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THE NEBRASKA ADVERTISER
W. W. SAXDICKS, rublUhor.
NEMAHA. NEBRASKA.
SONG.
Had I the sold to pleaso thco
And stocks and bonds and famo,
1 tlien might dare to woo thee,
And offer thee my name;
Hut since I am a poor lad,
And you n lady preat,
1 still must ro my own way,
And learn to honor fate.
Thy lot Is far above me,
In beauty's ranks to shine;
'To dazzle In the shimmer
Of Jewels, llRht and wine;
To reap the songs of poets,
To win a prince's heart,
To raise the welcome plaudits
In no Ignoble part.
'Tls mine to follow labor,
From rise to set of sun;
To see the goal forever
Of no ambition won;
To look upon thee passing,
As those who dream bright dreams,
And find when they awaken
But Icy fields and streams.
Farewell to Idlo visions,
And welcome little cot;
And let the rose of glory
Forever be forgot.
A health to those around me.
Whose hearts tire plain and true,
.And In the cup of plenty,
To all vain dreams adieu.
Jorls Von Linden, In Chicago Record.
TJY CAS'TAIN CIIAKLKS KING.
lCopyrb;ht, 1834, by J. B. Llppincott Co.
1 II. CONTINUI'.I).
Lambert looked squarely nt the two
anen nenresi him as he rapidly ap
proached, whereupon one of them nerv
ously tugged ut the sleeve of a third.
Others, after one furtive glance, pre
tended they did not see the coming
ollieer and became absorbed in the
game. Ten strides and lie was opposite
the group mid not a hand had been
nxiised in salute, not a man was "stand
ing attention." Then he halted short,
saying not a word, but the two men
nearest knew what was lacking, and,
in a shamefaced, shambling way,
brought their hnnds up to the cap visor.
One of these was a corporal, and two
other non-commissioned officers wero
'mong the players. For a moment
there was an embarrassed silence. Then
Lambert spoke rather quietly, too, for
him:
"Corporal, hnve these men never been
taught the salute and when to use it?"
A sergeant nniong the players slowly
found his feet. Others seemed to try
to slink behind their follows. The
corporal turned red, looked foolish and
only mumbled inarticulately.
"Whu.t say you, sergeant?" inquired
Lambert.
"Why, yes, sir," said Sergt. MeBride,
'uncomfortably. "So far as I'm con
cerned, I can honestly My I did not
see the lieutenant coming; but, to tell
the truth, sir, we've got out of the habit
of it in the company."
"Then all these men who ore still
seated here know they should be up
and standing attention?" asked Lam
bert, as coolly as he could, though his
blue eyes were beginning to flash. He
lind heard some tittering among the
gamesters, two more of whom were now
getting up.
"Yes, sir; at least most of them do.
Only, Capt. Close don't seem to mind,
and"
"That'll do I am waiting for you
two," said Lambert. And the two who,
hanging their heads, had been tittering
into each other's faces, finding their
time had come, slowly and awkwardly
found their feet, but not the erect po
sition of the soldier.
"So far so good," said Lambert, calm
ly. "Now, sergeant, explain the rest
to them, as they seem to be uninstruct
ed recruits."
There was a general titter at this.
One of the two was an ex-sergeant of
ten years' service one of John Barley
corn's defeated wrestlers. His eyes
snapped with wrath, but he knew the
lieutenant "had the bestof him."
"Don't make it necessary for me to
repeat the lesson," said Lambert, be
fore moving on; "especially you, sir."
And the ex-sergeant was plainly the
man. indicated.
Up at the end of the row Sergt. Burns
brought his broad palm down on his
thigh with a whack of delight, then
glanced over to see how the captain
took it.
The captain was carefully uounting
over the "greenbacks" ho had just re
ceived, and, with these in hand, turned
into the dark recesses of his farther
tent. The episode in front was of minor
importance.
"You got a rakin' down, Biggs,"
laughed some of the men as the lieu
tenant was lost to sight beyond the
wagon, while the victim of his brief
reprimand glowered angrily after him.
"Dam young squirt!" snarled the fel
low. "1'il learn him a lesson yet."
"No, you won't, Biggs," was the
quick rejoinder of MeBride, "Tie was
perfectly right, as you ought to have
Fense enough to know. I'm glad, for
cue. to see it. for this company has sim
ply been goin' to the dogs for the last
six months."
ivT
Lambert's nerves were tingling a
trifle and h".3 thoughts weie not th"
GflPTfl
most cheerful as he went away. Thnt
he should find his company commander
a miser, a recluse, and something of
a mystery, had all been foreshadowed.
But that discipline should have been
abandoned in "0" company was quite
another thing. Farnham, the captain
proper, was an ofllcer who had held
high command in the volunteers too
high, indeed, to serve with equanimity
under the field officer novvat the head of
the regiment, who had had no war serv
ice whatever. Farnham was within a
few files of promotion to majority, and
therefore despised company duty. So
long as his company had been stationed
in the city, furnishing guards and or
derlies for the various officers then
quartered there, hu remained with it,
and occasionally saw a portion of it
on Sunday morning. Then, after two
years of this demoralizing service, came
the months of detachment duty tip in
he interior, and Fnrnhnm's friends in
court were glad to get him out of such
a mire as that. Kver since June, there
fore, Close luid been alone with the men
and they with him, and no ono in au
thority had the faintest idea how things'
were going. Inspectors were also un
known In those days, and f-o long as re
ports and returns were regularly re
ceived at headquarters, and no eom-
laints uinie in from the civil author
ities of negligence or indifference on
the part of their military backers, all
went smoothly. Now, there had not
been a few instances where civil and
military officials had clashed, but "Capt.
Close and his splendid company" had
been the theme of more f linn one laud
atory report from the marshal on the
.score of what he heard from his depu
ties. Thugunural coninmndfng, indewd,
had been much elated by high com
mendation from the highest power in
Washington, all due to services ren
dered in running down Ivu Klux and
breaking up moonshiner by Capt.
Close, of company G, th infnntry.
"It's just exactly what the old duffer's
cut out for," said the adjutant general
of the department; "but I'm sorry to
have to see young Lambert sent into
such exile."
Ho could hardly hne been sorrier
than Lambert was himself, as that
young ollieer went briskly up the des
olate road along the "branch." He had
never seen a landscape so dismal in all
his life. How on earth was he to em
ploy his time? No drills, no roll calls,
no dutie.j except the sending forth of
detachments at the call of this fellow
I'nrinelee; no books except the few in
his trunk; no companions except this
heavy, illiterate, inoncj'-grnbbing lout
who did not know enough to offer him a
seat or a cup of coffee after his long
night ride; not a soul worth knowing
nearer than Quitman and only the in
ebriate Bolts there! I'crtainly Mr.
Newton Lambert felt at odds with fate
this sunny December afternoon, lie
had tried to persuade himself that the
laughable stories about Close were
grossly "xaggerntcd; but now that he
had met that officer th. indications
were in favor of their ertire truth.
It seems that Close had been on some
detached service in connection with the
ireednierV bureau, and had only joined
his regiment late in the autumn of the
memorable yellow fever year, when,
had he v desired, he could have re
mained away. His appearance at the
stricken garrison when the death rate
averaged 20 a day, when flic post was
commanded by a lieutenant, and some
ol the companies bj- coiporals, every
body else being either dead, down or
convalescent added to the halo which
hung about his hitherto Invisible head.
There was no question as to his con
summate bravery. Grant himself had
stopped in the rear of his regiment and
asked his name after its dash on the
works at Donelson, and the unknown
private was decorated with sergeant's
chevrons on the spot. Before he had
opportunity to learn much of his new
duties, "the Johnnies jumped the
picket" ono night and stampeded every
body but Close, who was given up for
lost until lie came in two days later
full of buckshot and information. His
colonel acted on the latter while the
doctors were digging out the former,
and Close got a commission as first lieu
tenant in a new regiment for his share
of the resultant benefits. One bloody
nftcrnooi as they wcrj scrambling
back, unsuccessful, and under an awful
fire, from the woiks at Yieksburg, the
colonel was left writhing on the lcnd
fwept glacis with no shelter but the
dead and dying around him, and Close
headed the squad that rushed out and
fetched him in. Everybody at MePhcr
son's side eoukl see that the rct were
firing high, when once the daring sur
vivors of the six who stinted reached
their prostrate colonel, but the bui
lt ts sounded just as deadly to the four
w ho got buck alhe, and Mel'lierson sent
for Close and wrung his hard brown
hund and looked admiringly into the
somber, impasshe face with its deep
brown, almost dog-like eyes. Some of
she Thirteenth regulars were the net
to report on Close. And these fellows,
being a Sherman's headquarters, had
influence. In the midst of so rough a
eninpaigp. Close looked but little worse
lor wear than did his associates, and
when lie brought in ten prisoners with
only tw.) men at his back, turned them
over to the Thirteenth, and went in for
more before anybody could thank him,
'Tnele Billy" swore that man was one
of the. right sort, and asked him what
he could do for him that very night.
Arid then so the story ran Clofe said
he guessed he'd like to be either a sut
ler or a quartermaster he didn't know
which and for once In his life the pop
ular general looked bewildered.
After Mission Bldge, where he got. an
other bullet through him, and one that
would have killed an ox, they simply
had to put Close on quartermaster duty,
he wanted it so much and had done such
splendid fighting and so little talking
for it. That was the end of him until
near the end of the war. His train was
captured by n dash of Forrest's cav
alry, and, though most of the guards
got away, Close went with his wagons
Anderson villc was then his abiding
place for a time, but in tome wav lie
t tinted up again during the march to
the sea, which he made on mulcback,
and when congress authorized the or
ganization of 10 regiments of infantry
as a part of the regular army in 'Of! the
great generals at the head of military
affairs were reminded of Close. He
wrote from somewhere far out west,
saying modestly that they had told him
to let them know if they could ever be
of any use to him, and the time had
come. He had concluded to continue
soldiering, and wanted to be a quarter
master, lie Was offered a first lieu
tenantey in the infantry and accepted,
though the examining hoaid shook their
heads over bis ill-written papers; was
applied for by the colonel whose lif
he had saved at Vieksburg, and who
was now on "bureau duty" in the south;
and on that work Close remained, de
spite some manors of his unfitness,
until the fever cut its wide swath in
his regiment. The adjutant and quar
terniaster were both down when Close
arrived and reported for duty. In his
calm, stolid, impassive way he proved
vastly useful. Indeed, at a time when
men were dying or deserting by scores,
when even sentry duty had to bo aban
doned, and when government property
was being loaded up and carried away
and sold in the city, it is difficult to say
what losses might not have been sus
tained but for his tireless vigilance. ITo
exposed himself fearlessly among the
dying. He said he had had a light at
tack of the fever at Kew Iberia earli'T
in the season and couldn't take itagain.
At all events, he did not. He was prob
ably the only officer who remained
longer than a week at the stricken post
and escaped.
At last came the welcome frost, Yel
low Jack's conqueror, followed by new
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Close hadd tho njund that rimhod out od
fete-had him In.
officers nnct renruits in plenty, and
Close's occupation was gone. He hud
helped to bury the adjutant, but the
quartermaster proved tough, and to
Close's keen disappointment, as the
boys began to say with returning
health, appetite, and cynicism recov
ered from his desperate illness and re
sinned his duties. When December and
the new colonel came, drills and dress
uniforms were ordered, and Close got
leave of absence and tried to get buck to
bureau duty, where they did not want
him. Then he appealed to Farnham.
and through him to Gen. Sherman
Bis wounds made him stiff und sore; he
couldn't drill or parade. It transpire 1
that he had no full uniform, and his
first and only frock-coat had been let on'
to the last shred and was still too tight
for him. Then some quci r yarns began
to be told. lie was a quasi executor for
three officers who had died intestat",
and who had little to bequeath any
how, lie had nursed them in their last
illness, and such items of their property
as had not by medical orders been con
demned and burned he had for sal
Under the regulations the major was the
proper custodian of the effects of de
ceased officers, but the major was him
self almost a victim and hud been sent
north to recuperate after a long and
desperatestruggle. On an occasion when
he simply had to appear in full uniform.
Close turned out in plumed felt hat.
sash, and epoulets which, when ques
tioned, he said were the late Capt.
Stone's, and so was the coat. Tf nobody
could be found to Ivuy them, he would,
buthedid not mean to buy "such truck"
until it was absolutely necessary.
Bcspe-r for his fighting ability in the
field and his fearless service during the
epidemic prevented any "crowding" of
the old fellow, though there was no lit
tle talk about the habits he was disclos
ing. The bachelors and "grass wid
ow erV of the infantry and battery
started a mess, but f'Ioe declined to
join. He explained that he preferred
to board with a French ereole family
a short, distance away, as he "wished
to learn the language." They gave a
big dance Christmas week and taxed
every ollieer ten dollars. Close had
nursed Pierce through the fever, and
Pierce was treasurer of the fund. Close
was accounted for as "paid," b.ith for
he original ten and the Mibsequcnt as
sessment of five dollars that was found
necessary, but. it came out of Pierce's
pocket, for Close begged off one and
refused the other, and Pierce would not
tell until it was drugged out of him by
direct questioning mouth? after. It
transpired that Close went only once a
lay to the humble dwelling, four blocks
away, where he preferred to board. lo
assiduously visited the kitchen of Com
pany "G" at breakfast and dinner limo
to sec that those meals were properly
rooked :md served, and there could be
no question that he pcisotinlly "sam
pled" everything they had. lie wore
the clothing issued to the men, until
the colonel insisted on his appearing in
proper uniform, and then had to rebuke
him for the condition of the paper col
lar and frayed black bow that were at
tached to the neckband of his flannel
shirt. He wore the soldier shoe, and
swore that noother kind suited his foot,
lie had to write letters occasionally, but
when lie did so he repaired to the com
pany office or that of the post quarter
master, and not, one cent did lie spend
for stamps.
Indeed it became a sunjeet of unoffi
cial investigation whether he spent a
cent for anything. He bought nothing
at Finkbein's, the sutler's, where, in
deed, lie was held in high disfavor, his
war record and fever service to the
contrary notwithstanding. lie never
touched i card, never played billiards,
and never invited anybody to drink,
even when his brother officers called
upon him in squads of two or three to
sea, if he would. That lie. had no preju
dice against the practice, then as uni
versal in the service as it. is now rare,
was apparent, from the tact, that he
never refuted to take a drink when in
vited, yet never seemed even faintly
xhilurnted. "You might as well pour
whisky in a knot-hole," said the sore
headed squad of youngsters that with
malice prepense had spent many hours
and dollars one night in the attempt, to
pet Old Close "loaded."
lie had to go to town occasionally on
board of survey or similar duty, and
always jought a seat in somebody's am
bulance to save th" nickel tor a six-mile
;ide in the tram ear. When he had to
take the car he would wai for some of
the youngsters, well knowing Ihey
would piy his fare. Oueewhen three of
them "put up a job on him" by the
declaration after they were well on
their way, t lint not a man in the party
had less than a five-dollar bill, he of
lered to change the five, but refused to
lend a nickel unless they gave their
word, on honor, that they were not
striving to make a convenience of him.
But the "closest" figuring he had ever
done was that, which he carried out for
several months at the expense of a cer
tain bank. Most of the officers on get
ting their pay check towards the end
of the month would take it to the near
est bank or broker and get it cashed.
Those were easy-going days in the pay
department. Many a tjme the impe
cunious subs would prevail on the major
or his clerk to let them have their sti
pend a week before it became due, and
it would be spent before it was fully
earned. Close never spent a cent, that
anyone could see or hear of, but he
was on hand to draw it as early as
any of the rest. He would take his
check und vanish. The total footing
up of his pay, rations, servant's allow
ance, "fogy," and all, was one hundred
and some dollars and sixty-eight cents.
They used no coin smaller than the
"nickel" (five cents) in the south in
those days, and it was the practice of
the banks and money-changers gener
ally to give the customer the benefit
if the cheek called for more than hnlf
the value of the nickel, otherwise to
hold it themselves. If the amount were
ftU cents the customer got only 50; if
it were fl cents lie was paid 55. Those
officers who kept a bank account, and
there were three or four, perhaps, who
did so, simply deposited their check for
Its face value and had done with it. It
was supposed that such was Close's cus
tom; but he was wiser in his generation,
as was learned later. Close took bin
check to the paying teller anil got. 100
and some dollars and 70 cents. Then
he deposited this cash with the clerk
at the receiving window and was two
cents ahead by the transaction. When
it was finally discovered and he wns
politely told that hereafter he would
be credited only with the sum called
for on the face of his cheek, Close got
it cashed elsewhere und deposited his
70 cents regularly as before. "But what
lie does it for is a mystery," said the
bank official who let this sizable cutout
of the bag, "for he never has more than
a few dollars on deposit more than a
week. lie checks it out through ionic
concerns up north."
Ito ur; co.NTiNurjD.
llrmurkuhle Nitim-n.
Did you ever stop to think thnt there
is anything remarkable in a name of
18 letters, where they compose both the
given and the surname? Note the fol
lowing remarkable list: Lucius Donii
tius Nero, Nicholas Copernicus, Wil
liam Shakespeare, Emanuel Sweden
bourg, Napoleon Bonaparte and .lames
Abraham Garfield. By spelling the.
name of the discoverer of America as
the Itinians do, Colombo, it, witli tho
Christopher, makes another name of IS
letters. The above seven, each with
18-letter names, are among the hest
knovvn persona of history. St. Loulu
Bepublic.
AN APPEAL FOR FREEDOM.
The Cuban 1. (Mimic of New York Ankft
for I'M it it tie la I AM.
The Cuban league of New York,
whoso president is Ethan Allen, and
vice presidents such men of national
reputation and honor ns Chaitnccy M.
Dcpcvv, BoBwell P. Flower, etc., has Is
sued the following appeal asking for
financial aid in it's patriotic, efforts in
behalf of struggling Cuba:
"To the People of the United States:
A bravo and generous people will aid
the oppressed. Cuba is under a brutal
tyranny. Inspired by our history she
freely bleeds for independence, and ap
peals to us for help. We must hear,
and hearing, promptly act. An irre
pressible conflict between republican
ism and monarchy was inaugurated by
Washington mid his compatriots, and
(is trustees of the great political Inher
itance from them we must be in that
confilct whether we will or not, when
ever any intelligent people fires Hie
opening gun for freedom. By an un
paralleled career of courage, and sacri
fice the Cubans have proved their right
to self-government. Our people, to
keep untarnished the heroic crown of
our fathers, which our government at
Washington for threw years has failed
to do, must extend material support to
the embattled heroes on Cuban soil.
Tho passive policy of this administra
tion, in emulation of the last, still re
pressed the nobler impulses of our peo
ple, while foul murder continues. To
give now is inoru than to fight. He who
supplies the weapon is brother In
achievement to him who wields it.
"A plan for small subscriptions at
local points, deposited there with
banks or business firms, reaches all.
bet those who will serve send addresses
of themselves and bank to the Bed,
White and Bluo Lcigue, New York.
"1CTIIAN ALLEN.
"President of the Cuban League."
DOCTORS AND PATIENTS.
Oilil TitlcN of I'h mIcIiiiin of the Old
School In IOiikIiiikI.
A physician with a large practice sees
strange sights some humorous, somu
pitiful, and some irritating. Sir Ben
jamin W. Bieliardson, commenting on
the fact that these singular sights tend
to produce in the doctor's mind tho
feeling "All thnigs arc alike to all,"
says he once surprised a bishop by say
ing that the writer of Eeclcsiastesmust
have been a doctor.
Once a woman who kept a fuel store
brought her husband to Dr. Bieliardson
in a liltlo cart with his body covered
with small coal, under the idea that by
this means she was keeping liini warm.
Another woman, to whom he prescribed
an ether mixture, therefore volatile,
first made it warm, in order that it
might lie agreeable to take.
lie was called in the early days of his
London practice to visit a servant in a
large house, and overheard the mistress
ask the housekeeper; "What sort of u
man is he, and how did he come? Did
lie drive?"
"I think you'll like him, ma'am,"
replied the housekeeper; "but, poor
man! ho is only a. walking doctor yet."
People mudo a distinction between
the walking und the driving doctor in
former days. A physician with a large
laying practice used to ride in a chariot
which cost .'100 guineas. Now people do
not care if a doctor comes in. a. landau,
or a broughuhi, or a cab, provided he
conies quickly.
The old physician was known by
everybody as a doctor. He wore a long,
broad-tailed coat, knee breeches, Hes
sian boots, a frilled shirt with ruffles
at the wrists, and a large white- cravat
of the finest lawn. He carried a cane
with a perforated lxix at the top, which
held camphor or some other smelling
substance. When he was called to u
consultation, he expected to find a tabic
spread with wine glasses, a decanter of
brandy and a bottle of wine. Youth's
Companion.
Popularity und u Hlnp.
One of the incidents thut conduced to
give the queen temporary popularity
in Ireland was this: Shu and the prince,
with the prince of Wales and Prince
Alfred, were driven in their roomy car
riage to Mr. Dargan's exhibition. The
streets and windows were thronged.
There were only bright faces, and tho
air was filled with cheers. She bowed
very affably; the prince held his hat a
little before his forehead, and hardly
bowed. The prince of Wales took off
a cap with a white band and held it
rather gracefully, as if to show that hu
should have, bowed were the queen not
present. Prince Alfred looked a little
sulky and kept his cap on his head.
The queen did not appear to see him,
but she did. She whipped the cap off
his head with one hand, and with the
other gave him such a slap In the face.
It was done In an instant, and without
nny change of countenance. Thunder
ing cheers marked the approval of the
multitude. Contemporary Beview.
I) III the Job UlniH elf.
It is related of the late Due d'Auniule
that luck of decision is illustrated by
the following incident: When about to
enter a room at a reception in 1S7.T he
was asked by the usher what name
should be announced. "Gen. le Hue
d'Aumale," ho answered; and then, sud
denly changing his inind.hesaid: "No;
announce his royal highness, Duo
d'Aumale." But, not feeling satisfied
with tills, ho said: "Say merely Hue
d'Aumale." Finally he said: "Say noth
ing," and walked in unannouticed. N.
Y. Times.
