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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-18
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-18

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lustrated. and telling
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dresses. wraps and
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children can be made
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-01-18
CALIFORNIA PIG SYRUP co.
HOrHL AIlRiYAIA

aAN ERANcIsco. o.L
LsriAviLlE. NJ, AEw yanE. NJ.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27

stores full of soldiers. Mistaking the
store of the prominent rebel merchant
for the property of an enemy, they en-
tered it and helped themselves to its
contents.
The merchant had little daughter,
his only one, delicate-looking, black
eyed girl of 10 years of age, who had
often shown her loyalty to the cause
and cheered the passing troops by play
ing popular southern airs on the piano.
Among the other goods taken from her
fathers store by the present raiders
was bolt of calico, then worth q dol
lar yard in greepback money-and
hard to get at that--which had been
carefully laid away for her own use.
Her eyes followed the calico till she
saw it thrown across The soldiers sad
die. The men were now mounted and
about to leave tie town. The sobs of
the little girl could be heard across the
street.
Just then STRIPPING of q cavalryman,
light in figure and as beardless as a
boy, rode up, dressed as an officer. At
traeted by the distress of the little girl,
he inquired the cause of the trouble, but
she was too full of sobs to tell him. Her
union neighbor across the street, a
brave, outspoken girl of 90 years, said
to the officer: THAT little girl is cry
ing because some of your men have
taken her dress pattern, and that's a
nice way you rebels have of treating
vour friends"
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
AS EDITOR DODGE LooKED OUT.

AS EDITOR DODGE LOOKED OUT.
tended by her twin sisters, Pauline and
Polly, who showered the happy couple
with rice as they started away on car.
rage trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bingham are popular
youngpeople, and the Clipper joins thei.
host of friends in extending congratula-
lions and good wishes"
"Those wretched children" breathetl
Mrs. Peters, starting to her feet, while
Pauline and Polly covered their guilty
heads with the bed clothes.
Don't faint, mother. don't. His es-
teemed fellow-citizen is going right
down to interview Editor Dodge, and
while I'm gone you can write up N
obituary. I'll guarantee that it will be
founded on fact at least. Where's my
hat?"
But Mrs. Peters was dissolved in
tears, and before her husband sue
ceeded in finding his head covering,
alone and unaided, Susie and young
Bingham returned from their ride in a
state of satisfaction that even the Clip
per was powerless to disturb After
they had read the Clippers account of
their wedding Mr.. Bingham plucked up
courage to propose that they regard it
as a prophecy and proceeded i'm
mediately to fulfill it.
Mrs. Peters, in the awkward circum-
stances in which they were placed, APP
proved of the idea, and Mr.. Peters, after
a time, was persuaded to tip his hat at a
less murderous looking angle, and de-.
parted in search of Parson Hildreth in
stead of the moving spirit of the press,
While Mr.. Bingham sought the town
| clerk to procure the license.
At the intercession of their sister, the
term of Imprisonment was shortened
for the twins, and they emerged from
their temporary confinement in a state
of subdued joyousness that found ex-
preston in a remark from Polly to the
effect that they would play nothing
but funerals after this
But Editor Dodge never really under
stood why Mr.. Bingham subscribed for
the Clipper and paid down ten years in
] advance, with the remark that he liked
to encourage genius; or why Mr.. Peters
at the same time stopped his subscrip.
ton and tried for a whole year to exist
by borrowing his neighbours papers,
Atlanta Constitution.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
TIE LAST SHOT
Fired Just Before Lees Surrender
and Killed n YanIsce-SOme
Tough Characters.

"You remember" said the colonel,
"the story of the last shot fired be-
fore Lees surrender, told by Gen. Por
ter. have another story quite as in
teresting. n. P. Kidder, of a New
Hampshire regiment early in the war
formed a strong attachment for his
comrade, or chum. In one of the bat
ties Kidder lost a leg and his brother,
Selwyn Kidder, enlisted and took his
place, forming close companionship
and par .nership with his brothers. COM
rade. This companionship had in it
more sentiment and more affection be-
cause OK the younger brothers com
ing as substitute for an older, and it
grew in strength until the two men
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
ROUND ABOUT JERUSALEM.
The Wall of Lamentations, as De-
scribcd by u Famous
French Painter.

j. James Tissot, the distinguished
French illustrator of the Life OF
Christ" gives this picturesque descrip
ton of scene at the Wall of I,amen
tation:
Let us now turn into the Jews quar-
ter and go to the Wall of Lamentation.
Friday is the best day to choose for
this, because On that day the Israelites
are there in greater number, and bne
thus has a wider variety of types at
hand. All along this old Solomonian
wall, every stone of which is o. the
greatest antiquity, are leaning crowds
of men, most of whom are clad in more
or less shabby fur greatcoats. The ma.
jority of them seem to be poor, but one
must not be certain as to that point.
Some hold their heads in their hands
and press their brows against the wall;
others read. From time to time one
will sob, whereat all the rest begin to
weep and wall in the most doleful man
ner. l noticed one fellow in particular,
who was as fat as though he had been
fed from birth on sauerkraut and had
drunk nothing but beer his whole life
long. He swayed to and fro and nearly
choked himself in his efforts to provoke
a few reluctant tears. lie struggled
vainly, making all manner of pitcous
and frightful faces; he then began
moaning in feeble voice, and finally,
at the crescendo, the climax of his ticti
tious grief, he beloved at the top of his
lungs and shook from head to foot. His
antics so Disguised me that was forced
| to change my place. Notwithstanding
such exhibitions as THIS, | saw among
those present many who had real sor.
rows, profound griefs, several of whom
were fine, dark, Jewish types, and who,
| learned, had come from Portugal.
| What touched me most deeply, however
and that which at the time caused the
tears to dim many an eye, was the sight
of group of Jewish women, who were
easily distinguishable by their costume.
the striking features of which consisted
of black velvet bandeau about the
brows and yellow shawl thrown over
the head and shoulders, half yelling
their faces. They were moving slowly
away, with tears streaming gently
down their cheeks; they murmured
softly to themselves or were quite 81.
lent. They would walk few PAGES
then turn gracefully about, and, draw.
ing their hands from their black initts
they would throw a goodby kiss, last
adeu, to their beloved wall-their con.
soler, their confdant. their true friend
For said an honest Jew who often
acted as guide for me in my many wan.
behring's about Jerusalem, this wall is
a friend to whom we contide all ouI
sorrows; it has known our fathers wher
they were happy and prosperous; il
sees us now in our misery and many
troubles; it links us with the past, il
consoles us, it comforts us, and we &C
through life aided, sustained, and up.
lifted by it, -
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
A BEAUTIFUL CONVICT.
Curious and Valuable Diary of "Mur-
der Stafva" Is Buried with
Swedish Ccntenarian,

A recent article in the Sunday Times.
Herald gave an account of the death OF
a notorious woman in Sweden at the
advanced age of nearly 100 years, who
had spent almost her whole life in pris-
on for the murder of woman peddler.
The woman's remarkable beauty even
n old age and her unprecedented long
Imprisonment had made Murder
Stafva," the name she was known by,
national character. The Stockholm
press now relates the following Incl
dent from her life:
During the - years she was detained
in prison pending confession she was
deprived of writing materials. Odd
scraps of paper she now and then could
obtain, and these she carefully saved.
She also had several needles, used in her
prison work. With a needle she pricked
the skin on her left wrist to obtain
drops of blood, which she used as ink,
and the needle as a pen, and with these
day after day she kept diary, which
she carefully hid. When she left this
prison to begin her life Imprisonment
in another the director permitted her
to carry with her these memoranda.
At the prisons where she served her
life sentence she had the use of pen,
ink and paper, and during her long i'm
prisonment continued her diary. When
she was finally pardoned she carried
her memoranda with her, and these
seem to have been her most valuable
possessions from the extreme care with
which she guarded them, and on her
deathbed she ordered that they be bur-
led with her, and threatened all in her
neighborhood that if they dared to open
the package or disobey her last request
she would come again after death and
bring dire misfortune upon them all.
Murder Stafva's' order was carried
out, and not a vestige of the contents
has become known. The question if
she was guilty or innocent is still I'M
decided. Will these daily memoranda,
telling the story of her life, solve the
mystery? Think of the Importance of
this diary describing day by day the
prisoners experience in the prisons of
Sweden in the early part of the century
and at its close. Not from idle curiosi-
ty, but in justice both to the old wom-
an prisoner and the representatives of
the Swedish law, we would recommend
to the authorities to secure possession
Of this diary. 1t is valuable in more
than one respect" Times
Herald.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
A LnwyerIike Remedy.

A man whose sleep had been dis,
turbed nightly by the bowling, on his
own back fence, of his neighbours cat.
came at last in despair to a lawyer.
There the cat sits every night on
our fence" the sufferer explained, "and
he yowls and yowls and yowls. Now,
l don't want to get into any trouble
with my neighbor, but would like tic
know if l am not justified in putting a
stop to it,
"Certainls," replied the lawyer.
81 am well within my rights if 1 shoot
the cat, them"
''Um, well, / woui hardly say that
answered the lawyer. The cat does
not belong to you, as understand it?"
NO"
"And the fence docs?"
Eyes"
well, then, thiEk may safely say
that you have perfect right to teal
down the fence. youths Companion
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27

on hanu With the rice and old shoes ald
gave the couple good sendotf."
what was her dress?" queried
Dodge, jotting down tie points as fast
as his garrulous informant brought
them out.
'White duck skirt, pink shirt waist,
and plain white sailor hat. She looked
real sweet, but no one would suspect
from her dress"
Mr.. Peters was among the first that
afternoon to get the paper, but without
stopping to look at its contents he
wendell his way home and tossed the
sheet into his wife's lap.
Here, mother, is the illumination, I"
his favorite name for the Clipper;
"where are the twins?'
81 put them to bed,' said Mrs. Peters.
unfolding the paper, chat they might
realize how naughty they were this
afternoon, hut O! what is this p
'Bingham-P Peters," and with wide, dis.
tended eyes-horror, Indignation, ard
amazement in her whole attitude, she
began to read the news while 1t was
news and decidedly fresh.
"a pretty home wedding took place
this afternoons at the residence OF oul
esteemed fellow-citizen, Mr.. John E
Peters, whose eldest daughter, Mis-:
Susan Amelia, was united in marriag:
to Mr.. Charles Gerold Bingham, a ris
ing young lawyer of Snowsville.
THE wedding was a quiet affair, in
deed, only the immediate members o
the brides family being present at TIT
ceremony, which was performed b.
Rev. DR.. Hildreth, pastor of the Firs
church.
The bride, one of Snowsville's fair
est daughters, was plainly but most be
comingly gowned in a white duck Skin
and pink shirt waist, and she was at
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
The officer, commanding the atten-

The officer, commanding the atten-
ton of the troops as they sat in their
saddles up and down the street, ordered
the man having such goods in his pos
session to present himself to the front.
A minutes pause, then big, burly fell
low. with face abashed, came out of the
ranks and handed over the article to
its rightful owner. forward, march,"
and, headed toward the heels of the en-
envy, they were gone, as if on the wings
of the wind. The gallant young Off
Ger was the then noted cavalry leader,
Gen. Joe Wheeler, now a famous hero
of Santiago. Although small incident
in itself, it illustrates well the dash and
chivalry ever. characteristic of the man.
IN. Y. Tines.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
Objects of Interest.

Stranger w nat are the principal objects
of interest in this town.
Ctizen-Savings bank deposits
politan.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
GEN. WHEELER'S CHIVALRY.
Vow He Made One Little Girl Happy
When He Was IA DashIng Con-
federate officer.

1t was in the town of Athens, Tenn,
in the year 1864. The territory covered
by the eastern division of the state in
which the town lies was then on the
border, and was fiercely contended for
as disputed ground by both armies
the federals and confederates.
Alternately the hosts Of each had
swept over the beautiful hills and fer
tile valleys, like the ebb and flow of
the tides, each leaving death aud de-
struction in it's wake. All the able
bodied men subject to military draft
had gone taone or other of the armies,
and the country had been robbed of it's
horses, it's focks, and its herds.
The boys and old men converted
handsaw files into bowie knives, which
they carried by day and slept with pis-
tolls under their pillows at night. No
man of any prominence of political
opinion was certain one day that he
would not within "A hours be taken
from his family and hustled Off to
Camp Chase or Libby prison-if he was
not left along the neighborhood road
side with a bullet through him.
While East Tennessee was, by large
majority, loyal to the union, the town
itself, exclusive Of the blacks, was
about equally divided in political SEN
timent, even some families being di-
| vided, with members in both armies,
| father against son, brother against
brother. Two of the principal streets
of the town ran east and west, parallel
with each other, and lay only block
| apart. The one from the south was
from the inception of the war desig-
mated as jeff Davis street, because near
ly every citizen on it was either rebel
or rebel sympathizcr. The one north
of this was called Lincoln street. near
| ly all of its residents beiE;, Lincolnites
or unionists.
On the latter street, however, there
was prominent merchant whose SYM
| pathies were all with the south and
who had son in the southern army.
His storehouse was east of the public
square of the town, and on the corner
of the street, while just opposite, on the
other corner, were the storehouse and
dwelling of prominent union man
who had sons in the federal army.
The confederates were gradually
yielding the ground to superior forces,
but were doing SO doggedly and snllen-
ly. One day the 'Yanll" would sweep
through, carrying off with him every
thing that could be eaten or worn, and
bringing general dismay to the citizens
of southern sympathies; the next day,
perhaps, would come the confederates
footing the town of everything portable
belonging to citizens of union senti-
ment, and causing the Lincolnite resi-
dent to betake himself to the brush
there to remain till he could hear from
neighboring hilltop the clatter of the
hoofs of his enemys horses leaving the
town.
Following the trail of Burnside's
army like sleuth hound. was, on the
particular occasion of which | write
a troop of confederate cavalry, or, per-
haps, the last important raid the con.
federates ever made through the town
BY this time they deemed all persona
property of Lincolnite as contrabant
of war and subject to seizure. Lincoln
street was full of cavalry horses and it:
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27


should last as long as life lasted. But
at the very end of the war, in the last
engagement, Kidder's comrade was
killed by the last shot that came from
the confederate ranks.
'Kidder felt so bitterly that he vowed
he would make it his mission in life to
look up the man who fired that last
shot and killed him. But henever heard
of the man he was after until Il few
months ago here in Chicago. Capt.
Kidder lives in the Tecumseh apart
ment building. Above him on the Sec
ond floor lived Capt. johnson, an eX-
confederate. The two families became
acquainted and liked each other. One
evening at a reception given by the
Kidders, Capt. Johnson told the story
of how the last shot fired in the war
at certain place was fired by his or
ders. That was the shot that killed Kid
der's comrade. He had found the man
responsible for the death of his old
friend in q new acquaintance and
friend. a comparison of notes showed
that there was no doubt but that the
shot which Capt. johnson had ordered
fired killed Kidder's chum."
1--WE had some tough customers in
our company" said the captain, land
the discipline was pretty severe. Near
ly every man who Iad to be toned down
by punishment swcre that he would kill
the captain as soon as he was out of the
service. The men with a grievance made
this declaration, not only at the time
of punishment. but at the beginning of
every battle, when they intimated that
the captain might be found dead on the
field with hole in his back. That
captain lives in Chicago and among his
most trusted employees is n fellow who
threatened to shoot him scores of times,
but who learned also to appreciate the
officer who made men out of very poor
| material"
''There were tough characters" said
an eX-confederate, lin both armies.
| Three or four years after the war 1
! found an old union soldier in the pen
| itentiary at Nashville. l was greatly
| interested in his case, and it seemed
to me that the offense charged against
him-that of stealing mules-was not,
with army traditions in mind, grave
one, and through the influence of
friends | secured his pardon. He was
very grateful and started north with
the promise that we should hear good
reports of him. Before he left Ken
| lucky he stole ten horses, crossed the
Ohio river with them, and made dash
for the central part of the state. He
was pursued and captured and sent to
the Ohio pentitentiary.
II felt very sore about this and taunt-
ed some of my Yank friends with the
record of the fellow. A year later l
went to Columbus to secure the release
of an old confederate soldier from the
Ohio penitentiary. | vouched for him,
because he was one of the bravest sol
diers in our commands; rough, daring
fellow, who would follow his captain
anywhere. | secured his release by a
strong appeal to the governor, and
started the man southwark. He stole
three horses before he got out of the
state. Since that time have never said
much about the union soldier who dis
appointed me at Nashville. Chicago
| Inter Ocean
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
For a different Object

"Whoop!" calculated the young man
with the unsteady gait and generally
lishevelled appearance; Pm loaded to
lie muzzle!"
''Forbear, my friend, forbear," said
the thin, tall man, with the long face
and long coat. deprecatingly.
"Nope!" retorted the young man in
tones of vigorous denial. Nope! Not
'or bear! for soshb ility; an I'm ill.,
Puck.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
Abolish the Death Penalty.

At Albany the lawmakers are wrangline
over the abolition of the death penalty.
The man who succeeds in passing such bill
will prove as great a benefactor to the
bre Aker of mans laws as Hostetters Stom-
ack Btters has to the breaker of natures
laws. If you've neglected your stomach un-
y. indigestion, constipation, biliousness,
liver and kidney troubles are upon you
there's but one cure-Hostetter' Stomach
fitters. Don't fail to try it. All druggists
sell it.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
Entertainment md Profit.

"Was that sleight-of-hand mans ex-
hibition successful, Mudge?"
Il think so; lent him a counterfeit
silver dollar. and he gave Inc back a
good one. Detroit Free Press.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
Mnrs Through TeIescone.

The largest telescope in existence
does not make the planet Mars appea,
any bigger than the moon does through
an opera glass.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1899-05-27
Cyntcs.

Some men are cynics because they
are unable to make living at anything
else.-Chicago Daily News.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-10-13
Bad BIood-Cure Free.

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mors, ulcers, cancer, are all
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-10-13
Selecting Of Seed.

All farmers should carefully set ct the
grain seed that is to he used for spring
sowing. 1t is not enough that the
seed be free from weeds, although this.
of course. is essential. Beyond this,
however, pains should be taken to win
now out all the light, shrunken stuff,
with about as strong a blast as the
tanning mill is capable of producing
The ference in the yield between
plump ard ehrunken seed is much
greater than is generally imagined. In
one experiment with spring wheat,
continued for five year., it was found
that plump, selected seed gave an it,
creased yield of % per cent. by meas
ure and an increase of pounds in
| weigh per measured bu>hel over
shruuken seed. This is difference
worth taking great deal of pains in
| order that fhe farmer may have it in
| his favor. la four Years test Of
barely, conducted along similar lines,
plump Seed gave Ill increased yield OF
| 10 per cent. over shrunktu grain. AS
the shrunken grain is mainly caused
| by weak straw, rust and the like, there
the further advantage attending the
selection of plump seed, that these
| faults, weaknesses and diseases are lest
likely to propagate. Onevery account
therefore, it will pay the farmer to
blow out of his seed grain everything
that blast will remove ShrunkeI
grain is great deal better as fooc
for poultry or for stock than it Is pu'
In the ground for reproductive pur
poses.