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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-25
Aided by Their Sister.

In their work of perfecting the fly-
ing machine the Wright brothers, the
famous aeronauts, were very materi-
ally assisted by their sister Katharine.
She did all their computations for
them.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-25
Suspension.

Suspension.
What do you think?' related the
pretty waitress at the summer hotel
That handsome young man came up
when | wasn't looking last night and
stole a kiss
am surprised" exclaimed her
chum. Don't you know the head
waitress said that any girl allowing
young man to kiss her would be
suspended"
IL was suspended"
"Suspended?"
Yes, | was in hammock at the
time"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-25
Doublino Mon+h

Doubling Month.
Jimmy-June is de month a lot of
people double up, amt It?
Petey-Sure ting! Big fellers get
married an little fellers eat too many
green apples.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-10-23

tn detach himself from the main BODY ior
the prpose of making reconnaissance into part OF
the country that was all rock and sand While rid
ing with his men the sandy waste beyond which
rose the rocks crashing voley met his command The
duty sergeant was shot through both hips and he fell
from his horse to the ground
Clarke knew that another voley would crash almost
instantly and he also that he was grcaty outnum
bered Furthermore, mounted charge was impossible
Clarke ordered his fall back to shelter but he
stayed on the field He jumped from his horse to the
ground and attempted lift the wounded trooper who
was heavy man. the saddle. His strength was equal
to the task but the injured he could not
retain and In his condition Clarke found that II
would be impossible hold him the back of his mount
He struck his horse the flank with the palm .
his hand sent him rotng back to the troopers Who
under orders retreated Then the lieutenant put
himself between the Indians and the wounded sergeant
prepated for EFFORT and raised the black to his
shoulder The Apaches broke loose with another vol
ley. Clarks blouse pierced twice and the sand
kicked up spefuy about his knees. but he unhurt
He staggered back the yielding sand, while ne
bullets spat about him. sS f: {s "a M
Back through the deathbeset way Clarke carried Tie
black sergeant shielding him ~ much ~ II was IA his
power with his body while he toed along FINALLY
he reached shelter and with his men be made detour
attacked the Apaches In hank and sent them scaerns
The black sergeant b stin living. but The white s
tenant who saved him - dead. IA VI q IS s. } y
He lost bis HE while swimming n tAe snako river
country. He had struck rock IN diving Tho blcW -
itself might not have killed him. but ~ Wa Gyovno1
while on ~ bank stood ~ irooDon 1cr 90 q 49,
black comrades Powhatan H. clarhs ~ 49, 1oso4
death n tAe Arisona Desert " Il N *
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-10-23

warrior who was sharpshooter sent a bullet which
might have been aimed at the MONDAY SUM- Probably
before to earth 1t tore fragment out Of cloud
but its to the ground 1t Creased" the ammun
tonbearing mule which instantly broke loose and mad
dened by pain and fright went tearing through the wood
knocking down a trooper who attempted to stay its
course and then made straight for the outlying
of the enemy.
When the flying mule had reached point about
hundred yards distant from where the feahered heads
of the reds showing 1t stopped short and forget
ting its pain began to Craze on the bunch grass
On the back of that mule was the ammunition upon
which depended the troopers salvation. In order to
reach the animal any man brave enough to make the
attempt must needs cross open plain swept by q
thousand rifles. 3eR
The officers consulted and desperate plan for the
recapture of the mule under discussion Suddenly
Of the enlisted called attention to movement
in the grass far to the right In moment the
head Of q white It q trooper who
was crawling slowly toward the stampeded animal
Word was passed swiftly down the line and volley.
after volley directed At the Sioux to keep their
attention away from the mule and from the soldier whe
making his way toward IT, The trooper crawled O.
and He close to the savage line and discovery
DEATH He reached point within % yards Of the
grazing animal then suddenly stood up bolted forward
and vauted on to the mules back.
Digging his spurs deep into the animals side, sergt
Hanley for be was the trooper WIN had dared death
to save th( ammunition, started the animal hack
toward the squadron. There was Wild yelling from
thousand red throats Hundreds Of rifles were emp
tied mt the mule and its cauntless rider.
Straight into the lines Ilaniey rode unhurt He ha4
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-10-23

court OF inquiry be pass upon his conduct
Inc court met, heard the evidence and found him
blameless.
Later in his army life Reno man of tried courage
committed indiscretions which resulted In courmar
al and sentence of dismissal from the army In which
he had served in peace and in for years.
There Incident In connection with Reno's
fight with the reds nearly 80 years ago concerning which
the only facts set down in army history that for
specific act of gaanry that field of battle Sergt
Richard F. Hanley awarded a medal of honor The
noncommissoned officer received his decoration for rid
ing mule, dangerous proceeding at almost any time
but proceeding that day Of battle precarious
that neither Haney his comrades believed when the
ride began that 1t could end in anything but death.
Reno found himself confronted by tremendous
force Of Indians The fight that ensued Of the
fercest ever fought on the plains charge made by
part Of Reno's command, charge that literally led the
troopers into the jaws of DEATH turned the tide of
feat though score Of officers and gave UP their
lives that victory might come.
The In Renos command knew that they were
match for i've times their number Of savages but they
short OF ammunition and time that the Sioux
were driven away they returned again to the assault
and assault cost the troopers dear in powder and
lead.
ception that which the carried In their belts
chosen for the job Of cartridge because OF his
prodsious proportions and his unnaxgins energy.
Daring Deed Of Trooper.
The mule was with the pack train to the right and
rear Of the squadron, which lying along the edge
Of wood with IT. face toward the enemy. Sioux
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-10-23
CAREER OF "sAsE" CLARKE.

In the year 1880 there reported at
the United States Military Academy as
a candidate for admission a Louisiana
boy, who was just II years old, but
who looked to be three years younger.
His name was Powhatan H. Clarke. No
cadet Is. admitted to the academy who
has not rounded out II years of life.
Clarke was called Babe" by his
classmates because he was the young
est among them. The oldest member
of the class Is dubbed DAD This
has been the custom Of the class from
time immemorial and the saddling OF
the word of infancy upon the cadet I'M
plies nothing of weakness Of body or
of character.
One day at Sunday morning inspec-
ton the tactical officer told Babe"
that he must shave and the boy
blushed like holly berry. There was
fun in camp that day, for with the ad.
vent of the razor into his kit Babe
had passed from childhood.
There was cadet at the academy
who had some grievance against
Babe" It must have been imaginary,
for the Louisiana boy was in demeanor
peace and good nature to all the
world. Clarke was challenged to Q
fight; the challenger outweighed him
20 pounds, but the boy refused to let
one of his classmates take the burden
of battle on himself and he fought the
heavier cadet and thrashed him beau
tifully.
Young Clarke proved his pluck on
that day. Later he gave an exhibition
OF heroism. He was southerner. with
a southerner's prejudice against the
negroes, but upon graduation from the
academy in 1884 he went into black
regiment, the Tenth cavalry. He was
Just 81 years Of age, the youngest sec
ond lieutenant in the army Of the Unit
ed States. He was ordered to Arizona
and before he had been at his post q
month he was sent into the field
against hostile Apaches. With squad
of men he was directed by his troop
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-10-23

taken one chance in a thousand and
had won out.
The army mule lived, but 1t did not
escape unscathed, as did Hanley. Az
man in the fight said afterward:
"That mule came back with as much
lead In his hide as he had In his pack"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-10-23
Reno's Gallant

Reno's Gallant
Fight.
While Sitting
Bull with his
5000 warriors
was engaged in
the humiliation
of Gen. Custer
and his devot-
ed following Of
troopers, In
June, 1876, Maj,
Reno's squad
ron Of the Sew
enth cavalry
was battling
with a band of
Sioux not many
miles away In
the country of
the Little Big
Horn.
The Custer
massacre" over
Swallowed all
the other Indi-
an fights which
took place in
that red month,
and thus 1t is
that but little is
known outside
the circles of
the army about
the 6 all a n t
fight which the
unfortunate Re-
no and his men
put up that day
a 6 al n s I t h e
s W a r m ! n &
hordes of saw
ages.
After 1t was
known that Gus
ter and his
command had
b e e n kill e d
there was criti-
cism of Major
Reno for not
p u S h in 6 for
ward to Gus
ter's assistance.
The major had
been given or
ders to take an
other trail, and
when he felt
the shaft of
criticism he de-
handed that n
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-10-23
EED CLOUD
YYSS3YYSsYWS

ASHINGTON. - R e d
Cloud was a Sioux
warrior more terrible
than Sitting Bull. 1t
1t true that the chief
who met and killed to
the last man the force
of Gen. Custer is ac-
counted in the east
the greatest brave. but
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Blueberry Farming.

give a great deal OF my time to
blueberry growing as business. The
fields where I grow the bushes are on
on the west shore of Varnum pond.
The hill rises nearly 800 feet above
the level of the pond. overlooking the
pond and the valley. 1t contains
nearly sixty acres, and is part OF a
farm of 140 acres on the hill.
A great deal OF work has been done
smoothing aud working the fields.
plant the bushes in the fields that
have been plowed and smoothed so
that carriages can be driven where
the berries grow, and want to say
that am very much pleased with the
returns the berries have brought me
on one acre planted seventeen years
ago. The berries We're not so good
as last year on account of the drouth,
but harvested 100 bushels.
The berries grow on bushes Of nine
different varieties, and in favor are
from sub-acid to sweet, and color are
blue, pink and black. The bushes
are from the dwarf to bushes that
will grow FIVE or six feet high
] have taken care TO get bushes
that VIII bear large berries and have
them come to ripening from the first
of July to the middle of September.
/ think have planted at the present
more than twenty acres, and | plan
II am prospered to plant the greater
part of the hill 10 blueberries and
other berries. David l.. Pratt, in the
American Cultivator.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14

when We stopped feeding in the latter
part of May was not moldy at all
when we began feeding the middle of
July, except for about a foot around
the walls, the surface being merely
dried over BIT and all right for feed
Ing. For summer feeding It seems
far better than corn ensilage, for
there was no waste by spoilage, no
matter how slowly we fed"
To prove that Mr. Pope has been
successful with his large herd of Jer-
seys l need only add that notwith-
standing pastures burned by drouth
and grain ruinously high in price, his
average production for the year end
ing September / has been almost
1900 pounds of milk per COW (to be
exact, 1920 pounds). There is no
guess work about it, for the milk of
every COW is carefully weighed and
recorded at each milking. 1t means
an average Of better than 400 pounds
of butter per GOWN a bad year like
1905.
What large value the sllo has for
crops difficult to cure, like second.
crop clover. Hurrah for clover ensil-
age.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Recovering Waste Places.

How many farmers have ever taken
the trouble to make a careful esti-
mate OF the amount of unutilized
land on their farms? There may be
several acres overgrown with brush
and each year becoming more difficult.
to clear off and put in productive
condition, or there is a considerable
area from which the timber has been
removed, but which has not been
suitably cleared OF the brush and re-
sulting rubbish. II is left to produce
berry bushes, and great variety of
weeds until the soil is so abundantly
supplied with the enemies to profita-
BILE culture that it will require years
of patient toll to eradicate or subdue
them. There are on many farms
acres OF valuable land rendered utter
ly worthless by permitting the water
from springs to run over the leach
through it. A small outlay in drain
ing would put the land in a pro-
ductive condition and in many cases
the spring water might be conveyed
to distant pasture fields, or the house
or barn, where its presence would be
worth more than the cost of the i'm
proyement. In close times like the
present 1t behooves farmers to have
careful regard for the principles OF
economy. If an outlay of FIVE dollars
will make a return of twice that
amount in single season, then sure.
ly hard times furnish no excuse for
nesiectlng the improvement, but
rather are an argument and incentive
for prompt action. But the con.
spicuous waste places are only a part
of the land which year after year is
permitted to lie idle, or worse, to
produce only weeds. The unutilized
land along the fences about our grain
fields amount to a considerable in
the aggregate, and close economical
management will reduce this loss to
the minimum. Careless plowers will
leave much more untitled land next TO
the fences than there is any need OF
leaving; on large farm. fenced into
small fields, 1t is plain to see that a
strip of a few feet Will amount to
several acres. The loss OF this land
should be charged to the cost OF
fencing, which is made needlessly
high on most farms. - Weekly Wit.
ness
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
.EPNORTH LEAGUE LESSONS
SUNDAY, JANUARY II.
How We Know the Father-Matt. II:
27; John 6: 3e-46; IL. g.

How We Know the Father-Mstt. II:
27; John 6: ss4e; IL: g.
II; IL: 4, s.
Matt. II. 27. Jesus here de-
clares himself to be indis.
pensable to the soul who wishes
to know God. T. tells us that knowl.
edge of himself IL the necessary pre-.
lude to knowledge of God. He first as.
serts his own dependence upon God;
that the Father is source and authori
ty for all things in his life. Because
of this intimate relation with God and
the knowledge which comes from 1t
he claims a unique position of power
toward other men. He not only has
control by divine authority over all
things, but from his divine-human ma
ture he is able to reveal God as Faith
er to men; and he is the only one
who can do so. Many parallel pas.
sages repeat IT, substance of the
verse.
Natural men ! ay have some rudi.
mentary ideas q supreme power
but In their unaided mental and spirit.
ual weakness they are unable to grasp
the final ideal of God as "the God and
Father of merties and the God of
all comfort" Christ alone has power
to reveal to men the nature and at.
tributes Of such a God.
John 6. 38-46. Here we have
In larger statements the mean.
ing. OF our first reference.
Christ came from heaven with a pre-
arranged purpose-to do the will OF
God. The Fathers will is that every.
one should see the Son, believe on
him, and have everlasting life, being
raised up at the last day. Christ is
the sole agent whereby that plan shall
be worked out
John ID. eli. These familiar
words einbody the beautiful
fact that God is like Christ
at work. Christ of the healing hands
and gentle speech. of the tender heart
and quick sympathy, is the best pro.
trait of God the Father that the world
has ever seen. We must say 1t rever.
emily, God was made flesh and dwelt
among u.s." II We want to know what
God is, we must study the life OF
Christ.
This is in anticipation of the ut is
finished" on the cross. Like Saint
Paul Christ had fought the good fight
and looked away to the victor's crown.
The work which Christ had finished
Is described in the preceding verses
as given eternal life to as many as
thou hast given him. And this is life
eternal that they might know thee the
only true God" The business of
Christ in the world. then, was to give
men the vision of God.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Clover Ensilnre.

Hitherto corn has been almost en-
tlrely relied upon for filling the silo.
There has been much inquiry as to
the possibility of clover for this pur-
pose. and the best we have yet seen
on this subject Is In a letter OF w. A.
Conant. of Massachusetts,. TO the
Country Gentleman, in which he says:
II write briefly OF a matter of no
small interest to dairy farmers. Two
years ago, at Bonnymeade Farm.
Maine. suggested putting the second
crop of clover In the silo, at the bot
tom. underneath the corn. 1t made
an almost perfect feed for the follow
ing early summer, before grass had
started much in pastures. Now. Mr..
Pope has made further advance. as
! have Just been informed by recent
letter. VIII YOU kindly print the
quotation from that letter. as be-
lleve n 20 be of much importance TO
Eastern dairy farmers"
Perhaps you will be interested TO
know" writes Mr.. Ned Pope. under
date OF September Is. that the clo-
vDr ensilage, left without covering
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
The Light of Faith.

Faith is truly light in the soul.
but 1t is q light which only shines
upon duties, and not upon results or
events. 1t tells us what is now to be
done, but it does not tell us what is
to follow, and accordingly 1t guides
us but single step at time, and
when we take that step under the
guidance OF faith, we advance directly
into land of surrounding shadows
and darkness. Like the patriarch
Abraham, we go, not knowing wither
we go, but only that God is with us.
In mans darkness we nevertheless
walk and live in Gods ligbe. A way
If living blessed and glorious, how
ever mysterious 1t may be TO human
vision. For "the Lord God will en-
tighten our darkness"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
"BITE BIGGER. BILLY"

, One day gentleman saw two boys
going along the streets of large city.
They were barefooted. Their clothes
were ragged and dirty and tied to-
gether by pieces of string. One of
the boys was perfectly happy over a
haif-withered bunch of flowers he
had picked up in the street.
: 81 say. Billy" said he to his COM
panion. wasn't somebody real good
to drop these flowers Just where /
could find 'em? and they're 80 pretty.
and sweet. Look sharp. Billy. may
be you'll find something by and by"
Presently the gentleman heard his
merry voice again saying: "oh. Billy.
II there amt q pear, and It ain't much
dirty. either! Cause you haven't
found anything you make take the
first bite"
I Billy was Just going to take a very
little taste OF 1t when his companion
said: "Dite bigger. Billy Maybe
we'll find another one fore long"
J Have you anything that would give
pleasure or help TO others! Don't
give them Just a wee little. but say,
rBits bigger. Billy."--Bsehiys.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Manure Sled.

No more useful a device than a
manure sled can be found on any
farm. There is hardly a day that it
will not be used, If not for manure.
then for other purposes. The bed we
made Of inch stuff and IS fourteen
inches deep by five and ten feet in
length and breadth. The runners are
made Of 2X6 pieces, rounded of at
the front. When not in use we keep
this near the stable. and when clean
ing up mornings wheel manure out
and dump on the sled When full we
haul out and spread on land broad
cast, which we find better than using
in hills or drill.-L. L. Clteley, in
Nhe EDitomist.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Where n Miser Hid Her Coins.

A death In poor part OF Budapest
has Just brought TO light an extrsor.
dinary story OF woman's double life
She had lived apparently in poverty
and semi-staryation. subsisting partly
on charity. but search OF her rooms
which were in terrible state of neg.
lect. revealed that she was worth
more than a million kronen. chiefly
in house property. A number OF
stuffed cats in her room were full Of
coin.
The woman was well known In the
better part OF the city. where she
owned several blocks OF Oats. the ysnt
OF which she collected herself
don Globe.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
THE WARFARE AGAINST DRINK
TEMPERANCE BATTLE GATHERS
STRENGTH EVERY DAY.
A Wjfe's PRAYER.


sMary, go out for the evening beer"
The stalwart husband said,
And she blushed with pleasure the words
to hear
They were only halfycar we'd
And ere, now she had listened, in doubt
and fear,
For the staggering midnight tread.
"To-night he will stay with me here" she
thought,
"And perhaps in our own still room,
Forgotten before the bloom
OF love that faded, that surely ought
To have lasted through the gloom"
For gloom and distrust, indeed, had come,
And darkened the homestead now,
And the patient wife sat stricken and
dumb
As her husband, with angry brow,
Said things that were cruel and harsh, and
That belied his marriage vow.
She had borne it log, but another life
Would soon be at her breast;
Could she. bear it then as mother and
Her hand to her heart she pressed?
"0h, Cod" she pra5 ID, give strength for
the strife,
Or grant me e.c:nal rest"
She soon was back d" m across the street,
In her hand tn a-,mming can,
Expecting her hu rnd's face to greet,
A moody, imp ent man.
She heard but { e sound of her startled
feet
As into the room she ran!
"Gone out" she bitterly thought, "to stay
While sit here and weep,
And await his step at the break Of day,
Faint and weary from want of sleep.
He will come to his home, not as true men
But as dogs to their kennels Creep"
The daylight came, and the husband, too,
But not as he came of old.
The silent river its pale dead threw
On shore, but no tale was told
OF the midnight death that the drunkard
knew
In the water, cold and dark.
The blight on her life in a night had
flown,
But the love of her youth returned,
And the heart that was once the dead
mans own
Again with affection burned;
but the "sweet home lesson" they both
had known
Could never again be learned.
Was il better that thus the prayer she said
Was heard, and wrecked life go,
Than that six long months should be years
instead,
And children should share her woe,
Ragged and wild.eyed from lack of bread?
Only One over all may know!
Edmund Lyons.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-01-14
Tempcrance Notes.

A glass OF Prevention is better than
barrel OF Cure.
Kansas. under her new law, nomi-
mates all State officials by direct vote,
with no conventions. Recent returns
show overwhelming Victories for tenn
perance candidates.
The rum traffic enslaves many pub
lie men. subverts public Justice, de-
bauches the public conscience, schools
its patrons to perjury. and is the i'm
placable enemy of both church and
State.
The liquor trade breeds every So
cial disorder and wars persistently
upon the home and all organized So
ciety.
would rather be a doorkeeper In
the house of prohibition than to dwell
In the tents OF the saloon.--Watkins
at Monarch Park.
Although OF all nations the German
has the greatest capacity for culture,
the general culture OF the highest
classes Is undergoing frightful retro
gression because the beer copsump-
tion OF the student youth ~ affording
neither time nor sobriety for what Is
demanded by the advanced require
ments TO prepare for professional life.