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A Fiery Drink.

A SSEMBLYMAN BRENNAN, author
"A of the Brennan cold storage law"
said the other day in Albany:
"A recent examination of the cold stor-
age plants in New York city showed that
in twelve storage houses alone there were
stored 100000 pounds of poultry and
meat, 100000 pounds of fish, 2,000O0o
pounds of cheese. 6o00.0oo pounds OF
butter and 5000 cases of eggs.
This food should be labeled as what
il is II shouldn't be sold to the pubic
as fresh food at the price of fresh food
For it isn't fresh food, and, though IL
looks all right. its taste is all wrong
except to such people as are blessed with
the palate of Jim Unison.
Jim Unison Mr. Brennan explained,
was a hard drinker up Ithaca way. one
evening Jim stopped at the tavern for
dram. tossed it off, and departed calmly.
but after he was gone the tayernkeeper
discovered that in place of apple jack
he had given Jim a drink out or the
sulphuric acid bottle that was kept 10
clean the verdigris off the brass taps.
The tavernkeeper couldn't sleep that
night. but the next morning, to his I'M
speakable relief, Jim dropped in for
another dram before breakfast, appar-
entity none the worse for his dose of
poison.
Jim, said the tavernkeeper, what
did YOU think of that apple jack l sold
you last night?
"'Oh. IL was fine stuff said Jim: good.
warmin' stuff Ii only had one fault
Every time 1 coughed 1t set my whiskers
afire'
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regimentals of the past even to those
of revolutionary times, were often con-
spicuous.
On an occasion when our brigade had
the advance several parties of fordgefs,
consolidating themselves, captured a
town from the enemy S cavalry, ana DC
cupied the neighboring plantations. Be
fore the arrival of the mann coiullll nos
tilities had ceased, order had peen re-
stored and mock arrangements were
made to receive the army
Our regiment in the advance was con-
fronted by a picket dressed in contlneh-
tai uniform, who waved his plumed hat
in response to the gfbes OF the men, anu
palIoped away on his bareback fnuie "
apprise his comrades OF our aPploa.hd
We marched into the town and resteo
on each side of the main street fres-
emily a forager, in ancient miI1tia UNI
form indicating high RANK, depoucheo
from side street to do the hoIoiS VI
the occasion. He was mounted on I'd
raw-boned horse with bit OF carpet TOT
a saddle. His old plumed chapeau IN
hand. he rode with gracious ulsi, ~, y
through the street. as If reviewing the
hrieade After him came family car
rage laden with hams, sweet potatoes
and other provisions, and drawn oy tWo
horses mule and a COW, the TWO rat
ter ridden by positions.
!. x
At Fayetteville, n. c., the foragers. as
usual. had been over the ground several
hours before the heads of columns ar
had found a broken-down grist-mill. Their
commander, Capt. Parker, an officer of
great spirit and efficiency and an expert
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They Go Together.

NRISON SWEET MARDEN. the dis
~ tinguished editor and author Of New
York. said in recent address on sue
cess:
THE advice given to the unsuccessful
is often useless because il can't be fol-
lowed out Thus a millionaire twirling
his massive gold watch chain, said to a
man in a frayed collar and a patched
coat:
No. my friend, 1 can't give You the
job. 1t has already been filled. 1 can.
however, give you piece OF advice. anu
think you need IL. Ii is this-a spruce
appearance is absolutely essential nova
DAYS TO business success
THE shabby man, as he took up his
greasy hat to depart. answered with &.
sad smile:
Yes. sir, 1t is true that a spruce APP
pearance is essential to business success.
but | find ii Is also true that business
success is essential to a spruce appear
ance.'"
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adorned rhetoric was punctuated with a
Gexterous whip-lash At last, drenched
to the skin and covered with mud, L
took my position on the bridge, seated
in a chair which one Of my men had pre-
scented to me. and waited for the COM
mand to close up.
AS we passed the wagon camp there
was the deafening. indescribable chorus
of mules and teamsters, besides the
hoarse shouting of. quartermasters and
wagonmasters plunging about on horse
back through the mud to direct the arriv-
ing teams into their places. But it all
died away in the distance as we marched
on and to find the oozy resting place
of the brigade. The army had been in
bivouac some hours, and countless camp
fires formed a vast belt of fire that
spread out into the black night
AS we advanced into the wild pine re-
gions of North Carolina the natives
seemed wonderfully impressed at seeing
every road filled with marching troops.
artillery and wagon trains. They looked
destitute enough as they stood in blank
amazement gazing upon the "Yanks''
marching by
The scene before us was very striking;
the resin pits were on fire, and great col
umns of black smoke rose high into the
air. spreading and mingllng together in
gray clouds, and suggesting the roof and
pillars of vast temple. All traces of
habitation were left behind. as we
marched into that grand forest, with its
beautiful carpet of pine needles. The
straight trunks of the pine trees shot up
to a great height, and then spread out
into a green roof, which kept us in per-
petual shade.
AS night came on we found that the
resinous sap in the cavities cut in the
trees to receive it had been lighted by
'bummers'' in our advance. The effect
of these peculiar watch fires on every
side, several feet above the ground. with
flames licking their way up the tall
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The Harder Task.

9 ENATOR ROOT. at luncheon at the
~ Washington Country Club, said OF
war:
''Our arbitration treaties come none too
soon. The world is getting tired Of war
This fact was well brought home to me
the other day by the remark OF an Eng
lish diplomat.
He said that. at the end of the Boer
war. two unionists were wrangling at a
dinner.
T. said the first unionist. q lieutenant
of volunteers-'I went to the war and de-
Tended my country.
Pshaw. what OF that? the other re-
torted, i stayed In my country ana de-
tended the war.
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companies to see that the guns were
loaded and the men ready for action. The
color sergeant loosened the waterproof
cover of the battle fiag, battery OF ar
tillerv few past on its way 10 the front,
following the returning staff officer and
we soon heard the familiar bang Of
shells. Perhaps it did not amount to
much after all. ana We were soon swing
ing into route step again.
At times when suffering from thirst It
was hard 10 resist the temptation of
crystal swamp water, as it rippled along
the side of q causeway, tempting sight
fol. the weary and unH airy. In spite OF
oft-reneated cautions some &ontflVed 70
drink It, but these were on their backs
with malarfal disease at the end OF the
campaign, if not sooner
After passing Columbia there was a
brief season OF famine. The foragers
worked hard, but found nothing. They
made amends however, in day or two
bringing in. the familiar cornmeal, sweet
potatoes and bacon.
We marched into C1eraw with music
and with eolors flying. Stacking arms
in the main street. we proceeded to sup
per, while the engineers laid the pom
toons across the Pedee river The rail-
ing of the town pump and the remains
of a buggy said to belong to Mr.. LIN
coins brother-in-law. DR.. Todd. were
quickly reduced to kindling wood to boil
the coffee. The necessary destruction of
property was quickly accomplished and
on we went.
A mile from the Lumber river the
country, already flooded ankle deep, was
rendered still more inhospitable by
steady downpour of rain. The bridges
had teen partly destroyed b. the enemy,
and partly swept away by the flood. An
attempt 10 carry heavy army wagons
and artillery across this dreary lake
might have seemed rather foolhardy. but
we went to work without loss of time.
The engineers were promptly fioated out
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vance fankers were out and foraging
parties were ahead gathering supplies
from, the rich plantations We were all
old campaigners. so that a brush with the
militia now and then or with Hardees
troops Hardee commanded the force that
opposed the march TO the sea- made no
unusual DELAY: and WheeIers cavalry
was soon disposed Of We We're expec' ed
to make fifteen miles day; TO corduroy
the roads where necessary; TO destroy
such property was designated by our
corps commander, and TO consume every
thing eatable by man or beast
MilIedgeviIle proved TO be Sherman.s
first objective. and both wings came with
in less than supporting distance in ana
around the capital of the state Our
colored friends, who fiocked TO us in em-
barrussing numbers, told many stories
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weeded from the ambulances those who
no longer needed to ride.
1t was not uncommon to hear shots at
the head of the column The foragers
would come tumbling back. and ride
alongside the regiment adding TO the
noisy talk their account OF what they
had seen. and dividing among their com
Tades such things as they had managed
to bring away in their narrow escape
from capture.
A staff officer would gallop down the
roadside like a man who had forgotten
something which must be recovered in
hurry. At the sound of the colonel'S
ringing voice silence was instant and
absolute. Sabers flashed from their scab-
bards, the men Drought their guns to the
carry and the battalion swung into,
line at the roadside; cats. fighting cocks
and frying pans passed to the rear rank:
officers and sergeants buzzed round their
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crowned their efforts the plantation was
promptly stripped of live stock and eat
ables.
The natives were accustomed to bury
provisions, for they feared their own
soldiers quite as much as they feared
ours. These subterranean stores were
readily discovered by the practiceo
Yankee" eye The appearance of the
ground and little probing with a ram
rod or a bayonet soon decided whether
to dig. Teams were improvised; carts
and vehicles OF all sorts were pressed
into service and loaded with pro-
visions. If any antiquated militia uni-
forms We're discovered they were
promptly donned. and comical process
sion escorted the valuable train OF booty
to the point where the brigade was ex-
pected 10 bivouac for the night. The
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to the river. to direct the rebuilding of
bridges, and the woods all along the line
of each column soon rang with the noise
of axes. Trees quickly became logs and
were brought to the submerged roadway.
No matter if logs disappeared in the
floating mud, thousands more were COM
ing from all sides So, layer upon layer.
the work went bravely on. Soon the
artillery and wagons were jolting over
our wooden causeway
AS my regiment was the rear guard for
the day. we had various offices to perform
for the train; and it was midnight before
we saw the last wagon over the bridge
by the light of our pine torches. 1t SEEM
ed as if that last wagon was never to be
got over. 1t came bouncing and humping
along, it's six mules smoking and blowing
in the black, misty air. The teamster.
mounted on one of the wheelers, guided
his team with a single rein and addressed
each mule by name, reminding the animal
of his faults and accusing him of having,
with other peculiarities "a black mill
tary heart Every sentence of his oath
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beyond supp orting distance in the en-
deavor TO find easier roads for marching.
as well as for transporting the wounded
The scope Of this article precludes a de-
scTipuon or the battle Of Bentonville
which was a combination of mistakes
misearriages and hard fighting on both
sides. Ii ended in Joe" Johnston's re-
treat, leaving open the road to Goldsboro
where We arrived ragged and almost
barefoot. While We were receiving letters
from home. getting new clothes and TAX
ing our regular doses of auinine, Lee and
Johnston surrendered, and the great con-
fiict came to an end
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machinst, had the old wheel fhoisted into
its place and put the mill IN working
order. Several parties from other regi-
ments had been admitted as working
members, and teams of all sorts We're
busy collecting and bringing in corn and
carrying away meal for distribution. rms
bit of enterprise was so pleasing to the
troops that plenty of volunteers were
ready to relieve the different gangs. and
the demand was SO great as to Keep the
mill at work all night by the light OF
pine-knot fires and torches.
The march through Georgia has been
called a grand military promenade, all
novelty and excitement. But its moral
effect on friend and foe was immense. 1t
proved our ability to lay open the heart
of the Confederacy. and left the question
of what We might do next a matter of
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wounded in the leg. but still command
ing with his usual GOODNESS. Suddenly
he appeared staggering out OF the WOOD
into the open space in our front, bare
headed his face buried In his hands, his
saber hanging by the sword knot from
HIS wrist one leg bound up with a hand
kerchief, his uniform covered with blood [;
in a moment he fell toward the colors.
Officers clustered about him in silence.
and gloom spread through the brigade
as word passed that Grafton was dead.
\
The main column was now arriving, and
as the troops fled off to the right and
left of the road, and the field guns gall
Hoped into battery. We moved forward to
the attack The enemy gave US hot re-
ception, which We returned with storm
of lead. 1t was a wretched place for a
fight AT some points We had TO support
our wounded until they could be carried
off. TO prevent their falling into the
swamp water. in which We stood ankle
deep. Here and there a clump of thick
growth in the black mud broke the line
as we advanced.
No ordinary troops were in our front.
They would not give way until a division
of Davis corps was thrown upon their
right, while we pressed them closely. As
we passed over their dead and wounded
came upon the body of very young Of
ficer. whose handsome, refined face at
tracted my attention. While the line OF
battle swept past me L knelt at MS side
for a moment. His buttons bore the
arms of South Carolina. Evidently We
were fighting the Charleston chivalry.
Sunset found us in bivouac on the Colds
boro road, and Hardee In retreat.
AS we trudged on toward Bentonvflie
March 19) distant sounds told plainly
that the head OF the column was engaged.
We hurried to the front and went into
action, connecting with Davis corps.
Little opposition having been expected,
the distance between our wing and the
right wing had been allowethto increase
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chusetts Volunteers.

EFORE the middle
of November, 1864.
the inhabitants of
Atlanta (which had
fallen into Union
hands September
ID. by Sherman's
orders, had left the
place. s eri o u S
preparations were
making for the
march to the sea.
Nothing was TO be
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THE Most Famous March

THE Most Famous March
1 of the War Described
From the Human Interest
Standpoint by One Who
Made the Entire March From
Atlanta to the Sea and Then
on Through the Carolinas,
to Goldsboro, N. c., Where
Sherman's Army Received
the News of Lees Surrender.
By Daniel Oakley, Captain Cd Massa
chuSetts Volunteers
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left for the use or advantage of the en-
envy The sick were sent back to Chat
tanooga and Nashville, along with every
pound of baggage that could be dis
pensed with The army was reduced,
one might say, to its fighting weight, no
man being retained who was not capable
of a long march. Our communications
were then abandoned by destroying the
railroad and telegraph. There was some
thing intensely exciting in this perfect
isolation.
The engineers had peremptory orders
TO avoid any injury to dwellings. but to
apply gunpowder and the torch to public
buildings, machine shops, depots and ar
senals. Sixty thousand of us witnessed
the destruction of Atlanta, while our
post band and that of the 33d Massachu-
sets played martial airs and operate
selections. 1t was night never to be
forgotten Our regular routine was a
mere form, and there could be no taps
amid the brilliant glare and excitement
The throwing away of superfiuous con-
venienceS began at daybreak of Novem-
Der II. The old campaigner knows what
to carry and what to throw away. Each
group of messmates decided which hatch
ct, stew pan or coffee pot should be
taken The single wagon allowed to a
battalion carried scarcely more than a
slip SdCh anu DidHhtt, anu a OIL Ol Sllei-
ter tent about the size of large towel
for each officer, and only such other ma
terial as was necessary for regimental
business.
X
Transportation was reduced 10 "a mimi
num- and fast marching was to be the
order of the day. Wagons to carry the
necessary ammunition in the contingency
in,
case. of absolute need composed the train
of each army corps, and with one wagon
and one ambulance for each regiment
made very respectable impedimenta,
avera ging about 500 wagons to a corps.
AT last came the familiar fall in: the
great flying column was on the march,
and the last regiment in Atlanta turned
its back upon the smoking ruins.
Our left wing tthe 14th and 10th Corps
under Slocum) seemed to threaten Macon.
while the right wing tthe 18th and 18th
Corps under Howard) bent its course as if
for Augusta. Skirmishers were in adj
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about the fear and the fight of the in
habitants at the approach of Sherman.
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When compelled to retire they resorted
to all the tricks of infantry skirmishers
and summoned achievements of for
ayers from other regiments to help drive
the "Johnnies' out. When success
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per cent. remained in the country at
the close of the year. OF the supply
for the preceding year, 39.5 per cent
was exported, and S.5 per cent remain
ed in the country.
The consumption of cotton, includ-
ing that destroyed by fire, in the Unit
ed States for the year covered by the
report. was 1875 bales less than dur
ing the previous year.
The exports during 1911 were ISL
ala bales, or 1,442,3S6 greater than for
the previous year. when they were the
smallest for any one of the last six
years.
The stocks of cotton in the United
States at the close of August, 1911,
amounted to 1,375,031 bales, compared
with ,04004 bales on the correspond
ing date in 1910 and 1,4S3,5S5 bales in
1909 Those held by manufacturers in
cotton-g growing states amounted to
101 ia bales and those held by man
ufacturers in all other states amounted
TO AL, ,017, or a total of ,191 bales,
which is the smallest amount for any
year, except 1910, since the inaugura-
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cent of the total for the country:
North Carolina second, with 696,9S7
bales, or 14.S per cent; South Carolina
third, with 61S,69S bales, or 1871 per
cent; Georgia fourthfi with 4SS,73S
bales: New Hampshire fifth, with
259,45S bales; Alabama sixth, with
247,179 bales; and Rhode Island sew
enth, with 21S,o24 bales.
Out of the total quantity, 4,704, ,97S
bales, consumed, 175,43O bales were
foreign, 64.237 bales sea island, and
2O6 SCI bales inters. The manufac-
turers in the cotton growing states de-
pend almost entirely or upland cot
ton for their supply, only 9S."62 bales
of other kinds, of which lo,92% bale )
were foreign and 1887 b:los sea is
land, being consumed by them during
the year ending August 81 4911. In
all other states out OF the total guam
tity of cotton consumed 164,507 bales
were foreign and 56.250 bales sea is
land. including in 347, 1856 bales of 9th
/ er than " land.
! Growth of the Industry.
The statistics of consumption and
active spindlos measure the growth o.
cotton manufacturing. Since 1880 the
number of spindles in the United
i States has more than doubled, and
! though me quantity of cotton consum
! ed in 1911 was less than that in 1909
or 1910, the consumption for 1909 was
1910. the consumption for 1909 was
more than twice as large as that for
| 1890.
While the amount of baled cotton
held in the United States. reported in
1911, was 334,991 bales larger than the
corresponding amount held year pre-
viously, the country has not in recent
years been so bare of old cotton. Had
it not been for the extraordinarily large
ginnings from the crop of 1911 prior
to September I'll, ,297 baies-the
stocks held August 81, 1911. would
have been much lower than on the cor
responding date for any of the years
since the Cansus Bureau began the
present series OF cotton reports, in
1905. Stocks held by manufacturers
on August 81, 1911, amounted to 542,-
:. bales, and are me smallest for any
year. except 1910, ,:since these statistics
have been collected by the bureau
The large quantity of cotton-432,-
bales-held in Independent ware
houses and other public storage pla-
ces on August 81, 1911, is due chiefly
to the extraordinarily large ginnings
from the crop of 1911 prior to Septem~
Der /. Stocks held on that date We're
within 11,7S6 bales of the largest
quantity for any year shown. Texas
returned 1920 bales, or 39.1 per cent
of the total for the country.
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tion of the reports in 1905, and rep
resents less than six weeks supply
for the American cotton mills operat-
ing under normal conditions.
In independent warehouses and 9TH
er public storage places there were
432.S40 bales August 81, 1911. The
amount held by other holders is placed
at 100000 bales.
Statistics of Spindles.
The number of cotton spindles, de-
signed primarily to spin cotton, re-
turned as having been operated dur
ing the year 1911, was 29,522,597, while
1,2S1 ,065 spindles were returned as
idle and as having consumed no cot
ton whatever during the year. or
these. 407, ,496 spindles were in plants
not operated during the year and S73,-
500 in mills which consumed some cot
ton.
In the total number of cotton spin
dies Massachusetts leads with TO-
613 .290, or 34.5 per cent of the total
for the United States: South Carolina
ranks second, with 4,1S7,317, or 1876
per cent: and North Carolina third
with 1888, ,706. or 10.9 per cent; Rhode
Island rangs fourth. Georgia fifth, New
hampshire sixth, Connecticut seventh
and Maine eighth No other state re-
ports as many as a million spindles.
In addition to the spindles designed
primarily to spin cotton, 456,242 spin
u.es were returned in 1911 as having
consumed raw cotton mixed with
other fibers during the Year. OF this
number, 120,031, or 26.3 per cent, were
returned from Pennsylvania; S3,400, or
1873 per cent, from New York: 3d.
sos from Massachusetts, and 1929
from Connecticut
Consumption of Cotton.
The quantity of cotton consumed in
the United States during the year end.
ing August 81. 1911, was 4,704,97S
bales. compared with 4,79S,953 bales
in 1910 and 5,240,719 bales in 1909. 1t
is the smallest amount for any year,
except 105, since the Inauguration of
the reports in that year, when the
amount consumed, exclusive of for
etign cotton, was 4,27S,9S0 bales. and
also of 1908. when it was 4,539,090
bales. The average weekly consump-
ton of cotton in the United States last
year amounted to about 10000 bales,
compared with $4,000 in 1910, 101 900
in 1909, $1,000 in 1908. and $4,000 in
1907. During the first six months of
the year ending August 81, 1911. the
quantity of cotton consumed amount
ed to 2,402,032 bales, while the guam
tity consumed during the last six
months was 2,302,946 bales.
In consumption, Massachusetts ranks
first, using 1,144,345 bales, or 24.3 per