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The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
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General John Bankhead Magruder
will be remembered By the old officers
OF the army as a great bon vivant,
dashing soldier and polished society
man. Prince John" as he was called,
while not afraid of field service. en-
5oying a nice, soft station immensely.
particularly in Washington, and sucf.
was MS charming manner, brillian,
record and personal influence that he
was more than a match for callow
Secretary of War. He once told me Of
a characteristic interview he had with
Jefferson Davis while Davis was Secre-
tary OF War. Said Prince John"
Il had been IN Washington nearly ail
winter, and was anxious to be assigned
to duty mere, when down came an order
for me to report at some outlandisf,
one-compaly post in the West.
Il went to the War Department and
sent In my card to the Secretary, and
was Immediately ushered into his
room. Mr., Davis was sitting bolt up
right at his desk looking cool and i'm
passive, not to say unapproachable.
Good morning, Mr.. Secretary.
said 1.
G-uenorning, Captain Magrudel!
said he
Il thought that before requesting
change In my orders l would try and
thaw him out bit. and so. after
few general remarks, began thus:
"'When | was in Paris, Mr.. Secre-
tary, last year | was thrown a great
deal with the officers Of the French
army, saw several reviews and was
greatly impressed with the kindly feel
ing and admiration they expressed to-
ward the United States, and when was
presented at court the Emperor
Captain Magruder,' said he, I de-
spise the French Then he began to
look over some papers.
Il saw it was no good trying to work
French "reminiscences, SO l began
again:
When was on the frontier OF Can
ada some years ago l was very hand
somely entertained by the officers OF
the English garrison. The regiment
plate, priceless in value and assocla-
tion. was brought, and the dinner was
one of the most recherche affairs ever
sat down to- The menu was
"'Captain Magruder, l loathe she
English said he
by this time | was somewhat rat
tied, and began to fear 1t was no use;
that Internal order would stick. Now
Davis and | had been at West Point
together and in the Mexican war, 50
thought l would make one more EFFORT
in the way of polite conversation.
"'When we were cadets at West
Point Mr.. Secretary
"'You have received your orders
from this department, have you not
Cant q In Axae-odar2 q
"'Yes, Mr.. Secretary; but. by th'
way, doSyou remember the day In Mex
leo. Just before Bnsna Vista. when m!
called out to me-
"'Good morning, Captain Magruder
Upon your arrival at your post please
report the fact at once to this depart
ment.'
Then l got up. We exchanged
bows, and went out Of that room route
step. Davis never did like me, and nc
amount of savoir faire on my part
could ever make him unbend for G
moment. He was like that from cadet
to the end of his Presidency of the Con
federacy."
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
A Silent Appeal for Help.

When your kidneys and bladder are in.
active they are making silent appeal for
help Don't disregard 1t, but with Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters safely impel them to
activity. They are In immediate danger, and
IL is foolhardiness to shut ones eyes to the
fact. Be wise In time, too. If You experience
manifestations Of dyspepsia malaria. rheum-
atism. constipation or nerve trouble The
Bitters before meal adds Zest TO 1t.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
That joyful Feeling

With the exhilarating sense of renewed
health and strength and internal clean
illness which follows the use of Syrup
of Figs is unknown to the few who
have not progressed beyond the old time
medicines and the cheap substitutes
sometimes offered but never accepted by
the well informed.
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terms the rouse. II he is put into the
guard room he goes to the clink, and II
hs gets cells he is said to have got his
hair chpped. His sword is his cheese
knife. ana sword exercise is wind slic-
ing. Riding drill is humping drill.
and physical drill is monkey motions.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
ATcHisoN oLosULES.

II you can't do thing we'll, qu'
doing it.
II a man has no money, and no dog,
he has no friends.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

Mrs Evans Gordon Is winning great priis,
in India as n tiger slayer. When 1t comes
to question Of the lady or tie tiger. tn,
tiger loses every time.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

Never spread an evil report about your
nelghbor until you know positively that 1t
Is true, and don't do 1t then II he Is a good
deal bigger than you are.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
R%!a!::!!l! q! fS%ds&F Rakia&
ABSOLUTELY PURE

sHe has left void that cannot be easily
hlled." as the bank director touchingly re-
marked Of the absconding cashier.
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She Can Do 1t Now.

She Can Do 1t Now.
The woman now just toes the scratch
And daily knocks out idle rumors;
Now, when she wants to scratch d
match,
She does 1t on her little bloomers.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

The man who thinks he could make a bet
ter world than the Almighty, had better
begin by trying TO improve himself.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

1t is the man who has sea of troubles tina,
has a notion Of sorrow.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

Just How 1t Does Ia Not the Gu ,stlon.
II Is enough to know that Hinderc orns takss out
the corns, and very pleasing relief it ia lie at
druggists.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

During the war the chaplain of one
Indiana regiments very often preached
to the boys from the text, "lf God be
with us, who can be against us?" This
was so often repeated that one Of the
boys--of course he was an lrishman--
shouted the reply: ''1f yez raley must
know, sor, it's the devil and Jiff Davis y
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
VETERANS CORNER.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE
OLD HEROES.

The Majors story-slanE Of the Bar-
racks-Military Service BAlioons-
Lincoin's Hand-Jen Davis Would Not
Be PlAcatod.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

Who can prove that boy isn't happier Ii
his first new boots than Columbus was whei
he discovered American
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

1t is said TO be hard sometimes to distin-
guish between the effects of dyspepsia and
gestiOn or from disnppolntment IN love.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

AAL, yes," said the
Major. unfold
ing his knife.
And shaving a
slice from his
chair,
i came from a
family of purity
long life
The longest, i
reckon, round
hyar.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

How can a woman be expected TO keep Il
secret when She knows that people Will not
believe she has one II she keeps It:
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

Woman is the pearl of creation, hence she
expects to be mounted In gold like other
pearls.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

Piso's Cure cured me of throat and lung
trouble of three years standlng.-E. Cady.
Huntington, Ind, Nov. IL, 1894.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

81 Have Trisd Park r.. q niger Tonic and
believe in 1t. saysa mother, and so will you say
when fatniiiar with its rev it alzlng props rites
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

FlT1.-All Fits stopped free by DIR. X lnc's Great
Nerve Restorcr. No Fits after the iirst days use.
Marvellous Treatise and 81 trial bottle fettp
Fit seud u Dr.. Kline y3I Arch St.. Pha, Pa
-.,-u-v- -rxru-v--1rrrru rur-prrnS ur-.-
wrote mother to her boys teacher adding
in an explanatory way, she had shad for
dinner"
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

If tho Baby is Cutting Teeth.
De and use that old and well.tred remedy, Mis-.
~IEsLo~'s SOOTHING syFrr for Children Teethinx-
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

The purest treasure mortal times afford
Is spotless reputation; that away.
Men are but gilded loan or painted clay.
-ShakespeArA.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

We have several excellent newspapers for
sale at reasonable prices. Western News
paper Union. Denver. Colorado.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

Politeness is as natural to delicate nature
as perfume is to flowers.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

"Hanson's Magic Corn 5alve."
Warranted to cure money refunded. Ask your
druggist for 1t. Price ID cents.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

1t Is an aggravation for hungry tramp to
hnd only fork in the road.
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19
Ma Want Tn I,uy.

We Want to BUY.
State, County, City and School District
BONDS and WARRANTS. Correspondence
solicited NORRIS y WHITEHEAD.
Cooper Building. Denver, Colorado.
Branch: Chamber of Com Bldg, Portland, Or
The Meeker herald., 1895-10-19

"'Yes, Mr.. Secretary; but. by che
way, dotyou remember the day In Mex
leo, Just before Buena Vista. when my
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-10-09

think he, and perhaps many other
readers of this department of the
Tribune, may find it equally satisfac-
tory to them. The plan consists of n
succession of ranks, depending for
number and length upon the amount
of cabbage to be stored. My friend
had about an acre of good cabbage
and had about three ranks some fifty
feet long. Tho wholejstalk isipulled
up and all are rankediup to height
of about two feet. reversing ends of
alternate stalks, which, Aof course, kept
the ranks level A Space is left be-
tween the ranks, whichNaxposes every
head of cabbage to view the moment
the covering is removed lst the end.
Now for the covering. ( Forks were
driven into the ground, shy two feet
high, or just little higher than tho
ranks of cabbage, and stoutl enough to
bear up the covering, andlso driven as
to take pole along both SIDES of each
rank, and on theseOare laidlcross poles,
which hold the coYoringlup. Straw
or spoiled hay was\ piled along the
outside ranks and thtn overithe poles,
and so rounded up like q stack to turn
water, the ends being closed up in like
manner, and the work. was done. 1t
was the last of january 1894, that 1
was there, and they had been having
cold weather twenty degrees below
zero. NY friend had an order from
his merchant for load of cabbages,
and he asked me to go with him and
see how they looked. A prettier pic
ture could not have been made from
the same material than was presented.
The alleys being open, we had clear
view; the frost shone along on the
solid wall of heads, but not one was
injured. OF the thousands of heads
in those ranks, every one was ready
for market. When n load was taken
out, the end was closed,up again; the
top covering remained intact. New
York Tribune.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-10-09
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.


1t takes about three months to grow
broiler.
Heavy sailing will destroy the flavor
of good butter.
The goose lays score or two of
eggs in year.
No brooding pen should contain
over fifty chicks.
Broilers shrink about half pound
each when dressed.
Ripen the cream uniformly; sour
ing is not ripening.
Forty dressed ducklings are packed
in barrel for shipment.
From thirty-fve to forty ducks and
brakes are allowed in pen.
The longer COW goes in milk the
smaller and richer the milk.
The duck averages ten dozen eggs
in about seven months laying.
Build the house ten by ten feet for
ten fowls, and the yard ten times
larger.
Ten dozen eggs a year is the average
estimate given as the production Of
the hen.
Ducklings are marketed ut five
pounds weight, which they attain in
ten weeks.
About eight dozen eggs are given as
an average for tue annual output of
the turkey.
A little nitrate OF soda sprinkled in
the rows and hills of the lima beans
will hasten the growth of the vine.
A novel saw for telling trees con.
sists of n series of platinum wires
made white hot by electric currents.
A sod orchard should be closely
watched, as it may begin to fail sud-
denly. Barn manure may be applied
to old orchards with good results.
Permanent sod, without fertilizing,
is an injury to the orcharl. This has
been proved in the experience OF
nearly every successful orchardist.
Don't let the woods grow up and
so to seel where earlycrops have been
removed, and in tho paths. Ityou do
it will bo adding to your work next
year.
The best preventive of black knot
on plum trees is spraying with Bor-
deaux mixture. The only cure is to
cut it of and burn it, and then paint
the wound with linseod OIL.
California fruit growers feel eneour-
aged at the success of tho yellow scale
killer introduced two years ago. 1t
is minute insect, known as the
Chalcid fly. which destroys the larya
of the yellow scale.
The Embden, with its white
feathers, and the Toulouse, with It's
gray, are perhaps the best breeds oi
geese. The former will often dress at
from twelve to fourteen pounds, while
a pair of the Toulouse have now and
then reached the enormous weight oil
sixty pounds. These are rather too
heavy for market.
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A Ring Found at Bull Run.

{ Although more than thirty years
have elapsed since the first and second
battles of Manassas, interesting arti-
cles are still found by the relic seek
er. Only few days ago visitors
found shells scontaining powder, pieces
of canteens and whole bayonets. A
young man, Laws Spencer, living or
the old Logan farm (Catharpin Post
office), picked up ring in the famous
Deep Cut. The ring is of good gold,
with bloodstone scroll intaglio. The
motto on it is, "Sic itur ad astra. F"
Around the scroll is "V. NJ. L." and
at the base O pen AMI sword crossed.
Inside is engraved zone of the go.
G. Henderson, July 4, 1859" Gener-
al Scott Ship. Superintendent of Vir-
ginia Military Institute, says: 30.
@. Henderson was a classmate of
mine, and was wounded in the hand
at second Manassas. He sends also
the register of V. NJ. l., and it
shows that o. @. Henderson, was Cap
tain of Virginia battery.
The Deep Cut witnessed bloody con-
tests. An officer who was in tho en-
gagement writes about the fight on
August 30, 1862: "Before the rail-
road cut the fight was most obstinate.
saw Federal flag hold its position
for half hour within ten yards of a
flag of one of the Confederate regi-
ments, and after the fight 100 dead
men we're lying twenty yards from the
cut, and some of them within two feet
of 1t. Some of the men fought with
stones, picked up out of the cut, long
after their ammunition gave out.
Line after line surged up the hill time
after time, led by their officers, but
were repeatedly dashed back on one
another until the whole field was COW
cred with confused mass of strug
Cling, running, routed Federals, -
Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-10-09
WATERING HORSES.

Prejudice dies hard, but the hardest
OF all to die in the minds of grooms is
that it is injurious to give horse a
drink of cold water when he is heated
from exercise. Years ago, when used
to train horses for racing in India, /
grappled with this prejudice, and clung
to it with such tenacity that l used
constantly to have my horses "off'
their feed after strong gallop. One
day l returned TO the messhouse very
hot and very tired after long run,
and suddenly thought fit to mentally
put myself in the place of a race horse
''Shall L have" l asked myself, ga
better appetite for breakfast if 1 re-
frain from drinking till l have cooled
off or if l have drink right OFF,"
Knowing that could not eat heartily
unless l had, first of all, drink, l
look it, and thereupon felt so fit to
eat, and went so strong over course
of beefsteaks, ham and eggs, quail,
mullins, etc., that resolved to try the
same treatment on my horses. My
lead was attained with such success
that nowadays all the trainers in India
give their race horses about half q
bucket of cold water to drink i'm
mediately after u gnllop, and with the
best results as regards their appetite
and health. l have not alone never
seen, but have never even heard or
read of, any harm TO a horse from
drinking cold water when he was
heated. l have, however, seen hun,
dreds of cases of collie occur in horses
from drinking water after being fed on
occasions when they had, previous tc
eating, been deprived of water fol-
some time. Were all grooms to fol.
low my advice as to watering, / an
afraid that many an honest and hard
working veterinary surgeon would fine
his income from collie cases seriously
diminished. London Live Stocl
Journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-10-09
what Trained Senses Can Do.

It is remarkable how well a perfum-
Ell learns to recognize scent. In
testing sweet-smelling liquid, he
vets the base of his left thumb with q
little of it, Then he rubs the place
rapidly with his right hand. The ol-
cohol in which the essence is dissolved,
being the more volatile, is at once
evaporated, and the substance which
emits the odor remaining, he can
smell it in its purity.
OF course, it is an easy thing to T 60
ognize the principal odors that are in
use, but when several are mixed, rs is
common, his task becomes more diff
cult. Yet skilled man cannot only
tell you what three or four perfumes
enter into the composition of the one
he is testing, but also, roughly, the
relative proportions of each.
1t is easy to tell the relative amount
of wool and cotton in a piece of col
ored underwear when you know how.
Men who have made the subject a spe-
cialty can do this by holding the
cloth in the light ana looking along
it, The cotton and wool can be dis
tinguished by the difference in their
colors, which exists, although the
same dye was used for both. The un-
trained eye could hardly detect the
fact that the cloth had two shades,
but the skill that comes from long
practice makes the thing simple.
There are many men, too, who are
ablo to tell an English book from an
American book by the smell. The
books printed in England in nearly
every case have pleasanter odor than
those made in America. The kind of
paste, ink, paper and binding used
has probably something to do with it.
There are ways of telling who the
publishers of given book are besides
looking at the title page. Somehow
every firm gives certain characteris-
tic look to every volume which it is
sues, and skilled man, in nine cases
out of ten, merely by looking at the
binding and at one of the pages, can
tell from whose presses and bindery q
work comes. This, of course, applies
only to the larger firms and to books
printed comparatively recently
Pearson's Weekly.
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Immen.Itr Of tho unlrerse.

To form some idea Of the large ness
Of the earth, ono may look upon the
landscape from the top OF an ordinary
church steople, and then bear in'mind
that one must view 900, 900 similar
landscapes to get an approximately
correct idea OF tho size of the earth,
says London Public Opinion. Place
800 earths like ours side by side, yet
Saturn's outermost ring could easily
enclose them. Three hundred thou
sand earth globes could be stored in
side the sun, il hollow. II a human
eye we're capable OF looking upon q
fresh measure of world material 5400
square miles large, that eye would
need 55, 600 years TO overlook the sur
face of the sun. To reach the nearest
fixed star, ono must travel 26, 000,
600, 600 miles; and, il the velocity
we're equal TO that of q cannon ball, IL
would require 5,000,000 years to
travel that distance. Besides single
stars, we know of no system OF stars
moving round one another. Still, we
are but short way into space yet.
Outside of our limits of vision and
imagination there are no doubt still
larger spaces The Milky Way holds
at least u 19l 900 stars, and MS each
is sun, we presume it is encircled by
at least fifty planets. Counting up
these figures, we arrive at the magui-
tude of 1000, $50, 900 stars. A thou
sand million stars Who can COM
prehend it2 Still, this is only part
of the universe. Tho modern tele-
scopes have discovered more and more
Milky Ways still further away. We
know of some 5000 nebulae which
represent Milky Ways like ours. Let
us count 1000 of them as being of the
size of our Milky Way; then 1000 by
30, 19l, 900 equals 40, 382, 600, 600 suns,
or 2,019, 100, 900, 900 heavenly bodies.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1895-10-09
Early Use OF Gunpowder.

War destroys, and at the same time
is the incentive for the creation of
new things. War and iron are in-
separately linked together. The dis
covery of gunpowder caused com
plete revolution in the manufacture
of iron. The mixing of sulphur, salt
petre and coal as q toy had been
known for a long time. Hence, to
speak of the discovery of gunpowder
in the fourteenth century only refers
to the application of powder during
that century for tho purposes OF war.
To credit the Monk Bertold Schwarz
Tor Black with the discovery of gun
powder is incorrect. However, his
Investigations into tho nature of
powder and its constituents for use as
an applicable force in guns produced
radical change in the then customary
warfare, and from that standpoint
Bertold Schwarz deserves to DO rec.
ognized as the promoter of modern
warfare. Many hundreds of years
before Schwarz the Chinese used gun
powder The invention of field guns
is credited to the Chinese Emperor
Vitey, or Wu-ti, who lived 140 years
b. G. During the eleventh century
the Tartars learned the use of gun
powder from the Chinese. The Arabs
acquired the knowledge of gunpowder
from the Tartars, and are said to have
used cannon at the siege of Lisbon, in
l147. The Greek fire was invented in
SOS A. D., and besides setting fire to
the enemies ships and cities, was used
to shoot leaden balls out of metal can
non. Marcus Graccus, who lived A.
d. 1904 1861, describes gunpowder as
a mixture of two pounds of coal, one
pound of sulphur and six pounds OF
saltpetre. The Iron Age.
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BUSINESS OF roun sALrsMEN.

The following true story is related by ono
Of the participants in the remarkable incl
ient:
Not long since in certain New England
slty four commercial travellers met for the
lrst time at the table. With that genial hon
homie peculiar TO the craft they were soon
engaged In conversation. In few moments
one of them said;
"Gentlemen, suppose we begin, being all
strangers. with the gentleman opposite me,
to introduce ourselves and our firms busi-
ness."
This was unanimously agreed to.
Said No. L. "Iam -, and represent the
house of y. Y. a., selling glass bottles"
Said No. q "Well, gentlemen. perhaps It
Is no chance that come next, for represent
p. d. O., am -, and i sell the stuff that
goes into bottles. l sell wines and liquors. "
There was a moments silence as No. 3
said; "rhat, gentlemen, does seem n little
strange, but perhaps there is a fatality about
this 1 am ofthe firm OF w. U. s., dealers in
nndertakers' goods
No. now remained silent. and suggested
that it would be we'll not to pursue the sub
ject further, and that II had been well never
to have started il.
After much urging TO complete the chain
he said "Gentlemen, II is indeed a fatality.
am -, OF ID. b. T., and l am taking or
ders for gravestones." Was there ever a
temperance lecture compressed into 80 fow
lines!