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HOW BABOONS HUNTEO TWO BICYCLISTS , !
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A Story of The Wheel In South Africa.
My. P. Y. BLACK.
I.
Wtldon and Mar catno down to the break
fast room of the little bold at almost the
* m moment'and together reveled In 'the ,
'
eool 'fraganco of the early morning.
"I Tote we Jitart right off , " said Weldon.
"In this bracing air we should make Cape
Town easily by lunch time. "
"I don't know about that , " May , who
knew the land , answered. "It's not more
than forty miles , but , you know , as we near
the bay , the roads are pretty rough travel
ing any amount of hllln. and our South
African roads arc not laid out. like your
road round New York and other big cities ,
to tempt wheelmen. We'll bo doing well If
we get In In time for a bath before supper. "
"Whew ! You must expect to walk half
the way ? "
"That's about It , " said May , "but never
mind , It's the flnest scenery In tie. world. "
"H'm , wait until you come to America.
1 suppose , now , you couldn't scare up a lion
or something to make the scene more inter-
ictlng. This Is my last day's ride , and ,
really , you ought to dig out something sensa
tional , something South African. "
"Far too far south for lions or big game ,
old man. " sald the Afrikander. "We may
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sight a deer or so , but 1 can promise noth
ing more halr-ralslng , unices you care for
baboons. There are a few bands of them
between us and Cape Town , I bellevo. "
"Monkeys ? 'Pshaw , " said Weldon ,
' 'they're beneath notice. I did hope to meet
a lion In the path. Ahl breakfast. "
The young Afrikander and his visitor , the
American , were quickly out after a good meal
to o\erhaul , like experienced riders , their
bicycles before starting on their last day's
ride of their holiday. May frowned when he
discovered a big Kaffir busily cleaning his
wheel , w'lthoilt orders. A Kaffir Is not
usually skilled In cycles and more apt to mar
than mend when he Ignorantly meddles with
them. May pushed him aside roughly , and
the next instant , asthe Kaffir faced him ,
made a dash for him.
"Hold him , Weldon , " ho cried , and at the
shout there came running the Dutch land
lady and other black servants from the road
side Inn. The Kaffir , however , was slippery
as a snake , twisted out of May's hands and
darned into the woods about the hotel
like a fox.
"What was the matter ? " cried the sur
prised spectators.
"Tho rascal ! " cried May. "That fellow
worked In my father's store In Cape Town
road * for cyclists to tackle. The riders
were now well Into the hllls/.and the Ameri
can found , to his dUgust , that he had to
spend as much time * pushing his wheel , as
In the saddle. The tun , also , was now
noon high , and the friends grew silent , mop
ping their brows an they climbed the
winding roads of the kloof. At one of these
atcents Jloy lagged a long way behind
and Weldon reached the top far-Jn advance
of his chum. Ho sat down to rest and rujoy
the shade of a tree , ami , as he threw him
self on his back , he glanced at the eur-
roundlng country. It was a comparatively
bare spot he was on. The woods ceased lor
a space and a ntretch of moorland spread
broadly out. This was dotted with big
black and gray , fungus-speckled boulder *
and seemed a dreary waste. Weldon cast
his eyes over It before he lay down , lightIng -
Ing his pipe , and saw no manner of living
thing. A mlnuto afterward be raised' his
head and the pipe almcwt fell from his
mouth with surprise. Sixty yards away , on
a big rock , sat a queer looking man gravely
observing the stranger and remaining abso
lutely still. Weldon looked from his right ,
where the queer figure had so suddenly ap
peared , to his left , and there also on another
rock cat another strange looking irian , as
grave , as silent , os motionless , observing
him. Weldon looked from one to the
other and his glance surveyed the open
space back of and between' those apparent
sentinels. On a largo flat topped rock sat
In a silent row about a dozed similar fig
ures , all very grave , all > -very observant ,
the steady gaze of every one of them con-
centrate.1 on the bicyclist WeWon was a
IltUo short-sighted , and he rcee to his
feet , putting on his eyeglasses to study
these strange people more minutely. .
"They don't look like the natives neither
Hottentot nor Kaffirs. Surcly'they can't be
the dwarf Bushmen ? "
Then his glasses dropped and he throw
back his Jx > ad with a loud laugh.
"Baboons ! " be cried. "The ugly rascals
that's certainly one on me ! "
At that shout the little conclave on the
rocks was greatly s'artled and there at once
commenced among them such an Indignant
chattering as might have bcn In a decorous
meeting of church ciders disturbed by a
rude Intrusion. The sentinels s.-ampered
from their post to Join in the general djs-
cuvJon , and many of the almost human-like
monkeys began to grimace at Weldon
angrily and shake their paws threateningly.
IN AN INSTANT THE PACK CAME UP YELPINGl
' and is wanted for theft. I don't suppose ho
I' -will come back , but. If he does , there's a
reward offered for him at police headquar
ters. What was bo doing with Ihe bicycles ? "
' He clean for baas , " a servant volunteered ,
but May and Weldon examined their ma
chines with some anxiety. It isnot a good
thing to have one's wheel cleaned by rascals
when a long , lonely ride on a rough , llttle-
I'f Araveled road is in front. But the young
men could find nothing wrong.
"He had no time , " said the landlady re
assuringly. "Ha only knew this morning
the t iaswas here and asked me which way
the baas was goingHe went to the baas'
wheels to clean them , but I sent him to his
own work , and that was only ten minutes
f ago. So the rascal had no time to hurt
"
them.
"Oh ! He-know Iwas Here , did he ? " May
asked. "Did he secus last night ? "
"When t ha'baas paid the bill before going
to breakfast this morning. "
"There's something funny about that , "
eald May to Weldon , as they role away
together in the glorious morning. "If the
beggar saw me he must have recognized
mo , and one would think would keep out of
my road. Hia was. adaring.robbery , with
assault on -watchman , and I'd certainly
band him over to-the police If I caught him.
Fancy-"his Impudence ! Starting to clean m'y
wheel ! " ,
"To tamper ivlth It , " said May. "That
was bis game , I guess perhaps to'be re
venged on you , but more likely "
"What ? "
"Vyell , you say It la a lonely rough
SUDDENLY THEY FORMED TOGETHER.
roid. Perhaps your Kaffir would have
liked us to walk when our wheels broke
down , especially as he eair you pay the bill
sod knew yqu bad money on you. "
"I didn't think of that , " said Weldon ,
"Hois ever , no barm is done be didn't hare
time. "
They eped away , their knapsacks on their
tacks , at a good pace across a lovely coun
try , and , in the bright morning air of that
wonderful climate , teen forgot all about the
Kaffir thief. For a while , after leaving the
\ Inn , the road ran smoothly and on a ( airly
level grade around the broad shoulder of a
mountain.
"Fairly good road. " said May. "but It
makes our vay much longer. Across the
mountain would shorten it by two-thirds. "
"Tho usual path for foot pasaeng rs. I
suppose , tout rather Impossible for wheel
men , " eald the other. ' 'Npw we're cornice
to a bad piece. "
II.
As one approached Table bay from the
inland , great mountains guard the water.
Through these are numerous panes , called
"kloofs , " and , while the acenery along
them la cf the grandest , they are hard
But this made the lad only laugh more
loudly. Their Jabbering rage seemed so fu
tile and ridiculous. A cheeky little member
of the band suddenly ran out in advance of
the rest , and with a gamin-like .expression
of contempt and anger picked a etone from
the ground and threw It e t the wheelman.
The rock , in the hands of a siouter and older
baboon , might have hit Weldon , but the
cheeky HUle ape's arms were not yet mus
cular enough. The missile fell short. Still
the accuracy of the throw delighted the
American , -who had never thought that mon
keys of any species could attack in this way.
He cried out , laughing :
"Good for you , you young ecamp , but you
must do better if you want to fearn base
ball. Like this , you know. "
Loet In enjoyment of this unexpected fun
with the baboons , he did not notice that
May had como up the hill and was now
looking on with surprise. Weldon stooped
to pick up a fair sized pebble , and , before
May could Jump forward crying out
'don't ! " the American , In tie very best
style ot itho diamond , had hopped a moment
on one foot and launched with skillful arm
the stone "over the plate. " It was , In its
results , too well pitched a ball by far. It
caught the unfortunate monkey who had
thrown the rock fairly In the neck , and he
toppled over like a nlncpln nod lay quite
etlll. Weldon was astonished and re
morseful at the success of his throw ; the
little prone flguro looked eo human and
helpless. He turned to May with a half
laugh , but was surprised to see his friend
leap for his -wheel , and to hear him call
out : "Come on ; you've done It now ; let's
get out of this ! "
"What's the matter ? "
"Come on ! Don't you know a band of
baboons nre fearless when together and
angry ? They have been kno-trn to drive
away a lion , and we haven't even a pistol
between us. Come on ! See , they're after
us ! "
Weldon looked at the group which he
Lad found eo crave and silent. Now
they were wildly chattering , crying out
and lamenting over the eenseless body
of their young comrade. Suddenly
they formed together , and , with a
eerlcs of great bounds and running , now
on all four paws , now on two , they charged
on the two friends. Rather frightened at
the consequence of teaching a baboon to
play ball Weldon Jumped on his wheel , and.
Just as he did so , the baboons resorted to
their favorite weapon , and , seizing here and
there rocks ot large size , they discharged , a
volley of them after the fugitives. The
stones fell all about the rider * : one struck
May'e front wheel and almost capsized him ,
ibut they themselves -were unhurt. The road
now wound down a hill , which -was too
rough and ete&p for more than cautious
riders , but , urged forward by the cries of
the baboons and the continued etone throw-
ins , the friends dashed down at full speed.
"The brutes are following , " yelled Weldon ,
as a rock grazed his bead , and , looking
back , Mav saw that with Incredible ewlft-
neas the rack was "bounding " behind , never
ceasing their revengeful cries od their ar
tillery fire of stone * . But the cyclists
gained. The road turnoj sharply and
shut them from the view of the monkeys ,
and then they came to the foot , and to their
disgust saw yet another steep hill rise In
front. Still the yelps ot the Baboons
counted In the rear.
"Put your back into It. old man ! " yelled
May , and the two young men rushed down
the last few yards of hill with such speed
ttat the velocity gained carried them well
up the ascent. Stooping low they -worked
the pedals with all their might , but half
wayup _ the wheels began to wlfgle , wiggle
and they bad to Jump off.
"Push ! " cried Weldon .
on grimly , .shov
ing his wheel ahead. They were etlll , how
ever , far from the top .when the raging and
vindictive baboons came chattering to the
foot ot the bill and uttere-1 a tort of trlum-
' pbant screech as they lighted the nemy.
The brutes bounded up the hill In purintt
with great cunning , seeklnc a shelter from
retaliation In the trees and tnuhea of the
roadside. Dy lfp and bound * they gained
and soon the etone-throwlng recommenced ,
and now both men were struck more than
once , blood flowing from a cut in W.Mdon' *
head.
"The demons ! " he gasped. "They're more
like savage men than brute- beasts ! "
"I wish you'd realized that before you dis
turbed them , " his reproachful comrade
grunted.
At last they were at the top and a de
clivity again stretched before them , Just as
the stones came down in a thtywcr. The
vengeful apes seemed to have no Idea ot re
linquishing the chase. The rlderc sp d down
at breakneck cpeed , and now they thought
they were fairly and safely away. The road
twisted and wound. Soon they were out ot
sight , and coon after the yerps ot the pack
sounded more faintly.
"Thank heaven ! " cried May , who was a
little In advance. "Thatwas a tight hole. "
"I'll know better another time than to
meddta with a pack ot these monkeys 1"
Weldon gasped. "HelloJ"
They were turning a corner at full speed ,
the danger behind rendering them blind to
any in front. As Weldon cried out , Way
ran up against an obstruction and waa
pitched far over the handlebars , . good ten
feet , . Into some bushes by the wayside.
There was no possibility for his friend to
escape ; he was scorching directly behind ,
and the descent wae * teep. He hit on the
obstruction and his chum's wheel , and , like
an arrow sped after another , be shot through
the air and lighted behind May. There , hid
den by the bushes , they lay still and mo
tionless.
Immediately from the other side of the
road , where the wood was dense , a brutal
black toco , w th wide yellowish eyeballs ,
peeped out. listened for a moment , then
leaped to the two lifeless men and began to
rifle their pockets. U was the same Kaffir
who , in the morning , had been almost
caught by May the man who wao wanted
In Cape Town for assault and robbery. Ex
cited by the sight of the gold whlci May
had shown when settling the hotel bill , dis
appointed In tampering with the wheels , he
had run with unresting speed by short cuts
over the mountains , until , at this dangerous
curve In the road , he had been in time to tie
a grapevine taut across the path , with almost
fatal results to the white men , whose bi
cycles lay smashed In the road.
The Kaffir rogue lost no tlmo in searching
his late master's pockets , but he had hardly
begun to do so when he was arrested In the
act by a strange tumult up the hill. Fearful
ot capture he left his prey and ran across
the road to his former hldlnc place. He
waa not bait way across when a huge old
gray baboon far In advance of the others
bounded around the bend , a big rock In its
forepa-ws. It saw the Kaffir and with a
scream of fury discharged the missile. The
stone struck squarely between the robber's
eyes and ho sank to his knees , etupefled
with terror and blinded with blood. In an
instant the pack came up , yelping , and im
mediately they set upon the wretch , stoning
him until he was a shapeless heap quite
dead. They sniffed about him for awhile ,
apparently seeing no different between him
and the one who had thoughtlessly killed
their small companion , and at last , chatter
ing triumphantly , they went back , satisfied
with their revenge.
When the two wheelmen at length came
to their senses the lonely road was very
quiet and still. They knew what n swift
and dreadful punishment nad befallen the
robbing Kaffir as soon as they saw the
grape , vine , -witness of the man's attempt
to kill and steal , and the stone-surrounded
black body , token of his terrible end.
The wheels were useless , so they had a
long , silent walk to the nearest station of
the mounted police , where they told of their
escape from the baboon _ pack1 and still
stranger escape from robfiery and murder.-
3IADB HIS FOHTBXE AT FARO.
Millionaire Church Worker Wa n He-
tired Gnmbler.
Benjamin D. Maxbam , multi-millionaire
and philanthropist , died in Vlneland , N. J. ,
recently.
Mr. Maxham led a most dramatic and re
markable life , reports the- New York World.
He figured prominently In the west during
the exciting times incident to the gold fever
of the early ' 60s , and his reckless but suc
cessful plunges at faro brought him great
notoriety as a gambler. The gain or loss ot
J50.000 at cards In a single night frequently
occurred to Maxham , who at one time owned
dozens of faro banks In San Francisco and
Virginia City , Mont.
Though in later years this faro king of
the west went to Vlneland to seek a re-
*
tlfed , respectable life , he made no secret of
his early vocation , and enjoyed telling of
his former career. He never vaunted his
wealth , and bis widespread charity was
barely known beyond his fellow church
workers and intimate friends. He became a
trustee in the First Presbyterian church and
was , for several years president of the Vlne-
la-nd National bank. Mr. Maxham was one
of the founders and directors ot the New
Jersey Training School for Feeble Minded
Children at Vlneland , to which institution
it is said a handsome legacy has been pro
vided for in his will , aoon to be probated.
Born in Woodstock , Vt. . In 1821 , Maxhim
when a small boy ran away to sea. He de
serted the ship upon landing In Brazil and
worked his way back home. After learning
photography ho went west to seek his for
tune. He established a miners' supply
house In Virginia , City , handled gold dust
for miners , conducted a banking business
and ran a faro bank. The Maxham faro
bank became famous and miners came from
ail parts ot Montana to gamble.
"I handled millions of dollars' worth of
gold then , " said Maxharo , when relating his
experiences , "and frequently won or lost
{ 50,000 at a night's sitting. One evening I
noticed that my watchdog put his head to
tha brick flooring of my establishment and
growled. He did so again , and on the third
nigtu I grew suspicious and put my ear to
the spot. 'Click , click , click/ were the
sounds that reached me. Robbers tunnelIng -
Ing for my bank , thought I. Then I fig
ured upon a scheme to fix them. My place
was located upon a hill eloping toward a
river , about 300 yards distant. The next
day I walked along the river bank and dis
covered the opening to the tunnel. Early
that evening drew a straight line from my
hcuse to the tunnel entrance , and about
midway between bored several holes about
ten feet deep. These I filled with powder.
At about midnight , when the sounds of dig
ging were again heard beneath my bouse ,
I touched off the fuoe and a tremendouse ex
plosion followed. I never heard that dick-
Ing noise again. Those robbers who would
undoubtedly have murdered me. had dug a
.tunnel which turned out to be their grave.
A couple of men were mined from the
'
town , but nobody in Montana ever knew
their fate except myself. "
Maxham conducted a freight and stage
line between Virginia City and Cheyenne.
In 1851 he broke every faro bank in 'Frisco
and then established faro banks of hU own.
His heavy winnings gained him great note
riety. Fourteen years ago bis wealth was
ectlmated by himself to be about $5,000,000.
Capitalists In Vlneland believe that his for
tune , fthloh consists mostly of municipal
bonds , can not be much lees than (5,000.-
000 now.
A Good Coufti Medicine for Children.
"I have no neiltancy In recommending
Chamberlain's Couch , Remedy1 says F. p.
Moran. a well known and popular baker of
Petersburg. Va. "We haxe given it to our
children when troubled v ith bad coughs ,
also whooping cough , and it has alwtys
rlyen perfect satisfaction. It. wu recoojr
mended to me br a druisiat o tb.s txut
couxh mtdlcln * for cbildrtn , as It con *
i Ulntd no opium or other harmful drugi. "
GETTYSBURG A MEMORY NOW
Pilgrimages to the Famous Battltfiild Few
and Far Between.
DOES NOT DRAW GREAT GATHERINGS
A Forrnt of Monument * Commctnornt-
the Valor ot Americana Xn-
tlonnl , Stnte find
mentnl Memorial * .
Gettysburg ia fast becoming a reminis
cence.
The town has three epochs In Us history
the Tillage period , the period of the three
day's battle and the period since the battle.
During the Tillage period Gettysburg -was a
typical Pennsylvania country town of the
first half of the century. It had few busi
ness enterprises and was Tery quiet and re
spectable. The battle made it famous.
Since then It has been a memorial city ot
monuments and celebrations a rural city of
Pilgrims and Guides.
It Is only a few years since the dedication
of monuments and the unveiling ot statues
were of frequent occurrence , writes a cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Times.
Within one -week In July , 1SSS , there was a
grand reunion of the Grand Army of the
Republic on the battlefield , with a fair
sprinkling ot ex-confederates , and the dedi
cation of numerous memorials to the troop ?
engaged in the battle , including the First
New Jersey brigade , comprising the First ,
Second , Third , Fourth and Fifteenth New
Jersey Infantry ; the Excelsior brigade of
New York , comprising the Seventieth , Sev
enty-first , Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth
New York volunteers. Sickles * old command ,
and the Irish brigade , also of New York ,
comprising the Sixty-third , Sixty-eighth and
Eighty-eighth New York volunteers , -which
stands in what IB known as the "Loop , "
Among the regimental monuments dedicated
were those to the One Hundred and Fifty-
first Pennsylvania , at the edge of Reynolds
grove ; the Fifth and Thirteenth New York
Infantry , on the Eleventh Corps avenue ;
the Thirty-ninth New York , on the first day's
field , Reynolds avenue ; the Ninth or Eighty-
third New York , which was In the fight at
Oak Hldge , beyond the seminary ; the Sixty-
seventh New York , on Gulp's hltt ; the
Fortieth , Forty-first , Forty-fourth , Sixty-
second , SUty-fourth , Eighty-sixth , One
Hundred and Forty-ninth and One Hundred
and Seventy-fifth New York ; the Ninth
New York cavalry , the Fourth New York In
dependent battery , the Fifteenth New York
battery. Batteries B end D , First New York j
artillery , and the Sixty-second , Sixty-eighth
( Scott Legion of Philadelphia ) , Ninety-fifth
and One Hundred and Fifth Pennsylvania
volunteers. Even this list , long as it is ,
does not comprise all the monuments and
markers dedicated during that busy week.
A Fnnion * Dedication.
The throng -was a great one and it in
cluded many of the soldiers and civilians dls-
; lngulshed In the civil war. Governor Beaver
delivered the address ot welcome to the old
soldiers of the First corps at a reunion
held at Reynolds Grove , towhich the re
sponse -was made on behalf ot the corps by
General Robinson , followed by addresses
Irom Frederick Smythe , .war governor of
S'ew Hampshire ; Prof. Williams , as the rep
resentative of William Sprague- , war gov
ernor of Rhode Island ; Governor Ormsbee of
Vermont- and others. General Longstreet
also spoke and was greeted with a yell.
Governor Rusk ot Wisconsin was represented
} y Colonel H. B. Hatshaw , and among the
most distinguished of the 'Wisconsin sodlers
was General Fairchlld , pastcommander of
the Grand 'Army of lhe ttfifubllc. On the
platform at the Wisconsin .ceremonies the
empty sleeve of General Fairchlld and the
empty trouser leg of Governor Beaver were
side by side. One-legged Colonel McFarland i
of Harrlsburg delivered the oration at the
dedication of the monument of the One Hun
dred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania. General
Sickles unveiled the monument to the
Eighty-sixth New York and Orlando B. Pot
ter -was the orator. Generals Robert Nu-
eent and Dennis F. Burke spoke in glowing
periods for the Irish brigade and the Rev.
Dr. J. H. Twltchell of Hartford , Conn. , was
the orator in behalf of the Excelsior bri
gade. Major General Srocum delivered the
oration at the dedication of the memorial
to Greene's brigade. At the reunion serv
ices on the 3d of July General Sickles pre
sided and speeches were mode by General
Gordon , Governor Beaver , General Hooker
of the confederate army. Governor Curtin ,
General Longstreet , General Slocum and
General Curtis. This was the second re
union of the blue and the gray. In the
ceremonies of the Fourth of July the orator
waa George William Curtis and the poet
George Parsons Lathrop. No country town
was ever the scene of such a reunion before
and no battlefield may ever witness such
splendid pageantry again.
Memorial * to Leader * .
After 18S8 the dedication of memorials be
came fewer every year , but the unveiling of
those splendid works of art , the equestrian
statues of Buford , Hancock and Meade , were
event * of exceptional interest. The Hancock
and lleado statutes were unveiled on the
same day in 1SS6. Tbo next of these tributes
to the soldiers of Gettysburg will be the un
veiling of the equestrian statue to Major
General John F. Reynolds on the thirty-
fifth anniversary of the first day's battle.
Warren already baa & statue on Little Round
Top , and In time other soldiers will be able
to command similar tributes , among them
Slocum on Gulp's Hill , Sykes In the wheat
field and Slcklrn at the peach orchard. In I
the meantime the Interest will center In oc- ,
caslonal reunions ot the survivors like that '
on the battlefield on Decoration day of this [
year and to the ministration of pilgrims and i
guides in tracing the varying fortunes ot the-1
three days of battle.
When the guides became an Institution at
Gettysburg it Is difficult to say. They were
not born to the vocation nor were they the
immediate outcome of the battle and the bat *
tleflcld. but. like Topsy In "Uncle Tom's
Cabin , " they "growed. " In the first rush to
the field after the battle every visitor felt
the need of guidance In finding the points ot
interest and understanding the actions of the
different places of contact. Those is ho had
friends or acquaintances In the town had no
difficulty in securing the necessary help. As
time went on almost every citizen of Get
tysburg' became an accomplished htitorl&n
of the battle. To this day there la scarcely
ft Gettysburger to whom every part of the
battlefield is not as familiar as the open
pages of a well-conned book. Even the boys
knev the story of every movement and
every marker and can tell it with facility
and eloquence that are characteristic of the
Inhabitants of no other town and the dwell
ers on no other battlefield. I have had no
more agreeable and Instructive an experience
than an afternoon drive with former Assem
blyman Zlegler to Ltttlo Round Top , with
Lawyer Weaver to the Devil's Den or with
Farmer Welkert to his houw adjacent to
the wheat field and the peach orchard. But
the strikes of such as three cannot be
bought , while- almost from the outset strangers -
gers Bought assistance that could be had for
a prke. The mutual advantage of such an
arrangement eoon became apparent to the
guide and the pilgrim , and In a few cases the
amateur became a professional. Ten years
ago , when the Influx of visitors to Gettys
burg was at HB height , there were perhaps
a dozen of these battlefield guldce , but as
the number of strangeres decreased from
year to year the number of guides dimin
ished , and now I know personally only one
Guide Mlnnlch.
Guide and Illnturlnii.
"Here is a man for you to know , " said
General Sickles to me the other day , as
Mlnnlch approached us. "He knows the
battlefield thoroughly , he has studied It
carefully ; he Is accurate and at times elo
quent. " I had known Mlnnlch for many
: cars , but I was glad of the introduction ,
unnecessary as it was , because it brought
to the guide so high a compliment from an
authority so eminent.
With a guide so capable the battle be
comes very real to the pilgrim. Even such
a group as thai caught -by Tlpton's camera
during the celebrations of 1SSS , which Is re
produced herewith , receives a new , a vivid
and a personal interest Irom an inter
preter so familiar with the warriors and the
pilgrims whose feet have pressed the soil
of the battlefield. How sadly eleven years
have thinned this group ! In a few yers
more none will be left of the men who
stand In the foreground of this picture.
These men will be readily recognized. In
the center are Sickles and Longstreet , who
were pitted against each other in the battle
of the peach orchard. To Sickles' left is
General James B. Carr of New York and to
Longstreet's right is General Slocum. Be
tween Sickles and Longstreet is General
Hartranft , and behind Longstreet is Gen
eral Butterfieldwho was ileade's chief of
staff at the time of the battle. To Slo-
cum'e right is General Joshua Chamberlain ,
chosen grand commander of the Grand Army
of tie Republic at Gettysburg In 1SSS. Be
tween Slocum and Chamberlain Is former
United Statea Senator Warner 'Miller ' of
New York. Of those who grouped them
selves behind these distinguished men- and
shine by a reflected light my old eyes are
able to pick ont .only my old newspaper as
sociate , Tregaskls , who for many years made
a specialty of reporting Grand Army of the
Republic news. He Is the quaint little
gentleman with spectacles between Sickles
nd Hartranft. This picture with ikmg-
street. Sickles and SIccum In the fore
ground presents a group of exceptional in
terest -when It is remembered that it was
gathered almost by chance on the battle
field Just twenty-five years after the battle
of Gettysburg.
Death Thin the Rank * .
Of thla group Slocum and Hartranft are
dead , but Sickles and Butterfield assisted in
the recent Decoration day ceremonies , and
Longstreet was only prevented from being
present by the weakness incident to old age.
I was disappointed at his absence , not so
much because I was unable to talk to him
about his share in the battle , as because I
had anticipated a delightful chat with him
about the roads by which he came from the
Potomac to Gettysburg , nearly every fence
corner along < whlch I knew. But Sickles -was
In a deliclously reminiscent mood and com
pensated me In some degree for the absence
ot Longstreet. Among other things I asked
Sickles if it was true that he smoked a cigar
while bolng carried from the field. He said
It was and explained how the incident oc
curred.
"It was reported In the corps that I was
killed , " he said , "and , as I was unable to
rise up and speak to them I aeked for a cigar
and smoked It , not because I enjoyed it , but
because I knew If they saw me smoking they
would know that I was alive. "
This led him to speak of the crisis of bis
illness after bla wound. Ho was unable to
retain nourishment and death was certain
from exhaustion unless this could be ob
viated. The doctor asked him to think of
something for which be would desire , saying
that the imagination sometimes assisted na
ture In such emergencies. He expressed a
wish for a glass of champagne. This , the doc
tor said , could not be got. But Sickles sent
his man to bla camp baggage for a bottle of
wine , instructing him to bring Ice with It
The man returned with the wine , but with-
ENCOURAGING THE FARMER.
"Spring cz here , Bill. Don't ye like ter see th' farmer workin'
and layin' off ther medder so nice and even ? Let's go over an' help
him. He oughter be encouraged. "
"Well , let.'s go over. I .tell ye. You encourage him wid conver
sation , while I swipe his kettle o * grub , "
out the ke The warm wine S. kits * . . ! !
not take and refnsei to try , direct n * that
the bottle shoulJ be unk in a well for an
hour to cool. The doctor chafes ! at the de
lay , laying he mliht die In the meantime ,
but he InitstH on this cooling process for
a full hour. When the wine was brought at
last it waa sufficiently coof. but after taking
a single nwallow he put down the glass. The
doctor anted hlsi to drink more of U , but
he declined to take another mouthful tor
five minutes , and at first drank U In this
way one swallow every five minutes. He
was able to retain It and then increased
the draughts to three swallowe. During the
night he was able to finish the bottle and
thus started on the way to recovery.
riKlitliiK hc llnttlr Orr.
Among the Gettysburg pilgrims General
Sickles has come oftenctit , and most eagerly
fought the battle over again. Hut nearly
all the union commanders who survived and
many of the confederated have visited the
field since the battle , some of them many
times. Some ot these visits are historical.
The year US" is especially noteworthy for
the distinguished parties that came from dif
ferent states for the location or dedication
of monuments. Early In April came Gov
ernor Ormsby of Vermont , with a distin
guished party , including General Redfield
Proctor and General William W. Grout.
Governor Bddwell ot Maine and Governor
Rusk of Wisconsin followed a fortnight
later. With the former YO.S General J. L.
Chamberlain and with the latter General
Lucius Fairchlld. The feature of the year ,
however , \\as the famous reunion of Pick-
ett's division and the Philadelphia brigade.
At one time It looked as If this reunion
would be abandoned in consequence of the
refusal of the Memorial commission to per
mit the confederates to erect their monument
ment within the union lines at the place
whore ArmLstcad fell , but the differences
wore finally arranged. Mrs. Plckett , the
widow ot General Pickctt , and son , George ,
were with the southern visitors. The con
federate veterans were received by the Phll-
adclphlans , whom they had encountered
once before , and the address of welcome was
made by Colonel A. 1C. McClure. Among
the Incidents was a reception by Mrs. Pickctt
on that part of the field celebrated for what
has passed Into history as Plckett' * charge ,
another disputed point In the history of the
battle. The monuments dedicated in July.
l S7 , were those to the Thirteenth New
York volunteers , the Sixty-ninth and
Seventy-first Pennsylvania and Cowan's New-
York battery. The orators were General
Joshua T. Owen , General W. W. Burns and
Serena E. Payne of New York. Two note
worthy speakers during these celebrations
were General William F. Smith and General
Henry J. Hunt , chief of artillery of the
Army of the-Potomac. The encampment of
the Pennsylvania department of the Grand
Army of the Republic was also held on the
battlefield this year. In September , 1SS7 , ,
Ohio erected nineteen regimental raonu-1
mcnls. Governor Joseph B. Foraker was
with the Ohio men and an address was made
by General H. A. Axline on "Ohio Troops in
the Battle of Gettysburg. " Other monuments - j
ments were dedicated between this unuuual
occasion and the great celebration ot July ,
1SSS.
IncnngrrnotiH Picture * .
In the days when pilgrimages to the bat
tlefield were more frequent than they are
now quaint groups could be found posing almost - '
most dally at points of vantage from Gulp's
hill to the Devil's Den. A dozen years ago
a party of oil men from Bradford visited the
field and had themselves photographed on
Cemetery hill , posed about the fence over
which the Louisiana Tigers charged. These
were quickly followed by a convention of Jn- !
surance men and even by a procession of
undertakers. I have In my mind a picture ol
a pastor and elder of a country church with
their wives seated on the great boulder at
Devil's Den that I saw In a farm house In
the Cumberland valley. The pastor's legs ,
are dangling over the rocks and he looked tome
mo like a drummer on a holiday.
Parties like thoee of the oil men , the in
surance men and the undertakers were the
clasa of pilgrims who have always needed
and who still need a battlefield guide. I have
known the grave and reverend seigniors of
the Union League to enjoy the oratory of
OulJoMma..h n , K"c i ns. I have been over
the fleiJ n. ) iU 1 nivcr fail to take ad
\antago of an i < ; j-orti.-i'y t > RO with ino of
his parties. Only the other day 1 found my-
* elt on the outskirts of a baml of demur *
Mvajres from the Imllnn prSiool at Carlisle.
U I had been at Gettysburg a day or tw
wrllw I mlKht have b > i attracted by the
nutter of the ribbons of the ncnlor class ol
Wilson college. 1 confers to the fas-lnatlon
of the guide whencter there arc pilgrims
to be guided , especially If they arc fa cl-
n tln * . H will be many years , 1 trow , tfor
the pllerlnw will cease altoRfthor. and ai
long a * there are pilgrims there must b
guides. A stranger on the battlefield with
out an Interpreter 1s us helpless as you or 1
should be If we attempted unaided to pene
trate the maze of Rosamond's bower.
In the decisive battles of the world thert
are some as Interesting as the battle of Got-
tytburR. but there Is no battlefield like thli
field ot monuments to fraternal strife.
JIUX.CHii ) .MAC A.M1 O.
Drucrnilnntn of Mllcnlitnn Prominent
In HIMorj- ' .Mnitr IVnlltiim.
"Many Irish names appear strange , "
writes the distinguished Irish scholar , Dr.
Philip ManDcrmott. "nnd uncouth to the
average Knpllsh reader , though If their
etymology and pronunciation were perfectly
understood , they would be found truly
beautiful and euphonious. " The names ol
the ancient Milesian families , comment * th
American Cathollo Quarterly , were pre
fixed with "Mac" ami " 0 , " the la'ter ap
parently predominating with princes and
distinguished men. Although the use ol
Irish surnames was forbidden Under never *
penalties by the English "Parliament , they
were nevertheless retained , and they con
tinue to be used. The prefix to surnames ol
the"Mac" nnd the " 0" has alsi been re
turned to n great extent , and thus united
have been borne not ouly In Ireland , but
throughout the civilized world.
It Is apparent that in countries which
have been more or less Identified as Catho
lic , such ns Austria. France , Portugal nnd
Spain in Europe , and the Spanish-American
nations , Mllralan family tiamea arc prominent , -
inent at the pre ent day , whoso anvosital
stock has been deprived of their landed 4os-
iesslons by political and alien oppr < ss ( c
and forced into exile In the countries 'aimed ,
wliere their abilities nnd their w rds have
acquired recognition and honorable rowtxrd.
How many such names have Wcocie hon
ored In America and arc cherished with the
highest regard ?
In the glorious history ot our wars durhB
most of our century ; In the formation ofur
territories and states , eawell as In the
'building up of our cities ; in the detelop-
ment of our Judicial system ; but tnop par
ticularly in the building tip of our cTmmer-
clal , our -banking , and our manuHeturlng
interests ; in the learned professions and In
the development ot political sconce , the
"Macs" and the "O'o , " reprwwntlng old
Milesian stock , have hela their fclacs In th
hierarchy of renown.
Venire Annexation to Vultei ] State * .
SAN FRANCISCO , July 27. The Call
today says. Tha natives of the Island of
Kusalc , In the Caroline * , want to ba an
nexed to the United Stnles. The king , high
chiefs and prominent men on the Island to
the number ot seventr-two have forwarded
a petition to the effect to San Francisco
with the request that It be laid before the
president. They Eay not a word about the
Spaniards or the Germans , but simply osk
to be taken umler the folds of the Stars
and Stripes. The petition was forwarded
today to the president. When the barkentlne
Ruth arrived from the Islands a few days
ago It brought the news that the Germans
we.-e trying to secure a foothold on tha
Island and the natives were preparing to
resist them. Now that Germany has pur
chased the group from Spain it will at enc
take posBossIon and then there may bo a
war on Kusale slmirar to that In the Philip
pines. The petition of the Kusalers has nr-
rived too late.
ncnpenlnc Old Mine.
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worked after a suspension ot operations for
nearly thirty-five years.
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