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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-07-11
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES.


ALL those desiring help or seeking situation,
may register with the Free Employ Inent bureau
Of the state Labor Bureau OF statistics. So Cen,
ifee of charge. Tel hinlvch Il l1S'.
BARBER wANTEu-whiie barber imm-ii-
Gtely- state Free Employment Bureau. So cen
fury building.
CARPENTERS wANTED-S;l;" Free Employ
raent Bureau. So Century building
CLERK wANTED-Grccc=y clerk who car
s!Ttk low Dutch and liat a:fi.tn- Stale Free I'm
ployirit buie2C. So century building
FARM HANDS WANTEp-Three farm hands
for fern, the city. state Free Employ nj
Bureau. 50 Century building.
GITu. WANTE.D-Giri for housr and dining
r3oii WORK, state Free Employment bureau, -
housewc.k: god wages, state Free Employment
Bureau. 50 century building.
HorsEGIELs WANTED Sixteen E.rl. Cor
reau. 50 century building
HorSEMAN wANTED-CsrarIr house ,rI
YARD T;ian. - 90 - years oil stat" Free ETn-
ployTcnt Eureau s~5 I'n'nr, building.
HorsEwoMAN WANTED sIiili.- aEc.l vyora-
men; Bureau. -. century nal'd.ug
KITCHEN GIRT. wATTi:p-tt,,h.r girl r,r
i"tt, - l. Free Employment Bureau IS Gen
KIr,Il:N GlRL wAHTEn-G!r, Tor E;'ch ,.
saaH. - century building
I-N:nEEES wtNrI.l, Fifteen men = work
n railroad. - - i-r dan state. Fee Employ
meut Bureau. s. century building.
LAUNpRi;SS WANTED Iluuircss f1r insti-
tuition. sat" Free Employment Bureau. s. cen
tury building
I.AGoEEHS WANTED Erirl,rarI Lab r.rs i'm
rlci:ataly- state Free Employment Bureau -
Century hUilui-E.
i.htitEEitS WANTED Ten - clear land
In Southeast Missouri. s!th"s contract - cry
wage, sat" Free Employment Bureau. =" te..-
tury building.
MAN WANTED Young mau bow with some
experience IN bakery tor country town state
Free Employment Hur0as,. - century building.
OPERATORS WANTED Three air pun-hirI.
rlarair" "u'satCrs Tor milne. STATE Free Employ
ment Bureau. S55 century building.
PAINT CLEANERS WANTED HntrI work
state Free Employment Bureau. 81 century
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BRoADWAY. ioeI :. -a,i.eiy furnished rooms
on third floor
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CARPENTERS WANTED stat" Free Employ
rBent Bureau. So Century building.
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Girl. WANTED Girl Ter house and dining
rY"ui work Stale Fee EmT.1 ymrui bureau, -
century buiiciur
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FELL. 3iiI -&ic-lS furnished large cool froat
rom ia rTtNat" family. nice quiet los atIeE with
- without huIIi. very 1esiraai- all convent
eLtsS. T-Isuudtie.
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BROADWAY. los and -: Mt the Rest"
- rooms. -. ~ rooms. 81. 10 rooms. 5Jc per
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q ESTNTr ST. g. sexiy and neatly fur
u mo rooms. all modem COM st!eucrS; tran
t!'Ets 20, 10 81 per night
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GIRLS WANTED Fifteen girls f"r general
hoLsrHr!k: good wages, state Free Employment
Bureau. 50 century building.
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COMPTON Ave. lIsi y. ...rifuitablv irai-h-l
Large toms "a --ruuj r''i. 'srup.i,. for huUss-
Le-,.!s, southern. "NIas-ugt- ilfgs lawn: taxi.
suburban car. low EIiur, private family.
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CHpUTEAT Ave. I3}2-Nice. cool second story
ilrst class parties.
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BROADWAY. sod :.
Newly Furnished! rooms.
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HELP WANTED-FEMAuE.

Th-e. Lines FOR Five Cents.
Each Ad3itiCral Line Five Cents Extra.
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DfLMA3 Ave. t3s'- EIssaatIy furnished room
Tor couple. also small f.uH' SOON Tor gent. 50
nice lawn. nTiNat. tat.IIy. trrn.t I.asnnahle.
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REMOVALS.

THEo. GoHLEE. machlnist. fis-n: Olive St.
Western Novelty and Machine Works. Botb
phCr
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RIDDLE s., ls-S-rhrr- nice large rooms.
newly laI"rsd, iist door. Sli. second noor. 80.
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TYPEWRITERS.
FOR SALE.
RICiCI.F,-Tv-cnty-two inch diamond frame. 8
gear; new Hartford tires, SIS. e2:i Locus, ST.
UNDERWOOD. fSIickensisrfer Diver. Rem.
!nStGf smith aad other typewriteTs SIS 81 50;
Cash or payments: rentals six months 81. St
Louis Typewriter Exchange. chemical building
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CHORUS Girls wASTED-Twenty- ive chorus
girls: those who can dance preferred Apply n
= ". GuTnpertz. penlar Garden. between Il
ana . O'Clock Wednesday.
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GOLD. SILVER AND NICKEL PLATING.

DOWNING; rsplatcs and repairs silverwars
gold-p!ates watches, ,swei.v. good work: cash Zoe
Old gold. silver and platinum - y. seventh ST..
GOLD and silver plating In all branches cash
fo- cid gold and silver: I'm" sold ioE sale see
kamp * hraLse. Sl.is Fine 81
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BUSINESS FUk SAES.
BAKFRY and lunch room doing n fin. cash
business. must he clos Il out at once. owners
health failing: cheap. POS Franklin
BARBER sHOP-Threr chairs and cigar stand
doing irst-Cia=s business: iine location. hear in
v,@t,satipn; re:,t SEQ bargain. Il u. Republic.
BIGGEST bargain ever offered one Of the
best nI-ium-sizen printing Offices in the city.
IN fine condition. Call SCI y. Fourth st.
BOARDING. HOT STOOD stand for laardsrs
and ineal"rS: VIII sell out 42,z Foi-"m
CASH grocery and meat market: goo; location:
or VIII take a good honest man partner: need
sssls,ancc. II 81, ReTnllir.
FOR ,sale-Meat and vegetable market Call
Goon small, daily and weekly in "A town o..
man; Job Office. pap.r been established five wears
splendid place for who has machine to
aud 10 plant: cheap for cash. Write Box 1906
fttsburg. kas.
HOTEL European % nicely furnished rooms:
money maker: bargain. - 30: must sell account
SICKNESS m family no agents. ID 2i5. Republic
MEAT market for sale: reason for selling
otheT business. $50 2A3 Meramsc 81
MEAT and vegetable market doing ccoI cash
business: established six years: fine fixtures;
hrst-cIass location: investigate. 2i1. Republic.
SAbOON-Corncr saloon and grocery. license
and rert paid: competition near: rent $40 per
var: cheap. going to Europe SEA $. Third st
SWELL. restaurant. living rooms; established
trade: worth S59; to-day $50. Western II. =.
and Brok. Co. 53's Olive st.
,TTo..cHAIE barber shop; very cheap: so
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MEDiUMS-CLAlRVOYANIS.

NINE. LAVErA. the famous and widely known
at home always 80 ). Beaumont
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HOUSEHOLDS WANTED Sixteen kris for
general hJuscWvTk. state Free Emf lOymeut E--
Teau. SsJ century building.
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DICKSON St. 5Hs-F Furnished 80 uufuruiSIea
.o-staTy ir "a; fra!u. Will Jrps.. o. two lst-tioJ
frli.t roJns. onNen.cnt u S-.Auruan car
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SITUATIONS WANTED-MALE.
Three Lines for Five Cents.
Each Additional Line Five Cents Extra

BILL CIsERK-Competsut bill clerk with high
e.; r,irrs Evcs wants POSITION N wholesale house
or tsHsuId C:ily,. Young m,n, Il, Of temperate
Eah.ts. -. Repuhi!r.
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DICKSON 81. .+iJ-FlrSt rr.r three rooms
FURNISHED foF hau~.h --.iuE. BATH. cooking ga.
s'ftciis. rrtII@-ratpr !aVuIss. all convenience.
INST couple. cheap.
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ROOMS FOR RENT.

Three Line. for Five Cents.
Each Additional Line Five Cents Extra
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SITUATION wanted by c0lored girl. plain
cooking and Homework. washing Or Ironing.
home at night. 2s2S Chestnut.
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Al. desiring nice. comfortable rooms &c
dhy. !:-- a week up " ate House. southws'
corner Ninth ard Pine. strictly frgt-cIass
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IIDi SFMAN WANTEp-CIsr.rIu house srI
NacC Tlan. - 20 - Years Oh stat" Free KIN
pluyTcnt bureau. Cos t'ntuI, building.
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HAYWARD'S
LOST AND FOUND.

LOST-POcketbook. City OF Providence;
Money. key brass tag. papers: reward. Doctor
Mics. Old Orchard No
LoST-On Saturday evening June e. a pock-
etbook containing large sum OF money and
note for S. The fin9eF will he handsomely re-
wardeG by commur icat.ng with B. 4ieoA Lee
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Every Druggist Takes
Republic Wanf Ads.
HORSES AND VEHICLES.
FOR SALE.

\ No. : tna-scateI park uagon: IA good or
DIR uniy }55 zoos clark ave.
Al MARE. harness and runahoUt: new. used
two weeks: cheap. oTcutt Storage 70. iI2o Eas-
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fAS1ON Ave. sG-:-NiCe'y furnished thEe- con-
r'ctlnc rooms. Suisah.r I-T g-'itl'Tu~n nice
COUPE: E:.r location; Private family: all ,on,--
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KITCHEN Gii;I. WANTED Kitchen girl rrr
i"tr,. - l. F.re Employment Bureau. 50 C"n-
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Three Lines for Five Cents
a.h Additional Line Five Cents Extra
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ELENARb st. Nicely furnished frur
$40 TO 81 - per week
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Three Lines for Five Cents.
Each Additional Line FIVE Cents Extra
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NJ RrE-A graduate nurse. middle ace. de-
SIreS care uf Invalid child IN or out = She
city: best reference given and reqgired. :: -.
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COOK wANTED-Can at once. :a53 olive
street.
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boOKHETPEI,-A position as bookHeeFer. as
81 amt b'nkEceier general office work 9ls
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HOrSEGTRL WANTED Strong girl FOR gen
eral homework: good home 20 right party. a5'
Evans ave.
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kir,'HEN Girl wATTEG-oilr' FOR Kitchen
work n rr>t-ur"rt. state Ercr Es.I ."ymcat I;u-
4 I'm. - Il IN
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21
The Farmers want Them.

Postal savings banks are what the
people are crying for. We believe they
can be introduced in the post office
as well as was the money order de-
partment. The government is the
sure one for the people to depend
upon for money. We are not afraid
of Uncle Sam. Money would always
be ready and not be short when
asked for. 1t must come and we must
ask our senator's and representatives
in congress to see that a bill is formu-
lated to this effect. How long shall
it be before our nation will be in adj
vance of all other nations on such
important acts as these?-W. 7. Nc
CIure, in Farm and Home.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21

But in all probability, far this same
reason, the committee viii never re-
port the bill at all. but let it die in the
committee room, unreported.'
Ex-representatives also have the
privilege of the floor of the house when
that body is in session. Some of them
secure employment as lobbyists on
pending bills, and abuse the privilege
of the floor in that behalf. As soon G
it becomes known that any ex-repre-
sentative is so demeaning himself his
influence sinks and the measure which
he advocated is tabooed, just as in the
senate. Consequently these ''eX's' are
the least influential men that can be
thus employed. individuals and cor
porations having legislation pending
before congress realize this fact, and
hence the ex-congressmen find few to
employ them
Senator Money, of Mississippi, was
for number Of years a member of
the house of representatives. He vol
UNFAIRLY retired from the house, but
remained in Washington practicing
law and acting as claim agent. He
prospered. But during the six years
that he resided here as an attorney
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21
VENERABLE WAR NURSE.
''Mother Stewart" of Ohio, Celebrate
Her Efghty-FOurth Birth
day.

Probably no woman in Ohio is oct
ter known than Mother Stewart" as
Mrs. Eliza D. Stewart, of Springfield,
is affectionately called, who celebrated
her eighty-fourth birthday ami
versary a few days ago.
Gas a speaker on temperance sub
jects,'' said a Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union officer the other day,
cher influence upon her audience is so
powerful that she has been called a
Wendell Phillips in petticoats,' and
even now, from her invalid couch, her
letters give inspiration to those who
are working in her beloved cause"
Among her most highly priced pos
sessions is a framed certificate bearing
official signatures and testifying to
the valuable services she rendered in
the field hospitals of the civil war. She
has also pass, signed by Gen. Thomas
and given to her in those days, adj
uniting her through the lines at any
time. In her room is a framed copy
of the song: Sherman March to the
Sea" written and signed by the author.
Her war "reminiscences would fill a
large volume. She well recalls stand
ing on a picket guard in Athens, O.,
all night, while the men were employed
in telling trees and building fortifica-
tions.
The British Woman's Temperance
association owes its origin to Mother
Stewart who also introduced the
blue ribbon pledge work among the
colored people of Virginia in 1878. Her
active work for temperance began in
1853 and continued until 1895, when she
went as a delegate to the worlds
WOman's Christian Temperance union
convention in London, her expenses be-
ing paid by Lady Aberdeen.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21
HANDLING CLOVER HAY.
1t Is One of the Arts of Farming and
One That Is Understood by But
Very Few.

The curing of clover hay is one of the
arts of farming, and the reason SO
many farmers depreciate it's value is
because they have never realized the
good results to be obtained from feed
ing well-cured clover hay. Imme-
diately after clover is moved down it
will begin to wilt and then dry
as it is termed. The process of cur
ing clover requires more time than
some farmers can conveniently give
it. If it is moved down in the morn
ing it will be thoroughly cured so it
can be taken in the same day, and if t
is cut later in the day it must re-
main out over night and absorb the
dew This is where the mistake is
made. Clover after it is cut should
never be allowed to lie spread over
the ground in falling dews or rain. 1
NOW clover hay in the morning as
soon as the dew is gone and let it cure
until toward evening, then rake it UP
and make it into doodles. In the
morning spread the hay loosely over
the ground again, and in an hour it
is perfectly cured, then it is hauled
into the barn. Clover hay should not
be stacked, as it will not keep in wet
weather, even dampness will spoil it.
j. C. z. Jacot in Prairie Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21
Especial washington letter.

HE author of the play king
Henry WILL" who enriched the
literary world with most sage
philosophy and unrivaled delineations
OF the characteristics of human ma
ture, penned no more pathetic lines
than those of Lord Wolsey:
- Had but served my God with half the
zeal
served my king. He would not in mine
age
Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Times change, but human nature
changes not Lord Wolsey ruled Eng
lands king for many years, and some
times seems to have actually swayed
the scepter itself, so complete was
his domination of the regal court.
The lament uttered after his fall has
often been echoed in the hearts of
those who have served potentates or
people, but who, while serving others,
-overe most busy in serving themselves
and their interests.
The capital cities of Kingdoms and
empires do not place before the eyes
OF The people many living pictures of
departed greatness, but the capital
city of the republic is replete with
such pictures. Here we see in capitol
corridors, in the executive depart
ments, on the thoroughfares by day,
and in the hotel Hobbies by night, and
also in the barrooms and lower re-
:soris, men who have played mighty
pIanks while holding a little brief
authority, but who are now so shorn
of standing that there is none so poor
TO do them reverence.
When the sovereign people inform
"a senator that his services are no
f6nger required, or when the people
decline to give a representative an
other nomination, or another election,
the man who ceases to be a states
man would be wise if he were to seek
opportunities for earning a living al
most anywhere else than in this city.
Those who remain here are some
times pitiable creatures, and all of
them become more or less objects of
.commiseration. How they exc out an
existence is subject of query quiet
~ made by all who view them as they
mingle with the throngs in public
places.
One of the few eX-statesmen who
have been wise enough to absent
themselves from the scenes of their
GEIuhlpiS anu pump 10 OOIII u LII
gals, of Kansas. For 10 years he was
II member of the senate, and during
the last ten years of his service in
that magnificent Legislative body he
was commanding figure, living pO-
1cntiality. But, when he was finally
defeated, he left Washington for good
and all, and returned to his prairie
home. On one occasion he came here
to deliver a lecture, in the course of
which, speaking of human limitations,
he said: God gave Jay Gould the
ability to be a millionaire. but to me
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21
DIFFERENCE In BEES.
Figures Demonstrate That some az
the Busy Insects Are Not as
Busy as Others

The thought is familiar to farmers
that it takes about the same to keep
a poor COW as good one, the chief
profit in herd of mixers sometimes
depending largely on a few extra good
ones, but the thought may not be so
familiar that the same thing obtains
with bees. It is none the less true.
1t sometimes happens in a poor sea-
son that one colony stores quite a bit
of surplus for its owner, while anoth-
er colony sitting right beside it not
only gives no surplus but does not
gather enough for its own support.
but has to be fed for winter. 1t
should be remembered that the great
ter part of what the bees gather
from the flowers does not find its way
into the surplus boxes, but into the
brood chamber to be eaten by the
bees themselves. A writer in Clean
1ngs puts the matter in this fashion:
The flowers within range of my
home yard give on an average yearly,
say, 10000 pounds of honey. Now, if
l keep the average run of bees it will
take about 100 colonies to gather it,
or 100 pounds of honey for each col
ony. Of this it will take about 20
pounds to keep each colony year,
leaving me only so pounds surplus to
the colony, or 5000 pounds from the
whole yard. But if I keep stronger
and more industrious bees, so that
each colony would gather 14O
pounds, it would require but Il col
onies to gather the whole 10000
pounds; and as it would not require
any more to keep each colony than it
does the poorer stock, I should get
5000 pounds of surplus instead Of
5000 pounds when 1 had to keep 100
colonies, to say nothing of the smaller
number of colonies to care for, or
hives to keep in repair. And what is
true of my home yard is true to a
greater or less extent of any other
yards.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21
SAVED HER CALICO.
An Instance of Joe WheeIer's Kind
Heartedness During the
Civil War.

During the civil war there was
town in Tennessee that became very
familiar with both the union and the
confederate armies. Sometimes the
town was under control of one and
sometimes of the other, says Outlook.
The town had an equal number of
union and confederate sympathizers,
who named the principal streets Jeff
Davis and Lincoln streets, the people
living on these streets taking this
way of expressing their attachments.
Each army, as it passed through
the town, took from it's enemies all it
could get. Sometimes the soldiers
made mistakes, and took from their
friends. One day a detachment of
confederate cavalry followed a de-
tachment of union soldiers through
the town. They entered a store the
proprietor of which was a southerner.
who had hidden from the union
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21
A PLow ATTACHMENT.
It Cost But Little to Make 1t, and All
Who Have Tried 1t Are MOre
Than Satisfied

A year ago last spring. while we
were blowing piece of sod for corn. we
had difficulty in getting the pillow to
run right. We were blowing with
three horses. and if we set it to take
land enough, the jointer would cut
too much into the land. We
thought some of buying a three-horse
clevis like some of our neighbors
had, but did not like to pay the price
dealers asked for them. So we began
to think of some other plan.
Our pillow is fitted with a long clev-
is that fits in notches in casting on
the end of the beam. That is to regu-
late the depth Gig. u. We went to
the blacksmith and got him to make
Figures and 3, Figure ? is a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21
To Keep Grass Land Fertile.

Grass lands are supposed to recup-
crate, and heavy sod is desirable, but
when such lands are grazed or moved
there is a loss of plant food, and the
soil will become poorer unless ma
nure or fertilizer is applied. When
grass appears to die out it is an in
dication that the plant food is be-
coming exhausted. The best plan to
pursue is to keep stock off the field. and
apply fertilizer, following with a
heavy application of manure in the
fall. If the grass does not show sat
isfactory effects from such treatment
pillow the field. and plant to corn the
following spring.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-06-21

forces. No one was in the store but
a little girl of IL, who had frequently
played southern airs when southern
soldiers were in town, to cheer them.
On one of the shelves of the store
were several yards of calico, which
had been promised this little girl for
d dress. This was quite an expensive
dress, then, for calico was sold at one
dollar a yard, and was not easy to get
even at that price. When the soldier
took this calico and threw it across
his horse and rode away, the little
girl cried so hard that a young Off
Ger heard her. He hurried into the
store, but the little girl could not tell
why she cried. A --ighbor, a young
girl of 20, hurried across the street,
and told the officer that soldier had
taken the calico intended for the lit
tie girls dress. The officer called the
men to "Halt!'' He demanded that
the man who had taken the calico
should Immediately bring it to him.
A burly soldier got off his horse and
looking ashamed, handed the booty
to his officer, who, with a bow, gave
it to the little girl. She could hardly
believe her good fortune when she
held the calico in her arms. This
young officer became the celebrated
Gen. "Joe" Wheeler.