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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-16

comfort around his neck and that the
ends were Tapping in a very ridicu-
lous way as he ran.
1 could see short man making
his legs do their best, and a long
legged fellow in advance. 1 felt this
thing couldn't go on without bayonet
striking bayonet. and without the
lines crashing together. The crash
came sooner than I expected, and not
quite in the way 1 expected. About
half OF our men went through or over
the rebel line, some of us coming
down on our heads and others on their
feet 1t was undignified and confus-
Ing, and when we turned we found
men in gray standing back to back
fighting both ways. There was little
or no shooting, but giving and TAX
ing of hard blows, and good deal Of
rough-and-tumb1e scrapping. Finally
one of the rebels shouted: What's
the use? Why in thunder don't some
body ask us to surrender? Thereupon
all our fellows shouted Surrender
and down went the muskets of the
rebels caught between our lines.
There wasn't an unbruised man in
our company, and we felt like birds
when the rebels threw down their
guns and shed their cartridge boxes
and belts. They went to the rear, and
we went slam-bang into another rebel
line, which, yielding at first, rallied
and drove us back. Then we rushed
them and broke their line, and I never
felt happier in my life than when
saw the men in gray scamper away
into the cedars. At Chickamauga we
waited for the rebs to charge, and
they broke us all up. Some of our
boys were SO completely knocked 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 OF the
field Then they slowed up, came to
their Senses. turned and ran the other
way, and, falling in anywhere, fought
like wildcats to the end, crashing at
odd times into the rebel lines with the
devfl-may-care insolence of football
players in a tussle. "-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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of view, all artists have agreed that
there is no place to equal La Frette.
To the left of the village is the park
of Maisons Lafitte, and facing the
park is Cartrouvi1le, while opposite
lies the forest of ST. German, in all
its splendor. To the right is HerbIay,
quite an important place, whose
church is visible for miles along the
Seine. La Frette itself has the Quaint
est villagers possible. Many of them
speak worse French than those of
the Midi, and it is an event when one
makes journey to the capital They
are thriftiest of the thrifty Only a
short time ago one of the peasants
gave his daughter 25O,e9O francs ON
her wedding day, and another is to re-
ceive the same amount on her an
preaching marriage. And yet this
man, who must be worth 100000 or
100000 francs, lives in a patched-up
house and digs in the fields from early
morning till late at night
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-16
Episode of Kenesaw.

THAT confusion of horses at Kene-
saw" said the Mississippi captain.
reminds me of controversy over
horses at the battle of Franklin. Gen.
Pat Cleburne and Gen. John Adams
of the Confederate army were both
killed at Franklin at the head of their
commands and close to the Union
breastworks. One of them was killed
on top of the works, just as his horse
had plunged half over. Man and
horse were shot there, and the body
of the horse remained on top of the
works, with fore feet extended to the
Union side 1t was said at the time
that the officer killed on top of the
works was Gen. Cleburne, and there
was among our own men dispute as
to this.
at was known that Gen. John Ad-
ans of Loring's division rode a bay
horse and that C1eburne did not. The
horse killed on top of the works in
front of the Sixty-f1fth Illinois was a
bay, and Gen. Adams body was found
at the base of the works, just below
the horse. Cleburne's body was found
fifty or sixty yards from the works
Adams, according to the story of men
of the Sixty-fifth Illinois, rode his
horse over the ditch and to the top
of the parapet and tried to tear the
flag from the hands of the color-bear-
err At that instant he was shot"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-16
Names Proud Record,

In recent week more than $4,000
was paid in Bangor Maine, and in
towns tributary to Bangor, in pensions
to survivors of the Civil War and to
their immediate kindred, a larger sum,
pensions in any other community of
equal population in the United States.
Names war record is not surpassed
by that of any other state. The old
First Maine heavy artillery, which
went out from Bangor as the Eight
eenth Maine infantry and which had
nearly 1000 men and officers, holds
the record of having lost a larger pei
cent of men and officers in battle than
any other regiment in the war; and
the First Maine cavalry has the name
Of more engagements inscribed upon
its flag than any other regiment in
the service.
All of the thirty-two regiments OF
Infantry, the two regiments of cav
airy and ten batteries of light artil-
lery and the big contingent of sailor
men who found service in the navy
were in the front of battle; and as
fast as the ranks were depleted by
sickness or death, new recruits were
hurried to the front, SO the regimental
lists were kept full for the more thar
four years of terrible conflict After
the fighting was over and the survfv
ors came back to resume their duties
as private citizens, Names delegation
in congress worked hard and long tc
secure pensions for every deserving
veteran.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-16
Fighting Hand to Hand.

ST had some doubts said the SER
geant, about hand-to-hand struggles
during the first year of the war. Our
regiment did good work at Shiloh, but
didn't come to close quarters with the
enemy We made our mark at Perry
vile, but not at close range, and
wondered if any battle was fought in
which men strove against each other
within reach of bayonet or sword. At
Stone river we charged at run
against a rebel line. I expected the
old thing to happen and the enemy
to break 1 shook from head to foot
as / saw the rebels start on a run and
at a charge bayonets to meet us. I
could see the hair and eyes and facial
expression of the rebels as they
came steadily and swiftly toward u.s.
I remember one fellow wore a red
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-01-16
IA. His Own Death Warrant.

Capt W. G. Watkins of Clinton, Mo-.
has in his possession his own death
warrant, issued and signed by United
States officers during the civil war
Capt Watkins was sentenced to be
shot for recruiting Confederate sol
diers inside the union lines He es-
capped from Gratiot prison in St Louis,
where he was confined, awaiting the
death penalty, and was never recap
tured- Recently Capt Watkins secur-
ed the warrant for his own death. He
prizes the war relic highly.
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CHARGED by a Calf.


Lincoln's call for $4,000 men for three
months service Thomas Gibson, Jr..
began recruiting a company from
Pittsburg. Jacob Colmer, the present
postmaster at Avalon, was the first
to place his name on the roll as a
volunteer. Mr.. Colmer, by his loyal
service as private, was advanced
from one office to another until, when
muster-out time came in '65, his dis
charge read Lieutenant Colmer."
Capt. Gazzam of Pittsburg also had
organized a company, but neither he
nor Capt. Gibson had succeeded in
enrolling more than fifty men. Time
after time they tried to enter the serv-
ice, but, not having the full compile
ment of men, the companies were not
accepted by the governor.
Capt Gibson's company, nothing
daunted, determined to equip them
selves and go as an Independent or
ganization. While arrangements to
that end were being made word was
received that troops were needed in
Wheeling, w. Va, to protect the
threatened border.
The company proceeded by boat to
that city, arriving at Camp Carlisle
in May. Capts. Gazzam and Gibson
came to an understanding by which
the two companies were consolidated,
and the following officers were elect
ed: Captain, Thomas Gibson; first
lieutenant, David Ecker; second lieu
tenant, David D. Barclay. They fur
nished themselves with a Zouave uni
form and Springfield muskets.
Orders came that the company
move to Clarksburg. Bushwhackers
had stopped several trains on that
route previously, SO several of the
men (among them Mr.. Colmer) rode
on the cowcatcher, under the head
light, so as to see and not be seen.
Arrived in Clarksburg, the company
went into camp with companies c and
E TO drill and prepare for active duty.
They formed part of the Second Vir-
GINA volunteer infantry, of which
companies A, d, F and G came from
Pittsburg. This regiment was after
ward known as the Fifth West Vir-
GINA cavalry.
One night some of the men of COM
pany D were out foraging. One of
them captured a good-sized calf and
determined to take his prisoner back
to camp Immediately. On the road
the captive became festive, and, being
the stronger calf of the two, began
pui11nS MS cdptOr along at rather
lively gait. Past the sentry they
rushed, not stopping to answer his
challenge. The guns were stacked
and the companies were all asleep.
The calf, in it's mad career, charged
into the guns, one of which was dis
charged. Awakened from their sleep
the men came tumbling out of their
tents, half clothed, and hurriedly
formed in line of battle. Company c
had not received their guns, so they
came armed with picks, shovels, axes
and anything else that was handy.
The bugler Che is now editor of a
newspaper in Ilinois) came to his
captain, an ak on his shoulder. He
was ready to fight, though his face
was pale. In a quavering voice he
said:
Captain, if should fall in this con-
f1ict, will you send word to my moth
err"
When the real cause of the disturb
ance was discovered great was the
uproar. Needless to say, Bugler Cyrus
Hane never heard the last of his
first conflict. "-Pittsburg Dispatch
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"Why don't you write stories, Eva?"
Whether he had been drinking or was
weary with watching and nursing, no
one knows but he snapped out: 1t
seems like a thousand years, and am
tired of waiting.
AT that the savage blood, long dor
mant in her veins, began to boil, and
white to the lips with coming death,
she said, SO you want me to die, Ell?
Well. just remember, Will, wilkins,
that, like the rest of my race. / be-
lieve in conjuring. Listen to me! You
shall have the money, but ill luck viii
follow it; every time you make an in
vestment it will fail; and twill always
be at your elbow These words spok-
en-. she fell back on her piiiow and in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-23

The Geram1una.

All things considered, the geranium
is our best plant for winter Towering
1t blooms freely and constantly in most
instances and adapts itself to the con-
ditions prevailing In the ordinary liv-
ing room more readily than almost any
other plant have any knowledge of.
And it requires very little care. It's
ability to take care OF itself Is one Of
the strong arguments in its favor, espe-
cially with the amateur who Is dis
trustful OF his skill In the management
Of plants that insist on having their
peculiarities humOred
It has little to boast OF In the way OF
attractive foliage-though a plant well
set with vigorous, healthy foliage IL
far from being unhandsome- but 1t has
q right to pride itself on the beauty OF
its flowers. Some OF the scarlet varie-
ties are so exceedingly brilliant that
they actually seem to impart feeling
OF warmth to the observer The little
child who declared that auntie's gera-
NUNS were ION fire" was conscious OF
this suggestion of heat In the intensity
Of color which characterizes some of
the most richly colored sorts.-Lippin-
colts Magazine.
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Hetty Green's Thrift.

II consider that owe all am in life
to the principles instilled into me by
my father" said Hetty Green, richest
woman In the world, in recent Broad
way Magazine interview Daughter
he repeated again and again, cultivate
common sense and judgment. Learn
how to manage your brains and you
will know how to manage your for
tune. Intelligence is better than Greek
and Latin, and good morals will stand
by you better than a fine education /
was just fourteen years old when
went to the bank and deposited $50,
my first savings. My father went with
me and was very proud of my thrift,
for it had cost me some sacrifices.
am proud to say that have added to
that first $25 and haven't yet drawn it
out.
1.-THE trouble with most persons" she
continued, rs that they want to spend,
but they don't want to work. No man
or woman In my employ stays awake
until o'clock in the morning thinking
out investments. Well, that's how hard
work"
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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate In
der Judgment of Foreclosure.

NTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
- Redwood. District Court, Ninth Judi
Sial District.
MRS. L. c. Paisley, plaintiff,
VS..
e. L. Tout, S. A. Hoyt, the
Redwood County Land
Company, a corporation,
S. p. Harris and Lizzie
Kyle, defendants.
Notice is hereby given that under and by
virtue of Judgment aud decree entered in
the above entitled action on the 18th day of
July, 1908, a certified transcript of which
mas been delivered to me /, the undersigned,
sheriff OF said Redwood county, will sell, at
public auction, to the highest bidder for
cash, on the 9Th day of December,
1904 at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, at
the front door of the court house, in the
city of Redwood Falls, in said county, in one
parcel the premises and real estate descrtb-
ed in said Judgment and decree, to-wit All
those tracts or parcels of land lying and
being in the county of Redwood and state of
Minnesota, described as follows. to-wit:
The north twenty-five (22) feet of lots
numbered ten 1O). eleven CID and twelve
H2) in block numbered seven % of
the village of Vesta, according to the
recorded plat thereof on file in the Of
ice of the register of deeds OF said Redwood
county. Mimi.
Dated October 18th, 1904
B. @. SCHUELLER,
Sheriff of Redwood county.
d. E. DWYER.
Plaintiffs attorney,
ST Paul, Minnesota.
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Order For Hearing.

GTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
NJ Redwood. SIS. In probate court, special
term, Nov. 1st, 9O4.
In the matter of the estate of Peter len
son. decease
On reading and filing the petition of Alfred
+. Lamp, claiming to be entitled to a con-
veyance of certain real estate from the ex
ecutor of said estate, setting forth that Pet.
err Jensen, deceased, was bound by a con-
tract In writing to convey said real estate tc
the said Alfred F. L amp, upon the terms
and conditions therein stated. with a de-
scription of the land to be conveyed, and the
facts upon which such claim to conveyance
is predicated, and praying that the probate
court make decree authorizing and di-
recting the said executor to convey such real
estate to said petitioner as the person ent:-
tied thereto.
It is therefore ordered, That all persons
interested In said estate may appear before
this court. at special term thereof to be
held on Friday, the 25th day of November.
A. u. 1904. at O'Clock in the forenoon a.
the Probate office in the court house in Red
wood Falls, in said county, and oppose said
petition. S'-'N
And it is further ordered, That this order
shall be published once in each week for
three successive weeks prior to said day OF
nearing in the REDWOOD GAZETTE, a weekly
newspaper, printed and published at Red
wood Fails, in said county.
Dated at Redwood Falls the 1st day of No
VemDer; a. ID. 1904. By the Court
sea- GEO. l.. EVANS.
loot Judge of Probate.
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Order for Hearing.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY on
- Redwood, SIS. In Probate Court SneciaI
Term, Nov I'd, 1904. = u La
In the matter of the estate of Eliza
Comstock, deceased.
On receiving and fling the petition of Mel
son Comstock, of the County of Redwood
TEe7p l among other things, that
Ellza Comstock, late of the county Of Red
WOOD, IN the State of Minnesota. on the
18TH day of May, A. d. 1904, At the connfy
OF REDWOOD, died fntestate, and being an in.
1aoltant or this county at the time of her
oeatn, leaving goods, chattels and estate
Wlllln tnls county, and that the said petit
toner IS a son of said deceased, and PRAYING
that administration of said estate be to
George w Norcutt granted;
It Is ordered, that said petition, be heard
before said court, on Thursday, the 1st day
OF December, A. D. 1904, at Ii O'Clock a. M
at the probate office in the court house in
the city OF Redwood Falls, IN said county.
ordered further that notice thereof be
given to the heirs of said deceased. and
to all persons interested, by publishing this
order once in each week for three successive
weeks prior to said day of hearing, in TIE
REDWOOD GAZETTE, a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Redwood Falls, in
said county.
Dated at Redwood Falls, the I'd dav of
November, "A, ID. 1904.
BY the Court,
lSEALl GEO. L. EVANS,
1887 Judge of Probate
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China's Oil Tree.

Five years ago the attention Of
American importers was called to the
value as an astringent and drier In
yarnish for the finer kinds Of furniture
Of the product Of the Chinese wood oil
tree. Since then two American firms
have established branches at Hankow,
China, for the expectation Of the oil,
and one Of them has shipped nearly
100000 gallons since last fall. Because
Of the fact that no barrels are manu-
featured In the provinces where the
oil tree grows a Hankow firm has I'M
ported from New York shocks for 5000
barrels and machinery for setting them
up. About thousand seeds of the oil
tree have been planted in California
and are doing Manufacturer
Record.
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AS the elephant became scarcer it
was found that the amount of ivory
would be curtailed to such an extent
as to make it too expensive for practi-
cal use: As matter Of fact, however,
there IS still plenty Of ivory for all
practical purposes. This result has
been brought about by the discovery
that very good substitute for the di-
minishing ivory Is what is called vege-
table ivory. The tree from which 1t Is
obtained is known as the ivory palm,
which produces nuts containing
milky pulp something like that Of the
cocoanut, but which when ripe and dry
becomes as hard as ivory. The nuts
are covered with bark almost as hard
as iron, and this covering has to be re-
moved by friction, the nuts being
placed in drum with iron weights
and rapidly reyolYed until the outer
covering is worn off, when the nuts
are ready for the cutting machine
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The Use OF Cement.

The annual production of cement in
this country amounts to nearly 200
pounds for each man, woman and
child. Some years ago people won
dered what would become of us when
the timber was used up. The question
is answered by cement Few of us
have an idea of the vast use of this
material. This use is extending to the
farm. Through the Mississippi valley.
where lumber is scarce, floors, houses,
fence posts, troughs and dozens of 9TH
er farm appliances are made Of cement
and concrete. The use of these new
materials is first forced upon those
who have greatest need for them and
then spreads to others.-Rural New
Yorker.
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Order to Examine Accounts.

G. TATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
- Redwood. IS. In Probate Court. Gen.
eral Term, Nov. It'll, 1904.
In the matter or the estate of John Nc
Dougall, deceased
On reading and filing the petition OF
Isabel McDougall Administrators. of the
estate of John McDougall, deceased, repre-
senting among other things, that she has
fully administered said estate. and praying
that time and place be fixed for examining
and allowing the final account of her admin
istration, and for the assignment of the res
idue of said estate to the parties entitled
thereto by law.
1t is ordered, that said account be examin-
ed and petition heard by this court. on Thurs
day, the 9Th day of December, A. d. 1904
at Ii O'Clock a. m. at the Probate Office in
the city of Redwood Falls, in said county.
And 1T is further ordered, that notice
thereof be given to all persons interested.
by publishing this order once in each week
for three successive weeks prior to said day
of hearing, in the Redwood Gazette week
ly newspaper, printed and published at
Redwood Falls in said county.
Dated at Redwood Falls, MINI. the 7th
day of December. A. D. 1904.
BY the court,
seal GEO. T.. EVANS.
15-3t Judge of Probate.
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NEW SHORT STORIES
Remembered the story.

Wallace Macfarlane and Colonel
Robert G. Ingersoll opposed each other
In lawsuit in Pennsylvania in the
early eighties, and In Its course heat
and acrimony developed. Mr.. Macfar-
lane, It Is hardly necessary to say, re-
tained the dignity for which he Is just
~ celebrated, although sorely tempted
to retort harshly to the shafts OF wit Of
his gifted adversary. Presently, after
Colonel Ingersoll had in his pleading
been more irritating than before, Mr.
Macfarlane broke in with:
Have a care. have a care, Colonel
Ingersoll. Remember your theology.
Recall the story of Ananias and Sap
phira. Have care, say!'
Il well remember that story" retort-
ed the colonel. I'm fact, | have been
considering it every time you spoke,
expecting to see you drop."-San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
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been brushing his masters broadcloth
as he listened to the conversation of
his superiors.
Are you laughing at meY with at
tempt at further severity.
Nav. nav, Mars Carter! Least
ways not 'zac'ly at you. subj"
Then at whom-the lady?" shaking
a fist at his bodyguard.
Nav, sub. Sut'ny not at de lady.
She's all right"
IAN not all right, tooY' walking up
and down the room, with a confident
air. "Am / not in my prime"
eyes, Mars Carter, you sut'ny is In
20 prime de fines looking gemman in
de lam"
"Then whatY'
"Well, sub, wu1 1Is' thinkin' dat yo'
is in yo' prime now-yo' bes' prime
but whar'll yo' be, marster, when she
gifts In hern 7"-New York Tribune.
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Order For Hearing.

OTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF
~ Redwood. In probate court.
In the matter of the estate of Andrew An
derson, deceased.
On reading and fling the petition of John
"A, Anderson, as executor of said estate of
Andrew Anderson, deceased. representing
among other things that he has fully COM
piled with all the terms and conditions of
the final decree in said matter of said estate
and with the terms and conditions of all
5uufter DEGREES and orders of this court in
saip nEatter. and has paid over to the dis
ltrbutee and persons named in said final
decree an moneys, funds and property to
them awarded in said final decree, and
praying that he as such executor of said
estate and the Sureties on his bond, be dis
charged from all liability by reason of said
trust and the adminiStr ration of said estate.
s Sow, theref FORE it is ordered, that said pc
tftion be heard by this court at the probate
office at Redwood Falls in said county of
Redwood, state of Minnesota, on Thursday,
the 5tnday of Deem Der, 1904, at I 1 O'clock
in the forenoon of that dav; and it Is further
ordered that notice of said hearing be given
to all persons interested by publishing
copy of this order once in each week for
three successive weeks Immediately prior
to said day of hearing in THE REDWOOD
GAZETTE. a weekly newspaper printed and
published in Redwood Falls, in said county
of Redwood, state OF Minnesota.
Dated at Redwood Falls, the 10th day of
November, A. D., 1904
BY the court,
GEORGE L. EVANS,
Judge of Probate,