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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-22
a ROMANCE OF THE war.

/ Union and Confederate soldiers Meet Thlr-
~ Years After One Saved the other.
After q quarter of a century a brief
acquaintance begun under peculiar
circumstances has been renewed by
Capt Greed Milstcnd. Of Portsmouth.
o., finding the confederate soldier
whose life hc saved The famous bat
tie OF Lynchburg began On the after
noon Of June ", 1866 aud lasted two
days, at the end OF which the federal
forces, under uUnter, were forced TO
retreat after stubborn stand before
The forces of the confederates under
zen, Early. Hunter, after the bait
tie Of Port Royal. where he defeated
the coufederates, moved his troops up
the Shenandoah valley, and 40 Staun-
ton Va, be was joined by the First
brigade. Second division Of the Eighth
army corps. with Gen. George Croais-as
division commander and Cen r. b
Hayes as brigade commandcr IN this
brigade was the Fifth West Virginia
infantry, Gen. W. II. Inoch's old com
pany- uad ia this company was Private
Creed AiiIstcad.
After the Eight Of the first day June
II, the federal forces had been steadily
advancing under a heavy FIRE. and with
a sharp and bloody contest for every
inch OF ground An about were the
dead and dying federal and cOnfed-
crate, lin one red burial blent" The
union forces were bivouacked on the
dcld About the scene of carnage
moved the medical corps to alleviate
the suiferings of the wounded and dy-
ing. Also over the field moved the
dark and stcalthy forms of those
jackais which only put on their hid
cous forms in times like this. Many a
groan was stiflod by hands which
sought % rob when resistance was i'm
possible Through the darkness Pri-
waite Milstead observed form Of one
of these Geuds in the attire of the
union soldier, bending over The pros
trate body of wounded confederate
in the act Of shutting out the last faint
spark of life which remained. Milstead
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-22


40 good buttermaser can do without
@ thermometer. TAe iloating dairy gber-
momCter withtho churnms ron maratl
upcs i Is de- iFahle. Always test tine
cream with this before churnine Tae
instrument indicate the general churn-
ing temperature, but You can not follow
it intieX.bly. For two rea ons the tenn
perature indicated by the thermometer
may not be the best one for ohurninr:
they are often Inaccurate, when OF the
INFESTED kind; then no one degree OF
temperature is best under an conditions.
Aiti Slgh the thermometer yoa happen
10 buy may be accurate, this is less i'm
portant, as you must learn by practice
the temperature at which your cream
churns best and this is as true wits tested
THERMOMETERS as with INFESTED. Try
churning at the point indicated by the
instrument. II the cream sWells and
loans YOU are churniug too cold for that
particular kind of cream.
You can raise the temperature by the
addition Of warm wafer to the cream, but
next time have the cream warmer before
1t goes into the churn. II the butter
comes soft and does not floA we'll. the
cream was too warm Matters can be
helped by adding cold water in the chnrn
to harden the butter granules and in
crease the density of the fluids, so the
butter viii be buoyed up. Next time
nave the cream colder before you put it
into the churn. Tine best churning
temperature can not be absolutely fixed
by any known method, nor can any given
temperature be taken the year around.
It varies with breed, with individuality
OF cows, with feed and with climate. IL
clso varies with the degree OF acidity OF
the eream.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-22
BENDING OVER THE PHOSPHATE coNFED-
ERATE.

bounded after the hell-hound, no
quickly disappeared in the darkness.
lie found the wounded confederate
suffering intensely from a gun-shot
wound. he was conscious. however,
and, recognizing his deliverer, thanked
him. Milstead watched over him
through the night and turned him over
tothe surgeons the next day. Since that
time Milstead has never seen the man
he rescued In fact, a CORES ondence
carried on since the war failed to lo-
cate him until few days ago. when
letter from the party himself came
from his home in Texas The c0nfed-
crate in question is Hon r. n Phelps,
% prominent and Influential attorney Of
La Grange. Cincinnati Commercial Ca
zette
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-22

VINCENT and John bale, brothers
separated in ls44. one going south and
the other west One entered the union
and the other the confederate service.
and each thought the other dead. until
the other oay, when they met bv acct
dent in Ashland, Ky They have for
years been living within half days
ride Of each other without knowing it.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-03-22

TIE Oldest Surviving chaplain 81 the
confederate army is said to be Rev.
Thompson L. smith, now a resident Of
Denver Coll, whore De is rector 81 the
Emmanuel church. lie Is seventy years
old, and with his long white hair and
beard he presents on almost patriarchal
appearance Mr. smith was appointed
chaplain in the volunteer forces of Vir-
ginia by Gov. Letcher ia 1851. and con-
tinued bis service through the war.
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The morning call., 1894-04-16
A WRITER'S CHOICE.
K. L. ketchum Will Make This City
His Future Home.

K. L. Ketchum, the we'll known writer, Is In
the city guest OF the Press Club. Many San
Franciscans are acquainted with Mr.. Ketch.
um's work, some of his stories having been
published during the last two or three years in
local papers. Mr.. Ketchum's stories are Of
the distinctly western variety. Mr.. Ketchum,
when seen last evening by "a CALL reporter,
discoursed briefly on the past. present and fu-
ture OF Western literature. He said:
II do not wish to arr0gate to the coterie OF
writers who have figured principally in coast
literature the credit for all the best Western
work, but really do object TO the generality OF
writer's iDdulging in the manufacture Of West
crn matter without knowing anything about
the country. There il not single Eastern
man who perpetrates Western stories who has
the fantest idea of what he Is talking about.
The only persons who do not belong 10 the
West and have yet made 4 distinct success in
western literature, are Mary Hallock Foote
and Patlence Stapleton, who died last winter.
Mrs. Foote'S Western stories, together with
her particularly excellent illustrative work, are
known and appreciated by magazine readers
the world over Mrs. StapletOn wrote like a
man. The woman's touch was apparent at
times IN her Work, yet she had mans conf
preheIsion OF practical matters and wrote OF
them As very few women can. Mrs. Stapleton
did not belong 10 the West, but really think
| the worst failure she ever made was in story
| in the Cosmopolitan called The Trailing Yew,'
| the scene OF which was laid on he coast OF
/! Maine, her native State"
! "How long do you expect to remain. Mr..
| Kctchum?" was asked.
"Ob, it Is more than likely that will remain
The morning call., 1894-04-16

certificate from the dealer that they were
identical in quality and strength with the
chains furnished bv Sampson.
Sandow in his contest with Cyclops put
up barbell weighing $50 pounds twenty
one times. against four times for his COM
petitor. At these appearances in London
he was known as Mr.. Snuoks. and il was
not until some time afterward that his
real name became known.
Among the feats which Sandow per-
forms is putting up dumbbell weighing
304 pounds with one hand. Pennell.
whom he regards as the next best man,
raises 201-pound dumDbell.
Another feat which Sandow undertakes
successfully is to grasp two 56-pound
dumbbells lying on table with his
knuckles up and slowly bring the bells
upward and backward until he holds
them at right angles with his body.
The feat which he regards as the most
difficult of all, but which does not appear
so astonishing to the public as some others.
is to turn a back somersault blindfolded.
with a t1fty-six pound dumbbell in each
hand.
While en- route here Sandow's train was
delayed by freight train off the track.
A broken wheel lay near the track. Three
men were irving to lift half section Of
this wheel when Sandow came along. He
picked up the other half and took 1t in to
his car, and yesterday upon his arrival he
carried 1t to the court of the Palace, where
he deposited itas "a souvenir"
When asked about the reported differ
ences between himself and Corbett, and
that Corbett had called him big bluff
fer" and that he had retorted by declar.
Ing that he would break Corbett's neck,
Sandow said: III is all nonsense. Moth
ing of the kind ever occurred. / had never
met Corbett when these things were pub
lished. I beleva that Corbett in his line
stands al the top. But our lines are diff
ferent. It ia comparing two entirely diff
ferent men. / am not pugilist. | do not
make speciality of that line. 1 would not
like to engage in a fight and would do
much to avoid one. Still If any body should
come up and strike me in the lace l am
quite sure that would be able to defend
myself but | am not engaged in the
pugilistic line."
Sandow claims that in the running high
jump be has never been beaten, and as a
The morning call., 1894-04-16

and l asked my father why it was that
men were not like those statues. He ex-
planned that because of the convenience OF
modern civilization men did not now need
TO exert them selves IN way TO produce
this physical development l took especial
interest in statue OF Hercules. began
to study the muscles and to practice to de-
velop my own. | bought myself book OF
Roman games and paid great attention to
the study of anatomy.
"My father wanted me to become a
parsOn, out while be thought | was
studying theology | was devoting my
attention to a study of anatomy instead.
So turned athlete instead of parson and
/ gave my first public exhibition in Eng
land in 1887"
How this came about Sandow told in his
peculiar way. While in Venice he be-
came acquainted with Aubrey Hunt. the
American artist. They grew to be friends,
and Hunt advised him to go to England
and contest with Sampson for the wager
the latter offered.
Sandow went to London. There he
defeated Cycops for a wager of $500, and
shortly afterward met Sampson in the
Aquarium, where 922, 900 was taken as
The gate receipts The judges were the
Marquis of Queens berry, Lord Clifton and
the editor of the London Sportsman.
Sandow graphically explained how he
defeated his man. and accused Sampson
of treachery. He asserts that Sampson
had the door locked against him to pre-
vent his reaching the stage on time, and
that he burst in the door. He asserts that
in the chain test Sampson had the chains
so short that they would not reach around
his arm. but that be had guarded against
such a contingency by securing chains
from the same dealer that were of suffi-
cient length, securing at the same time a
The morning call., 1894-04-16
IN ALAMEDA.
The Great Patriots Memory APP
propriateIy HonOred.

propriately Honored.
The Lincoln memorial services at the
Linderman Opera-house, Alameda, were
stage was appro prately decorated with
floral and patriotic emblems.
In opening the hymn America" was
sung by the audience. William NJ. Cubery
presided. Brief remarks were made by
Mr.. Majors, who was one of the owners
of the Pony Express that carried the in
augural address of President Lincoln from
81. joseph, No., TO Sacramento. distance
of 1000 miles. iD seven days and seventeen
hours. the fastest time on record
for that kind Of service. Mrs. A. C.
Bradford sang "Washington and Lincoln. !"
Rev. M. II. Wilson read a very interesting
pa er on 1.-The Early Life or Lin coln."
He termed Lincoln the most conspicuous
figure from Washington to Cleveland. and
the Moses of American history" The
main points Of his early life were briefly
and Interestingly touched upon.
Hon. u. }. Manson read paper upon
abraham Lincoln as Citizen" in which
he dwelt npon the simplicity and uDosten-
tatiOn which characterized that honOred
type of American citizenship.
The familiar poem, favOrite with Lin
coin, was recited by E. G. Majors.
Rev. F. d. Bovard spoke ulon "Lnco In
as Patriot in a very pleasing manner,
demonstrating his point by the many fa-
miliar anecdotes If incidents in the great
mans life, in which he showed himself in
touch with humanity. and thus a patriot
of the highest type.
Hon. j. n. Young spoke on President
Lincoln"
The last speaker was W. G.. Benton,
coast manager of the American Press Asso-
citation, who was introduced as the orato r
from Kentucky. Mr.. Benton handled we'll
the subject. "The Evolution of the Negro. !"
He termed himself Southern man with
Northern sympathies and gave some very
race problem" He said that had Lin
coin survived longer he would doubtless
have brought the question to a much
more advanced stage than it Is to-day.
The music for the occasion was fur
nished by mixed quartet.
The morning call., 1894-04-16
TWO CONDUCTORS.
Sousa and Scheel Shared the
HOnOrS.

HOnOrS.
The combined attractions of Sousas band
and the Vienna Prater Orchestra drew large
and enthusiastic crowd to Franz Joseph Han
yesterday evening.
Both conductors received ovations. Sousas
organization opened the entertainment by play
ing the overture to civilian TELL" then Fritz
Scheeps band catered to the classical tastes Oh
the audience by playing Beethoven's Leo
more" overture, No. 3. They have given IL SO
often lately that like some other OF the great
Ludwg's compositions they have succeeded IN
rendering II popular, and the frequeniers OF
the Prater now greet it as familiar friend.
Two encofes to the "Le0n0re" DumDer "eio
demanded and given.
The Benediction Of the POniards" from the
"HugeuOtS' was performed Dy the cOinDiueu
bands undrr the coDductOrship OF Bandmaster
SOusa. The effect was very fne ID piaccS, Dut
the general effectwaS that the combined DahuS
ran To much to brass and noise. oousa 5 Ualiu
or the Vienna Prater band alone would eacn
have been capable of giving more artlstlc
rendering of this effective chorus.
Masseners showy ''Scenes Neapolltaines
was played very effectively by the Prater Or
cheSIra, TWO encores Stifying to the satlslac-
tion they gave Franz Hel's fiuegelh0rn solos
were received with the usual enthusiasm aud
Sousa's conducting OF a Rubinstein ballet sul.e
also provoked encoIes Indeed, u seemed as
though the audience had attended the concert
with the express intention OF hearing pro-
gramme at least three times as long as the one
announced, probably for the motive assigneG Gu u
the comic opera Of .Patience"-"Sucn an Op-
poItunily May Not Occur Again" for yester-
day evening was "pOsilively tie last comblna-
li0n concert"
In the afternoon the second concert OF
the "Sangerfest" took place 10 the vienna
Prater, conducted by Professor Franz Fischer.
There was fairly good audience present, ana
some of the numbers particularly were per-
formed with great animation and were excel
lently received. The Pilgrims chorus from
"Tannlauser" was an impressive piece OF
work, and the waltz for chorus and orchestra,
"Am Woerlher See." was very well sung.
The morning call., 1894-04-16

swimmer he thinks he is the equal OF any
one.
OF Sampson he does not seem to hold
the best opinion. and declares himself
ready to meet any of the strong men OF the
world.
It ia his custom after his exhibitions of
strength to give lectures. which will be
repeated here.
AT 3 o'clock this afternoon. In the Palace,
Sandow will give an exhibition of his
wonderful muscle development.
Sandow is 27 years of age. His measure
ments are these: Height, 5 feet 81a inches;
weight. about 207 pounds; biceps. 19h
inches; forearm. 16 inches within a trac-
ton; chest, natural, ~ inches; chest. ex-
banded, 81 inches: waist. % inches; thigh,
q inches; calf. 17% inches. He has small
hand In comparison with other measure
ments. wearing an "a glove.
Sandow denies that Attia was ever his
teacher, declaring that be was mere
utility man whom he picked up.
The morning call., 1894-04-16
ALAMEDA EXERCISES ALSO.
Lincoln Called the Typical
American.
HAD THE sEER's WIDE VISION.
His Craftsmanship EuIogized for Its
Wide Reaching Effect on
Humanity.

Part of the Sunday exercises usually
held in Odd Fellows Hall was devoted
yesterday to memorial speeches on the
twenty-ninth anniversary of the death OF
Abraham Lincoln. The event was called
Lincoln day, and the stage was appro-
pria,ely draped with the national colors.
Rev. j. Q. A. Henry spoke feellngly
on the sad event, and pictured the assas-
sinated President as the most representa-
tive American of the century. He said
that it was fitting that the gathering
should commemorate the death Of so dis
tiDguished man. and introduced Rev. T..
0. Brown of the First Congregational
Church as the speaker of the day. Dr.
Brown delivered long and eloquent
panegyric on the life of the author OF the
emancipation proclamation.
The speaker particularly dwelt on the
early life and struggles of Lincoln. begin
ming from the days in his ola Kentucky
home. 'ln that home." said DR.. Brown,
"the North and the South met. Faneull
Hall was typified in his veins, as was also
the Carolinas. and this man was specially
selected to announce the doctrine OF the
union, one and inSeparable."
Speaking OF the hard times Lincoln en-
countered in the search for kno ledge the
speaker said:
Lincoln was the graduate of no school
and yet he knew more than most sch bolars.
He was the graduate of no law college and
yet he knew more than most lawyers. he
had the insight Of the statesman and the
vision Of the seer. In his last inaugural
inspiration aud prophecy can be seen In
every line."
DR.. Brown highly eulogized the disposi-
tion OF Lincoln as being gentle, noble and
beautiful. He drew pathetic picture OF
Lincoln on his knees before the battle OF
Antietam, praying the Almighty that vic
tory might be on the side OF the Union and
the slaves be freed. Nothing in all his
tory is more profoundly grand in a religious
sense than this" said DR.. Brown, except
the sorrowful figure on Mount Calvary"
The speaker concluded by eulogizlng the
qualities OF Lincoln as statesman and
said he was typical American In all his
Official actions.
Major Sherman, a veteran OF the Mexi-
can and Civil wars, followed with de-
Scription OF the scenes following the death
Of Lincoln. He happened to be in New
York when the sad event occurred, and
was one of those who were permitted to
view the remains. He drew graphic pic-
lures OF the excitement. the tremendous
sorrow OF the people, the grand and imDos-
ing obseQues, and the pail OF gloom which
hung over the nation. The speaker also
went into the details of the search for the
conspirators, the Surratt matter and the
various theories afloat at the time and
since regarding the assassination plot.
He promised shortly to incorporate his
story In book form. and If he should he
will create mild sensation on account of
his religious views on the subject.
Mrs. Holbrook Blinn concluded the COM
memoration of Lincoln day by reciting,
with all her accustomed power, " Old
Glory"
The morning call., 1894-04-16
WRITE FOR SAMPLES.

delivered free in San Rafael Sausato Blithedas
Mill Valley, Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley.
The morning call., 1894-04-16

permanently, for many reasons. not TO mention
ihe magnificent climate. which is OF itself SUI.
fcient inducement for man who mas spen,
larger portion of the year lying on ms pachi
King, The poet and bumOrist. with whom ne
was Intimate and whom he places on plane
with olcott Balestier andOthers OF tno younso. ~
Western litrerateurs whom death has cut Oh
within the ma st few wears.
The herald., 1894-02-17
FAMILY DISAGREEMENT.
TRIAL OF THE FORBES ESTATE
CONTEST CASE.
Children who Testify That Their
Father Treated Them Badly, and
Did Not Want Them to
Be Educated.

The trial began in Judge York's court
yesterday of quite sensational case, in
which family disagreements of an un-
pleasant character are being aired.
It is q contest over the estate Of the
late Mrs. Tulsa Olvera de Forbes.
Charles H. Forbes and his wife, Mrs.
Forbes, were married many years ago,
and had a large family of children. 20
in number, of whom several have ar
rived at mans or woman's estate,
although several are still minors.
Mr.. Forbes has been for years man
ager of the Lsguna rancho, where Mrs.
Forbes died September 20, 1893.
She left an estate OF considerable
value, and there being no will. Mr..
Forbes applied for letters of sdministra-
ton, placing it's value at 26,O00.
Later some of the children were dis
satisfied with this arrangement, and ON
their behalf j. M. Elliott filed q contest
petition for letters asking to be appoint
ed administrator of the estate. The
estate in this petition was valued at
$4,000.
The children are not all together in
this petition, and some of them ac-
ouiesce in the appointment of their
father.
The reasons upon which the contest
ia based partially developed yesterday
during the examination Of some Of the
witnesses.
James A. Forbes, one Of the sons, was
on the stand during the morning and
testified in general thst his father did
not treat his mother well during her
lifetime and had not treated the chill
dren we'll.
The subject OF this treatment was also
gone into by Augustin Forbes, another
son, who evidently had very bitter
feeling against his father. He said that
his father made him work ss laborer
and put his brother-in-law in as fore.
man above him.
He accused his father, since his moth.
er's death, of trying to get him dis
charged from the Crescent Coal COM
pany, with which he ia employed. He
also swore that Mr.. Forbes had never
maid spy attention to the children, and
had not tried to have them educated. He
said he was sent to school once or twice
for few months at time, and that
his father had one or two teachers come
TO the ranch, but they were drunk near
ly all the time. His mother, he said,
wanted the children to be taught, but
his father was Indifferent.
He testified that his father treated his
mother badly, and for that reason he
did not feel kindly towards him.
The boy very persistently referred to
the lack Of schooling, and although he
spoke very intelligently said that he
does not know much, because he never
had chance to learn.
During the trial Constance Forbes, q
very attractive young lady, was an in
tsrested spectator OF the proceedings.
She sides with her father in the contro-
versy.
The case is being tried by Henry 7.
Gage and G. WILEY Wells for Mr.. Forbes,
and E. A. Meserve and Variel & Davis
for the contestants.
The case is liable to last for two or
three days longer, and will be resumed
thia morning.
The herald., 1894-02-17
FIREMEN GET OFF EASY.

They Left tho Station Alone. but Wore
Only Reprimanded.
The FIRE commissioners held q special
meeting yesterday, for the purpose of
in vestigsting charges OF misconduct
against certain members OF the depart
ment.
The first charge was that the men Of
Engine company No. 2 and of truck No.
were all absent from their posts on
February 9Th and 18th, when fire alarms
we're rung in from box "a.
1t was found that at the times stated
the men were all absent at supper. They
wers found and cent back by Assistant
Chief Mcmahon.
In this case severe reprimand was
administered.
The second matter which came up for
investigation was the sending in of an
alarm from Box ~, the key belonging
to No. engine house having been used
to open the box, showing that the alarm
had been sent by some one in the COM
pany. Action upon the matter was de-
ferred in order that Chief Moriarty
might make personal investigation.
In the case OF Messler, the driver Of
engine No. 4, who WAS charged with
failing to report broken axle, a severe
reprimand was administered, and he
was instructed to pay strict attention TO
such matters in the future.