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RESTING ON THEIR LAURELS.
Heroes of the War Now Residents
of New York City.
A LOHG LIST And A BRILLIANT ONE.
Some of the Most Famous Soldiers of
the War New Reside in Gotham
Generals Howard, slOcun, Sigelo
Porter, Pryor, Stanley and
Newton Among Them.

Although a generation has passed since
The close of the great civil war, it is estima-
ed that more than half the men who partici
pated in it from the North and South are still
living and a majority far from being old
men. The youngest living soldier of the
war, Captain Klein of the regular army, is
about forty-four, and the oldest is thought to
be General Neal Dow of Maine, who has just
completed his ninetieth year.
Some one has said that all good Americans
go to Paris when they die, but be that as it
may, those who can afford it prefer to live in
New York City, and here some OF our most
famous soldiers died and other famous SOL
diers are still residing.
Grant, and Sherman and Hancock, lived in
New York, and all three died there, though
a few days before his death Grant was hur-
ried TO Mount McGregor near Saratoga, in
the hope of helping him. Although the most
conspicuous figures on both sides have
passed away a large percentage of the prom
inent survivors live in or near New York
City, and many Of them are still active fig
ures in the business, professional and literary
world. 1t would crowd our space to give any
thing like complete list of these, or to more
than hint at names that have become his
toric, and the owners of which can be seen
every day in the streets of the great metrop-
oils, still as eagerly fighting the battle of life
rs if they were only beginning the prelimi-
nary skirmish.
Not only by reason of his position as sec
ond in rank in the army of the United States,
but for his splendid record as a soldier and
his sterling qualities as a man and citizen
to be proud of, General Oliver Otis Howard,
now in command of the Department Of the
Atlantic, with his headquarters on Govern
ors Island, is the most prominent Of our
military heroes. He was born in Maine in
1880, and next November will have reached
the age for retirement. A graduate of West
Point, Howard was assistant instructor of
mathematics at the school when the war
broke out. AT the first sound of Sumters
guns young Howard was appointed by the
governor of his state colonel Of the Third
Maine Volunteers. Within six months he
was in command of a brigade, and he led a
division in the Peninsular campaign under
Mcclellan, where he lost his right arm. Up
to Gettysburg, where he commanded the
Eleventh Corps, he was with the Army
of the Potomac In October, 63, he was sent
West, and under Sherman he fought CALAMITY
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N the campaign to Atlanta, commanding the
right wing in the march to the sea. After
the war he served South, and then in Arizona
and the Northwest against the Indians.
General Howard, thanks to a fine constitu-
ton and excellent habits, is still in the prime
Of life, and so great social favorite is he in
New York that it is the hope of our citizens
that he may make his home here after he is
retired.
The mention Of Towards name suggests
that of General Henry Warner Slocum, with
which it is Immortality connected. General
Slocum was born in New York State Sept. "a,
1927 and was a roommate of Phil Sheridan
at West Point; indeed, it is said that Sheri-
dan could not have passed but for the help of
his more intellectual comrade. Soon after
graduating Siocum resigned, studied law,
and was admitted to the bar in 1856 At the
breaking out OF the war he was commissioned
colonel of the Twenty seventh N. Y. Volun-
teers, and from that time on his star never
waned, but rose brighter and higher, till it
was grouped with those of-the foremost mill
tary leaders OF the day. He commanded the
left wing of Sherman's army from Atlanta to
Savannah and north to Bentonville. He was
offered high rank in the regular army. but he
resigned and went back to the law. He has
served with success in Congress as a Demo-
crat, and but for the trickery Of Brooklyn
ring politicians he might have been governor
of the state, if, indeed, he did not rise higher;
for there is no public Office for which he.9is
not qualified. He is interested in the street
roads of Brooklyn and is rich, for he is one
of those men who succeed in ll,their under
takings. He is great favorite socially, and
although his hair is white, his figure is as
trim and his step as light as when he held
the Union right at Gettysburg.
h No attempt is being made to present the
names OF our local military heroes in the
order of their standing as citizens or SOL
diers, for that would be most difficult IN
dertaking. General Franz Sigel, born in Ger
many in 1924, perhaps carries his age as we'll
rs any of these men. He was educated as
soldier at Carlsruhe, and as a revolutionist
in his native land in 1S48 he saw much war
and commanded large armies before the fail
ure of the efforts of himself and compatriots
forced him to seek an asylum in America.
At the breaking out of the civil war he offered
his services to the Government, and raised a
regiment in Missouri. He served with dis
tinction in the West and subsequently had
command of the Department of West Vir-
ginia. His record is honest and distin-
ynished. and thea hion cause owes him
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or monetary movement.
But this sort of solicitation is not always
made without any consideration being in
volved. There is a premium attached to
these requests, provided the man in question
consents. The man OF prominence is very
busy. He cannot afford to serve ON board
of directors or lend his signature and infiu-
ence to an enterprise for nothing. 1t is an
object, in nearly every instance, to get the
party interested, and therefore, it is made an
object for him to become interested. This
statement of course, does not refer to benev-
olent or religious schemes. In such cases it
is expected both money and influence will be
contributed to the cause. But in the scram-
BILE to make money and foot enterprises, the
value of an influential endorsement is recog-
nized and appreciated and the influence and
endorsement are paid for.
To get the right man as an underwater for
an Industrial concern, a subscriber to bonds
or stocks of new company, or director in
reorganization, is the aim of the promoters
and hackers OF all such projects. There isn't
prominent man in New York, be he finan-
cier, lawyer merchant or railroad magnate,
who is not constantly offered the biggest
kinds of inducements if he will lend his name
to something new, become president of
company that is about to introduce valua-
BILE patent or take his place on the board of
directors of a freshly Incorporated bank, in
surance company, or manufacturing estab-
Gshment. Big blocks OF stock are offered in
consideration. He can be fgure-head as
president and draw large salary, if he will
only serve and recommend the matter to his
friends ha wi a no IF n
as director of a land company. he can have
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Jay IS one OF our most honored judges. His
hair is long, his figure tall and spare, and his
face is usually as clean shaven as a monks.
He is a delightful man socially, and his
warmest friends are amongst his old oppo.
nents. r.
During and since the war few names have
been more popular than that of General
David Sloane Stanley. He was born in Ohio,
June l, 1923, and educated at West Point.
He refused high office in the Confederate
army at the breaking out of the war. He
was appointed brigadiergeneral of volunteers
and distinguished himself at Island Number
Ten, and subsequently at Corinth. No man
was more beloved by his men. This was
shown in the Nashville campaign, when they
followed him-and he led in person-in one
of the grandest charges of the war. When
the army was reorganiZed, he was made col
onel of the Twenty-second infantry, and
served in the west, much of the time in
Texas. He was made brigader- general in
"a and was retired two years ago. He is
frank, hearty man, and looks every inch the
soldier that he is.
General John Newton is a Virginian bv
birth and is in his seventy-first year. Hale,
strong, alert, and as clear-brained as forty
years ago. He graduated second in his class
at West Point, with Van Dorm, Longstreet
and other men subsequently famous. For
time ne was instructor of engineering at the
academy. He served with distinction in
Albert Sydney ,Johnston's Utah campaign.
While never popular with his men, he was
with his superiors by reason of his marked
ability. He succeeded to the command of
the Sixth Corps after the death of General
Reynolds, the first day at Gettysburg. Sub
sequently he served with distinction in Geor-
gia, commanding a division in Towards
corps. After the war, as an engineer officer,
he was engaged in moving the distractions
in New York harbor and the entrance to the
Sound. He was retired as a brigadier-gen-
eral, and is now commissioner of public
works for New York City. He ic a man of
pure life, but is said to be reserved and some
what harsh in his manners. -
One of the greatest SOCIAL favorites in New
York and Brooklyn is Rear Admiral Daniel
Lawrence Braine. He was born in New York
in 1929, and appointed midshipman from
Texas. HIS name is brilliantly associated
with the grandest exploits of the navy during
the civil war. and he won every step of his
promotion. For years he was in command
of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where his name
became synonym for hospitality. Although
retired two years ago, Admiral Braine is as fit
for duty to-day as he was when he COM
manded the Monticello, in 61.
Among the men who won a reputation for
dash and daring during the war was General
William Woods Averill, now in his sixty-sec-
ond year, native Of New York and a gradu-
ate of West Point. Before the war he had
had some experience in Indian fighting. AS
colonel of the gallant Third Pennsylvania
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much. After the war he was elected register
of New York City, and was subsequently ap-
pointed pension agent here by President
Cleveland during his first term. His hair is
fair, his beard thin, and he is light and
active, weighing not more than one hundred
and twenty-five pounds.
General Fitz John Porter is New Yorker
by birth, West Pointer by education, and
will be u years of age the 18th of next June
He comes of a military family, and
he distinguished himself and was wounded
during the attack on the Belen gate taking
the City of Mexico In May, 81, he
was appointed colonel of the Fifteenth regu-
lars, and from the first showed the highest
military talents. He commanded the Sixth
Corps in the Seven Days fight, and CALAMITY
repused the enemy at Malvern Hill. Pope
brought charges against him for disobedience
of orders. He was tried and dismissed the
service by prejudiced court and on false
evidence. One Of the noblest acts of General
Grants life was his righting the wrongs that
had been done Porter and lifting the cloud
from his illustrious name. He is police
commissioner in New York, and is popular
and beloved by a large circle of friends. He
shows but few signs of age, and could take
the field tomorrow.
One Of the most picturesque men in ap-
pearance, as well as in the suggestiveness of
his life, to be found in New York City, is Gen.
Roger Atkinson Pryor. He will be &c years
of age on the 18th of next July, and was born
near Petersburg, Va. Educated at the uni
versity of his native state for the bar for
which his talents qualified him, he soon
took an active part in politics, and made
reputation as an ardent secessionist. With
the faith of his convictions, he fought brave
ly, if not brilliantly in the southern army,
was captured near the close of the war and
imprisoned in Fort Lafayette. When the
end came he accepted the situation and came
to New York. He soon won position, and to-
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men, was the way in which was discovers.
what Adams who was dead broke, called
The Nick of Time mine''
THAT reminds me of the Christmas Gift
mine in California" said the first speaker.
Sam Snow was out deer hunting in. the
Sierras with party from Frisco, and on their
way back to camp on Christmas Eve the
others missed Snow. They found that he
and his horse had tumbled into a canyon.
While they were getting the man and horse,
out. Snow, who had been prospector, filed
his pockets with some of the detached
stones. They proved to be rich in gold, and
the fortunes of the hunter and his friends
were made by mishap which they deplored
at the time'
Many other cases equally interesting were
cited to show that the element of luck was
the principal factor in the discovery of rich
mines, but all were agreed that it was energy
and brains that subsequently gave them their
chief value. H"'soN ASHLEY.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-01
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORS.
How Some Corporations Secure
Their Directing Boards.
A NOVEL AND LUCRATIVE INDUSTRY.
Not so Important Here as in England,
I but Still Many an Honest Penny is
Turned by It-E.nanciers Whose -
Names arc Eagerly Sought by -
Shrewd Promoters. =

It is an old saying in financial circles that
when one is rich, it is easy to become richer.
The rich man has excellent opportunities for
increasing his wealth. and he has the means
to avail himself of the opportunity presented.
Men of influence, as well as men of vast
means come under this category also. The
influential banker, railroad man or lawyer, is
always sought after. His name is requested
on the prospectus of company, in a circular
soliciting money for church and charita-
BILE objects and on the application for position
or office. There are hundreds of rich men
throughout the country who are daily besieged
to take part in some enterprise, subscribe to
some project or join N some philanthropic
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-01
BE More EXacte

Hailstones weighing eighteen ounces are
reported from Texas. This is something
definite and shows an encouraging leaning
toward veracity on the part of reporters in
the cyclone belt. The old comparison of
hailstones with hens eggs got to be frightfully
monotonous. 1t would improve the accuracy
of the description still more to indicate
whether troy, avoidupois, or fluid ounce are
meant. But then, we recall that in the terri
tory of the turbulent tornado and the cir
cuitous and convoluted cyclone they do not
measure fluids by the ounce. =,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-01
StoIen Goods Unclaimed.

When ten years ago the notorious receiver
of stolen goods, Mother Mandelbaum fed
to Canada to avoid the law, she left behind
5000 yards of uncut silk Mrs Mandelbaum
died at Hamilton, Ont, a few weeks ago. and
as this silk has never been claimed by the
party from whom it was stolen, it has just
been sold at the inshgation of the District
Attorney for New York city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-01

1t looks very much as if the woman of the
coming generation will know less about tor
turing piano and more about books, and
studies that developthe intellect. The world
is coming to believe that unless one has a
talent for music, it is criminal waste of
time to try to learn it, besides the torture in
flicted on those compelled to listen to girl
practicing. ,.ssss.---.-. .,.y5Ss,,,s,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-01

Leopold, King of Belgium, is addicted to
periods of frightful debauch. His sprees
come on about once in three months and he
keeps them up till his brain and nerves are
exhausted. He has just closed a carouse,
which began in Brussels and ended in a
brothel in Geneva.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-01

1t is said that Theodore Thomas is about
to give concerts alternately in Chicago and
New York. 1t will now be in order for the
Windy City to claim that Thomas will give
dress rehearsals in New York and the genuine
thing with all his best licks and grand
fourishes out there.
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-~ <EEETsT

The Indian population of the United States
is as nearly as can be estimated. 249,272.
The Cherokees, living in the Indian Terri
tory, number $4,000, and are as far advanced
in education and agriculture as their white
neighbors. Indeed, their per capita wealth
is greater than that of the whites.
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cavalry, he soon made name. The hills
west of the Shenandoah were the fields of his
exploits. Here, in the spring of ,64, to quote
himself, he marched, climbed, slid and
swan $40 miles in five days, in the midwin-
ter, and with the enemy in hot pursuit. He
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-26
Competition in Wheat Growing.

Eastern wheatgrowers often speak Of
western competition" and the Difficult.
ty of competing with the rich, fertile
lands of the slope from the Rockies to
the Mississippi. We hear little said out
west about eastern competition, " and
yet Rural New Yorker thinks that that
is quite a serious thing. If the old
farms east of Indiana were now produc-
ing simply the wheat that could be
grown on the natural soil, there would
be little surplus, and grain growing in
the far west would be profitable. In
other words, if there were no fertili-
zers to be had besides barnyard manure.
green crops and wood ashes there would
be but few grainfields from Maine to
the Alleghanies. The wheatgrower of
the far west has strong competitor in
the fertilizer bag, which has enabled
sections like the Genesee valley, in New
York state, to produce more wheat on
fewer acres than when the land was
new.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-26
Wheat and Flour.

How many bushels of wheat in bar.
rel of flour? The testimony of leading
flour manufacturers is at variance ON
this question. The largest manufactur.
ing concern in the world, located at
Minneapolis, reports that while ordi.
narily 41s to 4 . bushels of wheat are
used to make barrel of flour the pres.
ent low prices of wheat and wheat offal
make these today the cheapest animal
foods in the country; that in conse-
quonce of this it is safe to say many
millers are using over five bushels OF
wheat to Il barrel of flour 1t really
makes no difference how much wheat
they use, as the otfal is worth practical.
ly as much as the wheat costs, says the
Orange Judd Farmer, which adds: II
10 to 30 per cent more wheat is used in
the manufacture of flour, it should in
terest farmers III two ways-primarily
in the more rapid reduction of burden
some wheat stocks, which have been the
bugbear for two years, and further in
the possibility of securing at relatively
low prices needed supplies of mill feed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-26

while on this food, but the difference in
either case was small. They also ate a
little more of the silage containing the
ears than of the other feed which had
the dried ears added to the silage. The
cows, however, produced more milk
and more butter when fed the silage,
ears and all. The difference in milk
yield was All 6 pounds, or 3.6 per cent,
and of butter, 1876 pounds, or 8 per
cent. Figuring on the basis of the
amount of dry matter, twas found that
100 pounds of dry matter in the sliced
corn ration produced $50 pounds of
milk and 3.18 pounds of butter, as
against 6S3 pounds of milk and 3 08
pounds of butter from the ration COM
posed of sliced stalks and dry ears.
Add to the greater feeding value of the
corn when sliced, ears and all, the
greater amount of dry matter attained
by preserving the corn in this way, and
the difference between the two methods
is more marked. Then taking into con-
sideration the extra labor of picking,
husking, drying the ears and grinding
the corn, the economy of 81 DING the
ears with the stalks is very apparent
Farm and Home.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-26
HOg.Killing Time.

Every season on many farms there
is great bother through lack of con-
veniences for quick and easy handling
of the hog crop. The job of turning
the pigs into pork is made far more
difficult and expensive than it need to
be. Cooperation among farmers should
secure a full set of all needed con-
veniences in each neighborhood where
the number of hogs each farmer kills
does not make it worth while to pro-
vide set for each farm. We have Of
ten seen half day occupied in killing
and dressing three or four hogs. On
other farms, with better conveniences,
twenty hogs are killed and dressed in a
day 1t is disagreeable and dirty work,
therefore the more need for getting
through with it as soon as possible.
Hogs after killing should be allowed to
hang over night, and if slightly frozen
in the morning it will be all the better.
Do not, however, put the pork into the
barrel while it is frozen, as it will not
take the salt before spelling. The rea-
son for this appears to be that freezing
the pork fills it with air, which becomes
filed with microbes which are retained
in The barrel in contact with the meat
as it thaws. After the frozen pork is
thawed wash the pieces thoroughly,
taking care to get all blood out of them.
Rub salt into them before packing in
the barrel. If no blood is left in the
pieces and weights are placed over the
pork to keep it under the brine, there
will be no difficulty in keeping it sweet
an entire year. To make sure, it is
we'll toward spring to take the brine
out and boil it to remove any impurities
it may have gathered. All the scum
that rises On the brine is evidence OF
what would cause good deal OF
trouble if left until hot weather co nes.-
American CultiU0tOr.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-12-26
A Future for Mutton,

There is no doubt that the mutton
sheep has a great future before it. If,
despite free trade and high rents, the
English farmer can find money in the
industry, the American, with his unri-
vailed natural and political advantages,
ought to be able to. 1t is not true that
the English sheep raiser has any idea
of going out of business. The number
of sheep in that country has declined,
owing to last years great drouth, but
at this years autumn sales at the sheep
hrs high prices have prevailed. A
Lincoln ram was sod for $3.50, and
nineteen oilers of the same breed aver
aged $3.50 each. Another lot of twenty
averaged $40 each. AT a Scotch ram
sale one Border Leicester ram brought
nearly 5000, and the two others $500
each. The same breeder sold thirty
two rams at an average of over 5000.
To be able to pay these prices farmers
must not only have made money here
tOfore, but they must be satisfied that
there is still money to be made, and
that it is to be obtained ouly by the use
of the finest rams procursble. The i'm
portance of breeding only the best has
been too much overlooked in America.
We are only slowly realizing that it is
quality rather than quantity that counts.
While we may find that one good ami
NAL may cost more than scrubs, it will
also bring considerably more when
marketed, and meantime the greater
expense of maintaining two animals
must be set off against the original
cost.-COlman's Rural World.