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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01

peoples as much as by civilized races,
and the Apaches and Paiutis, of Ne
vada and Arizona, were, at this time,
under that dreadful pressure. The
arid wastes. sage-brush deserts and
aIkah plains failed to afford them
even the most meager sustenance, and
they sought a new country where
food could more surely be obtained
Hitherto they had deemed the
mighty barrier raised by the males
tic Sierra Nevada sufficient to deter
them from eneroaching upon the ter
ritory of the happy and thriving Cali
fornias, but now, urged on by that
dread demon. hunger, and whipped
by the reckless spirit of despair, they
sought the passes north and south,
and soon gained entrance to what was
to them. as much as to the pioneers
of '49, a veritable LAND of promise
flowing with milk and honey" Pour
ing in through Walkers and other
passes near Mount Whitney, they
gradually gained a secure footing, and
won for themselves Kings river, Kern
river, Kern lake, Poso creek and other
favored spots in the heart of Yokut
territory. Thus. in a few years, was
found the singular spectacle of the
two portions of this once-powerful
Yokut FACE. kept apart by the pres
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01

leading into Fredericksburg entered
upon a discussion of music, their mu-
sic in particular. 1 will give a speci-
men:
''Yank, you alls can't match our
Dixie" called man in gray.
Johnny, you are such joker. Why
man, your battle songs are Stockings
compared to ours. Didn't Yankee
Doodle make you want to dancer
maybe it did make me want to
dance, but our Dixie made you dance
at Manassas on two occasions, and
when we tuned up in front of Rich
mond last summer you waltzed back
to Harrison's Landing with limp in
your gait"
"Now you are twitting on facts
You are rolling us up. Better that
you had left that out, Johnny. 1t
seems to me somebody who undertook
to invade the north not so many
moons ago danced away from Cramp-
tons Gap, South Mountain and Ante
tam, crossing back into Virginia with
a double limp, listening to the Star
Spangled Banner John Brown and
other patriotic airs. If that isn't
enough, put your ear to the ground
and you will hear the echo of our
tunes as Floyd fed from Donelson
when Grant demanded an uncondi-
tional surrender
"Say, Yank, we'd better get up a
new rebellion about our music. We
are satisfied with ours and you seem
to like yours pretty well. Let it drop
there, while we attend to matters of
more vital Importance
What is your next question, john
ny?'
"How is you ais stock of coffee,
Yank?''
"Plenty of it. They just sent us a
fresh supply, but we are running low
on tobacco. how is your layout of
4Le wced?A
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
Enough for both armies, Yank.' .

Enough for both armies, Yank."
''Then let's swap?"
''Swap it is, Yank."
Then these men who had looked at
each other along glistening muskets
on many field of carnage padded to
the center of the river, made salts
factory trade and padded back to the
banks, the Yankee humming ''The
Star-Spangled Banner and the John
ny singing Dixie with all the skill
and strength he possessed.
On one side of the river a little
band of men in blue filed their pipes
and pulled and on the other side a
little band in gray made coffee and
drank. The smoking and drinking
over, they renewed their converse
ton
''What are you alls going to do next,
Yank?"
'sAfter we get little rested from
chasing you out of Maryland and SO
far down through Odd Virginia we are
going to roll up our trousers, wade
the Rappahannock, scale yonder
heights, mop Bobby Lee and his crowd
out of the way and take a walk to
Richmond, getting there in time for
a Christmas turkey. What do you
think you are going to do next,
Johnny?"
sob, nothing much, except to let
you wade the river. That done, we
will step back to the hills out there
and rock you to sleep by the thou
sands, leaving the plains blue with
your army. 1t will be a nice break
foe vic
a day after you get your things on.
Don't be afraid of calling before we
are ready for you. The floor will be
swept, the curtains and furniture
busted and Bobby Lee and his house
hold will be in the doors, ready to
give you the hottest welcome you ever
received"
'You are buffer, Johnny. You
talk too big"
''Well, now, Yanks, don't forget to
come, and we will let the result of the
visit tell who is the big talker.''
''Good-night, Johnny. No shooting
in the morning.
Goodnight, Yank. No shooting
unless you begin it,
About two weeks after that CONVEX
sation the union army crossed the
Rappahannock, remained two or three
days and then recrossed, having lost
in killed, wounded and prisoners more
men than there are in any Iowa city;
any city in Minnesota, outside of ST.
Paul and Minneapolis; any city in In
diana, outside of Indianapolis and
Evansville; any city in Michigan out
side of Detroit and Grand Rapids; any
city in Wisconsin, outside of Milwau-
kee; any city in North or South Da-
kota; any IN Montana, Wyoming,
Utah, Idaho and any in Colorado, ex-
cept Denver. This gives the new gen.
Grafton an idea of what one battle
cost the union army.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01

reservations that are located south
of San Francisco, down as far as the
Mexican line.
Riding out 20 miles from Porter
vile, which is in Tulare county, the
Tule River Indian reservation is
reached. Here dwell the few families
that remain of the once powerful and
popuIous Zokut nation. This nation,
hundred years ago. owned all the
land from the Fresno river on
the south to the Tehachapi range on
the south, and from the summit of the
Sierra Nevada on the east to the
western portion of the great San Joa-
quin valley.
About that time their territory was
invaded and their nation divided into
two parts by an encroachment as his
torically interesting as any that is
agitating the minds of the nonexpan-
sionists of to-day. The struggle for
existence Is often felt by wild savage
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
HIS ONLY Reason.

The Sixth Michigan cavalry, of the
famous Custer brigade, was command
ed by colonel who had formerly been
a member of the Michigan bar. In the
early morning of the last day at Get
tysburg his regiment, with others, was
in line awaiting orders. The men grew
impatient and excited, and gradually
became noisy in their talk and laugh
ter. The colonel bore it for few
moments, and then, turning TO his
men with nervous gesture, he called:
Keep silence there!" instantly adding
in an apologize tone: sNot that care,
but it will sound betteri"-Youth's
Companion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01

all these crosses are taken from their
stills and placed in certain house.
The people gather from all parts of
the reservati ton. and at a certain
hour one of the men. who acts as a
kind of lay minister. takes one of
the crosses and brings it to where
the people are assembled. Everyone
seems to recognize it, but, whether
they do or not. all join in sad and
wild wall which continues for several
minutes. Then the cross is laid aside
and another one brought. 1t is wmiled
over in the same manner and placed
aside. Then, in turn, all the crosses
are walled over. and when night
comes they are carried back to the
graveyard to be renailed to their stills
in the morning.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
when Drying on a Cow.

In drying off cow, the animal
should be put upon rather dry food and
the quantity of milk withdrawn at each
meal should be gradually lessened-in
other words, little milk should al
ways be left behind in the udder. Aft
er few days only as much should be
withdrawn as is found necessary ia or
der to relieve the animal of an uncom-
Portable pressure of the milk glands.
In addition to this the cow should be
given about half an ounce of powdered
alum in drinking water twice daily. and
the udder should be rubbed with an
ointment consisting of one drachm OF
Belladonna extract. to an ounce of lard.
Rural World
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
THE YOKUT INDIANS.
Once They Were All-POwerful on
the Pacific Coast.
Now Only a Few of the Race Are Left,
and These Are Being Cared For
on the TuIe River Res
erVation.
Especial Los Angeles letter.

TSHE recent census has already
shown that California has made
Il marvellous advances in popula-
ton during the last decade. But no
census that can ever be taken at this
day can reveal the numbers of the abo-
riginal population that once owned the
Sierras and other mountain ranges, the
foothills, the banks of the many rivers,
the fertile valleys, the seashore and the
islands of the Land of the Setting Sun.
The figures that the most conservative
estimates afford of this population so or
rs years ago are simply astounding to
those who are familiar only with the
aboriginal population of the cold and
bleak eastern regions, or the wide
stretches of arid desert in the heart of
the continent. There can be no ques-
ton but that at one time California had
an Indian population of upwards of a
million souls, and they were abundant
ly provided for in the fertile valleys, the
well-stocked rivers and lakes, and the
forests and plains where roamed deer,
antelope, rabbits, "coons," and the
sage hen, quail, dove, wild turkey and
other game birds abounded.
BIT as civilization advanced the In
dian was driven backwards. The Cali
fornia Indian has nothing to thank the
white man for. The latter has given
the former no new virtues, but has ed
ucated him in many vices which have
demoralized and slain him. Of the
teeming thousands of happy Indians
which the white man found here in the
days of 49, none but few scattered
remnants exist, and many of these are
degraded, drunken, besotted wretches,
who, thank God, will soon be unable to
perpetuate their species.
The major portion of the remain
ing Indians are gathered together on
reservations set apart for them by ex-
ecutive order. and during the past
summer L have been visiting those
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
STILL A PRISONER OF WAR.
A Minneapolis Man who Has Been
on Parole for Thirty-Five
Years.

The civil war was over long ago, but
in spite of the friendship between. the
north and the south the prisoners of
war have not been all released, says
the Minneapolis Tribune.
There still lives in Minneapolis one
man who has been on parole for the
past 35 years and who is still pris-
oner of war as much as when he first
reported to the provost of Fort Smell
ling many years ago, so far as release
is concerned.
Col. Platt B. Walker, one of the old
citizens of Minneapolis, came to this
part of the country as a. prisoner of
war, with orders to report to the pro-
vost at Fort Smelling.
81 was one of the last confederate
officers to give up my toadtsticker,"
says Mr.. Walker, speaking of his expe-
rience. 'When there was that Won
derful gathering of armies in the corr
ner of Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas
was among the troops. We had been
driven back step by step from Missouri,
and there on that memorable morning
the whole army was to elect whether
they were to surrender and go home
or stay and be driven back until we
Joined Maximihan in Mexico. 1t was
a wonderful sight to see the separation.
On the hills to one side gathered those
who were to surrender; on the other
those who were off for Mexico. I was
among the latter.
''We went along through Texas until
about 20 miles from the Rio Grande,
when I was overcome from wound,
and I never knew anything for %
days.
Il awol1e to find myself in a shanty
where l had been cared for, and there
one morning. through a pillar of dust
that approached through the chap
parel Capt. Glenn and a detachment
of Ohio cavalry captured me. I was
sent from there by a broken-down, rat
tletrap of a stage 80 miles, and final
ly went to Rock Island to the prison
there, and finally to Fort Smelling.
didn't know whether I was to be
hanged or imprisoned for life, but
when l arrived the officer shook me by
the hand and turned me loose on pa
role and I was issued three rations for
eight months.
81 stayed here, of course, because I
was prisoner, ard never got any fur
Their orders. I gave my parole and kept
it. That's all there is to it. 1 am here
yet, but 1 guess they have forgotten
all about me and the parole gave"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01

grated in the center. Two small
shoots may be seen coming up which
are the result of one seasons growth.
This will form the head of the fu-
ture tree. If started low enough the
rest of the branches will be cut off
and these shoots allowed to branch
out at the proper height, but if the
tree has been grated four or five feet
high one or two of the larger
branches which show at the left will
be grated. Two years are usually
required to work over trees of this
size.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
Where sunno1rera Par.

The sunfower crop is one of the
best paying in Russia A good crop
is worth. as 1T stands in the field,
$25 an acre. The seeds are sold by
the farmer for some 81 to $3.50 a
pound; then the merchants salt them
and retail them for So pound. and
at every street crossing in Russian
provincial cities are stands and ped
dlers with baskets. selling to the
passers-by the sailed product of the
big sunhower, which is eaten.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
ENLARGING A BARN.
New York Farmer Describes a Plan
That Is Better Than Showing Out
the End and Side.

The plan generally followed in en-
larging barn is to shove out the
end and side, and to cover with fat
tin roof connected with the former
building at the plate. This gives floor
room and some room for hay and
grain, but there is nearly always a
scarcity of NOW room, and this style
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
Strategy.

''What did you expect to prove by
that exceedingly 1ong-winded argu-
ment of yours?'' asked the friend.
81 didn't expect to prove anything"
answered the orator. 'AIl I hoped to
do was to confuse the other fellow
so that he couldn't prove that didn't
prove anything. Washington Star.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01

Mrs. Henry Peck-First we get horse
less carriages and then wireless te1eg-
raphy. I wonder what next?
Her Husband (meekly)-Wifeless
matrimony. perhaps.-Tit-Bits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01
A STUDY IN GRATING.
Years Set, That Has Been Grated
in the Center.

In top-working apple trees the
method pursued is either to bud or
graft them. The illustration shows a
tree, two years set. which has been
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-11-01

Dairy utensils should have the few
est number of seams possible, and those
present should be smooth soldered.'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-18
A CRY FOR UNION.

Our esteemed contemporary says
that ''the Populist and Democratic
delegates to the State convention
from Elmore county will use all
fair means to effect union of the
silver forces before election. That
is certainly novel proposition.
We understood that the silver
forces were already united and we
got that impression from numerous
and emphatic remarks dropped in
the Democratic convention. The
rock upon which the Democrats
and Populists. split was anarchy.
The Populists demanded the dis
continuance of martial law in Sho-
shone county and removal of that
"damnable and un-American per-
NIT SYSTEM" as Our near contem-
porary once called it. To this de-
mand the Democrats refused assent,
and they refused it in such a way
as to show to Populists very clearly
what Democrats thought of them.
We do not know what kind of stuff
our Populist friends are made of.
We do not know that there glows in
their breasts spark of self-respect,
but this we do know, that no body
of American citizens, worthy to be
called such, would seek a political
! union with a party which had
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-18
GET THE NUBBVNS.

The few remaining Silver Republi
cans held a meeting at Silver City tast
Saturday and threw up the sponge, so
far as determining to hold a conven-
tiOD goes. About all of them agreed
to go back into the old party. None
of them consider themselves tied now.
There is no Silver Republican party
in this county now. Out of their small
number the Democrats will catch
three or four and the Republicans'the
remainder.
The foregoing is extracted from
the fruitful columns of the De La
mar Nugget, and reminds us that
the Democratic party has pressing
occasion to go right down upon its
knees and pray as did the old Kan
sas negro: Good Lor', CUB us a
bumptious crap. Make de fodder
high and de pig weed low; and,
good lor', CUB us vars OBJ corn dat
am as long as nah arm an no mo
OBJ dem dam nubbins."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-18
A WOOSTER MAN FOR CONGRESS.

John T. Morrison, well remem-
bered by our citizens as a former
university student, has been nomi-
mated for congress by the Idaho
Republicans. This will be graft
flying to his many friends here. Mr..
Morrison graduated from the uni
versity in 1887, where he ranked
as bright and able student, given
to independence in class room, and
fair play on the athletic field. At
ter graduation he was selected
President of MACON Collegiate In
stitute, Macon, Tenn, in which
position he won success as an edu-
Gator. Later, much to the regret
of the patrons of the school and
against the strong protest of its
trustees, he resigned this position
and entered upon the study of law
at Cornell University, graduating
in 1890. He Immediately went
west and located at Caldwell, Ida.
ho, his present home, where he has
achieved success in his chosen pro-
fession. Mr.. Morrison, as a repre-
sentative in Congress, would be ar
honor to any State. He is well
equipped to discharge the duties O
the position. Should he be elected
the people of his district may rest
assured that their interests will be
we'll and effectively protected
Wooster (Ohio) Daily Republican
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-18
POCATELLO CONVENTION. RE-
Election.

Up at Soda Springs there is pub
lished straight out Democratic
paper, by gentleman who is upon
Governor Steunenberg's staff. The
name of the paper is imposing, we
had almost said ponderous. 1t is
"The 1danha CAicftam." The edi-
tor of the Idanha CAief7an has, it
seems, been cogitating on the Po-
catetlo Democratic Convention, and
after revolving the whole subjects
over and over in his mind, thunders
forth: - ~- .s
Though not a journal or public man
possesses the unblushing aud bVazen-
faced hardihood to condone the afro
cities committed by these recognized
and prOfessed anarchists. we are pre-.
sented with the revolving spectacle Of
men OF standing and influence In ouE
own state who from selfish motives
would see re-inaugurated in our midst
a reign OF terror bv men who, alas,
possess franchise and whose votes are
coveted by unscrupulouS politicians
for the furthering of their self~interest-
ed and nesariOns schemes.
No criticism harsh enough, no con-
tumeIy sufficiently condemnatory can
be launched against these despicable
and venal enemies of the progress of
commonwealth who, in their frantic
and abject desire to gain control of
public affairs, hesitate not to stoop to
cater to an element that by its deeds
of violent sc0undTelism has proven it.
self to be on a par with the fendish en-
emy of sOciety-the anarchist" u
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-18
IDAHO FRUIT IN PARIS.

Idaho fruit was voted the best in
the world at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago and at the Mid-Winter
Fair in San Francisco. And now
comes the news from Paris that at
the exposition there a prize medal
and diploma of the first class has
been awarded the exhibit by I. B.
Perrine, of the Blue Lakes orchards
near the Shoshone Falls. The ex-
hibit is of fruit grown last year at
the Blue Lakes. The fruit was
picked late last fall and shipped
last winter. That it has kept all
this time and in such splendid con-
dition as to win one of the highest
awards against the world, is highly
gratifying. 1t is a source of just
pride to all Idahoans. Wood River
Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-18

thunderbo1ts he hurled at those
men who had decried against the
policy of President Mckinley, there
by encouraging the insurgents to
continue their work of rapine,
plunder and bloodshed. The re-.
port of Captain Graham speech on
that occasion, October 2, should be
read by him and well considered
before he commences his campaign
in Idaho this fall. If he should
row. attack the policy of President
Mckinley, after so patriotically de-
Tending it On that occasion-and he
will have to, to keep in harmony
with his party-the people will be
perfectly justified in asking when
was he telling, the truth-then or
now? Said Captain Graham ON
October 2:
we return TO you with the conscious
ness of having done our whole duty,
and that is sufficient and gratifying
enoue h for us, and from the appear
ance of this demonstration, for. you,
Captain Graham discussed the war
and the causes which lead up to it aud
paid q glowing tribute to the work of
the Idaho volunteers. He told of the
hardships endured by the boys in
camp, in march, fin bivouac, in, trenches,
in a tropical cline, in battle under the
burning sun, and asked the audience
to join with him in letting the un-
chained lightning of an outraged ma
tion's wrath strike with eternalIblast-
ing, Atkinson of Boston and others of
his way of thinking. He claimed that
Atkinson applied the epithets Of mur-
derer and assassin TO the greatest, the
most benevolent and most heroic army
that ever shook the world with it's vic
tOriOus~Stread. Every true American
citizen will uphold the hands of the
administration in the patriotic course
pursued in the Philippines. Paris
Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-08-18

among them the Pocatello AdCGsace,
are attacking the character of Lieuten-
ant Harry Syms on the authority Of an
ex volunteer named Andrew Marker
who had the beily-ache on the trip to
Manila. Marker also describes those
big brawny miners of the north going
In drovas to their captain and, with
tears streaming down their pallid
cheeks begging for food that Syms re-
fused them while acting as commisary
of the Morgan City. It is pathetic but
it is lie. Col. J. W. Jones. who was
then In command of the regiment. and
himself an ardent Democrat, fully re,
flutes all these charges in an open letter
to Lieutenant SymS. 49,,