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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-05-28

never becomes Sd real as when we stand
before the tent, the camp chest, the
cooking utensils used in camp during
that war by Washington.
Then we see there was another side
TO life than war even at this time; we
see the original draft Of the circular
letter signed by John Hancock, July 8,
ITO, with copy of the Declaration of
Independcnce-the original copy Of
which is deposited in the state depart
ment: we know that the law, the will
Of the people, had become one Of the
forces in forming that republic that
was hardly recognized as having life,
though to-day it ranks among the first
Of the earth. Land-grants to people
whose faith in the nations future made
them want homes within its borders are
here, signed by names sacred and honor
able in the memory Of this people.
Perhaps we realize little the growth
Of the country politically when we see
that in 1907 the secretary of the treasury
wrote his own official letters on plain
paper, without any distinguishing head:
for we see the original letter of the
secretary of that year acknowledging
the receipt of the accounts of light
house keeper. Now a magnificent build
ing. an army of clerks, the formality
almost of a court. surround the sccre-
tary Of the treasury.
Relics Of men prominent in the mill
tary and political history from the days
Of the revolution to the close of the last
war are here, and give vivid sense Of
the beginnings of this country.
The donation of the Grant collection
is too recent to need special mention,
but, standing as it does in close prox-
unity to tho relics of that first war, we
are forced to see how different our po-
sition of those early days was from that
of to-day. In the Grant collection are
gifts from every civilized power, beau
tifnl in all that gold, silver and jewels
combined with skill can make rich and
rare.
As we pass down the hall we see tho
| original life-cast of the face of Abra.
ham Lincoln, in both plaster and
bronze, on which Mr.. X. w. Glider has
written that beautiful sonnet which
every boy and girl should commit to
memory. The casts in plaster and bronze
of the hands of Lincoln arc also here.
| The cast was taken the Sunday sue.
ceeding Mr.. Lincoln's nomination for
the presidency. and. you will appreci.
ate more keenly what the men who
knew him saw in him if you will read
and commit to memory Mr.. Edmund G.
Stedman's poem on THE Hands of Lin.
coln." The manuscript of this poem is
in the same ease.
lon will have seen the military and
political history of the country in briei
when you have reached the rotunda OF
the National museum, and yet you
have looked only in the cases on one
side of the North hall. = Christian
4 IFnian
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Grace Brentwood" and with an air OF
proprietorship he took the soldier across
the room and made him known to Miss
brentwood, with as much sangfroid as
though he had been familiar with that
young person from girlhood. few
hours later Mark heard him talking of
Mrs Besant's niece as my dear young
friend Kate Lester" and wondered
what there was in the clerical profess
sion that permitted such breaches OF
social etiquette, or, rs he called it, am
sorry TO say, unlimited gall"
Grace and the Captain became fast
friends. and when he told her delicious
little anecdotes of Franks bravery and
general heroism, you may bc sure he
did not lose favor in her eyes, which
literally shone with qualification Then
he had the delightful privilege of lead
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re "old soldiers nov-yeterans n

were "old soldiers now--veterans IN
all but years.
On the windward side Of one smold.
ering heap of smoking brush little
group of officers was gathered. The
surroundings were miserable enough,
but not all the wretchedncss Of scene
and season could rcpress the reckless
dispositions of those gallant lads, who
were warming" with as much cxhilara-
ton as though they had not gloomy.
starlcss sky for roof and n waste of
soddcn sand for carpet.
Say. boys" said one with laugh,
pointing to tall cloaked figure, reced-
ing among the trees. there goes BILLY
Sawboncs with his tools under his arm
some poor fellows in for a knitting"
Yet no more humane man ever prac-
ticed the healing art that William
Saunders, who was loved by the boys
none the less sincerely because they
jol1ed about him-had Galen himself
cast his lot with them. he would have
had to run the gauntlet of their bolster
ous wit: for from Colonel to drummer
boy not one was there whose name was
not perverted to some rough soubriquct.
"Ah, Rillys a broth Of a boy" said
another. knocking the ashes ont Of his
pipe. Ibid you ever hear how he served
the Irish navy, when we were in camp
at Scdalia?'
NO, what did he do?' came in a
chorus.
why, there were score OF laborers
engaged in making a road to the camp,
big, rough fellows. not long out from
the old country. Billy had the job of
doctoring them. which, what with
bruises from drunken rows and smart
touch Of ague, that haunted the place
Just then, was no sinecure. But Billy's
greatest trouble was the constant de-
mand they made on him for castor-oil.
which they used to such an extent that
he began to think it was their National
beverage. The truth leaked out at
last: the fellows creased their shoes
with it. Many man would have got
in passion on making such a discov-
cry, but rot SO Billy. lie just bided his
time: and when one day, big, hulking
fellow brought four-ounce phial to be
filled. Billy was as mild as mothers
milk with him. You say you have
pains in the back, my man, which few
doses of this oil relieves? he asked the
interesting patient. 'Howly Mother"
was the reply; but it's Bonded double
am wild EN- Bill poured the rich,
creamy, golden fluid into the mans bot
tie, and he was just making off with
his prize, when up few the doctors
hand clutching the butt of a revolver rs
big as small cannon, its glitterlng
barrel pointed straight at the victim's
head: Not another STEP, the doctor
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CHAPTER vII.-CoNTISrEp.
mo. pray, Mrs. Besant. don't disturb
her. | really must be going-Flossie
will be thinking have tainted by the
wayside," and the young man hurried
away. eager to escape the spinster
from Chicago, who was mot at all good
looking and rather passe."
Imagine his chagrin then, when. as
he turned to fasten the garden-gate, he
saw Mrs. Besa mt, who had followed him
out on the veranda. standing with her
arm embracing the waist of the pref
test girl Mark Henderson had ever seen
in his life-such vision of youthful
loneliness that he stood for the moment
transfixed-and to think that, if he had
only known. he might have escorted
these two pretty women to his sisters
house. Well, he'd pay Flossie out for
the joke she had played him, anyhow,
and make up for lost time in the even
ing.
On his return to his sisters, he found
that the parsonage people had already
arrived and that DIR. Burrows had
brought an addition to the party in the
shape of a young Methodist minister, a
recent arrival in the place.
Il wanted to be civil to the fellow"
Harry whispered in Marks ear, but
I'm afraid you'll find him an awful
BORE
Rev. Lubin Ferry came up at that
moment for an introduction to the hero
Of the evening. He was gentle, over
grown young man, who wore glasses
and dropped perpetually sanctimonious
phrases from his lips; little scraps Of
devotional expressions that were never
intended to pass as colloquial currency
in common conversation--as different a
man from the big-heartcd. broad-prin-
cipled. scholarly Josiah Brentwood as
il was possible to conceive. Moreover.
he was the only son Of widow, who
had tied him to her apron-string from
the time he was little lad, following
him to college, and never letting him
out Of her sight for more than few
hours in his whole life, and the young
man had become SO imbued with this
maternal solicitude that he dragged his
mothers sentiments into every thought
he uttered, to Mark Hcnderson's in
tense disgust, especially when he
learned afterwards that the mamma
was selfish, vulgar old body. who
took every cent of her sons earning:
and made him wait on her hand ant
foot.
I'm SO glad to meet you, Captain
Henderson" the young minister gushed
taking Marks brawny hand in both hi
chubby white ones and nursing it af
fectionately. 1.-The repose of this quie
spot must he very soothing after thu
turmoil of battle-wounded, too, the,
tell me you've been. Well, as ma says
we've much to be thankful for in thi
vale of tears"
Yet don't feel particularly CRATE
full for bullet in my shoulder-blade,
Mark said, abruptly, disengaging hi
hand from the minister's grasp.
"Ah, no. Bless me, no. ! didn'
mean that at all; but do let me intro
duce you to my sweet young frient
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FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
WHAT FIRST TO DO.

It's no use 20 grumble and sigh,
It's no Use to worry and fret,
il IL useless to groar Or to cry,
Or fling yourself down i'll q pet.
You'll never be wise or be great
you binStcr like bees when they swarm
It's fully your woes to beratc,
And pitch like ship in storm.
Doa'i got in tantrun and shout
When obstacles rise in your patti,
And dont-lct III. beg Of you-pont,
By way Of displaying Your wrath:
Don't butt out Your brains just to spite
Seine tam.ird injustice Of fate.
For ;iae " Ill set everything right
II you oily have patience TO wait.
The clustering wind can not chill
Tie lake. Though he rEilles its face.
Ent the frost, with il presence so still,
i.ocks IL fast in "A silent embrace.
30 yov MAJ " III fame beyond price.
And coIqncr the world with its pclf,
II yCu only will heed this advice.
AID first learn to conquer yourself.
Golden DAYS.
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NATURES MELODIES.

In the happy days Of summer
When hear the robins call
And the chipping Of the cricket
Near the tinaIinc waterfall:
The soft lowing OF the cattle
In the evening homeward bound.
And the drumming of the partridge
HID In grain fields. golden crowned;
Ard In siroliing through the forest,
Hear the marrn'rous song Of love
In the r1usic Of the zephyrs
And The rustling leaves above
] have wondered II In Heaven
There are voices sweet as these
II the zephyrs and the robins
Make such music In the trees.
When the storm-god speeds his chariot
Through the heavens clothed IN flame
While the war-cries OF his cohorts
Proudly thunder I'm acclaim!
When all nature seems at battle,
And the booming OF the deep
Sounds q requiem grand and solemn,
Tor the wrecked II holds in keep;
When, the battles din subsiding.
hear murmurs as OF pain,
And fancy angels weeping
In the patter OF the rain
Does the echo Of the thunder
And the ocean pillows moan,
Swell the anthem OF devotion
OF the legions round the throne?
When, on peaceful Sabbath morning
Breaks the joyous peal OF chimes,
And the people sing their praises
To the God OF all the climes;
When. by raptured congregation,
An angelic voice is heard
Rising floating through the arches
As the thrilling OF bird
Then no longer do question
Tin Heaven e'er such notes
Greet the Legions OF the Ransomcd
As TO weary pilgrim floats;
For the Father-in His mercy
Sends His sweetest songsters here
To WOO and lure the souls OF men
To the higher. better sphere!
Elmer Hill in Inter Ocean.
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spring Food for Cows.

Oats is the best grain feed have
found for cows in the spring: it seems
to be just what they need. 1t is unwise
to be in too much Of hurry to turn
them out to grass unless feed is very
scarce and high. 1t pays we'll to let
grass get good start, for when they
get taste Of green feed they will live
on an insufficient quantity of green food
in preference to eating hay. Cows
should be MIXED and their uddcrs well
rubbed soon after calving to prevent
caking, and should be MIXED regularly,
twelve hours apart, by the same person,
as one person can get more milk from a
cow than several mixers. ! never al-
low a change of mixers excep, in case
of necessity. Always treat COW kind
~; do not allow any pounding, or loud,
harsh talking. A COW is a nervous ami
NAL and Il blow or u harsh word is not
room forgotten. Wisconsin Farmer.
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the Poor Author Again.

Penner-The copyright bill will not
do us any good.
Liner-Why not?
Penner-Because there is still duty
on jewels. Our works will be taxed ~
literary gems. IN unsey's Weekly.
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EFFECT or BREED ON FEED.
A Point In the Economy Of Feeding Often
Overlooked.

Point In the Economy OIL Feeding Often
Overlooked.
A great many farmers are asking
questions of themselves, their neigh
bors and agricultural journals, concern
ing food for cows and how to feed it.
One point in the economy of feeding
many overlook. That is. the value or
effect Of breed, and individual fitness
of the animal, on the feed. This can be
made very apparent in the ease of
horses. A trottcr having the trot bred
into him will take moderate feed of
oats and trot his mile in 800 Another
horse bred for draft purposes could not
trot mile in that time if he was fed
ten tons of oats So it is with cows
One cow takes her feed and turns it
into milk and butter, and she will eat q
heavy ration each day, and still keep in
that channel. She has a constitutional
fitness for the performance Of dairy
work: and SO feed stimulates her powers
in that direction. Another COW having
beef tendency in her blood will do
dairy work up to a certain extent, when
she turns the food into flesh and fat on
her own ribs. Therefore, in the study
Of economy Of feeding. it is highly
essential to have the right kind of cow
to put the feed into.--IIoard's Dairy.
man.
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Influence Of Siisge en- the Milk.

In reply to an inquiry regarding the
influence Of ensilage on the quality of
milk, a German paper recently stated
that the feeding of cnsilage, if properly
done, would not only increase the guam
tity, but would also improve the quality
of the milk produced. It met the OBJ
lection that some dairymen have made,
that the quality of the butter was i'm
paired by feeding ensilage to the cows,
by the statement that there will be
some escape Of acid from the best ensi-
lage, and that If the milking is done
while the cows are eating, part of this
acid will be absorbed by the milk, and
will injure the flavor Of the butter 1t
adds that all trouble on this score can
be avoided by merely feeding this ensi-
lage after the cows have been MIXED.
This is certainly an ingenious theory,
but we doubt if it proves entirely salts.
factory to the complaining feeders
American Dairyman.
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A Story of the Late War.
pY BERNARD pIcseY,

Author Of Loyal at Last" " MY Lady Fantas-
TIC" "Euen's Great Secret" Fell
Among Thieves" Etc.
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Making Marbles.

All boys like marbles but who knows
how they are made or where they come
from?
Marbles" says the Chicago Herald,
ARE made in great quantities in Saxony
for export to India, China and the
United States. A hard, calcareous
stone is used. This is broken into
square blocks, and about one hundred
and fifty Of these blocks are thrown
into a mill, in which is fat slab o1
stone with numerous concentric fur.
rows on its face. A block of oak OF the
same diameter as the stone, a part OF
which rests on the small stone, is made
to rcvoive on the slab while the water
flows upon it. The whole process re.
quires but quarter of an hour, and one
| mill can turn out twenty Thousand mar.
bles week. The mills ut Oberstein,
on the Maize, in Germany, manufacture
marbles and agates especially for the
| American market"
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AFRAID OF THE CORNER.
Why a Little Girl Refused to Say the Fla
miliar Evening Prayer.

Why a Little Girl Refused to Say the Fa
miliar Evening Prayer.
Now mamma, ="
Thus the child began, and was stopped
short by her mother.
..Lottie, how many times I've told 70,
not to begin with Now 1t is Now.
mamma Now, cant Now, will,
Now, something or other continually.
Don't say it again. The very first time
you do will send you to stand fifteen
minutes in the corner
Little Lottie knew full well the ter.
rors Of that punishment. What an
eternity it seemed to her to stand that
length of time with her face to the wall,
not allowed to turn around or speak,
till told that the time was out; for al
ways after about three minutes she felt
sure the fifteen minutes must be passed,
and that she, forgotten, must stand
there always. So, cautious Lottie re.
treated with her doll ont of mamma 1
hearing, and it being already late in
the day, escaped condemnation.
When the little nightgown had been
donned. and mamma said tenderly
"Now, darling, say your little prayer,
| Lottie failed to notice how the catcher
had been caught on the ''now," but
answered:
| Il can't mustn't"
"Lottie! Why not:'
'Cause if say my 49, lay mel
must stand in the corner. House
keepers Weekly.
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CHAPTER VII.-CoNrINUEp.

Copyright. 1891. BY A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Co.
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CHAPTER VIII.

FORI DONEISOS.
Meanwhile how Jared it with Frank
Besant and the gallant boys of the
Fighting Fourth? You may be assured
that they were indulging in no quiet
little tea-parties and mild flirtations-
to them rather the stern realities of the
tented field, the dangers, privations
and miseries Of those whose trade is
war.
But before | resume the thread of
my story | must trespass on my read
er's patience, while we take passing
glance at the chess-board on which
this stupendous game of human slaugh-
ter was being played.
Halleck had succeeded Fremont as
Commandcr-in-Chief Of the Department
of the Missouri, with headquarters at
| st. Louis.
This department was divided into sew
eral districts, of which we have princi-
| pally to do with those of Cairo" under
command of General Grant, and ''Ohio, -
under Buell..
Now the Confederates held that Ken
lucky naturally belonged to them, and
the dawn of 1sG3 saw them with line
| of Notifications dotted across that State
and held by strong Neutrality-suspicious.
inently Columbus ON. the Mississippi,
Fort Henry on the Tennessee, Fort Don
elson twelve miles distant by land) on
the Cumberland, Bowling Green. Mill
Spring and Cumberland Gap. The crit
ical points in this long line of ramparts
were Fort Henry and Fort Donclson,
the center, and the keys to Southern
Kentucky and Tennessee. If these
were taken the whole was untenable.
| Now. while our hero was on the
march to join General Buell. command
mentous enterprise, and its execution
was intrusted to General Grant, who
on the 30th of January moved from
Cairo with a force of seventeen thou
sand men, assured of the cooperation
of Commodore Foote, in command of /;
fotilla of gun-boats.
The idea was for the feet to reduce
the fort. while Grant cut off the retreat
by land, but Confederate General Till
man, seeing from the first that resist
ance was useless, sent his garrison o
three thousand men to Fort Donelson
and nominally held Fort Henry with I
handful of brave defenders. who, o
course, after a feeble resistance, sur
rendered
Grant and Footc then turned their at
tentions to Fort Donelson.
And all this time the boys of tn
Fourth were leisurely making thei
way to Buell., impedcd however b.
small engagements with the enemy an
constantly exposed to irritating attack
Of gucrrillas.
On the night of the 9Th of Februar
the regiment.was in camp-at least tn
boys were bivouaclsing around sue
scanty fires as the rain-drenched char
acter of the brushwood and rotten log
they had gathered permitted. BY thi
time. you must know, they had gon
through so nuch suffering and see
blood SO often shed, that their cheek
no longer hlanched at thought of death
nor their sense rcvolted ut sight Of GAP
irg wound or ghastly corpse. The
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PERSONAL.

Mr. Martin Gallagher. Mr.. NJ Marvin and Mr..
G. w. Francis, of Fairhayeu, and Nr. and Mrs.
~ W: Leach. Of New whatcom, were q the
Grand hotel. They came down % appear -
witnesses Ia Q contested land case.
Mr. Willis l. Ames and DR.. O. A. wstefhouse
left this morning for two weeks trip to Cali
fornia Their objective point Is Pasadena
Mr.. A. n. Brown. formerly connected with the
accepted q position on the Tacoma Ledger.
Mrs r. g. Potvin and her youngest daughter,
Daisy, left yesterday morning for Lincoln, Neb.,
to be gone several months
Mayor Harry White who has been confined to
his room for two weeks, was down town yestss-
day Tor short time
Mr. Joseph schlumpf. Of Alma, Wis, father Of
Mr.. Joseph Schlumpf, jr, OF this city, 10 ct the
Grand.
Mr. s. D. Gustin and Mr.. George w. Tibbetts,
OF North Bend, are at the snoqualmfe hotel.
Mr.. and Mrs John Johnson, OF Port Madison,
are among the guests at the snoQualmie-
Mr. C. C.. Mccoy, OF Portland, the mail con-
tractor, was at the Arlington yesterday.
Mr. Frederick A. Brown, Of Tacoma, was ct
the Rainier hotel yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Watson. Of Port Gamble. are
stopping at the snoqualmic.
Mr. and Mrs. George Farmer, OF Eagle Harbor,
are at the Diller hotel.
MI. ?. a. oTarreil, Of Tscoma. was at the
Mr. II. G. Rowland, Of willsboro, Pa, IL stay
ing at the DilleY.
Mr.. o. H. Culver, Of Fairhaven, was In the
city yesterday.
Mr.. Fred Drew, Of Port Gamble. Is stopping At
the Arlington.
Mr. /. Diller is suffering from . severe attack
of the quiusy.
Mr. r. P. Friday, Of Port Gardner, IL at the
snoquaimie.
Mr. +. f. Townsend, Of Los Angeles, IL at the
Arlington.
Mr. H. Blackman, of snohomish, is at the oc-
cidcntai.
MI James 7. Lentxy is ct stanwood today.
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BkEvITIEs.

At the meeting of the council Friday night
Wan Lee applied for license to run laundry
at sol Main street. II wss then stated by an
officer on duty that opium smokers had been ar
rested at that place. 1t has since been learned
that ii was at Gee Lees store on Jackson street
that the opium smokers were arrested
A plat of McMillin's addition to the town Of
Kent was flied with the auditor yesterday by
Samuel D. McMilIin, Abbie MeMiIlin. Laura 8
Clark, William Clark and Amelia McMiliin The
plst lies adjacent TO Kent on the eastern bound
AIRY of the Puget sound Shore railroad.
DR.. ]. s. NJ Smart swore ont warrant before
Justice Won Tobel last evening for the arrest Of
3. X Chase on charge Of assault and battery
The assault Is alleged TO have been committed
SUNDAY evening in saloon. Chase did not give
bail and was locked up In the city Jail
Licenses TO wed were issued by the auditor
Yesterday for j. Francis Benham and Lucy Ellen
Karl, of Cherry Creek. Wash: p. NJ. Pearce Of
Whatcom. Wash, and Minerva Laclair OF Law
renceyiiIe, y. Y: William stoIzcubach and Au-
gusta Boeikau, OF Seattle.
Lunch will be given at G. A. r. hall tomorrow
between the hours oil ii 30 a. n. and n m for
the benefit OF the day nursery.
Revival services are held at the First N. Z.
church, corner Third and Marion streets, every
night this week.
The whereabouts OF Edward Payne is wanted
by William Billings, Portland, Or. See "per-
soaal" column.
One homestead was filed in the United States
land Office yesterday.