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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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8YNOP3I8.
Jackson Jones, nicknamed "Broadway"
feec&uae of his continunt KtorWcntlon ot
New York's great tlioraushfare, la anx
ious to get away from his horns town of
JontsvUle. Abner Jones, his uncle, Is
rery angry because Droadway refuses to
letlle down and take a place In the gum
factory In which he succeedod to his
fathers Interest Judge Spotswood In
forms Broadway that 2M,000 left him by
bis father Is At his disposal. Broadway
makes record time in heading for his
favorite street In New York. With his
New York friend, Robert Wallace Broad
way creates a sensation by his extrava
gance on the White Way. Four years
pass and Broadway suddenly discovers
that he Is not only broke, but heavily in
debt He applies to his uncle for a loan
and receives a package of chewing gum
with the advice to chew It and forget his
troubles. lie quietly seeks work without
uccess, Broadway gives what Is In
tended to bo a farewell supper to his Now
York friends, and before It Is over be
comes engaged to Mrs. Gerard, and an
cient wdow, wealthy and very giddy,
Wallace expostulates with the aged flirt
and her youthful flence. but falls to bet
ter the situation. He learns that Broad
way Is broko and offers him n position
with his father's advertising firm, but It
Is declined. Wallace takes charge ot
Broadway's affairs, Broadway receives
a telegram announcing the death of his
Undo Abner In Eufopo. Broadway Is his
ole- heir. Peter Pembroke of the Con
olldated Chewing Gum company offers
Broadway JI.2C0.000 for his gum plant and
Broadway agrees to sell. Wallace takes
Ihe alTalr In hand nnd insists that Broad
way hold off for a bigger price and rushes
him to Jonesvlllc to consult Judgo Spots
wood, who was Uncle Abner's attorney.
CHAPTER VIMContlnued.
"I'vo explained to Mr, Jones, Josle,"
laid tho Judge, "that tho affairs of tho
plant arc entirely In your hands. You
can glvo him a pretty good Idea of
how things stand without tho books
ind figures In front of you, can't you?"
To Broadway's grief he sat down com
fortably," "Well, hardly, Judgo," said Josle.
smiling at him In a way which pained
Broadway, for It seemed certain to
cement the Jurist's firm Intention of re
maining with them for tho balance of
tho evening. It seemed to htm that
this was Inconsiderate.
"The old gentleman told mo," tho
ludgo explained, "that the works
ihowed a profit of about forty thou
land dollars last year. Is that right?"
"Oh, It was more than that."
This distracted Jackson Jones' atten
Hon even from the color of her eyes.
More than forty thousand dollars!
"It was!" ho said, with an elongating
gesturo of tho neck and a side head
twist which wero habitual with hlra In
momentB of delighted surprise.
He drew his chair a llttlo nearer
oven than it had been. Byes wero all
right enough; but, after all, forty thou
sand dollars! And possibly tho oyes
thrown lnl Had ho been lucky to os
capo the bonds of wedlock with tho
ancient widow? Verily ho. had I
"It was nearer fifty, If I remember
rightly," Bald tho pretty business wom
an. "Well, that wasn't so bad, now, was
It?" exclaimed Droadway.
"Why, no," his fair Informant grant
ed, "considering that wo've been fight
ing tho truBt all tho time. I think
It was perfectly romnrkable."
"Do you?" Inquired Broadway, with
tho eyes of faith, as If ho wero quito
willing to accept her judgment upon
all things.
"Why, yes; don't you?" Her fore
hend had a pretty, earnest pucker that
almost unmanned him.
"Sure, I think it is," he mado hasto
to agree. "What do you think about
It, Judgo7" Tho Judge must be brought
Into the talk, of course, as long ob ho
was there.
The Judge settled back into his chair
and looked complacent, "I always said
It was the best chewing gum in the
world."
"We are talking about profits, not
about tho gum," said Broadway, and
Josle burst into a rippling laugh which
he felt sure was of the sort which
tinkles among angels wheh something
makes them happy on the goldon
streets.
There was that in this speech which
penetrated to tho depths of tho Judi
cial system; it served as light to show
tho Judge what might bo going on.
Although he had been comfortably Bot
tled for a long hour's chat about a sub
Jeot which intensely interested him, ho
uoo aumpuy anil stood looking down
at them.
"Well!" said he, and laughed. "You
talk It over, now, with Josle. I'm I
guess I am a poor hand where figures
are concerned." Ho moved slowly
toward the door, and smiled at every
step. "I want to ask mom about some
thing,, anyway."
Jackaon Jones was really embar
rassed for a moment when ho found
hlmB&lf alone with this old friend of
his youth, this slmplo llttlo country
girl. But ho know it wouldn't do; ho
waB cortaln that it was absurd. To
kill time ho referred back to what tho
Judge had said about tho gum.
"Can you beat that?" he Inquired.
BEATEN AT HIS OWN GAME
Bushman's Clever Strategy Saved Him
From Becoming a Meal for Prowl
ing Lion.
The little Bushman of South Africa
U not only small In size, but to tho
Emropeon ho appears feeble In mind.
Yet there Is the story of an encounter
betweon a Bushman and a Hon which,
according to & correspondent of Har
per's Weekly, shows a man cool in
danger and fertile in resource.
The Bushman, who was a long way
from home, met a Hon. The animal,
Hure that he had his victim complete
ly In his power, began to sport with
him with a feline playfulnoss that tho
little .Buraman failed to appreciate.
The Hon would appear a. a point iu
the roads. &d leap back again Into tho
jangle, t- reappear a little farther on.
The ifesbman did not lose bis pres
ence of salad, and presently alt upoa
a way t outwit Ms foe. Aware that
the beast was ahead of him, the Busk
nan dodged into., the Jungle to the
right, and quietly awaited the next
.move. When the Hon dlaaflrered tbat
"Tho best chewlug gum in tho world I"
Sho looked at him with tho serious
light of real reproof In her incompar
able eyes. "I don't think thero's any
doubt about It, Mr. Jones. Tho trust
people realize it. If they don't, thoy
certainly wouldn't bo willing to pay
u million dollars for it."
"They're willing to pay more than
that for It," ho told her, feeling for
the first time a real Interest in tho
conversation. Before that ho had been
absorbed only by tho conversationalist.
"Twelve hundred thousand they've of
fered." Sho was not pleased. "I didn't think
you knew that," sho confessed. "Thoy
mado that offer to your undo several
months ago."
"But what I'vo got to find out is
this: Am I in a position to hold out
against tho trust for a bigger price?
You Bee, a friend of mlno advises mo
to hold out. Ib business good, right
now?"
"Why, yes. We did over a hundred
and twenty thousand dollars last
month."
This was exciting news, and It ex
cited him. "A hundred and twenty
thousand dollars' worth of business
last month! Can I go down to tho
bank and get thnt money now?"
Sho laughed nt his commercial igno
rance. "Why, cortalnly not!"
For an instant his heart sank as ho
contemplated saying what ho felt that
he must say, sank doubly deep be
cause ho felt that the confession hoJ
must make might possibly disturb the
good opinion of him which ho hoped
ho had renewed In her peculiarly lucid
mind. But thero was something in her
eyes that gave him confidence. And
there was nothing for it but confes
sion. "You don't understand," ho venturod
stumbllngly. "This is er botween
us. Tho fact Is I'm broko! I am in
debt! I must get some quick money
nnd I want to know how much you
have In bank, right now."
"Our cash balanco?"
"Yes."
Sho thought deeply for a' momont.
Then sho looked up with a smile of
triumph. "Over eighteen thousand
dollars, I should say."
Ho was dlsmnycd. "Only eighteen
thousand dollars! And you did a
business of a hundred nnd twenty
thousand dollars last month!"
His manner worried her. "I hope
you're not thinking Berioualy of going
over.''
"Going over whore?"
"To tho trust."
"Why? Don't you think tho price
thoy offer is big enough?"
"It Isn't n question f of price, Mr.
Jones," she said, with flashing eyes,
"it's tho principle of tho thing."
"You'll havo to explain that to mo."
"Why, think of what you'ro selling!"
sho exclaimed. v"It Is tho thing your
grandfather worked for and handed
down to your father; thp thing that
ho worked for and handed down to
you; tho thing that you should work
for and hand down to your children,
then to their children, and so on nnd
on. Why, think of what you'ro sell
ing!" Ho was n little dazed, "but, still, he
surely needed money. "I don't see
whore there's any sentiment connect
ed with tho thing."
"You don't!" Sho gazed at him, as
tonished, and roso and stood beside
tho tablo, looking down at him.
"Would you ruin tho town In which
you wore born? Why, your grand
father was tho founder of this town,
Mr. Jones! Would you seo sovon hun
dred men and boys turned out of tholr
employment? Would you soo tho vory
bread and butter taken from tho
mouths ot famlllos?"
Ho felt ho must defend himself, ex
plain himself. "Well, that's not my
fault I'm awfully sorry, but I can't
help It. I don't seo how I can help It."
Her volco waB deep and sorrowful,
reproachful, warning, pleading, stir
ring. "I'd glvo It very Borlous thought
If I wero you, Mr, Jones." Then the
timbre of enthusiasm cropt Into nor
tones and stirred him doeply. "Oh, It
would bo perfectly great of you to
stand by and protoct tho pcoplo of this
little town! You'vo a chanco to do
something vory, very big a really
wonderful thing! I hope you'll do It."
Ho shook his head, but not emphat
ically. "And I bollevo you will," Bho added,
and then her smllo returned.
"I must run along, now. You'd bet
ter come to tho offlco tomorrow, as
early as possible. Thero's a great deal
to be done and so many things to be
explained. I'll expect you at ten In
tho morning, shall I?"
"Can I raaka It a quarter paBt?"
"Very well." Sho turned away, but.
tho man had suddenly dlsannaared
from the path, ho was perplexed. He
roared. Then ho esplod tho BuBbman
peoring at hm oyer tho grass
Tho Bushman at onco changed his
position, whllo tho Hon stood Irreso
lute In tho Dath. following with htn
oyo tho moving black man. The little
man ruBtled tho roods, vanished, and
appeared at another point
Tho .great bruto was first confused,
nnd then alarmed. It began to dawn
on him that ho waa the hunted party.
Tho Bushman did not let tho Hon col
lect his Btartled wlta. Ho bogan to
steal gradually toward tho foe, who
now, In a corapleto stato of doubt and
fear, turned tall, and ran Ignominious-
iy irom mo now.
Travels of Old Church Plato.
A remarkablo story la told of the
adventurns tit urtmn rtnri nlnlA nf
tho sixteenth and early seventeenth
contury. It belongs to tbe parish of
Savlngton St Michael, England, but
about seventy yean ago the parish
ioners decided they must have new
plate, and without the knowledge of
their reetor, Rer. JL A. Cox, ale-
as sho picked up a llttlo shopping bag
with which sho had been armed when
sho camo in, alio evidently was re
minded of something, for sho began to
fumblo In It. Presently sho found
what sho was seeking, and producod a
small tin box, round and highly deco
rated. Sho handed It to Broadway,
who received it as if it had been some
thing of high value.
"This Is our Jatest," she explained.
"I don't think you've seen them. Jones'
Pepsin Wafers. Good night, Mr. Jonos."
Dazod and with the box held 'loosely
In his hand, he gazed at her retroating
back. "Good night er er Miss
Uftichards."
After Bho had gone, wnilo uroaaway
stood gazing after her, the bpx of
Pepsin Wafers still hold loosely in
his hand, tho Judge said cheerfully:
"She's a nice girl, isn't sho?"
"Is Bho?"
"Well, how did sbo strike you?"
"An awful blow."
"An awful blow?"
Broadway caught himself. Ho real
ized that such talk would not do. Ho
tried to dodge tho Inference "No, no,"
he protested. "I mean her eyes. Her
eyes are awful blue."
Tho Judgo pmlled Batlsflodly. "Ev
eryono In this town Ib Just mad about
her."
"They ought to be," said Jackson.
"Havo another cigar," tho Judgo sug
gested fervently.
This brought Broadway to his
senses. Those cigars! "No, I thank
you. I've got somo gum here. But
I wouldn't mind having another glass
of lemonade."
Tho Judgo was pleased. "Why, cor
talnly, my boy. I'll go and get It my
self." Broadway spoko up hurriedly. "No;
don't do that. Ask Mrs. Spotswood to
make It for me, won't you?"
"Sure," said tho genial Judge. "And
I'll tell her that you asked mo to. It'll
ticklo her to death."
At this point Wallace returned. He
went to Broadway with his business
air exceedingly In ovidonco.
"Say," ho said earnestly, "I've got a
real knockout surprlso for you, young
Jotle Richards.
follow! Pembroko was waiting at tho
offlco of the hotel. That was hhj man
he sent hero. Ho know we were leav
ing New York beforo we started. Ho
was telephoned to from the Grand Cen
tral station. That's how skilfully they
work in theso mad days ot frenzied
flnanco.
"Ho didn't wait to take a train he
camo by motor. And Just to show you
what a smart llttlo fellow you are for
wanting to clone at tholr prlco at
noon today, I, who representod my
self aB Henry Wilson, your secretary,
havo given them till eleven o'clock to
morrow to dloso the deal at fifteen
hundred thousand dollars.
I "He'B burning up every telegraph
patched tho valuable communion serv
ice to London to bo molted down.
Fortunately, tho roctor learned ot
tho affair in tlmo and personally ac
quired tho articles. Subsequently
they passod from his widow Into tho
hands of her nephew, Ilev. Henry
Burnloy, and a short tlmo ago were
purchased and preaonted to tho parish
by an anonymous donor. Thoy havo
now been solemnly rododlcatod In tho
presonco of a largn congregation.
From tho London Globe.
Law Aimed at Injustice.
Bank clerks and matrimony havo
boon tho subject of legislation by the
Australian parliament Tho assembly
has approved ot a now clauBO In the
criminal code bill, by which any per
son or corporation, prohibiting, under
threat of dismissal, tho marrying ot
any employe over twenty-one years
ot ago, will be liable to a flno of
11,600, or throe months' Imprisonment.
The clauso Is the outcome ot ovidonco
In tho arbitration court that tho West
ern Australian banks prohibit tho mar
riage of clerks receiving under $1,000
per annum.
and telephone wlro botween hero and
Cleveland right now, and, unless I
miss my guess, I'm making you richer
by several hundred thousand dollars,
Just proving to you tho valuo of pa
tience. Fifteen hundred thousand dol
lars! A million aud a half!"
Ho had been leaning tensely forward
In his chair. Now ho cast himself
backward in an attitude of satisfied
easo.
"What do you think of that?" he
asked.
"Bob," said Broadway slowly, "I
can't sell this plant."
"You can't!" It was an exclamation
of amazement.
"You don't know," said Broadway
dreamily. "You haven't heard. Now,
Just think of what I'd be selling. Hero's
tho thing my grandfather worked for
and handed down to my father; and
tho thing my fathor worked for and
handed down to me; and it's tho thing
that I should work for and hand down
to my children, and then to theirs, and
so on and so on.
Wallace looked at him with incredu
lity too great, at first, for words
When they finally came they wore ex
plosive. "Say" ho cried. "What tho
h l's the matter with you?"
CHAPTER IX.
On the way to tho hotel, after they
had left the Judge's house, Broadway
tried to tell Bob Wallaco what, in
deed, was the matter with him, but
could not, for ho had not tho least
Idea.
"Do you really mean to keep tho
plant ?" nsked Wallace skeptically.
"Yes, and pass It to my children,"
said tho dazed young gentleman.
"You haven't any children, you con
founded ass!"
"And they'll pass It to their chil
dren," said tho coming magnate of tho
chewing-gum trade.
"I think you'ro crazy."
"Bob, it's a cinch. But lot me tell
you." And ho tried to, with but slight
success.
Wallaco was a shrewd young man.
"Is it your conscience or tho girl that
has driven you lnsano?1' he asked.
"I'm thinking about Jonesvillo. My
grandfather built this town."
"Well, ho made a blamed bad Job
of it. Why didn't ho build a place a
man could get a decent drink In whllo
he was about It?"
"And my father kept It going."
"Well, ho didn't keep it going very
fast."
"And now I'vo got to keep my faith
with it. It is a sacred duty. I must
not abandon it."
"Say," said Wallace, in disgust.
"Whero did you get that stuff? Have
you gone out and tried to get a decent
drink hero? This town ought to be
abandoned. It ought to bo put but
of Its misery."
"Tho trust would closo tho plant and
ruin all theso people."
"You'd think they wore first cousins,
to hear you talk about them."
"Bob," Broadway chidod In a soft
and earnest voice, "they are far more
than that; far, far more than that.
They aro charges placed by Provldonce
in tho caro of the Jones family. And,
uod, i'm the last of tho Joneses."
Let us hopo thero'll never bo an-
other like you."
"Thero'll never bo onp more earnest,
you can bet on that, Bob!"
Thoy were in a shady stretch of
Main street, and, at night, a shady
Btrotch of Main street, Jonesvillo, is
about tho darkest spot on earth out
side of Africa.
"Let's stop right here, in the dark,
till you got over It," said Wallace. "It's
late, but there might bo some mad
dened, Joyous Jonesvillo roiBtorer to
see if you went into tho light.''
"I mean every word of It. -There are
no roisterers In Jonesvllle; they're all
honest worklngmen, horny-handed gum
makers, tollers for the fortunos of my
family. That's why I'm protecting
thorn."
"The horny hand of some lnsano
asylum guard will bo upon your shoul
der If you don't watch out."
"Ha, ha! Ha, ha!" laughed Broad
way somowhat cackllngly.
"I think you'ro going to bo violent!"
saw wallaco. "He'll probably nceC
both horny hands. But he'll subdue
you! Now, try to glvo mo some co
herent notion Of What's thn mnrrnr
with you, will you?"
"I've awakened to my duty."
"Tlmo you did; you'vo had a nice
long nap. What do you seo, now you
havo aroused?"
"A pleasant llttlo city, working llap
pilv at well-paid radnstry. I'm the pay
master. A great nation, wngging tire
less Jaws. They're chewing the Jones
gum. Jones' gum, mind you; not somo
WHEN POTATOES WERE NEW
Ignorance of French Cook Came Very
Near Putting Them Out of Com
mission as an Edible. 4
In France, arrangements are being
mado for the celebration ot tho one
hundredth annlverstry ot tho death of
Parmentlor, whoso name Is Insepar
ably associated with tho Introduction
of potatoes as a popular comestible.
Louis XVI. promised to help him to
launch them by giving a banquet at
which thoy wero to be served as an
attractive novelty; but the royal cook
unfortunately misunderstood tho in
structions given to him. Instead ot
boiling tho tubercles, he cooked the
leaves m a kind ot cahbago. The
courtiers, aftor trying every Imagin
able sort ot condiment with tho prepa
ration, pronounced the dish dotestable,
and doclarod that no persuasion would
Induce thorn over to taste It again.
Inquiry, however, detected tho orror
which bad been made, and a second
experiment brought the new delicacy
Into high favor.
Do many remember that Mr. Dahl
ca?wx?
gum thnt the Consolidated puts up
against tho public as Just as good as
that my ancestors mado famous. I
seo "
"For hcavon's sake, shut up! You'll
see snakes If this keeps on. That lem
onade that Mrs. Spotswood gavo you
has gono to your empty head."
"It was not tho lemonado that Mrs.
Spotswood gavo me, it was the touch
ing lino of talk that er that Josle
Richards gavo me." Ho paused whilo
Wallaco waited with his Jaw loose
on Its hinges. "Say, Bob, isn't she a
queen?"
"So that's it?"
But he made no further protests. He
was a level-headed youth, was this
young advertising man. Ho knew as
well as anyone that if the trust feared
and wished to purchase tho Jones
gum it could be but because tho trust
knew that the Jones gum was n dan
gerous competitor. If, managed as It
had been, unadvertlsed, it had been a
dangerous competitor to the trust,
then it was worth having emphatical
ly worth keeping.
And somo day Broadway must do
something. Ho could not forever play
the Idler on the Great White Way,
oven If his millions wero unnumbered.
It was no llfo for an actual man, and
Bob was sure that hidden somowhere
In his friend wero tho true elements
of worthy manhood. Nothing had oc
curred to bring them out, that was all.
He thought they might bo coming now.
Beaching tho hotel, thoy found tho
placo in utter darkness. Not a light,
even turned down for tho night, was
visible at any window; not a sound of
llfo camo from tho building save a
rhythmic cadence of some sleeper soft
ly sawing wood with a dull saw.
"The clerk's asleep," said Bob.
"How do you know that Is the
clerk?" asked Broadway, listening crit
ically to the snore.
"I heard him singing when I first
got here, and now I recognize the
voice. Ho held tho tune a little bet
ter, then, that's nil." v
"Havo wo got to wake him up?"
"Sure! Why, It's after eloven
o'clock!"
Nothing but the thought 'of Josie
Richards' eyes could have kept Broad
way at that Instant from casting all
his worthy resolutions to the winds,
selling to the trust and searching out
a Bible upon which to swear that he
never again would set foot in Jones
vllle. But ho did remember Joslo's
eyes, and bo began to hammer on the
door.
After a quarter of an hour of steady
hammering, somo shouting nnd a little
whistling, ho was rewarded by a sleepy
and Ill-tempered voice from a slowly
opened window.
"Heavens! Was his window closed!
And yet that snore got out to us!"
"It sawed Its way out," Bob suggest
ed. .
"Well, what ye want?" the angry
voice Inquired.
"Want to got in." .
"At this time the night?"
"Sure. It's always night beforo we
over want to go to bed."
"Well, the Grand hotel, it don't think
much of folks that stays out all night
long, I'll tell you that!" the clerk ex
claimed, as htr came down in bright
red flannels (and not much of that) to
let them In.
"AH night long!"
"Ain't it a quarter after "leven?"
After telephoning Rankin (much to
the clerk's disgust) to hurry to Con
necticut by the first train In tho morn
ing, with well-packed bags, the two
friends crept upstairs, abashed.
Tho" clerk scorned such a menial
service as attending them, and, in the
excitement left from the rebuke he had
received, Wallace stumbled into the
wrong room. All doors wore partly
open, for tho night- was warm, and no
one feared the midnight Interloper,
thero In Innocent and simple Jones
villo. Fortunately the moonlight fell upon
tho bed, and warned him, otherwise
there might havo been a scandal In
Gum ViHago, in which caso tho com
plainant (ho felt certain from that hur
ried glimpse) would have been a sylph
of closo upon two hundred and fifty
pounds.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Criminals Strenuously Dealt With.
There Is scarcely any crime in Now
Zealand, largely because they malto a
strenuous effort thero to arrest, try,
convict, hang and bury a criminal
within two weeks ot tho commission
of his crime, if Jhis bo murder, or, if
not a hanging olfenso, to get him as
quickly aa possiblo Into a disagree
ablo prison, whero ho will havo to
work hard and faro upon bread and
water. Exchange.
Introduced the dalhla Into civilization
with tho Intention of making the
tubers of which It bears so cood e
crop substitutes for potatoes?
Lavender as Tobacco Substitute.
Sweet lavender is now on the mar
ket and on tho side tablo and the smell
of It Is clean, sweet and delicious,
says the London Chronicle "office win
dow" man. "But JJd you ever smoke
it? This business of the tobacco trust
worries tho smoker who may havo to
pay rhoro for his pipeful. Then" comes
the glad news that wo are growing to
bacco and even cigar coverings in
order to beat Sumatra at her own
game. And also comos a Madrid pro
fessor, inquiring what tho ancient Ro
mans smoked. Fine pipes have been
dug up In Spain from Roman settle
ments, but thoy bavn no traco ot to
bacco or opium. Yet thoy are adorned
with bas-reliefs picturing the lavendor
plant And in 1270 before tobacco
camo to Europo a Spanish writer
said that "whoever smokes lavender
feels active, ardent and vigorous.' But
why is it that smoking never crept
Into Roman literature"
mis
llIWAR
HOT FIGHTING AT NEW BERNE
Graphic Account of Battle Given by
Member of Fifty-First New York
Had One Leg Amputated.
My regiment, tho Fifty-first Now
York, went to tho war on October 29,
1861. About ten o'clock a. m. we left
our headquarters at tho Old Palace
gardens, Fourteenth street and
Seventh avenue. We marched down
Broadway to the Battery to tho tuuo
of "The Girl I Left Behind Me," ten
drummers ahead and a brass band. I
felt proud that day, writes Arthur
Oalo, Fifty-first New York, Second brig
ade, Second division, Ninth corps,
Bedford, N.v Y., in tho National Trib
une. Somo ono on tho sidewalk
would sing out; "Hero comes tho Fifty-first
New York." At tho Battery
wo went aboard the boat for New
Berne, N. C. During the fight at that
placo March 14, 1862, my regiment
was formed in lino of battle. The
loud whistling of the bullets came
through tho woods. Early that morn
ing our orderly told us to shoot off our
guns and reload, as It had rained tho
night before and a number of guns
would not go off well. That was my
fix. I said to Orderly Smith: "I can't
get my gun to go off." He said that
ho could not help me, and told mo to
pick one up In the battle.
I began to see men .'ailing. The dirt
In tront of me was plowed up by rifle
balls. Our llttlo Orderly Smith was
shot dead. Fear soon left mo while I
was loading and firing. I saw ono of
my comrades lying on the ground. Ho
did not move, and I ran to him. I got
down on my knees as I was looking
for tho bullet holo. I felt a tug at my
shoulder and, looking up, saw it was
our chaplain, Benton. He said to me:
"Young man, attend to your duty; I
will attend to this man."
I began loading and firing as fast
as I could, and heard a loud blast of
the bugle. Our captain sang out:
"Charge bayonets!" Our chaplain,
Benton, was killed in the charge. As
wo reached tho breastworks the reb
els broko and ran. I climbed on top
of tho breastworks ntul Jumped over
to the other side. Dead and dying
rebels wero lying all around. A dying
rebel turned his oyes toward mo. I
stopped and saw his lips move, but
no sound came from them. I put my'
ear to his mouth and he whispered:
"Water." I gavo him a drink out of
my canteen, and put a blanket under
his head and left him.
My first battle was Roanoke Island,
then New Berne, Second Bull Run,
Chantilly and South Mountain. At
South Mountain I was wounded in the
leg, which rendered amputation nec
essary. When I was shot two of my
comrades, neighbors of mine in tho
old village of Bedford, Westchester
county, carried mo off and laid mo on
the grass, where I lay all night. These
two comrades' names were Ezra and
John Miller. Three days after Ezra
waa shot at Antletam, and he went
home and died of hl3 wound.
Most Ancient Royal Family.
Were all tho rulers of the world to
meet on neutral ground say Switzer
landand to be marshaled in prece
dence, the veteran Emperor Franz
Josef of Austria would take rank be
foro all tho crowned heads, according
to the London Chronicle. Not merely
on account of his ugo or because his
reign of sixty-live years is longer than
those of other living monarchs, but
because he Is tho head of tho oldest
reigning house In Christendom. Moro
;than half a century 'before the Nor
man conquest the counts of Hablchts
burg (''Hawks castle") held their for
tress, which overhung the Aar, and
were a power In what Is now Switzer
land. Election to the purple and dia
dem of the holy Roman empire came
a century or 30 later, and in unbroken
succession tho Emperor Franz Josef
traces his descent back to those sim
ple Swiss counts.
Brutality In British Army.
It would havo needed a very allur
ing form of advertisement indeed to
attract men to tho English army a
hundred years ago. Writing of that
period, a writer says: "Flogging was
almost universal. Tho maximum num
ber of lashes were gradually reduced
from 1,500 to 300; but tho notion that
discipline could not bo maintained
without summary punishment contin
ued to bo belloved, and Wellington
hlmsolf dealt with flagrant cases by
hanging tho culprits upon trees in the
public roads. Ono result was that
only men belonging to the lowest
classes would Join the army." In 1771
a sentinel In the guards was flogged
In St. James' park so severely that ha
subsequently died raving mad. His
offense consisted in saying that "there
was no more encouragement for a
good soldier, than for a bad one."
Too Much Uplift
"This uplift gets my goat"
"How now?"
"Tho world Is getting too uplifted.
Went to a party the other night In.
stead of playing kissing games they
sat around and discussed ethical ques
tions." Two Meanings.
Ho (in a rage) That man is tho
biggest fool In the world.
His Wife (comforting) Henry,
Henry, you are forgetting yourself!
Woman's Homo Companion.
Realism.
"What has become of the emotional
actress who wept real tears?"
"Out of dato," replied the busy pro
ducer. "What wo are giving tho public
now is a leading man who swears real
swsar words."
A Discount.
Lady of tho House Half the things
you wash aro torn to pieces.
Washerwoman Yes. mum; but
when a thing is torn In two or more
pieces, mum, I only oharse for then
as one pleco, mum."
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For dally use In millions of kitchens has
proved that Calumet Is highest not only in
quality but in leavening power as well un
faillngin results pure to the extreme end
wonderfully economical in use. Ask your
grocer. And try Calumet next bake day.
Received Highest Awards
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morr econoir tu. siore vrholeMne ip t bt raslu. I
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Couldn't Help It
A little girl had Just been dressed
In clean clothes, and went out to play.
In a short time she camo back cov
ered with dirt Her mother was much
put out, and asked her how she came
to bo so dirty.
"Well, mother," sho said, "sn't I
made of dirt?"
"Yes, dear, but what has that to do
with it?"
"Well you know, mother, it will
keep working out"
Sometimes.
"Do you think It'e always necessary
to send a girl to college, professor, to
glvo her a proper understanding?"
"Well, sometimes nature has obvi
ated the necensity."
Blank, All Right
He Oh, yes, I havo a book y'know
that I put down niy thoughts in every
night
Sho I see. Sort of blank book, I
suppose.
Towed Home.
Redd Do you use a motor car or
horse-drawn vehicle?
Greonc Somo days I uso both-
Only Ono "BROMO QUININE"
To set tba cenulne. call tor full name. LAXA
TIVU BROMO QUININE. Look for signature ot
Ta. W. GROVE. Caret a Cold in One Daj, lia.
Tho man who wants tho earth is apt
to get his share if tho mud throwers
are on the Job,
135 BUSHELS PERAGREI
wastheybld of WHEAT
on many farms In
Western Canada In
1913, some yields
being reported aa
high u CO buihab
pur acre. As hlch
a 1119 bushel were
recorded in some
Hitrifl for oats.
KO bmbeU for barley and
him 10 to 20 bus. for fUx.
!. Km arrived in the
country 5 years ago front i
Dcnraaru wun very mua
mrana- Ha homesteaded.
worked hard, is now, the
VVV11C, V, UV BU(B W. UIU,
In 1913 riatl a crorj or ZUQ
acres, which will realize him I
about S4.000. Ilia uheil ,
welched 68lbs-tothebnhcl
audaveraeedoverSSbmhaU
to me acre.
Thousands of similar' In.
i stances mlclit be relatrd nf thx 1
1 homesteaders in Manltnh.i. Ran.
' katchewan and Alberta. I
Tha cron of 1913 vai n iitmn-
dant one evemvhera in Wtem .1
ir j-
wuuuo.
Ask fordeacrintlva Hterstnre end
reduced railway rates. Apply to '
Superintendent of Immigration,
Ottawa, Canada, or
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t L UI81TI; ill Jidaoa St, . M, Itoa.
Cannrilin Government Agent
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