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The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08
Two oS Grants Anecdotes.

In the Century Gen. Horace Porter
gives the following anecdotes that were
related by Grant at the headquarters
mess:
Il was with Gen. Taylor's command
In Mexico when he not only failed to
receive re-enforcements but found that
nearly all his regulars were to be sent
away from him to join Gen. Scott. Tay-
lor was apt to be little absentminded
when absorbed in any perplexing prob
lem. and the morning he received the
discouraging news he sat down to
breakfast in a brown study. poured out
cup OF coffee. and, instead Of putting
in the sugar, he reached out and got
hold Of the mustard pot and stirred
half dozen spoonfuls OF its contents
into the coffee. He didn't realize wha,
he had done till he took a mouthful
and then he broke out in a towering
rage.
We learned something at Shiloh
about the way in which the reports OF
losses are sometimes exaggerated in
battle. At the close OF the first day q
night Sherman met a colonel OF one OF
his regiments with only about 100 OF
his soldiers IN ranks and said to him
Why, where are your men, The col
onel cast his eyes sadly along the line
wiped tear from his cheek and re.
piled In whimpering voice; We went
in 500 strong and that's all that's left
OF u.s. You don't tell me- exclaimed
Sherman, beginning to be deeply af-
fected by the fearful result of the car.
mage! Yes said the colonel, the
rebs appeared to have a special spite
against us Sherman passed along
some hours afterward, when the com
missary was issuing ratlons and found
that the colonels men were returning
on the run from under the bank OF the
river, where they had taken shelter
from the firing. and In few minutes
nearly all OF the lost 700 had returned
and were boiling coffee and eating a
hearty meal. with an appetite tina,
showed they were still very much
alive"
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08
a whole Town In Terror.

The inhabitants OF Springdalc, Pa.
are very much excited for fear of The
town being blown away by an explo.
sion. The other morning a heavily
loaded wagon of nitro-glycerine was
being hauled through the town when
the horses stalled In front of the school
house. Every owner of horse in town
was asked to hire his team TO assist in
hauling the'deadly explosive away. but
when they heard what was in the wag
on would not hire their horses for love
or money. The school has been closed
until the wagon is hauled away and
the more timld citizens are afraid the
town will be blown away before the
nitro-glycerine Is removed.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

Man is not the only animal who car.
ries on his warfare by means of organ.
ized bands and calls in the forces ol
nature to assist him. The German nat.
uralist and traveller Brehm Witnessed
In Central Africa fights that we're con.
Quoted in as orderly a manner as II
the warriors had been really men in.
stead Of only somewhat like them in
form. says the Youths Companion.
The actors in the play were baboons
and their enemies were in one case the
travellers dogs. though the baboons
were ready to fight with any creature
that attacked them. man only excepted
and he owed his exemption solely 10
the fact that the bsboons could not
often gain point OF vantage.
The naturalist himself was once
stoned out Of pass In very few min
utes by these creatures, who sprang
upon lodges and stones, looked down
for few moments on the valley, growl-
ing, snarlng. and screaming, and then
began to roll down stones with SO
much vigor and adoitness that the in
truders took TO flight. The balloons
evidently knew the value OF co-opera-
tion. for the naturalists saw two OF
them combine their efforts in order TO
set a particularly heavy stone rolling.
One monkey. bent on making the most
OF his missile, was seen to carry stone
up a tree that he might hurl IL with
greater effect.
On the occasion when the dogs at
tackled the baboons the baboons were
crossinga valley, and. as usual during
a march, the females and young we're
in the center, the males heading the
column and bringing up the rear. AS
the dogs rushed upon them ouly the
females took to fight.
The males turned and faced the en-
emy, growing, beating the ground
with their hands. and opening their
mouths wide so as to show their glitter
ing teeth. They looked 30 fierce and
malicious that the dogs-Arab grey
hounds. accustomed to fight successful
ly with hyenas and other beasts OF prey
-shrank back. BY the time they were
encouraged TO renew the attack the
whole herd had made It's way, covered
by the rear guard, to the rocks, one
6-months-old monkey alone excepted
This little monkey sat on rock. sur
rounded by the dogs, but he was not
long left in his perilous position. An
old baboon stepped from cliff near by,
advanced toward the dogs, keeping
them in check by threatening gestures
and sounds, picked up the baby monk
ey and carried It to a place OF safety
on the cliff while the whole crowd OF
balloons watched the act Of heroism
and shouted their battlecry.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08
LIVING MUMMY IN PARIS,
Physicians OF Academy of Medicine Ex
anime an Ext raordinary Creature.

anime AN Extraordinary Creature
The Academy of Medicine in Paris Is
Just now studying orc of the most ex-
traordinary, human beings who have
ever been born into this world, says the
New York Herald. He is known as
the man mummy. and one glance at his
ghastly face and body shows that he
deserves the title. This phenomenal
being Is name Castagna, and. accord
ing to the civil register of Paris. he Is
now % years old. lie is about four feet
high and weighs only fory-three
pounds. Even with his clothes on he
is most singular looking object-a
veritable lusus naturae. His forehead
Is large, and over IL is stretched thick
covering Of parchment-like skin. His
eyes, the muscles of which are afro
phed, are quite round and are Wide
open, like the eyes OF night birds. His
for not only is 1t entirely without flesh.
but 1t is also curved in the form OF n
beak dropping in this fashion over a
mouth in which the teeth can always
be seen, set together as though in a
grimace. Altogether che head and face
are so uncanny and 80 horrible that It
is impossible TO set down anything like
vivid description OF them on paper.
His arms and legs are incouceivably
thin and slender. Bones and nerves are
pressed close against each other and
the tight skin holds them together as
though 1t were a sheath OF India rub
ber. The whole body is indeed a mira
Gle OF frailness and meagerness, and
the wonder is that a good puff OF wind
toes not blow 1t away.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

service OF the government in timo Of
need. France learned the value OF
pigeons during the siege Of Paris. when
they were used to convey messages to
the seat Of government at Tours. Near
nifty messages were successfully dis
patched during the siege, and since
then the value of the pigeons has not
been questioned. II seems that carrier
pigeons are not able to make the speed
that is popularly supposed. German
experts say that the average pigeon can
ny thirty-fve miles an hour and not
more.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

NJ V ~ n .
shrunk. no bosom quailed.
No foot was turned for flight;
But, thundering as their foeman came.
Each rife flashed Its deadly fame.
A moment. then recoil and rout.
With reeling horse and struggling
Confused that onset fair:
But. rallying each dark steed once
more,
Like billows borne the low reefs DER.
With foamy crests In air.
Kight on and over them they bore.
With gun and bayonet thrust before.
And swift swords brandishsd bare.
Then madly was the conflict waged.
Ihen terribly red Slaughter rRged!
How still is yet yon dense morass
Tho bloody sun below!
Wherser yon chosen horsemen pass !.
There stirs no bough nor blade OF
grass.
There moves no secret foe,...
sudden from tree and thicket green.
From trunk and mound and bushy
screen,
Sharp lightning flashed with instant
sheen.
A thousand dcath-bolt sung'
Like ripened fruit before the blast,
Rider and horse to earth were cast.
Its miry roots among,
Then wiid-as n that earth were rlven.
And. pourd beneath the cope OF heav-
All hell to upper air were given
One fearful whoop was rung....
Then loud the crash Of arms arose,
AZ when two forest whirlwinds close:
Then filled all heaven their shout and
yell
A. II the forests on them fell,
I see. where swells the thickest tight.
With sword and hatchet brandiah'S
bright.
And r.fies flashing sulphurous light
Through green leaves cleaning red
! see plume. now near. now far,
Now high, now low, like falling star
Wide waving DER the tide OF war.
Where'er the onslaught's led.
Above the struggling storm l hear
A lofty voice the war-bands cheer
Still, as they quail with doubt or fear.
Yet loud and louder given
And. rallying to the clarion cry.
With club and red axe raging high.
And sharp knives sheathing low,
Fast back again, confusedly.
They drive the staggering foe.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

An effort is making to have the
members OF the school board in Boston
appointed by the mayor, two OF tho
seven members 10 be women. The
women of Boston oppose the measure
as curtailmcnt of their suffrage piiv'
ilepe
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08
FRANK CUNNINGHAM.

to him he is telegraph operator and
a newspaper man and has a near rela-
tive in the state legislature of Illinois.
He has now been identified by other
firms and by arraying the combined
evidences of his mlsdeeds before a
court 1t is expected that strong case
will be made against him.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

fosts planted in the earth upper end
lowu last much longer than those
planted in the position in which the
tree grew. ....
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

James Murphy and Philip Judkins,
who three weeks previously were or
dinary miners in Cripple Creek. have
lust shipped two car loads Of ore.
UhieA turned out 100000 In gold.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

swindler.
Lewis Carson Is one OF the names
q tall. good-looking individual gave
when arrested in Carlinville SONS
time ago. He Is a clever swindler and
mas operated widely. About two weeks
ago a bank of that place received
telegram purporting to come from
Springfield. over the signature of the
cashier of bank in the capital city.
IL told the Carlinville people to let
Lewis Carson have $210 The next day,
according to the bankers. the alleged
carson entered. dressed in the height
OF fashion. He wore four-button gloves
when he appeared in the bank, but re-
moved only one. When he asked to get
his money the cashier said the bank
would have to verify the telegram.
How long will 1t take?" inquired
the visitor. calmly.
Not long" answered the cashier.
Then hurry It up"
A telephone message from the Spring
held bank informed them that the tele-
gram was forgery. Meanwhile Car
son had vacated the premises, but was
soon afterward arrested in a nearby
town.
Mr.. Pinkerton. upon reading no.
tice OF the arrest, said he thought he
knew Carson to be Frank Cunning
ham, who had record. The fact that
the man kept one glove on caused Mr.
Pinkerton to think that the young man
was simply hiding the stump of his
finger, knowing 1t would be sure
means Of identification in case hii
crime was discovered. and Mr.. Pinker-
ton remembered that the Cunningham
OF his memory had lost that finger. BY
request description was forwarded TO
Mr.. Pinkerton and by return mail he
sent picture OF Cunningham. Accord
ing to the letter received from the
sheriff who made the arrest the prison.
er admitted himself to be the original
Of the photograph and confessed to hav-
ing operated extensively throughout the
west. Another Of the young mans
aliases is wv. s. Fox" and according
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

Mrs Guild, an American, has been
commissioned by tho German govern.
mont to execute two statues represent.
ing the post and the telegraph to be
placed on the new general postofiics In
BERLIN
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

Every public school IN Paris has .
restaurant where meals are gratuitous-
ly served to pupils too poor TO pay for
them.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

Tho agricultural department 81
Washington has been advised OF the
depredations OF kidney worm which
has attacked the razor back hogs.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

Inever used so quick cure as Pisos
Cure for Consumption.-J. u. Palmer.
Box I'LL, Seattle. Wash, Nov. %, ISoo.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

We all expect too much help from
Others
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

Oklahoma's loss by water and cy-
stones far this year is about S3OO,000
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic ioc or $50.
II c. q. G. fail 70 cure. druggists refund money.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08
CLEVER MAN INDEED.
ARRESTED BECAUSE HE WORE
TELLTALE GLOVE.
Frank Cunuingbams Identification Dns
to william Pinkerton's knowledge ~
. Missing Finger Bogus Telegram
and = Telephone Message Cos Crossed
ILLIAM Pinkerton

ibtsl ftNl U iuh' 'o't
of Chicago, receiv-
ed a letter inform
ing him that. large
ly through the in
strumentality OF his
detective agency,
the police officials
of Carlinville, had
worked up "A gooc
case against an al
legged forger and
.,.,,adlnp
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

j. ". NORTH Furniture n Carpet Co.
Kansas City, Mo. Send iCc. in stamps for it
page catalogue We always pay the Frcights
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

A constant guest is never welcomed.
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08

A good bargain is pck.pnrse.
When friend asks, there Is no to-
The Langston City herald. [volume] (Langston City, O.T. [Okla.]) 1891-1902, 1897-05-08
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.
oss. Grants secretivsness was Caused
~ the Great Responsibility Hs Felt
fer the Union Cause-Ensisnd Adopts
Carrier Pigeons In MiI,ta~y Service.


ORTIZ at the peal
each charger
sped.
The hard earth
shook beneath
their tread,
The dim woods. all
around them
spread.
Shone with their
armor's light:
Yet In those stei n,
still lines. as
sailed,
No eye all
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-21

76. Fill the packages with sealdiDg
water, and let it soak, emptying and
filing with cold water at intervals, I'm
I'll the woody taste is removed. Then
rub on the inside all the salt that can
be made to adhere. When ready for
use n surplus salt not adhering can
be removed. Use only the best dairy
salt. A tub so prepared will not abb
sorb the salt from the butter and cause
it to spoil next to the wood-a common
result from not properly preparing the
tub.
"a. Pack the butter firmly into the
tub, but do not pound it in. Place a
lump of butter in the center and begin
in the center to press it down with the
packer, working towards the sides until
every air hole is closed and the butter
is pressed firmly out against the sides.
Repeat this operation until the tub is
full. Fill to near the top, cut a piece
Of clean white muslin (or parchment
paper just q trile larger than the top
Of the tub, wet 1t and spread it over
the butter, carefully turning up the
edges against the side of the tub; then
fill the space with a thin layer of dairy
salt; saturate this with water, and put
on the cover as nearly air tight as pos
eible.
7s. If to be kept, place the tub in a
clean, cool and sweet place, at a tenn
perature of about so degrees, and not
below freezing. II IN a cellar do not
set it on the ground to absorb ground
taste, but set it on a bench or shelf free
from the ground. Exclude the light
nd air as much as possible. Much
butter is spoiled by bad packing and
bad storing.
T. D Curtis lone hundred hints on
Dairying" have for sometime been out
OF print. Before the authors death he
gave the writer the privilege of re pub
fishing them, which he intends some
time 60 do In book form. But not be
ing at this time ready to do so, he has
concluded to give them to the public in
the above form. Future issues of this
paper will contain remaining parts, till
the entire one hundred hints have been
published. The hints will be worth q
years subscription to the paper.
z. W. MOsELEY.
Clinton, Iowa.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-21
A BIG WALNUT TRRE.

The largest curled walnut tree known
to exist in Eastern kentucky was sold
by Will Combs to q Cincinnati firm
last week. He received &4OO for the
tree. 1t is ninety feet to the first limb
and nearly six feet in diameter at the
butt, taperiDg very gradually. 1t was
sawed down close 10 the ground, and
by counting the rings it was found that
the tree was nearly 400 years old. 1t
is estimated that it will cost mor than
800 to get it across the mountains TO
Norton, Va, which is the nearest rail
road station. It will have to be cut
into small pieces so 1t can be hauled
through Pound Gap. When manufac
tured into furniture and ~veneering it is
estimated that it will be worth from
SIS, 600 to $50. OOO.-Rockhouse Ky.)
Cor. New York Sun.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-21
APPLES IN WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

Mr.. Geo E Boggs, Of Waynesville,
n. c., made two fine exhibits OF apples
at the American Institute Fair, Madi
son Square Garden, New York City,
this fall, and received first premium
for both exhibits. One exhibit con
tanned twenty five varieties of apples
and the other ten, and both attracted
the widest attention. It showed what
can be done in the way Of applerais
ing in the mountain districtof Western
North Carolina, with its fine climate,
and the results will certainly be OF
great benefit to that section. One direct
result of the exhibit is said TO be ar
rangements for shipping apples direct
from Mr.. BoRgs' farm to London. Mr..
Boggs furnished from his orchard a
good portion of the fine apple display
made By the Southern Railway at the
Nashville Exposition. WaynesvIlle is
In Hay wood county, about twenty
seven miles southwest of Asheville, on
the Murphy branch Of the Southern
Railway. It is 2645 feet above the sea.
Other 1ue apple orchards, which pro
duced large yields of the finest apples
this year, are located in Buncnmbe
county, near Asheville, and in other
counties along the Murphy branch.
That whole region of county, with its
delightful climate and cheap farm
lands, cfers inviting opportunities to
the horticulturist and to the general
armer.-Southern States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-21
IHE DAIRY.
n DAIRY cow.

From an article written by George
Sampson on the Sharon wis Re
porter, we take the following:
the functions Of the GOV are to take
your coarse fodder and grain and man
ufacture them into milk Providing
she is so fed that she can sustain her
body and in addition produce milk at
a profit, che is a good COW. You know
there are any number of COWS that do
not pay for their keeping, but in this
age Of progress we can ascertain be
yond a shadow of doubt whether or not
a COW is a profitable dairy cow.
There are three things you must con
slider: I, the quantity of milk given /;
2, the quality-by the Babcock test; 8,
the length of the period of lacGation.
AFTER having succeeded in establish
ing a herd of good dairy COWS, comes
the important part Of taking proper
care Of them. Mich COWS must have
a variety of feed, as no one kind of feed
contains all the different elements
which both sustain the body and pro
duce the milk. We will see later what
milk is composed of and you will I'm
derstand why she must have a variety
of feed.
DO not feed your cows before milk
ing. So many do this in order that the
COW shall stand better during the pro
cess of milking. You Will ask why 2
Most of the milk is secreted during the
process Of milking and the COW must
use her blood in the udder. If she is
eating, this blood rushes to her stomach
in order to carry the nutriment to the
different parts Of the body, and the
consequence is that there is a lack of
blood IL the udder 10 produce the best
It sults. Extreme care must be taken
not to feed anything that will favor
milk just before milking. asst will then
pass into the milk, but feed directly
after milking"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-21
PEACHES WITHOUT DOWN.

William P. Winter, a retired carpen
ter, has entered heart and soul into the
wizard business with remarkable re
suits. In q cosey little yard back of
Mr.. Winters home grows a each tree
that has produced annual crops of lus
Clous fruit for a number of years. Two
years ago Mr.. Winter grew a of
the conventional covering of the
peaches In his limited orchard and do
termined at least to produce a neach
minus that Objectionable nap or dow
He began q series of experiments
and that year produced a peach
clothed in the ordinary raiment of the
banana; but not satisfied with the re
suit of his startling assault on nature
he has succeeded in producing a crop
which is just now ripe, that looks TO
all the world like q tree full or apples
The skin Of the fruit is perfectly smootI
and of q dark red hue, shading gradU
ally into q yellow that Mr.. White
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-21

claims Is q remnant Of the banana skin.
Next year." said he, II will have
an orange skin on them"
The method employed by Mr.. Winter
to produce these startling results is a
profound secret, and he is preparing to
COpS right the scheme. GraDevines, as
we'll as peach trees, tremble before the
skill Of the ex carpenter, and among
the curious things that thrive in the
rear OF Mr.. Winters yard is a vine of
this sort that bears at this time ripe
grapes, as sweetas honey and unusually
large half ripe grapes, blossoms and
buds, which Mr.. Winter expects to
ripen by Christmas. Baltimore Amer
lean
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1897-12-21
ONE HUNDRED HINTS ON DAIRY
ING.
By the Late Col. T. D. Curtis.
PART EIGHT

correspondence OF the Progressive Farmer.
BUTTER MAKING
II. It is not necessary co let butter
stand after sailing it by the granular
method, and giving it a second work
ing 1t is better to put it directly into
the package away from the air. This
is the practice Of the most intelligent
butter makers.
70. Nothing could be worse for but
ter, or more Injurious to it's keeping
quality, or to its flavor, than working
u~ndissolVed salt into it, grinding and
cutting all semblance of grain" out of
it. Tons of butter are annually made
salvy and greasy by this method, to
soon decompose and be sold for
grease"
70. when butter is sailed In the gran
uIar form be sure that the temperature
is gradually raised to so degrees, or
above, before packing. If not warm
enough the granules will not adhere
and the butter will come out Of the
package in a crumbly condition, which
is Objectionable.
"a Put butter into such packages az
your market demands. Thirty to sixty
pound Welsh tubs are best for the gen
erel market. The wooden package is
pest. Avoid earthen and tin.
90 Private dairymen, who can secure
ne Of special customers, will find
pao IN It, provided they make a su
cont article Of butter. As they can
to%N ali the conditions, they ought
can better butter than any factory
milk, H cream or