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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-09-01

the eleven states forming the Confed
eracy were In instruction against the
government. that all commercial rela.
tons with them were suspended and
that all goods taken In passing be
tween the two sections and vehicles
conveying the same we're forfeited.
Washington Still Menaced.
There was now renewed rumor
that johnson and Beauregard were
about to attack Washington. McCiel.
Ian had been expecting such an attack
and had finally succeeded In convinc.
ing General Scott and others that there
was actual danger. on Aug. II the
president issued another procla mn ton
TO the effect that all troops from
Pennsylvania. New Jersey. New York.
Connecticut. Massachusetts. Vermont.
Rhode Island. New Hampshire. Maine
and Michigan should he sent imme-
diateiy TO Washington.
These were exceedingly busy days
FOR General Mcclellan. Ills letters
fairly breathe Of hustle. anxiety and
preparation. On Aug. 8 he writes: II
have scarcely slept one moment for
the last three nights. knowing well
that the enemy intend some move.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-09-01
The War Fifty Years Ago

Battle Of Athens Near Iowa Line In Missouri Federal
victory--.Force Commanded by Lyon At Wilson's
Creek Retreats to Rolla - McCulloch and Price
Occupy Springfield -Many New Generals Named,
Among Them Ulysses S. Grant, -McClellan at Wash
inSton Daily Expects Attack on Capital by Beaure-
Sard---Complans Tint Old General Scott Is Chief
Obstacle to His Plan Of Finally Authorized
to Organize Army Of the Potomac.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-09-01
st. Louis Under Martial Law.

II Wilson's Greek had the effect OF
heartening the Union men In the state
Mt large 1t produced an opposite result
In st. Louis There the southern sym.
pathizers and men opposed to the
Union became SO jubllant and unruly
that on Aug. Is General Fremont
placed the city under martial law.
There were few skirmishes In Mis-
souri, at this time worthy Of notice.
At POtOsi on Aug. 0 occurred a fight In
which thirty Confederates were re-
ported to have been killed. There
were also brushes at Georgetown on
Aug. II. Fredericktown Aug. IL and
Charlestown Aug. IS. ut which a mum.
Der Of Confederate prisoners were
taken.
There were likewise few actions Of
minor Importance In the east. The
Confederate General Magruder burn
ed Hampton. Va. a village In the W.
cinity Of Fortress Monroe, where a
Vpisn force had been stationed ct
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-09-01

GENERAL ULYSSES s. GRANT AND SCENE
ARCADIA VALLEY, IRONTON. MO.
COMMISSION As BRGADER GENERAL ~ AUGUST
ENcAMrED HERE GRANT OPEN THE
DONEISON AND
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-09-01

he filed ut the November elections.
The Union men dominated the cOnven.
ton. as they did the state. General
Fremont. In command at st. Louis. had
designated General John Pope TO keep
order In northern Missouri, Following
the battle of Wilson's Greek Major
Sturgis had withdrawn to Springfield.
where he was Joined by Colonel Sigel.
who then took command and retired to
ROlla. at which point he soon had re.
endorsements from Fremont. Gen
erals McCulloch and Price did not at.
tempt TO follow NJ. their opponents.
though they did advance to Spring.
field, Here McCulioch issued pronun.
ciamentos claiming credit for victory
mt Wilson's Creek, but he and Price
did not agree. and McCull0ch soon
after Withdrew from the state
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-09-01
Review Of the
Kingdom Of Judah

Specially Arranged for This Pspsv

GOLDEN TExT.-"Depart from evil
and do good; seek peace. and pursue IL"
Pisa. A:il
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13

practiced, when we get to one of the
real hard knots of life, your practical
man is helpless. Then we discover
that the great man is the Dreamer with
the head full of theories.
The practical man can run locomo-
tive, but he cannot invent one; he
can manage telephone system, but
he cannot pick the telephone idea out
of Nothing and make it Something.
The practical brother gets the sack.
He who founded Christianity had no.
where to lay His head full of ideas; he
who manages large Christian institu-
ton as bishop gets a palace and a seat
in the House Of Lords The inventor
of the sleeping car got swindled, the
practical business man who runs the
sleeping car company gets large juicy
income. Your common-sense phsician
can treat ordinary cases, but when the
plague breaks out you send for your
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13

Europeans as well as Americans will
be surprised to learn that one branch Of
Cuba's Congerss has abolished the
teaching of the English language in
the public schools of the island, while
the other chamber is expected to do
likewise. The dispatches from Havana
do not tell the reason for this action.
This is bad omen for Cuba, for it ind
icates that the reactionary elements are,
for the moment, at least in the ascend
ent. It is a strange proceeding, and
it is difficult to think that President
Gomez will sign the bill if it reaches him,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13
GETTING DOWN TO BRAss
TACkS.

Getting right down to brass
tacks, there isn't another invest
mont In the whole range Of seeuri-
ties accessible to Missourians that
promises so large and certaen
dividend as the new state capftoI
enterprise. The outlay Of the two
cents on the s1o0 assessed vaiua'
ton, required to rebuild the capitol,
will come trooping back In dollars
Of increased value In farm lands
and town lots. Demands for homAs
sends the price OF real estate soar
ing; homeseekers pass By the non
progressive. moss-back states for
the ones populated by . live. wide
awake, progressive people. Let
Missourians refuse 10 rebuild her
state capitol ana land buyers VIII
forget that she is On the map
who wants to locate In dead state
full of knccksrss but fash the
news over the weria as the sun
comes up on August I'd that mis-
sourisns are live wires, vine oe
things; thai 9 new capitol is to
rise, Phesaix.liks, from the ashes
Of the old one. splendid and ade-
auate In all iss appointments; that
the prepositien carried hy pract-
caily solid vots. and you will see
the tide ct immigrstien start for
this naasuinceat comnonwealth.
All eyes viii be turned toward MIS-
souri. and the zeal estate men II
all states sbeut us will bs teiiins
their customers what . gsodiy her
itage Of land and people we have.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13

towsle-headed, absent-mided professor;
and the worse and the stranger the
plague the more absent-minded and
towsle-headed theprofessor. The men
who are doing the best part of the
worlds work are the Theorists, in their
labratories watching test-tubes, in
their studies excogiating philosophers,
or under the summer trees dreaming
OF the coming days of gold and singing
OF their dreams.
The most efficient man is the man
with an Idea.-St. Louis Times.
Read our big new subscription offer
on another page.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13
Thinking Themes.

There is a great deal of buncombe
accepted about the Practical Man.
He is supposed to be of much more
real use to the world than the Theofe-
tical Man. We speak of the man who
does things" or gets things done"
with a certain smack and relish as
though he, after all, were the
fellow worth while.
Now the truth is that your prctical
man is usually a second rate man.
Practical implies that he can do things
that he has practiced. But when he
wants thing done that nobody has
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13
Notice.

Jesse Nance County Treasurer,
Has received from the State Auditor a
draft to pay the cost in the following
cases to-wit:
State VS.. Martin Boyd, F. A.
!" :" Wesley Williams F. A.
4" Walter Mcmillan, r. A.
Z" " James Akers, B&L.
!" =" w. Mckee, F. A.
In the case of Geo. Vanzandt the
bill was disallowed by the State Audit
or for the reason that the crime charg-
ed was not punishable solely by i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary. The
above cost will have to be paid by the
county. ALI parties that has cost in
any of these cases can get the same by
coming in person or sending him a
written order properly signed.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13

yet Cuba is country Of surprises. and
this very thing may take place. uso.
, Cuba will be larger loser than win
the United States, for it is to be pres
umed that. so far as the measure has
any practical purpose, it is intended to
be blow at US.
Ii the items in the Indebtedness of
Cuba to the United States were cited
they would make a long list. Tne
freedom Of the island is due to the
work of the United States. If we had
neglected or refused to intervene
Spain's flag would still be flying over
Moro Castle. We not only liberated
the island, but we administered it
until its people had leisure to con-
struct government for it, and then
we sailed away and allowed them to
run it. In the meantime we abol-
ished yellow jack and the rest of the
maladies which made it a plague spot
for the Western Hemisphere, and
since then, except as the islanders
themselves have neglected the sani-
tary teachings which we gave them,
it has been one of the most salubrious
countries on the globe. when its first
republican regime collapsed five years
ago We stepped in, ayerted chaos,
and enabled its people to elect a new
regime and take fresh start in self
government. In driving Spain out we
lost many lives and expended tens Of
millions OF dollars and our second in
that of 1906-0o, also cost
US several millions. For these services
Cuba has never given the United States
one cent of reward,
Even if the Cubans were dead to all
sense of gratitude for favors rendered
% them, they ought to take into the
account the business ties between their
country and ours. More than $780,
300, 900 of American capital is in
'ested in Cuba. Most of IFS trade Is
With US. We take practically ali OF the
ugar, fruit and tobacco which it ex-
,orts. If our trade were Withdrawn
or month there would be famine in
he island, its government overthrown,
nd its entire business and political
machinery would collapse. The dem
nds of physical geography decree that
:uba will one day become part of the
United States. but if it were to remain
eparate nation its interests would be a
romoted by the widest possible diffus-
IN of knowledge of the English lang
age among its people. English is
,oken by more than 100000, 900
eople Of the world, comprising more
the white race than talk any other
ngle tongue. Much more than half
these reside between the Gull ct
.exico and the Canadian boundary.
uba's interest lies in cultivating the
osest possible social relations with
e United States.-Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13
THE SHORT AND LONG HAUL

Remember, boys, that the tax
rate is just the same in the five
million and three and one-half mil
lion new capitol proposition. The
question is. do you prefer to pay
state capitol tax Of 2 cents on the
800 assessed valuation for . long
time or short time? II you prefer
the short tax period. get into the
fight to carry the smaller bond
issue at the special August cleo
tien. It will take two.tAirds Of the
votes cast to do it, but we can find
them.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13

The first time in the history of the
State condition has come about un-
der which the Legislature has been
compelled to resort to a provision OF
Section a. article " of the consti-
tuition to provide money for an emerg-
ency it could not otherwise take care
OF. That section forbids the creation
by the Legislature of a debt payable
by the State in excess of $3.50, 900 for
any one year. except to pay existing
bonds not otherwise provided for, or
to temporarily meet a casual defc-
iency in the revenue, or "the occur
ring of any unforeseen emergency"
The latter provision is found in the
third division of Section A., and reads
as follows:
Third on the occurring cf any un-
forseen emergency or casual deficiency
Of the revenue, when the temporary
liability incurred or to be incurred
shall exceed the sum of two hundred
and fifty thousand dollars for any one
gear, the General Assembly may sub
NIT an act providing for the loan, or
for the contracting of the liability, and
containing provision for levying
tax sufficient to pay the interest and
principal when they become due the
latter in not more than thirteen years
from the date of its creation to the
qualified voters of the state, and
when the act so submitted shall have
been ratified by two thirds majority
at an election held for that purpose,
due publication having been made
of the provisions of the act for at least |
three months before such election, the |
act thus retained shall be irrepealable |
until the debt thereby incurred |
shall be paid, principal and in
terest."
It is under that provision OF the
Constitution that the special election
on the first day of August is to be
held. It will be observed that this
election is to ratify or reject All act of
the Legislature, not a constitutional
amendment. It is to be referendum
vote, the only referendum vote made
possible by the Constitution till the
initiative and referendum amendment
was adopted.
The act to be adopted or rejected at
the special election contains all of the
provisions necessary for issuing and
selling bonds to the amount of $3, 500
900 for rebuilding the capital, and
when it is ratified then another act, S
not operative otherwise, becomes eff
ective, providing for all the details G
with the building of a capi S
al-for a board of building COM O
for enlargement of the
capital grounds, for plans and contracts {
md for the prompt construction and C
equipment of the buildind, the total &
not to exceed three
Millions for the building. three hun r
lred thousand for its equipment and
wo hundred thousand for additional
,round and its preparation.
But for this provision of the Consti-
ution it would have been necessary
o wait till 1912 to vote bonds for a
lew capitol; and then to wal for the
Legislature 1913 to arrange for its
If the capitol bond act
s ratified by a two thirds majority on
he first day of August the work of
planning and building will be under
vay early this fall and the building |
rill be advanced far enough to house
he Legislature in 1918, and to pro-
'ide quarters for the Governor and
fher State deOartnents
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13
THE DREAM ROAD.
Wilbur d. Nesbit.

Wilbur d. Nesbit.
Ho, there are hundred ways
To the long lost yesterdays
Some go trudging through the rain,
Through the fog Of wasted tears
That has hid the hills Of pain
On the borders of the years;
Some 60 by the laughing streams
Down and down the road of dreams
You and and all must know
Bypaths to the long ago;
Now that we are old and wise
We cling to each treasured sign
That will show to US where lies
The old land Of song and wine
The old land of field and tree
That we know as Used-to-Be.
Ho, day dreamers are we all!
And oft on our ears will fall
Half forgotten songs we sang
When we had no thought of care,
And we hear the bells that rang
Ever softly, sweety, there
Then before our eyes, in socth,
Stretch the fair, wide fields of youth.
And we hear as spoken words
All the chantings of the birds,
And with half closed eyes we see
Hills that rise in living green,
Rustling grass and swaying tree,
And the sky, blue and serene,
And again in dreams We rest
In the land we loved the best,
So there are hundred ways
To the long lost yesterdays;
Ways that lure and on,
Back and back the endless miles
That our tagging feet have gone,
Into all the other whiles
Where our youth forever CLEANS
Down and down the road OF dreams.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-07-13

The Republican, One Dollar Year,
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-03
"Superiority" of Women.

Men have never believed In the su
periority Of woman. that she Is In any
way q nobler or greater being, foi
they have never initiated her in any
thing. Men admire generously, but
they only honor success, and sue
cessful woman-whatever that is
not less than successful man.
II historians had only told US when
taking off the hat to a woman was
invented, the whole puzzle would be
solved. Perhaps it began In the Cru
sades to show the wearer was not q
Saracen or an orient tai Erasmus, we
know, used to salute the ladies Of this
country by kissing them; perhaps the
celebrant took of his hat to prevent II
falling off-just as, probably. the ori
gin Of taking oneS glove off to shake
hands was to prevent the other party
to the dialogue fnvoluntarily pulling
1t off or otherwise damaging 1t.
We may be sure the movement was
utilitarian and not romantic. Today II
Is a mere survival, like the old-fash'
ioned signatures to letter.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-03

may put this earth In the scrap heap.
The professor has no doubt that such
an end will come 10 the earth, but he
makes no attempt to say when the
event will occur. Those who know
about the eminent astronomer and
his work do not doubt his word, of
course; and those who do not know
may rest assured that Professor
Lowell is amply qualified to render
an opinion on this important subject.
The probable nature of the end of
the world, as the conclusions of the
scientists show, win be drop into
the sun; but Professor Lowell says
we shall have advance knowledge Of
this, and he knows. As the scien-
lists have figured 1t out there is
somewhere in the remote confines of
space great mass of matter-once a
world, but now dead-hurtling toward
our sun. When 1t hits the bulrs-eye,
as 1t Is bound to do some day, our
little hunk of mud will cease to exist.
1t is well for our peace Of mind
that no such dead world is at present
within dangerous proximity. Yet who
knows what day the morning papers
may announce that one has been dis
covered by aid Of the suns light re-
fiected upon 1t as 1t enters our little
circle--butting into our society, so to
speak. While 1t would then be GER
tain the end Of the world was at
hand, still, there would be ample time
In which to prepare for the inevitable
About 27 years would elapse from the
time 1t was discovered by some as
tronomer with his telescope until the
fatal mass could be seen with the
naked eye, and not until three years
later would 1t appear as large as the
brightest stars in the heavens Nearly
three years more and our seasons
would begin to change, the days be-
coming longer. The beginning of the
end would come about five months
later. The stranger would not strike
our little planet, but would pass so
close in IT'S dash to the sun that the
earth would turn and follow until, to-
gether, they would drop silently into
the sun, like couple of dust specks
into a roaring furnace fire.
Professor Lowell, who has so calm
ly announced the probability Of this
startling end to all earthly hopes and
fears, was born at Boston, Mass,
March Is, 1855. Graduating from
Harvard in 1875, he continued the
study Of astronomy in many parts OF
the world untf1 1894. when he estab
lished the Lowell Observatory al
Flagstaff, Ariz. Being a fellow IN
nearly all the important scientific and
astronomical associations Of Europe
and America, his opinions have Ions
been accepted quite generally as au
thoritative. Hi odd theory concern
ing the end OF the world, therefore
has aroused 10 end of controversy
among men Of science.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-03
WATCH BOYS in NORWAY
Sits In Sentry Box Set on stiIts or
Lookout for Schools
Of Fish.

1t is common enough to see a boy
watching cattle to keep them from
straying, but watch boy whose duty
1t Is to keep a lookout for a school OF
fish, and who sits In a sentry box SET
upon stills, is not such an everyday
sight.
This particular kind of watch boy Is
Norwegian, the scene of his labors be-
ing the shores of some ford of his ma.
tive land.
His little sentry box is made of wood
and perched high upon posts. Here
the lad sits, gazing out across the
sea, using ,his keen eyes for the bene
fit Of the farmers who are depending
upon him to give the alarm when 9
school of fish shall appear. They worl
contentedly enough in their fields, Sc
cure in the belief that their watch boy
will let them know when 1t is time t.
reap a harvest from the sea insteat
of from the land.
When the signal is given they leav,
their work, throw the hug. nets owe
their shoulders. and hurry cuff to thei
boats.
Sentinel boxes similar to, those EN-
ployed In Norway were. in use anon
the fishermen on the shores of tn
Mediterranean. and 1t Is supposed tina
the Vikings brought back with theI
from some Of their piratical raids th
idea that has been put in practice eve
since.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-03
An Ace un Hla sleeve.

Munich has once more become the
scene of painful incident" through
ignorance on the part Of young man,
the son of high Official, as to how
to hold his cards when playing, says
the Munchener Post A game was in
progress at club when some one
saw the young man draw an ace from
his sleeve. When the excitement
caused by the operation had some
what subsided prominent citizen
prevented criminal proceedings by
bundling the card sharp into an au-
tomobile, which took him without stop
across the Bavarian frontier.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-03-03
!. THE GOLD MINERS GARDEN.


housewives who cannot be happy
Uithout their little gardens hac bet.
ter make a wide detour Of the Neva
da desert. Nothing grows In the
treasure hills and wales of the Great
Basin save the joshua-tree. 9 shabby
variety Of the yucca-palm; sagebrush
and the greasewood bush. A writer
In Good Housekeeping tells Of one at.
tempt at gardening, which proved mol
only expensive, but useless.
In Goldfield there was the wife OF q
bonanza mine operator who pined for
a little lawn. Her husband freighted
down from the Washoe range thou
sand dollar carload of sod
1t was carefully laid out before the
tiny cottage by an expert gardener
borrowed from a garden estate IN
southern California and 1t was gener'
ously sprinkled with water bought BY
the gallon.
1t was summer time, and usually
one hundred degrees In the shade 81
noon.
For day or two the literally wat
cred sod looked fresh. and q few
blades of grass raised their heads
proudly. Hundreds came from miles
round to feast their eyes on this lit
tie patch Of verdant green.
The gold miners wife was over1oy
ed and sent to Sacramento for a Do1
Of rose bushes. She would have lit
tie oasis Of her own.
Alas! one shimmering afternoon II
began to blow. Spirals of sand rose
up on the hill slopes and danced dowr
the trails and into the camp, gaining
velocity and volume with every revo
luton.
First came one little Dsandspout
which tripped sprightly sarabant
on the little lawn. Then came an
other, trifie larger, and danced like
mad dervish from corner to corner
Of the square Of sod.
Presently very ballet Of sandpointi
were performing their bewilderint
evolutions about the cottage, merging
at last one into the other. and becom
ing prodigious whirlblast Of alkaline
dust.
When this cruel visitation had pass
ed the little lawn had vanished. AL
though deluged with reckless vast
Of water, not solitary blade Of grass
could be brought to raise its head
The poisonous dust had killed swift
ly and thoroughly.