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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1901)
HOW WELL MONUMENT FOR THE SOLDIERS. A luuDUUJcst fur tl aokllon! AB4 Heat ul je UuihJ it of J Can ye iwllu it t meruit; or brat, or uremic Out.attli.tf tie Soldier's lere? Can ye KKinl) t ul.li icfend A gruu m tneir uxoa bath writ, 1'rum .ae muioit aanae o! uii tana of talse Uo t&v outmost verxe of It? And the answer came: We weald build It Oat of our iiopes made ure. And oet of vir purest prajrera and tears. And out of our faitb aeeure; We would built It out of tbe great white trutba Tbtlr death bath aanctintd. And tb sculptured fortna of tbe men In v anna. And tbelr farea ere thej died. And what heroic figure Can tbe aculptor car re In atone? Can tbe marble breaat be made to bleed. , And tbe marble llpa to moan? Can tbe marble brow be fereied? And tbo marble ejrea be rrared To look their last, aa tbe Sac floata put. On tbe country they bare tared? And tbe answer came: The fijrurea Shall be all brare and fair. And, aa be-flttln?. as pure and white As tbe Ian abore tbelr gravel Tbe marble Up, and breast and brow Whereon the laurel Ilea, Bequeath us right to Board the night Of tbe old flag In the skies! A monument for the soldiers! Built of a people'a lore. And blazoned and decked and panoplied With tbe hrarta ahe built It of I And soe that re build It stately, In pillar and nlebe and gate. And high In poe as tbe ouls of those It would eonyienmrate! James Whltromb It I ley. B had never known any otbcr name than urooKsie l-eter. uiougn . ,ln.r. irna a rumor afloat in tho . ,. fmt tiu Imil iiniv M'.n pflllfvl Jerome, or Gerald they had forgotten ' Just which. What did It matter anyway? CrookBle was far more appropriate, for the only straigm iniug noout uim wu tbe pair of little white pine erutclie. Ilia meinorle of home were vajrue. . ii . , ... .. . mint mitllna nf ft liff roil. Xllcr nua a I''" " hi I faced man, who atutnbled In late, and , . , i i.i ..t.t went to weep in me oroneu wniiii cnuir, with hl mouth wide open. There was a woman, too. Crookaie was more afraid of her. Sho had eyeH that burned you, Komehow. and atrali;lit, black hair, with gray In It. Nance, people called her. Once the man went away, but the wom an stayed at home, and kept tbe door locked and the old rickety bed against iti too. One day, Juat at evening twi lightthat Interval of lull before the nolaea of the night began, two homes came down the narrow street and atop ped at Crookale'a door. The window in the court were rained and grimy faces peered out. Crookaie didn't know Juat what hap pened: but there was loud talking, and then the door gave In, and two men car ried Nance, kicking and screaming, down tho stairs and drove away, And Jaklo liollinus had. not until dark on the curb ing singing over and over, in a drowsy monotone, "Crooksie's Nance has gone In the patrol wagon! Crooksie's Nance has gone lu tho patrol wagon," All till" Was long ago wuen irooaio was only a child, lie was nearly 12 now. Other tenements had opened their doors . to him, and there had been a great deal to do. There were babies to mind, and errands to go, and ever so many other things besides. As for Nance, ho had . never seen her again. "I say, Crooksle, does yer want ter go out ter the graveyard to-morrow?" ask cd Jakle Bolllnas ona evening. Jaklo sold papers and was authority on the news of the day. "There's goln' ter bo a big time out there-bands playln', an' speeches, an real cannons, an' everybody In their best clothes! It's Mer-roorlal duy, for the herors, yer know!" , , , , '"What's theia?" questioned Orookslc. IT HAS LINKED THE TWO TOGETHER! Jakie scratched his head. Tbe crown ef bis hat was missing; that was con venient at time. "Well," Jakie anwered reflectively, "them's fellers what what fights, or soHJthin an' then goes an' dies, an' every year tbe people goes out ter the graveyard an takes flowers, an' sings, an' prays, an' gits a bollerday. It's nifty. Let's me an' you go." The first ray of light found Crooksle awake the next day. He knew Just where In a neighboring court a milkweed bad opened some fuzzy yellow blossoms, and the heroes should have them, every one. It all seemed beautiful out there In the cemetery. In the tenements death meant a black box for those who went and a black bottle for those who were left be hind. But this little world of grass and sunshine where the birds sang and the (lowers bloomed was different. The exercises bad already began, and the eager, surging, throng pushed and crowded on Its way to tbe soldiers' plot. Once the boys were pressed almost under tbe feet of a big black horse. The lady who was driving drew the rein sharply and stopped. The boys star ed hard at her. "Ain't she a pretty one, though?" whispered Crooksle, and Jakie nodded. "Sure!" he said. There was something in tbe little bent figure, and the pinched, pain-scarred pice of Crooksle that touched the pretty lady, for she leaned suddenly toward the boys and smiled. . "Wouldn't you like to ride?" she asked. Crooksie's heart gave a great bound, and then stood still. lie had never rid den in all his life; but now something was choking him. He shook his head, and tbe lady drove up tbe hill alone. Tbe morning wore on and noon came. Children grew tired and cried, with their little faces hidden In their mothers' skirts, or went to sleep on the green turf. Women sat singly or In groups on the copings and ate sandwiches and boiled eggs. Thus does life assert Itself in the presence of death. At last the memorial address was over, and the heroes below the Stars and Stripes slept under n quilt of flowers. The volley had been fired, and the can non's deep-mouthed cry went echoing through the hills. Then there was a terrified shriek. "Ituuaway! Itunaway!" somebody call ed. "I.ook out for the runaway!" aud a big black hore came plunging down tho narrow drive. The phaeton held tho pret ty lady. I'eople screamed and scattered like frightened sheep. There was not a man among them who dared to stop tho beast. Near the foot of tbe hill a tiny figure stood, with one little crutch outstretched. "Crooksle! Yer durned fool!" scream ed Jakle Uollinas. "Crooksle " "Get the kid out of the way!" yelled a man, "He's no good!" and the women shut tbelr eyes. There was a crash. The horse bad struck something and stood still; a po liceman caught hlra by the bridle. It was hours before Crooksle showed signs of returning to life. Then there was a rushlug sond In his ears, like tbe wind In tho pines; ho was drifting some where, and patches of red and yellow llirlit ilnnced before his eves. "He's coming rouud at last," said the doctor. Then Crooksle felt a soft, cool hand on I his, and looked up, straight Into the face 1 of the pretty lady. Tbe night lamp sued a tenucr giow through the dainty -room and rested lov Inirly on tho littlo bed. Crooksle had never seen such a room beforo. He tried to sit up, but fell back with a cry of nam and lay Quito still. "My precious little boy," said tho pret ty lady. .My dear, bravo littlo uero, Crooksie's eyes had a question In them and the doctor raised him on tbe pillow. "Yer didn't moan me?" ho said " 'Cause I'm crooked, yer know, and there ain't any crooked ones, is there?" "Crooked what, dear?" asked the lady. "Herors," he said with an effort. "Is there any with bad backs, an' leg that are sort it wabbly?" I Tbe big doctor laid bint suddenly j down and walked away, but tbe pretty lady knelt beside the little bed and took Crooksle' hands in both of hers. Hot tears were blinding ber, but to a woman It falls this duty of taking tbe pilgrim half way to heaven. "Dear little man," she said, "there are all sorts of heroes; big ones anu uttid ones, white ones and black ones; yes, dear and crooked ones, too." "An do they put crooked ones out where the grass an' the birds Is?" was the eager question. v,..'5 n "Yes." "And will tbey give 'em flowers vl'Iets an perrywlnkles an' pinks?" The little voice wa growing very weak. "Yes. dear," said the lady, "and the backs are all good In tbe land where tbe heroes go, and tbe leg will all grow strong." A happy smile glowed for a moment on the little face, aud Crooksle gave a long, contented sigh. "If Jakle could only know," be said. N'ext moraine an early sunbeam peep ed aslant through the curtain. It gilded a pair of tiny Idle crutches and kissed a little sleeper. " Some one had placed a sprig of mountain laurel in the childlsli hands, for the world had lost another hero. Indianapolis Tress. Ono Store Eulogy. T t . t It tVUnmmnn uitrm In thn Tfl. jwtrui. rt. I " . i iiuiii.ivii i ... --- dependent, that when the Civil War wu practically over, he was sent from tho camp at I.lncolnton to Charlotte, N. C, . . .i it . .ii ... I lu en 1 1. nil tha uuutrr if ..m.v. - ........... - town, and was conducted to Oea. Kch oPs headquarters In a large upper room, evidently a schoolroom. Our guide pointed out tne general, a fine, portly gentleman, seated at a table. I advanced, and laid my papers on the table. Gen. Echols, I presume?" I said. "Tlm.o ,lliifintchps nre from Gen. GillaUl. Shall I wait for un answer?" "Please be seated," the general saiu. -... ..!.... ..'.nml T mu' nfYtoan or IJ IIUII'JIJK .i.umii-i, ...... eighteen gentlemen, all, with one or two exceptions, in military uniform. Col. Morgan came up to me, shook hands and said: "I believe you and I nre not entire strangers." He had been our prisoner a year or so before. While wo chatted, a gentleman -f..lll..n lurnml tn llflllreflS in U I ill"!' n ' " J "'" - . - Gen. Kchols. The cold sture of a glass eye caught my attention, anu tne lemures wero somewhat familiar. "Ah, Jefferson Davis: Are you ncre, t .l.n .vnll'" WH 111V first pressed iu ....... - thought. Hi face was far more pleas ant than our ionneru pupi-n uu . it. tureu i'. . . ., , , V dispatch was handed to Gen. Kchols, who read ond reread It with an earnest, anxious look. Half rising, he passed the paper to Sir. uavis, wuu -" and then banded It back. "Well," said be, "we have lost a gen- . ii erons cuniv, , , , It was the news of President Lincoln assassination. II. ur T.'lnira Wear Out. i nf mnnev to Hr CVCU two small flags every day In tho year. The two small ones on the cast niiu west iroma of tbo Capitol, each about three yards long, which Is small for such an lm ..,, iiiriu'inro as the Capitol, fray out to fast that It costs ono hundred dollar a vear to replace them. They nre darned every day, and on windy daya probably two or threo times, Kven ...m, nii tm economies, one hundred dollnru worth of lino wool floats oft Into tho nlr In such flno particles that never a trace of It can bo found oven at tbo foot of tbo two flagstflffs. v can always seo considerable poe try about the bard work other people have to do. ....I t. 1 nvlllu II f Ma : IKD lima H" - . I .. . ..I .... in.ll for tho i iiorscsnoo mo atv iiui - ipun'o"" draining n round tile, says a cornsHtidetit of Country Men tlemnn. While they would lo reasona bly sure to stay lu pint If properly laid, they are not ns eitlclcnt as round die. Tho renhon they nro not ns ellloleut 1 showu In the cut. If but n " .Htrenm of water Ik flowing. It spreads out over the entire lint Mirfnco of thu horseshoe tile, and there Is not depth enough of wnter to cnuso the reumvnl of itllt or sediment which mny nccuinu late. It la far more illlllcult to lay horseshoe tile nnd do good work than to lay round tile. If the round Mlo-does uot mnke n tight Joint with Its neigh bor. It may bo turned until n place Is found whero thu Joint li reasonably satisfactory. If the horseshoe tile does not Ut with ItH neighbor, then tho shov el must be used aud earth removed or tilled In as tho occasion may require. If uorsoslioo tile nru used, mey win uo better work If they are laid with tho tint tile up, for then condition an to tlow of the water nru produced which are nearly like those present with tho round tile. When round tlio rtre laid. It l well to lay a piece of comiiion tarred building pnjwr over tho Joint before nillng In with earth. No matter bow tight tho Joint la mado there Is nof.vi tii.k. llll)lKOIIIir. TII.K. always a slight owulng. nud there Is n iwsslblllty that soil mny pass Into the tile and obstruct the ptiswige. Af ter the tile nre placed n small pleco of building pnHT laid over the Joint Just before replncluK tho earth will Insure ngalust oustructlou. The It mud Hllo. every student of mathematics knows, the circle Is the shorlost line which can Inclose nuy given area. When the material for building a silo Is an Important object to be considered, the round silo will contain more than any other that can be built at the nine con for lumber, and thus It Is the better form for many, but we think not for all. A silo built In the barn taking ono or more of the bays used for hay, and extending from tho cellar floor, If thure Is, a barn cellar, to near the root, can often be put In at small cost, sluip.y uy lining the outer walls nud making strong partitions on the Inner sides, and the space so taken up will not he ueeii- ed for hay unless the stock kept Is to be Increased, ns the ensilage In It will feed more nnlnuls than nil the hay that could be packed In It. as farmers mow away their hay. Of course we are not speaking of baled tiny, because the farmers do not orten bale hay that they Intend to feed out at home. Hut a cubic foot of ensilage In a s:io eighteen to twenty-live feet deep will nvcrage to weigh about forty pounds, which Is a fair amount to give n cow each day with the hay and gra'n that should go with It, and n fanner can very easily flgure how large a space would be need ed to provide food for his stock. Many of them could not ns easily figure the solid contents of a round silo If given dimensions, though they may have chil dren who have graduated from high school who could do so. Hut the silo In the barn requires but little extra lum ber and no extra roof, and It keeps the food very near where It Is wanted. Those, who have limited capital often have to choose the cheaper way If It Is not the better way. Now England Farmer. Clover ami Corn fnr Ptnclc. If one could raise good crops every year of clover and corn, there would be little tiiiuc-uity in providing scock with suitable food, says a Michigan farmer. Clover I regard as a double ration, taking tho plnco really of hay and grain. It Is posslblo to winter horses and stock on clover without pro ducliig any III effects or reducing them much In weight and strength. This I would uot advocate except as an exper iment or lu an emergency. What our stock needs Is variety, and whllo clover mlcht supply both hay and grain con stltucnts there would bo tho possibility of Inducing sickness and poor appetite from tho lack of variety. Clover, of course, produces a direct beneficial of fect upon tho soli and adds to It more than tbo corn tnkes uway. Persistent cultivation of corn on any field must In tlmo reduco tho soil fertility to such ft low polut that succeeding crops will Buffer. With clover as a pari or a ro tatlon there would bo littlo chanco of ucb soil degeneration. Weluht-i un I Menniiro. The old saying that "a pint Is n pound all tho world 'round" does not hold good Willi ine mnny gnuii lueun, They vnry much, and as the papers when clvlug balanced rations usually express themselves In pounds, whllo thu farmer iisuniiy recus ny measure, dinning It up with tho handy two-qunrt measure. It mny bo well to know Just what a quart weighs, wo copy rrora the Iturnl New Yorker this table, which wo think l nearly accurate for .welghtB of a quart. Conrso wheat brnu Vj pound coarse wheat middlings 1.5 pound, wheat, mixed feed, 8-5 joiintl. lino wlient middlings 1.1 pounds, llnsuutt meu the sumo, gluten feed 1.2 Do pounds, gluten meal 1.7 pounds, corn menl and cotton seed 114 pound en ell. T.i .lli mi n measure full of flllO lllld- dllngs Is to give more than twice ns much as to use the same insii run or conrso bran, which mny lie n good rea son why mnny get tho best results from feeding the finer grain, whllo corn menl weighs threo times ns much ns tho brnn.-Mnsrnchusetts Plough- mau. "nUltlir or ruylllB Kreil, Where the fanner grows tho fodder nud grain for his nnlumls hn Is Justified In feeling that It has rost less than It would If ho paid tho rnsh for It lu tho market If lie hns been successful In get- talng good eron lie has made a mar ket for hi own lalMir. the InlHir of hU team and use uf tool, ntul for tho ma nure that wns n wnsto product of hi stock, All of Mutt forms n part of his profit, ntul the crop mny be said to bnvo cost htm tho seed, III ml Inlwr nud fertilizer tKiught Hut It may not bo the cheapest feed for him to usn. Ho may bo nblo tn sell It nud nurcliaso oili er food mnterlnls Mint would glvo him enough better results to repny lilm for Mm labor of drawing Itoth ways. Hrnn nnd gluten feed produce so much morn milk Minn com tiionl Mint ho tuny sou the corn ho has raised, and buy tho other feeds which ho does not rnlso. Other food are better for hens than the com. or even Minn oats. The man who tries to bo so Independent ns neith er to buy nor sell, had better set up a hand loom nnd n cobbler's bench, to save spending money for clothing. W o could fatten hogs and cnttlo on turnips and onions cheaper when wo sold them and tKiught our corn than we could to have fed tho roots, nnd wo thought chenper Minn If wo had grown tho com. Kxclinugc. ChnnaliiK f rtil. We like to get new seed for farm crops from more Northern points, as the crop not only rlMned earlier, out yielded tietter. We remember ono yenr getting some seed jKitiitoes from Ver mont, nnd as we did not get ns tunny as wo wanted to plnnt we luitiglit soino of n nelghlMir who ntlsed them the yenr liefire from Vermont M-ed. ntul llnnliy finished with n row or so of seed which had Iteen grown on the farm whero wo were. All were of the name variety. nnd looked equally good, and all plant ed the snme day. The home-grown seed yielded half ns large n crop as that wo got from the nelghlMir nndf nlxtut one-third ns that which enmo from Vermont. We have ripened n good crop of com from Cnnnillnn seed. when the frost hndly hurt that In our nelghlKir's Held planted ns eurly ns was ours. Seed from .Southern melons fnll to produce a good crop In Massa chusetts, nud we hnvu thought Mint other garden seed were not ns good when purchased from our Southern dealurs ns when wo knew they wero of Northern growth. American Culti vator. , O di Vnther. It seems to bo n principle In breeding that when two minimis of different breeds nro mated, tho Influenco of tho one which Is the nenrest pure bred. It both nre In cqunl vigor nnd strength, will be the most potent In Its effects tion the offspring. If one Is weak of lu !oor condition, the other mny nttnln the ascendency, ns surely will be tho case with the one Mint Is of n pure bred nnd the other only n grade. When both nre equal In breeding am! health, It Is unsafe to predict which parent the offspring will most resemble, ns It mny vary according to their condition nt the time of mating. This will explnln why many who have beguii to grade up their herds by tho use of n pure bred mnlo have succei'ded better than thoso who bnvo trie I to effect n cross be tween .two good breeds. And this Is true of poultry as of animals. 1 lie I'M I.nil '. Wo hear of Home who sny they will not try to grow green peas this year, becauso they lost their crop last year by tlio nphls or plnnt lice on tho vines. Wo would not cense to plnnt them for two reasons. If the Insects came on so nbundnntly as to threaten destruction of tho crop, wo would plow them In, which would destroy every Insect, and the green crop would be a good fertiliz er on which to grow somo other Into crop, as winter beets or cnlibnges, or to set tomatoes, or to sow spinach or kale for next spring. Hut more than Mint these plngiies of plnnt lleo nre sel dom troflblcsomo more than two or threo yenrs In succession, often dlsnp pcarlng ns suddenly ns they enmo. whllo If no pens nro to bo found they can as well llvo on tho clover ns on peas. If Micro nro pens they prefer them to clover, nnd they nro destroyed with the peas. Exchange I'tirm Note". Mongolian pheasants aro being suc cessfully reared lu Ohio. Tho farmers of northeastern Ohio aro making a great thing of tho onion crop. To push along tho lima benns and cucumbers stnrt them on sods In tho hotbed or cold frntno. A .nmmerclal estliunto of tlio ernn. berry crop of tho United Rlntos for . 11 .14 OA AI I . 1000 places it ui iou.uuu unrrcis. All the world seems to havo gono to raising musnrooms mieiy, l.uCKIiy, their popularity seems to bo Increasing with tho supply. a...iir lu Hiild to bo nf vntnn 'n w "' ' catch crop on light, sandy soils, which It Improve wueu milieu miner, u re quires considerable moisture. nimnn fnrm lire Insurance nn tfw. m. l' - -" ...,- tual busls at low rates Is tho Interest ing oxpcniiicui iiiiiusiii.iii-u uy a aian inniuisotts grange. Sow eggplant In tho hotbed and transplant nigu to ouior ucub or pots. Illimta tTIIIHt liai'll f-IIOfl llPflR fni n ft III I. I " " ' ' " . , .w, .. check In their growth means nil tho .... ii i , (iliicrciu-y uuiwei-u piuiu uuu iubb, says lialloy, r r M4fKffH ffstf WrJ WBBUJ&LB " Who Aro Alwoya Tlrad, M I An not feel vory Well. I Un so tired all tho time." You hear theso words ovcry day as often as you mrot your friends Just so often are these words repealed. Mor Umn likely you sirak the sanio slgnlfl , cant words yourself, nnd no doubt you do feol far from well most of tbo tlmo Mrs, Klla Woe, of Chelsea. Wis,, whose portrait we publish, wrlts that ho suffered for two yenra with bear I.... .1 . I n.ilii.. ltnmf fif.li. md bad all kinds of ilsurablo fcellugs, Jtw. KLLA Itics. all of which wns caused by falling and inflammation of Mm womb, nud after doctoring with physlclafis nnd numer ous mtslloliicsnho waaentlrcly cured by Lydlu K. l'lnUham'a Vegetable Com. pound. If you nre troubled with pnlna, fainting spells, depression of spirits, reluctance to go auywbere, hradnche, backncho, nnd always tired, please re memlier that there Is mi absolute, remedy which will relieve you of vour suffering as It did Mrs. Itlce. Proof Is monumental Mint Lydla I. I'lnk ham's Vegetable Conixmnd Is tha greatest uiedloluo forsutlvrlng women. Not an Expert. .Mi Modiluriic 1 thought you understood French T niullliiigtoii Well-er-not lliiently. .Mil Explanation. "What ilo vhi iih-hii by having u wotimns' letter in your KH)ket?" In wife inquired sternly. Por it moment lus lace wont winte Then a shade of relief elmoed it away. "On my wonl, .Marin, I forgot to mail it for you." Explained. Your mother's still in Unit Is slio so very siok?" "Shu's not siuk at all, hut K' on n siireu, and alio stays in bed so ho can't hook it." v..t . A-v.. It Would Stem So. Hix Has your friend Wedorly a hobby? Dix Well. I wouldn't call it n hob by. It's more liku insanity. "How's that?" "He's been married five times." Reipomlblllty. Dodger I wouldn't lj in tlio shoos of that New York olurgymnu who tin) married 3,012 coupios in hit life. Codger Why? Dodger Just think what iio'll have to answer for. An Inttancc. "Thomas," said the teacher in tho third class in physiology, "onn you give n familiar instance of the power of tlio human system to adapt itself to cliniiKetl conditions." "Yes'ni," responded Tommy Tuck er. "My Aunt Abigail gnineil 100 IHiiinils in llesli in loiis'n a your, un' her skin didn't crackle u partiule." No Wondtr, "Great Cnesnr! It is stuted lieru tlint .f:),GOp,000 is paid miminlly in New York for tlio protection of vice!" "Calm yoursolf, man, and stop nnd think of the amount there is to pro tect." Sobriety Among Killrotd Men, Tlio mitnhor of railroad men dis charged for oxemnivo uo of Hqtior during tlio past 22 years hns dearons ed from 20 to ono per cent, mid dur ing tho past 20 years tlio proportion of man owning their homos lias in creased tenfold. Perfumed Dcrvlihci. Tlio Sudaiieso natives cagroly buy clothes, cotton goods, sugar, por finiics, ten, nails, oiiains, wire, leath er, false jewelry nud iron trinkets of Geneviu Great Dritnin furnislioa tlio cotton goods, but Germany, Austria and Italy liavo almost tho monopoly of the other articles. Germany does n lingo trmlo in perfumes. A single caravan started oiX recently witli 20, 000 frillies wortli of German scents fnr tlio natives. ; THE BEST POMMEL SUCKER IN THE WORLD J J j tkUinai'rttl a net tiini THOUGH OFTEN IHITATER AS A SADDLE COAT dm SM. -oiv ' I I HAS tun PHIIM tVERTp1 CATAL08UCS TRtl MowiNa ruu unc or carminu andhata A-U.TOrVtR CO. BOSTON. M AM I? a