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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

widows or tho Revolution.
Seven women are still drawing pen
sions as the widows Of men who saw
active service In the war of the Revo-
luton; women whose husbands served
under Washington more than a hun
dred and twenty years ago. The eld-
est of these surviving widows of the
Revolution is living at Los Angeles.
Cal. She Is Mrs. LOvey Aldrich, now
In the ninety-eighth year OF her age.
Her husband was Private Caleb Aid
rich, who was born in the year 1868,
and served as a soldier boy in the New
England campaigns of the war. Mrs.
Nancy Jones of Jonesborough, Tenn,
whose husband was Darling Jones.
private in one of the North Carolina
regiments. is the youngest OF the Rev.
dictionary widows, being now about
SO years Of age. The other Ave are
Va. and is the widow Of Sergeant Will
liam Cloud Of Capt. Christians Vir-
ginia Line: Esther 8. Damon of Ply
mouth Union. VT. whose husband was
Private Noah Damon of Massachu-
sets; Mary Snead. living at Parksley,
Va. widow OF Private Bowdoin Snead:
Nancy A. Weatherman. who lives at
Elk Mills, Tenn. and whose first hus-
band was Robert Glascock. q fifer in
one of the Virginia regiments. and Re-
becca Mayo. living at Newbern, Va.
widow of Stephen Mayo. soldier
from Virginia. That these women can
be the widows of Revolutionary SOL
diers is readily understood in view OF
the fact that their husbands were well
ON In years when they married. As
for example. when Esther Sumner mar
ried Noah Daman in the year 1886
fifty-two years after the close of the
war--she was but 81. while he was IS.
The last Revolutionary widow pension
er who had married prior to the close
OF the war, and had therefore actually
lived during Revolutionary times. was
Nancy Serena. widow Of Daniel F.
Brakeman. She died about twenty-sev-
en- years ago, only year or two after
her husband. who was the last OF the
Revolutionary soldiers on the pension
roll.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

David starr Jordan, president of
Stanford University, says: Zone Of
the most disQuieting features Of the
social condition Of our times 10 the
rush Of young men to the cities. Re-
oulting from this h the weakness and
Instability OF the farming population
- compared with the same clau half
= century ago. Steadiness Of national
character gees with nrmness Of foot
hold on the soil. We may we'll look
with alarm ON q condition In which
I'll men Of wealth and power shall be
gathered In the cities. while the farms
aFe left to the weak and ineficient or
% the peasants OF other nations. A
matters are. tho cities are great de-
etroyers OF human life. We have not
learned properly to govern them nor
% make them effective. and every city
= full Of human failures, results OF
0isdirected effort. A tour of the prin-
elpal streets. halls and meeting places
On Sunday evening In any great city
viii show how terribly true this 10.
Certainly one-fourth the present pop
ulation Of such . city - San Francisco
Cor example has NO real business there.
These people arc doing nothing which
= elective for themselves or helpful
70 others. and the condition Of the
other three-fourths. and most likely
their own condition, would be distinct.
n improved II these misft persons
would 60 back to the farms"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
San jose Scale In Indiana.

San jose Scale In Indiana.
Indiana horticulturalists must be on
guard against the San Jose scale,
which has now appeared in that state.
The following from Prof. James Troop,
Of the Indiana experiment station, is of
interest:
There are many species of scale in
sects which infest fruit and ornamental
plants to greater or less extent, but
OF all those known to the entomologist
at the present time, the San Jose scale
Ia the most to be dreaded on account of
Its destructive character, the rapidity
with which it increases and the difi-
Guilty with which 1t may be eradicated
when once 1t has become established.
1t has been only few years since this
pest was introduced into some Of the
nurseries OF the eastern states from
California through the carelessness Of
one or two nurserymen in not thor
oughly disinfecting the stock sent out.
From these nurseries 1t has been wide
ly scattered. and recent Investigations
have shown that 1t is already present
In a number Of orchards in Ohio and
Illinois. brought there by shipments of
trees from these infested nurseries;
and We have no reason to suppose that
these shipments Of trees have been any
less frequent in Indiana than in these
adjacent states. In fact 1t has already
been found in some Of the southern In
diana counties, and unless vigorous
measures are adopted very soon the
loss to the fruit growers of this state
from this cause must necessarily be
very great. Judging from the many
specimens OF scale-infested branches
received by the experiment station dur
Ing the past season, 1t 10 very evident
that but little IL known concerning
this scale by the fruit growers Of In
diana In general. The San Jose scale
is much smaller and of q different
shape. the female being nearly circular
In outline. that the oyster shell or bark
louise. while the others mentioned are
readily distinguished by the naked eye.
As already stated this pest becomes
distributed by means of nursery stock
which is sent from one state or locality
to another. It 10 also spread locally by
being carried by the wind and ON the
feet OF birds. etc., so that II but single
tree Is infested At the time of planting.
SO great is its reproductive power. it
may soon spread until the entire or
chard is infested. It has been ascsr-
tained that the progeny Of = single fe-
male. during q single season, may
amount to more than three billions of
individuals. Thus 1t will be seen that
the greatest care should be exercised
In this matter. not only by the nursery
men. but by each individual planter.
Az . further precaution and a. . mat
ter Of self-protection. Indiana should
follow the example Of Ohio and Illinois
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
A Case He Knew.

II see in a recent book the idea is put
forth that mankind sung before it
talked. What do you think Of IT."
Don't know, but there is fellow on
our block who is going to sing just
before he dies, some time. unless he
quits bowling popular songs. "-Cin-
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

Experiment Station has repeatedly
cultivated sugar beets for stock
feeding purposes, and we have had
no difficulty in producing twelve to
twenty tons per acre under fav-
orable conditions. The cost ~ produc-
ton is considerably greater than In
the case Of the field crops ordinarily
grown in Ohio, but as with any other
crop, the lowest cost is only attained
by experience. The chief difficulty the
Ohio farmer will experience in the cul-
ture OF sugar beets will be found in
the thinning. but by care in planting
the labor Of thinning may be consider
ably reduced. In 1891 the U. S. Depart
ment Of Agriculture determined the
percentage OF sugar in large numbers
Of samples of sugar beets, received from
twenty counties in Ohio, and since that
time the Ohio Experiment Station has
analysed a considerable additional
number OF samples. The results OF
this work indicate that beets may be
so grown as to contain a sufficient per-
centage of sugar for profitable work.
Ing, throughout the northern half OF
the state, wherever soil conditions are
suitable. The cost Of buildings and
machinery and the working capital re-
quired to start a factory equipped for
the most economical manufacture of
beet sugar amount to total not far
short Of quarter of a million dollars,
and such factory will require the pro-
duce of at least thousand acres in
beets for successful operation. The
production Of beet sugar in Europe has
been stimulated by a system of export
bounties, until the total product now
exceeds that of the cane sugar product
Of the world. Under this increase of
product the price Of refined sugar in
New York has fallen from an average
Of ten and a quarter cents per pound
In 1873 to four and a half cents for
1894. At present, sugar imported into
The United States, except from the
Hawaiian Islands, pays an import duty
Of 40 per cent ad valorem, with one
tenth cent per pound additional on raw
sugar. and nearly one-fourth cent on
refined sugar, which has received an
export bounty. Notwithstanding this
heavy duty, the importation of beet
sugar seems to be ON the increase. Be-
cause Of the possible great Importance
of this industry to the farmers of Ohio.
bulletin is now being compiled by the
Experiment Station at Wooster. which
will give the experience Of other states
in the production of beet sugar, and
the probable outlook for beet culture
In Ohio.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

in passing a law making the sale or
Offering for sale. or harboring trees or
plants infested with this or other nox-
ious insects a misdemeanor punishable
by a suitable fine. 1t should then be
placed in the hands Of competent
eutomologist who will see that the law
IA enforced. James Troop,
HOrticulturist
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRICULTURISTS
Some Up-tO-date Hints About Cultiva-
tion of the Soil and Yields Thereof
-H0rtlculture, viticulturs and Fl0ri.
culture

HE numerous IL
Quiries which are
being received. rel
alive to the outlook
for profitable beet
sugar production
in this state. indi-
cate that there is
at present a wide
spread interest in
this industry in
Ohio. The Ohio
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

One of the things which assures us
OF the stability OF the republic Is the
spirit of absolute holiness with which
the drawer OF a salary in public Office
celebrates every legal holiday by keep
ing from working.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
Al an Army Ration.

Take 1t altogether" said the old
soldier. Il think liked beans the best
of the army rations. Hard bread, OF
course. was essential, and we expected
to get that any way: but l am speak
Ing now of the comparative luxuries
on the army bill of fare. should pre-
fer corned beef. If that issued in the
army had been uniformly of a desira-
BILE quality; but often 1t was of hard.
ness more like that Of quartz, and of q
saltiness past belief by those who have
never tried 1t.
salt pork-well, fat salt, pork, even
OF the best quality, is not desirable as
a steady diet Of food, and We got more
salt pork than any other meat, and
it was most always not of the best.
In fact, no old soldier will ever for
get the salt pork of the army, but
his recollections of 1t will not be sur
rounded by an aurora borealis Of de-
light.
Not everybody liked beans. but &C.
cording to my notion they were the
best of the army rations, all things
considered. II we had a piece of pork
to put in the kettle, SO much the bet
ter; but We had salt anyway; and bean
soup. with hard bread to break into
1t. and cup Of coffee made a meal
that had decided elements of hopeful
ness in 1t.
1T is true that sometimes when we
had beans day after day for days to-
gether some Of the men would get
tired of them. But you would grow
tired Of ortolans, wouldn't you, il you
had too many of them?
Il always used to be glad when we
had beans; and to this day l like now
and then a dish OF bean soup. and I
never eat 1t without pleasant recollec.
lions of the army"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30


standard to the breeze OF morn.
Peafd her loud drum. and twang'd her
trumpet horn:
Tumultuous horror brooded Ger her
van,
Presaging wrath to Poland-and to
man!
Warsaws last champion from her
height surveyed.
Wide DER the fields. a waste OF ruin
laid
Oh. heaven. he cried, my bleeding
country save.-
Is there no hand on high to shield the
brave?
Yet, though destruction sweep these
lovely plains.
Rise, fellow-men. our country yet re-
mains.
BY that dread name, we wave the
sword on high.
And swear for her to live!-with her to
die!
He said. and on the rampant heights
array'd
His trusty warriors. few but undis-
may'd:
Ffrm-paced and slow. horrid front
they form,
Still as the breeze. but dreadful as the
storm:
Low murmuring sounds along their
banners fly,
Revenge, or death,-the watchword
and reply;
Then peard the notes. omnipotent to
charm,
And the loud tocsin tolrd their last
alarm!-
In vain. alas! in vain. We gallant
few!
From rank to rank your volley'd thun-
der flew
Oh. bloodiest picture in the book Of
Time.
Sarmatia fell. unwept. without a crime:
Found not a generous friend. a plying
foe.
Strength in her arms. nor mercy in her
Dropp'd from her nervelcss grasp the
shatterd spear,
Closed her bright eye. and curb'd her
high career;-
Hope for a season, bade the world
farewell.
And Freedom shriekd-as Kosciusko
Thomas Campbell.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
Very PlOus.

Very Pi0us.
Tom-Is Miss Sanity really as pious
As people think she is?
Ethel-Oh, yes: I'm certain she is
Tom-What makes you so sure?
Ethel-Why, her clothes fit her hor'
rtbly.-New York Times.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

n you want private pointers con-
cerntng mans character listen to the
kinds Of weaknesses he charges up to
Is Heighbor2
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
Colonel strathy, commander Of tn,

Colonel Strathy. commander OF the
fifth Royal Scots Of Montreal. ap-
peared ut . wedding in Nashville,
Tenn. this week In the uniform of his
regiment. consisting Of plumed bonnet.
red tunic and white facings. kills made
q the Argyll tartan and stout pair Of
bare legs. Well may It be said that the
Colonel was dressed for the occasion
Fortunately the day was quite warm.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

The largest orchard In Great Britain
Is at Tottington. in the county OF
Gloucester. 1t is 500 acres in extent
and some seasons 1t yields its owner.
Lord Sudley. profit Of $4,000. Ap-
pies and plums are raised there chiefly.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

The man who accepts alimony from
mis- unfaithful wife Is too honorable to
night duel with gypsy fiddler.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

The man who pays undue regard to
himself does not appreciate that he Is
increasing his load of cares.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

People who never do things they
think wrong save themselves a vast
amount of voluntary explanation.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

The man who pays undue regard
20 himself does not appreciate that he
ID increasing his load OF cares.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

Perseverance is all right. SO long as
1t does not degenerate into obstinate
butting Of stone wall.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
Hiram UiyayeS.


During the boyhood of General
Grant. his father, Jesse Grant. was
much laughed at on the sly among his
neighbors for what was considered his
foolish pride in his son, whom they
saw no reason to think anything but
very commonplace kind of boy, ca
pable enough. but in no way remark
able-unless, perhaps, from his silence.
One OF their points of ridicule was the
Christian name which he had seen
fit to bestow upon the boy. Ulysses!
What an absurd name for an ordinary
young American!
How did you come to saddle such a
name on the poor child?" they some
times asked, bluntly.
They made fun of the frequency with
which the proud father talked about
my Ulysses" and parodied the class
ic cognomen into Useless. Except
from his father. the boy seldom got
the benefit of his full three syllables.
When he was not Useless, he was Lys-
sus or Lys.
Accustomed as We have now become
to think with respect and admiration
OF Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses still seems
an odd and not wholly desirable name,
at least when combined with Hiram.
Hiram Ulysses is distinctly not an
aesthetically successful conjunction.
This. as MIR. Hamlin Garland relates,
is how it came to be bestowed on the
infant general, the first child of his
parents. who had the usual difficulty
in choosing name for the baby.
"Multitudes of suggestions only con-
fused the young parents the more, I'M
til at last 1t was proposed to cast the
names into hat. This was done. A
romantic aunt suggested Theodore. The
mother favored Albert, in honor of AL
bert Gallatin. Grandfather Simpson
voted for Hiram, because he consid-
cred 1t a handsome name. The draw
ing resulted in two names, Hiram and
Ulysses.
Ulysses, it is said, was cast into the
hat by Grandmother Simpson, who had
been reading translation of Fenelon's
Telemachus. and had been much i'm
pressed by the description of Ulysses
given by Mentor to Telemachus: He
was gentle of speech, beneficent of
mind'--'The most patient of men'-'He
is the friend of truth. He says moth
ing that is false but when 1t is neces-
sary he comedies what is true. His
wisdom Is a seal upon his lips, which
is never broken except for an impor-
tant purpose"
Grandmother Simpson must have
had prophetic soul indeed If she d.
vined how aptly these quotations might
one day be applied to her baby grand
son. However that may be, fortune
decreed that he should bear the two
names selected by his grandfather and
grandmother, and he was duly chris
tened Hiram Ulysses Grant, though the
Hiram was advantageously omitted
from his signature In later years.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

Generally when mans acts return
TO plague him, he whines around that
he is prosecuted.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

So far, bills have been introduced
IN the Kansas legislature touching
every subject save hypnotism.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
IDAHO.

Too many people imagine that debt
u paid when its form is changed.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

Exaggerated truth Is in many re-
spects more dangerous than an all-wool
falseho0d.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

Bad milk will make bad butter ma
matter how 1t 10 handla1.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
No tropical plant ever grew as fast
- a small annoyance will increase.
We can all Of us find excuses; for hat
ing. without sitting up nights to think.

Compulsory idleness Is a monstrOus
Sniquity. Every man should have
fob
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30
VETERANS CORNER.
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES FOR OUR
OLD SOLDIER READERS,
Some Pensioners Whose Husba nds Served
Under WashingtOn-How an Army
Omcer stood the Supreme Test Of
Belief In Fatalism.

H, sacred Truth!
I by tri u m p h
ceased "A while.
And Hope. thy sis
ter, ceased with
thee to smile.
When leagued OPP
preston pour'd
to Northern wars
Her whisker'd pam
doors and her
fierce husSars.
Navsnl har drand
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

I0wA
weather bureau has issued statement
showing that during the current wear
80 per cent Of the hogs in the state have
died OF cholera. In the northeast dis.
trlct the loss Is II per cent: north cen.
trial, 40 per cent; northwest, % per
cent: central. 50 per cent: south CEN
trail. 30h per cent: west central 81
per cent; southwest. "a per cent; The
total loss is estimated at 1900 900 HOG,
and the loss. direct and indirect. AZ
SIS. 000, 900. The indirect loss includes
the shipment OF millions of young hogs
which the owners feared to keen. lest
they should be attacked by the disease
1t IL the worst cholera scourge the
state has ever experienced.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-04-30

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Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-01-01

DGt PICKET. III
its envons and the grandeur Of the adjacent ountaps
oraw numerous tourists yearly from all parts Of the world
But it s with ts material advantages and their relation "a
the prosperity Of Carbon county that we have to do
AS first among its may be
deposit OF mechanable COAL which, is claimed by eeolo-
gsts is the largest body Of btuminous coal vet ds
covered west Of the Missouri river large and extern
sve plant has been in operation in this coal field for thu
past seven during which time from $50 to $50 men
have been steadily employed at wage rate that il sst-
isfactory and equitable to all During this period
over have been paid in wages to the work.
men of the mines nearly all of which filters r one way or
another through every branch of business and trade in the
county
Unlike the great majority of the coal mine In tho
west the Rocky Fork Coal company pays it's workmen in
cash. leaving to them purchase their supplies when and
where they please This and method tends to
promote competition in all branches of trade and traffic and
results in incacuabe benefit to the employees of the COM
pany as we'll as in encouraging enterprise among the er
chants and diversity of occupations and business
The monthly pay roll Of the mines amounts to from
$25O00O0 to $OO0OOO The army of men EMPLOYED therein
consume large quantity Of the products Of the SOIL and 70
the of the miner finds its way into every channel Of
trade in and around the county It would indeed be hard
to give approximate estimate Of the great quantities
OF vegetables of meats and poultry, Of hay grain butter
EGGS etc., that disposed of yearly by the farmers Of Car
bon county to the Red Lodge workmen It should be evil
dent then that not only to the miners and borers do The
coal mines bring profit but that in large degree their op
GRAFTON is conducive to the we'll being Of the people, no mat
ter in what occupation or business engaged"
The history Of the Red Lodge schools may be briefly v
en-, as follows:
As has been sad the first school opened in 1857 under
Miss Fannie Campbell teacher with IL pupils Following
Miss Campbell were Miss Annie McAnely and ]. F. Kern
The school house erected in 1890 and the teachers In
the various years were:
In $780, Miss Emma Yakeley principal; Miss Annie Nc
Aney grammar; Miss Maggie Mclean first nr;n,arv Mr..
Martha Kearns second primary.
In 1884, Miss Emma Yakeey principal; Miss Annie Nc
Aney grammar; Miss Stella Yakeey and Miss Cora Mar
SHALL first primary; Miss Mary Matteson, second primary
In 1892, E. G. Hecht principal; Miss Annie McAnslly,
grammar; Miss Cora Marshall first primay Miss Mary Nat
teson, second primary
In 1885, r. w Cranston principal; Miss Annie McAney
grammar; Miss Cora Marshall first urinary. M. N..