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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-01-16
WITH THE
VETERANS

cences of Sherman's March Through
Georgia." One of the veterans related
story In this way:
Everybody who served under Sher-
man as commander must give him
credit for his strategy in thanking the
rebels out of their strong positions
Even young woman OF Georgia could
not help observing his military
genius. and her remarks were anus
ing, to say the least. She told how
Sherman's army marched down
through her country. and how he de-
tached his commanders to do certain
things. think l can recall her Ian
guage. which was about like this: 1t
wasn't fair FOR Sherman to fight the
Southern soldiers on end. Now, 1t was
right smart OF Gen. Bragg to form
two streaks of fight in our dooryard
with walking soldiers. and then he
got Gen. Joe Wheeler to line up one
streak of fight with critter soldiers
tseaning cavalry behind the house.
And just as our side was ready to whip
the Yankees Sherman sent Joe Hooker
up. and he fianked Bragg and made
him fall back. which he did in such
hurry that he upset dads ash hopper
plant. which cost $3.50 in Atlanta, and
dad VOWS as how he Is agoin' to sue
Bragg for waste. But I'd like to know
where the Yanks get those guns which
they load on Sunday and fire all the
week.
II remember young Confederate
prisoner, who was standing near the
young woman, evidently her best fell
low. who responded with this remark:
Why, Sherman can do anything. He
gets on hill, fiops his wings and
crows; then he yells out: Attention,
creation! By kingdoms, right wheel.
march" And then we git New
York Tribune.
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Someone up in Buffalo sent Ray
mond parrot. Just little present"
said the letter tied to the cage. You'll
find him splendid talker. His name
is 'Rufles.'"
Raymond's first tendency was to
send Ruffies up to his house. He for
got it the first day, but told this wife
when he got home about the new ami
NAL and promised to have the parrot
sent up the next day.
When he reached his office next
morning he began to pay some atten-
ton to the bird.
Wonder why he doesn't TALK"
thought Raymond. HE must have
lost the power of speech or else my
Buffalo friend was 'joshing' me-"
Rufiles merely looked on sleepily
and said nothing.
About o'clock Raymond called for
= messenger boy. The buzz of the
messenger call seemed to act magical
ly on the green and yellow occupant
Of the cage. He opened his eyes.
shook his feathers. stepped from one
foot to the other. lifted his beak. and
began to talk.
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stretch on which both reindeer and
dogs are utilized. From Nome to
Unalakik is 230 miles, where dogs fur
nish the motive power. From Unala-
Xix to Tanana is 1863 miles and Tan
ana to Eagle is 567 miles, both of
these stretches being covered by
means of dogs. This makes total Of
2,210 miles travelled in Alaska alone.
The next stage is 594 miles from
Eagle to skagway, via Dawson, a to-
tai Of 594 miles, of which 572 is in
Canada and % in Alaska, AGO miles of
the distance being by horses and dogs
and 112 by railroad.
The round-trip rate for carrying the
mail from Point Barrow to Kotzebue.
according to the contract, is $3.50.
making the single trip 1915, one-half
the round trip rate. and the other
stages Of the trip are similarly COM
puted. Thus the cost, whether there
is one letter or = big bulk of mail,
from Kotzebue to Nome is $3.50; Nome.
to Unalakik. 1868; Unalakik to Tan
ana, 1902, and Tanana to Eagle, $500.
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Longest Mail Route

Uncle Sam pays s2.32s to carry each
batch of letters from New York to a
certain station within his territory,
and the cost is the same If there is
but one letter.
The postage on the letter would, of
course. be but two cents. the regular
rate, for this is Just a regular mail
route.
The distance covered in the return
journey to and from New York is g.
904 miles, for the outer end is Port
Barrow, Alaska.
The journey one way takes almost
i've months, and five different meth
DDS of transportation are used. The
distances and modes of transportation
are:
By reindeer. $50 miles; by dogs, L.
$50 miles; by horses, 412 miles; by
steamer, 1000 miles, and by rail, 1872
miles.
From Point Barrow to Kotzebue is
$50 miles, and this part of the journey
Is covered by means of reindeer. From
Kotzebue to Nome is 400 miles, a
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-01-16
Farraeut's First Command.

The story of boy of IL years act.
ing as commander of a ship seems
rather wonderful, yet Farragut was
but twelve years and four days old
when he was put in command of the
Barclay. a prize ship taken by Capt.
Porter. In consideration of his ten
der years, says the author Twenty
Six Historic Ships" the former Eng
lish master of the vessel was sent In
her for the possible benefit the young
prize master might find in his advice.
Farragut tells the story of the queer
division of authority in his journal ss
follows:
Il considered that the day of trial
had arrived, for was little afraid OF
the old fellow. as every one else was.
but the time had come for me at least
to play the man; SO l mustered up
courage and informed the captain that
/ desired the maintopsail filled away
in order that we might close up with
the Essex Junior. He replied that he
would shoot any man who dared to
touch rope without his orders. Ye
would go his own course. and had Eo
idea of trusting himself with a blast
ed nutshell and then he went below
for his pistols.
II called my right-hand man of the
crew and told him that l wanted the
maintopsail filled. He answered with
clear Aye, are, SIR in manner
that was not to be misunderstood. and
my confidence was perfectly restored.
From that moment l became mas
ter of the vessel, and Immediately
gave all necessary orders for making
sail. notifying the captain not to come
on with his pistols unless he wished
to go overheard, for l really would
have had very little trouble in having
such an order obeyed. Memphis
Commercial-Appeal.
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There was no Jealousy-hardly riy.
airy" says Grant OF the battle of Chat.
tanooga. where various divisions
of the Army of the Potomac.
the Army of the Tennessee and
the Army of the Cumberland serv.
ed under each others standards. That
is the spirit in which the dedication
of monument to commemorate
Ohio's part in the eliminating moment
of the victory-the storming of Mis-.
sion Ridge-was undertaken by the
Buckeye State veterans yesterday. and
in which it will be received by thek
brethren in other states.
Ohio men were thickest in the Army
of the Cumberland. 1t fell TO that
army, which had been so grievously
battered in the defeat at Chickamanga
eight eeks before to strike the finish
after Bragg's left had been turned by
Hooker and his right fought to stand
still by Sherman. The Ohio generals.
Grant. Sherman and Sheridan, loom
large in the story of the victory but
when the Ohio regiments moved out
for that dash up the mountain side
their commander was Thomas. the
great Virginian. Nothing stopped them
when they started.
Many Buckeye commander was
made by the work of that day. and
many a deed was performed that is
still recited around the camp fires of
Ohio veterans. Every state has Its
heroic episode to point to in the civil
war. Perhaps the supremest moment
OIL Ohio history blossomed on that
bloody Tennessee hillside.-New York
Mail and Express.
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The second floor room Of the little
cottage was decorated with q shriv-
eled last years Christmas wreath, de-
pending from the creased and torn
shade. On either side of the wreath
were pinned little American and Irish
flags. 1t gave the cottage particu-
iarly festive appearance. One Of the
neighbor women, a broad and buxom
person Of middle age, stopped in pass
ing and looked at the window curious
ly and as she did SO little old woman,
as withered and shriveled as the
Christmas wreath, came and babe her
good morning.
Good mornin' to you. Mrs. Conley."
said the neighbor. cordially. ats Gle
bratin' We are see b. tn decorations.
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Tho old F..hioned Cider NH.

Sing NV the modern cider mill. with all
Its speed an size.
boast Nv its gearin up to date an laud
II to the skies:
Sing Of It's big capacity hydraulic press
an flow
fifty years ago
The good OIL fashion cider mill NV fifty
years ago!
The gray an beaten elder mill whose
roof Is sunken low:
The country mill beneath the hill where
to an from the school.
We knelt beside the foamy tub an suck
ed the juices cool.
The modern mill hex glasses now. or
gOld-lined cups to SIP
The good oil straw We ulster use fure er
hez lost Its grip;
fhe Of white boss hez lost his job an
leans ag'in the wall
Fur in this modern cider mill harsh
science does 1t all.
More quarts per day. more water used.
more style In ev'ry way,
More filergree an 1ol-der-rol, more mod
ern evry day:
More like the new less like the old. less
temptin'-that l know
Less liable to draw crowd than hfty
years ago!
Sing not to me in heartless verss Nv
mills right up to date
i want the good oil fashion mill In all
its native state;
I want the boss. the grlndin' cogs. the
straw we ulster know
The real oil fashion cider mill NV NIFTY
New York Sun.
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IA resting place-Gethsemane, a place for
wearied souls
Ana aching hearts to heal the smart.
mat tell of unwon goals;
"A pace serene and comforting; a SPOT OF
gentle calm. 'Fs VI
"nefe preezes whisper through the leave,
WA mnrmur sweet with balm,
come to understand "S
the tardy hand. ~i's
Zach one has his Gethsemane vb.r.
stumbling. tired and worn,
anu pent with al! the heavy load of sor
row he has borne '''
ne may nnd rest: and know that now
his night Is almost gone.
anu see ahead the golden CLINT that
marks happy dawn "at
he takes his cup '''
bravely drinks II up. n~
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an mighty foine they look. Ye must
b'lave in Thanksgivin'."
The little old woman smiled. "Yis."
she answered. I'm cilebratin'. tbs
for Terence, tn by. He's comm home
this day"
'Is that sol" exclaimed the neigh
Dor. TERRY comm home! Ye don't
tell me! fought he WAS sent up f'r
Ave years."
$50 he was" said Terence's moth.
err, beaming. "Yis, he was sent up fr
five years. but he got two years on
FIR good behavior"
"Tink of that" said the neighbor
in tones of sympathetic delight. "Fr
good behavior! Now isn't 1t a comfort
to have a son like that"
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TO e ach His CUP

Each one has his Gethsemane; for each
there Is a day
When he shall halt. fear stricken by the
darkness in the way:
Whea he. faint-hearted. weary Of the
griefs he yet must bear.
Shall turn aside into the shade and
soothing calmness there
Shall turn aside and bow his head. and
his Blended knees
Pray that he may not take the cup and
drain 1t to the lees
The garden We call Gethsemane-we en-
te- It alone,
With sorrows that We only know and
griefs that are our own.
We hide among the shadows where no
eye may see us shrink
And murmur at the hyssop in the cup
that We must drink
The cup wherein all sadness and all BIT
ternssses swim.
And ask why fate has poured the draurht
that nils It to the brim.
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|HUfl0R|
lOF THE DN'
Prolonged sitting Needed.

You want me to tell the whole
TRUTH" asked the witness.
Certainly" replied the Judge.
THE whole truth about the plaint'
in?"
"Of cource"
How long does the court expect to
sit?"
What difference does that make?"
ut makes a lot of difference. l
couldn't tell the whole truth about
that scoundrel inside OF thirty days.
talking all the time"
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* think" said the tkittenish maid
of some thirty-odd summers. I'm go
in for portrait painting. Is 1t dimcult
to learn"
mo. it's comparatively easy" re-
piled the great artist. "All one has to
do is select the right colors and put
them on In the right place"
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His Objection.

Fred-Why is it l never see you
with Miss Buddington any more?
Joe-Because of my dislike for her
father. He is regular old pirate.
Fred-A pirate! Why. how's that?
Joe-Well, know from personal
experience that he's a freebooter.
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Barnes-Howes and 1 have been
arguing about the meaning of the
word "isthmuss- He says 1t means .
neck OF land separating two bodies of
water, and hold that 1t Is a strip of
land connecting two continents. Now.
what do you say?
Shedd-I say that neither of you 10
right. An isthmus is a thing that con-
meets conspiracies and revolutions
and separates governments.
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At an informal dinner of about a
dozen Grand Army comrades. the other
evening. one who had served as cap
tain under Gen. Sherman in the, civil
war. remarked that he had read with
much interest the incidents of Sher-
man at Shiloh published in the Tri-
bune last week. And then the CONVEX
sation took the, course of cs.ninis-
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A Boston jury composed of unmar;
ried men has declared pretty woman
guilty of forgery. Perhaps she in
dulged in bad grammar on the witness
stand.
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AS soon rs each of the two powers
has discovered how much the other
can be forced to concede without
fighting the negotiations between ia
pan and Russia will be brought to an
amicable close.
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The best thing about NJ Quad's 81
cent brand of champagne is that, when
his stenographer guessed she would
have some, he didn't have to ask her
to guess again.
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British high society has decided that
King Edward isn't aristocratic enough
for any good use. Which makes it
necessary for our own Four Hundred
TO ape somebody else.
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Another revolution has been started
in San Domingo. This disposes of the
necessity of settling the revolution that
was going on when the present one
broke out.
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physiogomy 10 his system of criminal
detection. By and by even a detec-
tive will be able to tell criminal
when he sees him.
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Mist Crabtree, who as Lolita" was
once a stage favorite. is reported to
have made several million dollars In
real estate deals. Miss Crabtree is
one of tic stage favorites for whom
It will apparently never be necessary
% get up benefits
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switching on tho Old Man.

Mr.. Elder-There is something l
want to say to you, Bessie-er-that
is, Miss Kutely.
Miss Kutely-Call me Bessie II you
wish.
Mr.. Elder-Oh, may L?
Miss Kutely-Of course; all old gen.
tlemen call me Bessie.
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Skating with the thermometer
marking 10 degrees below zero
wouldn't be half SO much fun II the
boys all skated on one pond and the
girls all skated on another.
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Uncle George notice you have
spelt the word sore" wrong in speak
ing Of "sore throat; you have written
it soar"
Willie-I was speaking of giraffe.
Uncle George. Nothing was the mat
ter with his throat, only It scared.
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1t may be. as that French chemist
says, that there is enough PHOSPHORUS
in the human body to make $4,000
matches, but even so, financially, the
operation would not be profitable.
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Why is it that young men will in
sist upon paying young ladies mark
ed attentions" when they are the
sort that are always most easily iden-
fihed in future breach of promise
suits?
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The horse car is expected to disap.
pear from New York city before the
end of 1904. New York is really get
ting to be quite metropolitan.
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Lens grinders want more pay and
the Wholesale price of the material
for eyeglasses has advanced. After a
while it will cost near-sighted man
something to look at what are termed
the free shows.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1904-01-16

Twenty-Five million volumes Of
Tolstoi's works have been sold so far.
Now will Mr.. Richard Harding Davis
be properly humble?
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Perhaps Gen. Ortiz is dreaming
that he can lay claim to that $4,000
legacy left by Cardinal Herrera y Es-
pinosa for the first Spanish general
who can invade the United States.
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"The man who talks one thing on
Sunday and lives another on week
days does untold injury" says young
bir. Rockefeller.
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To Anxious Inquirer" No; as
Weimar Rechtsanwalt is not. as you
ignorantly uuppose. kind of sausage
made in that town.
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When Milton got $25 for Paradise
Lost" lie never dreamed that in 1903
an American collector would offer
$3.50. 900 for the manuscript.
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The reported disappearance OF the
sea Of Azof recalls that old remark
that the sea ceaseth and it sufficeth
us. Articulate that, please!
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No. there is no corruption" in Eng
land except that every "goggle-eyed
son of a man with influence" as one
critic expresses it, is given job at
home or in the colonies at govern
ment expense. 1t isn't exactly cor
Iuption.
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Family OjpIomaev,

~ turn ell my bills over to my
wife"
Does she have the money!"
mo. the nerve"
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It isn't Colombian bullets that our
soldiers need to fear in Panama. but
those eighty-nine kinds OF isthmian
fevers
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The house of representatives passed
without division the pension appro
priation bill. carrying $13S, $50, 100.
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How quickly man changes his tele'
phone voice into the natural growl
when he discovers that i. Is his wife
who has called him up.
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Decidedly Stuck Up.
Phamley-Goodart called On us the
other day and I never saw a man so
stuck up in all my life.
Newitt-Nonsense! That isn't his
style at all.
Phamley-I know, his style was
simply ruined. He brought our chtl-
dren candy and held them on his lap
while they ate 1t.
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Now that Dartmouth has beaten
Brown at debate. as we'll as at foot
ball. the new Intercollegiate proper
ton reads: Brown Dartmouth 3:
Harvard Yale"
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A nihilist shot at Max Nordau,
doubtless to confirm the latter's
theories as to degeneration.
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Wife-How many people gaze at
my new dress! l presume they won
der II I've been shopping in Paris.
Husband-More likely they wonder
IL I've been robbing bank.-New
Yorker
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II Spain is to become republic soon
the young king should get ready for it
by learning q trade.
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slang words are beautiful and poetic.
He doesn't give a list of them, though.
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Sharpe-There goes Heller. He was
. big gun in the election.
whealton-Yes: ] understand he
was . repeater.
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who owns the United States?" asks
somebody. Well the women run
things.
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Az yet the Russian bear In the far
east is only cub. VIII Japan wait
till he grows up?
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Stork-Say, Monk. what's become Of
the cuckoo bird that used to live in
the third bough back?
Monk-Oh, he's moved to the city.
He's got job as model in clock
factory.
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France has. within six months. paid
in subsidies for nsv ships $3s. 600 900.
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Jinks-Confound that hat! Where's
It going next?
Street vendor-Map of the city. sir?
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Rules That Make Centers Of
Learning Regular Hot Beds
Of Revolt.
OFFICIALS ARE TOO SERIOUS.
Comparatively Harmless EGeryesceuce
That Some Times Results 10
Terrible Scenes.
sneclal corresnondence.

Special correspondence.
- n. PETERSBURG. July ls,--whch
y disorders occur In Russia uni
versity students are generally re-
sponsble, aud the fact has been
pointed ont as remarkable that the en-
lightened should thus foment trouble.
In other countries the ignorant almost
invariably are the cuprlts Russian
students have grievances Of their own,
demanding reforms which could not BE-
granted without shaking the nations
constitution to It's depths; and know
ing that for this reason they have con-
cesslons TO hope for, the students turn
revolutlonists, proclaim themselves the
friends Of the people and provoke riots
every year,
The people do not, II must he con-
fessed, eyince much sympathy with
these movements In Moscow In 1898,
when the students posted proclamations
saying that they would help the lower
classes 30 overthrow the government
some of The Hover classes" came out
with knives against their would-be
champions, saying that they were con-
tented with the existing regime and
would not be interfered with. And as
for the riots themselves, they become
serious only when the authorities make
the mistake Of taking them seriously,
In 1909 there We're university riots In
ST. Petersburg The Cossacks, ordered
out. rode into the mob in front OF the
Kaaan cathedral, lashing right and left
with their whips Cheeks were cut
open, eyes were torn out, arrests were
| made by the score, the population was
| tprrorized, and II was thought a state
! OF siege would have to be proclaimed.
simultaneously signs OF effervescence
! had manifested themselves at the Kieff
university. The governor Of Kleff, Gen.
eral Dragomlroff. hero Of the Russo
! Turkish war and noted as the best
strategist In Russia, has his own theo-
! rles about students riots, which he
considers mere chld's play, and no
| more worthy OF attention than the
| pranks of Harvard students stealing
| BARRIERS poles and shop signs. so when
| the students rose up Dragomiroff did
| nothing. He let them march In pro-
cession through the town until they
were exhausted; he let them seize car
and ride round crying, Down with the
| government" until they We're hoarss