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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

.r.:".'al Lees first thought was for the
comfort of his men. He remarked to
Gen 'ral Grant that they had been liv-
in% for the last few days principally
upon parChed corn and were badly In
need Of ratlons. When Grant immedi-
ately suggested the sending of 2J.0G0
"atlons to tn" surrendered soldiers.
Lees countenance showed that he felt
greatly relieved
General Lee possessed the stole de-
Votion tn duty of Spartan mother.
The charge of nepotism never could
he laid against him He had three
sons In the army. two Of them generals
and the other captain. At one tim"
President Jefferson Davis thought of
sending General Lee to command the
western army. The leaders, son, Cen
"ral Custis Lee, was then on the per-
sonal staff of President Davis. The
latter held young Lee in such high re
gard as a soldier that he decided to
appoint him to succeed his father il
command of the Army of Northern Nir-
gina. He instructed another officer to
visit General Robert +. Lee and ask
him to assign General Gusts Lee to
that command. The old chieftain re
piled:
II am very much obliged to Mr. Da-
Wis for his high opinion Of Custis Lee,
but he is an untried man IN the field,
and cannot appoint him to that com.
mand. | cannot pass by my tried Otft.
a.,
paratively new man, especially when
that man Is my own son. Mr., Davis
can make the assignment II he thinks
proper. | certainly shall not do So"
\ Federal general was confined in
Libby prison. At the same time Gen.
cral w. H. f, Lee, another son OF the
commander, was a prisoner Of war at
Fortress Monroe, having been captured
by the Fedcrals while lying Mt his
home severely wounded. The Federal
general conceived the idea OF having
himself exchanged for the young Con
federate. but General Lee declined to
ask any favor for his own son that he
could not ask for the humblest soldier
| In his army.
| During the battle of Gettysburg Cen
eral Lee turned aside a moment from
pressing duties to rebuke an officer
who was beating an unruly horse. On
a train near Richmond private Con-
fedcrate soldier with wounded arm
in sling on cold day was trying
vainly to put on his overcoat, using his
! teeth to aid his one good arm. An Of
| ficer stepped forward from the other
end of the car and helped the wounded
man put on his coat. then buttoned 1t
around him, The officer was Lee,
Hundreds of such stories are told.
He was the soul Of courtesy and con-
sideration. Unbiased writer's and ora
/ tors have named him with Sir Philip
, Sidney His place in history as a sol
| der Is secure, while It cannot be
doubted that in his own native state Of
/ Virginia. which he defended to his Ut,
most strength and deserted not in the
hour of her adversely, he shares with
that other great Vlrginlan to whom he
was related by MARRIAGE the honor Of
being first In the hearts of his people.
ROBERTUS LOVE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

entire career. 1t shaped his ca~c,".
cup tai Of the Tni,cl States, On the
other 81 t. was thr home Of Lee There
also lHy Virginia. Lee mig I ha- e led
the Federal armies against the south.
but he elected to stay with Virginia
brcaUSc in his view that was the hon
crab e course
At this late day it is useless to dis
rusS Lee as a general All the world
knows how he withStool the lcg.ouS
of the north and how nobIy he arquit.
ted himself as commander. Leaving
aside all consideration of war issues
1t is appropriate. in view of the Lee
centennial. II con Sir,cr HIM bric',y as Il
man, After ali, it is the man that men
remember and revere rather than the
II. taly commander. MelSu 'cl by
this gauge, Napoleon, Frederick the
Great and other famous ncrals fall
so far below Lee that 1t is an insult to
his memory for them to be mcntioncl
in any spirit of patronizing compari-
son with h m.
Five months after tn" surrender Of
his army ut AppomattoX General Lee
assumed the presidency of Washington
college ut Il salary of $4,000 yrd'.
Like thousands of other we'll to do
SouthrrocrS. the war had Impoverished
him His beautiful and historic es-
tatcs were lost. He belonged by birth
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19
w HOLE NuMnrn 1897
4 Brig ht Recruit.

Lieutenant examining Soldierr-What
should you do if You met an enemy on
the field of battle;
Soldier Shoot him dead S.r.
Lieutenant Right And what should
you do if you met Il whole battalion of
the enemy
Soldier Shoot them dr' !. sir
Lieutenant You couldn't ly Yourself
lou should fan back and give warming
What should you do if ypu met II cow
belonging to the enemy
Soldier Shoot it dead, sir
Lieutenant Wrong
Soldicr-Fall back and give warning.
sir.
Lieutenant Wron% again You should
catch hold Of it 10y the horns and bring
ii into camp. Now tell me what you
should do if You met me in the field.
Soldier Shoot you dead. sir
Lieutenant Rubbish. I'm not an en-
envy. | wear the same uniform as
you do.
Soldier Fan back and give warming
Lieutenant Wrong. stupid, I'm not
battalion of the enemy.
Soldier Well. then. I'd catch hold of
you by the horns and lead you into
camp.
Lieutenant You
-Lustigc Blatter
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19
Fish Sold Alive.

FlcuSburg, a seaport town on the east
coast of SchcSwiG lIuIStCin. has an eX-
ccllent system of bringing to port fish
which are intended for immediate CON
sumption. instead of packing the fish
in the hUH of the vessel the fishermen
use flat, oblong boxes. drilled with
holes to allow free access of water and
into these the live fish are placed as
soon as caught and are toWcd under
water by this means the fish are kept
alive until the harbor is reached, and
they arc then taken ont of the boxes
and sold alive on the quay, so that
ther" can he no uurStiDn as to their
abSJ.:e fire. hncSS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

Ole Peterson, one of die most ardent
advocates OF SoDd roads in Minnesota
IS making Il strenuous effort to arouse
III" people to Su pot the proposed con
StitUtional amendment, to be voted on
in November, empowering the state
legislature to make Il direct tax levy
for road purposes, says the Good
Roads Magazine. In discussing state
MD he recently said: You will find
that fro:l 40 to ~ per cent of the tax
able property of the state is in city
and village property. and think it no
more than just and proper that this
4 DrtiOa Of wealth should be taxed in
connection with other property in the
state for the benefit of better country
roads. The citizens of rural districts
should be thoroughly cQnVorSant with
these facts. in order that they may
fully realize the benefit of state aid
and that they may better appreciate
the Importance of the proDDSel amend
meut, lf It Is adopted the legislature
an levy one-fOurth of Il mlll. and that
quarter of mill will build some nice
tretcheS of highway"
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GENERAL ROBERT E LEE FROM HIS LAST PHoToGRAPH

of an insurance company. He preferred
to remain ut Lexington on his small
salary.
The Washington college board built
residence for the occupancy of the
PRESIDENT. making tn" appropriation
without the knowledge of Lee, and
after the house was built they sent to
Mrs. Lee Il deed to the property, also
settling upon her an annuity of $4,000,
General Lee, in his wifes behalf, wrote
a letter declining the gift. He had
acted similarly during the war when 1t
was proposed 10 donate IL house To him
in Richmond. He advised that any
funds that had been raised for the pur.
pose should he turned over to the aid
of the sick and wounded OF go toward
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

take up arms against his state, his
home and his children" He resigned
from the United States army and was
made commander in chief of the Nir-
ginla forces. A little later he became
one of the five full generals of the
Confederacy and finally commander in
chief of all the southern forces. In the
fall Of 1863 he became president OF
Washington college, now Washington
and Lee university, at Lexington, Va,
remaining in that position until his
death, Oct. II, 1870.
Lee was always VlrginIan, He
never lived anywhere else except when
absent necessarily on military duty.
His lifelong devotion to his native
state was the strongest motive In his
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

No English novelist rests in Il more
eccentric spot than that chosen by
Robert Louis Stevenson, who is buried
on the summit of the forest clad Naila,
in the island of Samoa. The day after
his death at Nailima in lS9l. his re.
mains We're carried t. the top of this
prrcipitoUS ana picturesque peak by
sixty sturdy SamOaus who had loved
and now mOurncd their dead chief,
Tusitula. y party of forty had pre-
vipuSly cut pathway through the
thick, tangled wood with knives and
axes, while another party had pre-
pared the grave With infinite care
and trouble they bore him shoulder
high over the rough ground to his last
long home, and there. under the starry
sky, they left him to sleep forever. with
the Pacific Ht his feet On either side
of his tombstone is II bronze plate.
One bears the Words "rhr Tomb of
TuSitula," while the other is inscribed
with his own requiem. beginning:
Under the wide and starry sky
Dig the gray, and let mo lie
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T1HF announcement


on the 10th of january to OBJ
serve the one hundredth birth
day anniversary of General
Robert +. Lee makes the American
civil war seem almost like ancient his
tory to the generation now growing
up. General Lee, however, was one of
the oldest leaders on either side of
that conflict. He was sixteen years
the senior of General Grant Stone
wall Jackson. his own great lieutenant
and next to Lee the most beloved Of
southern generals, was seventeen years
his Junior.
General Lee, not alone by virtue of
his years and his gray hairs, but also
by reason of his soliCitude and kiudli-
ness. was n father to the southern
forces. History. wherever written. re
cords Robert Edward Lee as the per
feet flower of southern chivalry. Gen
erals who opposed him in battle have
been glad to pay tribute to his knight
ly honor his unassuming dignity and
his simple manliness; also they have
agreed with European and American
authorities in assigning him to n place
among the greatest soldiers in history.
General Lee was born at Stratford.
Westmoreland county. Va. Jan. 10.
1907. He entered West Point in 1S25
and was graduated second in his class
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

to the HrlStocraCy of Virginia. Some
time after he became president of the
college the board of trustees desired to
raise his salary, the efforts of Lee hay
ing largely increased the efficiency of
the instruction and tho attendance of
students Lee firmly declined the in
crease, saying:
My salary is as large as the college
ought to p g."
General John II. Gordon was sent to
offer him the presidency of II southern
Insurance company ut Il salary of $40
600 Il year. He declined on the ground
that he knew nothing about the inSur=
ance business and could not earn the
salary ana that his duty lay In remain.
ing at the head of the college. Anpth-
er person offered him large salary
for the use Of his name" as head of u
corporation, hut General Lee emphat.
ically made II known that he would
accept no money for services which he
did not render. Later he was offered
S50Oo0 n year to take the presidency
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

Some pleasure steamers on the Eng
Iish coast employ Il very good idea in
connection with few of their deck
chairs. They are really air tight
boxes tD which Il back ana sides have
been added. They stand back to back
in the middle of the deck and are kept
together 10y means of piece of wood
across the top. When this is removed
the seats can be opened on hinges If
the vessel got wrecked the seats could
be opened and flung overheard, ana
they would form n buoyamt raft for
passengers to cling to. London Mail.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19
HOW TO USE A DRAG.
Some Points on Improving IA High
vny by tic King Hcthod.

An Illinois .%hway cpmui ssion has
j's"cl h':lletu Oh ,h' sp,it Ies;. or
k.A IA. Tl.cl con -.HS these in
street. $ f'r it r'aHIr"lat.on;
Make Il light Gra@, viii is haulcl
pTc" t&r ro2l at ~ an, :, 81 that a
-. I'll amount Of carth Is ls,is.!cl to the
''cHtrr of the r'&l.
Drive the t. IN ut a walk.
re on the drag: do not walk along
IA In ut one sic Of the rpld or
',. II track, returning W the opposite
,i-l.
bag the road as SOFA after every
r'tH as POS IL. lat not hen the mul
is in such II condition as to stick to the
d:'".
i. - rot drag dry rold
I'r:g w'.eue.e" possible at all sea
soHS o. the year. If Il road ls dragged
i'm" ".liat"ly before cola spell 1t will
."''.e In Il SmDuth condition,
The width of Travelled way to be
".1intlincl r.? the drl: $ oild be from
'-.ltccn to twenty feet. First drag Il
l''lr moro than the width of a single
wh"nl trac.,, then sr2!nally increase
"It:l the desired width is served
Al"ayS GraG Il little earth toward the
cntr" of the road until it is raised
from ten to twelve inches above the
""gcs Of tie travelled way
The amD;nt of earth that the drag
will carry along can be very consider
a ly controlled by the driver, accord
in%!y as he stands near the cutting
end or away from it.
Wien the roads are first dragged
after very muddy spell the wagons
*horll drive, If possible. to one side
until the roadway has chance to
freeze or partially dry ont,
The best results from dragging are
obtained only by repeated applications.
Remember that constant attention Is
"".N Sary to l.alntaln an earth road In
itS lest COnCitiOn
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19
MOtorists to Improve Nonds,

Eold Improvement wlth the motor
,s'S themselves as tn cricf contribu-
tors TO The road huilGil: fund Is under
consideration in Great Hrtlln The
London Chamror % commerce has
taken the initiative In movement to
establish n central governmental high
lay department. This department
would have Jurisdiction over the trunk
hichways. Automobile users in Eng
lan@ already contribute nearly 100000
yearly I'm taxes ana il is desired by the
chHml"r nf O. ''nc""n that this sum
sho"lb hn directly applied to the use
Of t. hi. hNay department
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

In order to judge of the inside of
others study your own for men in gen
eral are very much alike and though
one has one prevailing passion and an
other has another, yet their operations
are much the same, and whatever en-
cages or disgusts, pleases or Offends
you in others will engage. disgust,
please or offend others in you.-Ches-
terfinll
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

"Flntman, hear ypu were arrested
the other day for insulting and brow
beating a janitor. How did you come
out?"
Il was tried for it and acquitted"
"On the ground that it was justifi-
able?"
mo; the jury couldn't he made to
believe such Il thing was pOSsble."-
Chicago Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

KnOx-It seems that Graphter's ac-
quantanceS are all very shrewd peO-
pie. jerks Did he tell you that?
KnOX-He implied as much. lie an
nounced the other day that he doesn't
owe anybody a dollar. - Philadelphia
Ledger
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

"Yes, dear, | was married last month.
I'd like you to call on me and see the
pretty little fiat have"
I've seen him. my dcar"-Life.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19
XaIue of Concrete sidernIks.

The borough surveyor of Yarmouth,
England. reported officially that there
were seventy miles of concrete side
walks in the town, some of which had
been made In 1859 and presented no
signs 0f wearing.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

Every being that can live can do
something This let him do Carlyle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

- In at one sic Of the road or
=. II track, returning W the opposite
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

on the 10Th of january to oh
serve the one hundredth birth
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-01-19

Dag The road as SOFA after every
r'tH as POS si'H. l;-t not hen the mul
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Somerset County OPaJ 'Phone...,..No. /
The Washington herald., 1907-04-13

that time and again President Roosevelt
led The applause, and at the conclusion Of
the distinguished elergyman's speech the
President was the first to grasp him by
the hand and congratulate him.
A moment Of silence. a brief prayer by
the chaplain who had spoken the invoea-
tlon, and then, just as the sun burst out
as If to add a touch of heavens glory 70
the occasion and lift the gloom of solemn
clouds that had been hanging heavily so
long a bugle note rang shrill and clear.
sounding TAPS" the soldiers last sad
goodnight And as the last wailing note
Of the bugIe died away. from the right
flank there came the savage report Of a
field gun to be followed az intervals by
twenty others-the Presidents salute, as
the President was leaving the stand.
IIoarse came the cry. Right about face;
fours. march," The infantry marched
away with steady tread. the cavalry
wheeled with flashing ssbers and trotted
away; across the green grass the specta-
tors hurried toward their homes; the Pres
ident's carriage dashed homeward. The
stands were deserted, and the dying sun
light fell with beautiful significance upon
the tal rugged granite monument that
win stand 20 tie memory Of the brave
Rough Riders for years and years 70 come.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-13
PEACE DELEGATES SELECTED.
American representatives nt second
Hague Conference Announced.

American representatives ns Second
Hague Conference Announced.
Announcement was made at the State
Department yesterday of the personnel
OF the United States delegates to the
second Hague peace conference, which
meets at The Hague on June Is, at the
suggestion of Russia. and upon invita-
ton Of the government of Holland.
The delegates are Joseph II, Choate,
former Ambassador 10 the Court of st.
James; Gen. Horace Porter. former
Ambassador to France; L. NJ. Rose. Of
Arkansas. former president of the
American Bar Association, and now
president of the Arkansas Bar Associa-
tion: David Jayne HILL United States
Minister 10 the Netherlands, and for
merly professor of international law at
Rochester University and former As
sistant Secretary of State. Brig. Gen
George b. Davis. judge advocate gen
eral, L. S. A., and former professor of
international law at the United States
Military Academy; Rear Admiral
Charles S. sperry, L. s n, president of
the Naval War College; William l.
Buchanan, former Minister to Argen-
tina and to Panama, and chairman Of
the American delegation to the Rio con-
ference.
The secretary to the delegation is
Chandler Hale. son of Senator Hale, of
Maine. ana former secretary of the
United States Embassy at Vienna; eX-
pert IN interna tfonaI law, James Brown
Scott. solicitor for the State Depart
ment: expert attache, Charles Henry
Butler reporter of the United States
Supreme Court
The delegation viii leave New York
for The Hague about May 15.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-13
PARAGRAPHS FROM PRESIDENTS SPEECH.

regard breads the inevitable death in
so worthy fashion IN battle for his country
Arrogance and envy different qualities
think American pretty good fellow think his
wife an fellow.
Wage all public abuses strive nightly for reforms but
begin by being good your own home
You be Of real the state if the Of
have live to him.
Of his family who is htless who
mind houghess toward his wife his
children is not. and possibly be a good citizen
Dus above all other the who seeks make udg
upon your upon ground be-
you and them
favor them discriminate
against they well off well because they
occupy position another because they of the
country another they profess
The Washington herald., 1907-04-13
CAPT. MITCHELL COMPLAINS.
Thinks Spanish Veterans Were Not
Properly Treated at Arlington.

Capt. J. Walter Mitchell. commanding
the Spanish War Veterans of the District
Of Columbia, Virginia, and Delaware.
telephoned The Washington Herald last
night and expressed the desire 10 let it
be known that he had driven away from
Arlington yesterday while the ceremonies
attending the unwilling of the Rough
Riders monument were in progress be-
cause OF the manner in which he and the
delegation of Spanish War Veterans had
BEEN treated by those conducting the af-
fair.
Capt. Mitchell declares that he and his
men were treated in a most unsoIdierly
manner, and practically ignored, no inter-
est being shown by those in charge
toward finding d place for the detach-
ment along with the other military or
ganizations represented
According to Capt Mitchell. all efforts
TO arouse Gen Harries to assist the
vets TO find a prominent place to view
the ceremonies were unavalling, and that
finally he, Capt Mitchell became SO dis
gdsted at the treatment he was receiving
that he disbanded his command and left
the grounds. lie said last night that his
delegation. $50 strong, was forced 10 stand
IN the midst of a crowd of spectators, who
iostled and jammed about them so as to
make it impossible for them to preserve
military order.
The Washington herald., 1907-04-13
DIED.

BUokLEf-on THURSDAY. April u. 1907. at 40 D.
H., BESSIE Z. BUCKLEY. tuec Dedsanl be-
loved wife # Edpard T. Buckley
Funeral from her late residence 1919 Faur.and-s-
ban street southwest, Monday April IS a. Ia
thence 80 s.. Vincent d. Paui Church where a
mass q requiem siil be offered for the repo5a of
her soul.
DATIDGE- Departed this li-e Thursday morning
April u. 1907. az ls8 ac.ack. JULIA ~
GRAHAM beloved mother Of George Richard
aBd Cassie Daviase, Julia smith. aud alsgeie
Davis
Notiee Of funeral hereafter lWarrentoa. Va. and
CoTiHgt0n, KY naIes please c7pyj
FALBS-At sibcy Hospital Friday morning. Anil
T. 1907, CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG b.
loved |ne m Robert ". Fails and daughter of
the late John Il. Armstrong # Alexandra Va
Notice 0f funeral hereafter. lBallimou. Md and
Alexandra, Va, papers please copyJ
FLYNN-Ou Thursday. April IL 1907. at i2.33 D. H..
MAURICE. beloved husband Of Bridget Flynn
inee Collins.
Funeral from his late residence. e52 II street
southwest. SATURDAY. April i3 81 $50 g. M
thence 90 ST. bominic's Church. where rsGui-iR
mass VIII be said for the repase o. bis soul
RestiFes and friends respectfully invited 70 al
tend
9IALLETT-Ou Friday April 70 1867. AZ 10 a. m
MAJ. EDMOND AIAILErr father Of Edmond.
Louis n. ard Charles y MsIett
Notice Of funeral hereafter
MILLER-On Thursday April H. 1907. Al u.s
II. JOHN MILLER. Major C. S. A.. retired.
beloved husband Of Clara J. Miller 'nee Dantsl
Funeral from late residence. The Westover. Six
teeuth and Z streets northwest, on Saturday.
April Is. at 3 o. m Friends invited Iutornent
private.
NIERNsEE- -suadenly. Friday April i2. lam st
$50 g. H.. at the residence of her daurhtrr
Mrs. l. CLARK. East Orange y. j. Mrs ANNIE
+. NTERNSEE, wife Of John r. Ni=u=ee
Notice Of funeral later. baltimore, Connecticut.
and South Carolina papers please c0py.l
OsBORN-on Thursday, ArEl Il. 1907 st his resi-
dence. BTightWood avenue. ALFRED G.
OSBORN, belogtd husband cf Annie C. Osborn.
Funeral On sunday April Il, az p. M, from
Emery Chapel, BnghtWood avenue Iutermont
private.
WII,LARD-On THURSDAY April H. 1917, at 8. n.
at her home. ISIS Thirteenth street northwest.
Mrs. SARAH WILLARD, wife Of Alexander D.
Willard, In the ntty-sixth year ef BIER age
Funeral from her late residence GA saturday at
IL a. m lnterment iprirate al Rock Creek
Cemetery.