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APRIL 28, 1906.
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there is little doubt that the beneficent effect will!
be visible for many years to come. We hope that |
it will.
Then even these staggering affairs, shaking j
the hearts and minds of men, bring their distinct J
advantage. They reveal the very real nature of the;
interpendent relation between man and man; they j
esablish as invicible the fact that while wealth and
success and eminence may separate itself from its
antithesis that, in the final reckoning, we are all of
the same mould. They mellow human pride, re
placing it with something like sympathetic tender
ness. Who can question that following San Fran
cisco the people of the United States—of the world,
for that matter—will not be more intimate in un
derstanding. toleration and mutual forbearance?
Unlike the revolting disasters of war. which largely
dry up the human wells of Sympathy and concilia- "As well as l can remember, -there were
tion, affairs of this character liberate every good j seventy interments last month over the
impulse resident or dormant in the human breast. ■ month 1> '- p ' iJUS! -
Humanizers. they are. as well as annihilators. And
the twentieth century, heaven knows, is sadly in
need of such softening, quickening and refining in
fluences.
Got Hiis H-esults.
(From Argonaut.)
Representative Gaines, of Tennessee, has
a young friend In Memphis who has em
barked in the field of dispensing pills
and potions. One day not long ago the
representative was in Memphis, and was
called on by the young doctor.
“I suppose you know that I am actively
engaged in his profession. Mr. Gaines?”
said the young M. D. ”Oh. yes." was the
answer, -T noticed it in the newspapers. - *
“Saw it in the papersV “Yes.” "When?”
“This morning.” "What did it say?”
A Sensible Matrimonial
Innovation
to
MODERN philosopher has proposed a think to clean thit% room." j
• • and he fixed his eve on the coiling:, black- f
most ingenious innovation I ened by the flaring gas jet'which
American social lilC. It is that | been burning like a beacon light all
wives be SO trained that in an emcr- ! continuously during those busy days
, . Mr. McKinley laughed and turnip
gency they will be able to support; thoso pros!pnt sai<1 .
their husbands and any family with i - Gentlemen, it sometimes takes a little
which Providence mav have blessed | rti,d 10 r aim «
.... " . - srrownu.ps have overlookeMy little
Or burdened them, as the preiercnct j man.’* he addoA. “this room shall be
goes. At first blush this proposition ! cleaned. You have taught us a lesson.”
will reach American ears with a
rather sordid ring. The average,
male American loves to think of
himself as. a very chivalrous being,
whether or not he is one, and al-
rcady the suggestion of Mr. I-erris the criminal court in Town, but has was
not represented by a lawyer.
"Where is your lawyer?" inquired the
‘•Evils That You Know Not Of.”
(From an Exchange.)
When Representative Smith, of Towa.
uvas a fledgling attorney he was anxious
to make a reputation for himself. A
1 risoner was brought before the bar
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The Brotherhood of Man
Y the grim irony of coincidence it
8 was the task <of tliis paper last week!
r^h jf to comment on the helplessness of j
A ^ man in the face of nature, while be
fore the forms went to the press an
even more colossal instance present
ed itself in the tragic earthquake at 1
San Francisco. There indeed, the
character and the detail of the visita-1
tion were of more terrifying descrip- j
tion than similar accompaniments of j
Vesuvius. IPs nearer proximity,
moreover, and the fact that our own
flesh and blood, people of our own
traditions, were involved in the cat-
aslrophe. gave it a more vivid power over our raised a mighty teapot-tempest in some quar-
minds. To read the dispatches telling of the sud-P ers - after all, is there not an element of appeal-
den and unwarned shaking of the earth, and the j * n £ conamonsense in it r V c have only to look
subsequent scourges of fire and famine, was to feel I about us with open eyes to witness countless in-
a keenness of svmpathv and an intimaev of r-evul- j stances of dire suffering, humilatkm and squalor,
sion which made our sensations growing out I all resulting from the failure to prepare for some
of the volcanic eruption in lialv.' rather pal-1 such contingency as the sudden taking-off of the
try. But the disaster at San Francisco ! support of the family. T will he naturally
brought out a feature not quite so (objected, that is the duty of the husband and
conspicious in the first case: and that was. j father to make such a devolepmcnt impossible, by
the manner in which it impressed on the thinking j providing for those to whom lie is obligated,
man and woman the close bonds of humanity, fall- j through life insurance, savings or some of the lin
ing alike over lev and Greek, New Yorkers and j merous forms of investment. True, this is the
Hottentot. Parisian and Chinaman. For when the ideal solution of all such problems, hut unhappily
news of the cataclysm on the Pacific coast was it is only faithfully observed in theory. There are
flashed around the world, there went up a univer-| many exceptions bo the rule, and they constitute
sal orv of answering commiseration, expressed in a the very class which would benefit by tlie suggest-
lmndred varying tongues and dialects. , policy.
Our conventions, through hereditv and envi- ^ or >‘ often, moreover, the most judicious an
ronment of long standing, might he radically differ- le-morteni arrangements will not suffice to meet
cut from those of the inhabitants of the old world: disasters which may arise after the death of tne
hut these man-made distinctions were brushed provider. Insurance companies may fail or eon-
aside as chaff when a mammoth human suffering t^sl policies, policies may lapse through the ne-
intervened We all became as little children.(gleet or ignorance of the holder, injudicious invest-
croping and sobbing terriblv in the dark, ignorant 1 merits may he made, banks may go to the wal .
of the source of the blow and unknowing its dreader a dozen and one unforseen emergencies may oc- j people"
extent. jcur to nullify the most sagaciously laid plan. In
President Roosevelt. it is true, declined to ac- such an event, what is the fate of the family left
cept moneved help from foreign nations, holding practically destitute.- They must, at the best, un- An arm
that the American people were amply qualified to'dergo an interval of desperate privation while tin
care for their own destitute. This did not prevent j minor members are preparing for self-support
temper,
quite los
queried:
“Suppose, sir, that you were a captain
in command of a company of Infantry;
How much more sensible to look the mutahili-j 1hat ln > our rfarwasa impassable abyss;
of Nature, coupled with efforts to press on the peo-.fies of life steadily in the face, and in times of
pie of San Francisco sums'varying in degree. affluence prepare to combat the ox il days against
It will he a long time, doubtless, before such'the coming of which the most cunning safeguard
another manifestation offers itself for human oh-tiuay he unavailing. I ndoubtedly. this doctrine j 'Genera:.' sat.-: the aspirant t
servancc. There will he other immense disasters.; has taken a firmer grasp on the American people, boners -t she...-: resign."
of course, hut none so appalling and appealing in its! Otherwise, we could not altogether account for Hedee and Coat Trimmed.
(From an Exchange.1
Pat MacDonald and Jack Driscoll, of
absolute democracv which reigned after the disas-jgoing in for useful and remunerative occuj ations. ) 0oT,cor<5 - : '° r hMn ' b,t ^ T c ’ ie -
- , t o* i i • -i • 1 n-nes. The- tot-tv.fr took great pride m a
ter had accomplished Us worst fury—a democracy, frequently selecting those which require a consid- ; beautiful arbor--, -ate hedge which sepj-
tlieir . rated his estate from Driscoll’s. In the
; fall this hedge, which extended a foot
: or two over Driscoll's boundary tine
ion are two id wither, an,, wisps of pine would be
scattered about ti e latter's yard by the
wind, much to his displeasure.
He would stand it no longer. One Sun
day morning Ma . Donald was enraged at
seeing his enemy clipping off that part
; of the hedge which lay on his side of
. | the fence, and he vowed revenge.
Now it happened thar Driscoll warm
ing Yd his woTk had taken off his coat
(his Sunday hes: , and thrown it upon j
the hedge. Seeing this. MacDonald took j
Along' the Highway
By FRANK L. STANTON
THE SINGING IN THE BLOSSOMS
I.
Birds in a world o’ blossoms
Are singin’ right along;
Come out, an’ hear the music! —
No silver for the song.
Here is no haltin’ human word—
The soul is singin’ in the bird!
II.
Here bring your sighs an’ sorrows,
An’ here take holiday,
’Till sorrow seems the ghost o
dreams
The music charms away.
No wonder that earth’s soul is
stirred: —
The soul is singin in the bird!
Z5fie Earthquaka
At 9 o'clock on the morning of Wednes
day-, April 18. word was received that a
fearful earthquake had struck the Pac.fl a
1 | coast, and that San Francisco had suf-
liess than a mansion. Well. we fered severe looses. The recording insto-i-
wouldn't mind living in a cabin, if j n , ents in Washington. D. C., and ev» n
we had a mansion to rent out as a ^ Ita , y recorded a terrific distu-h-
I ar.ee. The damage reported from :ho
SONG OF THE WIND. 'earthquake, while unusually heavy. Wll4
nothing more than what might he
side issue.
I.
The wind o' the Night, it sings to me
Of a lovely land, and a stormy sea
Where the drowning cry to the hope
less sky,—
O. the pitiless death that the drown
ing die!
McKinley and the Little Boy.
(From The National Magazine.)
Senator Dick relates an incident of how
a little boy. who had called to see Presi
dent McKinley, made a very candid ob
servation. Mr. McKinley patted the child
on the head and said:
"How are you. my little man. and how j No need of tears . There’s rain
1 w.fc 0 a >rn ’ .,v i o I enough in heaven to keep the clouds
I lie child looked up with clear blue *, , , . , ,
eyes at the kind face above him. saying: j buS >'- and sunshine enough to make
“Mithter Matinley. T like you, but I, a sa( ^ ^ or Id smile.
Wealth brings
And the hearts that love them
Far away,
And the sea says naught
Till the Judgment Day*
II.
Oh the wind o' the Night, with its
pccted to follow in the wake of such a
disturbance. Scarcely had inform?.: a
concerning th^ loss begun to arr.ve from
the coast when word was sent from the
Postal Telegraph Company that the tow a
was on fire and that water was not avail-
able. The announcement of fire was f
lowed by the abandonment of all :he tele
graph buildings, and it was not long
5,- 1 fore a second shock came. In fighting
the flames every resource kilown to nian-
OLD-TIME PHILOSOPHY.
We appreciate happiness more; grief unfailing!
when it comes as a sweet surprise—, The voice of Love over dead Love kind was used, but in the mids.
but we lose lots of time celebrat- j wailing! ! warfare against the flames the ws*.-_-
Ulg it; - And hearing its burden of grief tn j s . jdden ] y ceased to run. The second
From the desolate land and the shock had ru.ned the vta. er
black, deep sea!
trials, as well as
Poverty; but the world is willing to
tackle Tribulation Town with Wealth
for a guide.
Love helps us to hear sorrow, hut
Hate is miserable, even in the shin
ing presence of Joy.
The desolate land.
With the phantoms gray.
And the sea that keeps silence
Till Judgment Day!
narnite was used and building after build
ing was blown up. This checked
flames, but as mankind was abo ;• to
conquer the ravaging fire the fi.vnan y
gave out. Wine was used and wet m-
keic b;t to no avail. The fire v- , --
FROM A LITERARY JOURNAL. Kets '
Haven't heard from the poem i meat was badly cripple . a.* so.
sent Brown's Magazine six months apparatus was buried :n t. e ai
i ago My impression is, the editor ! buildings. The final result was that be.
I liked it so well he took it home (o j fcre Jiie flames were slopped the
loss bv fire and earthquake reached
Let the dreamers alone. Perhaps i read to his family, that they might,
their dreams bring happiness, and all enjoy it before publication. His , ,
large one and ssso.ooo.ooo. The foreign ins
after a while they'll have enough to, family, i believe, is
pass around.
i it takes time to go the rounds.
judge who presided. “I have none.” re
sponded the prisoner. “Why haven't
you?'' "Haven't any money with which
t-1 pay a lawyer." "Do you want a law
yer?" asked the judge. "Yes. your hon
or." "There is Walter T. Smith. John
Brown. George Green.” said .the judge,
pointing to lot of \ oung attorneys who
were about the court, waiting for some
thing to turn p. “And Mr. Alexander
is out : n the corridor.”
The prisoner eyed the budding attor
neys in the o rt room, and after a criti
cal survey stroked his chin and said:
"W-a-1-1. 1 guess I will take Mr. Alex
ander.”
THAT LONESOME FEELING.
I.
Don't care what you're drivin’ at.
Soon the story's told:
Mighty lonesome foolin’ that—
Feller’s gittin" old!
For then he sees, o’er all the world
The gray above ilie gold!
__ i companies are the heaviest lose s
! gross gave S2.000.000 as a relief
i W hen. with a declined manuscript, I ....
you get a personal note from the ed- and about S8 oco.coo ad-.it ona]
! itor. it is a sign that he came within j raised. The loss of life is various:
Ian ace of accepting your article and mated at from 750 to 1000. The
: sometimes it does an author almost I w thor oughlv policed by r
as much good as the money itself. . .
But a 10 note is decidedly more | trooT>s and state uni,ed ’ Thp v ''
filling.
II.
Sky seems iosin' all its blue—
Spring-winds icy-cold
When that feelin’ comes to you—
"Feller's gittin’ old!
Race lost or won. the story's done.
The dim gray hides the goid!
Mr. John Burroughs is not kindly
disposed to big houses: he thinks
; that a cabin may hold more happi-
The disappointments of literature
cut deeper than any other. I’d rath
| er be run over by a first-class auto
mobile than to be sidetracked by a
second-class editor.
THE HEART’S STILL YOUNG.
Though the gray hairs come apace
To the brow of you.
Make the heart Love's dwelling
Place-
Tender, young, and true.
Silencing the Hecklers.
(From Tit-Bits.1
Wendell Phillips, tho famous AinerPan j
orator and abolitionist, had an effective !
two> of dealing with disturbances. Otico I
when he was interrupted by an nnfriendlv i
audience, ho stooped down and began !
talking In a low voice to th" men at the
reporter's table..
Some of the auditors, becoming curious
called "Lornler!" Whereupon Phillips
straightened himself up and exclaimed:
“Go right on. gentlemen, w ith a our
noise. Through these pencils." point ng j
to reporters "I speak :o forty million
otters of assistance from pouring in from every I Offcencr they arc compelled to rel\ on the spasmod-
quarter. London. Paris. Berlin. Madrid, even Italy ic and grudging aid of friends or relatives, a hu
laboring under its personal afflictions, even far- j miliation with which, sadly enough, a great many
:-.wav China and Japan, each gave utterance to its people arc familiar,
sincere grief over the havoc wrought by the wrath I
altogether account for
character. An additional touching evidence of theithe manner in which young men and women,
common dependence of man, was shown in the j hypothetically beyond want or prospect of it. arc
Natural Course.
fFrlm Tit-Bi:s 1
examiner or.ce had a very
st-..’rid ca.rrdi 'ate before him. who appar
ently was unable to answer the simplest
question. At last the examiner lost his
ith sarcastic emphasis
the youth before him.
that on either site of you towered per-
pendicular rocks of untraversable height;
that before you stood the enemy, one hun
■dred men to ea h one of yours. What,
ould you do in this emergency?" ,
militari-
supply has been restored. fox3 Is po 3
in by every .possible channel, and re!
,ng has actually begun.
The list of the famous earthquak = ;
history may be given partially as fol
Lives T . -
Lisbon, Portugal. November I,
Guayaquil, Ecuador. January IS
1901
I 755 50.r.:
Lima. Peru. December. IS62 .. . 70 ?:'
Lisbon. Portugal February 25.
1531 '*
Mino Owari. Japan. October 25
1591
Lima. Peru. March 1837 *' "o
C j . Stella mare. Italy. April 19.
1856 U :'
Linz. Austria. March 29. 1634 ... 2 C-.'O
Colombo. Island of Ceylon. March.
1894 15 *03
Samarang. Java. July. 1879 .. .100 COO
Casanacciola. Italy, July 28. I8S? 3
Y'he Riyiera. Italy. February 2.
and 24, 1837
Naples. December >6. 1857 .. ..
. _ . . ..other sections of the United States I <7h«ndcrnagore. India. June 12
are. indeed, a.mos, ended wbere sewre l0ng droughts ! , S97
pome twents years | expensive shelters prevail, and destroy or I n—^ « r ,. , *
attle own-) lessen nnoflta The impression o cha ' k -- on - C . A .-gust 3!. 1886
C-ala'bria. Italy. 1905:
South Has Climate (Si Ample Feed
^ For Cattle Supremacy 'N
By HELEN HABCO’JF.T.
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH.
j lzerf made hy their live steak, as a i ,;re
i "by product" of the fattening and feed-
I ing process. The old range conditions
I are gone, never To return The vodii
N a previous paper we have d es not stand still, neither does It urn
noted, not the possibilities, j backwards Hereafter for a]] time beef
but the certainties that lie j cattle for market, must be fed. not on
in the future for the stock j what, they can pick up. hut on rich
breeders of the south. The I foods cultivated especially for them, to
days of free ranges, of un
limited pasturage and of J
consequent inferior cattle
are swiftly passing away . i
whose luxuriant growth they themselves
largely contribute.
In the production of these foods
south has many advantages over
the
the
LCD?
IC 7 7"*
now
ago the great cattle own-: i esse n profits. The impression „
ers of the west and south- j mild, or even warm climate, militates
against the growing of heavy cattle, has
and wealth. But a crlsisl been repeatedly refuted, one of the lat-
west were at the height
j their gl
'came in ISS6 and 1867. By that time 'Tt examples of this fact being that of
; the immense ranees had become over-! Louisiana government station at
stocked from the "rapid multiplication of Bal< ? n Rmige - which has PJaced on the J
the herds. Preceding these dates there : market several steers that were record j
i had been two very dry summers, during j b rea kers in every way. Southern Texas,
i which fully one-half of Uic- cattle in I0 °- h as done much the same. What !
! Wyoming; and Montana perished of thirst j *^ ese Gulf states have done, others j
| and starvation, many herds losing from j can they will.
50 to 90 per cent, while others were en- The section of Texas mentioned above !
; tircly wiped out, not a single animal re-I is ,he southern section, which ,s a graz- j f °SS-a. Italy. June 16
b:
maining. For some, years before this pe- ; tng country as are most of our so.'.'h-
riod. most of the smaller stockmen had! era states.. But little grain food has
indeed, still in active force. Millionaire and pauper, j erable quantity of application and energy* in
alike homeless and hungry, sat side by side in pub-1 mascring.
lie parks, sharing slim rations. The society darnel Fortunately, the facilities in this direc
in rustling silks comforted the ragged, wailing admirably developed in our country, and each year
children of the dav laborer. All cliques, distinc-; sees their augmentation. The old puerile fallacy
lions and castes were melted down into the plain, (too. that labor is a derogation of dignity is happily
forthwith amalgam of simple human nature; and (passing.
A War-Time Retaliatory Trag'edy
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
HERE were tragedies dur
ing the civil war which
caused but little comment
at the time because the
whole country was in the
throes of one great tragedy
that strewed ba::’e fields persons
I ir.g. we believe In all such eases
great candor and actuated solely by a
conscientious desire to discharge his
whole duty to hi: government. His
knowledge of the sourrounding county
was the reason of his being frequently
j culled upon to act as a guide to scout-
! ing parties sent out to arrest disloyal
with , United Suites
K
among which
I i nuea males, and who are now in c s-
today will be shot as a meet reward for
the (crimes among which is the i'legtl
restraining of said Allsman of his lib
erty. and, if he is not returned, presump
tively aiding in his marder.
"Your prompt attention to this will
save much suffering. Yours eic.,
"W. R. STRACHAII,
"P. M. General Dist. N. E. Mo.
’ Per order Brigadier General com-
in these various capacities, that he won j mand ; nff McNeil's column.”
the bitter hatred of all the rebels in this j A (written duplicate of this notice he
city and vicinity, and they only waited j caused to be placed in the hands of the
the coming of a favorable opportunity to wife of j oseph c . Porlcr . at hcr refi _
In looking over an old gratify their desire for revenge. The , dence . j n Lewis county, who. it was well
opportunity came at last when Porter -}j noW n. was in frequent communication
took Palmyra. That the villians. %ith wjth her husband . Thf . notiPe was pub-
Torter s assent, satiated their th rst for | ]ishf , d w idely, and as Porter was in
his blood by the deliberate and premedi- norlIl ern Missouri during the whole if
lated murder of their helpless victim, no 1)ie len d ays subsequent to th* date of !
truly loyal man doubts. When they | this no tice. it is impossible that, with!
killed him or how, or where, are items all of his var ied channels of inftrmn-
c.f the act yet revealed to the public. , tion . he remained unapprised of General j
Whether he was stabbed at midnight j McNeil's determination in th e premises. |
bi ihe dagger of the assaiier, shot at ; Many of the rebels believed the wh'*lc
midday by the rifle of the guerrilla; thing was simply intended as a se.aTe—
Jiis wife’s scissors and rushed to where
the coat lay. part on his side of the
hedge and part oa the other. W : tc-
out a word he carefully cut off that
part which lay on his estate, tucked it
under his arm and strode into the house.
It was some time before Driscoll real
ized what had happened. He and Mac-
been crowded -out by the .buying In and
consolidation of the free ranges, which
were brought unde- the control of rich
individuals or syndicates.
The disastrous drought of the two suc
cessive seasons named proved the death
blow to these consolidated companies,
and broke up their monopoly of the vast
public domains. They retired, perforce,
and the smaller stockmen at once ateppvd
into the vacant fields, thus once more
thrown open. By July. 1893. scarcely one
of the old large monopolies was m exist
ence in the northern and Rocky moun
tain states. And then, the industry of
stock raising being reduced to smaller
scale, fenced pastures and better stock,
better cared for, speedily became the
rule. In Kansas and Nebraska it was
no long drought or severe winter, but a i
wise herd law that broke up the bij
monopolies. This law compelled cattii
owners to keep their cattle off of un
the
thus far been attempted, save by
government experiment stations. as-
noted above. Thus far it has mot been
necessary, as the finished beef cattle are
consumed at the north and the young
cattle are moved to the grain centers
on their way to market. But as the
southern cities grow and they are do ng
this very rapidly, the’ beef market will
come nearer home, and then it will pay June 2
to move the grain and other cultivated
foods to the young cattle, instead of
the other way about.
CATTLE FEED.
And the south can raise these foods in
abundance. People who are not familiar | GR E.AT FIRES OF SAN FRAXCISC
'with the work turned cut by the sandy June 29. 185!. business
soils of most of the southern states, I
such as Georgia and Florida, are apt
j to regard them as so much left-over
ballast, tossed out of Noah's ark. They
look on these soils as utterly worthless
forty villages destroyed 15
Querentanaro. Honduras Septem
ber, 1905 .
Guatemala April 18. 1902: six
towns destroyed 3--
Misucatian. Oaxaca Mexico April
12, 1901
Hakone. Japan. June 12. 1901.. .. ~-i-
1906 ..
Kaagi. Formosa. April 3 ; 905
Four towns destr'-e-
Isle of Chios. Aegean sea. 1195
Entire population obliterate-!
PREVIOUS EARTHQUAKES IN SAX-
FRANC I SCO.
Lives Lost
December 24. 1849. two
shocks 20
1851. five shocks I I
May 4. 1853. two shocks 75
j January 2!. I87i. three
i ® hocks is
I June I 9. 1886. one shock 2
Damage
s :s ::r
125 oco
200.000
I 1 5 Of
45.000
section
train o: stand a suit for
fenced fields 01
■damages.
MANY CHANGES.
And so the changes rolled on
slate to state. Droughts, severe winters.
for the growiig of grain or rich fodder
^ crops. But these skeptics forget that the
; bifr crops of the more northern states.
fronl | mepn "big money" nai dout for fertiiiz-
I «rs. For even the one-time rich soils of
■oe-stroyed
April 24, 1877
swept
May 5. 1850.
■wiped out ..
residence section
S5~5 " '
town practically
Unknown.
Donald are now, however, the best of j overstocking, the withdrawal of reserva-| lman y of the states must now receive
friends. | tions into the public domain, -the sale of I heavy commercial fertilizing in order to
with dead heroes, devas
tated one of God s fairest
spots on earth, wrecked
•homes and pauperized wo
men and children.
war scrap-book I find the record of a
tragedy in which ten soldiers- of the
southern army were put to death in re
taliation for the supposed death of a
man who afterwards turned up alive.
The story was told in The Palmyra,
Missouri. Courier, of December 22. 1862.
and The sequel appeared in The Cincin
nati Enquirer of December 30. 1862.
The siory in The Palmyra Courier was
So eificently and successfully did he act
as follow-s:
Saturday last, the 18th instant, wit-J beneath the scanty soil of some oaken | to ,pa rr y out th c threat.
The ten days elapsed, and no tidings
whether he was hung, andjiis body hid j declaring that McNeil did not dare (?>
nessed the performance of a tragedy in i thicket, or loft as food for hogs to fatten
this once quiet and beautiful cit> of
Palmyra, which, in ordinary peaceful
times, would have caused a profound
sensation throughout the entire country,
but which now scarcely produces a dis-
iinct ripple upon the surface of oup tur
bulent social tide. When General McNeil returned to Pal-
2t will be remembered bv our readers myra. after that event, and ascertained
that on the occasion of Porters de- the circumstances under which Allsman
scent upon Palmyra, he captured among had been abducted, h<' caused to 1to is-
others, an old and highly respected resi- sued after due deliberation, the follow-
dent of this only, hy name. Andrew ing notice;
Allsman. This person formerly belonged
to the Thirty-first Missouri cavalry,
upon, or whether, like the ill fated came of the murdered Allsman. It is
Wheat, his throat, was severed from ear not our intention to dwell at length nupoi
to ear, and his body sunk beneath the ! the de tails of this transaction. The
grave—we know not. But that he was tenth days expired with last Friday. On
foully, causelessly murdered, it is useless that day ten rebel prisoners, already 3
o attempt to deny. custody, were selected to pay with their
lives the penalty deniandei. The nanv s
of the men thus selected were as fol
lows:
Willis Baker, Lewis county; Thomas
Hamston Lewis county; Morgan Bix-
tor, Lewis county; Herbert Hudson.
Palmyra. Mo.. October 8 1862.—Jo- Ralls county; John M. Wade, Ralls
ph C. Porter—Sir; Andrew Allsman. ’county; Marion Lair. Ralls county; Cap-
though too old to endure all the hard- an aged citisen of Palmyra, and a non
ships of very active duty. He was, combatant, hating been carried from his
therefore, detailed as a kind of special home by a band w persons unlawfully
or extra provost marshal s guard or arrayed against the peace and good or-
eieerone—making himself generally use- der of the state of Missouri, and which
lul in a variety of ways to the military band was under your control, th’s is o
of the place. Being an old resident and notify you that unless the &aid Andrew
widely acquainted with the people of the (Allsman is returned unharmed to his
place and vicinity, he was frequently ; family within ten days from date, tea
called upon for information touching the 1 men who have belonged to your band, j nier.t with composure or indifference. The
loyalty of men. which he always gave j and unlawfully sworn by i-ou to car"?- j •
to the extent of his ability, though act- 1 arms against t-.e government of the Continued on Fifth Page.
lain Thomas A. Snider. Monroe county;
Ele.azer Make, Scotland county; Hiram
Smith, Knox county.
These parties were informed on Friday
evening, that unless Mr. Allsman was re
turned to his family by one o'clock on
the following day they would all be shot
at that hour.
Most of them received the announce-
Heroic Treatment for Hiccoughs.
(From The Boston Herald.)
The late Dr. Gat-s B, Bullard, for more
than a generation the -leading physician
at -St. Jothnbury, Yt.. did not always roly
upon drugs for a cure. He was of fine
presence and heroic proportions, and was
a very picturesque user of profane lan
guage when occasion made it expedient.
■ Being called one night in the dead of
winter -to the -bedside of a farmer who
-had been suffering from an incessant at
tack of hiccoughs for three days, and
wa.s near death, he wrapped himself up
In his fur coat, pulled his fur -hat down
over -his face, leaving but -little visible
besides his eyes and his whiskers, and
hurriedly drove away.
He did not stop for preliminaries, but
entered the house and without a word
passed into the sick room. Before the
invalid knew he was there he jumped on
•the lied, grabbed -him by the throat, and,
raising him from hiy pillow by -the neck,
exelamied: "D—n you! I want you!”
The jnan not only survived heart dis
ease, but never hiccoughed again.
They Clashed.
From London Magazine.)
Among -the -hundred and one “good res
olutions" made -by Mr. X— on New Year's
day was one which surprised and de
lighted his wife. ”1 will give up smok
ing from henceforth,” read o-ne of the
las.; resolutions on his list.
Alas! New Year was but a few weeks
old when Mrs. X— discovered her bus-
band enjoying a pope in the tool shed.
"John! John!” she exclaimed, "I'm
more tlnan surprised—I'm shockedWhere
is your will -power? What of the resolu
tion to give up smoking? '
“My dear!" protested Mr. X, producing
his poeiketbook, ”1 think I am doing very
well, so far. True. 1 did -resolve to give
up smoking, but if you look at the very
last entry on the list you will dad that
ii reads: '1 will promptly rescind any
rule which 1 am likely -to break.' The
two rules clashed; one of them had to go
and 1 decided to stick religiously to the
lasL”
the public lands and ranges to actual ! yield paying -crops,
settlers, all these causes, added to the j When the Creator gave our gulf states
herd laws, revolutionized the entire stock ! their magnificent climate. He also pro
business between the years 1885 and j vided them with congenial vegetation
1893. New and systematic methods luOfi for their san-dy soils. And so they have
the place of the old, happy-go-lucky j their, grasses that grow as luxuriously
range herding. The best shorthorn beef j as the blue grass of Kentucky, and will
stock, raised in inclosed pastures, now | actually nourish more cattle to the acre
began to take the place of the old-time Bermuda grass, or, as it should have
gaunt, long horned stock of the free j been called, Parmudy, after its intro-
ranges. ^ _ I ducer, Ca.ptain Parmudy. who brought it
1 ne leading feature of this new feat- frotyi the coast of Guinea, is one of thuse
ure in the southwest, notably in Texas, treasures -of the sandy soils of the south
speedily settled down to the raising of
the steers at home for two years, and
then finishing them on -the rich -pasture
and one of the few- permanent pasture
grasses of the far south. It is not a
winter pasture or hay crop, for it turns
lands of Wyoming and Montana. Or bet-| , brown and dry b efore the advances of
ter still, of sending them to Nebraska r . aush , ty Jack The re is a native Florida
and Kansas, where they were lauened j
for the
OllC© more vet-mt iv tut nvm ac a lattut : „„ ___ __ ■ , _ ,
in the early nineties, and drove the nerds I . !!'. I" n °. 05 ■ so 1 R t 11 ' ?an
«r herd* .lather from (he!** ™un.ted on for green pasture two
or three weeks at least, later than the
Bermuda. But the fortunate farmer who
owns a. Bermuda grass meadow, can
nsas, where they were lauened - . ,, „ . ,
’ .. . 1 vanei> of the same grass, called the £t
market, chiefly on corn. Drought T .
. , . 1 Lucie, which is a coarser grass-, and is
►re came to the front as a factor ... , . * e -•
of unfinished herds altogether from the
grass to ihe corn Varies This movement
had unexpected and momentous conse
quences It substituted in those states
a five stock instead of an agricultural ^ n ^ rt ^ info a good winter pasture by
basis, so that the raising of live stock ^binmg it with some leguminous crop.
| Let him run a disk or slant-toothed nar
row, so as to loosen the tangle of stems,
and prepare a place for the germina-
has low become the most important fac
tor in the farm economy of the south
west. Through its powerful influence the
corn crop, grass crop, lou-aer crops 01
ail sorts, hay and snage, are enhanced
in value, doubled, in lace, by being con
verted into beef and diary products,
while ai the/ same time the soil is being
enriched without extra expense, and ill ace.
to yield -more than -compound interest.
Here, then, is a significant object les
son for the Gulf slates to lake to heart.
It needs but a a.eady, systematic
effort on their part, and, with their-
great advantages over other parts of our
country, they could easily grasp, and
maintain suppremacy over the corn belt.
At the same time they could vastly
increase their agricultural productions
all along the line, and restore the fertil
ity of their worn out land* by the fertil-
tion, and then sow the meadow with
the bur clover, ©r hairy vetch. A splen
did winter pasture will result, and 'he
summer .pasture of Bermuda following
will be all the better for the shaking
'up. and temporary eclipse.
The question of -winter pasture and for
age is one of the greatest importance,
and for this reason the government has
been and is conducting experiments at
its various stations, besides cooperating
with private parties along the same lines.
During the summer season the live stock
will grow on the green forage then avail
able, and for half of the remainder of
the year this same forage- will hold out.
either green or in the dried state. But
Continued on Fifth Page.
VTHEBE HE WAS ‘'FOOLED."
(From The Valley (Tex.) Farmer
A small but belligerent dog was left
in charge of a bufgy while his master
a-.ended to some business in a neighbor
ing store, a large brindle complexionei
cur happened along that way, and. see-
.iig nothing about the buggy to gn
it except the small dog, concluded
he.p himself to some provisions he sa*
ln ¥l e * ellicle ' supposing that -his size
ould bluff the ^uard.
To his astonish men: the small dog did
not bluff worth .1 cent. but. on the contra
ry, made a running jump, climbed all over
the brindle cur, and bit hint in four
, pla * es within three seconds b*.
the watch, it was a great surprise pa. -
ty to the brindle cur, and. filling the
atmosphere with bow is of
pam, he lit out down the street
As -the small dog quie-Uv yv down
lln f? r the buggy, he remarked
soitly to himseL: "I have noticed dar-
if* association with -both dogs ar.d
j"?? tha , P«T-e and activity count for
a blamed sight more than size and hair."
HIS GOOD FORTUNE.
(From Answers.)
The legacy was just a clear £ 1.000,
and Higgins was mightily glad of the
-ohance to -handle so cozy a »uim. Ha
had undergone the usual agonizing relays
of the law, and, on the whole had -borne
up very well, and at last the welcome
message had arrived that if he would
attend at the office of Messrs. Sharj
Sharper, the solicitors, he would rece.ve
the money due.
"Of course, Mr. Higgins,” said Mr.
Sharp, you will understand this matter
has put us to
nience—”
consideabie inc-onve-
"And expense.” said Sharper.
But we have decided that, with re
gard to our remuneration, as we were
both personally acquainted with your
father and mother,” continued Sharp,
;hai our fees will only amount to s.x
hundred—
Higgins grin faded suddenly*
“Well, gents." he said, "I s'pose I'm
lucky. If you’d ’a known my grandpax-
ents you'd -have stuck to -the lot. Tbszik
goodness .they was careful of ineAr com
pany