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The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25

sas. These combined armies Outnum-
tered General McDOwells forces. aud
the Confederate generals Johnston
aud Beauregard Outlnaneuvered their
opponent. Mcdowell counted upon the
cooperation Ut L force under General
Patterson to prevent u junction OF the
Confederate armies. which on July ~
were fifty miles apart. Patterson fail.
ed to do this, yet ne notified General
Scott the responsible head OF the
army At Washington. on July 70 that
the COnfetierates on his front had
started by rail to re-enfOrce the army
at Manassas. THIS information never
reached Mcdowell. 10 he attacked
Olindiy and Of course met with disas-
ter.
There was something besides run
mug that 2lst OF July. 1851. " Wash
ington would have been added to the
Southern Confederacy next day and
doubtless belong to II yet. Leaving
out the deeds Of all other regiments,
three commands alone made record
which should redeem the honor Of the
whole army, The banner regiment
that day was the First Minnesota, re-
uOwned for Its brilliant charge al Get
tysburg. 1t lost at Bull Run ~ killed.
lO2 wounded and 30 missing. COrco
van's Irish regiment, the Sixty.ninth
New York. lost 80 killed. 50 wounded
aud % missing. CamerOn's highland
ers." the Seventy ninth New York. lost
70 killed. AZ wounded and lis missing.
These Losses were not incurred In
slaughter pens, hut In desperate light.
ing. where Il was give aud take. The
losses IN the three regiments, taken In
comparison with those Of other battle
fields Of 1851. leave the Bull Run vet.
Grams no cause to blush for the honor
Of their arms.
The Svsss at Bull Run Of the First
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25

were constantly arriving from General
J. +. Johnston's army OF tho Shcnan.
doah. Mcdowell assaulted the hill
with the brigades Of Colonel W. Is
Franklin. which included the First
Minnesota; Colonel U. Is. Wilcox.
Colonel W. 4. Sherman. which In.
cluded the Slxty.ninth aud Seventy.
ninth New York. und Colonel Andrew
Porter. which included the Twenty,
seventh New York. the regiment which
| Joined later.
In the first Federal attack the north.
ern part Of the plateau was carried
and the regular batteries Of Captain
Griffin and Captain Tickets establish.
ed there. These two captains display.
cd such daring. running their pieces
up within close range. that the enemy
let them alone for a time aud concen.
tratcd their attacks upon the Infantry
supports OF the guns. Desperate
charges were made by single regiments
on both sides. Colonel Barlow led the
Eighth Georgia into the batteries and
was driven or, He then led up the
Seventh and was killed before reach
ing the guns. Finally a gray uniform,
ed regiment. moving up under cover Of
an oak forest. burst into view close
by Grifhn's battery. and he was about
10 open on II with canister when the
chief Of artillery asserted that the new
corners were Federals IN cadet gray
and supports for his guns. In a mo.
ment the strange regiment fred vol.
ley that cut down every cannoneer IN
Grtffin's bsttery and many Of the
horses, leaving the guns without sup.
port The same fire struck Ricketts,
battery.
The calamity which rendered thu
guns Of Grimm and Ricketts, useless
left the hill and the silent cannon IN
the hands Of Beauregard's men. Had
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25

10 effort been made to recover them
the Federal soldiers ut Bull Run might
be Justly charged with Sinking the
ught. sherman Instantly ordered the
highRnders to rtrapture the guns.
The men responded with u will. every
one of the killed elan determined to
be hero. The regiment rallied several
times and fought gnllnntly II was fol.
lowed in by the sixty ninth. under
Colonel Corroran. and the Twenty sew
enth. under Colonel Bartlett These
two regiments gained Judgment On
the hill. but were not supported. FL.
nally they were ovcrw belmed by the
fresh troops OF Joe Johnston from the
Shenandoah valley. and the day was
lost
Hit In the Battle.
The Confederates were the poorer
shots at Bull Run or else did not get
to work. In every 1000 Confederates
sixty one were hit. while the hits
among the Federals were only 0fty.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25
ltssls Al>vsys Impertsnt.

tteais Ahssys important
h . ~ bs,isvins In. Loving and ~
ioving ti1l0itsbls IDEALS that . msD
Oysvs sssst Their very impossibility
y tAsfS hGAsse virtue. They live -
leee ~ - - tnASe Of hat Which
~ ~ - Orsv ~ svss.-stspeaG1
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25
The Excuse Ingenious.

An Irishmsn and bis English friend
were out rabbit shooting They had
been very unsuccessful. and we're 70
turning downhesrted when they saw
hare dart out Of the hedge, Mike, In
amazement, failed to shoot, and the
hare escaped why didn't you shoot
~" asked the EnSlishman, "Shure,"
said Mike, II eidrt SEQ It TIL Il was
out Of sight Ideas.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25
The War Fifty Years Ago

Bull Run Week and the Battle In Front OF Washington
July Fl, 1901 Heavy Fighting Around the Henry
House. Storm Center Of the Conflict 80 Heroes Of
the Day. Sherman's "Hishlanders" and the Irish
Sxty-nnth New York .-- Baptism Of the First Mime
sofa How Jackson Came to Be Called "Stonewal."
Losses Of the Day and Who Scored Hts Brave
Arterymen --Events In Missouri and West Virginia.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25
humor Of the wao.

Yes. he's . very merry waE." says
the Cleveland Plaindealer. The last
time he went TO Mexico his wife
asked him to bring back some Of the
embroidery work for which the coun-
try d famous, When he reached homo
he handed her a boz containing q half
dozen human teeth. Mercy, she cried.
what's this' Mexican drawnwOrk.
10 trippingly replied"
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25

MANDLNa ktkPFCf1StLV pF UNION AMI
CONFEDERATE ARMIES At "uLL Rim
two pcr 1000 Every 1000 Fed"rals
scored seventy hits. aud the Con'eder.
a,cs scored only forty.six per 1000.
There were $500 killed nnd wounded
on both sides
u the casualties sustained IN battle
may lie taken NJ evidence OF gWbd
dghting, there was desperate work AZ
But, Fun. On the Federal side not less
tluu 1854 men were killed aud wound
ed. THE loss fell upon seven Drien'l"s
Five OF the seven brigades lost IN
average loss IN llancock's brigndcs III
the celebrated Digit IN the whcaIhcid
at Gettysburg,
The Confederate loss IN killed nn'i
wounded ut Hull Hun was about 1850
Tho brunl OF II fell upon three ou' OF
the ten brigadcs engaged The three
brignd.s lost 1850 men, an average
Of about 40 10 n brigade. They be-
luugcl to General J. T., Johnston y
army and were the lighters for their
side In the struggle on the Herr!
house hill, the ueld where the hvc Fed
eral brigadcs received their hardest
blows.
Some Heroes Of the Day.
Napoleon said. Il date from liivoli. y
q buttle BY no means his first. Some
of the great soldiers OF the war might
have dated from Hull Kun had they
cared TO. Que who did was General }.
y. Tickets. Ricketts,, then captain.
won II breyet anu generals star for
gallantry Ia command Of "a battery.
His was one Of two batteries that
fought so gioriously for the Henry
house hill But for IN accident they
might have turned the tide there. AL
was going well with them until inc
regiment uniformed In gray approach.
ed and was about to be deluged WIN
canister, when the chief Of artillery
declared that the strangers were
friends. Several Union regiments
wore cadet gray on that dcld. The
gupners held their tire. but the men IN
gray did not. They peppcred the
| batteries NJ close range. cutting down
every cannoneer and killing mnnv Of
the horses. Ricketts, lieutenant was
killed and he himself terribly wound.
ed. Lying where he fell, he was soon
cared for by southerners he had known
In the old service. Ills wife Joined nm
and with careful nursing saved his NE
sherman tried to regain Henry
house hill Il was there he lost Colo
mel Cameron OF the Seventy-ninih
highlanders, This regiment dashed ~
among Tickets idle guns and tried tn
set them going again: but. finding tho
enemies lire too severe, Cameron d"
cided to charge. Come on. my brave
highla pders" he shouted, aud started
for the timber where 'he Confederat"s
Law IN cover. He WAS shot dead. " Ia
asserted that Colonel Wade Hamr'on
the impetuous South Carolinian. no.
Cameron to avenge the de'.h o. a
nephew at the hands OF the Sixty
ninth. also In Sherman's brigade. Tx
ing rides from the hands of his mcn--
the "Leglon"-HamptOn aimed at Of
fcers only And he was crack shot.
On July 90. the day after Bull Run
McDowelIs army was In camp aud
bivouac around Washington and Alex.
andria. Congress promptly approved
Of Lincoln's resultant call for troops
and the battle gave an impetus to r.
cruiting throughout all the wsrrinl
states North and south.
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25

ERAL BARNARD T. bee 4. = n" AND ROBINSON HOUSE on
\
SEEING JACKSON AND HIS vR';lNANS
HOLDING THE LINE, ENCOURAGED CRYING
STANDING; THERE LIKE A STONE WALL"
BEFORE
yIRGINIANs. JACKSON GOT HIS FAMOUS NICKNAME
The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1911-08-25
The OrAlr's Eye.

n. W. Doyns. II Medical Rscor1s
states that eye" really exists In the
brain. It 70. ta fact. . very compound
thing. . subc0Aseious brain Judgment
involving many other organs than tAs
actual anatomical eyes. II involves
knowledge. sxpsrisacs. very largely
the sense Of touch. and sometimes the
sense Of hearing or smell.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
GIRL FRlGHTENS A BURGLAR
Ordered to Get Money, Little Lady
Leaves Room and Pretends to
Telephone to Police Station.

Stockton, Cal.-That large guam
tity Of silverware and jewelry is still
at the home Of Ernest E. Smith Is
wholly due to the courage and re-
sourcefulness Of his fourteen-year-old
daughter, Mildred. The other night
Mildred was left alone to care for
the smaller children.
Hearing noise, the girl thought 1t
was one Of her sisters and told her
to wait a moment while she lighted
the gas.
AS she stepped down, she was con-
fronted by man. who demanded
money.
Mildred told him to wait a moment
and went into the next room. After
a brief delay she called out loud
enough so the burglar could hear.
Hello! Is this the police station?"
The burglar heard the girl and,
thinking she was telephoning, rushed
out Of the house. The Smiths have
no telephone and the girl merely
worked clever ruse to get rid OF
him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
Some Verbal Slips.

Without being q pedant one may
note many inaccuracies in the use OF
words in his own speech and in that
of others. Perhaps excuse" for par
DON is the most cormon Of these. not
10 consider mere malapropisms or
murders Of the kings English. "Anx-
ious' used where eager is meant Is
another frequent error, and more Of
ten secure is spoken incorrectly than
correctly. Ordinarily when procure
or get is intended secure" Is said
These instances do not come within
even" the category OF distorted syn
ony1ns. They are simply words mis-
applied OF practically synonymous
terms which have different shades OF
meaning the misuses of ordinary CON
Yersation and OF writing are innu-
merable.' But to find fault with most
of these latter. wants Of precision
would be priggish.: It, is "A protitalsoie
mental exercise to- study at times. a
book Of synonyms or d thessaurus: Inc
book stores and libraries will be; glad
besides, to guide the wayfarer to many
books Of verbal purities.-hansas Clty
Star.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
Lamb and His SnuHbox,

zone summers evening"" writes
Hone, IT was walking on Hampstead
heath with Charles Lamb, and we hac
talked ourselves into q philosophic con-
tempt Of our slavery to the habit or
snuff taking, and with the AFm resolu'
tlon Of never again taking a single
pinch we threw our stuffboxes away
from the hill on which we stood far
among the furze and brambles below
and went home in triumph. I began
to be very miserable; was wretched all
night. In the morning was walking
on the same hill. I saw Charles Lamb
below, searching among the bushes.
BE looked up, laughing, and said:
What! You arc come to look for your
snuffbox too? oh, no. said /, taking
a pinch out of q paper in my waistcoat
pocket; I went for halfpenny worth
to the first shop that was open""
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
REGULAR kissjnu Buq.

Chicago.-Mrs. H. B. Chip, a bride
of two months, declares she is the
most kissed woman in Chicago. She
receives an average of forty kisses a
day, contributed by one grandpa. one
grandma, two parents, five nephews,
two aunts and one husband.
Several weeks after my marriage"
said she. we moved to Chicago from
New York. and took fiat next 20
the one occupied by my numerous
kinfolk. I had not seen them for five
years, and ny first day in Chicago
Tas spent in affectionate demonstra-
cns, with barely time for meals. Now,
get four kisses from grandpa day
randma gives four more. The nieces
hid nephews come in for their share,
bother and father and the two aunts
help, and my husband is as affection.
Ate as ever"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
A Death Feiqninq Plant.

That certain insects, birds, mammals
and reptiles habitually pretend to be
dead when danger threatens them is
well known fact, but it is generally be-
lleved that this stratagcm is resorted
to only by animals. In South America,
however, there is plant-a species OF
mimosa-which resorts to death feign-
ing, evidently for the purpose Of pre-.
venting the grass eating animals from
eating it. In its natural state this
plant has @ vivid green hue, but di,
rectly it is touched by human finger
or by any living animal it collapses
into a tangle Of apparently dead and
withered stems.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
Snakes Method Of Attack.

No snake is able to jump or spring
from q coil in order to strike, as o1ten
represented in pictures. 1t can only
strike when it resembles the letter 3
and is lying fat on the ground. 1t can
then only reach the distance supphea
by stretching the body out straight
The two curves in the figure supply
this distance, which Is about half the
length Of the body. No snake jumps
through the air to its victim or springs
clear from the ground, rising upon us
tail. Such stories and pictures are all
false. Neither do they coil like a rope
and strike from that position. Ihey
may coil partially, but the part OF the
body that does the striking is ever and
only that part which makes the figure
s and lies fat on the ground; hence no
serpent can strike when stretched cut
Its full length.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
The Little Word Eyes"

Eyes" is a simple word spelled with
three letters.
1t has caused more happiness anu
more unhappiness than any other WORD
In the language.
It has lost more money for easy lend
ers than all the holes in all the pockets
In the world.
It has started more dipsomaniacs on
their career than all the strong liquor
on earth.
It has caused more fights than all the
you're liars" that ever were spoken.
1t has procured kisses and provoked
blows.
1t has defeated candidates and elect
ed scoundrels.
It has been used in more lies than
any other expression.
It Is not meant half the time 1t IS
said.
Will it continue to make such rec
ord?
Yes.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
WED BY PROXY, VISITS WIFE
Railroad Employe Gets Leave of Alb
sence to See Spouse for First
Time In Fifteen Years.

Los Angeles, Cal.-After walking
2O3,67O miles through snow sheds for
the Southern Pacific company, battling
with tramps and enduring all sorts of
hardships, Manuel X. Silva, a Portu-
guese, decided he'd like to visit his
wife.
I've never seen her and we've been
married about fifteen years now" he
told the officials in applying for leave
Of absence.
His application was granted and he
was placed on the pension list.
Silva entered the employ Of the
Southern Pacific in 1879 as a watch
man on the night shift in the snow
sheds at the summit of the Sierra Ne
vada mountains. For thirty-one years
he walked eighteen miles day, max
ing three round trips every night over
a beat of three miles. And this az
gregates $50 miles year, or 2OS,6
miles in thirty-one years, more than
eight times around the world.
Fifteen years ago he married the
sweetheart Of his youth by proxy-un-
der what is known as contract mar
riage. He, the bridegroom. was in
America-the bride in Portugal-and
or their wedding night he walked his
solitary beat through the mountain
darkness as usual.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
VACUUM CLEANER FOR FLEAS
Devotion Of Big Maltese Cat to Mod.
ern Machine Results In Discovery OF
Benefit to Pet Animals.

New York-Through discovery
made by Buster" large Maltese cat,
the flea population Of Murray Hill, l..
l., is fast disappearing. Recently the
animals owner added vacuum clean
er to the household equipment. After
pumping the dust out Of her rugs she
applied the nozzle playfully to the
cats fur. At first Buster, showed
alarm, but, finding no damage fol-
lowed, he lay still while receiving q
thorough cleansing.
When the vacuum cleaner was
brought into use few days later
Buster" promptly ran to the nozzle,
rubbing against it and purring until
his coat received another going over.
When the dust bag was emptied sew
eral fleas were seen struggling amid
the debris in the ash can. 1t was OBJ
served that the cat was less annoyed
by his tiny enemies than formerly.
and it became evident he attributed
his relief to the vacuum cleaner.
\ News of the new flea catcher
spread among other owners OF pet anil
mails, and the nozzle of the weapon
was turned on many dogs and cats.
At the end of the onslaught the con.
tents of the dust bags were burned.
Hedges which had begun to show the
effects of too much service as back
scratchers, are beginning to thrive
again and the pet animals in the Muir
ray Hill section of Flushing expect to
pass the dog days very comfortably.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
NEW CURE FOR APPENDICITIS
Famous Paris Surgeon Astonlsnes
Congress Of Colleagues oy MS
Novel Views and Assertions.

Paris.-At the twenty-fourth con-
gress of surgery, now being held mere
surgeons complain that physicians
often bring patients to them 80 late
that a surgical operation is almost
hopeless. So; of course, the rate OF
mortality is increased in certain sur
gical affections by fatal cases which
might have been saved had they been
operated on in time.
It has been urged at the congress
that surgeons should go outside their
branch Of their profession so far as
to learn to diagnohse all diseases as
accurately as possible.
Several Americans are among the
noted foreign surgeons at the con-
gress. One is DR.. La Place Of Phila-
delphia. The chief subjects being con-
sidered are appendicitis and portion
tits. Both have afforded DR.. Doyen,
the famous Paris surgeon. fresh op-
portinity to astonish his colleagues
by his novel views and new methods
Of treatment.
DR.. Doyen insists that the majority
Of cases Of appendicitis do not need
a surgical operation, and that most
appendicitis patients who are oper.
ated on suffer from after-effects.
Doyen treats such patient by In
jections of mycolysine into the in
famed appendix. He declares this
new agent cures the Inflammation Of
the appendix when it does not contain
a foreign body, which has caused the
Inflammation.
When an operation is absolutely
necessary in appendicitis DR.. Doyen
uses what he calls the only method
that offers the best chances OF sue
cess. He crushes the appendix,
which is only a useless blind pouch,
and ties the intestine with a double
suture, like a purse string, which he
invented a dozen years ago.
DR.. Doyen affirms ne has discovered
how to vaccinate the peretoneum
against peritonitis. He injects into
the peretoneum ten cubic centimeters
Of mycolysine twenty-four hours be-
fore a surgical operation which may
involve it. He says by employing this
method he has performed grave abb
dominal operations without provoking
peritonitis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-10-26
FOOTBALL DANGER
IS ON DECREASE
Old Time Players Believe Inju.
ries Less Liable Than Before.
REMEMBERS HEWELl'S STUNT

Former Harvard and Cornell Coach
Taught Taeklins by Heroic Meas
ures-chanses In Play Make Diff
ferent Game.
Old time football players maintain
that the game has shown marked de-
crease In unavoidable roughness since
their day. and they believe, too, that
the actual work of learning the game
has ceased to be drudgery. Ten or f1f-
teen years ago the coaches paid little
attention to the trainer, keeping their
men az work when they were thorough
" tagged. The coaches used to say
that they could teach tired tenn bet
ter than a fresh one and that the men
ran less risk Of injury when they were
practically exhausted. All that has
been changed, and some OF the best
conditioned teams are those that have
had short periods Of work. So many
different types Of men get into the
game nowadays that the team Is con-
stantly freshened in practice and the
men do not become mentally or physic-
ally as tired as they used to.
The interest Of the linemen, who
have to do the heavy work, Is kept up
nowadays by the simple process OF
teaching them generalshiD as well as
the backs. The up to date coach ex-
pects his forwards to be letter perfect
in the plan of campaign. to know just
what play ought to be made In GER
thin part Of the field, as well as the
quarterback who IS running the team.
Every man on the team has chance
to study the generalship diagram.
which is supplementary to the black.
board talks. and the guard on one or
the big teams can tell you every detail
of the grand tactics. The team, every
member Of which measures up to the
quarterback in all ayound knowledge
Of the game is the ideal eleven.
Another thing that has improved the
game is the abandonment of the heavy,