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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05

I Sullivan began the retreat that ha:
been described as one Of the best con
! Quoted of all the war.
In the British Parliament Montgom.
erys attack on Quebec was clarac.
| terized as second in daring only tc
| that of Wolfe, and he was lauded as
| the bravest of the brave.
| Lord North. the Premier. replied that
| however much Montgomery might be
admired for his bravery and his worth
| 1t should not be forgotten that he
was a rebel and had been Killed in re-
bellion against his King.
This brought from Edmund Burke a
response such as the House of Parlia-
ment rarely had heard.
1T III BELTS his lordship to use the
term REBEL" he declared. But for
rebels His Majesty George III. would
not be King of England to-day. Crom
we'll was rebel. Every step in Eng
lands advancement was the result Of
rebellion. To rebels is due the great
progress of the world. Without rebel
Montgomery was rebel he was in IL
lustrious company, and I for one am
proud Of the privilege of paying trb-
ute to so noble soldier in the cause
| of liberty"
The Retreat from Quebec.
The retreat from Quebec was bitter
enough, but to its bitterness were
added the horrors of smallpox and ty-
phus. 1t was but fragment of the
army that Montgomery had taken
north that returned to Crown Point and
| Ticonderoga. The British, led by Gen
eral Guy Carlton, were In the wake
/. of tho Continentals, and after only a
semblance of defense Grown Point
was abandoned. Carlton might have
captured Ticonderoga. too, but he was
content to postpone that work to q
later day.
In the gloom that settled upon the
country as result of the Quebec dis.
aster lit was natural perhaps that
| Schuyler came in for much blame. The
men who had gone with Montgomery
were mostly New Englanders. They
had no love for Schuyler He was a
New Yorker. He had been one O!
New York's commissioners for the set.
tlement of the boundary dispute be.
tween New York and New England
New York had claimed all the territory
to the Connecticut River, but had com.
J promised on line twenty miles cas-.
of the Hudson. That line prevailed
however only to the northern limits
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05

near by. bu. 1t was to schuylers man.
sion in Albany that Burgoyne and all
his general officers went as guests at
ter the surrender, and never were they
more graciously entertained. Never
was victory more welcome 20 nation
than Saratoga to America Washing
ton had been defeated at Brandywine.
but what did that matter now:
Gates, vain, foolish man. thought ne
was a second Alexander. He Sehemed
to suppiant Washington as he had
supplanted Schuyler. but failed He
failed miserably In the Southern cam
paign and he retired in disgrace ami
died scorned And when he died
Schuyler. the man ne had robbed OF
the fame OF Saratoga. was United
States Senator and one of the nations
most honored men.
Copyright. 1910, by Richard sp!llane)
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05
c5AR6FOGA MONUMENT
BY RICHARD sp1LLANE.

In the darkest days of the Reyolu-
ton. when every sign indicated tina.
teh struggling colonsts We're going
to be overwhelmed by the armies Of
King George. Major General Philip
Schuyler, commanding the Department
of the North. saw one rift in the clouds.
Great soldier he was not, but he plan.
ned campaign that brought to .lmeri-
can arms the most signal victory of the
war and that caused France to recog-
nlze and join hands with the infant
republic. On the eve of triumph he
was supplanted by a vain, incompetent
man, who robbed him of the honors
that should have gone to him and who
then. in his conceit,l sought to Dust
Washington himself DIS communicating
chief
Schuyler had three grave faults. He
was rich, he was Dutch and he had
rheumatic govt. For being rich he
was in part responsible, for the for
tune that came to him from his father
he added to and swelled until he was
one Of the richest men of his time.
He could not help being Dutch and he
should not be blamed for the govt.
for 1t developed when he was child
and he inherited it with his Dutch
blood and the wide domain of the Pa
troons.
Because or his wealth and promi-
hence and his service in the French
and Indian wars he was put in COM
n1and of the Army of the North al
The outbreak of the Revolution. HI
planned the invasion of Canada anc
would have commanded the expedition
but illenss forced him to remain behind
and Montgomery assumed command in
stead. The scheme was brilliant Tha
1t failed was not the fault of Schuyle
or Montgomery. Never did a genera
have more insubordinate or mutinous
body of men than Montgomery Ate,
the capture of Montreal they wanted
to return. They had enlisted for only
a few months and their time had ex-
PRED. They had undergone untold
hardships: they had found that the
Canadians, whom they supposed were
ripe for rebellion, were loyal to the
British, and they We're half clothed and
half-starved. 1t was only by caiolery
that Montgomery could induce a por.
ton OF his force to take part in the
attack on Quebec. There Montgomer,
met his death and the Continental!
We're beaten. The siege was maintain
cd until the spring, and then Genera
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05

Schuyler went back to Albany with
assurances of the esteem and conf
dence of Congress.
Burgoyne.
Meantime there had been develop
ments In the Canadian country that
ooded Ill for the American cause. In
the fall of rs General Burgoyne, sec
ond In command to Carlton, had CONC
TO England and laid before the minis
try a plan to end the rebellion. He
would lead an army from Quebec
south. Sir William Howe could send
an army up from New York to meet
The Canadian army. A third army,
made up of regulars. Tories and In
! iians, would sweep down the Mohawk
Valley from Lake Ontario. Separately
Or jointly these three forces could
overcome any force that could be mus
tered to oppose them. With all New
York under control OF the British, the
colonies would be rent asunder. Then
It would be easy to stamp out any
remnant of the Revolutionary army
that did not disband.
The scheme was a good one, and
Burgoyne arrived in Quebec with an
army of 5000 men, mostly regulars.
st. Leger was sent over Lake Ontario
to Oswego with a force Of regulars
to join the Tories under Butler and
the Indians under Sir John Johnson
and the Indian, Joseph Brant. Only
one thing was overlooked. That was
the order to Howe. Lord George Ger
main, the War Minister, had week
end visit to make to the country, and
in his hurry to get away from London
failed to sign the letter to General
Howe. Years later the letter was
found in one of the piSeonhoes Of
his desk.
While Congress was meddling and
while Schuyler was insisting to be re-
lieved of responsibility or relieved of
Gates, Burgoyne was on his way south
from Quebec. Els army was the best
trained on the American continent.
1t had big artillery equipment and
a great quantity Of supplies. Schuyler
did not learn Of its approach until 1t
was near Lake Champaign. Before he
could do much it had reached Crown
Point. Hastily he did what he could
to strengthen Ticonderoga, where
General st. Clair was stationed with
$500 men. The British moved swiftly
and rendered .Biconderoga untenable
by dragging cannon to the top of
Mount Defiance, Neither Gates nor
Schuyler thought 1t possible to get
cannon up its rugged cliffs. st, Clair
had to chose between sacrificing his
army by defense or sacrificing his
reputation by abandoning the fort. FL
bravely chose the latter and led his
army out at night. So hurried was
sage to Schuyler TO escape the
British he made his way toward Rut-
land and then by q circuitous route
proceeded to iOin SCHUYLER.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05

Fitchville, Dhio.-"My daught,
down, suffered from pains in her
limbs, and could walk but short
time. She came very near ha
prOstration, had begun to cough
and seemed melancholy by spell
two doctors but got little help.
Lydia T.. Pinkhaln's Vegetabl,
Blood Purifier and Liver Pills
proved so much that she feels a
another girl. = Mrs. G. Cole, iFitc
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01

Each year $4,000 tons Of SCOT are
taken from London chimncys.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01
A Lump Of Humanity.

She weighed 224 II She weighed
an ounce. and she did weigh an ounce.
Tho whole rink shook and rumbled
us she struggled round In hor efforts
to master the whirling art.
Suddenly-a terrific thud--a groan
and there, piled upon the boarding.
lag henp OF ovcrbalanced feminity.
A dozen stalwarts fastened TO her aid.
but her avoirdupois was too much for
their hcaving.
The woman opened her eyes.
You Will have TO walt but a mo-
mcnt. madam. politely remarked a
third I'VE have just sent for tae
crane. | trust you are not hurt!
"Nn-no. / don't think so!" she
gasped bravcly back. But. oh, there
ere some dreadful Jumps In your
fioor,'
"Lumps be hanged. madaml" groWl-
cd a halr-smothered voice from under
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01
BACK TO THE FIRST LOVE.

A travelling man who visits the
southwest four times a year tells Of
his experiences with somewhat
fickle-mindcd hotel proprietor in
little city In Arkansas. The hotel.ever
since he mad known it. and up until
last September. bore the time-honored
yet somewhat nondescript name OF
''Reyere House" Shortly after the
first tidipg came from 'farthest
north" the traveller visited the town.
and at the station found a porter who
insisted on taking him and his bag
gage 10 the Hotel Cook" The troy.
eler demurred until he was assured
that there was no more Revere
House" and learned that the old hos
telry had been re-christenod In honor
OF the intrepid explorer.
On his next trip to the town. some
three months later. he was impor
tuned. or rather captured by porter
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01
An Awful Jolt.

II see you have a new automobile.
said Wigs. enviously.
Yes responded Bigss. as he
slowed up tho machine near tho sido-
walk. and It's beauty. Everything
works like clockwork-"
That's good
"The tires are puc,ure-proof."
Better still"
And she goes like tho wind,
Gee whiz, Wish l owned one.
by the way. are you fond OF rih-
ing7"
Am 7 fond of riding? Well.
should say so"
We'll. here's n street car transfer
just found | won't need 1t and
you can ride home on it'-Chlca6o
News.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01
No Dress Question.

A Washington diplomat was laugh.
ing tho other day over letter from
Ernest Lyon, the American consul at
Liberia.
Lyon" said the diplomat, had
been making trip from Monroyia In.
to the interior. He described in his
letter tho very primitive people he
met with on his Journeyingg. He got
OF rather neat thing about women
The young women OF these re
esons,' he wrote. suggests the prophet
TO you-shc has 80 little on her IN
her own country"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01

from the "Peary." The same process
of elimination and explanation was
made. which served to convince him
of mine hosts" change or exchange
OF loyalty. Now the tourist has just
returned, and tells that on his last
visit he was invited to take the bus
for the Revere House. the only first
class hotel in The city He found
the name cmblazoned In gold leaf on
the old sign board from which IL was
erased eight months ago,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01
Draft From the Gallery.

The leading man in the barnstorm-
ing New England drama halted In the
wings
II guess Id better go back for an
cpcore." he announced proudly. Il
still hear the wind Kissing in the bliz-
%ard scene
You blockheadl' snorted the irate
manager. "That isn't the blizzard
chats the audience. Chicago Nows
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01
A ForgetfuI Moment.

She-Aren't you delighted. John.
that dear mother is going TO spend
six weeks with us?
John gloomily)-Dellghted
She (suddenly)-O John. would
YOU put the old cat out?
He (abstractedlD-Pd Ike to
Maria, but she's your mother,-Balu-
more American. o-.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01
HAS A RIDE COMING.

"T saw your brother today and re-
minded him of his promise last win
ter tc take us out In his automobile
this spring"
What did he say"
"He said he hadn't forgotten. Just
wait I'LL spring. he replied
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01
Behind the Screens

a negro prcache. in a Georgia town
was edified on one occasion by the
recital of a dream had by a member
OF his church.
Il was a-dreamiD' all dis time"
said the narrator. dat | Was in Ole
Satan's dominIons. ! tell you. Pahson,
date WAS shore bad dream,'
Was derc any white men dere?"
asked the dusky divine.
shore dere was-plenty OF en-"
the other FASTENED TO assure his min.
lister.
What was dey adoin'?" -r.
"Ebery one of ON" was the ans.
wer. ''was a-holdiD cullud pusson
between him an dc fire"-Harpers
Weekly.
Each year $4,000 tons of SCOT are
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-05-01

meath. I'm not lump: I'm one OF the
uts,"-Philadelp Record,
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01
NEW FLATS TO Be MODELS
~ Working Men That viii
Be Unique.

The homes for working men that
arc to be built in New York by Mrs.
W. K. Vanderbilt are said to Be
models Of their kind. The buildings
will be Of the apartment-house style,
with 16 suites for small families on
each floor of two, three, four and five
rooms in q suite. The novel feature
will be the series Of open staircases
leading from the central open courts,
giving to the occupants facilities for
entering the apartments directly
from out Of doors. Each building
will have four Of these staircases,
and they are designed a. . special
protection against disease. As there
will be no common Railways there
can be no accumulation of dirt.
Open-air wards on the roof will be
another good feature. There will be
. roof garden and separate toilets
for men, women and children, the
tenants to be encouraged to live out
Of doors. There will also be series
Of balconies that may be used for
eating or sleeping. The apartments
will have bathrooms and gas ranges.
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01

Some animals-and especially some
birds-we fatter grossly. Others We
insult But. Of the adulated. which II
so absurdly praised by his very name
as Chanticleer? M. Rostand's hero IL
really the hoarsest Of singers. And
not only IL he ridiculously husky, but
he never hits the note. he II sourly
out Of tune. and drags downward
through q sorry scale. without one
tone right, through the close Of his
outcry. And yet we must needs take
him a. the very champion Of pure
singing. Tennyson went 20 far as to
compare the voice Of Jeptha's heroic
daughter. in the forest Of his dream.
to the cocks. She sings clearer than
the crested bird that claps his wings
at dawn" II is certain that Tennyson
had NO ear for music Gas had few Of
the great poets. from Pope to Ros-
setti). but he might have known rau-
cous voice from clear one.
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01
Women's Clothing.

DR.. Haig Ferguson in a lecture At
the Edinburgh Royal infirmary the
other day had some severe things to
say about the clothing of the adult
woman. It was hampered by fashion
and superstition and nothing could be
. greater tribute to the strong nerves
and powerful muscles Of women than
the fact that their health had survived
for centuries their habits Of clothing.
A woman's clothing was the despair
OF the hygienist Children and girls
were more sensibly clad. but when
girls grew up they were often clothed
in q way which made them unable to
walk. run or breathe. Weighty skirts.
low-necked gowns. pneumonia
blouses." the modern hat. the high
heeled shoe with its pointed toe.
were all condemned. But then women
will have It SO and SO 1t will remain
Westminster Gazette.
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01
you. did not look under the table,
Kansas City Journal
RECORDS MADE BY euNNERs
Men Of the Coast Artillery Prove
/. They Know How to Use Their
Weapons.


A remarkable record was made by
Company 115 of the Coast Artillery
Corps at Fort Rosecrans, Cal. recent
ly. Four shots were fred from a bat
terry of two ten-inch guns at a target
80 feet high by so feet long. which
was moving at the rate of eight miles
an hour. at a distance Of about five
miles away. All four shots were fred
in a period Of minute and 20 Sec
onds. and passed through a rectangle
. feet high by AZ feet wide. three Of
them striking the target and the
fourth passing four yards to the left
Of It. The remarkable accuracy Of
this firing can be appreciated when
It is realized that a circle with q
radius of eleven yards at the target
would include all the shots.
On the same date Company 81 Of
the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Rod
man. Mass. fired four shots from an
eight-inch battery at a 80 by 60-foot
material target which was moving at
the rate of five miles an hour at a dis
lance Of about four miles from the
battery firing. All four shots were
hits. and the first shot cut the raft of
the material target in two. A circle
with radius of fifteen yards at the
target would include all the shots. The
interval between the shots was So
seconds.-Harper'a Weekly.
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01
EITHER A FIB OR A MIRACLE
Old sheIibsek Had Not Well Weighed
His Words Before Recruiting
Marvellous Tale.

Rear Admiral Rogers Of the navy
tells the following story Of . CONVEX
sation he heard between two old
sailors:
TT was \ rat ship was sailin' in
that trip" said one Of the shellbacks.
"One Of the dingdest rat ships l ever
knew. They was rats in It from bow
to stern. rats in the hold. in the gal
ley. in the steerage. in the fo'castle. in
the old mans room--everywhere.
Rats. Nothin' but.
"Bimeby It got so bad we had to
put in an get them on. SO we hooked
up to . dock and fumigated. was
on deck an I saw them rats leavin'
! counted EN-. They was fifteen
million of EN-
Fifteen miliion?" asked the other
Amt that q lot O. rats! Are you
suref"
Sure? Yes. I'm sure. They was
fifteen million rats. and counted EN-
More than that. every rat weighed
half a pound. They vas big. fat
sassy ones. I'm tellin'."
Fifteen million rats. and every one
w6tghed half a pound. and they ali
came on your ship. That's seven
million and a half pounds Of rats
Say. Jim. what was the tonnage Of
that .shipr
"Oh. about $50 tons."-Judge.
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01
Cleanliness Next to oodIIns...

while collecting rents in "A poor
quarter Of the city discovered a
novel use for an old churchyard." said
the renting agent. Several of my
three-room fats in a building overlook
ing the yard are occupied by laun-
dresses. Last week happened to get
into the kitchen Of one fat and saw
that every laundress had a pulley
clothesline stretched across the yard
from her kitchen window to q corner
OF the church. Fortunately the yard
was In the rear of the church and no
one except the neighbors had a chance
to be shocked at the contiguity Of
laundry and religion. The laundress
whom Questioned said there had
been some pretty hot debates in the
church over the propriety Of CON-
bining cleanliness and godliness in
that practical fashion. but the pastor
had commended so stoutly that the rs
square feet Of space could be put to
no better use than to enable hard
working women who had no place else
TO dry clothes out doors to earn q liv-
ing that the trustees had finally given
IN"
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01

Friend-Gogson. how IL your aero
plane getting along?
Inventor-It IL complete. with the
exception Of one little detail I have
not yet perfected. shall take up that
next
What IL IT."
"A mere trife that I can think out
At any time. The principal feature Of
my Invention IL q safety net that viii
travel along under my aeroplane to
prevent fatal accidents. II will make
navigating the air Absolutely free from
danger. By the Introduction Of that
net I have revolutionized the entire
business
But how IL the net itself to be kept
from falling to the ground when any
thing happens to your aeroplane!"
That lie the little detail I haven't
worked out yet."-Life.
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01

ter in winter, the average price being
one dollar a pound. Eggs were cheap
or than they are now. but likewise
much smaller. In the year 1900 the
price of turkey in Paris was between
eight and ten dollars head. accord
Ing to size. Rice was IL cents .
pound. Most of the food is cheaper
now in the big cities than in the good
old times. In the middle ages only
princes dared to aspire to eat oranges.
which were one dollar apiece during
the height Of the season.
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01
BELONG TO SOUTHERN CITY
institutions indigenous to New Or
leans Call Forth Criticism
From Stranger.

Sheridan Pioughe Of Hutchinson re-
Gently returned from q trip to Pan
anna. taken to see how Uncle Sam 10
building the big ditch. He stopped at
New Orleans to have q look at the
Mardi Gras.
They have two institutions in New
Orleans that seem to be to the man.
ner born" said Ploughe. the other
day. They think they have a mon.
lopoiy on these. One is the French
Opera and the other is the Mardi
Gras. They say that the opera Is the
leading feature Of their social life.
For over 90 years they have had this
kind Of music and I rather think now
II IL honored more for its age than
for anything else. Some Of our party
went to the opera. Some stayed at
home. Those who went congratulated
those who stayed. When the opera
had Its highest run It was about all
there was to New Orleans society.
mot to be q subscriber. or at least
mot to be . regular attendant, was
stantamount to being ignored by So
.ciety, and to being looked upon a. .
person lacking in taste. 1t was a
sswell affair and on each Tuesday and
Saturday night-full dress. head wait
,sr clothes and white golves for the
linen. and for the women all that New
Orleans society would stand for. The
display Of undress was positively
startling to a stranger. All of which
reminds me Of Jerry Simpson. He at
tended a swell social function In
Washington, and his wife, who had
not attended. asked Jerry when he
got home how the women were
Creased. The ouick-witted Jerry re-
. 'Dnsd: We'll ny dear. l eanpQk tAu
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01
FOOD PRICES OF LONG AGO
PartsIans on Record a. Paying laros
Sums for Ordinary Articles Of
9ustenance.

While the French newspapers echo
with complaints about the high food
prices, a statistician has figured out
that things were not SO very cheap in
the good old times" either. Mill
prices are pretty stationary now
throughout the year. Two hundred
years ago the Parisians had to pay
three times more for milk in winter
than in summer and the average price
OF quart Of milk was about eight
cents.
Toward the end of the eighteenth
century Paris paid II cents per quart
for milk. In the French country dis
tricts the price was sig cents. One
hundred and th;rty-five years ago
aaly Tie SieA ooQlA .a4aeA = eak hat
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01

The local cup tie final was what the
reporters call . dingdong gams-ten
minutes from the finish and no goals
all Al this crucial moment Spar
broom. the hope Of the Thumbvills
Thrushes. was knocked out. They car
ried him hastily from the nsld. but Il
was not till the match was over
that he recovered consciousness-at .
moment when the doctor was in the
middle OF a. most painful operation.
In mortal agony he plucked the
sleeve Of the doctor who was attend
ing to his fractured thigh.
Tell me. DOCTOR" he whispered.
family, did we wfnf"
YES" answered the man Of medi-
cines
A flush Of rapture suffused the face
Of the injured one.
well. never mind this fractured
thigh. then. doctor" he mumbled. ex.
citedly. but just take those bits OF
broken teeth out Of my mouth. sos
I ran holleri"-AnHWerp
The Lamar register., 1910-06-01
REACHING FARTHER WEST.

Statistics at Wellesley college this
year show a larger per cent. of the
attendants coming from the middle
west, and even from the states be-
yond the Rockies. Fifteen years
ago the percentage Of students from
the New England states was more
than 80 and this year it il only AZ
Der cent. Of the whole.