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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17
Last Man Killed In Civil War.

Capt. u. B. Campbell and Daniel
F. Mustard OF this city. members
Of the Thirty.fourth Indiana lnfan.
try in the civil war, have obtained
the last photograph OF the last man
killed in the civil war-John Jeffer
son Williams Of Jay County.
1T Is on record that the last bat.
tie Of the civil war was the one In
which JEFF williams was killed." said
Mr.. Mustard. 1T was fought on May
10. 1865. almost q month after the
surrender OF Lee to Grant. The pro.
longed campaign Of our regiment
was accounted for because OF delay
In getting word to us to lay down
arms. We got into that last battle
when we went to the relief Of some
colored troops who were forging for
beef cattle. and were charged on by
Confederates. JEFF williams was the
only man killed.
The boys carried his body to near
Brownsville. Tex. where It was
buried. About ten days afterward
our regiment was marching into
Brownsville, Tex. to take that town
when we met Confcderates who did
not oppose us and explained that the
war was over. We then occupied
Fort Brown and other camps near
Brownsville until ordered home for
our discharge. "-Anderso correspon-
dence Indianapolis News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17
VIEWING WEDDING pREsENTs.

Remarks By the Ouests which Are
Susceptible Of Misrepresentation.
"Women viewing another woman's
wedding presents say things which are
liable to be mlslnterpretet," said the
bachelor who declares he hates wed.
dings but always goes when invited, to
q New York Sun man.
"Now, why 10 It that the most com.
mon remark Of the women who are
inspecting the layout Of silver and cut
glass and other gifts more or less use
full 10: What a lot Of presents she
gotv They don't mean anything un.
kind. but the Inference an uninitiated
eavesdropper would draw 10 that they
wonder why she got 20 many.
"Of course. they vary the remark.
What q lucky girl! says one, % II she
would like to add. Some persons have
too much luck And another says, I
wonder where they all came FROM I'm.
plying almost that the bride couldn't
have enough friends to make 70 many
gifts and must have sent some Of th-sn
to herself Just to make q showing.
"Now, these women don't mean any
harm. It's just their way Of express.
Ing admiration usually. But there are
others who surely evincs an unchar.
table, petty spirit.
''rhey pick up and examine every
article ana appraise II In loud whis.
pers. They express voluble wonder AZ
to whether the silver 10 solid and doubt
the genuineness Of the cut glass. Even
II they do like thing, they will de-
eide that II won't wear well. Pretty
silver, but how It will Scratch says
one. while another knows the china ID
lovely, but Ii to break easily.
"And 30 the tongues wag. while the
quiet man In the corner Keeps a watch.
full eye. lie Ia a detective. and dis
trusts everyone"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17

were good cells then and he sent than
on to me to put In storage
The eels were picked and the man
hoped to make Q tidy proht out Of
them. But he didn't find q market
and after q year said he was through
with them and could have them to-
pay for keeping them.
well. sir, we inspected those eels
and they had spoiled. The brine In.
which they were picked wasn't just
right or something; anyway. these
flve hogsheads Of cells had gone all to-
the bad.
so we got out the hogsheads AMI
put them on trucks. The idea was to-
take them somewhere and throw
them away. But before we got a
chance to move the trucks the Board
Of Health descended upon us.
Have you any idea of the effect Of
Ave hogshcads Of really bad picked
cells? I'm sure I hadn't and 1 am
willing to admit that the inspectors
Of the Board OF Health were justified
in saying that we couldn't take those
GELS through the streets.
so We put them back in cold stor.
age. OF course cells or anything else
will behave all right In very low
temperature.
I'VE have tried many times since.
10 get rid Of those cells. but without
success. We did plan to bury them.
There was vacant lot next to the
storage plant and thought II we
put them deep enough 1t would hold
them.
I'VE engaged gang of diggers TO
do the Job at night. Unfortunately
We didn't own the lot and before We
could get to work II was decided to,
build on the lot and operations had
begun.
1--WE have appealed to the health
authorities to take those cells away
and bury them. or burn them. OF
dump them at sea, but they won't.
What's the use OF bothering. they
say, since the cells are all right In
cold storage. ID, ~.
Three years those cells have been
with US now and for all can see
they will stay here Indefinitely un-
less some one tells me how TO get
rid Of them. New York Sun.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17
First "Unele Remus" story.

Many great works of genius, as is
well known, have been produced by
accident. and an author Is seldom the
best Judge Of his own work. When
Joel Chandler Harris wrote the first
OF his Uncle Remus" stories ana pre-
scented It for publication he did so
with a hundred misgivings. He was
not sure that his ventures In negro
folklore would prove successful. He
could not know that they would bring
him worldwide fame.
At the time described Mr.. Harris
was young man OF twenty.eight,
employed on "The Atlanta Constitu.
ton" Sam w. Small. afterward q
revivalist, who had been writing for
the same paper a popular column Of
negro story and dialect. had Just re-
signed from the staK. The managing
editor Of 1.-THE Constitution" wishing
to continue the feature. said to Har.
ris one day: Joel, It seems to me
you could do that sort OF thing to
a tee. See II you can't turn in some
thing tonight"
The young writer's memory fitted
back to his early days on . planta-
ton. All the quaint settings OF negro
life--the cabins, the fiddling darkeys.
the wrinkled story teller. the black
mammies. the noisy corn stockings.
the bob.tailed rabbits disappearing
along the road-came hurrying from
the past Late that afternoon he
turned In his copy. The next day his
reputation was made.-Current Lit
erature.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17

Of practical value. but she did not shy
so Just then.
A few days later. Mr.. Gilman. him.
self mechanic. and tried and trusted
friend Of the family's, came In. and the
invention was shown to him.
'.rhat's a first-ciass idea. I'll send
Harper around to see It, the next time
he IL In town."
BY the time Mr.. Harper made his ap-
pearance. Ida was ready to talk freely
about her improved lamp-burner.
II will give you one hundred dollars
for tho right to get II patented. and the
use Of the patent" said Mr.. Harper.
Idaho refused the offer.
1.-TWO hundred them" said Mr. Har.
per.
Mrs. Allan was silent figure In the
conference, being. 40 have said before.
a wise woman. but she could not keep
from sending Ida look, which entreat.
ed her to accept the offer.
II must refuse that also" was
Idaho's response.
MAY I ask what your terms aref'
asked Mr.. Harper. looking. az he felt,
q trife nettled.
n will take one thousand dollars for
all my rights to the use of It," was
Ida's response
Then you will have to look else
where for customer" and Mr. Harper
took his departure.
Mrs. Allan plainly showed her disap-
pointment. and for several days nothing
was said on the subject. Before Mr.,
Harper left town, he sent word by Mr..
Gilman that he would give Ave hun.
dred dollars, but this offer was also re-
fused.
Three months passed away before he
came to town xgain, and the invention
slept quietly In IdahO's room. Every
night she lifted the cover and took a
peep at her treasure.
One day, In response to the ringing
Of the bell, during her mothers absence
Ida opened the door to find Mr.. Har
per smiling genially into her face.
II have concluded to accept your
terms. Where 10 the burner?"
A few moments later the deed wal
done, and Mr.. Harper was gone, but
Ida was sitting with q bit Of paper In
her hands, which represented one
thousand dollars
Mrs. Allan and Clarence could hardly
believe It possible.
One thousand dollars! They did moi
know until long Afterwards that the IT.
tie invention Melted Mr.. Harper many
thousands Of dollarA
Dst With that little clip Of paDse ID
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17
Human Sacrifices.

Before battle In former times tho
priests solemnly devoted to the gods
the whole of the hostile army then In
sight, and, II possible. no man Of It
was left alive. When Hermann do.
coyed the great host Of Varus Into tho
forest depths all the Romans that ca.
capped death In the battle were cap
tured and led into the dark recesses,
where every man of them was sacri.
nced upon hastily-erected affairs.
Latham. In his edition Of Tacitus.
quotes six contemporary authorities to
show that this practice Of concluding
victory with human sacrifices was
customary among our Teutonic ances.
tors. Some cruclhed their prisoners,
others hung them up to trees for arch.
cry practice. but In general captive
was either slain on the spot or else 70.
served to be sacrificed to the gods.
Even when the progress Of agriculture
induced them to keep the majority Of
the prisoners alive to be slaves they
appeased the gods for this indignity
BY increasing the tortures inflicted on
the small remainder.
GibbOn describes how, before the
blazing altar. every hundredth mans
arms were hacked OF him and, before
his eyes. thrown Into the flames. All
that a rcd Indian would have done In
the eighteenth century was freely prac
ticed by our ancestors Of twelve cen.
turtles ago. And the oighest Ideal Of
man then included. as duty, dark
cruelty and grewsome revenge against
all his enemies.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17

"Oh. mother, do let me fight IT. out
alone"
"what IL Il, Ida? must know what
the trouble IT,"
Reluctantly. vet submissively. Ida
opened the door.
~ have been thinking. mamma she
began hesitatingly. "and I really must
get 1t out Of my head. I can't 60 to
echool--don't make me 20. mamma. un.
I'll I have tried to work out my ideas.
1t won't amount to anything. I know,
but I can't stand II any longer"
Mrs. Allan was a wise woman. This
girl Of 10 was not to be treated a. q
child any longer, 30 she said:
"YOu may have your own way, dear,
and fight your battle In your own fash.
ion. Lock your door. II you choose.
will not come In again until you want
me. but on one thing. no. two--I insist.
You must eat the meals I bring you
and 90 to bed at your usual hour"
Ida promised readily and the mother
went away.
Soon after she returned, bringing "a
the door . tray containing Idaho's
breakfast. After the girl had eaten II
she eat for Q long time In intense
thought. She forgot everything: she
was at last an inventorl
Her books and her fancy work, the
dainty belongings that girls delight in,
were recklessly pushed aside. She
needed her table for sterner occupa ton.
Shortly before tea.time on Saturday
evening. the key turned In the lock, and
q slender, pale-faced girl descended the
stairs YEARLY but unfalteringly.
els the battle fought, little dausn'
teri"
sought and won, mother; you shall
see my invention tomorrow"
II was not Of intricate mechanism
but underneath Ito simplicity lay q
thought. Mrs. Allan saw that It was
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17
shipwrseks and courts.M artlal.
The custom OF holding court

The custom OF holding courts
'rtial In the British navy after every
case Of shipwreck has curious Or
igin. In 1742 the Wagner, one OF
Commodore Anson's vessels, was
wrecked OF the coast Of Chile. most
of the crew being saved. The men
and some of the junior officers held
that they were no longer amenable
to discipline because their pay oeas-
cd with the wreck, but the captain,
whose name was Davy Cheap, liff.r.
ed, treated them as mutineers and
shot one of his midshipmen. He was
then deposed. and most OF the crew
made OF In three OF the boats. Later
when It was proposed to proceed
against the so.called mutineers the
law officers OF the crown decided that
the men had been correct In thei"
view. This discovery led to the
framing of section 81 OF the articles
Of war. which provides that In the
case Of shipwreck. destruction or cap.
ture by the enemy ship b held to
remain In commission pending In
Quiry by a court martial.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17

educated herself. leaving her mother
free to help Clarence In his study Of
civil engineering.
One day a schoolmate inquired why.
having been successful once, she did not
try again.
II shall never do any more invent.
Ing" laughed Ida. II proved the capa.
bility Of the feminine mind. and that
Is all I set out to do."--Chicago Daily
News.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17
A HOME SONG.

I turned an ancient poets book,
And found upon the page:
Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars q cage
Yes. that il true, and something more;
You'll find, where'er you roam,
That marble floors and gilded walls
Can never make a home.
But every house where Love abides
And Friendship 10 a guest,
10 surely home, and home. sweet home,
For there the heart can rest.
Life.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17
The wPons Question.

An interviewer having obtained &C.
cess to the presence Of famous actor
asked the great man II he would be
kind enough to describe some Of his
early failures.
"Sir," snapped the tragedian. II never
had any! James-t'ls door Human
Iifo
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17
Mako One Friend q Day,

One of the busiest men N busy city
says II try to make at least one friend
a day" That seems more tdan most Of
us can manage and yet tire wayside
spring Of a country road makes friend
OF every passerby.--Woman's Home
Communion.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17
FIVE HoesHeAps OF EELs.

Their Disposal 10 . Problem the Cold
storage Man Can't Solve.
"Here's q problem ! can't solve"
said a man who runs q cold storage
plant In Brooklyn. and that IL how
to get rid of Ave hogsheads OF cells.
Perfectly good eelsf Not ct ell.
and that's the whole trouble.
"eome three years ago man who
had done business frequently with
me went west and acquired somehow
tAsss Ave AesaAssds a ee,s. They
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17

During the last year Canada drew
upon che United states for BS.sl3 i'm
migrants. over 10000 came from
the mother oounAyy end $4,000 lsem
ne contiasat Of DuHope
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17

We have noticed taat you can eel.
dom say Of girl: "She 10 pretty"
that some girl present doesn't add:
"Yes, and she knows It."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17

And the lack Of money makes the
mare go-huuSry.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1908-10-17

An humble lover oftsa makes . vssy
2omineeslng husbanA
Blue-grass blade., 1908-07-26

genial warmth of the rational and saving
gospel of Naturalism.
Let it be the joy and de.ght of each of
each of us to spread this new evangel;
much yet remains to be done-the work is
not yet complete-many of the bloody i'm
pements of superstition it is true, have
ceased from active work, and have been
laid away in the museums of the world,
but persecution on earth in a modified form
for Christs sake, and eternal torture in
the flames of hell for the glory of God, are
still remorsely in use by the devotees of
superstition, and it should be bread and
meat to every good man and to every good
woman, to work constantly and not grow
weary until every vestige of superstition
is driven from the brain of its ignorant
devotees.
The doctrine that man should be gov
emed by science and reason, and work for
the happiness of the human race instead
of working for the glory of God, had its
birth in the brain of Rationalists, and it
has already filled the earth with millions
of happy men, happy women and happy
children, and this gospel is sublime, so
humane, and so fruitful of love and happ-
ness that it will continue to spread among
civilized men, until the whole human family
is redeemed from the savage and degrad-
ing bondage of superstition.
Enjoying as we now do in a great degree
the precious and priceless fruit of science
and reason, it surpasses all human under
standing how the tyrants and monsters of
supernaturalism, so long kept the divine
seed from terminating, and pressed for so
many dark and bloody centuries to the lips
of Borrowing man, the bitter dregs from the
poisonous cup of superstition.
How long! o how long will it yet be
before mankind will learn that there is but
one universe and that all the Gods and all
the devils and all the ghosts of supersti-
ton, can never disturb for single moment
the operation of her eternal, immutable and
unbreakable laws.
Nuncie Indiana
Blue-grass blade., 1908-07-26
| WILL.
(By S. +. Kiser.)

| will start anew this morning with
higher fairer creed;
| will cease to stand complaining of my
ruthless neighbors greed;
| will cease to sit repining while my duty's
call is clear,
| will waste no moment whining and my
heart shall know no fear.
| will look sometimes about me for the
things that merit praise;
| will search for hidden beauties that eude
the grumbler's gaze;
| will try to find contentment in the paths
that | must tread.
| will cease to have resentment when
another moves ahead.
| will not be swayed by envy when my
rivals strength is shown
will not deny his merit but I'll strive to
prove my own;
will try to see the beauty spread before
me, rain or shine
| will cease TO preach your duty and be
more concerned with mine.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-07-26
Human Brotherhood Rapidly Approaching
under Genial Warmth of the Saving
Gospel of Naturalism.
(By DR.. Z. j. Bowles.)

10y LIZ l. j. DOWleS.)
These letters are written for men and
women who think, and for those who can
be stimulated and persuaded to think;
they are not addressed to those who have
vested interests in superstition, and who
make their living by its propagation.
| could be justly chargeable with being
superstitious myself, if | INDUCED the hope
of converting to Rationaism a necroman-
Ger, an exorcist, fortune teller, a believer
in a crucified saviour, believer in a per-
sonal God or divine revelation, or any
other form of superstition that gives place
and power and revenue to its devotees.
Neither are these letters written for that
large number of stupid and ignorant per-
sons who have been carried by tradition
and false teachings, so far cat into the dis
NAL and murly sea of superstition that they
can no longer exercise the noble faculty
of Reason.
Personally I entertain for these unfor-
tunate slaves of supernaturaism the most
kindly sentiments, and I rejoice that
never prosecuted a human being for opin
ions sake and when I read the sad history
of the human race and learn on every page
of this bloody volume that countless mil
lions of grand men and noble women and
innocent children have been cruelty put
to death by the devotees of superstition
for opinions sake, shrink from the thought
of saying a harsh word personally against
these innocent victims of the heartless
priests of superstition
Tn the glittering eyes of venomous SER
penis. and in the red mouths of wild beasts
superstition NAV be seen and studieda and
when we read the history of Palestine and
Scotland of Russia and Ttalv. of Peru and
Mexico of Spain and Portugal. and of New
Fngland in her early DAYS. we are forced
10 saw that Boa Constructor Is mild and
henefcent reptile when compared to the
HYDRA headed monster of sunerstiton.
The most sublime figure Of ANTIQUITY
the rurest and the wisest phiIosonher in
the ancient world believer I'm one Cod
and imr,ort oIitv-a teacher at whose foot
we can still cit and learn after the lance
of more than two thousand vears-this
great ard GOOD man Socrates. cruellv
nut TO death. because he combatted the
sense,ess superstition that then prevailed.
that the earth and the air were swarming
All the devotees of all the sunerstitinns
in ~, ages Of the world. have done less
service for the human race. than the Illus
triOus and immortal Socrates. and in spite
of this indisputable historic fact there are
todav in the bright morning of the twenti-
eth century more than one hundred thous-
and hireling defenders and courtiers of this
Blue-grass blade., 1908-07-26
BLUE GRASS BLADE
Persistence of Superstition

monstrous old bag, who would rejoice to
good man and to every good woman, who
are nobly striving to drive this infinite curse
of the human race from this beautiful earth.
administer a fatal dose of hemlOck, to every
Had it not been for the heroes and her
ONES of mental liberty who have stood
like stone wall for the last three hun
dred years against the paid attorneys and
motley hosts of superstition. our civiliza
ten would long ago have been as COM
pletely crushed out as were the splendid
civilized nations of Greece and Rome two
thousand years ago, and we of today would
be suffering all the unspeakable horrors of
the Dark Ages.
The future hopes and the future happi-
ness of all men, women and children de-
pend absolutely upon the complete eXtir-
patton, root and branch of every vestige
of the Christian superstition and the total
overthrow of its heartless and venomous
priesthood.
The nineteenth century Just ended was
far more fruitful of happiness for the
human race, and for domestic animals, and
infinitely more marvellous for its achieve
ments than any one or all of the previous
centuries of the last two thousand years.
The priests of the Christian superstition
are exceedingly anxious to conceal the
cause of this stupendous fact from the
knowledge of their fellow-men but inteli-
gent men and educated women want to
know why this is SO, and they are now ask
ing the question, why were all tie best
races of men shrouded in the gloom and
in the darkness of night for so many cen
turtles, until all hope seemed to have fled
from the earth, and gone back to its native
home in the skies? Why was il until the
dawn of the nineteenth century that man
was hopeless and helpless, and his pilgrim
age On earth marked at every step with
blood and tears, and his life embittered by
abject slavery, constant war, turbulence
and sorrow?
The answer to this question is not far to
seek nor hard to fnd-it was because of
the universal belief of all mankind in 81,
pernaturalism and kindred supersttions.
why was the nineteenth century grander
and more glorious than all the centuries
of the eternal past? Why are men, women
and children better, healthier and happier
Jewish God was born of a virgin nineteen
centuries ago in Palestine?
1t is because of the decay and The de-
cline of this debasing and abominable
superstition. and the rapidly spreading be-
grand and beautiful and beneficent gospel
of Science and Reason.
Sorrowfully and painfully we look back
into the dark and dreary and cheerless
past, and read with a shudder the blood
stained history of supematuralism, but joy
fully we welcome the bright light of the
new era. and rejoice in the certain knowl-
edge that the brotherhood of man is rapid
lpnrO1clinP under no hnnafapnt
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1908-07-24
Nor a Hospital Either.

Talking Of our British cousins?'' in
CURED the tax attorney Of the South
ern Pacific. "Well, / heard one the
other day. Big fat Britisher showed
into one of those compartments at the
last moment. There was an American
in there reading his newspaper.
cts sixty miles to my station, re-
marked the Englishman, and, say,
old chap, I'm treating myself for a
wounded foot, and say, if you don't
mind, III put some of this iodoform on
my ankle. Beastly smelling stuffr
eco ahead said the American. But
when he got the full odor of it he
showed up window and pulled out a
cigar and lighted it and began putting
away vigorously.
Here. here, my good fellow pro-
tested the Englishman, this is no
smoking COMPARTMENT San Fran
cisco Chronicle.