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Turkish horseshoes are simply Z 6at
plate Of iron with 4 hole In the middle.
In bis volume Of Personal Adven-
lures" Colonel J.. P. Robertson de-
scribes the extraordinary method Of
preparing the horse to be shod.
The farrier takes a good long rope,
doubles 1t and knots a loop at the end
to about the size Of a good large horse
collar. This Is put over the horses
head after the manner Of. a horse COL
lar, the knot resting on the horses
chest.
Then the two ends u rope are
brought between his legs. Each rope.
then taken by a man. is hitched on to
the fetlocks Of his hind legs and
brought through the loop in front: then
by q hard. steady pull the hind legs are
drawn up to the fore legs. and the
horse falls heavily on his side.
Ali four feet are then tied together
BY the fetlocks. the horse is propped up
on his back. and the farriee sits quiet
~ down beside him. takes on all the
old shoes and puts on new. When the
work II finished the horse = united
and allowed to get up.
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crab t4as 100000 Je,nss.

The crab known a. the scale tailed
apus wal believed to have become e.
tinct In Great Britain nfty years aso,
the last recorded specimens being tax
on IN the ponds on Hampstead heath.
But now It has turned up again In
some numbers in two ponds on Pres
ton Merse. nsar Southwick. In Kirk
cudbrightshire. About two and . half
inches long. the apus bears . very
striking likeness to that remarkable
creature. the king crab. and this b.
cause the fore part Of the body IL COW
cred by a great semicircular shield or
carapace. while. as In the king crab,
It swims on its back. In the great
number Of itS legs the scale tailed
apus has few rivals. while In the num-
Der Of the points which these share
between them no other creature can
compare. The naturalist Schaffer once
essayed the task Of counting them and
made the magnificent total Of 1902
GOA. Latrelle put down the number at
a round ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Graphic.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-04-07

The pioneer American Democrat
was the Rev. Thomas Hooker Of Con
necticut, who, in a sermon in Hartford
In the year 1888. said, The founda-
ton Of all authority ID firstly laid IN
the free consent Of the people," There,
In embryo. were the Revolution and
the great republic. In the "runda-
mental Orders Of Connecticut" inspired
BY Hooker and adopted at Hartford In
1888. we have the first written consti-
tuition known to history that created
q government And that government
was a. near q perfect democracy a.
the world has aver seen.-New York
American.
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ROYAL ALBERT HALL. LONDON.
CHRISTIAN MASS MEETMG.

In the wcr'd's Largest and Finest Az.
ditorium Audiences Estimated at
Seven Thousand-Which 10 the True
Gospel and What Must Our Cresds
Sacrifice In Order to Christian
Union?
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London. April 9
p Russell,
addressed the huge
Convention ut Roy
al Albert Hail to.
night. Few preach
ers are 30 e
Z q o W q In Great
B britain al he.
Many Of the lead
ing newspap ers.
both here and in
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-04-07

ed that his great-grandfather was an
Indian and that he himself never for
gave an injury. He had wanted Molly
to marry Peter Andrews and had
therefore considered himself hopeless
~ injured when she insisted on loving
and marrying Richard Burns. though
be had no real objection to Richard in
himself. Molly wa ~ stubborn as he,
and there had been no visiting be-
tween the two households by his own
command. He was master In his own
house. and ma obeyed. though under
protest. for their two SON we're out
west. and Molly was all she had. She
had long since ceased to argue with
pa about It. and. though she did not
go to MoIly's house. she made the
most Of any chance meetings with her
or the small Jimmy. She had not been
in her daughters house since the time
Jimmy was born. Pa had not tried to
stop her then.
And o it was the day before the
her pies, big and rich and thick with
her best mince meat, and she did now
as she had always done since Molly
had been a tiny girl-made one pie in
a little yellow saucer-Molly's little
pie. Each year she continued to do
this. her husbands contempt notwith-
standing. This time she did 1t osten-
tatiously, holding 1t high ON her hand
al she trimmed the crust OF around
the edge. She intended to attract his
attention.
He had removed his mittens and had
taken down his old gun from the rack.
he sat cleaning the gun, with his feet
on the hearth and his teeth set. He
was in torture from rheumatism and
"a weak he could scarcely get through
with what work must be done out Of
doors. but he carefully hid his condi-
ton from his wife. Ma would put him
to bed and dose him and tell him he
had to forgive Molly and have Richard
over to relieve him Of the heavy work.
Richard wanted to do this too. Ma
would be scared and say he was too
old to be alone and too old Il be I'M
forgiving. He was only sixty, and he
never had forgiven any one. and he
did not intend to begin now. and he
had said he would never see Molly's
baby, and he would either!
Then he looked up and saw Molly's
little pie balanced ON her mothers
hand. It wal the last straw.
"Ma." he said, you're . worse idiot
every year. Quit maxim that little
fool pie! Molly II never come over
here to eat u, and you can make up
your mind 10 that You've had time
enough! And I forbid you to b. svsr
lastin'ly msst1n' her and Burns IKE I
know you dol I1l-r'u lock you up. Cd
- you b.. n you can't have any sense!
I don't want 10 have 70 ~ this sg.in
nsxt year. You throw hat pss into
ths sIop buekst TIL minute - Tn cone
over thsrs and d Il myself." He rosA
but HI FAsumatlsm mede him pausA
Ard ,thsa ma az what - had not
dons oass hsepss IN ~ feFty ysass q
th1e1 Uasylao. ~ enee0 hin Vim
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A Delicate Task.

The newspapers" said the orator
solemnly. do not tell the truth"
perhaps not" answered the editor
regretfully. I'VE do our best; but. you
know. there IL nothing more dimcult
than to tell the truth in Z way that
won't put It up to some one to chal-
lenge your veracity." - Washington
Star.
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Ihe man who = drivsa 10 dzfnh b
"a luek wopld peohably have besa
Nsnea ~ p-sespsssH-Chinoo Rseasd-
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HE Amhitien

TO think" said the visitor. sthat
you win have TO 60 through life an e.
~couvict!'
well, MISS replied Crowbar CLAUDE,
TO tell You the truth. Just ct present
there amt nothing "a like more to b."
-Exchanee.
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Ner oenereiTv.

Hs-I wish that Jon wsrs poor, 70
mat you would b willing to marry
M. ehs-nvidsntiy I am far moro
eenseous than ycu. ! wish ycu were
Eseh. - hat ] might b willing 70 mar.
y yous-Exchange.
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possible what remains to be done
This resolution is not specific. and
should be amended ne intcrlincd and
changed In the above. And should b.
further amended as follows:
THAT it shall be specifically stated
J. What efforts have been made TO
ascertain the locations OF buria!
grounds. and the locations OF !ndi-
vidual graves
,. What burial grounds are owned.
or Under the control OF the United
States government
) What hurai grounds have been
acquired by the United states govern
mcnt since tho enactment Of the law
approved March Q. 1906.
/. What individual graves have been
marked by new hcadstopcs in accord :
ancc With tho provision OF the Law.
giving Inscriptions.
.. What individual graves have been
marked by using over again the old
headstoncs placed over them in the
year IS7l.
D. What fcnccs have been erected FOR.
the preservation OF said burial
grounds. and OF what description.
q What registers OF Confederate
dead have been prepared. and from
what sources have the names been
asccrtained.
s. state what monuments have been
erected. and the reasons therefore, AMI
furnish proposals and contracts for
the same.
.. state what monuments have hcen
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-29
HE GALLANT GARNFTTS
OF OLD BEN IOMOND
Memorial e. Address Delivered at Unwilling Of
Tablets IN Memory Of Seven Confederate
Brothers-The House Of Garnntt

Wr = mouse called Ben Lomond
There with his second wife. who
was Miss Ciatewood, OF Middlcscx
county. he reared the five boys whose
names arc on that tablet and whose
mother was dead. and also the two
p, pS me second marriage, whose names
likewise appear on this token OF re-
spcct and love and Appreciation
~ old Ben Lomond he spent the
nays before the war. when prosperity
smiled and honors invited and hospi-
!ul.% stood by the open door. There
nc lived during the days that tried
mer's souls. amid the scenes OF the
saodest and the severcst fratricidaI
strife known TO history. Whether in
the tranquility OF peace or in tbn mr..
moi OF war. Muscoe Garnett did his
part as man. And feel that YOU
agree With me in this, for sec his
portrait here among the men Of this
county. OF his seven sons let others
spea';. There is a name among them
Tho very mention OF which is sacred
70 me- OF him must not speak
me rest OF that precious list half of
what ! feel.
I - ! may we'll remark that this is
indeed delightful occasion to nc.
Ihcre is no spot dearcr 70 me than
old Essex Along her river are mem
orles or my childhood; on her hills
ore the bones OF my ancestors And
Il is particularly pleasant 10 be here
with you all. and TO participate in this
unNciline ceremony. The tablet. with
al OF It's history and all OF its
tender associations. and all or
It's beautiful Suggestions and. prompt
lnSs. its noble motto, the purity
OF It's marble saving, that we would
nave our record pure and whitc-this
tabiet in Inc name OF the Garnett
fhmilS OF The House OF Ben I4omond
present to Your Honor today. to
have and TO mold, in the name Of
this county and State, to be Kept here
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haods OF the descendants or warney.
and Lewis until 1884. Mrs. Mathew,
Brooke lived there with her husband
and children; II was sold by her hoirsi
TO Colonel Tenant. Of Daltimore,S
whose daughter. Mrs. McLanahan lived
there. Old inhabitants rcmcmber that
this woman and her household goods
came TO Warner Hal" shore or near
IT IN her own chartered steamboat. a
most rare occurrence
Later Warner Ham was purchased
by Colin Clarke and he and his in y
tercs,iig family lived there for many
years. For many more years it was
rented by ono person and then an
other. 1t was once owned by Alfred Il. +
Withcrs. Of 'Sevcrnby." who sold 1t
Air. Cheyney. Mr.. Withers reserved
the graveyard which contains tbs
ashes OF his wifc's ancestors. and res
paired 1t and presented it TO the A..
+, y. a. In tho days lust after tho
war when Warner Hail. was rented
TO one person after another, it WAS
4 great place for parties The younE
people gathered there for surprise
parties. and what moro de,ectablc than
dancing on those hard. slippery floors
and then wandering down the avenue
white with sifted moonlight!
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most met another youth who was
destined TO gain wide falnc as Dem
ocrat and public man. The homo qua rd
turned out to defend their liberty and
their native land .Iudson Harmon.
nov Governor Of Ohio. and n candidate
for the presidency Of the United
states, rode forth on horseback TO
hurl Morgan back and TO slaughter
his maraudcrs a S they ran.
Morgan had taken all the good
horses" Governor Harmon told mo
when | interviewed him several wears
ago. and consequently We had no
snor,ng stecds. only crowbaits. on
which TO follow him and his men. For
tunatcly for us he marched around
Cincinnati and escaped to the east"
'flarmon has worked the story mn,
Judge I.urton remarked until he now
declares that he remembers seeing INC
climb Hill. That was FIarmons sec
onh campaign. When General Kirby
smith was reported to be on his way
toward Cincinnati tile home guards
rushed to the front. and Harmon. slim
ping away from his mother and dis
obeyinR his father. who was Baptist
preacher. went into camp under a
circus tent armed with double
barreled shotgun and an old sword
mat had been handforsed by vii
large blacksmith
After leaving Tie vicinity OF Cincin-
natl, most of Morgan's mon were can
'nred By the Fedcrais. Morgan was
caught few days later and locked
up IN the Ohio Penitentiary. Trooper
Lurton was sent to Johnson's Island.
IN Lake Erie. the best prison. he
sa.u' IN inc North ! was taken i'll
With pneumonia and was given I'm "a
nic by the surgeons. My mother came
from TENNESSEE. and returned home
Win her. didn't die. as YOU sec, but
quickly recovered. sleeping again in n
ned. enting wholesome food and hav-
ing the services OF my father. who was
phSSiciac rs;
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where through the un;lrng interest
OF Your Honor so many other beauti-
ful tablets and go many splendid por-
traits have turned this time honorcd
courtroom into a study for the artist
and an inspiration for the youth OF
our county and state. know full
well that II VIII he safe under your
protecting eye. l know tall we'll that
you are in full sympathy with our
sentiments. and in this share our pride
BY this act we honor the dead. ana
we have not waited o place tho flowers
We hold for the living until they have
passed away. May what we now do
prove an everlasting help TO the de-
scendcnts Of Muscoe Garrett May
they love and cherish each other. May
they be united house indeed. and
thus stand firm. May they read ana
rcrcad tho inscriptions on that tablet.
and have ever before them the de-
sire to prove themselves worthy and
honorable mon and women. doing what
is right, doing what is noble and good
and feeling that whether their walk
ne public or private, they have cast
no stain. reflection or dishonor, but
arc -vcll worthy TO be called the de-
scendcnts Of AIuscoc Garnctt. OF Ben
Lomond. May it please Your Honor,
present the tablet 10 YOU
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Bf WILLIAM c. GARRETT.

ne task assigned me to-da, Is as
delicate As II Is honorable, as worthy
as 1t is loving. and az full Of sadness
as 1t is full OF inspiration and graft.
fication.
!, That tablet bearing the name Of
Muscoc Garnet Of the modern boure
u len Lomond, and the names OF his
seven sons, who were actively asso-
Grated with the Lost Cause. should bc
placed here IN This vcritablc hall Of
.anle-hcrc among the portraits OF the
lilustrlonS dead OF dear old EsscX-ilcrc
"hcre he and his sons were never
stIahsers, here the seat Of Justice
mere were the sacred archives and
valuable records reposc-secmed in
nced appropriate and beautiful. And
mere take great pleasure In offering
my profound thanks and tender an
preciation 10 those who conceived tho
p1an, and also To those who promot ed
! and have thus carried II to a sue
ccssi VI and beautiful pcrfection
ts the Oldest member OF this brancl,
OF the Garnctt family, save my two
hhcies, whose names ere among those
en- the tablet. 1t is my loving task TO
present II to-day.
\. 70 say before a public audience even
q small part Of what | feel might seem
indciicate. Yet would not have YOU
construc my silence to mean, that /
an lacking in appreciation. For there
Is not single laurel deserved BY the
honored dead and the lionored living
which J would not in my hear, Of
heir1s Willingly and PROUDLY place upon
thci" brows They were human, and
therefore had their faults and COM
united their errors. These | have for
gotten. Eat thanks be 10 God, they
had their virtues, and these I would
remember. and pray that my chill
drcn and my chfldrcn's children know
them and remember them and hand
them down TO the coming generations.
and do this with all OF the love and
all OF the pride and all OF the sympa thy
that we, the living descendants OF Mus
coc Garnet, OF Zen Lcmond. have to-
day.
To recount the history OF my grand
father even o S know 1t. would make
many chapter of interest And this
may well be said Of each OF his seven
sons. This. however. is not the oc-
casion for biographies In detail Still
1t may DO in keeping with the un-
yelling OF this tablet to mention tia
Muscoe Garnctt was born in the good
Old county OF King and Queen Much
or MS boyhood was spent ir the State
OF Kentucky. When quito young he
married Miss Sarah Booker OF Vtr-
giniil. liopkinsville. Ky.. became the
home Of the youthful married couple.
There my father, Lewis Henry Garnett,
was born. Judge Garnott, like so many
others OF the sons OF old Virginia.
longcd for her. So he and his wife
and child and slaves. and his household
goods and other property returned to
the land OF his birth. From that time
on to the day OF his death. NIuscoc
Garnett was a prominent factor in the
affairs Of this county and state. AZ
one, time he lived ut Ashland. the
beautiful home OF Mr.. n. ". Eubank.
where tho Rappahannock in ali OF Its
beauty, and MI OF Its Righteousness.
I flows Enthusiastically. Later he@built tho
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Lees Fnrewell Address.
II Headquarters Army of Northern
Virginia 10th April 1861

Virginia, 10th April. 1863
General Order No.
After four years or arduous SER
vice, marked by unsurpassed coura &c
and fortitude. the Army Of Northern
Virginia has been compelled 10 yield
10 overwhelming numbers and re-
sources.
need not tell the brave survivors
of so many hard fought battles, who
have remained steadfast to the last
that ] have consented to this result
from no distrust OF them.
But feeling that valor and devotion
could accomplish nothing that could
compensate for the loss that would
have attended the continuance Of the
contest. I determined to avoid the uses
less sacrifice Of those whose past SER
vices have endearcd them 10 their
countrymen.
BY the terms OF The agreement ON
GERS and men can return to their
homes and remain there until en-
changed You will take with YOU the
satisfaction that proceeds from the
consciousness OF duty faithfully per-
formed, and I earnestly pray that a
merciful God will extend to YOU HIS
blessing and protection.
With an unceasng admiration Of
your constancy and devotion TO Your
country and n grateful remembrance
OF Your kind and generous considera-
ton Cor myself. ] bid YOU an affections
ate farewell
f. e. LEE. General.
Mai General W. H. +. Lee.
CnriI,a .t.N.Is
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TARTAN attempted TO shoot MIR. Justice
i,nrton with a cannon Rosccrans. the
Federal general. had strong garrlsons
at iailattn, Castalian Springs and
iiartsrillc, In Tennessee. Morgan. thnn
II colonel. attacked tic garrison at
liar,svilc on the 7th.
We fordcd the Cumberland River
very carly IN tho morning." Judge J.ur-
ION said TO me, going down one man
at 4 time. over "a marrow bride n..,t
ana jumping our>horscs from tho bank.
J our iect above the water. The weather
Wa plttcr cold, snow was on thc
Groun'l. and our clothing, frozc on our
BODIES when We reached the other side.
me Ecderals had about 1000 men.
ONO ana Illinois infantry. Illinois and
Kentucky cavalry ana a SECTION OF Tho
Thirteenth Indiana battery We had
100 cavalry, infantry and artilIc,,,..
Inc tedcrals surrendered in n little
more man an hour We lost l25 men.
nc Fedcrais lost 2so men, ana r.93t Of
thch were made prisoners.
As soon az the battle Vas over wc
hastily recrosscd the river. each cav
a,rEHlan carrying an infantryman be-
hind him. ! was left with the req
Guard TO pick UP Federal muskcta and
o'hcr portable property. all Of which
we loaded into wagons. MIR. Justice
,1.''''' - ~ ca!l! riser. lie was w
ma morning soon after daylight at
~ camp, near Csstalian Springs, six
ini!cs distant, from ETartsviilc HI
heard the artillery fire. and immo,Ji
ateiy started with his regiment 10 Inc
refer OF the garrison at iIar,sviIic.
reaching bluff back OF the river
Just as tho last wagon was going over.
was with the wagon. Colonel Harlan
opened on us with a piece Of artillery
nc shells dropped so near to the
wagon that the drivers, becoming
riSh'cned' cut the mules loose ana
-. - Sn'ic as Quick as possible. 7
went with them, or course. Ana ira
Vas my introduction 10 Mr.. Justice
tartan. Morgan was made brisadicr-
aenerai fer the battle he won 1T ffarts-
Near Cinfinnati Private I,urton al
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Bf sAMUEL~E LEWIS.

troduced in tho House Of Reprcsen-
tatives by George w Gordon n Joint
resolution, No. EGG, which was referred
10 the Committee on Military Affairs.
directing tho Secretary Of War to re-
port what work has been dono under
the act approved March Q, 1906. en-
titled AN act to provide for tho APP
propriate marking Of the graves OF
tho soldiers and sailors Of tho Com
fedcrate Army and Navy who died IN
Northern prisons and were buried near
the prisons where they died. and for
other tpurposcs." 2
&4lWhcrcas Il appears that there has
boon to this tme no report made to
lClonsress in compliance with the act
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.Inchson's Flag.

notice in your issue OF i3th instant
an article. What about lack sons
Flag You can find in tho Memoirs OF
Stoncwall Jackson that his hcadquar-
ters was at Colonel \. s. Gr!gsby's,
Winchester. Va. When he left there
he presented Mrs tirigsby with a
beautiful large, silk flag to show his
appreciation OF her many courtesics
and allowing him Tie use OF her re-
ligious iihrary This flag Is now in
possession OF daughter OF Mrs
Grigsby. and all information and data
towards establishing its identity and
whether it was battle or hcadquar-
ters fla s can be secured by calling on
Mrs. George II. Grant. granddaughter
Of Colonel Grigsby. at 300 East Main
Street Richmond. G. =. GRANT
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TIC Immortal Lee.

On yesterday tho citizens OF this
nation. regardless Of class or creed,
did honor to the memory Of tho i'm
mortal Lee. II is not our intention to
(, cpeat the story of the illustrions and
luminous life OF tho greatest COM
inAnder Of armies vet produced by the
day. when the foremost scholar Of the
land has crowded GU; OF his library
the Book cf Rocks, 70 repeat in the
words Of another the estimate put
upon tho Word OF God by this fore
most soldier OF all ages.
when first he buckled Oh his sword
in youth. a pocket Bible was part OF
his equipment. and in the hour OF
death its wcll-worn pages lay open be-
side him. He was a stranger to stimu-
lants. and even TO the usF Of toba Geo.
called the soldiers comfort Even in
hours of relaxation with intimate
friends no word ever passed his lips
that might not be uttered with pro-
priety in any presence. even the most
refined And in The hot atmosphere OF
war. a well as in the yet more eHas-
pcratinG. hour OF defeat, periods that
woke the bitterest passions OF the
human heart. not one word of COM
plant towards God. or OF repinins.
ccnsure or abuse towards man. ever fell
from his lips or flowed from his pen.
There was not DAY. so nc testified
truthfully. that during the strife he
did not pray for his enemies
The vanauished have no friends.
hut In defeat. even more than in vic
tory. he compelled tho admiration OF
the world. The vilest infamy to which
he WAS relegatcd by some WAS made
luminous by his scraphic virtue. When
all that human strength or heroic
courage could achieve had been done.
having done all. he stood nobler, purer.
more self-reiiant--the stout heart Of
the soldier Within him refusing to
yield to fate tho devout heart of the
Christian bowling in submission to the
will Of heaven; an object at which
the world sazed in wondcr"-Thc
Farmville Herald.