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HEXAifiBBI A FREEMAN I
-tVlvcitiKiiier ItatoM.
The larire and rapidly increasing rirrulatton
oT Ti'E I iikkm in vnnrnnf1 II to fhi fnvrirahia
iTni.erati.m of .vi rt'M. Advert en t
win lie Inserted at the following rates:'
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1 " 3 month
1 " 6 mnntli
1 " 1 year
2 " 6 months
2 " 1 vear
3 " 6 month
3 " 1 year
H cnt'n 6 months
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Administrator ' and i'.x i ulor'8 Notices... 2f0
Auditor s Notieet. 2.110
Mrsy and similar Nonet,. 1.50
lhiinis items, first i'l-ertiot; I v. fi r line;
each sunseijuent insertion Sc. per line.
iVi'ifi.i or j -.-. fUtwm of tiv rnrrnrtt
If n i t .l.', nri.f r"initii;;n.-,i'i..:i l.i,;1 to
rnllnttrii'ftt f.ojtiM eiirf, t- hmil.il it iwintilual
Irifrrnf. mtif t.r pn.l Of nr u..'tvr'i moit.
Jon 1'RtNTiMii or all kind neatly and expedi
tiously executed at lowest pri.-. a. lion't lor
r. t it.
i. A. rTlcPlKE, Editor and Publisher.
'HE is a freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slates BESIDE.
SI.50 and postage per year, In advance.
NUMBER 23.
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VOLUME XIII.
. Ill
EHEXSISURG, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1879.
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ro.-.-rv, Alon.1, l'a.
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ioFiNG, SPOUTING and Repairing
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mm LOWEST PRICED CLOTHIHG HOUSE,
m'c-xI Door (o the Posl-Office, AKoona, Pa. i - i
TS siKAK VOll T11VMSELYES.
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g .leant -,s g-o. ! v.i.rk nt hot,, st
a-sistanl will he in attendance
"K- lad.
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ill ' r.ajllir.d.- H A lUlst p-
y a.: in . li: - ' . red iv hell desired.
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all in II, cd
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dental services
.".-o'.i.";i'.-tf.
is
'I1 W. DICK. ti.h;ni.v at Mw. Kl
' r.henstmr. r.i. Office in tiotit room ol T.
.1. I.lovdV new huildiuir. Centre street. Allinan
1111T of leaal hiismess attended to ai ishietorily,
andeoHec ions a specialty. 1.10-14. -tf
TERRIBLE ONSLAUfiHT
THK j
PEOPLE'S CMP STORE!
Iorotto, I n - j
m. j. teitjlilvum!
Mill, HOI.DIMi THE roBT!
TTES, SAP.BAINS! BUSINESS!
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hi fiooiis, riiiiiii finniis, (inoii noons.
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Cheap (looils! Cheap Cmhl Cheap (ioniW
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TIIOI ;lI T I X tI KSOI.I) !
COME AMI FF!
COME AM) ITEIUI
COME 4X0 151 Y !
Pause! PoncW! Purchase!
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vrrN ':i!i-o f .r i
lt;l.'il- !li-:ovlliti;l'.nii tur loo
!4 ai.l- ppleton A Mn-l'i: f..r 1 oo
vards Inhl.-i-hi'd Aliwlin fur loo
U rirds L'oo.l Ifieaehed AImHm tor 1 l0
11 vards verv t.ot H!-a-he ! Muslin t..r 1 oo
1 yards liri!l;n-j for 1 ")
A : I kinds of .7 en ii- arid other uouls which will pos
itively he s.,id ehenper than the cheapest.
NOTION nr.PARTHMT.
2 spools Cotton Thread, warranted 2u0 yards, for fx'.
- sheets Pins for
;l packets Hair I'in- lor
1 I iir Men's Half Hose fir.
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5 11. s,
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6 l' s.
Itropncil liiot'oflee fur
I Jrrcn i 'ef:"ee for
'.reen ' iliee (hest in market ) h
la Ihs. Ilrown
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11 Ihs. AVhitc SiiL-nr f.r
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l.e-t Svrup in market tor
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in f..r
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- Col.'ee K-.-ence t. r
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1 a:r i's Vi-i- II tor
1 pair AP-n's l-e-i -a ; I!.,ots f.,
1 pr ir 'ote.en'- irood Sho. s for ...
1 pair AV.'O'en'1 h. i s'i.m's tor
1 pa ' r I .a -1 : I ? a rs for
1 i.vlr I
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market for...
K-w ;s : e. nts
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I. ado-' 11
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,t- to l.e to
l-'.l eh. -at
A ( ha i f I I.,' a ra;.-.t
n.l in Norlh-m 'anil
."r t ha n fujv in
V 1 - a. a larir-s' lot
ncr ea n hn v
M-s-.-s- .md
P..
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dr
:i - Mat- at wor. l.-r;ai low p rices.
rttiil .fitdfro Tor X' n t-s-r 1 vr-ss !
e-c oi c the al.ove l;-t a car -fii eyamina
1 von v. ill s.-e That 1 have reduced everv
- the utino-t ipair. which ir was onlv io-i-
thin
hie t
hv lopi in-l all ex. uses t,,r clerk hire.
1"
;;'"":! v!V,:,,':V- "'V'" ,-"!ir"ihi'"!i"o lnJ'f"'"- I i:l 'Irillnis and i..Tfectin; their oriraiiiza-
llenc;. it is that I am al t.- nn I. r- II other mer- i: , .,, i ;. . . , ,
chaoi : ho employ cl-rks at lara-salaries ad re- i 111 Allpriist moved lorward to
.;niie the r cu-tomcrs to pay for the luxury : and ' ( limberlatu 1 ( ;ip, and t hf'lice in NepteiJl-hco.-o
it Is also that 1 defv anvone to compete with ; i .. o - a o,., .,,,:. t- , , ' , ..
the ah.oe ,. rices. So come and see me. evervhodv. i l.'iTi 'U , ''M'.HltO KelltUckV, ffOlrig
and rest s.-inv.l that if I nn't iive von e-ood ha'r- i HI AV It II (it'll, h. Kilbv Smith and CoHl
ii a ins r., ,,-nn in Hie county is ahle"to do it. At ; ij, out Avitll (ien. IjfaL'I?. I shall Hot
li ast tins . ar the s.-n 1 1 i.o-ti t s ..( a 1 n i i e.o i.nr. r-ro ' "'ill Iii'V
chased o, o,s at the -1 -i;. u'i k s cniiAr A ahikty '
Sr. .UK. " kept hy
M. J. TEITEETUI M, i
i.onr.TTo. ia.
s-w Sale
V I r IT,F RF W KST TFf I
iv virtue .r an order of ','he -.,rl of 'v,mon !
I rie.is of Catnhria c.ut.tv. Pa., n. me directed, i
1 will evpose at I, lie sale, at the CniEr Hot K !
in the l.oraiigh oi ta. -TisPurj'
SATURDAY, JULY 12, IS79,
at 3 o".-!oek. p. M.. iM-eliarg'cd ef all liens, the fol
lowing deseri'.ed r. .-.1 estate, to wit :
! .!. All ihat certain lot or piece ot irr,. and
situate on the s,.r;th-cast corro-rof H igli and .Tulian
' rtre. ts. jT1 i, W-t ward of the horouiih ef Kheiis
' I iir. Cambria county, l'a.. fr,.ntinz "4 feet, or
thereabouts, or. :od Hi-gh street, and extending
I- ick ;ti..iu said Julian street gt'4 fi-et to I.lovd
, street: thine- alonir gail I.loyd street big feet to
'. ha of AI. 1 tiHiman : t'nenee 'alon lot of said At.
I., (lalinan iKa te-t : thence hy ground owned l.y
i tlie estate ot Alh'hac! Itasson. d"e-as..d. a nd Val
entin" i'homas ns icet ; and ther.ee hv uoiind of
raid Val."!l!inoTl:oti'.a. 41 fert. to Hiiill street, the
j p lace of he:a n uin ha v i iex t h.-reon erected, a
Two Story FKUTE HOTEL PHOrFRTV,
Frame St.tblo and Onlonil.WncPi.
Xo. 2. All thnt rTtnin or j. of irrmipd
;t'i;it' m tin1 Kji wir-l t ti' h ir-tuh of KNon--I
:i rr. ";i ru! r: a r -n nt y. I -si mi i i; fit a po-"t .-u
! YiiTre stnM-t : tlifni'i t-l t' t a j'"tt, or corner
f ,f I'.t (crinr-rly rervcu' l to J cm. V i i.n. nmr
1 Tlniiui .'. In!: tliemv I v r'i"y, north
; left, to a piX on Crawforil street, tlicii'-e l-y fiii
ti i :! . v '"-t "J4 f .'T. t'i ,i i't on Vntre f-treet;
xhf nr. ! -i.i i irff'l, r- f."t. t the f-lnce ot
, lvu i niniiL'. . i 'iu tJit rts.n rrt-ti-il .4
TwostorjFUAMi: invn.i.iMi not sr,
I"rnTo -MMo inI OniftI!1lia.
o. :.-- " that ee-.-ain 1 ...-e ..r pr,r--! f '. md
; ;l:i.. 11 iff t v. n-. . . of l'.,l,i!,r.;i. C.ollt.rcl
eoiuity. Ha.. l".-.ol: im las at a -t in the I. r.e ef
. 1 aoiuas l.r:'h!i' 1 uid : th'-nee i.y sai l 'Inc.
', o.ith porelir.. t., a post; thrn-e 1 v land ol
John y I 0,1. .tt. wc-t K4 .. r-'h-. to M .aice:
t'o'liee h Void 1 'a:.-:'.-.- i f Pan I.. Ivans and
Ho..;: .1 a . s, ! - !. r.-rth 4 l-rrehe.. to p-.t:
tlicii. c hv inn 1 of V A. Ihirker. e-i-t B4 1" r h. s. to
the t ot I .a. , , is.iitmn nir 19 Xrrr-
unit 3'J Prrrhin. the .ame toor.- ..r l. -. a.i
. t h .!, .o, . :,.,!. I si, ! :n a-- I oi-d:te n Tht
p: ..." o r-a c-! I : -l...:t .! : i'I s .o ' h ot t he
I ofo-iji. an I ! a a the -H ir a rartn."
. I. A.J tl it -"a I a -r U'll o' pile!
. l" ir- f t r -! ;. id i'i.-i.lr.a. Citllhrgl
e,ainv. -. I.e. 1,-1 ,.-.-rpd as I , iw.,
I'. t ,. t. ,.v. I .it. lo,. Is et tk estate of
.1 ... V." i. . . d. an .1 I . UK icl Ke ''uM 1'
-. or tl..
; el
- I in.' Oerd of the a
n t!.e rii!,r;iti,.fi 'f th
, :i l n ..... un S iiiaici! -a V rnen;s
car I h.ald a:: '. !il-.rtj.ii
1 par .'oa- r
A HI I. I.I.I YI.
V'- g' l".aac Craw', rd
A
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N Mil
Nt TI M.--No!ic,
ls
1 I a i - l 'raw '.ad. i f the h. -r-ai,i
r,,i e..;n:T. 1'.. . and il.tr
ol ... aai!:..;. i.-v-i r.I ha
'-. lii ant p. rs.-r, il . of l i
. ii iv a r
red l..r- ..'
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s e ( a;. I.i en. t
ei i ni s or il
. it .). :.iv
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I t A '
r v a in t
a.,1 I-
,'. d I.
lo the s
l.l.-Olds
I.
d. .1 C imh-i.l
.r. -a I. in xn:-l
-tal.
ic raw lord. !l ,--lie
-aid Isaac t "rawl.-rd
id jv-siz.lc... ti,o-e
will make k nn t he
h;.v
A Hid. I.I.IIVH.
-sig;;c.' id Isaac t'rawford.
VlbMINIs. i i; AT ,.-s x "l It E.
l's- ,'. of l'noMO T. .hh, d.-r'd.
, ti. r cf Adiiii iistr.iti .il en the estate of Th...
'I'-. Id. lai e of I .t-eii-hi. rir horo'.igh. deceased, havinjr
liccn giai i' d to the nii.i, ;-sig ued l.y the llcg-l't-r
ot "amlo-ia c. iintv. aii cr. ins in. l.-i. ted to s od es
'eteare lio.-'a- na'i!:! ,1 to make pav mi n without
delay. Hi-al those having el.i:ins airaiust the tame
will present ! heir, proper;', ant ton. aaied n.r settle
Rl.ur. .IVAltg
la.epshnrK. June 1.1, l-::.-ft.
M 1 i;s.
"V"TI( Having imrcluis
-iA lowinir de-cril.ed art iclcs nt She
ui i ih
fol-
'erin s Moe. iu
S.OC. IU ,
wit! I'.t I, lis 1 s,,l , 1 l,,,,n,r,. 1 c,.f eil-lioliei! rhai-s '
II cane se.tl.d chiir--, g ricking chairs, bedsteads 1
a;;d bed.litur. .-toves. looeans carpels, oil clothj. ,
h o,.M,g n.a-scs etc.. Mill lell Ilia Mlluo ill cai'P of 1
John Sliaii.aiigli. of SiiminitviUe. I In i-chy caiilion ;
all persons :,e:onst iiit.-rfeianir in any way vviih said
piopc. i, .
Altooua. June 7, lSTr. 13.-3t.
M. J. HICK.
mn tor r.vFR i
Tid von ever ?ce a beauty who was not n liitle
v:iin ?
Hid vim ever ses a pediller thnt would b.trg-ain
'wiTtunit irain ?
Iid von ever sftr a hrairirart that w:i reallv frank
' and hold ?
Iid vnn ever ppeamiser who would saerltice his
Void ;
ever !
What Never?
W;il. hardiy ever.
yoti ever Foe a hrewer who would not praise
his :i lo '.
Hid yon ev,r see a fisherman who'd say: ''My nh
iin- stale?"
lid evr-r see a usurer who would not shave a
' note ?
ir a find idfite tor ofliee who would not take a
vole?
Never!
What Never?
Well, hardly rvcr.
a liiother-in-lnw assert her riirht
a wi.Iow fair who cr.iiJ.I not wed
I-:d j uu ever
in am ?
Iid luti rvf-r si
i .i i ii '.
I
I -.ii i or see an
Id maid who .lid not keep a
j et ?
i I
o i i"--r
1 1 1 d.-l.t ?
j en.lthritt
il.l whi never '
Never I
M li t r I r i-v.-i
r.-.r-'W y-iiTh vdi-
a i) '-i'iii o -win.
lid .
u co r
l-ear 1
nil - . r
'! ii. t w.tnt
..-'il.l HY..M II
IM 1
s, r-.,.
!;.! v.
i t-lil :urr a i i?nMfi- with ni'iTit-v ?
a t'ti- ui;ti'i 1 1 1 k r In w .ih
i-ver !
W h:it Never?
W i-i i. fi:tnt iy t t.
!"' n hull ur-'Wri miv w!i) ti I 1 11 t
a u ?
rnr H (:iirt'e!e t h Tii : I ! f "ii u i re sjiv
k in w a j i i i 1 c r wIki 4 t" innrrrairc
Hid
Lid y
I 'id
I'd y
!:.! v"
Hit :t
. t-r
;'t dr,
ut take a l idvout win. di.ln't like ice
er. :: in V
Ni-.er?
V. n Never ?
A", cil, hardly ever.
J nd yon ever know n horse dealer w ho alwr.vs spoke
the truth ?
fir an aire.l. vorn-out dchauehee who did not ctivv
y.oith?
Hid you ever know a Yankee not fati.ous lor In
venti iii ?
r a chronic wh i-key drinker who was not always
r.-pcnl i ti" ?
Never !
W hat- Nov er?
AVell. hardly ever.
iId you ever know a hypocrite who'd not ahusehis
Tieiirhhor?
Ild von ever know .1 hcirirar who was not afraid of
I a I. or?
Hid you ever see a murderer who didn't hate the
law ?
Did you ever see a man so rich he didn't a-k for
more ?
Never !
W hat Never ?
Well, hanllv ever.
TUT. WAY SOME finiTOKft ! IT.
The editor sat on a tlireedeLred stool
1 j on the ii. per floor.
An 1 .piickly irrasped his hest exchange,
Kor he wanted a column more :
He stahhed it with hissois-ors,
And stole the lunny stnil.
And whi-tled d'.wn the oopv
With all the credits s.-i-s.'.red off:
Tlo n jilaci , his thun.l.s within his vest.
And eonnr. itiiv did laiiirh.
And said. 'Ai v readers will never know
Hat what I wrote that paraira i ih.'
Hut The liiii hi- Hul-.'e across ;he street.
A It hoM" h it may s.-.-m -trance. J
V. a- out three hours in advanc.-:
Ala-lc ut. troin the same cX'-haiiof.-.
TKl'TII STJtAX(;EK THAX FICTIO.X.
A T'H till
yai:n i:y a 'in:'Kii:i:.ti
soi.nir.i;. Early in t he spri;iLr of lt;- i .f 11V
cottii'.f honie. and with l-.nap.-aik and
blanket soiipht the "tented held," and
was soon drilled and equipped lor the
duties before me. I shall not at U nipt a
detail of camp life, its excitements or
its monotonous rounds of daily duty and
routine. "The command"" to which I
belonged spent the sprinir ami summer
Oil tllliir.J (Hlt.V ill J-.ast lei.llCSSee. olid
attempt to portray the sul'fi rinprs of :
that disastroiiscaviii.aip;n with its retreat, :
and he avIio does attempt it will make a
most signal failure. Suffice it. that :
many ot lis pot out of Kentucky, in
j some way, and that when General 1 5 rasp;
burned on to I. liauanoojra and Mur
fn,sl,ro ln-v .iiiman.l was h ft in East
remainiiip; i its mountain
Pops durm.g the winter of lsr.2 and 'i'.."!.
and until it 1st before t be I... t b. f Cl.i,.
amauga. in '!.;:, when we those of us
that pueumonia had sj-iired during the
seventeen snows of that dark, dism.,1
winter, and those that the typhoid fever
had not parched up dining tl,,. scoie
heat of the succeeding summer--joined
t.rneral l'.ragg's main army. It was
during this summer of Is.';;;. j;i jst
Tennessee, that I was mounted on a
good horse, and with three wagons, a
wagon master and a .small gmir.l. At as
sent from one of thoCaps to Morrislowii
for supplies, and having secured the
l ads for cadi wagon, avc were on our
return to the gap when the incident
that I started out to relate occurred.
While th.ie were, at that time, a
large number of good jei.p!e in Mast
Tennessee who Ave re patriotic, and
Avhose sympathies were with the "oiiiVd
eracy. there was. its is well known, a
linger proportion of "I'liion ineii," and
.specially w;is this so of the Mountain
popul.it ion. N.'or were they ignorant of
the fact, at this late period, Ihat the
povveri f the Coiiledi racy was weaken i'lg
and that a gradual cv.icnat ion of their
territory was going on. Thisknow ledge
great iy crib -Mened that class of jeo
ple known as "bushwhackers," a id it
N aim- xccedingly dangerous f.r a
Cm ie;i( rate soldier t leave camp and
go out through the country alone. I
had been in the section for several
lo inths. had always lieen treated kindly
l y every ldy. and somehow or another
i felt no unusual fear.
Mvcry oid soldier knows what f. rag- ;
ing mi iins. and on a Thursday in July '
while sti.l on our return to the tiap. L
instructed the wagon master to go 0:1 '
w ith the wagons while 1 made a short
detour from the main road in search of
some! hing to cat or drink assuring
him thatasmyluir.se w.is ilcri I wouid
catch up with the party when they halt
ed lor their noonday i"''st and dii.iu r.
With a word ol caul ion ln.n'i go too
far or stop too long'" the wagon mast
er passed on and I was left n'otie.
Our road for the day had traversed a
small stream with huge hills on each
side, and sohictiines we were in the bed
of the stream and somr times vv were
011 its bank, and so it proved Avilh the
, little byway that I was now pursuing,
i I rode leisurely on ; everything was quiet
! and still, and danger was not in my
mind, as it wandered hack home and
lived over happy hours with "wife.
children and friends" again, and then
returned to war. its sufferings, its proh
; abilities !tnd possibilities, and not until
i i:i' horse threw up his head with a sign
j of recognition did my thoughts return
! to myself and mv situation. 1 was iitst
,. ., ...
,, i i ...
, oe nines 1 1
" 1 ioo'sii'mo oh iiihiii 111.0, una
just entering (die of those beautiful lit-
', ,,. val(.vs (',. yvllicli the mountain rcg- j
. , , ',
lollS ot 1 Cllliessep jlfO SO liilllollS. Olliy
f,,r ., j.i.nnent did 1 halt and titke ill till
scene.
and then, as it assuring liivi-elf
(hat there ivasjm danpror await inp; rue
I parsed ,n to the houses, the nearest
one a dwell in ir, not lift- yards distant.
The irronp t,f houses consisted of a
dwellinp:. inhahited. a small st ore 1 . 1 1 or
triMi.u, Remaps, a proeery, and a l-Iaek- : tne wreck of the Kllen J. M'Kiim.in the
j smith s shopthe ringi i; anvil and the ! vessel destined for .1. (' Dnneaii's .s
: welding hammer sileneed lone; sinee, rape, tells the followhi? narrative of the
and near by the remains of -what was hardships endured :
; oiifc a prood. roomv barn. I .- ;U, fr , v ,.
i n app luchinpr. a man whose appear- ; the 24th of Marrh. Six tlnvs afterward we
anr-c 1 Old n;,t part ienlarlv tanev. and a were overtaken 5.v a cale whieli was ot sn. l.
j woman not altooether miTiretn'issessiiio-
eame out into the piazza, and in what I
eoneeived to he a Aery kind, hosj.itahle
manner invited me to '-lipid and come
1 in
and as l l.ad a t-ood repeater, .-md
' saw um iiipiwo, i readily :iccc.ted their
i invitation and was soon restine-, refresh
ed by a coo draupht of Avatep from a
mountain sprinpr; near by.
AVitliout waiti-.-r for 1 he iin:il inf.niry
of a s.. Idi.-r, -'Ibive jou aiiytliintr to
drink ?" the i.r.m jinnlneed a small ju,
a common, plain prreen looking tumbler
and a-ked me to take a drink, t e! ! inir tin'
thai it was -ir.M.d old applebrandy."" I
readily accepted, took ratlur a' "la r ire
ipiantity of ;,e br;tndy, and. after dilut
ino; it with a little watei tpiatTed it at a
siriph- Ir.mulit. and in nl-oitt ten minutes
vasAi-iPiy and )-owerfu!ly affected bv
it. I did not y;H ii, ! that fuliTiu'of
, iii'i'-.VoiiK ss and lincoiiscioiisness men
tioned by so many Avriters. but, on the
contrary. Avas quickened and em rtried :
my perception was sharpened, and for
the first time I saw clearly the possibili
ties of my situation. I arose, thanked
the denizen of the valley for his courtesy,
and started to leave, when suddenly' I
' discovered 'hat we three were riot alone.
1 had. durinp; my disjointed conversation
1 with the man. noticed that the woman
. Avas silent, looked thought fn i,;l( n..,iv
little, if iiiiythijipr. to say : but I was not
awar as I afterward learned, that she
was distressed and uneasy about mv pro
b.'.bie fate. As I have slated, I arose to
leave, when two men. as danprerous m
appearance ami its Aillainons in their
looksas wi re ever ilesci ibod or pn-t rayed
; by the w ildest imatrinat ions of dime
li.ivel writtrs. came out of the little trro
cery. jilaced themselves behind me and
I my horse and l-a-le me be seated, as I
j was their prisoner, and told me that if
'. escaped from them I would be the lirst
j 'd-d rebel that had ever done so. In
! vain I pleaded and persuaded, for I saw
that resistance would be folly, but my
' appeals niiiiht as well have been made
to the hard prranite rocks near by, and
! just when I lost all hope, when despair
! was settlinrr over me and a mist seemed
lo p-alher before my eyes. I saw- the
woman's face suddenly lighten up. and
; look in"; from her to my horse I saw him
n -t i vi iv 1 lokinpr in the direction from
Avbenec I i-ame. Of course I looked loo.
and to my prreat joy. to my unspeakable
satisfaction. I saw the familiar form of
our w auon master, one of our guard and
two Confederate cavalrymen whom I
could not recopriiize, eiiierinp; from the
prap into the v 3'ev.
in a twinkle the two scoundrels Avert
prone ; the man dis'iaimed any kn. iwledjre
of them and the woman, with true ten
tier, womanly iTi-tinct. was over.jo;. ed at
mv resell... 'J'lie jnp; wasaprain produced,
conor,;; nlat ions pledged, and near nipht
fa'l we pitched our camp, a united party,
m ar Ta.ovr'I.
I h it my friends about in o'clock, a. 1
m., and as I instructed, they stopped
about noon to rest and refresh them
selves, and. as I did not come up in a ;
reasonable h-np;th of time, the waiTon
master and Private T,. joined, a couple of
cavalrymen, then on their way from
Tazewi 11 to Morristown. and knowim;
, . ... 4 .... ; 1 1 f, 1 i . i "
in nan, ii.iu niiioHcu ine w n ii i r.e pro-
Aiucmiai resuiisain adv stated, tint
in the sequel of "My Midniprht Teril,
h'-re is the strantrer jiart of mv story.
When I left Alabama in V,- my little
daughter T-illian Avas scarcely 'eleven
months old. and while she knew me
tb.cn. my image passed from her infan
tile mind as a shadow, ami, save in the
evening prayer when she lisped my 1
name, she Avas unconscious of my wry
existence. (At the time of which I j
write six hundred miles separated us.)
die had grown during the long inter- :
A'eniug months of my absence, :md on
that duly day of which I have written,
she was a two-year-old child, sleeping in
t he long summer afternoon, as children ;
of her age usually do. Suddenly her
m. ! her heard her scream and hastened'
to her ;is only a mother could or would,
supposing her to be i:: intense pain, and
it was for some time impossible for her
to tell through her sobs the burden of
her sorrow. When she could make her
self understood, l,er Avail for two long
hours of that, to her and to me. event nil
evening, was: "Some old men are Irv
ing to kill my papa."
She was a charge u-iii her mother
during the remainder of the day. and
not until near nightfall, when sleep
again visited her eyes and slumber slnit
out fr un ln-r In-art the lirst sorrow she
had ever known, did she cease, at inter
vals, to cry out. -'My jM.or papa."--"Some
old lie-an ln.-n are trying to kill
my papa." Metiers passed at once
twcea my wife and myself, but not un
til now have w e ever iiit nt i.un-il t he sub
ject, save only to a few friends won
Av hoHi we are on terms of the closest in
timacy. In coi. elusion I aga in pioto from your
story "My Midnight IVril."
"This is my plain, unvarnished tale.
I do not pretend to explain or account
for its mysteries. I simply relate facts
and leave the psychologist to unravel
the luhyriiithcaii skein."
One thing I do assert my story is
true, and all the parties, father, mother
an! child. live Avithin one hundivd miles
of Mulaii'a.
Av If k C vvk. A correspondent of
the Pittsburgh 7'o.sf, Avritimr from liut
1. r. says there is within about four
miles of M illerstown and a like distance
from Ihiffdlo Furnace, on MulTal creek.
i:i that conniy. a place where natural ice
forms in a few minutes ii;h.ii water e
iwsed in sh:i!'ow vessels. ev n in tie. hot
test months. This is no recent discovery,
as it is mentioned in the Mncycloped;;.
lJrittar.ica ; but is known to but few in
this country. Several men of undoubt
ed veracity have tested the matter eare
fnlly. and no dov.bt can be entertained
of its correct in ss. It seems that the
heat of the sun has no inilitence, as the
experiments were made, as Ave are really
informed, in full glare of the sun. and
: th" thermometer actually indicated but
three degrees sdnive zero, having fallen
to that point in less than ten minutes,
tin 1 going down through some seventy
hgrees in th;t time. There is nobody
of ice disouvcrable. and we do not at
tempt to account for the 'phenomenon,
: leaving that to professional scientists.
'Vkv f. moved into our oavh house
now." said Spilkin's "and have quit the
pay -re!.t-al rout foit'.Cl."
ALONE ox A wij-ltk.
A SAII.OU's RKM.MlKAllI.K K. 1'FIUF.M E.
ietorino Lottes. the sole survivor of
' vi,,l,'''e that it strained the vessel vervinu ti
anil caused her to lurch so heavily that 1
l,. .....1. i .- . . . . .
; iii..oin seveiai nines sue wouui capsie.
; "ie itiornino of the sixtli dav I was at the
, wheel from 2 to 4 nVlock. The captain,
: w hose name I never learned, came aloiej and
; ordered the first mate, 1'Iirieli, to reef the
; sniU, to heave to and keep her head well off.
i ins was ih. i.o, and then the mate took the
j wheel from nie and lashed if and told me to
; stilt standby. At about 2:"xi o'el.wk I was
; still standing ,.t tnv post, with the w dice!
IMMieil. Wlletl the vessel, a tlat-liotfomei! one,
! sheered, and liefore she could riirht aeaili
she w.is strin k bv a wave aft. ami keeled
riidit over. At that time. KlSrieti, themate,
t,.-..ro,. .I,,in,i:y, of l!;.. p. rt v.at.-h (I
doti t know thetn l.y any otlier names. the
one I !.el, inco-d to. were 'on the deck. 'I hey
elim.tj to the rioojnir. I hnncrto the wheel,
and noticed that the forward scuttle had
Horded away, and I knew that the water
must have run into the forecastle and pre
vented the men who were asleep there from
liiakin.j their escape. The sliding scuttle on
thecahin had not been removeil, so 1 made
my way forward and pulled it away, and
railed to the Captain to come out. M'aiuiel,
. the si nd mate, first came out of the cahin,
and wa-. immediately followed hy the Cap
, tain, who was in his" shirt and drawer. He
asked whose wat h it was. and o p.rien re
plied : 'Mine, and she upset." The Captain
clninlcr-d to the side of the vr-sel and huno;
there. The sea was runnim; verv hih at the
time, and one wave, which seemed to Ih
much hiuher than any I had seen before,
cauidit the Captain and carried hint away.
: 1 heard him halloo twice, hut it was impo
1 sihle to render him any assistance. That
A-as the last I sa vv of liiin. Then I took a
rope and fastened it around mv waist, at
taehiuo the other end to the vessel. The
other men did the same. Ve remained in
that position waitinu for dayliirht, which it
seemed to me never would come. As day
break approached, the Avind calmed some
what, and the sea went down.
"When liiiht aaiu dawned, and I could
once more sec about me, I funk my sheath
knife, and. after rinininp; along the side, of
the vessel, cut away the main and forward
ri oo. in- and braces, This allowed the masts
to sway w ith the motion of the vessel, an, i,j
a short time the mainmast snapped oif and
fell into the s,.a, and. sometime i.fter, the
forward mast also went by the board. This
lightened the vessel considerably, and allow
ed her to net into a more upright position,
lyinp; after this at an nnprle of about -l."i de
trrees. which allowed us more deck room, at
least so that we could with care, move around.
I!y this time ti e pans ,,f bumo r and thir-t
came, and while my companions were rriviiiir
way to despair and were not lnakms; anv ef
forts to help themselves. I thought of 'pro
enriiir provisions if possible. 1 made my
way tot lie cabin, and found a ke:r of w his',; v
and a box ot fruit, and also a h:ijof'iiotnt'-s.
These ! secured and lashed them to the for
ward p ait of the wreck. We then took the
niainiiii and made a sort of tent of it, and
live of us , if under this cover the first and
second mate and two sailors beside myself.
"As the day wore on the wind nexh ratcd,
and we floated with the tide. The provisions
which I had secured I took charue of and
dealt out spariiiirly. We kept watch and
watch, in t he hope of secim; a sail, but evi rv
niiiht as darkness came on t he despairiiiir cry
of Xo sail insjo-ht' was uttered. At the end
of the t bird day, the second mute died, and
we pili hed him overboard. I had nianavred
to secure a small ca-k ol" syrup, whi.-l; I iravo
to the men i; ixed with "the Jiipior. That
niirht I fell asleep, and sipt more soundly
than at any time since the wreck, and oii
awaking I found that the men had gone to
theliijiior and provisions that we had and
imlashed them and let them fall overboard,
thus leaving us without anything to eat.
With a pole 1 managed to get into the hold
and (Ira vv uii another sack of potatoes. We
ite them raw, and subsisted on them alone
to tin
ninth day alter he wreck. n that
day I could see the bodies of the dead men
in the forecast le light under us. My com- :
panioiis were becoming weary, and 1 knew 1
that unless I got some food for them they '
would not long survive : so I had to do the
best I could. I fished in the forecastle for
some cans of fruits and meats I knew to be
there. I got a piece of iron and made a hook
and lashed it to the end of a pole, and com
menced fishing. I got hold of sometliingand
hauled it up. and found it was the body of
one of tlie other watch. He had evidently
been jammed between some boxes, which had
held him so tight that he could not get out.
I put the hook down again and hauled up a
sack of potatoes, and after that 1 brought up
a box of butter. This Avas all we had to eal.
Fresh water we had none, and were forced
to drink stilt water.
"From this I cannot give any account of
the days, as I could not keep track of them.
We came in sight of a large number "f birds
and s.'.i-gulls. which were swimming by,
and w ith a piece of wood vvhi -h I hurled at
them 1 killed one. It floated toward the
Avrei-k. atnl 1 tuok it up find greedily sucked
the blood, and then tore th- flesh 'in pices
and gave ere h of mv companions a small
i-ee. I then made a hook at.d baited il
vvilli some of the ilesh. and with that Mana
ged to catch some tSh. which 1 ate eagerly. !
and it tasted to mo as if it was the fme-t tur-
key. One of the Molt, ieoi ge.Jwas becoming ;
y.-iv f.iiut. and I s'.vvhe was going to die.
I told him he nnisf try to keep pp. I'.ilt lie
repiie-l that be did pot think he would live
verv Ion:'. I asked him if he thought he was
g.iug tubal, a nd l,e sa id 'Vi -.' I then said:
I .eolge, when v oil get to w here ( lod is, led
Hii-i to send us some water." II,- told !:'
that l.e Woldd. atld then begged me hot t l
throw him i v, i board as oon as he died, i lo
1 (. nie insensible, am! in a short time died.
I lef; bis bo.v remain under the cover one
whole .la v. arid tin i nut it in tin' sea. I be
lieve to he kept his proini-e. for, soon aft
er he die.!, a s.jii ail came on.'aud the rain fe'l
in torrents. 1 held out my sou" wester until :
it was i ;il I. an I treasured tiie water. The oth
er men lap,n-d the water from the side of
the vessel just as dogs do. The first mate
had become erav fr..in the effects of drink
ing salt water, and he died soon utter Wcorge
That left me and .Johnny mi the wreck.
Johnny w as getting very weak, and I thought
I would make one more effort to see it I
could not get some preserves, in order to sus
tain his life. With a piece of iron I cut
away a hole in the deck, and fished where I :
knew preserves had been stored in the hold. ;
but 1 was unable to get any. Some time af- i
ter that Johnny died. It must have been
about 1" (."clock at night. I kept him with
me until ' o'clock in t he morning, and then
rolled him over into the sea.
"Then I was left alone on the vessel. I
said to myself : -Xow" my turn is con, ing and
I am left" alone : but as' my name is on my
a'-ni in Indian ink. Mil lash myself to the ves
sel, and if ever the v essel is picked up I shil'l
be known. I had become so weak that I
could scarcely stan 1. My tongue had ,.
come parched and dry. my hie. were swollen
and my body emaciated, so that there was
nothing but'the skin to cover the ribs. It
was Hfteruooti and I thought 1 would take a
last look from under the cover. It was then
I caught sight of a vessel, which Avas tacking
I about and going from the wreck. I tried to
i halloo, or 1 did halloo, but my voice was not
; heard. As I saw the vessel going away;from
i me my heart seemed to cease beating, and 1
thought my last hope was gone. Hut i man
aged to get strength enougii to raise my sail'
wester and shake it over tin' head. Some
one on the vessel seemed to get the
;na!
tor the vessel hove to. and then I saw the
snuel iio.it come toward the wreck. This is
tlie last I recollect. Five days allerward, as
I was in 1 oi mei t iA ill, . a ni.un in i tie "o u".
f :. i..". !,.. o.i. i tn.it
1 , ,11111 .r III" senses, ini u .11 ...... ,.0 111,0
my signal had been noticed, and he put otf I
thl"."! men to rescue me. but tiiey came back !
saying it Avas too rough to approach the I
wreck : that he then called for three other :
volunteers, and the first mate and two sea- i
men went and took ine on tiie wreck. 1 1
j told mo that from that time until 1 . ame to I
Avas cc st.-.iV.'y : v ie:; fib bcirg in !!!-
j erey. I don't know what I did mu, for I
'have no recollection of anythitiir whatever.
; Calculatinc the time from the day the vessel
! capsized to the day the Much picked me tip
1 was L'-J days floatm;; on the wreck, and. ac.
j cord in s to" the Captain's statement, the
sehMner mtisf have drifted about l"o miles
w est from the point w hen- she '. apsied.
: The Otairn landed me at I'ort 'I ow iiseiid.
yvhere I was tak"n into the liospjtal and re-
; ceived the lest trcatnietit and at the expira
tion of six weeks was suthcient - r. sfore,! to
, leave for San Erancise,., and on my xvay
down 1 received srrcat care and ittfeiitio'i
front the ( ajitain atnl ofli ivr of the Ci!v of
, Chester ""
IojK-s is ; l'oit up'uese. -1'"; years of
Aire and llbli.nrried. Suit Vno i.s.'o .Vt'i.
Tl UXEII iKAY IX AX HOI K.
'.
1 HAia.l
MAY S TIIIIII.I.lMi
Triii:.
AD' r.N-
( 'harles May and his brother Hubert,
in the spriuprof 1711. offered to iss i'.h,
O"0 milroad ties down the Arkansas
river from the mountain source jo ( 'olo
r;ilo. lie say s :
"Our offer was accepted, when we started
into the upper entrance of the canon with a
lari-cskitA. provided with si dav' provision
and iron feet of rope, w ith which, bv t ikincr a
runnino; turn round some firmly planted olt
ji' t, we could lower our boat loo feet at a
time. In this way, at the end of three days,
having set adrift many hundred ties, we
reached the entrance to the Koval (ioiire.
Here we discovered that an attempt to de
scend the first waterfall with two in the boat
was certain destruction, and to return was
impossible. Accordingly, I determined to
lower my broiker down the fall in the boat , a
distance of 'na feet, .'ive him thermic, and
let
mill take tne eiiauce ot the canon fe
; seemed more certain in that direction while
j I avou Id risk my physical ability to climb the
! canon wall, which was about itOhmi f.-et high
i "About in o'clock in the morning 1 shook
j hands with my brother, lowered him in the
boat safely to" the foot of the fall, gave him
I the rope, and saw him no more. Then.
throw ing asji!,. niy coat, hat and boots, and
j stripping the socks from mv feet. I com
menced my climbing way. often reaching the
! height of pm or L'ihi fect.'only to be Compelled
i to return to try some other way. At length,
about 4 o'clock in the iift'-rn.-oii, 1 reached a
heigth upon the smooth canmi wall of about
1, licit feet. Here mv further progress was
arrested by a shelving ledge of rock that jut
ted out fr-.m the canon -ide a loot or More.
To advance was without hope; t- return,
certain death. Eeaehing upward and on
ward, I grasped tin-rim of the le,o,. v ;i!i .en;
, hand, and then wi-h the oth. r. mv feet slip
ped from the smooth side of the anon, and
my body hung su-pen.led in the air a thous
and feet above the rearing waters of the Ar
l kansas.
"At that moment 1 looked downward to
, measure the distance 1 avouM l av.- to fail
w hen the strength ot my arms gave out. A
slinoing s.'ti-atioii crept' through :uv hair as
Toy eye caught the strong root of "a cedar
bush that project.. I out ,-v er the ledge, a lit
tle beyond my riieh. My grasp upon the
rim of the ledge w is yielding t i tin- Weight
of my person. Then "1 di tei mined to make
lay ne-r court to raise my body and throw it
sidew ays toward the root, so 'a to bring it
within "mv grasp. At the moment of com
mencing the edort, 1 saw my liioihcl's f;ice
as she leaned out over the " ledge, readied
'down her hand and caught me by the hair,
stranger, my mother died wh 'Ti quite a
voting woman, when I and my brother were
small boys, hut i remember her face. 1 was
successful in making the side leap of my
anus, when I drew myself up th- ledge and
rested for a time. From here upward mv
climbing was laborious, but less dangerous.
I reached the top of the canon just as the
sun was sinking down behind th. snowy
range, and hastened to our camp at the
mout n ol
canon, wh-ro 1 found mv broth
er ail sate. 'Charley, ' said he, 'have you
had y our head ia a flour-sack "." It w as then
1 discovered that in y hair wits as white as
vou see it now."
"Thk r.rm.K Snors Dm It." A
man who had lfeii reclaimed from (he
vice of intemperance was called njion to
, tell how he w;ts led to give up drinking.
: lie arose but for a nioimnt looked very
confused. All he could sav Was :
' "The little shoe did ii !" With a
thick voice, as if his heart Avas in his
throat, he kept repeating this. There
was a stare ot perplexity on every face.
' and some thought less young 'woplo 1k--gan
to titter. The man in all his em
barrassment, heard this sound and ral
lied at once. The light came into Ids
, eyes with a flash he drew him-df up
and a. '.dressed the audience, t he ( In. king
gone from his throat. Yes, friends." ),e
said, m a voice 1
as a d'-ep-t ani d 1
tat cut its wav. ( !.
ar
II. " w hat ever on ma v
think of il. I've told ymithe truth -to.-little
shoes did it ! I w as a bi ;.;:d a
fool; st rung drink had made me both.
;.!;.! s'l.irved me into the baig.tiii ; Isii
l'ere.l : I dco rved to sU:i, r. j; ,;
didn't sui:. r abu.e-- i.o man d.-cs w in.
has a w iie and child, for t in- w oiuan g 1
the worst abuse. I',;.; I ;,iu p., sju jikt ;
t enlarge ou thai : Mii sti. kto the in-
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her feet tor her
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b'loAV aJ tll l-e lit'.ie s!,e s. Til A k
reason iniopie. Whai right have
clothe .!. rs Avitii In: ri.-s. and pr
pot 'in eo.irse clothing f.-r my
but let tin m go bare y says I. and there
outside was my shivering v i-'e and blue,
chilled chihl. on a hitter cold nigh. I
took hold of the little one with a grip
andsiuv herchilled f.-et. Men! fathers!
if tic little sh": s smote me what must
little bet have done! I put them. f"ld
as ice. to my breast : they pierced ine
through. Yes. the little feet walked
right into my heart and away Avalkoil
my selfishness. I had a. trifle of money
left, so I bought a large -af of bread
and then a pair of little shoes. I never
tasted anything but bread all that Sab
bath day, and went to work like mad on
Monday, and from that day I have spent
no more money at the public house.
That's all I"av got to sav it was the
little shoes that did it."
A hot Kb at a certain summer resort.
less tl. an l1'.' miles troin tins city, says!
the X. V. is kept by a : hovman.
impi his advertising circular is somewhat
in t he ' y le of a ( il eus a nnounci ;-n -, nt .
"Tiionsands of travelers."" it says,
"'nave had ih' ir at'enti.'ii drawn to a
cidi t Wi ring and looking d -v. n villi
iusignifieani ; en the bay. -md icted for
pii tun sque scenery, gnimlenr. and mag
nificence. As you sail by. merry voices
and sweet strains of music are heard
mingling Avitii the warbling of the birds,
and th" iielody is only broken by the
I r i'.ring of the breakers on the beach,
j This is a pronounced p iradisc. From
1 the bjlcomics of ties i harming h"t. l
! you have a grand view of th bay. which
' for its sp'en lor far surpass the biy cf
i Xap'es. Kis-iug its Avater.-; are a tii ui
j and sai N. mi l the glaring gi :ni 01 the
lightho pe lei ils ,t charm to the e-inopv
c , . -,
i oi nigu..
A Vh.WNri. i.otii dij'iK'd in warm
soajsuds, then into Avhit ing. and applied
to paint Avi 1 instantly remove gn ;se
:tnd dirt. Wash Avith clean water, then
dry : the most delicate paint will not be
in nired. and will look Uke new.
AT J.l.Tl vm:i
j A l:rit. TKAAipVs A( ( ot N r of now he
i I'.ij.otvrn ci xrii.ti. rn kktt.
i A dusty, grizzly, crippled man of fifty,
leaning a good share of his aa eight n"a
i cane w hen he walked, sat on the t
: otliee steps ye-tcrd.iv Ahile he ate a dry
crust of bread. He was nibbling awav,
trying to hud the soft side. v.hen ha
looked tip and saw that heAvas watched.
"Yes. Yank, do y..u call this tutT:"'
; he ca'h'd out as he chewed away.
"Well, dry bread isn't much of a
meal." was the answer,
j "That's so, but Avhcn rations ar low
; and the commissary wagons in the rear,
i you've got lo till up on the liest v.ui
: have. I "ve lieen ciimpiugout, alongside
of dry bread and Avator, for a whole
month."
"(ioing Puvwhere ':"
"I r.-ckon. I'm alius goin somewhar
! and never gittin thar."
'n Ike tramp ?"
, 'Kinder, though I (.a'i if on the
march. You see. I got Hanked by hard
times, and I'm (hanging my base; I'm
looking for risin" ground now on which
' to form a hcav battle-line. I've pot a
brother out here in Kent County, and
I'm marching that w;iy."
Yon were in the v.ar V"
"Wasn't I! Can't 1 shet mv eves
and set jist how oner;il Pickett "talked
yvheu he led us agin your Second Corps
down at "ettyshurg '.n the ."id of July ?
Wasn't it Inlin" down thar' that dav!
Woof: but how o f is g..t back l'-e-
hiiid right's brigade aliv
: hind ill ?
is niore'n I
"-so y ou were tin
I'ichett ?"'
"bight unib r c.in. ral Pickett, and I
kin s. othe lay of the ppound on that
day as plain as thai ". -p. Jo.ss. If I'd
bin ly in' back iifdi r the wag..ns that
day ! w. .til. hi h.-v g .t two bullets in nie
. n.-r bin jabl- d wi: h a b.ivonct. M-ud,
si i aii.i i . mn iiiioiigp i was a g.
that tight ! I can't talk ai.nt It
'lier in
"thollt
Chios .- -vei p:n" up mv 1 at k."
"Ye. it v. as i t . "
'Hot! Well, wh.n thirty-nine men
0- :t "f a eoio any of r.i v are killed dead,
and -ix i f t!."- other 'ieven at oumled,
you may n . k .;i s. ..n, bo. !y w.is trvin"to
io hmt we "nps ; wa- aU ut ,'', .H k
in the ati ri.. ...p. All .-ur guns h id 1 n
1 ming away f i t!, r.e hours to bre.ik
the Med. on;.r. and i'j. k 1 1 was to
had us as a storioin" party. The regi
ments fell in like i 1m k-vvoik. hds of th
1- .v's loi.kin" awful white around the
g ills, and no one but t l.e oivp i rs sjK-akin"
above a Avhisju r. We knew we were
goin" to charge ri'V-pits and old A"cts.
bt hind t V m. a id that lots of us were
goin" over to tip- Mminet sburg road to
slay thai" forever. Wall! but 1 craAl
when I think i f it !"
lie tossed tiie I'l'ibt away with .1 look
of contempt. gl";is.,l his cine Aith a
tirnc-r grin, and sa id :
"Pickett led, and K , i i id us av ere Pet
tigicw's mi n. Attention! Forward!
And we wini down in steady lines,
every company dressed as if u parade,
and tverybody waitin" for the ball to
loop 1!. Mo !,l ! P.oolil ! V.HlllllSop'l
i 1 on us with forty canip'tis. all booming
at once, and it was awful, sir. to hear
the scia alum" of gr..pe and canister. It
lore men to pities and sent their blood
spurti'.r on all sides. It took off legs
and arms, and the joor fellows shrieked
out in awful agony. "March! March"
and by and by avc rushed at the purs
with a yell. Behind "eiii avc re the litl"
pits. and bf yond were lines of blue six
or right deep. Hell a roar! ich screams
and yells and sliiiiks! stranger. I be
lieve I got jist as near Satan's head
quarters that day as a live man can I"
And you were driven ha k?"
"Yes. but the ground was co-.cii.l
Avith dead lut n lirst. They lay tha'r in
heaps. We trod on 'cm as avc surg'ed
up and fell back, and the wounded,
driven to madness, caught at our h gs
or struck at us as we went past. We
Avcre a up bg the guns when I g"t this
bullet in the sh..nl r. I.,vn ! wept,
and I g .t th's on.- in the hg. I w.is
hang in t i In- v, le i I of a gun and p'i l
i I . ' 1 n V st f up. av h 11 s. i nf-lm.lv (hin k.-d
a b.:vope ji t l '. and Ihat laid me. and
it was p.,.; tl,
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A tVnMii iii i i. Wai. i..- Another
curiosity has b-i-n uii artherl in Virginia
to add to the many inducements for at
tracting strangers. It is located in
IM'iifax county , on the line of Kiehtnond
and Hanvil'e Mailroad. ;md consists of a
wall i'.T fet-t li'i:, h'-s h.i.g. 1.", fei t high,,
is inches thick at thetop.and -J! feet at
the lotlom. It runs northeast and
southwest, and is situated at the lower
end of a slight eh vat ion. xvhich ascends
gradually. The m-'tion of the Avail,
and ;il! its environments. ircciit(les the
idea that i? could Lave Fein buried tin-
1 ,; r the a'-.-umnhtt ion of sands conveyed
by the ..:ips fr.-m above. The stones of
Avhich th" Avail is corn'msed are of com
mon white, llinty (inartz. They are ir
regularly shaped, but as t'al and smooth
as it designed for the ordinary pnroses
of masonry. The interstices are filled
Avitii smaller stones. Theslop.es are ad
justed wi h the accuracy of square and
plumb. Pr f. Camplx-fl. ot Lexington,
who has ii. .1 seen th" wall, but front the
accounts of it aa hie'i he has read, thinks:
it is one (.f t l .e geologic;:! dy la s (common
in some pho.'s, and riot the work of
man. P.ul. on the other hand. a genth'
m tn of gi". at int. lligi nee, including
some geelogiial p.oquiri mi nts, who has
made a th ; n:.rh c:'.nn:i.'t pn of the
Avail, says: "The coup d'o-il. as Avell as
an cxaiuln::! ion of the component pe.rts.
pro-es bey - ;, 1 pl ead wilt lire a Avail made
Avith hum in hands, and of great aiti
fpiity. In connect ion with the late dis
coveries in Ohio.it tends to estalei-n
, the truth cf the theory that a hisrher ol
der . f eivitiy.it ion preceded the Indians
I on this continent. It is a study for ai -(
i'lnarians. not geologists."
Tin:
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"s fair Helen.
Tr.
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