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FELL WHILE CHARGING.
Death of a Young Soldier Who Would
Have Been Dishonored Had He Lived.
“Toward the close of the rebellion,”
said a grizzled veteran of the late war,
who, strangely enough, never lights his
battles over again unless he is pressed
to do so by friends who were not there,
“I saw a J’oung man die dishonored,
who. I believe, was the victim of
wretchedly unfortunate circumstances.
I don’t know what his name was, and
I should not mention it if I did, but he
was not more than seventeen years old,
and he was beside me as we charged
some Confederate breastworks during
the preliminary skirmishing that pre¬
ceded the battle of Gettysburg. He
was unmistakably very much fright¬
ened, for he bad been sent to the front
with a batch of raw recruits, and this
was the lirst engagement he had par¬
ticipated in.
“His face was ashy pale, and more
than once 1 saw him looking back over
Ills shoulder. But he held his musket
firmly, and, he and I being about the
same height, the point of his bayonet
was in an almost unwavering line with
mine. As I notice this I remember
thinking, ‘This young fellow will make
a good soldier yet if the bullets spare
him.’
“Tiie fire was very heavy as we drew
up to the works, and our men went
down by scores. Suddenly I saw the
lad beside me roll over, and several
others observed him falling, for he had
attracted a good deal of attention by
bis youth and evident nervousness.
“ ‘That fellow’s fear didn’t deceive
him,' muttered the man who closed
into his place. ‘His fighting days are
over. ’
“We carried the breastworks with
great loss, and there was no more skir¬
mishing that day. In the evening, sit¬
ting at the campfire, watching the coflee
boil with the rest of us, was the recruit
whom we had seen, as we supposed,
shot down in the morning. Beyond
some scratches and bruises, caused by
the soldiers in the rear trampling him,
lie was not hurt at all. He told us, in
a shamefaced way, that he had tripped
and fallen to the ground, and that he
was unable to get up in time to join in
the attack.
“Not one of ns believed his story.
We were convinced that he had pur
posely dropped to get out of the tiro,
The officers of the regiment held the
same opinion when they heard of the
matter, and the young man had a nar¬
row escape of being tried by drumhead
court martial and shot for rank cow¬
ardice that night. He pleaded his case
so earnestly, however, that he got the
benefit of the doubt and another chance.
“The other chance came the next
day. We were advancing toward Get¬
tysburg, and again we were ordered to
charge on some outlying sandworks,
from which the rebel marksmen were
harassing us. For the second time the
boy was at my side as we rushed on,
ami again I noticed his pale face and
compressed lips, though I detected no
other indication of terror about him.
“ ‘Brace yourself up. my lad,’ I said.
‘It will all he over in a minute.’
“I had hardly spoken when he pitched
forward on his face. He fell exactly as
lie had gone down the preceding day.
“ ‘1 hope he has a bullet in him this
time.’ 1 said to the man who tilled the
gap he had made
“ ‘If he hasn’t lie will have before
sundown,' was the grim rejoinder.
"A couple of hours later the dead
body of the boy was found on the
cleared field. He had killed himself.
The shoe and stocking were off one of
bis feet, and his bare toe was pressed
upon the trigger of his empty unisket.
The muzzle of the piece was in his
mouth, and the bullet had passed up¬
ward through his brain. Nearly all
the regiment believed that, in a frenzy
of terror, he had thrown himself down
to escape the danger of the moment,
and then, realizing the utter hopeless¬
ness of his position, had summoned
sufficient resolution to take his own
life. But ! always fancied that he
may have tripped twice, and, despair¬
ing of explaining the cause of liis fall¬
ing the second time, blown out liis
brains. Under any circumstances, that
was the wisest thing lie could have
done.”—New York Recorder.
Wotmin*s Influence Among; (lie lledouins.
How many people know that among
the Bedouin Arabs respect for woman
is so great that at her command the
cimeter uplifted to strike must fall
harmless. A murderer or a thief can
not be touched if he is under the pro
teetion of a woman, and the right of
their power to pardon is recognized so
completely that in some tribes where
the women uever appear before the
men and have their own separate tents
the thief who is being pursued can save
himself by getting close to the tent and
calling out, “I am under the protection
of the harem U As this is very loudly
said the women hear it. and they call
out together, “Fly from him!" And
that man. even if he has been con
deumed to death by the prince himself,
is pardoned at once and can goat large,
And vet wp thiuk w» ore civilized!
What a Car Conductor Says.
The other day, after the conductor
of a Clark street cable car had passed
and repassed my seat several times
without offering to collect my fare, 1
stopped him and handed over a nickel.
A minute later I went to the rear plat¬
form to enjoy a cigar and found the
conductor standing there alone.
“If a conductor hereafter neglects to
collect your fare don’t offer it to him,”
he said.
“Why not?”
“Because the conductor himself
would prefer not to receive it under
such circumstances.”
“But I expect to pay for my ride.”
“Certainly, and I am expected to see
that you do it. But suppose I overlook
you. The company loses five cents,
but I am responsible for the loss, not
you. You do your whole duty when
you pay what is demanded of you.
Now look at my side of the case. What
would be the result if there happened
to be a spotter on the car? If I over¬
looked a fare the chances are fully even
that the spotter would not notice the
omission. But when a passenger rushes
up to me and pays his fare it is proof
positive that I haven’t done my duty.
“Everybody notices the movement,
and the spotter swoops down upon me.
See? Don’t do it again. Save your
nickel. Don’t imagine the conductor
will lie awake nights if he misses a fare
now and then, or that the poor but de¬
serving railway company cannot worry
along all right without your nickel. If
you save your money you may save a
conductor’s job at the same time.”—
Chicago Mail.
Pine and Granite.
Maine alone bears the title of the Pine
Tree state, as New Hampshire does of
the Granite state. But measured by
the amount of the respective products,
Massachusetts is the Granite state and
Minnesota is the Pine Tree state. For¬
ests as well as other things have
changed since the days when the king’s
surveyors, going through the forests of
Maine, could put the broad arrow of
royal ownership upon some of the
noblest and stateliest pines to be found
on earth.
Here were found the noblest trees
for the masts of that invincible British
navy which did such glorious deeds
under Nelson; and here, too, was found
pine enough to keep running the saw¬
mills that supported so many of the
settlers in Maine. This was once the
Pino Tree state. But the census bulle¬
tin shows that today there are really
but three pine tree states, and that
Maine is not one of them. They are
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.—
Portland (Me.) Press
Drying Bananas for Market.
A new industry is gaining headway
in the tropics, by which bananas are
dried for shipment The fruit in dry¬
ing loses one-third of its weight, and
when dried readily sells at sixteen cents
a pound. The dried fruit can be trans¬
ported over bad roads without injury,
and it retains its llavor. The cost of
producing bananas is very little, as a
bunch weighing fifty pounds requires
as a total outlay for clearing, purchase
of land, and every other expense neces¬
sary, even to boxing for the market,
the small sum of fifty-three cents—the
result of an actual test in the island of
Trinidad. When one considers that
the productiveness of the banana is
forty-two times that of the potato and
131 times that of wheat, and that when
once planted it needs little care, the
profits of the industry will be readily
seen. -New York Ti mes.
Billions of Matches.
Europe, continental and insular,
consumes 2,000,000,000 matches daily.
Assuming that each several act of igni¬
tion occupies the brief period of one
second—and we have reason to believe
it is rarely performed in a shorter pe¬
riod—it will be obvious to every ready
reckoner that 555,000 hours of each
successive day are spent by the inhab¬
itants of Europe in striking matches.
There is food for much speculation in
the fact that Europeans dispose oi
nearly sixty-four years per day in scrap¬
ing tiny sticks tipped with some inflam¬
mable composition. It is also interest¬
ing to learn that 400,000 cubic yards of
timber and 420,000 pounds’ weight of
phosphorous are in annual request for
the manufacture of the 730,000.000,000
matches used by Europe in a year. —
London Tit-Bits.
NO Pearls and Swine Here.
It was only four little withered daisies
that some one had dropped in Battery
parb
Although they were at my feet i had
not no ticed them. 1 was sitting on a
Dench watching the water and the gay
passing crowds. j>ut w,,en a little girl
stopped in front of tue and began care
fullv to picb them up i noticed them.
“I am going to take them to Lizzie,”
she t o a second little girl; and she
fondled the little faded and forgotten
blossoms sis if they were the rarest kinds
of orchids.
Four little withered daisies, and the
fields ^starred with them! Yet Lizzie,
the little invalid of the tenements,
AnA Raialif** fAm OAAl'vwa ihftm
A PUKE BLOOD MEDICINE.
Bad blood is the first cause of much
ill health. It affects the brain, the ner¬
ves, the heart, the lungs, the liver and
the kidneys Kvery organ of the body
becomes debilitated and there is sore¬
ness and distress in everv portion wash¬
ed by this great river of life when filled
with poisonous im pu l ities. A true blood
medicine will therefore frequently res¬
tore tiie invalid to health and strength
when all else fails. .Such a medicine is
Du. John Bull’s Sarsaparilla.
By replenishing the blood with vitality,
broken and cleansing it of every impurity toe
down constitution become con¬
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Instead of growing weaker and more de¬
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part, and feels an elasti'icty of spirits
and youthful bouyancy that is most grat
$1. fyiug Large Sold by bottle druggists. (192 tea-spoonfuls)
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bi/ Albert B Randolph, of Parsons,
Kansas, writes; “1 felt weak myself h growing day.
nervous and more ea'
could not understand my ailment. I
7 lid not think it was ow ng to the condi¬
tion of my blood, as Iliad no sores on
my person. However 1 took Dr. Bull’s
Sarsaparilla as a tonic and it proved to
be the medicine i needed for I grew bet¬
ter at once.”
Consumption Cured
An old physician, retired from practice,
having had placed in his hands by an
East India missionary the formula of a
simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
and permanent cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catau-h, Affections, Asthma and all
throat and Lung also a posi¬
tive and radical cure for Nervous Debi¬
lity and all Nervous Complaints, after
having tested ite wonderful curative
powers in thousands of cases, has felt if
liis duty to make it known to his suffer¬
ing fellow. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering,
Iwill send free of charge, to all whode
sire it this recipe, in German, French
or English, with full rections for pre¬
paring ann using. Set by mail by ad¬
dressing with stamp, naming this paper.
W, A. Noyes, 820 Powers’ Block,
Rochester, N, Y. to may 9-’92.
Agent’s profits per month. Will
improve it or pay forfeit. New yor
MUyrraits free just out. all A W. $3.50 H. Chides- sample
set it to .
ter & Son., 28 Bond St. N. Y.
“How to Oure All SkinDiseases.”
Simply apply “SWAYNE’S 01 NT
MENT.” No internal medicine required.
Cures tetter, eczema, itch, all eruptions
on the lace, hands, nose, &c., leaving
the skin clear, white and healthy. Irs
great he ding and curative powers a> - e
poose-sed by no other remehy. Ask
your druggist ’91—6mo. for Swayxe’s Ointment.
Oct. 9,
J.R IRWIN.
Attorney At Law,
CONYERS - - GA.
Special attention given to collec
tions and all other business placed
in my hands.
J J. SEAMANS
DENTIST
Conyer Georgia
Office in the Cain building, opposiite
Hotel,upstairs.
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BY N. A. DUNNING.
Author of “The Philosophy of Price,”
“History of the United States Dollar,’
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