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The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
"Julius Caesar" Sent to Bed.

At the British Authors club ban
quet in his honor, Lieut.. Shackleton
told an amusing story OF man who
went home one night after dinner and
took with him four or five others.
Come in. boys" he said. and have
a last drink"
But your wife might not like 1t.
one of the party replied.
My wife," was the answer: Il am
Julius Caesar in my house
On entering they were received by
the lady of the house with the words:
"Oh, walk in. gentlemen: there is
plenty of drink in the dining room
AS for julius Caesar. he is going to
bed"
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
Purchasing Power,

a young gentleman of our ac-
quaintance. who had just reached the
age OF six. was recently waiting with
his mother for n train at a railway
station, when he noticed penny-in-
the.slot weighing machine. lie asked
his mother great many questions
about II. and at last received permis-
sion to drop in his penny and be
weighed. Having obtained that i'm
portant Information. he said: How
much would | have weighed. mamma,
If had dropped in a dollar?"
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
SECRET WORKERS
The Plan Upon Which Coffee Operates

Coffee Is such a secret worker that
1t is not suspected as the cause of sick
ness or disease. but there is very
sure way to find out the truth.
lady in Memphis gives an inter-
estinE experience her husband had
with coffee. 1t seems that he had been
using 1t for some time and was an
invalid.
The physician in charge shrewdly
suspected that coffee was the Worm
at the root of the tree" and ordered
it discontinued with instructions to
use Postum regularly in its place.
The wife says: I'VE found that was
the true remedy for his stomach and
heart trouble and we would have glad
ly paid a hundred times the amount
of the doctors charge when we found
how wise his Judgment was.
"The use of Postum instead of cof-
fee was begun about year ago. and
1t has made my husband strong. well
man. He has gained thirty-fve pounds
in that time and his stomach and heart
troubles have all disappeared.
1.-THE first time I prepared It I did
not boil it long enough and he said
there was something wrong with 1t.
Sure enough 1t did taste very fiat, but
the next morning followed directions
carefully, boiling It for fifteen minutes,
and he remarked this is better than
any of the old coffee
1--WE use Postum regularly and never
tire of telling our friends of the bene-
fit we have received from leaving off
coffee"
Look for the little book, 1.-THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above lettert A new
one Nppcnrs from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03

house. My back ached all the time and
l was utterly weak. unable at times to
walk without assistance. The kidney
secretions were very irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills restored me to good
health, and | am able to do as much
work as the average woman. though
nearly eighty years old"
Remember the name-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
WESTERN STOCK SHOW At
DENVER.
January 8 to is, 1910.

During the week of the Stock Show
the 18th Annual Convention OF the
American National Live Stock Asso.
citation will be held. January IL to 13;
also the initial annual meeting of the
Beef Producers Association of Amer.
lea.
Tue Colorado G. Southern will make
rate of one fare for the round trip
from all points in Colorado. Tickets
will be on sale January to IA inclu.
sive. Final limit, January IT, 1910.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
Contracts Made on Feast Days.

The fixed date for Easter Is prop
ably a matter of little concern in the
United States, but of great impor-
tance in continental Europe. where
rent and other contracts are written
on such feast days rather than at New
Years or the 1st of May.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
On Maneuvers.

Army Service Corps N. G. o. In
charge of forage ito officers groom
who has come for extra rations for
n horse)-"Have you brought requisi'
tion?" Groom-"No. Amt got none
with lis, but I've brought bucket
Punch.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
Good for Something.

subbubs-"What do you intend to
do with that lot you bought In swamp.
hurst?" Commute am thinking OF
making fishing preserve OF IL
BROOKLYN Life.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach
the seat OF the disease CatArrh Is a blood const.
tutonal disease. and In order TO II you take
Internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken In
tsrnaly. and acts directly upon blood and mucou,
surfaces Halls Catarrh Cure Is not quack med-
cine. II prescribed by OF the best physicians
in this country for years and Is regular prescription
II Is composed OF the best tonics known. combined
with the best blood purcrs. acting directly thd
mucous surfaces Ths perfect combination OF tho
two ingredients IL whay produces such wonderful
suits In curing catarrh. Send for testimonials free
FL CHENEY & CO. Props Toledo. O
Sold by Druggists. price 1Sc.
Take Halls Family PILLS for constipation
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
COLORADO NATIONAL APPLE Ex-
POSITION.

Denver Auditorium. January to 8:
A rate OF one fare for the round
trip will be made by the Colorado &
Southern railway. from all points in
Colorado Tickets will be on sale
January and 3. Final limit. January
10, 1910.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
Charles f. Hill. a graduate of tn,

Charles F. Hill, graduate of the
Trinidad High school. class of 1899,
has been appointed army paymaster
in Porto Rico. Soon after his gradu.
alton at Trinidad his parents moved
to the island and he entered the mill.
tary service. He spoke Spanish flu.
emily, which greatly aided him in his
climb up the ladder.
A belated reward Of $3.50 has been
offered by the Trinidad City Council
for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer OF Mrs. Anna Goldman, wife
Of David Goldman, who was strangled
to death August goth while in the
store alone.
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03

not tell what Doan's
Kidney Pills h ave
done for me. Fifteen
years kidney trouble
clung to me, my ex-
istence was one of
misery and for two
whole years l was un-
able to go out of the
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03
FREED At LAST
From the Awful Torturss Of Kidney
Disease.

Mrs. Rachel Ivie. Henrietta. Texas.
says: "I would be ungrateful II I did
The Ordway new era., 1909-12-03

for hides Send for prices AMI tass. HENpY
Eebraska.
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

to rear, and at every 100 feet 1 at
tached one-half inch pipe leading
each way from center to fence on
each side of property. On each side
Of these cross pipes erected stand
pipe three feet high, with hose
faucet to attach garden hose. So
on completion of my pipe system I
can, with one 50-foot length of hose,
water my whole ground. Then I
drove 17a Inch pipe well twenty
feet deep, erected windmill tower,
also tank tower. My tank tower
is two stories-thirty feet-high.
The upper story is workshop for
making boxes, etc; the lower story
is a packing room in fruit season. I
pump into the tank with the wind
mill, and have no trouble at all.
Capacity of tank $500 gallons, and
can fill it at any time in three or
four hours. and I have the pipes
connected with my dwelling house.
So we have the convenience of rum
ming water in kitchen and the sys-
tenn is complete.
l send you a kodak picture of my
house, also my tank house and wind
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

mill; also my son with a wheelbar-
row gathering fruit two years ago,
and the system now of gathering
with a wagon; one picture of my
wife, who is admiring a punch of six
grapefruit on one stem not much
larger than a lead pencil and each
grapefruit almost as large as her
head; another picture of your hum
bic servant just up from the river
with mess of fish and wild ducks.
The various pictures will give some
idea of the trees in my grove. To-
day all are thrifty and in full foli-
age and loaded with good crop of
fruit. The water from my we'll is
eXcellent-no sulphur fumes to it
whatever. A number of artesian
wells are driven in this section,
some 80 Or 100 feet deep, from
which constant flow is obtained.
Continued on page eleven.)
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

the peninsula. The peninsula is
only about 1000 feet wide here.
Then with the surf from the At
lantic ocean, from which a breeze is
blowing almost all the time, and
even with the thermometer reading
80 or 80 degrees, one does not feel
excessively warm.
I selected piece of ground some
$50 feet front on the river and ex-
tending back from the river a dis
tance to give me thirteen acres.
This was grown over with scrub,
wild vines. briar root, etc. I had the
same cleared up, fenced with barb
wire to keep out wild hogs or other
depredators, then procured some
500 fruit trees, planted same, and
to insure my young trees against
drouth in the dry season provided a
1 4 Inch wrought iron pipe through
the center of my ground from front
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01
A FLORIDA HOME
Brief Description of Beautiful Place on the
Indian River, Near MicCO.
By S. A. Livingston

very little known, and the resident
owners are not very anxious to be
known, hence no effort of any kind
is made to invite new corners. Some
splendid orange and grapefruit
groves are to be found here, and the
land bordering the river in Micco
is some twelve to fourteen feet
above the river, So we have a pair
of stairs to go down to the water,
where a sandy bottom affords good
bathing, and the water is shoal so a
person can walk out some 100 or
more feet before the water would
be up to the neck.
At this place the river is some
four miles wide from mainland to
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

ing for country life, there are places
bordering the Indian river in Flor
ida that for beauty, climate and pro-
ductiveness cannot be excelled, and
if he be a sportsman, with gun and
dog, or fisherman, with rod and reel,
he can find both, variety of all, in
abundance to crafty his utmost de-
sire for sport, for the woods abound
in game, animals and birds, and the
river abounds in variety of fish OF
the finest.
Some six years ago I was capti-
vated with a locality on Indian river
known as Micco, Brevard county.
At that time and even at this date
not one-half the territory is yet
brought into cultivation. I presume
the reason is mainly because Micco
is only a flag station on the East
Coast Railroad, with no hotel and
very few people and consequently
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-12-01

In recent issue you extend an
invitation to your readers to send
points of interest. The question
arises, who is judge of what points
are of most interest, and the charac-
ter of interest? Do we mean St.
Augustine, Daytona, Palm Beach,
Miami-all Of which have been "ko-
daked" to death and printers ink
without stint expended? And yet
much can be written about the above
of utmost interest to those who have
experienced any of the balmy Win
ter weather in Florida.
But for the home body, the do
mestic individual who has any lik-
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
Who Was the Mule Driyero

Editor National Tribune. Who was
the man who drove a Six-mule team off
Haynes's Bluff in '63? 1t was the first
day that we drew rations at Yazoo Xiv
er. On May is, as soon as we had
Pemberton- penned up so that we could
get to the YaZos-just 20 days after we
drew four days .rations at Millikcn's
Bend, La. Making four days rations
last 20 days makes you feel like getting
there. Well We got there" and were
on our way back. There was u rush of
teams, and the road was blocked for
short time. On looking 10 to tn. top
j saw a driver trying to force his team
over the bluff, which he finally succeed
ed in doing. On the top Of the ridge
his wagon caught on stump. He dis
mounted, got his AK, and started chop
ping that stump off. In the meantime
the six mules. sitting on their launches
against the. bluff, with their forefeet
paving the cir and their ears going
back and forth like a fan blast or as
balancers. made sight never to be
forgotten. The stump finally gave way.
and as the wagon started the driver
threw the ak into the box, grabbed the
lines. and away they went-down,
down, down, 800. feet or more, and shot
out on the level bottom for at least 100
feet, into promiscuous pile man,
mules and wagon! The wagon, how
ever, remained upright. The man
emerged fgam the pile of mules, and in
a short tine had every mule on it's feet
and headedi right He then inspected
the harnessa ofHeach animal, mounted
his saddleicHule. cracked his whip and
drove awaysas If it were an everyday
occurrencetsnd lhe always came down q
hill in thaHmapndr If that was fair
ofijGiraat's mule drivers. what
must his soldiers have been? Who was
the man lstfrhh is living, / would like
to hear from hifn.-James E. Twiname.
Battery MI 1st osbo. L. A., 1850 Barth
avenue, Indianapolis. Ind.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

er the Fourth Corps won the battle of
Mission Ridge or not / cannot say. l
simply know We did our best toward it.
Gen. Gordon Granger, who command
ed the corps in that battle, when he
found the boys on top of the ridge in
stead of at the foot where they were
ordered to stop after capturing the
first line of works, told them he would
have every man court-martialed for
of orders. We never heard
of the court-martial.
Capt Barnes, of the 23d KY, is per-
fectly safe in defending the men of the
Fourth Corps. While we would not
the action or work or fight
ing qualities or the morale of any corps,
division or brigade in either army 1--WE
were all Americans), We will uphold
the good name of the old Twentieth and
Fourth Corps, formed from the depict
ed ranks of the other two. There may
have been occasions where, because of
circumstances. more brilliant actions
were performed by one than of anoth-
er5 yet when 1t came to solid work, no
matter where or what, the fighting
blood of the old Twentieth and Twenty
first Corps asserted itself under the new
number. the Fourth Corps, and did its
work so well that no stain was ever
found upon its banners. If Serg't Stew
ems or anybody else thinks he has any
thing disparaging to say about the
Fourth Corps, let him beware. for there
are a few of us left yet. and we haven't
forgotten what We went thru.-C H.
Starkey, Co. I, 42d ILL.,, Brigade Bugler,
Third Brigade, Second Division. Fourth
Corps, 302 Marion avenue, Aurora, Ill.
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From Serg't Magma Samson.

Comrade Magma Samson. Sergeant,
Co. y, 66th H.. Clitherall, Mimi, X.
ID. No. /, Box 16, writes: You pub
1ished my desire to hear from comrades.
but did not give my address. How could
they write to me without it." Yes. that
IS right. The comradc ought to have
thought of that when he wrote the first
time. He failed to give his address,
and il could not be read on the en-
VeIOpe. Now he adds: Il would like
20 hear from those who, with myself.
fought at Zion Church, Dec. %, 1861
Who commanded the rebels there2 We
had no ambulance, and got lumber
wagon and an old team and conveyed
our wounded to Sturgis after filling the
church with dead and wounded rebels.
Would like, too. TO hear from some of
the boys who helped make raft at
Rome, Ga, to cross the river and stop
the roosters from growing before reveille
in the morning. At Rome our regi-
fnent suffered most. We lost Col. Pat
Eurke there In those four years I'm
the Sos we marched, skirmished and
Fought over seven States, and in 100 en-
fragments We skedaddled but once
That was at Rome"
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
Who Knows Its History?

Editor National Tribune: Perhaps the
following story of lost Testament may
not be uninteresting to National Trib-
une readers: When / enlisted in 1861
carried in my pocket a Testament re-
ceived from a friend who had written
his name and address on the hyleaf. I
pasted into the book a short poem of
two stanZas, which had struck my
fancy. While we were in camp about
two miles from Annapolis, Md. 1 lost
the book, and a careful search in all
possible and impossible places failed to
recover it. r Years after the war a letter
came to me from the leatives of my
friend (then -dead), asking if / had lost
such Testament, saying that lady in
Lawrence had one which she would
gladly return to 1.-THE owner. / wrote
immediately, describing the book and
quoting tn eHpOem on the fyleaf, which
Il had committed to memory. This
proved my ownership. and the Testa-
ment was isent <ine, and is now in my
possession. q valued memento of the
war and of AN old friendship. On the
fiyleaf had been written: Found in an
old trunk nIi3 Roanoke Island, n. c., the
day of the5battle of Roanoke Island, by
AlonZo Fails, Go. j, 23d Mass. Vols"
In answerGto my query Corp1 Falls
wrote me that after supper on the
evening ofriFeb.,S; 1862, in the barracks
Unsigned tncCo-1f, the men began lDOk-
ing over the 'tlIiRgs left there, and in
an old trunk were found a bunch Of
love letters and this Testament Il sup
posed it belonged to Some Yankee SOL
dier who had been taken prisoner" 1t
would be interesting to know how the
Testament reached the island. l have
a theory about 1t which may or may
not be true. While we were in camp
at Annapolis it was currently reported
that there were spies about the camps
and my theory is that one of these
persons found the book in our company
street 81 or about the 'cafnjJ,u where =
dropped it, and, looking upon il as a
relic or as of possible use should he be
arrested or; questioned, carried 1t away
with. him. 1t would please me very
much to know the history of the book
from the time / lost it. before Christ
mas day, 1861, to Feb. 8, 1862, when it
was found. j notice that when anyone
wants very much to know anything he
writes to The National Tribune, and
perhaps this story may bring out the
facts about this book.--H. T.. Valentine,
Co. i, % Mass, 141 Milk street, Boston,
Mass. ~. ..f .-- -
The National tribune., 1909-10-07

men. who Were hiding in the high
grass. When we came to the yard the
iaules-we supposed mother ana three
daughters@Shad, their chickens caught,
Killed and Harto them cleaned. Iney
gave each Of our men a couple, wnich
swung thru their haversacks. Whiie
we We're driving the men out OF the
meadow another messenger arrived, OF
dering the Captain to drop all efforts
to gather them in, but come at once
and in haste. 'sWe could still hear mr.
ing in thee woods on our left, never
thinking the rebels were there. soon
we came in sight of Round Top, Whlcn
we could See where the woods were
cleared out, ana saw our cannon were
pointing our way. The regiment had
gone on with the brigade. We hurried
up. When We got to the Peach Or
chard about 400 citizens had come In
riding all sorts of nags-horses, mules,
jacks and the like-and had posted
chard. Our appearance at the time,
with our stragglers and the cavalcade,
drew the fire Of the opening of the bat
tie of the second day at Gettysburg. We
ran down the Plum Run road. Joined the
regiment, returned Immediately to the
Peach Orchard, where we were sent to
assist the skirmish line. but the rebel
were last. we "Sic
run double-quick to the line of the 9Th
Mich. In front of us was the little run.
The Battle Opens.
Not half the regiment was in line when
we could see the rebels legs coming
thru the woods in front and hear their
peculiar yell. A flock of cattle and
sheep and a herd of swine came run
ming down the hill in front of them.
The entire drove was soon either killed
or disabled. But the dreadful battle of
the second day was on We were the
last on the field over the Emmitsburg
road and almost the first to fire gun.
The battle of Gettysburg has been so
well and often described l will not at
tempt it here. Sufficient to say a few
years afterward I hunted up some of
those young ladies' and gave them the
fate of their chickens; that likely they
had made a nights feast for some reb-
els. as all the men with me were either
killed or wounded but myself. and /
was wounded next day during Pickett's
charge. All the chickens were lost. The
ladies told me had we been Is minutes
later We would not have Joined the
army, as we were scarcely out of sight
when a division of the rebel army in
line of battle passed their house on the
way to attack Little Round Top. c.
NJ Hamilton, Captain, Co. c, 10th Pa,
Beaver Falls, Pa.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
CORONA MFG. co.
, EImore Blk. ASHLAND, o
pennsylvania Regiments Left Out.

Joseph w. Kelly, SD and 16Sth Pa,
Guthrie, Okla, says with reference to
the query as to why the SD, 143d ana
l48th Pa. were left off the Cold Harbor
Monument, that the reason was that the
brigade had no reporter with 1t when
it was making history in Virginia. He
knows that his regiment was at Cold
Harbor that awful June 8, 1864, in the
wide-open jaws of death, for his COM
pany lost three killed, four wounded
and one missing. He can see his COM
rades yet, as they were shot down to
his right and left. Among those wound
ed was their beloved Colonel, now NAL
Gen. John r. Brooks. He can see him
distinctly as he appeared on that day
in front of the men, with the same old
command: Come on. boys" Just after
they crossed the Sunken Road and
started up the slight hill into the enc
my'S works the word came that BROOKS
was killed. Capt. Dunn was shot in the
arm, and the blood ran to the ground
as he walked along the line, saying,
BROOKS is killed." with no thought of
himself.
Men are talking about their family
records, and Comrade Kelly is not
ashamed of his. His grandfather de-
serted the English navy to fight in the
War of 1912 in a Pennsylvania regi-
ment; his other grandfather served his
time in a German regiment across the
ocean; he had five uncles and eight
cousins in the war of the rebellion,
which was all of the male part of his
family. One, uncle lies at Richmond,
but the other four got home. One cou-
sin starved in Salisbury, one at Ander-
sonville and one was killed at Bull Run.
So it does not cost the United States
much to pension the Kelly family. Out
of the IA that served there are bat two
left, and they are growing old.
The National tribune., 1909-10-07
THE ARMY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
An Interesting Letter From Gen. III. +.
DeyoI, of The Seth Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: The. vari-
Gus articles appearing from time to
time on Sheridan's ride to Cedar Creek
are many of them very faulty, owing,
suppose, to the lapse of time and the
memory of the old heroes. The facts
are easily arrived at by referring to
Sheridan's report in the Official Rec
ords of the War of the Rebellion, VOL
43, Part /, Series 1; also. Gen. George
Crooks report. pages 369-365, in same
volume, with the reports of many other
officers IN the engagement. These same
articles are in error in designating the
Army of West Virginia as the Eighth
Corps. There was never an Eighth
Corps, excepting for a short time, COM
manded by Gen. Lew Wallace at Balti-
more. This has been an annoying griev-
ance to all the members of the Army
of West virginia, sometimes miscalled
the Army of the Shenandoah. At the
battle of Cedar Creek the Army of West
Virginia was the extreme left, and Tho
burns Division receiving the first at
tack by Gen. Gordon II was in the
early morning of Oct. 19, driving the
division thru MiddIetown, where Tho
burn was killed. Hayes's Division, the
next to receive the onset of the ad-
vance of the enemy, fell back in line
with the pike, fighting and retreating
in fairly good order to. the line of re-
formation, not losing their original
place in formation. Sheridan arrived
about 10 o'clock, and turned in to the
right of the pike in rear of Hayes's
Division, meeting Crook in an open
field. and there" as he says. received
the story Of the morning" from Crook.
In the afternoon, advancing on the
enemy. the Army of West Virginia had
little fighting. but was well up on the
flank of the enemy, in readiness at any
time should the line TO the right meet
with ssrious opDpsftion.-H. r. Devol,
SIS West 10th street, Eanszn Ctty, Mo