ARTIFICIAL SILK.
A False Worm of Glass Spinning
Wood Thread.
Forests to be Transformed Into
Silk Fabrics.
Colonel Albert IT. Hogins of Now
York, who has been visiting Yosetmto
is extensively eniraKOil in tho manu
facture of silk fabrics, ntul ho hns
recently returned from Europe, whero
ho mmlo a study of tho nrtiflcinl silk
mndo of wood pulp, which promises
to usurp tho function of tho silk-
worm.
Whilo in Europe, ho hail access to
nil informntion on the subject in pos.
session of Clnudo Muher, Ut'iteil
Stiitos Consul nt Krndford, EnglnmL
According to his belief the now pro-
cess promises to become a great factor
in commerce, and ho thinks tho fn-
ciflo const a peculiarly favorablo lo
cality for tho enterprise owing to its
puro water Hnd vnst acres of timber,
"Tho inventor of the marvellous
chemical process of making silk out
of wood," said Colonel Hogins, "is
Dr. Frederich Lehner, of Zurich,
.Switzerland. It has already been
quietly patented in America, and it it
not improbable that tho princely po
, sition of tho silk worm will ere many
yenrs bo usurped by a false worm of
.glass spinning a thread which is
wound iu an artificial cocoon.
"I saw a spinning frame in opera'
tion nt Bradford, and could see tho
liquid contents of a pot on top of a
framo turned beforo my eyos into
what appeared to bo a puro silken
thread.
"Our Consul gave me many inter
est ing facts about tho process Ho
says that Dr. Lehner, tho inventor,
has demonstrated fully that nil vege
tables fibers may bo reduced to what
chemists call cellulose, by being prop
erly treated by acids and nlknlies.
Cellulose is tho interesting mnterinl
from which silk is made, and cellu
lose can bo inndo from wood pull),
tho wase of juto and cotton mills and
other like materials. The chemist
treats tho cellulose with nitric, sul
phuric and other acids, nutil it be
comes practically fluid silk. It is in
the subsequent treatment of this fluid
and its conversion ton textilo fabric
Hint tho main interest centers from a
commercial point of view.
"Tho miichiiio which transforms
this fluid into silk looks like a spin
ning frame. Tho muddy or yellow
ish looking fluid is contained in a glass
jar from which it is conveyed through
pipos to a row of bent glass tubos.
each of which has a flno uozzlo. Tho
fluid congulatcH under treatment and
is thrown off in tho form of fine fila
inonts of brilliant luster and great
tenacity. They are then gathered to
gothor and spun like silk, and there
are few peoplo, except experts with
microscopes who can tell the differ
ence. This provides a now uso for
the forests. Sun Francisco Examiner.
Strength or the Swan.
A contributor to Muomillau's Maga
zine says: We ull know the tradition
about the strength of a swan's wing
that its blow will break a mau's leg.
I questioned a man who has much to
do with swans about tho credibility of
tho tale, and he told mo that ho, for
one, was ready to bolievo it, and
thought that any othur man who had
roooived sueh a blow from a swan's
wing as he had suffered would be like
ly to believe it also. Ho was summoned
from his cottage by the news that one
of the cygnets was iu trouble A boy
had boon amusing himself with the
elegant sport of giving tho cygnets
meat attached to a long; string. When
the cyguot had swallowed the moat
well dowu the boy would pull it tip
agaiu by menus of the string. It was
great fun for the boy uu.l tho cyguot
was nimble to express its feelings in
telligently. Ou tho ooaasiou iu ques
tion however, the lump of meat stuck j
it would not come out, aud the boy,
fearing consequences, had lot slip the
string and bolted. Tho cygnet did its
host with the string by swallowing sev
eral yards of it, but began to choko bo
fore it got to tho end. At this juncture
my friend wus summoned to his aid,'
aud simultaneously, as it appeared,
the stately parent of tho cyguot, who
was swimming ou tho pond close by,
poroeived that something wus amiss
with its offspring. It swam to tho
bank and commenced making its way
to tho young one's assistance. But
the s wiui's method of progression on
luud is as uwkwurd and slow as on the
water it is graceful uud swift. The
wau-hord was first to reach the
cyguot, and, soou seoing the trouble,
had calculated to romovj it before the
puruut cume up with him. But his
calculations had underrated the lonirtb
of the string or tho pedestrian speed
of tho swan. Just ns he had succeeded
in extricating tlio lump of ment from
the gullet of tho distressed youngster
tho old bird caught him a Mow with
W'ing. Ho wns knocked over on his
' face, and, continuing the impotns re
i coived from the swan by scuttling
over tho grass on his hands and knees,
was ablo to cscnpo from tho bird's
fury, which was soon transferred to
solicitude for its littlo one. But the
blow had been sufficiently powerful to
make tho sitting posture uninviting
for several days, and to incline him to
givo credence to any legends about
the strength of a swan's wing.
Telepathic Comimiiilrndoii.
''What my friend Rogers has said
about unseen presences, " said C. 11.
Wnlden, "reminds me of a peculiar
affinity between a sister of mine aud
me. Wo are usually several hundred
miles apart, and yet our minds are in
constant communication. I can, at
will, call up a view of her household,
see just whero she is and what she is
doing. If she is ill I know it in a
moment, and have beforo now taken
long journeys when I learned iu this
way that alio waB ill. My sister enn
keep track of mo in the same way,
and frequently I receive letters at
places where I did not tell her that I
would be. At ono timo I w as about to
enter into a business contract Tho
next morning, after talking tho mat
ter over, I received a telegram from
my sister telling me to make no con
tracts until I received a lettor from
her. I waited, and the following day
the letter came saying that she had
seen me, and that something told her
that it would bo disastrous. It so af
fected mo that I declined to closo tho
agreement, and I afterwards found
that had I done as I first intended it
would have resulted in my losing
every dollar that I had." Cincinnati
Enquirer,
An Evor-Itenrlnir Orange Trw.
Mr. Simms, tho proper founder of
this most valuable fruit, says it is a
truo Citrus vulgaris, found wild in tho
Apopka hammock, without tho bitter
of tho common wild orango of our
hammocks. The tree has tho charac
teristics of being in fruit th.) year
round, and is without doubt a cross
tlio Rour orange with tho sweet and
of holding the fruit on tho tree for
months after they are fully ripe. The
original tree now has both green nnd
ripo oranges, nnd they are picked ripe,
juicy, and delicious any day in the
year. Tho fruit is more even in sizu
and thinner bkinned than the old one,
with loss rag nnd but very few seeds,
and for homo uso every garden from
Tampa to Brunswick should possess it
i.i suroiy must prove vaiuaiuo us a
market variety. Only to thiuk of it
a ripo ornngo picked from tho tret)
every morning beforo breakfast the
yenr round I A guarautco is given bj
Mr. Simms that tho original treo was
fouud in tho month of August full of
bloom nnd grem and ripe fruit.
Tampa (Fla.) Times.
A Jill for a Jilt,
. Twenty years ago in Sunbury a
young man namod Torrill fell in love
with a pretty girl and thoy became en
gaged to be married. Tho day was
set but when it arrived the pretty girl
without notice jilted her affianced and
married a man namod Lochart. After
ward they moved to Scrautou where
Loohart diod.
A fow weeks ago Terrill who had
never married met his swocthenrt.uow
a widow. He renewed his protesta
tions of affection, aud the day for the
marriago was set again, and the wid
ow wont to groat expense preparing
for tho event. Terrill bought his li
cense and went to his room to make
his bridal toilet He has not been
soon siuoo, but the widow is looking
for him. It is the supposition tliut
the man resorted to this expedient to
get cvon with her. Philadelphia
Press,
Struck by Bull Llyrhtuiuir.
Tho occurrence of whut is known as
boll lightning is so rare that every in
stance of it is of some interest. The
London Lnnoot lately described a nar
row escape from deuth by this form of
lightning, which wus experienced by
a surgeon of Louvuin who had gone
to visit a patieut iu a neighboring
town. Ho was overtaken by a thun
der-storm, aud what he described as a
ball of fire descended upon uud ren
dered him for hjiuo time unconscious.
On comiug to himself he fouud
that the cloth of tho umbrella which
he had boon holding was completely
burued off its steel framework, the
metul being twisted into every shape.
He attributes his Bufuty to tho circu in
stance thut the umbrella hui, a wooden
kuudlo ; had it been of metul he must
huvo beeu instantaneously killed.
Chambers's Journal.
NEWEST GOWNS.
PRETTY AXD KXrKXMVK A?ID
TKIMMED WITH JKT.
The New anil Trying CotfTnre Ton
Blnst Wear Your Hair as Victoria
Did in IH.tH-Lenlher Trim
mints and Fluted Skirt.
ONE are the closely-dressed
I f twists and curls; gone the
VJL Greek knot, and with them
both the loose Bernhardtesque
wisp of lront hair, the crimped
"bangs' and even thot most fascinat
ing single forehead curl whioh gave
such a delicious air to the demurest
face. The loops and bows of 1830,
the courtly queues of tho eighteenth
century, are all hopelessly thrust be
yond the palo of society, relagated to
the provinces by "Madonna bands."
The silken curtain of a woman's glory
her hair is parted from the crown
to the forehead, and touched with the
merest suggestion of soft, creped
wave. Down-drawn orr tlt cheeks,
and chastely hiding (hr&tftut suspicion
of an ear, the locki are loosely knot
ted in the center of the back of the
head, and confined by three long gold
hairpins, with cunningly twisted tops
or large flat pins of tortoise ahell
lightly touched with diamond sparks.
Id front the bands with their deli
cate undulations are drawn forward
till they meet the tip of the eyebrow.
And it is just that savor of." other
days" about the newest new fashion
that makes it interesting. It awakens
wonder as to whether or no the
dreaded crinoline, foiled in an attempt
to make its entry outright, is essaying
to sneak into our modes by a side
door. True that the first great effort
TWO MOPISH WTUPS.
Tie figure to the left of the illustration, published by the Naw York Mail
and Express,shows a new and fashionable riding wrap. The Hgtire to tho right
is clothed in the latest wrap worn by fair pedestrians on Fifth avenue.
to revive crinoline failed, but the
movement has left its raork. The full
skirt, with its insidious steels, the
leg-o'-mutton sleeves, the bolero
jacket and lowered shoulders daily re
mind one that the movement is only
in abeyance.
"Bands" are entailing cottage bon
nets, and some I saw in drawn velvet
edged with fur should prove quaintly
delicious. For mortiing wear, the
"cottage" will be of coarse straw,
HAT TRIMMED WITH NODDING PLUMES.
garnished with bows of flowered or
checked ribbon. For evening the air
iest arrangements in finely plaited
gauze and lace, with coquettish trans
parent brims, are being made.
So far, the "heads" for the winter
are duoided, but the vista of possibili
ties is endless. Cottage bonnets will
surely enoourago the cult of the large
lace veil, strung ou a silken ribbon,
and coyly drawn to one side when oo
casion requires. Will not the evolu
tion of side ringlets from "Madonna
bands" be inevitable as the spring
time comes on, aud the frivolity and
youth of daffodils and a new year burn
in the veins? Will the "bauds" ter
minate in the long pluits looped round
the eur, or will they develop into the
vulgar excrescences of paddiug and
crimped hair, which, iu spite of their
crude ugliness, failed to ili.tignre the
two loveliest women of the century,
the Empress Eugenie and the Priucess
of Wales? Who can say? Euough
for the moment the old is the new
that beautiful women have now a
chance to add another measure to their
loveliness, aud that tuosi of plainer
mien may lessen their trouble by hid
ing half their faces.
Nothing looks smarter than a very
wide shirt with bold flutes widening
towsrd the hem, and a short cape
reaohing barely to tho waist nnd
standing ont in equally bold curves.
A good gown is in glossy, tan colored
elotb, of just the shad'e of a laurel
leaf that has lost its green, though re
taining its shape and gloss. The skirt
is cut in the now way, measuring
about seven yards round tho hom, and
tho bodice is made of black satin, with
a bnbv bnsnnn ahnnt tarn Innlim In
depth and dipping down in a tiny
poini notn Hack and front. The cape
is linod with Muck
at the neck and on the shoulders and
measures about five yards round the
edge. No nnA flrmlil tin-lnrrnta tlm
stylo of this gown, and it could be
copied in any material and color. In
green satin cloth, for instance, and
black Satin if. nlrl ha admirnKU
and green is to be one of the foremost
coiors in areas tuis winter; irown
taking first rank and black being worn
with everything.
A few years ago leather trimmings
Were mnch tiseil n ilfnaaaa nt. .1
jnokets, and they are now revived for
our benefit. Tho prettiest 1 have yet
seen was a blue serge with a band of
leather about an inch and a half wide
laid on the edge of the skirt. It was
cut out in a trefoil design and the
edges were pinked out round the
curve of the trefoil in tiny little pink
ing. The coat to match was trimmed
with similar leather round all the out
lines, and the novelty of a little square
leather collar, stamped ont round the
edge to match the rest, appeared at
the back. The sleeves were finished
with leather lha
turned upward like those of the
leather on the skirt. A plain.alniond-
colored cloth was trimmed iu rather
similar fashion with a russet leather
punched out iu a desigu of stars. The
tailor who showed me this dress
begged me, should we solect it, to ac
cept a bit of tho leather in order to
take it with me to the bootmaker and
the glover, so ns to secure both in
perfect accord with the tint of the
leather on the gown. He also re
marked that the host headgear to ao
company it would be a biscuit-brown
felt of rather light tone, with almond
colored wings and ribbons as trim
ming. It is one of the numerous dif
ficulties of the toilet to have every
thing to mstoh perlectly, and yet to
manage that each article shall bo
wearable apart from the rest
A pretty dinned waist is of rose
tinted tulle, dotted with point or
black jet, the bodice crossed and con
fined at the waist by a jet corselet.
The sleeves are "balloon" shaped,
spangled with jot and with a rosetto
aud a wing of tulle on each shoulder.
The bouffant frout of cream white luce
aud the puffed sleeves are of pink pur
ple silk, covered with white lace. The
yoke is of white lace.
The dinner gown of black nnd
white, the skirt of white Pekin silk,
striped with black satin, and the revers
are of white satin. The frout of white
accordion plaited tullo is jetted and
bordered with a baud of jot. Now
York Advertiser.
FCR-I.1SED GARMENT?.
For midwinter are graceful long
Russian coats of cloth, iu golden
brown, reddish-brown, black, or gray
cloths, coveriug the costume entirely,
lapped to the left side with a huge
shawl-collar of fur, tho sleeves very
largo, and the liniug throughout of a
warm f jr, such asjeannet, the dark
whole-gray squirrel lining, or else tho
lighter squirrel linings.
There are also tailor-made cor.ts of
Oxford-grsy, beige, or bluck'cloth in
three-quarter length with strapped
seams, aud lined throughout itU
sqdirrel-bjck ski us, giving a whole
gray surface. Ther:e have largo revcrs
uud collars r Persian-Iamb fur, uud
cost from $73 to $125. Fur-lined
ciroulurs are of two lengths, one resell
ing just below tho kuee, the othur
covering the dru.-s skirt eutu-.y.
Harper's Bazar.
Probably the largest existing paint
ing (exobpting psuoramas) is one in
the salon of the Uuei, in Veuice. It
is by Robust and is emhtvfour feet
loog by twenty-iour leet i-o.
KEYSTONE STATE CULLINGS
CHURCH BURNED
Th TJnlontown. Peop'e Loan a Valuable
Temple.
Thn First Preshvrorlnn ehnrch at Union
town wns totally destroyed ly tire thn other
nlKht. Ths loss will attifrunlo IO,0(Hi,rnrtly
covereil by Insurance. Thn hiilldlnit whs re
cmitly piiri'hnscit ly tho Central Presbyterian
cnnirri'tfntlon and tlmy hml 1,1100 worth of
repair put on It Thn bulblliut Is still la tho
hnnils of Contractor Lanxhend and he will
nave to beat most of the loss.
SHCt DOW3 BT JINWHESTS.''
The Eurnka Btoel Cnstlnir companv, of
Chester, Is Is financial diflloulty and 1(H)' men
are idle, bxectuions o! fOS.r.KI were enter
ed up. Judgment Is confessed (or t27,2U5.
The plant will uavs to bx sold. The com
pany Is vnpltnllzcd nt 75,0O0. The resources
nave been exiinusteii by disastrous llres, and
other losses have been sustained.
t rAiKTTS roars.
The Favrtto County Historical Soclotv Is
busily enquired In mnklnir a research Into tho
early history ol tits Indian wars In that sec
tion. They are stimulated In thnlr efforts by
the commission appointed by (lovernor Pat
tlson to mark the sites ol the forts built bv
thn whites as a means of defense ngaluat the
inaians.
orD tSAD IS THE WOODS.
Th dead body of Frederick Zletler.a stone
mnson of Unnnsette, who has been missing
since Mondny was found near the village
hanging to a tree.
Attorney H. L. Ooehrlng, hacked by the
chamber of Commerce of Pittsburg began
equity proceedings against George M. Irwin
on behalf of the Investors In bis discretionary
pool. The vtotims ask for a rncolver for the
concern and for an Injunction to prevent
Irwin Irotn disposing of nny propnrty now In
his possession. It Is allngnd that ths absent
broker has t00,000 belonging to 4,000 inves
tors. Hundreds of poor people In New York, es
pecially Hebrews, nre deeply Interested In
the whereabouts of Oeorgo M. Irwin, the
pool broker, of Plttsbum. His customers
there have lost in thn neighborhood of vO.iHK)
in thn deposits. The sums sacrificed range
irom Via to ri.uou. Anrnnnm wolarsky, a
poultry dealer, nnd his relatives, are out
952H. Irwin is believed to be with friends In
Now York or Urooklyn.
The Mayor of Altoonn enjoys thodistlnctlon
of being the II rut puhllo ortlcinl In the United
Htntes to draw the lino on the game of foot
ball. Ho clnssllles the pastime with common
street brawls, and according to report, thresth
ens the youth of that community with arrest
nnd flue II they ngalu attempt to piny within
the city limits.
The now $23,000 nrmory which Is being
erected by Colonel V. Fred Iteynolds, of tho
Governor's staff, for the llellefouto company
of the National Guards, will be dedicated on
December 14. The Governor nnd staff aud
many othiif olUccrs of the Kunrd uud regular
army olllcers will be present.
Tho United Slates Iron and Tin Tlnto com
pany started one ot Its mills nt Dcmmlor
with non-union men. Members of the com
pany nre authority for tho statement that the
resumption wns successfull nnd thut a good
quality of tin Is being turned out.
Thn Lacknwnnna Knitting company, which
has bei'u running quarter time. Is now run
ning lull tune, l b" Kcruutou Gluss'Compnny
which has beeu idle lor a year, will start
factory No. 8 this week, aud luctory No. 1
during the mouth.
George Johnson, who was sent to tho work
house from New l'a-tle two months ago on a
charge of disorderly conduct, will, on tho ex
piration of his term bo rearrested and taken
that place to auswer to two charges of
osuult,
Tho Pittsburg wire works at Braddocic
made an indefinite suspension Nuturdny
night. The reason glveu for the stop
page Is lack of orders. Five hundred men
are Idle,
Itesldnnts ot thn Htono Valley have petition
ed the llellefoyto Central railroad company
to extoud its line through that vnlley to Hun
tingdon oflurlng 70,U0U aud free right of
way.
A charter was Issued to the Penn Manor
Hhaft Company, Oreensburg; capital J,500.
Directors: John Clawson, William A. Grif
fith, of Ureonsburg; William K. Williams,
Latrobe.
Norman West, colored, of I,lgonler,brotigbt
suit at Oreensburg, against Dr. 51. V. Miller,
fiJ.OOO damages for alleged iniilpruetioe in
settlug a broken leg.
Tho money for the bust of Dr. William
Pepper, to be presented to the University of
Pennsylvania, has been subscribed nnd Carl
Ultter, of New York, Is now ut work ou It.
State College bat established an agricultu
ral Chautauqua course, a university extension
nnd a creamery nnd butter-making course, to
run during the wlutor months.
The grocery store of John Ebner at Denver
Falls, was robbed of a quautlty of line eunuod
goods uud 430, while the proprietor wus at
church.
At Harelton Saturday, Andrew Juka, quar
raled with bis Wife, aud, because she left him
he strung her up by the neck with u rope aud
stabbed bur to death, making his escape.
The Fort Pitt Gas company is drilling In
the hundred-foot test well ou tho Mutuuel
Heott farm, located In advance of the Forest
Grove development, to the southwost.
The South mills of thn Lackawanna Iron
and rltuol Company ut Hcrantou will start up
tor an ludellulte time to 1111 orders,
Miehnel Wnsha wns killed by a full of slate
at the Stewart Irou works ruiue, near Union
town, Tuesday.
Mrs. Snplra McLaughlin, who was shot by
Heury Powell near Itoeliestur, Saturday night
Is still living, but cauuot recover,
William Henry, ot Pennsvllle, was killed
by being thrown from a buggy. The horse
hud suured at a truiu.
There are 803 teachers onrollod in the Erie
oounty institute.
Attorney Charles H, Hodges, ol New York
City, uiurrlud Miss Delia Cleveland, of
Erie.
Washington oounty Is to have a now town
ship aud its name Is to be lllulue.
Frank Uunnnr, of Evnrson, wus killed by a
Mt, l'leus&ut uud Bradford train Monday.
Bears have been preying upon farmers'
stock iu llliilr and Cumbria counties.
Sandy Lnke Is to bo piped with natural gas
from u well drilled bv I'rlv.tte cltiiseus.
Bonds Will be Issued.
Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle hat
flume,! filntiiluv .,l,.l.. n.., inA ti. ... i.
-- - - - , fc.""B Huiioa iu iig w,
receive S'lalud proposals until noon, Novem
ber 'J I, lS'Ji, for tiO.O 10,1100 of United States
6 percent, bonds, dated February 1, 1SU4, re
deemable In coin ut the pleasure of the rov
sruinent, alter tea years from the duto ot
The funend trnlii ln.ni.lnn .ho
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burg, Uuesdny uud was received with solemn
ueremony. Thousuuds of people thronged
the streets aud housetops to view the proces.
Ion, which was conducted upon the same
dou as that la Moscow, only more elabora-
CRUDE CONFEDERATES.
BORN FIGHTERS.
Operations In Southwast Missouri In the
Early Part of ths War.
Among tho most daring and brilliant
events of the war In southwest Missouri wot
the charge of Gon, Fremont's famous body
guard luto the rebel eampnt Springfield on ths
afternoon of October 25, 1401. Major Charlos
Zagonyl, an Impetuous and fearless Hun
garian soldier, hnd the honor of leading this
dashing rnld ami routing a force of Confed
erate volunteers four times outnumbering his
own men. Major Kagonyi's command pos
sessed every feature of excellence that equip,
agn and training eould give a body ot
cavalry. Gen. Fremont bad selected and
equipped his .fcodyguard with great oars.
Money had been lavished with profudou on
the tall nnd soldierly foreign troopers who
rode so proudly by tlio si do of thn Federal
commander from St. Louis out to the south
west frontier In the fall ot ISHI.
In order to understand the nature of this
bold adventure, which shed such luSter on the
Union cause throughout the Ozark s, and re
vived tho drooping spirit of loyalty in mnny
despairing hearts, some attention to ths mill
tary situation at Sprlnglluld In October, 1801,
will be necessary.
After the battle ot Wilson Crenk, which was
fought on the 20th ot August, lsiii, the Fed
eral army rntrested to Holla, leaving ths
body ot the fallen Lyon to be burled by the
rebel victors. The hopeful Confederates oc
cupied Springfield within i!4 hours from ths
time tbn first guu was fired ou that memor
able August morning, now nearly 84 years
ago. Tbn demoralised Unlsu soldiers hardly
stopped in town as they hastened eastward to
SKape the pursuit of the enemy. Then did the
SBDOW Or DESFAIB
darken many a loyal heart In southwest Mis
souri. Seme of the Union men bad already
jolued the Federal army, nnd nut a few ol
these fell with Lyou nt Wilson Creek. The
survivors hurried away with the army, and
did not see their families after tho battle.
Many friends of ths Union who had not yet
taken up arms left home and wnut to Rolls
for protection. The few able-bodied men
who did not follow the Federals spent most
of the Fnll of 1H61 In the woods: "Lying
out" was common while the rebels held
Sprlnglleld, and hundreds of hiding Unionists
slept in the woods every night.
While the deepest of gloom tor the loyal
people hung over the southwest border tho
Confederate soldier and the rebel sympathiz
er reveled In an ectnscy of hope. Those were
the golden days of the Southern cause. Vic
tory bad been proclaimed by the wild rebel
yoll on several bloody battlefields. Tho
South was aglow wilb enthusiasm. The
proud sons of Dixie bud the ardor and the
undisciplined courage of Cervuule's famous
hero.
The camps of Price and McColloch nt
Springfield after the battle of Wllsou Creek
were picturesque scenes. The most botor J-
Snueous elements of the Southern army could
e seeu on the streets of the Infant Queen
City of the O.arks about the end ot August,
IHill. There were a few regiments of Louisi
ana troops In McCollooli's command wearing
the bright and beautiful gray uuifurm of the
young Confederacy. These handsome sous
of tho Creole State were well armed aud
drilled for those early days of the war, and
their presence gave the rebel camp the high
est tone.
These gallant voluntoers, who bad left
luxurious homes ou sugar plantations to fight
in the ranks of the army for "Houlhorn
rights were idolized by the rebels ladles of
Sprlnglleld.
F'rom the western frontier of the Imperial
Loue Star Btnto, where the waters of the ltlo
Grand-) nre musical with a thousand mem
ories of romantio adventure, the darlug Texau
Hanger had rlden all the way across the vast
Intervening plain to participate In the glori
ous achievement of driving back the "North
ern Invader." This bronzed Iudinn fighter,
nltired In bis broad sombrero, frluged buck
skin pnuts, capacious boots, lugllug spurs,
nnd pistol belt, was a most interesting specta
cle of the rebel enmp.
For the entertainment of his civilian ad
mirers, this centaur of the West would now
aud then pick up a gravel from ths street or
lasso a young steer on the town common
While running his horse nt a
rt'SIOl'S SPEED.
Tho Ilangor was au unknown quantity yet
In civil war. but to the peoplo of Springfield
Just after thn battle of Wilson Creek he
seemed the most promising champion ol the
Southern cause. He came to Missouri from
the Indian frontlor with the fame and para
phernalia of a resistless hero. The tales that
were told of Hanger's prowess nnd skill In
fighting ths wily savage on the Western plains
eould hardly have been more Improbable,
but that was a credulous sge, and fow nt the
partisans ot the South who gazed on the mar
velous feats ot horsemanship exhibited by
the bold Texan as be dashed about the rebel
camp doubted the truth of these herolo log
ends. That the knight of the lasso would
perform new wonders in dooimatiug the
ranks of the "hireling foe" nil Southern
sympathizers about Sprlnglleld In September.
1801, firmly believed.
In bis march from northwest Arkansas to
Wilson Creek Gen. Price had reoel ed many
recruits whose nspnet did not suggest any
very extravagant Ideas of the glory of war.
These young mountaineers from tbs White
River region came to the rebel column as It
ADVANCED HOBTHWABO.
carrying every variety of backwoods fire
arms aud dressed In homemade Jeaus
of various oolors. The Dint-lock rifle; the
single-barrel shotguu, and the old Jake
Painter under-striker pistol, made In Spring
field for the first adventurers who went to
California from southwest Missouri, aud
northern Arkansas, were weapons brouuht to
the Confederate army by tuese unsophisti
cated defenders of "southern rluhts."
Boosting of neither partrlciuu birth nor herolo
adventure, these ungainly sons of the mount
airs left their cabin homes to Hght for that
glittering cause which allured to tho field of
death all classes of men. Not niauy of these
new accessions to the Confederate army took
purt lu the Wilson Creek battle. Tbey were
so poorly equipped aud disciplined that the
rebel oommaudurs thought best to keep tuuui
out of the engagement.
When l'neo aud MoCulloch occupied
Sprlnglleld, after the retreat of ths Federals
to Kollii. the new recruits from the mountulas
of the Missouri and Arkansas border becau
to learu their II rat lessons lu the urt of war.
The experleuce ot these
CMLiTTinzn roLLOwxna
of the robol standard bad bean nnrrow In
deed. Beyond the primitive homes made of
oak or plue logs, where the boys bad been
born and reared, their kuowiedge of tbs
world did not extend far. The thrilling coon
buit, the shooting match, the cauip-ineetiug,
and the Christmas dances were- the
events that bail given Ufa its eoloriug of ad
venture for the young mountaineers who
were now trying so bnrd to master some ot
the simpler elert.cnts In thn manual nt arms.
The traditions of the war in southwest
Missouri say that some of Price's youthful
followers had never been "up stairs" till they
came to Sprlnglleld aud explored the archi
tectural wonders of tho Greeu County Court
house, a three story brick building, which
still stunds on the west side at the publiu
square.
nut tnese crude partisans or tne young
Confederacy showed thn ooiumou fultb ol the
South at that time, aud each awkward
mountaineer iu the rebel camp believed that
be wus destined to whip a half-dozen ot the
Yankee luvadera. "Old Pan" Price was the
soldier Ideal lu Ihoestlmutiou ot the Missouri
aud Arkansas voluuteers, nnd tbey wero
ready to follow his staudard anywhere with
out questioning the risk of the adveuturs.
Vets are awfully disagreeably