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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20

is upon US. Late last night your
daughter dismissed Prince Ludovic
and renowned the intended marriage.
At two o'clock this morning the
prince, raging and furious, departed
for his fathers kingdom, taking his
entire suite"
The queen sank upon a couch.
"Her reasons?" she gasped "The
princess reasons?"
"None know, your majesty. I sus-
pect-strongly suspect-but am not
sure"
The queen summoned an attendant.
Convey to the Princess Alicia nv
command that she instantly present
herself before me-"
Your majesty has yet to learn the
worst" continued the minister, as the
messenger hurriedly departed. "At
eight o'clock this morning l received
an ultimatum from the king of Monte
gramo. Unless within "a hours the
prince is recalled, an apology rendered
and the marriage consummated. the
king viii declare war and begin hostil.
tiles"
WARP" cried the terrified queen.
"War with Montegramo? Impossible!
Our troops need arms, our treasury is
exhausted, our people taxed to the
verge of revolution. The princess
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20

EN-, and that's purity hard to do with
them fellers down our way"
But how was it done?" | asked, for
there was that about the battered face,
kindly eyes and firm mouth that inter-
ested me greatly.
''Wa'al, you see, this is how it was"
said Virgins, as he slipped quid of
tobacco from his mouth into his hand,
with an economical view to future use:
There was a right smart squad of We
uns, just 40. and we struck the enemy's
picket unexpected like, bout an hour
after midnight The confeds heard us,
and one of 'em hollered out, Halo!
what goes thar Afore any of our folks
could answer, | whispered to em, Hold
hard! I've come prepared for this. We
must play sheep. All of you drop down
on all four, and let me do the baaing and
play bell-wether. Waal, | had sheep
bell along, and as soon as the boys saw
what was up to they fell into the dodge
at once
Who goes thar Teller hollered
again. Waal, l began to baa and to
ring that ar bell in way that d done
wether's heart good to hear and a
stole lambs from their own mother.
"'Only sheep l heard some one say,
as we got up from all four and scooted
up the hill.
That's all there is of it, stranger,
only the ole bell and my baaing helped
us through more than once But don't
intend to try it at night nigh whar the
Yankee boys is, for understan' they're
powerful fond of muffin"
And having said this, Virgins rang an
imaginary bell, and went down the camp
baaing in way that showed his powers
of imitation were as great as his cour-
age was cool and his wit sharp. This
man proved to be an excellent soldier
He rose to the rank of captain, but the
name-to which he did not object-"the
old l-wether"-stuck to him till the
end of the war
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20
He Was HOggish.

At one of the reunions of the Fifth
Wisconsin, T. C. Ryan of Company G
told story to illustrate the character
of the private soldier. On a night
march just before the evacuation of
Yorktown, the darkness was almost
impenetrable, and the mud was, in
places, knee deep. The men splashed
along the road covered with water.
Stewart j. Fay was marching at the
side of Ryan when the man in front of
him stepped in hole and fell down.
Fay fell forward on top of him and the
man began to swear, calling Fay all
sorts of names for his carelessness.
Instead of getting angry, Fay replied:
you blamed hog, you don't want all
of the hole yourself, do u?"-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20
THE MATTERHORN.

Bold giant, cold companion of the sky,
What mighty effort tossed aloft thy brow,
And reared thy snow-robed, terraced 'front.'
let, high
That like some being rises Ger me now?
Did Heaven, prophetic in its wisdom, bring
That crown of sunshine and proclaim the
king?
Or did some wrathful god with mighty
hand
Carve down the rest of earth, but let thee
stand?
Bleak senseless, stubborn, pinnacle Of
stone,
Last of the towering few that yet remain,
Defiant still of wintry storms that moan
Around thy head. drenched by the sleet
and rain,
There is a lesson in thy mighty form,
King of the range, and monarch DER the
storm.
Oh. that each life might tower aloft like
thee,
And noble deeds mount upward before
men,
To stand embazoned through eternity,
Crowned with the smiles of Heaven with
out end,
To teach expressions few, and folly's train,
That other strife than this were all in vain.
Bingham Thoburn Wilson, in Four-Track
News.
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| A WOnan'S
War
BY FRANK NEIL ON
Copyright, 1905, by Daily story Pub. Coz

IT HE queen, gazing from an open
window of the palace, looked not
upon the myriads of gorgeous flowers
in the royal gardens beneath, heard
not the warblings of right-plumaged
birds, the tinkling lullabies of flowing
fountains-she saw only her subjects
gathering sullenly in the silent streets
she heard only the rattle of the dis
tant drums, the rumble of hurrying
artillery, the ominous tread of march
ing men. Amazed and anxious, she
turned to meet the patriarchal man
whose faltering steps mad scarce an
nounced his entrance.
'Your excellency," she exclaimed,
81 have sent for you that you may ex-
plain why the preparations for the
marriage are discontinued, why our
troops are assembling, why the peo-
pie have ceased to shout Live Prince
Ludovic,' and scowl and mutter as they
pass this way"
The gray-haired minister bowed low.
rs it possible, your majesty, that
the princess has not informed you
1.-THE princess has Informed me of
nothing" interrupted the queen, i'm
patiently. at seems that the queen
must beg for information possessed
by her meanest subject
Learn, then, your majesty" said
the old minister, bluntly, that crisis
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20
A STRANGE BELL wETHER.
Tennessee Patriots Clever Ruse for
Getting Through the Com
federate Lines.

A majority of the mountain men of
east Tennessee were not only true and
answering in their loyalty to the union,
but nine out of ten of the men able to
bear arms travelled at night through
hills and defiles of that rugged land till
they reached the union camps, where
they at once donned the blue and turned
their faces back to their own homes.
These brave men frequently had to
disguise themselves as well as to con-
ceal their purpose, while within the lines
of the enemy. At Camp Dick Robinson,
in central Kentucky, early in 50, one
of these east Tennesseeans was pointed
out to me as very remarkable char
acter This mans name was Virgins.
He was little below the average height.
His nose had been broken, and his hair
was gray and his beard long and grizzled.
My friend called Virgins over, and
after introducing US, he said:
See here, Wiggy, want you to tell
the captain how you got through the
enemy's lines at Cumberland Gap with
your friends"
"We'el," laughed Virgins, faint
much of story, but it sarved to fool
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20
What Was 1t?

Frairpoint, Miss, Aug. 3rd.-One of the
strangest cases ever reported occurred here
recently. The son of MIR. G. L. Butler was
very i'll. The doctor said he had some dis
ease of the spinal cord, and treated him for
two months, but he grew worse all the time,
and finally the doctor told Mr.. Butler that
he did not know what was the trouble.
The boy would wake up in the night and
say that he was dying He would be nerv-
Gus and trembling and want TO run out OF
the house, saying he saw ugly things which
frightened him.
His father was very much discouraged till
one day he saw new remedy called Dodd' 5
Kidney Pills advertised, and he at once
bought some and began to give them to his
boy.
He used altogether eight boxes before he
was entirely cured. He has not been
troubled since Mr. Butler says:
81 feel it my duty to tell what Dodd' Kid
ney Pills have done for my boy. All this
remedy needs is a fair chance and it will
speak for itself"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20
KEPT TIE BATTLE FLAG.
Confederate Soldier who wouldn't
Surrender 1t Even to Com
handing officer.

Lewis S. Truitt died few weeks ago
the Nineteenth South Carolina regi-
ment, and was conspicuous for his brav-
cry in the battles around Atlanta, says
the Columbia Star of recent date.
In one of these battles he was the sew
enth man to take up the flag, six having
been killed or wounded within short
while, and he advanced the standard to
the top of the enemys earthworks in the
face of a CALLING artillery fire.
1t was at one time during the progress
of this battle that the confederate lines
were badly broken, and Gen. Stephen D.
Lee, riding up to Truitt, demanded the
colors, but Truitt refused to surrender
them.
Gen. Lee said to him: do you know
who l ann" The reply was: Yes,
know you are Gen. Lee, but it is my duty
to carry the flag, and l will carry it
wherever you order, but you cannot
take It,"
Gen. Lee passed on to another regi-
ment and upon demanding the colors
they were delivered to him
Several years ago, while Gen. Lee was
visiting this place, Mr.. Truitt called on
him, and the incident just related being
mentioned Gen. Lee asked him: Were
you the man who gave me the flag or the
orc who did metz"
The answer being in the negative,
Gen. Lee replied: Would to God there
had been 10000 more there just like you.
and different story would have been
told of those fearful battles"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20

of the opposing sides met at the coun-
ty seat.
There were hot words, blow was
struck, and weapons were drawn,
when the sheriff interfered. He loudly
announced that he would not tolerate
any violence. ordered the parties to
separate, and when his orders we're
not obeyed he began shooting.
Il forget whether he killed eight or
nine, but l know that in describing
the incident in my paper l commended
the sheriff for his prompt action and
bravery, and added the paragraph:
There is no doubt but for the prompt
action of the sheriff there would have
been bloodshed.'
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20
cred Tnpen BY the Yard.

One of the soldiers who had been reported
killed in certain battle in South Africa
and against whose name in the regimental
books a note to that effect had ben made,
afterward turned up and reported himself.
Then the sergeant made another note in the
book: Died by mistake" The man was
placed in the hospital, and few weeks after
succumbed to the injuries he had received.
This fact was communicated to the sergeant
through the colonel of the regiment, and
then a third note was made: Re died by
order of the colonel. London "V. C."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20
SHERIFF SAVED THE DAY.
In Order to Prevent BIOodshed He
Was Compelled to Do Some
killing.

Opie Read, the novelist, was telling
of his experience as journalist in
Kentucky some years ago, says the
New York World
There was good deal of news" he
said, such as shootings and knifings.
but this news was not regarded as i'm
portant and little attention was paid
to it. remember once when local
feud broke out afresh, when members
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20

Attic bow of the steamer sit the two happy
young people.
How sweet it seems tonight" signs
the girl. How sweetly solemn is the view
spread before u.s. Even the sea seems to be
sleeping placidly ahead of the boat"
Yes, love-" agrees the young man. ut
Is asIeeT in front Of The boat, but it is a wake
behind - Judge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20

Hotel Guest-What do you mean by
charging me $40 day?
Proprietor-Why, overheard your
conversation with those people you just
got acquainted with, and thought you
must be worth at least million.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20

jenkins must be a pretty straight fel.
low Dobbins tells me he never drinks a
drop" 80? You probably misunderstood
Dobbins. What he said must have been
that jenkins never drops a drink. "-Balti.
more News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20
non,t COT Footsore, CT Foot-Ease.

\ wonderful powder that cures tired, hot,
aching feet and makes new or tight shoes
Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE
Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, n. Y.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 800 Third
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To Cure n Cold in

Seneca-If you would fear nothing think
that all things are to be feared.
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The Overland Limited, solid train Chi.
cago to the Coast daily. Chicago, Union
Pacific & Northwestern Line.
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We are only good when We are good for
something Horn.
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The Chicago & Northwestern is the only
double track railway between Chicago and
the Missouri River.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20

Be- gty is only skin deep-and some folks
are thick skinned.-Chicago Tribune.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-20

The indolent know nothing of st.-Ram'i
Horn.
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Take Laxative Bono Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund moneyif it fails to cure. 25c.
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H." laughed Virgins, faint
f a story, but it sarved to fool
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

been commercially economical had it
not been for the inventions in load
ing and unloading machinery. A ship
which formerly required four days to
load cargo of coal at Lake Erie
port can now take on the full ca
pacity in four hours; and it takes but
little longer to unload at the head-of-
the-lakes port. This is made possible
by the hosting devices which have
been brought to such a degree of per-
lection as to be almost automatic. If
1T were not for these it would not pay
one of the large ore carriers to wait
for coal at Lake Erie for the return
trip; the cost of time spent in load
ing and unloading the coal would
more than counterbalance the interest
on investment and the loss Of so much
iron ore tonnage.
The railroads have contributed their
share of the changes by building new
cars and hauling greater loads The
general improvements in roadbeds and
rolling stock have allowed the rate
from the lakes to be cut in half.
1t should be remembered that the
figures given above as showing the coal
traffic thru the Sault Ste. Marie ship
volume of coal handled by the great
northwestern coal companies. Vast
quantities Of coal, hard and soft, are
brought each year to Lake Michigan
ports and from there distributed to
such points as may be most easily
reached by rail; while an enormous
volume Of coal now comes direct from
Illinois, Indiana and Iowa mines di-
| rect to the two cities and other north
western points. The amounts of hard
and soft coal which have come to Lake
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these limits. During the strike and
the shortage time just after 1t last
year, the legitimate coal dealers did
not advance the price beyond $40, al
tho coal was sold here by spectators
as high as $50 per ton. The western
dock prices-the Duluth price-has
never under normal conditions been
as low as the $4.75 mentioned above
as the lowest retail price in Mime
apols; they have usually ranged from
$5.25 to $3.50.
There have been no sensati onal hap
penings in the coal trade of the north
west during the quarter-century 1t
has been q time of wonderful develop
ment and enormous increase in sales
and equipment. The improvements in
equipment have been touched upon.
The coal itself is pretty much the same
as In 1878. However, there have been
some changes here. The past few
years have brought great increase in
the amount of soft coal from nearby
states brought to this market. The
Illinois fields have been greatly de-
veloped, and railroad rates have been
made more and more favorable.
The character of the hard coal has
ing could be sold but bright coal
showing a sharp fracture. Now, dark
err and less attractive Goals are held
in high esteem by many consumers.
The Coal Trade Journal gives the fol-
lowing description of the evolution in
ideas regarding the two classes of
coal:
1.-The position held in regard to the
commercial value of that anthracite
coal taken from veins that uniformly
give a bright and snowy coal, and the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

coal taken from seams that for years
were left alone because the product
to be dull and dirty after
being prepared for market, is very
much changed when compared with
the period of fifteen years ago, for
change in the method of mining and
preparing the millions of tons of an
thracite annually shipped from the
Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys.
1T is but few years since Moth
ing could be mined and sold except
the bright and lustrOus Goals of square,
sharp fracture, and the value of the
coal, as shown by tests, indicating coal
of high fixed carbon or volatile mat
ter, and low in ash, was not for a
moment entertained. The simple com
mercial feature of a beautiful, slightly
coal of nearly perfect preparation was
allowed to overshadow it's heat-giving
features, as we'll as the integrity of
mining methods and proper land
values in the entire coal fields. Thus,
in the very distressing period follow
ing the centennial year, absolutely
nothing was mined and prepared for
market except the very cream OF the
best seams OF anthracite. This grand
fuel was sold at scant cost, the aver
age compensation to the laborer then
prevailing being s5 per cent less than
now received by the Wageworkers. The
favorite veins were then the Baltl-
more, with it's grand deposit eighteen
feet thick; the Pittston seam, with
fourteen feet of lustrous coal, and the
Clark vein, the latter deposit being
distinctively Lackawanna coal, show
ing about nine feet of grade almost
on a par with the peerless Baltimore.
1.-THE year 1880 may be called a
year of new ideas in the trade, for
not until then did the great companies
seem to awake to a realizing sense of
greatly mistaken methods both above
and below ground. Then the second
airy seams, which were hitherto
judged to be of only remote value,
were attacked all along the line, the
managers seeming to realize that they
were rapidly reaching the highest
point of production Of the bright an
thracite, and that the future must be
provided for. The new openings rap
idly multiplied and with them came
the blending or infusion of the bright
err and lustrous Goals with the darker
grades of anthracite from the newly
developed seams. This has been going
on steadily with the greatest apparent
satisfaction, the ratio of the latter to
the former increasing with each year.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26
QUARTER CENTURY
OF ACHIEVEMENT
(Continued from Page Five, Coal and
Iron Section.)

a ton for hard coal and 80 cents for
soft. From Chicago dealers paid -
a ton as against 81 now.
The dealers credited with being IN
shs wood and coal business In MIN
neapolis in 1878 We're:
r. J. Carney, 1929 Western avenue.
S. w. Chase, Franklin avenue, pc
tween Ninth and Tenth avenues >.
G. w. FOLSOM. s1s Second avenue >.
r. p. Lupton, 10 washington ave
nue. N.
]. r. Mckinney, foot Of Sixth ave-
A. d. Milford, Nicollet House
Northwestern Fuel company, j. A.
Armstrong, agent, 229 Nicollet ave-
nue..
Pratt & Price, 16 Hennepin ave-
=. nottingham, 21a Fourth
street S.
OF these, only the Northwestern
Fuel company and A. D. Mulford,
nrobablv. handled any coal to speak
of. The only one still in the business
Is Robert Pratt then OF Pratt q
Price, who has handled wood and coal
In North Minneapolis for years past.
Mr.. Armstrong afterwards WlthureW
from the Northwestern Fuel company
and formed the firm OF armstrong q
Truesdale, or the Minneapolis Fuel
company-which was long leading
concern in the local market.
From these small beginnings the
coal trade has developed. TO the
Great Lakes route Minneapolis and
the northwest owe a large part or
their manufacturing development; Tor
1t is that route that has made 1t pos
sible all these years for the coal COM
panies of the northwest to lay down
coal at northwestern points at rates
which would allow manufacturers 10
compete with other regions nearer the
mines. Much complaint is made ev-
ery year over the high price OF coal,
but, as a matter of fact, the cost OF
fuel has averaged as low in the north
west as in other parts Of the country
nearer the mining districts but Where
aIl-rail rates must be depended upon
at all times. -,
The growth Of traffic in coal on the
Great Lakes can be most clearly
shown by the following statement OF
the coal which has passed up thru the
Sault ste. Marie locks since sthell
opening:
Coal Traffic Thru the 500.
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are now really developed with refer
ence to a whole or unified value, and
the indiscriminate and wasteful min
ing of a part Of the anthracite is no
longer tolerated, while the outside ad-
ministration utilizes every mechanical
device to perfect it's thoro preparation
"a minimum. The outcome for the fu-
ture promises a graded quality of an
thracite, not so slightly as that known
to the trade in the past, but of true
worth and value as heat-glVlng
fuel
! Another change has been that Of
the extent Of the field covered by the
northwestern coal dealers. Twenty
five years ago they sold in Minneapolis
and st. Paul and shipped thruout
Now their trade extends from Lake
Michigan westward, and within a few
years past a considerable demand has
existed from Puget sound country.
Coal from here is even going into
British Columbia.
Speaking of the future of the bust
ness, Mr.. Saunders said to L n
ournal: II look for great de-
velopment Of manufacturing in Min
neapolis and st. Paul in coming years
thru the influence of a large supply OF
| low-priced coal. You may think II
strange for coal man to talk cheap
coal, but it has been my experience
during these thirty years that the low
err I could sell coal the more l could
sell and the better the balance would
appear on the ledger at the end OF
the year. I am looking for the great
development now to come from the
shipments of Illinois and Indiana coal
A large part Of Illinois and Indiana is
underlaid with coal of good quality
These mines are being developed rap
idly, and the railroads are taking al
interest in seeing that the coal comes
to this market at a low rate. That is
Mr.. Hills policy all the time. Since
he acquired the Burlington system ne
has had a distinct influence on the
coal business. He believes in CHEAP
fuel to aid in the development of the
northwest country. The gradual con
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ITO Nov. 1.

OF course all this coal did not come
to the Minneapolis and ST.. Paul dis
tributing market, and not all Of it
came to the head Of the lakes. Mar
quette, Houghton, Ashland and. other
lake towns always consume a small
fraction of the total tonnage. Until
1881 the coal all passed thru the old
Michigan state lock, which necessi-
tated the use of small vessels. For
the next fifteen years it passed thru
the first government lock, which ad-
mitted vessels drawing about seven
teen feet; for the past ten years ships
of the largest lake type have had free
passage thru the new locks Of the
United States and Canadian govern
rents.
With these changes have come a
complete revolution Of carrying meth
DDS. The great vessels could afford
to carry coal more cheaply than the
small ones on account of the economy
of operation, but they would not have
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-26

light, bright, friable and clinkering
Goals, hitherto so highly rated by the
ignorant or unthinking consumer. In
one noticeable instance, cited by the
survey, the refuse going to the waste
banks was found to contain more car
bon and estirnable properties than the