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The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

Il is believed that with the expiration
.of the Fifty-ninth Congress the last
manned veterans Of the civil war who
have served iu the national lawmaking
body have been retired To private lfe
Senator Berry, Of Arkansas, "a one
legged veteran OF the Confederate army
is now IN private lie after continuous
service Of twenty-five years in the Sen
ate. Representative Roswell p. Bishop. Of
Michigan, who wore an empty sleeve as
the result OF service in the Union army,
has followed the One-leEged Confederate
into retirement after an uubroken service
I'm the House OF twelve years In both
branches Of Congress there are still many
men who fought in one army or the other
during the civil war. but none Of them
except Senator Daniel, is MANNED or Grip
pied. The Nirglnian had his right lex
badly shattered by Union bullets. hut
unlike Senator Berry, DE did not lose
that member, although he usually walks
with the aid Of a crUtCh. il is not known
that among the large number OF new men
elected 70 thes next Congress any are
manned even IN 50 slight "a manner as
MAJ. Daniel.
Among the men now in public life who
bear the honorable scars of war none is
more conspicuous for the number Of
wounds received in the terrible conflict Of
the 59's than is Gen. j. G. Black. the
Democratic chairman OF the Civil Service
Commission. Gen. Black. who won dis
unction in the Union army, bur who
has always been a Democrat, was shot
more times than probably anybody now
on the pension rolls. He draws a pension
Of 500 month Except for a slight limp
in his walk and a weakness in his arms,
he shows no effect of his many wounds.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

From the Portland OTUg0nian
The railroads howled calamity when
Congress was considering the rate bill.
The bill passed and the roads had the
most prosperous year in their history.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

VIII Aldrich ever leave the Senate 90
asks q contemporary. Perhaps, tempo
rarily. but always where he can find it
just when he wants it.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11
ALTERNATING CURRENTS.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
WHAT DOES 1T MATTERF

Helen's lips are drifting dust,
Hector is but pulseless clay.
Nero siZzies on, we trust.
With no chance to get away.
Cleopatra fiiTts no more,
Antony may now be mud.
on the toys that Caesar wore
There Is not a splOtch OF blood
Romeo and Dante care
Little how the world is run,
Nor do ], since she is fair.
Thinking I'm the only one.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

great and glorious history Of this re-
public. and for Mr.. Corbett to ask US to
forget them Is too much-indeed, too
much.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11
JokeIand Fashions.

Bathing suits. in the jokes. will be
shorter this year"
"So?"
Yes; and mother-in-law visits longer
than ever"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

Winter is displaying his usual fondness
for lingering in the lap Of spring. 1t Is
great fun for winter, no doubt, but it's
rough on the neIgnhurs.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11
Anvhndv KNOW

This is an age OF greed for pelf. We
have sensations, too. IN piles. Yet oft
stop and ask myself. What has be-
come OF Gen. Miles,
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

One Of the first important cases Senator
Spooner secured after he had gone from
bis home in Indiana to practice law at
Hudson, Wis was the defense Of a
Swede indicted for crimin7i careIessness.
the penalty Of which was a term in the
penitentiary. The case was an extremely
difficult one, and the ambitious young
limb Of the law accepted il under many
misgivings. The Senator believes that he
has never since had 70 work as hard ON
any case, and he is certain he has never
made more telling plea to a jury. His
client sat through the proceedings unco7-
cerned, and even when the jury retired 10
deliberate on the verdict the stole Swede
showed no particular interest When the
jury finally returned and announced its
verdict Of acquttal. Mr. Spooner rushed
eXCitedly 10 his client
You have been acquitted" exclaimed
the lawyer You are now free 10 go
back home. Don't you understand what
l mean? / say you have been acquitted
-freeG-cieared-and you can walk out
Of the courtroom TO your home instead
OF going back to Jail"
The Swede, still unmoved. calmly IN
quiTed of his lawyer.
Ell Aye bane cleared, don't I get some
moneys from the court for my time in
jail?"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

4 former Texan, now residing IA St.
Louis, severely thrashed a man for sheer
ing at the flag Of the Lone Star State.
Have all the picturesque fighters moved
away from Texas?
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

A Kansas youth has married a girl
whose name and address he found in Il
package of cigarettes. And he is probably
just the kind of young man who ought 90
marry t'1at kind Of girl.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

The people wouldn't stand for thru"
and 'thoTo. but they are certainly push
ing along ''WhangdOOdle" and ''moIIycod-
die "
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

While he is down there we hope Uncle
Joe viii find out the exact facts in Nregard
to the lake and that "Poultney Bigelow"
smack that is said to pillow the waters Of
the same
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11
Snrinr Medicine.

Members Of the youthful tribe
Mother now harnesses.
sulphur they must all imbibe.
Mingled with mOl4sges-
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

days. And yet we have been led 10 be-
lieve that Adam and Eve made the first
match on record.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11
4 Cob of Thought.

a man isn't always a scoundreI just
because he processes 20 be an earnest
Christian
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

The lord mayor OF London thinks the
progress OF the auto may put the street
cars eventually out Of business. Their
progress has certainly put large mum
Der Of people out of business.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

Mr.. Clevelard's Chicago lecture on the
dangers Of single life has been followed
by one from DR. Quayle on the dangers
of double life. If the physicians persist
in disagreeing, what are the patients to
dO2
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

A New Jersey minister points out that
Adam used flint to start the first fire.
because there were no matches in those
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

Perhaps If those fifty-three Congress
men now in Panama will bunch up in one
place the isthmus will break in two.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

MANY a train has been wrecked IN
ballroom" says the Chicago News. Natur-
ally, Chicago's average in this line is ex-
tremely high.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

Mr.. Hartman says he will organize an
ocean TO ocean railroad perhaps Tn this
way alone viii he be able 20 get sufficient
water TO suit his ideas about things.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

President Eliot says football is
fierce and undesirable for gentlemen to
play" Too bad, and we are sorry for it,
but that puts him in the mollycoddle
class.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

Gov. Swetteuham's last official act was
his finest and most commendable. The
last thing he did was 20 resign.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

We should rather think dr. Bryan
would sing low on government ownership
Of railroads until the government has
declared few dividends on its canal
project.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

Senator La Toilette says the Democratic
party is on trial for its life. Here comes
that emotional insanity" plea in de-
tense again
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

Mr.. Hartman says he is willing to
help run the government. He has had
the government on the run too long as
il is.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

BE doors rather than critics" SAYS Mr..
John d. Rockefeller. Naturally so gal
liant gentleman could say nothing direct
and positive to Miss Ida Iarbeu.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

The defeat Of the ship-subsidv bill
will react upon those responsible for II. %
says Mr.. Harvey d. Goulder. Of CIeve-
land Ohio. Yes, it seems quite likely to
kick Mr. CarmaCk back into the Senate
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

All the CUbaus ask are the rights Of
life, liberty, and chicken fighting.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

The American people VIII proceed at
once 10 cut out work for the next Con-
gress 10 accomplish, says a contempt
rary Then Congress viii come along and
cut out good deal OF work.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

DR.. Lyman Abbott declares trusts are
for the peoples good" It cannot be
denied that they generally do" the people
good
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11
Shonts Rides Around.

Washington friends Of Theodore p.
Shonts who have visited the metropolis
since the former chairman Of the 18th
milan Canal Commission has been living
there as president Of the marlborough
Metropolitan concern complain that they
haye been unable TO find him in bis Of
fee. When he was in Washington at
the head Of the Panama canal enterprise
be was always one Of the most acces-
si5le men in high public station. II is
explained that his change Of position has
not affected his gregarious nature in the
least, but that the reason ne can never
be found I'm his office is that he IS almost
constantly riding around New York on the
cars of the traction companies which be
is managing. He Is doing this Ia order to
hand with the conditions OF the service
and 10 discover. if possible, just where
reforms can be made Do the handling OF
trains. Mr. Shonts has tackled the har-
rowing job of relieving the terrible con-
gesti0n Of the street car traffic I'm New
York without increasing the number Of
trains. as he has already discovered that
IL viii be practically impossible 70 run
"a greater number OF trains with the pres
ent trackage and terminal facilities il is
said that he Is rapidly maturing a plan OF
is able materially 20 give the New York
public the relief demanded he win retire
from the management Of the companies.
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11
MEN AND THINGS.
Pugh and Vest.

For more than forty years James T.
Pugh. the former Alabama Senator who
died at his residence in this city on Sat
urday, and George Graham Vest Mis-
lsouri's distinguished Senator. who died IL
1904, were as Damon and Pythias. They
met first In the Confederate Congress at
Richmond. the Albanian being a men,
Der Of the House of Representatives Of
that short-lived parliament, and the Mis-
sourian a member OF the Senate No
two men in the public life OF the nation
were on more intimate terms after they
became members Of the Senate in Wash
ington. both reaching that great body at
about the same time. Senator Vests sec
ond son, George Pugh Vest. who died in
this city a year or two before his father 8
death, was named for Senator Pugb.
The Albanian himself. a lawyer Of
acknowledged ability and at one time
chairman OF the Senate judiciary Com
mittee, was always proud 90 proclaim
the opinion that Vest was the greatest
constitutional lawyer he had ever known
Senator Pugh used 10 relate with pride his
association with the MissOurian at Rich
mOnd, and IN Illustration Of Vests pro-
found respect for constitutional forms and
inhibitions the Albanian claimed that
the Missourian never east a vote in the
Confederate senate on any question Of inn
.portance for fear that the measure that
was passed with his vote would after
ward be declared unconstitutional by the
courts, for the reason that Vests election
20 the congress at Richmond was irregu-
lar. Prices army sent Vest to the Con-
federate senate was the way Mr. Pugh
always put IL. Vest was not elected by
the legislature Of his State i'm the regular
way because the Yankee army kept il
moving around too fast and so Prices
army to which Vest was once attached.
voted him into our senate. The qucS-
ton was never raised at Richmond, but
Vest was always afraid it would be-"
The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

New York Ofice. Nassau-Beekman Bldg. LaCoste q
Maxwell. Managers.
Chicago Once, MaTquetts Bldg. LaCosts q Max
YELL Mauagers
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The Washington herald., 1907-03-11

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month 10ithout the Sunday issue.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-11

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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-11
HER FRIEND, THE ENEMY.
How a Good Natured Irish Soldier Did
a Little Woman's Washing.

The southern woman's reduction to
poverty and menial tasks mortified
many manly bluecoat, but few had
the working gallantry of big-hearted
IrishElan of whom the author Of
Dixie After the War; tells.
He caught delicate Georgia woman
struggling with the family washing.
She was scarcely more than girl,
although a wife and mother, and had
been reared in luxury. 1t looked as
if she would never get those clothes
clean. For one thing, when she tried
to wiring them they were streaked
with blood from her hands and arms.
She had peculiarly fine and tender
skin.
Faith" said Pat, IAN what is ut
you're thryin' to do?"
go away and let me alone!"
"If ye don't lave off clainin' thin
garrmints, they'll be that dhirty-"
Go away!"
Sure, me choild, if ye'll jis' shtep
to tn other soide av tn tub widout
putin me to tn inconvenience"
He was about to pick her up in his
mighty hands. She moved and
dropped down, swallowing a sob.
Sure, an ut's as good washer
woman as liver wore breeches l am,
said Pat. AN that's what I've
learned in tn army"
In short order he had all the clothes
hanging snow-white on the line, anc
before he went back to camp he Gu
enough wood for her ironing.
I'm yer Bridget livery wash-da!
that comes round" he said, as h
swung himself off,
He was as good as his word. Thi
good-natured soldier did her washing
| every week.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-11

When we broke ranks we were not
long in getting some fires started, for
the cold annoyed us more than the
fear of the enemy's shells, for we had
stood in the ranks so long that we
were pretty badly chilled. When we
came to know more about the shells,
however, we were not quite so indif-
ferent. Some, however, did not try to
build fires, but rolled their blankets
around them and lay down together in
groups like lot of pigs, while others
who had picked up dead branches and
made fires got out their tincups and
made coffee before trying to sleep.
For my own part, | was a stakeholder
in a fire with about dozen of the
boys, and VIC had our hot coffee, and
after sitting and standing around the
fire until after midnight wrapped my
blanket about me and lay down as
close to the fire as l thought prudent,
and soon fell asleep. Before morning
one of the boys gave me jog and
shouted in my ear, Lieut.. Burt, your
blanket is afire," and raising myself,
found a hole burned in it large
enough to put my arm through but
fortunately the fire had not reached
my coat There was some firing on
the picket line through the night.
BY ten O'clock the next morning or
ders came to be In readiness to march
to the front at moments notice
Gen. Lew Wallace. to whose command
we belonged, was ON the top OF hil
near US. and aids were galloping thcil
horses to and from the position he oc
cupied. In the afternoon our regimen
and the first Nebraska were orderec
to advance tn a road along ridge
toward the front. where we had hear'
considerable lf.ng. We met an I'LL
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-11

One after another the doors of the
local stores are closed, and where at
one time there were half dozen mer-
chants. each bidding for his share Of
patronage by offering fair prices for
that which the farmer had to sell,
there is now but one merchant who
has a monopoly, not only of the sell
ing, but of the buying as well, and he
pays what he pleases for the farmers
produce.
The farmer can continue to send his
money to the catalogue house in the
city for his supplies, but he cannot
send his produce to the same place.
In disposing of that he is absolutely
dependent upon his local merchant,
and by his patronage of the catalogue
houses he has killed competition, and
must now take whatever is offered for
what he has to sell.
Mr.. Farmer, are you helping to kill
the goose that is laying your golden
egg?
Are you sending your dollars to the
catalogue houses and by so doing Kill
ing the local industries of your town?
Are you putting your merchants out
of business, and creating monopoly
that will pay you what it pleases fol
the products of your farm?
If you are doing these things 1t Is
time for you to stop ana consider the
future. You will have to look but ;
little way ahead to see the result, ant
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-11
AT FORT DoNELsoN.
Old Soldier Gives Interesting Account
of His First Battle.

My first experience on a battlefield
was at Fort Donelson. My regiment,
the seventy-sixth Ohio had left it's re-
cruiting camp at Newark, o., on Feb.
9, 1862, and about the 18th, 1 think, we
reached Paducah, writes an old soldier
in the National Tribune. We went
down the Ohio river from Cincinnati
on transports, and arrived at Paducah
in the evening, but did not go ashore.
| was officer of the guard that day and
night, and just before daylight trans
port came alongside and tied up to our
boat, and a lieutenant jumped aboard
and greeted me with the first informa-
ton that had reached Paducah of the
capture Of Fort Henry. That day sew
eral transports, heavily laden with SOL
dfers and army supplies, our regiment
included, and also a number of gun
boats, went up the Cumberland river
to make an attack on Fort Donelson.
We landed some two or three miles
below the fort on Friday afternoon,
the 18th, and Immediately marched a
mile or so to the rear of it. We halted
frequently, so that our progress was
slow. We halted once by the cabin of
one of the natives, and l guess they
must have thought there was no doubt
about our being genuine Yankees, for
we certainly asked them enough ques-
tions to satisfy them on that score,
and we had no doubt about their being
genuine southerners, for their replies
were well supplied with "we-uns" and
''yo-uns." When we reached our posi-
tion in the line it was nearly sundown
snow falling and pretty cold. Men
were detailed from our regiment to &c
out on the picket line. l remember
how l pftied those poor fellows who
had to stand out in the cold snow
storm all night in front of the enemy
We had been playing soldier at CamI
Sherman, Ohio, for the two or three
months previous, but now it was CON-
ing right down to real business.
After standing in line fully two
hours, shivering and stamping oul
feet to keep them warm, at last VIZ
were ordered to bivouac a short dis
tance in the rear, behind hilltop, from
the enemy, and to make as little ligh
as possible, as it might expose ou
location to the confederates and en-
able them to treat us to some shells
perhaps. What would good many o
the boys have given to have gone hom
to supper and to bed that night?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-11
Identification Tags.

The war department has adopted a
system of Identification tags for sol.
diers. Similar tags have been in" use
in the British army for years. The
British tag contains simply number
which corresponds to name on the
service books and the regimental rolls.
During the Boer war the tag numbers
of those killed and wounded were
often published before the department
had identified the numbers with the
names, and friends of man who
knew his number scanned the cold
figures. SO living to whoever could In
lerpret them. ..,.s..,. -.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-11

10 gain by sending their money to
the catalogue houses, by passing by
their local merchants and sending
their dollars to the concerns who have
absolutely no interest in their COM
munities.
These catalogue houses do not pay
taxes in your town; the local mer-
chant does. They do not build side
walks in your town; the local mer-
chant does. They do not contribute
to the building OF roads over which
the crops of the farms are hauled to
market; the local merchant does.
They do not help to build school
houses fo- your children; the local
merchant does. They do not assist in
the support of your churches; the
local merchant does.
But there are some things the cata-
Iogue houses do for you and the
first and greatest of these is to assist
materially in bankrupting your COM
munity. The dollars they take away
never come back 20 you. They will
never help to make city of your viii
lage. They will never increase the
value of your real-estate holdings by
making local Improvements.
Let us look at the subject from the
standpoint of the farmer, for it is the
farmer who is the greatest patron OF
the catalogue houses.
The town or village one, two or
three miles from his home is his mar
ket for the butter and eggs and other
produce of his farm. The half dozen
or more merchants of the town, each
anxious to obtain his full share OF the
business of the community, maintain
a competition thct affords to the
farmer at all times top prices for the
products of his farm. 1t is these hall
dozen merchants that make farm
profits possible; the profits are in nc
way due to the catalogue houses o.
the cities.
But the farmer persists in sending
his dollars to the city. He wants
buggy, or a set Of harness, or pai
of stockings, or any of the necessities
or luxuries of life, and to get them h
takes out his mail order catalogue ant
looks at the finely printed cuts, read
the we'll written description, and, pass
ing the local merchant by, the mel
chant who has purchased his produc
at the best market prices, the mel
chant who has helped to build tn
community, he sends his dollars t
the catalogue house in the city an
takes what they chooGo to send him.
What is the result?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-01-11

it will not be an attractive picture that
greets you. The prosperous COM
munity of which you are now a part
will fade like the summer flowers be-
fore the winter winds, and almost as
quickly.
1t is the fact that there is market
within close proximity to your farm
that makes your acres valuable. The
men who maintain this local market
for you are the men who cause the
railroad trains to stop at your town.
Take them away and soon the town
will be wiped off the map. The
churches will close for lack of support
The schools will cease to be a pride,
and your sons and daughters will lack
the opportunity that is theirs by right
of birth, and your acres, that are now
valuable because they lie in close
proximity to a market, will show a
depreciation that will astonish you.
Your interests are identical with
those of the merchants of your town.
By sending your dollars to the city
you may cause the merchants to close
their establishments, but when they
are forced to this they can pack their
stock of goods and go elsewhere, but
you cannot rack up your farm and
move it; your acres must lie in the
bed you have builded for them whether
it be fair or foul, and it is "up to you. -
Mr.. Farmer, to spend your money at
home, and in this way you can solve
the greatest problem that now con
fronts this country.
| Will YOU do it?