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FRIDAY............ A pril 7. 1911
HERO OF FORT FISHER.
Noted
Exploit e* the Lets Oonsrel
Newton M. Curtis.
General Newton Martin Curtis, the
hero of Fort Fisher and author of
“From Bull Run to Ckancellorsville,’’
who recently died In New York city,
w as born In St. Lawrence county, N.
y „ May 21, 1835, where he still had,
at Ogdensburg, a home. U e attended
the Gouverneur Wesleyan seminary.
The day after Fort Sumter surren
dered to the Confederates It was sug
gested In the town of De Peyster, N.
Y., where he was living, that it send
fourteen men to Ogdensburg to form
part o f a company that should Join the
Union forces. Curtis, then twenty-elx
years old. was for organizing a com
pany and taking It to Ogdensburg to
Join a regiment there.
He started In to raise a company be
fore topvsldent Lincoln called for Y<N-
unte^re and In April was In Albany
with eighty men, whose services, along
with his own, he wanted to offer. The
little company was made a part of the
Sixteenth New York, and young Cur
tis was its captain. He was at the first
battle of Bull Run and served with the
Army of the Potomac until the battle
o t Antietam. U e was wouuded during
the peninsular campaign, after which
he was promoted to be lieutenant colo
nel of the One Hundred aud Forty-sec
ond regim ent He was soon made Its
colonel, and It was with that command
he saw his hardest fighting.
The exploit oftenest connected with
his name was the assault aud capture
of Fort Fisher, which was a strong
•‘My nam e
The Three
Mrs. Jenkinses
OREGON.
A t any tim e when requested io do «0.
the paper w ill he dncouHsued. But w e
expect that all arrears w ill be paid before
such request is made. It is easy to ask us
for a statement, which w ill be cheerfully
rendered at any tim e.
w a n t r asked the c a p
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A young woman leaning orar toA 9
ship’s side blushed and void the cap
tain she thought she w as the
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peeted-
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“Do you wish to Jolp him?" ask$d
the skip pur.
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“I suppose so.* - •¿n! I t.' •
SteiNi were lowered, and the girl w«ut
down Into the boat with Swinton,
r When the ship reAChed thè dock and (
Jenkins Inquired for the third wlfUi
that had been sent for hUn s a d he w »», n
Informed that a lady bad got Info’ s
boat with a man In the offing, althoogh
a clergyman, he broke the third conni 1
mandment and, going to Mr. Snlvely,
abused him so roundly that tfcq supers t
lntendeot was oblig' d to call In Mr».1
>en breeding spiders esp ecially
W . c , R U TLED G E, P ro p rie tà
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W h at’s he cryin g about now ?
Susie—Oh, Uncle Ous, he heard
you said.—Chicago News.
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There Is a mission station on an
■r to carry «»A t h e Idea
Island In the Pacific ocean where
clergymen work among the aborigines.
Not long ago Dr. Snlvely, the bead of
M a r th a HudXJfc.'Whlcb
the mission, a married man w ith a
*ha parking Of tba Fall-
family, suddenly awakened to the fact
I pnd o f the pceneut rea
that there were four bachelors on the
‘jfyack. to Newburg.
Island who could oo longer be kept
l l» the mape’Wèlè ln the
there on account of the lonelineee of
b© comm! salon era of the
their situation. True, they had one that no more w ives coulu be sparea iw -
rotate park 0 iè proposed
another for company, but there were Mr. Jenkins. Three had already been
t? Orange atod R ockland
no women except natives, and men sent him, and it looked as If som e Blue
¿axuad b en h 'd e» :«*!«*
cannot expect to live without woman s beard business was at the bottom of from
unto th e #eighW>riM>od
society.
I Will be from five to six
the matter. She added, ho w oven th a t
There was a mission consisting en- she was greatly In need of A.fftoh t>n
[lee in
* * ' b n o a t o i / p oin t
tlrely of wom£n on a neighboring Is the Island and If they had one to spare
ìe tract .«pm blnlng
land, and Mrs. Snlvely advised hef —one pust middle age—she, a wldowe. I
husband to learn If w ives could not be would bo glad to marry Mm. ‘p
Imported from that station. Mr. Jen
Mrs. Snlvely at once communicated
kins. the principal one o f the assistants, this Information to Mr. Jenldna.
hud precipitated matters by resigning was very much disgruntled, ' btttC »
thought he had better go and explain,
the “Bluebeard business” and A t t W
sam e time take u look at this fourth"
adaguase p «™ I or
wife. He took the next ship to the. «Nty to Maure
woman’s Island and wrote back
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The calorific value of peat freshly +
dug and untreated J g ^ tiig a te ^ M
tenth that of coil. '
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You are cordially invited to, make the
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dresses. B row n-B o d q ^ but l Mtor
pick them o u t . - « t < i W B t a / . Z ^ r)Z?r
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Every family has need of a good, reliable
liniment For sprains, bruises, »MHR T
the muscles and rheumatic pains there is
none better than Chamberlain’s. Bold by
all dealers.
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A n excellent r e a t a u r ^ al^j^deca^e prices
notice 0 F p » ^ l i j ^ p r j 9 ^ B SAWEe-
Notice is hereby aiven th a t in pursuance
of an order from the Coonty Court of the
state of Oregon for Sherman oouuty, made
M r? B ¿ r r t « ía
tó h
and entered of record on the -Sth day o f
M aroh, 1911, in the'faiatter of the estate of
talnlng
the e other subecriptlohW
taln ln g o f th
subecriptlohk fia» i P M Buggies, deceased, the undersigned,
largely been d ue to
P er* . adm inistrator of said estate, will from and
kü¿i presidan! « r e lié W YòtV vtate ,
PaUiMule
tor s p e r a i
m flh o ù ^ tîia » » « i » n w # - T © r k accep t
at private
follow ing desorí
ea|ate, to-w lt: Z *
ai¿l interest wlui
aale
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the.offw uf Mn. ,fUnWa> towe
will
be a contlnuoua perk extepdtag «tokg1
the shore of the Hudeon river from*'
( F ori Lbe fè r r y .e e H ew tod rgiif d is ton ce f
.ett e M srt d te n
New brick building newly furnished.
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gested to th e fa th e r th a t u b alb m ig h t
The father held up hla
Sherm an county people m ade welcome at all ItHM*«-
One block from depot.
Thsir Originality.
The girl students a t the University
of Jena have published a stsreuieoi
drawn up In a most formal manqer Jo
the effect that, having been accused o f 1
lack of originality, they wished th e
public to know that the baretta or cap
which was recently adopted by them
8» a head covering while they remain
ed students wns made after original
deslmis and was not copied from cap»
worn by either English or American
students Au Instructor of the Inatltu-
bath! That *-ould kill him. be
•x r la lined. “I never bathed In ray
life, and my chlklrxn never bathed and
never wilt.”
Down In tb* !x,w Countries, however,
they do bath* one* a year.—Outing.
FORBEARANCE.
1 T h e title I have seen of the
w od d leaches me to look upon the
error« of other« m «orrow. not in
Mrerx W h en I take the hwtory of
Rates 50c and up.
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“A man can do almo«t anytlffiffi
when he discovers that be rauat ^ , ’ Í
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hands In horror.
suffered and represent to my«eH
the struggle» and temptabons U has
pawed through, ihe bnef pulsations
of K>y. the feverish inquietude of
hope told fear, the pressure of want,
the desertion of friends, I would
U g . leave the erwng soul of my
fellow man with him from whoa»
hand if came - Longfellow
N e a re s t H o te l to Business C e n te r, B a n k
an d D epot. C ourteous T r e a tm e n t, C lean
Beds an d T a b le th e best th e m a r k e t w ill
I Io look Just like him at that
party. She wrote each brtae a note oi cefejsfcfclo«& ’tfW iP a W e W atb p the
invitation,
nddrenslng her by her hiaeMM 'W’ trx-welrwklcli was iuln-
lantlc ocean. It resisted all attacks un
proper
married
name. But there w ere
til the winter of 1864-5. His regiment
three husbands, each guarding , ,bls atrip « ih y áhoH . U k l j i a W # • / * • £ • I
was part of a force under the com
w ife that she should not receive In* o f th e cliff*, d i A t Ae H e r t S b Ä \
mand of General Butler which was
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formation an to the deception th at had
landed near the fort.
The quicker a cold is gotten rid of the
been
practiced
on
her
till
he
w
as
ready
Colonel Curtis led his men close up
"rojuirva y o v b h t s b a n t »».
When Mra.
to the fort while the fleet bombarded Mr Jenkins was a man of forty, while to Impart It himself.
It General Butler gave up the fight the other three assistants were young Snlvely’» «errant urrlved with the Ini
vltatlons he w as received by each one
and ordered Colonel Curtis to retire»* I
sters. It was determined to make an o f the young clergymen, who took the
The colonel and his men remained near experiment of getting w ives for the
the walls of the fort. He kept sending bachelors of the mission and to begin Invitation» from him at his door.
back word that he could take It If his with Mr. Jenkins. Mra. Snlvely In- I The newly made grooms met for con
suj»erlor would let him. He finally re formed him as delicately as possible ference, hoping to unite ou a plan, »<»
tired after the fourth order directing that she would write to the lady super to speak, of information. UnfortUftoi®V
they could not agree. Each m an frb n t
him to do so.
intendent o f the neighboring mission, I to his home re»olved to make a d e a n
Upon the return of the expedition asking If any of the young ladles at J
to Fort Monroe General Grant, hearing work there could be Induced to come breast of the matter, b u t no one o f
them wan able to screw up his courage
of the colonel’s exploit, sent for him over and marry him. Mr. Jenkins
and asked a lot of Information about thought w ell of the proposition and to a confession. The consequence w a s
I that when Mrs. Snlvely*s tea party
the seacoast fortification, and the colo said that If the plan could be carried
nel was brevettod a brigadier gen- ] out to hla satisfaction he would with- I I w as assembled there were three ladles
I p t», >th< »úb>ot> és«^¿4c;’' «Vdèl
eral. General Grant ordered that an ! draw his resignation.
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other attempt be made on the fort,
Mrs Snlvely sent a letter by a vessel
replacing General Butler with General that ran Irregularly between the Is
•cope, he again carefu lly scrutinised
Terry. Another brigade w as added to lands, propounding the plan and re- 1
the force. ■
commanding Mr. Jenkins very highly
General Curtis’ brigade advanced by It so happened that the young women
degret-s, lying down flat and then run m issionaries had tired o f one another's
ning forward ten or fifteen yards. Tb» exclusive society and no difficulty was
enemy got In one volley at them, which met In securing a w ife for Mr. Jenkins
w as ineffective, and by that tim e the Mias Amelia Edmonds, tw enty-tw o and
attackers were Just under the walls comely, volunteered to go and look
o f the fort and below the plane of fire.
Into the matter.
The attackers scaled the w alls and
It so happened that Mr. Arnold, one
took the bastion nearest the Cape Fear o f the younger of the assistants, was
river, and theu began a stubborn fight at the dock when the lady arrived. He
toward the seacoast end, driving the had not seen a whit» girl for a year.
garrison from one traverse to another. Indeed, so lonely was he for woman’s
Though wounded four times during society that he was m editating putting
the day, General Curtis kept bis com in his resignation. H e approached Miss
mand until sunset, when an exploding Edmonds, lifted hla hat and asked If
shell sent a piece of metal against his he could be of assistance to her. The
girl stammered, blushed and finally
told him that she had come to marry
Mr. Jenkins.
’ “I am Mr Jenkins," said Arnold.
The accusing angel who flew up to
. heaven’s chancery w ith the lie blushed
as he gave It in, and the recording
angel who wrote It down dropped a
tear on It and blotted it out for ever.
The next A ttf Jenkins told Snlvely
that a ship had arrived from the wo
man’s mission and a girl had come,
* who had been married to Arnold. He
r didn’t think this was treating him
a person older tn«n
fairly. Snlvely to ld him that there
“I saw her on the dock, sir, and she
—Because It Is past
must be some mistake, but he would was so lovely and I wanted her so bad^
age».
ly that I lied to her. I told her I Was
Teacher—What Is the best
the mun she hnd come to nsarry.’*^ (
raise strawberries? Johnny-
He lookerl at his w ife as though he
apoon.
wondered if she were going to hurt
T each er-H ow can a person make ni
him over a precipice. She gave .him -a
coat last? Johnny—Muke his pant
look of reptoaeh, which broke away
and vest first.
before a smile. He threw hla arms
Teacher—W hen Is a man duplicated
around her neck.
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Joh nn y-W h eu he Is beside himself.
“And you, Mr. Chippendale?’ asked
Teacher— Wbnt Is It that occurs twk
the superintendent.
In a moment, ouce In a minute and n<
“Same hero,'’ he piped in a high key.
once In a thousand years? Johnny
“Rwlnton?” turning to. the last qf
The letter M.
the grooms.
• “I’ll do penance.’’ Mr, ffiwIMMW
A Bath a Year.
vol<*e was a basso profuiwlo.
The bath. It Is said, Is the measure
“Ladles,” said Mr. Snlvely lnjpr»»- (
of civilization. He who bathes once a
stvely. "your husbands have broken
day must be * better human being
the ninth commandment, but It w a s
than he who bathes once a week, once
because of a desire to possess you.
a month or. like the Mexican Indiana,
Mrs. Jenkins—I beg pardon, Mrs. Ar
once a year. There Is a belief among
nold and Mrs. Chippendale and Mrs.
Swinton—I trust you ^rtll each and all
sickness and death. I here w as » bk *
forgive your husband«, and during
boy In a hnt where a frie n d o f m in e
next Sunday’s service they shall Ft*
■topped one da>
d
eelve the customary si »solution from
cure him.
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lady
By P. A. MITCHEL
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CONDUCTED ON THE BEST PRINCIPLES
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