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Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1903-06-05

| POuICu Out 10 HCT his ul CdL1Ss
hopes and ambitions. All the
poetry of youth, and the passion
and beauty of life, he put into
those letters.
He wrote to her every day, and
she answered every other day.
She wrote in half fearful apology
that her mother disapproved of a
daily letter, and she added visit
fully, Il should like to write to
you twice a day. Take the will
for the deed, and as you love me,
be sure to continue yours daily"
And on the days the letter
came, with eager trembling
hands he seized it, without wait
ing for the rest of his mail or his
papers. With set face and quick
nervous step he would mount
the stairs to his Office, lock his
door and sit down to devour it.
He would hold it in his hands
sometimes for ten minutes, just
to laugh and muse over it, and
try to guess what new trick of
phrase she had used to express
her love. He was surprised at
her brilliance and wit. He had
not held her so deep a thinker
on the serious things of life as
these letters had shown, nor had
he noticed how keen her sense of
hum0r. He was so busy looking
at her beautiful face, and drink
ing the love-light from her eyes,
he had overlooked these things
when with her. Now they flash
ed on him as new treasure that
would enrich his life.
At the end of two weeks when
the general had not answered his
letter he began to grow nervous.
A vague feeling of fear grew on
him. Something had happened
to darken his future. He felt it
by a subtle to -pathy of sympa-
thetic thought. He was gloomy
and depressed all day after he
had received ond Toasted on the
wittiest letter she had ever writ
ten. What could it mean, he
asked himself a thousand times
some shadow had fallen across
their lives. He knew it as clearly
as if the revelation of its misery
we're already unfolded.
He went to the postofice on
the next day he was to receive a
letter, crushed with a sense of
foreboding. He waited until the
mail was all distributed and the
general delivery window flung
open before he approached his
box. He was afraid to look at
her letter. He slowly opened
the box.
There was nothing in it!
Sam, you're not holding out
my letter to tease me, old boy?"
he asked pathetically.
Sam was about to joke him
about the uncertainties of love,
when his eyes rested on his
drawn face.
Lord, no Charlie" he pro-
tested, you know 1 wouldn't
treat you like that
Then look again, you may
have dropped it,"
Sam turned and looked care
fully over the floor, over and I'M
der his desks and tables and re-
turned.
mo, but it may have been
thrown into the wrong bag by
that fool mail clerk on the train.
You may get it tomorrow.
He turned away and walked to
his Office, forgetting his key in
the open box. The vague sense
of calamity that weighed on his
heart for the past t days, now
became reality.
He sat in his office ass the after
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treated would give convulsive shiver and
remain motionless in death.
After gathering all the birds Jim pro
ceeded to build small hut with our as
sistance. in which we passed the night
comfortably enough. We heard many
night and at daybreak we repeated the
manuver of the day before gathering in
many more ducks and few geese.
Upon the approach of Christmas we
passed two days and nights at the pond,
returning to the ranch with over 100 birds
We distributed about One-fourth of these
among friends and neighbOrs, and con-
cluded to take the remainder to Tucson,
where we could dispose of them for cash
for Christmas dinners. Very few turkeys
if any, had then reached Arizona. The
number we intended to take to market
however, was greatly reduced by the coy
otes, who carried off at least 20 of them
during the night before our start for Tue
son, although these birds hung at least 10
feet from the ground. upon a rope stretch
ed between two poles. A coyote can either
jump to hight of nine feet; he can climb
up pole. or he forms n ladder or stair
case by using the backs of his family con-
nections. / had about the same expert
ence with these animals later on in So
nora, of which hereafter.
| At all events, we arrived at Tucson with
fewer birds than at first intended. They
were very welcome. however, as few peo-
pie in those days INDUCED in hunting.
QUARTERMAsTER's CLERK.
On Jan. 3, 1879 Wooster returned to
the ranch alone; had accepted a position
of second clerk in the Quartermaster's De-
partment at Tucson. then in charge OF
Capt. Gilbert G. Smith q think, of the 9th
Inf.). He was Depot Quartermaster, and
his brother De!os was first clerk. The sit
uation was good enough as far as the
emoluments went; the treatment Of Capt.
Smith with his employees was of the best,
but the amount of work demanded of one
was an absurdity, taking into considera-
ton the fact that all writing at that time
had to be done by hand. Typewriting
machines had either not been invented in
those days, or, if so, had not reached Ari-
| Zona.
One example will suffice TO elucidate
what an impossible amount of work was
demanded of me. A short time before
was employed by the Quartermaster a
wagon train had left Tucson toward Cali
fornia with an escort, it is true, but as
the outfit was travelling west, where no
| danger from Apaches was apprehended,
the escort, with the officer in charge, of
course, riding in an ambulance, anywhere
from 300 to 600 yards distant from the
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WASHINGTON THURSDAY

tom, which might prove, as likely us not,
to be of n marshy, muddy, insecure con-
| sistency like the ponds near Tubac, where,
during the previous Winter, l had nearly
caused the death of a Papago Indian
whom l had induced to enter a pond for
the purpose of fetching out two ducks
had shot. The Indian had become gradu-
ally engulfed like man in quicksand. and
only the fortunate circumstance of my
finding nearby an abandoned wagon
tongue. by means of which l was enabled
to pull him out, had saved him from the
horrible fate of being swallowed up alive
in bOttOmless pit
We finally came to the conclusion that
we had best send for help. l stayed at
the pond, upon whose edge l built a fire to
keep warm and also to keep off the prowl-
not fail, to put in their appearance. Woos-
ter went to the ranch and came back
about 8 o'clock accompanied by Jim, who
carried sharp AK. They also brought
gOodly number of blankets. There were
many dry tree trunks lying about, and
within half an hour Jim had constructed a
small raft, which he padded out into the
pond, gathering up the dead and wounded
birds. He had peculiar way of killing
the latter. He would grasp the bill of the
bird in his left hand, placing the fore
finger under the throat, thus raising the
neck, while with the right hand he would
hold the bird somewhat low. This made
the neck of the bird stand out in con-
vex line through which he gave one good
bite that cut or broke the connection of
the backbone with the brain. The bird thus
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erous game before us. We each had a
double-bnrreled shotgun loaded with duck
shot. Wooster bent toward me and whis-
pered into my ear: BE ready; shall let
go one barrel into the midst of them, and
as they rise, fire into the right center and
l shall fire into the left" So said so
done. l am afraid to state the result Of
these four shots, inasmuch as hunting and
fishing stories are generally taken "cum
er who has had any experience in duck
shooting will take into consideration that
the first shot went into the center of at
least 200 birds swimming closely together,
that the three following shots were deliver
ed to right and left upon the rising birds,
and that all the shots were given at the fine
scattering distance Of from so to 60 yards.
he will not be much surprised if l tell
him that Al birds remained upon the wa
ter after our volleys, some stone dead, the
others in the different stages Of helpless
ness incident to their hurts.
hear all my readers who are sports
men cry out: "Shame! that was not hunt
ing; it was Slaughter l agree with them
perfectly. but wish them to remember
that we were not there "for our health
as the phrase goes nowadays. We were
at least 60 miles from the nearest meat
market, and we distributed our game lib.
orally among the farmers of the valley.
Well, we had swimming upon the pond
as before stated, a goOdly number of geese
and mallard ducks, and, as we discovered
later, q few canyasbacks and several
that we did not know the name Of. The
next question was to fetch them to shore
l could swim like a duck; Wooster had
never acquired that art. Both Of US were
afraid Of the nature Of the ponds bot.
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Moro Music.
jEyerybody's Magazine.)

Moro music is strangely unrythmical to
European ears. 1t consists mainly of a
monotonouf ro;teration of sound, even a
supposed change OF air being almost i'm,
perceptible to an ear unaccustOmed to the
barbarous lack of tone. The Moro piano
is wooden frame shaped like the runners
of child's sled, on which small kettle
drums are balanced by means Of cords
and sticks laid horizontally. These rather
resemble pots for the kitchen range than
musical instruments, but each is roughly
turned, forming the eight notes of the
scale. Women crouching on the floor be-
fore this instrument beat out a wailins
sound from it with shaped sticks, while
from large kettle-drums, hung by ropes
from a wooden railing at one side, two
men accompanied the piano, and one old
woman in the background drummed out
an independent air Of her own on an
empty tin pan.
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80 tons toward its completion. He learn
ed this work, like everything else connect
ed with farm work. within a very short
time. and the last ton of hay was delivered
by Dec. /, 1869. had stayed with him all
this time. making myself as useful as lay
within my power, and after everythn ng was
settled connected with the contract returned
with him to the ranch at the Pa'O parade,
where found that he had already erected
good house of adobes. of which the sleep
ing room was completely finished and COM
fortably furnished. The kitchen had as
yet only temporary roof, because the
walls had not yet been brought to the con-
templated hight, owing to the cold wealth
er which did not admit of the manufac-
ture of adobes. The house constructed of
upright poles. Wooster's previous dwell
ing, now did duty as a stable, and in it
slept, together with "Jim," very funny,
goOd-natured Englshman whom we had
picked up at Crittenden, and who willing
ly did the chores without any more COM
pensation than the wherewith to keep the
wolf from the door.
The whole month of December was
principally taken up by hunting. Wooster
had harvested n very good crop of corn
and beans, but refused to sell at the low
prices mentioned heretofore as offered by
the contractors. He said that he would
retail the beans little by little, and as to
the corn he would keep it to fatten hogs, a
lot of which animals he proposed to bring
up from Sonora as soon as the weather
would permit him to build an adobe wall
around a corral or yard behind the house
GOOSE AND DUCK HUNTING.
The hunting was easy sport. Not only
could small flocks of geese and ducks be
met with all along the Santa Cruz River
at almost any time, but these birds would
also gather in the cornfelds scattered
along the borders of the river. Further
more, we discovered one afternoon that
there existed a regular gathering place of
geese and ducks by following several
flocks whose flight tended to one spot,
whittier they came toward dusk from ev
cry direction. This spot proved to be a
small lake about two acres in extent about
| one mile west of the river and about two
miles north of Calabasas. When we reach
ed it there were at least 200 birds on
the surface of the pond, which was sur
rounded On our side by dense growth of
elders and bushes of different kinds. As
we had approached very cautiously, the
birds were not disturbed in the least. In
a country where and at a time when
people were more often hunted than hunt
ing, game of every kind was not nearly as
shy as in later years.
We took a good survey of the num-
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property under his charge. The wagons
were attacked by the Apaches between
Point OF Mountain and the well-known
peak called "Picacho," and about 30 mules
were cut from the traces and driven off.
Nobody was killed, but somebody was re
sponsible for the property, and Board
Of Survey was called to hear testimony
and remove that responsibility from that
somebody. / do not remember the con-
tents Of the 40 pages Of legal cap which
contained the proceedings of that Board of
Survey, because l did not write them my
self. When / was ordered to furnish four
copies of the vOluminous document by the
following morning, l simply went to my
old Co. Il, of the 82d Inf, that happened
to be stationed at Fort Lowell (then Tue
SOM, and hired the company clerk and
several others to accomplish the task. I
delivered the four copies on the next day
at the time appointed. l think l may
here remark that in my varied experience
with army papers of those days, it seemed
| to me that our glorious Government could
cover more paper with useless writing
than anybody else. Otherwise, my posi-,
| tion was pleasant enough, and l remember
with pleasure some conversations I had
with Brig. .-Gep. Qevin, who was then
commanding the Department Of Arizona.
He was rather deaf, and at times some
what blunt, especially when he had to
deal with Mexican employees who did not
understand English. He would often call
me to interpret for him, and as soon as he
understood the matter in hand, would give
quick and correct decisions in every in
stance
l think It was in the month OF February
| when Capt. Gilbert G. Smith was relieved
from his duties as Assistant Quartermas-
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By JOHN A. SPRING.

my horse. and between the two we had
him tied hard and fast. Then We released
Wooster, who was not little astOnished
to see me on the premises. -----
"HOw did you happen to be here!' he
said.
Il think you called me- was my an.
swer.
THAT could hardly be. at such dis,
tance," said my friend, but l surely wish
ed you here with all my might"
You thought of me while you were in
this fix?"
II thought Of nothing else from the be,
ginning, which was at dinner" said WOos.
ter.
For this reason and on account of two
other experiences of a similar nature
underwent later on, believe that the the
ory of telepathy is founded upon truth.
The crazy driver of the Buckeye hay.
cutter was sent to Tucson and Wooster
undertook to drive the machine in order
to fill his contract, which lacked only about
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Do you want to hear the story
Of the boy who bore Old Glory,
When the battle was a-raging fierce and
hot:
Well, just draw your camp-stools
higher
To this cozy little fire.
And I'll tell it to you, comrades, on the
spot.
1t was over in the Valley,
Just before the final rally.
Which sent Early's forty thousand reeling
back;
o. the fighting was tremendous,
While all around, stupendous.
Was heard the trusty musket's deadly
crack.
We'd withdrawn from our position,
Just TO get more ammunition, 80
And were listening to the music Of the
shell.
As it rose in lofty chorus
All around, behind, before us,
And ON our ears in tones of thunder fell.
When, through the rush and rattle
OF the deafening, deadly battle,
Rode the dashing, fighting, fearless Sher-
idanl
Anu 10 our Whiting CO.OHei
In language not supernal
Gave his famous, forceful resolute COM
mand:
"Move your regiment to the right,
sir;
And again renew the fight. sir!
By retakiDs those two guns we lost this
morn;
Their loss is felt severely.
Their value held most dearly,
And God help you, while you face the
leaden storm!'
"Right aboutv' the Colonel shouted,
And not a man there doubted
That soon again he'd meet the binding
shell:
For. moving with precision.
To the right of the division
We rushed into the very jaws of hell.
On and on we went a-whooping.
While the Johnnes kept a-shooting.
And the cannon simply shaking up the
ground;
The muskets kept a-cracking.
As the boys kept up their whacking.
With the dead and dying scattered all
around.
But jue then their cannonading
Got ih enfilading,
And raked our thinning ranks from left to
right:
When back we went to shelter,
In n kind of helter-skelter.
But Billy stood a-cheering all his might.
"Come backr' the Colonel shouted,
Don't you see the boys are routed?
Bring the colors back, or captured they
will be!''
"Nary backn' cried Billy loudly,
AS he waved Old Glory proudly,
Bring the regiment back and form a line
on me!'
Then again, through fire binding,
Rushed the regiment. only finding
Dead and dying in its pathway, as before;
But the guns. for which we'd battled,
From whose throats the shot had rat
tied,
Were retaken, and the fearful fight was
DER.
So you've heard my little story
OF the boy who bore Old Glory
OF our Color Bearer brave, who never
The one who, never fearing,
Stood his ground and kept a-cheering,
The boy whose splendid courage saved the
guns!
N. G. SPARKS, Co. A, 18th Ind. Vet.
Vols, Moores Hill, Ind.
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c. D. PENNEBAKER. JOHN PAUL JONES.
PENNEBAKER & JONES,
Attorneys and Counselors,
D. @

1881 F STREET, WASHINGTON, D. O.
Special attention to adjustment of accounts Of civil
war Volunteer Officers
We think very rev officers were properly pai{h
Widows (even If remarried, or other heirs are enG
tied. Write for details.
We are especially anxious to communicate with on
GERS or their heirs who not paid for recruiting
services, for services rendered prior to muster In;
(2) who were denied bounty by reason of pronotion
C3) who were dismissed from the servce a. who were
denied travel pay by of resignation for personal
reasons or convenience; (5) who We're not mustered
and paid because command was below minimum num-
ber and ( who lost T. s pay by reason of State pay
ment
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THE SERYIAN AFFAIR.
Uneasy Must Lie the Head Wearing That
Crown.

(EVeTyDCuy 5 MaSaZine)
There is something primitive and orien-
tai about the recent royal tragedy in
Servia. This descendant of a hog-driver,
of family whose very name was bor-
rowed from that of the swineherd's em-
ployer, just as some Southern negro bears
the name of Washington or Randolph, is
put out Of the way barbarously remOrse-
lessly. And nobody seems to care much.
1t is possible or even probable that his
successor will be extinguished in the same
way. A sensible man had rather be n
King in exile on the boulevards, royal
tramp like Milan, than take the highly un-
desirable job of trying to rule the Ser
vians. Still, there will always be candi-
dates willing to have their heads lie un-
easy, and to take their chances of being
stuck like pig as the great-grandson of
pigward Milosch was.
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ing our absence leased a large house
which he had fitted up as hotel with bar
and restaurant attached. so that the whole
business of Levin Il Hopkins, embracing
the brewery and the establishment just
| mentioned. together with the wholesale
liquor business, kept me very busy. But
only for a short time. On June -, 1870. l
married the young lady spoken of, who
was of a respectable. if poor, family from
HermoSillo, Sonora. There We're not at
the time more than three American ladies
in Tucson.
/. AS soon as the Summer months were
well begun all business seemed to become
slack" Tucson has at all times passed
| through dull seasons which put in their
appearance at certain Peri DIS, but the
season of 1870 during the last SIX months
of the year was particularly 50. The
Apaches were probably the main factor in
this condition of things, as they made
freightinS and travel altogether prob!eul
attic during that time. Not only did Co
chise's small bands teIrOrize the whole
country south of Tucson, but we We're now
also subjected to frequent murderous ex-
pedtions from Indians supposed to be un-
| der Government superyis on at Fort
Grant. northeast of Tucson, and distant
from the latter about 60 miles. This fort
was situated on the San Pedro River, and
the officer in command was one Whitman.
who also acted as Indian Agent. How
he fulfilled his duties we shall see anon.
Soon after my marriage l made trip
with Peter VIII, to the G. la RIVER, where
we visited Adamsvile and Florence. We
decided to locate at the latter place.
During the month of August l brought
my wife to Florence. and started house
keeping in an adobe house rented for the
purpose.
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Done in Oil.
Chicago News.)

Miss DeAuber ian amateur artist
"Have you ever been done in oil, Mr..
Marks?'
Mr.. Marks-"Well, / guess yes"
Miss DeAuber-"And who was the
artist?"
Mr.. Marks-"Artist nothing! 1t was
promoter that did ma"
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The Women Of Moro.
EyerybOdy's Magazine.)

The women's dress in Bongoa shows
great variety of color, but, because Of their
black-hued teeth, which are often filed
to an arch in front, they are, as a rule,
not charming to look upon. Their hair II
fringed over the forehead and temples,
while at the back it is drawn into a knot,
from which one end invariably struggles,
giving a most untidy effect. The wealth-
long, in some instances almost as long as
the finger itself. and sometimes the nail
is protected with an artificial shield Of
silver. All have their ears pierced, and
many of them wear a round bone or q
stick resembling a cigaret in shape and
size thrust through the aperture.
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The Reason.

well. there is one thing that can b
said of Crawfoot. Although he went fish
ing himself on the Sabbath he didn't let
his little son fish,"
II am glad to hear that. Was the boy
at Sunday-school?"
mo, batting the hooks"
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PENSIONS

Mr.. Hunter is hustler; had lit cases
allowed in one day. He is at the Depart.
ment each day, looking up neglected and
rejected cases. He uses all the testimony
on file, and will look up yours. Fee due
when you get your money. He also pro-
cures patents or no fee. Every person
who is interested in patents should read
his book-Have You Brains? 1t Is sent
free. Thousands and thousands of pen.
sions can now be increased. All letters
cheerfully answered. Now write him.
JOSEPH n. HUNTER,
Pension and Patent Attorney
Washington. o. c.
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HOW BILLY SAVED THE GUNS.

In memory of the battle of Winchester
Sept 10. 1864. under Sheridan, in which
the authors regiment bore a conspicuous
part.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-09
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Forest Nils underwear al Veale s.
knights
G. II sawyer went to Wells River this
morning on business.
Philip Ben went to Roxbury Saturday
night to spend Sunday.
g e eokey Of Mortified was in The
city today on business
Enos Walker Of winiamstown was in
the city today on business.
The Minister'S Monday club held their
regular meeting 10 this city today.
]. A. Murray went to Richmond satur-
day night for a few days visit with
friends
Arthur Marble and family Of Northhsld
moved 70 this city Saturday aud are to re-
side on Averill street.
Joseph Gregoire was fined in city court
this morning for intoxlcatlou, having been
arrested by Officer Hamel.
Ia signora Angie Maenaahi slata In
gagglata nell Homer Fits store ha CO.
mineiato stamane 10 suo lavoro.
Mrs Angie Maenaghi has been engaged
as sales lady IN Homer Fits store and
commenced her duties this morning
Mrs. Ralph Hopkins and tive sons Of
Cabot, who have been visiting at Fred
Kings. returned home this afternoon.
Barre friends Of Mark Davis received
word from him today saying that he was
Just recovering from an operati on for ap-
peAdieitis in the hospital at Manchester,
n. Fl.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-09

They'll please You, our car Of winter APP
pies, win arrive in a few days II. T..
Averill.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-11-09
TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION.

TO RENT-A cottage Of six rooms and bath
Hot and cold water. No. EimOre street. VIII
be vacant Dec. ist Apply at 36 Perry ST. 2O2tG
WANTED Position for general homework
OF place as housekeeper, by middle-seed woman
with small boy Apply at r Times Of
flee. 202tG