenie II. bette Yabn had alen Yuafen.
De birehe 2imie nod aRegio bio eareoo. pullman Buffet 5dlafpaaen 8mis
{hn San Nnpuio uno 81. 2ouis obe Me0fel.
& d III Sian beeiuasenb bem Is. Sctpber 1889.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

boring town, where his parents were
awaiting him A brother had come
from the northern part of the State.
After a brief interview IN the house,
this brother said that he wished to
have further conversation in the barn.
Arrived there, he said: @John, when
you arrived at the field of Gettys-
burg did you meet some soldiers of
As company sitting near a rail
fence?" %I did" was the sur
prised reply. ~Did you go on, pass
q brook, find the ground oozy, and
could not reach As grave ?" II
did" did you return to the soldiers,
ask them to take rails and go with
you?" II did; but IN Gods name, why
do you ask these questions ?" It seem
ed to him as if his hair was rising up
all over his head. II will tell you by
and by. Did you have rails put be-
meath the knees and waist? Did you
raise the head yourself? Did you wish
to wipe the face, go to a hilloek for
your vest, return, wipe away the dis
celebration caused by mud and place
the body in coffin you had brought
with you? "I did; but how do you
know all these things?" In reply the
brother stated that neighbor, lady,
had come to his house few DAYS be-
fore, crying out, "I have had such a
terrible dream! A. Is killed. John
has gone on to get the body" Then she
recited all the details given above.
Surely this is a marvellous dream.
Who will explain it?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

stars, and from the beak floats stream
er inscribed @E Plur1bns Unum.s Le-
gend. SUnited States OF America
The half-dollar Of 1898 was the same
as the original, but in 1896 on the OBJ
verse OF the coin was placed the draped
the second coinage Of the 1875 dollar,
and the reverse shows the eagle sup
ported upon clouds, the fractional figure
AZ" beneath.
Quarter-dollars were first coined in
1896; in device these resemble exactly
the dollar and half-dollar of the same
year, except that the edge is reeded, not
lettered- No more quarters were issued
until 1904.
The dime was struck originally In 1876.
With the exception that they are so pro-
portioned in size and weight as to the
tenth part of a dollar the early dime is
fac-simile of the quarter-dollar of the
same year, the reverse bearing the small
eagle resting upon clouds.
The half-dime was the first silver
coin made in the United States mint.
Half-dimes they were called, when
struck in 1899. In 1894 they were put in
circulation, and in that year and the
next followed exactly the pattern of the
half-dollars of the same date, with four
teen instead of thirteen stars. In 1896
this coin was copy of the dime of that
year, with fifteen stars, and in 1897 there
were three varieties, all bearing the same
general design, but carrying, respective
ly, thirteen, fifteen, and sixteen stars.
The dollar of 1899, of one type, has
five instead of six stars, facing the eff
gy; all others of that and each subse-
quent year, up to 1904, are like the larger
issue of 1893.
The half-dollar of 1897 was Of the
same pattern as the year before; through
1913 and 1899 no coins OF this denomina-
] tion were issued.
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ChanceIIOrsvIIIe, 1858.
MRS. LrBBrR c. BAER.

1t was twilight hour on the second of May,
The flowers looked up from the sod;
And the nesting of birds in the hush OF the
Sang mathis of praises to God.
But the sun had spread over valley and hill
"A mantle OF blood at Charlottesville.
o, why. o. why, on this beautiful May.
On this hower-laden, sylvan spot,
Should men crouch low, like beasts OF prey
And their hearts cry out, "spare not!"
As upward they sprang, Stonewan at their
To smite the living-to trample the deadI
Wild were the cries at the fierce attack,
Our line it wavered and then it broke;
And the dead were strewn DER Che fire-burnt
track,
AS trees are fered by the lightning's
stroke;
Fen the gunners had Joined the hopeless
run,
TIL checked by the voice Of Pleasanton.
GAIign those gunsln is the stern commando;
The army is checked in its backward
flight
Like a dread simeon doth rise in sighti
GMy God will they get the guns in place,
With this tempest of death hurled in their
face?"
Brave keenan, was there, like statue OF
stone;
Like statues his cavalrymen stood there,
With glance of the eye, and heartbeat as
one,
They watched their leader. nor swerved
hair,
awn you and your men dare this fierce
charge to break?"
aAye,n said brave Keenan,, Gfor our coun-
try's sake"
Swiftly he. glanced at the guns on the hill;
Keen as an eagles, his glance at his men;
Curled his stern lips as he answered, ave
Will"
sGod help" cried the General. turning
he heard the quick order than rang loud
and clear,
GCharge. Cavalry" answered by many a
cheer!
Never man Of them shrank, tho they
They made their last charge on that fast
fading day;
Proud were their faces, tho deathly in hue.
AS bleeding they sank on the blossoms OF
May.
Close by their leader they fought side by
There with their leader they fought and they
died.
The rebels were checked in their march to
the hill;
The army was saved tho the guns were
yet mute;
Were saved by these heroes that lie cold and
still
While the guns roll above them sad
death salue.
None more do we honor, whose names shall
live still,
Than those martyred heroes of Chancellors-
vile.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

run away where they would not find
him, when finally his mother said if he
would go with Mr.. Grimm, who could
look after him as a father might do,
she would feel more like giving her
consent. She was far from satisfied to
let him go, but it was finally arranged
that way, and John Grimm and the
boy marched away for long and des-
perate struggle. They had reached
the enemy's country-had received
their baptism of fire, when the lad was
stricken with the dread smallpox.
John Grimm had never had the terri
BILE disease, but the boys fond mother
had made him promise IN the presence
of his God that he would watch over
and stay with him until he was return
ed to her arms or until he went to the
mystical bivouac, was in no condition
to desert, and he, with a quiet hero
ism much too uncommon, asked the
officer commanding if he might
stay and watch the boy. He
at first refused when he learned
that Grimm had never been
Ill from smallpox, bat when Grimm
told him the story of the mother and
the pledge she wrung from him, the
officer thought it was best for him to
do as he mad promised Gr1mm nurSed
the lad through the illness, but before
he was quite well a band of rebels
came along and the nurse and the pa
tient were prisoners. II hope you
won't separate the boy and me-" said
Grimm to the rebels, "he hasn't got
well yet" what is the matter with
him ?" asked the enemy. Smallpox, :"
was the quiet reply. The rebels didn't
want those two Yanks and away they
went, and in a short time Grimm and
the boy were back in the Union lines.
As soon as he was well the boy and
his nurse went to the front. They
were within reach of the enemy's guns
and soon they would be in the ranks
fighting. Grimm stopped to make a
cup of coffee before going into the line
of battle, and his late patient lay on
the ground molding the preparation OF
the army meal. Grimm heard a hiss
in the air, an ugly explosion, and he
realized that a shell from the enemy
was all too near them. He looked
about for the boy the mother left il
his charge. He lay headless upon the
ground. The shell had severed his
head from the body completely.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

engagements at Hazelgreeh, Jackson;
West Liberty, Ivy Mountain, Johns
Greek, PrestOnburgh, and Piketon,
which in our inexperience we called,
battles. VIII never be forgotten by
those who participated In them. The
forced marches over a rough, wild. and
barren country, without roads, and
sometimes without rations, through the
rainy season, without tents and proper
clothing, all made the difficulties
greater, and when our faces were turned
northward we all felt that we had left
a God-forsaken country not worth the
saving; but we thought that we had
contributed largely to putting down
the rebellion, little dreaming that our
work was scarcely begun. But Mel
and nothing accomplished.
BKRSE, Ohio.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

now the maiden of that camp-meeting
pulls down the neat little plum of
500, 600. The Captain was James Il.
Miller; the maiden was Jennie James,
the daughter of the postmaster at
James Switch, Ind, the banner bearer
of the chief Sunday school of the
Switch, and the belle of that section
adjacent to Indianapolis. James Mil
lers infatuation for the curls extended
to the entire personality of Miss Jen-
ME, and when his regiment was or
dored to Virginia he took away the
heart and gold ring of Miss Jennie's.
The heart got back to her, but the
ring never. She tired of waiting for
Capt. Jimmie and married another sol
der. She has married two other sol
diers since. Mr.. Miller married, too,
but the ring he had taken from that
curly headed lass always kept her
memory fresh with him. Sc the other
day when he died he left her 500, 900.
Mrs. Jennie, whose last husbands name
was Rowland, was living in poverty in
Chicago at the time she received the
news of her good fortune. She has
since removed to Indianapolis.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
A Divorce on the Spot.

City justices of the peace have
plenty of opportunity to study human
nature, particularly colored human
natured.
A co1ored couple walked into Justice
SheftalPs Office yesterday, and in one
breath both asked the Justice for di-,
vorce. They were evidently man and
wife, but were anxious to break the tie
which bound them. The Justice Let the
couple tell their story, out of curiosity.
It was tale of conjugal infelicity and
mutual dissatisfaction.
The man got in his story first. He
said:
"You see, Judge, I meet dis woman
in Beaufort, and I marry her. OATS
six years ago. We lib tergedder one
year, and den we separate. We stay
part two years, and den we come
tergedder again. We lib tergedder
while and den we part again. We no
gree on nuttin'. get me anoder
woman. Bimeby I come to Savannah,
and find her here and we get terged-
der again. try to lib wild dat woman.
I work hard and I sport her. Last
night work hard all night, and come
home early dis mornin'. When open
de door I see long yal1er-lookin' mig
ger OSIOs say 70 1uJ WIG, Say >.
Woman, what dis mean?' Bout dat
time dat niger jump out and go troo
de window and carry de sash wild him.
I 'quire of my wife what dat all means.
She say, He my brudder, just come
from Charleston last night I know
OATS a lie, and we had some jars. We
gree to come up and get you to 'vorce
us. 'Tain't no use tryin' to lib terged-
der. It's just desame old wrangle all
de time"
dat niger is a liar, Judge" spoke
up the woman. "He can't tell de truf,
no how, and I want to be 'vorced from
him."
Justice SheftaH explained that he
was not allowed by law to divorce
couples, but, seeing that they agreed
together that they never could agree,
he told them to go to a lawyer and put
| the case In his hands.
The last seen of the couple they
were going down Bryan street. Mar
rage was certainly failure in their
esse.-SGua157sG Wet0s.
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named has been entirely overlooked by
the historian and country generally.
Nevertheless, In all my experience dur
ing the entire war 1 never witnessed
more heroic deeds, privations, suffering
and exposure than during that brief
campaign, and had the advantages
gained been held the campaign under
Garfield would not have been called
for; but Nelson was withdrawn, and
the Johnnies, led by Humphrey Mar
shall, followed us much of the way to
the Ohio River, and were fully masters
of the situation.
He began his march at the COM
mencement of winter, his troops, con-
sisting of the Second Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry, Colonel L. Il. Harris I;
Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
Colonel Jesse S. Norton; Thirty-third
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Colonel J..
W. Sill; Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, Colonel -- Plyffe; Sew
enteenth Kentucky Infantry, Colonel
Vincent; First Kentucky Cavalry,
Col Metcalfe. Two companies OF the
First Ohio Cavalry and two pieces of
artillery were all raw, never having
seen service, and only partially drilled ;
but at that stage of the war men
went from patriotic motives, and
hardship were overlooked. The
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25
BY ARTEArUs.

our homes, our families, our plows, our
trades. and our workshops, and took
up our old avocations just where we
had left them when the struggle COM
menced. We levied no damages on
the conquered South. We paroled our
former enemies, and babe them go
home and till their devastated fields.
And we pardoned every Confederate
officer, from Lieutenant to General-in-
chief. from the doorkeeper of the Con-
federate Congress to the arbitrator
Jefferson Davis.
"But. boys" continued the Colonel,
after q pause, II am not sure that we
did right in that pardoning business.
When I think of the days I spent in
Libby Prison, slowly starving to death
for the want of sufficient nourishment
to keep body and soul together;
when think how lay on
that hard bare floor, with the gan
creme in my wound eating its way
to my very vitals, just for the
lack of a little medical treatment;
when remember that was not
considered a fit subject for exchange
until death was staring me in the face,
and the death-dew was standing on my
forehead; when 1 remember that was
so weak and emaciated that l could
not raise my head from the deck of the
steamer to view the scenery, as I was
being transported down the river on
the exchange boat; when I recollect
that 1, naturally man of iron, was re-
duced by neglect and starvation to a
mere skeleton of ninety pounds, cover
ed with vermin and putrefying with
disease-and all this right under the
eyes and by the direction of the leaders
of the Southern Confederacy; when I
think of those times, say feel as
though, if had had my way in the
matter, I would have separated those
leaders from their misguided followers
and held little drum-head court
martial right then and there; and I
would have secured the longest and
strongest log chain that had ever been
forged in christendom; and I would
have tied one end of the same around
the necks of those rebel leaders, and
the other end around the beams OF
hell; and would have strung them up
so high that their toe-nails would Just
drag the mud-sills of damnationl"
BELoTr, Kan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

PUBLIC opinion is a sort of deity to
which all mortals bow. What it will
sanction or respect is what the little
and the great of all countries stndy.
It is the final appeal in all public ques-
tions. Kings and presidents and parties
govern by it, we might say, right or
wrong, for this very public opinion is as
likely to be wrong as right. Public opin-
ion DEGREES much that influences even
our private lives. Manners, customs
and fashions are among its expressions,
and they must be observed. Says Car
lyle: "How wonderful is the force of
public opinion We must walk and
act in all points as it prescribes, follow
the traffic it bids us, realize the sum
of money, the degree of influence it
expects of us, or we shall be lightly
esteemed. Certain mouthfuls of ar
ticulate wind viii be blown at us, and
this, what mortal could confront ?7-
Ercbd7lde.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

$500. From 1904 to 1885, inclusfvss NO
silver dollars were coined.
The half-dollar Of 1907 has the Liberty
head facing left on the diverse, the bust.
is draped with Roman mantles the hair.
falls over the shoulders, and on the head
is a Liberty-cap, the band inscribed
Liberty seven stars are on the LETT ot
the eff1gy and six on the right; beneath is
the date, 1907. Reverse: An eaglewith
wings expanded, the q. s. shield on its.
breast, three arrows in the left and an.
olive branch In its right talon; 2 Plurt~
bus Unum upon scroll above. Legend:
United States OF America. Exerguej
"50c-" The punctuation marks before
on the edge were omitted, leaving there
on, Fifty cents or half-a-dollar. Both
styles are still found In circulation.
The dimes, in 1909, were changed to
correspond with the half-dollar Of 1907.
the exergue being S1oc.," and this style
remained unaltered until 1887, except in.
the year 1928, when there were large and
small figure dates In 1910, 1919. 1884,
1916, 1877, 1918, 1919 and 1926 dime
strikes" in 1913, 1911. 1s Ind 1924.
Quarter-dollars were again issued In
1918, the design being similar to that Of
the new half-dollar of 1907. No coins Of
this denomination were made the two
years following. In 1918 the same style
were again struck, nor was there any
change in the pattern to the end Of 1925,
when there was again suspension of its
coinage.
The quarter-dollar of 1923 is a very
rare piece, and a specimen has brought
500. In 1927, it is stated, only four
Quarters" were coined, but number OF
pieces have been struck from the old dies,
since that time.
Quarter-dollar overstrikes were made
in 1906 over the 1905 coin, 1923 over 49,,
1924 over '23, and 1925 over '24.
In half-dollars, with the exception Of
when there was no silver coinage, there
was no change worthy of note until 1886,
in the latter part of which year small
er head was placed on the diverse. tt
is known as the Gobrecht head, being
named for the artist who designed it,
On the reverse, $50 cents" replaces the
"5oc;" the letters of the legend are,
smaller, and the edge is gilded instead Of.
lettered. There are pieces of the old
style also bearing this date. The half.
dollars of interest to collectors, as over
strikes of previous years, are 1903 over,
'O7, 1877 over '13, 1918 over IT, etc. /
Quoted prices for coins mentioned in,
the above:
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-12-25

the original coin, the other, issued near
the end of the year, shows the bust on
the diverse, partially draped, with hair
in loose curls, and the end of ribbon
appearing behind; there are only six
stars facing the effigy, and seven be-
hind; the eagle of the reverse rests upon
mass of clouds. Until 1898 there was
no change worthy of mention in the dol
lar, but in this year there were two is
sues, bearing respectively fifteen and
thirteen stars, and on the reverse of one