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cMarching, Fighting and Camping
DIARY CONTINUED.
April 10. IMS—Received orders to be
ready to move at 4:30 o'clock a. m. today.
Did not move, however, until pbout 2
o'clock in the afternoon. Marched about
eight miles and went Into camp after
nightfall. Our brigade now In Walthall’s
division. Stewart’s corps. Taken out of
McClaw’s division; Hardee’s corps. Rain.
April U.—Three men in our brigade con
’flned for going home without leave—one
got away. Resumed our march at 7:30
o'clock this morning and passed through
• Raleigh. Saw many pretty girls. Camp
ed three miles west of Raleigh.
April 13—Resumed our march at 7:30
o'clock a. m. Marched 15 miles and
camped. Visited brother. Marched
slowly. Road not good. All sorts of ru
mors afloat ou camp about General Lee’s
army. Cloudy but warm.
April 13—Commenced to rain again last
night. Resumed our march at 7 o’clock
a. tn. Ceased raining about midday and
cleared up. Camped within three miles
of Hillsboro. No news except the bad
mmors about army. Pleasant day.
• April 14—Brigade marched. 1 was left
behind with a detachment of men under
my command, and in charge of them
and a wagon train. 1 was under orders
u look after the rear and load up and
remove all food and other things which
our army could use. and to prevent their
falling into the hands of the enemy, de
stroy bridges, etc.
I got try wagons loaded up with grub.
This is a wide awake job. under the cir
cumstances. as the enemv were on our
heels, and the surrender of Lee’s army
urged them in their endeavor to bring us
to a standstill and a fight in the hopes of
being thus able to surround our army,
and compel it to surrender also. I be
lieve I was successful in this.
April 15—1 crossed Jhe Haw river at 1
o’clock this morning with my men and
the wagons, myself and my command
crossed it on the Central railroad bridge.
It commenced to rain at 3 o'clock this
morning.
The wagon train and the men under my
command reached the brigade camp about
day.
The brigade resumed its march this
morning and I followed it slowly, retreat
ing m the rain and the mud. Hard work
for us. Cleared up before night. I halt
ed at sundown. Supposed that we will
go to Georgia.
April I< Returned to the brigade with
my det'ehment and we remained in camp
until 13, midday, when we resumed our
march and camped within six miles of
Green sixro. General Stewart’s (our corps
commander* headquarters just across the
read from our camp. Suppose we are to
be the guard of his quarters.
Lee and his army surely captured. Re
ported, that we w*tl surrender here. Fair
day
April 17—In camp all day. Our army
seems to be surrounded and many rumors
in camp about our surrendering. All of
the men anxious. A great many of them
going home. Getting plenty to eat.
April IS— No move today. Reported that
we were surrendered today at 10 o'clock
a. m. Mere men going home. The army
greatly demoralised. Still talk about sur
rendering. General Stewart pleads with
the men who are leaving, as they pass his
headquarters, to remain until they have
orders to act upon. They refuse to re
main or to fight any more. For the past
three days the road has been full of
armed men leaving their commands and
going home. No power to stop them
short of a fight with them. ,
It is thought that from a third to one
half of our army are thus affected. Jeff
Davis gone to Nassau, it is reported.
April 19—In camp still. It seems that we
are to remain here a long time. Our stop
page here very sudden, anyway. Went
fishing today—no luck. Have the camp
Itch very bad on portions of my body. No
news from home in a long time. Fair.
April 30— Myself and Lieutenant W. C.
McGregor went fishing today. Poor luck.
Johnstc n and Sherman concluded a treaty
of reunion. It provides immunity for hav
ing engaged m the war and for the grad
ual emancipation of the slaves. Jeff Da
vis. J. C. Breckenridge, secretary of war;
General Beauregard and General John
ston held a council of war and have left
General Johnston, as commander-ln-chief,
to act to suit his own views, influenced
altogether by what he thinks it is best
to do—make war or peace.
With the army demoralised as it is ther-j
is but one thing that can be done—make
peace if possible. The treaty not effectual
unless ratified by the United States gov
ernment. Hostilities are to cease until
General Sherman is notified of the action
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the United States. In case the terms are
not accepted, then General Sherman to
so notify Geheral Johnston and hostilities
not to be resumed except on notice, and
not until 48 hours thereafter. Tn the
meantime the armies nor any part of
them to be moved from their present
camps. This is the best thing he can do.
All quiet in camp. Fair.
April 21—Moved camp a short distance
today, necessitated for camping conven
iences. No news. No mail from home.
Our army willing to the terms of the
treaty. Have a squirrel. Rain.
April 22—Our whole army In great sus
pense about the peace question; gregt
numbers of men going home without ord
ers: rumors of all sorts numerous; fair.
April 23—A beautiful Sabbath day; noth
ing to talk about now but the peace ques
tion.
April 24—Rumors that our brigade will
move tomorrow for home; men still going
home. Our army very small now. in con
sequence of the men leaving; not enough
of us left to fight the enemy with any
hope of success. We got $l5O each in
silver from the government; glad to note
that our brigade is still intact; so far. no
man has left it; fair.
April 25—The armistice between Sher
man and Johnston at an end; the treaty
rejected by the United States government,
and Sherman gave the 48-hours notice and
hostilities begin tomorrow at 11 o clock
a. m.; men going home and refuse to
fight any more; fair.
April 36—General Stewart told us last
night that negotiations were still going
on but would not tell us their nature. At
11 o'clock a. m. we took up our line of
march and marched five miles south of
Greensboro on the road to Saulsbury; hot
and dusty; one movement and prospects
all a mystery.
April 27—General Johnston surrendered
us to Sherman yesterday; in camp all
day.
April 28—In camp ail day; numerous ru
mors afloat about the peace question;
commenced to turn over wagons, stock,
etc., to the Yankees. We are allowed to
retain arms, equipments and ammunition
for every seventh man and all officers to
retain their side arms. The arms to be
retained as indicated, so that there may
be some armed men in order that we have
some means of protection on our journey
homeward; the south being, in some
places, in an unsettled condition and feel
ing not amicable to us in some sections
through which we might have to pass.
Lincoln reported dead; sorry to hear
this. I have regarded him as a good man,
as have the rank and file of our army.
He was an able man. and his emancipa
tion proclamation turned tae attention
and the sympathy of the world from the
avowed object of the war at the begin
ning. vias State's rights on our side and
the preservation of the union on the oth
er to a contest over the freedom of the
negro. Os course we never yielded our
contention that we were fighting for the
rights of the states, but, then, Lincoln
changed the slogan of the north from the
union to the negro question. From the
northern standpoint and their interest in
the war, this was a master-stroke of pol
icy. Os course I did not want them to
inaugurate a policy which would strength
en them at our expense but since they
did It, I must give him the credit of po
litical wisdom. i
This man was the man for the occasion,
but the wisdom of the freedom of .the
negro remains to be proven. A great and
a good man has fallen, and I feel that he
is due my respect. May he rest In peace
and be honored as is his due! As to Andy,
who is now president, he is. in my mind,
simply a politician', and has no deep con
viction of the right or wrong of the war
as a principle, but simply is on their side
because he dislikes somebody or son»>
thing, and he will make a failure as a
president. No man ever espoused the cause
of a minority of his section and acted
justly toward the majority of them. As
for me, I am southern yet. having seen
or heard nothing to change my opinion.
I do not like to give up the fight while
the friends of my boyhood are sleeping
their last sleep in the forests of Virginia
and elsewhere; martyrs to the right. But
I am forced to abide by what is being
done.
I am glad to retain my sword, for while
I have it I feel like a freeman still. Our
men are mustered, and muster rolls have
been made and signed and turned over to
the Yankees. These muster rolls show the
names of all who surrendered with their
commands.
April 29th.—Left camp at sunrise
this morning and marched to Greens
boro, where we are ordered as a garri
son. Arriving at Greensboro. I was detail
ed in command of my company, to guard
the horses to be turned over here by us
to Sherman. I have about 2,000 horses to
guard. People from the surrounding coun
try are hourly beseiglng and beseeching
the guards to sell or let them have horses.
This keeps me up night and day on the
watch, and I, am compelled to walk the
guard lines around the coral all the time
to prevent any one from getting any of
this stock.
There is a hotel close by and I am fed
by\he owners like a lord, but while I eat
I am beseeched to part with the stock. I
am in command and as an officer I refuse.
1 intend to be faithful and true to my
trust even if we are in the hands of the
Yankees, constructively. Cannon powder
is being burnt at night. It is strewed on
the ground in all sorts of fantastic shapes,
and then touched off. This is our final—
a blaxe of fireworks. Some of the men have
broken up their guns.
April 30—The Yankees took charge of the
horses this evening. They allowed each
of my men to get a horse. They gave me
one. Subsequently all of these horses were
given to farmers in the surrounding coun
try. I was thus relieved and returned to
camp. Glad to get back. Fair.
May I—Relieved from guard yesterday
and went to camp near town where I re
mained today in quiet, taking care of my
horse. Quite sick from diarrhoea.
May 2.—in charge of camp until mid
day. when I and Lieutenant W. C. Mc-
Gregor were detailed and ordered to re
port at the headquarters of Colonel Wal
lace. commandant of the post, to assist
the adjutant in giving out individual pa
roles. These paroles are not for the sur
rendered men. but for all others who wish
them. We gave them to hundreds who
came from far and near to get them. We
Issued about as many of these to men ab
sent from their commands, as we had
men in the ranks to surrender. These
men seem to be well, hale and hearty. I
am told that in some sections, not far
from here, there are numbers of men who
decided that the war was over some time
ago. It seems that they just got tired
of fighting—and I must admit that it takes
lots of patriotism for men to fight four
years on empty stomachs.
May X—At the headquarters of Colonel
Wallace again teday giving out paroles.
Saw General Hartranft. He is acting for
the United States here. Saw General
Beauregard walking in a porch of a resi
dence. He was bareheaded and seemed to
be in a deep study. I do not believe that
the muster rolls of the surrendered arfhy’
will show more than 14.000 men present
with their commands, and I believe we
have issued that many individual paroles
to men absent from their commands. No
wonder we had to surrender. Our com
mand relieved of garrison duty by some
Yankees, and we returned to our old
camp five miles south of this town.
Irvin Chipley, of my company, lost his
horse. He took mine to hunt for him.
May 4.—Commenced our march home
ward today at sunrise. Marched 22 miles
and camped. Roads very dusty. Camped
before sundown. I am very tired. Irvin
Chipley not yet returned with my horse.
May s.—Resumed our march this morn
ing. Passed through Lexington before
noon yesterday. Rain on the horizon.
Marched to the Yadkin river and camped.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1902.
BY W. A. JOHNSON,
Co. D, 2d S. C. V.
Irvin Chipley returned with my horse to
day. He found his.
May 6.—crossed the Yadkin river yes
terday morning at an hour by sun. Upon
reaching this place(Saulsbury) our brigade
was disbanded. The men of my old com
pany go home under the command of
Captain W. C.Vance. The balance of com
pany D and some other men are put un
der my command to lettirn home.
I got one of our regimental wagons with
four mules to carry rations for my men.
The Yankees furnished me with the grub.
It consisted of hard bread, sugar, coffee
and pickled pork.
I put in the wagon 1 barrel (200 pounds)
of pickled pork. 1 barrel of sugar, 1 bar
rel of coffee and then al! the hard tack
that I could get on the wagon. The wa
gon was covered. I also got some boxes
of tobacco. I had the men to draw lots
tor the four mules and the wagon. This
would, at least, keep five men with me,
and then, in order to have the mules fed
and looked after, it was necessary to have
a man interested in each mule.
I made it obligatory upon the four men
who drew the mules to carry the wagon
to the home of the man w'ho drew the
wagon. This worked out all right in the
end. When I reached the suburbs of
Salisbury I found two boxes of new rifles
and six boxes of ammunition. Here I
made every man I had arm himself and I
put two boxes of ammunition in the wa
gon. This turned out all right, for if I
had not done so it is doubtful if 1 could
ever have gone through with that wagon
load of grub. As it was. I had to post
guards and pickets at night, and in some
places had to march by day with scouts
and skirmishers ahead. It looked more
like I was at war than going home.
The rations which we got at Salisbury
were in exchange for some Confederate
cotton which General Johnston turned
over to Sherman in order to get food for
us.
We had no mingling with the Yankees
gt the surrender—no marching between
their lines and laying down our arms. To
all intents and purposes it was conducted
as though there was not a Yankee within
1,000 miles of us. I only saw those wh<)
relieved us at Greensboro and had very
little to say to any of them. The Yankees
evidently respected our feelings, as that
was all we had left to say grace over.
This is the virtual ending of the war in
my case.
RECAPITULATION.
In the war over four years. Saw the
first shell as went into Fort Sumter
April 11. 1861. and the surrender of John
son's army, April 26, 1865.
Received as chief drill instructor at the
training camp at Lightwood Knot Springs
S6O; at Fredericksburg, $33. and at Greens
boro, $1.15 in silver. Had good clothes
at the start, and about none at the end.
Learned how to live without eating, and
if forced to eat could do it without grumb
ling; had learned that clothing and houses
were luxuries and not necessaries; that
cold and heat were imaginary quantities;
that soap and such things were only for
women and children and not for men. In
fact, I had learned how to be a man.
My old company reduced to a handfull;
hardly enough left to tell each other good
bye. We had three captains over my old
company. The first one was W. W. Perry
man. he resigned; then George McDow
ell, who was killed at Gettysburg; then
W. C. Vance, who was with it at the sur
render.
Glorious old company, and at the close
was full of honor. VVe were all qualified
pie eaters, but for the want of pie we
qualified ourselves to eat anything.
We were all qualified gentlemen, but for
the lack of a wardrobe we qualified to
wear much or not to wear much, as the
exigencies of the case required or ne
cessitated.
, Wa started out in seal skins and got
back in raw hide and sole leather.
Nothing like war when you get used
to it, brother.
Atlanta, Ga„ January, 1902.
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♦ THE FELLOW FEELING THAT ♦
♦ MAKES WONDROUS KIND ♦
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In the autumn of 1863. a small number
of prisoners, about twenty, that had been
captured in Mississippi, were sent to
Knoxville, Tenn. From that place a new
guard detail was made to take them to
Richmond, Va.
Among the prisoners was an officer—a
nice-looking man—and our lieutenant in
charge allowed him to ride in the passen
ger coach with us. He was treated by all
as a gentleman, allowed many privileges,
was pleasant ®nd entertaining.
Before we reached Richmond he took
the names of the lieutenant and sergeant
of our guard, and gave us his own name,
regiment, etc., saying that he might have
a chance, some time, to return our kind
ness.
' On the 22d of July, 1864. William C.
Gunn, a brother of the writer, the ser
geant spoken of above, was captured by
the Union troops. While en route to
Camp Chase the train conveying a large
number of prisoners, stopped at a small
station in Ohio.
Just as it was moving off some fellow
prisoner happened to call the name
“Gunn.” A man standing near asked if
that was Sergeant Gunn, of the 6th Flor
ida regiment.
"No,’' was the reply, “but I am his
brother.”
“Here,” , said the man. “take these ci
gars. it’s all I have with me. Had I heard
your name sooner I would have gotten
you something to eat. Your brother was
kind to me when I was a prisoner.”
The officer was Lieutenant Edward
Krebs, Co. I, 9th Illinois Mounted Infan
try.
As soon as the 6th Florida regiment had
gone into camp near Frankfort, Ky„ a
citizen complained that the boys were
burning his rails. Colonel Finley immedi
ately Issued an order that no rails must be
FIXED THE FAMILY.
Grape-Nuts Set Them Right.
It is better to have a food epidemic in
a family than an epidemic of sickness. A
young lady out at Hibbing, Minn., tells
about the way Grape-Nuts won her fam
ily. She says, “When recovering from
typhoid fever my doctor ordered Grape-
Nuts Breakfast Food. I gained four
pounds the first we?k, and, as the package
was kept on the table for me, the whole
family started to eat the new food.
“We soon noticed a difference in my
younger brother’s face, which had been
pale and bloodless, and who had been
suffering from chronic inflammation of the
stomach. In a short time he began to
eat so heartily that we all remarked about
it, and before long he got so he could eat
anything without the least bad effect.
“We often eat Grape-Nuts dry as we
would candy or nuts, and it has a richer
taste than when soaked in water. The
best way is to put on some good, rich
cream.
“My sister found that after we began
eating Grape-Nuts she had a much great
er supply of milk for her babe. We have
quit eating hot bread and meat for the
evening meal and take in place some nice
Grape-Nuts, with cream and a little fruit,
and have all improved greatly’ in health.
“Please don’t publish my name." Name
can be given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
burned. A meek-looking private went to
the colonel's tent as soon as the order was
read, and said: “Colonel, it will be no
harm to burn pieces of rails, will it?”
"Oh. no,” said the always good natured
officer. A few hours after the same citi
zen came up and reported that the sol
diers were breaking the rails, and carry
ing off the pieces.
“Adjutant Ely,” cried the colonel, “is
sue an order that no rail nor piece of a
rail must be burned.” C. C. GUNN,
Co. A, 6th Fla. Regt.
4 Buffalo Bill"
At the Capital.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.—The halls of
congress were ornamented yesterday with
the person of "Buffalo Bill” and a friend
whose appearance was as oddly pictur
esque as Colonel Cody's own. They came
to congress, not as solons to enact laws
for the government of the United States,
but to beg their friends, the congressmen,
aid in securing a few Indians
wild west shows.
In the corridors, where every third per
son seen is a character of national re
pute. Buffalo Bill easily held the center
of attention. He stalked about the mar
ble halls with his easy western swing,
stopping now and then for a handshake
with an acquaintance or conference with
a congressman. At every pause a crowd
gathered about him to listen to his deep,
sonorous voice.
With his wide sombrero; his long. Iron
gray hair plaited and folded about the
back of his head; his typical western
garb and his commanding figure, he ap
peared the true plainsman that he is. Be
fore he left the capltol an incident occur
red which lent interesting comment
throughout the corridor.
On the west side of the hall hangs the
noted painting “Westward Ho.” There
are several heroic figures in the picture,
all of which closely resemble Colonel Co
dy. In his wanderings about the rotunda
the great showman finaly ran against a
friend directly beneath tne painting, and
the two stopped to chat.
A moment later an elderly lady passing
that way suddenly halted and threw up
her hands. She gazed in open-mouthed
astonishment at Colonel Cody, who at
that moment happened to be standing like
a statue, with one hand extended forward
in a gesture, z,
“Bless me,” exclaimed the elderly lady,
under her breath, "4f one of those men in
the picture hasn’t stepped down and out
of it!”
Then she called several friends who
were near by, and they all gathered at a
respectful distance to eagerly discuss the
remarkable occurrence. The guide said
they were a school ma’am and her schol
ars from Massachusetts. They didn't go
away until Colonel Cody noticed them ex
citedly making sketches of him. where
upon he dived into a near by committee
room and escaped.
I found him later on the floor of the
house after adjournment of the session,
ajid he talked interestingly of his visits
to Atlanta.
"I shall never forget one of my trips
to that beautiful, city,” he declared. “We
were showing there one day when a detec
tive from Baltimore walked into out en
closure and laid hands upon one of my
Indians, a fine looking young chief. The
Indian had been pointed out to the of
ficer as one who ha.d, a week before, killed
a boy in the streets of Baltimore with a
brick.
"We took out a habeas corpus for the
Indian and proved in the United States
court before Judge William T. Newman
that the young chief who had been point
ed out as a murderer was on the reser
vation in the territory when the killing
occurred. You see, the Baltimore citizen
thought he could pick out a certain In
dian from a big bunch, a trick which even
the oldest plainsman, is incapable of per
forming. In the end the case was drop
ped because ho one could identify the buck
who hurled the brick.
“Yes, I remember Atlanta as one of the
finest cities I ever visited. The people
there are very generous in their apprecia
tion of our shows:”
Colonel Cody got all the satisfaction he
wanted in regard to a stock of new In
dians from the reservation. He left the
capitol in high good humor, but for sev
eral hours afterwards he was the sole
topic of conversation.
MAY GET $1,000,000
FOR COTTON SEIZED
Georgia will very probably receive sl.-
000.000 from the United States government
for cotton seized by the government in
Savannah in 1864. Governor Candler had
a letter Monday morning from Tomlinson
Fort Johnson, of Savannah, special agent
for the state in the matter, stating that he
had splendid evidence in the case and he
thought there would be no trouble about
the matter when he was allowed to ap
pear before the court of claims.
The state of Georgia owned 1,640 bales
of cotton, which was on the wharfs at
Savannah in 1864, and which was seized
by the federal troops when Savannah was
captured. The cotton was shipped away
by the United States government, sold
and the money put in the treasury at
Washington. H. V; Johnson was employ
ed by Governor Smith in 1874 to investi
gate the seizure, and to collect money
for the value of the cotton, but he died
before he accomplished much. Governor
Candler appointed his son Tomlinson Fort
Johnson, and from his report to Goveruor
Candler he has been very successful in
obtaining evidence.
He writes that he has the date the cot
ton was seized, the names of the party
Seizing it, the number of bales, the weight
of each bale, anu the markings on each
bale.
At the time the cotton was taken it was
valued at $1.40 per pound, and if that al
lowance is made by the court of claims,
Georgia will be paid more than $1,000,000.
Governor Candler thinks that the state
has a strong chance of getting the award,
and if so the state treasury will be con
siderably swelled.
STATE WILL PAY $600,000
TO TEACHERS THIS WEEK
School teachers of Georgia will be paid
in full the money due them for last year's
work on Friday or Saturday. This an
nouncement was made Monday morning by
Governor Candler. It will be the first
time since the deficit in the school fund
that the teachers have been paid in full
in January and Governor Candler is natu
rally pleased with the result and the
teachers will be more so when they learn
the news.
The amount due them is $600,000. and
they will get it all at one payment. The
warrants are now "being made out by
State School Commissioner G. R. Glenn.
The payment will be for the work done
during the last two school months of the
year. It is highly probable that the first
payment for this year’s work can- be made
next month and that another one can be
made in March.
Governor Candler and School Commis
sioner Glenn have made every effort to
get ready to pay the teachers all that was
due them on last year’s work. The treas
ury has considerable money on hand at
present, and the disbursements will begin
as soon as the warrants are signed. The
teachers will not have a claim against
the state when they receive the money
and will not have a claim until the month
of January is completed.
MAYOrTnD PHYSICIAN
CLASH IN AUTHORITY
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. Jan. 20.-Mayor
William Glassman. of Ogden, refused to ac
cept the diagnosis of a case of suspected small
pox made by City Physician Condon, and
after visiting the patient to satisfy himself ho
was ordered in quarantine by Condon.
He placed the health officer under arrest,
charging him with interfering with the mayor.
The above is the result of the dispute of
long standing between the health department
and the mayor regarding Condon's smallpox
diagnosis.
; Journal's
Saturday
Sermon
Paul the Apostle did not write dull, dry
epistles. His words are throbbing with
intense spiritual fervor today an instinct
with a life and power, born of communion
with the Lord of life and glory. When he
speaks of the Christian’s life, he paints
you a picture of a soldier, clad in gleam
ing armor of steel, ready to rush into
battle with indomitable courage, to march
through winter’s icy blasts or summer's
burning heat, without a tremor or a mur
mur. He points to that soldier, and says,
“There is the type of a true Christian, a
good soldier of Jeus Christ.” Don’t it
thrill your soul, and move you to come at
once and enlist under the great Captain
of our salvation?
Here, in this text, Paul describes him
self—and the picture sets forth every fol
lower of Christ—as a contestant for a
prize in a great race. There is the course
marked out, by the Almighty Judge and
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King, in the holy scriptures. Yonder is
Jesus, the Crown Prince of Heaven and
Heir of all the worlds, holding the dia
dems in His hand, to grace the brows of
the victors. A vast throng of spectators,
a great cloud of witnesses are looking on
at those who have entered the lists. How
sublime is this struggle for victory over
Satan and sin!
See that racer flying over the race
course. Mark how every limb, every
muscle of the man, is at its highest ten
sion. He is straining every nerve to win
the crown at the end of the race. He
never looks back, but stretches forward
his whole boay, and flies straight on, and
on, and on toward the winning poet.
So, writes Paul, do I. One thing only
possesses my whole being; whether I live
or die, my sole and supreme aim is to
reach the full measure of Christian man
hood and to finish my course as a minister
of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. In
order to accomplish this end, I have
learned to forget the past, that I may se
cure the future.
1. We learn first, that it is useless
and hurtful to dwell much on what one
has lost or gained, in the past. After you
have made your record, you can not
change it by reviewing it. If it is bad, re
pent sincerely and pray God to forgive
you for Christ’s sake. “He that covereth
his sins shall not prosper, but whoso con
fesseth and forsaketh them shall have
mercy,” is God’s promise to the penitent.
When God forgives sin it is blotted out
forever from the book of His remem
brance. Then do not go into the grave
yard of buried sin, and dig up your old
evil deeds, after God has forgiven them.
Could you run a race successfully with a
great weight on your back? How then
cgn you hope to run well in the spiritual
race, if you do not cast your burden of
guilt on the loving heart of Christ, and
let it remain there?
2. Not only forget the sins which God
has forgotten, but also the sorrows of by
gone days. It is a morbid habit, to go
back, in memory, and live over the trials
of former years—as bad as to borrow
trouble from the future. Sufficient unto
the day is the evil thereof. Today has
enough duties to be done, enough battles
to be fought, enough burdens to carry,
without taking on those of yesterday or of
tomorrow.
When a tree is ready to put forth its
new foliage in the spring, it drops every
old faded leaf that has clung to its
branches through the winter. The tree
has no use for those sere, dead leaves; and
they would hinder the growth of the fresh,
green foliage. So, let us put out of our
lives the griefs and tears of the past.
They had a blessed ministry for our souls,
and served ’ some precious purpose of
good; but if they linger in our feelings
and thoughts now. will make us unfit for
present service. O child of trouble. O
heart pierced with grief, give all thy bit
ter memories into the keeping of the sym
pathizing Jesus. He will put all thy tears
into His golden vial of love, and when He
brings forth thy crown of .glory, those
tears will be turned into rich ,gems of joy,
to sparkle in that crown forever.
3. Again, learn to forget your past at
tainments and achievements. If we rest
on what we have already done, then there
is the end of all advancement. Rather let
a noble discontent with what you have
done and what you are spur you on to
greater and grander progress. The stu
dent who realizes he or she can reach a
higher mark at the next examination is
on the sure road to a brilliant record;
while the one who thinks he or she has
done the best possible, will win nothing
of which to be proud. So is it in spirit
ual things.
The widow of a great artist says: “I
never saw my husband satisfied with one
of his productions, and often have I heard
him exclaim, 'I never, never shall be a
painter as long as I live!’ Yet he became
an artist of wondrous power and wide
fame. Do likewise, my friend, and you
will climb to the shining heights of per
fection in the Christian life. Yield not to
weak and unmanly despair, but confess
your faults and short-comings and aim
to reach a standard of the highest excel
lence.
“Heaven is not reached by a single bound.
But we build the ladder by wh.ch we rise,
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies.
And climb to the summit,- round by
round."
4. Once more we see th’e secret of
Paul’s triumphant career to be a constant
reaching out after the greater gifts and
graces of the Christian life. Not as
though I were already perfect" is his lan
guage in this same chapter. Perfection
does not belong to anything that man
can do. at least not in this world. “Now
are we the sons of God, and it doth not
yet appear what we shall be; but we
know that, when He shall appear, we
shall be like Him; for we shall see Hfm
as He is,” wrote the beloved aisciple
John. We do not see the Lord as He is.
yet, for we are so dark, so Impervious to
the rays of divine light from our Master's
face that our spiritual vision is blurred
and distorted. “Blessed are' the pure in
heart for they shall see God." Cultivate
more heart-purity and you will see God
more and more. Cultivate more Christian
love and you will know God better, /or
God is love and he that loveth is born of
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God and knoweth God.
Many are sighing, “I wish I enjoyed
my religion more.” They never will be
singing and rejoicing until they quit look
ing backward and begin to reach forward
after the deep things of God. the richer,
sweeter experience of high fellowship with
Jesus. Then will wondrous, ineffable
peace be yours. Then will joy beyond
compare, spring like a founain evermore
in your soul, making you as a watered
garden. Then will your knowledge of
things heavenly and divine be as the light
of the morning, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day. Then will
you mount up with wings like the eagle,
yea. you shall be far too high in your
soul’s flight for the shafts of your ene
mies ever to harm you in your deepest
and truest life.
Look upward and not downward, for-
The Unmusical Prince; Or,
The Good cdTatured Giant
BY RAYMOND FULLER AYERS.
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A very great many years ago there lived i
a handsome young prince who just could ;
not bear music. He had studied almost
everything there was to study, and as <
ne was a studious youth he learned al- :
most all his teachers could teach him;
that is, all but his music teacher. He did
not like music at all, and the more he i
studied it the less he liked it; so, of 1
course, he just learned a lot of notes and ,
things without knowing what they meant,
and when he tried to play for his teacher
it was exactly as if he had tried to bound
the District of Columbia by means of
compqund fractions. Now. this was very
unfortunate, for his father could play the
bats drum beautifully and his mother
could play the tamborine as well as any
one could. Os course, all the lords in wait
ing and all the ladles in waiting, and, in
fact, every one else played the drums and
tambourines every spare moment that
they had, for you see, it was the fashion,
and, besides, it pleased the King and
Queen immensely, for they were so fond
of music.
Things went on this way until after a
while the King grew sc worried over some
affairs of state that he could not sleep at
night. He tried his best, but it was of no
use, and by morning he was so tired out
trying to go to sleep that he would just
doze off and sleep all day. Then the next
he would be wide awake again, and
then, of course, half of the court would
have to sit up with him and play on the
bass drums and tambourines, while the
other half would play all day to the
Queen. Then the Prince, whose name was
Roland, grew desperate. One morning,
without saying a word to anyone, he emp
tied the money from his little bank into
his pockets and started off to seek his
fortune and to find some place where he
would not have to listen to music all the
time.
The Prince was fond of company and
did not like to travel alone, so he would
bow and smile very politely to any trav
eler whom he saw going his way and walk
along with him. But he soon grew tired of
this, for every traveler fn that country
was musical, too, and most of them car
ried musical instruments of some kind
w’ith them. Those who did not have any
instruments would either sing or whistle
until the poor Prince grew almost dis
tracted. Still, he did not want to travel all 1
by himself, and at last he thought of his !
money. He naid eadh one he walked with
to keep qulot, and so he got along very
nicely.
After traveling for a long time Roland
came to a beautiful city. It was surround
ed by walls so high that he could not see
the top without bending his neck back so
far that it got a crink in it. and you kaow
that when a wall is as high as that it is
very high, indeed. He went in the gates
with a crowd of people, and as he was
very tired he found best inn and
stayed all night. The next morning as he
was paying his bill the innkeeper asked
him what line of business he w’as in. “I
haVe no business. I am only seeking my :
fortune." replied Roland. “Do you know
of any fortune around here that can be
found without too much trouble?”
"Yes, .yes ” said the Innkeeper. “I know
of a fine one. Why don't you go and kill
the giant?”
“What giant?” asked Roland.
“Why, the giant that lives on the moun
tain over there?” said the innkeeper.
"Why should I kill him?’’ asked Roland.
“He never did anything to me.”
“But the giant has the fortune.” ex
plained the innkeeper. “Anyone who kills
him can have it. He is a very fierce
giant, too. He used to come here to this
city and behave shamefully. He used to
pick up our houses and turn them upside
down. Then he would shake them, and
all the gold and silver that fell out of
them hO would carry off. If people said
anything to him he would just step on
them and squash tnem flat.”
"Oh, my!” said Roland. “You don't
think there is any danger of his coming
here now, do you?”
“None at all,” said the inkeeper. “He
has not been able to get in since we built ,
those hign wails around the city.”
“Oh,” said Roland, “I was just wonder- I
Ing if he would come along, so I could I
kill him here, and then I would not be put
to the trouble of going all the way to the
mountain where his castle is.”
As soon as Roland said that the inn
keeper ran out in the street and began to
wave his arms, jump up and down and
shout. A great crowd of people gathered
at once, and the innkeeper told them that
Roland was going to kill the giant and
that he could hardly wait to get at him.
Then all the people cheered, and the
mayor of the city came up and shook
hands with Roland and patted him on
the head. He said that Roland was a
brave youth, and he hoped he would not '
get eaten alive by the giant. Roland
said that he certainly hoped not, too, and
the mayor said that if he did. he should
have the handsomest monument that
money could buy, and what more could he
want?
Os course, Roland could not back out
then, although he did not want to kill
that giant one single bit, for all those peo
ple would be so disappointed, and then
they might think he was afraid of the
g ant, and that would never do.
Then all the people cheered some more,
and they put him on a fiery steed and
gave him a spear. The city gates were
opened and an immense procession form
ed. There were six dozen brass bands in
front of Roland and six dozen behind him,
and they played all the popular songs,
with all the people joining in the chorus. I
They made such a noise that Roland
thought to himself he would rather kill I
giants all txe rest of his life than have i
that racket 7 kept up for an hour. The
people and she bands left him at the city
gates, and he rode on alone.
Roland rode for a long time without
seeming to get much nearer to the moun
tain on which stood the giant's castle.
The spear he carried was so heavy that it !
made his arms ache, and as he did not
know how to use it, anyway, he threw
it away. He seemed to get on much bet
ter after this, and it was just abput noon
when he rode up to the giant’s castle. The
giant was painting the front porch, and
he stopped and frowned fearfully when
he saw Roland. “Here's another one of
them.” he growled. He was so large and
Rnland was so frightened that he just
sat still on his horse without saying a
word. “Well, what do you want?” said
tbe gtauL *‘Yqu qudw up Lere to kill me I
ward and not backward ye who have
started on the Christian race. Your race
|s nearly run. your crown is almost won.
Only a few more marchings weary and
the burden will be lifted forever fr6m
your aching heart. The golden city is near
er now, dear pilgrim, and your tired feet
will soon press the threshold of the house
of many mansions. Your eyes, long dim
med with tears, will, ere long, weep no
more, for you shall see the king In his
beauty. O hands hardened and worn with
exhausting toil, how sweetly ye strike the
harps of heavenly praise! This one thing
I do, forgetting the things that are be
hind and reaching .forth unto, the things
that are before, -I press toward the mark,
for the prize of the high calling of God
in Christ Jesus. God is calling us. Shall
we go on to perfect love fdr a perfect
God in a perfect heaven? . ‘
and get my fortune, I suppose, didn't
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“No. siree.” said Roland. “The people
down there in that city did say. somjflMng
about it, and they gave me a sp>aY to kill
you with, but I told them I would not hurt
you fpr the world, and I threw the spear
away. I came up here to get away from
their bands of music more than anything
else.” • •
“Y’ou don't say so‘. T "'~saftF“*ta!s\giant.
“Come right in and have lunch. I am
to see you. You look like quite a sensible '
young fellow. At first I thought that you
were one of those chaps that ’ come up
here and sing serenades under the window
of the beautiful princess that I keep shut
up. I just can’t stand that, and I gener
ally go out and eat them alive, just to put
them out of misery.”
“Have you really and truly a beauti
ful princess shut up in your castle?" ask
ed Roland.
"Os course 1 have,” said the giant.
“What's the use of being a giant if you
can't have a beautiful princess shut up
in your castle? But are you quite sure
that you don't sing serenades?" Roland
said that he had ne.ver sung a serenade in
his life; that he couldn't if he would: that
he was glad he couldn't, and that he
wouldn't if he could. The giant was much
relieved at tMs. and they had a fine time
at lunch. They got quite well acquainted
and the giant took a great liking to Ro
land. “Now, see here,” he said, as they
finished lunch. "You are out seeking a
fortune. I have several fdrtunes in my
treasure vaults, and you can take youT
pick, just so that you will feel comLirt
able. Now you stay here and be cota
pany for me and the princess, and I will
keep the musicians and singers away ’
from you, for I detest music as much as
you do.” Roland said that would be just
fine,.and the princess said so, too, and as
she had not seen a single prince nean by
for ever so long, she thought that Roland
was just the finest prince that ever was;
so they were married and lived happily
forever.
THE TWO FACED BANKNOTE.
Washington Poat.
Dtrector Merldith. of the bureau of printing
and engraving is rather skeptical regarding ths
genuineness of the two-faced banknote discov
ered by a Chicago business man. He claims
that such a thing is hardly within the realm of
possibility, and is rather inclined to believe that
the freak piece of currency is a counterfeit.
The bill was discovered through a shortaga
In the accounts of Adams & Smith. A brokerage
firm of Chicago. It is said to harts the face of
a SSO note Issued by the Etna National bank
of Kansas City and bears the date March 10,
1290, while on the back is a replica of the
SIOO denomination issued the same year. The
face number is 4251, series 1882. while on the
back the number 4251 is printed on the centra
of the bill, but upside down.
Director Meredith said that he did not see
how a mistake of this character could be made.
“The backs of the bills are printed first." he
continued, “and the sheets are allowed to dry
for at least six weeks. The face is then print
ed and as this note is dated 1890, and there
would necessarily be four of them printed. It
stands to reason that such an odd mistake
would have been discovered some time ago.
Banknotes are also carefully examined twice
before leaving the bureau for just such errors
as this, and not content with a twofold exam
ination. Uncle Sam requires that paper cur
rency before leaving his treasury should again
be carefully examined by experts for defects.
In this manner errors are practically an im
possibility. and Director Meredith said that
such a mistake as this has never occurred In •
the history of the bureau.
FOREIGN NOTES OF INTEREST.
What is supposed to be the largest and most
valuable pearl in the world has been found ,
near Broome. West Australia. Its value la
estimated at between £9,000 and £15,000.
Mme. de Maupassant, mother of the French
author, Guy de Maupassant, lives at Nice.
Italv. in a tali house with closed shutters, and
seldom sees strangers, yet any admirer of her
son is always assured of a warm welcome.
The arsenal at Kiangnan, China, is busy
turning out modern rifled guns, under urgent
orders from the Viceroys and governors of
nine provinces to supply quick-firers, as well
as with smokeless powder, shot and shell,
which will be used in rearming the forces on
land and sea of the nine provinces.
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