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The Dickinson press., 1912-03-09

was burned.
The writer of. these papers has no
regrets to offer at this time. but if he
had. he would express Il regret that he
did not cast in his fortune with the
people of Mingusville. Mont. Right
there wa one spot that 1 feel l was
offered a thing that had I a chance to
do over would try out if it did not
pan a single color. Vic Smith offered
me buffalo calves for S.. 90 per head
alive, and thrifty calves that could
have been raised two calves to the
a verage new milk COW easily.
Now don't everybody that reads this
say II told you 3d." for they did not
nor could Mr.. Smith get anybody that
l heard him make the offer to take
him up: so there was a chance in the
light of after years (my hindsight is
eminent if am totally destitute Of
foresight to have made a fortune. But,
yes but; there were many fools that
year and some of them are not dead yet,
and what is more, they are not going to
ide as long as they can help it, take
it, when I. remember that there is Mr..
Underhill. E. F. Messersmith. fl. L.
Dickinson. Dan Manning, the two Nc
Ginleys. Jack Leonberger, and about a
dozen or more old fellows that are scat
tered all ove the West Missouri country,
trying to live on their constitutions,
or else their by laws.
And then came the second lot of
events: the trying scenes of the incom-
ing tenderfoot trying to make the men
who had been in the country a year OF
two believe they could teach those that
had wintered in the country a couple
of winters. how to make things com
Portable with a little outlay of money.
After WI had been in the country a
year OF two a goud sod-house looked
pretty much as though it would be
| large saving in coal over the one thick.
ness board shack with taxpayer on the
outside cheated on with lathes. 16 inch
e" apart. roof and sides. but the said
tenderfoot would make faces at himself
when anybody broached the subject
to him, for he would tell you that he
would be able in about two years to
build a good house and the board
shack would come handy for a chicken
house.
Well some of these remarkable people
are dead now, not because they did not
build the sod-houses, but because they
lived so awfully poor and had so many
hardships to encounter that they were
glad to die; this is a fact when they
might, if they had treated the matter
logically, now been alive and in good
circumstances and. happy growing old
gracefully. ia the best country. in the
most healthful climate that the sun
shines on.
Then a industry sprang UP in the
first days /: in fact. two industries; one
was the !diamond-wiilow cane and the
other was the polished buffalo-horn
Nearly every one in the country DOT one
or both Of these crazes; or. maybe they
were diseases 40 they were infectious.
-
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
BATTLE IN CYPRESS SWAMP
What Happened in Flooded Louisiana
Region When Gunboats Fought
ls Told by chleaeoan.

Theodore H. Esschen, who lives at
l748 St. MichaePs court, Chicago, took
part in engagements between union
and confederate naval forces in the
latter years of the war. He accom-
panied the expedition made by Gen.
Nathaniel P. Banks into the network
OF swamps and bayous of Louisiana
and known as the Red river campaign
An incident on the journey was the
blowing up of the confederate ram
Queen Of the West, of which Mr.. Es-
schen tells.
"The St. Mary was the boat was
on" said Mr.. Esschen. "She was a
transport and was one of the fastest
steamers we had. She was one OF
number Of gunboats and unprotected
river boats that made their way into
Grand lake to land troops in General
Banks red river campaign.
"The lake was a mudhole. formed
by overflow from the Mississippi. In
low water 1t was a cypress swamp.
and timber had been cut from large
area. In high water the stumps Of the
great trees, standing perhaps eight
feet above the ground. were covered
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
NOT DRAWN FROM FLOWERS
Perfumes Today Are Extracted From
Almost Everything but Seemingly
Natural Source.

There are few perfumes today that
cannot be made from chemicals.
synthetically, as the chemists call it.
Formerly all perfumes were extracted
from flowers, fruits, spices, woods or
other vegetable and animal sub
stances. The first perfume to be imi-
tated was vanilla, in 1876. HeIiotropine
followed, but obtained by oxidation
of a by-product Of camphor.
Terpinol is one OF the most freely
used constituents OF perfumes. This ie
near relation of turpentine With
this little oil and aquafortis a chem
list can produce a perfume that can
scarcely be distinguished from those
exhaled by the lily of the valley, lilac
and Cape Jessamine, varying accord.
ing to the proportions in which the
chemicals are blended.
Artificial violet is a com bination OF
citrol ian essence extracted from lem.
on), Indian vervaine, or lemon YER
bena. with common acetone, a sub
stance very like pyroligneous acid.
No chemist has been able to coun.
terfeit musk, but synthetic perfume
called musk is made from toluene q
by-product Of benzine and coal tar.
This is changed to a complex car.
buret. treated with azotic and sui
phuric acids, is diluted and sold as
musk.
Most Of the cheap perfumes are i'm
itaticns and they are almost always
inferior to the flower extracts. So it
might properly be said that it is a
wise flower that knows its own per-
fume
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

Prof. Hiram Bingham, director OF
the Yale expedition to Peru, reports
among the archaeological discoveries
a number Of Inca or pre-Inca cities, In
cluding Macchu Pichu, city probably
built by the "megalithic race" which
preceded the Incas. The ruins are on
an almost inaccessible ridge, two
thousand feet above the Urubamba
river. They are of great beauty and
magniflcence, and include palaces,
baths, temples and about 150 houses.
Carefully cut blocks Of white granite.
some of them twelve feet long, were
used in the construction of the walls.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
CANADA'S PROSPERITY.

The New York Times Of March 2S,
1912, in an article dealing with Cana
da's progress, says:
AT the present moment eight ship
loads of European immigrants are
afloat for Canada, while there are
signs that the outward movement
which is customary with US during
labor troubles will be marked this
year. There is no such startling rec
ord of our loss to Canada. Our citi-
zens quietly slip over the border in
groups or trainloads, but their going
is not advertised.
There is no mystery why Canada
is the good thing the United States
used to be. 1t is because Canada is
following in its neighbor's footsteps
that it is repeating the fortunate ex-
perience which it's neighbor is envy
ing, even while deliberately turning
its back on the teachings Of the past.
A fortnight ago the Dominion budget
speech reported the unprecedented
surplus of $39,OOO,OOO, and on Thurs
day the Government passed through
the Committee on Supply credits Of
$38, ,000,0 900 for railways and canals.
With this assistance the railways
themselves are both enabled and COM
PEELED to increase their facilities. Ac-
sordingly we find a single road allot-
ting ten millions for work Of it's own.
Naturally the Canadian newspapers
contain announcements calling for
fifty thousand men for construction
work. This influx is apart from those
Americans who go with money in their
pockets obtained by cashing in their.
American lands.
"a st. Paul dispatch says that with
in a fortnight two thousand carloads
of farm animals and machinery have
PASSED toward Canada, the property
q men who expect to pay for their
farms with the first CROP"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

The Wisconsin farmer whom Judge
Holland condemned, in lieu of fine
which he could not pay, to have his
flowing beard cut off, may find consoia-
tion in the fact that a similar order
deprived man il New York of long
and carefully cultivated whiskers a
few days ago. The man is. employed
in manufacturing concern where his
duties bring him in contact with rapid
moving machinery. The proprietor's
little son, in a visit to the factory,
stood near the machine which the
bearded man was operating and ask.
ed: Don't the hair ever get mixed
up with the silk?" The operator sim
ply smiled, but the father realizing a
danger gave the man then and there
the option of shave or discharge He
chose the former
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
Wellesley College In Lead.

Wellesley college is said to have
more graduates in the mission field
than any other woman's college in
this country. Gertrude Chandler, OF
the class of 1879, now Mrs. Mychofr,
was the first Wellesley missionary in
the field. She went to Bombay imme-
diately after taking her degree in the
first. class graduated from Wellesley.
The college is represented in the mis-
sion field OF every country in Asia
with the single exception of Korea.
There are Wellesley missionaries scat
tered through South America, Spain,
the Philippines, Mexico and Africa.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
THOUGHT HIS TIME HAD COME
Imagination Truly Is a Wonderful
Thing, az Kansas Man Is Likely
to Admit

Every summer John Fisher, a LIB.
erty grocer, and Frank Cockrell, re
tired farmer, maintain a camp at fbl
mouth of Shoal creek on the Missot'fi
river, about Is miles below KanAas
City and four miles south of Liberty.
Last summer they were entertain,
ing, among others, ]. d. Taylor, a
farmer of near Manola, about IS miles
northwest of Alberta, Canada. The
hosts and their guestst were grouped
around a small camp fire, scantily at.
tired and partaking of fried catfish
with relish, when Taylor grabbed at
his leg and arose to his feet with a
howl that sounded like the siren OF
the Gunter.
Tn a goner, boys" he groaned, as
he hoped around on one leg, grip.
ping the other powerfully with both
hands and imploring someone between
whiles to get a club and get busy.
There's snake in my pants leg as
big as my arm and it's squeezing and
biting me to DEATH"
Fischer grabbed one side Of the
trouser leg in question and Cockrel
the other and they ripped with right
good will, but no snake appeared.
When Taylor was sans pants, how.
ever, they took the remnant from his
hands, and closely merged with the
interior was found the stringy remains
of a small frog.
And that's what imagination will
do for you" said Taylor, as he hunted
up a box and climbed upon 1t tailor
fashion to finish his interrupted ses
sion with the fish.-Kansas City Jour
nal
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
Boiler Room and Magazine Blew Up,

with water, and there was no current
to mark their presence. 1t was high
water when we landed troops on the
shore Of the lake.
"Our boats were Of different drafts.
The large ones could not go near
shore, and the smaller steamers lay
between them and the shore, SO that
the soldiers could walk over them
somewhat as II they were a pontoon
bridge. We had several gunboats
there, two of them, the Colorado and
the Matagora, ironclad. and there
were river boats and ferry boats. The
Clifton was we'll armed and so was
the Calhoun, ferry boat from New
York, with heavy gun at bow and
at stern and two broadsides Of four
smaller guns each.
I'VE were not allowed to stay in the
lake without a visit from the enemy.
A fleet of confederate boats came
down the bayous from the Red river
and disputed our position. The Queen
of the West was the most formidable
of them. She was a ram, though not
ironclad. The other boats were river
steamers, with bales of cotton around
their sides and with guns pointing
through apertures in the cotton guard.
They were floating forts.
The Queen of the West came
steaming down at us and in her path
was one of our ironclads. They told
us afterward that the pilot had called
out to the captain that they were
headed for an iron boat and that the
captain had sworn to sink the boat
even it it was iron. They put on full
steam ahead. The water was like
glass. They cut through it at great
speed and ran on lot Of submerged
stumps. The bow was thrown high
into the air and there hung the Queen
of the West.
"The Calhoun and the Clifton took
position, one on each side, and shelled
her. The Calhoun. a sidewheeler.
was kept swinging about without
moving away from her position and
firing bfoadsides or stern or bow guns
as they came into range. The Queen
of the West was game to the last and
she returned the fire until her boiler
room and magazine blew up. There
was nothing left Of her except pile
of wreckage. AS soon as she blew up
the rest of the confederate feet.
which had been doing little firing,
turned about and made for the bayous.
They knew the channel and so escap-
ed, but some of them were captured
after our boats had made their way
north"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
Best Ruaineas Creator.

AS a business creator, what is there
better than advertising? Have you
ever asked that question of yourself?
The millions that advertising has
made for merchants are uncountable,
yet there are business men who even
now don't believe in advertising, just
as there are people who still think 1t
is safer and more convenient to travel
in a prairie schooner behind pair of
slow oxen than in Pullman palace
car. Yet this type of business man is
seldom rated in commercial rating
books.-Exchange
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

To the list Of divorces for seemingly
trivial causes-such as cruelty in not
taking me out riding" "cruelty In re.
quiring me to sew on buttons" ETC.,
has now been added a divorce granted
to a man who charged his wife with
"cruelty in keeping cats in the house" "
thereby preventing him from occupy.
ing his favorite chair. On the judges
inquiring, why didn't you put the
cats out Of the house?" the man an.
swered, my wife is member of the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Animals, and was afraid she
would have me arrested"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
Let rhem prav for Davis.

When in Savannah delegation Of
church people came to Gen. Sherman,
and asked if they might put JEFF Davis
name in their prayer-books, and pray
for the rebel president in their
churches.
WAN to pray for JEFF Davis, do
you?" asked Sherman.
Yes; we can't pray for Lincoln"
WELL" said Sherman, 'just go
ahead and pray for old JEFF. He
needs 1t"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
"slIent Actors" Not Silent.

Ten-cent grand opera is fast near
ing reality.
A patent was granted last week to
c. Milton Of London, Eng, for COM
bining a phonograph and a moving
picture machine, so that they will op'
crate in absolute harmony.
AS soon as this patent is placed
on the market, it will in all probable
ity mean that moving picture shows
will soon have monographs in their
houses, and will reproduce the words
or songs of the now silent actors"
at the same time that the film is be"
ing projected or the screen.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

"Sisteren ard bretheren" exhorted Uncle Alb
raham recent promotion from the plow to the
pulpit, ION de one side er dis here meetin house
is road leading to destruction, on de udder is a
road gwine to hell and damnation. Which you
gwine pursoo? Oar is de internal question: !:
Which is you gwine pursoo?"
Law" Brer Aberham," spoke sister Eliza from
the back pew, Il speck Pm gwine home troo de
woods!"-Lippincotts Monthly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

taking. But a number OF gblu
objects were found, among
them some interesting hgur'
ines, which confirmed many
people in the belief they had
before entertained regarding
the existence of untold d
amounts of gold and precious
stones at the bottom OF the
lake, the offerings of Ell Dora
do 10 his god before the span
ish conquest, and convinced
them of the accuracy OF the
accounts of the early chron-
iclers regarding the ceremo-
MES performed here centuries
ago, in which the Gilded Man
was the chief actor.
At the time of the arrival OF
the conquistadores in South
America three different re-
ports were in circulation
among the Indians regarding
the mysterious parsonage
whom the Spaniards, from the
descriptions given Of him by
their informants, agreed in
calling Ell Dorado, an abbrevi-
alton for el hombre o rey do
rado-the Gilded Man or
King. That they should have
heard Of him in different
places widely separated from
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

Now that congress has voted to re-
pair and restore to the Naval academy
the historic flags captured in our
maritime contests, 1t will be possible
for the public to see the famous PEN
nant which played an almost human
part in the battle Of Lake Erie. James
Barnes, author Of Naval Actions Of
the War of 1872" just published in a
new edition, describes how the Law
renee" came on in silence. "At her
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

weary Of hearing Of the best ever
deeds of this boaster that one of the
crowd at last broke in with:
Look here! You've told us so
much about what you can do, and
have done, perhaps you'll tell US some
thing you can't do"
Certainly" replied the braggart
with ready wit. II can't pay my
share of this reckoning."-The Sun.
day Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

Halelgh lot the gOlQen CITY
of Manoa; for that
Imperial FL Dorado, rooted
with gold;
Shadows to which. despite all
shocks of change,
All onset Of capricious accident,
Men clung with yearning hope
which would ont die"
An yet, strange as it may
seem, little Is known about
these expeditions that at one
time commanded such uni
versal attention in both the
New and the Old World, and
which for the historian still
constitute the most romantic
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
History Written in Bunting

peak was flying a huge mQtto-hag;
plain to view were the words Of the
brave commander of the Chesapeake
Don't give up the ship" The author
goes on to tell how, when Perry was
forced to quit the Lawrence" for the
Niagara" he bore the flag with him,
the enemy at first slackening their fire
when they saw 1t disappear from the
masthead. believing the ship had
struck. Again. later. when victory
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

was won, Perry lowered the pennant
and bore 1t back to the Lawrence" "
that he might receive the surrender
on the deck Of his old flagship. In
Naval Actions Of the War Of 1872"
Mr.. Barnes recounts many similar in
cidents.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

When leaving New York the Iro-
quois encountered rough weather, and
a sailor was washed overheard. .-he
captain called to new Irish recruit to
throw a buoy over to him. Presently
something went over the side, and the
captain asked Pat If it was the
buoy. A
"Shure an OF couldn't foind q
boy, SO OF chucked over an oil
man"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

Edgar Smith, who is bit of racon-
teur, tells this anecdote of an actor
who was boasting Of his prowess in
various ways:
h The company was seated round a
luncheon table. and at last got 90
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
Worry.

II can remember when you had to
work eight hours Q day." said the old
time friend, rs
"Yes." replied Dustin Stax; "thinga
,wsre different, Nov ] have to worTy
sixteen hours { day"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

A girl thinks young man who
spends money freely is the whole
thing-but if she marries him and
finds he has spent it all she changes
her mind.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

There is very little fighting done In
the world, considering the number of
men who. go around with chips on
their shoulders.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
aolnn Soma.

"How fast did McCarty run when
the rebels opened on our ranksf"
"oh, purity fast"
sAs fast as he could runf"
"Fasteri A. fast as tive Of him
could run
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30
Demonstrated Efficiency.

80 you think your wife is qualified to help re.
form politics?"
WELL" replied Mr. Meekton thoughtfully, she
has made success of home rule all right
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

The most stubborn costiveness yields,
gently and naturally, to the persuasive action
of Garfield Tea.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It's
pinch Of blue in a large bottle of water. Ask
for Red Cross Ball Blue the blue that's all blue.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

But man who leads a double life
never does two mems work.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

Some men make high resolves, but
build no ladders up to them.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

his victorious campaign against the generals Of
Atahualpa, and here it was, according to Castel-
lanos where
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-05-30

URING years wanderings in Andean
lands and in the valleys Of the Anna
zon and the Orinoco l was frequent
ly reminded of the numerous expe-
ditions that centuries ago went in
quest Of that extraordinary will-o'-
wisp, usually known as FL Dorado,
writes ]. A. Manso in the Pan-Amer-
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-03
FIREMAN AT ELKg rs
RELIEVED FROM DUTY

The question NJ enforcing the or
dinancc remtivc tu the placing Of u
fireman IN each thsnlcr IN Aibuquer-
que was brought uu Tor consideration
at the meeting Of the city council
last night when the mayor notified
the aldermen that the Elks' thenter
had discontinued the services ~ u
Fireman because other thenters are
MT required ~ hay" Iireman on
duty. chairman Cucn uf the fire COM
mlttcc declared that the ordinance
compelling thonlcrs 4" .provid" hre-
men was a good on" and suggested
that Il h., enforced M definite nc
tiun WAS taken with reference Ia the
matter last night
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-12-03
HIHE RBNBRED DIG
White Fir LOGS ]
FOR the RIVER
Heavy Timbers for the RE
Hrands Improvement Cut
Out Of -NAnsanO National
Forest Near Ellis Ranch.

The work Of cutting and Hnaklng
down 500 white ar logs for piling In
tho Rio Grande Improvement wOrk
has becn completed In the Man
zano forest. near Capulln Springs,
just above the Fills ranch IN the
north end Of the sandal mountains
according to T.. y. Noble OF this city
foreman of the lumber camps, who
has Just returned from the job. Paul
Ellis was In general charge Of the
work. u force OF ten dchOppers
being employed. The WORK was done
By the state In cooperation with the
United States forestry service. and
the timber " splendid material for the
purpose. Much OF II viii he used
along the west bank Of the Rio
Orandc above the Bnrclas bridge. OPP
poaitc this city. II was necessary
after cutting. trimming and pcelIng
the logs 10 snake them down tor.
tuOus and steep ,ran to the terminus
Of the road at the Ellis ranch, a task
pronounced by veteran lumber jacks
who assisted az one OF the most diff
lincult they ever tackled The logs
range from twenty-five to thirty nve
feet In length. and In weight from
500 To 1900 pounds, the small end Of
each clearing eight inches and the
butts being from fourteen to eighteen
Inches In diameter. II took about