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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1897)
IRAIi BAREjEditoea-d Pbopkietob SUBSCRIPTION BATES. One Year, cash in advance,. ................. $1.25. Six Months, cash in advance 75 Cent Entered attheKorthPlatte(Nebra8ka)postofficeaB a econd-clasB matter. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1897. A gOLD reserve in the national treasury of $143,000,000, and still climbing without assistance, is one of the unmistakable signs ot better times ahead. Tee total addition to the railroad mileage in the United States for the past year foots up to only 1802 miles. But the improvements have been very great for the comfort and safety of passengers. The selection of Sherman as sec retary of state is said to be very distasteful to Senator Teller. It is really too bad that McKinley did not consult the Colorado senator before asking Sherman to be the premier. Now that the Cuban insurgents have blown up a Spanish gunboat Gen. Weyler will have to be careful about conducting his infantry oper ations from a quarter-deck. The revolution is beginning to have a status 'on water as well as land. UNION PACIFIC EOEECLOSUEE. Omaha Bee. The steps taken during the past week by the representatives of the Department of Justice, under direc tion of President Cleveland and the cabinet, insure practically beyond revQcation the sale ot the Union Pacific railroad under foreclosure ofthe second mortgage held by the federal government. Thus after long protracted delay involving un told loss to both the railroad and the public the government has finally reached the position that has been persistently and consist ently advocated by the Bee for the last ten years or more. The part nership that has existed between the government and the Pacific roads since the early 60s is to be not extended by, the funding of the debt, but summarily dissolved by the sale of the government's interest to the highest bidder. Cutting this knot should relieve congress of further -fr-uitless- discussion of the Pacific railroad debt settlement and remove forever the temptation to sacrifice the public interest in these roads to the private gain of any syndicate ot railway magnates. At the same time it must not be imagined that the mere order of foreclosure is the final solution of tlie Pacific railroad problem. Under the terms of the agreement entered into between the attorney general of the United States and the Union Pacific reorganization committee only one condition has been exacted and that is a guarantee to the gov ernment that there will-be a bid of not less than the stipulated upset price based on the face value of the debt and the accrued sinking fund payments. Forclosure, however, is only a preliminary to reorganiza tion. Are the new owners to be left perfectly free to reinfiate the existing fictitious capitalization and go through again and again the disastrous process of bond floating and stock watering? Are the people dependent upon the road to be compelled to continue paying exorbitant passenger and freight transportation rates to meet inter est on the present colossal capitali zation, or one still larger? Is the road to be weighed down anew with fixed charges, bound to eat up more than the traffic will produce, and be driven in a few years to a second receivership on the same plan as recently occured in the case of the Atchison? Are any provisous to be made to insure for the Union Pacific the co-operation of the Cen tral Pacific, that is indispensable if it is to be what it was designed to be the great transcontinental thoroughfare for the whole coun try. These are questions that vitally concern every inhabitant of ever state through which the Pacific roads pass, but they cannot be definitely answered until the pur chasers of the road are known and the scheme of reorganization made public. Whether the federal gov ernment is still in position to in sert conditions in the decree of sale to safe guard fully the patrons of the roads and general public de pends upon the precise nature of the agreement of the attorney general with the bond holders' committee. So far as possible the government ought to provide against having the property used solely for stock jobbing purposes. The chief ad vantage of foreclosure is that it of fers an opportunity to wring some of the water out of the roads and that opportunity should not be per mitted to pass unheeded. Foreclosure having been deter mined upon, the court proceedings fhould be expedited in every proper way and the period o blijrhtinp- uncertainty cut short as early as possible. The reorg mzation or tne iracinc roads upon a firm and stable footing and their operation upon a basis of economy and sound financiering cannot fai to work incalculable benefit to the people of the western states and contribute measureably to the better settlement of the country. tne development ot its resources and the restoration ot general pros perity. SANBORN ISSUES ORDER Judge Instructs Cowin to Begin Foreclosure Proceedings. ITOI0N PACIFIC E0AD TO BE SOLD. Syndicate Guarantees That the Govern mcnt Shall Receive on Its Lien Not. Less Than $45,7J4,000 Government Joins the Reorganization Committee In Fore closure Proceedings Casli Deposit Made St. Louis, Jan. 23. The first decisive step to secure foreclosure of the lien of tho United States government upon the Union Pacific railway was taken hero last evening. United States District Judge Sanborn was called upon at the Southern hotel at 9 o'clock by Attorney John O. Cowin of Omaha. He asked the judge to direct that foreclosure pro ceedings bo begun at once. All the legal beariugs of the case were discussed by the two jurists, aud finally the judge issued the order. Mr. Cowin had barely time to catch a train for Omaha, where he will institute foreclosure proceedings today. FORECLOSE THE PACIFIC ROADS Syndicate Guarantees the Government's) Claim of $45,754,000. "Washington, Jan. 23. Attorney Gen eral Harmon has given out tho follow ing statement of the agreement with the reorganization coininitteo of the Union Pacific railroads: Upon the defeat of the funding" bill in the house, the president directed the at torney general to commence foreclosure proceedings against tho Union Pacific company, first making tho best arrange ments attainable for tho protection of the government's interest. Following the lines indicated in his lasc report, he consulted with the reorganization com mittee. On Tuesday an agreement was made which will result in immediate steps to foreclose. Tho chief subject of the negotiations was the protection of government against the risk of sacrifice of its claim by a sale at a price which would leave nothing substantial after paying prior liens. This protection is now assured by a guarantee that the government shall receive on its lien on the aided linos not less than 45,754,000. The sale will be public, so that the government will receive the benefit of any higher bids up to the full amount of its claim, principal and interest. The sum of $4,500,000 cash has been do posited with the United States Trust company by General Louis Fitzgerald, chairman of the committee, as surety, according to the terms of the agreement The committee agree to bid par for the sinking fund if it is desired to sell it at any time before the foreclosure sale. Bills in equity havo been prepared, signed by the attorney general and Hon. George Hoodley, especial counsel and forwarded to St. Louis, where they will on Friday be presented to Judge San born, who has jurisdiction in all the districts and whoso consent to their fil ing is necessary, because tne receivers in charge of the property aro made par ties defeudant. They are original bills and not cross bills in the pending suits. Whether they will proceed as bills or be ordered to stand as cross bills in th 3 pending suits will be determined by the judge, but in either event the result wiT be practically the same, viz: The sale of the property under the eovernment'3 lien as well as under that of the first mortgage. The bill will be filed in the districts of Iowa, Nebraska, "Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. Separate bills for the fore closure on tho Kansas Pacific are in course of preparation. These will be filed in Missouri and Kansas. The pro posed arrangement was submitted to the government directors before it was closed. They all recommended its adop tion. Their general opinion was thus expressed: "The government cannot prudently longer defer the settlement of this matter. The Union Pacific system has already been much curtailed and its revenues have been permanently re duced. Reorganizations of allied and neighboring properties have either been accomplished or are in train for early consummation and tho breaking up of the entire Union Pacific system has been steadily progressing. It therefore seems to us inexpedient, if not danger ous, to neglect this opportunity of real izing tne sum ottered ana tnus expose the government to a continuous depre ciation of its security. It is believed that there will be higher bids, but if not, an estimate shows that, with amounts already received from the com pany, the government will at least r eal ize a sum equivalent to the principal of the subsidy bonds with interest at about 8K Per ceufc from their issue to tho aver age dato of their maturity or about 6.45 per cent ironi date ot issue to Jan. l. 1897. Tho minimum bid of $45,754,000 of the government is in cash eo that all relations with the property will termin ate upon the termination of the foreclos ure sale. The course to be pursued with respect to the Central Pacific has not yet been determined." An Old Man TVeds. Nebraska Cnr.Neb., Jan. 23. Judge Eaton granted a marriage license to Henderson Pyle, aged 77 years, of Cass county, Nebraska, and Mary A. Bigley, aged 47, of Fremont county, Iowa. They were married last night. Moorefleld's $5,000 Fire. Moorefeld. Neb., Jan. 23. The gen eral merchandise store belonging to J. "W. Melvin was burned. Loss, about $5,000, partly covered by insurance. Move to Abolish Whipping: Post. Dover, Del., Jan. 23. Mr. Aldrich has introduced a bill in tho senate abol ishing the whipping post and pillory in Delaware. "Waverly Grocers Fall, Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 28. Tho firm of Duttner & Theis, grocers at "Waverly, has failed. Liabilities, $8,500; assets, 12,800, WESTERN EXPOSITION. Omaha Preparing For the' Great Show of 1893. ITS SUCCESS IS ASSUEED. Sufficient arcney Is Forthcoming; ami tho Transmississlppl States and Territories Aro Thoroughly Interested In tho Scheme. Sunset land is to have n big exposi tion. The states west of the Mississippi havo combined in the project, aud all tho vast energy and enterprise which have mado this groat section of tbe Union famous are being concentrated on making the affair successful from tbo start. It is to bo known ch tho Trans mississippi and International exposition, PRESIDENT GUT.DOX W. WATTLES. and it will bo held at Omaha during the summer months of 1898, opening June 1 and continuing until Nov. 1. The enterprise has already been put on a souud financial footing, for an ap propriation of 250,000 has been secured from tbo United States government, whilo moro than 400,000 ha3 been sub scribed in Nebraska alone. A further appropriation of $300,000 is practically assured from congress, aud the stock contributions aro expected to increase tho capital of tho exposition to $1,000,- 000 long before it will be necessary to begin tbo actual work. What the World's fair was to tho Union, what tho Atlanta exposition was to tho south, tho Trausmississippi expo sition will bo to the west. It is a big territory, and one which has not as yet shown what it could do in this direc tion. Tho trausmississippi region em braces 20 states and 4 territories, which have an area cf more than 2,500,000 square miles and a population of nearly 25,000,000. Withiu this territory is un told wealth. Here nro the great gran aries cf America; its immenso mineral deposits of incalculable wealth, both of precious aud useful metal, discovered and undiscovered ; vast forests of tim ber; monster farms aud grazing fields from whero comes beef not only to feed all America, but part of Europe; exten sive cotton aud sugar fields, aud many moro products which go to make up tho wealth cf tho nation. Just what wiil be tho exact nature of the exposition lias notyet been definitely fixed upon. At first the originators be gan to model their plans after those of the Atlanta exposition ; but, becoming more ambitious, they enlarged them aud are now building moro on the lines of tho World's fair, In tho latter tho ex hibits cf the trausmississippi states were overshadowed by those from foreign countries which had tho advantage of a novelty of appearance. Besides, the west did not have elbow room. At tho coming exposition, however, each Btate and territory will havo a chanco to show something of its won derful resources and tho manner in which thoy are being developed. Many of tho states will havo separate build ings, if not all of them. In these they will exhibit products snd industries pe culiarly their owp. Alaska will show examples of her fish and fur industries and advertiso her gold mines, besides hinting at tho unknown quantities of copper, sulphur, amber and otner min erals to be found in her undeveloped mines, (jamorma will mako known tho riches of her mines, her vineyards and her matchless fruit farms. Eaoh state will put forward its best foot, and tho visitor to tho exposition will eo away SECHETART JOHN A. WAKEFIELD. with a better aud more comprehensive idea of the great empire which lies west of the Father of Waters. There will be a great hall for manu factures, as there was at the "Columbian exposition, a fisheries exhibit and other regular exposition features. Besides these, therowill bo many new and novel features such as the west alone can sup ply. What they will be is yet to be de termined, but they will bo well worth seeing if the opportunities for making a novel display of some at the interesting things to be found only in the trausmis sissippi region aro not neglected. There will undoubtedly be a mining camp in full blast and a display com paring the old methods of mining with thoso of today. The rocker in which the prospector panned out his few shovels of placer clixt in the brook wiil be con trasted "with the cyanide process and the huge stump mills by which erery ounce of precious metal is wrung from the jealous rock. :There will be Indian villages, perhaps a cowboy pamp and a stock round up aud maybe a lumbering sc?ne. The pos sibilities are hie. jmd "the tranEinissis- sippians may be" depended upon to lm prove them to the utmost. Then, to add a lighter vein to the entertainment, thero will be, of course, a Midway, and it is just possible that the exposition will become so thoroughly advertised in far foreign countries that this feature will rival that which lent such a piquant charm to the World's fair. Tho history of the origin of the enter prise is a particularly interesting one, considering that all the work of promo tion was done in the face of such gigan tic odds and in spite of so much opposi tion from various sources. Tho project was first launched in the form of resolutions submitted by Wil liam J. Bryan to the trausmississippi congress at its session in 1895. Several similar schemes had been proposed, but had fallen through. Galveston had tried to hold a big exposition, but had failed. St. Paul aud Minneapolis had talked of the scheme, but had abandoned it. Butiu Omaha wore some men who were not easily discouraged. They decided that it would bo of no use to hold an exposition at all unless it were to be a big one; and they aimed high. So these men they did not number more than a dozen set about to get tho consent and co-opera tion of all the other states and territo ries on the sunset side of the Mississippi. They met with encouragement every where and became satisfied that thero was a definite demand for just such an affair. A preliminary organization was form ed, aud the first work done was to ob tain the support and aid of the federal government. This was a big job. The men who were first sent to Washingtou to mako the request were told to go homo aud not ask anything from an ad ministration which was not able to pay its own expenses. But tho men from Omaha did not go home. They had brought their trunks to Washington and aunouueed that they had come prepared to stay until they got what they asked. Thoy refused to tako no for an answer and hammered away at their congress men and the committees until an appro priation of $250,000 was mado. It took a long timo to get the bill away from the committee, but when it was finally got under way it went through both houses and became a law in record breaking time. The government's part in tho exposi tion is very clearly defined by this bill. It provides that a suitable building shall be erected in which shall be exhibits taken from tho Smithsonian institution, from the National museum, from its fisheries, arsenals and other depart- VICE 1'RESIDEXT ALVIN SAL'XDERS. ments. The medals aud emblems of ex cellence aro to bo coined at the govern ment mints, and all exhibits aro to bo admitted to the country free of duty from foreign shores. The organization is complete and has been well done. The government is vest ed in a board of directors, 50 in number, from which has been elected an execu jive committee of 11. This committee has in turn elected a full quota of exec utive officers. Each of tho trausmissis sippi states and territories is represented in tho governing body by a vice presi dent appointed by the governor of the respective state or territory. These rep resentatives are as follows: Iowa, Hon. George P. Wright ; South Dakota, Hon. Thomas H. Wells; Ne braska, Hon. William Neville; Mis souri, Hon. John Doniphan; Kansas, Hon. C. A. Fellows; Arizona, Hon. Charles R. Drake; California, Hon. Georgo W. Parsons; Oklahoma, Hon. Eugene Wallace; Idaho, Hon. B. P. Sbawhanj Nevada, Hon. Willjam J. Westerfield; Utah, Hon. Lewis W. Shurtliff; Colorado, Hon. Henry P. Steele; New Mexico, Hon. Jj. Bradford Prince; Oregon, Hon. B. S. Cook; Texas, Hon. Gus Reymershoffer. At the herd of the executive machin ery of tho exposition is Gurdou W. Wat tles, who from tho beginning has been one of the most active promoters of the enterprise. Mr. Wattles is singularly well equipped for tbe important position which ho occupies. Although he has lived in tho west for only four years, ho has become prominently identified with the financial and commercial intorests of the trausmississippi region. He is vice president of the Uniou National bank of Omaha and is a representative type of pushing western business men. John A. Wakefiold, tho secretary, is a well known Omaha business man, aud Vice President Alvin Saunders is a man of wido experience. Ho has been gov ernor of tbe state and Dnited States Beuator. The other officials are all rep resentative men who are bound to mako the exposition a success. C. T. Baxter. A Serious Case. "Mrs. Newly, is it true that your husband is so very absentminded?" "Perfectly. We've been married six months, and many an evening at 11 he gets up, takes mo by the hand, tells me what a delightful time he has had and would leave if I did not remind him." Detroit Freo Press. Tyilllng to Accommodate. Fond Parent How much do you love me, Bobby? Bobby Five cents' worth. Fond Parents-Is that all?' Bobby. No, You can make it a dime if you like. New York Journal. Not a Real Enthusiast. Maduro Fuldress is an awful rette fiend, isn't he? ciga- Straightcut Naw; ho ain't much of , fiend. I don't believe he ever gets up a in the night to smoke. Detroit JSews. Not Encouraging. George I wonder if your father would have mo for a son-in-law? Marie Very likely. Papa and I al ways disagree. New York Journal. I t F STANLEY'S The 29th of No DfiFENSB OP THE member, IS64, was tho day of all others when, if luck counts PASS. at all in war, tho Confederacy had a last chance. As a result of his usual bold tactics, Forrest dashed into Spring Hill, Tenn., in the pathway of the army which was to save Nashville from Hood's 40,000 invaders. Spring Hill lies on the Columbia piko, which conuects Co lumbia, on tbo Duck river, with Nash ville. Schofield's army lay at Colum bia, holding off Hood on the south, fac ing the alternatives of defeat in battle or retreat in face of the enemy to Nash ville. About noon of the 29th tho ad vance guard of Schcfield, 4,000 strong and Jed by General D. M. Stanley, marched into Spring Hill at double quick aud began to fight with Forrest for tho mastery. Forrest was beaten, and Stanley held the road open. At that moment thero was nothirg to stay tho march of Hood's 40,000 upon Nash ville, Louisvillo and tho north except Stanley's array of 4,000 at Spring Hill and a mob of unorganized detachments at Nashville with Thomas. The hope of tho west Jay with Scho field, and ho was virtually cut off at Columbia, for Hood had flanked that barrier wi th Jiis cavalry and Cheatham's corps of infantry and was marching boldly toward tho piko between Stan ley's isolated division aud Schofield's main force at Columbia. Hood's hopo tho forlorn hope of the south lay in placing a wall of bayonets across tho pike and shutting Schofield off from Nashville. It was only the turn of a hand whether Spring Hill should count for more in history than Gettysburg or Vicksburg. Calling Generals Cheatham and Cleburne to his side, Hood directed their eyes upon the pike, where Scho field's wagons under infantry guards were moving from Columbia back to Spring Hill. Said ho to Cheatham: "General, you seo tho enemy there, re treating rapidly to escape us. Go with your corps, tako possession of that piko at or near Spring Hill. Do this at once." Confident that Schofield's army was lost, Hood rode away to bring up anoth er corps, and returned to the scene at dusk, only to find that Cheatham had not put his line across the pike. Ho ordered a division of Stewart's corps thrown across, but by that time Stan ley had given the Confederates a sample of genuine fighting that had stirred up their caution. He had repulsed every assault ou Spring Hill. After reconnoi tering, Stowart let his men rest along tho pike, but not across it. All tho evening Schofield's men, hur rying awr.y lroin uoiumoia, marciieu along the piko under the eyes of the pickets of Cheatham and Stewart. Hood called upon Forrest to do the work tho infantry had failed in, but tho troopers would not advance. So from midnight until daylight of the 80th Schofield's men retreated with superior numbers of their fees resting idly within earshot of their .march. STEEDMAN'S COL- General Stccdman nPT?"n PIT AT ANT CP011C1 llie battIe ot PRED PHALANX. Kashyille Dcc 15 and broko through tho Confederate lines. His nd was a provisional one, chiefly cf colored troops, aud its losses in the two days' fighting exceeded those of divisions and corps mustering from two to five times the number. It has been claimed for Thomas that he won the fight against Hood with hastily or ganized troops, some 01 tneni new to the service. The two colored brigades of Steedmau, which did the most of tho work of his provisional detachment and lost more than any thrco brigades of white soldiers at Isashville, h ad never before been under fire. Early on the morning of tho lutb, when Thomas gave tho long and anx iously" awaited order to advance, Sfeedmau led his raw soldiers against tho Con federato rij Manic ana cap tured a hill, which ho held in spite of attempts of tho enemy to ruoovor it Throughout that day, while Thorn STEED3IAN, ns' rignt wing was ciosing 111 ou Hcod's left, Steed- man, with his two brigades, kept Cheat ham's corps busy, thus depriving Hoed of three divisions for tho defense of his loft. xne second uay 01 tne oattie every thing depended on the capture of Over ton hill from Hcod. It could only be taken after enormous sacrifice of life, duc uoionei .rose 01 tne I'ourtn corps offered to make the attempt with his brigade if well supported. Steedmau's colored troops were placed in position to storm the hill on tho flank of Post's column. Post's line was quickly re pulsed, but tho colored nien had started on tho run and were too excited to givo up the fight before closing with the enemy. Their brigado leader, Colonel Thompson, knew that ho was expected to support Pest and not mako a fight alone; but, seeing that his men wero un der headway, he gave tho sisnal to charge the iutreuchmeuts. In passing over an open field tho ranks wero bro ken by fallen timber and raked merci lessly with bnllets from tho crest. The repulse of Post left tho enemy free to concentrate their fire upon the colored soldiers. Before they could bo with drawn nearly 500 men were shot down in tho three regiments. The diflicult retreat under fire was mado without pauic or confnsion. A little later in tho day the same battalion charged with re sistless force and swept the field, the colored troops seizing cannon, prisoners and other spoils cf war. George L. Kilmer. Electric Bitters. Electric Bitters is a medicine suited for aqy season but perhaps moro general ly needed when tho languid, exhausted feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid and sluggish and the need of a tonic and alterative is folt. A prompt uso of this medicine has often averted long and per haps fatal bilious fevers Ao medicine will act more surely in counteracting and freeing the system from the malarial j poison, headache, indigestion, consti t pation, dizziness yield to Electric Bitters. , 50 cents and S1.00 per bottle at Streitz's I Drug Store. 1 M 1 l$c IT GENERAL THE GUNNERS 02? The guns of tho MABTK'S HILL. tho heights of Maryo's hill. Prepara tions for tho grand charge had been watched all day, and tho caunoneera wero ready for tho combat. Captain William Miller Owen, adjutant of tho battalion, has penned vivid descriptions of tho battle as ho saw it from the height. He says : At last tho Federal line is formed and ap pears above tho ridge and advances. What a niagnificant sight It Isl We have never wit neseed such n buttle array before, long lines following ouo another of brigado front. It seemed like some huge blue serpent about to encompass and crush us in its folds, their musket barrels gleaming brightly in the sun light, their gay colors fluttering in tho breeze. The lines advance at doublo quick, and the alignments are beautifully kept. The board fences inclosing tho gardens fall like walls of incro paper. Then tho loud, full voico of Colonel Walton rings out: " 'Tention! Com mence firing!" Tho dreadful work of tho Washington artillery has begun. The boys soon warm up to their work and aim and fire coolly aud deliberately. Nearer and nearer tho enemy's lino advances, and now thoy aro within rango of canister, and wo givo it to them. Now they aro near enough to the infantry in tho sunken road, the Georgians and North Carolinians, and tho latter are un seen by tho enemy, for the smoke- is beginning to cover the field. All at once this gray lino below us rises. Ono moment to glance along tho rifia barrels, and volley after volley is poured into tho enemy's ranks. Great gaps appear. Wo givo them canister again and again. A few leave the ranks, more follow, the lines halt for an instant, and, tnrning, are seen running in great disorder toward tho town. The first assault has been met and re pulsed. The field before us is dotted with patches of blur. They are tho dead End wounded of the Federal infantry- After tho repulse of tho first attack a note from General Leo reached the bat talion commander begging him to hold on at all hazards. In a postscript Leo said: "We havo been looking at your practice. It is very pretty, and I congratulate you ou it." "Wo are fighting under the very eyes of Leo and Longstreet, continues Captain Owen. Now, boys, do your level best." A solid rifle cannon ball tears its way through tho redoubt, scattering dust in our very faces. Kurshcedt picks it up and says laughingly, "Boys, let s send it back to them again. An Instant later it is in tho gun and dispatched on its mission back to tho enemy. Corporal Buggies, who, with sleeves rolled up, has been ramming his gun, suddenly throws up his hands and falls backward, with a ball in his spine. Perry seizes the sponge staff as it falls from Buggies' hands and takes his place. The sharp ring of a bullet striking the face of tho piece is heard, and Perry a arm, having been shot through, drops helpless at his side. Ho lias been severely wounded. Redd is holding vent. His elbow joint is shot away. Everett steps into his place. A bullet striked him, and ho falls. As he is laid m tho corner of tho work with Buggies he says: "Let me do some thing, boys. Let mo cut fuses." Falconer passes in rear of the guns and is struck by a bullet behind the car and falls a corpse. Theso casualties occur in rapid succession from tho accurate firing of the Federal sharpshooters. In a short timo tho gnuners became short handed from losses and called up on the infantry for aid. At the opening of tho battle the ground was frozen hard, but, under tho tramp of hurrying feet, was scon changed into soft mud. Officers and men put their shoulders to tho wheels and forced tho guns up to tho embrasures. One light piece, bor rowed for tho emergency, was placed outside the work to dislodge a body of Federals upon which the guns in em brasure could lxt play. It was exposed to the fire of ten Federal guns, and in ono minute every man around it was struck down and tho jnece disabled. THE DEADLY STONE WALL General Thomas It. B. Cobb's bri gade of Georgians lay behind the stone wall barrier at tho base of Marve's hill. The wall was shoulder high and banked with earth on the outside. Tho bank being sodded, its surface, looked at from a distance, seem ed to be a part of the terrace of tho hill. After tbe repulse of two or three charges tbe ground in front of Cobb's riflemen was choked with dead Feder als, so as to impede tho march of the lines which renewed the attack. Lee was watching the action, and, seeing the persistence of the enemy, said to Longstreet, who commanded tho hill, ' 'General, they are massing heavily and will break your line, lam afraid." Tiie old warhorse replied, "If you put every man no v. on tho other side of the Poto mac pn that field to approach r.:o over tho same line, I will kill them all." One officer of Hancock's lice fell dead within 80 yards of the wail, and other siiisJo bodies wero scattered at varying dis tances back to 100 yards. At 100 yards the bodies lay in a mass all the way to a ravine which Was a secouttarv deadline. Cobb's men allowed the assailants to pass tho ravine before GENERAL COBB. opening fire, but beyond that no organized body of troops could live. During the action, when the Feder als of Hancock and Howard nppearctl on tho plain to follow up the attack, Longstreet sent word to Cobb that in case tho troops on the right and left of tho stone wall gave way he should with draw his Georgians to a second line on tho hill. pebb's response was, "If they wait for nie to fall back, they'll wait a long time." General Howard's divi sion was tho last to face the deadly bar- rier. borne 01 jus men went witnm too paces, and a few took shelter behind houses aud fences, making skillful use of their rifles. One of them shot down General Cobb, who died instantly. When Howard's men approached, some North Carolinians wero sent down to tho wall to carry ammunition to Cobb's men. Tiieso troops iaceu tne nre 01 Howard's gallant fellows and dropped by scores. They were obliged to pass over the artillery pits, and in one place their bodies lay so thick tho artillerists had to remove them in order to work the guns. Over 7,000 Federals were killed or wounded in front of Marye's hill. At tho closo of tho day the ground was a field of blue. A heavy frost that night changed the color to snow white. GEOKGE L. KJLilEE. Moro Execution. Mother -When tho boy in tho other house threw stones at you, why eiiun't you come and tell me? Bobby Because, mamma, I can throw them back better thau you. He'a more likely togefchik--Hartford Times. A Suggestion, Cholly (11:30 p. in.) Yetb, there aro theveral wordth that it ith iumotbi- ble for me to pronounth. j Molly Can't you say "good night?" j New York Sunday Journal. AFTER THREE YEARS. ?hcn Tliey Returned TlicirSon's Iuisuage Seemed "Weird and Incomprehensible. Albert's father and mother loft him when ho was 10 years old for an exten sive tour through Europe. After three years spent abroad they returned a few mornings ago, and in their eagerness to know how things had gone during their absence they tlragged that young gentle man from his bed, whero ho was calm ly sleeping tho morning away, and after commenting on his growth and apparent good health they began to catechise him, and the conversation was about as follows : "Why wero you not down at tho wharf to meet us?" asked the father. "Well, I did iutend to como down and give you the glad hand, but I sup pose I overslept myself." A look of astonishment swept over the faces of his parents, but tho mother was too eager for news to pay any at trition to tbe slang and said "I notico you have a now house girl, Albort. "What has become of Molly?" "Flew tha coop." "What?" "Jumped the game." "Look here, young man, explain yourself!" said tho exasperated father. "I mean she tcck a skate, and I havo not seen her since." "Did she drown?" anxiously asked the mother. "Naw; jast sloped." "How singular," said tho mothar. "But what has becomo of dear littlo Puggy?" "Croaked." "What?" "Ho croaked, I said," answered tho young hopeful. "This thing has gono far enough,' enid tho now thoroughly aroused father. "Tell your mother what became of her dog." "Tho dog died. Can't you under stand?" "Oh, me, I know it would happen 1" sobbed the mother. "Where is that stable boy, William? I told him to tako gcod tare of poor littlo Pnggy." "Bill joined tho white wings" "Oh! Do you mean that he is dead, too?" asked the niothor, softening hor tone. "Naw. I mean he joined Wariug's white wings. Ho got tho dinky dink for rushing tho duck, and he's 011 tho hog now." "I don't understand what tho boy means at all," said tho father, growing alarmed. "I think" "Say, "put in Albert, "you pooplo havo been in them dago countries sq long you have forgotten your own lan guage. I am going to chaso myself back to bed. So long," and tho young man hurried to his room. After his departure tho father and mother looked at each other aud won dered if it were so. New York Sunday Journal. Not the Only Pebble. "Dct new bolicemaus, mit him I gets myselluf even, "said Mr. Ogglespoggle. "He comes py my saloon Souday, uud he says to me, 'Ogglespoggle, I see a man como out mit dot side door, aind it?' 'Yell, 'I says, 'vot you hero for: To see t'ings? No, you pay addenshuns to your piztiess, nod to some side is sues, ' I said, like dot. Putty schmardt sargasm, ain t dot? I guess doso humor ists vas not de only pathhousos ou der pebbles maybo!" Cincinnati Commer cial Tribune. Kindly Advice, Faimor Hayseed (to greatest living skeleton at dime museum) Hollo! Who be you? You ain't working here, air yon? Living Skeleton (with dignity) I am engaged here. "Waal, do tell! Say, my friend, yon ain't lookiu well, tmd of I was you, I'd change my bourdiu place." New York Weekly. Too Often True. Hills I don't see why you call your suburban hotel Wheelman's Kest. Jasou Why not? Hills Because I notice thaf you nli ways mako tho wheelmen carry away n bigger load with them than they bring. New York Sunday Journal. "Urn3 Not Quite Sure. "Has your husband the button col lecting fad?" inquired the caller. "Well," replied youug Mrs. Torkins doubtfully, "he usually helps take up the contribution in onr church. " Washing ton Star. Stanly " Sarcusuj." "Papa, what is a 'bicycle buijt for two:' " " Your mother's, my child, Sbo ridps. it, and I havo to tako care of it. " New York Sunday Journal. When a boat goes over Niag ara Falls: ft" is loft long before il reaches the edcre of the falls. The danger beginij !l ' .u. . J r VV. 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