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The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
GEN. DANIEL II. RUCKER
Forty-fve Years with the Colors, He
Is Now Retired.

walked beside the team. No. the Indians
did not bother them much when once they
had got through the mountains, only,
perhaps. once IN while some sneaking
Digger Indians would try 10 run or with
the teams The great foe to the immi-
grants was the scurvy. The only meat
most OF them had was bacon. pretty toler-
able rancid, at that, and in the grease
OF this they fried flap-jacks. Most Of the
strasglers I met were afflicted with the
scurvy. and many of them-for scurvy
makes a man lazy and Indifferent to life
wanted TO lie down and die.
1T was a hard task sometimes to get
them on their feet and move them for
ward, and It was an ungratefuI task also.
Sometimes when I would aid some starv-
ing family, supply them with mule or
two, 10 help them into the settlement, l
would come back in a short time TO find
them still there. idly subsisting on the
rations I had furnished At first, you
know, these Immigrants had organized
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protest Perhaps at seventy-one It is time
to make way for the younger men"
It was while in Chicago that Gen.
Rucker became the father-in-law Of Gen.
PHI Sheridan. He had met him first IN
St Louis, where Sheridan had been sent
TO relieve Gen. Sherman on that officers
promotion. Afterward, in Chicago. he was
attached TO Phil Sheridan's staff. and
thus it was that the grizzled soldier was
thrown into contact with pretty eighteen
year-old Irene Rucker just fresh from
the convent. They were married in Chi
cago in June. 1915. and Il WAS happy
marriage The great Chicago fire caught
Gen. Rucker and his family in its dis
aster- We lost all that we had, all my
souvenirs. and my furniture my papers,
and all. In those days he says, Il was
rather particular about my shoes. I
used to have number OF pairs OF them
on a neat rack. When the fire came, we
had no time to dress properly, and in my
haste I rushed in to get a pair of shoes,
and it was just my Iuck-I seized hold OF
the worst pair In the rack. The rest of
them went up in smoke
These are only some few OF the indi-
dents Of forty-ive years Of service that
ne
life Of Gen. Rueker has been crowded
with adventure and incident, but the old
gentleman, who no longer seeks the
bubble reputation, even at the cannon's
mouth" does not care much to set down
photographed details. It will need
some one other than the general ftly
to record tho deeds Of those forty.fiVe
years, for. as Smollet, so truly says:
Tu-,s ns.-.-. -.
To vault her prowess IN a storm Of words
And to the valiant. actions speak aloud.
Through numberIess brushes" with the
Indians, through heavy fighting In the
Mexican war, Gen. Rucker passed un-
sCathed. He was never wounded. More
than that, in all Of the forty-five years
of his service, he declares he was never
I'll day; that his record will show that
his name was not even once entered on
the sick-list. Mine has been a fortunate
life" he says, as he casts his mind back
into the past. 4 have had to work hard
all my life, but I have enjoyed it much.
I have never known what II was to take
trip or an added luxury without having
seriously 10 count the cost OF it, but per-
haps the luxury thus won came with an
added zest- have lived frugaIly and
plainly, reared a family, and now I sit
here under my own TOOftreo-the houun
bought By my beloved mother.
Honesty is the great thing in this life:
honesty to the world and honesty 70
ones self. There is no comfort, no happi-
ness in the world comparable to that of
being able to face the future, knowing
that you have lived so that the slate Is
fairly clean. To be honest, to do your
work fairly, and with all your might
that il is, to live
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A PHONY TENNYsoS-

Break break, break,
Ny phone connections-See?
And ! would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
Oh, well for the telephone Eirl
That she's only IN reach Of my shout;
Oh. well for the manager. 100.
That bis les cannot be found out.
And the damnabls breaks 90 on,
To the ruin Of business hopes;
But obi for a chance TO revenge myself
On the telephone central dopesl
Break. break, break
And I rave most bootlesslyl
But the tender grace of a placid mind
Win never come back to me
New York Mail
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Harry Thurston Peck's Twenty Years
Of the Republic which ran as a serial
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Where Plutocrats Are 1ndi.nensnhIs

~ fICEe FIuIOcFilts Are IndIsDensabIe.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
When the trusts" have been demolished
and the fortunes Of the Plutocrats cut
down to 'iTreducibIe minimuns' by in
heTltance taxes and other expedients, un-
dergOing fermentation IN the President s
mind. where viii the United States secure
persons equipped properly to be am
bassadOrs?
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4 YeueIal4c aspect
Age sits with decent grace upon his visage.
And worthily becomes his silver locks;
He wears the marks Of many years well spent.
OF virtue, truth vel tried. and wise experience.
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DAYS OF YORE.
Oh happy DAYS!

Oh. happy DAYS!
Oh. perfumed nightsl
Oh. childish, simple,
Sweet deliqhtsi
The deWy morn.
Tho midday bliss,
The laughing dad.
The sneary kiss.
The pumpkin pie.
Salt-risin' bread!
The Ways with fallen
Brown leaves sppadI
The plenty days.
The days Ct gleel
The autumn days
That used to bel
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It is. not so astonishing that people who
have absolutely not the remotest Idea Of
the rudIments Of poetry will insist on try
ing 70 write verse as It IS that there are
always to be found publishers to send
forth these slim volumes. printed IN good.
clear type on a fine quality Of paper and
with some pretensions as 20 binding. such
a book has Just come from the press Of
Richard G. Badger, Of Boston, and, so far
as outward seeming goes. it is worthy Of
the poems OF Swinburne or Tennyson. The
poet in this case IS Clara Ophelia Bland.
Instead Of. like the other Ophelia. picking
rosemary that's for remembrance, Miss
Opheua Bland viii some day wish that
there were some herb she could pick that
would help her TO forget it. She calls her
book Songs from the Capital" and for
fear. presumably. Cf plagiarism, ''all rights
are reserved" The second poem" in the
book IS called Alabama. It does not
refer to the State. but to the play Of that
name, which Ophelia says viii Haunt me
where e'er I 60" The poem goes on TO
describe the moving Incidents OF the
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
THE WORLD OF BOOKS
BY HECTOR FULLER.

win chOhr all and
arc small account to Carlyle and Worship"
The Washington herald., 1906-11-25

A London book that is attracting a
deal of attention is called "St stephens
in the Fifties," and Justin Mccarthy has
written an introduction to it. in which
he says that the volume is a living pic
ture Of political scenes, events, and per
cons. Mr. Mccarthy Is well qualified to
speak on the subject, because most Of the
scenes. events. and persons" ne has had
personal knowledge Of The author OF
the work is the late z. NJ. Wilton. and
one of the interesting passages describes
ho~ the Hon. ". z Gladstone delivered
a famous speech on the budget. talking
for FIVE hours without a single omission or
mistake Yet" says Mr.. Wilton.
Gladstone took It all quietly and as a
matter of course probably mentioning to
Mrs. Gladstone. when he got home. as
the reason for his being rather tired that
he had been saying a few words that
evening My belief is" continues Mr..
Eihitton, that had there been no clock
in the house he would talked on for q
week"
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

lbip q q supject q gresF Eg0's'''9 ~a'''-'-l
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

From all parts of che 9th dis
trict come calls for Hon j. H.
Holes, of this city, to become "a
candidate for the nomination for
Congress ON the Republican tick
ct in this district, If he shall
consent to the uie of his name
and he shall bc nominated, it will
be a tower of strength TO the
party and his ability to argue
the questions of the campaign
on the stump, is not doubted by
anyone who knows him. His
personal popularity at home and
his recognized ability in other
parts of the district gives assur-
ance that his candidacy, if he
consents to run, will be an eN-
peptionally strong one BY nom
mating a man able TO handle the
questions of policy and to advo-
cate the principles of the party,
is. above all things, what the par
ty needs i'm this district
Mr.. Hales has all the requisites
of an ideal candidate. He car
ries "A labor badge that will 90
with him to the grave in his one
arm lost as a son of toll. His
pleasant personal bearing, his
equable temperament points him
out as just the man To be the Re
publican standard bearer i'm the
sixth district this year. We
have known him for twenty years
and his personal integrity, his
private life and his public ctarac-
ter are an open book without
blot or blemish on any page.
Such men as these the party
wants and should have this year.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12
KEITH

Mr. Ia Goodeu. al the New Home
mines, wus la our burg Thursday.
DR. Lancaster paid a professional
visit 70 Keith last Tuesday 20 rte
Miss Lizzie King
j. A. BORON went 60 Appleton
city Wednesday, Dee viii ALSO go Ia
Clinton ON ushort visit ere returning
home.
A public sale is announced Tor our
burg this week. so the candidates
viii bee here shaking hands.
We are teastlng out our way now
ou greens and c%orubread.
Mr.. and Mrs. win Klzcr OF New
Home called at Mrs. Hocpcr's last
Sunday.
r. J. McCulloch has been busy the
past week plasterlug md papering
his house. Took "a loy-on Saturday
and wenc To Butler ou business.
Keith school CLOSES the 18th. good
Friday. There is also "a public sale
at j. King aud we want to makc
garden, aud as we can't attend all
We may conclude TO go To Rich i'm
shopping. We havn't uccn there for
Iyer two months.
So many OF us women went 60 ser
du Zen Rand Monday, that we are
sur Sen would liked to hayu gone
To- town II he hadn't commenced
farming that morning.
J.. II. BORON spent about u week
looking for help to farm, and after
he found "A clerk thcrc was half a
dozcr on hand sunday.
About % peck Of broken eggs lying
% "a pile 10y the roadside and every
urmUrs wife we have seen denies
.piliing them. Wonder why SHE
ldn't take them on 20 town aud
eel them for scrambled eggs.
Mrs. Anna King and daughters
.izzie and Emma, and son VIII.
uOycd 20 the vicinity at New Home
nst week. They are excellent peO-
pie ana our loss Is New Homes gnin
Most of Gabc's friends will be- glad
when the May primary Is over, as he
$40 have more time 20 write But
then he Will have "a hustle 20 beat
some Republican.
Emmett Mclaughlin was reelected
/ chunl director at Keith Tuesday.
A Mr. Ne Is "a bachelor some Of his
riends claim Il just suits him 90
have the young ladies calling ON him
20 see about the school. lie mo-
doubt would like 20 hire an of them.
SUNSHINE.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12
Error In Socialism.

Two of the leading socialists
i'm Germany are reported Ia have
lately visited Tolstoi. Their mis-.
sion was to ask this sage his opin
ion Of the tenets Of socialism and
whether ne though it holds a pan.
acea for the worlds ills. Tolstoi
replied: "You socialists have
completely separated yourselves
from Nature. just look for a
moment at Nature and see how
all things are developed gradual,
ly. Look at a flower, for exam
pie, and observe how the seed
seeks suitable soil to lie in, how
the seed grows, the leaves come
forth and the beautiful flower
bursts out. But with you so
cialists, it is different. You want
everything 10 come TO you at
once. You have squeezed your
selves into the towns and crowd
ed the factories 70 overfowing,
and then out of the fog Of agita.
ton you have created you think
you can rcvolutionize the whole
scheme of life. You never have
a thought for the tillers of the
soil, and yet it is in them that
rests all of the power You cannot
wrcst from Nature. Give the
peasants land and libcratc their
work from the faint of slavery;
then you may hope to transform
life, but never before Then you
will be better men and your
work will be on a noblcr plane. %
These words of the Russian
sage apply equally well to all the
50 called modern reforms. Mush
rooms grow in night but thu
oak takes the storms of centu
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12
WILLOW GROVE.

Such beautiful spring weather.
Birds are singing, bees are cumming
trees are blooming. aud gardens are
coming up. Makes it seem as il this
old world was not such a bad place
to be in after all.
Miss Nettie Yoakum, Of the north
end. is quite sick.
Master Reuvley Martin visited at
his Uncle win Caswell's. near the
shelters, sunday.
Mrs. Abe TOurtnout was AN early
morning caller in Rich nm Monday.
Miss Iona Grisgs school at Keith
closes Friday of this week.
Harley Houghton and wife. and
Emery H~Uughton. OF Pittsburg,
Kansas. arr visiting their parents
here tins week The boys are build
ing a good substantial ccller during
their stay here,
VIII Duhicld and family, formerly
OF this city. returned from Washing
ton Monday.
Jim Louder was in town Monday.
Earl Towards two daughters are
still near deaths door with pncu-
molia. The family have the sympa-
thy Of the entire ncighborhood In
their attliction.
The pie social at Ecavlcy church
Thursday night was a succrss So
ciaIly and financially. quite a neat
little sum was raised for the benefit
of the suffering Japs
Prof. MaNcy closed "a successful
term Of school at Reavley Friday.
Dinner was served and the program
IS good Prof. MaNcy's address
Willow GrOvitc~ arc going to pick
geese to murrow, Wednesday. Pity
us, everybody, there arr forty OF
them. Wish there wus such % thing
ne goose picking becs. Ne surt
would send out lots ot Invitations.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12
.stricuy Along Legal Lines

We shall make little effort to
dispute the facts established by
Mr.. Hadley. Our aim will be to
show that, while the conditions
shown by him exist, there has
been no violation Of the laws.
Our battle will be strictly along
legal ines.-Frank Hagerman,
Attorney for Standard Oil.
Obviously. it would be folly to
dispute the facts established by
Mr.. Hadley. Naturally, too,
there is no defense left except
that which lies strictly along
legal lines" In other words,
the moral issues, the spirit of
the law, public sentiment, right
and wrong, will not enter into
the plans of the corporation law
yers in dealing with this case,
now that il is TO be taken mp by
the Supreme court On the eyi.
dence secured by Hadloy in New
York, Cleveland, st, Louis and
elsewhere.
The trusts and the officials of
the trusts do not rely much on
the protection of the law except
so far as purely technical con
structions of the statutes can be
brought 10 bear in their favor.
So long as there is "a way out, so
long as there are lawyers and
Judges 10 show that way, just so
long a majority of the flesh and
blood" officials of corporations
are willing TO take chances with
the spirit Of the law and the pub
lie sentiment that supports that
spirit. But it is believed that
both the spirit and the letter of
the law will hold against Mr..
Hagerman's powerful client
i. c. Times.
IL is just such proceedings
strictly along legal lines" that
Is the father of the mob spirit
and produces the Doodle and
graft manifested in the expo
sures Of the past few months.
This is what is bringing our
courts INTO contempt and caus-
ing the sharp sllrewd lawyers OF
the country 10 be regarded as
smootlie swindlsrs aud the allies
Of al sorts aud kinds VI coFgup'
b. the people
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

Yes. we have been telling the
people for some years past that
in ten or twelve years more, the
Republican party would be the
defenders of the doctrine of
states rights, and 50 they will.
Not the Democratic brand of
States rights however, but the
real old genuine Republican
brand. Who are now bowling
most loudly FOR government reg
ulation of railroads: Democrats.
Who howled most Justify for the
government to step in and save
the south from the yellow fever
plague. Democrats Of the most
ultra Calhoun stripe. Who be
Gan to demand government reg
ulation of the insurance bust
ness Democrats. Who have
stepped in and spiked this gun:
Republicans.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

The Republican congressional
committee met at Fl Dorado
Springs last Thursday and trans
acted the usual routine business
of a first meeting FOR the cam
paign. The most important item
of business was the calling of
the convention. IL was decided
TO issue call for Thursday, June
21st, 1906. The place Of meeting
TO be Rich Hill. The number Of
delegates to which Bates county
will be entitled will be ten.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

Clump Clarks new word jow
cring is as old as civilization in
his native hills in Kentucky. We
heard the word rs long ago as
we can remember, and is not an
uncommon expression in the hills
along both sides of the Ohio river
in Kentucky and Indiana among
the Kentuckians and their de
scendants. But let Champ have
all the glory there is in first us
ing il in the halls of Congress
where those eastern fellows
know so little of the common
usage of the common language
of the common people. Champ
will not find the word in the die
tionary, nor in Shakespeare, nor
in Chaucer, nor any where else
except i'm the usage of language
in the hills of Kentucky along the
Ohio river. It's a native of Ken.
lucky and like all Kentucky pro
ducts, proud of its origin.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12
ALL TALK

There has been a good deal of
talk about State Chairman Ncid
ringhaus corrupt agreement
with the beer barons during the
last campaign. If anyone had an
opportunity to know the inside
facts of the doingS of the State
Committee it was the editor Of
the Missouri State Republican.
What he says about such a mat.
ter ought to settle the question
with fair minded people. Here
is what he says in a late issue of
his paper:
Nobody will accuse rs Of un.
dying devotion to Neidringhaus.
At the same time, we appreciate
every mans obligation to be fair,
even if it appears that in being
fair one befriends "a foe. With
the personal side the public has
little to do and cares less. With
the public side, the people are
very much concerned. II has
been openly charged that Med
ringhaus made a corrupt agree
ment with the beer barons." If
such an agreement was made, we
certainly would have known it.
None was in a better position to
know the facts. And we a say
positively, truthfully and advised
ly that even an intimation that a
corrupt agreement" was made,
as stated, is not a statement of
the truth, or anything like the
truth. In justice 10 both Tom
I Niedringhaus and such of the
brewers as he and the state com
mittee's Representatives met, we
are willing 10 take oath that we
have no knowledge of amy cor
rupt agreement, or amy other
agreement. As we have said be
fore, we think that a gross in
Justice has been done Adolphus
Busch Instead of being criti
cised and outrageously reflected
upon, he should be landed for
having been one of the few mil.
] lionaires OF the nation to so gen
erOusly contribute 10 the election
Of Theodore Roosevelt the pee
pies choice. And right here il
where so many are making q sc
rious mistake. 1t isl not so much
q question Of what campaign con
tributions are made as what use
IS made Of them.
1T they are employed 20 elect
unworthy public officials. TO be-.
tray the people, in the interest
of selfish corporations, then the
party guilty of such conduct
should be repudiated by the PEG.
pie. In the absence of any proof
whatever that money contributed
TO the Republican campaign fund
through Chairman Niedringhaus
was used for questionable pur.
poses, the Republican party
claims It's right to public appro.
baton and believes il enjoys Il in
the largest degree. II the PEG.
pie are not satisfied with the
election of Theodore Roosevelt,
Herbert s. Hadley and other such
Republicans, We are very much
mistaken. AZ any rate Missuu.
ri Republicans arc willing "
submit this question 70 the PEG,
ple IA the polia. 2
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

ries. The French revolution
ceased with the storming of the
Bastilc. The American reyolu
ton was Un onward event of
years. The one left it's adherents
drunk with power and success,
the other left it's promoters sane
and sincere.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

Some one says, THAT Norman
h. Mack, Democratic National
Committeeman for New York,
puts butter ON his pie" which
shows that Norman +. Mack
knows what is good if he eats APP
pie pie.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

Il is said that JOhan Most 3
last printed words were TO hell
law" Possibly he did.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

The next Annual Conference
of the NJ. H. Church will be held
in the city of Clinton
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12

TRAINS pEPAkT,
No. i4i, Passenger, 20 p. m
No. l5i, Mixed ............... 400 p. m,
TRAINS ARittNE
no. l43, Passenger. ......,. 800 y. M.
No, lll, Mixed .."...... 300 "a. no.
No. li4 connects az pleasantun
with dag trains north aud south
NC. I5i connects az FleasantOn
with fast trains for TeNas ana Ok
lahuain points, und for Memphis
aud thc southeast also With focal
passenger for kansas city, arriving
at KauBas city 1850 y m
q. y, cosoySr, asst
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12
FIFTY CENTS

IN some conditions the
gain from the use
Of SCOTS Emulsion IS
very rapid. For this
reason we put up a
Gfty-cent size. which is
enough for an ordinary
cough'or cold or useful
as a trial for babies
and children. In other
conditions the gain is
slower health cannot
be built up in a day.
In such cases SCOTS
Emulsion must be taken
as nourishment, a food
rather than a medicine.
It's a food for tired and
weak dissstlons.
ssnd Coz irse sample
Scott & Bovine. 800 as Ps.d s
CkemirfB NtH iofh
soc sndstpp AZ diusElsis
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-04-12
Frisco Time Table

10 eNect November 10, 1905,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-02-21
SENSATIONAL
Detective Claims to Have Evidence That Numerous Mur
.. defs Of Recent Years Can Be Laid at 49,
Door Of Miners Union

fellows thought that It was so long ago
that had broken up the Molly Ma
gslires that must now be in my dot
age. They were not afraid of me- But
there is a weak spot In every wall,
especially such one as that upon
which the Western Federation was
founded, and that weak spot found.
II will cost Meyer, Haywood and Pet:
tibone and as many others their lives.'
Mcfarland claims to have positive
evidence that members Of the Western
Federation planned and carried out
the assassination of Detective Lyle
Gregory, killed nysteriously in West
Denver two years ago; Of Martin Glea-
son, superinten dent Of the Wild Horse
mine at Cripple Creek, who was
thrown doWnsa shaft; Of Arthur Col
Inns, superintendent Of the Smuggier-
Union mine at Telluride, who was shot
from ambush; Of the killing of four
teen men in the explosion at the indie
peEdence depot near Cripple Creek
June 6, 1904; of the murder Of Martin
B. VALLEY, who was killed last sum
mer by an explosion in this city, and
of other murders. $:sg.a al y. 5. Il,