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Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
One of Grants Victories.

One of General Grants greatest vic
tories was not won in war, but in times
of profound peace. On April 28, 1874,
he vetoed an initiation bill which had
passed both houses of congress, by de-
cided majorities. and back Of which
were many eminent Republican poll
ticians who imagined that they saw
sure defeat ahead for their party unless
they made concessions to those clamor-
ing for "more money" The pressure
for the bill was not all political. Many
timid business men urged the president
to sign the bill in order to stop agita-
tion." In this trying situation President
Grant showed patriotism wholly above
partisanship and clear conception of
sound financial principles, unobscured
by shortsighted notions of Immediate
business expediency.
He vetoed the bill because in theory
it would produce imitation. The theo-
ry,", he declared, ''in my belief is de-
parture from the true principles OF
finance, national interest, national obli-
cations to creditors, congressional prom
Use, party pledges on the part of both
political parties and of personal views
and promises made by me in every an
nual message sent to congress and in
each inaugural address.
So far from being a settlement
the bill invited agitation. Should
it fail to create the abundance Of
circulation expected of it. the friends
of the measure, particularly those out
of congress, wanld clamor for such
imitation as would give the expect
ed relief" And he defined his general
principle in these pregnant words, II
am not believer in any artificial meth
cd Of making paper money equal TO
coin when the coin is not owned or
held ready to redeem the promises to
pay. for paper money is nothing more
than promise to pay and is valuable ex-
actly in proportion to the amount OF
coin that it can be converted into.
The monetary battles Of this country
are not yet all fought. Grants words
and acts should inspire those engaged in
the present struggle.
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exhausted their strength. The only way
for them to get strong is to eat proper
food.
But eating is not all. Strength comes
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food.
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Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents.
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"Who generally gets the last word
when one of your conventions gets into
an argumentp"
And the lady orator looked pityingly
at the masculine inquirer and answered:
"There isn't any last Word.n
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Reduced Rates to Milwaukee v
Pennsylvania II. II

Reduced Rates to Milwaukee via
Pennsylvania II. Il
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company an
nouncing that on account Of the meeting of
the National Educational Association, at Mil
waukee, Wis, July to Git will sell contin
uous passage tickets from all points on its.
lines east of Pittsburg and Erieto Milwau-
kee at rate of single fare for the round trip,
plus $500 membership fee. Tickets win be
sold and viii be good going only on July 2,
s, and 4, and will be good to return, leaving
Milwaukee July 10. II. and IL. 1897, only,
except that by depositing ticket with joint
agent at Milwaukee on or before July IL,
and on payment of fiity cents, an exten-
sion of return limit may be obtained to
leave Milwaukee until August 81, 1897, in
elusive.
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Miss Winthrop Bludblue (haughtilyl
Your people are rather rather re-
cent, are they nolP Now, am a
Daughter of the Revolution.
Miss Nobody of Mercyl
How well you carry your yearsI
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4 Healthy Person.

"kbout three years ago I was taken with
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the brigade made that charge memor
able as flag and breastwurk fight
Color Bearer Young of the Tenth Ken.
tncky( Union-it wasKentucky igainst
Kentucky part of the time when the
regiment was checked some yards from
the treastworks by terrible musketry
fire, rushed forward and planted the
standard on the parapet and stood by,
calling his comrades to rally around it..
In the Fourteenth Ohio, Private
Young reached the works first, flag in
hand, and while fixing its staff on the
barrier was shot dead. Corporal Beely
lifted the cOlors and was shot down in
the act. Then Corporal Shocks seized
them and held them over the worksun-
Til the battle ended.
Another remarkable phase of the
charge at JonesborO was that not sim
gle Federal soldier fell into the enemy's
hands There was none missing. All
were accounted for. The ranks of the
ThirLy-eighth numbered that day 360
muskets, just the number of veterans
who had re-enlisled during the winter
for the campaign. Inc !uding the wound
ed who recovered, the loss was exactly
$50. Seventy-two were killed outright
or died on the field. Throughout the
brigade the loss in killed and wounded
averaged 30 per cent. In the Thirty
eighth the killed alone numbered % per
cent.
The reader who is unacquainted with
the practical results of close musketry
fire, both direct and en6lade-that is,
raking the line Of battle lengthwise,
musketry fire backed up by the bayonet
will scarcely believe that Jonesboro
was hotter place for regiment than
the slopes of Mission Ridge, but such
was the fact. sUpon Mission Ridge the
Confederates had planted their cannon
on detached spurs or knolls, and the
whole base Of the slope was lined with
rifle pits.
When BairL's division assaulted, the
ascent of the slope was SO sloN that the
Confederates had ample warning to be
ready. Colonel Phelps of tie. Thirty
eighth commanded the brigade that
day, but he placed himself at the head
of his old regiment and gave the order
to "goWAt run the moment the bugle
sounded. Far in the lead he reached
the crest with handful, and while
forming the scattered ranks was shot
dead. Around him the fight was the
hottest. The Thirty-eighth moved |
with lowered bayonets expos
ed to cross fire of artillery, but an
the shots passed over the |
men. Twice the Confederate rallied |
and tried to repulse the assailants, but |
the brave fellows, having gained SO
much, clung like bulldogs to the slope.
Even while held there idle by a dead
lock the greatest enthusiasm was exhi- |
bited. Standing with their heads on
ly few feet below the muzzles of the
cannon on the crest, the soldiers cheer
ed with all their might when other di-
visions on the fanks pressed up the
hill.
The list of battles and losses of the
Thirty eighth pre- sents boldly this con-
trast which I have alluded to as an il
Of battlefield luck. Its total
loss CT 140 killed was incurred as fol-
lows:
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Reduced Rates to San Francisco via
Pennsylvania Railroad on Account

of fChristian Endeayor Convention.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company an
nounces that, for the Christian Endeavor
Convention to be held in San Francisco
July to II, it will sell special tickets from.
all points on its system at greatly reduced
rates. These tickets WILDE sold OF June 27
July 2, and will permit of stop over at
Denve and points West. Returning. pas
sengers must reach original starting point
not later than August II, 1897.
For spe cific rates, conditions, and full in-
formation apply to nearest ticket agent
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Enjoy Your 4th July on B. q O

The B. & 0. R. r. will sell excursion
tickets, between all points east Of: the Ohio
River, for all trains July I'd, Sd, 4th and 9th
valid for return passage until July 9th, at
greatly reduced Rates
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03
"Down the long and dusky line
Teeth gleam and eyeballsshIne.

"a st!l So; fadt d ard twilight deep
entd mo night he Federal lombard
ment Vi land aad sea suddenly and
completely ceased. a great calm en-
sued, Int it was quite portentOus and
terrible. Il seemed as if the heart of
nature stood still, aweG by preScience
of the impending and fearful catastro-
phe. Gradually The smoke of the can
onade, swathed about the foit for
hours, SO far lifted that the enemy
were seen debouching from their first
parallel and advancing over the mar
row approach between it and the fort.
Then from : the tonbI roof and sand
hills the garrison quickly gathered
along the ramparts. FieldiDg-pieces
were arranged, the srtillerists double
shotted their guns.
''On rushed the Federals at double
quick, saluted by a simultaneous out
break Of hot shot, an implacable, con-
centrated fire from Stunt er, Gregg and
james Island.
Conspicuous in the van, on came
the misguided and unfortunate Colonel
Shaw, his long hair waving behind him
as lie led his able enfants perdus. A
portion followed him over the ditch
and planted their flags on the ramparts,
where the colonel was shot and Instant
ly killed. The others, however, could
not endure the sight of that gaping
ditch or the revolving sensation of
winged metal, viciously near. There
fore they broke, aud, under the irflu-
ence Of panic, blundered first upon
the Ninth Maine and afterward upon
the Sevenly-sixth Pennsylvania, par
TALLY destroying the organizations Of
both.
s.Some Of the frightened creatures
ran like deer; others, in the base paral-
ysis Of terror, prostrated themselves
upon the ground, crawling along on
hands and feet. Then grand deed,
which the old Mortimer would have
called deed of derring do, was per-
formed by the men Of the ever domi-
nant Caucasian race, the thought Of
which as I write, quarter of a Gen.
tury after its occurrence. makes my
heart beat and my pulse throb tumul.
tuously. Across the narrow and fatal
stretch before the fort, every inch of
which was swept by hurricane Of fire
besom of destruction, the Sixth Con-
necticut (and Forty-eighth New York;
charged with such undaunted resolu-
tion upon the southeast salient that
they succeeded in The very face Of hell,
one may say in capturing It.
.sWhat though their victory was q
J barren achievement What though fol
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

Certain gentlemen, notably Mr..
Claus Spreckels, the California sugar
king, have been expressing more conf
dence in the rejection of the treaty for
the annexation of Hawaii, to which
they are violently opposed. than there
is anything in sight to justify. But
there is reason for their confidence,
as will be fully apparent before Con-
gress meets next winter. 1t lies in the
manipulation of big corruption fund
to cleate public sentiment against the
treaty with the hope that enough Sena-
tors can be influenced to prevent the
necessary two-thirds vote being OBJ
tanned for ratification of the treaty.
And all of this corruption fund will
not come from American sugar men.
A considerable portion Of it will come
from the secret fund of European gov
ernments. There are at least two Eu-
ropean nations which are more inter-
ested in the failure of the treaty than
Japan is. But being smarter than The
Japs, they have not protested and will
not protest against the treaty, but will
try to accomplish its defeat by the use
of money, just as they have before
tried, and sometimes succeed in inau-
encing the course of the United States. !
It is really great pity that this
scheme could not be headed off by the
ratification of the treaty by the Senate
at this session, but it is known that the
opponents of the treety would notallow
vote to be taken on the treaty at this
session, even il it we're possible to keep
a quorum of the Senate in Washington
for any considerable time after the tar
if bill has bsen passed.
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STATE OF ONO, CITY Or TOLEDO, I

FRANK J. CHENEY makes the oath that he
s the senior partner of the firm of f. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of
Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of One
Hundred Dollars for each and every case
of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

Mr.. 1. F. Mack, the well-k nown
Ohio editor, who is now visiting Wash.
ington. has been talking Interestingly
of a subject on which he is thoroughly
posted-Ohio politics. He said: "The
talk about the Repub lican party being
torn with internecine strife is arrant
nonsense. We are thoroughly uni ted
and harmonious and will win in Ohio
this year by heavy majority. There
is no sort Of doubt about it, and away
down in their hearts do not believe
the Democrats think they have any
show of success. There is no Demo-
cratic party in our State, anyway, for
those who used to bs Democrats have
gone over to the Populists."
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

The difference between being tariff
expert and posing as one was made
painfully apparent when Senator Jones,
of Ark, tied himsalf all up in jungle
of figures supplied TO him by the op-
ponents ofa duty on the cheap silks Of
China and Japan. Before he got
through, everybody knew that he knew
absolutely nothing Of what he was
trying to talk about.
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Commissioner Butterworth hasn't
lost any time in beginning the needed
wolk of raising the standard of prac-
tice before the Z. S. Patent Office.
Eight Attorneys have recently been
disbarred from practice before that Of
fee for not conducting their business
under honorable methods.
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!: !: :: :: : : = !: :" : :: !:
k5Ip S$AgANlliI the morning OF
@1 ,vgzkg2k3 July 10Th, 1868,
Hll Iy4aSe1EE9 lay hundreds of
Ill NM1EfI5 dead and wound
EM = ~ ed heroes, who
%SsZw had fallen in one
of the bloodiest
assaults OF the-war.A As things count
in war it required heroes to put them
there, for the defenders to the actual
assailants were but one to five. The
garrison at the time was tie same as
that which defended it against the as
sault Of the 10Th. with small re-eu-
f0rcement. Both attacks were preceded
by fierce bombardment. Paul Ham;l-
ton IIayne, the South Carolina poet,
wrote, "If the amount of shot and
shell rained in an iron deluge upon and
about it (Wagner) could, like the seeds
of Cadmus, have sprouted into armed
men, there would have been no need
of northern 'draftiDgs,' but South Car
olina, and, in fact, the entire Confeder-
acy, would have been Immediately
overrun by such countless hordes as
must have put to shame the armies of
Genghis Kahn or a Xerxes."
Throughout the whole day, the 18Th,
the Union batteries upon Folly Island,
across the channel, and the gunboats,
poured their missiles upon the work, at
times firing 20 shots per minute. Yet
the ammunition was wasted. Only
about 30 of the defenders we're hit, and
the fort was SO ably planned by the
clever engineer, Laugdon Cheves, that
it received no damage worth noticing.
Cheves had been killed in the lombard
ment of July 10th by Union shell. 1t
is said that Fort Wagner is his monu-
ment, for plan of il is one of two
used az models at the West Point
academy.
After describing the Union column
Of assault Mr.. Hayne continues South
ern Bivouaej: "The Sun had almost
reached the horizon when these regi-
mentd, glittering iu blue and gold, the
last rays of the luminary flashing in
ON miuEous brightness from the baynets,
swords and epaulets, were formed on
the beach to the rear of the batteries in
columns of eight companies closed at
half distance, the Sixth Connecticut to
lead and attack the southeast salient
angle Of the fort, the Forty eighth |
New York to pa j along the sea front |
and facing inward To attack there, The |
other regiments Of The brigade 10 |
charge the south 'front.'. extending in
ward toward the marshes on the left,
while to- the Flfty-fourth Massachu.
setts colored volunteers, 900 strong,
splendidly drilled and accoutered, the |
honor was given of position in ad-
vance of all.
'sThey were to distinguish them
selves in the ambitious and romantic |
role of enfants perdus. Colonel Robert |
G.. Shay commanded these men, and |
doubtless his % idp and confidence we're
high as lie bthe)d.
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1t is impossible, at this time, to say
how long the tariff bill will remain in
conference, but ch airman Dingley, who
is thoroughly posted on the sentiment
of both Senators and Representatives,
and who will be at the head of the
House conferees, expresses the opinion
that an agreement will be peedily
reached on the bill.
Ex-senator Corbett's claim to the
vacant Oregon seat in the Senate will
not be acted upon until the regular
session, but the Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections has had printed
for the convenience of Senators, the
elaborate report prepared by Senator
Hoar in favor Of seating Mr.. Corbett
on the certificate of the Governor of
Oregon. Mr.. Corbett is much disap-
pointed, as he expected the case to be
settled at the present session, and hoped
to get the seat.
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Rents Boxes

In its New Burgalar and Fire-pre OF
Vaults, Makes ample provision in Its
Store Room and Vaults for the safe keer-
ing of Securities and Valuable packages
placed in its cussody.
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Washington
Letter

and some that the finale vote will be
taken Saturday. At any rate, un-
less there is unexpected delay, the
bill will be passed in time to add to the
jollifcation of the Fourth of July cele-
bration all over the country. This
early disposal of the bill will be far
from satisfactory to some of the Dem
ocratic Senators, but fear of the wrath
of their constituents has prevented
them from resorting to anything like
filibustering tactics to delay it further.
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FRANK j. CHENEY.

Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9Th day of December A. D 1896
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F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo,

Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Middletown transcript., 1897-07-03

Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, Send for testimonials
free.
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Tran sacts a
Attends to the

Management of Real Estate and to the
Collection and Remittance of Rentsln
terest on Securities arr Divide ds
Stocks.
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Inside Fort
Wagner
THRILLING SCENES DESCRIBED
BY THE CONFEDERATE DEFEN-
DERS.


TDER the walls
Of Fort Wagner,
the morning of
July 19,h, 1868,
lay hundreds of
dead and wound
ed heroes, who
had fallen in one
of the bloOdiest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-27

box on his way to Bobby's home he
wished he had not gone into business
for himself that morning.
And as for Bobby, in some way he
ran that same hook into the feshy part
Of his right thumb, and get it out
hs could not So not at all happy, and
wishing that he had not disobeyed his
mother. he started for home, but he
went down the wrong side of the hill,
and while Bunny's mother was dividing
her mouthful of corn among her three
little squirrels instead of four. Bobby's
mother and lot of other people from
the tents and cottages near by were
securing the hills and deep, dangerous
favines. calling Bobby Ransom!" and
getting no answer bat the echoes.
1t was night before they found him,
lying asleep by the side of a stream,
his tishing-rod broken off near the
point. the line he could not unite from
the hook would round his swollen right
Eand, his shoes worn out and clothing
badly torn, but he was still holding the
can. inside of which poor hungry Bun
~ was scratching in vain to get out.
Bunny never got back to his parents,
and Bobby said he would never run
away again; a promise his sore hand
kept in mind till he and Bunny went
10 his Kansas home.-Child's Paper.
American Tract Society
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-27

Mr.. W. lie c. Beard writes in St Mich
elias of pet eagle named Moses. which
ne caught in the Arizona desert. Mr..
Beard says: Moses had language Of
his own, which. by the constant prac-
tice he gave US. we soon learned to I'M
derstand. 1t consisted of series Of
cries. all harsh and nerve-rasping but
perfectly distinct. each one expressing
q different emotion. Thus. rage, en-
treaty. excitement and pleasure were
each easily distinguished by those who
knew him well. His one syllable note
of greeting was more explosive and per-
laps shade less disagreeable than the
rest; and he had also low. grooming
sort Of murmur; but this he used only
in soliloquy, so TO us it expressed only
the fact that Moses was talking over
things with himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-27
BOBBY AND BUNNY.
story of the Misadventures of Two
Little Runaways

Little Bunny Rodent, one of family
Of four young striped squirrels. as soon
as his parents had left the nest TO ret
some food for the family. told the
Others that he was quite old enough 10
be his own master, and look out for
himself. and started off to do so.
An hour before Bobby Ransom had
left the tent where they were camping
in the Colorado hills, although he was
forbidden to go by himself. and with
rod. hook and line had gone up to the
cold, swift-tiowing stream in the can
yon to try a little fsning. He had
taken bakirg-poSder can with bait in
it. and so it came 10 pass that soon after
Bunny left his hcr1e he spied the little
top shaped blue and red float on Bobby's
line rolling on smooth rock. for Bobby
was tired of fishing and was playing
with his line.
Here's funi" said Bunny to himself.
and began to play with it as a kitten
with ball of yarn. This was much
finer fun for Bobby than fishing. and
the woods rang with his laughter at
Bunny's antics. But after awhile in
swinging the line the hook caught in
the skin on Bunny's side. and Bobby
landed him at his feet like a fish.
What nice pet he would be to take
home!" said Bobby; SO he emptied his
bait, made hole in the can cover that
Bunny might get air, put him in, and
carefully took out the hook. though
Bunny chartered with fear and pain as
he did so. and all the time he was in the