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The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-04-21
Fiddled Through tho War.

Nearly everybody in Cambria and
Indiana counties. Pennsylvania, is ac-
qua1nted with Thompson Carney. the
veteran violinist, who for the, pas,
forty years has furnished music for
country dances in Western Pennsyl-
vania. At the breaking out of the
late civil war Thompson Carney en-
listed with the old Cambria Guards.
Before leaving Ebensburg with his
company. G. L. Roberts presented
HIM with a violin and box,
knowing that Mr.. Carney would
not feel at home even in the army
without a violin. He received it with
thanks, and promised to bring the
violin home with him at the close OF
the a Thirty years have expired
since then, but on a recent evening,
Thompson, with the identical violin
under his arm, stepped into Mr.. Rob-
erts' store and said: How dye do,
Mr.. Roberts?:" During the war Ihomp-
son lost his violin several times, but
always managed to find it. At the
close of the war the violin was missing
and he failed 10 find it until recently,
when the old sutler sent it to him,
having found i. in the south Penn
sylvania Grit.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-04-21
CHAPTER III.

h had been de-
ceived IN suppos-
ing that he must
inevitably find the
names of those he
sought upon the
ordinary registers
which chronicle
the arrival and
departure OF trav-
elers. He lost no
time. he spared
no effort. driving
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-04-21

Until .e lately Capt. Pluskow, OF
the F. Regiment of the Guards, had
been )nsidered the biggest man in
the German Army. He measured o,e e
8O inches in height. But a short
time since a young Rinelander joined
the First Regiment Of Foot Guards as
a "one-year- volunj Ger" who attains
the colossal. height OF over seven fe It
four and a half inches. Since 1850
the First Regiment Of Guards has not
had so tall "a man. At that time thew
had a man who was so tall that every-
thing, even his bedstead, had to bs
made specially for him. His accnu-
termeLts are preserved still among TIA
curios of the regiment. London I'd.
bits.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-04-21
Journalistic Royalty.

Lucy (indignantly)-'.To think Of
our names appearing in the paper
your paper-as being engagedi And
there's not (sob) Il word of truth in
it,"
Van Faber (calmly)-.Then, as a
royal scribe. let us make it true. Win
you be my wife?"
Lucy (faint'y)-''Well, for the
dreadful papers sake-yes. "--Pitts-
burg Bulle6n
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
GEN. wRIGHT's VIEW.

You ask from me an answer to the
question, "Ts fear in soldier cowardice?" ?"
My division commander in the late
civil war, Gen. B F. Cheatbam, who was
a hero of two great wars, once said to
me: "The man who says he goes into
battle without fear is either an idiot, 8
lunatic or liar"
On the eve Of an engagement, 20 far as
my observation and experience 20, there
is always perceptible fearful looking
forward to the consequences. 1t is said
of Tamerlane that on the eve OF battle
he was heard to exclaim ri wish I we're
shepherd boy" I agree with Gen.
Cheatham that no sane man ever engaged
in a battle with sense of fear. But this
fear is not the fear of coward. The
brave man Is he who goes into battle
with full knowledge Of its perils which
he wishes to escape, but willingly risks
his life for his cause and country.
1t is told of Governor (now Senator) q.
B. Vance that being in hotly contested
engagement in the late civil war, he saw
hare between the lines running for life,
when be exclaimed: $50, it Mollie Cot
ton Tail; if I were not Governor of
North Carolina I would run too"
MARCUS J. WRIGHT.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
FITZ LEE SAYS YES.

I would reply afirmatively to the
question, "Is fear in a soldier coward
ice ?"
Fear is cowardice and cowardice is fear
both are painful apprehensions of dan.
ger. The meaning of both is ITO be
afraid" and an absence of courage is i'm
piled in each.
Ifa soldier is afraid to fight, he is de
fcient in courage. There are however,
two kinds of courage, the moral and the
physical-the one obligatory in its ma
ture, the other natural. I have often
witnessed display of both by officers
and men where the skirmish line of con-
tending armies first opened a big battle.
Some would be nervous, excited aud
pallid, others stoical, tranquil and un-
concerned. But after the skirmishers had
been replaced by lines Of battle and the
rattle of muskets and war of cannon had
drowned the first sputtering shots-while
the combatants we're shouting and men
were falling and the battle was an accom-.
plished fact-the delicious excitement
which Gen. Dick Taylor said Stonewall
always enjoyed on such occasions, would
possess equally the one and the other aud
no difference would be visible in their
deeds of daring. FITzHUGH LEE.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
FROM A CAVALRY GENERAL.


The following forcible sentiments are
from the pen of a famous Southern Cal.
alry General who refuses to allow his
name to appear
II fancy every man will agree that fear
is as universal and indispensable quality
as most others.
Misrepresentation is the first law of
nature. Solicitude for preservation is
commonly called fear.
"Cowardice, apprehend, is an entirely
different thing. Cowardice is unmanly
submission to unworthy fear. You will
find cowardice exhibited and we'll de-
scribed in Measure for Measure C@.
sar was afraid and cried to Cassius, when
be was sinking, to save him. Macbeth
was frightened by the ghost Of Bauquo,
but neither of them were towards.
1T repeat that fear is natural em1-
ton, and only becomes cowardice when
it IL yielded to. Perhaps the highest
courage is that which couquers fear or
which does its duty and shrinks from no
peril, although the feeling of apprehen-
sion may be racking the human soul.
Fear in a soldier, in my estimation, is
not cowardice, unless it makes him de-
sert his post of duty. I have no idea
that the Confederate soldiers who re-
claimed the crater at Petersburg did not
feel the emotion of fear when they we're
rushing overian earthquake to restore
broken line, but the courage that con-
quered the fear is to me sublime"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
pose in Tennessee few years ago and

pose in Tennessee few years ago and
will nearly double any other variety in
marketable potatoes, at the South, plant.
ed either in the spring or fall. The fall
crop improves it for esrliness, quantity
and quality, and in all makes it far su-
perior to any northern grown.
The fall Irish potatoes are as far supe-
rior to spring grown as the fall turnips or
radish is superior to the spring crop.
The seed from spring radish no larger
than mans finger (and that is hot and
stringy) will provide radishes as large as
q mans wrist on the same kind of land
sown in August, and it will be brittle and
sweet.
Now as to yield. Ny crop planted the
18th Of last August eighth crop here in
four years without change of seed, and
each succeeding crop was finer than the
one before it) made at the rate of 100
bushels per acre of the finest potatoes I
ever saw, without fertilizer Of any kind.
The fall crop will make potatoes as large
as teacup on land that would not make
tuber larger than marble from north.
ern seed spring grown.
Now how about the demand? Does
anyone have any idea about how many
Irish potatoes are shipped to the South
between October and March, when mon.
ey is plentiful and the farmers mortgage
is falling due? Just think about it.
Everybody in the town eat them, and ev.
erybody that plants any kind of vegeta-
bles buy seed Irish potatoes at from 81 to
So per busbel.
Think about it. Cotton is sure not to
be very high, and feedstutf is likely to be
very high, and potatoes always high at
the South, and they can surely be pro-
duced at nominal cost. I will answer
any and all questions either privately or
through the Mews.-Jef Wel5orn, in GAL
vaston News.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
JUBAL EARLEY's OPP WON.

In response to the inquiry "Is fear in
soldier cowardice ?" I VIC d say that
while cowardice is the result excessive
fear it does not follow that ft is always
cowardice.
We are told in the Bible, 'salm ITO,
verse 10, and in several other liaces, that
"The fear of the Lord is beginning of
wisdom." That, of course is not coward
ice.
Fear is q word that has variety OF
definitions, amongst them being "aD1.
iety, solicitude, reverential regard, re.
spect mingled with ave." Viewing it in
the sense of an apprehension of danger,
do not know how 1 can better express my
opinion IN the subject than by referring
to tbe 8dieseetiEaa "bBsA?ee' :9 WEQFeeateg'a
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
Changed their Minds.

A young couple in Lancashire vii.
lage had been courting for several years.
The young man one day said to the young
woman:
"Sall, Gamma marry thee"
"How's that?'
"I've changed my mi nd" said be.
"Well, I'll tell you what we'll do,"
said she. eff folks knows that it's thee
as has given me up, I shanna be able to
get another chap. Soil we'll have the
banns published; and, when the wedding
day comes, the parson will say to thee,
wilt thou have this woman to be thy
welded wife p and thou say Il will : and
when be says to roe, wilt thou have this
man to be thy welded husbaud?' shall
say, i winpa.'
The day came; and when the minister
said, "Wilt thou have this woman to be
thy welded wife ?" the man answered, ~
will"
Then the parson said to the wo-
man, "WiIt thou have this man to be
thy welded husband % and she said 81
will"
"Why," said the young man, furi-
ously, ''you said you would say, I
winna.'"
81 know that" said the young woman ;
"but I've changed my mind SINCE"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
SHOULD A SOLDIER FEAR 2
Southern Generals Discuss the Question of
Bravery.
Philadelphia Times.


WAsHiNeroN, February z4.-Tfo
question whether brave soldier expert
ences the sensation of fear is one on
which there is great diversity of opinion.
1t would certainly seem that there was
far greater merit in facing danger from
a sense of duty, where man realized
the peril, than in stolidity of feeling
incapable Of appreciating danger. Every.
one recalls the story of the great French
marshal who, when about to mount his
horse before battle, noticed his legs
shaking with fear. Gazing scornfully
upon them he is said to have remarked,
"Oh, legs, if you know where was going
to take you, you'd be shaking worse than
that" and then rode forth to mingle in
the charge. No one can doubt but that
his courage was of the highest order.
Yet no authority can have more
weight than the statements of warriors
themselves, and here are the opinions of
the famous Southern fighters.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
: There is more Catarrh in this sec

- There is more Catarrh in this sec
tion of the country than all other disea
ses put together, and until the Last few
years was supposed to be incurable. For
a great many years doctors pronounced it
local disease, and prescribed local rem.
edies, and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it incu.
rable. Science has proven catarrh to be
constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only
constitutional cure on the market. It is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops
to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials.
F.J.CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
Rncklens Arnica SalYe.

The best salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
yer Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chill.
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refunded
Price Is cents per box. For sale ty
Hill Bros.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
GEN. LOMAX's REPLY

In reply to The question, ''Is fear in q
soldier cowardice ?" I would say, in my
opinion, it is not
The best soldier is one who knows and
fears the danger and marches boldly for.
ward to meet it.
/ believe the excitement We saw in
many on the field was cloak for real
cowardice, and, if not successful in the
first dash, they often gave up. a brave
soldier is cool and persevering under FIRE
Every intelligent and educated man
fears the contest, but is by no means for
this reason Coward"
r Tn1rAv
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
: When q tree ia sccidentlv harkf

= When tree is accidently barked
by passing wheel or guawed by some
animal, plaster of soft clay or COW
manure should be put on at once and
covered with two or three thicknesses of
begging, and it will often heal up so that
the sap will pass around the wound, as it
would where the limb had been sawed
Of OF course if the wound is e lsrge
one i may bs BETTER ta Try ts,k gYsflOg,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15

Dictionary. In defining it he quotes from
the Scotch poetess, Joanna Baillie, as
follows:
The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
But he whose noble soul no fear subdues.
From my own experience and observa.
tion can say that the bravest soldier in
action is never without fear or apprehen.
sion of dauger, but he encounters that
danger without shrinking.
It follows, therefore, that fear is not
always cowardice in a soldier.
Lypchburg, Va. ]. A. EARLY.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
GEN. BRADLEY T. Johnson.

The question "Is fear in soldier cow
ardice?" answers itself in the definition.
Fear, as I understand it, is the physical
shrinking from physical struggle with
opposing physical force.
Cowardice is the refusal of the physi.
cal and intellectual nature of man to
face opposition, either physical or intel
lectual.
Fear is controllable by superior will
either of the man himself or of another,
who, for the time, dominates and directs
him. Cowardice is uncomfortable. Both
cowardice and fear are physical as we'll
as moral conditions.
Some men are unconscious of fear
they are actually unaware of what dan
ger is-and in the real gaudium CERTAIN
inis, the Joy of battle, they actually de.
light in the fierce excitement of the
fight. I really believe that Major Jim
Breathed, of the Stuart Horse Artillery,
and Major Harry Critnor would rather
fight than eat. Stuart enjoyed battle, so
did Stonewall Jackson, and my analysis
Of Lee was that when bis blood WAS up
and the smell of gunpowder always fred
him-he was as fierce as any far off
Morse ancestor.
Though knew nothing personally of
Grant, am of the opinion that the scent
of blood drove his pulse up. I know
Hancock blazed all over with enthusiasm
at the sound of the guns aud the cheers
of 8 charging line.
I have no doubt that many men facing
death have felt their flesh shrink and
their nerves give way and were sorely
afraid. But pride of character, regard
for the respect of those at home and the
presence and example of thousands
around them, crushed out fear and made
them as firm and self.controlled as the
bravest.
do not recollect ever having seen a
ccward-that is, man whose fear over
came bis sense of duty, personal pride
and regard for reputation.
have seen lines of battle afraid, seen
them waver in front of hostile batteries,
seen them hesitate to meet the coming
shock. But have seen those very lines
apring up at once animated by the bril-
liant example of personal dash of their
commanding officer, who, riding to the
front, would swing his sabre above bis
head and shout, "Follow me, men," And
the thousand men, who moment before
we're afraid, were thrilled by the electric
shock of enthusiasm and went forward
with a rush that was irresistible.
The best veterans have been seized
with panic. When tie nerves have been
braced for hours the constant tension ex-
hausts the endurance of human nature
and the most trivial incident will throw
them off their balance, lose their self
control and send them senseless into
panic, like herd of buffalo.
Napier records an incident of the Pc.
ninsula war. Sir John Moore's army,
than whom more seasoned soldiers never
bore musket, was resting by the roadside
and broke into utter confusion when q
loose horse csme galloping down the
ranks.
Fear is physical and intellectual dread.
Cowardice is fear uncomfortable.
BRADLEY T. JOHNSON.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15

= Beware of limitations. Take no
"just as good" See that you get the
genuine DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, the
peerless specific.
- The average person trims off the
thirty-seco1d part of an inch from each
fDger nail week, or about an inch and
halfevery year. The average of human
life all over the world is 40 years. There
are l,3OO,00C,O0O people in the world
who, therefore, waste on an average 2S,-
100 miles Of finges pals Iaa generation:
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15

= "There /" exclaimed the fair ayndi-
catress. II think this article will fill q
long felt want" "Whst is the title
aeat7" "HQw tQ manage a sOn.ins!aH!!'
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15
SUBSTITUTE FOR COTTON.

Fall Irish Potatoes DIS a Money Crop-Span-
ish Coolers as Substitute for Forage
Crop.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-15

"'It is too late for US to do anything
That column is annihilated.'
clad the New Ironsides and a mum.
Der of the wooden gunboats only been in
position the parapets of Wagner could
have been kept clear. The New Iron.
sides had repeatedly shown that if she
could not drive the defenders of Wagner
from their position, she could at least
keep them clear of the parapets. Why
she was not ordered to open her FIRE on
Wagner that night is something l have
never been able to explain"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21

A florist planted IA bed Of oa..,
ans in Mr.. John Warrlngion's s s.i
Ills little 5-year-old was 50 deliSs,u,
with their beauty that she sat ANU ea'sl
them all day pulling up tho Mug
and breaking oil the flowers ~ y
was supremacy happy. She dos,s,a NV
only when her father came bomo y y,
take her on drive. Seeing y
flowers uprooted he told tho foeis, !.
replant them. This occurred ds,a
for a week. when the florist MA 4
was Of no use 10 keep on DlontsH
them il the child continued n nas
them up Nell said Air J psl
Warrington quietly Il proDo.s ~ =
pay you for all this trouble 20 Wa,
difference does il make TO youp NJ.
awhile she will tire Of III and ~.
they will grow, But IL is Tho swaa,
est thing 10 tho world 10 me 10 ~ ~.
baby in the midst Of those lowes,
and looking 30 supremacy bnnnv
Why wouldn't let thousand ael
lars stand In tho way And
markable 70 Say. the dear lltue 81,
has tended those geraniuma and M
a beautiful bed o. them 10 spite ~ y,
the liorist said & iueInnntl Comms,
ciHi.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21

ne best mutton IS ~ fine grain r
bright color the fat firm and white
II y better for being full crown. Tbc
ram mutton may be known by thu
rcdncss 81 the flesh and tie soopo;.
ness uf the fat
An excellent remedy for infto4n,d
eyes + 70 soak little Sasqafra4 nift,
III boiling water; let Ii draw until the
water becomes shiny, and then strni,,
through thin muslin. Batho thu avns
frequently with the LIQUID.
10 prevent the juice from pieq RIM.
hlhg over thrust little funuela Of
White paper into the cuts on ton.
tnrou8h "nlch the stDan may escapc
ma we juice boil up, and then run
cooking. 5''l''
MOST cakes need q moderatcly bot
ana some, even cool oven. A yon5
Old test is to put q piece Of thict,
paper INTO the oven, 10 shut tho door
and open IL again after Ave minntos
y the paper is Of n light brown color
the oven is moderately hot, and n v.i.
low the oven is cool.
Barbcrries arc never considarod a.
for use until they have been tnnchnd
by the FROST They then mako a Iii
cious jelly, an excellent prcsorys -.
pickle, while the Juice whom rnn,od
makes Il delightfully."- coolinv Ir,ni.
mixed with water. for fcvePish n,
valids. m
II You live in an old house wbcr.
the door stills are worn down ma
under which the wind PUSHES ,naltin
the Hupr so cold no amount of firs al,
warm ~ Try tacking strips Of oil cloth
G,arpetlhg across the bottom Of the
u .s letting IT come well down on 10
Slu s'il' ~ done with care II will not
urag' neither Is i unsightly, still n
ons opJeets 70 the looks IL can he
Painteo TO match the color Of the door.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21


"A short time bafore the terrible
battle of ChielSamauga, our regiment
received 4 consignment of recruits, of
which ten or dozen were assigned to
our company. OF course it became
necessary to drill these recruits and
perfect them in the arts of war as
rapidly as possible. To this duty the
best drill sergeant was assigned. His
method was to alternate each recruit
with veteran soldier that they might
more readily catch on to the neces-
sary evolutions Us we'll as the manual u
arms.
One day, when our awkward SQUAD
was making one of their first attempts
on the manual of arms. another squad
Of picked men with muskets loaded
with blank cartridges, We're perform
ing some evolutions and were brought
to a front Immediately in front of
the recruits. The commands of
ready, aim. fire" were given
when a score of muskets flashed
almost in the faces OF the recruits and
guides. The guides, agreeable to in
structions, threw away their guns and
tdh LOT uehr lLc, IotloNeu Dy all the
recruits, save one, who stood as straight
and solid us the decp-rooted pine. The
Colonel rode up to him and said: MY
man, for your unhinching bravery, it
will afford me great pleasure to recon-
mend you for a commission. The re
cruit replied, Il don't want no office"
What do you want them" asked the,
officer The recruit answered. .sNothin'
but another pair Of hrceches.'
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-21

W. D. Walton, u well-known citizen
of Petersburg, Va, recently coughcd
up q bullet which he had carried in his
body since the war. lie was a member
Of Company !, Twelfth Virginia regi-
ment, and at the battle OF Spottsylvania
Court House he was struck by a ball,
which lodged in his body and has been
in him ever since. For years Mr. Wal
ton has been in very poor health.
Some months ago an abscess began to
form on his breast near where he was
wounded, and he was compelled to
close business and take to his bed A
few days ago the bccss broke, and in
q coughing spell Mr.. Walton coughed
up half the ball. He now looks like
an entirely new man. Before he
scarcely had any appetite, now his APP
petite cannot be satisfied. Grand
Army Record.