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EPISODE OF THE LATE W/ R. Lwt Night of • Souther a Soldier on she Battleflelcl. “Don’t leave me, capsainl Oh, d< n’t leave me I "were the words that cam to me with an agonized shriek from a bleed ing and dying Confederate soldier on the evening of the great battle of Mal vern Hill, July 1, 1802. He, a mere youth of 17 years, lay in a heap, gasp ing for the breath which was fast leav ing him, along with the rays of .sun light, on that sad and memorable day. I, for whom that piteous cry was meant, was a staff officer of the brigade to which the Louisiana regiment, the sol dier boy’s regiment, was attached. Well fnounted, I was galloping back across that bloody field to report the duty I had performed when suddenly arrested in my course by the voice of despair and woe, coming from my stricken comrade. The day was fast passing away into darkness, a darkness that seemed to enshroud this valley of death. The terrific cannonading on both sides that had lasted for hours from the surrounding hills (Malvern hill being the central point of attack by the Con federates) was supplemented by the booming of artillery and bursting of shells from the gunboats on the adja cent James river. Nature seemed to revolt at this scene of blood and carnage. Thunder and lightning and an avalanche of rain came in quick succession with such great force as to cause the stoutest heart to quake. This great battle was the sev enth day’s fight to capture the city of Richmond. It was not an ordinary bat tle, but a demons’ fight and the final encounter between those two giants of War Robert E. Lee and George B. Mc- Clellan. It gave the laurels of victory to the southern chieftain, bedewed with the tears of broken hearts. « Without stopping to consider what I alone could do for the dying youth amid the chaos and increasing darkness of the night that prevailed, I turned back and dismounted to keep a lonely vigil with the dead. My horse, which, strange to say, had seemed frenzied with fear, became quiet and tractable as though he knew there was safety with his master. I called the boy, who had swooned away from loss of blood, and was glad to know he was not dead. Giving him the bridle of my horse to hold, I tore the sash from around my waist to bandage his torn and bleeding limb. The’boy was praying and called down God’s blessing on me. His petition to heaven seemed to be heard. The storm of wind and rain, although still high, was abating. Naught but the mournful wail of the wind through the surround ing forest could now be heard. The great armies that had so lately confront ed each other in battle array had seem ingly vanished from the scene. I was alone on a battlefield with the dead. Wet and dripping, with the chill of night upon me, I waited for morning, and he, too, the brave soldier boy, was waiting for morning. Oh, God, will it ever come? He clasped my hand with hope and confidence and seemed to be happy and without pain. I believed he had gone to sleep. Morning came, and he was still asleep—asleep to wake no more.—Daw son A. Blanchard in Washington Post. ANCIENT WARFARE.' How an English Castle Was Attacked In the Fifteenth Century. Sir John Fastolf had by his will de vised his castle, called Cais ter, to John Paston. As a fortification, it was an excellent defense against foreign invad ers, and as a residence it was worthy of royalty itself. In fact, the Duke of Gloster, afterward Richard IH, at one time contemplated making it his abode. While Paston was trying to establish his title in the courts the Duke of Nor folk purchased a pretended claim to it, and sought to gain possession by force. The Pastons did not propose to y ield, though the duke was then probably the most powerful noble in England, and John Paston was his liveried servant. Four professional soldiers were sent up from London to aid in the defense. They are described as “provyd men, conning in werr and can wel schote both gonnes and crossbowes and devyse bolwerkys and keep wacche and warde. They be sadde and wel advysed, saving on of them, whyehe is ballyd (bald) but yit he is no brawler. Ye shall fynd them gentylmanly comfortable fellowes, and that they dare abyde by ther taklyng. ” Young John Paston, aided by these four and by a handful of personal friends and followers, held the oastle for several weeks against a siege conducted by the duke’s army of 3,000 men. By ttye terms of the final surrender the besieged were allowed their lives and goods, horses and harness, and a respite for 15 days, in which to go where they pleased. They reported that they were forced to surrender by “lak of vitayl, gonepow dyr, menys herts and surete of rescue. ” Edward IV had refrained from interfer ing in this extraordinary contest, be cause the troubles with Warwick were gathering thickly about him, and the Mowbrays were too necessary to be safe ly offended.—Sewanee Review. Smoke and Lightning. “On the approach of a thunderstorm French peasants often make up a very smoky fire,” says Industries and Iron, “in the belief that safety from light ning is thus assured. By some this is deemed superstition, but Schaster shows that the custom is based on reason inas much as the smoke acts as a good con ductor for carrying away the electricity slowly and safely. Ha points out that in 1,000 cases of damage by lightning 6.3 churches and 8.5 mills have been struck, while the number of factory chimneys has only been .3. ” “It’s so seldom,” said Uncle Eben, “data man jes’ puhceeds along, tryin ter do ’is hones’ duty, dat when he does folks goes ter guessin an ’spinionin dat he’s playin a mighty sly game.”*— Washington Star. I* COST OF SABLES. Hew the Price Advances After the Skin Leaves Siberia. Up in the great watershed dividing Siberia and- Mongolia lives a peculiar race of people, half Chinese, half Tib etans. Few Europeans have ever seen them. In fact, with the exception of one or two enterprising explorers or geo graphical enthusiasts who have crossed the Altai range, European eyes have never gazed upon the aboriginal Syota of northern Mongolia. Sable hunting in the Siberian moun tains and northern Mongolia is confined almost exclusively to the Syots and oth er native races, and it would surprise a good many fur dealers in England to know the prices which are paid by the Siberian traders to these poor aborigines for the skins they collect The Siberian trader, knowing his market, makes periodical journeys into Mongolia. It is safe to say he does not take a kopek of money with him, but he drags behind him a well stuffed caravan loaded with tea, tobacco, gunpowder and shot, strings of beads for the wom en and roughly made moccasins for the men. In due course he will come across a Syot encampment. The trader sits on his wagon and bar ters cheerfully. With the eye of a con noisseur and with fingers rendered deft by long practice he sees and feels the smooth, warm skins of the little ani mals? This small black one—well, a twp ounce packet of tobacco is enough for that ; that large black one—a handful of shot and an equal quantity of gun powder; a packet of tea for a lovely skin with a long black stripe down the center; this one, a fine skin, but a lit tle bit hurt by the shot entering the back—well, say a string of beads for that. In their original undressed state it is safe to say that the skins do not cost the Siberian trader much more than a few pence each on the average. As the poor sable travels farther westward, however, he gets dearer and dearer. In Tomsk one can buy a very good sable for something like 5 or 6 rubles, about 13s. In Omsk few are sold under 10 ru bles—£l Is. In Moscow 100 per cent goes on. In. St. Petersburg no one ex cept the middle class or a functionary would wear a sable under £5. In Paris and London a real Siberian sable skin will fetch anything up to £2O, but the imitation sables of the present day have done much to depreciate this wonderful trade. —London Mail. HIS HIGH PRICED EYE. How a Clever Bunko Game Was Played on a Son of Sunny Italy. A well planned scheme was worked on a down town Italian confectioner the other night whereby he lost SSO. About 2 p. m. a man who had one good eye and one glass eye came wandering along the street and stopped at this Italian’s fruit stand. He stooped over to look at some of the fruit, when un expectedly his glass eye fell from its socket down among the bananas and oranges. The pretending purchaser at once be gan a diligent search for the missing glass eye. With both hands he clawed into the fruit, scattering it in all di rections. The Italian came forward and told the stranger to stop. The one eyed man explained that his glass eye had dropped down there and that he wanted to get it. The Italian became enraged and told the stranger to come around in the even ing and he could get the other eye. The man explained he was a stranger and would not be here in the evening, but if he (the Italian) found the eye he should bring it to his hotel, where SIOO would be paid to him. An hour later another man came along, pretended to make a purchase, and while fingering around in the fruit suddenly espied the wonderful glass eye. The man from Italy made a grab for it, but was too late, as his would be cus tomer already had it. Both claimed the eye, and a quarrel ensued. The Italian patched matters up by giving the stran ger SSO for the eye, thinking he would get SIOO upon returning It and he would have SSO clear. He went to the hotel with the eye to get the SIOO that he was told awaited him there. He found that na such man had been there and no SIOO was left there for him. He then saw how he was worked and notified the police.—Pitts burg Commercial-Gazette. Sheep Tick*. Every one who has sheep knows the tick, the worst pest of this animal, that does serious harm to the young lambs without suspicion of the cause to the shepherd. This reddish Brown creature is a wingless fly and a very greedy blood sucker. A dozen of them on a lamb will quickly suck the little one dry. It is to be looked after at the time of shearing, when these insects go for shelter to the lambs. It is found mostly where the animal cannot reach it—on its head, buried in the skin, sucking the blood. Its skin is tough, and it is not easily crushed with less than a blow of a ham mer. In small flocks it is not much of a job to go through, with a pair of small scissors to cut the ticks in two, but where the flock is over a score it will be necessary to dip the lambs.— Exchange. The Count's Mistake. “So Gwendolyn is not to marry the count after all?” "No, poor man. He tried to tell her that her singing was something that made one glad to live, and his pronun ciation was so broken that she thought be said it made one glad to leave, and then she requested him to leave. ’ ’—ln dianapolis Journal. Testinc Him. Bagley—Do you recollect that $5 I let you have about a year ago? J Brace —Perfectly. i Bagley—That’s good. I see your memory is all right. How’s your eya- 1 sight?—Harlem Life. Marvelous Musical Meiory. When Mandelaachn nUyed c 3 the piano or the organ, the listener fc t the great mulcian and composer inert y bar. The man’s magical memory was marvelous. Sir Charles Halle, who in 18 3 spent aev-' oral weeks with Mendelssohn t .Frankfurt, describes, in his “Autoblog, iphy,” three instances of the composer’s memory. Ho writes: The greatest treat was to elt with him at the piano and listen to innumerable fragments from half forgotten, beautiful works by Cherubini, Gluck, Bach, Pales trina and Marcello. It was only necessary to mention one of them to hear it played to perfection, until I came to the conclu sion -that he knew every bar of music ever written, and what was more, could produce It immediately. One morning Hiller and I were playing together one of Bach’s organ pieces on the piano—one of no particular Interest, but which we wished to know better. When wc were in the middle of it—a part hardly to be distinguished from many other simi lar ones—the door opened, Mendelssohn entered, and without interrupting us, rose on tiptoes, and with bls uplifted finger pointed significantly at the next bar which was coming and contained an unexpected and striking modulation. So, from heating through the door a bar or two of a—for Bach—somewhat com monplace piece, he not only recognized it at once, but knew the exact place we had arrived at and what was to follow in the next bar. His memory was prodigious and his knowledge intimate. It is well known that when be revived Bach’s “Passion Music” and conducted the first performance he found, on stepping to the conductor’s desk, that u eoore simi lar in binding and thickness, but of an other work, had been brought by mistake. He conducted this amazingly complicated work by heart, turning leaf after leaf of the book he had before him in order not to create any feeling of uneasiness on the part of the musicians and singers. Some Induction Problem*. In one of his lectures on “Electricity and Electrical Vibrations,’’ given at the Royal institution, London, Lord Rayleigh gave one or two illustrations of the use of the telephone and sensitive flame in induction problems and performed an experiment which was remarkable for the paradoxical character of the conclusion to be drawn from it. A circuit carrying an induced current was made to branch into two parts, one of which passed through one wire of a ooil carrying three windings, while the other passed through the other two wires of the same coil. Owing to mutual induc tion and self induction the telephone showed that the current in one of the branches was greater than that in the main before it separated into two parts. So far Lord Rayleigh in these.telephone experi ments had been dealing with vibrations whose frequency was mainly determined by the ear, and was in the neighborhood of 1,000 a second. He now turned .to the currents of still higher frequency obtained by the discharge of a Leyden jar. The fre quency depended on circumstances, but 1,000,000 a second was not out of the way, and 10,000,000 might be reached. For purposes of experimental investiga tion it was desirable to have some means of slowing down these vibrations, and this might be done by using a source of elec tricity of large capacity and making the discharge pass through a coil with great eels Induction. This was equivalent to in creasing the Inertia of mechanical system. The interposition of the coll reduced the frequency of the vibrations to perhaps 1,000 a second, and its effect was apparent by the changed character of the spark, the snapping, noise of which was exchanged for a sound possessing a more definite musical character. Napoleonic Feeling In Corsica. Napoleon, “le grandempereur,”lives in the hearts of the people as vividly as though he had died but yesterday. I was present at a curious scene at the theater at Ajaccio, where an intolerable drama en titled “Napoleon” was performed by as villainous a company as ever trod provin cial boards. The house was crammed, and the enthusiasm so great, with cries of “Vive I’empereur!” that I thought it well to retire before Sir Hudson Lowe came on the scene, to be followed possibly by “A bas les Anglais!” The vudionoe seemed really to be moved as one man by the frenzy of imperialism. I was not sur prised to hear after this that the Empress Eugenie, who wished to revisit Corsica, had decided, on advice, that it would be unwise to do so. To the same fear of arousing popular feeling may be attributed the fact that the directions left in his will by the late prince, generally known as “Plon-Plon,” that he should be buried at the “Isles San guinaires,” have never been carried out. The tenacity to the "Napoleonic idea” may be further illustrated by the fact that the hostility of a great Corsican house to the Bonapartes has never been forgiven. Its present representative isjregarded with a hereditary resentment. An Ajacclan gentleman who was calling on an English lady rose and left the room on the entrance of a fellow townsman whose greatuncle had been Napoleon I’s opponent.—Fort nightly Review. explosive* as Medicine*. Professor A lonel says that we often swal low or apply substances which, If incau tiously treated or used in any but the mi nutest quantities, would blow us to atoms. What is more, these substances, so destruc tive in large quantities, are of the most beneficial nature when used in the form of medicine. One of the best remedies for heart trouble, neuralgia, asthma and head ache is nitroglycerin, which is the only ex plosive ingredient in dynamite. The dose is only one two hundredth of a grain, dis solved in spirits of wine or combined in gelatin tablets. Collodion, a slrupy look ing liquid that is used to form a false skin over abrasions of the cuticle, is nothing but gun cotton dissolved in alcohol. In its natural form it is one of the most dan gerous of explosives, and yet, as a medi cine, it has no equal for the purpose for which it is used. Another explosive used as a drug is picric acid. This is prepared from carbolic acid, and is administered in ternally in very small doses for ague and headache. This acid is one of the explo sives used in the preparation of bombs. These and many other dangerous drugs are perfectly safe when used as ordered by phy sicians.—London Standard. A Windfall For Faure. President Felix Faure was agreeably sur prised the other day by a visit from an old lady to whom, after urgent solicitation, he had granted an audience. Her motive, which she had concealed, was to inform I him that her admiratioif of his policy was so great that she intended to leave him 1,000,000 francs. The president tried to dissuade her, but seeing that she was re solved he thanked and embraced bar. ~’neaHan - SUICIDE AND THE SEXES. It I* More Freqneat ••’;tu Men nnd la Peatiaad to taenaao Vita* Women. At the present day o.n is much more prone to suicide than wc can. This is true of man in regard to epilepsy, crime and other marked signs of degeneration. Bui it has been observed that as woman ap proaches man in bar modb of life she also becomes more familiar with those abnor mal conditions which have previously been peculiar to man. The comparative immunity of woman from self destruction tn the past has depended greatly upon the relatively leaa harassing part she bas taken in the struggle for life. Today it la differ ent Now woman occupies the fields of art, literature, finance and even politics, and, as she goes deeper Into these voca tions, she must expect to suffer the conse quences. Already it is noticeable that feminine suicide is not now entirely due to the sentimental causes of disappointed love, desertion and jealousy, but to those trials of a more material order such as have led men to the act of self destruction. Imitation far exceeds any other of what are called trivial causes of suicide and asserts itself more in woman than in man. It is much more common than is supposed. When self destruction becomes epidemic, as it sometimes does, its prevalence very largely dependa upon imitation. It to said that many years ago the wail of Thomas Hood over "tbe one more unfortunate" brought many a sentimental person to a watery grave in the Thames, and in our own day tbe vivid representation of sui cide upon tbe stage under conditions ap pealing forcibly to tbe imagination bas been known to bo followed by tbe self im posed death of persons whose conditions resembled closely those of the suicide in the drama. Attempts have been made to prove that climate bas an effect upon the rate of rai olde, but these attempts have never done more than show that the temperate regions have the highest ratio. This, of course, io not due to the climate, but to the more complicated civilization, the greater physi cal and mental wear and tbe more exten sive interference with natural laws met with in the temperate regions. While it is true that climate exerts but little influ ence over the rate of suicide, the seasons, on the contrary, do strongly affect it. Tbe popular belief is that suicide is more fre quent during the months of winter and spring. This, however, is incorrect. Cold, wet, damp weather does not, as so many people suppose, promote despondency and suicide. Strange as it may seem, at that period of the year when the sufferings of the poor and the sick are least, when em ployment is most readily obtained, when the pleasure of living should be at its highest, suicide is most frequent May, June and July, the months of song and sunshine in all countries, give the greatest number of self murders. For this there is no satisfactory explanation, unless we ac cept that of the medical fraternity, which is that during the period of early summer the organism is working at a higher ten sion, every function of mind and body is more active than at any other period of the year, and consequently there is greater liability to sudden physical and mental collapse.—Popular Science Monthly. Warning Not to Overexercise. In a lecture on “Pedagogical Aspects of Physiological Psychology," delivered at the University Extension school, Philadel phia, Professor Halleck said: , "In tbe case of tbe vast majority the brain attains its maximum weight by the age of 15. Examination of sections of tbe spinal cord have shown that between the time of birth and the age of 15 there bas been 100 per cent increase in the number of developed nerve cells, while an increase of only 4.6 per cent has been shown after 15. The brain also shows, with ad vancing age, a decline in actual weight and in the number of connective fibers, which afford the physical substrate for thinking and for association. Roughly speaking, nerve cells are plastio in inverse proportion to their ages. These facts point to the conclusion that few people save geniuses ever get an absolutely new idea into their heads after tbe age of 38. They generally build upper stories on founda tions already acquired. “Nerve cells have been shown to de crease in volume 50 per cent as a result of fatiguing exercise. In tbe case of deer In an English park, hunted with dogs for sport, but not killed, the deer frequently never recovered from the effects of fa tigue. The nerve cells of those collegians who fall overexhausted after a boat raoe may never again recover their full vigor. Exercise of every sensory and motor brain tract is very beneficial when not carried beyond the proper point, for this exercise puts the nerve cell in the best possible con dition for assimilating more nutriment and developing more fully. Inaction in any tract tends to an undeveloped spot'and to atrophy." How the Queen Stopped Grog. There is an amusing story told in con nection with one of the queen’s cruises along the Cornish coast while Lord Adolphus Fitz Clarence was still in com mand of the royal yacht. One day her majesty and several ladies of the royal party seated themselves on deck in a shel tered place protected by tbe vessel’s paddle box. Some time later the men were seen to gather in little knots and talk together in whispers. Presently Mn officer approach ed tbe queen, but his courage forsook him, and he retired A little later another offi cer also approached and then walked away. The queen was amused and mystified, and when Lord Adolphus Fitz Clarence came on deck she Inquired if anything was the matter, adding, with a smile, that she hoped there was not going to be a mutiny. Lord Adolphus laughed and replied that he did not know what might happen un less her majesty would be graciously pleas ed to move her seat, a camp stool. “Move my seat?" replied the queen. “Why should I? What possible harm can I be doing here?” “Well, ma’am,” re plied the captain, “the fact is your maj esty is unwittingly closing up the door where the grog tube are kept, and so the men cannot have their grog." “Oh, very well," responded tbe queen, much amus ed, “I will move on one condition—that you bring roe a glass of grog.” This was accordingly done, and after tasting it her majesty remarked, “I am afraid loan only make tbe same remark I did onoe before that I think it would be very good if it were stronger!” It is almost nnnwnssssry to add that “The queen, God bless her!” was drunk with enthusiasm that day.— Sketch. Fellah For the Furniture. A little turpentine and oil applied to furniture with a flannel cloth, the furni ture then thoroughly rubbed, wUI give it a bright, elean appearance. If your rose wood refuses to polish, have' your furni ture man repolish it for you. He will rub it down with sandpaper and varnish it so it will last tor years.—Ladies' Homo Journal. 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