ARIZONA'S CAMELS.
"Ships of the Desert" Running
Wild in the Northwest.
Doscondanta of a Herd Used as
Pack Animate.
Cnniel now running wild In Arl
eona am descendant of a smell herd
originally imported for use b. Nevada.
Iu tlio early days of mining pn tho
ConiHtock, long before there were any
railroads in tlio Great Hasin region, it
wa thought that camel might be
pnfltnbly lined about tho milieu, par
ticularly in packing across tlio sur
rounding deserts, and 12 "ship of the
desert" nero accordingly purchased
and biutiht to Virginia City. Th -y
wore wanted for use in (lacking milt
from the Halt Hprings aalt marsh to
the Comstock reduction work. This
salt deposit lies far out in a desert re
gion, and to reach it many waterless
atrctelics of Hand and alkali had to be
traversed.
The camel were able to cross all the
deserts in perfect comfort, carrying
heavy loads of aalt and flndtug meant
of subsistence in the prickly and bit
ter plants and shrubs everywhere, to
bo found in abundance. Iu short, the
animiila did an good work here in our
deserts an they are able to do in any
country in the world, but they were
too alow. The camel tuny be fast
enough for an Arab, but ha is too slow
for an American.
When tho occupation of tho camels
a packers of aalt was gone they wero
sold to some Mexicans, who used them
for a time in packing wood down ont
of the mountains. The Mexican took
them up rocky trails iuto tho rugged
hills and used them the same a they
use a mule unmercifully. They soon
killed three of the wretched beasts
and would have killed tho remainder
had not a Frenchman, who owned a
big ranch on the Carson river, below
Dayton, taken pity on the poor abused
creatures and bought the whole of
thorn. This Frenchman had been in
Algeria with the French colony, where
ho hid developod an affection for tho
camul probably owed the auimal a
debt of gratitude for having sivedhis
lifo on some occasion. He had no uso
for the beasts, therefore turned them
out to roam tho desert plain at will.
Tho animals, left to shift for them
salves, soon waxed fat, and iucreased
and multiplied. Iii a f,:w years from
nino tho herd had increased to thirty
six, old and young. The Frenchman
then sold the wholo lot to be taken
down to Arizona to be used iu packing
ore dow n off a big mountain range.
It was said therj was a good smooth
trail, but the animals found all the
rocks and soon became footsore and
useless, when all were turned adrift to
shift for themselves. They have re
gained the iusincts of the original wild
atato of their species and are very wary
and swilt. They fly into waterless
wastes impenetratable to man when
approached. Some of the old animals,
however, occasionally appear in the
vicinity of the old settlements. Of late
it is reported that the cattlemen have
been shooting them for some reason,
perhaps because they frighten and
stampede their horses. No one knows
how many camels are now running at
largo in tho wilds of tho Gila country,
but there must be a great number.
One is occasionally caught. Four
years ago one was caught near to Gila
Bend that measured over nine feet in
height. It appeared to bo a stray one
of tho hord in that region. San
Francisco Chronicle,
Silver-Mine Rats.
Bats are believed ' to have been
brought to the Comstock towus from
California in freight wagons, probably
in big "prairie schooners," among
boxes and crates of goods. Once
there, they multiplied at a prodigious
rato, especially after they discovered
tlio mines. Underground there were
o cats to trounie tnem ; ana man,.
who mas their enemy on the surfaoe,
was here their friend and protector.
He shared his meal with them, says
the Engineering Journal, and they
scampered about him with perfect Iru
pnnity. ine warmtn, too, was very
congenial to the rats, both old and
young. Cold was a thing unknown.
As it were, they had been furnished
with immense hot-houses in which to
breed. Any temperature they wished,
from 60 degrees to 130 was at their
ervice.
Bats are useful as mine scavengers.
They devour all the scraps of meat
and (ither food thrown upon the
ground by the men, and eat even the
hardest bones. As tbe decay of tho
smallest thing becomes unendurable
in a mine, the miners never intention
ally kill a rat
The men have a high opinion of the
rats' sagacity. From them they often
t 'ccivo tho Hrst intimation of coming
danger. When a big cave-in is about
to occur, the rats swarm out of the
drifts and scamper about tho floors of
a level at unwonted times. The set
tling of tho waste rock probably
pinches tho rat iu their dens, aud
causes them to seek now aud less dan
gerous quarters.
At times, when a initio has been shut
down for a few weeks, the rats become
ravenously hungry. Then they do not
scruple to devour the young, old and
weak of their own kind. When work
is resumed, the almost famished crea
ture are astonishingly bold. They
jump upon the underground engine,
even when they are iu rapid motion,
ami drink the oil out of the oil-cups,
quite regardless of the presence of the
engineer.
A fire in a mine slaughter tho rats
by tho wholesale. Few escape, as the
gasses penetrate overy cranuy, often
so suddenly as to asphyxiate the rata
before they can make their way out.
How a rorrnplnn t ight Snake.
'Several year ago I was an inter
ested spectator at a combat between a
hedgehog ami a huge black snake,"
said W. D. Ingraham of Memphis.
"I came upon the sceue just a tho
hedgehog began to attack upon the
snake, which wa lying stretched out
on tho roail asleep. The hog ad
vanced cautiously upon the reptile and
seized its tail in it mouth, giving it a
sharp bite. Then he quickly withdrew
a few feet, and rolling himself into a
compact ball, awaited dovolopniMita.
Tho snake, upon being thus rudely
awakened, turned in fury upon it
antagonist, striking the hog again ami
again with it fang. The wiry
hedgehog, securely intrenched within
its spiny armor, remained perfectly
motionless all the while, nllowing the
snake to keep up the attack. At every
stroke tho jaw of tho snnko would be
come filled with tho spinos, until at
last, exhausted and bleeding from
dozen of wound caused by the
needle-like spines of the hog, tho
snake give iu tho battle. This
wa evidently what tho hedgehog was
waiting for, a ho immediately pro
ceeded to roll over the snako again
and again, until he had completely
disemboweled his victim. "St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
A Docrnilmit of Annulus.
George Joues, who is sae-l to have
told moro lies duriug his lifetime than
nny other man since tbe days of Anan
ias, is very ill. Between moans he
told a Btory of adventure to a reporter.
Ho wa once a bear hunter, he said,
and hail killed over one hundred bears
during his time. He claimed that no
mau hail ever killed bears as fast us he
did. When hunting in Oregon one
timo ho discovered a place up iu the
mountains where bears appeared every
day to drink. He used to fill a pail
with whiskey, s veeteued with sugar,
and every times bear appeared bruin
drunk tho whiskey and got dead
drunk. Jones would then start the
bear to rolling down the side of the
mountain, and it would land at his
camp below, whero he had a man cm
ployed to butcher aud skin it. Jonc
then filled tho pail with whiskey
again, and the next bear was servud
tho same way. Jones says he cap
tured an averagof three bear a day at
this place for two mouths, which can
not be truo, for ho only claimed to
kill a hundred boars in the first place.
Atchison Globe.
Xuts as Feed.
W.A. Macdonald, London, England,
writes tho American Agriculturist :
Quite a stir has recently been created
in Europe with refereneo to the value
of nuts as food for human beings, and
if this movement spreads, a thoro ap
pears to be every prospoct of its doing
so, there will be a great impetus given
to the valuo of the beech, fur its nuts
are one of tho most dalicions kinds of
food. Much discussion has taken place
regarding tbe relative values of cereals
and nuts, the only important ilistino
tion among them being tbe excess of
starch in the former, and tho excess of
fat in the latter. The beechnut set
tles this dispute by having a consider
able percentage both of fat and starch,
and it contains as much nitrogen as
cereals, being also more nitrogeneous
than tbe average of other cuts. It may
be added that the beech is the only
tree whose green leaves are adequately
suited to the human palate, so that in
case of famine, or lack of other foods,
they would occupy a conspicuous
place. Also its wood occupies a high
place as fuel and as an article of man
ufacture. Dratlbat Piano.
"The piano is out of tune," re
marked Mrs. Foster.
H'ra," retorted her husband. "I
wish it was out of doors." Harper's
Bazar.
qiAIST AM) ctniotM.
Cotton grow wild in India.
A dog's tailor flourishes in Pari.
Tho India cablo i 21.0 ) miles long.
Japanese farm animals are shod w ith
traw sandals.
Moravian missionaries have been
maintained in Labrador siuco 1700.
Tho Western Union Telegraph Com
pany consumes 100,000,000 envelopes
a year.
Greek ladies had steel and bras
mirror, parasols, fan and smelling
bottle.
Sandwiches made by machinery are
tlio result of a labor-saving device just
imehled.
Iu France the doctor's claim on tho
estate of a deceased patient bus pre
cedence over all other.
A book printed by Caxton ha been
found, it i claimed, in the lumber loft
of a Connecticut farm house.
Borne wassnpplied from twenty-four
large aqueduct, which brought 50,
000,000 cubic feet of water doily iuto
the city.
Eight colored women entered a
"nail driving contest," tho feature of
a church entertainment iu Baltimore
the other week.
The women in the middle ages al
ways parted their hair with a small
dagger. When not iu uso it was car
ried in tho girdle.
Drunkenness is very rare in Rio Ja
neiro, Brazil, the can so being that the
people drink coffee to the almost entire
exclusion of a'.cholio beverage.
Pun-making used to be held iu high
er esteem than it is now. Among tho
ancient there were many offenders of
this kind, and one of the greatest of
them was Cicero.
According to an old gazetteer, tho
name of Sing Sing, tbe popular all-thc-year-round
resort on tho Hudson, was
derived from an old Iudian known
as John Siug Sing.
Tho ineffjctivoaoss of modicval
cavalry i shown by tho fact that it
was always the slow moving part of the
service, whilo all quick movements
were executed by footmen.
Tho grandees of Hpaiu claim the
right of appearing iu tho presence ol
the king with their hats on, to show
that they are not so much subject to
him a other Spaniards arc.
Frank Mayno and Henry Smith, ol
Indianapolis, sat down to play a game
of checkers a couple of weeks ago and
become so interested that they contin
ued tho contest for lfl hour without
once arising from their seats.
John Adams, of Byeville, Ohio, was
chased by a bull, tossod into a tree
aud landed iu a hornets' nest. His
fall so excited the iusocU that they
issued forth in a swarm aud stung the
man so terribly that ho died tho next
day.
If a Chinese saves a man's lifo ho it
compelled by an ancient custom to
support him tho rest of his days. The
result of this is that vory often a
drowning man will perish in the sight
of a score of sturdy swimmers, w ho
feel too poor to undertake tho feeding
of another mouth.
The ancient physicians had a firm
belief in tho healing powers of differ
ent portions of a cat, probably from
some coufusion existing in their miude
with regard to its own nine lives. One
of them give as a valuable receipt to
cure fevers, two pints of water mixed
with throe drops of blood taken from
the ear of au ass, and certain parts of
a cut's digestive organs I
Illuminated Lifo Iluoy.
Bomo trials have just been ma lo a
Kiel on board of the German war ves
sel Worth with an electrically lighted
lifo buoy, the invention of Captain
Melter. The bnoy was thrown over
board when the vessel was proceeding
at a apeod of about sixteen knots. For
space of about twelve seconds it wai
lost in the eddy ourrents caused by tbe
twin screws of the vessel, but then re
appearod. The new life buoy will be
found useful at night, and the experi
ments resulted sa successfully that it
is probable that it will be adopted gen
erally in the Odrman navy, Detroit
Free Frest '
A Suspicions Character.
When the late French Senator Re
naud first came as senator to Paris
from his home in the Pyrenees, he
engaged a room at a hotel and paid a
month's rent one hundred and fifty
francs in advauoe. The proprietor
asked him if he would have a receipt.
"It is not necessary," replied Renaud;
"God has witnessed the payment."
'Do you believe iu God?" sueered
the host. "Most assuredly," replied
Benaud; "don't you?" "Not I, mon
sieur." "Ah," said tho seuutor, "in
that case, please make ma out a ru-
ceiptl" Argonaut,
I'E.MIM OF TllOlUIIT.
When wo ndvanco a littlo Into life,
we find that the totigiio of man create
nearly all the mischief iu tho world.
I'uxton Hood.
Title aro valuable they make us
tcqunititcd with many persons who
utherwiso would bo lost among the
rubbish. H. W. Shaw.
Tho most plain, short and lawful
way to any good end is moro eligible
than one directly contrary in sotno or
til these quantities. Swift.
As the sword of tho best tempered
metal is flexible, so tho truly generoii
ire most pliant and courteous in their
behavior to their inferior. Fuller.
Wo aro not afraid of telling over
and over again how a man comes to
fall in love with a woman and bo wed
ded to her, or clso bo fatally parted
from her. Ocorgo Eliot.
That I what wo aro put into the
world for to help ono another. You
can pass on the kiuducsa by serving
my good friends, who, in return, will
do their best for you Louise M. Al
cott. There remain in the faces of wojnen
who are uaturally serene and peace
ful, and of thoso rendered so by reli
gion, an after spring, and later, an
after summer, the reflex ot their most
beautiful bloom. Itichter.
Tetty vexations may at time be
petty, but still they are vexation.
The smallest and most inconsiderable
annoyances are the most piercing. As
small letters weary the eye most, so
also the smallest affairs disturb u most.
Moutaigne.
The good man quietly discharges
hi duty and shun ostentation; the
vain man considers every deed lost
that is not publicly displayed. Tho
one is intent upon realities, the other
upon semblance ; the 01,0 aims to be
good, tho other to appear so. Boburt
Hall.
Without tho resolution in your
hearts to do good work so long a youi
right hands havo motion in them, and
to do it whether the issue bo that you
dio or live, no lifo worthy tho name
will ever bn possible to you, whilo in I
once forming tho resolution that your
work is to he well done, lifo i reully
one, here and forever. Puskiu.
Hygienic Value of IV i fume.
Dr. Anders of Philadelphia a few
years ago mudo tho interesting discov
ery that tho ozone in tho atmosphere,
the element which is the great purifier,
was mainly supplied from blooming
flowers, and for this reason blooming
plants were healthful in dwelling
houses, as well us attractive. Home in
teresting experiments with tho odor
of flowers havo been made iu tho old
world, nud it is found that many spe
cies of microlies aro destroyed by va
rious odors.
The odor of cloves has been known
to destroy these minute creatures iu
tweuty-flvo minutes; ciuuamou will
kill some species in twelve minutes;
thymo in thirty-five. In forty-five
minutes the common wild verbena is
found effective, while tho odor oi
somo geranium flower has destroyed
various forms of microbes in fifty
minutes. Tho essence of cinnamon is
said to destroy the tyyhoid fever mi
crobe in twelve minutes, and is recorded
as the most effectivo of all odors as au
antiseptic. It is now believed, says
Median's Monthly, that flowers which
are found iu Egyptian mummies were
placed there mora for their antiseptic
properties than as mero oruamuuta or
elements in sentimental work.
A Curious 1'nrnslte.
It i an old saying that every dog
has his day. According to au Eng
glish authority, that day is neither
very long or specially comfortable in
Fiji It is impossible to keep foreign
dogs alive for much more than a
couple of years. Those born there
mar livo four years. Tbe cause of
this mortality is a species of worm
that lives iu the blood-vessels, arteries
and heart. Adult specimens of the
parasite sometimes measure as much
as five inches, and the blood ot some
animals is actually swarming with
them. Puppies are often troubled
with them, although it seems to take
about six months to develop them to
a troublesome stage. When a dog is
attacked, it begins with a sharp bark
ing, which is at onoe recognized as
the beginning of poor Fido's last
chapter. Thus far no remedy has
been found or even suggested. The
same parasite is found iu dogs iu East
rn Asia, aud identical symptoms are
noted. The animal may live six
months to two years after tho first iu
dications are observed.
All the vehicles belonging to the
Vanderbilt family are black, with ma
roon body, the spokes ot the wheals
beiug shot with mil.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
ONE KILLED. FocrtTKEN INJUIlED.
BAD WRECK or A rRKUIHT AMD FASHKXaKS
tnAi at su.vr.n niton.
TVn.KHHAiiiir.. At ftllvnr Brook, a Penn
sylvania railroad freight train ran Into a
Lehigh Valley express train, killing Patrick
bailey, nt Milton, and Injuring Engineer
Klmtni'll. of thn freight tralni Conductor
Arthur: llrnkcmsn liroslns nnd Fireman
Arthur Drown, all nfHuiihprryi Joseph Itelgel,
of Mniii-h Chunk, cxprs messenger: a news
hoy, nam" unknown, nt Heading ami brake
nmn Hlddle, ot the express trtilii. The pns
"iigcr liiured were I' h 1 1 1 1 llormstnltcr, of
Hhennndoiilt: Mrs. Wlntorstcin, of Hheuan
ilonh: an unknown Hungarian woman, of
Yorktownt .fohn Hehrack, of Audcnstdci John
rintluip, of Audcnretd, ami M'-asr. McF.I
hi'iiy nnil Lennon, liquor merchant nf I'lillu-il'-lphla.
Ilroelii Is likely to die. Th wreck
Is ohm of the worst that ever happened on the
llelano division of thn t.chlgh allcy rail
mail. Ther" t' nearly WO passenger on
the train. They were thrown iiuuut iu aU
directions.
nix in ci.EAitFiEt.n.
4 BLOCK BIBMEI), CAt'SISil r20,00!) LOU, Bt
11 EMIIAHY.
C'LFAnFiBLn, A Are hroke out in the rent
of Hai'kmnn A trvin's furniture storo in W.
Clearfield, atel before gotten under control
burned an entire block of wooden store
buildings. Among the losers are Hai'kmnn
A Irvln, H.0O0: llalph M. Taylor, clothing,
2,300; Hhsekninn A MeClosky, general mr
elmnillsn, t,00; VV. f. Ogilun, meats ami
liroiluee, 1,IHK1. The entire loss Is 30,0O4)i
iiisiiram-e, 11,000. This same hloek was
burnml on July '2H, lRliJ, the It re originating
In the same laee ami Iu thn "am manner.
Until lire are supHei to be tho work of au
lueeuiliary.
XATIUNAL flUASD AFFAIR.
Harrisrcbo, Pa. The report nf Col. Ost
iums, Kiiral Inspeetor of rifle prsiilee,
show that onlv two nompanles of the No
tional Kuanl fafleil to qualify the required
uumlier of marksmen last year. Of the S.700
memlmrs of the guarii, only 1,044 fallml to
nullify, bant year 1,141 inarksmea were
S'lil'il to the lance list whleb bail previously
Diet the slioijllnif requirement.
Hurifrtnn Oeneral Head say that the work
Inir of the hospital eorps was far from sjiMh-fa'-tnry.
He reeommt-nds the speelal enlist
ment of men by the medli-al offlisrs from the
Immediate vlelnlty of the.r residences or of
their steward's.
Judirn Advocate General Ilodirers recom
mends the mixllllentlou of general order No.
12. of lHH-i, so that company commanders,
under wrtaln restrictions, eon drop undesir
able men from their rolls.
FREAK OF AM ABAloED OAS WELL.
Flatwoods. In the summer of lSS9aeom
riany leased atmut 9,000 acres of land along
Ylrirlu run, In I'crry and Franklin tnwnshli
tor the purpose of thoroughly testing the ter
ritory for gas and oil. One well wa drill"!
to a depth of 2,000 feet, and though Hewing s
mall ppstsurn of gas, was abandoned ami
plugged. Now the well amuse and fright
ens people for mllm around. It ln-glns to
boil like a bilge pot with a roaring sound
like that of a distant storm, then throws mud
and water to a height of SO feet, Iteceutlv
the plug was blown out. leaving a crater 41!
leet iu cireumiereuce,
LOST ALL TIIF.IR ( HILDREX.
T.ebasos. Mr. sml Mrs. Harrv Hheetji. ol
this city have lost all their children, four lu
niiuux-r. 'luring tne past ten uavs, by scarlet
fever. Tbe last victim Is now lying dead la
the bouse.
Mrs. Joii-f TtrRKK, of I'nlontown. Is bapnr
n the recovery of licr six-year-old son. who
llsappenrcil Thursday. He was found at
onnelWvllle, where lie had been taken in a
buggv by John I.amion. I.annon savs he
took the boy liecause he resembled his little
boy Walter, who died a few week ago.
Taa Logau Iron and steel works near Lew-
Istou were almost completely destroyed by
lire. Loss estimated at 100,000i partially
nsiircil. Origin of lire unknown. One hun-
Ired men am thrown out of employment.
When running at full time the works cmpluy
SOU men.
On the 11th Inst, forty-nine mortgage
were satisfied In the Ileaver county recorder's
office, aggregating ;X!.s,";o. From the llth
to the Mill Inclusive, sixty mortgages were
satisiieu, aggregating li,4 w, la amount
ranging from to 5,0O0.
Coal and Iron police are on the trail of
Mahnnoy Plane roblsrs, who abandoned a
satchel containing :MK) In postage stumps
and who are supposed to have, looted many
country postolllces.
Labs Anderso. a (swede, has begun suit
nt Se Castle against the Pittsburg A Lake
Erie railroad company, for 10.0H0 damages.
While at work there be was Injured la a
(rclght emashup.
Heves-ykah-o;.!, Mattle Fountnne. at Jean-
nette, found a Husk of whisky, hhe drunk the
lienor aud uiod from the illness which follow
ed.
The striking miners nlong the Pittsburg.
Hlienaugo A Lake Erie railroad have accept
ed the reduction of 5 cents a ton, uoluit
wbkh they struck for so long a time.
Howard Demnett, of Indiana, 0 years old.
son of John Dennett, on Haturdny fell off a
hee-hlvo, fracturing hU skull, ll.s recovery
Is Uouiitiui.
The governer Issued wnrrantsfor thehang-
ing of James .Newton Hill.of Allegheny coun
ty, mid James II, Carpenter, of Juniata comi
ty, on Thursday, June M, next.
Monday night Henry Fry. aged i while
showing some friends how to lump on a
freight train nt Nineveh, near (iroeiuburg,
(ell under the wheels aud was cut to pieces.
Aroct 100 students of the Westminster eel-
lege at Kcw Wilmington are assl.-.tlug in the
digging uud grading for the new athletic
grouu.U.
A little plnymate of Nicholas Walker,
aged ti years, kicked blin In tlio side at Jeou-
uetieo, Hunuuy, ana tne enuu will uie.
Miss Jf.xmik Htoifff.b. while crowing s
railroad track ut Uuioutowu, was struck by a
moving ear. Hhe died from ber Injuries.
Jacob Kbapp. 8 years old. died at Wiaron
from eating butter and rat poison, spread on
piece ot bread by a neignuor to mil rax.
Mas. A. Y. Black died from th effect nf
burns received a week ago at Haul Plain,
aged 73 yuan.
Tub Dostofflce at Oreensboro. Oreneeoun-
ty, waa robbed ot money and stomps to the
ainouut of 100.
Work ou the Bempflebl branch of th
Pennsylvania railroad u being rapidly push
ed.
The Walkchalk (Armstrong county)
poatofftce burned to the ground. Loss ti,-
000.
"At Ellis island, new f ora naroor. In the
month of March, M.37A Immigrants wera
landed. In th sains month last year 2H.671
wera landed. Ot tbe Immigrants landed In
March SiOS oams from Italy, 21SJ from Oar
many, 1873 from Auntro-Hungary, 174(1 from
Russia, 11&6 from Hwedeo, 75 from Norway,
782 bom Ireland sod OtSli iroin England,
Bspobts from lbs country sooth ot ftaa
Francisco, and from tbe west sldaof ton 8aa
Joaquin Valloy show that thera k great tiia
Inaa Irom Utok of rata. Thousands of sheep
Itavs perlabad, aud not a apaar ol grass is
teen on tteU that ont usu illv grsaa at this
eatoUs
SOLDIERS' COLUMN
THE BATTLE OF OETTTSBURO.
riT ( ASCLLk IIALLAHIl, WRITS, S. I).
Hlnggered they up the bill,
I'.y cavalry maddened and while,
Into the battle of h'-ll s worst light
Into lb) buttle of (lettyshurg I
tallied the troo and Into the friy,
bullied IT! bii' kw.inl and broken they l.-.V)
llalll"d till trample I and ground t cUy
Into the buttle of (b t'yiburg !
Volley of shot and shell,
Thounuils ot Iter " who fell.
Thousands of grave th it t -II -All
of tbe buttl.1 of (I ttys'er!
4lut of the cannon bot mouth,
Poured lire an 1 sh-ll of the Hou!h,
Onto tbe field of thlMt uli 1 dtoiUU
Iuto the buttle of Hetty ilmrg!
Thoumin'le nt soldiers d l.
Thousands who pillowed tlr-lr Uowli,
living on carnival's turrihle b vl
Thi was the battle of IMtysl.uig!
f'nuuou quivering, mad and Inrt,
backward they r islmd to cxil'T spot,
Vrglng the Iron's rl auger to stop
Three day lu tlio latttoot U ttyslmrgl
Toes tbe foe tunuglit Liberty fell.
Onward they rushed with tliuuilcdiig yell,
Uushcd Into a dciif'ulng hell
Into the 'rittlo of (tnttyshurg !
Backward tliey turned, and they metthem,
Met tluia with tuuikel ami saber strokn
then.
Finished the battle on. bodli-s-of men,
This is the horror of Gettysburg 1
DAVIS'S CROSSROADS.
A Short but Severe Encounter trader the
Sbi3t of OH Lkut.
IT was on the tl'li
of Hcptemlicr.lXM,
Just a(tr the Ar
my of the Cumber
land mow-li from
Htevcnon Bail vi
cinity across the
Teiiu"ssi'e Hiver
by the different
tontori hri'lgcs,
that the ITour
t's-nth Corpsi un
der "t'ap" Thomas
threaded Its- way
over Hand Moun
tain, via Hleven
(lap. Across Look
out, down In thn
valley it passed,
along the head
waters of west
4'h ck aniau g,
N 'gley M vision
In the lead, fol-
(he other division having p.'Lss !d lartiier e asl
by a different route.
We bad halted by tho wayside n"nr a
Southern mansion, that of Mrs. Oavls, I
think. Mbe wo ut home, but Mr. Havls wits
not anywhere around. Oen. Neglcy, with
Aids. was sitting on his horse underneath tb'f
hude trees In the. door-yard. He evidently
was seeking Information, and politely asked
Mrs. Ilavis how farlt was to Lafayette. Hhi
replied with, "(in and see." I think the fien
cral blushed a little, but the hoy who heard
the conversation knuwntoiiee where wo worn
and what to do. We Just helped ourstlvc to
everything good ill sight. Alter our rest and
refreshments we were sent forward across
the creek south to reconnolter. Just south
of the creek u little way Is Iinvis's Cross
roads, with some old buildings on the corn
ers. We followed the Lafayette road into
bug Our, Pigeon Mountain, where wo found
tile roail blo'ked by leveled tlmls-r In the
deep cuts. This stopd our progress for tb
night.
Wo were thrown Into line of battle facing
the supposed enemy, where we lay on our
amis all night.
We afterward learned that the whole ol
Vj I. ..-..,! l.u II.U.I-H
Bra jg'sarmy was just the other side of f'lge
nu Mountain. aud that they were busily plan
ning to surround and capture us in the morn
ing. But we were up early. We waited pa
tiently, peering through the woo is iu our
rent until late In the afternoon.
There was a field to our left with thick
uuderbrush iu the woods beyond. Our skirm
ishers were thrown some distance forward
along the fen -e on the opjiosite slds of thn
field. Hud lenly a long line of skirmisher
appeared, closIy followed by a llue-of-battle.
Our boy gave them a warm receptlin but
when they bad to fall hack across the Held
they had to ruo some distance exposed to a
beavv lire from the enemy.
We were ordered to move on as the reb
were closing lu on us from three sbl-s. The
General had ordered a uew llne-of-battle ou
the ri-e of ground Just north of Chlckamauga
and It run right through the Davis yard.
There was a stone wall on the roadsido
Just north of thoereok and the l'.lth III., was
lying behind it, for the ruled onvalry could be
Den preparing for a charge. They did not
e the trap. on they came witli a yell.
Just as they got opposite the stone wall the
19th boy sprang op, as by magic, and on
l"Ug sheet of flame leaped from their Spring
field. There was a seething mass for a
inonieut, and then a haety retreut. It waft
oue of the best thing the l!Kh boys. over did.
Meantime our line was forming hastily for
the next onset. While we are moving left In
front to the support of our battery, just west
of the hou-e, the relis coming from the west
ran up a buttery and eomnieu"ed shetllag? us
with bad effect. As soon as we got to our
iilnee lu tbe llae we lay down, as the storm
uiul turned to grape and canister. It got too
hot for our battery boy and they left their
guns for a. tune, renewing the llglii when
ever tharo ii a lull lu the storm.
Finally wa 'sl back, with the- wh. llw,
to a strong position ou a low rid at the,
foot of Lookout. We luy on our arms all
nlgbt. When morning earns the- Johnnies
hud retired toward Lafayette. Then we de
parted tor Chickamauii. W. 8. Uuk lu
'Nulbiiuil Tnjiim"
Whole Orcharil Stolen.
A novel theft has been reported to
the Sheriff by a farmer who lives near
Stcckton, Cat This farmer came to
town recently and left his farm in
charge ot his young son for the day.
Th boy saw some me digging up
trult tree in the young orchard his
father had started and went out to
them ti inquire what they were at.
The men said they had bought all the
trees from the owner and were digging
them up to take tbent away. The boy
thought, ot course, it was as the man
said, and that his father had really
sold the trees, so he made no protect.
Whan the fathe; came home he was
greatly astonished to fini that his
orchard had disappeared during his
absence in Stockton. The youug sua
told him what hal hapi'eued and step
were taken ar. eneo to hud rome trace
ot the trees if iioisib'.e, but without
success. About iktl trees wore stolen.
"Hid the publishers accept the novel
ot bers la which the heroine kills her
husband by alow pjlsoa?" "No. Tbey
advised her to adopt prusslo acid and
rua.ke U abort story. "-.Puck..
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