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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. W Mottov, All The Ne.vVs When 1 1 Is News. . VOL. 21. DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1912. NO. 3. LOOKING FOR CAUSE VETERIANRIAN8 TALK OVER THE NEW HORSE OI8EA8E. SEVERALSTATES REPRESENTED Qreen Forage la Suspected Cause, Aa Many Agree That Those on Dry Forage Escape. More than a hundred veterinarians t the state In addition to several from Iowa and Missouri attended a conference held at the state house, ays the Lincoln Journal, looking to the adoption of some means of com batting the disease which has caused the dealh of hundreds of horses In Nebraska. No definite conclusion as to tho treatment to bo followed was arrived at by the veterinarians but In tho main they agreed as to tho symp toms and as to the general conditions surrounding the appearance of tho disease. Every phase of the malady was dis cussed during the mooting and the different speakers brought out a num ber of Ideas and theories which they have been working upon slnco they first camo in contact with the trouble. With only a few exceptions those present decided that the trouble originates from the feeding of green grass, hay or weeds and that horses confined to dry feed stand llttlo chance of contracting tho disease. The mooting was opened by Gover nor Aldrlch who stated the purpose of the call and who gavo assurance that everything possible would be done by tho state to co-operate in seeking a method to oxtorminatc the ecourge. Dr. Bostrom, stato veterina rian, took charge of the meeting, fol lowing the governor's address, and called upon Dr. Walte, bacteriologist of the state university, for a talk. The latter declared that he had been present and assisted in the post mor tem examination of twelve horses and that Vi had taken fluids from the brains of several of the animals. These ho declared boro dlpplococcns germs which ho believed to bo tho cause of the malady. Ho declared that the disease, as far as he had ob served Its ravage's, Is like many of the infectious diseases which attack tho humairfamlly as far as its-method of spreading Is concerned. He said that ho had examined the blood of a numbor of the animals but that as yet ho" was uncertain whether this or ganism existed there or not. Several cultures had been made, ho said, but these had thus far revealed llttlo that would aid in determining the cause of tho scourge. Dr. Reager of Edgar asserted that he had been treating for forage poi soning and that his success had been about on a par with tho results at tained by other veterinarians who fol lowed different courses. Ho raised the question as to the contagious and in fectious characteristics of tho disease declaring that he and others with whom he had talked were unable to decide upon this. Most of the cases which came to his attention, he de clared, had been horses which had roamed the pastures either all or a part of the time. Dr. J. S. Anderson of Seward as serted that the disease had been found mostly In horses which had been worked regularly and which upon SundayB or at nights were turned out to grazo on stubble ground or upon pasturo land. Most of these cases he said originated In poorly drained lands. Ho did not suggest any specific treatment declaring that ho had not fixed upon anything thus far which ho believed could be termed even partially successful. Dr. Hoylman of Franklin called attention to the likelihood of worms and in testinal parasites reuiliug hlb experi ences In connection with tho battle against the disease. He declared that it had first showed all symptoms of nuto-lntoxlcatlon but thai further in vestigation would not bear out. any deflnlto theory either as to the cause or the treatment. He read a letter from Dr. Kingsley of KansaB City whom he had called to Franklin to aid him In tho work. Tho communi cation suggested that all horses should bo barred from pastures and access to green feed and that medi cine, particularly purgatives, should be given freely when the first symp toms appeared. Dr. Kingsley stated '" that It was very doubtful If more than 20 per cent of the animals attacked, could recover. Ho advocated tho employment of drastic means for eliminating tho contents of the bowels. Dr. Nichols of Ravenna doclared that the belief that horses of weaken ed systems were tho only ones to suc cumb to the disease had been dissi pated In his vicinity. Strong and weak horses alike, he asserted had fallen before tho scourge. May Get a Pardon. One of the interesting cases before the pardoning board Is that of W. L. Williams, sent up from Douglas county on a atatutory charge. Williams has provn to be an expert In the Installa tion of boilers and In the six years ho has served he has saved the state hundreds of dollars, not only by his work, but by the valuable suggestions ho has mado the board whenever now boilers have been put in at the dif ferent institutions. Governor Aldrlch has recommended bis application for a pardon to the board. LOOK WELL TO SEED. Otherwla Nebraska Farmers Will be the Losers. "Wo have In Nebraska no surplus seed corn on hand this t year", says Prof. C. W. Pugsley, of the Extension Department of the Nebraska Experi ment Station. "If Nebraska does not have good seed from this year's crop, It will be necessary for Nebraskana to depend upon seed brought from other states. Seed brought in from other stato. does not yield as well as home grown seed. "If every one concerned will select their seed early and then properly cure It, Nebraska will not experience such a seed corn famine as that which threatened the state this spring. Not only will we have plenty of seed, but we will get greater yields, for experiments at the station have proved that well selected seed corn will produce from four to six bushels more than corn not carefully selected. "The fields this year were planted late. Immediately after planting, considerable unseasonable weather followed and In man fields the corn which was planted did not havo strong germinating powers. These conditions must be borne In mind to got good seed for next year's crop." Arrangements havo been made by tho Bureau of Publicity of the Com mercial club of Omaha, whereby bul letins, prepared by Prof. Pugsley, will be furnished, freo of cost, either by the Bureau or by tho Extension De partment of the State Farm. Tho bulletins denl with the selection and care of seed corn. The week of September 30 to Octo ber 5 has been designated as "SEED CORN SELECTION WEEK." Every ono is urged to solect his corn that woek so that Nebraska will have plen ty of seed corn In 1913. Letter from Delzell. State Superintendent Delzell has Is. suod the following circular letter to county superintendents; "The law definitely requires each teacher In the state to spend thirty minutes each month on tho subject of 'Fire Dan gers.' Please call yottr teacher's at tention to this matter. Urge them to attend to thiB. Thirty minutes a month is a very limited time to de vote to teaching lessons concerning loss by fire and showing that by care fulness much suffering may be avoid ed and thousands of dollars' worth of property saved. Do not let It be said by one pupil In your county, at the end of this school year, that 'Fire Pre vention and 'Fire brill was not taught in school." 'New Capitol Building. Definite and earnest steps looking toward the construction of a now etafo house at Lincoln were taken by the executive coinmlttee of tho Omaha Commercial club. The present capltol building is entirely inadequate and in some respects unsafe; a build ing of which no Nebraskan can feel proud. Details of procedure havo not been mapped out but the Commercial club is determined to create the prop er sentiment for a building that will be creditable to the state. Lancaster Appeals. "The county of Lancaster has ap pealed to the supreme court In a case in which the First Trust company of Lincoln objected to tho taxing of mortgages to the company wherein tho mortgagor had agreed to pay tho taxes on the mortgage. Prominent Speakers Coming. For the month of September two prominent speakers have been se cured for addresses by the Lincoln Commercial club, one of them being Baroness Von Stuttner, who will bo in Lincoln two days In tho Interest of tho international peace movement. On tho 28th, E. F. Trefz, of Chicago, field secretary of tho Chamber of Com merce of the United States of Amer ica, will speak. State Fair Receipts. Stato fair receipts for tho first time in tho history of that Institution ex ceodod $100,000 this year. Tho exact total Is not known at present but will bo announced Just as soon as the board of managers has had time to check over tho reports. The grand stand and bleacher receipts for the woek woro $17,811 as compared to $13,000, tho best previous record, mado last year. The total cash re ooipts of tho fair from concessions, gate and, grandstand will exceed those of any previous year by more than $12,600, according to the officials. Big Apple Show In January. The state board of horticulture bo's decided to glvo a big apple show, which 1b to bo given the third week In January at tho Lincoln city audi torium. Tho apple show will com prise 1,000 boxes and a display of ap ples on plates. The apple show alone will fill halt the floor space In the auditorium. These two shows to gether promise to be the best of the kind ever seen In Nebraska. Douglas County 'Support. The state agricultural board Is feeling exceptionally good over tho loyal support given the fair by tho people of Douglas county and express ed themselves as fully satisfied with the result of tho get-together spirit between the commercial organiza tions of the two big cities of the state. On Omaha dsy Omaha people were in evidence everywhere and on South Omaha day, while the rain of tha night before prevented the automo bile excursion from tho stock yards city, yet 500 ero present. MEMORY OF WISE IS HONORED i?aaaVtiMAVv BBaBBBBBB?IEStBVi. VjKf v0mmtm'ip 'iJissWatySKEsli ... 3?S W X".v. v'-;. ." V v. -Vi BtmjBS BWaBaBBlllH ' F s " $."! vtV'?W'"Aw.v.s 9 VBTH WW - ..-.-.v. Xv . S.vXv && s " , w-i wA'W'V&iufe, VlBJaB!5SS!SjfR THE memory of Lieut. Luclen Bonaparte Wise, U. S. N., promoter of the Isthmian canal as it Is being constructed, has just been fittingly- honorod by the erection of a bust at Panama city facing the Pacific ocean cntranco to tho canal. Lieutenant Wise was born in 1S14 and died in 1009. II SAILOR BOYS OF LAKE BLUFF TRAINING SCHOOL DROWN IN LAKE MICHIGAN. WERE ON PLEASURE CRUISE Sail Boat Founders In Gale on Lake Michigan Naval Board Makes In vestigation, but Falls to Fix Blame for Disaster. Chicago, Sept. 17. EleVen boys tvere drowned on Sunday when tho recreation cutter of the United States naval training station, near Lake Bluff, was swamped on a sand bar 300 yards off Lake Bluff. Twenty-three boys, one able sea man, who was a petty officer, and an other petty officer, set forth early for a pleasure Ball. They 'became help less In a gale, fought their way al most to the shore, and tho tragedy oc curred within one hundred feet of frantic people on the beach. All but ono was able to Bwim un der ordinary conditions, but could do nothing against the high wind and heavy surf. In full view of hundreds of people along tho shore tho boat capsized. Tho lake wbb alive with struggling boys. Many of them had never been In rough water before. They wero of tho newest recruits. They struck out strongly for the shore, but there was an undertow in addition to tho heavy waves. Chicago, Sept. 17. A naval board of Inquiry gave its finding In tho Investi gation of tho wreck of the 30-foot cut ter and the drowning of 11 recruits of the naval training station at Lako Bluff, 111. The report does not censure Chief: Gunner's Mato W. E. Negus, who took the 25 recruits out into tho lake and who died trying to save them. No blame Is placod on any shoul ders. The finding says that 11 re cruits wero drowned, while on duty, because of tho gale and rough sea. The board heard witnesses who re counted tho' struggle of Mato Negus and somo of IiIb crew to save tho 30 foot cutter when It was driven before a 50-mtle galo, past tho basin of tho naval academy and onto a sandbar tear Lake Bluff. Knox Says Farewell. Toklo, Eept. 17. Philander C. Knox, special envoy of the United States to the funeral of Emperor Mutsuhlto, was received In farewell audlonco by Emperor Yoshlhlto and later was a guest at a luncheon in the imperial palace. Three Perish In Ascending Mountain. Juneau, Alaska, Sept. 16. Tho bodies of Leslie Oliver, John Shat tuck and Dell Llnscott, young men of Juneau and Douglas, whd went hunt ing September 5 on Sheep mountain ind wero lost, were found Friday. Victor Allen "Not Guilty." Wythevllle, W. Va., Sept. 16. Tho ury which heard the evidence against Motor Allen, charged with killing Com monwealth's Attorney W. M. Foster, !n tho Hlllsvlllo courthouso tragedy, reported a verdict of not cullLv. MS DROWN I NOG! AND WIFE DEAD JAPANESE GENERALAND WIFE TAKE OWN LIVES. Hero of Port Arthur Commits Sulcldf In Grloffor Death of Lato Ruler. Tokyo, Sept. 1G, Forced by cen turles old tradition to end their lives with the sword and driven to their 'death by grief over tho paBslng,of their belover emperor, Mutsuhlto, Gen. Count Mnresuko Nogl, hero of Port Arthur, nnd his wlfo, the Coun tess Nogl, hurled themselves on Bhnrp blades in the main hall of the palace and died by their own hands hero Friday. Darkness had fallen nnd General Nogl and tho countess sat and await ed tho signal they had agreed upon to announco their lenvetaklng. This was the booming of a Blnglo gun in the palace grounds at Tokyo, which was to lot the peoplo know that the body of the emperor was starting on tho fu neral car for Us last resting place. As the boom of the gun resounded through tho clear, still night, GeneraJ Nogl rose nnd, grasping in his hand a short sword, plunged It Into his throat, while the countoss stabbed herself through tho body. Tho tragedy created a profound sen sation and expressions of sorrow were heard on every hand. Gen. Count Nogl was a nntlonal hero in Japan. Ho captured Port Ar thur from the Russians In 1901, and received the proposal of surrender of that fortress from General Stoessol. LAST OF ALLEN GANG TAKEN Chiefs of Clan That Slew Five In Vlr. glnla Court Arrested at Des Moines. DeB Moines, la., Sdpt. 17. Sldna Al len and his nephew, Wesley Edwards, outlaw clansmen long sought for tho quintuple murder In tho courthouse r.t Hlllsvlllo, Va., when Judge, prose cutor and others wero slain, woro ar rested In Des Moines Saturday and wero taken east on a train to stand trial for their lives in Virginia. Accompanying thorn and tho two detectives who mado the arrests was Miss Maudo Irolur of Mount Airy, N. C, who had led tho detectives to the hiding place of the alleged assassins. She had told Chief of Police Jcnney of Des Moines that she was engaged to marry Edwards. "I havo been promised the reward for tho arrest of these two men," she told Chief Jenncy Juut before leaving for tho train. "I am going back to claim my share of It." No Tariff on Dictionaries. Washington, Sept. 17. James E. Curtis, acting secretary of the treas ury, took an advance step to encour age learning of foreign languages by the American people. He authorized dictionaries to be admitted free. Szabo Estate Dwindles Away, New York, Sept. 17. Charges that $7,100 of the $10,000 estate of Coun ess Rosa Szabo has disappeared occu pied the attention of tho Austrian consul and every possiblo effort is being made to trace tho money. HARVESTER FIGHT QN U. 8. REFUSES IMMUNITY TO LEADING SPIRITS OF COMBINE. CRIMINAL ACTION IS HINTED .Clarence 8. Funk, Manager of Inter national Concern, Telia of Com pany's Organization and How Com uetltlon Was Dealt With. Chicago. Sept. 18.--"No "Immunity bath" will be given George W. Per kins, Cyrus H. McCormlck, Charles Deorlng or other leading spirits In fo organization of the International Har vester company, which, tho govern enlmont charges, was formed in vio lation of the Sherman anti-trust act. Neither Perkins, McCormlck nor Deorlng, it waB announced on Mon day, will bo called as witnesses In the pending civil suit to dissolve the corporation, In which the Initial hear ing of eirldenco was held In Chicago. They will not bo asked to testify on tho ground that such testimony would grant them Immunity. This announcement gavo the first intimation that tho government la con templating tho possibility of criminal prosecution against tho men respons ible for the formation of tho glnnt combine. Joseph R. Darling, special agent of tho department of justice In charge of the preparation of evldonce ngalnst tho harvester company, mado known tho fact that tho tliroo mon woro not to be summoned. "Tho government does not proposo to allow theso men to gain Immunity by testifying in tho civil Bult," ho ex plained. "It will bo romombored that tho packers In tho 1006 prosecution of tho beof trust gained nn 'Immunity bath' bocnuBo of Information which Ihoy furnished tho government. W do not Intend to havo a similar thing happen in the prosecution of tho har vester company." "Does that mean that tho big men In tho harvester trust will bo proso cuted criminally?" Mr. Darling was asked. "It means that the government will take no chances of granting them Im munity from such a prosecution," ho replied. William II. Jones, almost an octo gcnorlan, camo from a letlrement of four yenrs In response to a subpoena to tell about the organization of tho combine Tho only other "big mnn" In tho company that the government Intends to rail Is John J. Glessnor. vlco-presl-dent, who has not been nctlvo of lato years. Neither Harold F. McCormlck nor James Deorlng, both vice-presidents of the company, appear In tho list of witnesses mado public. Wll llnm M. Gale, E. N. Wood nnd Alexan der Legg are among tho subordinate officers and employes who will bo callod. William II. Jones was questioned particularly about George W. Perkins' connection with tho origin of the com blno, In which nil harvester com panies, with tho excoptlon of four comparatively small enterprises, wero merged. "All my dealings for tho sale of tho Piano works were conducted with Mr, Perkins In his office with J. P. Morgan & Co.," the witness replied. Clnronce S. Funk, general manager of the International Harvester com pany of Now Jersey, was started on a long analysis of how tho corporation was organized, how Its soiling ngonclcs woro spread over the country like a blanket and how competition in tho machinery necessary to the farmer to hnrvest his crops was met. ASKS MILLION OF U. S. MINE Mexican Rebel, Who Captured El Tlgre, Threatens to Sack Property. Douglas, Ariz., Sept. 18. Inez Snl azar, tho rebel loader who captured El Tlgro Saturday, demanded $1,000, 000 from the company owning tho El Tlgre mine, on threat of destroying tho plant. It is said tho rebels car ried off a largo amount of bullion an woll as Superintendent L. R. Budrow, who Is now bolng hold prisoner. Whllo 400 federal troops nro within six miles of tho camp, no wordjiaa boon received of nn attempt to retake It. Mexico City, Sept. 18.-ProHldent Mndoro, Btandlng nt nn open window of the natlonnl pnlaco on Monday bo fore thousands bolow, rang tho his toric liberty bell with which Hldnlgo called tho people to revolt Soptombor 15, 1810, and pronounced the historic words uttered by Hidalgo; "Viva In dependence, viva llbertad, viva Mex ico!" Boy Swims San Francisco Bay. San Francisco, 8ept. 18. Robert Beck, a schoolboy, established a record for swimming San Francisco bay, making three and a half miles to the Alameda county shoro in 2:10. He Is the fourth person to mako tho swim. Harvey W. Wiley, Jr., Has Tooth. Washington, Sept. 18. Harvey W. Wiley, Jr., who Is four months nnd a day old, has a tooth. It Is a tooth guar anteed to be absolutely sound nnd ono that will never bo soiled with cold storage turkey or other doadly poison. Sue for Loss by Guns, Washington, Sept. 18. Six years' firing of tho big guns of tho nrmy posts has resulted in tho submission of many clnlms for damages on tho part of farmers, cottngors and fishermen aggregating no less than $32 flirt SICKLES SPURNS WIFE WILL NOT ADMIT HER TO HOUSE AFTER 8ACRIFICE. Door Barred to Woman Who Pawned Jewels to Save HusoamS'a Art Worka. New York, Sopt. 17. Tho anticipa ted reconciliation botwoon MaJ. Gon. Danlol E. Sickles nnd his beautiful Spanish wife will not take place. (This wbb learned when it becamo known that General Sickles refused to see the woman from whom ho has boon estranged for twenty-seven years and who recently pawned hor Jewelry to prevent the salo nt auction of her husband's personal property, and turned hor away from his homo. Last Thursday afternoon Mrs. Sickles, nccompanlod by hor son Stnn ton, cnlled nt tho splendid homo of General Sickles. Sho was smiling as sho rang tho front door boll. She boro good nows. A few hours beforo Bhe had effected the liquidation of her husband's debt, amounting to $8,200, owed to tho Lincoln Trust company. Tho money with which this debt waB canceled had been obtained by pawn ing her Jewels. Her faco lighted nB tho door to hor husband'o homo opened. Tho high spirited SpaniBh woman forgot tho blow hor pride had suffered In her trip to the pawnshop as Bho announced herself and mado as If to entor. Sho was stopped by tho butlor; tho smllo loft her faco as she was told that she must not enter; that thoru wero o. dors to the effect tlurt nolthor sho nor hor son should bo pormlttod to walk through tho door. Theso orders had boon Issued by Miss Eleanor Enrlo Wllmordlng, housekooper for General Sickles for fifteen years. Upon being refused au dience with hor huBband, tho ngod woman asked to see Miss Wllmordlng, but tho latter sent out word that she could not be disturbed. Large, fparn in her world-weary eyes, Mrs. Sickles roturnetl to hor npnrtments In tho Ho tel Marlton with her son. W. D HAYWOOD IS ARRESTED Organizer of Industrial Workert of the World Taken on Old Indict ment at Boston. Boston. Sopt. 17. William D. Hay wood of Denver, general organizer "( tho Industrial Workers of tho Worlds was nrresieu nero on uunuay on u capias warrant Issuod ns a result of an Indictment by tho Essox county grand Jury, charging him with conspiracy In connection with the strike of textile workers In Lawronco InBt winter. He was released on $1,000 bond. Tho oxnet naturo of tho conspiracy with which Haywood Is charged was not mentioned in tho Indictment. Just beforo his arreBt, Haywood, in addressing n mass meeting of 15,000 persons on Boston Common, had sounded n call for a gonoral strike of Now England workers to begin n nn-tlon-wldo movemont ns n protest ngalnst the "arrost, Imprisonment and trial of Ettor, Glovannlttl nnd Cnruso." Those three industrial workers, who were nctlvo during tho Lawronco strike, nro charged with complicity to murder In connection with the shoot ing of a Btrlker, Anna Loplzzo, during a riot In Lawronco last January. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 16.-After . . ' ' .... preaching a sermon on the subject of dlshonosty, Rov. R. H. Green, a Red Sulphur circuit pastor of tho Mothod lBt church South, was aBBaulted Fri day, and so badly hurt that he died. Now Rochollo, N. Y., Sopt. 17. Mrs. Martha Luyinan Is dying hero as the result of being wounded by a stray shot from a rifle in tlio hands of a young woman snlpo hunter. Tho lat 'or was In a ennoo oft Sands point. BALDWIN IS RENOMINATED Democratic) Convention of Connecticut Also Selects a Full State Ticket at Hartford. Hartford, Conn., Sopt. 14. The Democratic stato convention enthusi astically nominated Simeon E. Bald win for governor hero Thursday and then named the following mon on tho balance of thu ticket: Lieutenant govornor, Lyman T. Tlngler of Vernon; secretary of state, Albert W. Phillips of Stamford; treas urer, E, S. Robert of East Canaan; controller, Danlol P. Dunn of Willi mantle. Presidential Electors Henry Mc Manus, Hartford; Charles T. Coyle, New Haven; M. B. Cary, Ridgefleld; William Bolchor, Now London; Os car O. Tanner, Windham; W. B. Perry, Jr., Salisbury, and John L. Flsk, Mlddlotown. Kills Wife, 8on and Self. Pouncll Bluffs, In,, Sept. 17. While temporarily Insane, Martin Thompson, a farmer living east of this city, killed his wife and son and thon took his own life. Two daughters who wero absent escaped dtath. Ethel Roosevelt Speaks. New York, Sept. 17. Miss Ethel Roosovelt was among n number of Lady Mooses to addresa Btreot crowds In tho "soap box" Progressive party campaign opened In New York. Her appearauco drew a big crowd FIRE RIES SHELL GOES LONG DISTANCE Interesting History of 12-Inch Projeo tile Used In Spanish War Traveled Four Miles. Screaming out its defiant message of possible death and disaster, a 12 Inch 1.000-pound shell was sent across the Bay of Santiago on tho fateful morning of July 8, 1800, from one of the battleships Texas, Iowa or Ia-i dlana. The shell travoled a distance' of between three and four miles and! found lodgment in tho sldo of a rockyi hill Just behind Morro castle, tha? charge bolng unoxploded. It now re poses peacefully on tho sidewalk: In front of a storo in Carson street, Southsldo, near Twenty-seventh street, but minus the charge. Thousands of peoplo pass the spot dnlly, but little or no heed Is given by them to this interesting rello of Un cle Sam's encounter with tha ono-ttmo groat power of Spnln. Tho sholl was shipped on October 20, 1899, by Capt. Surgeon James Mc Kay, United States navy, to his father Stephon McKay, of this city, and is' much prized by tho latter as a rellol and souvenir. Capt. McKay gave an interesting d4 scriptlon of tho clroumstances attend- lng the firing and finding of tho shelly Ho Btatos: "Tho shell was fired from) tho Indiana or Texas from a distance of between throe or four miles, and it was doubtloss fired at the eastern battery, a concealed battery of several old bronze cannon situated in a hol low In tho bluff, nndpnly visible from several miles at sea. Our ships paid great attent)on to this particular bat tory from noticing that, whllo the muzzles of tho cannon were visiblo over tho embankment beforo firing, thoy disappeared simultaneously with thnt operation. Now frdm tho excel lent habit drilled Into tho men of the nnvy of overestimating rather than doubting tho strength of tho enomy, thoy decided tho battery must be com posed of modern rifled disappearing guns, and nctod accordingly. Bvery now nnd again, and when tho shlpr Bcemod most quiet, ono or another would drop a carefully calculated shell In Buch clos.c proximity ns to keep'tBH artillerists working tho guns in a state of constnnt torror. This sholl, from itB position, must havo flown over tho guns and men at Just sufflclflnt height to clear tho ridgo and plunge into tho hill beyond. It missed Its mark by a very Bmnll margin. However, the hun dreds of holes, some large enough to form n collar for a large dwelling,, scattered all about and within tha battory, tho dismounted, crippled and half-burled ploces, and tho general) wreck made of nature in the entire vicinity, speak only too eloquently of tho excellent marksmanship of our gunnors, and tho splendid conduct of our ships in general. "Whon Admiral Sampson visited the abovo-mentioned battery some months after tho surrender, he smilingly told! how they had been fooled by the strange disappearing qualities of the old guns. Many of thes old pieces dated back to 1718 and were masses of most wonderful and beautiful hand carving but tho gun carriages were not moro than lOOyoars old, hence tho parts did not fit and tho recoil mech anism (groat buffer springs) Being useless tho pleco on htlng discharged TfMiW bound back into the air the 11 Innirlh of tha nrrlnra llf. 'Hall. full longth of tho carriage (15 feet). Tho muzzles were vlslblo over tha cement beforo firing, but their re bound flight carried them far out of sight, hence the disappearing guns which deceived our men for a while." Tho shell, singular to relate, shows but allsht inarkR of IJs impact with Its rocky billet, another proof of the caro with which American projectiles are fashioned. Pittsburgh Dispatch. Where the Gray Halra Cams From. Tho attitude of the commanding gen erals of the north and south toward each other, nftnr the final surrender, writes Mr. Thomas Nelson Pago In Ills recent book on General Lee, is ono that tho world regarded with as tonishment, and that Americans may forever look back upon with pride. In Illustration, Mr. Page offera an engag ing anecdote from Long's memoir of Leo. It appears that on the afternoon of tho day of the surrender at Appomat tox, Meads paid a friendly visit to Lee at his headquarters. In the course of tho conversation, Lee turned to Meade, who had been associated with him as his officer of onglneors in the "old army," and said, pleasantly: "Meade, years are telling on you. Your hair is gettlngqulte gray." "Ah, Qeneral Lee," was Meade's prompt reply, "that Is not the work of years. You are responsible for cay iray hairs." Guying a Bombproof. The southern soldiers'1 had little re apect for what were known aa "bomb proofs," the fellows who had easy po sitions In the rear. On one occaaloa a smartly dressed young officer belong ing to thin kindred cantered up to a depot where a regiment of man were awaiting transfer, As soon as they saw htm they began guying him. "Oh, my, ain't he pootyl" "Say. mister, whar'd yv git that biled shu't?" "Dos yo' grease yo bar with ham fat or how?" mi j' L ' bMv3iAv b " &xrr-Zi 'H CJ M M u 0 i. u, J -I 71 -s-tf,A.Al,rWTi-- id