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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-12-16

closed pastures SO often seen in the
State which are kept eaten SO barely
that they are literally made up, not of
grasses, but of grass roots, which have
been kept gnawed SO bare that no re-
serve fund is left in them to resurrect
a pasture when the rains do come.
1t is not the purpose in this letter
SO much to speak of the processes by
which these pastures were obtained,
as to dwell upon the fact of their ex-
istence. Mr.. Gilfillan will tell us how
they were obtained in a paper which
he has consented to prepare for the
annual meeting Of the live stock asso-
citation to be held in St. Paul some
time in January. But in passing, it
may be said that the bluegrass past
ures were obtained by sowing seed
at sundry times upon the pastures as
opportunity offered. Where any part
of the pasture showed baroness, a
light coating of seed was sown upon
it. In this way the bluegrass got a
footing and in the tussle that followed
the bluegrass gradually became the
victor. The native grasses we're grad
ually crowded. Among the grasses of
this country bluegrass is the champion
fighter. No other grass can hold its
own with bluegrass for supremacy,
even the weeds of the prairie are no
match for it. And there are few
weeds of any kind that can stand up
long against bluegrass. 1t throttles
them and smothers them by the COM
plete possession which it takes of the
soil.
Mr.. Gilfllan has also given careful
attention to another matter INSOFAR
ably associated with the estate, abol-
ishment and maintenance of good
pastures. I would that every farmer
in Minnesota did likewise. He does
not allow the stock to Craze down the
pastures until they are bare at any
season of the year. Now see what this
means. It means first that the roots
of the grasses will be better developed
in sympathy with better development
of top, and that they will be better
protected in winter by the uneaten
residue of the top. 1t means second,
that they are thus allowed to re-seed
themselves in a succession which L
suppose may be carried on right down
to the end of the world. It means in
the third place, that the animals have
abundance of food all the while. In:
stead of expanding energy in gnawing
after grass roots they eat until they
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

Is It not a good soldiery report, and
without a word Of complaint at the end:
Here Is an extract from the much
more detailed story Of her experiences
given by another nurse, Mrs. Kaiser:
"Early Sunday morning we were
reused by the drum calling to battle.
The men responded promptly, leaving
me with only one attendant t. care for
the helpless sick soldiers who lay on
the damp ground wrapped only in a
blanket. I gave them some coffee and
hard tack, with a smile, and the assur-
ance that l would get them out Of the
way of the flying lead. The camp was
in the range Of the battle, and I knew
the regiment had no ammunition, and
must soon fall back, perhaps before I
could ever get the men ready to go.
Several balls came tearing through the
tent, creating almost a panic. We had
gone there in the dark, and had not
taken the trouble to find our position,
and what to do We did not know. Sud-
denly l thought of a lieutenant who
had been sick the day before. 1 sought
among the tents and found him, and he
gave me the points of the compass and
told me of a ravine near by where we
must try to get the men. Those who
e unable to walk we carried on
poles, and thus all Eel transported but
one old man, who vas delirious, and
would neither go nor be carried.
"a captain came in,. wounded in the
left shoulder, and so once more I went
to the camp and returned with what 1
could carry, then bound up the wound
to stop the blood. By that time an Or
derly came with the command to get
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

THE ANCIENT CITY Or PEKIMG.
One of the Oldest in the World an,
the Cnnital of thc Great Kl,nn.

Ono OF the Oldest in the World anil
the Capital of the Great Khan.
The city Is of the oldest in the
world: hut it was not made IL capital un-
ill knblai Khan. somewhere about
DE-. fixed his iii there. Under the
Mongols the name of Picking was Khan
palilk. or City of the Khan: and this title
was easily converted into Cambaluc.
by which name it is known in the ac-
counts of those times. Picking is nov
divided into two parts: the northern
portion is the Tartar city. and con-
tains about twelve square miles: in
ings. troops. and military barracks. The
southern part is the Chinese city, and
is more populOus than the Tartar, less
of it's space being taken up by gardens
and public buildings. The population is
estimated at different figures: but two
million appears to be Il fair estimate.
\ wall separates the Tartar from the
Chinese city. and Il wall Of varying
height surrounds the whole. that of the
Tartar section being about fifty feet
high. and that around the Chinese Sec
ton some thirty feet high. These walls
are of brick and stone filed in with
earth and paved OH the top with slabs of
stone. affording II promenade twelve
feet wide. There are sixteen gates in
all. and each gateway is fortified with
towers of stone: and other towers are
fixed at intervals of about sixty yards
all around the walls. These towers
project fifty feet from the outer side of
the walls, and those at the gateways
have in front of them a Fertilization of
II semicircular shape. so that the gate
must be entered from the side and not
from the front.
The Tartar city is divided into three
Enclosures, each being surrounded with
its Owl wall, and each inside of an
other. The innermost of these is the
Prohibited City. and contains the inn
perial palaces and offices. Its circum-
ference is nearly two miles: the wall is
covered with imperial-yellow tiles
which look brilliant when seen from a
distance. The Enclosure next outside of
this is occupied by the government of
fees, and by the army appointed to
keep guard over the emperor and his
! family. The hex outside of this is the
outermOst of all. and consists of dwell
lighthouses and sllOps.-"The True Story
of Marco Polo" by Noah Brooks i'm ST.
Nicholas.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
on THE BATTLE FIELD.
requirements. am plain-looking

requirements. am plain-looking
enough to suit you. and old enough. /
haveeno near relatives in the war, nc
lover there. l never had IL husband.
and am not looking for one. Will you
take meg In n few days the answer
came, Report mt nee to my house, cor
ner of Fourteenth street and New York
avenue. Washington She labeled me
so nicely that l think IL l had been in a
box of glass l should have gone through
safely. and gave ME instructions to pro-
cure transportation"
One very characteristic sketch of any
nurse experience is given by Mrs. Mar
garrett Hayes of Los Angeles in this
book entitled Our Army Nurses" Her
page reads: Ion the 18th of February,
1853. l left my home in Mendoza, ILL.,,
for Chicago. Arriving there we went
to the Sanitary Commission room. and
We're cared for by Mrs. Livermore, Who
gave us our commission. put us up a
lunch, gave us each u pillow aud a small
comfortable (there were no sleeping
cars in those days. and started us that
same evening for Memphis, Tenn. An
other lady went with me who was as
anxious as l to do something for the
boys in blue. We arrived safely, and
l was assigned to the Adams General
Hospital No. ., which had just been
opened to receive the sick and wounded
from Arkansas, in ward 2, where there
were seventy-two men. I think the
wardmaster was one of the kindest men
l ever knew. Poor fellow! He went
through the war and returned to his
home with the regiment, but only to die
soon after his arrival. There were q
medicine man aud wound dresser, and
six nurses were detailed from among
the convalescents. My especial duty
was to cook the extra diet, see that the
patients received 1t. wait upon those
who could moi feed themselves. look
after the comfort of all. and, in fact,
make myself generally useful. A part
Of the time l had two wards. The boys
appreciated whatever l did for them
very much, and presented me with q
valuable gold watch. which I still hold
as n of my choicest treasures. I re-
manned at the Adams until January,
1866. when l was transferred to the
Gayoso. and was discharged from there
ut the close of the war. l often think
of my boys and wonder where they
al lare. The old ones are mustered out.
the young are now gray and old. and
would not know me. nor I them, If we
should meet. I was Mrs. Maggie Mes
eroll then. They called me Sister Mag
gie.' My first ward surgeon was DR..
Taylor Of Cambridge; next, DR.. Cole of
ST. Louis. Then came DR.. Lard and
DIR. Keenon. succeeded by DR.. Study. 1
could tell many incidents IL I could see
to write them, but am so blind I have
not been able to read since 1882"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

tne men us Il DOWN the ruv1ne as we
could and an ambulance would meet
us there. AS soon as all was in order.
1 took a rifle and started for the battle
ground. When 1 reached the line 1
found men in great numbers. and
worked as long as l could find any
thing to do with. After using my own
skirt and handkerchief and everything
l could get at l went down to the river.
There 1 saw such sights as l never want
to see again. Wounded men, mules and
horses, tents and blankets in the widest
disorder. The surgeon was attending to
putting men on the boat. He sem me
aboard to do what I could. There were
men wounded in all imaginable ways.
Soon an amputation table was prepared.
Meanwhile l sat down on the floor with
my back to the partition, trying to rest
a moment, as l had been passing
through so much since before daylight.
A woman came out of q stateroom lust
in time to G me there, and, walking up
to me, she said in sharp tones, WHY
don't you go to work?' AS 1 had been
on my feet all that dreadful day with
out food and working in blood, 1
thought her question called for a reply.
and asked, Why don't you go to work
yourself, and see how you like it?' She
said. I am at work taking care of my
husband, who has his thumb shot, and
is in that stateroom.' l quietly walked
over the wounded men to see him. He
had had his thumb well dressed on the
field! Then I went to dressing wounds.
and worked with the surgeon all night
and all next day. Monday night I
slept on the colored woman's bed for
two hours. then went to work again."
And here is the close of the story of
experience signed by Jane NJ. Worrall,
Roxbury: while there lin Baltimore.
in a ward Of. thirty-fve cots, mostly
occupied by men from Libby PRISON. I
had a very singular case. The surgeon
said he had never cen anything like it.
A Confederate boy. only 16 years Of
age and very ignorant SO far as book
learning was concerned, was brought to
the ward with a field amputation, but
his doom was sealed. He had lockjaw
and lay for twenty-four hours, when
all l could do for him was to wet a piece
of linen in brandy and lay 1t across his
mouth. so that he could breathe the
moisture from it. He came out Of that
dreadful state perfectly rational, and,
after taking some nourishment, asked
me to pray with him. I did so, and read
the fourteenth chapter of st. John,
which I read to all my patients who
would listen to me. Then he talked
about two hours, using the most beau
tiful language about the Bible and the
glories Of heaven. Everybody who
could do so came to hear him. At last
he said to me. Mother. don't you see
the angels coming? They are holding
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
CHAPTER III.

l.awrrnr" found himself unable to do
t"l'!nine whether "r not he had been ob.
served and recognized by the lady i'm
question mill Inner in the aft rnoon. whom
his doubts were resolved for him by Il
menhc OF til" party whom he had en-
connt"rrI i'll til" church. This was Il
g""d-l,atnred. graN-hairrdl officer i'm tho
Indian army who entered into %convcrsa-
ton with Lawrence. III deck. and rc-
marked that lie believed that he. Noior
Hayr. had 10 thank his new acquaintance
for some very kind help rendered to n
lady now travelling in conpan with him
and his wife.
"She told mo the circumstances said
the Major. "wlrn she SAW YOU on board
this afternoon: and | ann sure that We
are very much obliged To you for the
trouble you took"
Lawrence made a polite disclaimer. and
then they fell TO walking up and down
the deck, and Lawrence had an oppor-
tunity of bestowing further attention I'M
OH the lady whose acquaintance he wish
cd 4" make. She was leaning back in her
long Indian chair. envcloped in the folds
of the soft Shetland shawl: her eyes were
fixed upon the distant seas and she
neither moved nor spoke. In another
chair of the same kind sat 1.-THE woman
will. the eycglass." as Lawrence had
mentally dubbed her that morning; a lady
who. as he aftcrward ascertained. was
Major Hayes wife.
w shall have wind soOn." said Major
Haye. as they turned their faces to the
west.
The dinner bell rang. Mrs. Haye rose
fV.n1n hnr Snnf md S,M1o u, hos ri
ion. Lawrence Involuntary strained his
ears to listen.
will you come down, Anne? or are you
too tircd:"
II would rather stay here. thank you,
Mrs. Hayc."
very WE'LL" Mrs. Hayc made answer,
rather indifferently. as Lawrence
thought. I'LL tell the stewardess to send
YOU something to eat. Don't catch cold,
that's all"
She swept way. and the gentlemen fol
lowed. Lawrence was leaning over the
rails and let them pass him. He thought
tina: they Ware all exceedingly %inattentive
~ t.r |cn,ntnr. of their frllpw-passeMgers.
Should lie offer to do anything for her:
BUT what right had he to interfere? He
moved up the deck toward her chair.
Her eyes We're closed: she did not sec
him. lie WAS obliged to speak. II beg
your pardon for disturbing you. but can
] do anything for you to-night?" She
opened her eyes quickly. and raised her
head. Even in the twilight he could see
that she changed color. But she smiled
Il little as she answered:
'Thank You. nothing. My friends maid
will bring ME all that I want"
II hope you are better nowY"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
N interesting book has been com.

AASSASCSAA6 OOVA uuS OCCA NOuQs
~ piled by a former nurse, Mary
&c. Holland, wherein many inter-
esting stories of the lives Of army
nurses are told by themselves. It was
a happy thought which inspired her.
And she takes hold of the sympathies
of her feminine readers at once by tell
Ing the spirit wherewith she met Miss
Dix's order. She had heard her "call"
to go to war as a nurse, and had tried
to enlist under Miss Abbie May and
also to be n Of Mrs. Lander's volun-
teers for Fort Monroe, in the plan that
failed.
Miss Dix's circular read: mo wo-
a under 30 years need apply to serve
In government hospitals. All nurses
are required to be very plain-looking
women. Their dresses must be brown
or black, with nc bows, no curls, no
Jewelry and NJ hoopskirts." The
Quaker Dorothea Dix little knew what
heroism the last phrase in that order
demanded. Thus the nurse summoned
to duty: ut was fashionable at that
timeto wearimmense hoops. l had worn
for some time, and really felt it a
sacrifice to leave it off. Other require
ment were agreeable, but I felt 1 could
not walk without a hoop. I said, Well.
If 1 can't walk without it I can crawl,
for l must go, and l will do the best l
cam Soon after this 1 took up a morn
Ing paper and read that the wounded
were being brought into Washington so
Pnr %1NrA -
observation-disclosures Miss Dix, saying:
4 am in possession Of one of your cir
culars, and will comply with all your
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Spanking . Soldier.


A Confederate captain recently told
Mr.. j. A. Watrous. a writer Of war
stories," about two small boys who,
during the civil war. found their way
into the Louisiana regiment to which
the captain belonged. Both were from
ten to twelve years old, and both had
run away from home, and were serving
as drummes.
AT the battle Of Shiloh one of these
little fellows threw away his drum
early in the engagement, picked up the
musket of a wounded soldier, and
fought like a young hero rs long as the
battle ragged. d
Not long after the battle, while tho
b%oy-soldiers laurels were still fresh
upon him, his mother learned where he
was and came after him. The regiment
was drilling at the time, and the boy
was with 1t. The mother rushed upon
the drill ground and seized her boy.
Run away from home, will you?" shs
screamed; 'why. you are nothing more
than a baby. You come right home
with your mother" -
As the boy showed some unwilling
ness, she took him across her knee. ana.
in the presence of the whole regiment.
gave him a sound spanking. Then she
led him away, the boy crying and boo
hooing at the top Of his voice.
She had to wait some little time for q
chance to get away, and meantime n
OF the soldiers saw the boy, who was
still crying, and asked If he was crying
because his mother hurt him.
mol" he shouted. DO you suppose
a soldier like me would cry because ho
was hurt? Didn't I fight just as wen!
as the best of them at'the great battle? Pr,
"Yes, Johnny, but what are you cry,
ing about2" F.;
I'm crying because my mother
spanked me right before the whole
regiment"
In spite Of his protests, the boy had
to so home with his mother, as wa
proper.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

During his entire career Stradivarus
made from 5000 to 1000 violins. Few
of these were sold for more than $225
during his life. Now some of them com.
mand $4,000 each.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Increases in va;uc.

".Are YOU aware asked the agent
earnestly, that every year YOU put
off taxing out an insurance policy it
becomes dearcr:'
YES" replied Mr.. Hardcase: 80 does
life."-New York Journal.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05
Grant and the Dyiup so,d,,

~ SAS 4OAAO Lux SSOEy III liz
Campaigning with Grant" The incl
dent occurred during the attack on
what is now called "Hell's Half Acre."
near Massaponax Church: General
Grant had ridden owe to the right to
watch the progress of this attack.
While he was passing a spot near the
roadside where there were q number
Of wounded, n of them. who was ly-
Ing close to the roadside, seemed to at
tract his special notice. The mans
face was beardless; he was evidently
young; his c%ountenance was strikingly
handsome, and there was something
in his appealing look which could not
fail to engage attention, even in the full
tide of battle. The blood was flowing
from a wound in his breast. the froth
about his mouth was tinged with red.
and his wandering, staring eyes gave
unmistakable evidence of approaching
death. Just then a young staff officer
dashed by at a full gallop. and rs his
horses hoofs struck a puddle in the
road, a mass of black mud was splash
ed in the wounded mans face. He
gave n piteous look, as much as to say.
Couldn't you let me die in peace and
not add to my sufferings?" The gen.
eral, whose eyes were at that moment
turned upon the youth, was visibly at
fected. He refined in his horse, and
seeing from a motion he made that he
was intending to dismount to bestow
some care upon the young man, I
sprang from my horse, IA to the side
of the soldier, wiped his face with my
handkerchief, spoke to him, and exam
ined his wound: but in n few minutes
the unmistakable death-rattle was
heard, and l found that lie had breath
ed his last. l said to the general, who
vas watching the scene intently, "The
poor fellow is dead" remounted my
horse, and the party rode on. The chief
had turned round twice to look after
the officer who had splashed the mud
and who had passed rapidly on, as IL
he wished to take him to task for his
c~arelessness. There was a painfully
sad look upon the generals face, and he
did not speak for some time. While al
ways keenly sensitive to the sufferings
of the wounded, this pitiful sight seem.
ed to affect him more than usual.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-03-05

out their hands to take me home.' Them
he dropped away like a child going to
sleep. Just before the hospital closed
five typhoid cases were brought to the
ward. One died and l contracted the
fever in its worst form, and, although
everything was done for me, I barely
escaped, and have never been well since.
1 feel that my heavenly Father blessed
me all through my work and carried
me through my sickness. I was in the
service a year and q half, and have the
honor Of being breveted Major"
And nobly Major Worrall earned her
honors. In this book is recalled the In.
ctdent of the army nurse who, worn out
In wal service, went home to die, and,
dying, asked that she might be buried
with the old flag wrapped around her.
When Harriet Scott Of Charleston was
at Armory Square Hospital she saw and
spoke with Lincoln, and thus tells the
tale:
"One day President Lincoln visited
the hospital, bringing grapes with two
men to carry the basket, himself giving
to all who were allowed to have fruit,
shaking hands and speaking kind words
to each one. Noticing the small red flag
at the foot of some of the beds, he said:
May l ask, nurse, what those flags
mean?' They mean low diet, SIR.
What's low diet? 'Wine-whey, milk
and water, rice cruel, always some
thing very light Walking with Presi-
dent Lincoln through the ward to the
door, he said: Well, nurse. we often
hear the remark that these are days
that try mems souls. I think these are,
days that try women's souls, too. I
shall remember you and all the noble
women of the North when this land is|
at peace"
The stories of the Sisters of Mercy ah
the end of the book mot told by Them
selves, of course) are singularly touch.
ing.-Boston Transcript.
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