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Flood. Col Daniel Grass, Col. Edward
Prince. Capt. John S. Phelps, Capt. John
A. Lghtfoot, Col. B. f. Smith, Maj. A.
A. North, Col. B. F. Hawkes., Capt. Hen
ry E. Howe and Capt. Fred 1. Dean, 1t Is
said that the first three men obligated by
DR.. Stephenson were his partners, DR.. AL
len and DR.. Hamilton and Capt Dean. The
printed records of this transa ction are lost,
however.
Just how Grand Army of the Republic
came to be the name by which the new or
ganizaton was christened will never be
known. This history is lost, if it was ever
recorded. 1t may have come naturally, as
1t was a term often applied to the Union
army during the war of the rebellion. Other
small organizations of soldiers bore names
akin to it, but none exactly the same.
Governor Oglesby of Illinois was greatly
Interested in the new organization and was
constantly consulted by Major Stephenson
When the ritual had been finally revised by
the major and his friend, the Rev. Mr.. Rut-
ledge, preparatory to organizing post, 1t
seemed necessary to place it before the vet
Grams in printed form, and Governor Oglesby
suggested two soldier printers, 1. w. Col
trim and Joseph Prior, proprietors of the
Decatur Tribune.
Capt. John S. Phelps, friend and ad-
wiser of DR.. Stephenson, went to Decatur
and obligated the two men, and they then
put the ritual in type. 1t is said by those
who saw the ritual that it a strange
melange. No copies of it are in existence
today, and only two or three men are now
living who saw it in the form that 1t was
presented to the post that was first organ
lied under its provisions
The First Post Mustered.
The prime movers in.the matter of organ
ization suddenly concluded to muster the
first post in Decatur where the ritual was
printed. Major Stephenson, by common
consent. constituted himself the "Comman-
der of the Department of Illinois, and I'M
der that authority issued call for the or
ganization of Post 1. at Decatur The call
was signed by Robert NJ Woods, adjutant
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posed of two delegates from each depart
ment. The constitution as amended by the
convention at Springfield, July II, 1866,
made no change in the mode of ratio of
representation as above given, but provid-
ed for additional officers, as follows:
In the national organization, an assistant
commanding officer, surgeon general and
chaplain. In departments, an assistant de-
partment commander, surgeon general and
chaplain. In posts, assistant post COM
mander, posi- surgeon post chaplain, officer
of the day and officer of the guard. officers
of posts were to be elected annually at the
last meeting in December.
Declaration of Principles.
The declaration of principles in the con-
stitution, written by Adjutant General Rob-
ert NJ. Woods, read follows:
Article 1, section /. The soldiers Of the
volunteer army of the United States during
the rebellion of 1865 actuated by the i'm
pulses and convictions of patriotism and
of eternal right, and combined in the strong
bands of fellowship and unity by the tolls
the dangers and the victories of a long and
vigorously waged war, feel themselves
called upon to declare, in definite form of
words and in determined cooperative &C
ton, those principles and rules which would
guide the earnest patriot the enlightened
freeman and the Christian citizen in his
course of action; and to agree upon those
plans and laws which should govern them
in a united and systematic working method
with which, In some measure, shall be ef-
fected the preservation of the grand re-
suits of the war, the fruits of their labor
and toll, SO as to benefit the deserving and
worthy
Section 2. The results which are designed
to be accomplished by this organization are
as follows:
"First-The preservation of those kind and
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Dutch, German and French on both sides at
Waterloo, and those who had to be dis
charged exceeded in number more than the
entire force under the command of the Duke
of Wellington.
The dead and wrecked make together an
awful total of 527 ,9O4 good men and true,
almost as many as Germany has in her
army; more men than France has under
arms and about twice as many as Great
Britain, Turkey, Italy and Austria have.
More men persisted in this great volunteer
army of four years duration than in all
the wars of England in 500 years.
Opening Acts Of Defiance.
The opening acts of defiance which
brought On the civil war lasted through five
months. from December to June, 1861. The
acts which brought it to a close began with
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Army into life began with the unanimous
adoption of the ordinances of secession by
the South Carolina convention, December
20, 1850, as protest against the election of
Abraham Lincoln to the presidency.
From December to June these overt acts
continued state after state Haunting in the
race of the government its red flag of de-
fiance. June the legislature of Tennessee
adopted a declaration of independence and
ordinance of secession and Governor
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the daily vocations of life. OF this number
31S,S70 men slept in the national cemeteries
at the close of the war.
Some comparisons of figures show that
235, 535 men. discharged because of disabili-
ty, is a larger army than ever appeared on
any battlefield in history. 1t is more than
the British army ever numbered prior to
1901. The men who died of malarial dis
eases numbered more than the whole Ger
man army lost from all causes in overrun-
ming France. The number of men wounded
in this great fratricidal strife numbered
more than the entire force of English,
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heart disease and smaller numbers were
discharged for various other ailments which
incapacitated them for further service.
Dead and disabled the sum foots up the
startling number of 521 ,904 men taken from
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the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomat-
tox, April 0, 1865. The incident" may have
been declared closed by the proclamation of
the President, April q 1866, when he de-
clared the instruction at an end in the
states of Georgia. South Carolina, Virginia,
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North Carolina, Tennessee. Alabama, Louis
lana. Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida and
later including Texas.
And 70 the tragedy was ended, the great
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M. Snyder, DR.. James Hamilton. Maj. Rob-
ert M: Woods Major Robert Allen. Chap
lain William ]. Rutledge. COL Martin
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the original ritual was over 1900 words in
length, longer than a column of The Even
ing Star. The first revision left the ritual
In substance as follows:
Revision Of Ritual.
'F1rst-Preciuct Organisations, to bs known
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Law down our weapons until peace based Oh
the principles of universal liberty shall be
assured.
Treason a Crime.
Resolved. That treason consummated IN
rebellion Is a crime OF the most malignant
nature. and that every possible guarantee
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have promoted will throw its mantle over
our shortcomings and the spirit of loyalty
we have cultivated will still rally round
the flag we loved, to perpetuate our mem
cries"
What Brought It Into Life.
The overt acts which called this Grand
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19
A MOST ENJOYABLE AFFAIR
Ice Cream Was Present

Last Saturday evening Mess.
Gum, Lewis, Pipkin, Stephen
son, Coffee, German, Henderson;
Epps, Robson, Reid, Weir and
Richardson; accompanied by
Misses Gyp Holland, Mary Bur
row, May Lair, Claude Taylor,
Willie Vigus, Dixon Lair and
Miss Bordie loaded into a hay
wagon and went out to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. P. Service.
The wagon bed was little bit
crowded but all seemed to enjoy
the ride. Messers. Burrow and
Galbraith, being rather partial
to themselves, procured a de-
livery wagon and went alone.
Mrs. Service and Miss Onus
spared no pains to make the
evening one long to be remem.
bered as the most enjoyable of
the season. Ice cream and cake
also did its best. Quite mum.
Der of Umbarger young folks
were present. They were:
Misses Cotchel, Miss Brown,
Miss Ada Redfearn, Miss Bessie
Smith and Miss Ona Long.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Service
and Mrs. j. /. Campbell.
Messers. Houser, Cotchell,
Brown, Service and others
Hands up.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19
The Flight Of Youth.

Ihere are gains for all our losses,
There are balms for all our pains:
But when youth, the dream. DEPARTS.
III takes something from our hearts,
And 1T never comes again.
we are stronger and are better,
Under manhood's sterner reign:
Still we feel tnat something sweet
Followed youth with flying feet,
And Will never come again.
Something beautiful Is vanished.
And we sigh for it in vain:
We behold it everywhere.
On earth and in the mir,
But 1t never comes again.
Richard Henry Stoddarf.
""' DA"".".".n.....a.n.mn.
Ooscar HUT & Company carry
a full line of caskets and all
undertaking supplies. An ex.
pert embalmer is always ready
to answer calls promptly.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

The attention of the citizens
of Canyon City is again called
to the fact that the running at
large of hogs in Randall county
is illegal, and if parties allow
ing their hogs to run on the
streets and depredate on their
neighbors are compelled to pay
for such trespass, they can not
say that they have not been
warned.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19
A Kaffir Corn Diet for
Calves.

Twenty head of grade Here
ford, Shorthorn and Angus cal
yes were purchased by the
Kansas experiment station dur
ing April and May a year ago.
The feed of these calves was
gradually changed to skim milk
with as much grain as they
would eat, composed of a mix.
ture of whole and ground kaffir
corn. 1t was found that the
calves would eat the ground
katfir corn when from ten DAYS
to two weeks of age and would
begin to eat the whole kaffir
earn when from three to four
weeks old. On June 10 these
calves were divided into two
lots as nearly equal as possible,
the lot to receive ground kaffir
corn weighing 1870 pounds or
1ol pounds to each calf and the
one to receive whole katfir corn
weighed 1897 pounds or 1917
pounds head.
Each lot was fed all the skim
milk, grain and hay they would
eat without securing. The
roughness for both lots consist.
ed of prairie hay only until the
calves were twelve weeks old.
Alfalfa was then added gradual
ly and for a time constituted
one-half of the roughness and
later supplanted the prairie hay
altogether. Fresh water ard
salt were available at all times.
For the 1l2 days under expert.
ment, these ten calves consum-
ed II, 7sS pounds of skim milk,
1894 pounds of ground katiir
corn, 1881 pounds of prairie hay,
l25 pounds of alfalfa hay. The
total gain of the lot during the
experiment was 1880 pounds or
1.4l pounds daily for each calf. |
With skim milk at fifteen cents |
per cwt, grain at fifty cents per
cwt-plus three cents a bushel
or six cents per cwt for grind
ing-and hay at 81 a ton, the
feed-cost of raising these calves
to S47.37 or S4.73 a
head. The cost per cwt of grain
is as follows: Skim milk LAO,
grain S0.49, roughness Sl.1O;
total $3.50.
The second lot of calves
consumed II, $40 pounds of skim
milk, 1,941 pounds of whole
kaffir corn, 1881 pounds of prai-
RE hay, 125 pounds of orchard
grass hay and 1882 pounds of
alfalfa hay. The total gain was
|, 4O6 pounds or 1.26 pounds dai.
ly for each calf. The feed cost
to S47.09 or $40 a
head. The cost per cwt of
grain was as follows. Skim
sl.56, grain S0.5S, roughness
s1.20, total 1874. Comparing
the two lots it will be noticed
hat the whole kaffir corn lot
consumed 267 pounds more
grain but 240 pounds less of al
.alfa hay and made "a pounds
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19
7 | |

] very kindly and respectfully
request all who frequent the
dam south of town to please not
pass through my place but go
west of my house a few steps,
thence south and they will be on
grass land all the way.
John Knight.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

We are informed by Mr.. Park
that should the good people of
Randall county see fit to elect
him to the office of county Judge
he will move into town to re-
side.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

less gain. There were a large
number of grains in the case of
the whole kaftir corn lot that
passed through the calves undi.
gested.
This experiment indicates
that better and more economical
gains are made from ground
ka fir corn than from the whole
grain. Nevertheless, if a man
is so situated that he cannot
grind katfir corn, very fair gains
can be made with the whole,
seed. Again, it is possible 10
feed the ground kaffir corn the
first two or three months and
then gradually change to the
whole. The weekly weights
and gains show that the calves
receiving whole kaffir corn
gained nearly as well the LASH
five weeks of the experiment as
thosereceiving the ground kaffir
corn. 1t is best to feed ground
katfir corn until the calf is three
or four months old, then if it is
more convenient or economical
the whole kat1ir corn may be
substituted.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Mr. H. G. Rogerson is now in
Corpus Christi. Any one wish
ing to correspond with him can
address him there.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Dry goods, all the latest sum
mer novelties on exhibition
every day. Prices the lowest
at j. A. Wapsley & Co.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Don't forget that a. l.. Anderson
wants your trade. He sells dry
goods and groceries and Is in a posi-
tion 10 treat YOU right.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Miss Eva Wright, sponsor for
Camp Stonewall Jackson, writes
that she wants forty voices in her
choir for the reunion. Mr.. Wilson.
Mrs. Overhuls, Mrs. Kenyon and 9th
ers are practicing regularly.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19
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Jim Redfearn came home Saturday
from Mineral Wells, where he has
been for his health. He Is wonderful
~ improved
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

SCANDALOUs CHAs., artistic house
and sign painter, paints anything
from u barn to portrait.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Messers. Lester Henderson and FL
mer German went to Hereford Sun
day.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Miss Mamie jackson visited the
family OF Mr.. II. T.. Hume the first OF
the week.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Reuben Stringfellow and Homer
Faulkner went to Amarillo Satur-
day.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Mrs. German and Mrs. Geor-
gle Smith, of Amarillo, visited
MIR. A. l.. Anderson family
this week.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Anderson wants to sell you DIR
goods and groceries.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

j. A. Wansley e. Co. have the
largest shoe stock in town. Be
sure to see them before buying
any kind of shoes.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Messrs. Henderson and Cor
man while returning from Here.
ford Sunday night ran into a
wire fence. Mr.. German fell
ont and the buggy run over his
neck. The first remark he
made on getting up was my
collars ruined" What it did to
his neck We are not informed.
The way this old earth has got
OF picking up roadsides and
town lots and slamm,ng a fellow
with them in the dead hours of
midnight is simply appalling.
1t is claimed by some that this
extraordinary phenomenon is
caused by too many stars
around.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19
600 - !. . - |. -

Mrs. John Rowan aud daugh.
ter were in town this week.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

Only the very best woodwork.
ing material carried in stock,
and it is implanted so you can
see exactly what you are get
ting at Harter's.
The stayer. (Canyon City, Tex.) 1896-1903, 1902-06-19

FOR TREASURER.
r. B. Redfearn.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-07-15
A KINDLY ACT.
Tramp Gave the Thoughtless Throng q
Little Object Lesson in Charity.

A leaky spigot, big dog and a
tramp taught the passing throng on
+ street the other morning little les
son in humanity. The big dog had
on no collar. He, like the tramp,
was battling for a simple existence.
He had come to thespigot for drink.
Just enough water leaked from it into
the catch basin beneath to whet has
appetite without gratifying it. His
eye would follow a drop with light
ming rapidity down through the graf
ed basin. He would then look up at
the spigot most wistfully. Of the
passing crowds there was none who
noticed him until knight of the
road" with tightly rolled blanket
flung over his shoulder, slouched past
the corner of Thirteenth and F
streets. Before he had crossed the
street he saw the dog and interpreted
at once his silent appeal. He went
straight to the spigot and turned the
water on full force, holding it until
the dogs thirst had been quenched.
The two tramps then sauntered off
in different directions.-Wa Washington
Star
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-07-15
WANTED TO PROTECT HER.
Urchin Thought the Teachers Fur Boa
q Live Animal.

A young lady of my acquaintance,
who is a public school-teacher, had a
very funny experience one cold morn
ing recently" remarked man who
goes calling, according to the Wash
ington Star. "My friend possesses
rather expensive fur neck piece,
which she values highly. 1t is one
of those animal affairs, including the
head of the beast, eyes, mouth, teeth
and all. This teacher is assigned to
a school in a part of the city where
the children have not had the benefit
of the most refining surroundings and
influences. To speak plainly, the ma
jority of the young citizens are in the
tough class.
GAS the teacher was about to enter
the school building the mcrning |
refer to an urchin with freckled face
made a spring at her and grasped
her about the neck. He was evident
ly excited. Suddenly the boy shout
ed: I've got i'm by ther throat
lemme git at lis tall This exclama-
tion was repeated several times.
"With the assistance of the janitor
the teacher was rescued, so to speak.
BY dint of persistent questioning the
little fellowgave the information that
he had considered the fur a live ami
NAL and his sole idea had been to
protect the teacher from possible
harm"
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-07-15

Little Things often Put Detectives on a
Criminals Trail.

"Triyial incidents that in nine cases
out of ten would escape pretty close
observer often furnish the clew by
which detectives make some pretty
clever arrests" said veteran detect
i've the other night to a Milwaukee
Sentinel reporter. "Now, | remem-
Der one case in point. During the G..
A. X. encampment here some years
ago Sweeney, my partner, and l had
been working hard all day and
dropped into Joint over on Second
street about IL o'clock. Sweeney took
aseat on one side of the entrance and
] on the other. The interior was
screened to certain extent by some
potted plants on each side Of the door
way.
Gas we sat there an old fellow came
in and niger waiter rushed up to
him, and, although we couldn't hear
what was said, presumably asked him
what he'd have. The old fellow didn't
sit down in the chair that the waiter
had pulled out for him, and whilethey
were talking the waiter looked direct
ly at me over the shoulder Of the old
fellow, who stood with his back to
us. Without another word the old
fellow turned and walked out of the
door We thought the incident pc
culiar and determined to follow the
man. He started down Second street
toward the Milwaukee road and we
took the other side of the street and
followed. On the east side Of the
street there was saloon and we
crossed the street before the fellow got
there and stopped him at the door.
Good evening, my FRIEND said
Sweeney, smoothly, are you a grand
army mani?
"'Yes,' he replied. as he eyed us
suspiciously and backed away, with
his hand making for his hip pocket.
"'What regiment?' asked Sweeney.
"The fellow hesitated, then, back
ing away, suddenly around and
darted toward the railroad yards. l
was after him in a moment, caught
him by the coat tail and then it was
nip and tuck for block. / stumbled
and fell heavily, but held on like a
bulldog, and finally threw my man
heels over head. / was sore and
bruised all over, but managed TO get
up and give my man an awful blow
over the nose just as he pulled Colt
revolver from his pocket.
"Well, to cut the story short, we
found bunch of the goods on him,
and early the next morning the chief
of police at Janesville telegraphed
to us to hold the man, as he was want
ed there for burglary. Weturnedhim
over and he got three years in the
pen where he died before his term
had expired. If that fellow had sat
down in that saloon we would not
have thought anything of it, but that
move of his 'Queered' him"
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-07-15

No person can earn an honest
living by dishonest methods.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-07-15
ON PARROTS.
Apparently No Limit to Their Capacity
for Imitation of Sounds.


There seems no limit to the ca
pacity for acquiring the human Ian
guage possessed by this intelligent
bird. 1t often picks up not only
words, but long sentences, which have
been pronounced in its presence on a
single occasion only. While as Tor
domestic sounds of all kinds, from
the whimpering of an infant to the
growing of cocks, and even the song
of canary bird, all these are readily
acquired. The male is, however, given
to screaming when angry or agitated.
1t sometimes associates words with
things. One owned by Mr.. Greene
would yell "Potato" if it saw lunch
con laid, so loudly that it could never
be admitted to that meal, for it always
dropped the potato and shouted for
more. There is an idea that the bril-
liantly colored parrots do not talk.
There is no reason why they should
not, and many possess the initiative
instinct. One of the most richly COL
ored Of all is the purple-capped lory,
from the Moluccas. Its whole body
is crimson and rose, its wings green
and its crest purple. 1t is thick-set
bird, like big bullfnch, and can be
highly educated. 1t is tame and gen.
tie, an excellent '1inguist" and mimic,
never shrieks, and isvery amiable. 1t
is also yentriloquist. 1t is worth
noting that some of the tories, which
are very fond Of flowers, have been
poisoned by being given laburnum
blossom. There is belief that par
rots should not be allowed water to
drink, but only sopped food. We be-
lieve that this is a mistake which
causes them great misery. They are
not great water drinkers, and some
species can 60 without it for a consid-
cradle time. But in their native state
most of those which have been OBJ
served come regularly to the water
holes to drink.-London Spectator.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-07-15
COURT DIRECTORY
EpERAL coURr3. IN KENrUcKY

Z
FEDERAL COURTS, IN KENTUCKY
EASTERN DISTRICT.
COvngton, April ]. october 2l
Frankfort, March II, ; ,ptember p,
Richmond, April %, No, ember L.
london. May ~ November ~
WESTERN DISTRICT.
Louisville. March II, October IA.
Paducah. April Is. November Is.
DwensbOro. May T. November %.
Bowling Green, May 20, December S.
COUNTY COURTS.
lst Monday-Paris, Richmond, Falmouth
MaYsYille.
2nd Monday-Lexington, Carlisle Owings-
vile, stanford.
3rd Monday-Georgetown, Mt Sterling,
Danville, NichOlasyille.
ath Monday-Cynthiana, Winchester, Flem-
ingsburg, Versailles.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1902-07-15

Effective May Is, 1902.
East-Round-