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The Spectator., 1915-04-13
Foxy Grandpa.

Stuff. Delivered anywhere in the city. Edgin Bros. adv.
 Foxy Grandpa puts the Newly Weeds wise to the live wires in Ozark. Follow his trip in next Fridays Spectator. Benham Carter came up from Conway Saturday and returned Monday night.
 Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Roach visited Mir. and Mrs. w. C. Mil ton Sunday.
 J. l.. Brock is now occupying the Mccullough home on East Market street.
 Sheriff Mcllroy was able to be down in town Saturday. Glad to see him out.
 Geo. w. Barham returned this afternoon from Clarksviile where he attended Chancery Court.
 Mrs. Ella Davis made a trip to Lamar, Ark. the latter part of the week and returned Sun day.
 Mrs. Dr. Hansberry came up yesterday for a visit with her son. Dr. A. J. Hansberry, of Watalula.
 1 have one of the best hotel propositions in the state. For sale Address, box 7S, Altus, Ark. adv.
 Mrs. Sadie Ramsden was call ed to Mulberry Saturday night on account of the serious illness of her brother, Forrest.
 Mrs. Mary Cary left yester- day afternoon for Van Buren for a few days visit with relatives and friends.
 John Sherley, of Denning. was up yesterday having job printing done for a home talent play at the Union Hall on the 18th.
 Waiter and Lester Stokes came up from Hartman Saturday and visited relatives north of town over Sunday. They re- turned yesterday.
 Foxy Grandpa.
 Mrs. A. H. Treadway will at tend the Council Meeting at Little Rock, and from there she will go to Pendleton to visit her daughter, Mrs. Nevelle Hol- comb.
 The Newly Weds are used to high grade merchandise, and Foxy Grandpa sees to it that the merchants who handle same are recognized. Read The Spectator April l6.
 John Turner, former pump man for the railroad at this place has accepted a position as pump man at S125 per month with an oil company in Oklahoma and will leave in short tune.
 When buying a piano why not get the Best? The Baldwin Line has won the gold medals at the worlds greatest contests. c. E. Horton, Factory Sales Agent, Altus, Ark. adv.
 Mesdames w. w. Jennings. J. F. Maxey, ]. J. Galloway, will leave Thursday for Little Rock to attend the Woman's Missionary Council Meeting which will convene there on the l4th.
 A car load of fruit jars were unloaded here Wednesday. and from present indications it will take several cars of jars to hold the surplus fruit and berries now in bud in this vicinity.
 St. Paul Mountain Air.
 Mrs. Hilliard, who has been
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be forgotten. nor can it cease to honor
them in life. One of the noblest bodies
of patriotic women in America is the
Womans Relief Corps, organized thir-
ty-two years ago an auxiliary to
the Grand Army Of the Republic, at it's
encampment held in Denver, that their
womens wit and their deft womens
hands might make the lot of the sur
vivors among those who had fought to
preserve the Union more comfortable.
This is the largest body of women in
the world working under. one motto
and for one cause. The men gave the
women their motto--fraternity. char
ity, loyalty = and under this guiding
principle 1877 900 women are performing
what is perhaps the largest womens
auxiliary work in the country today
Their endeavor has covered the eX-
penditure of more than S4.00O.OOO in
cash in relief pure and simple, and a
relatively larger accomplishment along
the lines of education. historical
achievement and development in patri-
otism has been fulfilled.
The chief work of the order has
always been caring for veterans and
their dependent ones-the widows
mothers and children. Orphanages
have been founded schools have been
opened with the assistance of the
Grand Army of the Republic. and the
Woman's Relief Corps has assisted in
establishing homes Gin about thirty
states, where veterans and their wives,
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00HE water bug is one of the trials,
tribulations and all that Of house
q keeping If the perpleXed house
keeper does not put up a vigorous and
relentless fight against water bugs.
thew NAV multiply by the million. and
even if she does put up fight against
them they may still multiply by the
million. The water bug is much given
to multiplication. and when he ana she
consider a particular house as suitable
to their needs, they are very persistent
and tenacious in their occupany. IL Is
easier to dispossess bad tenants IMAM
to put out water bugs. They seem TO
develop sincere fondness for Il piece
of property. and they will insist on
calling it their home in the face OF all
the protests that the titleholder may
set up.
These water bugs are members of the
old and numerous family OF roaches
While the domestic species are rev IN
number, nearly a thousand species Oh
blattidae for that is the official name
of the family have been described and
preserved in collections, and it is esti-
mated that perhaps upward OF o,oVo
species occur at the present time III
different parts of the world The great
ma iority of the reaches live outdoors,
and in warm countries have the repu-
tation of living on plants and some
times being very injurious. The theory
that reaches are herbivorouS is dis
puted by an Australian entomologist,
j. G. @. Topper, and he says that his
experience with these insects is that
they are eminently carnivorous, iced
ing on caterpillars and other sort
bodied insects, and that herbivorous
larvae rapidly disappear from his gar
den when the reaches enter. He says
that reaches will eat fruit and other
products of plants, but he does not be-
lieve that their taste inclines toward
green foliage.
one of the worlds experts on reaches
lives in Washington and works in the
Department of Agriculture. II $ name is
c. I. Marlatt. entomologist in the bu-
reau OF entomology. MIR. Marlatt mas
spent Il great deal of time in the study
of reaches. 1t is said that all reaches
have heard of him. Writing of these
insects recently, MIR. Marlatt said:
The roach is one of the most priml-
tive and ancient insects. in the sense
of it's early appearance on the giope,
fossil remains of reaches occurring IN
abundance in the early coal formations.
ages before the more common forms
of insect life of the present day mad pc
gun to appear. The species now exist
ing are few in number in comparison
with the abundance of forms lin the
carboniferous age, which might with
propriety be called the age of COCK
reaches. the moisture and warmth or
that distant period being alike favor-
able to plant growth and to the multi
plication of this family of insects. The
house reaches of today were undoubt-
cdly very early associated with man in
his primitive dwellings,. and through
the agency of commerce nave been
carried to all quarters of the globe. On
shipboard they are always especially
numerous and troublesome. the mois-
ture and the heat of the VESSELS being
particularly favorable to their devel-
opment."
Mr. Marlatt says that 1t is believed
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out before him that he was able to de-
feat the Union army.
The Union officers in the neighbor-
hood knew that some one was doing
clever detective work and began to
suspect her. She was finally arrested
by the Federals, but her beauty and
girlish charm won her liberty as we'll
as the hearts of her censors, and jack
son. fearing for her, ordered her re-
moval to winchester. where he con
ferred upon her a commission as cap
tain in the Confederate army.
BY this time Miss Boyd had become
so noted for her work that the entire
north became aware of her services,
on the lookout, for her. hoping to have
the distinction of capturing her How
ever. she was not caught until 1861.
when she was captured on blockade
cinated with her that he deserted the
navy and married her. The Prince of
Wales. afterward Edward VII, was
present at the wedding.
Another Virginia girl. Elizabeth h.
Van Lew. while not as famous as Miss
Boyd, did untiring service for the
Union side, and in one way was the
bravest of the southern spies. She re-
manned in Richmond. the home of the
Confederacy. during the four years of
the war. and daily saw and talked with
the men and women of the southern
cause. She was aware of her perilouS
position. and she was heard to say that
she never walked out or heard a knock
at her door that she did not expect to
hear the ominous words: You are my
prisoner Her duties were much more
general than those of other spies. She
made her house a refuge for escaped
prisoners. attended the sick. admin
istered to the helpless and was walk
ing post Office for the prisoners at
Libby prison.
One means employed to convey let
tiers and messages to them was by the
use of a metal platter with false bot
tom. This platter was used to carry
food. She was watched very closely by
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Did Brilliant Work for Both Sides the SggSores Of Romance,
Pauline Cuman One the Most Famous
With Valley By
Belle BdThe Richmond Who
Enlisted

tice and taking part in all the drills.
She became one of the quickest and
most accurate marksmen in the regi-
ment and used her Sergeants straight
sword with skill.
Mrs Brownell was practical femin
list and sought no indulgences by rea-
son of her sex. She marched in line
by the side of her husband, wearing
her sword and carrying the colors. She
accepted the hardships and fatigue
with the best of the men on the march
toward Richmond in July, and on the
day of general action was separated
from her husband, the carbineers with
whom she was connected being de-
pine woods on the left of the line. She
did not carry her carbine that day, act
ing simply as color bearer One who
took part in the action says:
The men. according to skirmish
tactics. were taken out by tours and
advanced toward the enemy. Mrs
BrowneIl remained in line guarding
the colors, and thus giving a definite
point on which the men could rally. as
the skirmish deepened into a general
ed and dauntless, under the whitening
heat and amid the roar. blood and
dust of that terrible July day. Shells
went screaming over her with the
howl of an avenging demon and the
air was thick and hot with deadly
singing of the mimic balls. About 4
o'clock. far away on the right. where
the roar had been loudest. a sudden
and marvellous change came over the
scene. The Union line was broken, and
what was few moments before a firm
and resolute army. worn and bleed?
ing. but pressing to victory. became
confused, panic-stricken rout."
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Mrs Brownell remained in position until
the advancing batteries of the enemy
opened within a few hundred yards of
where she stood and were pouring shells
into the retreafjpP They made her
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Army of the Republic, and Washington
will be host to probably 10000 members
of the order this week, with about roc
of this number voting delegates. The
chief national officers of the orsani-
zation are: National president, Sarah
L. Fulton, Rochester, n Y: national SEN
Tor vice president, Belle w. Bliss
Baraboo. Wis; national junior vice
Mich; secretary. Eliza Brown Daggett
Atteboro. Mass: treasurer. Abbie
Lynch. Pittsburgh; cha plain, Rosamund
Dinsmore, Seattle, Wash. chairman of
executive board. Georgiana d. Van
Fleet, Washington, d. c.. and national
patriotic instructor, Laura L. Smith, At
tleboro. Mass.
The leading official hostesses for the
of its visit to Washington will be
Mrs Mamie Palmer Dorsey. chairman
of the Woman's Relief Corps committee
and president of the Department of the
Potomac. W. r. C., and Mrs. W. p. An
drews, chairman of the women's citi-
zens' committee of the District of Co
lumbia The Woman's Relief Corps
convention will be held in the Metro
politan Methodist Church, it's first ses-
sion Wednesday afternoon, September
%. At this session the national presi-
dent will read her opening address.
The convention will spend great
part of it's time over the reports of its
national officers and the arrangement
of work for the ensuing year, as well as
upon the solution of several knotty
financial problems before it, but it will
take time for number of lighter
events. Interesting local occasions will
be the reception Wednesday night, Sep
TENDER 20. given by the national presi-
dent of the W. f. c., in the rotunda
of the Capitol. in honor of the com
manderin chief Of the G. a. II. This
is the first time since 1892 that the
rotunda has been placed at the service
of any organization for function OF
this character. The affair will be one
of the most brilliant of the week, the
spectacular effect being enhanced by
the line of seventy-five national AIDS,
who will be gowned alike in white with
broad yellow sashes.
The presentation will be made by Mrs.
William f. Andrews. chairman of the
Women's Citizen Association. and the ma
tional chief of staff Mrs. Unigst. The
national president will have in line with
her Communicating CHIEF Palmer Oh .n M
c. A r., and the members of his stan,
who will stand with the officers OF the
same rank of the national presidents
staff and with the past national presl-
dents.
Other interesting occasions of the week
will be the planting of the two memorial
trees at the Lincoln memorial, and the
Woman's Relief Corps will also take part
i'll the planting of the two memorial trees
at Arlington. Flags will be presented
under the auspices of the order at the
Mckinley Manual Training School, at the
Central High School and at the Colored
High School ON NJ street Special pro-
grams have been arranged for these
events in the auditoriums of the various
schools thus honored For these presen-
tations Miss Mary Van Mesa Fauth. de-
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THIS INSECT SHUNS POISON.

that the common cockroach, or So
called black beetle of Europe, is of
Asiatic origin. and it is thought to
have been introduced into Europe in
the last 200 or 800 years. but it is his
belief that the original home of this
and the other common European spe-
cies is obscure, and in point of fact
they have proba bly, both been associat-
ed with man from the earliest times,
and naturally would come into the
newly settled portions of Europe from
the older civilizations of Asia and
Egypt
The insect which gives so much trou-
bic to housekeepers and which they
call the water bug" is known also as
the German roach, and is near kin. per-
haps a cousin or a half-brother. of the
black cockroach. According to re-
searches of the bureau of entomology,
reaches are among the commonest and
most offensive of the insects which fire.
quent human habitations. They Were
well known to the ancients. who called
them lucifuga, from their habit of all
ways stunning the light. The common
English name for them, or. more prop
erly, for the common domestic Englisi.
species is black beetle" In America
this name has not been adopted to ana
extent for this insect, which was earl.
introduced here. and the term roach,
or ''cockroach,' is the common appello
ton of all the domestic species.
The little German roach. however. ~
very generally known as the "Croton
bug" or water bug. from its early as
sociation with the Croton waterworks
system in New York city. The popular
designations of this insect in Germany
illustrates in an amusing way both sec
tional and racial prejudices. In north
Germany these reaches are known as
"Schwaben.' a term which applies to
the inha bitants of south Germany. ana
the latter section retaliates by calling
them "Preussen." after the north Ger
mans. In east Germany they are called
",.ussen,' and in west Germany Fran
zosen," the last two appellations indi-
eating certain national antipathy TO
rival countries as well as fancifu1
idea as to origin. Still other names are
'.Spanier.' dating from the time OF
Charles V, and Dane" from DenmarF
Reaches of all kinds are bad neigh
bors, and the damage they do is not
only in the products actually consumed.
but in the soiling and rendering nau-
come in contact They leave. wherever
they occur in any numbers. a ''roachy"
odor. which is persistent and cannot be
removed from shelves and dishes with
out washing with soap and boiling wa
ter.
The roach problem is a difficult one.
and the water bug is a very Intelligent
and nimble- witted fellow and is espe-
cially suspicious of man. AIR. Marlatt
says that. like the crows among birds,
the reaches among insects are app
parently unusually well endowed with
the ability to guard themselves against
enemies. displaying great intelligence
in keeping out of the way of the irate
housek eeper and in avoiding food or
other substances which have been doc
tored with poison for their benefit.
Their keenness in this direction may be
the accumulated inheritance of many
centuries during which the hand Of
man has ever been raised against them.
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widows and perhaps old mothers have
gone to spend their declining years.
In many cases the states have taken
over these homes after their establish
ment, but the Woman's Relief Corps
sees that they are kept supplied with
all the comforts and small 1uXurieS
which it is beyond the province of the
state to provide. but which it is right
that these sufferers from countrys
war should not lack.
In Ohio this able body of women
founded an army nurses home. where
some of the surviving nurses who min
istered to the stricken during the civil
war are spending their later years in
ease and comfort This is now under
the jurisdiction of the state of Ohio.
In the larger cities throughout the
country many beds have been endowed
in many hospitals for the female mem
bers of the families of veterans. who
may be unable to meet hospital eX-
penses.
y
Next to its charitable work, on which
it spends many thousands of dollars
annually. the Woman's Relief Corps
ranks it's work of patriotic education.
1t was the first organization to go into
the public schools of the country with
a request that instruction be given
pupils with regard to the history of
they be periodically taught regarding
Stars and Stripes.
When one sees the American flag
fying from the schoolhouses of the
land one may know that the influence
of the Woman'S Relief Corps has
passed that way. for it has given
more than 100000 flags to the schools
throughout the country. and has had
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salute to their national banner. The
Woman's Relief Corps is responsible
for the institution of Flag day as Il
state holiday, and the success in this
respect is now effective in some TWEEN
ty states, including the District of
Columbia.
They also have. in connection with
the q. A. r. and other organizations,
statutes for the prevention of the desc
Grafton of the United States flag. the
main object being to keep advertisers
from using the flag for business
purposes.
A Washington woman. Mrs. Isabel Wor-
rell Ball, was appointed chairman Of the
national organization Of the work in
charge of retaining the flag from
dissertation. In pursuance Of that work
Mrs. Ball has spoken in all the large
cities of the country. meeting the CO.
operation of the best citizens of the entire
United States. She possesses two albums
containing more than 700 post cards.
every one OF them dissertation of the
nag. Efforts have been made to procure
the passage of bill through Congress
protecting the flag from dissertation. and
while the consensus of opinion is fer its
protection, congressional legislation has
not yet been accomplished to that end, so
that the missionary cndeavor must yet
go on.
One Of the greatest accomplishments OF
the Woman's' Relief Corps has been the
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leave her position and follow the re-
treating men.
At the battle of Newborn she begged
that she might carry the colors at the
head of the stormers when they should
charge upon the field works of the enemy.
The privilege was granted her, with the
understanding that she was to go with
them up to the time when the charge
should be ordered. 1t was fortunate that
the permission was granted, for by her
promptness and courage she saved the
lives of a score of brave fellows who were
On the point of being sacrificed by one of
those biunders which cannot always be
avoided in the enthusiasm and excitement
of battle
AS the various regiments were taking
their positions the 5th Rhode Island was
seen advancing from belt of wood in
An unexpected direction. They were mis-
preparation was instantly made to open
fire on it with both musketry and artil-
lery, when Kady Brownell grasped the
situation, ran out to the front with the
colors in her hand until she reached clear
ground, and then waved the flag until it
was apparent that the advancing force
were FederalS.
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When the charge was made she begged
again to carry the colors, but the COM
manding officer did not want her to again
risk her life, SO ordered her to the rear
to care for the wounded. Her husband
was wounded too severely to again be
able for service. SO she retired from the
army with him, and carried an honorable
discharge signed by Gen. Burnside.
1t was in those early days of the civil
war that northern officials and sym
pathizers in Washington were positive
that some one was rendering mastery
service to the Confederate army, and that
the information being given could come
from no other source than from some
one in the capital. Whether it was
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information of the strength and move
ments of the Confederate forces.
1t was while performing this duty
that she was captured and sentenced
by court-martial to be shot She was
imprisoned at Shelbyville. Ky, await
ing her execution. when she was found
and released by the Union forces after
they entered the town. When free she
Immediately took up her duties, ire
quently going in advance of the Federal
army. She was twice again captured
by the Confederates. Once about to be
released. as no discriminating evidence
was found upon her. a second and more
thorough search revealed that in a
hidden recess of her garments there
were orders from Gen. Thomas. She
was sentenced to be hung when the
capture of Nashville by Gen. Ihomas
saved her.
Maj Pauline Cushman was the only
woman who held that rank in the
Union army, except Maj. Belle Rey-
nolds wife of Capt. Reynolds of the
It'll Illinois. who followed her husband
to the war and performed such excep-
tional service that Secretary Stanton
honored her with a commission. She
was devoted friend of Mrs. U. S.
Grant.
The valley campaign of Stonewall
Jackson has been compared to some of
has been pronounced by military ex-
perts one of the greatest feats of his
tory, yet it might have been very diff
ferent had it not been for the services
of the brilliant young Confederate spy.
Belle Boyd. That jackson was fully
aware of this is shown in his note to
her. written after he had routed Gen.
Banks, May %, 1862, and driven him
in confusion up the line of the Shen-
andoah. He wrote this clever school
girl graceful note saying, II thank
you for myself and for the army Tor
the immense service that you have rem
dered your country today
When Gen. Shields of the Union army
took up his headquarters at the house
of Miss Boyd's family he was treated
with cold courtesy by all except Miss
Boyd herself, who thought she saw in
his residence there means to help
the cause in which she was heart and
soul enlisted. She learned that Gen.
Shields was to hold a council of war
there. and as her room was above the
chamber he occupied she determined to
be an invisible member of that council.
She bored a hole in the floor of her
room and the whole night through
kept her ear to that hole. The follow
ing morning Gen. Jackson knew all
the plans made for a gigantic battle.
and so accurately we're they spread