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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-07-09

FOR SALE-Glass Ink wells
Sample bottle Carriers Ink free
with each 1Oc ink we'll. Pioneer
office.
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LOST-Open face Hamilton watch
at fair grounds. Finder return to
City Drug Store.
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Practical.

Il didn't notice you at the mothers
congress-" 49,.
mo-" replied the woman addressed.
I'm not theoretical mother, you
know. l have six" -Philadelphia
Ledger.
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FOR SALES good heaters; one
medium size and two large stoves
Inquire at Pioneer office.
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FOR SALE-16-foot launch in good
condition for sale cheap if taken
at once. E. H. Jerrard.
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FOR SALE-Kruse's hotel, Nymore
Investigate.
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-...s.~..s. Z B, .,
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HELP WANTED,

WANTED-Woman to keep house
for man with two children; easy
place. Address box 421.
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A DISMAL RIDE-By J. G. Hidden, d

were dark with suppressed tears. Our
faith was great, and there was hope and
expectancy in the air that we breathed
We drew together and felt a nearness
that perhaps we had never felt before
Families were loathe to be separated.
Ny wife and child were visiting my
mother at Orange Courthouse, some 80
miles from Charlottesville, and fearing
that they would be cut off from me by
the enemy's movements, 1 arranged to
have them meet me at Captain G.'s,
which was half way between Orange and
Charlottesville. We would spend the
night there, and return to my post to-
gether on the next day. l could not con-
scientiously leave my suffering soldiers
for longer than couple of days, and l
also hoped to pick up some delicacies of
food on this trip for my sick and wound
ed boys. / left Charlottesville on horse
back on the 18th of April. The 20 miles
of Confederate roads with mud above the
horses ankles was a day of ride.
Having spent the night at the designat-
ed place, we ate breakfast by candle
light the next morning, so as to make
an early start for Charlottesville. Two
large covered wagons drawn each by four
stout horses loaded with provisions and
comforts of various kinds, had come up
from my fathers plantation In Orange
for U.S. The roads were in such a condi-
ton that nothing but strong wagons could
be drawn with safety through them, SO
we improvised a spring-seat taken from
a buggy and put across the front of
the wagon for my wife, maid and child.
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shouted my friend "I don't know, I am
lost!'' came back to us. We went on,
About u o'clock we saw a glimmer or
light appeared a long distance off, and IT
seemed across the country and not ahead
of us, but we decided that the road
would perhaps lead around to 1t, and so 1t
did The light streamed through grove
of trees, and by it we saw the outline
of a gate, but whether 1t came from a
house or q camp of enemies or friends we
could not tell. While | remained by the
side of my wife and child the captain
rode up to ascertain If it were possible to
obtain shelter for them until morning. Ht
soon returned saying it was an humble
home of two old people who could give
my wife and child bed on their sitting
roonfe floor, and warm fire, which /
most thankfully accepted. Our men were
welcome to camp with our teams in the
grove If we had food FOR ourselves and
provender for our horses. This we had,
and as the rain had ceased we soon had
a roaring fire, drew a pot of coffee and
with the large basket of lunch kindly pro-
vided by Mrs. G. we satisfied our hunger,
and then Captain G. and | divided the
night in keeping watchsuntil daybreak.
We rode into Charlottesville at >
o'clock the next morning. Professors
Hart and Melton, DIR. Hughes and Rev.
William f. Broadus saw US coming and
came down the road to meet us. They
were old and dear friends. and we had
for four years served together through
the war They had just heard of the
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be at the front. Thoughts travel fast,
and we felt before word had been
spoken that a. dire calamity had over
taken u.s. We halted and looked into
each others faces, grasped each 9TH
er's hands, and there under the weep
ing clouds we sat in stifled silence
Give sorrow words the grief that does
not speak,
Whispers the o'er-frapght heart, and
bids it break
They told us of the last struggle and
surrender of the army of northern Nir-
ginia. We wept together, and then went
on in the night.
Soon pitch darkness Prevailed we had
no lights and could not see our hands
before us. The drip, drip of the trees, the
splash, splash of our horses feet and
a cold chill creeping up, with our over
nights ride one of the most dismal in
the memory of a lifetime.
Captain G. and / rode our trusty horses
just ahead, crossing and recrossing the
rugged road so as to direct the driving of
the heavy wagons in the dark At one time
we did not know whether we had left
the main road or not, and hoping that
there might be a cabin or habitation
somewhere near we decided to halt and let
the captain, who had a powerful voice,
give a call. "Hello Hello.' he called
but only the echo returned. Again and
again Hello. Hello. Hello!' shouted the
captain, and at last from the depth of the
forest came back the voice of a man in
n Hello! Hello'' "Where are you?
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their slouched hats pulled low over
their faces. Their sudden and peculiar
appearance was almost uncanny. My
wife pointed her hand and exclaimed:
"Look!' The captain and l rode ahead
a few PAGES and saw that their tat
tered rags were of the Confederate
gray, and we asked If they were from
the army, and received this reply:
There is no army-I4ee has surren-
dered.' "Where?" we exclaimed. "Ap-
pomattoX Courthouse" and they sullen-
ly rode on through the rain without
hating. By this time the wagons had
come up and l repeated what they had
said to my wife. 1T is not true; you
don't believe it; they are deserters! -
she cried in a breath. We could not
believe it.
Riding on, we soon met another rag
ged soldier on a skeleton mule. Again
we put the question of where FROM
and received the same reply: lee has
surrendered at Appomattox Court
house." Where is Davis?" In hell, l
reckon" was the fierce answer as he
these poor ragged dsspirited fellows,
and each told the same story, but we
thought they were starved strag glers
from our army.
inst as night closed down upon us
we met three officers, among them my
beloved and honored friend, Lieutenant
W., than whom no Drawer nah ev>s
raised his arm in defense of his coun-
try. I knew at this time of sore need,
unless Lee had surrendered, he would
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TWAS serving the Confederacy as post
chaplain at Charlottesville, Va. The
Il hospitals located there were crowded
with sick and wounded soldiers, their
numbers running into hundreds and thou
sands.
In the early days of April, 1865, every
thing looked dark to us, communication
by railroad and telegraph had been cut
off and the movements of our army were
slrouded in mystery. We knew through
a courier that Richmond and Petersburg
had been abandoned by our army, and
rumors flying over the country said that
the President and cabinet had fled south;
that the people were fleeing and our Con-
fedepate capital city was on fire; the con-
fiagration spreading from street to street,
and that tumult riot and pillage pre-
vailed.
We knew that our brave army was be-
ing decimated by privations, but we
could not, and would not believe that
1t was on the eve Nof surrender. Our
people said: I'VE are hard pressed, and
Richmond is lost; but that Is only one
city," and we hoped against hope and
biavely struggled against presentiment.
The sick and wounded soldiers must be
cheered and nourished. and homes were
willing to be stripped to help in this
sacred duty. Day by day men and
women worked with torn hearts; and
God bless our suffering women, who
smiled encouragement while their eyes
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sible so far as the voter is concerned
although it often happens TINT can
didates for parliamentary office profess
and advocate principles quite contrary
to their tastes or inclinations
So long as party government Is based
upon opposite political policies there
may possibly be some excuse for 1t, Il
on no other account than the restrain
ing effects which each party exercises
on the other, but when a party ceases
to be constructive and becomes mere
ly obstructive it's usefulness Is gone.
The founders of this great nation saw
the evils of government by party and
to guard against that evil devised a
means of electing the president which
If faithfully observed, as it was once,
and once only chat being the election
of Washington), would have preserved
tne highest honor in the gift of the
people from becoming an apple of dis
cord. 1t matters little how much rlen
may differ in their opinions how best
to serve the state so long as it Is upon
the question of how best to serve the
state they differ; but as before said
when party transcend the state, wher
platforms and policies are overshad-
owed by personality, when politicians
push patriots aside, then indeed the
elements of national disintes ration be
| gun their work and If permitted TO pro
coed unchecked it needs no portent L
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Then Captain G. and I, each heavily
armed with a brace of revolvers and
shotguns, mounted our horses and we
all set out with, I must confess, some
grave doubts as to whether we would
not encounter squads of the enemy on
the way, in which case we anticipated an
almost certain attempt to take our horses
and provisions and capture Captain G.
and myself; both being officers in the
service of the Confederacy. And in such
an event 1t would be in accord with their
method to leave my wife and child alone
on an isolated highway. Those were
dangerous times for the gentler sex to
brave; but our women rose above self
consideration and were equal to them.
All day we plodded slowly through the
rain and almost impossible roads. The
air was chilly and exceedingly risky for
our bright-eyed baby girl, who peeped
from her perch and cooed In blissful in
nocent ignorance.
Reader, did you ever think what world
would be without children? No innocent
baby prattle, no pattering feet, no club
by hands straying over your face and
hair; no gleeful laughter! All, it seems
to me that 1.-The angels all pallid and
wan would flee from such world as
that
= About o'clock on that dark. dark
afternoon, as We were toiling up a
long muddy slope, suddenly above us
appeared three men riding side by side
on horses of Jagged bones that seemed
as If they would rattle as they logged
along. The men were ragged, and had
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surrender. We rushed into each 9TH
er's arms for a few agonized moments.
then our thoughts turned to our brave
men and boys who had fallen in the
bloody struggle. they seemed to cry
out to us.
Our minds went back to Manassas,
Bull Run, Sharpesburg, Cold Harbour,
Charlottesville. Fredericksburg and
Maryes Heights, Gettysburg, the Will
derness, Spottsylvania Courthouse and
hundreds of other battleieds where
thousands had fallen; and now Appo-l
mattoxl Jackson and Hill and Stew
art, the flower of cavaliers" and all
the other brave men, dead on the
fields of glory? Oh! the horror of 1t,
the pity of IT. Where had been the
gain? Conscience answered, I'VE did
our duty and defended a principle and
our homes and how could we have
done otherwise"
And now, what shall we do?' we
asked each other. For myself" / said,
Il have decided. My commission is
gone, but my duty is before me. I SHALL
| remain here until these sick and
wounded soldiers who were under my
care have recovered, or been decently
buried" and so I did, teaching and ad-
ministering to their needs the best
that l could.
Many recovered and returned to their
ruined homes; many died, and some
climbed
THE great worlds altar-stairs,
That slope through darkness up "a
| Cod"
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7 J1RE we are on the great ocean.
The steamship has shaken from
i L her sides the small tugboats that
brought her over the bar, and now, like
a thing of life, she quickens her heart-
beats in the engine room, and glides
through the yielding element. bound for
the shores of old Ireland, and from there
anywhere and everywhere.
We leave the circling sea-gulls, whose
white wings are turned into plumage OF
gold by the rays of the setting sun, far
behind US, and sail on and on into the
darkness and into the great unknown
that lies before us. Before turning in
YOU cast a look towards the direction
vhefe YOU last saw the land of your
birth. your country, your home. But it
is gone. 1t has glided from you or you
glided from It, There is no sight OF
land. and between you and eternity there
are but few planlSs. I thought OF
Lord Byrons lines as the land that held
all that I loved was no longer visible:
4"Adieu, adieu; my native land
Fades Ger the waters blue;
The night winds sigh, the breakers roar,
And shrieks the wild sea-mew.
Yon sun that sets upon the sea
We follow in his flight;
Farewell a while to him and you,
NV native land, good night.
Yet. while there are only a few planks
between YOU and eternity, as l said, there
is a strange sense of security experienced
that grows out of the great size and
firmness of the ship. I fancy>that few
persons who have not Travelled in great
Atlantic liner can realize the magnitude
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slight decrease of customs receipts. Old
age pensions have been provided for, the
scope of that work actually increased,
and enormous sums devoted to the new
navy: yet without new taxes there Is
money enough and to spare. Can any OF
the countries which rely on ''protec-
ton show like recovery from recent de-
preston? Not one The advocates of
protection in England. the so-called pa
triots who talk for union" have been
driven to the desperate course of depre-
ciating Englands credit, decrying her
trade expansion and her security. But
the answer of the new budget Is conclu-
sive. They must hunt other weapons
The bralny chancellor is promising to
inaugurate a national scheme of insur-
ance against unemployment and against
sickness, far more liberal than the pres
ent German law. He proposes to read
Just the difficult relations of local and
imperial taxation. He Is proving as in
cisive and as mastery In the new finance
as was Gladstone himself In his day. and
he Is really working for and accomplish
Ing national unity as he pushes gaunt
Want from the thresholds OF British la
boring folk.
One may well hope that the nationals
lists OF Ireland will go on patiently to
keep such man in power, confident that
the day is coming when the necessity OF
decentralization will bring about an Irish
parliament 10 deal with Irish affairs as
economic changes are surely developing
a prosperous Ireland to sustain its own
parliamentary expenditures.
So l come back to my starting point,
and wonder yet once again to see staid
old Europe Fastening constitutional rev.
olution, not coquetting with anarchists
theorists, but soberly grasping the prime
duty of government, the welfare OF the
people. Truly the prophet OF Cralgen-
puttoch and the sage OF Chelsea rejoiced
to see that day would dawn and states
men arise before whose intelligence the
condition of England question" should
grow luminous with hope. Peace to his
A.
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to be that the republicans are on the
inside lolSing out and the democrats ON
the outside looking in. 1t is the old game
of the "ins" and the 'outs," and 1t is
about as good a bunco game as was ever
played upon a credulous people. Every
four years the placid waters of public
affairs are dashed into fury by political
tempest which party politicians let loose
and the people are told that the safety
of the nation depends upon the success
Of this party or that. The safety of the
nation, indeed The American nation, if
IL needs saving at all, needs to be saved
from the vampires, parasites, horse
leeches and politicians that are sucking
its life blood. The political Shorts and
COLLINS are generous in their offer of
friendship to little Columbia, and unless
that Innocent child frees herself from
their Vaccinations her future is not to
be envied.
A foreigner landing on the shores of
America finds himself cordially invited to
join either political party. He naturally
inquiries what these parties are, their
names, principles and purposes. Who
can answer him? Coming to republic he
expects to find republican form of gov
eminent, but will not be altogether sur
prised If he finds some people who favor
monarchial form. Why, certainly he
is a republican He has left monarchy
and all Its expressions behind him. He
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a mercy to the miserable. Off with your
hat as the wretched little company pass
There are two donkey carts, on one or
which there has been placed a plain
box; a few ragged friends follow on an
other cart. They were taking the body,
Dan thought, Is miles across the coun-
try. All, old fashioned DEATH and old
fashioned immortality.
Here comes another donkey cart. The
weary-faced driver has been to the sea
shore, 30 miles away, and now brings two
or three bushels of coolies to sell in Kill
arney, for which he will receive about
S125 per bushel. Does 1t pay? OF course
not, but what else can be done? Not far
from this section I introduced myself to
an excellent Irish woman and asked her
what wages farm hands received in that
part of Ireland. She said, Eight pence
that Is Is cents. But asked l. do
you mean that men with families get
only pence?' She answered, yes, Mr..
Grace. my husband, gets only that, and
we have 70 children" Mrs. Grace as
sisted in maintaining the family by
washing for the railroad hands. Their
home was straw-thatched. Times must
be better in Ireland now than then, else
how do the people live at all7
At the head of the upper lake I saw
little girl to whom I spoke. I asked her
to tell me her name, Mary O'Grady,
sir" she answered How many chill
dren have your parents?' Eight. sir
What do you have to eat at your
house, Mary?' For breakfast we have
bread butter and tay: for dinner potatoes
and goats milk, and for supper the same
as for dinner But when do you have
meat?" I'VE don't have meat, sir, ex-
cept at Christmas" I had other evidence
of Mary O'Grady's truthfulness. O.,
blessed Christmas, I have enjoyed thee
more than all the past, for 1 know that
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of these ships. There is not hotel on
land equal to them. I give some figures
that will aid one in making a just esti-
mate of what these enormous steamships
are. I take a ship whose tonnage has re-
Gently been surpassed, so that what
shall say may be multiplied; but how
many times I have not the figures to
show She will carry 100000 bushels of
wheat, equal to 800 car loads; 1000 tons of
flour, equal to 80 car loads 1000 boxes of
bacon, equal to 70 car loads; 5000 tierces
of lard equal to 40 car loads; 1900 bales
of cotton, equal to 40 car loads; 1900 head
of live cattle, equal to 80 car loads 5000
quarters of dressed beef, equal to at
least 50 car loads; 1900 tons of fuel, equal
to 100 car loads.
In addition, there will be in all likep-
hood, q 1000 tons of miscellaneous freight,
equal to about so car loads more; in all
not less than $50 car loads, or 80 long
trains of 20 cars to the train.
Then too, the great ship Is like a hotel,
and has its housekeeping department
The weeks washing on the great ships
numbers 10000 separate pieces Ninety
dish towels are used per day; 200 per
day are used In the mems lavatory, and
about 1900 day in the staterooms; 14,000
napkins are used in a trip from New York
to Liverpool. In one trip 1900 birds are
consumed and 1000 pounds of turkey; 1000
ponds of chicken and 200 pounds of duck.
in addition to 10000 pounds of beef, 1000
pounds of veal, and 5000 pounds of NUT
ton. Twenty thousand eggs are used,
and 5000 pounds OF butter. Thirty pounds
of tea are used daily and so pounds of
coffee There are 1900 cups and saucers,
26o0 plates. There are 1000 dinner knives
and the same number of tea and dessert
knive& and forks accordingly. About
2O00 spoons are used.
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No document ever came from the hand
of man equal to that glorious charter of
freedom, the Constitution of the United
States of America 1t has been, it Is,
and ever will be the admiration of all
men seeking for a form of government
which insures liberty to the people, unity
among men and strength to the nation.
The men who laid that foundation never
TO IA moment imagined what colossal
structure would in course of time be
erected upon 1t, but that foundation
reached bedrock, and so long as the bed
rock remains the foundation will last.
What was the bedrock on which that
foundation was laid? mo part of the
Constitution" says the historian, was
more earnestly and honestly considered
than the method of electing the Presi-
dent and no part of it Is now carried out
with such an utter disregard of the spirit
and intention of its trainers" For this
we must thank the politicians. When the
electoral college assembled in 1889, George
Washington was at lbs home in Mount
Vernon he had hung UP his sword and
sought the rest and retirement so well
and nobly earned, but the electors, with
one voice summoned him to preside over
the councils of the nation he had called
into existence. No campaign fund had
paSed the way for him. No hireing
stump orators had gone up and down the
land proclaiming his views upon the tariff
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not be convinced, and though the ma
tional humiliation had occurred many
years before, he was full of venom. l
called some gentlemen to assure the mad
man that l was not a German Finally
he permitted me to go my way though he
never was convinced.
I shall pass Queenstown and Cork, for
these are to be short journeys
We are now in the famous County
Kerry" and are stopping at the town of
Killarney. There is a population here of
about 5000 souls, and the town is dull,
sleepy and averse to any sort of enter
prise. This Is not astonishing, for the
entire city is owned by one man, the
Lord of Kenmare, whose lordly palace
stands some miles from Killarney.
From the town all tourists go to the
head of the lakes of Killarney, there
taking boat and coming back to the
head of the lakes of Killarney there
taking a boat and coming back to the
city over the lakes. I engaged a jaunt-
ing car for the ride of eight miles; the
drivers name was Dan, and his fine black
horse was named molly Bawn," after
the heroine In the novel by 1.-THE Ouch
ess" Dan was an obliging, witty young
fellow, and Molly Bawn was in splendid
plight. 1t was the perfection of morn
lDRs, anu Tue pdliiy Juiic Ill Ndo ibicei
with the sweet fragrance of white-thorn
blossoms growing along the roadside for
many miles. The roads were level as a
floor, health was in the air to be breathed
into the lungs, and the young, happy
morning had laughed away every trace
of night. o. what morning 1t was.
But shadows come to the brightest day,
to somebody. We pass Cabin after cabin,
vacant and tumbling down. What does
1t mean? All, we are In Kerry and the
land OF evictions. Here comes funeral
procession. Thank God, death is left as