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HiM rl I I’ I' SIMTE OK FOREIGN
■ complications.
j, n Firm Relief That t lie
■U, Olllicnltlea Will Soon lie
Utvay—State of Foreign
rial .1 u*t iflcd I 'on Alienee.
H h , t\ out Market All Rlgrlit mm
V, „ lim i Steel Hold Tlielr Oivn.
Other industries.
H v , v u. April 28. R. G. Dun & Co.’s
m ... Y*ie\\ of Tra'le will say to-mor
■ .... [,),.])is considered, it is rather eur
■' ~ iniPiness has not been set back
■ uncertainty about Samoa and
■ ' neitig difficulties in the PhUip
■ iiave counted for something.
■ _ imjiorts and falling exports for
■ , . m j so might the rise in for
■ x h.myt l>y some attributed to for-
H 1 ,_ yl copper stocks and the hin-
H muiacturing orders, owing to
■ . m advance hi prices.
■ ( has been full faith t-hat for-
Ei .iiiiicdtics would soon be cleared
I' he movement in exchange Is
I' netted with speculative rath
t c limaie operations, since ac-
I I, still indicate a large excess
I . After every rise In prices,
E mr.rs have to consider whether
I -emption with increased pro
. iV i:i make them difficult, but the
, , w iih which combinations are
. . si, :,ded still shows prevailing
1, ihat no danger point is near.
il„s .lastilieil Contiilenee.
L... of foreign trade has justified
ii.i. lit r.ither than apprehension. It is
,n for the lowest exports of sia
,,i.i i heir prices this year are ex
! io. but the unprecented foreign
r . 4 f,a manufactured products so far
in - that the excess of exports
.. va s heavy and apparently has
April. The presence of English
! r -',',ni“*i; l Boston trying to sell Eng
,l, wool, which could be delivered
;"o at the same time English
1,, r' were taking a little from
ry for export, and
: man i,livers' 300,C00 pounds more Aus
, from bond, shows the opposite
' llf iKipular taste in different coun
, day worsteds here have advanced
and serges sc, which has given a
\ , ' to the whole market. Fine
t , i> ulatively cheap here and dear
. | tmt concessions make the lowest
i, of ihe year In all kinds, heavy
j, h- c irii, 1 for years come into presence
Vw W said to be 300.000,000 pounds.
.inn;m Hirers are not now buying large
mi, hi four weeks 30,918,785 pounds
In. s,>;•!. of which 23,315,085 were dornes-
I- ,41,ins; 41,712,660 in the same weeks
|i,i years ago, when wool was rising.
Th. I .■’>■'! manufacture has made little
I imp,., and the strikes following the ad-
I H;,. in wac s given, appear to have ben
in,l martU'a< turers not a little by helping
, demand and curtailing the supply of
wds. rotlon is a sixteenth lower, with
liii. rally improved prospects for the com
jg crop.
l-entlier. Iron anti Steel.
The boot mid shoe Industry surpasses all
her years in April shipments, last year
r F ;-er e, nt., 1895 by 13 per cent., and
i: by !5 ter cent., and manufacturers
. ~ :m,|\ provided with orders for
(ini ', ahead, but the advance asked does
>i a i • tr to have been generally paid.
Wi'i,on business, Bessemer pig is un
tainted at Pittsburg and Grey Forge
I roll 4 a t $11.50, though 16,000 Southern
I iv,' been sold here at $14.20. There are
riic large structural orders, at Philadel
u:i for 17,000; a Western Bridge for 5,000;
Duluth elevator and the St. Lawrence
I ‘idee at yut bee, though the general run
I orders In this line is light, and in rails
l> luge sales are reported, though inqui
res for 50,000 tons are said to be in this
I larket. Advanced prices are noted in pipe
Id i dicrease in merchants orders, with
Inai, r business in sheets, and at the
ft 1 in bars pending the completion of
It' comiiination. But the general decrease
II n, vv demend raises the question whether
I rices will be maintained after current or
) rs out.
I Failures for the week were 184 In the
rite,! States, against 262 last year, and 23
I Canada, against 16 last year.
I HI’HNS KOBE THREE WINNERS.
P Wood, A Fifty to One Shot, Took
the Second Race.
■Memphis, Ttnn., April 28.—This was the
■m day but one at Montgomery Park, and
was a field day for the bookmakers, not
favorite crossing the wire first.
J<. key Burns landed three winners at
hat odds, and finishing inside the money
i his other mounts. St. Wood, in the
i end race, was the surprise of the day.
ith fifty to one chalked up against him
it over the ring, he justified the con
roe ot those who were bold enough to
five a wager on his chances by winning
'he easiest sort of fashion,
iu y hor.-es were shipped to Louisville,
1 > mo and st. Louis to-night and to
‘ ' o there will be a general clearing
i a weather to-day was oppressively
311,1 the track fast. Summary;
, .‘"■'J the , -Four and a half furlongs,
Cavicr, 3 to 1, won, with Online, 3
mi and Lark Spur, 12 to 1, third.
i l Race— Five furlongs. St. Wood,
"on, with Katherine D, 5 to 1 and
in',4 . ,"," n h, atl| J Coosada, 100 to 1, third.
' li n e—Six furlongs, selling. Han
- "1, won, with Ben Frost, 7 to 5
. T ‘' ' cond, and Stockholm, 12 to 1,
"J!' 1 T;m,- 1:1714.
j ' Race— Seven furlongs handicap,
11 trn ’ 2 to 1, won, with Primate, 8
to 2, second, and Blue Lick, 6
j. . Time ttaiti.
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Fifty-fifth Annual Statement, Dec, 31, 1898.
INCOME.
Premiums collected from policy-holders $3,339,254 41
Interest and rents • LI6LSIS 03
$4,500,772 44
DISBURSEMENTS.
Death losses $1,644.640 07
Matured and surrendered policies 823,283 40
Distributions pf surplus stis 117 50
Total to policy-holders 3,033*040 97
All other expenditures ......... 896,545 31
$3,929,586 31
ASSETS.
Bonds and stocks / $13,044,734 47
Market price of same over ledger value 1,338 966 73
First mortgages 6.748,745 00
Loans on collateral 1,536,855 98
Real estate owned 2,320,705 89
Premium notes and loans to policytholders 1,271,795 15
Cash 1.11M44 22
Accrued interest and rents and net deferred premiums 728,776 15
Tota l $28,109,073 59
LIABILITIES.
Reserve for policies and all other claims $25,816,738 19
SURPLUS .' $ 2,292,335 49
SUMMARY OF BUSINESS FROM ORGANIZATION TO DATE.
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Paid to policy-holders for death losses endowments, distributions of sur
plus, and allowance for surrendered policies $73,127,941 94
Add present assets as stated above 28,109,073 59
$101,237,015 53
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All premiums collected from members .'.586,726,336 08
Balance to CREDIT OF GOOD MANAGEMENT $14,510,679 45
The foregoing statement is correct and true to the best of my knowledge and
belief. 6. F. SNELL Secretary.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this 14th dav of April, 1899.
JACOB A. BARBEY, JR., Notary Public.
Each policy issued under the rights, privileges and benefits imposed by the
Massachusetts Statutes. No preferred class of shareholders, but every member
treated with equity, courtesy and exact justice. Only honest, plain contracts are is
sued, and annual returns of surplus funds are made on every policy in force.
Correspondence or interviews invited by
W. E. GRADY, General Agent,
113 BAY STREET, EAST, SAVANNAH.
Telephones—Office 113, residence 611.
Waters, 3 to 1, won, with Moroni, 3 to 1 and
even, second, and Sea Robber, 8 to 5, third.
Time 1:44.
Sixth Race—Selling, six furlongs. Trom
bone, 8 to 1, won, with Treopia, 10 to 1 and
4 to 1, second, and Patron, 3 to 1, third.
Time 1:16%.
The Races at the Aqaedac^.
New York, April 28.—The results of the
races at Aqueduct to-day were as fol
lows;
First Race—Five furlongs. Sir Christo
pher, 60 to 1, won, with Ordeal, 9 to 5 and
3 to 5, second, and Belgrave, 3 to 1, third.
Time 1:01 4-5.
Second Race—Six furlongs. Pctm Slip
per even, won, with Lady Lindsay, 4 to
5, second. Time 1:14 2-5. Only two start
ers.
Third Race—Five furlongs. Avalar, 15
to 1 won, with Decimal, 40 to 1 and 10 to
1, second, and Clalos, 4 to 5, third. Time
1:03 2-5.
Fourth Race—About seven furlongs.
Larva, 9 to 5, won, with Don deOro, 4
to 1 and 6 to 5, second, and Kinnikinnic,
7to 5, third. Time 1:24 4-5.
Fifth Race—Six furlongs. Rare Per
fume, 6 to 1, won, with Effervescent, even
and 2 to 5, second, and Domineer, 15 to
1, third. Time 1:15.
Sixth Race—Four and a half furlongs.
Frelinghuysen, 3 to 1, won, with Neponset,
7 to 5 and 1 to 2, second, and Alex, 6 to 1,
third. Tjme 0:55 3-5.
On ml Track nt Newport.
Cincinnati, April 28.—The track at New
port was good. Summary:
First Race—Six furlongs, selling. Lucy
M., 30 to 1, won, with Friendship, 3 to 2
and 1 to 2, second, and The Naulahaka,
8 to 1, third. Time 1:15%.
Second Race—Four furlongs. Ida Led
ford, 6 to 5, won, with Cheese Straw. 5 to
2 and 4 to 5, second, and Princess Thyra,
8 to 1, third. Time 0:49.
Third Race—One mile, selling. Domes
tic, 6 to 1, won, with Hand D., 6 to 1
anil 2 to 1, second, and Bethlehem Star, 3
to 1, third. Time 1:42.
Fourth Race—One mile and fifty yards.
Carl C., 7 to 1, won, with Deering, 7 to
10 and 1 to 4, second, and Dr, Graves, 3 to
1, third. Time 1:46.
Fifth Race—Four and a half furlongs. 1
Miss Dede, 15 to 1, won, with Talma, 2 to
1 and 7 to 10, second, and Floriza, 8 to 5,
third. Time 0:56'4.
Sixth Race—One mile, selling. Ramiro,
jl 5 t 0 2, won, with Official, 2 to 1 and i
7 to 10, second, and Victoria, 6 to 1, third. |
Time 1:43.
An American Painter Exhibiting In
I’nris.
From Les Droits de LTlomme.
Mr. Hopklnson Smith, an American
p iinter. has an exhibition of thirty water
colors at Georges Petit's. Areally aston- \
-;i,.'.s: i'cn“t of color cnaraeieriasftt Mr. |
Vfopkinson Smith; he i. r.ot on impression- 1
Ist but be manages to group all the In j
uic-i of If- Picture about u point of light |
o- i-c-ler, v. h: ,1, eo 'o speak, illumine*,al:
Ri. r *' if 'he landscape. Whether he;
I'Vki s u; through Holland or England, to I
1 •oiis' antlnop-'o or Venice, whether he j
.'iivvi JS the mi.- s of Dordrecht or the;
f ’i hoverm* over London In spite of
• ;i>" run, <1 tazz! su* with the blazing
b in.! .end 1 n rkivti of StambO'Jl. his:
ate t.i niys surprisingly correct. j
M, i, phi loc Smith met nvt fear to
( , ( o ,r orison with our mil faah-I
1 Louis Scltntiler. I
THE MORNING NEWS: SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1899.
CURIOUS AUTOMATON.
A Duck Tlint Could Hardly Be Dla
tliißtiiNlied From the Heal Live
Article.
From Lectures pour Tous.
Of all <he Inventors of mechanical curi
osities. Jacques Vaucanson was certainly
the king. In the ingenuity of his mind
he equaled, if he did not surpass, the most
skillful of men.
In the first book of the Odes of Horace
we read that Arekytas manufactured a
wooden pigeon, which, actuated by a me
chanical movement, flew from place to
place. This, however, was nothing us com
pared with the automatic fly manufac
tured by John Muller, and which flew
around the table during a dinner, and
alighted upon the hand of its owner and
manufacturer, to the great astonishment
of his guests.
Philippine Camus describes an extraordi
nary automatic group, which was special
ly constructed for the amusement of Louis
XIV. It was a minute coach to which
were harnessed several horses, and which
rolled over the table. Upon starling, the
coachman cracked his whip, and the
horses began to prance and then becatriU
quiet and started off at a trot. The coach
stopped in front of the king, and the
lackey jumped front his seat, and, open
ing the door, handed out a handsomely
dressed lady, who walked toward his
majesty, sa.uted him ceremoniously, pre
sented a petition to him, and then re-en
tered the coach. The lackey closed the
door and Jumrxd upon his box, the whip
snapped and the horses galloped off
Vaucanson did better still. His auto
matic duck was, to connoisseurs, an object
of admiration. The bird waddled off in
search of food, and picked up and swal
lowed the seeds that it met with These
seeds, says an article in the "Biographnie
Universelle,” passed into the stomach
through a series of triturations that fa
cilitated the introduction of them Into the
intestines and caused them to accomplish
all the phases of digestion.
It was impossible to distinguish this duck
from a living one, it splashed about In
the water and quacked at pleasure.
Vaucanson's mechanical flute plnyer also
was a marvel. It was a llfe-siz,- figure
clothed in the fashion of the period, and
standing alongside of a broken column
upon which It slightly leaned. It was capa
ble of playing a dozen different airs with
remarkable ease. To effect this result
there was a system of weights that act
uated a bellows placed In the interior of
the automaton, and, through an invisible
tube, forced air to the flute, where it acted
in the usual way upon the stopple of the
opening. In ordtr to obtain the modula
tions, and, consequently, a complete air,
the fingers of the automaton were movea
ble and closed the holes of the flut.- her
metically when at rest, and also rose and
replaced one another through the traction
exerted by wires and cords that were tau
tened and relaxed by the play qf a tooihe
cylinder.
About sixty years ago a Jeweler In Bou
logne constructed a wonderful automatic
prestidigitator. This figure, correctly
dres.ed In black, performed various slight
of-hand tri ks with remarkable dexterity,
and, when it was applauded, gracefully .-ol
luted the s|>ee< .tors to the right nnd lelt.
One of the tricks was the foliowing: It
Struck a tal-le n vrrn times n.-d made at,
egg come out of it. It then blew upon tt*
latter, when out of it t.tnr.e n hln4 that
flapped its wings and sang, and afterward
iu<red the egg .iga.it. TIiUJ nick llnishcxi
the exhibition.
RALEIGH'S MEN AT THE GAME.
They Saxv the tinstone Shut Out by
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, April 28.—Capt. J. \Y. Cogh
lan. Lieutenant Commander Thomas \V.
Phelps, and other officers of the United
States cruiser Raleigh, which came here
to participate in the ceremonies attending
the unveiling of the Grant monument, and
Dewey Day, witnessed to-day s rational
league game between the Philadelphia and
Boston teams.
The Manila heroes saw two innings be
fore their presence became general.y
known and they then received an ovation.
The players of both clubs lined up aerbss
the pitcher's box and gt"’® three cheers,
in which they were joined by the nearly
5,000 spectators. Capt. Coghlan and Com
mander Phelps rose and bowed their ac
knowledgements of the courtesy. After
the game the naval heroes wer surround
ed by the crowd and cheered to the echo.
The game was a beautiful exhibition of
baseball. Orth, who pitched for the
Phillies, was invincible, Sluhl making
Boston's only hit of consequence, a dou
ble. Two of Nichols' bases on balls re
sulted in runs for the Phillies.
The fielding of both teams was almost
perfect. Attendance 4,448. Score:
R.H.E.
Philadelphia .0 0 .3 0 1 0 0 2 I—7 8 i
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 a 1
Batteries—Orth and Douglas; Nichols
and Clark.
THE PITCHERS WERE WILD.
Caused New York to I,use the Game
to WnNliinK'ton.
Washington, April 28.—New York tried
three pitchers to-day and, with the excep
tion of Colcolough, wno finished the game,
they were wild and ineffective, so the lo
cal team won. The game was called at
the end of the eighth Inning on account
of darkness. Attendance, 300. Score:
R.H.E.
Washington ....1 0 3 8 0 0 0 x—l 214 4
New- York 0 401000 3 890
Batteries—Weyhing and McGuire; Car
rick, Seachrist, Colcolough and Grady.
OPENING GAME AT PITTSBURG.
Home Team Played Han), But AVas
Beaten ly St. Louis.
Pittsburg, April 28.—The baseball season
was opened here to-day with fine weather,
the usual parade, a large crowd and a
good gahie. Pittsburg was outplayed at
every point, but played a good up-hill
game and saved a shut out In the last
inning by Donovan's three-bagger and Mc-
Carthy's long fly. Attendance, 6,275.
Score: R.H.E.
Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I—l 6 1
St. Louis 0 0021020 o—s 10 3
Batteries—Tannehill and Bowerman;
Young and O’Connor.
Baltimore Won the Game,
New York, April 28.—When the Baltl
mores had scored two.runs in the ninth to
day, Gaffney called the game on account
of darkness, after nearly three hours' play,
the Orioles winning by 12 to 11 on even in
nings. It was a slugging match, In which
five pitchers were used, Dufln being forced
to retire from an Injury sustained in slid
ing to second. The Brooklyns fielded rag
gedly, Farrell's throwing being especially
off color. The Baltimore* stole bases at
will. Attendance. Scots: R-H.4i
Brooklyn .3 1 2 0 (/■ 0 0 3—ll 15 5
Baltimore 2 0 4 1 4 1 0 o—l 2 14 1
Batteries—McJames, Dunn, Gaston and
Farrell; Howell, Miller and Robipson.
Mobile Bent New Orleans.
Now Orleans, April 28.—Mobile had a Ht
tle the best of the game with New Or-
Joans to-day, especially at the bat, Badger
not only catching a good game, but knock
ing out a three-bagger and a home run, the
latter when there were two men on bases.
Score: R.H.E.
Mobile 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 x—6 9 1
New Orleans .0 0200300 o—s 7 1
Batteries: Chamberlain and Badger;
Delany and Byers.
Georgia AV Defeated.
Atlanta, Ga., April 28.—The game to
day was a pitchers’ battle. Snappy In
field work was a feature. The second
game of the series will be played here to
morrow by request. Score: R.H.E.
No. Carolina.,o 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 o—2 5 4
Georgia 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 o—l 4 1
Batteries—Lawson and Graves; Banks
ton and Moore.
Chaplain Given Before Y, M. C. A.
Chaplain J. C. Given of the Sixth Mis
souri Regiment will address the Young
Men’s Christian Association to-morrow af
ternoon at 5:30 o'clock. Chaplain Given
is said to be one of Gte best speakers jn
the regiments camped here.
Physicians Battled.
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Customs That 11 itve llcon Kept Up
for a Thousand Years.
From Travel.
A home of silence—such a name ap
pears to be almost an anachronism at the
end of this noisy, bustling nineteenth cen
tury. Yet such it really Is, for, surround
ed by lofty walls, the two hundred In
mates of Da Grande Chartreuse speak but
once a week. Monarticism is looked upon
as a thing of the past, yet in this, the
chief home of the Carthusians, the same
ceremonies and customs and service have
been conducted without a break for nearly
a thousand years, and as a monk told us,
with pride, “without needing to be reor
ganized or reformed.” We have traveled
by train to Grenoble, where a diligence
was waiting to take passengers along fif
teen miles of the road. But no! The old
pilgrim fecdling was upon us, and, dusty
as the road looked, we decided to do the
twenty or thirty miles on foot.
At last we came within sight of the
monastery, with It* vast extent of high
walls, with its quaint roofs and many
towers rising up behind the walls in
strange, fantastic confusion, nestling at
the foot of mighty pine-clad cliffs towering
thousands of feet above the Home of Si
lence The gray wuil* looked strong, sol
emn and gloomy, yet who can tell how
beautiful—how passing “beautiful upon
the mountains"—have they seemed to
many a weary soul! We stood before
the doorway, noble yet simple, and rang
the bell—that bell which no traveler had
ever rung in vain, whatever his nation or
his faith; for, while swords have been
clashing and fires blazing in the name
of Christianity throughout the plain* be
low, its Witnrss nearest heaven has always
been one of peace. Strange feelings were
experienced as we heard the bell echoing
in the corridors within.
I dined alone in the Pavilion de France.
It was somewhat lonely, there being only
one small light to illuminate a chamber
that would seat comfortably 300 or 300.
Years ago, when there were be!ween 200 or
300 Carthusian monasteries scattered all
over Burope, all these rooms would be an
nually filled by the priors and (heir at
tendants; but changes have laken place,
and most of (he religious houses being
suppressed or in ruins, (iiere arc few prlois
and monks left to attend the solemn con
ference. At tn early hour I asked to
he conducted to my chamber. It had been
used by monks long /ears ago; all mat
ri mains of them now Is a nameless gra/m
The furniture, however, is apparently the
same—a plain ceil, almosl a tomb, brlok
lloored and stone-vaulttd; a bed two feec
wide, with thick woolen coverlets; a clia.r,
a table, with ha.-in and towel, and a “prte
dleu.” The oniy ornament a rough wcod-'
en crucifix, no carpel, no looking-glass.
These, I suppose, are vanities.
A hard straw mattress, bolster stuffed
with the same material, two black blank
ets, an Icy wind descending from the
mountains rod a cel! cold as a tomb, are
not conducive to an easy or hasty Journey
to the land of dreams. 1 fanc.ed I had
only Jutit fallen asleep when I was awak
ened by the sonorous clang of the convent 1
bell. It was an unearthly sound in the |
still darkness of midnight, and In the !
gloomy depth of this wooded gorge. Quickly
dressing. I went, cardie In hand, down 1
the long, lonely corridors, looking for the
door which a "brother” hoi p trued out !
as the entrance to the chapel gallery. This I
les si the end of a huge vau.tc.l hall, ,| -
vided imo ports by a hlgn rood screen of :
carved oak with a tad cruclflg, otic of !
which is reserved far the f ithern, and ilte j
other for >hc lay brothers. Ileyond this !
screen the l ho,r and altar cxiuld t> ill nly |
rteu by ilie I giu of a solitary lamp burn- I
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the cold Atone balustrade I watched, white
robed fig-urea noiselessly glide In one by
one, each carrying a little lighted lamp,
and looking very ghostly and mysterious.
Then at the stroke of 12 a loud, wild un
ison of many voice broke the solemn si
lence, "singing the praises of the Most
High.” In the and mly-lighted chapel, from
those white fingers there rose up *he
strange, solemn, chanted psalm. In the
hush of the right one hears these soli
taires— forgot ten by the world—praying for
the world; interceding for men who at
that moment of the dark night were* for
getting God and truth, goodness and pur
-1 ity. He can hear the murmur of those
solemn prayers which have gone up
night after night for many centuries
prayers for the poor and wretched, for
the guilty and crime-laden, for the
dying and the dead, for the sad-hearted
that they might hope agoin In God, for the
light-hearted lest they might forget God.
Death, too, one feeis has beu ,jwor
less to empty those dark stills, where
the white monks have prayed ft nearly
900 years. The service lasts never less
than two hours, sometimes over three, and
(he monks say their happiest time is when
they are singing and praying In the sanc
tuary In the deep hush and awful shadows
of the night.
A Soldier’s Song.
11. ft Cleveland, in the Chicago Timeg-
Herald.
What does a soldier sing? The answer
depends very much on whether be Is a
regular or a v.>** r If h<* be u r*v
ular, In the majority of Instances h-- will
have on his tongue s end thn liup and l>*i
lad of the variety stage. The raoiv sa
tirical the ballad in Its. revolution of Uj
man weaknesses or pa the tin in le* utif M.
Ing of simple affections, the better pleased
the regular will be. He mu Ht have the
sarcasm of the street or ine pat hot* of
the cottage to be thoroughly takn with
his song.
The volunteer soldier is tied far re
moved from home Influences that he can
forget the song that touches his heart in
the twilight of the day. Certain songs,
certain hymns-, are common to all parts
of the nation, but every man's mother
has had someone melody he preferred to
all oth* rand sooner or Inter when at the
front this finds It- 7;s> to his Ufa*.
it is told of G<n. Chaffee that tr the
charge at K 1 fancy he came upon a pri
vate deadly white, but making bis way
upward through the thicket, under fire,
and shouting at the top of bis voice:
How firm a foundation.
That l a very orthodox Presbyterian
hymn. Struck by the pallor of the man,
the general asked him why he sung. The
answer came quickly:
"Thar's my mother's tune. J’m so gol
r darned neared It's all l can hold on to."
Nevertheless■, he went bn and Into the
enemy's camp.
The volunter Is fond of "Ben Bolt,” r.o
matter how ancient sown* foolish poodle
think It has become. When the transport
Seneca came northward from the fever
bedft of Santiago, the volunteers, as she
swung out of the Atlantic and into Ameri
can waters sung the oid tun- v with groat
S unction, not omitting to stamp hard upon
i the decks when they repeated the P.n• - -
| She wept wlh delight when you gave her
a mile.
| Even the si k men n the caoina add'd
! their feeble pipe, while rnemoty brought
I back vie lons of the old ml!i and the
I covered wheel where waters were noisy
I r.o more.
The American line was wavering ni El
Carey. Unsupported by artillery, it sc^*m*
!ed !m;vv**lbie for the men to longer fflfegp
| iho (• trifle fire (mured down up* r them by I
i the enemy, on the extreme left there was |
much centurion, had lost track of
their command*, companies were charg
ing blindly without leaders, and a slaugh
ter or a rout was imminent.
The heat bore the men to the earth.
Bramble and bush tore their flesh. Thirst
of the most aggravated kind was upon
them. The mental anguish of the moment
was awful for the foe was indiscernible.
Some good angel prompted an unknown
hero, perhaps an Indiana boy. mayhap
one from Michigan or New York, to shout:
The army and navy forever.
Three cheers for the red, white and blue.
He did not have to supply the other
lines. The time-scarred song brought the
men to their senses, placed country above
physical danger and discomfort. Bines
were reformed, the wavering line became
an advancing wnM and never stopped until
defeat changed to victory.
At Montauk the different detachment* of
the 14,000 troops brought there were much
scattered. One and two mUee often divider!
commands. The different camps were set
on the crests or slope* of sandhills., In
the cool of some evenings. Just after the
sunset gun. the silence which would fall
upon that Hpot of land Jutting into tha
ocean was oppressive.
On one such night last August, after a
ri * v f nerve-wearing heat, when the even
ing star could be seen faintly twinkling
in (lie west, a sweet breeze swept over
Ihr water up the baked sand citlTs and into
the camp of the Tenth Cavalry, colored.
The l'r< ajueji’s of the new air, the prom
ise of rest from heat, moved the splTh of
some trooper, (>rhap* a negro of Virginia,
and of a tsc . len he begun to sing:
Down In the cornfields close by the mill
There live > ; yaller girl, her name la
Nouicy Till.
Two or thr.'-. other voices took It up aa
he reached the chorus;
C.Dttie, love. come, and go along with ma,
And VII take you down to Tennessee.
The words went floating away up tgt
Gen. W.i.' ier’s headquarters, through tho
boxp.f i wards, over the little cemetery,
into the space- above the ocean. Other
voters caught ap the half-mocking re
frain:
Come, love, come.
Rough Rider* Joined in as they scurried
by on their lean horses. For the space of
a few minutes that venerable song of cot
ton field days, of ante-bellum Joys, held
n eatery of the great camp while Its sweet
ness touched and bound hearts hungry for
the home days again.
The singer ceased. The echoes mado
sport for but art Instant, and sleep was
upon Monlauk.
—One. of the best known French Ori
entalist painters has sent to the salon a
contribution that is the talk of Parisian
studios, says a Part* cable. At first sight
it seems to be a reproduction tn miniature
and carved work of the facade of a Moor
ish edifice. Outside of the door of the
building there stands a Janissary with
drawn sword. On pressing the spring thla
Janissary moves to one side, the door
opens and a panel is displaced, on which
the artist has depicted a Moorish dancer
in the act of executing a most character
istic Eastern dance. The realism of the
picture is remarkable.
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