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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1897-04-14
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
Two Confederate Generals, Forrest AID
Morgan.
BY ~"KNhPSACK."

Forrest and Morgan were both
cavalry Generals, and both were
"raiders"-in fact, both had many
things in common. Both prac
ticed that unique innovation in
warfare - originated by Forrest
himself-which WIS to rush with
the cavalry upon some weaker
body of the enemy, hastily dis
mount and fight as infantry, Whip
the enemy, parole the prisoners,
and then mount aud ride away to
other victories before recruits
could arrive to reinforce the sur
prised Federals. AS raiders they
rasped the enemy continually aud
terribly, SO that both names be-
came prOverbial and a terror, not
only to large bodies of cavalry aud
Infantry, but also to the "home,
guards" and "bushwhackers.n-
However, there was great dissimi-
larity i'll their personalities, as well
as in their war careers. Forrest
was a man of determination and
sternuess, with something of a con.
sequential roughness. His great
passion Vas to whip the enemy,
and what was not relevant to that
what did not make directly for
that-he held IN light esteem. He
accepted courage in bis soldiery as
a matter of course; scorned the
faint of heart aud summarily had
all deserters shot--sometimps, il
was said, "without judge or jury"
in other words, without court
martial.
AS to his personal appearance,
he was something over six feet
tall, but of medium weight; rather
sinewy, with a desperate looking
mien, and withal careless as to his
attire-that is, what refined socie-
ty would call uncouth. Neverthe
less he was brave as a lion. One
day some ladies of Mississippi who
had been sewing garments for the
boys in gray, feeling a deep admi-
ration for this brave man, present
ed him with a pair of silver spurs
made of their own tlimbles. A
little patriotic speech was made
along with the gift. For a mo-
ment the stern General was over
come. His hands trembled aud "A
tear rolled down his cheek as he
said with fervor: "Tll wear 'em,
aud if the enemy gets 'em, it will
be when my heels are cold on the
ground"
-
General Morgan, known the ma.
lion over as "Morgan, the Raid
en-" was, until the beginning of
the war, a gentleman of the blue
grass region of Kentucky. He
was the owner of fine race horses
His residence
was at Lexington, to this day the
great centre of culture, education
and a%ristocracy in that State. AS
Il commander he was kind and
good to those who served under
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ullI. II mas not Il commercial feat-
ure in it.
Thank Heaven, the State of Lou
isiana has at least one representa-
tive in Congress who is AN honor
to her Democracy, and Of whom
her people can well be proud.
Senator Gallery is II Democrat
through ard through, aud more
than that, be has q backbone as
strong andsstif as that of Grover
Cleveland. He is IA man who pcs
sesses the courage of his convic-
tons, aud a spirit and devotion to
duty that will prompt him to sac,
riice himself rather than yield in
a fight. We honor such a man;
he commands orr admiration, and
we can in our humble way follow
his flag without looking at the
roughness Of the ground over
which we are marching. Mr.. CAT.
fiery does not count the odds
againstshin ing a political fight.
just prior to the battle of Ruena
Vista, when Gen. Taylor was con.
fronted by II powerful Mexican
force, yet evidently preparing to
advance, a great deal of excite
ment prevailed in the American
camp, and Gea. Tayloi's chief
Quartermaster, IA brave and gal
liant man himself, rushed up to the
old hero and exclaimed, Elf We at
tacksahe enemyshere and are fore
edsto fall back, what on earth viii
become Of my traih?n "Never
mindsthat, sir" said old Rough
and Really, Liam going to fight
the eEemy right here, and if We
have. TO fall back, by God, sir, we
won't need any train
That is the sort Of fighter Don
Gallery is. lie does not belong to
that feeble breed Of fighters who
are ready to whip the enemy by
laying down their arms; who, On
the eve of a pitched battle with
the enemy,s ezc!aim, "The.y are
going to take our position any
Way andswr might az well let.them
have it," Senator Caffrly,, is no
political hermapliredite. He does
OF believe in whipping the enemy
10y laying down his arms and let
ting the foe fall into the trap he
has set for himself Daily States.
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But Forrest was never captured.
Another striking contrast we
find III the manner Of their deaths.
Forrest passed quietly away, with
his family around him, severa!
years after the war, being at the
time a member of Court Street c..
Z. Church, in Memphis. Morgan
was killed at Greenville, East Ten
nessee, in a manner most deplora
bic. He, with his staff, had taken
up quarters at the house of a
Northern ympathizer. A young
woman, the daughter of the man
in whose house they were quarter
ed, went hurriedly on foot to
where the Federals were stationed
and told them. that Morgan was at
her fathers house. immediately
the Yankees hurried to Green
vile. Morgan's command was
stationed out Of town SO when
the enemy came up he had NO one
with him but his staff. AS the
Federals surrounded the house
several entered the room in which
Morgan sat. Seeing there was no
chance of escape, he threw up his
hands in surrender. But iu a mo-
ment, a Federal soldier, hagrantly
disregarding the usages of civil.
lied warfare, took deliberate aim
aud fired, killing Morgan instant
ly. The Yankees act is explained
by the fact that a liberal reward
had been offered to the one who
should kill the famousraider. Thus
ended the career of this brilliant
cayalryman.
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An APRIL FOOL FINANCIAL
SCHEME.

Cd the first day of April there
WAS introduced in Congress, at the
request OF Captain John Cowden,
OF New Orleans, a bill "to regulate
the value OF money in the United
States aud for other purposes" as
is set forth in IFS title. 1t provides
that tl,eresshall be created, as an
aajuuctt to the United States Treas
ury Department, a real estate bu
rean, whose function shall be to
lend money to the holders Of real
estate i'll the United States at the
rate of two per ceut a year. This
bureau is to have a branch office
in every part of the country conve-
nient to the borrowers. These
loans are to be secured by mort.
cages made to the Government,
and, if these mortgages are not
paid off, the Government is to take
the property.
Clti-s and towns and railway
corporations are to be entitled to
borrow money from the Govern.
ment bureau on the same terms,
and any default in the payment of
the principal or interest is to be
settled by the Government taking
the property. In the course Of
time, under such a system, the
Government will come to own pref.
ty much all the poor lands and
bankrupt railroads and cities aud
towns in the Union. The desira.
ble lands and the pay ing roads
and solvent towns aud cities could
take care of themselves.
1t may be asked how the Gov.
eminent is to lend unlimited mon
ey at per cent a year when it
cannot borrow at a rate much less
than 4 per cent. This difficulty is
to be- solved by the unlimited issue
by the Government of paper mon.
ely, which is to be made a legal
tender for all payments, public or
private, such notes not to be re-
deemable and to be declared to be
actual money. All greenbacks
and other government notes are to
be permanently withdrawn and
cancelled, and their place taken by
the new absolute paper money.
In this way the author Of this
remarkable bill proposes to pro-
vide for the creation of all the mo.
ney which this country car possi-
bly, require, aud it will thereby be
saved from the necessity forever
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out of bed If his breakfast doesn't taste
good if he feels utterly incapable of work,
1t is a pretty sure sign that his digestion is
out of order that his principal trouble is
constipation. If he lets this condition run
on, there is no telling where it will stop.
Nine -tentits of all human sickness comes
from constipation. The first thing that
every doctor asks when he is called to see a
patient is whether the bowels are in good
order. It is nonsense to, call a doctor for
such a simple thing. 1t is nonsense to let
such a simple thing grow into such a serious
thing, as it always does if neglected. DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation
They not only afford immediate and plea.
ant relief from all the distressing syrup
toms, but they cure permanently and posi-
lively. There are 10, 900 medicines that can
be taken, to give temporary relief. The
Pheasant Pellets" are the only things that
really are.
There are plenty of druggists who will
try to sell you something else. You know
just as wen as we do that an homes
druggist wouldn't do such a thing
that an honest druggist would give you
what you ask for. You know that when g
druggist insists on giving you something
else, there must be a reason for it. We
know what that reason is-he makes a big
ger profit on the other thing. Any drug,
gist in America will supply the Pellets"
l. ycu insist on it.
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A happy man is
a a healthy man, and
A healthy man ia

a healthy man is
happy.
You e V saw a
happy mar in ycur
life who had indi-
gestion. If a man
gets UP in the
IN orning with a
foul taste and
,fouler breath ; if
he feels listless and
sluggish ; if he is
dizzy and blind the
~
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him, as constituting his famous
Graders" Moreover, he..ledsthem
in such true, soldierly style, that
the members Of his command still
living + ever ready to extol his
prowess and bless his kind benev-
olence. He was a man!of fine ply.
sique-of more than the average
height, and stately. His soldiers
admired him much for his grace in
the saddle. He had deep blue
eyes, that bespoke great sympathy
for his fellow-patriots. There was
this impressive thing about john
Morgan: he was a soldier with
grace and chivalry as well as valor.
General Morgan had many thrill
ling experiences. Among these
was his raid in Ohio, IA venture
which he beforehand had depreca
ted), and capture and imprison.
ment at Columbus, and, his re.
markable escape by the assistance
OF his fellow-captive, Capt. Thomas
Hiues, whom Morgan nicknamed
"Count of Monte Cristo," because
of his Ingenuity in the exploit.
Hines was q hrickmason, and by
his skill effected an outlet under
the wall, through whichshe, Nor.
gan, and several ether Confeder-
ates escaped. They Immediately
TOOK a train - and singularly
enough, Morgan was seated be-.
side ~ Federal Major. The latter
remarked, as they passed the mill,
tary prison: ''There is where the
great Morgan is imprisoned" The
General added: "Yes, and I trust
they'll keep him as safe as he is
now" To which the Major assent
said eyes" right heartily. AT
ter many narrow escapes, they
Morgan and l%iines) made their
way safely cut of tue enemy's ter
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The herald., 1897-12-26

Ring far sweet bells,
Where oceans wide unrolling
The echo glory of thy gladness tells;
For in thy tolling,
The childhood story of the Christ afar
On angel wings is borne,-from star
to star.
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power engine and a 45-horse power
boiler. Here also are a Gardner boiler
feed pump, Goubert feed water heater
and Reliable oil pu&p-oil being used
for fuel albeit coal also can be utilized
if desired.
And thus it would seem as if bottling
beer is not such a simple operation after
all. But, the operation being completed
the next thing is to dispose of it. As an
aid in that direction twenty-five horses
and ten delivery wagons are in constant
use. The stables are detached from the
main building and are 42x7O. There are
stalls for tWenty-siX horses and two box
stalls, and a noNl departure has been
made, for the horses stand in their stalls
head to head, wide avenue extending
all around. The floor is cement with a
plank covering In the stalls to save the
horses feet. An immense ventilator
shaft runs from the ceiling up through
the roof, affording plenty Of fresh air
double row of iron columns supports
the upper portion of the structure, and
upon the upper floor is a series of twenty
six chutes, so that the horses below can
be fed from above. An immense feed
box, lined with galvanized iron, also
connects with the chutes, and by the
opening of a valve the grain, by the
force of gravity, descends into the man.
gers below. ~ portion of this floor is
partitioned off to be used as bedroom
by certain of the stablemen and the bal
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the southern grain interests. Southern
California has had many difficulties to
overcome in disposipg of it's grains, as
there were no outgoing cargoes to give
ships from southern ports, and all the
grain had to be shipped to San Francis
co and thence to coasting vessels But
this season has brought many changes
and most favorable conditions. We now
ship direct from San Diego. Good prices
have prevailed from the first of the ham
ding to the present time. The southern
producers realize the benefits of COM
petition and the opportunity Of dispos-
ing of their surplus grain, which in itself
Is an assurance of favorable conditions,
for marketing their crop the coming sea-
son and with a prospect Of good prices.
Early in the season Mr.. McNear realized
there was an opportunity Of extending
his grain business to southern ports, and
chartered all ships available for this
purpose and as result more grain has
been shipped direct to continental ports
than ever before in our history. He has
loaded at San Diego five ships, aggregat-
ing some $4,000 tons. In addition to this
are the shipments made to Port Costa
and thence foreign, representing thou
sands Of tons more-and meaning hum
dreds Of thousands of dollars paid out to
the farmers in Santa Barbara, Ventura,
Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, San
Bernardino and Riverside counties. The
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the air. Climbing to the third floor, one
is confronted by the ice machine-the
key, so to speak, to the entire series Of
operations carried on in the works. In
torrid countries it is quite common to
enwrap the water "chatties" or Jars
with light clothes, which are kept con-
stantly wet and exposed to the rays of
the sun. The rapid evaporation of the
water from the clothes causes the tenn
perature of the water in the jars to be
so reduced that a resident in the tropics
practically has ice water without the
use of ice. 1t is the same principle that
is applied in Adloff & Hauerwaas'
works, save that ammonia is used in
stead of water, for the reason that
ammonia is volatile and readily changes
upon exposure into gas. The machine
TO effectively do this consists of a
Cyclops compressor, condenser. con-
tanning about 600 feet ofpipe, and about
1900 feet of extra strong 11a-inch piping.
Connection is made with the engine
room below and the expansive coils in
the cold storage rooms. Overhead, in
the uppermost point of the tower, is
cold water tank with a capacity of
5000 gallons, and on the floor below are
two immense tanks, one for hot and the
other for cold water
On the ground floor Of the tower Is To-
Gated the engine room. containing an
Atlas high-speed automatic 25-horse
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the dealers and consumers, who appre-
ciate high-grade article. The business
has had a constant and steady growth.
until at present Mr. McNear employs
men by the thousands and operates from
thirty to forty warehouses in the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin valleys.
The Union warehouses are ramif1ca-
tions of the great industry and are To-
Gated in the centers OF all the grain-pro-
ducing sections of the state. embracing
the counties of Colusa, Yolo, San Joa-
quin, Stanislaus. MADEIRA, Fresno. Tu-
lare, Los Angeles, ETC., with agents at
every point. awake and alive to the in
terests of the farmer, the shipper and
the consumer.
George w. McNear Is not speculator.
but a gatherer and distributor. In all
these great warehouses throughout the
state he gathers grains from the entire
Pacific coast, taking in as well the border
states of Oregon, Montana. Idaho and
Utah. From these points Mr.. McNear
markets his grain throughout the world,
and the industry is source of revenue
to the farmer, the shipper and the buyer.
In the southern part of the state the
agency located at Los Angeles Is most
admirably represented by c. A. Mead.
who Is looking after the shipping inter-
ests at San Diego. Mr.. Mead's territory
includes all the country south of the
Tehachapi to San Diego, taking in all
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operation this intricate network of
piping is enshrouded in ice, making the
two immense chunks appear as if King
Gambrinus had abdicated in favor of
Santa Claus.
In this frosty abode can be stored 5000
barrels of beer, to be used in the ad-
jacent bottling department as required
by means of the pipe connection.
Through the immense thickness of the
walls the beer is conveyed to the filling
machine, when, by means Of an air
compressor, the bottles are filled, passed
to the corking machine and the cork in
serted in a shorter space of time than
it takes to tell it. The bottles of beer
are then conveyed to one of the eight
steam tubs located in this department,
and subjected to a process that abso-
lutely removes all possibility of fer
mentation, thereby permitting the ex-
port of the beer to any country or eli
mate. From the steam tubs the bottles
are taken to the labelling tables, to be
labeled and tinfoied, after which they
are ready for packing and shipment.
Sixty barrels or $50 dozen bottles of beer
can be handled in a day.
This is the sum total of bottling beer.
but one has to go farther to understand
now these apparently simple processes
are made possible. A handsome brick
tower surmounts the main block of
buildings, rearing itself eighty feet in
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To the right of the new building and
running to the doors of the cold storage
rooms is private railroad switch, so
that the carload consignments of beer
from the north are delivered expedi-
tiously into the building at once. And
these cold storage rooms, how cold they
are. 1t sets the teeth chattering to enter
them. One is 34x30 and the other 34x20
feet and each nine feet in height. The
brick walls are three feet thick, and have
a six-inch air space between the brick
work and the double sheathing of tim
coats of paint. The floors are of ce-
ment covered in with wood grating, to
permit the water to filter through and
escape through the sewer connections
But the most interesting feature of
these rooms is overhead. About a foot
from the ceiling, winding back and
forth and covering the entire expanse
of roof, are the expansion coils through
which the ammonal gas is kept circulat-
ing by means of the machinery to be re-
is known as an Expansion header" in
other words contrivance by which
the escape Of the ammonia may be
facilitated and the cold intensified. If
necessary, the temperature can be re-
duced to 80 degrees, and the expansion
coils have been tested to stand 200
pounds to the square inch. When in
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The backs are unusually high, meas
uring full twenty-seven inches and be-
ing stuffed with long curled hair, most
delightful to the touch.
All the details Of 1.-THE Duke OF Or
leans" are Of the best-the canopy top.
Swedish steel springs, English varnish,
silver plated lamp, the latest style dash
and perfect harmony in color and finish
throughout. This surrey is made In
both canopy and extension top and Is In
every way fitted for family use.
Mr.. Bolts keeps traps, phaetons, bug
gies, harness, the finest and best in the
market, with also fine display Of
whips, robes, carriage lamps, ETC.. etc.
He is prepared to sell at the lowest
notch in price, the cheapest of the cheap.
His expenses at his warerooms on Los
Angeles street are not heavy, and ev-
erything from 1.-THE Duke of Orleans"
surrey to the latest novelty in whipcord
is sold at bottom prices.
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THE DUKE OF ORLEANS
Not the French Pretender, But Very
Real Thing in Wheels

The Duke of Orleans" is his special
ty. So says A. J. Bolts Of 20S North Los
Angeles street. Mr.. Bolts Is fully
equipped and is furnishing his customers
with everything in the line Of finished
carriages, but he is this season making
a speciality of THE Duke of Orleans" the
only one-horse surrey on the market.
'The Duke of Orleans" as its name i'm
plies, is an aristocratic vehicle. stylish,
durable, beautiful and with perfection
of finish seldom seen on any carriage In
Los Angeles. 1t Is upholstered more like
Il Victoria than surrey. in full hand
buffed leather, and the cushions are al
most ideal in comfort, showing an inti-
mate acquaintance of the manufacturer
with the luxurious habits Of the Cali
fornian.
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grain is gathered from all these points
and in large quantities from the San
Fernando. Puente. San Jacinto, Perris
and Temecula valleys, and Orange
county.
The encouragement given to Mr.. Nc
Near this year will doubtless lead to
still greater efforts in the future. with
corresponding benefits to the people In
this end of the state. >
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Ring out sweet bells

Ring out sweet bells
Thy tuneful, merry rhyming;
For as upon the breeze thy music dwells,
Our hearts go climbing
High, skyward to the realms where sorrows cease
And all is everlasting joy and peace
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Rarely Appreciated

Miss INSTRUMENTATION did your
Christmas tree innovation go with your
Eskimo parishioners?
Missionary-It was a complete sue
cess; they ate the candles.-Judge.
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Information

"This," said the little boy who was
showing his eastern relatives the sub
urban beauties of Chicago, '1s the park
that General Jackson was named after"
Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-12-26

Raisers Of fat pork get about half
what the lean article brings and use
about twice the value of feedstuffs
needed for the lean meat to make the
deal,
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Great Britains marine steam tonnage
is today 6,720,703, about as much as that
Of all other nations added together.