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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
New News of Yesterday - By E. J. EDWARDS -

man took it from their hands and test ed it. He told them that be thought it was strong enough; then they ad his anew, and he again mounted the ladder and then fell and in due time his body was taken down
 That said Mir Weed. was phy. sical courage Now let me tell you about the moral courage; learned of that afterward This young man had enlisted as a soldier for that was the only career possible for him; he was the son of a very distinguished merchant of New York City, but he was born out Of wedlock and he knew who his father was. While he was waiting for the second rope, the gen tleman l observed talking with the boy asked him if he desired to have his parents know of his fate He had enlisted under an assumed name.
 No" said the boy, do not do that My father has already suffered enough for the mistake of my being. Let him never know that his son was hanged"
 'Afterward.' concluded Mr Weed, I learned who that father was, but I have never revealed the secret to any living person, and have never ceased to admire that boy-murderer though he was-for the physical and moral courage he displayed in the clutches of death"
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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Murderer Weed Admired
] By E. J. EDWARDS

porized. The young man calmly watched the constables as they ad- justed the rope Then, perfectly self possessed. he mounted a ladder It did not seem to me to be bravado on his part; his attitude was that of soldier who was facing death with intrepidity The boy-for he was scarcely more than iad-had said that he deserved death. that it was crime to attack an officer. no matter what the provocation, crime for which no excuse could be given.
 "'As the ladder was twitched away and the body fell. the rope broke. What did that young man do? He helped the constables to remove the rope. Then he sat upon box and advised them to go as speedily as pos sible into Albany and get a strong Manila rope. He told them that they should have tested the rope before using it upon him. And while two or three constables went for another rope he sat there upon the box, chat ting with the guards, and l observed that at one moment he spoke conf dentially to a gentleman who seemed to be a sort of spiritual adviser to him.
 At last the constables returned with a stout rope. The condemned
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
ARE YOU FREE
 FROM

Headaches. Colds. Indigestion, Pains. Constipation, Sour Stomach. Dizziness3 Ifyou are not, the most effective, prompt and pleasant method of getting nd of them is to take. now and then, deser,spoon- ful of the ever refreshing and truly beneficial laxative remedy-Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. 1t is well known throughout the world as the best of family laxative reme- dies, because 1t acts so gently and strengthens naturally without irri- tadng the system III any way.
 To get its beneficial effects it is always necessary to buy the genu- ire, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,, bearing the name of the Company. plainly printed on the front of every package.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Famous Poiitician's Story of the Fin est Exhibition of Physical and Moral Courage That He
 Ever Had Witnessed.

T once asked Thurlow Weed. who was my lifelong friend. what was the finest exhibition of physical and moral courage he had ever witnessed" said the late Charles c. Clarke. who was long vice president of the New York Central railway system. and the right hand man of Commodore Vanderbilt in the building of the system, and the appraiser upon the estate of Thurlow Weed following the death in 1882 of that famous Whig and Republican po- litician and president maker
 Mir. Weed told me that when he was a young man there was an exhibition Of moral and physical courage which came under his observation more i'm pressive than any other that he had witnessed in his long career. He add ed that if he wrote an autobiography, as he thought of doing, he should re- refer to the incident MT Weed did write brief account of the incident, but that account did not compare with the verbal one he gave me, which I can repeat in almost his precise words
 "'Soon after I went to the city of Albany, N Y.. to live in my early manhood he said. .; vas told that there was to be pubii.: hanging of soldier and was invited to witness the execution. morp.d curiosity led me to accept the invitation
 "'The execution was to take place in field perhaps a mile from the Al bany barracks, where this soldier had been stationed I walked out to the field with friend and after a while l saw wagon coming. in which was seated a young man who was bare headed. He was chatting in pleas ant manner with two men who were seated beside him I was informed that he was the man who was to be hanged; l had already been told that the young soldier had been convicted of the murder of the captain of his company He had shot the captain in sudden heat of passion because the captain had reprimanded him.
 "'At last the wagon stood behind the galows which had been extem-
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Progressive Farming.

Thoroughly pulverization of the soil for from ten to fifteen inches deep and the turning under of vegetable matter is the foundation of progress sive farming. The crops will all soon be harvested. Let us get busy with large blows and strong teams and blow the corn and cotton stalks. pea stubble, grass and trash under good and deep. Then let us plant winter cover crops on the land to furnish winter and early spring grazing, re- ducing the teaching out of plant food to the minimum, and add vegetable matter to the soil
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Mystery of Great Mans Name

United States. But there was no Ed wards Pierrepont in the class of 1887 at Yale There was, however. a Nun son E. Pierpont in my class; he was a farmers boy and came from little village a few miles from New Haven. We used to call him Mummy" that was our nickname for him But there was no Edwards Pierrepont. which is a very aristocratic name
 Puzzled greatly by Mir Evarts' statement hunted up a Yale cata- logue. It contained the name of Nun son E. 'ierpont but there was no Ed wards Pierrepont in the list Some months later however, the whole mat ter was made plain to me. and then realized fully how greatly Secretary Evarts must have enjoyed the joke he had played upon me at the expense of his good friend Edwards Pierre pont Mir Evarts, great wit and lover Of fun that he was. was especially fond of the sly joke
 Edwards Pierrepont and Munson E. Pierpont-it turned out on investi
 
 son But there was no Edwards Pierrepont until Munson E Pierpont, following his graduation from Yale. had gone to Columbus. Ohio to prac tice law and there fallen in love with and married a i.ch widow of aristo- cratic tendencies, who induced Nun son Pierpont to drop his first name substitute for it his middle name of Edward, with an S added thereto and change the spelling of his last name from the simple and common form of 'Pierpont' to the complex and aristocratic form of 'Pierrepont Subsequently MT. Evarts' old class mate moved to New York city and opened a law office. The name that he placed on the door was the one that his wife had induced him to take And. do you know, it was quite a while before MT Evarts and other New Workers who had known Munson E. Pierpont in his college days we'll enough to call him Mummy and slap him affectionately on the back. dis covered their old college chum in the person ot Edwards Pierrepont?"
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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Vice of Early Settlers

he acted as counsel in 22S, while at the same time he was practicing his profession in the courts of other coun ties. The great number of these cases is an indication of their trivial char acter"
 Especially do the pioneers have a penchant for libel and slander suits Taking from the shelves few first volumes of reports at random We find a islander case in Aikens (Vt.). years 1S25-1S26 In Tappan tOhio 1916 lS19). the index title "Slander" yield, us seven cases. In the very next vol ume, Ohio GS23) the reporter Tap pan, who was also a judge. was sued for saying of the lawyer plaintiff. He is damned rascal" "an ambidexter' and some other things. Verdict against Brother Tappan for $500 In the single volume Wright tOhio. 1881 lS34) there are four libel cases and eighteen islander cases-Law Notes
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Wealth Did Not Spoil Her

q owe it all, first, to the training in early boyhood which received from my mother. and second, to my wife, with whom | formed an ac. quaintance that ripened into betrothal when l was young man on a farm near Albany N Y and she a school girl at Albany"
 In all of Leland Stanfords career in California, whther he went after his brief experiment as a lawyer in Wisconsin, largely because he was en couraged to do so by the young Wom all who became his wife, his chief counselor the one person in whom he placed implicit confidence. was that wife It was she who encouraged him to pefsevere while others pronounced the Pacific railroad project a chimera. saying that it was impossible to carry a railroad over the Rocky mountains
 When wealth came and Governor Stanford had become distinguished for public services. Mrs Stanford re mained the same unassGmins. unos tentatious woman that she was in the days when her husband and herself were beginning their careers She was fully competent to maintain all of the social dignities and propreties which were incumbent upon her bus, band as governor and afterward as United States senator. but she cared very little for what is called social life, and her chief delight was in her domestic circle surrounded by few friends who cared for her rather than for her fortune and the position of her husband
 Shortly after her arrival in Wash ingt0n with her husband committee whose members were among the proudest and most distinguished of women in Washington associated with official life, called upon Mrs Stan ford They laid before her the pros pectus for a great charity ball They told her that it was the hone 10 raise by means of the ball a larger amount of money for the particular phlan thropy they had in view than had ever before been earned by an entertain ment for charity: and they added that they sought permission to add Mrs Stanford's name to the list of patronesses. all of whom they as sured her. were to be ladies of high official distinction
 Mrs Stanford looked over the list She discovered in it the names of al most every woman of social promi hence in Washington To be a patron ess of that entertainment was to wear the badge Of the national capitals so cial aristocracy But Mrs Stanford turning to the ladies. said:
 q thank you for your kindness In asking me to become a patroness of this charity ball But I ought to say to you that am a very plain woman I have never cared very much abort balls or that kind of thing 1 should not care about that kind of pleasure now It would not interest me But am greatly interested in your philanthropy and I will ask you in stead of accepting my name as q patroness. to accept something else which l will now give you /"
 She went to her desk in an adioin ing room, wrote something upon slip of paner and gave the slip to the ladies When they looked at the writ ing. they saw that it was a check for five hundred dollars
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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
CONCERTED ACTION IS URGED
Cotton-Hoidine Movement Will Assure Fair Prices for Remainder of
 Season, Says Barrett.

In statement issued on the cotton situation, President Barrett of the Farmers union, says the majority of members of that organization are holding cotton, and that if farmers generally in the south will act In concert with them, prices will from this time ascend to the level justified by the intrinsic demand of the staple.
 MT Barrett's statement follows: To the Officers and Members of the
 Farmers Union and Cotton Farm
 CTS Generally:
 The Farmers union has outlined a definite program looking to the hold ing of cotton, and it is thus far meet ing with success. The majority of our members in the southern states are. think 1 may state with safety, holding back their cotton from the markets until such time as the price corresponds with the value of the staple to civilization. Even where cotton has been sold by the farmer, it is, as rule, being held by the local merchant who realizes the price tendency will be upward and who is determined to reap a profit on the transaction.
 If non-members generally will CO operate with the Farmers union and refrain from selling their cotton at present prices. the campaign to se cure a just figure will be an unquali fled success
 It is needless to state that the quotations now prevailing are far be- low the actual worth of the staple but they are also sufficiently to show to every farmer in the south. wheth. CT or not he is affiliated with the Farmers union, the advantage of coming in with us that we may win this fight
 Our interest is mutual. The busi- ness man who has bought or will buy cotton, the Farmers union member or non-unon farmer who grows cot ton all have millions to gain by get ting from civilization what the staple is actually worth. You can rest assured some one is going to reap the profit Logically. that some one should be the man who had raised the cotton His has been the labor and waiting, and his should be the re ward.
 It is from solid business mo tive. therefore, that we ask the CO., operation of all elements in the southern states in this, important campaign The price of cotton is go ing up as certain as sunrise It re- r1eins only to see whether all farm CTS will get the advantage of the rise. or whether they will thoughtlessly sacrifice their rights.
 Hold cotton! That should be the keynote. in self-protection. or every man in the south remotely concerned in raising or handling the fiber
 CHARLES s. BARRETT
 Union City. Ga
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Litigiousness of Our Forefathers Pro. vided Much Work for the
 Law Courts.

Litigiousness is characteristic vice of early settlers Look in the the first volumes of any of the state reports and you are likely to find plenty of evidence that the inhabitants were continually suing about trifes which are seldom brought into the courts nowadays The same spirit that en abled them to penetrate the wilder ness and cope with the forests and wild beasts and savages made them contentious with each other, we sup pose.
 Speaking of Andrew Jackson, who journeyed to Nashville in an emigrant wagon train in l7S9. Prof John Fiske says: He seems soon to have found business enough In the April term of 1790, out of 192 cases on the dockets of the county court at Nashville, Jack son was employed as counsel in forty, two. In the year l794 out of 397 cases
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Farmers Educational Tn and Operative luI Union of America
Matters yf Especial Moment to the Progressive Agriculturist

Nature is good doctor but she makes her patients pay to the last cent.
 The lawyer buys his automobile with the cashed-in jealousies of the farmer.
 Health is the product of right living plus common sense plus inherited vigor of body.
 The sins of omission write as black a record on the pages of life as those of commission
 Snuff-using is one of the dangerous vices. Tobacco is one of its least harmful ingredients.
 If you make mountains out of mole hills. don't expect others to like your ideas of topography
 If old-age pensions were granted in this country few women would be likely to apply for them.
 Few men will admit the possession of any superstition, but few will willingly occupy room 13 in hotel
 Failure is not the worst thing; giv- ing up is. Don't make the same mis- take twice, and don't give up once
 One can tell that a horse is well bred simply by Joking at him. but one cannot be so sure about man.
 Sometimes when a man is pretend ing to be looking for wife he is merely hunting for a good cook. Be- ware of such
 Mother stands for the referendum and the recall on the farm, as Willie learns when he wants to go fishing at an inopportune time.
 It is easier to climb down a tree than to climb up, which explains why the top is never crowded and why there is always room there.
 A speedometer isn't needed to as certain when one is going down hill. The state of the buildings and fences sufficiently proclaim the fact.
 What the corn heard with it's own ears, the potato saw with it's own eyes.
 Few men know what is good for them until some wise woman has told them.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
How Munson E. Pierpont, Farmers Sor and Yale Student. Became Ed wards Pierrepont to Please His
 .Rieh and Aristocraec Wife.

Edwards Pierrepont was in his day one of the leaders of the American bar, and his name is not yet forgotten He was counsel for the government in the prosecution of John M Surratt, accused of compicity in the plot to assassinate President Lincoln He was attorney general in the cabinet of President Grant. who was very fond of him And he resigned that office to accept appointment, in 1875, as minister to the court of St. James. where he served until 1877
 In all of the biographies of Edwards Pierrepont it is stated that he was q graduate of the famous class of 1887 at Yale. of which also William M. Evarts IS a member But if Yale's records of that day and the catalogue at that time are scanned, the name of Edwards Pierrepont will not be found there. How. then, does if happen that the biogruphers of Judge Pierre pont declare that he was member of this class?
 My attention was called to this by the late Albert L. Train, himself a member of the famous class of 1853 at Yale. and afterward one of the lead ing editors of Connecticut
 'T met Mir Evarts,' said MT. Train, "at the Yale commencement of 1877 His class was holding its fortieth graduation anniversary Distinguish ed as he was. te was then presumably at the height Of his public career. for in March of that year he had become secretary of s,ate in the cabinet of President Hayes.
 Tn the cours e of our conversation said to MT EvRrts that it was an un- usual honor for Yale class that two of it's members should have been at torney general of the United States.
 "I suppose, MT. Evarts said in re ply. that you refer to my own service as attorney general in President Johnsons cabinet But who was the other attorney general in my class?'
 Why said I. Edwards Pierrepont was of your class. was he not?'
 "'There was no man of that name in my class. MT Train, MT Evarts replied with great solemnity of man ner It is true that Judge Pierrepont was recently attorney general of the
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
LARGE TAX PAID ON IMPS
Not Only Occupy Valuable Space, But Prevent Use of Improved Ma
 chinery for Tillaee.

We pay larger tax every year for stumps, brush, weeds and grass than is required to support our municipal, county. state and federal governments. to endow all the colleges and educate all the youth of the land; and We get no return. A stump not only occupies valuable space, but it prevents the use of improved implements for better and more rapid tillage of the soil The cost of farm labor is on the increase with the certainty that this will con tinue till the equation of wages on the farms and in the town or city is more equal The remedy for higher priced labor on the farm is the use of more and better teams and implements If the day wage on the farms of the south advances from 75 cents to S150 and cultivate twice as many acres a day as he did before, and this is an easy problem. But the stumps must go, and the farmer who does not try to get rid of them will soon be a back number. The stump farmer pays about three dollars an acre every year for the privilege of having stumps in his field. In addition. there are generally few feet of untitled soil around every field stump which produce foul weeds and grasses to seed the land.
 What has been charged against stumps applies with still more force to trees. shrubs and brush patches in the field; dig, burn. destroy; they are natural enemies of the farmer Straighten out the sides of the field, square up the corners and avoid the short rows as much as possible; they increase the work of tillage.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Mrs. Leland Stanford. Her Husbands Chief Counselor, Received Social
 Distinctions Simply and With Unaffected Demeanor.

The late Leland Stanford. governor of California in 1861. the original planner of the Central Pacific rail road, the builder of over 800 miles ot that railroad at the rate of two miles day, the promoter who drove the final spike of the Central Pacific al Promontory Point. Utah. in 1869 United States senator from 1885 un til his death in 1893, and the creator of the Leland Stanford university with an endowment of $20,000,000, sometimes in speaking of his career and it's great triumphs would say to his friends:
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
End of Altruism.

Because be was too soft-hearted to ask his poverty stricken landlady to buy new rugs for his room. the altru- is.io young man bought several small rugs and spread them over the floor ham ediately after the next sweeping day she presented bill for the weeks expenditures items: Room rent. breakfast. laundry and beating rugs, % cents.
 Hello" said the altruistic young man. what does this mean?''
 Just what it says" she returned If folks must cover their floor with extra rugs they'll have to pay for beating 'em. that's all. 1 cant afford to do it for nothing
 And from that moment altruism lost disciple
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Work With Concrete.

Concrete requires careful propor tioning, mixing and curing.
 Cement buildings should not be plastered directly upon the concrete wall
 Cement beams, and any concrete with span of over four feet. should be reinforced.
 Build concrete fence posts in warm shed or in the basement during the winter They will be better for the weeks of seasoning
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Cement Block for Henhouse.

Cement blocks make a good poultry 1puse if properly constructed so moisture does not gather on the inside walls and render the house damp A cement floor is the best floor for many reasons. provided it is kep. well cov- cred with clean dirt replenished at least twice year. The house should be at least five feet high in the rear and seven or eight feet in front, de pending upon the width of the house.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
In No Hurry,

MT. Testy (meaningly)-I don't want to interrupt your-er conversa tion with my daughter, but the-er- last car goes by at l2,'
 Mir Staylate twith composurel- Thanks many thanks, but there's a big German bal uptown. and g con duc7or told me the cars would begin running again at two"
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Make Concrete Attractive.

An easy way to render concrete more attractive to the eye is to scrub it, as soon after the removal of the forms as possible, with diluted so lutlon of hydrochloric acid This takes off the surface cement, and ex poses to view the coarse particles of ~.ayel, or broken stone and sand
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Astonished the "cop.y

Police Lieutenant Barney" Keleher always has new story to tell.
 Two of our finest were walking along Broadway not so long ago." be gan the lieutenant, unfolding his lat. est offering, and their attention was attracted to the bronze figure of an ape standing upright in the window of a large jewelry store.
 "'What kind of an animal is that supposed to be?' asked one of the other
 "'You surprise me with your thick ness returned the sec nd eep. That's a gorilla. Never hear of them be- fore?'
 Sure, and I read about them in the histories he answered. My, what a lot of damage they did during the Civil war How did a general ever make those things mind him 9 New York Sun.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-11-03
Sorting Eggs.

Care should be taken at all times never to permit moisture to come in contact with the eggs
 Small and cracked eggs should be carefully separated before the market basket goes to town. The rejected ones, when perfectly fresh, can be used to better advantage in the home for cooking