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FROM >V. ». D.
lie Briefly Explains His Position on
Prohibition.
Lothaib, Ga., Aug. 10.—I have
postponed my intention to write for
some time from necessity, for, as I
have stated before, I am a poor cor¬
respondent at best; but in justice to
myself, and to relieve, if possible,
the minds of fixe public from an
erroneous opinion conveyed by your
Spring Hill correspondent in a let
ter of recent date, in which he said,
with due regard for xxxy feelings.
that he was sorry tlxatJ w as an open
anti-prohibitionist, I will say some
thing in defense of my position.
Now, Messrs. Editors, I never did,
before my last communication, even
refer to the subject of prohibition,
and I xxm now perfectly willing to
leave the pur oris of tliat commu¬
nication to the intelligent populace
of Montgomery c xunty, or any oth¬
er c xunty, relying entirely on their
candor to say if there was a single
idea conveyed in it to prove that I
am an anti-prohibitionist at ail
much less an open advocate. The
construction of my friend is, there
fore, not only absurd, but is prepos
terous, and, like a jug, ho wants the
handle all on one side, and pitches
into me for a little criticism
some of the boys, whom, 1 presume,
ixre as good friends to me as they
are to him. I in xrely stated what
I heard some of the Mt. Vernon
boys say in a jocular manner; and
I am sure that no reference or allu-
81011 was made,for intended, to lm
plicate sucli Christian gentlemen as
Rev. IT. C. Brew ton, Prof. Hines,
J. Clayton Clements and J. E.
dy, Esqrs.
No, v doctor, . , r Lke , yourseL I have
been, but that is no reason why A
am now, or should ever be again;
»ml lm- » »» sometimes v io
lates the rules of propriety, it is no
reason that the Spirit has taken its
flight, and that he is given over to
hardness of heart and reprobacy of
mind, for you know that -
-WbiettK. iwrn !i<»M«out(» i-un.,
■ lievil Ml KiMitri naj reiu.u.”
But, for the gratification of pub
lie curiosity, I assert this, as m y
honest opinion, that the question of
prohibition is simply a matter of
time and experiment. There is no
doubt but the rights of citizens are
abridged, and will be for a lime by
5 „d. experiment but tat ** not
make it legitimate or right, because
the Constitution of the United
States declares that the rights of no
citizen shall be abridged; and any
or individuals to impair the right
or impede the progress of any citi
zen is contrary to the principles of
free government And that eenti
men is as old as the republic itself 1
Therefore, the presumption of pro
hibition is simply a humbug, be
cause there is no prohibition, and
never will be without a final ext«-i
ruination or annihilation. But I
am like the fellow that eat the peek
of rice—I am easy any way, and
being somewhat of an amphibious
natux*e I can live either wet or dry.
But again, an official report from
State School Commissioner Orr
shows a 1 decrease " of one-eighth g in
the public school fund ol the ,
this year, trhich, he euys, u the re.
suit of prohibition, nnd which is
true, because well know that the
revenue arising fiom the sale of all
liifuors belonged to the educational
fond*
Now, I ask, in all candor and rea
soil, of those who have espoused
the cause of prohibition, .... and
came, as men frequently do, fanatic
on the subject, had they rather see
the rising generation grow up in a
stete of niter ignorance than hr U
queath to them the thousands of
dollars sent out of the country and
spent so foolishly, a i they say, than
to have their minds cultivated, and
in
r T5 si . it #■ A s i: 1 A % f-\ / JL11 T1 t /! vjism £3
V £ tj •••
L. __SfL _Ll_J_a- ■ & Asm Ljl X N ©
VOL XIV
the fact that the temptations to
which men are now exposed, areas
greei, if not so frequent, as they
ever were, and that when they do
present themselves they are ol
greater magm nde then ever Wore.
On Utese points, or as against them,
too many of our oest citizens have
become fanatic, anti are without
reason. But then we have fanatics
on other subjects—for instance, in
religion, and politics; there are fa¬
natics as to parties and denomina¬
tions, but it is a fact, and remarka¬
bly' strange it is, indeed, that there
are no fanatics on the subjects of
education, industry*, economy and
home enterprise.
But go it, young America—per¬
petuate ignorance, obscure the bril¬
liant intellects of the dear children
that are not able to educate them¬
selves, by* wresting from them their
prorata of the school fund. Ask
the Legislature to appropriate
more, and then sit down and weep
over heavy taxation and abuse the
administration, and tilings vrill go
on.
But excuse me; I did not intend
to discuss the subject pro or con,
because 1 know nothing about it,
««re less , I merely suggest
“7 frlpnd ( l uit kicking betore
^ ‘ 8 sirred. Let him enjoy Ins
own opunan, and let others have a
little of the dltto * Aud let lu,n re ‘
member, that ixx all our actions we
sll " ldd be °P en and candu1 ’ f<
diduesa is il great virtue, and an
lxouest, open confession is good tor
the soul. W. J. D.
FROM TAHVEH.
Plenty of Italu--Turpeniiuo Interest-*
itijie Fish Bendy to l’uH--Etc.
Tarver, Ga., Aug. 10. In my
last items from these parts, 1 said ;
the outlook was favorable to fail
weather, but I was mistaken, for
we have had more rain since then
than I ever saw before in the same
length of time. This country has
Veen, aud is now, suffering from the
c< nlinued wet season.
I think the turpentine interest
in this county is cut off one-fifth, if
not more. Everything is about at
a standstill, though the indications
are now that the rain is about over.
We would, indeed, feel thankful for
few weeks , ol ... fan* weather, ..
a so we
could sow our turnips and get the
grass out of our gardens.
And there are lots of ripe fish in
the , creek that needs to be pulled.—
So n you see that ,, , tins ,, . is • a good , place ,
if it does rain a long time ancl a
heap of it; for where there is no
water you can't raise the finny tribe.
Yours, ete„__J.D.H.
\ J0 KE.
-
Ariwnmnv Iravtkr.
[Extract from a Jotter to tlie Gov
ernor of Ai’kansaw:]
“ T cspiuI von hv John Cobbletree
one of mv nei'.hbors a quarter of
j nut to n and ' them‘sometimes a mess of youngsqui’
relg q eat until I
&m fit to Now i ct me say
, t ihe mu.ton. It is
, , '* „ , £»* and I hone you
t Q neo f inv neighbors
„ BllMp the othe v ,lny. »ml neenne.l
me G { stealing It. He has just In d
arrested L and I am now in jail,
tt„ _ m „ A f,. v i, nilRft an .i grabbed
,,, f ] pe t j, it I bad just
{() send to p am ni i g bty fond
/ f h 1 t ’ and when I am right
j . t it til j am £ t
£ ; Mv t riil l comes off inaday
jn „ . am ftfceml \ hey put it to
me je8 fm . a joke . These folks
here are the pranki estset of people
j ever seen _ They are always hap
w p en they ken git a joke on a
prominent man like me. I wouldn’t
l>e surprised if they carry the joke
£Q fju . <fts ^ ^ me tothe 1JOni ten
tinry. This wouUliurt my chances
for i* \i the Legislature t • i T I don t want
^ ^ but if they keep me
shut ^ up long ^ the other fellow will
it m . After you
> OUI mutton t^h you would v.-rite
, he B , 1Pri „; teU ], im to
out Sny, I forgot to tell
^ tlie % grand jurv ij has been
le> they w
brought in n joke nf «n indictment
agin lue. They ,»»y try me nnd puss
the joke of a sentence on me before
y OQr note gita here, so I wish you
Would fix up a pardon after you eat
your mutton, and tell the judge joke that
I am free. I know the will
ZlA £
--—
exchange that .
An says ice two
irehes thick will support a man. In
Sftssissc* e
EASTMAN, GEORGIA, TILT US DAY, AUG. 19, 1880.
BI’BIED ALIVE.
TUe AstoB t 9 u ittg Experience or an In
diana Man—He is Thought to he
Dead--The Funeral Pleached.
Oil the evening of June 18,1880,
Q Wellington, an Indians far
, BM ttegof friends at his
house. He was a man of 42 years
of age, and of robust health, and on
this evening it was noticed that he
was in particularly good spirits.
After the guests had departed he
remarked to his wife that lie felt
more like singing and dancing than
going to bed. They retired about
half-past eleven o’clock, and she
was asleep before midnight
The farmer was always out of bed
at 5 o’clock, but on the morning
following the party, the wife awoke
and found him still sleeping. M hen
she attempted to arouse him, she
discovered that lie was dead.
A doctor was sent for, and he ar¬
rived in the course of an hour, and
pronounced it a ca o of heart dis¬
ease. He said the man had been
dead three horns when the wife
invoke. The undertaker came and
prepared the body for burial.
It was remarked that the corpse
retained a life-like appearance, and
that none of the limbs grew > igid,
but the other two physicians called
in vigorously combatted the idea
that lie was in a trance and might
be restored to life. Nevertheless,
the wife and sons had a secret hope
that death had not really come to
him. During the interval the co pse
was constantly watched for any
signs of returning animation, but
nothing occurred to delay the fu
nernl arrangements.
The burial was to take place in a
country graveyard, axul most of tlie
vehicles gathering at the house be¬
longed to tho farmers. The usual
ceremonies took place over tlie dead
and the coffin was brought out and
placed in the hearse. Wkilo tlie
procession was forming, a team at¬
tached to an empty wagon came
down tlie road, running away. The
wagon collided with the liearse, and
the latter vehicle was upset and the
coffin thrown out. Four or five men
ran to pick it up, but before a
hand had touched it a voice was
heard saying:
“For God’s sake take me out of
, 0 afc f irgt move ,l lmckin
n tfii"li( r ’ lmt as ’ the voice continued
to address M them, ,. the ,, cothn «. was set ,
aright . . , and , opened, T and n ,„i Wniitooinv. Wellington
fol)J1(1 8trugg i ing p, get out.
AVitli a littlo fissistnne© he pulled
liimse]f * out ()f th(1 J anc lwalkcni
hoxM> ani tea
choir . I„ , tart time he agate had
his clothes on and was moving
around among the amazed people
to whom he related , , , lus , • stiange ,...... ex
penence.
“I did not fall asleep until some
time after midnight. When I woke
the clock was striking five. I made
a move to get out of bed, but to my
great amazement I could not move
either hand or foot. I had the full
use of my eye& I argued at
that I was not yet wide awake,
"ben my wife me «n,l called
me by name, and I could not
pond by even moving an eyelid, I
became satisfied that I was in a
trance. My mind was never clearer
I made effort after effort to throw
i ! off the great weight which seemed
to be holding me down, but I could
1 not bend a toe or crook a finger
However, it was only after the doc-
1 tor had pronounced dead
me
that I felt any alarm. Up to that
time it seemed to me that I could
soon manage hi get rid of the torn
ble weight. Had a pistol been fired
in the room I ain sure it would
have broken thejspell. After the
doctor’s ultimatum, I felt that I
should he buried alive. But was
I alive All aii of a a nmLlon sudden thin dl1 - i
ry flashed across my brarri, and I
1 was troubled inoro than I can tel!
you. As I l»i never died before,
I how «a> I to know
j Could the dead hear nnd think?
Wns the mind of a corpse in «.
live operation? i It wns » problem
j conl not M , Te .
I -.Not a word was spoken no™ me
which I did not catch and fully
understand There was a great
deal of weeping, nnd I failed to
sa ti. s f y myself as to the cause.—
Whenray wife bent over the coffin
-
2 WoS.1, } i , andrefu9 .
h, he I did not fed
bad with her. On the contrary,
] ier actions surprised me. M hen
t j, e two other doctors pronounced
r . r made up mv mind that
taught that the spirit of the dead
ascended to heaven, and that we
were dead in mind as well ns body.
It was a base deception. I felt in¬
dignant that it was so.
“As an instance of the acuteness
of my heading, lot me explain that
after* I was placed in the coffin
the receptacle was moved over to
an open window in the parlor, and
rested upon saw ho -ses. Two of
my neighbors took seats on a wag¬
on box in the barnyard,fully 200 feet
away, and for an hour conversed
of my death in an ordinary tone of
voice. I did not miss one single
word of the conversation, ns both
a forwards admitted.
‘ I coukl hear every tick of the
kitchen clock, and much of the
conversation of the women in the
upstairs rooms. On the night pre¬
vious to the fui )0 \d, about half
past ten o’clock, and whi'o the (w*o
men were sitting up with the sup¬
posed Co. : so, nod ending, I heard
two me i climb the fanjfeo into the
ba? ivaru, cross the yard and enter
the bn ". After a few mi 'utes they
came out, and I heard fixe jingle of
something carried by one of them.
1 could not make out what was g*
ing on, but leaned afterward. The
two men stole a horse from a field
opposite my barn, and they entered
my premises in search ol a bridle to
put on him.
“I heard the people assemble for
the funeral, aud I caught a word
f'om this one and that oue, identi
tied them to myself byname. I lis¬
tened attentively to the sermon, but
when the minister spoke of me 1
COidd no t take it as personal. It
was as if the name nnd person bo
longed to some ono I knew yei“ s
before. 1 knew when the coffin was
carried out and placed in the liearse
preparatory for the grave, and I
am certain that I hoard tho clatter
of the team running away before
anybody sighted them.) When the
people began to call outin fright, 1
felt that same fear of being hurt
that any live man does. 1 heard
them try ing to back the hearse out
of the way to let the team go by,
but they wore not quick enough.
As the collision came my eyes open
cd and my speech was restored, and
from that moment 1 was fill right”
not NECF8SAKY 1 TO liliOWV.
Many persons have wonuei ed that
n11 ""bnals seem to possess an.in
stinctive knowledge Wl™ of this toft
and •, that man akmeJ.acKstu.sg i.
j ^ is not necessary that a person
knowing of tho art of swimming
should diown, if ho will depend
1 u P ori the powers SSS' for self-preseivn
g» &, "wSI'* " *»te"
take, the fall, or is
thrown in, it instantly begins to
walk as it does w hen out of the wa
ter. But when a man who cannot
„ gwim ,, ^ts into tho water be
makes a tew spasmoihc drowns. struggles,
throws up his arms, and
The brute, on the other hand, treads
wnt ? r > remoms on the surface, and
ls J”' "torn'to’Siupe drown
in it i>4 ae cessnry to do as the
j brute does, and that is tread or walk
water. /The brute has no advantage
18 to his relative weight m resjieit
i ^
Nevertheless, any man, walk any wo- the
man, any child, who can on
land may also walk in the water
Jj usfcas ^‘oiclil v as the aminal does,
., dog iuto the water and lie treads
for walks »the water instantly. The
] Uinctirely, brute, indeed, whereas walks man the water has to m- «*
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! «E HI BX’TJAKE BK>K‘H.
| « WWm ] gl ,in’ this vacation,
? » a8ked Jimuly Tuffboy of his
, )arerda h
“Well ’.. you are going to behave
*
, . „
, ' Un ° r
“lhats a tough one, pop. A\-v “ re
"“..'i ' if y „„ e „ fo . ,,ic„ic
that , , will . do , „
you.
“One picnic! No picnic forme.
^ j, going to tramp these woods
here for six str„i B ht week..
J K icB „„ „,„l. Who wants
, „„1 ol girls t,,„k all over
“u’ZSi- to you
0,1 lbe " tr f±--
The polite child istlie lntottbing
in the juvenile world. She
strolling around Uie neighls.rh.sKl
„„ a tenr of observation, when she
c *aine across a colored man sitting
on a doorstep. She stood with her
& > in her mouth, watching
F „y sho said:
colored . , t you?
“You’re a man, am
“Yes, I am a colored man. You’re
a very polite little girl,” he said,
“Oh, «w.-1 yes, I’m very polite, i call
™ry
OV THE SKIRMISH LIVE.
Where the Soldier Is His Own Mas¬
ter Incidents That Occurred Du*
ring the Late War.
On the skirmish line during
civil war there was a greater oppor¬
tunity for the display of physical
endurance, acility. cool courage,
great daring and clear intelligence
than in the close:! line of battle.
For in the skirmishing order the
men are extended into a single
rank, with intervals between them
varying according to tho ground
and circumstances from ten to one
hundred feet, or even more. A
skirmish line, therefore, is a lino of
individuals, each man to a certain
extent by himself and forced to re«
ly upon himself, There is disci*
pline, it is true, and order, and a
skillful officer has plenty of oppor¬
tunity on the skirmishing line to
show what he is made of; neverthe¬
less, each skirmisher has «n amount
of liberty which (he same man could
not have in line of battle, lie can
stand up. or kneel, or sit, or lie
down; he can bmrow a hole in tho
ground to fire from, or he can pile
up fence rails or other available
material for his own personal de/
fence; he takes aim as he pleises,
and fires rapidly or slow as it seems
best to him. All that is required is
that lie must advance or retire, or
move by tho flank with his line and
maintain his relative position with
Ins comrades to the right and left
Whenever the line halts, or nit oc¬
casion otherwise offers, there is al¬
ways a general rectification of the
alignment; tho men individually
move forward; or to the right or
left, until the line is tolerably
straight and the intervals again
e ' ,p,,1 V distributed, and this is done
spontaneously, wltllout w, “ tin 6 f< tr
or 8 *
_ change of a skirmish line,
fading the advance of an army, to
a me >’e picket outpost lino was very
siin l ),e nnd of fre 1 Qent occurrence,
T1, ° writer remembers many in
^ nnce «* 0nf ’ 8untl, W 111 8e i ,te,u '
bor, 1863, when Meade was man*
ouveriug between Culpepper Court
House and Bapidau Station, Car,
roll’s brigade, of tlm Second corps
w “ 8 ‘brown out m theid. fiction of
K«cct«n Ford, on the Hapidan, but
a strong Confederate force on the
north bank covered the ford and
j barred further progress that way.
*pj, e „ * roun q W ns low and flat, ’ with
H tretcheB of wood , and , cleared , fbld
alternately. Carroll s skirmishers,
: having taken a position on the outer
ge c f a grOTe of oaks, kept np for
hMM '* “ w f " ralKK '" a “ «*•*
'live fire will, the Confederate »kir
wishers similarly posted on the face
of the opposite grove. The bullets
went through tho air, now with a
duH „ hlrr llow with n cntting
( wUU Uh p. wa n n p n f a * hee- now
< ■
with a mellow “mew, , like the tone
of a cat.just before it spits at its
,,n " 8,,ap '^^"Xbullet ° anVus
speed, 1 and 1 , from tune to . .. me „
**»'
of these would stuko tho trunk o
a n oak with a whack that made the
look out to «” see Zt» Huai nouiue u
getting Ins “range. It was like
many other unimportant skirmishes
i„ which these men lmd been eu
in ,je newspaper reports of the day
and not likely to be recorded by the
historian. Xet it was none the less
( dangerous. But
exciting and even
i the heroics-the seldom unrecorded make hero
,cs-of war could men
i ^ HtomHcU ‘‘V ^ beRglDg ! n V"bra f ° r f • it'
unis, or some other kind of ««
Htbastfora mesh l'noon
became evident to the veteran sold
iers, Federals and Confederates
that neither side would at
! jiouit, ""f and that the tiusimss
-
these contending skirmish lines bad
l)ec<mi( , that ()f roare etching one
f*t ,, ,“ .. ZftlZ plf> n r reltelS dav but
b n<1 “* 'f ita “il l.te , , fuel . , »a. The n
“
mrm tmce thronnh iTl A
‘*° «"*** “f ° ! 1 *» k *' «*"“ . *
| |-wUT. »bo>-t from the the o« opposite »h.ntrn,g gro.e ~.r
m»
»* nswer " *‘»l> wassen >1 J»u me. do! The ’«
ceased on the instant at this point,
,
thongh the booming of mliUefy
down the river told of an engage
i »«»<*- and
blue jackets graj
•
fence, and it wns curious to
j that in the contentionM-*r the euce
rails, which was constantly a
scuffs ^
NO. O *
Of
was less greed against those of the
opposite army than against these
of their own- liather there was a
contention of courtesy betwen the
two. Yank aud Johnny Iteb helped
oue another to unlock the fence and
detach the rails, chatting mean-*
while in a friendly way about vari¬
ous battles or campaigns in which
they had happened to bo engaged
against one another. There was
but one exception to the good will;
that was when a Federal and Con¬
federate, having each grabbed th.; j
same lot of rails, ami neither being}
good-natured enough to give way, i
the two let go of the rails and
clinched one another in dead ear
nest. A group of men of both uni
forms separated the two, however
and drove them back from the
fence to thtir own sides. There]
was a quiet for t he vest of the day,
but at midnight, as the Federate
were endeavoring to withdraw from
tho position quietly, tho movjinentj
was overheard by tho others, who :
came on at a run into the wood, and j
the short peace ended in a blaze of ]
musketry, amid which tho Confed* I
orates were driven back until the
Federalacould complete their with¬
drawal.
A fexv days after tho battle of
Malvern Hill, that is to any, the Hh
of July, 1802, while McClellans
army was taking up ils new posi
tiou around Harrisons landing, on \
tho .. .InmoH T river, . .ill the brigade re
ferrod to above, just brought from
the Shenandoah Valley, where it
had formed part of Shield’s divis*
engaged holding . back ,
xon, was m
Ewell's Confederates, who were nt
tempting to make a reconnoisanco i
of the Union position. Die Con -1
federate » , skirmishers . . . . occupied ■ , thol ,i j
houses and fences along the fncoof.
an open ridge, while tho Federala 1
lay low in tho cultivated fields this
side. T ho marksmanship of these ;
opjionents at 500 and even at 1)00
yards, with ordinary rifled muskets
and common cartridges, would have
astonished , ... of - our fancy mil- .
some
itia shots who frequent the sum
mer target grounds At that time
straw lints with wide brims were
much , worn . in our army, and , a , lm
! morons fellow of the writer’s regi*
1 road
merit stepped out into the at
900 yards from the nearest Confed
erute and held up ids broadbrim at
arm's length, by way of challenge,
where it could be plainly seen. As
quick thought two bullets . cut
as
through tho lint one thr.rugh tho
crown, the other through the brim j
and tlie funny fellow,
with the experiment, sprang into
some hushes near by. ’Name shots
wore undoubtedly fired at tho hat,
not at the man- The fmhiinu at
tins point . at times .
was sovoio, ono
armed Gen. L’iiil Kearney being in
corn maud. Near noon a pause
which astonished the lino occurred
the artillery tiro of side, .. and .
in our
exactly at noon there came from
each of our batteries twenty-one
shots, tho reports of which sounded
as soft ns cotton. It was the regu¬
lation blank salute in honor of our
independence, and it was recipro¬
cated, for instantly came the same
dead sounds from Ewell’s guns —
souuds very different from the sharp
spiteful ring made by shotted guns
is there an instance in any other
motlern . war of „ artillery ... actually .
engaged in battle removing tho
shot from its cartridges to give u
salute to an idea?
There was few great battles of
the army of the Votomac in which
skirmish , , lines were so little b.ought i . .
into piny as at Audetam. But at
1 Gettysburg, in addition to theregu-*
] ar contest of lines of battle, the
skirrlJlsll lines wxs a notable Tea**
ture _ During all these three days
au d a good*part of the two uiglits,
#herriVcr there was not a struggle
T*7‘ J |f U ‘ V*""
stretched two lines of skirmishers,
f • ^ one aBothe r, engaged anti in in*
c , s8a t though slow deliberate
! ,Z . 7 sku ‘“' ““ a 1 , tej “ ,0 ^
« “ ,*** ll »"“* “ !?"' k » “f””' T 1 “ f l»; f'”"* 1 '
*d cl,urges h.d been umhe hereby
the .termitar. of both -dm, h
,.out any a»iten. alter,lUnn Im h. »
’,'7 c«ect of 'r atee.mg einr ik the rial «raund I«i«ob .
»it i t n; < cu< *‘ " ' ‘
neiu' noon oUm ,ia dai( , J] .
.
18 b 3 ), and the sun imt t unc. ifu l 3
“
t0 n*unily > be heard in spite ‘ of the
> lh . slruclive ttre _ WJ , k .
} lui(iw *- ., v between the fines was
that ^ -ed as.
■xzJ
f*C\slf I f o j spot fur tho’liarveyi hands in
mom peaceful summers, and around
lii-r.iuM of the ii < c ! a. i lain nil that
morning several Confederate sharp¬
shooters, whose execution both on
the Federal skirmishers and cn the
Federal batteries posted on the ridge
behind had drrwn upon them many
vows of Federal vengeance. Within
an hour the Confederate battle lines
were to make their brine but to them
disastrous charge over the same
ground The e came a sudden lull
in the firing on this part of the sku*«
nusli lines and we arose to our feet
ascertain the cause. A Confeder¬
ate was approaching, holding up his
right hand. Thinking he meant to
desert, some of our soldiers called
to him: “Come over, Johnny 1”
well not lire!’’ But be came until
w iihiu f ,tty or fifty pads and then
knelt down, and we saw that this
dead shot, who for hours
had been helping to work havoc
umom mu* men. was holding np tho
head of a prostrate wounded Federal
" hUe ga y « him a drink from his
llolll ai( |„ s Hlom ( „ 1>0 n their feet in
fun view of one another and cheered
iho nn!,le act. the 1 Ion federal!.;, hav*
ing nceomplished his purpose, made
haste back to his fellow shurpshoot
CIS nt, tho tree. Enmity bad been
disarmed for a moment, and there wns
:t ■I nice to l»egin tiring again
tree "" :l culled '!] ] out: “lake care, y’l.Lp Yanks:
we »,. e ,,„i ng t0 fl, e r* j t j H useless to
(ell any man who saw real service in
our civil war that chivalry is dead.-
Chicago Herald.
Some One Hast lime Put Them There.
Here’s a atorv of how slumping for
Congress was coiulocted years back,
n|, u .|p llirn tl ,„| Muoitali Here run
ning Ihr ('(mgic*"-. and us usual each
■* ,n 'd lund ihiogs about iuc mImr. A.
last i hr nei somilii ics oceanic so Ixii,'*
* j*,,,.^
a ,,. Ul; „ u W:1S an encounter
would*nmo. Finally, to smooth made raat
ic, s, the ii rimU of both puriirs
hem p,” ms" to go mi am: cd. As was
customai v in l lioso p^ctficr, days the conlcst
oms j()111 n( , vt . (1 nnd it so
liappcucil one tfieht tliat both had lo
sleep in are hid. IVlxer. the hour for
rcl.iiing came both appeared rcluc
tant to disrobe. Looking at each
oLhei . in m1 „ u „ for u ll( inuto or two
Blackburn spoke up and accused
Mnistmll of being aiun d. 1 his was
iudigmuitly denied, but in rcmnvmg
of U|(1 lluU (l 1)istul) !ltlrI ( .all*
.Marshall’s uuenlion to it said:
“Now, Marshall, you see I’m tin*
<"’",<<1.” T lieu, as Blackburn puMoA
ol!' bis ennt two pisiols and n km e*
Ul( , f | 0()r . j 1)C g. ivc the,
1V - ;IU | *«,»»!< nnd said: “I wonder who
put them in m.v pocket. Both men
then tliook hands nnd agreed feeling that
honors were even nnd the best
throughout the rest of the
campaign,
A TALE OF A LOVKB.
“Doyen sec ttmtimvoi poplars on
ihe LunaUiun shore, standing uppni i
‘‘"“.V, distance* apart?"
asked a g'ave*fa< ed man of ag'oup
o( - Jm on fort Krie ffir.*y*>
boat The yesterday, nodilcd
group r»*cnt.
W*Iliciris quite a story eon
nee led with I hose irons,” lieeonUnued.
‘•tSoine years ago tlneo lived on the
i,j u ;v. in lVn 1: lo overlooking Iho river,
a vveuh liy bunker, whose oii’.y daugh
u ' r w :,s beloved by a young surveyor.
The olil mon was inclined lo question
j„- 0 j* t .g B i 0na j skill of young Rod
.,r:d Level, and to put him lo the test
directed him to set oot, on the Do
* n i,li ‘ jri « *'•" of W
nI ( . which | should be any further apart
^j )a „ linv <} l1i«*j* two. '1 he trial proved
iin- lovi ris inelllcieucy, and fortU or* l*»
lie was forbidden the house and in
' bim-alf in the river
lCrln‘>H Homo ol you ^enllemon vvtUi
keen tie* can tell which two trees
ai( . the furthest apart.’’ of
Tlu group took u critical view
the situation and each member se
looted n d'nlerent pair of trees, Fi*
nally, after much dissuasion, an ap
»h;;i 1 was taken to the solemn-faced
stranger to solve the p *ob!em,
*Th- first and Iasi,” .aidIhe, calmly
resuming Ins cigar and wa.king away
w ttti the air of u sage.—Buffalo Lour*
ler.
t SNOWSTOB.’I l> A BALLROOM.
Kvervone has heard cf dancing on
die ice, but dancing in a ballroom
under a snowstorm is not so la miliar,
Timh ll(>rt l . Vl . l . iV:irt what n party of
(*,•„.„.| s | 0 und ili.-m.selves doing not
long ago in Sweden, The circum*
stances arc tlm* described in a
. .
_ ' Ivlra^he Tle/r
sky
and the stars shining, » large assem*
uiy were gatlierc«l forabaltinSwe
dvn, and in the courae of the evening
rivri"ri.h ", "hitU. * STUS.
trier! to open L»ure a window, but he saw
Urn, the v of the ice was bold
tag it fast .hut. So be broke a pane
of glass, and tlie rush ot cold an*
......«H„ou« yuriucl a full
"f ^ »""» « the S n-oo, »' tjte .nlden M*M* J
Z IU e fcVnndi
tb. tern, or .now, .m the head, of the
astonished dancers.
BUCKLKN’.S ARNICA SaLVE.
Tut l* st fa’ve in Uie wntlil lor Cuts,
Bruises, Sun , Utei-rs, Swblt, liUuum, Fuwi,
SorvM, Titter, Cimppea liuuds, tliilblains
Corns, hi a I Skin Eraptians, and positively
unit* Pik*, tr no p»> required. It is gnaiy
itnli«l to giv- pette.-t Action, or money
refHink* I. Bfi'-e v‘.i cents t*tr lux.
Fer siik til Herrmuu A Herman, Eustman
He “And now, Emma, what
kilul ot a!1 engagement ring shall
> get you?” Slia “Solid gold, 1
guess, Willie. I’m so tired ox wear*.