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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1905
A SURGEON INcOG.
Some of the Surprises Which Are
Met With in Army
Life

You never could tell" said the coll
onel, what kind of man you were
picking up when a man enlisted in
the first year of the civil war All
sorts of men were eager TO get into
the service, and most of them were
humble-minded. | remember that in
one of the earlier regiments mustered
in Ohio we found a college president,
three lawyers and four doctors among
the privates and hundred. OF men who
were reticent as to their previous
standing in life. Much the same CON
ditions prevailed, | know. in Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. In
that day the best Of us did not believe
that any man was too good TO carry a
musket in defense of the flag.
MANY of the men who enlisted in
cognito were not found out for months
or years. For example. when we were
going through the Caroliuas in the
last year of the war Surgeon McCauley
of the Ninety-eighth Ohio overlook an
Irish sergeant on his way from the
field hospital to the front. Artillery
and skirnish firing in front indicated
that the brigade was having a hard
fight, but the sergeant well equipped
as to arms and ammunition. and well
fortified with 'spiritus frumenti.' OBJ
tanned at the field hospital, where the
surgeons were too busy with the
wounded to protect their supplies,
seemed Indifferent.
Surgeon McCauley, taking in the
situation. said: Pat, what are you
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04

doing back here when the regiment is
having fight in front?' Pat saluted
and said in reply: Faith, and bedad,
doctor, it is mesilf that is going to the
same front where the boys are fight
ing. l carried Jamey back there to the
hospital and strapped him to a dure
while they took off his leg. 1t is a
sorry day for the poor lad. These field
hospitals are little more than butcher
shops-a dure for an operating table.
Bad luck to the whole of them After
trudging along quietly for few min
utes Pat said, explosively: If | were
not better sawbones than the spal-
poems back yander / would never take
scalpel in my hand again
"A change in the bearing of the man,
a change in the tone of voice, led the
doctor TO suspect that Pat was some
thing more than a straggler who had
drifted back to the field hospital sim
ply to get a drop of the crather, and
he piled him with questions so skill
fully that he soon learned that Pat was
a graduate of Dublin Surgical college
and had practiced surgery few DAYS
later Pat, at the suggestion of Sur
geon McCauley, was detailed to assist
IN the field hospital He proved to be,
when sober, an expert with saw and
Knife, and in few days made the
quickest and neatest amputauon re-
corded from Perryvlle TO Bentonville.
Later he made hip joint amputation,
regarded at that time as very diff
cult and placed TO his credit one of the
noted operations of the war"
Il remember" said the major, ''sev-
eral men with histories who enlisted
in the first three months Of the war to
carry muskets. I'll, re ve full nun
cred men in my comp ny in the tire
months service, but / don't NOW the
antecedents of more than % of them.
All were well appearing men. and a
few seemed to me rollicking dare-dev-
lis looking for trouble or adventure
| noticed in the first weeks drill in the
mud Of camp one man who was disre.
gardful OF injury to very fine pair Of
trousers. which he wore every dav
These would be cruStad with mud half
way to the knees some days and vet
the wearer was never disturbed.
Every garment that he wore was OF
fine material and he started in every
morning clean as to person and an
parel. However. he troJted around with
the most awkward OF men, making NO
remarks, until some visitors identified
him one day as the son of an old army
officer who had run away from school
and enlisted. For years | watched with
interest his steady promotion in the
regular army. Another man puzzled
me- not little. lie was fair-skinned
pinH-cheeAeG. sender young fellow
~ c&oi'e IS. cech ana gracious
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04

q manner. One day there was a scran
IN his mess and ne handled himself SO
we'll that l asked Where did YOU learn
TO use your fists?' Taken off his guard
he said: AT Elton, sir and in a few
weeks l learned that he was a young
Engiishman who, travelling in this
country, had bolted his tutor and en-
listed. He served a year and was sent
home by the British minister.
In one of the early drills | noticed
a man who seemed to regard the drill
officer with smiling wonder but who
was stuySslly or pervorsely awkward in
executing commands. One day | Or
dered him to the front and said good
humoredly: The awkward squad will
give an exhibition drill for the bene-
fit OF officers and men, Without more
ado l put him through the French
zouave drill, and, much to the amaze
ment of the men. he executed every
movement with marvellous dispatch
and precision. 1 then put him through
our own manual. He had been having
lots OF fun, but the next drill day took
up without protest the work of drill
In few days he complained of a
earned Dutchman' in one of the COM
panies, given, he thought. to deriding
his methods. l sent for the quiet Ger
man and asked him what he had IN
say for himself He said at once. THAT
Frenchman is not a man to drill 9th
ers for practical work. He is too much
inclined to frills and snowy movements
when you are not watching him. and
ne has no character whatever. but I
never meant to make any complaint.
because all this is none of my bust
ness. A few questions brought out
the fact that | had in the company
nan dozen men who had received
military training in Europe. and most
OF them were serviceable in a larger
held later in the war"-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04
DOnt nrnann

He said he would lay the world at my
feet" said the impressionable girl.
Tell him to start with something
easy" answered Miss Cayenne. Tell
him to look after the house rent and the
grocery bill, ard never mind tho world
for few years vet."-Brown Book.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04
o. Such Repeat inpi

Though History repeats ITSELF"
1t cannot ~)ld a candle
In that respect a moment to
A bit OF racy scandal.
-Philadelphia Press
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04
Unkind.

Call Haine-I shut myself up for over
three months when l wrote my last
novel
Friend (who had read it)-Wtat, may
l ask. was the name of the asylum?-
Ally Sloper
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04
The Skentic

Stella-Mabel says she doesn't be-
neve everything in the Bible.
Bella-Well, you see, her own age is
in tn. Y. Sun
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04
Conservatism of Cheops

Cheops was building the Pyramid.
Il thought" said he, cit would be
cheaper to do it in the desert than In
stocks. IN. Y. Sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04

Mother-O! you bao 10y, Dirty hands
again! I'm afraid you're hopeless
case
Tommy (eagerly)-O! Ma, does
hopeless" mean you're going TO give up
talking about it?-Philadelphia Press.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04

Cords, Policies, both straight
lite and benevolent, Physi-
clans Certificates, Sick Cards,
Application blanks, Agents
Report Sheets, Rate Cards,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04

We print Wedding Invita-
tons, and High Class Sta
t1onery for Balls, Parties, Pic
MICS and all entertainments of
a social nature.
We print Church Envel-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04

opes, Note and Letter Paper,
Bill-heads, Monthly State
ments, Business Cards, Fl.
nancial and Order Books.
Circulars, Check-books, Pam.
phlcts.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04
OUR AIM

IS 10 please our patrons and to
give them the best service at
the lowest prices, consistent
with satisfactory work.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04

it is thoroughly equipped
to do all kinds of printing ON
short notice. We make a
speciality of Society printing
and work for Insurance Com
panies, such as Financial
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-02-04

We furnish "cus when desired and we will arrsnoe r.
complete special work IN our line When in need Of any work
IN our line, call and and will be furnished
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21

All decay OF the teeth begins from
without. Consequently il the teetE's
surfaces be kept sc~rupulously clean
they cannot decay. Let the child early
acquire the habit Of using a small
toothbrush dipped into chalk favored
with some aromatic drug, and let 1t I'M
derstand that the places most needing
the brush are those between the teeth.
That Is the place where decay almost
invariably appears. Mucous secretions
and secretions Of food are always found
between the teeth after a meal. They
may be removed with a toothpick. IL
is almost an art to use a %toothpick.
One must beware of inJuring the deshy
parts and leaving s%plinters, which In
some cases may cause the loss Of q
tooth. Metal toothpicks should be al
together avoided. Those Of dull and
hard wood are best.-London Lancet
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21
HE JUMPED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT SHE HAD RELENTED

SO she returned the menu to him with
great apparent self abnegation.
"No; you order, honeyboy."
81 asked you to do II, honeybun!
ooh. well. l can't do It. l never had
TO order a diener In my life. Father or
some one always did" This last was
: said with just the least little bit Of
spirit. Besides, she was hungry; so
was he. That fact may pardon his
next words, spoken with what he
thought q noble and masterful air:
"It is time you learned then. Now,
~honeybun, I don't want you to look at
me In that grieved and frightened way.
I am In the right. 1t is your duty-yes,
luty-to learn to make out the Inner
cards. You are not a child"
"Sir, / never had to do such a thing.
md I won't: so now. ! think you are
just going to turn out horrid, after
all!r
"Now, honey
"Don't honey me! Please call ME by
my proper name. / am not a child.
You Just said So"
"Hon--dearest, don't do that.!'
She was showing symptoms of tears.
though she bravely tried to hide her
feelings. She felt the eyes Of the very
respectable head waiter upon her. His
portly back was turned, but she sensed
tha disapprobation In his attitude. The
lights swan, and the hum Of CONVEX
sation was like the strange noises In
deep forests at night. She winked furi-
susly, angry with herself. She finally
pyercame her temptation to dissolve In
tears, only to and that her honeyboy
was sitting partly turned away In an
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21
.WllVE MAIgplEIT


attitude Of deep detection az wei, a..
SET determination.
Teople came In from the SNOWY
streets alden with parcels and carry.
ing punches Of holly and mistletoe. and
sVery one beamed with Joy and pleas.
ant a~nticipations. Time passed, and
the obstinate young couple grew hun.
grler and angrier, for now each began
TO nurse the situation as a real griev-
ance. But. though the waiter lowered
around with unmistakable anxiety,
no one called him to give the order.
h situation was growing tense. Hon.
eybun was seriously thinking of get
ting up and going straight home to her
mother, and honeyboy was wondering
why men We're fools enough to marry.
The old head waiter was sufficiently
interested to watch them meditatively
by means of mirrors, all unsupported.
Something in the air, or maybe it was
the Christmas spirit, crept under his
vest, and he felt a tugging at his heart.
The bride was SO pretty and the man
so handsome he could not bear to see
this discord, especially tonight. Sud
denly he said to himself:
Blessed, II | don't do 1t too"
He called the waiter and ave him
a quiet order and then tool from his
pocket a small package of cards, each
having either a bit of mistletoe or
holly in colors In one corner. On
these he printed in very neat charac-
tiers:
1POTAGE-CHRISTMAS EVE. VERY
PEPPERY."
The waiter came to him with the
tray, on which were two plates of soup
and all the concomitants belonging
thereto and the proper wine. The
waiter entered the tiny place and de
posted the things with a grave bust
nesslike air, putting a card at each
place, and hen d~iscreetly retired.
Clinton scarcely noticed the arrival OF
the man, but %honeybun saw him. The
soup looked good, and the little card
caught her eye. She was the one woman
in this generation with a Keen sense
of humor. She began to eat.
Clinton now turned squarely and
looked at the table. He jumped to
the conclusion that she had relented
and had been adroit enough to give the
order unperceived, but, though he
would condescend to eat, and the soup
smelled very good, he would not let
her enjoy her triumph too soon, so he
took his soup in dignihed silence. The
next ourse was ready as soon as he
was. On u large platter filed with
chopped ice were placed sixteen small
rlams arranged to spell the words:
'IOVE ONE ANOTHER"
One small clam officiated as a period.
This arrangement was too obvious, es-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21
SACRED ANIMALS.
The WY the Brute World In Regard
ed by Natives of India.

midas pets are not royal. but celes-
which keeps it's vedic prayers and for
gets the names Of Its emperors, one
must leave solid ground and ascend TO
heaven, must speak IN poetry. not prose.
In hyperbole rather than In plain
speech. The question of animals can
not, indeed, be soberly treated. Every
where one sees acts toward them that
can be explained only by their sacred
and legendary Importance. One can
scarcely believe ones senses. This at
titude is not the fantasy Of a moment
nor the bette blanche, so To speak. Of a
| single author. 1t is the accumulated
national delirium of thousands of
years. To detach such animal worship
from Indian life is to tear the rug to
pieces, and we can weave nothing more
beautiful.
The place held by these creatures in
India is different from that accorded
them in any other country. Every ami
nal Is looked upon as but the covering
Of a spirit. Is not its mind with God?
Are not its auras and vibrations far
purer than ours? May not ever the
soul Of our grandmother look from Its
eyes? May not we ourselves return to
lower than its state II we give II not
reverence? Such conceptions are not
called from obsolete thought, but from
the vibrant lip and life of India today.
Once is always In the orient. 1T Is
your misfortune that Won have to talk
80 much of progress" said a sage to
me-"we have progressed."-Edmund
Russell in Everybody's.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21
Q
The First American Line Was Run
In New Jersey In 1744.

The First American Line Was Run
In New Jersey In 1744
As public conveyances or the stage
coach had been In vogue in England
since 1910, the establishment of a SIM
liar convenience was demanded In
America many years before the war
for independence. AS early as 1744.
therefore, a stage line started to run
between New Brunswick and Trenton,
N. j., and by 1856 this route had been
extended over from New York to Phil
adelphia. Moreover, as In England, so
In America, the advent OF the stage
coach necessitated marked improve
ments In the highways. while the build
ing of better roads and ~turnpikes nat
urally created q greater demand for
more coaches, and. what was more TO
tire purpose, lighter vehicles. In 17T1
there were but t~hirty-eight convey
ances OF every description in the city
Of Philadelphia, but by 1894 their num-
Der had increased to S2I, more than
two-thirds of which were comparative
ly light vehicles, a condition which led
one of the local papers to publish a
most ~deprecatory article concerning the
use OF c~onveyances, in which 1t was
stated that the custom Of riding vas
then being carried to such extrava-
gance that '.even farmers want car
riages."-Metropolitan Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21

pecially as the waiter set the dish so
the words should read. The little clans
went where all good clans should go,
and two hearts began to soften insen-
sibly. Two squads, nesting side by
side on toast, were accompanied by
two cards bearing the legend:
PEACE ON EARTH"
The salad was delicious, the entrees
a dream, and with each course came
two cards with some sentiment calcu-
lated to remind the recipients of the
day. Honeyboy pushed his cards in
gioriously away, but honeybun gath
cred hers In a neat heap. The last
course was Ice creamery pink-and
nodded into the shape Of a large heart
with a white ribbon tied In a true low
er's knot around it, but the heart was
broken through the middle and press
ed apart deity. A single card read:
"CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
PEACE AND GOOD WILL.
GET TOGETHER"
Even Clinton now saw. but he
thought this was all the clever work OF
honeybun. He looked at her. She was
all rosy and sweet, NJ longer pale and
hunsry. Maybe, too, the good dinner
had something to do with 1t, but he
beamed love on ~honeybun, and reach
ing over took her little left hand and
kissed the wedding ring. Neither ever
knew that the fat head waiter nearly
danced In his retreat as he saw the
broken heart drawn together and eaten
from the same dish by both. He sighed
a he whispered. II have reunited
them. but this house has lost two Gus
toners"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21

"The seas pressure is almost incredl-
ble," said the clubman. IF you de-
scended deep enough 1t would crush
you. bones and all, to a mass OF reddish
mud. OFF Sicily we ran out Of Ice, and
some N suggested that to cool the
champagne for dinner we lower 1t a
half mile or so into the seas depths.
This was done, and at dinner time
the three bottles zane up delightfully."-
cold. But when we opened them we
found that they contained nothing but
salt water. The seas pressure had
forced the water In through the pores
In the corks, d%isplacing the lighter
liquid."-New York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21
LINTON, ~honeyboy, isn't 1t
charming and awfully, de-
~ l~ightfully wicked to go of on

charming and awfully, de.
~ l~ightfully wicked to 60 off on
this spree all by ourselves? ~
"Absurdly So" replied the still infat.
mated young husband, squeezing the
plump arm tucked so confdingly under
his.
And Aunt Mary thinks we are in
Connecticut, while Uncle James be.
lieves us TO be In Canada and our
mothers and fathers are sure we are
In Florida. 1t is just too lovely for
anything. isn't it?'
And so we escape the deadly bother
OF a Christmas tree and the intermina-
Bile dinner party and all the sticky
children. And we will have our Christ,
mas V dinner all by our lonesome IN
the SWEETEST place In town. And here
we are, honeybun."
The happy couple stepped into the
vestibule, shaking the flakes from their
coats and stamping the snow from
their feet. The light fingered lovingly
on the pretty young face with its blue
eyes and rosy cheeks and the snowy
teeth showing between the smiling
lips. And the same arc light looked on
the handsome, clear cut features of the
tall man with his fond and protecting
air. "a fine couple" 1t spluttered. "A
tine couple. An, I've seer many such,
but they all end the same way"
With this pessimistic remark the light
blinked wickedly. The door closed on
the young couple as they walked slow
ly along the thick carpet waiting for
that Ilordly parsonage, the head waiter,
to assign them to a place. This astute
parsonage instantly sized them up as
a recently welded couple and beckon-
ed them TO an ideal spot, a coy little
table In a corner, half surrounded by
palms. There they were shut in from
prying eyes and shut out Of the hurry
and noise of the rest Of the world. AS
a work of supererogation the head
waiter brought a bowl of white roses
and with an ~unctuous smile, directed
at no m in particular, set them in the
center Of the table, and this called up
a pretty blush on the fair ones cheeks.
Clinton took the elaborate menu and
with a hopeless glance at it's foreign
names handed ii to his bride. saying in
the blind hope that she understood it.
You order the dinner, honeybun."
Miriam glanced in the mirror and
gave a cry of dismay.
"0h, / am perfectly disreputablel
Just look at my hair!'
She remembered the time when she
tried to translate the men TO some
friends in a restaurant, giving poisson
u eauX wives as poison TO the lively
waters" She was not going to allow
Clinton to gloat over her-above all. at
this early stage of their married life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21

II you have the appearance Of a
felon coming put some hardwood ashes
In al old tin cup, pour over them
warm water, immense the end Of the
sore finger In the ashes, set the dish on
some live Goals or on top Of the stove.
keeping the finger in as long as you
can. and soak it several times a day.
II taken in time 1t generally cures a
felon from coming IL the finger is wet
with II often.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21

"well," demanded Miss Starvem at
the back door. what do you want?"
why" replied the tramp, Il seen
you advertise table board in this
mornin's paper
"WeliT"
swell. I fought mebbe yer wuz CIV
In out som samples" Philadelphia
Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21

Pa Twaddles-I can't see why that
young idiot who Is calling on Molly
hasn't sense enough to go. It's mid
night. Tommy Twaddles-'Tain't his
fault. He can't go-sister's settin' on
him.-Cleveland Leader.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-21

There IL no policy like politeness.
since q good manner often succeeds
where tho best tongue has failed--Ha-
soon.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1905-06-30
SHOULD. HAVE THE FEES.


The state tax Commissioner has
"ixed" it the Wheeling papers saw.
regarding the arrears he claims IN
the taxes assessed against the brew
cries, but not until after the prose.
cutting attorneys of two or three
counties. by his rigid Instructions
and furtiye threats presented them
to the grand iury..and n.Hny indict-
ments were returned this county
about Ave hundred. Theses prose.
c,,ting~-attorncys- should see to. it
that they get the fees tllef arss sni
titled to, while the state sis getting
the back taxes. On five hundred in
dic.ments in this county the prose-
cutting attorney is entitled tos$5, 900,
If he makes good on them. In Mar
shall there are over 6,000 indict-
ments and the prosecuting attorney
should he entitled to fees amount
ing to 100000. And yet it is said
the tax commissioner has actually
Squared" it with the breweries for
only $4,000. If that be true, the
prosecuting attorneys should de.
mand the whole amount. And this
leads up to;the thought that the peg
pie elected their own prosecuting at
torneys and that the tax commits
sioner really has nothing to do with
it and when he undertakes 10 dictate
TO prosecuting attorneys he assumes
power not rightfully his