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that It would be of some use to his
friend, the surgeon, and his family.
This was all that he could do, but 1t
showed his gratitude and his desire to
do something for those who had been
kind to him in his trouble.
With his mother he returned to Iowa,
and now comes the saddest part of the
story.
AS the years glided away with no
tidings from johnson / naturally sup
posed that he was dead.
Imagine my surprise about three
years ago when accidentally learned
that the captain was then alive and at
his old home.
For 80 years he had been bedrldden
cripple. He had never recovered from
his wound, and during all that time he
had been cared for by his devoted old
mother, whose love for him seems to
have heightened her span Of life.
1t is one Of the saddest chapters in
the sad history of our fratricidal war.
Poor Johnson, of Iowa-God help him
and his old mother, if He has not al
ready taken them to their eternal home
beyond the skies!-Wallace Putnam
Reed, in Chicago Times-Herald,
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fact that the Yankees were really COM
ing could no longer be concealed. To
one who was not there at the time it
would be difficult to convey an under
standing of the confusion in the popu-
lar mind, and the unreasonable and I'M
reasoning terror of the approaching
soldiers of the union. This confusion of
mind, of course, was greatest among the
ignorant blacks, who had heard such
vigorous and varying epithets hurled at
the Yankees that they did not in the
least know what kind of a creature to
expect to see.
"But they determined to see the
Yankees, just the same, and at the very
earliest moment So it came to pass
that when Buell's advance g'aard, and
the Fourth Ohio cavalry, | think, rode
YEARLY down the Gallatin turnpike on
the way to Nashville, many dusky face
was seen peering out upon them from
behind fences and other places of van
tage. They came from the farms ON
both sides of the pike for miles around,
and waited patiently, some trembling
ly, for they knew not what.
"About every soul went from my
fathers place when word came that the
federal troops were not far distant,
and took up their station at the juno
ton of country lane With the pike.
My mother and sisters were in a car
riage; we boys were on horses, and the
negroes were a-foot. Among the latter
was old Aunt Cynthia, who had man
aged to drag her mountain Cf flesh the
mile or more between our farm and the
pike. Unlike the proverbial ostrich,
she concealed herself by hiding her
body behind fence and thrusting her
head, which was covered with fam
ing bandana handkerchief worn tur-
ban fashion, through an opening.
Cynthia gazed long and in puzzled
silence at the wearied men and jaded
horses about whom that dag not even
the best disposed eye could have de-
tected any vestige of war. She could
not reconcile what she saw with the
visions she had conjured up in her un-
tutored mind. Finally she gave it up,
and, hobbling to the carriage window,
said to my mother: Miss Liza, they
look just like folks
"And when my mother told her that
they really were folks, she turned her
face homeward, then and there losing
forever all interest in the Yankees. >
ST. Louis Republic.
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A Tnrdv Reward.

John C. Hunterson, of Philadelphia,
has received medal of honor. On the
Peninsula, Virginia, about June 5, 1862,
this soldier, then private of company
B, Third Pennsylvania cavalry, and on
duty as one of an escort of two to an
engineer officer, accompanied the officer
in reconnaissance of the enemy's po-
sition, between the lines of the two
armies. The party was fred on by the
enemy, the engineers horse was killed
and the second member of the escort
returned to the lines. Hunterson, how
ever, voluntarily gave up hisown mount
to the engineer, who was thereby ena-
bled to escape and save the valuable
papers in his possession.-Cin
Commercial Tribune.
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TIE GOSPEL TUNES.

We've all been up to church to-day and
used the same old pew
We've set together once agin, jest as we
used to do
sefore the girls was married Off and when
the boys was here,
Afore they went away to make their livin'
fur an near.
We've heard the same old parson preach
he's pretty prosy now
We've had a mighty happy time, we old
folks, anyhow.
We're settn' here Jest as we used on Sun
day afternoons
ZONE, start the old melodeon up, wen
sing the Gospel tunes
You can't begin to know our Joy to sec
each loving face,
To have you children home agin around
the dear old place,
Some bringin' children Of your own-why
goodness, gracious mel
When think that's our Mary's child.
seems IL it couldn't be,
And yet I orter realize our journeys near
ly done,
For mothers almost sixty-nine and I'm
nigh seVeDty-one.
But / guess lovln' heartsll change De-
cembers into Junes,
DO let's do as we used to do, and sing the
Gospel tunes.
There mother don't that put you back one
solid thirty year?
Jest hear them voices lifted up in music
high and clear
The old melodeon's kinder cracked and
squeaky in the throat,
She feels her age like us, guess a-trylng
for note.
There, that's the song that Eben loved.
Remember how he sang
THAT Sunday fore his vessel sailed, until
the parlor rang?
Poor boy they think his ship was lost In
one Of them typhoons.
I'm sure his sperrlt's with us, though, to
hear the Gospel tunes.
All me, how many times I've heard that SOL
emn, sacred air;
I've heerd 1t when the sky was black and
earth was jest despair.
I've heerd It sung by childish lips, so ten
der, soft and sweet
And knelt and prayed to God for strength
to work that they might eat.
Through sun and cloud, through rain and
shine, He's fetched me on my way,
and now His kindness lets me live to see
this happy day.
Il Thank Thee, Lord who grantest me this
best of all Thy boons,
no hear their precious voices sing once
more the Gospel tunes.
Joe Lincoln, in l.. A. w. Bulletin.
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Satisfaction from Bulbs.

Horticultural writers make it bust
ness to say that there is nothing else
equal to bulbs for giving winter bloom.
Yet, the fact remains that hundreds are
disappointed just along this line. This
is partly due to poor bulbs, partly to
inability to follow directions, and
largely to time of potting and choice
of sorts. Late potting deliberately i'm
vites failure and dissatisfaction. A
haphazard collection of sorts is likely
to be more than half failure, and the
more varied the collection the greater
the failure. Only few of the smaller
bulbs and the novelties should be tried
each season. The old reliab.es are not
so interesting, perhaps, but in them lies
the most of beauty and of satisfaction
Lilies, the better hyacin,hs, the mar
cissi, the albums, and the freesias are
best choice for the average grower
American Gardening.
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HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

Solid concrete stable floors can be
kept clean, and that is a big item IN
the dairy.
Unless there is the greatest economy
at every step in the dairy, money is
thrown away.
Good cows, good feed and all the
modern dairy utensils lower the cost
of production.
The boy who mills needs watching,
for if he does not milk clean, the milk
yield will fall off.
Now comes man who says that he
cures luiNpy jaw by rubbing spirits OF
ammonia on the lump.
If some of our dairymen who have
small farms would try soiling they
would be surprised at the splendid re-
suits.
Consumers do not care to buy more
water in butter than can be helped
Water is not butter, and it is not hon
est to sell it as such.
If any business is successful details
must have attention. One of the de-
tails in the dairy is the performance
of each individual COW.
The more intelligent cow is the
better COW she is. A fool cow is no bet.
ter than fool man. The scrub is not
as intelligent as the thoroughbred.
Bran and shorts that are made from
wheat that has passed through the
sweating process-old wheat-will keeE
in bulk in hot weather. Otherwise il
will northeastern Plowman.
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to the barn, but if shed room is limited
stand the fodder back in place and let
it remain there until needed for use.
Many farmers do not like to feed fod-
der because the stalks are great nui.
sance in the stable. The best way to
give to stock is by means of rack
made of fence rails, as shown in the
illustration. This rack is made as fol-
lows: Take large wooden forks four
feet long and set them in a row ten
feet apart and one foot in the ground.
In these lay long pole. On each side
dig a trench eight inches deep par
allel to these forks and 2h feet distant,
Set the rails in these trenches and lean
across the pole alternating from the
different sides. If they are large enough
there will be ample space for the stock
to pull the fodder through. The length
of the rack can of course be regulated
to suit the needs of the builder, By
placing this rack between two lots
it vsill serve as Il fence and mules can
NC Oll Out SluC anu NtlNNo Oll Viz OAi'NA'
The rack will last for several years
if made of good material, and by plac-
ing it northeast and southwest it will
answer as a windbreak Haul the fod-
der in as needed and keep the rack full
BY feeding little grain and hay night
and morning the stock will be kept fat
all winter, They will leave good hay
and eat the fodder in preference.
l find from experience that ten head
of horses and two COWS confined in
lot will consume on an average two
shocks per day of heavy corn fodder,
AS the expense is only for the cutting,
the animals are thus kept for 20 cents,
or less than two cents per day per
head. Let my brother farmers try this
as an experiment the coming winter,
and they will find that when spring
comes their stock will not only be fat,
out they will have some corn and hay
TOR sale They will also be surprised
to see how much better their ground
works because it was not tramped all
winter. | think winter pasturing OF
corn ground one of the most eXpen-
sive practices farmer can follow
L. S. MaXam, in Farm and Home.
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wrong, since in all the advances made
IN the transportation methods there has
been little or no reform in road trans
portation, which is at the beginning of
al; movement of commodities and Of
persons. Railway travel to-day is
greatly improved over what it was a
quarter of a century ago. Steamship
transportation has been made more
luxurious and cheaper. Yet the aver
age country road of to-day is no better,
and in many places worse, than it was
in the days of our fathers. We have
faster horses; we have vastly more ele-
giant and comfortable carriages; but
we are content to work our horses and
rack our vehicles over the same sort of
highway that served for the old two
wheeled cart.
Moreover, there is reason to believe
that the amount of time and money
spent in keeping up the roads would, if
properly expended, produce better re-
suits than are now obtained. Railways
are DuIlI ny tnS lutClS anu WI ISl 70, az
cording to MISUNDERSTOOD systems.
Every improvement that can be devised
is applied to all the railways as soon as
it satisfies the test of experience. The
builders of steamships do not adhere to
the old methods day longer than they
arc known to be the best. But in maxi
ing of the highway there is as yet in this
country very little attempt to apply the
latest and best methods, or to utilize
the skill of experts
Road reform is one of the needs of the
day. The mission has nothing sensa-
tional or thrilling about it, but it con-
tains the promise of large saving in
horses and money, and in the tissues of
men and women. 1t promises cheaper
transportation, increased travel by
road, more life and stir in the country
places and new attraction to rural
life.-St. John On. b. Sun.
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FARM AND GARDEN.
REFORMS ARE NEEDED.
Anticipated Road building Methods
ShOmld BE DIAcnrhel.


should he Discarded.
The organization Of good roads as
scciation in any city is movement to-
ward reformation, The people who
live beyond the city limits have more
interest in this matter than the town
people, but nearly all do more or less
driving or wheeling, while every family
is interested in the cheap transporta-
Tor of farm produce.
The farmers have more to gain by the
Improvement of highways than any
other large class of people. Preachers,
doctors, mail drivers and travelling
agents are all small classes who indi-
vidually have large concern in the
state of the roads, but collectively do
not suffer priyations at all comparable
to that which the farmers endure by
reason of bad roads. The produce which
the farmer sends to market is hauled to
town or taken to the railroad station
over the country highway. The goods
he purchases for his own use must be
conveyed part of the distance to his
home over this route. lie drives his
family to church, or to town. or visits
the neighbors over such roads as are
provided in his district. If the road is
n bad one he can only take half load
when he is carting produce, and can
only travel at slow pace when he
drives. His toll is increased when he
works; his pleasure diminished when
he takes his pleasure; his horses suffer;
his wagons and carriages have a shorter
lifetime than if his district were pro-
eded with firm and smooth highway.
1t might be possible to compute the ag-
gregate loss to the country in time and
property through the bad condition
OF the roads of the country. 1t would
not be easy to estimate the loss of com.
fort and pleasure, or to appraise the
consequences of loss of temper and of
health.
The townsman is interested in every
thing that concerns the dweler in the
country. If the country suffers, the
city shares the trouble. When it is
hard for the farmer to get to market
himself, or to send his produce there,
the effect is seen in the counting-room
of the merchant and on the table Of the
artisan. Moreover, we are all country
men. The citizens are always abroad
in the land. Every summer sends
thousands of the town people into the
country. Every day sees the city ana
village bicyclist, or eXcursionist by car
riage, in the most remote places he can
find roadbed good enough for him.
1t is easier to begin movement or
organize a society in the city than in
the country, but the good roads organ
izations which may begin in town may
be expected to spread everywhere. The
people who use the roads most, and who
have the most to gain by their improve
ment, may be expected to welcome
every movement which will do them
good. Thoughtful people must, on re-
Fiction, conclude that something is
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you will return to your home, and COM
pletely recover your health and
strength"
The night was one of suspense and
anxiety to both mother and son, and
when morning came they were in a
state of feverish excitement. The last
confederate stragglers were departing
and the federals were expected every
moment
Before noon the victors had taken
possession of the city, and the captain
soon received visits from number of
federal surgeons and officers.
Not until October was it considered
safe for johnson and his mother to
take their long trip to the northwest.
Before leaving the captain wrote the
letter which introduces this narrative
and gave 1t to one of the dAlvigneys,
at the same time expressing the hope
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Africa always has been afflicted with
drought, and among the Beers prayers
are regularly offered up-usually when
the drought already has begun-for
relief from this evil, and the author of
"On Veldt and Farm" tells story of a
pastor who pointed out the futility of
assisting people who would not assist
themselves. A Presbyterian congrega
ton once pointed out to the minister
that, in view of the impending drought,
it were well to approach the Almighty
on the subject of the rainfall. 81 will
not insult the Almighty" replied the
sturdy Scot, "by asking such favor
of Him, after the way in which you
have let His past mercies run away
from you" The rebuke was leveled at
the inadequacy of the water storage,
and it is to be hoped was not without
due effect.-Youth's Companion.
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THIS is WORTH TRYING.
Excellent REck for Feeding Corn
Fodder 10 Cattle.

My way of utilizing corn stalks for
feed is to begin cutting the corn as
soon as the stalks and lower half of the
blades begin to turn brown. II cut
too green the corn will be light in grain,
although the stalks will make better
fodder. What will be gained in superior
forage will be lost in the grain. Make
shocks 16 hills square or If the corn
has been drilled, cut 10 rows one way
and 10 steps the other, With strong
rope, to one end of which is attached
an iron ring, draw the top of the shock
together and securely tie with binding
Irvine. If this work is properly done
they will stand the winter. We pay
for cutting ten cents a shock, the price
depending somewhat upon the heavi-
ness Of the corn. In about a month
after cutting, or at most six weeks,
the corn will be ready for husking, If
the farmer has plenty of room, bind the
fodder in bundles as huslSed and haul
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ncmnrinr Odorn from Crenm,

An important discovery is claimed to
have been made by an Iowa dairyman,
who practices a method of removing
The odor of wild onions and garlic from
cream intended for butter making,
which is to dilute the cream with two or
more parts of hot water, first adding
four ounces of saltpetre to the cream
for 400 pounds of butter. The tempera-
ture OF the diluted cream is raised to
100 degrees, when it runs through the
separator again.
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CYNTHIA AND THE YANKEES.
She Was SoreIy Disappointed to Find
They Looked Like Folks.

She Was SoFeIy Disappointed TO Find
They Looked Like Folks.
Several men of southern birth who
are now residents of this city recently
met together at the house of one of their
number for social evening, The con-
versation at one time drifted back to
the war, and stories reminiscent of
those days were told, Among them was
this, related by Tennesseean:
"When news came to Nashville, in
February, 1862, that Fort Donelson had
been surrendered to Grant and Cen. AL
bert Sydney Johnson's army, which had
come down from Kentucky in hurry,
had taken up it's march southwark, the
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1.-The violence of :hc wind on the
Grampian hills is so great that on sew
eral occasions it has brought to stand
still trains travelling from Perth 10 tina
north.
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Function of EoO,,

He-Am not the head of the house3
She-0ne would think you the foot
with all the kicking you do.-DetrolA
Journal.
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A Verso with u Morn

Broad tires better highways bring;
The narrow do the other thing.
IL. A. W. Bulletin.
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managing Wonlerl.
BY GEORGE ABE.

S@o~~o~oNDOo~O~S~O~SS
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-06-23

ciples of the party that was found
ed by Jefferson. | differed from
MIR. Bryan in many of his earlier
opinions and convictions, but
since his nomination he has kept
himself in everything that ne has
said and done strictly within the
limitations of the Chicago plat
form, and that platform is good
enough for me or any other Dem
ocrat to stand on. When Mr..
Bryan first entered Congress, six
years ago, he was tariff special
lst, his studies having been con-
fined largely to economic ques-
tions. Since then he has broad
ened out immensely, and | know
of no man who more fully repre-
sents the popular idea of pure
Democracy than he does. He is
true American, patriot, and a
man whom the Democrats of the
country feel that they can trust.
The Democratic party to-day is
more united than | have ever
known il to be. The Populists
who left the party because of
Cleveland and his policies have
returned ana are with us heart
and soul. The middle of the-road
Popullsts are still against us, as
they have always been, because we
have not subscribed to their ex-
treme vie ws, and the gold Demo
Gratis are still an uncertain Ouan-
tity. They will have to come to
us, however, or go over to the
Republicans. We cannot afford
to yield to either extreme, and
must stand upon the platform OF
1896. Ninety-nine per cent. of
the United States hold that view"
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FIRE In CHERAW.
Hosiery Mills Destroyed, With
Their Stocks of Products.

Cheraw, June 17.-Special ::
Cheraw is grieving over its heavy
loss by this mornings fire. The
alarm was sounded between mid
night and O'Clock, and it was
found that the flames were de
vonring the large plant of the
Cheraw Machine Works. Soon
followed the Finlayson Hosiery
Mills, next the Ckeraw Knitting
Mills and then it looked as if the
South Carolina Braiding Works
would follow, but fortunately this
building escaped, as did the ware
house and Cheraw and Darling
ton depot, both of which were
threatened at one time.
a large amount of stock was
on hand in all the works prepara-
tory to the filling Of all orders.
which this season were very large.
The buildings destroyed were part
brick and part wood. The heat
was so oppressive that they all
went like chafl The blow is felt
heavily by all, but particularly
by the employees. The insurance
was only partial. The machine
works had a lar-e number of or
ders for delivery in a few weeks.
The Knitting Mills had on hands
orders for over five thousand hose.
and the different enterprises were
never more encouraged than re
Gently. The insurance is divided
in several companies. The burn
ed enterprises may arrange with
other like ones elsewhere to fill
the orders on hand.
Taken all in all this is the most
disastrous and reaching conila-
grafton the town has had since
Sherman burned it in 1865. The
stock in the different companies
was divided into small blocks. so
fortunately the loss is not so very
heavy on any one individual. The
origin of the fire is unknown, but
supposed it to be from a spark
from an engine, as it was burning
on top under the roof when dis
covered by the Satchman. The
watchman gave the alarm prompt
ly, but it being late at night suf-
ilclent assistance did not reach
the spot in time to save any OF
the stock on hand except some
unfinished hosiery.
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A Monster Petition.

Washington, June 14.-In the
area In front of the Speakers
rostrum when the House met to-
day was a monster petition ap-
peallne to Congress to recognize
the Cuban insurgents as bellig-
Grants. 1t contained over 5000,
900 signatures. The petition was
wound about the hub of a wheel
framed as TO allow it to freely
revolve. 1t had been in clrcula-
ton throughout the United States
for about six months and was
sent to Congressman Sulzer of
New York for presentation to
Congress by Franz Mayer, a resi-
dent of his district.
Without transacting anv busi.
ness the House adjourned until
Thursday.