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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-01

RIM OH d piece Vi yOu
Thoroughly bleed it of sill
,Y starches as to make 1t abb
Iutely worthless. !, What must be
tile result of cotton crop year IN
and year out for century!
Then again, to diversity successfull
-. w. the equipment must contain plent
ty of well-selected stock such aS
COWS, hogs and poultry, in order 70
turn the corn hay and other grams
into money in the most profitable
manner also to furnish the most
economical and profitable fertilizer for
the soil
In raising the best stock, the farmer
always considers quality OF breed
rather than cheapness in price, when
uAngipg foundation stock. One thor
bred for breeding is worth TWEEN
ongrels This fact was well IL
ated by one commission man in
Worth last year, who said that
receipt of hogs from Texas points
his house in 1907 decreased in
hber over $4,000 head, yet the
lease in tonnage was many nun
ID tons. less number and more
ght
does not cost as much to make
pounds of meat on thorough
hog as it does 200 pounds on a
m hgrel. A car of thoroughbred meat
hogs viii bring from one-half to one
cent more per pound than car of
mongrels. Why? Because they are
smoother. more even in size, less
bone. less waste every way.
/ recently read a farmers expe-
.o;Antifin farming In 'TaN-
as. He said "My son wanted to go
to A. and NJ. and as | had been IN
debt for fifteen years and barely made
living on the 300-acre farm, 1t was
hard to raise the money TO pay the
college expense. but ] finally did 1t.
fhe boy was at college two years
He ~nnG ome and in short time
|uide, we had thoroughbred
Y cows, were carefully select
,oe our seed corn on the stalk In
stead of in haphazard way in the
crib. We fed our surplus corn TO
beef. cattle, and in four years we
maid the mortgage on the farm and
had a good foundation for a stock
farm. have since said that the col
lege investment was the best | ever
made"
One more illustration OF how the
average Texas farmer appreciates up
to-date farming when he once tries
il:
ANfew years ago there was an up
to-date farmer who had, by endorsing
n friends notes, lost his all in the
NORTH. and by the Prairie Schooner
route came to South Texas to re-
gain his fortune He secured a farm
of 400 acres very cheap, made a
small payment and started to work
l we viii call his name Marshall. A
S,routh caught him and his corn was
4 fail1ro and when winter came along
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-01

Ring Vick's FEED Sore for all kinds
of feed stuff. Home ground chops are
purer md-sattet: Corn bought, sold
or exchanged f9 mesh-Rhone S7e tt
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-01
MING.

th said, lately
Arming in this
strained to write
what is the
ID farming" My
ITO so arrange
to we'll balance
soil, that is, corn
he next, oats in
turnips in sum-
b this way, If the
Utilized there will
4 of the soil of any
,arts making poor
raise a continuity
.ssA.a - Ionl Won
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
Copyright, by Joseph b. Bowles.)

See that" said old JoeDad, as he
rose from the skiff and peered into the
surrounding timber "Mmm,' went on
the ancient ''pusher," Il reckon they's
a bee-tree round here somewhere's.
How'd some honey taste on them
flap-jacks we're havin' at camp"
We've got plenty O rope" said the
'pussr" knocking the ashes out of
s#short-stemmed pipe, and two good
axes. We may have to build a
'smudge,' and agin mebby we won't
have to"
You must have been an interested
party in some bee scrape joe" was
my answer.
Fur awhile, fur awhile" was the
tpushers" response Yes, | reckon
I was about the most pizenously inter
ested feller in chunk O rope that
ever happened into the timber"
why, that sounds like a story, Joe, y
said |, tell me about it,"
Well" begun Joe-Dad, it was this
away | was young, an | wuz green
as TO bees. | wuz the best climber
next to a squirrel that ever Skinned
up a sapln'. I'd lived in the woods,
an yit | wuz so busy huntin an Ash
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
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RELIEVING HIS WAR DAYS.
Old Soldier Camps Before His Fire In
Falrmount Park.

What is the secret of the magic
power of a cracking fire to conjure
up memories of days that are dead?
The answer to this abstruse question
may be left to psychologists. Few will
deny that a cracking fire has such
power. In the leaping sparks and the
reddening logs one finds that stimulus
to muse and to mediate in moods that
range from melancholy to merriment.
This, in brief, is the line of thought
that obsesses Maj. James II. Work
man, a civil war veteran, who recently
determined to become a hermit. In
the winter of life his mind harked
back to the days of battle and sudden
death. He longed once more for the
alluring freedom of the simple life of a
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05

was not long before we saw the glori-
GUS old stars and stripes being waved
from the very highest point above the
palisades. Never was there a more
inspiring sight, which was cheered
again and again by the boys In blue,
who were each personally and deeply
interested in our success. | expected
we would now view the charge on Mis-
sion ridge, which we instinctively felt
was the next move. From our ele.
waited position we could see the line
of blue stretched northward up the
valley for miles, facing the ridge,
while on the ridge and along the west
foot extended the lines of gray, in
trenched awaiting our movements.
But we were destined to take an active
part in that fierce charge. Our bri-
gade was formed after eating a hasty
breakfast of hardtack and coffee.
marched back down the mountains
side and took our former place on the
right of Thomas line. Our line then
charged double-quick across the plain
under musketry fire from the con-
federate infantry, and the artillery
that lined the top of the ridge. 1t
seemed like advancing into the Jaws
Of hell. But that was an army of
seasoned veterans; no halt or waver.
The confederate line at the foot of the
ridge could not stand e, but clambered
back and tried to form and make a
stand behind some earthworks half
way up. This was now the moment
and the place where the boys took
matters into their own hands; each
was his own thinking general. and
with one impulse followed with a yell,
and kept the rebel line on a run to the
top and over on the other side. 1t
was soul-inspiring sight, on reaching
the top, to view the whole confederate
army in precipitous flight down the
other side, followed by a plentiful
shower of loyal musket balls.
Hooker did well, but his part was
confined to the storming of Lookout.
1t was Thomas brave old Army of the
Cumberland that drove the confeder-
ate army up, over and beyond the
ridge, and which so alarmed Gen.
Grant by their spontaneous charge up
the ridge without orders,
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05

figgerin' 'roun, an then he sez, Wen
fell that thar saplin' so'st it'll fal!
acrost the dead limb, sez he, an eff
it don't bust her down, one o. us ii
have to climb the saplin' an cut away
the limb
so Bob an me lays our axes into
the saplin' an when the saplin' is
about ready to CO. Bob throws the
rope over one of it's limbs an bitches
to a tree close up so'st the saplin's
bound to come down on the dead
limb. Well, sir. down comes Mr.. Sap
lin square across the dead limb few
feet from the big sycamore itself. But
it didn't bust the limb. Some o the
bees they come out but went back
agin, an Bob an me we jist stood an
looked
Its a case o. climb sez he.
Now bein that / wuz nacherly the
best climber in the world, allows I'll
go up. Bob seZ Cut her off as near
the butt as you kin, an I'll sling you
the rope up after the limb busts off,
an you kin tie her to the green limb
you III De SIdnuiH Oh, lHTOW uOWn your
ak an slide down the rope. I'll cut
loose from the green limb with
couple o. bullets an there you are "
so | ties the ak tight to me an up
| goes. 1t wuznt very hard, an |
gets up to the spot in few minutes
Then ! unties the ak an begins chop
pin on the dead limb. | hadn't got
her half off when the weight o the
saplin weakens the limb an it tears
off an falls, takin' with it the heft O
the honey, but leavin' about seven
bushels o bees at the butt o the limb
an along on one side o the limb
where it had fetched loose from. Well,
that looked all right, but in about
three seconds the bees appinted a
committee to investigate Something
like twelve or fifteen thousand bees
wuz on this committee, an the first
thing they did to me wuz to jist sting
me once for good luck. The rope hol-
lers |, an then | shet my mouth an
eyes fer fear the beesd start in on
me there. They cert'ny did sting me
awful thought I'd fall off'n the
limb | WIZ skeered to try to slide
down the sycamore, cuz Id dropped
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05

forty feet an broke my neck certain.
The saplin o course had gone with
the dead limb, an thar | wuZ forty
feet up in the crotch, an gittin' stung
at the rate o six hundred stingers a
second
We'll, Bob. he jist nacherly gifts
the rope united from the saplin' as
soon as he kin, an quoils her up an
sends it across the limb SOS l ketch
it the first sling. But by that time
IIS one big bunch O. pizen from them
sting5, an partickler my head and
neck. Pears like they mostly settled
on my back, an the back O. my neck
an when | got the rope, they sort O.
shifted an commenced to sting my
hands"
We'll sir, l didn't lose any time
gittin' hitch to the limb with that
rope an when slid down her | cert'ny
perty near set fire to it | went down
so tarnation quick"
"Talk about PAIN. Why l was jist
the painfullest feller in the woods.
Bob grabbed me the minute l lit, an
| he had big COB O. honey in his
hands. He rubbed that honey into the
stings, an | want to say right here
that in two hours | wuz all right,
though | wuz some sore. But the
honey took the pizen out, an after a
couple O days l wouldn't knowed
I'd a-been stung at all. But lawz-a-
me, I'll never furgit settin up thar
hundred feet from the ground, er
say forty feet, an gettin' peppered by
them bees
''An' so you see eff it hadn't a-been
fer the rope we had along, I'd a had
to jump an break my neck er stuck
thar tell them bees had jist nacherly
stung me plumb off'n the limb"
after I'd got shet q little O. the
pain, by Bob rubbin in the honey, he
sez to me, What do you think of q
rope in raidin' bee tree?'"
And what did you say to that, Joe
Dad?" was my inquiry.
81 sez the next time I goes after a
bee tree, | lowed I'd pack a ladder
if they wuznt no objections"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05

soldier. He determined to live once
more, as nearly as possible, the life
of his soldier days by camping in the
open, beside a roaring fire. to prepare
his own meals, to bid defiance to cold
and wet and, in imagination at least,
to campaign again with Sherman and
Grant.
Had the old soldier been friendless
and alone he might have buried him
self permanently in some secluded
spot and reveled in his campfire
dreaming until taps" sounded for the
last time. But the major is blessed
with a devoted wife and a host of
friends, and no one would listen to his
suggestion that he retire to the woods
to end his days with the birds and the
squirrels for companions. So he COM
promised by pitching his camp in an
out-of-theway ravine in Fairmount
park, Philadelphia, says the New York
Tribune, where he is as completely off
the beaten track as he would be in the
wilderness. The park authorities hui
mored the old soldiers whim.
Joyfully the major selected his
campground. in a picturesque spot,
where the trees shelter him to some
extent from the wind, and here he can
be found, no matter how severe the
weather.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05

The major will first offer the visitor
q cup OF coffee. He never forgets
that every time a halt was made In
war time coffee, the great recuperator,
was In requisition. the coffee he boils
over the blazing logs in true camp
style. If you catch him at meal time
he will offer you a share of the con-
tents Of his haversack, another habit
he acquired in the days of the COS.
He is not hermit of the kind that shuns
society. The campfire was what the
old soldier craved. The more visitors
pleased he Is. But the veteran is per-
fectly contented when alone. He re-
clines for hours ON a park bench that
he has moved to the spot. Behind this
he has improvised wind shield, and
In the little clearing In front he makes
his log fire. Lying thus he gazes
steadily into the blaze, dreaming of
the old stirring days of the war, living
once more in the halcyon time when
life was like wine that bubbles and
sparkles in the glass. The musing old
soldier sees in the blaze the figures of
men in blue leaping to the charge. he
catches the CLINT of steel as the yelling
lines clash and hears the sound of
cannon as the artillery gets to work.
In the same magic element the ma
ior conjures up the dark days he spent
in Libby prison, the scenes of carnage
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05

in that I'd never been huntin' fer
bee trees more'n four or five times"
( so one night over comes Bob Early
to the cabin, an he's got bee tree
sighted that's plumb full o. honey to
hear him tell it, an nothinll do but
fer him an pap to git out after it
next mornin.' But the old mans got
n line o traps he's got to run an
he says fer me to go long 18th Bob.
So bright an soon the next mornin'
Bob an mes pinted fer this here bee
rec. Bob's got an AK, I've got an AK,
n Bob's carryin' long rope
Whats the rope fer, Bob" sez I.
"Jist to hang ourselves eff we miss
ndin' that bee tree" says Bob.
II didn't say nothin to that, fer
lew Bob Early was raised on bees,
that he wasn't packin' that quoil
rope fer fun"
IAN so perty soon we got to a clear
down in the timber, an Bob took
quint through the bresh, an at last
sez, straight out from this here
lords the river So we starts to
ugh through the awfullest tangle
ever seen. Buck-bresh, black
" briers, pieces o swamp, old logs
the devils own mix-up o wood an
er. Finally old Bob halts clost
e river, an lookin' up at the edge
IN openin' in the woods he sez
e hit fer, here she is
ben I squinted up, an there was
higgest and slickest sycamore
yer seen, no branches low down,
r.uabout forty feet or so there
/outrrible big Gead limb stickin'
thaSthe main trunk. An from
= goihimb you could see the bees
'Tha comm out, an says Bob.
"Thoncy.'"
stickii another good-sized limb
dead opm the tree c!ost to the
goin ttnerly l sez, How're we
sycamothis here honey? That
to climbtough a grey squirrel
climb ittr man, he couldn't
rain-bowQ he could climb a
Bob ne
othin' but jist KEEP
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05

in the many battles in which his regi-
ment, Rush's Lancers, took part. From
the heart of the fire sad faces rise to
greet him once more. Some are
marred and red with wounds. He sees
them as he last saw them, lying dead
or dying on a hundred battle fields.
Old comrades of the camp and the
field, fellow veterans of the Grand
Army who have preceded him into the
beyond, privates, captains, majors,
colonels, a great army of them they
rise up before the old man, as he
muses. in front of his campfire, salute
him gravely and pass upward with the
smoke.
The soldier hermit says he will live
by his campfire all the winter, no mat
ter what the weather. Although he
hasn't been heard to say so, those who
know him believe he would be quite
happy in the thought of being found
dead by the fire in the ravine, for in so
dying his last hours would be softened
by the presence of his comrades of the
days when the lancers fought for the
union. The old mans glazing eyes
would see them to the last. coming out
of the heart of the fire to salute him
gravely, this time not to pass upward
with the smoke, but to form his body
guard into the other world.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05

sionally obscured by the lowering
clouds. But Hookers brave men were
running out of ammunition, and our
brigade, being the nearest, was or
dered to his assistance, carrying an
extra lot of eairridges. We climbed
directly up the steep sides, and were
in time to assist in the final charge, as
darkness closed over the scene. The
confederates fell back, abandoning the
mountain during the night, fact we
lid not discover until next morning. 1t
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-03-05
AN INSPIRING SIGHT.
The Fighting on Lookout Mountain
and the Charge Up Mission Ridge.

l carried a gun and took an active
part in both battles Of Lookout Noun
tain and Mission Ridge, writes a cor
respondent of the National Tribune,
being in Carlin's First brigade, First
division. Fourteenth corps, which was
the extreme right of Thomas line in
the valley facing Missionary ridge,
from which position watched the ad-
vance of Hooker's men as they drove
the confederates around the north face
Of Lookout mountain. The lines on
the side of the mountain were occa-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-19
General Distributive Trade and
Jobbers Business Are
Better
COLLECTIONS BACKWARD
Prices of staples show Tendency 10
EuiI---I.nhOrers Feel the Curtuil-
mcnt in Production and Ucduc-
ton os Observation-Disclosures
-niiurcs Larger.

New York, March 13.-Bra1strects state
of trade tomorrow will say:
There is considerable Improvement in
both the tone of general distrbutivc trade
ana in the volume of business actually
booked by iobbcrs. Retail trade, too. has
enlarged slightly as the result of spring
ike weather over Il large area and the
better appearance Of the early crop stua-
ton. Withal, however, there is little
change In tho character Of the buying,
which Is stiN along conservative lines
and while tho volume Of business doing
is larger now than at any time since last
fall the shinkagc from a year ago is
distinct. Collections are still backward;
prices OF staples still tend lower; tho
earning powor of employees in many limos
Of industry rs being curtailed by short
time or wage reductions. and the threat
IS made that \ refusal to accept lower
wages may result i'm - widespread sus-
pension of activity in the coal trade. The
demand for iron on1 steel shows little
real expansion aside from some lines
such as wire Tho long standing cur
tailmcnt of cotton goods production shows
no signs Of ending. business failures for
the week ending March ~ number c16
against PSI last week, 1856 In the like
week of 1907 1S7 in 1906, 1s6 in 1905 and
1913 IL 1904.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-19
TO PREVENT DISEASED MEAT
Eastern Live stock sanitary AssOcia-
ton FOrmrd-Thrcc New Eng
land St.tC.,

New York March 13.-For maintain
Ing rigid precautions against diseased
cattle 10 he killed for food. especially
those infected with tuberculosis. rep
rcscntativcs Of catt'" con- missions and
agricultural societies in New York,
New Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA, Rhode Is
land. Massachusetts, Maine and New
Hampshire met here yesterday and
formed the Eastern Live Stock SAM
tary association.
Or. A. D. Melvin, chief OF the United
states bureau of animal industry Of
the department of agriculture, adj
dressed the meeting. saying tho gov
crnmcnt would cooperate with the
state officials with a Wow to correct
ing the evil Of setting diseased cattle
for food. Among those in attendance
were j. NJ. DoerinE and r. $. Adams of
the Maine cattle commission, cX-Gov
~ J. Bachelor ana II. O. HadleY, Now
Hampshire: Dr. Austin Peters, chief OF
the Massachusetts cattle commission {:
j. !. Dunn. secretary Of the state board
of agriculture Of Rhode Island; Frank
I'm Dye. secretary Of the New Jersey
cattle commission, and DIR. Leonard
Pearson, chief OF the Pennsylvania
state veterinary College
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-19
DATES NAMED FOR
COUNTY ROAD MEETINGS.

Franklin. March Estate Highway
Commissioner Charles w. Gates. of
this place has issued q statement r.
lating to county meetings Of road com
missioners The list of county meet
inFs is as follows: Addison county. at
Middlebury, Tuesday. March "a; Ben
nington county, at Bennington. Thurs
day. March %; Caledonia county. at st.
Johnvhury. Wednesday. April 1G; chit
tenden county, Mt burlington, Wedncs
day. April s; Essex county. at Guild
hall, Friday, April II; Franklin coun-
ty, at St Adams, Thursday, March 10;
Grand Isle county, at North Hero,
Thursday, April Q; Iamoille county, at
Hyde Park. Tuesday, April IA; Orange
county at Chelsea Friday, April 3;
orleans county, at Newport. Friday,
March 90: Rutland county. at Rutland,
Wednesday. March 2j Washington
county, nj Montpelier, Tuesday. April
r: Wmdham county, at BrattlehOro,
Wednesday. April /; Windsor county.
at White River Junction Thursday,
April .
Commissioner Gates has appointed
Daniel r. Bates of Pownal to be
county supervisor IN Bennington to
nl the vacancy caused by the death
of + Il. Smith Of Montpelier
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-03-19
Officially Announced 1t Will Visit
Hawaii, Samoa, the Philip
ines and Australia
BACK THROUGH SUEz CANAL
VIII stop AZ Only Such Ports As Ne
cessary for Coaiing--FniI Target
Practice In the Philippines
Date of Return Not Yet
Determined.

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sions " ae Ntctc,lr e.,.,od it "'rho voseo1.
win first toi,,t, az tt,u,au whore thcv wiI,
coal Affo- mot t,v will On IN Samoa
following This nm nv n visit TO Australia.
where thov viii sion at Melbourne and
sydney. the invitation OF Australian
government 10 visit that country having
been slirnlcnionted nv a mora cordial
one from Hrltish Ambassador Brvco
Leaving Australia Tin. vessels are to 20
to Manila and whila N the Philippines
the annual fall Target practice will be
held. Thence tho return will be made 80
tho United stats by way of the Sucz
canal stopping only at such ports as
necessary for coaliue
"The date Of their return to the United
States is dependent entirely upon the
amount Of time required for target
practice I'm the Philippines. Tho VISIT oi
the battleships to Puget sound VIII ne
made some time between the conclusion
of the grand irvie" in san francisco
bay, May and the dato OF sailing over
the PacIhc'
1t has not hcon d"t'rmln'd ny inc navy
department whether t.' torp'd" destroyer
notilla now on tn" way from Callao. I, ru
north, shall accompany the battIeshipS on
their voyage around me world. The set
Element of this question Will depend on
the condition Of Tho little vessels when
they reach San Francisco. The possibility
is that the Hospitality is that the hospital
ship Relief will accompany the fleet as
also will the supply hips, the repair ship
and some of the golfers.
Secretary Motcalf today made public
letter addressed to Secretary Root March
- by Ambassador Bryce supplcmcntng the
invitation extended by Sir Alfred Deakin
In behalf OF the commonwealth of Aus
| tralia for the battloships to visit that
| country on their return to the United