tO ELKXt,
A flock of sheep that leisurely pa by
One after one; tho socnd of rain, and bee
Murmuring; the fall of rivers, winds and IMS,
Smooth fields, white beet of water, and pure 87,
I've thought of all by turns, and atlll I lie
; Sleepless; and anon tho smnll birds' melodlea
Must boar, flrat vtter'd from my orrhnrd tree.
And the first cuckoo's melancholy cry.
Even thus last night and two nights more I lay,
And could Mot win thee, Sleep, by any stealth J
60 do not let me wear to-night away;
Without thee, what Is all the morning's wealth?
Come, blessed hetwceu day and day,
Pear mother of frh thoughts mid joyous health!
-V'llllnm Wordsworth.
They aat on tlie bench at sunset, and
azed pensively at the soft April sky,
nd ever-changing, opal-hued water.
"There are so many things I cau't
understand," he Bald, musingly.
"What puzzles you?'' She turned her
face sympathetically toward her com
panion. "Strange yearnings for a fuller life
and the ability to attain It. IJut moxt
f all girls."
"Any one girl In particular?"
"Yea."
"Ah. I see! You're In love! It's
Allle Graham, and you are missing her
While she la visiting in the north."
, "You women jump at conclusions."
"It'a a woman's prerogative! You
xoen attend days and weeks reasoning
things out and then don't understand
any better than a woman does In five
eeconcls."
"But I've Hent years In trying to
understand woman and she's still a
fiddle."
"You mean one woman Is! Win and
parry her and you have your solu
tion 1"
"It's how to win the girl I love that's
my trouble."
"Such a confession from a society
man nnd reputed henrt-smaaber. If
you'll mnke me your confidant I'll
teach you to win the girl. I enn read
girls like books."
"That's an enticing offer. I'll return
the favor by helping you out in your
cease with Tom Dace."
"How do you know I have a case
with Tom Dace?"
"I heard It long before you came bo
the coast to visit your aunt"
"Your little city is so gossipy! But
trlnce I'm to be your confidant you can
be mine and we'll help each other In
Cupid's court."
"Agreed! What's the forecast for
Tom at present?"
"Cool and cloudy, with threatened
tonn."
"Which upon interpretation means
that he has discovered another Creole
beauty in Mobile."
"Thut'a the Indications."
"Try indifference. Keep too busy for
anything but a ahort, hurried letter
nee a week."
"I'll try it. And yon? How dos the
fair Allle head?"
"Sails set to popular breezes, with
teady steering away from the shore of
matrimony."
"Flirting with a dozen at once, ac
cording to custom ! Try a gust of In
difference yourself. Write newsy let
ters with accounts of your doings and
goings with another girl, and whatever
you do, don't write the word love from
tart to finish!"
"Good! I'll let you read the letters,
and you must furnish material for
facts."
"When will Allle return?"
"In Juu."
"I'll prophesy you'll I married in
three months."
'Trovlded I can win the girl. I al
ready have my own consent."
"You can win If you will let me teach
you. Any girl can be won If sought in
the right way."
"I'll be most fortunate to have such
a teacher. How often will you give
lessons?"
"Two or three times a week. Or,
tf advice Is needed between times,
photic me or drop lu when convenient
Put there the church bells are ring
ing. We must not keep a untie waiting
tea."
They stood a moment at the gate In
the soft spring twilight and discussed
their Jesting compact. As he turned to
go he sa id :
"I'll !e around Tuesday evening
early, and we will go out to the pavi
lion. It Is so much eusler to 11ml ex
pression for thought with music and
moonlight and water breathing the
very essence of romance. He ready
early and we will take supper at The
Oaku."
Tuesday evening was as beautiful as
a iMX-t's dream. The man and woman
at on a balcony overlooking the spark
ling water, and each thrilled with tho
Joy of youth and tho loveliness of
their surroundings. The wind whistled
weirdly through the rigging of the an
chored ships. Occasionally a sailor
fcuritt Into some love song, and hia
mates Joined lustily in the chorus. The
moonlight, tho flashing lights and
music wove a charm which it seemed
criminal to break by prosy common
places. A distant clock chimed 11 and
the wntclLiiiiin announced the last ear
for the cltv
"There! It's time to bo home, and
you haven't shown me that letter."
Slowly he drew It from his pocket
She gtnuced at the beading and raised
her eyebrows In mock horror.
"'.My darling!' You surely" She
hesitated.
"If that's too strong too declara
tive we might say I'll change It"
"I would certainly do so! You see.
It Is like this: When a woman has
such an avowal as that to begin a let
ter, no matter what follows, Bhe'll
feel as If she has clinched her catch.
Uncertainty as to the state of affec
tion goes hand in glove with Indiffer
ence In winning a girl. Write an
other beginning 'Dear friend.' or don't
put any heading at all. Just wade Into
tne general news, or locals, and close
with friendly good wishes."
"I see. I'll write another letter ac
cording to your prescription as soon
as I find time. What do you say to
a drive down the beach to-morrow
afternoon."
"A splendid Idea !"
"I'll come at 4 o'clock.'
The week sped by and the letter was
still unwritten. The man found Dress
ing business engagements when not In
actual training for winning the absent
Allle.
It was after another twilight row on
the gulf that the announcement was
made that the, letter had been rewrit
ten.
"It me see it," she commanded
with a serious purse of her red llt
"1 forgot to bring It. You can read
It after we return from the opera to
morrow evening."
"All right."
But again the letter was forgotten
and at the end of another week still
lay on the writer's desk.
Late one May afternoon, by chane
or or Instinct, they met on the beach
at the spot where they had formed
their compact to aid each other in love
affairs. They looked Into each other's
eyes with silent questioning.
"I saw you with Tom yesterday,"
hi said In a strained voice.
"Did you find him manageable?"
"Yes, Indeed."
"Have you set the day?"
"Day for what?"
"Your wedding."
"Not with Tom."
"Didn't my advice prove helpful V
ery! Tom and I don't speak. But
how have you succeeded with the
charming Allle? I heard she had re
turned. Have my instructions nrnved
me to be an efficient trailer In court
ship?" "Not for winning Allle."
"Then I'm a miserable failure In
teaching the art of love-making I"
"That doesn't necessarily follow.
Terhaps I wasn't trying to win Allle
after all."
"You dreadful man! How could yon
deceive hor so?" (
"She wasn't deceived. She knows,
as does everybody else, that the one
woman in the world for me is the
one. who has been teaching me the
ways of woman."
"To think auntie wasn't a bit sur
prised when I told her that I was go
ing to marry you, and not Tom I How
could she have guessed I had
changed?"
"From taking note of the ways of
woman, I suppose."
And she smiled happily. Jennie
Stnndifer in New Orleans Times-Democrat
Roaalan Eduratlon.
"Intelllgenzia" of Russia, writes the
Hon. Maurice Baring in "A Year in
Rusaia," Is, properly speaking, com
posed of every one who can read and
write. But the term Is generally used
to designate those member of the mid
dle class who belong to the profes
sional classes doctors, professors,
teachers and literary men. The aver
age man or woman of the Russian
middle class Is better educated than
the average English man or woman of
the same class.
They are saturated with the foreign
classics. They often speak two lan
guages besides Russian, and they are
conversant with modern thought la
the various European countries, so far
as it is allowed to reach them. They
are taught at school things which will
be UBeful to them.
Every one receives a general found
ation of knowledge. The average Rua
man boy knows more a'.iout English
history than the average English boy,
let alone European history, a culti
vated Itusslnn of the middle class Is
saturated With John Stunrt Mill,
Kuskin, Morley and Cnrlyle, and
Shakespeare, Milton and Shelby are
treated as Itussian classics.
A Ililomatlo Antnrr,
It was a wise young man who puused
before he answered (lie widow who
asked how to guess her age. "You
must have some Idea of It," she said,
with what was Intended for an arch
sldowlse glance. "I have several Ideas,"
he admitted, with a smile. "The only
trouble is that I hesitate whether to
make you 10 years younger on account
of your looks or 10 years older on ac
count of your brains." Then, while the
widow smiled and blushed, he took a
graceful but speedy leave.
Some people become so busy that
they hart no time to do anything.
WANTS DOOB KEPT OPEN.
By Roy. Guy Arthur Jamleson.
And the tlnr was Mint. Matthew
ixv.. It).
The foolish virgins did not expect to
find the door closed Umn them. It was
their own foolishness that resulted In
this keen disappointment and in the
Story of their humiliation is suggested
to us as a sad truth that we may un
consciously, unwittingly have the door
to all that Is lstt and worthiest closed
on us.
I think very few iioople purxsely
refuse lo seek the lst thing of life.
Hut Indifference and neglect may be
come a sin, and close the door to life's
best blessings. Hut these same persons
may close the door on Christ, but there
are lines of conduct that we may fol
low, and we never dream that we ure
raising barriers lictwevti ourselves and
the boat. There are certain things that
we may do until we will no longer re
spond to the Itest thoughts and feel
ings. Darwin tells us that In early life he
was fond of music; found great pleas
ure In reading Shakeicare. But in
after years he so concentrated his mind
and soul on the Investigation and study
of nature that he lost his taste for
music, no longer cared for Shake
speare. The great poet no longer made
an appeal ; the faculty of music became
atrophied. He had no quarrel with
ShakesMare or music; they had not
changed. He still knew the one to be
the greatest poetical genius of the cen
turies; the other one of God's avenues
of speaking to man some of his best
emotions nnd aspirations, and yet there
was no longer anything In the soul of
Darwin that responded to their appeal.
Unwittingly he had closed the door on
Shakespeare and music.
It may not be a serious matter to
close the door for a time 011 music and
poetry, but there are things which we
dare not shut out of our lives even
for a day. Every Influence that makes
for development, the uplifting, the no
ble, the Christ-like, the ideal, we must
be careful that we do not Intentionally
or thoughtlessly shut out. And every
day as we go forth to meet life we nre
consciously or unconsciously opening
or shutting the door to life's best things
in our thought, in our emotions, in
our acts, in our friends, lu our amuse
ments, in all our habits.
We may think lightly of these things
until some day when we have an Im
portant choice to make, a critical temp
tation to face, an undertaking to carry
through, that may affect our whole
destiny. And If we have not been liv
ing in the way that will enable ns to
make the right choice, meet the temp
tation or succeed in the undertaking,
we, like the foolish virgins, will And
the door shut
Our whole life Is concerned in every
choice we make, in every temptation
we master, in every undertaking we
accomplish. Perhaps we never meant
to shut the door on purity and power,
on character and success, but somehow
they have escaped into the dim dis
tance. We never meant to grow Indif
ferent to the appeals ninde uion the
soul by higher things, nor to grow hnrd
toward our fellow, nor to let life's best
opportunities sup, but suddenly our
eyes are open and we find that the
door is shut. Like the foolish virgins,
thoughtlessly we have shut the door
on the Master.
A SINFUL UNSELFISHNESS.
By Henry F,
"Be strong." Eph. vl., 10.
Cope,
There is such a thing as a sinful
type of unselfishness; really, it is the
most refined and elusive form of self
love. In days not altogether past
made a certalu caricature of religion
popular with nianv. T held up the
pious Ideal of seif-abnegatlon and cul
tlvntcd the cJothful pleasures of nonen
tlty and vacuity.
Many felt that they were pious be
cause they purchased a future heaven
at the bargain price ef foregoing some
present grosser pleasures. Unselfish
ness came to mean the emptying of the
life of all its powers and present val
ues, perhaps because an empty life
would more readily float to the skies.
Manhood protested against such
piety and a virile selfishness asserted
Itself. We asked could it be that our
faculties are ours only to suppress
them, that all life Is but the long mock'
ery of a struggle with Its own forces?
So far as we could set., might not red
blooded sinners be better for this world
than anemic saints?
Yet to-day many good and honest
people are greatly worried over the!
irrepressible desire to make the most
of their lives. They never rejoice lu
life In 1U richness and fullness
reaching out Into further powers, with
out some qualms of conscience lest
they are sacrificing the spiritual to the
flesh and tho future to the present.
Modern lire has swung far awa
from the mystic religious Idculs; it hu
rather become an onsurglug rush for
the ia-at, richest. deeest that life
seems to afford. lu its search for
pleasure, knowledge, and power It Is
but seeking to make more of the self,
to make each life fullr and more com
plete, and to satisfy In some measure
our common passion for more life.
Does this eager searc h for nmrt life
menu that we are beeomiiig a grossly
sclllsh people? Does It lay on eai-li
a compulsion to live 'or his own lir
alone? To some it ueems to signify
the full life for the strong at any eoHt
to the weak; living heroines a great
battle and every man's business eon
quest and carnage.
Is the only alternative to sueh a
bloodthirsty philosophy the one of the
life of renunciation, separation, and
Vol not n ry atrophy of all one's powers?
Is there any way of satisfying the dual
demands felt at least by the best nil
tures, that the fullueaa of life shall be
found for the self, and that omehow
one may serve and help others?
If we put those two motive togeth
er do we not have the highest and rich
est life the world has yet conceived?
The life lived out to its owa fullness,
yet so lived only with the motive of
leading all lives out to their fullness, la
saved both from the paralysis of re
nunciation and the groHsnesa of greed.
We ought to be the best wa know J
there Is a moral and spiritual obliga
tion on every one of us to find the fur
thest reaches of life, to bring person
ality and jiowers to their perfection.
Life Is ours only to make it larger.
These years are our opiortnnlty to en
rich all the years. No power, faculty,
or possibility la ours for which we
shall not have to render account nt the
great assize of the universe and by its
laws of life's obligations.
Then comes the saving motive lu this
ptocfsa of seeking the full lire; it !
desired not for itself but for its aer-
ice. We would make the most of our
selves that we may have the more to
give to the friend, the neighbor, th
Ity, the times, our world.
In the exercise of our powers for
others we secure their fullness for our
selves. No life finds its fullness until
it finds the work It can do. No powera
remain ours save those we apply In ser-
Ice. That selfishness which grasps at
power only ror purposes 01 pcrsunm
profit brings upon Itself the deepest
OSS.
The good life is the one that Is great I
with goodness, enriched with every re
source, dally growing, becoming more,
enjoying more, and finding such com-
nletlon In the nttempt to awaken aor-
ant lives, to lift lagging lives, ana 10
end its fellows Into the ltfe that II
Ife Indeed.
SERMONETTES.
No man over was convicted by scold-
ns.
Daily bread Is not sweet without
dally duty.
You cannot work for God
without
ove for men.
There Is nothing resistless
In the
restless life.
He only always Is wise who ever la
gaining wisdom.
The good we do is the best antldoU
to the ill we rue.
You cannot lift the world by pulling
down your face.
An honest smile is worth ten million
sunless sermons.
Siehlnit for a lost Eden will not
make a new earth.
The double-faced man always is con
vincing to himself.
Dnvs are sacred in proportion as
they serve high ends.
If your faith possesses your beast it
will propel your feet.
Many an alliance with sin Is hidden
by a defiance of the devil.
The heart la dead when the smile of
a child cannot stir its depths.
People with putty heads usually like
to think they have brittle hearts.
The best way to worship the heaV'
enly child Is to give every child aoine
heaven.
Whether earth shall be like heavea
dciM'nds on whether heaven Is la our
hearts.
Some men think the only way te
preserve the landmarks Is to alt a
the fence.
Folks who take their time from every
clock are always sure the sun la etf
his schedule.
Many are soured on life because they
have been trying to make Its spica de
for the bread of life.
You can teach a congregation to tn-
Joy sermons of nothing but wind, but
they will die of their education.
When a man steals the honey fret
sin be always tells himself that he will
pay for it with the coin of repentaace.
DON'TS FOB CHURCHMEN.
Don't fall to learn that singing curea
more sorrow than sighing.
Don't expect to open the doors of
paradise by knocking the saints.
Don't expect to become wedded to
truth by eloping with a single Idea.
Don't forget that character Is the only
absolutely Indispensable capital.
Don't hesitate to fight your appetite
If you would realize from your asplra
tlons.
Don't forget that only wlng of piid
Imagine themselves rising on the breath
of applause.
Don't make the mistake of substitut
ing the church as an Institution for the
church as an aspiration.
Don't fall to observe that the valleys
of service everywhere outnumber the
mountains of transfiguration.
Kleolrlc Xargerf,
Surgery by electricity is what is al
ieged to be possible with a retnarkablt
electric knife Just devised by a Berlin
firm of medical instrument mnnufactur
ers. The knife Is now undc-gclng ex
hnustlve trials at the hands of Prof,
Bier, the head of the Berlin I'nlven
slty Surgical Clinic, with the view .
demonstrating Its efficiency.
It Is declared that oKratlooa can be
pel formed more quickly and that the
lunling process is moro rapid t'liin In
the case w'lere the ordinary scalol
lu.s been used. To one end of a six ;c
eight-inch glass rod. through the eeu
ter of which passes u eondiitng wire,
Is fastened the blade wlthoii' a cultlinj
ii'-e, of a form similar to that of tin
I'oiiiuioulv used surgical knlve. or hkci
the simple probe. A high f requeue.,
current Is employed and wlicn this Ij
turned on a noiseless spark 11:1 1 r im
imii long appears from the p. lot of tint
knife or prnho. The spark pulses tin)
soft tissues with the same ease as
Pot knife goes through hut ter. without
any apparent eatiteiintloii, hut I'rof,
P.ier's experiments have so far shown
that a more profuse hemorrhage en
sues than by the use of the eouimoii
knife.
it is further claimed for iue t' ru
incut that It sterilizes as 11 ru a. ri
quires no sharpening and can he easllj
cleaned.
Many a man gives hlmaelf away who
J Uu't an advocate of free fpcecli.
If
Ittlo Potter.
flave any of our veteran readers
read the exquisite story "Little Pot
ter?" We do not know who wrote It
but It has a pathos worthy of Dickens
himself.
A short, little square-built, dark
skinned, twlnkllng-cyed young fellow
was known the regiment over as "Lit
tle Potter." The name came from his
trade before war times and from the
fact that he was always talking shop.
Standing near the picket fire, though
uncomfortable himself, he could al
ways suggest a way In which to make
coffee boll, and would gather up little
splinters and pile under or about the
kettle with tho keenest enjoyment, al
though the coffee belonged to the mos
taciturn man In the company.
At Shlloh, In the midst of the sec
ond day's battle, Little Potter, left the
company to get water for himself and
several of his companions. A quick
change of position, a new line of bat-
tie formation took place after his de
parture, and Little Potter was seen
no more for several days.
After the rebels retreated, he was
ding ns nurse at the brigade hospi
tal. He couldn't find his regiment on
his return, but found the hospital,
and the division superintendent or
dered bltn on duty, nnd discovering
his excellence as a nurse, would not
let him return to the company. There
wrs a quarrel between the captain
and the surgeon, the former seeing
Little Potter ns a skulker, and the lat
ter seeing him as a useful man who
had made a mistake through no fault
of his own.
The captain reported Potter absent
without leave, and he was court-mar
tialed. The sentence was that he
should forfeit six months' pay. The
stoppage of six months' pay told
sorely on him, but he weathered the
storm and came out as serene as
though he had never been court-mar
tialed
When the men gathered about the
flres, talked of Shiloh, and compared
notes about their losses there on I he
first day, Little Potter would say, In
a droll way: "I lost six months' pay
there."
On the morning of the terrible De
rember 81, at Stone River. Little Pot
ter was the first man in place, after
the orderly, and though the shortest
man In the company, be held his place
there. There was a sweeping charge.
The company left their dead further
to the front than any other regiment
In action that day.
Little Totter was a giant in doin
He kept his place next to the orderly
when the company was broken and
scattered. With a precision that
would under other circumstances have
been droll, he formed on the orderly
whenever '' a charge was made, and
while It was evory man for himself.
As he was ramming home a load, a
ball struck him In the fleshy part of
the leg, cutting a great gash and tear
lng his clothes. He was advised to go
to the rear. The reply was:
"I will show them who Is a cow
ard."
A shot struck bltn In the left shoul
der, nnd he becams deadly pale. Still
ifli teeth and right hand he man
aged to load bis gun and fire. Anoth
er shot struck blm In the thigh and
he fell. He was dragged to a stump
and placed so that the raking fire
would not touch him. He deliberately
crawled round and placed hlmaelf so
as to face the relais. and as the com
pany gave back In one of those almost
hand-to-hand fights, little Potter kissed
his hand to the men nearest him and
nestled down with a sigh of relief.
Days afterwards the sergeant found
a pair or black eyes glistening from
the festoons of white sheets, In a hos
pital in Murfreesboro. They belonged
to Little Potter, broken-legged, broken-armed
and bandaged. He could
lint move and could hardly speak. But
as the tearful men bent over him, he
lisped: "We wakthed them, didn't
we?"
He was taken to the hoapltal,, and
here, day after day, went his old
comrades to see him.
They did more; they wrote to Gen.
Rosecrans, telling the simple story.
They carried the letter along the red
tape line, from brigade headquarters
to division, from division to corps,
from corps to army headquarters, and
returned with an order from Rose
crans himself, directing that the slx
nionths' pay be returned to Little Pot
ter, that all charges on record be
rased, and that an order compliment
ing his gallantry be read on dress pa
rade, and that a copy be sent to the
tnaa who behaved so nobly.
The order was read on dress ps
rade, and the document, with all Its
array of Indorsements pud old Rosy's
letter was enrrb'd to Little Potter, by
men who could scarcely speak
He seemed like one transfigured us
one of bis old-time friends read and
re-read. the order and letter. He had
it held down to his eyes so be could
ee the red lines and ollieiul slgua
tures. Then came his first tears:
"Now, boys, I don't care to get well
It's all wiped out, ain't It? I was de-,
tcrmlned to get well. to wipe It out,
you know. But now, torn up as I am
it is tctter to tlie."
And the next morning, with the ol
der on bis breast. Little potter died
And still en u we heur the grizzly
old surgeon's words, as he came to the
cot
"Dead! Why God bless the boy.'
Friendly l'or.
Amid the smoke ami caruage of the
battle field It Is good to catch
glimpse of the sunshine which pro
ceeds from good will and ready, active
sympathy. As the sublime can quickly
shade off into the ridiculous, so kind
Hess presses close upon enmity.
cheerful Incident of the Civil War la
told In "Mission Rldjra nd Lokwrt.
Mountain." The Third Ohio, uuder
Strelght's command, was en Wute for
Itlehmond. prlseners of war.
one night they camped, worn, fam
ished, with hearts heavy and home
sick, near the place where a Confed-
rate regiment, the Fifty-fourth Vir
ginia, was stationed. Many of the
Southerners strolled over to the prison
ami) to see the sorry show of the ptxir,
supiKTless Yankees.
They did not stay long. Back to
their own camp they hurried, and soon
returned with kettles of coffee, corn
bread, bacon the best they had and
all they had. Presently little Area be
gan to twinkle In the prison camp, and
the aroma of coffee rose like a fragrant
cloud of thank-offering. Union guesta
and Confederate hosts mingled. Tho
next morning the prisoners departed.
Now comes a happy sequel which
wetl balances the affair. Later, when
the prisoners were exchanged, the
Third Ohio was encamped near Kelly's
Ferry, on the banks of the Tennessee.
On the day of the storming of Mission
ary Ridge, ameng the prisoners taken
were aunbered the Fifty-fourth Vir
ginia. Sons? ef the. Third Ohio were on duty
at the ferry when the prison detach
ments arrived.
'What regiment Is that?" they
asked.
When told, they started on the run.
shouting as they went: "The Fifty
fourth Virginia's at the ferry 1"
They dashed Into their camp with
the news. The place was astir In
stantly. Treasures of coffee, bacon.
sugar, beef, preserved icaehes, every
thing, were tnrned out and carried,
double-quick, to the ferry. The circum
stances were the same, with the dif
ference that guests and hosts had
changed places.
f ptr of the Spll Part.
My regiment lay directly In front
of Spanish Fort during the siege, and
on the night of the evacuation, I was
In the trenches. Four of us were oc
cupying a hole, probably a half mile
to the right of the fort In front of
where our regiment lay. I do not re
member the time of night, but prob
ably It was about the hour of midnight,
when all of a sudden there began tre
mendous cheering away to the right
along our line. The cheering was
grand, Indeed, and, as we knew, began
In old A. J. Smith's Corp, which was
taken up seemingly by each successive
regiment until It reached our position
and was still carried along the line
to our left. I admit that none in our
little bole at the time knew what
the cheering meant, but remarked to
each other that there was something
up. There was hut little If any firing
along the line nt this time, so we con
eluded the most dangerous part was
over and th Johnnies had pulled their
holes in and old A. J.'s boys were look
ing after them. We soon found out
there was no need of staying in our
hole longer. 1 then said to the boys,
let us go over to the robs works; one
fellow agreed to It and we started for
the works In front of us which was
but a short distance. Nothing of Im
portance was to the seen at this point,
we then struck for the big fort to
our left We stumbled along In that
direction until quite there, when a
thought suddenly came to our minds
that the Johnnies were not very par
ticular where they planted their tor
pedoes about a fort, so long as they
knew where they were themselves. We
concluded to return to camp and look
after the fort when It would be mora
light. Up to thla time we had seen
none of Bmlth's guerrillas or any roba
nnd all was quiet along the line. In
the enrly morn not a few from all the
ommnnds were on a prospecting tour,
But it was not of long duration, the
roll was being beat in the camps, and
as the comrade remarked: "There was
a little hustling did." We were soon
on the move for Blukely, but luckily
for the Twenty-eighth, as we had
faculty of getting Into scrapes of that
kind. Steel and hi niggers had the
Johnnies corralled on our arrival. I
have no doubt the Thirteenth Corps
were glad of It, but often wondered
why the guerrilla part of the Sixteenth
Corps let their colored comrades do
such a thing when there was so much
glory In It In regard to the capture
of Spanish Fort I will add, at the
time the Sixteenth Corps captured It I
firmly believe any one regiment of th
Thirteenth could hnve done It I will
now speak of an Incident which may
possibly be remembered by my com
rndea. If I am not mistaken It waa
tho Fiftieth Indiana. I wiito from
memory alone, yet the incident la aa
fresh to mind as if It happened but
yesterday. You will remember neces
sity made It our custom while In front
ef Spanish Fort to relieve tho old
guard at night Having on the night
in question moved out with onr guard
detail from the different regiments,
were halted In line while the officers
were making the necessary assignment
for the different posts. There was
probably a detail of fifty or more from
my command and a like number from
other regiments. The Indiana boys
were near our line at the time, but
all were restless from waiting. Num
hers had crawled beneath an old earth
work covering near by, awaiting the
delay. Preeently a ahell was seen com
ing lu our dlrectlou from a rebel water
battery In front. Well, it did come,
and exploded In tills earthwork. I re
member while watching its course thero
was considerable dodging about and
lying down at thla time and lively
hustling among the boys under the
covering. One jKior soldier was brought
therefrom and laid umiii the ground
near by. lie was speechless, and was
not recognized by any of the Twenty
eighth. It was some moments before
he was recognized by any. Soon, how
ever, a fellow comrade Jawed his head
to that of the wounded comrade and
made thla expression, "My Ood, It's
Nels. Huytlcn!" I wus Informed he
never spoke again, but lived a day or
two and then crossed over. John
Isouhart, In American Tribune,
A patent baa been granted to a
Teunessee man for an attachment to a
cradle that wavea a fan over th occu
pant aa tbt cradle la rocked.
It Olcf Win.
Mr. leatrury and his wife vrara W
i4 point of moving to anothar I. L
Beth of them wr axtona that tL
transfer should be mtd at thi ltao
possible expense, and the naarnaM f
the sew home promised aMterlallf
farther thla aim.
1 csa carry loads of Uttl thlna
nrr la my brown bat," thaoanesA
Mrs. leabury. "And you caa tak
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la discussing further th matter of
transportation, Mrs. Seaaury remark
ad that notwithstanding tha beat aha
could wear her winter coat ever, leava
It and retura for her spring coat Tha
Idea charmed her Impractical husband.
'Why, I caa do the aam thing 1" he
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roater-Milbura Co., Buffalo, N. T.
Aathe la "Wait WtaarM Mel.
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Mrs. Webb Dextar offered ta Bhara th
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Th pilgrim fathers had Jast leaded aa
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find It only 12 Inches deep."
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head liat."
