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I THE COUNTRY HOME
Women on the Farm
Conducted By Mrs. IV. H. Felton.
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Surviving Widows of President.
While there is but one ex-president still
alive. In this'country (a remarkable fact
and demonstrating the wear and tear of
official poeiUqn) there are three widows
who occupied the white house, and one
other. Mrs. Harrison, who married ex-
President Harrison after his term of of
fice expired. 4
Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Garfield. Mrs. Cleve
land and Mrs. McKinley survived the
strain of political life and are living in
comfort and luxury, with a pension to the
widows of IE.MO per annum, and with ele
gant homes and fortunes beside for each
of them
This government has been exceedingly
generous to the wives of deceased ex-'
presidents. There is a bill before congress
to pension Mrs. Harrison, and as these
pensions are gratuities, there is no reason
that I see why the gratuity shall not be
extended to Mrs. Harrison.
Mrs. Grant and her daughter. Mrs. Sar
toris. live in Washington city. Mrs. Gar
field in her Ohio home, and also Mrs. Me-.
Kinley. Mrs. Harrison lives in Indianap
olis.
General Garfield and his wife were both
school teachers in early life, and Mrs.
McKinley assisted her father in his bank
when a young lady.
Mrs. Harrison was a niece of the first
wife of General Benjamin Harrison, and
his children were said to be violently op
posed to the stepmother.
Mrs. Grant was in comfortable circum
stances when she married a poor soldier,
and their early married life was one of
strain and privation.
But the run of good fortune became
marvelous in after years. No man, ex
cept General Washington, ever had hon
ors poured upon him like those accorded
to General Grant. The close of the civil
war made him almost omnipotent in the
affairs of the nation.
It speaks well for General Grant that he
did not abuse the confidence of his admir
ers by assuming the authority of military
dictator. He might have done so, and a
less honorable man would have grasped
the prise
And history will write him down as a
great ruler as well as soldier, because he
did not abuse the adoring confidence of
his admirers. He was not a learned man.
or educated in the arts of statesmanship
when he was made president, and he had
around him a class of men who were
ready to do his will absolutely.
This country owes him a debt of grati
tude that he did as well as he did. and
kept his good sense under the frantic
sttWin of abolition desire to put the ne
gro above the white man in the south.
He had a narrow and thorny path to trav
el amid sectional prejudices and the pas
sions of civil war; and it is remarkable
that he kept the negro to his place as
well as he did. and yet retained his sup
pert and admiration.
Mrs. Grant was a loyal help-meet for
her husband, and she did enjoy her op
portunities. Some people criticised her
because she said she regretted to leave
the white house, because they had been
eight happy years to her.
She simply spoke the trutg. and I ad
mired her honesty and plain speaking.
There were some years afterward when
her life was not so free from care, be
cause General Grant fell among thieves
and they swindled him of his money and
betrayed his trust in supposed friendship,
and imde his last days bitter with finan
cial anxiety, at well as suffering. His
wue was brave, as well as loyal, and now
her last days are comfortable tn ease and
luxury.
Mrs. McKinley's invalidism brought out
her husband's tender solicitude for her.
Everybody supposed the shock of his
death would k.. her. but she has done
remarkably well under the circumstances.
Mrs. Hayes I knew more about, and ad
mired most of all presidents' wives, doubt
less for that reason. She was a crown
jewel among women.
Mr*. Cleveland's admirers speak in rap
turous vones of her gracious tact and
wonderful magnetism and excellence. May
she live long, and may her dear children
be-all to her that a fond mother's heart
can wish.
Uneasy Lies the Head That Wears the
Crown.
The young king of Spain, still in his
teens, will hare a thorny road to travel,
if the foes of his race and order can
plant the thorns as they desire in his
pathway. .
It seemed a pity the fatherless boy
could not pass his coronation day with
out somebody's effort to assassinate him.
He is a gentle, well-bred boy. and bis
mother is a discreet woman and a good
mother as well. Alphonso yould seem to
be one of the most harmless of the order
of kings, yet the youth must have been
’terribly shocked at the bold attempt to
take his life the day the crown of Spain
was put on bis young head with its many
burdens.
The Emperor Franc's Joseph, of Aus
tria. has narrowly escaped a deadly bomb
also. Youth and age fare alike over the
water, when king-killers are in evidence.
The empress was killed by an assassin
a few short months ago and the husband
may be thankful if he can die in his bed.
for the chances are he will die with his
boots on If they are not blown off his
feet when his end comes.
The signs of the times are certainly
ominous. Emperors, kings and presidents
should use considerable money to pro
vide insurance against death by violence,
for they are open targets for the assas
* sin's dirk and bomb.
I expect King Edward has some qualms
of fear, himself. If I stood In his shoes
I certainly would not boast myself of
tomorrow under these existing circum
stances.
It seems to be tempting danger, and the
pomp and glitter of his coronation day
wtir not be an equivalent for the risk he
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is running right now, if he sees himself
as others see him and appreciate the
risks. .
The uneas/ head under the crown would
be better off to make a private affair of
this extraordinary boast of supreme au
thority. The coming display in the streets
of London may have a very tragic side
to It before it is concluded. A more pru
dent man would consider these contingen
cies and ask himself If this two-penny
game is worth the candle.
The czar of Russia, who is Queen Al
exandra's nephew. Is not likely to place
his valuable anatomy in such an exposed
position, and Kaiser William will doubt
less appear by proxy, although he is also
nephew to King Edward.
In reading of the blatant program for
the English king's coronation the build
ing of the tower of Babel comes into my
mind. It has been shown to be very
easy to upset boastful plans and propo
sals when the spirit of man becomes too
proud and haughty for his proximity to
disaster.
When one remembers the suddenness
with which death appears in many of
these vain parades, and the mania that
exists for picking off these elevated dig
nitaries, the anxiety must be even more
than considerable in undertaking a coro
nation venture of this sort.
There is substantial comfort tn being
little and unknown, when mediocrity rep
resents comparative safety, while promo
tion is placed side by side with menacing
daagers.
A living dog is that much better than
a dead Hon. The peasant that goes to
sleep without fear in his cabin is that
much happier than the sovereign who is
startled at the rustling of every leaf or
the report of every gun In his vicinity.
It seems to be an unhealthy era for
monarchs and the head that wears the
crown takes his life In his hand when he
attempts to glorify his ambition by di
recting attention to the Insecurity of his
own existence.
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Moonshiner* and Cost to This Country.
The figures in cash I have no opportunity
to get. but the word comes that North
East Georgia is being largely depopulated
by the vigors of the Internal revenue de
partment. Men have been carried to jail
so often and the impoverished mountain
eers have been forced to pay fines, until
they prefer to pull up and go somewhere
else.
Years ago. when I had an opportunity to
examine figures, the immense amount of
money collected by the deputy marshals
was nearly all paid out to maintain the
service* and the deputies.
■lt grew into a* great big trust, where
hordes of favored officials made a hand
some living for themselves, and chased the
poor moonshiner to the very jumping off
place; and the Federal court swarmed
from one court term to another with
prisoners and witnesses.
And if all the false swearing had been
barrelled up it Is more than likely that a
bonded warehouse could not begin to
pack away the oaths, with the paper they
were written on.
The little distiller is made a criminal
while the big distillery makes the nation
bow down in admiration—because these
mammoth concerns can name congress
men. governors and legislators, and pay
a lobby wherever their business is re
viewed or endangered by legislation. »
It all grows out of the combination with
the big manufacturers in the making of
intoxicants. a . z
All these court trials .these* wretched
Imprisonments, these impoverished moun
ts! nhomes, grow nut of this big trust or
combination with the government. While
the little distiller can pay neither fine or
license and therefore goes to jail, the big
concerns shape legislation by means of
their paid agents who are elected to politi
cal offices, until they make an enormous
clear profit. What the government de
mands from the active partner In the
whiskey business, vis. its percentage, is
the bribe. These fat fellows roll in
wealth, while the government stamps out
the poor little moonshiner who believes
down in the bottom of his heart that he
has as good a right to make a bushel of
corn into whiskey as the great Kentucky
and Illinois distilleries. And I believe it
too. The partnership, which the govern
ment entered Into, by which the big dis
tilleries could make millionaire fortunes,
is a disgrace to the civilisation of this
era.
And it is a crowning pity that the hardy
mountaineer should be driven from his
native soil that a swarm of deputy mar
shals shall draw immense pay from the
government to hunt him down.
The big fish are eating up the little ones.
That is all there is to it.
Telephones and Country Newspaper*.
In many farming districts of the west
the telephone is superseding the
newspaper in some directions. They
have what they call a “news service."
At a certain hour in the evening—7 o’clock
usually—the central operator calls up its
subscribers and reads off to them the
news of the day. The right time to set
clocks is given, then\the weather quota
tions for next day. Market quotations.are
also given, and f*r away states know
the prices in great centres like New
York.
News from Washington on national
subjects is then read out without com
ment. Twenty minutes is occupied, then
the farm people can begin to talk again.
If this program is kept up, and it is more
than likely it will continue, then the
farmers will know everything as soon as
the oailies get it and generally a week
I ahead of the local papers. These changes
are rapid. People used to do immense
business by writing letters. Now they
use the long distance telephone or the
{telegraph or ocean cable.
| People used to wait for the weekly pa
ser and read columns of a speech made
-y some dignitary. Now the substance,
{the point, the pith is wired by the Asso
ciated Press and the whole thing is done
and over with, in a little while.
Old-fashioned things are too slow. The
demand is for quick reports—must have
them.
Daily papers will run oft three or four
editions to cgter to this desire for quick
news. Even they are forestalled in elec
tion or war times. An Immense sheet or
blank'space on a big wall is made into
a bulletin board and the news is thrown
thereon in giant letters that a multitude
may read as they run. or run as they
read. Rural mall routes are doing away
with country postoffices. Telephones are
getting ahead of country newspapers.
The news must be served hot, like bat
ter cakes.
Alfalfa or Lucerne.
This forage plant is winning such great
favor with western farmers that our
southern farmers should give It a thor
ough test or trial.
It needs a loose mellow soil, and the
roots are said to penetrate to extraord
, inary depths after it gets a start. It is
readily eaten by all stock and is reported
to be super-excellent for raising hogs and
Pig*-
The land should be prepared with great
care as alfalfa needs only to be well set
at the start to stand for years without
re-sowing. This is one of its prime ex
cellencies. Clover in southern fields must
be turned under every few years and the
roots are easily destroyed by long
droughts.
Lucerne needs moisture, but when the
soil will permit, the searching roots go
down aner the moisture. *
It is fine on irrigated western prairie
land. Its roots grow to mammoth size
under favorable conditions.
THE FEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 5. 1002.
MUSSOLINO, ITALIAN BANDIT,
ON TRIAL FOR 11 MURDERS
Brigand Tells With Seeming Sincerity
of a Celestial Visitor Who Showed
Him How to Break Through the
Stone Walls of Hin Prison.
L’SSOLINO, the most picturesque
bandit who ever lived, has pre
pared his memoirs and sold them
to a publisher at the higest price
M
ever paid in Europe for manuscript.
He received $20,000 in money and will be
given 20 per cent royalty upon the sales
of the book. Even Victor Hugo, who was
as sharp as any author dared to be. never
drove a harder bargain. Though he was
given as much cash for one or two of his
books as Mussolino has received, Hugo
never had the audacity to ask for a roy
alty in addition.
But, then, Mussolino's fame knows no
equal Iq. all of Italy. He has committed
thirty murders, every one of them fair
and with the victim alone to blame, he
says. Eleven oT these victims were the
judge, prosecutor and jurors who had
convicted him unjustly, the bandit asserts,
of a minor crime. All were notified far in
advance that they were to be slain, and
each killing was brought off On schedule
time.
Never in his life, though, did this aston
ishing assassin rob an individual, and
not one of his victims was a member of
the lower classes. So the peasantry, par
ticularly the women, came to love him.
They helped him to find the most inac
cessible hiding places .n the mountains
and gave him warning when the soldiers,
of whom a brigade was always employed
in tne search, were near. For months at
a time this Fra Diavolo had no food other
than that carried to him by these per
sons. He was driven from one fastness to
another. At one time, attired as a monk,
he talked with the soldiers who were in
pursuit of him, offering to take commis
sions from the officers. Finally, betrayed
by his peculiar accent, he was captured
and confined in the strongest prison In
Italy. Even there it was feared his friends
would reach and rescue him. Every Ital
ian peasant who can read will buy one of
Mussolino's books, even should he be
obliged to mortgage his little cot to ob
tain the money.
Mussolino is now on trial at Lucca,
Italy, for the killing of the judge, the
prosecutor and the nine jurors. This court
is located far from the scene of the band
it’s crimes, for were the trial to be held
near by. Mussolino’s friends would swoop
down and set him free. Then the search,
which lasted for years and cost dozens
of lives, wsuld have to begin all over
again.
Throughout the troubles Mussolino's
sweetheart has ever been upon his mind.
He was grieved at his Inability to marry
her. She was willing to become his wife,
despite the price upon his head, but the
bandit, ever gallant, declared he could not
conscientiously wed until his killings had
beqn justified?
The brigand opens his astonishing book
with this broad statement: “I have killed
many, but never knifed anybody from, be
hind hia back. My murders, so-called,
were duels—each man had a chance to
fight for his life, whether he deserved it
or not. And I never robbed a living soul,
never laid hands on the weak.
“Expatriation and banishment robbed
r of the sweetest joy of life—woman’s
love. I might have attained that happi
ness, but at the price of virtue. It would
have been infamous of me to accept a
woman’s love while a fugitive from jus
t.ce, a wanderer on the face of the earth.
“Dvrlng Christmas night I dreamed I
was standing at the brink of a great
precipice, while a strange voice whispered
behind toy back. Turning, I saw a tall
figure that spoke as follows: ‘Whit are
your thoughts, toy son?’
“ ‘I am thinking of my troubles, and
whether there is an unhappier man In the
wide, wide world. And it pains me to
think that animals act more honorably
than most men. Thousands would be
ready to murder me If I moved from this
place.’
“Thereupon the spectral body said: 'As
long as there is life there is hope, Musso
-llno. Pray to God and He will succor you.’
•”1 made answer: 'I don’t believe In
spirits,’ whereupon the stranger said:
•You will believe in me when I tell you
that you shall,depart from this place and
take revenge on your enemies.’
“Next morning, when I told my cell
mate of what had happened, he laughed
and called me a but I said: ’lt’s
.worth working for, anyhow. I will try to
break through the wall at the very spot
where the spectre appeared. If I succeed
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MUSSOLINO,
The Famous Bandit, Idol of the Italian People, Who Confesses to the
Murder of Eleven.
I will know that Christ is watching over
me and the messenger came here by
His bidding.’
“Welj, I did get out—not by my own ef
forts, though. The part of the wall I un
dertook to demolish was formed by an
Immense block of stone- How could I
hope to move these several tons of rock
without divine aid? It was fpr beyond
ordinary human efforts. Yet I succeeded
after working three days and three nights
almost Incessantly.
“I ask all good Catholics: Who gave
me power to do so? Christ! Who slew
the guards and keepers with temporary
blindness that they might not observe
what I was doing? Christ! Who else but
Christ? I have but the strength of the
average man, know nothing of building
and dismantling of buildings. Christ
taught me all. He endowed me with su
perhuman power.
“When we ran away, my feet and legs
were red with blood from Innumerable
cuts by stones and thorns, yet I fe’t no
pain. I felt no apprehension of danger
either, for I knew that no bullet could
reach me since I was Innocent, since
Christ Himself had judged me so.
“Four days and four nights we spent
wandering ere Aspromonte wa* reached.
There the story of our flight had preced
ed us, and the brothers Zocall, my dead
ly enemies, were hunting for me. Was I
going to be murdered after suffering un
just Imprisonment? I argued with my
self: ‘Christ died for the whole world,
for the bad and Innocent alike.* I myself
was ready to die for the cause of the In
nocent, but not for such as the brothers
Zoccali.
“I had my gun strapped on my back
when Angelino. the accursed spy, showed
up. Next thing I knew I was looking into
the barrels of his rifle. ’Stop!’ I thun-
Reminiscenses of a Day
At the Front With Gen. Johnston
BY MRS. JOSEPH H. MORGAN.
'IE following Is another of the
series of papers of reminiscences
several of which have already
been published in The Journal,
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which have recently been read before
the Atlanta Chapter, Daughters of the
Confederacy:
In the early part of 1864, while General
Johnson’s army was In winter quarters,
in and around Dalton, Ga., the corps
commanders decided that to relieve the
monotony of camp life and keep the
trocfrs in fighting trim for the spring cam
paign, they* would have a sham battle,
and invite some of their friends to come
up from Atlanta and adjacent places to
see the maneuver. t
It is a wonder that we who were so
familiar with the dally reports of the
brave deeds and fighting qualities of the
dauntless heroes who had fought such
memorable battles as Lookout Mountain,
Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge,
against an overwhelming army of welt
fed and superbly equipped soldiers, should
accept this invitation with eager delight.
A happy and enthusiastic party of young
folk, well chaperoned, left early one
morning on the old “State road,” now
better Known as the Western and Atlan
tic. for the "front.” In this party were
Miss Gussie Hill. (Mrs. Joseph Thomp
son). Miss Ella Ezzard, (Mrs. Robert An
derson), Miss Eugenia H. Goode, (Mrs.
Joseph H. Morgan). Miss Amanthus
Cockrlll, of Nashville. Tenn., and other
young ladies? who were either refugees
or the guests of friends In Atlanta. They
were lo be the guests of the different
generals stationed in and around Dalton.
Miss Cockrell and myself were met on
our arrival by cur host and hostess, Gen
eral and Mrs. Brown, and were given a
very cordial reception by them, and
also the members of his staff. General
Brown's headquarters were admirably sit
uated at the Thornton place, on a hill
overlooking the battlefield, pn which the
two army corps, under command of Gen
erals H od and Hardee, were to wage
battle with blank cartridges, on the fol
lowing day.
The afternoon and evening were delight
fully spent in receiving our army friends,
and making pleasant acquaintances with
the many officers and soldiers who called.
Owing to the limited accommodations at
General Brown's headquarters. Mrs.
Brown shared her room with us. An
army cot was brought in, and each de
sired the honor of sleeping on a regular
soldier's cot. It fell to my lot to be the
fortunate one to whom it was assigned.
I little thought that In my Inexperience
in adjusting myrelf to it the cot would
play me a trick by fcollaphlng, and in fall
ing on the bare floor, make so much
nols' as to disturb men In the quarters,
and General Brown, who rushed up to In
quire the cause of the racket.
As the day had been so full of excite
ment and novel experiences out of the
usual routine of an ante-bellum young
girl, we were fatigued and did not, as
young girli usually do. have a long chat,
but —ere soon sound asleep.
The Writer trusts that a little personal
of herself will be excused. She
was at that time engaged to an officer
then stationea at Cartersville, and her
trying to pass through that town without
his knowing It was the cause of an amus
ing Incident that occasioned much teas
ing a id fun.
Next morning, at the peep of day, we
were aroused by a knock at the door,
and Mrs. Brown arose and Inquired what
was wanted. The orderly replied he had
a letter. In the dim light, she thought
it was for l«iss Cockrell, whom we knew
to be engaged to General Strahl, stationed
near Dalton. So It was handed to her,
as Mrs. Brown proceeded to light the
tallow dip. I. In the tired and sleepy
tone of one who has been aroused from
dered, ’if you care to eat another meal.
Mussolino’s gun never fails, but yours
might.’ That made Him drop his rifle. He
fell on the ground, put his arms around
my knees and begged for his life. I said:
‘You richly deserve death, but I will take
pity on your six children. You shall live,
carrying a souvenir of Mussolino around
with you.’ And I ordered him to stand
against a tree, while I retired a hundred
paces and peppered his legs with bird
shot.”
This is Mussolino’s report on the shoot
ing of one of his many victims among the
soldiery: “The fellow had sent one bul
let past my ears and was about to shoot
again, when I cried: ‘For the love of God.
let me pass! Don’t shoot. I am not going
to hurt you!’ In answer I heard the whlx
xlng of a second bullet. ‘Don’t*force me
to kill you!’ I pleaded again. >
“Pshaw! the fellow wore a uniform and
had to do his duty. I much regret his
death. When I think of his father and
mother I feel like crying. Ah! I haven’t
forgotten that I burled my parents!
“True It is, I killed Sarazena. He was a
spy, a despicable tool of the police. I
killed him face to face, as I did Romeo
Cesare*. As to tfie story that I ambushed
these men—l would blush to defend myself
against so vile an accusation, or against
the other that I robbed the body of Zoc
cali of money. Such Infamous fabrica
tions enrage Mussolino, but cannot tar
nish his reputation.” • • •
The author of the remarkable book
calmly admits the dozen or more mur
ders laid at his door, and at the same
time shoulders the entire responsibility for
all unlawful acts committed by his band of
four accomplices. "They were Mussoli
no’s tools, bound to him by oath and firm
ly believing In my heavenly mission,” says
the brigand.
a sweet morning slumber, said I shouldn’t
allow my beau to wake me up so early
in the morning with a love letter. By
this time the candle had been lighted,
which enabled Miss Cockrell to reaa the
auaress. Turning, she said to me, with
the sweetest and moot amused tone of
voice, “Miss Goode, it is your love letter,
not mine!”’ My feelings can be better
imagined than expressed. The instigator
of all this agitation was Major Morgan,
then on duty at Cartersville. He had
learned through Dr. Charles Pinckney, a
surgeon on his staff, that a young, lady
he was greatly Interested .n had gone up
to ~e suam fight. Naturally it was much
easier for him to transact his official
business at that time, so he decided to
go up on the early morning train, re
connoiter, and see if what he had been
told was true, and upon finding his in
formation was correct, sent me this early
message, apprising me of his presence.
It was too good a joke on me for Miss
Cockrell to keep, and, as they say on
the stage, “the laugh was on me.” The
teasing and embarrassment at the break
fast table that followed my facetious
remark was so great that I never knew
what our meal consisted of that morning.
The day began bright and beautiful. The
reveille calls from all the camps could
be heard far and The Home Guards
and ladies who had never seen a battle
wore eager for the fray.
The picture is “the army In gray.”' The
bugles begin to sound the assembly,
drums to beat, and each regiment passes
In review to -Ls allotted position. Aides
and couriers could be seen dashing here
and there, carrying orders to different
generals. The line of battle forms, skir
mishers are deployed, and then driven
back. Regiments and battalions advance,
the “cannon to the right and to the' left
volley wind thunder.” Column after column
advances, firing and retreating, ’in all
this wild confusion, the eye glances to
the right" of the line of battle, where
can be seen the intrepid General Wheeler,
directing his columns of cavalry,’ on the
flank of the enemf. Now he charges and
captures a battery. Every now and then
above the dih can be heard thg bands
playing the soul-stirring Dixld.and a
mighty shout goes'.up. The southern war
ory or rebel yell, is heard, and the battle
is fully on.* Our hearts beat with pride
and enthusiasm ever these gallant heroes,
whose uniforms showed the wear and
tear of many hard fought ’/battles, and
the winter s exposure. We realize that
a sham battle is unlike a real one, for
before they marc., on the field, their
plac£ and what they must do has been
decided, and which side will be victorious.
If a scene like this is so awe-inspiring,
how terrible It must be to be an eye
witness to the awful carnage of a real
battle.
.hese veteran soldiers who were so ac
customed to the terrors of war seemed
to enter into the spin- of the occasion,
and thoroughly enjoy the sham fight,
we, the vis.iors, surrounded by friends
and gallant officers, who paid us that
delicate attention and courtesy for which
the southern gentleman has always been
noted, had a perfect day and one long
to be remembered. In me midst of our
’enjoyment and congratulatory greetings
to our soldier friends, a cavalry officer,
superbly mounted, who had been in the
fight, came dashing up and he was at
once recognized as our gallant General
Wheeler. We young ladies were more
than desirous of meeting this famous of
ficer. General Brown brought him at
once and presented him to us. The sub
ordinate officers stepped back and left the
field to General Wheeler. Thej' knew he
was not a carpet knight and he would
not say the gallant and compjlftientary
speeches we had been hearing from them
all day. There was a perceptible smile of
amusement at the monosyllable replies of
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this great hero, to our enthusiasm for the
gallant deeds he had done. Youth often
places its heroes on such high pedestals
that they fall, and their disappointment
Is great, but General Wheeler still holds
the same high position our young en
thusiasm placed him in. y
That night we returned to Atlanta. Os
that Immediate party all have passed
away except Major Morgan and myself.
In a few weeks. General Johnson’s army
commenced that famous retreat that will
live 1r song and story, where gallant
deeds are told. Every Inch of ground
from Dalton to Atlanta was defended,
and innumerable spots are marked along
this line of march on either side of the
railroad, bearing testimony to the valor
of our southern men. Our children and
grand-children will be told of the sailant
struggle of these brave soldier* In their
half starved condition, who continued this
self-sacrifice for nearly a year longer.
Each day we realized that our cause was
defeated and that we must soon “furl its
banner, for its peoples’ hopes were dead.’*
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