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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-07

Some of the scouts had brought IN
word that a guerrilla leader whom We
had long sought to Kill or capture was
at farm house five miles away. hav-
ing only a man or two with him. The
orders were to take fifty men and SEE X
his capture.
1t was the night before Christmas In
one of those last bloody years of wal.
There was a light snow Oh the grou.d
and the wind had an edge which cnt
like knife In some Of those old
Virginia farm houses, with their bag
fireplaces, Christmas had come ald
gone for the children and their chi
dren The red hand of war had
burned some to the ground In Others
there was mourning and those who
mourned thought not of the day
As we rode off up the mountain road
and saw the farm house lights twinkle
here and there | wondered II 8an.5
Claus would be forgotten IN all OF them
There were children there, and, though
wars musketry had kept them fearful
and wars block stains had paled their
faces, they surely would not forget the
legend Of the reindeers and the chin
nev So | hoped, at least.
1t was a cold, dreary ride, but we
reached the old farm house at last \
scout sent on ahead came back 70 re
pert that our man was there. II was
his home-his rOof-trec. Dangerous az
he knew It TO be, he had stolen back IN
this night before Christmas 10 spend a
few hours with wife and children -
with the gray-haircd father and moth =
who sat in the chimney corner on this
night and smoked their pipes / saw
them through the window as we moved
up to surround the house. / saw, too,
couple Of children seated together or
the knee Of the man we had come 10
surprise. and beside him. with her
hand on his shoulder, was the wife.
And I saw another sight as | stood for
a momeut-a sight that struck me Ike
a blow. There beside the old-fashionaI
fireplace hung two little stockings.
waiting the coming Of Santa Claus
Others saw it too, and they grOaBtG
out as If wounded.
Well. the man refused to SURF nd -
lie did not know our strength. and psi
haps be hoped to beat US of, He kind
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-07
Paid HIS War Debt.

John Railey. who resides abont four
miles from Trimble, Tenn, is one of
the happiest men in the country. The
cause of his exuberant Joy, says the
Globe Democrat, is the receipt a day or
| two ago by express of $3.50. not "A cent
of which he ever expected to receive. In
1864 "a squad of the Fiftyfourth Penn
sylvania cavalry who were out ON a
scout endeavorlng to learn something
of the movements of Gen. Forest, camp
ed at spring near Mr. Railey's resi-
dence. The following morning, before
departing from the neighborhood, they
rode up to Railey's, all but one who
was walking, and he went to the barn
and led out the finest horse there,
Railey expostulated In vain.
let that horse loose! wouldn't
take $3.50 for that horse, you low down
yankee theft" he angrily exclaimed.
Don't worry yourself so, pardner,"
mildly replied the soldier. "You see
my horse died with the collie Last night,
and | am bound to have another, If |
were to depend on my feet to get me
out of this country Forest would get
me sure"
" wish he'd get every one Of You,
confound you,' replied the owner Of
the animal.
"I'll tell you what I'll do" continued
the trooper; az you win tell me your
name and I get through this blamed
war alive and ever get able, | will
send you the money for the horse"
MY name is Joan r. Railey, d-n
you, but I'll never hear from you again
| you d-n yankee thief
THAT may be-" smiled the soldier
| 'but wait and see" and amid a roar OF
laughter from his comrades, he mount
| ed the horse and with them rode away
At that time Railey was well Off in
this worlds goods, and the loss of the
| horse accustomed him no pecuniary en-
/ barrassment. But since the war he has
met with many reyerses. He has been
compelled to sell part OF his farm ar
various times until he now has but
forty acres, and this spring he was
compelled 70 mortgage that for 5000 In
order to obtain money to purchase seed
and some badly needed farm nipple.
ments. A few days ago he received n
letter which reads as follows
Reading, Pa, April 3.-John T.
Railey, Trimble, Tenn. Dear Sir II
suppose you remember one April morn
ing in 1864 when a squad of yankee
soldiers, as you called them, came to
your house and one of them rode off
one of your horses, which you said was
worth $3.50? The yankee promised to
pay for the horse If ii was even in his
power to do so. / am that same yam
kee. Fortune has dealt very harshly
with me until the last few years, since
which time l have accumulated con
siderable property / am getting old
now and taking your horse was as
near stealing as have ever been guilty
Of, and | wish now to pay for him
learn from your postmaster that you
are still In the land Of the living and
have had pretty hard luck. which / am
sorry to hear | send you, by to-days
express, $685., which allows you @ per
cent interest We WILL likely. never
meet again in this world, but hope
to meet you in that land where there
Is no sectional hatred. Trusting you
may prosper. I remain, yours truly,
FRANK X. WATIDRAN.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1909-05-07
Civil War Stories
A visit from LINCOLN.


DINA, being once in reminiscent
mood, was asked by a friend to tell
him his most striking experience dur.
ing the Civil War. He began by say,
ing that on April l, 1865, he command
ed three regiments at Five Forks, near
petersburg, Virginia, Being shot
through both hips, he was captured
and carried TO City Point, Virginia,
Hospital, where he was placed in a
ward occupied entirely by Federal Of
ficers. He was well cared for, having
every simple luxury which the ext
gency Of the times would permit
After being there a few days, 1t was
reported through the ward that the
President Of the United States would
on the next day pay his wounded Of
ficers at City Point visit On the
morning of April s, 1865, a day which
shall never forget. my attention was
attracted to considerable hustle at
the entrance of the ward farthest from
my cot; and in a few moments the
door was thrown open, and l beheld
splendid display of military officers,
clad in the pomp and glitter of war,
plenty of dancing plumes and gold
braid, and boots up to mid-thigh. 1t
was the Presidents military family
acting as his escort.
Last of these came tall. gaunt. nm
calmly figure, clad In sober black-the
President himself. whom | Immediate
ly recognized. He would have attract
ed attention, / think, among any as
sembly of men that could have been
brought together in the world. so strik-
ing was the nobility and the benevo-
lence of his countenance.
He walked down the long aisle be-
tween the rows of cots on each hand.
bowling and smiling, and saying Good
morning" to the different occupants as
he passed. Arriving at length opposite
where | lay, he halted beside my bed
and held out his hand | was lying
on my back, my knees drawn up. my
hands folded across my breast. Look
ing him in the face, as he stood with
extended hand:
mfr. President / said, do you
know 70 whom you offer your handg"
Il do not" he replied,
Well" l said, You offer It to a
Confederate colonel who has fought
You as hard as he could for four
years"
We'll" said he, 81 hope a Confede-
rate colonel will not refuse me his
hand"
NO, sir" l replied, II will not" and
/ clasped his hand In both mine
tell you, sir, he had the most mag
nihcent face and eye that l have ever
ga2ed into. He had me whipped from
the time he first opened his mouth. II
he had ever walked up and down a
Confederate line of battle. there would
never have been battle. l was his,
body and soul, from the time | felt
the pressure Of his fingers.
He talked to me for ten minutes,
most kindly and sympathizingly and
when about to leave, he shook hands
again, and hoped that | would soon be
restored to health and my family and
friends.
He knew, although l did not. that
In few days General Lee must sur
render at Appomattox. He left me.
and / saw him for the first and last
time Not long afterward the news
came to us that he was dead, and l
turned my face to the wall and wept.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15

the lumber millionaire. Al the same
time the counter suit brought by the
husband. in which Richard Carle, the
actcr. was named, was dismissed. The
hearing was held in chambers ana
was surrounded by the greatest sec
recy. The husband did not appear to
contest the action and let his own suit
go by default, although his lawyer was
present Mrs Godfrey charged cruel
and abusive treatment and but one
witness aside from herself was called.
This witness was prominent Boston
physician who testified to having at
tended the wife as the result of her
husbands cruelty. He fixed the date
at only three months after the mar
riage, in October, 1907.
Found Guilty.-After being out from
12 to o'clock Saturday the jury in
the case of the state VS.. Fred Black
indicted on the charge of larceny from
the person, returned a verdict 0:
guilty.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15
ulate the increase of capital stock or
bonds issued by railroad companies.
ResourcefuIness of American Captains
of Industry.

A notable example of the typical
pluck and resourcefulness of the Amer
ican captain of industry, in the face
of unexpected reverses and disasters,
and as illustrative of what can, under
exceptional circumstances, be accom-
plished when necessity requires, was
the rebuilding and equipping, within
three months after the occurrence, of
the plant of the Michigan Stove COM
pany, Detroit, Mich, manufacturers of
Garland stoves and ranges, gas ranges
and heaters, which was almost COM
pletely destroyed by fire, including 3d.
900 manufactured stoves and ranges.
The newly completed plant, which is
conceded to be the largest, most model
and best equipped of it's kind in exist
ence, comprises a number of buildings
containing 13lacres of floor space, over
steel and brick structure of the most
modern and approved type.
During the interim between the fire
and the completion and occupancy of
the new buildings, through the exer-
else of almost superhuman resource
fulness, perseverance, and character
istic and indomitable courage, the
company was enabled to continue op
erations in halting way under the
almost prohibitive conditions which
then existed and to produce stoves in
sufficient quantities to care for, with
out delays of consequence. its custom
iers' requirements. and succeeded there
by in avoiding the loss of any sales.
Authorities claim that this operation
both in regard to the scope of the
undertaking and the facility with
which it was accomplished. is without
parallel or precedent in its line in the
history of the state of Michigan
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15

or died, when 1 read about Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound; so l
began to take it, and am well again and
relieved. of all my suffering. Mrs.
GEORGE JoRDY, Box 30, Marlton, Nj.
Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and
tbousandsof Observation-Disclosures
on file in the Pinkham laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, Inflammation, ul-
ceration, displacements, fibrOid tumors,
Irregularities, periodicpains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every suffering woman owes it to her.
self to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial.
If you would like special advice
about your case write q cOntiden-
tiaI letter to Mrs. PiDkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15

good, some just SO so, some for eat
ing, others for cooking, and so on.
There are about a dozen essentials
TO good apple. in addition to produc-
tiyeness, such as richness (the rela-
tive proportions of sugar and acid),
flavor. firnness, color, form, size, uni
formity, culinary qualities, good keep
ing, etc, etc.
Although Great Britain has for ages
given great attention to apple cultiva-
tion and produces large quantities and
numerous varieties, yet the people over
there esteem the American Newton
pippin most of all, giving also much
praise to the Williams Favorite, AS
trakhan, Gravenstein, Baldwin, and
SpitZenberger
According TO official reports from
Washington, d. c., Great Britain in
1907 took from us 1.20S,909 barrels of
apples, the value given being $3,751,-
375.
That they are notable factor in
staple productions is demonstrated by
an annual crop i'll the United States
and Canada of about 10e,000,000 bar.
rels. This country is not only forging
, ahead in volume, but in quality. AS
/ related to the product of orchard fruits
;, the apple has attained 55 per cent OF
, the total in trees and S2S per cent OF
product
| AS to the excellence in quality, and
no doubt great surprise to many, il
may be stated that the product las
year of yellow Newton pippins grown
on less than an acre in the Rogue river
valley, Oregon, which is about 35(
miles south of Portland, was S15 boxe:
| tabout one busheI each), and the 10
was sold in London at a net price tt
the grower of $1,711.5G, The particu
lar three-acre orchard from which thi:
fruit was taken produced an average
of $500 an acre year for the las
eight years.
In 1905 a lot was sold in London a
S5.4S. One thousand boxes were sol,
in Edinburgh, Scotland, at s4.S3 pc
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15
OUR NATIONAL FRUIT---THE APPLE

How little thought is given to COM
morplace things may be illustrated by
the apple, We could jot down offhand
more facts about the date or fig, the
olive, the banana, or the orange. To
NEST of us apples are just apples-biG
and little. red and green; fresh and
dried.
We have always been intimate with
them, and so we have never given
them a thought. AS boys we have
climbed the easy trunks of the old
trees, stolen the windfall, and stoned
the beauty way out on the bending
branch till it capitulated or the man
got after us.
And yet we should know lot about
i this abundant product, as it is the most
| important in the temperate zone; and,
! indeed, it is the only fruit that has
| passed the bounds of luxury and be-
come staple article.
| mo fruit of today is of more ancient
F.! lineage, none. more aristocratic in as
sociations of the past or more revered
/ in remote times; none that has re-
sponded more luxuriously to the wiles
of cultivation.
That they We're cultivated by the
/ lake dweilers of Switzerland in the age
Of stone is proven by finding carbon
lied specimens of two varieties, cut
,lengthwise and dried, in the palafittes
OF the lakes of Neufchatel, Lombardy
and elsewhere. The folklore of Ger
many and Scandinavia is full of apple
trees and golden apples. In Roman
times their cultivation reached a high
pitch; the quality and productiveness
increased by grating
We all recall the familiar biblica
expressions: Keep law as the apple
of thine eye" 81 raised thee up under
an apple tree" Apples of gold ii
pictures of silver" Comfort me will
, apples" etc.
Shakespeare Praise for Fruit.
Shakespeare in ''The Tempest" makes
a character say: "He will carry thf
iisland home in his pocket and give
to his son for an apple" In "Mer
chant of Venice" he likens villain
, with smiling cheek to "a goodly ar
PIE rotted at the heart" Another o
this poets reference Identifies the pir
pin. which seems ever to be a superio
variety, as thus: You shall see min
: orchard. where in an arbor we will
cut last years pippins of my own graf
ing"
Milton, as we remember. terms tn
fruit of the tree of knowledge apples
and Dore thus pictures It.
3 In Pliny's time the Romans had 2
( varieties, and he asserted: There ar
5 apples that have ennobled the cour
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15
HARVESTING ORANGES
(Sbceiai Co,respondent)


Ornnges require a great deal more care
In their preparation for market than is
generally supposed. An army of $1,000
people IS annually employed in harvest
ing The crops OF ''SunhISt oranges. The
details of this harvest are mucn more
varied in the orange industry than is the
case with apples, though both are or
chard products and the manner OF their
handling has many points in common, in
the pubic mind at least. In the case OF
',unkist" oranges, however, alter being
carefully picked they are sorted for size
and quality. Next comes the whiting
process, a twenty-four hour ''sweat-box''
method of absorbing all moisture from
the skins. Then the fruit undergoes a
double brushing process to make it daint.
lily clean. After a sun bath of several
hours the oranges are next run between
revolving cylinder brushes for a final
polish. and then comes the last sorting,
grading, wrapping and packing. As they
move along from one course of treatment
TO another all the oranges are placed on
soft pads to prevent them from being
bruised or scratched. and the packers are
required to wear gloves for the same
reason. Upon the whole. ..Sunkist''
orange has no cause for envying the child
that is born with a silver spoon in its
mouth"
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15
EXTENSIVE POWERS GIVEN
Railway and Warehouse Commission
of Illinois by Series of Bills.

Springfield H.. Feb. 15.-Extensive
POWERS over railroads, railroad corpor-
ations, street railways and other
means of transportation are conferred
upon the railway and warehouse COM
mission by a series of bills which has
been prepared for introduction in the
legislature tomorrow Under the bills
which have the support of the admin
istration the commission is given
power to compel the establishment of
through routes; regulate the rates TO
he charged on such routes; it is given
jurisdiction over express companies;
the right to compel the placing of
switches at junction points is confer
red upon it, and power is given to reg
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15

tries from whence they came =
our best apples will immortalize their
first grafters forever"
The old Saxon coronation benedic-
ton read: BLESS, o, Lord, the cour-
age of this prince. and prosper the
work of his hands; and by Thy bless
ing may this land be filled with ap-
pies, with the fruit and dew of heaven,
from the top of the ancient mountains
from the apples of the eternal hills.
from the fruits of the earth and its
fullness.'
Apples were held in high honor and
reverence by the earliest inhabitants
of Great Britain. On the eve of
Epiphany the farmer and his work
men, with a large pitcher of cider,
went to the orchard, and there, en-
circling one of the best bearing trees,
drank the following toast:
Here's to the old apple tree
Whence thou may'st bud. and whence
/ thous may'st blow;
/ And whence thou may'st bear apples
enOw;
/ Hats full. Caps full.
observation-disclosures full.
i AnN my pockets full, too Huzza.'
In its wild state the apple tree (com-
monty called the crab is found over
a considerable portion of Europe. Its
native region is generally conceded to
be southern Europe. They were
brought to England by the Romans,
and to this country by the French
Jesuits.
Number of Varieties Grown.
/ Early in the history of horticulture
the apple attracted attention by it's
improvability; that is to say, it be-
longs to the class of culture plants.
Among others cultivated in the middle
:. ages were bitter sweets, mentioned by
Chaucer.
tivated in the neighborhood of Lon.
idon-and since then there have been
developed about 1000 varieties.
Generally speaking the apple is in
different to locality; it will grow any
where. 1t has followed civilization in
this country from New England to the
Pacific If we are to believe the story
of John Apple Seed, it got great part
OF the way far in advance of it.
Il John, so the legend goes, was g
simple-hearted body, who loved to
! roam through the forests of the north
west in advance of his fellows, con
sorting alternately with the red MAI
and the white. He was esteemed by
those who knew him as vagabont
> who just loafed He had his use il
, the world, however.
Il When among the white folks he say
ed the seeds of all the best apples ht
met with, and carefully preserved ant
carried them with him. When fal
away from his white friends he woult
lselect an open spot of ground. prepare
e the soil and plant the seeds, upon the
> principle. perhaps, of the old Spanish
: custom that he owed $50 much to pos
9 terity.
e 1t is probable that tie trees credit
: led to John Apple Seed were those
n planted by the Jesuits.
!. Massachusetts and Connecticut grew
. tapples at an early period. and New
u York received them from other states
D In turn. Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin
q iand Iowa took them from New York
i and thus gradually they meandered Il
n California, Washington and Oregon
!. where they have attained their great
y est commercial value, which must b,
= accepted as the best estimate of thei
& quality.
. Many Apples of Many Kinds.
= New. York state is famous for ap
q pies, and so is Canada. OF course
there are apples and apples-som,
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15
MABEL WATERS is MISSING
Girl Who Killed Child at Woodruff
Has Disappeared.

Miss Mabel Waters, the 1S-year-old
confessed 10 killing her new born
baby by strangling it. with garter,
and placing its body in suit case
has disappeared, and efforts of the au-
thoritics to find her have failed. She
was not under bond, the coFoner's jury
having eXonerated her, the verdict be
ing that she was insane at the time
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15
The Jumping Off place.

Consumption had me in its grasp;
end had almost reached the jumping
off place when I was advised to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery; and want
to say right now, it saved my life.
Improvement began with the first bot
tie, and after taking one dozen bottles
/ was a well and happy man again. .
says George Moore of Grimesland. N.
c. AS remedy for coughs and colds
and healer of weak, sore lungs and for
preventing pneumonia New Discovery
is supreme. so cents and 81 at all
druggists. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15
What to Do When Bilious.

The right thing to do when you feel
bilious is to take a dose of Chamber
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
They will cleanse the stomach and reg
ulate the liver and bowels Try it.
Price, % cents. Samples free at all
druggists.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15
Tax Notice.

Your taxes, real and personal, are
now due. You can pay the same ut
my Office, with Schriver & Schriver
attorneys, 1712k Second avenue. Of
flee hours, 9 to Il a. m, and to p.
m. Open Wednesday and Saturday ev-
enings from to O'Clock.
]. B. JOHNSON, Collector.
Please bring last years tax receipt
with you.
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15

of committing the deed. Claude Stiers
of Galva, involved by the girls confes-
sion. is under bend The girl, who is
daughter of Rev A. A Waters of
LaHarpe, H., told friends that she was
going to Burlington
Rock Island Argus., 1909-02-15

given me new life.
l suffered for ten
years with serious
female troubles, in
fammation, ulcer
alton, Indigestion,
nervousness, and
could not sleep.
Doctors gave me
up, as they said my
t r o u b / e S were
chronic. l was in
despair, and did not
oara Nybaf barT Iivad