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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

Simmer oerfeG1e. mas
that Der ar5t, ais er um Define Sano
anbielt2"
rgr fiblts mad benz puIs!"
SIN 8ergbotel. Souriit
(euf Der SsrruFs beim 3ablc): 8i.
tommt bus, oaB beute Elm @las Bier
so Seler toftet, gsItern babe ib oo8
BLOB 40 s.sablt!
&elnsr: ga, Guer 8naoen, BEL els
mem alp.nsliiben tpie beuts toIttn ulle
@etrdnte auf Der Serra6e 10 SeIsr
mebr!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

= lin Il nterf9'sb. .Sage
nal, mas 1T Oenn eigentli9 fir Elm
llnteri9ieO Spiiden Sbes eriter un6
s%petter AualitGtg"
FRA, peiBt 9u, Bel Der eritsn
QuulitGt 1T Der CUTE nit I9le6tsm,
BEL Der 5psitsn Der i4le4ts nit sus
tenn ssmii4t."
-@ipfeG Der 9eoutmIids
teit. 8ureuuOoriteber: 3tp0lf lt6r
-. nebmen sic mir NAL bic Sober
binter'm Sbr meg, Miiasr!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

Sin fi9srss Mittef,
Sarah, nGdite Nod bub i9 me-
8eburtstag. 0u tOnntsft mer E grotbe
Sreub MAIDEN. CAB mer auf mel
StammeIas Del pOrtruit moItu."
Sarub GiiB i4munasIno): DBo5ii,
Wo%riBleben9"
Sad min msr g Srinien upsss
pDbns!!"
Gine SeGbentbdt. Ri3s
ter: ISL, finO ansetIast, Sbrs 5rau
eeI6Iasen gu ba6en."
angetIegtsr: nSa tpoIl, Serr Sc
ri6tsbof, Oct bdb' id, I'M id bin ftOla
6aoruff."
Ri6tsr: ~StOIs2 Sc, ooruu
oenn2"
gns.tIagter: rgBsil ie finfsis
pfunS m.br tpisst, ais ME ids!-
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16
Simmer pteo.r busfels

= SIMMER ipte6er ousels
Re. Bel RiiGlers miro bsute tii6tig ges
tofelt. Der @ereberer Der So6ter 1T
6a unb man rs9net beItimmt, ouB er
I'M ibre Sano anbaIten miro. @ls Die
Safelei gu Gnbs ssbt, meint Der Nus
ertorsne gum tltinen SriBl: nSu
langpsilIt Did tpobt. neil 9u fort'
ndbreno sdbnit9 MOdteit tpObI liebtr
1dlafen seb'n9!!"
aQd ia. uutpOrtst GriBl, DieBt
tommt ia bod tpsiter niats als Dies
Der ole aGte @ef9i9te nit Dem
IN"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

6ra6te, bab er Sen IaTaorb.n b.fcm.
men babe. Der einSiss 8dufmann
In Der fleinen Stubt, Der ben Daias
oroen befab! .Sm! 6m! @ereGngli9s
felt, 8er9Gnalidteit!" murmelte Der
Staotratb; aber pobl mar es cine
Sreu6e esfpsfen, als es eintruf, obs
fpobl man tbun muBte, als made
man fid gar nidts bardus.
limb bann lpuroe Die llbr duf Die
@sburtsftunbe Der S0bn.. S09ter
unb @ntel seItent, auf bic 3eit, oa
bic Staot i'm nit sinem SubilGumss
feitsFen gefeiert bate. uuf Srauers
uno 5reubenItunosn lpuroe iie ssitelt.
unb als Der alte StuOtratb ni6t mebr
aus Dem 9ett fteigsn unb ielbIt Die
3eiser f9ieben tonnte, muBte bic
So6ter, bas MGo6en ober Der Sbeils
nebm.r Der Sirma nS.ttergren &c
Sobn" es fir i'm tbun. @init mar
Tein Sreunb, Der @erbsrmsifter, BET
ibm gu 9eiu6, uuo er bat ibn, bic
ftebenbe llbr auf bier gu iteGIen; ods
Bel entf6Iipfte es unperiebens benz
.tfpas ffumpf sefporb.nen Qlteu, oab
oas bic 8eeroisungsitunbe ieines
So6nes, oes GedtstaEbibaten Jet. 90
tpurb. oas Ieltiame Sbun oes altsn
in Der Stubt betannt.
Hun beeriffsn ale, bab es nit
ibm 5u Gnoe ainq, Sd er 10 yalbernA
getporSen mar. 9enn buB ii6 aud
In Dem alltGglihen 2sben, BEL ben
trodsnfsn un6 proiaiiditen Meni9en
Elm Sunten poeIie finben lam, Der
Ti6 borber nitt duberte, fonoern crit
berporfGimmert, ipenn bic Slummsn
auf Dem Observation-Disclosures erloid.n,
bas tonnte man fi9 ni4t benten.
Die ftebenbe @anbubr seigte aif
elf. Der alte StaOtratb lag nit
seI6lofenen 9tug.n, unb oas selbs,
basere 9eIidt sli9 elmer @d4ss
mdste. aber Der .%ingefallene Mnno
ld6eIts, unb Of gu boben fi4 Die
Thfperen QugenItber iiber einem duf
bic 3eiser b.s 3iff.rnblatt.s eerids
teten Bid. Sn5pifa.n faben bi. aIs
ten 4rsen eintn aItmobifden 9lus
men9arten, cine nit g~aprifolien iibers
fate 2aube uno Elm ni9t eeruoe f4D<
mes, absr iunsss Sruuenantlib boiler
Some. limb Der Qlte fhaute be-
Ttdnoig 6anu6, nit s.f9tpFtnen @us
gen, er fab oieIes @efi9t laden uno
t%peinen, ben 8opf ersrausn unb nell
fen, bi. peiBen. tuobIgefOrmtsn SGns
be arbeiten, ruben unb Derfdrumpf.n.
Va fam &c Sobn" aus benz 2as
ben unten, gudte our Sbiir berein
uno erfdrat iibsr bic selben Wangen
uno Die ti.fe Rubs 6.s alien Stabts
rutbs. 2etfe f9lid er ans gett, FAM
in bic anie, fab. baB Der alte nidt
I6ltef, unO fraste:
r@eIds nStunOe" 1T nun9"
r0ie Stunbe, in Der bine 9robs
muttsr mir ibr Sa gab," buu9te Der
uIte StaOtratb un0 lsste matt feline
Sano auf ben iuneen &opf.
Wan mar Seitig uuf ben geinen in
Der tleinen Stabt. @enau cine Wos
he banu9, su berfelben Stunbe,
puroe Der @lte besrabsn. Qls
&c Sobn" binuntergins unb fi6 an
bic Spise bes 3uses itelte, f9ob er
Die IebIoie llbr auf elf.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16
Sas Snnberiuurt.

Sritb Ssmuno fonft ettpus apart,
60 fpra9 man milo Don r@isenart";
@snn er Elm bisden fpeiter sins,
@rf9isn er als Elm rSono.rling";
8aro unbssrsifIi8 iaisr isin Sbun,
8erities MAJ iib gum ntollen Subn";
llnO pu9s Der uniinn gar gu grob,
Damn mar pbei ibm ne S6raubs
los.
Seut miro Die Welt oapon ent5iidt,
Was ipnIt man anIpru9 ais ppers
riidt"
llno alss oedt elm 3aubertport:
sport.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

2ebter 8eru d. @sfunbsn
ipurOe gsftsrn BON einsm aIeinitsbens
ben Srdulsin elm DeiteninOpf. Der
b%aaugebDrise Sunsseiele miro, psnH
4nnGberung srpiinf9t, erIu6t, feline
qbrefe inter y. Grp. b. 81. nieOsrs
SuIsgsn.
Il nterf9ieo. o.: @Ifo bod!
SreunO 6riB 1T in ben Sofsn Der Gbe
e%inselaufen. - g.: Ridt selaufsn -
etngegangen.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

Die menfdIi6e Sprade bient ouSu:
eritens, nm ben @ebanten Iusorud
gu bsrleiben, 5peitsns. I'm Die 9ebans
fen gu osrbergen, unb brittens, nm
oas Ssblen Der 9eOanten gu perbers
den.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

N ItIWI 7 IT 7 2 Z
Stf9er. .@ar Der infoles oes
Sturmss auf Dem Nssre Osrunsliidte
Slider Dor isins= 2lusfabrt nidt sss
fparnt iporosn2"
ySupobl, aber er bat Die Sturms
iparnuns in Den DinO ssf9las.n."
-Guter Rutb. 2sutnant: Bon
ser oisbs lam man ni9t Iebenl
8urIhe: 8srIuden's Ssrr 2euts
nunt bo9 mol nit elmer 80ain!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16
u~noerfhuIhet Rnr Elm

lnoerf6uGbst. BUR .ins
nal i'm Gsben bin id meinsr S9piss
sermuttsr um Den gals ssfaIen .
bas mar bel einem Grobeben.
- GrmuB ss ia niffsn.
q. (Su ieinsm 6rsunbs, ,tnsm Conn.
tagsgeitsr): rWesbaIb bait Su otnn
bus Reiteu u%ufaegsbsn9"
g.: rNeil es tsin perniinftis.s
gfer0 me6r sibt.~
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

@snn chandler mebr ieinsr fsIbf
bspuBt ipGre, ipiir6s sr oft ni9t fr
islbftbepubt fein!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

= MiBpsr itu'brn. nWus
bubeu sic benn ba fir einsn Gno.
den in Sbrsr Summlung!'
.Sas 1T Elm Wammutbstnudsn,
ben bah i'd nod Don msinem ieIiseu
SnteI."
.9pnnsrtisl, Sas muB elm Ssrl sea
ipsItn isin!"
S%enten5. 9as am i9periten
psrOisnts 9slO 1T fir cine Srau BAD
Sdpeiessslo.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

1lnp. Ste tteden pouer Nber9lduDen
unb MiBtrauen.
als id gu 9inna trat. lag ie gang
fti1 ba, bic 9lusen tpie sebro9sn. Wtt
ben audenben Sdnben belt lie einen
9esenftanb feft umtlammert.
Sd iprud fe an:
vNinna!"
rSennor9"
n9sbt es Dir beHer9"
80, Sennor."
r@arum tpinft 9u eisentIi9 t.inen
@rSt bab.n9"
Sic fab mid mibtrauiid an:
,Meil Der mir bod ni6t belfen
fam. Der fam ben bDfen @eift
nidt dustr.tben."
rWie piGit On benn aber seiunb
perben2"
Si. bIinssIts priifenb gu mir bers
iiber. Damn iibertpanb lie ii6, Dffnete
bic Sanb unb itieb miibfam berbor:
,Sa, Sennor, bas biIft. limb penn
bas nidt min. mub i9 fterben!"
Sd mar ftarr. Dor mir lag elm
p%eritabler 5etif6! Sn einem 8eutels
den Elm SeGamonfterSubn!
8obl bate i6 i9on bupon geb0rt,
aber ME burun seglaubt. Sd faBte
mid f9neQ unb begann eemeien:
,Rinna, 9u bift Elm tluses. Der.
ftGnbiges Wdbden. Su bait einen
mG9ttg.n Setif6. Qber er mill Dir
nidt bslfen. aIio pirft 0u fterbsn.
S6abe um Did.
2un fieb mai, gbicitu, i'd babe
aud einen Setifd, unb Der bat mir
neuIid sufdIis BON Dir sr5dbGt.
9u feift stpur fauI unb f3mubig,
aber bic anbersn feien aud ni6t befs
fer. @ber 9u ipGrit nod jung unb
t0nnteit Did Gnb.rn. @Ifo tur5, er
fet Dir ni6t abbolb."
Sas WGbden tpurbe neugierig,
unb ibre Iussn gldn3ten.
.Ninna, nun paB auf! @ie pGre
es, ipenn i6 nit meinem Settf9 re-
bete9 8ielei9t min er Dir beIfen."
Die &leine fab rutblos auf bas
T9mieriee 9euteI6en in ibrer Sano
unb iiberIeets. S8lieBIi4 piIigts lie
elm.
Sd lief f9nsn an meine Suusapos
tb.fe, na6m cine tiidtige &upI.l @bt>
min, fiinte Elm grobes @tas nit
SGnaps unb tebrte nit feierli9er
Miene Suriid.
rginna, mein Settid min Dir b.Is
fen. Sier 1T sr!
Nun fperb:n mir absr f9lau iein
unb ibm bic @rbeit lei9t MAIDEN.
Oh trintfi bier bas 9lus Gamma.
Die TisbergeiIter fperben it9 fofort
uuf BEN b0fen @eiit i'm S.u.ripafer
ftiirs.n unb nit inn tGmpf.n.
Damn f6iden mir ben Setif9 in
9einen Masen unb Oh font ieben,
Bis moreen bat er ale Settler aus
Oeinem 2eibe pertrieben.~
Sas lsu6tste Der 9uten elm. @rit
trant ie unter St0bnsn ben Shnups,
unb bann I9ludte ite nit pabrer BE-
geifterung bic Gbtntntapfel.
90 ibr &6rpsr an bas 3ele nod
ni6t eefp06nt mar, tpirtte es prd6tig,
unb balb f9lief lie ME cine Ratts.
sd pid.lts fe tiidtig in polene
9eden elm unb iiberli.B fe Der ges
funben 8ei6Gftisung bes Sdpibens.
Ssnbioner finb sGbe 2eute. gGs t9
am nG6Iten Mor9en uufitunb, mar
mein Triibitiid bereits f.rtig. uno
Rinna mar pitber auf ben 8einsn,
tpenn aud nod ettpus matt bon Der
i%iberItonb.nen 3riie.
als lie mid fab, lam lie 5Osernb
auf mid gu unb fagte ftodsnb:
.@.nnor. Sbr Sttifd bat mid ses
rettet, Der setif6 pom peiben Wanue.
Sd bin Elm armes MGbdsn, dber bas
| Sheuerfe, mas i6 babe, min i6 Sbs
men i6enten. Sier, re9men sic meis
men Setiid. Gr fOa Sbnen Slid
brinaen. limb Iauber unb fl.ibig min
i'd fperb.n, pie feline unbere."
sic belt Bort. Sd babe ME sinen
oantbareren Menfaen geieben.
DUFF bas 3Gbn4en bin i'd iebr
ftoIs, unb ba es cine sroBe Selt.nheit
1T. lisB i'd mir bieie TdheI baOOn
ma6en."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16
Sanitrirtcs Gitat.
8cSaufeniplittcr.

Die @be eIei9t elmer 2otterie nit
fpsnig 9epinneu, oarum ftnoet man
cub 70 felten - se3ogene Srausn!
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

Dos BETTE 20idpapier fir 81,
SbrGnen elmer Sruu lit - Sitter.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16
Gr iuirb iidJ bitten.

Der glttuar 9idsrt bat ssitsru
elm @tfu9 nm GsbaItserbObung Elm.
g.rsidt, ou er bei Den i9le4ten 3ei'
ten !Suneer Isioen miifs."
.Soffenttid bat er feline Pbotogrd.
pbie ni9t beiselcst."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

@irtb Gm Sebirss gum sourtfsn, pdbunO i'm @uds Die 9uuern
tan5en): mWoGens net q bHfel eni 9ebn9"
Sourtf: sd 9inge fRr germ, firhts absr, i'd tOnne gu lange
tben thiben!"
@irtb: rSabens ia SOrs, nm II uFr miro allies 'nuugepOrfen."
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16
Watitt6s. 9ommersienratI

- WaGiti6s. &ommsr5ienrutb
(Osr in isinsr SussnO StiefsIpuber
setpeien): sd babe mir f4On als
1%6iGbriger Sunge tdeli9 As Warf
peroient!!"
Sat: rOa baben Serr 9ommers
5ienrutb pobl cine gIGn3enoe
Sbdti9teit entpidelt?!"
= Sein MuB. llntsrOffi3isr:
rWie pieI miBt Oenn Sbr Baud
ei9entli6, GiniGbriser9"
Siiffsl: ~Gn0ertbaGb Seftos
liter, Serr llnterOffiSier!"
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1911-11-16

Gil belt Wprt. Sd babe ME einen
oa~ntbarersn Menidsn gefeRen.
DUFF bas 3Gbr9en bin i'd fe6r
Itols, unb ba es cine eroBe Seltenbett
lit, lisB i9 mir biefe RdeeI bapon
ma6en."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-07
DECISION LEFT WITH JUDGE
international Tribunal Is Compared
With Unsatisfactory Case of Hyp-
notism In Murder Trial.

P. J. Corcoran Of the western avia-
ton circuit said at recent banquet
in Salt Lake:
"The international tribunal has de-
cided against us in the Grahame White
claim. Well, that international trib-
unal is always unsatisfactory, anyway.
1t is almost as bad as the hypnotist
in the murder trial.
I'm the days when hypnotism fig
ured in every murder trial, famous
hypnotist offered to hypnotic the
prisoner and get a confession out OF
him. This offer was accepted.
Accordingly, after a thrilling scene
in the courtroom, the accused man
fell back stiffiy in trance, the hypno-
fist ceased the weird movements OF
his white hands, and there was
tense pause.
well, said the judge in a low
voice, you've hypnotized him, hav-
emit you? What are you waiting for?
al am waiting the hypnotist an
swered, till you tell me whether I'm
to make him confess that he did 1t or
make him confess that he didn't"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-07
CEN9ZS OEE1CE> NIRGh>lXGZl2X, q. T.

at the census periods of 190O-191o
(present censusl, 1920 and 1880. The
argument he sefit to congress in 1862
read as follows:
THE aggregate sum necessary for
compensated emancipation, Of course,
would be large. But it would require
no ready cash, nor bonds even, any
faster than the emancipation progress
es. This might not and probably would
not close before the end Of the 81
years; at that time we shall probably
have a hundred millions to share the
burden, instead Of thirty-one millions
as now. And not only so, but the in
crease of population may be expected
to continue for long time after that
period as rapidly as before, because
cur territory will not have become
full"
He then proceeded to analyze the
problem of population increase, and
decided that the population Of the
United States grows at the decennial
ratio of 34.60 per cent. He submitted
TIE following table to verify his deduc-
tons:
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-07
LIVELY SCRAP IN TENNESSEE
Interesting Account of "Calf Killer or
DUO Hill" BattIe-Twenty out
of IL Get Away.

I have never read an account OF
what is known as the Calf Killer
Or Dug Hill battle" in White county
Tennessee. l don't recollect the date
of the battle, but it was some time III
1864. Seventy-two OF us 1ollo"eu
Champ Ferguson, the noted guerrlila'
all day until about four o'clock In the
evening, and they set trap Tor u.s.
and we didn't do a thing but ride INTO
1t. | and two more comrades were al
vance guards, and we were some TOUR
hundred yards in advance, writes
John w. Clark, bugler, First Tennes-
see NJ. T. D., in the National Tribune.
AS we were riding along at ease,
noticed fresh horse tracks in the road
| looked up the road about one nun
dred yards, and saw two Johnnies SIT
ting on their horses, with guns lying
across their saddles, and said:
Boys, yonder stand two confederates.
Suppose we get them | raised my
old navy, took good aim and opened
on them. The Johnnies broke, as we
thought, for life
l was bugler. l sounded the double
quick charge signal, and lit out after
them, and about the time the COM
pany caught up we spied two lines OF
battle formed. One line was up 10
our right, on high ground about three
hundred feet above us. We were III
the Dug Hill road, which ranged
around the mountain about six nun
dred yards from where we entered 1t.
At the loose end of this hill was an
other line of battle. BY this time an
other line had formed behind us, and
the JOhnnies were CrOss-firing on us
three ways. We had close call. AS
l recOllect 1t, 20 out of the Y got out.
John M. Hughes, colonel command
ing the Tenth Tennessee, was back IN
the mountains, picking up deserters
and conscripting that country. lie
had gathered about seven hundred, In
Guiding old Champ Fergusons band or
robbers and murderers, and they
were the ones we were fighting. We
fought our way back the way we
came in. We fired every round OF
ammunition in the company and then
used our sabers. This little fight
lasted from four o'clock until about
six The smoke was so dense that
you could not tell one man from an
other. Lieutenant Emick Stone of the
old Fifth Tennessee cavalry was in
command. About six o'clock one
Johnny ball passed so close to my
head that it left blister all the way
across my forehead just above my
eyes. Just after that another cut
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-07

ICES. 1t is impossible for anyone to de-
termine the influence the census fig
ures will have upon the educational,
political and religious interests Of the
people, These numerals will affect
every state, county, city, town, village
and hamlet in the union. The size OF
the United States senate, as we'll as
many state senates, will be immedt-
ately enlarged, and in few cases d.
minished. The national house of rep
resentatives and state assemblies will
also share in this change. Even states
will be bounded differently, and the in
ternal outlines Of the present map Of
our country will undergo most drastic
alterations. Governors of certain
states are anXiously anticipating sub
divisions of their respective domains.
Each fears the setting up Of another
state government on the east, west,
north or south of his present undis-
puted territory. The size OF our army,
the strength of our navy, will be
shaped into accord with the findings
of the household of Uncle Sam.
Millions of books are being held
over in the press until such time as
the exact and official information Of
this census is made public. Absolute
ly nothing which the government does
seems to have so far reaching power,
and exerts such an influence on the
destinies Of the nation as the taking
Of the census; and nothing is accept
ed with such calm Indifference by the
people concerned in it's findings. Like
the Passion Play, it is in evidence
every ten years; and not unlike tho
business inventory which takes place
every year, 1t establishes untold
changes, causes many unforeseen alter
atoms, and brings to the surface val
liable details of both retrogression and
progression.
Trivial and profound themes alike
receive earnest attention. Even the
oft recurring argument that the capt.
tol of the United States is not central
ly located will be thoroughly threshed
out in many columns Of space ere the
official report of the census is sent
broadcast through our land.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1911-04-07

According to Lincoln the census of
1910 shodld net 1873, 91S,526 people, but,
like Jefferson, old Abe" was millions
too high in his estimate. The latest
census returns from Washington, sub
tect to further correction, places the
total at 1922 which would show
LincoIn's calculation to have overshot
the mark by 46,946,260.
However, it is only fair to remem-
Der that Lincoln's estimates were
based on the possibility of the war
coming to a sudden termination after
the people had learned of his inten-
tons regarding the slave purchase.
But the death struggle went forward
relentlessly, and nothing was done
toward carrying out the life-saving
and humane policy advocated by the
great president. Therefore the above
decrease from his estimates must be
allowed to his credit, since hundreds
OF thousands of the male population
were killed outright on the battle
fields. and others died later as result
of their wounds, or disease contracted
Though the privations they suffered.
1t was the flower of youth that was
offered as sacrifice to the war-god by
both north and south, and 1t is an in
teresting surmise as to- what extent
the contamination of the fraticidai
strife decreased the population. A su-
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we know to have been very great, We
may safely say we are above four mil
lions"
Thomas Jefferson personally as
sumed the responsibility of correcting
the first census, and with red ink made
increases in figures, as we'll as sup
plying such other numbers as be
deemed correct. He then, in his Off
cial capacity, informed the world
through our foreign representatives
that the federal count was incorrect,
but with his additions and amenGa-
tons could be relied on.
When the second decennial count
was completed Jefferson was preai-
dent, and a letter written by him In
1901 contains the following assertions:
You will perceive that the increase
OF numbers (pOpulation) during the
last ten years-1790-1S00- proceeding
in gGOmetrical ratio, promises rapid
growth and the prospect it holds up TO
us, not with a view to the injuries 1t
may enable us to do others in some FL
ture day, but to the settlement of tae
extensive country still remaining va
cant"
: This second census was intensely
gratifying to Jefferson and he assumed
the role of prophet again, but proved
over-enthusiastic when he declared
that the American population would
continue to increase at the same ratio.
Such was not the case, nor is there
any such definite thing as an exact
ratio in population increase. In 1913
he wrote TO Humboldt:
I'm fifty years more 0S63) the
United States alone will contain hfty
millions of inhabitants"
But the population in 1868 was fg-
ured at 33.21S,117, showing that Jefer-
sons reliance on a definite ratio in
crease led him about 100000 too
high In 1915 we find Jefferson writing
as follows to Mr.. Maury:
Forty millions in forty years, and
in sixty years eighty millions! This
would be 1916 plus so, making it In
1875 as SO.O0O,OOO."
But at that date the enumeration re-
suited in 44,3S6,207. or about $4,000, 900
below Jefferson's estimate. jefferson
was a careful student of natural sn-
crease in the human family. but mis-
knowledge as to what death, marriage
and immigration would do for a nation
was meager If that great statesman
could not form fair calculation, it is
safe to say that it would be a hopeless
job for anyone to indulge in predic-
tions of what the population will se
fifty years hence, according to geo
metric ratio Abraham Lincoln was
another chief executive who endeay-
ored to solve the population puzzle.
Like Jefferson, he attempted to inGi,
cate the exact figures, but acquitted
himself with more credit in the prob
lem of human fluctuations. Lincoln
st one time practically proposed an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States, with a view to enamel
pating the slaves. and paying the
southern owners q reasonable pur-
chase price. He pointed out that after
the slaves had passed into the posses
sion of the federal government they
could be liberated. and the dreadful
civil strife thus be brought to a close
In endeavoring to further this project
Lincoln set out to foretell the great
uess IN population of the federal union
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"a Sounded the DOubIe-Quck Charge"
my bride reins in two between my

my bride reins in two between my
hand and my horses neck.
We were all pretty close together,
and we started almost straight up the
mountain, | in the rear by this time.
A confederate caught my horse by the
tail and ordered me to surrender. |
didn't have a lead in either of my
navies and as l was bugler l wasn't
supposed to carry gun. / drew my
sword and gave a right-hand back
cut, and | was free from him.
| think we lost so men At least
one-half that number surrendered to
Colonel Huse, as he was a regular sol
der and promised to protect them. He
did so by passing them back to the
rear to old Champ, who shot them in
cold blood. We got this information
from a couple of old negroes, and
they said that we killed more of them
than they did of us.
We were IL miles from Sparta.
Tenn, and arrived there about two
o'clock About four o'clock Pickett
came in. He reported that he was
taken prisoner, and took the oath to
never take up arms against the south,
so he resigned his Office and went
home, and | think Of all the nervous
men l ever saw during the war he
was the worst.
The next day we went back through
that country with 300 picked men
that is, men who volunteered to go
and not confederate could we find
in arms.
In societY III Is ALWAYS mach easin,