THE C1TIKN, KHIDAY, NOV. 10, 1011.
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CUSTER'S FIIIST CHA11GE.
Custer Is moat ofton remembered
for his unfortunate chargo against
Sitting Bull, when, without waiting
to determine the number of Indians
opposed to Mm, he charged with
600 bravo mon to an almost Im
mediate death. But this very im
petuosity on Custer's part was what
won for him the most of his victor
ies and no little of his fame. Even
in the Civil war it was much in evi
dence, as the following account by
Lafayette McLaws in Harper's Week
ly will show. McLaws a few years
ago -was spending a month with Mrs.
Jefferson Davis at her Lake Erie
home. A Southern veteran was visit
ing her one day and informed the
two that he had been In the battle
of Yellow Tavern, where Custer, a
young follow just out of West Point,
had gained his first bit of praise.
Said he:
" They call It Custer's most bril
liant charge. Some people claim it
was tho most brilliant charge of the
whole war," he went on. " I saw it
all."
" 'Do tell us about it," 1 begged,
impulsively.
" How easily you young folks ask
tlhings like that," he replied after a
little, with a wry twisting of the lips
too pathetic to mistake for a smile,
though he meant it for me. "Why,
for years I couldn't even mention
Yellow Tavern. I don't suppose you
can understand that."
" Yes, she does understand," Mrs.
Davis assured him. " And I'd liko
her to know just how it happened.
Were you in the cavalry?"
" No, I was with the battery Chat
day Wickham's brigade, Gen. FItz
Leo's division.
" It was near the beginning of
what your histories call the Wilder
ness Campaign," the veteran went
on. sneakinc dlrectlv to me. " Phil
Sheridan's troops were hanging on !
us like a pack or hungry wolves,
nipping us at every turn wo mad.
We had been marching and lighting
pretty steady for days with mighty
little chance for rest. One night we
left Hanover Junction about one
o'clock and arrived at Yellow Tavern
a little before ten the next morning.
But we hadn't more than halted at
Yellow Tavern when up comes Sheri
dan and tries to drive us out. It
was a pretty tough struggle, a hand-
to-hand tight in some quarters. We
fell back from the tavern, but we
held our position on the Telegraph
noaa leading to Hlchmond."
Here the veteran stopped and,
resting heavily on his stick, sat gaz
ing straight ahead. After a time he
went on, speaking directly to Mrs.
Davis:
" I remember It all as though it
happened yesterday," he told her.
" I was with the battery on a little
bill at the extreme left of our left
wing, Pitz Lee's division, Wickham's
brigade. It was around two o clock
when orders came for tho whole di
vision, excepting tho First Virginias,
to dismount, hut hold their position.
It seemed mighty good to stretch out
on the ground and tako a smoke.
After a while somo fellow wished for
a drink of water.
"You know how it always is. Just
let one man wish for a drink and
within a few minutes the Whole com
pany will be swearing they are dying
of thirst. Finally Saunders, my
comrade, said he'd located a spring
that morning during our scrimmage
with Sheridan's troops. I took my
canteen and went with him over th
hill to fetch what we could.
" I was on my hands and knees
over the spring when I heard Saund
ers give an exclamation of surprise.
Ho pointed through tho trees.
There, only a few hundred yards
away, was a large body of cavalry.
Making sure it was our right wing,
I wondered tp see them mounted
and in ranks so soon after leaving
them resting in position. Before I
could speak my surprise to Saunders
the officer's voice rang out:
"'Cavalry! Attention! Draw
Sabers!
" The entire lino moved forward
at quick walk. As the officer
Wheeled his horse I saw his face.
"'My God!' Saunders exclaimed.
' It's Custer.'
" Tho situation came to me like a
flash of lightning. I flung down my
canteen and started back to the bat
tery on a dead run with Saunders
hard behind me.
"'Trot!' Custer's voice rang out
again. 'Charge!'
" With wild cheers his cavalry
dashed forward in a sweeping gal
lop, attacking the entire right wing
at the same time. The next moment
wo saw our line broken and our men
running like sheep.
" The next was like somo great
red blur. I never can remember
just what happened. I only know
that I held to the thought that we
must join our fleeing company, and
both mo and Saunders did our best
to reach them. As wo reached the
Telegraph Road I heard an officer
shouting orders.
"It was Jeb Stuart's voice.
"I turned toward that voice.
There he was, making a stand in the
road with a handful of men around
him. Thank God I had sense enough
left to stop my running and Join that
little band.
"Almost the next moment, it
seemed, Custer's men were coming
back as fast as they had gone for
ward. They had met the First Vir
ginias and had been forced to re
treat. We greeted them with wild
yells, rebel yells, and drove them
across the road.
" I can hear Jeb Stuart's voice
now as he cheered us on. I gave
them my last shot and followed -with
my weapon clubbed. Then a man
passed me, a Yankee cavalyman. He
had heen dismounted and was run
ning out. He turned as he passed
our rally and fired his pistol.
" General Stuart swayed In his
saddle! I caught my breath. Then
his voice rang out again our Gen
oral's wonderful voice, cheering on
his struggling troops.
"The enemy rallied juBt across
the road and fired a volley into the
little band that still clung about
Stuart. With a scream of agony his
horse sprang forward and sank down
on his knees. As they lifted Gen.
Stuart off I heard tho young officer
who was assisting exclaim:
" ' My God, General, you are
wounded! Your clothes are soaked
with hlood! You must leave the
Held!'
" No,' came the stern reply. 'I
will not leave until victory is as
surcd. Get me another horso.'
" I was among those who ran off
to find a horse, though somo one got
ahead of me. When I returned, fol
lowing the horse, General Stuart was
seated with his back acalnst a tree.
with a few of his men grouped about
mm. rney nrted him Into tho sad
dle. Then, with an officer riding on
either side, they started forward.
The tide of battle turned acaln.
Seated on his horse, supported by
uie xwo omcers, Jeo Stuart tried to
rally his fleeing men.
"'Go back, men!' I heard him
shout. 'Go back, my men! Go back
and do your duty!'
" He swayed in his saddle. I
thought he was gone. It was only
a faint, they said. Tho officers turn
ed their horses' heads and I watched
them carry him off the field, holding
him upright in his saddle.
" Thai was Jeb Stuart's last bat
tle, and historians claim that in It
Custer made the most brilliant
charge of the war." Literary Di
gest. Th Conscience of Clara.
One day when Mrs. Bell was mak
ing n neighborly cull ou Mrs. Ellis
the latter, m the presence of ucr
caller, discharged her colored maid,
whoso obstreperousness could bo
borne with no longer.
A few weeks later .Mrs. Bell again
called on Sin, Ellis, and to her sur
prise her hostess Informed her that
Clara was buck.
The sen-ices of tho maid were re
paired by her mistress, who pressed
tho- button In the drawing room.
There was. however, no response.
Finally Mrs. Ellis went out aud
waited on herself. While she was
gone Clara, who was acquainted wltirf"
Mrs. Bell, having served in her fam
ily also, put liur head In at the door
and explained:
"Mis' Bell. I beard Mis' Ellis all tiio
time, but do you reeollec' the las' time
you was here she discharged me an
said she'd never -have mo again'; I
said I'd nuver como back too. But
here 1 am, so we bofe Hod. That's
why I's ashamed to come in. I was
ashamed for bofe of us." New York
Times.
Chili Con Carne.
From remotest Mexico comes tnla
recipe for chill con carne. which W
capable of warming whatever cocktus
tho heart may have and of diffusing
calories to one's works at large: First
comes a lire of logs In the' open. Second
comes an olla of generous proportions,.
Into the olla put u gallon of water and
plenty or the hot chills, and in that
region of Mexico they ripen so hot that
not even the rattlesnake will dare take
refuge in their shade. Upon this be
ginning lay as much of a side of beef
In one piece as may bo squeezed into
tho pot. Set the cover ou this olla and
lute it down with clay. Then put the
pot Into tho Ore and heap tho glowing
coals all over it, with particular atten
tion to the lid, so that tho luting may
bake into brick. Keep the 0ro burning
slowly all day long. When night lias
como scatter the embers, break the
brick seal of tho olla, fork out aud
throw away whatever of tho meat re
mains solid. Tho remainder is the chill
con carne. No sauco Is needed.
The Lovo Affairs of Handel.
Women greatly admired Handel,
who was very handsome, but tho
serenity of the composer seems only
to have been ruffled twlco by love on
his part. His first attachment was to
a London girl, a member of the aris
tocracy, ner parents believed him
beneath her in social position, but were
good enough to say that if he ab
stained from writing any more music
the question of marriage might be en
tertained. It was easier to abstain
from their daughter than from his art.
and he did so. Years after almost tho
same thing pecurred. Handel and an
other beautiful pupil of his fell in love
with each other, and proud parents
gave him the choico between giving
up his profession or their daughter.
Music, "heavenly maid," was chosen.
"Tho Love Affairs of Some Famous
Men."
Hitting the Doctor.
As today, in the days gone by the
doctors were made tho target of the
jester's fling.
Pausanlas, the Spartan general,
when asked by a physician how it
was that ho was never ill, exultingly
answered, "Becnuso I never consult
you."
At another time Pausanlas said that
tho best physician was tho one who
dispatched his patients with the least
possible suffering.
Pausanlas, strongly disapproving of
a certain physician and his method
and berating him in no mild terms,
was asked by a friend how, as ho had
never consulted that particular doctor,
ho could bo so sure of his statements.
Pausanlas answered. "Well, had I con
sulted him would 1 bo living today?"
A Summer Without Nights.
To the summer visitor In Sweden
there is nothing more striking than
tho almost total absence of night. At
Stockholm, the Swedish capital, the sun
goes down a few minutes before 10
o'clock and rises again four hours
later during n greater part of the month
of Juno. But the four hours the sun
lies hidden in the frozen north are not
hours of darkness. Tho refraction of
his rays as ho passes nrouud tho north
pole makes midnight as light as a
cloudy midday and enables ono to read
the finest print without artificial light
at any time during the "night."
PoeKet Knives.
The subdivision In labor in pocket
knife makiug is very rigid. A forget
knows no other department than his
own. nis hand is trained to do no
work but that. grinder works ovix
the wheel only.
WEIGHED 650 POUNDS.
Schober Could Eat a Whole Turkey at
O.no Meal.
The largest coffin ever built In Now
Jersey was constructed to hold the
body of George Schober of Jersey
City, a wealthy retired butcher. Scho
ber weighed 0."0 pounds, and twelve
strong men acted ns pallbearers.
Schober was six feet tall. He was
a Jovial man and an enormous eater,
and at Christmas nud Thanksgiving
ho was In the habit of having prepar
ed for his consumption nn entire tur
key with its necessary garnishments.
At each meal Schober ordlnnrlly ate
as much as his wife and four sons to
gether. His usual breakfast consisted
of n dozen eggs, n pound or two of
ham, tho greater part of a loaf of
bread and two quarts of milk. It Is
said Schober was always hungry.
About a year ago his weight became
too much for his bones, and he was
forced to retire from business. The
undertaker had to call on four men to
nsslst in lifting the man to prepare him
for burial.
The coffin was six feet seven inches
long, twenty-nine inches high and thirty-nine
inches wide. It was built of
one and a half inch chestnut.
To get tho coffin out of tho house
one of the windows was removed, as
none of the doors was wide enough.
Schober was a Mason. His father
was tall and thin, and his friends can
not explain his enormous size.
TO DIG FOR OLDEST PEOPLE.
Archaeologist Oric Bates of Harvard
Going to the Sudan.
Oric Bates, the archaeologist, who
was appointed to the Harvard staff of
instruction In Egyptology, is now on
his way to the Sudan to continue ex
cavations, where it Is thought the se
crets of a race older than any prehis
toric people now positively known to
have existed may bo hidden.
This is the first time that any exca
vations have been undertaken in the
region which the professor is to visit,
and it is expected that traces of civ
ilization will be unearthed which will
change previous theories of Nubian
and Egyptian history.
Mr. Bates, who returned last June
from Egypt, has been working all
summer on a book on tho ancient
Libyans. Welcome, the English drug
gist, is financing the present expedi
tion. Oric Bates is the son of Professor
Arlo Bates, author and poet, now of
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology. He has become well known
through his discoveries at tho third
pyramid of Ghlzeb.
DAMES AND DAUGHTERS. N
Vicomtesse D'Azy, who is with her
husband in this country, ho represent
ing tho military of Franco at Wash
ington, is a student of aviation.
Lady Victoria Snckvllic-West, daugh
ter of Lord Sackville and cousin of
Sir Sackville-West, former British
ambassador at Washington, has fin
ished a course in Fnris in taming and
training wild beasts.
Mile. Blani-he Azoulay, tho first wo
man to be admitted to practice law
in Algiers, has just taken the oath In
tho court of appeals. Sho is a native
of tho country and received her educa
tion chiefly In the schools at home.
Dr. Mary Eddy, tho only woman ever
given a license to practice medicine In
tho Turkish empire, has arrived in this
country to obtain medical supplies and
funds with which to Increase the scope
of her work among the consumptives
of Turkey.
Mrs. Taft's epigrams are the joy of
Washington society, ner latest epi
gram wason the subject of beauty.
"She i3 beautiful, but not at all ac
complished." n lady told Mrs. Taft of
a western matron. "My dear," Mrs.
Taft answered, "there is no accom
plishment more, difficult than to bo
beautiful."
English Etchings.
England has ono horse to every ten
persons.
Windows accidentally broken by
children need not by law bo replaced
by their parents.
It Is Illegal to advertise for lost prop
erty and to add "No questions will be
asked." The penalty Is n flno of 50.
The library at Cambridge university,
England, was founded in 1475, and the
famous Bodleian at Oxford was in
stituted in 1507. '
Sporting .Notes.
A national association football body
Is being formed in the east.
Princeton university will make learn
ing to swim compulsory this fall.
An Australian northern union Rugby
football team is to pay a visit to Great
Britain next January.
The Eastern Intercollegiate Basket
ball Jeaguo will bo made up of Colum
bia, present champions; Penn, Cornell,
Princeton, Yale and Dartmouth.
Aerial Flights.
Aviation has brought a snug sum of
busljess to tho lawyers whoso spe
cial is drawing up wills. Denver
Republican.
It remained for a New Yorlc World
headline writer to name women avia
tors. Ho calls them "tho flighty sox."
-Toledo Times.
The coast to coast flight by aero
piano is proving a much bigger Job
than It originally si'emiHl. But some
body will make It If given enough
Unio - Ashe villi? Pitizi'ii.
TAILORED SUITS ALWAYS MOD
ISH. Tailored suits of tho strictest
order are always modish and be
coming to the average figure. They
are more suitable, however, to wom
en of embonpoint. For general wear
there is no question as to the ad
Vantages of the plain tailored suit.
This season we find that almost
every street costumo is braid and
button trimmed.
One wonders what the English
women are thinking of this year's
tailored styles, for the English wom
an never wears anything among tail
ored lines that Is not mannish and
conventionally correct, if sho can
help it, and this fall tho perfectly
plain, mannish suit Is almost never
seen. Models of this sort are being
made up for wear at Hot Springs,
Tuxedo and other winter country re
sorts where tramping and shooting
are the diversions, but In town grace
or picturesqueness, rather than
mannlshness and conventionality, are
evmentiy the proper thing.
It is undoubtedly a season of mix
tures, rather than plain materials,
though some tailors are prophesying
uroauciom suits lor dressy afternoon
wear after tho holidays. Now. tho
plain fabric, either welted or' with a
smooth lustrous finish, is not nearly
as smart, as a rougn surfaced mixed
fabric which combines white with a
neutral tone, or ono color with an-
otner. Sometimes the trimmings
help out the color scheme, as in the
case of a black and white hair strip
ed mixture with rovers and cuffs on
the coat of white cloth bordered
with black velvet and trimmed with
black croohet buttons. The suit
Just referred to wa3 a smart model
made up for an, October bride and
the sharp contrast of the white cloth
and black velvet with the black and
white striped material was striking
and very chic.
Another little tailored suit in the
same trousseau was made of a slate
gray mixture showing flecks of violet
through the weave. The skirt had
a knee length tunic slashed up tho
side to show a skirt of violet cordu
roy, small steel buttons edging the
slash. The coat was rather short
walsted at the back and in front,
fastened below the waist line, a
stunning rovers of violet corduroy
with an Inner facing of white cloth
running up from the point of fasten
ing to the shoulder, where it was
joined by a narrow violet bengaline
collar. The French tailors have a
way of adding the dominant color
note In a collar or a bit of trimming,
though this color note is apt to be
repeated if the wearer is Parisian
in the hat trimming, petticoat
flounce, or even in a bit of a bou
tonnlere in the coat lapel. Paquin
introduces this color note In a dear
little blue mohair suit in the shape
of stitchings done by machine with
heavy red floss. Tho buttons are
red with steel rims and there is a
narrow red silk collar at the neck of
the coat.
Black and white have been clever
ly combined In another Paquin suit,
made of black and white striped ra
tine, a mixture very fashionable In
Paris Just now. There is a long
tqnic slashed deeply to show an un
derskirt of tho material, with the
stripes running the other way and
me jaunty little coat, which fastens
far over toward tho right side an
unusual manner of closing and no
doubt arranged to give variety has
cuffs of the crosswise striping.
Above these cuffs are bands of black
and white fox fur and a shawl collar
of tho fur complete the coat. This
Paquin suit has sleeves set in with
out a suspicion of a gather and end
ing three inches above the wrist. Of
course with these queorly chopped
off sleeves long, wrinkled gloves are
worn.
The notion of a separate tunic or
overskirt above a skirt of contrast
ing material grows by leaps and
bounds. All tho French suits are
made in this way and American tail
ors are adopting tho stylo In the new
costumes being turned out. This idea
or a contrasting skirt will bo hailed
witn joy by the women who have
been wondering what to do with last
year's tailored suit. Now tho nar
row skirt may be cut off, slashed up
at one side and hung over a skirt
of contrasting color or of corduroy,
and wide rovers and cuffs of the
contrasting fabric will make the coat
very smart. A last winter's blue
serge suit was made over this wav. a
striped blue and gray mixture being
usea lor tno new underskirt and for
the rovers and cuffs on the coat.
Small ball buttons of steel were used
along the slash on the blue serge
tunic and also trimmed tho coat In
little rows.
Two most distinctive styles of
trimmed tailored suits are shown in
the illustration and were worn re
cently hy the society belles.
Tho cutaway coat has a charm all
its own. Little trimming is used to
embellish the costume for it's the cut
that makes tho earmark of its style.
rne satin-trimmed revers Is an
other touch most popular this season
and is a finish given to the plainest
suit.
A contrasting satin, inlaid, to tho
collar and cuffs, heightens the ef
fect or style, as well as the nrice of
the garment.
Francis Is a Paris tailor whose
ideas appeal to American women be
cause of their moderation and re
finement of character. Piret. belov
ed by the 'Parislenne, is a bit too
rauical in his notions, to he trusted
hy the woman who wants something
sane and practical for American
wear. Even Paquin Is apt to offend
American taste by over-consplcuous
ness If ono may coin the word.
But Francis never turns out a tail
ored suit for an American custom
er that may not safely be worn by
a gentlewoman In Boston or Phila
delphia and what further can be
said on the side of conventional good
taste. From Francis comes a little
trousseau traveling suit of dark blue
serge with a tunic slashed to show
an underskirt of red zibeline. The
coat has revers and cuffs of the red
material embroidered in dark blue.
The blouse worn with this suit Is
dark blue chiffon with hemstitched
red chiffon hems on collar and Jabot
frill, and rows of tiny red enamel
buttons with red cord loops.
The soft, blanket-like roverslble
cloths with back in contrasting col
or continue to be the rage for coats
and these picturesque coats are seen
cars, whore they seem to belong by
reason of their shape and coloring.
Dark gray with a reverse of violet,
brownish tan with a roverse of
Dutch blue, and dark brown with
light tan on tho Inner side are the
favorite combinations and there are
various ways of showing off the re
verse color on the outer fabric. The
handsomer the coat, as a rule, the
more enormous the collar and re
vers of the contrasting color. Some
times the back of tho collar extends
to the waistline and is finished with
a swinging tassel. When tho coat
Is worn for motoring tho chiffon
veil matches tho trimming color, or
reverse of tho coat.
Laundry Lines.
A pinch of salt and a tiny lump of
lard added to starch when boiling will
prevent tho Iron sticking to tho cloth.
To help whiten clothes add a tea
spoonful of borax dissolved in the last
water in which the garments nre
rinsed.
When laundering madras curtains
place them ono nt a time full width on
tho rod at the window, run another
rod through tho hem of the lower edge,
removing when perfectly dry. They
loo'c much better and newer than
when ironed.
Wo print circulars.
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teenth day of Novembor, 1911, at
two o'clock p. m., at the Wlnwood
station of tho Now York, Ontario and
Western Railway Company, at Wln
wood, Wayne county, Pennsylvania,
by the Now York, Ontario and West
ern Railway Company for freight
charges demanded and unpaid, costs
of sale and advertising, tho said logs
being on hand, and being consigned
by Cox and Son Co. to Daniel Le
Barr, tho Bame having been forward
ed from Brldgeton, N. J to Win
wood, Pa.
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