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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

tons, Masons and Lees--in 1888. Enter
ing West Point before he was II years
of age, he graduated in 1856.
When the civil war came he threw
up his commission in the army to cast
his fortunes with those of his state,
and was at once made adjutant general
on the staff of Gen. Ewell.
Later he was appointed colonel of the
First Virginia cavalry. He was brig
adler general in 1868, and major gen.
eral in September of the same year.
Gen. Lee was not quite 30 years of age
when the last flicker of the confed-
eracy went out in the darkness of de-
feat, and the sensible manner in which
he accepted the situation and went
through the Reconstruction" period
made him especially popular in the
north.
In 1885, ne was elected governor of
Virginia. 1t was during President
Cleveland's administration that he was
appointed consul-general at Havana, a
post he filled with such courage and
tact that he was retained by the Nc
Kinley administration. When William
j. Sewall, of New Jersey, declined to be
made major general, preferring to re-
tain his seat in the senate, the appoint
ment went to Matthew C. Butler, of
South Carolina. Butler may be called
bona fide civilian; that is, he is not a
West Point man, and his soldering was
limited 10 the rebellion. He rose to be
confederate major general, with a
splendid reputation for gallantry and
ability.
Butler comes of good American fight
ing stock. Oliver Hazard Perry, who
won the victory over the British fleet
on Lake Erie, in 1913, was his uncle.
Maj. Gen. John r. Brooke, who COM
mands the First corps and the depart
ment of the Gulf, enlisted in the volun-
teer army when the call for men came
in 1861, and was made captain in the
Fourth Pennsylvania infantry. He was
mustered out July 90, 1866, and two
days later entered the permanent es-
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23
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the United States army has ever be-
fore been called upon to meet. 1t is
true we had military governors dur
ing the civil Wal, but their burdens
were trifing compared with those he
has gone to take up in strange land
and amongst strange people, having
customs, language and habits widely
different from our own. The nature of
his position renders it unique and strik-
ing. No other military governor ap-
pointed by the United States has ever
had anything like the power he will
WELD in the Philippines. 1t will be abb
solute and final. No civil authority will
exist to question his acts. 1t will be as
he sees fit and MS necessity demands.
Gen. Merritt was born in New York
city in 1886. While he was yet mere
child his parents moved to Illinois,
where the boyhood of our military gov
ernor in the Philippines was spent on
farm. Young, Merritt entered West
Point at II years of age, graduating
just prior to the breaking out of the
civil war. He was one of the "boy gen.
erals" of that tragic struggle, cap
tain of cavalry in 1862; just one year
later he was serving as brigadier gen.
eral of volunteers. 1t was his gallant
fight at Beverly Ford that won him his
rapid promotion. The newspapers of
that period TEEN with accounts of his
bravery and courage on that occasion,
He was in the Richmond campaign OF
1864, serving with Sheridan as the lat
ter's chief officer, and with that dashing
leader he did plenty of hard fighting fol-
the union.
He was present with Grantand Sheri-
dan when Lee surrendered, and lie was
one of the three commissioners appoint
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

section, and was appointed colonel of
the Nineteenth Alabama infantry. AT
the battle of Shiloh he was in command
of brigade. Next he was transferred
to the cavalry, and in 1862 was placed
in command of that arm of the service
under Braxton Bragg, in the west. A
major general in 1863, he led the con-
federate cavalry at Chickamauga.
Later he proved himself the most
troublesome of all the southern leaders
who disputed Sherman's march to the
sea. Failing in his endeavors to turn
aside that resistless wave of conquest
he sought to defend Savannah.
He so distinguished himself that in
1865 he was appointed lieutenant gen.
eral, and at the close of the war was in
command of the cavalry operating with
the forces of Gen. Joseph L. Johnston
At the time of his appointment by
President Mckinley he was serving his
seventh term as congressman from AL
ALBANIA.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

spector generals department, and
reached the head Of his corps in 1889.
Gen. Joseph Wheeler, like Lee, was a
distinguished officer in the confederate
army, and, with the possible exception
Of Gen. Stuart, was the greatest cav
airy leader on the southern side. He
was one of the gallant batch of con-
federate DEVILS" as Sherman termed
them, who made the generals march to
the sea such difficult enterprise.
Wheeler was born at Augusta, Ca,
and was educated at West Point, grad
uating in 1859. When the break between
the north and south came he resigned
his commission in the United States
army, and offered his services to his
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

They are for the most part West Point
graduates. Even in the case of the So
called civil appointments those whose
claims received recognition have in
every instance seen actual service; in
deed, some of them displayed genius of
a high order for leadership during the
rebellion.
The major generals are Joseph c.
breckenridge, .Elwell s. Otis, John J.
Coppinger, William r. Shafter, William
M. Graham, James +. Wade, Henry C.
Merriam. James F. Wilson, Fitzhugh
Lee, Joseph Wheeler and Matthew c.
Butler.
They rank as in the order named.
In addition to these are the three
major generals of the regular army,
Nelson A. Miles, Wesley Merritt and
John r. Brooke, who rank the newly
appointed major generals because of
prior date.
The question of rank is all settled by
the date on the commission, and the
standing of West Pointer, merely be-
cause he is West Pointer, is in no
wise different from that of q civilian
officer of the same rank and date; in
deed, the civilian may command the
regular if his commission is the older.
Of the Dewly-cIe Gated majo generals
Lee, Wheeler and Wilson are the most
frequently mentioned as civilian APP
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

ed by the government to carry out the
terms of the treaty.
At the close of the war he was mus
tered out of the volunteer service and
transferred to the permanent establish
ment as lieutenant colonel of the Ninth
cavalry.
In the west Col. Merritt soon made q
name for himself as an Indian fighter.
1t was Merritt who rescued Thornburg' s
command at the time of the White river
agency massacre, when the troops were
being slowly but none the less surely
starved to death and shot to pieces by
the Ute Indians, who hemmed them in
on all sides.
One Of the soldiers succeeded in es-
Gaping the vigilance of the savages, and
made his way to Rawlings Station on
the Union Pacific.
A telegram was sent to Col. Merritt,
then in command of the Fifth cavalry,
stationed at Fort Russell. He hurried
down to Rawlings with his men and
then there began one of the greatest
cavalry marches on record. For four
days and nights the soldiers rode al
most without pause, led by their tireless
colonel.
When they reached the White River
agency it was to find poor Thornburg
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

heroic conduct at Piney Ridge. When
the war ended he became part of the
permanent establishment, and did no
end of rough work and hard fighting in
the various Indian wars in the west and
southwest as lieutenant colonel of the
Twenty-fourth infantry. In 1897 he was
given his commission as brigadier gen.
eral.
Perhapsofal the presidents appoint
ments none have been quite So popular
with the public at large as that of Fitz-
hugh Lee.
Gen. Lee comes of fighting fam
lily. His great-grandfather was that
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

York cavalry. When peace came he was
mustered into the regular army.
Another officer who made fine rec
ord for himself as a volunteer is Gen.
Merriam, who was appointed major Of
the Thirty-eighth infantry in 1866, and
attained the rank of brigadier general
in 1897.
Gen. Otis, Of the department of the
Philippines, is native of Maryland. He
took part in many of the most i'm
portant battles fought by the army Of
the Potomac. 1t was his gallant con-
duct at the battle of Spottsylvania Court
House that won for him the rank of
brigadier general. Gen. Graham, who
commands the Second corps. entered
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

Since the declaration of war with
Spain and the gathering of an army to
carry on that war President Mckinley
has appointed some SO general officers.
Twelve of these are major generals,
while the other 81 are brigadier gen
erals.
The president has had good and tried
material from which to make his choice.
Fifty-four of the general officers are
men who have made war profession.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

celebrated Light Horse Harry" Lee,
who led the Virginian cavalry during
the revolution. Robert E. Lee was his
uncle, and his father, Sidney S. Lee,
saw some 80 years of service in the
United States navy.
He was born in Fairfax county, Va,
famous as the home of the Washing
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

the army in 1883, when but 81 years Of
age. He was Washington boy, and
had seen active service in several bat
ties with the Seminole Indians prior to
the breaking out of the rebellion. He
served with great distinction all
through the war and when 1t came to an
end was sent west, where he was en-
gagged until 1887.
He was in command of the United
States troops on the Pacific coast dur
ing the California riots of 1894, ard dis
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1898-07-23

was done in Italy as an officer in the
papal guards. He came to this country
at the breaking out of the civil war and
secured an appointment as captain in
an infantry regiment, proving himself
a brave and skillful officer. He was
made colonel of the Seventy-frst New
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-04-06
TO TEST E.oobs.

If coffee is colored with burnt sugar
or caramel it may be detected by sprink-
ling the coffee on water, which will be
rapidly darkened if either adulterant
? be present.
TO, test milk polish an ordinary knit
ting needle with emery cloth and dust
it. Thrust it into the milk and with
draw it. If the milk be of average dual.
ity it will form II white, greasy coating
to the needle, whereas, if deficient in
fat-that is, watcred-thc needle will
look as though dipped in milky water
Coffee which is suspected of contain
ing chickory may, be sprinkled on the
surface of a glass of clear water. Cot
fee floats. while the ichickory, being
heavy, sinks, leaving d brown trail
through the water. Chickory is soft to
the touch and will crumble between the
fingers, unlike the hard, gritty particles
Of coffee. ..l.......'.... ..... i
AS is we'll known, preserved peas very
often contain considerable quantities
of copper, in order to preserve the
green color of the peas. The liquid In
which the peas are packed is e1hptied
into clean narrow glass-a slender
flower glass will serve the purpose nd
mirably-and about a saltspoonful OF
lemon. juice is added; well-polished
knitting needle is allowed to remain in
the. glass over night. 1t will then-as
far as the liquid reaches---be coated
with bright brown metallic copper.
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.ELKlo. NEVADA: WEDNESDAY. APRIL =, 1898.
fHE NEwspAFER tXW.
Ala ssubs6tiBers shoala Rsad the
Following Law aid Avoid Trouble; g

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3. 1T substtiuets order the liseon-
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Usher may eontinue 10 sand it until
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Office TO, Which they are directed, they
are Fespensible until they have ) set t
tied their bills and ordered them dis
continued. -......, .,...g..-.. .-..
q 4. Subscribers moving to othe
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5. Tie courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from the
Office Or removing and leaving them
uncalled for: is. prima facie evidence
ofintended fraud..t.a.. ....a -. ..s
L6s AZ subscribers pay in advance
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enid OF the time they do not wish to
cohtihue taking it, and the subscriber
viii be responsible until an express
notice with 5ll arrearages are sent to
the publisher. =. =
Z. rhe'latest postal laws are are such
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone tot fraud who. take a paper
and refuses to pay for it. .,g 80,
:, Under the law tile man WHO allows
his subscription to rnn along some
time unpaid. and then orders the
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have, postal. card sent notifying the
uPlisher, leaves himself liable to ar
rest and fine. tile same "a for theft.
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ODDS AND ENDS.

In proportion TO it's size fly walks
about 35 times as fast as man. ..'i' =
In Japan coins are generally of iron,
and in Siam they are chiefly Of porce-
lain. -... ..... .-..
A hundred years ago native oysters
were sold in England at the price of q
penny for five. ..... ........
p. In Japan there are apple trees grow
ing about. four inches high, which bear
fruit freely, about the size of currants.
h.. The name 'yokel," which we apply
to an awkward rustic, signifed former
ly one who yoked oxen and other ani-
mails. ....,f-. .a.... .-........ ... b 1s. .,s.
In India the rhododendron grows to
height of 40 feet. Marigolds and camo-
miles in North Africa reach a height
of four. or five feet. ...,...,.
a. English farthings are no longer like
ITO be mistaken for half-soyereiens,
for now they are minted not only Of 4
different size and design but even Of q
different color, being dull bronze. l
tits curious fact that the roots and
branches of tree are so nlike in their
nature that if a tree be unrooted and
turned upside down the underground
brhnches will take unto themselves the
functions of roots, and the exposed
roots will in time bud aud become Verit-
able branches.
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HOME HELPS.


q Cut flowers. may be preserved for an
unusually long time, II a little saltpetre
OF cqrbonate Of soda be added to the
water. Salt also helps TO keep them
fresh. W. y'.t a.E * sg5 I.t $50
IL you are going to have celery for
dinner, the green parts of the stalks.
h6ttso pretty in the glass, not nearly
50 crisp to eat raw, are just as good for
ttewiDg, and the tops will give flavor
10 your soup. ... ... ........, g.
To keep bright CRATES from rust make
a strong paste Of fresh line md water.
and with brush smear it thiclly ovor'
the polished surface. This is n simple
way of keeping the gratesand freirons
Of an occupied house free from injury
FOR months. .,.. ,.,.t. saa .,
To remove old putty and paint make
paste with soft soap and solution Of
caustic soda, or with slakcd lime and
pearl ash. Lay it on with piece OF ratr
or brush and leave II for several hours,
when it will be found that the paint or
putty may be easily removed.
Ordinary dirt may be easily removed
from alibaster by the application Of
soap and water, but II after this treat
nent stains still remain, cover them
with whiting, leave for some hours.
wPsh of the whiting with clean water
and rub the parts where the stains
were.
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To Whom 1t May Concern. Conc
STATE LAND Off1cht3V
ARSON CITY. New, DeC. ,9E, 1897.

CARSON CITY. New, Dec. 81, 1897.
Notice is hereby given that the State of
rs GsSsSs Ss Il EnSs5 @ tSS ~ ASa 8, sHESOy y
the United Esatest IialsslT Aeel Sd .GAuo4
City, N Neyeda, Lis N9; ~ ri lghds selseted
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10 OPEN II, the pnbs4efos i6Ap4 4eftei A1d -
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date E Of fRis fctlSe7 pIr1tS5sts or LEsesss
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the list, on, the grQnnd that the SANE ~
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~ 4 state Land Rsglster Of tho State
OF Nevada. -.
Date OF flrst insertion, Friday, Dec. 24,'seeH
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Fast Time.

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Prices to. suit the times. The patronage o
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Hay & Feed Stable
= M - G-&..A 3 .s54 q
Ranch for Sale.

I hereby offer my ranch, consisting
Of $50 acres OF hay and grain land
situated on the Upper North Fo,x oR
Hhmboldt river for sale. There is an
abundance os neveflailihs water se.
cured by first right also sll neces-
sary ranch buildings, machinery and
household fufuitufs. Over forty
head Of, good, cattle and from ten 20
fifteen hSad N good horses win be
sold sepstatsly or With the ranch if
deeired.Glg = 5aSG3 so ...
ernasDirt Cheap.
For further information apply to,
A. M. McAFEE,
North Fork,
Elko County, Nevada.
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INFO oRMATIoN Of any kind frr.
Pished on enclosing stamp for r'-
) ply. J Soliciting q share OF yo, r
patronage Al .amIrespectfuily, .a
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-09

Englishman Banished BY President Contemplates An
Spain. other MESSAGE

New YORK, June GA special to
the journal from st. Thomas says that
because Walter Bett, Secretary of the
British consulate at San Juan, was sus-
pected of furnishing the United States
with information regarding the mining
of San Juan halbor, he was given his
passports and has been banished from
Porto Rico by order of the Governor
General. Bet was imprisoned in Il
dungeon for sc hours, and subjected to
gross maltreatment. The British con-
sui general has made Il formal protest
to the government. Very serious inter-
national complications are imminent.
The Governor General has practically
declared war against Il British colony in
making open accusation that Bctt is re-
sponsibe for disclosing his military
plans to the United States consul gen
eral.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-09
Notes From Chickamauga.

It is not an easy task to conduct the
issuing of clothing for over thousand
men and when Il part Of them nave 10
continue wearing their old National
Guard supplies the matter is made sllIl
moro compIicated. Some of the articles
are equally apportioned bat in other
cases ~ number less than that OF me
members of a company is given out and
thc articles given out to those who are
most in need of them. If Il man does
not desire to draw all of that of which
he is entitled the amount OF their value
is accredited to him upon the pay roll
The supplies will be issued to com,
panics. They consist of % blouses' 90
n,;rs of trousers, one fatigue suit OF
brown canvas for the wagoncrs, loo
o,rh of drawers, undcrshirts, stockings
and blue army shirts. s pairs OF shocs
and susucndcrs. 81 rubber blankets. Oh
compaion hats, Y pairs OF le%glhs anu
.,rines and chevrons for the non-com-
missioncd officers, This does not include
thc field equipment of tents ana cam.
,,;,n dishes. The ordnance issue OF
nuns and other arms will come later IN
The week. 1t will be noted that the
number of many of the articles is less
tho1 the 81 men in each company.
Thc deficiency indicates the number Oh
GOOD articles in each class which the
Government purchases from the Nation
al Gaurd equipment of the State'-free
Press.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1898-06-09
Fortifications Reduced.

OFF SANTIAGO. june 9.-(on board
the Associated Press boat Dauntless)
All communication between Cuba and
the outer world was severed Tuesday
The Kingston and Santiago cable was
cut Monday and the Marblehead, YAM
kee and St. Louis cut the Haytien cable
yesterday.
The ends we've buoyed and Samp-
son can communicate at will with Wash
ington. The Marblehead engaged and
drove II small Spanish gunboat into
Guantanamo harbor where she shellcl
and reduced the antiquated fortiticaat-
ions.
The insurgents coopeMted on the
land side. The place is being held un-
til the troops arrive.
1t is contemplated to establish gem
eral base here for constant communica-
tions between the insurgents and the
fleets.
Sampson has officially declared that the
purpose of the bombardment of Santi-
ago was to clear way for the troops.
The object was attained.