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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
Hand Hand Fighting
CIVIL WAR BATTLES THAT WERE D7cInEn
BY PHYSICAL SUPERIORITY OF THE MEN

Il notice that good many men are
still In doubt as to the utility of the
bayonet and seem reluctant to believe
there were any hand-to-hand conflicts
curing the war. There was one at
Jonesboro. in which one bayonet was
used effectively. Our brigade had
charged battery anu the men were
among the guns when one of the con-
iederate gunners running back to his
gun was just in the act of firing it when
man of the Seventy-eighth Illinois
TOOK in the situation. There was a
cluster of 20 men directly in front of that
gun and pull of the string meant
death to most of them. The confederate
mad been ordered to surrender and the
men near the gun supposed be had sur
rendered. when he changed his mind and
decided to give us one more shot for
luck.
ut was brave thing to do, but It was
terrible thing for us and required quick
action. My comrade of the Seventy
eighth Illinois was as quick as a flash
Of lightning, it seemed to me. He thrust
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
oy.,er Farming Down East.

There are about a hundred and dx-
ty thousand acres OF ground under the
waters of Long Island sound, within
the Jurisdiction Of the state Of Con-
necticut, available for oyster farming.
This form of agriculture" is said to
average much more profit than farm
ing on dry land. The oyster lands are
worth from one dollar to three thou
sand dollars an acre and In some years
the profit is great. The lands are as
signed and bought at dollar an acre,
and after that they are taxed yearly at
the valuation set on them by the state
shell fish commission, which varies
according to the amount of work ex-
pended upon them and the success of
cultivating them. The industry has
become an important one and some
persons have confidently asserted that
the best oysters grown are those raised
In this way in Connecticut waters.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
PRIDE TOOK TUMBLE.
Why Mr.. Burner Looks Blue and
Detected These Days.
His Record ms the Boss Domestic Fire
man Wrecked i'm IN Single Night
BY Bit OF InexcusabIe
CareIessness

This story is told by the INDIANAPOLIS
Sentinel of an Irvington suburbanite
burner by name, who prides himself a
great deal on his systematic and scien-
unc methods of caring for his furnace
nre. he Is model of method and pre-
cision from in the early fall when he
lays In supply of coke sufficient to
sast all winter, until late In the spring
wnen ne lets the fire flicker out. All Of
ms friends and neighbors look upon him
as an authority on firing, and all his
neiShbors' wives use him as an exemplar
ior their own less careful husbands. The
secret OF his success, a. he eftsA savA
Is common sense AAA aeaanAtsa . d
tail. 1t is only q matter Of SUPPLYING
1uei, regulating drafts and removing
the ashes. Sitting In his coy parlor, the
coolest night OF this week, he expound-
cd MS theories on heating to three
young women, cousins Of his wife, who
mad come to visit them. In contempla-
ton OF the shortcomings Of some men
who tried to run furnaces he really
waxed eloquent over his own record.
and his heart swelled with pride, which
was shared by his wife, when he said
that there had not been a day or
night this winter when the house was
not comfortable. The young ladies were
visibly impressed.
AT the usual hour he went to the
basement, fired up and adjusted things
tor the night, and couple of hours
later they retired The house certainly
was warm, and the young folks were
heard comparing notes across the hall
way on the delightfulness Of It Burner
smiled even In his sleep with the Joy OF
their appreciation.
But about four in the morning, when
the world seems coolest, darkest and
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N'T1N'E1I'lga!J2pRE@
THE PRICE OF A DRINK.

rive cents drinki' Does anyone think
That that rs really the price Of a drink?
rive cents glaSsl' / hear you saw
why. that-isnse~xsrysuHuc at,u pay"
M, no, indeed, It's very small sum
- xou are passing it over twixt finger and
INA 9sas a a22+sss an s %SSy sa Naa away
ssNS - p!Snltsbe, very much to, pay.
Sne price OF a drink? Bet that one tell
VINO Sleeps 4 g ight I'd "a prisoners DELI.
HSSS- Goeen snd2virtne. love andtruth
q sSek ~ the glory and, pride of youth,
rs h6SPe OF anhood, the wealth of fame,
Ifeh ehdeavor. and noble lairn-odt
Onese are theStyeasures thrown away
k1r the 3eses OF edfnk from day to day.
Five e9SsN glass How Satan laughs
ovfEthe bar the Sonf,g man Quaffed
She b444ed liquor; forthe demon kne Nv
ane SSxSible work that NxlnkSxould db.
Sne pyfee. y you Want tosknow
Ehat fs7ness Nfllingsto pay Ser It. GO
fousa the wretchedS home, where
Mith daftgy wfedo~s and broken saais rs
a. saerssfuul disease like vampir crAwis
VIZ SSpts treseAsc wings Ger the holdy
" Swhsrs the innesent ones are there aecuIrst
~ pay the price OF anothefss thirst g
F1veSssnts g1assrs o, asf hat were AT
me sacrthce would indeed be small: ID,
gntthe moneys worth Is the least mount
we pay, and whosoever WIN keep account
Mhulearn the terrible waste and blight }ut'
That follows the ruinous appetite ~,
Five cents a glass;" Does anyoneIthfnk
That that Is really the price of drinkfoo
- l. Wolfe, IN National Advocate ucgg
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
MISTAKEN CALCULATION.
SHOWN That Americas Per Capita
consumption OF Liquors Is Mere
Than Fifteen Dollars
BY GEORGE MAY POwELL

IL
A recent issue of a prominent tenn
perance paper gave the per capita of
annual liquor consumption at SIS in
the United States of America and S35 per
capita in the German empire The lat
ter igure is probably not far from be-
ing right. That OF our country is not
half high enough. 1t is evidently based
on the $900.00O,O0O of liquor consump-
uon SO generally, and enormously &C
cepted by prohibitionists and disputed
as too high by the liquor dealers. The
$9oO,00O,OO0 can be shown to be about
right, by analysis Of the United States
government customs and internal reve-
nue. returns on malt, fermented and dis
tliied liquors. But this represents only
the approximately pure liquors. This
is less than one-third the manufactured
and the adulterated liquors retailed at
the bars of our country. The extent of
this has been emphasized in the recent
prosecutions for authorizations of liquors
on gigantic scale. Add to this the vast
amount of illicit distillation, and we
nave startling grand total of not less
than 319 billion dollars. Divide this bv
the total of our population, as shown by
the last census and 1t will be seen that
the SI5 per capita falls far asterl. The
view or this huge consumption-which
the liquor ring breads to have presented
TO the business men Of the land-shows
what tremendous sponge 1t Is to an
nually suck up the money that our mer-
chants, manufacturers and farmers
should get for honest work. When our
commercial captains do get this into
their heads, liquor makers and sellers
VIII be driven from chambers of COM
merce and boards of trade, as Jesus drove
the money changers from the temple.
Home market is incomparably the best
market In any land. This market. the
pirating liquor trade has so utterly in
lts possession, that It gets more of the
actual cash Of our people than all the
legitimate trade and industries of our
people put together. Thus "hard times"
and money panics come to us from this
hellish Box Of Pandora. Then. after
this Wholesale robbery, the evaporation
OF this mischief is intensified bv mil
lions OF dollars being rolled In on the
tax payers for crime, insanity, pauper-
ism, etc., created by this trade in in.
toxicants. tits also the compound lever
Oh the devil, in debauching our politics.
so that franchises which should be worth
millions to our citizens and their chill
oren, are stolen from them in creating
Trusts" that crush by cornering food
and fuel, no matter. who starves. or
freezes, and that sell out the nation to
aliens, at home and abroad.
Good citizens of all parties should see
IN all this peril to the national life,
financially, and otherwise, OF ominous
proportions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
VETERANS NEVER AT WAR.
Soldiers who Did Not Reach the Front
I'm the Civil War, Drawing
Pensions.

The apotheosis Of the pension business
was reached recently in Washington
with an award to member OF the Metro
poiitan rifles, who was never a member
of the army or navy Of the United States,
regular OF volunteer, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
There has never been a question as
to the title OF veterans of actual war,
civil, Mexican or Spanish-American
who were at the front and In actual bat
tie, wounded and rendered helpless and
dependent, to receive the bounty of the
government These conditions have
been broadened of late years. Men who
guarded prisoners in the safe seclusion
of Johnson's island. men who served
bravely In the home guards, men who
made the railway trip to the capital and
loitered behind the Notifications for 80
or 50 days to relieve soldiers who were
needed at the firing line. all these have
been granted pensions to a greater or
less extent on the general ground that
they are now old men, many of them
helpless, and that having shown their
willingness to do something In the bust
ness Of the civil war they are entitled to
some gratitude in dollars and cents
Even young men who spent their sum-
mer vacation In the quite seclusion Of
Chickamauga park at government ex-
pense in 1898 and who never saw any
thing more hostile than mosquito have
been given money on one pretext or an
other from the pension fund after some
principle not generally understood, but
for which the taxpayers are apparently
willing to stand.
But when all Is said and done the
Metropolitan rifles of Washington ap-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27

pear to constitute the limit. In ISs, tbera
was unrest in Washington wbua rho
Guy was watong for the advent of real
troops who had been called out TO de-
iend II. There was an independent mill
Oary company or so about, composed of
clizens who were. like most of the peo-
PIE mere, southern in sympathy. Rut
~ was at last decided advisable for the
internal quite of the capital to nut one
OF Two Oh these independent companies
uhoer arms for the moral effect il might
nave on the more unpleasant elements
or the population. Moreover. such n sten
"ouid Tree the few regulars present for
more important outpost duty.
Inc Metropolitan rifles were ordered
under arms. as the sheriff of any county
In Ohio might order an independent
military company under arms as a posse
for the temporary emergency. 1t was
not expected that any rebels would straw
across Long bridge that early in the
day. Had they done so the police force
would undoubtedly have placed them
under arrest for carry concealed weap-
ons or for disorderly conduct.
But the Metropolitan rifles paraded
They were never mustered into the serv-
ice of the government that any record
notes. They did the work that Sousa's
band did when it escorted volunteer
troops to the Cleveland depot in 1898
But member of this organization has
proved his claim to the title of union
veteran" with all the privileges and
ri ehtS Snecific legislation grants 10 cunh
The decision was based on the fact that he
was at the front" because there were
no union troops between his station and
that of the enemy and that he was under
arms.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
~ ~ iHls r0sl go"
vfINDS MANY WOMEN DRUNK.
shiSOeAoctSefeHer'sr Cleveland, q Pastor
Aoto esl1Preacbes Against Liquor Habitii
entnVfl f1 .IOj Among the Fair Sex, ed5

-e99sG er,a tell. you this question of drunken
eds ~ ness among women that confronts this
OBJ bscountrya is a serious problem declared
I do1s Rev. Charles A. Eaton in his sermon at
1of snthe EUCLID Avenue baptist church,
Cleveland, ,O,.o1 a recent Sunday night
DR. Eaton John d. Rockefeller pastor.
The other night when l was ID, the
Tsrhlroom of the deadmg hotel Of the
- .. city" he continued, 81 saw more womea
80 there than men, and Every Mofianswas
,oJ,.a drunk, There was not d sotef woman
.Iis1 q "a . ~ pi.1ce "
odw .sa,qasSs su,, were some girls and men
10 3os, So ,aieiies mere. There was one
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27

dreariest, Burner awoke with a scare.
He thought he heard feminine voice
inquire IL some one was warm, and then
heard the patter Of bare feet in the
hall. He stretched himself with SILVER
that shook the bed. Gee whiz," he
muttered, IT must have forgotten to
open nay register" With a mighty eff
fort OF will and not much else he jumped
from his bed and CROPPED along the wall
until his hand came in contact with a
piece OF cold iron. 1t was the register.
1t was open, but the genial warmth
which should have been pouring out was
Burner had turned blue by that time,
but he was game. He lighted a lamp and
looked at the register. He hardly knew
what he expected to discover, but he
felt that an investigation was demanded.
The register looked just as usual, but
it certainly was delivering cold air. Bur-
ner dove into bed and considered, but
his discomfort was a condition to be
met. and not theory. He got out and
began to hustle into his clothes.
What are you doing, John?" called
q sleepy voice.
Going to the fire." he responded.
Where is it?"
out"
AS Burner started the fire afresh he
found that he had neglected to close the
draft, and the career of the nights sup
ply OF fuel had been brief but glorious.
The young ladies are still there and need
only speak of sleeping three in a bed
TO cast Burner into the slough of de-
spOnd"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27

In gray standing back to back fighting
both ways There was little or no shoot
ing, but a giving and taking of hard
blows, and a good deal of rough-and-
tumbi scrapping. Finally one of the
confederates shouted: What's the usep
Why in thunder don't somebody ask us
to surrender Thereupon all our fell
lows shouted Surrender and down
went the muskets OF the confederates
caught between our lines,
There wasn't an unbruised man in
our company, but we felt like birds when
the confederates threw down their guns
and shed their cartridge boxes and belts.
They went to the rear, and we went
slam-bang into another confederate line
which, yielding at first, rallied and drove
US back. Then we rushed them and
broke their line, and never felt ham
pier In my life when | saw the men in
gray scamper away into the cedars. Al
Chlckamauga we waited for the
coniederates to charge, and the
broke us AID up. Some of our
boys were so completely ed
out that they ran a mile like scared
horses. in the belief that the whole army
had been routed and that the only thing
to do was to get off the field. Then they
slowed up, came to their senses. turned
and ran the other way, and, falling in
anywhere, fought like wildcats 40 the
end' crashing at odd times into the con-
lederate lines with the devil-may-care
insolence Of football players in tussle "
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
TEMPERANCE ERyANNCcEE NOTES.

II every person would be half as good
rs he expects his neighbor to be, What
aheaven this world would beI-National
Advocate.
Sometimes the very dust of our hur-
rying feet rises up and blinds us to the
great ends that We must constantly keep
In view.-Lady Henry Somerset
Treating, "sociable" drinks and
friendly glasses were named as most
potent factors in the filling of inebri-
ates' homes at the fortieth anniversary
of the Washingtonian home.
The papers of Clearfield, Pa, report
that a decided temperance movement is
hweeping over the entire county. Re-
monstrances against liquor license APP
plicants will be pushed with unusual
vigor.
For every 566 ministers that die there
are 163 deaths among farmers. $40
among carpenters, $50 among coal min
erss 1902 among plumbers, 1861 among
brewers. 1 .521 among inkeepers and 2, 2O5
among bartenders.
A license fee of 5000 a year will have
to be paid hereafter in Chicago for NOV
ing picture machines and microscopes
In saloons and dance halls. This is call
cul&led to do away with machines con-
taining immoral pictures.
Vermont passed license law in 1S4S
by majority of only Is votes In the
state. but after year Of the licensed
saloon voted it out by a majority of
$4,000 votes. From the rapid change in
public sentiment it begins to look as II
history might repeat itself-The Ameri-
can Issue.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27

liquors. the Northern Pacific will practi-
cally demand teetotalism on the part Of
its employees. The Northern Pacific will
be doing only what all great systems
regard as necessary guarantee that the
services of their employees shall be up to
the standard
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
The Bee. Market Basket

A natural market basket is carried
by every bee. A microscope will en-
able an observer to discover that on the
hind legs Of the creature there is fringe
Of suff hairs on the surface, the hairs
approaching each other at the tip, SO as
to form a sort of cage. This is the bees
basket, and into it, after a successful
Journey. it will cram enough pollen to
last 1t for two or three days.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27

.,,T EVERY WOMAN WAS DRUNK"
aGt Of Spmeh9w, or other this young girl had
led1 bncome, rt9I that grillroom just for that
% yoiHoncei And, she was intoxicated.
nonm 90 G We sret dead morally. The country
snljqrr ", paraiyzed in struggle for money. 1t
% 10 as, bad enough for men to go too far in
beylsr this direSuop,, but when even women
mo1i Gtstep n9YsFo Of ths linse and go toward the
10 7ewoHps Of dsath they they strike blow at the
-, race, as deadly as has ever been dealt it.
v,i7stor,JoJ gao, enough When man gets
ha-a,,o dunk, He IS often half a brute, but in
=, ~ a Woman We LOOK foq something better,
s,Ja9d It Is a Sorry Idsy fof, the country
when the Women begth ithisthing
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27

Brilliant and impulsive people" said
lecturer on physiognomy, have black
eyes. or IL they don't have them they are
apt to get them, II they're too i'm
pulsive. "-Tit-Bits.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27

Yeast-He says he wrote that poem In
an unguarded moment.
Crimson beak Yes; he means II was
written before he went to jail.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
A Village Turned reetotai.

A Somersetshire innkeeper. who had
become bankrupt, gave as the reason
Tor his Insolvency at his public exami-
nation the statement that 1.-The whole
e the village had turned teetotal"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
A BIASED oninfon.

She-I think it's so silly OF lovers
to quarrel.
He-Yes; the making up is so e1-
pensive.-Brooklyn Lie
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27

Demands Temperate Employees.
In line with the movement to enforce
ktracteF regulations against intoxicating
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
No Such Luck.

do they keep a grip
"Oh, no; they merely hire ONE
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
So They Say.

n We who listen TO anglers tales
May credit what they say.
We ind 'tis the fish with the largest scales
That always gets a weigh
-PhDadelphia Ledger.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
Masculine View.

"It isn't the real troubles Of woman
that worry her." he said.
Then what is it?" she asked.
Its the troubles she gets up clubs
about, he replied.-Chicago Daily NewA
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
All Modern Improvement.

All Modern ImprOV em ents.
Yeast-Is your barber up-to-date?
rimsonbeak-Sure: he's got fou
assistants. besides a photograph
Yonkers Statesman.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
POSSIBLE RESULTS OF DRINK
The pleese. That Ara Attributable
to- the ESssssiys VS. Of
Alcohol.

AS the drinking season Is now on, II
is well to reflect that the following dis
eases may be directly or Indirectly
caused by some form Of alcoholism:
Acute gastric catarrh, chronic gastric ca
tarrh, gastric dilation, intestinal indi-
gestion, constipation. govt, cholera
morbus, chronic peritonitis, dropsy of
the abdomen, catarrhal jaundice, con-
gestion of the liver, cirrhosis (hob-nail
liver), chronic tubal nephritis (chronic
Bright's diseasel, diabetes, mellitus,
chronic bronchitis, congestion Of the
lungs, oedema of the lungs, lobor pneu-
monia, fbroid phthisis (interstitial
pneumonia). chronic valvular disease
of the heart. dilatation of the heart,
chronic tibroid heart. fatty degeneration
OF the heart, palpitation of the heart,
arterio sebrosis. aneurism of the aorta,
meningitis, brain fever, apoplexy, con-
gestion OF the brain, brain thrombosis
and embolism Tin YOUTH nervous verti-
go, temulentia ia plain drunkardl
mania potu, delirium tremens, dip
somania (alcoholic insanity, imbecility
and dementia often result from dipso-
mania).
Alcoholism predisposes to sunstroke,
chronic pleurisy. Inflammation of the
nerve trunks. spinal congestion, spinal
meningitis, spinal sclerosis -four forms.
one of which locomotor ataxia), dissem-
mated neuritis, melancholia, mania Qn-
sanity. delusional insanity. phagedenic
ulcer, various inflammations, a delirium
that sometimes occurs after injuries
and surgical operations (if an old drunk
ard sustainS a fracture of a bone he is
liable to go into delirium tremens; he
may in this state attempt to destroy
himself or those around him). erysipe-
las. blood tumor. fatty tumor, urinary
calculus (from excessive use of malt
liQuors). monomania. general paralysis
(paretic dementia), acquired feeble
mindedness, acne rosacea whisky nose
and cheeks. trifacial neuralgia-Me :
ical Student, in Washington Star
Bureau of Temperance Research.
The Bureau of Temperance Research
Is new organization established in
Boston. Its object as explained by its
secretary, +. w. Clark, is to furnish
to all inqujrers any information, es-
pecially of a statistical nature, which
may be sought 1t will endeavor to
arrange and correlate all figures per-
tanning to both sides of the liquor
question. The bureau will aim to keep
In touch with the sales of liquor in the
United States and other countries, and
to keep temperance workers informed
OF all the movements Of organization
Of both liquor dealers and employees
Mr.. Clark is just the man to fill such
an Office
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-02-27
Marriage.

Marriage IL a lottery1 q"
Not by al the twinkhnG starsi
Marriage is pottery.
Where are made the family iarsi
-Poak
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-09
UNCALLED FOR DELAY IN
THE BUILDING OF PAVILION
Antiquated Structure in Spencer
Square Should be Replaced This
FaII-Money Ready.

There has been made by the city
council an appropriation of $4,000 t.
replace the antiquated pavilion in
Spencer square. but for some uneX-
planned reason there has not been the
activity looking towards the execution
of the Improvement that the public
had expected.
There remain only a few more
months before the arrival of the win
ter season in which exterior building
can be done. The present pavilion
is so far out of harmony with the sur
roundings of Spencer square that the
contrast is painful to the eye with =
taste for the beautiful and has served
as the butt for no end of COMMIT mt
from strangers in the city during the
summer.
Spencer square. since its reconstruc-
ton, has been the pride of the whole
city. and never until now has there
been Il whimpCT from a member of the
council concerning expenditures for its
maintenance.
The people are demanding the re
moval of the old pavilion and the sub
stitutiDn of a suitable one. and il is
to be hoped that the council will no
longer delay a matter in which inter
est is so general.