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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

five feet ten inches in height, looking
every inch the military chieftain. He
was q man soldiers would esteem and
ladies regard with admiration. 1
never saw o man more cool, deter
mined, and heroic under such circum-
stances. / have read of the deeds Of
chiyalry and knight-errantry in the
middle ages, and brave men embalmed
in modern poesy, but when 1 saw
Jones come to the duelists' scratch,
fighting, not for real or supposed
wrongs to himself, but, as he honestly
thought, for his country and the glory
of the flag, / could not help admir-
ing the man, Notwithstanding he fought
for the freedom of the negro, which I
was opposed to.
Fry was q man full six feet high,
slender, with long, wavy, curling hair,
jet-black eyes, wearing o slouch hat
and gray suit, and looked rather the
demon than the man.
There was nothing ferocious about
him, but he had that self-suficient
nonchalance that said, "I will kill you.
Without doubt he was brave, cool
and collected, and, although suffering
from terrible flesh wound in his left
arm. received week before, he mani
tested no symptoms of distress, but
seemed ready for the fight.
The ground was stepped off by the
seconds, pistols loaded and exchanged,
and the principals brought face to
face.
They turned around and walked back
to the point designated. Jones' seconds
had the word Sire" and as he slowly
said "One-two-three-fre!" they
simultaneously turned at the word and
instantly fired Neither was hurt.
They cooked their pistols and deliber-
ately walked toward each other, firing
as they went. At the fifth shot Jones
threw up his right hand, and. firing
his pistol in the air, sank down. Fry
was in the act of firing his last shot,
but, seeing Jones fall, he silently
lowered his pistol, dropped it on the
ground, and sprang to Jones' side.
taking his head in his lap as he sat
down and asking if he was hurt.
I discovered that Jones was shot
through the region of the stomach, the
bullet glancing around that organ and
coming out on the left of the spinal
column; besides, he had received three
other frightful flesh wounds in other
portions of the body. / dressed his
wounds and gave him such sti1nulants
as had. He afterward got well.
Fry received three wounds-one
breaking his right arm, one the left,
and the other in the right side. After
months of suffering he got well, and
fought the war out to the bitter end,
and to-day the two are partners in a
wholesale grocery business.
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enlistments it is not to be wondered at
that there should be competition for
the honor. George p. Bennett of Chi
cago comes to the front with the fol-
lowing statement: He was born in
the city of New York Dec. I, 1852. His
parents are living. He enlisted in the
United States service the 14th Of De-
eember, 1861, at the age Of 9 years and
days, as a private in Second Lieuten-
ant Neils Larson's Company B, First
Regiment New York Marine Artillery
Volunteers, and was honorably dis
charged Jan. II, 1868, having served
one year, one month, and three days.
He was with the Burnside expedition,
and participated in the battles Of
Roanoke Island and Newberne, N. o.,
being presented with pony by Gen
eral Reno on the battlefield Of New.
berne.
The records at Albany, N. Y, New
York City, and Washington, ID. C., will
prove, Mr.. Bennett claims, that he IL
the youngest in the service, as far as
heard from, and is justly entitled ta
the honor.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

rison, OF Charlotte, N. G. In the course
of the march to Antietam, Hill, who
was of an irascible disposition, was i'm
pertinent to jackson, and the latter
promptly placed him under arrest.
Neither relationship nor friendship
was bar to Jackson's taking prompt
action where a matter of discipline
was involved, and when he scalped a
man he proceeded to the task in the
most cold-blooded way imaginable. In
the early years of the war Hill was a
terrible fire-eater, and hated the North
ern people with hatred that was sim
ply Iudicrous. He would not concede
to them single virtue. In his opinion
all that was necessary to make a
Northerner run was for Southerner
to point his finger at him. This, how
ever, was in the beginning of the war
only. AS the war continued, and it
was discovered that the Northern sol
dier stood up and took his medicine
like man, and that he would fight :
and fight like the devil, too-Hill
slowly and reluctantly modified his
opinion. In all of his official reports
of engagements, however, he generally
managed to make the enemy's number
twice as large as his own. This habit
became so common that one day Gen
eral Lee remarked to him, in his sin
cere and dignifed way:
General Hill, when the history Of
this war is written by the impartial
historian. he will, fear, from reading
your official reports, come to the con.
clusion that one private and corporal
won large number of our victories.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

These figures only add new weight to
the fact already established, that it is
early maturity that pays in beef produc-
ton. A fall from gain of 2.62 pounds
per day during the first year of an ami
mails life to 1.52 pounds during it's
fourth year, is great loss.
Another fact brought out is that the
Cradles and Crosses in one case (as
calves) gained more than either of the
other classes; in another case (yearlings)
the gain was the same. In the two-year-
olds the difference was but slight, while
as three-year- olds the difference was
quarter of pound day against the
grades, showing that the steady average
gain is greater among the pure breds
than among grades. A good point, Is
it not also good point that until the
age OF three is reached, the fine grade
steer may be as proftably raised as the
pure bred2 This being the case, why
toleratea scrub bull on the farm o1
ranch2 The successful stock raiser
must keep pushing his animals for early
maturity, and hes will be the gamer if
he keeps something better than q scrub
to head his herd
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30


Come. comrid, hitch up closer, an set yer pipe
The wimen folks have left US to chat before
the hre,
How the Icy bullets rattle, an the gale outside
ASH them signal fellers had hitched on another
wire.
AMI sets my old head thinkin' Of the times
when we war restin'
Inside the rocky passes of them Southern
mountains wild;
Where the pine trees riz up round us an the
even shaders found us,
When the camp FIRE war a-biazin' an the coffee
pot had billed.
An what marches they then gin us. what loads
we had to carry,
Numbered up like mountain pack-mules, with
musdt an knapsack
With forty rounds of powder an more Of hard
'Twouid have made q camel homesick to have
It on his back.
But when the tramp war ended, an the bugle
clear had sounded,
An into camp the soldier boys, Ike dusty
nillers filed,
What Joy thar was a-restin', a-laughin' an O.
jestin',
When the camp fire war a-blazin' an the coffee
pot had billed.
An them greyhound pigs an chickens that we
frfcasseed so tender,
With the golden sweet pertaters that war
roasted superhne;
The ears Of field corn juicy war the best that
we could cabbage,
While the round-rib salt junk tasted like a
blue grass tender line.
Yes, aroun' the CLOWN fence rails we war Lords
Of Lincoln, merry;
We war Kings of old Columbia, whom the
the world dare not revile-
The woods we set to ringin' with John Browns
Body" singin',
When the camp fire war a-blazin an the cof-
fee pot had billed.
How, stretched upon our blankets, we would
dream away the watches,
An think we war a-sUandin' agin In sight OF
home;
We would see beyond the orchard the light in
kitchen winder,
That a mothers hand kept burnin' till her
soldier boy would come;
Or the gray haired father waitin'-the girl-wife
In the doorway,
With arms aroun' q stranger-'twas cooling,
Ohi those visions that war sweeter with hap
piness completer,
When the camp fire war a-blazin' an the cof-
fee pot had billed.
An them nights before the battle, when we
knowed upon the morrer
We'd have to fight like blazes, mid the bullets
an the she'll
When the orderlies war ridin' an the cannon
was a-boomin'
An the picket shot war poppin' like the mint
Even then the eyes wud brighten an the faces
shed thar sadness,
As with ready hands the fagots dry up higher
wud be piled;
An soon we would be writin' to our homes of
Lovely fghtin',"
Where the camp fire war a-blazin an the cof-
fee pot had billed.
Many, many years has ended since the last gun
of them battles
Thundered out majestic marches mid the
mountains an the hills;
The dear old flag we follered has been folded up
to siumber,
While the armies of the dead guard the past
beside the rills.
While we old comrids inger a-listenin' for the
orders -~/
That shall come like bugle's echoes, In the
twilight soft an mild,
With joy our hearts elattn', "Thy bivouac Ii
waitin'
Far above the campfire ashes with the Life
Guard undefled."
How the Confederates Captured Captain
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

Sneep on tho Farins
There is no animal that will pay bet
ter for his keep on the farm than sheep.
They are hardy, easily kept, will eat al
most anything, and there is always a
market for their wool and mutton. The
great failure consists in trying to keep
too many, and in not giving them proper
care and proper food, Fifteen or
twenty good, healthy sheep allowed to
run with the cows, and taken up at
night along with the cattle, and given
the same attention as the former receive,
will he source of profit every time.
Sheep grazing with cattle will rarely be
attacked by dogs, as the cattle will act
as their guardians and will readily come
to the sleeps assistance. They are val
liable for clearing out bushes, briars
and noxious weeds, and I know of no
better way of cleaning up rough pieces
of ground than to pasture said pieces
with cattle and sheep, giving them ad-
ditional food, such as mill feed and .
little oil meal every day in long, narrow
troughs placed in such pastures, Such
land in few years can be pretty thor
oughly cleansed of all filth, and what
ever stumps or stones may be there can
be gotten out at the farmers leisure,
whereas, if the piece had to be cleared
by days labor, it would probably cost as
much as the land would be worth to do it.
In buying sheep it is very important
to get healthy stock. Therefore, before
buying examine the feet to see that
there is no foot-rot, their heeces to see
that they have not the scab, and their
teeth to see that they are not old and
worn out. The Hampshire down is
about the best breed to have, as they
are extremely hardy, of good size, pro.
duce fine, we'll developed lambs, and
are very docile and do we'll to run with
cattle.
The main point is to have cool,
roomy and dry pens for them to go in
at night or rainy or snowy weather.
Some farmers contend that rain and
snow don't hurt them, as their feeces
keep them dry; but notice that all such
men have poor success with sheep, and,
in fact, with any animal they may have.
Bright clover hay is the best food for
sheep, along with about one-half pint
of shelled corn and oats mixed together
and fed to each one as the mornings
meal. Good, clean, bright corn fodder
is also excellent, as is also fresh oat
straw cut when not too ripe and fed
once day. They should have dry
pen to go in at night and this pen should
be supplied every day with some dry
straw-not too much, but just enough to
keep their coats dry and clean. My
plan is to clean out the sheep pen often,
as whenever the manure aceumulates
the manure commences to heat, and it
doesn't take long then before that bane
OF the sheep Observation-Disclosures
it's appearance.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

Ingredients: Three eggs, three APP
pies, quarter of pound of bread
crumbs, one lemon, three ounces OF
sugar, three ounces of currants, half 81
wineglassful OF wine, nutmeg; butter
and sugar for sauce. Pare, core and
mince the apples and mix with the bread
crumbs, nutme grated, sugar, currants,
the Juice of the lemon and half the rind
grated. Beat the eggs we'll, moisten the
mixture with these and beat alltogether,
adding the wine last; put the pudding
in a buttered mould, tie it down with a
cloth; boil one hour and half, and
serve with sauce of butter and sugar
mixed together.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

Soak liver in cold water twenty min
utes, wipe dry and cut in medium strips.
Cut os many very thin strips Of bacon
and fry the bacon three minutes in its
own fat. Salt, pepper and dredge the
liver in -four before it goes in. When
it is done lay in two rows the length of
dish, with strip of bacon between each
piece of liver. Strain thefat, and return
to the pan with eupful of hot water, the
butter rubbed into the -four, and when it
has'boiled pour over the liver.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

use tobacco in the butter room is net a
ft man to employ, and the sooner you
learn this the better it will be for you.
No creamery win be successful unless
il is kept clean, and those that are in
terested in the success of the creamery
should bear this in mind.
THE butter for which the Deerfoot
farm was awarded first premium at the
Bay State Fair, after q very exhaustive
competition, was made from the milk
of cows fed on cut clover at night, pas
ture by day, and grain ration composed
of
Indian meal. 1....................... 40 per cent.
Crushed oats ats....................2 20
Cleveland lfnseed meal. .......... %
Wheat middlings. s............... 20
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

An appetizing way Of serving oysters
for breakfast is the following: Put two.
dozen medium sized oysters in sauce
pan with their own liquid; letthem come
to boil. then strain the oysters. saving.
the liquid; put about one tablespoonful
Of butter in q saucepan and two of -four;
beat and work smooth; add the oyster.
liquid and let it boil about five minutes,
stirring all the while; add juice OF q
lemon to taste and the yolks of two eggs.
well beaten, salt, pepper and chopped
parsley, and then the oysters; serve on
toast.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

Take two ounces of white gum arabic
powder, put into pitcher and pour on
it pint of boiling water, according to.
the degree Of strength you desire, and
then, having covered it, let it stand all
night. In the morning pour it carefully
from the dregs into clean bottle keep.
it for use. A tablesboonful of gum
water stirred into pint Of starch that
has been made in the usual manner will
give lawns, either black or printed, q
look of newness, when nothing else
can restore them after washing. It is.
also good, much diluted, for thin white
muslin and bobinet.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30
THE KITCHEN.


One tablespoonful Of butter, one cup
of powdered sugar, one egg, two level
cups of sifted -four and three small tea
spoons of baking powder. Siftthe bak-
ing powder with the -four; stir the butt
ter and sugar together, add the egg, well
beaten, then the milk and last the -four,
Bake Immediately in quick oven. It is
nice baked in a dripping pan or inpatty
pans, and is best while fresh.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
INSTRUCTIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR oUn
RURAL READERS.
Sem. Information of valu. to the Farm.r.
stock-Breedsr. Bee-Keeper, HousswIss,
and Kitchen Maid.
THE FARM.


working breeding Mares
The mare that is bearing Q colt is apt
to be either overworked or not get
enough exercise. OF the two, the latter
is the more serious evil. If the horse
breeder has plenty of other horses, he
will not take the breeding mare out OF
the stable except for water. She is not
fast or showy enough for pleasant driv-
ing. Yet this inactive life surely tells
on the character of her progeny. II
will not take so kindly to work as if its
dam, while bearing it, had been moder-
ately worked. In some cases, mares
that have been ill-fed and worked be-
yond their strength have developed in
their progeny tendency to balk- Both
extremes should be guarded against.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

An elegant slipper case for q gentle-
man can be made for about 81, one yard
of velveteen, 81 yards of fancy cord and
two plush ornaments being all the ma
terial needed, aside from large paste
board boxes, which may be procured
from any store. Dark blue or wine-red
velveteen cases are lovely with painted
sprays of syringa buds and blossoms. A
very effective one had a water lily de-
sign of buds. flowers and leaves, and was
altogether charming.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30
TlaE H4OUsEAOLD.
The Clothing of Babies.

Although I own that children are now
more sensibly clothed than was the case
thirty years ago, it is stillcommon to see
an infant who can take no exercise to
warm himself, wearing o low necked,
shors-sleeved, short-coated dress in the
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30
BY JAMES FRANKLIN Fits.

IN q late chapter
of these memories
of the war q gen
eral account was
given of the dar-
ing and successful
operations of Cap
tain Qate Colonel J
Payne, Of the One
Hundredth New
, York Volunteers,
with his company,
q q nn1-4
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ExPERI-
ENCEs AND SPIN YARNS.

The Blue and the Gray Revive incidents
OF the Late War, and in n Graphic and
Interesting Manner Tell OF Camp, March
md Battle.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30
A Strange War Duel.

GEORGIA CORE
spondent sends us
the following war
"Reminiscences /: On
'the 18th of June,
1868, I Witnessed a
'duel between Cap
tain Jones, co m :
manding a Federal
scout, and Captain
Fry, commanding a
Confederate scout,
in Greene County,
E q s t Tennessee.
These two men had
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

)H E d e a t b oi
General D. Fl.
Hill, formerly Of
t h 9 A rm y OF
Northern Vir-
gin ia" relates
General E. S.
Thomas, of Geor-
gia, recalls to
mind an anus.
ing incident in
his career. Hill
andJackson mar.
ri Q d ST s t er s,
daughters of the
Rev. DR.. Morri.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

when tho Camp Fire War a-BIaEin' an
the Coffee Pot Had Billed.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-30

BIZ & D. RIcHARDsoN.
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who Was the Youngest soldiere
rho W al S tn 9

! THO s t b g
~ you n g Q st sol
v der Of the civil
war? is a question
that is being dis
cussed a quarter Of
q century after the
war is over. There
must have been one,
of course. Consid-
ering the number oil
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-21
INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS.

BRICKS boiled in coal tar are rendered
hard and durable, and machine-made
brick, if boiled for a long period, say
twenty-four hours, becomes waterproof.
Bricks thus treated are well adapted for
sewers, cesspools and the foundations of
buildings.
HoUsEKEEPERs will appreciate re-
cont invention for Smelling peas. In
this machine green peas in the pod may
be introduced in quantities, and the
peas are cleaned and expeditiously sep
arated from the pods, irrespective of
size. The machine is provided with a
means for discharging the pods and the
shelled peas separately into convenient
receptacles.
A NEW invention is that of COLLAPSE
bic railway car in which the principle of
air cushions is applied to prevent dan
gerous accidents in case of collisions.
The car will be in two compartments,
one larger than the other aad empty, SO
that when collision occurs the smaller
section will be forced into the larger,
the air in which will act as cushion
and relieve the occupied section of the
sudden shock.
Il. A. GARLAND, Wisconsin man, has
invented peculiar clock. 1t consist
of three egg-shells set on pivots, one to
denote the hour, one the minutes and
the other the seconds. The shells re-
volve on the pivots without apparent
mechanism to give them motion. Mr..
Garland intends making one with glass
balls and hanging an incandescent lamp
in each ball, SO the clock can be made to
serve as lamp as well as time-piece.
IT looks as though the cork-screw
would have to go. Some genius has in
vented champagne wire cutter which
is slightly as well as useful and resem-
bles pair of curled pliers with sharp
inner edge. To open champagne or
soda bottle the cutter is applied to the
wire, and after being separated the
plier is turned to the right and left, thus
loosening the cork, which can then be
raised out of the bottle by the cutter.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-21
TOLD OF kINGLY PERsoNAeEs.

EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH and the
King of Saxony both beat Emperor
Williams sporting record at Murzsteg.
They each brought down nine chamois
against four shot by the Imperial guest.
The expedition yielded five head OF big
game and thirty-two channels.
KING HUsrBERT, of Italy, is q man OF
unusual will power. After having for
years smoked to excess, he suddenly and
completely renowned the habit When
his physicians advised him to abandon
the use OF the weed, it is related that he
pondered moment and said: son my
hngly honor I'll never smoke again, y
and he has kept his word.
ALL of Emperor Williams Hohenzol-
lern ancestors born since 1722, as well
as himself, his brothers and sisters, have
been rocked in tho same cradle. This
ancient family couch is a clumsy affair
of oak and richly carved. Around the
four sides is cut in Roman letters the
text: 'He hath given His angels charge
over thee, and they keep thee in all thy
ways"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-11-21

Talking of patent medicines
you know the old prejudice.
And the doctors some of
them are between you and US.
They would like you to think
that what's cured thousands
won't cure you. You'd be-
lieve in patent medicines if
they didn't profess to cure
e0erythlng and so, between
the experiments of doctors,
and the experiments of patent
medicines that are sold only
because there's money in the
stuff, you lose faith in every
thing.
And, you can't always tell
the prescription that cures by
what you read in the papers.
So, perhaps, there's no better
way to sell a remedy, than to
tell the truth about it, and
take the risk of its doing just
what it processes to do.
That's what the Worlds
Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, of Buffalo, N. Y, does
with
DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery,
Favorite Prescription,
Pleasant Pellets, and
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
If they don't do what their
makers say they'll do . you
get your money back.