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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-02

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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

Wen drink to Grant and Sherman and to te subs
To Thomas, Meade and Sheridan Chese come in apro-
We'll T toast them all with goblets full at Benny Ha-
Early in 1866 Gen. Whitfield Scott died. For him
this verse appeared:
Another star has faded, we miss its brilliant, glow,
For the veteran Scott has ceased to be a soldier here
below;
And tie country which he honored now feels a heart
AS We toast his name in reverence at Benny Ravens.
During, the last year of Benny's life came the
stunning news that Custer and his men had fought
their last fight. James E. Porter, Harrington and
others, lieutenants and West Pointers all, persisted
with that gallant band. Not until Benny had died
did these verses appear in memory of Custer and
his command:
In silence lift your glasses; a meteor flashes out
So swift to death brave Custer; amid the battles
shout
Death calied-and, crowned, he went to join the friends
To the land Of Peace. where now he dwells with
Well drop a tear for Harrington and his comrades,
who fell with none TO see the deeds that glorifed
May their memory live forever with their glories pres
They've nobly earned the right to dwell with Benny
Ravens, OH
Some of the other verses are fraught with the
magic spirit of West Point-that spirit that is best
summed up in the words, "Duty, Honor, Country,
West Point" which are part Of the motto Of the
academy.
Nowadays at West Point every cadet memories
the first three verses of Benny Ravens, OH" The
first has already been given the other two are as
follows:
To our kind old Alma Mater, our rock bound Highland
May we cast back many a fond regret as DER ifeiE
Until on our last battlefield the lights of heaven shall
Wen never fail to drink to her and Benny Ravens.
Obi
May the army be augmented, promotion be less slow,
May our country in the hour of feed be ready for
the foe;
May we find a soldiers resting place beneath a sol
dier's blow.
with room enough beside our graves for Benny Ha.
VEINS, oh!
Wherever duty has led them West Pointers have
sung Benny Ravens, Ohr' Since Benny's death
these verses have appeared in commemoration Of
the deeds of West Pointers In all parts of thi.
country:
Their blood has watered Western plains and Northern
winds of snow;
Has stained sierra's highest peaks. where piercing
Has dyed deep red the Everglades, and deeper still
The sacred Montezuma shades and walls Of Mexico
From Nevada's hoary ridges. from stormy coast o
From lava beds and Yelowstone-the story neve
waned.
Wherever duty called they went-their steps wer
with Alma Mater on their lips and Benny Havens
1t is the old, old story of West Point and the.
who know 1t well love best to tell it. II Will. neve
die; It Is as firmly fixed in the highlands of tn
Hudson as the academy itself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24


Point-Grant. Eitzhugh Lee. Sherman, Custer and
others-spent happy hours in Benny's retreat,
In 1888 Lieut.. Lucius OBrien of the Eighth
United States infantry paid a visit to Cadet Ripley
A. Arnold, who was then a first classman.
Arnold Introduced D'Brien to Benny Hayens, a
warm friendship at once s%pringing up between the
two. In the academy at this time were John
Thomas Metcalfe, who after graduation STUDIED
medicine and became one Of the foremost surgeons
in the country, and irwin Mcdowell, who com
manded the Union forces at the first battle of Bull
Run. Both Metcalfe and Mcdowell were great
friends of Benny. .
! Benny Ravens, Lieutenant O'Brien, Metcalfe and
Arnold together composed the original five verses
of the song Benny Ravens, OH" and set it to the
tune of "The Wearing of the Green" An obituary
notice of Doctor Metcalfe says; He had an carly
taste for versifying, and with skill at the guitar
and Il good tenor voice, composed many a ditty
to pass away the idle time. 1t was thus that he
wrote the celebrated song Benny Ravens, Oh!'"
1t is not what would be called good poetry. Some
of it is crude. Today there are about 90 verses,
almost all of which were composed before Benny's
death in 1877. Glass after class added a verse. In
the waning years Of Benny's life almost every
night the cadets sang them through, crow1ing
round Benny, with glasses full, while their host led
them with his fiddle and his low clear %baryione.
This fiddle, by the way, is still in possession of an
old citizen of Highland Falls.
Come, fill your glasses, fellows. and stand up in a row,
To singing sentinentally were going for to 60 60 .,ou.
So we'll sing our "reminiscences of Benny Ravens, Oh!
Soon came along the Mexican war to furnish in
SEPARATION to the cadet poets. Several verses
were added to the poem in of the
deeds of those whose g%allantry carried the Amer
lean flag from Vera Cruz to the heights of Chnpul-
tepec, overlooking Montezuma's ancient capital.
Two of these are:
rJ.us,ro loaItb toH Gararo1 uauInr uyInGa rouoh and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
THE WORLD OVER

Success has followed planting on the
sandhills of Nebraska. Jackpines
planted there by the government for
est service ten years ago now have a
height of Is feet and a diameter of
four inches.
To protect a Swiss railroad from fire.
quent a%valanches numerous snow re-
tanning walls have been built on a
mountain side at points from which
the slides start, to hold the snow until
it melts.
An electric heater to be placed in
a bathtub after it has been filled to
raise the temperature of the water to
any desired degree has been patented
by an, Ohio inventor.
A spark plug with two gaps, produc-
ing two sparks at once, is finding fa-
vor in England, the idea being that
one gap is sure to work even If the
other becomes clogged by SCOT.
By a series of interesting expert
ments with chickens, beginning before
they are Matched, a Paris scientist has
demonstrated that bacilli are not nee
essary to the life of vertebrates.
Willis A. Calkins of Abingdon, a
large chicken raiser, hired an expert to
come from Boston to pick chickens.
The man arrived about 10:30 in the
morning, stopped to eat dinner, and
at five o'clock had 100 birds picked.
The efforts being made to educate
the public to the necessity of care in
the matter Of fire prevention are bear
ing fruit as shown by recently COM
piled figures. Fire losses in 1915 de-
creased $751; 55, 900, as compared with
the 1914 record for the United States
and Canada. The total losses by fire
last year were only S1S2,S36,0 900, as
compared with $685.. 591, 900 the previ
GUS year.
DR.. N. P. Crooks, q ship surgeon en-
ployed by the Pacifc-Japan Steamship
company, has crossed the Pacific ocean
1913 times, covering in that time more
than 100000 miles.
The telegraph and telephone systems
of the United States and Canada re
quire about 100000 poles a year fol
renewals along old lines and the erect
ing of new ones.
Commercial houses are urged by tn,
government to save their old CORE
spondence as material for the pape
mills. One large house that formerl.
burned about 500 tons of old letter
each year is now selling them. Z
Owing to the war women are takinl
an ever broadening part In operating
the railways Of France.
A stand to hold ice-cream cone
erect, made of stiff paper, is the inven
ton Of O New York man.
; Helmets for aviators have been In
vented with wireless receiving telt
phones built into the ear flaps.
The production and distribution Q
electricity in Edinburgh has been mad
n municipal monopoly.
Paper dust exploded with fatal r.
; suits when workmen carried lighte
! lanterns into a room filled with 1t in
paper-tube factory In France.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
old PRESCRIPTION
FOR WEAK KIDNEYS

A medicinal preparation like DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, that has real curative
value almost sells itself. Like an endless
chain system the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited to those
who are in need of it.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is a physi-
clans prescription. 1t has been tested
for years and has brought results to count
less numbers who have suffered.
The success of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
is due to the fact that it fu6lls almost ev-
cry. wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases, c~orrects urinary troubles
and neutralizes the uric acid which causes
rheumatism.
Do not suffer. Get a bottle of Swamp
Root from any druggist now. Start treat
ment today.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

After n mar marries and settles
down all he has to do for the rest of
his life is to settle up.
Sometimes a man who is called a
fool ~accumulates money because he
hasn't the wise INNS vision for risks.
France Is looking forward to a wheat
shortage. Its total available output
will be- about 212,S3O.600 bushels and
the total consumption, owing In part to
the large number of Belglans in
France, will reach 3i2, 151,s0O bushels.
The country will, therefore, have to i'm
port about $3.50, 100000 worth Of wheat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

A portable dark cabinet for photog-
raphers that has been invented con-
sists Of a stand surrounded by a hood,
which is closed around the waist Of a
Person using 1t.
A third hand has been provided by a
German inventor for a watch to enable
it to be used as n compass by the we'll
known method of aiming the hour hand
at the sun.
What is believed to be the only null
berry forest in the world is in india,
covering about 10000 acres and being
used only for fuel and timber.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
What Impressed Her.

Shortly after VIII Crooks, the labor
leader, was elected to parliament, says
an English weekly, he took his little
daughter to Westminster. She was
evidently awed at the splendors around
her, and maintained a profound and
wondering silence all the time. MIR.
Crooks was much impressed.
"WelI," said he to her at last, what
are you thinking so deeply about,
dear?"
81 was thinking daddy" answered
the little girl, "that you're a big man in
our kitchen, but you aren't very much
here"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
BRIEF

Tests of the air in crowded sleep
Ing quarters on modern warshlps have
shown 1t purer than the atmosphere of
barracks or average residences on
shore.
Albinos cannot see well In the sun
light. 1t Is only In semIdarkness that
they can discern objects clearly.
Kerosene or other oil lamps should
only be filled during the day. There
may be a serious explosion II this IL
done near a light or fire.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
Suspicion Confirmed.

A worthy vicar in an English rural
parish who preached one Sunday in
the interest of foreign missions was
surprised on entering the village shop
during the week to be greeted with
marked GOODNESS by the old dame who
kept it.
He asked the cause, and the good
woman, producing a half-crown from
a drawer, and throwing it down be-
fore him, said:
Il marked that coin and put 1t in
the plate last Sunday, and here it is
back in my shop. l knowed well them
poor Africans never got the money"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
Very Eccentric.

"What kind of a man is ar eccentric
MANI"
San eccentric man, my boy, is a
man who insists on living his life his
own way"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
AUGUST 27, 1915.

German advance northeast of
Brest- Litovsk drove Russians
nearly to kobryn.
Austro-Germans broke through
the Zicta L-ipa line In Galicia.
italians developed great move
ment against Trent and Trieste.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
August "a, 1915.

Germans crossed the Narew
river.
Germans planned to invade
Serbia via Bulgaria.
Austrians attacks checked by
Italians.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
August %, 1915.

HUyUsI 20 TSIO.
ossowetz captured by the Ger.
mans.
Italians evacuated heights Of
Monfalcone.
Austrians repulsed Italians
east of Polazzo.
British fleet of 80 vessels
sheIled zeebrugge.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

Bees are the only insects that have
any use for any kind of combs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
August IS, 1915.

August IS, 1915.
Allies on GallipoIi peninsula
advanced on 12-mile front.
German cruisers bombarded
signal stations near Riga.
Austrian aeroplane bombarded
Brescia.
Sixty-two French aviators at
tackled Dillingen, Rhenish Prus-
STA.
Sixty allied areoplanes shelled
Mont Huest forest in Belgium.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

WoMAN's GROWING GLORY
ie her hair. If yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change it In
the natural way. Price $1.00.-AdV.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
August %, 1915.

Severe artillery fighting in Ar.
a region.
italians gained ground in the
carso front.
Two French torpedo boats
sank German destroyer off os-
tend.
Russians retired from the Me
men and Bobr line.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
AUGUST 26. 1915.

August &c, 1915.
Brest-Litovsk captured by Aus
tro-Germans.
Germans took BiaIystok.
Reims again shelled by the
Germans.
British aviator Bigsworth
sank German submarine with a
bomb.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

AL Mcdonald, engineer Of freight
train No. IA, on the Burlington, was
killed recently when the engine and
ten cars slid off a dump near Monroe
City. Eugene McKiddy, the forward
brakeman, was buried under the en-
CINE. The fireman escaped.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

next West Pointer you meet to
tell you something about Benny
Ravens. He knows and you'll
find that his eyes will kindle at
the mention of the name, says the
New York Sun.
West Pointers for half a cen
fury have told the story of Benny
Ravens = they have bled and
died with it on their lips.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

The more a has in her head.
the less she thinks about what is on it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
August Fl. 1915.

August q. 1915.
Germans advanced on oSso-
wetz.
Russian feet defeated German
fleet In Gulf Of Riga.
British submarine F-t3,
aground on Danish island,
shelled by German torpedo boat.
Great Britain and France de-
cIared cotton absolute contra
band.
VenizeIos accepted Greek
premiership.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24
The famous old ballad has
been sung for nearly a century
By the cadets of The United
States Military Academy. Its
history makes good reading

wen never fail to drink to her and Benny Havens.
Obi
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

Five hundred families were made
homeless at Hannibal recently and
hundreds of acres of land flooded by
a sudden rise in Deer creek which
flows throughout the heart of the city.
The flood was due to a four-inch rain
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

Five minutes after he had been
elected chairman of the Republican
congressional committee of the Fourth
district in session at st. Joseph. vii
liam H. Kueker of st. Joseph was
notified that his brotherin-law, Boone
Smith, had been III down and killed
by a passenger train near Agency.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

Prof. Frank Lee Martin of the
school of journalism and his family
have returned from Toxic, Japan,
where Professor Martin has been on
a years leave of absence. While in
Japan Mr.. Martin was on the editorial
staff of the Japan Advertiser, an
American newspaper published in To
kio. Professor Martin left here May
10, 1915.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1916-08-24

The body of Don Kelly, s years old,
son of a miner, was found at the bot
tom of a shaft ITS feet deep at Car
terville. He had been missing for
several days and officials have been
unable to learn how he happened tc
be in the shaft. He left home to hum
rabbits in a nearby wood, taking two
dogs with him. Later the dogs were
discovered alive in another shaft
Two boys, who have admitted to the
authorities that they threw the dogs
in the shaft, are being held for inyes
tigation.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-28
COMMISSIONERS OF
CHAvES COUNTY FIX
FOR 1915

Roswell, y NJ, Feb. 2s.-The COM
misSiOners Of Chaves county hay"
fixed the following valuations for
1916:
Arid lands,
All arid lands north OF the line be-
tween townships ~ and ~ south IN
actual cultivation with permanent
water right. $40 per acre All lands
n this district not IN actual cultiNa-
ton. but with water rights. $50 per
acre. Al bearing orchards. $50, all
Young orchards not bearing. sS4; and
an lands south Of Townships II and
~ south as follows In actual cult
vc,ion with water rights. $3.50. not
In cultivation with wnter rights,
s2s.50; all bearing orchards. foh;
young orchards not bearing, $50
Grading Lands.
All grazing land with permanent
water rights. $3.50 per acre.
On all Pecos river stock watering
places. $3.50.
on all other lands. $3.50,
uU~rs.
Condemned COW ponies. SEQ.
Good cow ponies. $50.
Work ponies, $50
work horses. Us.
Stock horses. $50.
stations s.O0.
spanish mules. $50.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-28

American mules. 500.
Thoroughbred Jacks. $500
Nurros. 81.
Cattle.
Common cattl. on range, $50.
Common cattle ia psstut" s3j
Graded cattle on open range. t3b
Graded cattle ~ pastures. $3.50
Thoroughbreds. tS5.
Dairy cattle, $50. 30
Coming yeafiing heifers. so.
Coming yearling stecrS. 80.
Coming two-ycar-oiJ h"liets. s3i
Coming two-Near-old steers SIS so
Coming three and f~our-Ncar-old
SO
Cows. t3S.in
Bulls $3.50.
sheep.
sheep. ft25
Sheep under one wear. s3.2i
Improved sheep under one wear
$3.50
Improved sheep over one veal
s.
Thoroughbred sheep over one year
81.
Thoroughhred sheep under on
year s27i.
Rams. SO.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-28
Notes Of News and Progress from
All Sections of New Mexico

ring stated ina, he believed Ia. rnnk
aud file Of the guard tavor"d led
"ralization but that the bill 1ow con-
t"inplaiod was not sufficiently thor
"ugh IN It's iederalizing.
-
The town board Of trustees o. Las
Vegas has authorized ~. y. Aber-
cronble, who has been connected
with the pacing IN Roswell. to make
"A preliminary survey OF IN. plaza In
the oNn uf Las Vegas. with h view
"i laying Nlwe Loco sauar. yards
81 paving there AZ sooa ~ possible.
The Las Vegas Y NJ. {. \. was IN
Nadri tho other mo mag b, u woman
WHO had OOkcd upon IN. Win. when
u Vas red. one OF the tenants
round her IN his room when he re-
turned fran breakfast She j. aid
to hail lrou SaskatchcwaI
n Den oCrnts of Las Vegas have
r~eorga1izcd then central committee.
placing TIA, following on tn. roster
First Sard-B. T. Mcclure and l.. n.
Purcell, sVond Nard--J. 4. Talley
'onccpscion Sisn.ros and &. y. Doug
lars, third ward- o;eorge II. bunker,
idal Saitzar AID T. j. Murphy.
fourth wari-William q Ogle. T.. Il.
Russell n Dr. II h McCianahan
-
S,, Nt,,uoo ,.un,. ,u
con,rtho,io, =, 49, 80
st,t, bu,Id,n~ a, San nee ~ 90,
II developed saturday ut q meeting
of m. ~ u,.,. .,uh.. -.
mere. ,s m. ,,rnt, no. ,n ,,n,s
.,vnIt,nlo for suo, I, ,-,,nca.
-
.' '"''''"' "''"S'" ~ Ni''ns
~" '-"''N az """.' az """n''ih-
al le" weeks go mas oeen p"nAd
i,"o"' n"'''"S s"NS '"" Sh"' ,hat
49,, "p" ''"r ,''', .ip"" W
80" " was " "'e'o'r out ina some
John OF Maxwell and
HARRY brennan of Cimatron have
bought TIE general store of toffin x
Co, at French. They took possession
-
su'tiapo I.uc"ro has hsen arrested
al ,ancia on a charge OF stealing
some HORSES which w"r" found "A week
az" IN the pasture of u MI. Sadler,
MT Sadier had gone To notify the au'
thIriiies when l.uCero appeared ana
claJm"d the stock. lie was arrested
sh'ftiy ait"rwhrd lu'ero also IN ac-
-
carlsbad p,s,plc are using az an ar
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-28

been sentenced as yet. Flynn g. Cox
pleaded guilty to u charge q. forgery
, and received a penit.n,,ary sentenc"
OF three Ia i've years and = fine oi
J the costs OF the case. John Grouse
and Buetah Dawson were found guilty
| of operating u disorderlN house. Max
mo Orante pleaded guilty tn II charge
Of assault "a an occupied house w.
r.. Shainer pleaded guilty. To - charge
OF handling a deadly weapon IN a
threatening manner. II. was fine
$50 and costs. A jury found james
stanley guilty of a similar oncrss. He
has o been sentenced b ease OF
Humphrey ". QUAINT. was taken from
the Jury but has not Yet been disposed
lot.
The Elks lodge of Ration ~ tn hold
n street carnival In April and has
singcd q contract with the IAN pbcll
shows To appear az part OF Il
The Lincoln county Teachers assoc
citation viii meet At Captain March
10 and II Industrial education viii
be the principal topic discussed.
-
The city council 81 Clovis is consid-
crine the purchase OF a newer and
more modern fir. truck from the city
'of Dalhart, Tex, To- replace Is pres
lent old and heaN, tehicle.
enatc Fab has introduced IN con-
Rress a bill Ia provide n 100000 fed
cral building for silver city.
The deep well being sunk on the
ranch OF q. ". Elliott at Columbus
j.. : been put down tlmost tn the SOC
foot level Nany citiz.ns are con-
tribu,ing to the work in the hope oi
getting an adequat' supply -. water.
The well viii be put down loco feet
II necessary.
AZ Conrado Torres was entering n
store at silver CITY last week ne III
against the plate elass pane OF the
door and smashed II In with his
nos. aud oreh.sd He was not in
Jured beyond n severe bruisa.
Private Shaffcr. - Troop *. 18Th
cavalry. committed suicide 10y shoot
ing himself in the h"ad with q service
rifle neat Columbus TuesdaS.
Land for the SUGAR beet experiment
/ planned in Dona Ana county this sea-
son has been selected, Three types IT
soils will be USED iu h experiment.
sil, loan. CHA clay and sandy loan.
About 100 fariners viii participate in
the experiment. as "a result of which II
Is hoped to establish the sugar beet as