TTJE DAILY HETlALT), PLATTSMOUTH, NE1HIASKA, FUJDAV, SEl'TKMHElt 30, 1SS7,
WOMAN AND HOME.
WHAT TO PUT UP FOR SCHOOL
CHILDREN'S LUNCHEONS.
Coamrtlo.n To ?Iilku I'uinjUlii l'lc Com
pany at tlio Eleventh Hour Suiiiiimt
lloardui Clotlir Thut Kill Stoop
fchouldt-rft IIou:)inIl Ilintx nml IIelrt.
Now tlmt ncbocl aro nlxiut opening it is
timely to call attention to tlmt nimt impor
tant meul which, in tlm mnjority of liouyiv
bolcjn, receive l,ut nliht consideration tlio
school rhiMreiiV luncheons. Tito M H'ln.'O
reads that "school ia a hungry place." At
noon timo healthy rhiMreu uro uhvays furn
ished, and tlio inMduy ruccl wit h tlic.u should
invariably lo n !i--arty one.
The households whero tlio luncheon: to ho
put up for scholars lire considered tlio day
l-fore, and nice preparations aro made that
these shall lx) tempting anl delicious, aro in
tho minority.
It is the custom of Botne parents to pivo
their children money to buy luncheon instead
of taking tho pains to plan ami prepare it.
. Tho money is k"0'''1' pxik-ikIoiI for wli.it
tho school chilil calls koixI'cs cream cakes,
pickled limes or caramels.
Tho noon meal carried to school should !o
ono of personal supervision by the housewife.
In tho Urst place, a tin lunch box thut can be
daily scalded and airod should m provided,
and not n basket tlmt soon Incomes impreg
nated with food odors. A luncheon cannot
l put in a pocket or sachet w ithout li-ing
tjHiiled, or frequently broken into a conglom
eration anything but npjetiziii. When tho
chilil oeiis its luiicheoii, if it is a surprise of
Khm1 things tho fact of its havinji been re
membered and catereil to adds a relish.
Suudwichos mado of ham, tongue, salt and
lnghly sensoned meats aro not desirable, for
they occasion thirst, which is inconvenient
during the school session. Chicken, turkey,
hard lioiled eggs or liny fresh tender meat
mako tootlisomo sandwiches. English bread
ond butter sandwiches spread with cream
cheese aro well liketl. Hoston or other brown
bread spread with jelly is n dessert inoro
wholesomo than pristry.
Tho layer in tho sandwich center is more
easily eaten und can le more neatly intro
duced if chopied.
A delicious brown bread for sandwiches or
to servo with oysters is made as follows: In a
larfjo yellow bowl scald one quart of j'ellow
Indian meal. This is done by covering tho
ineal with lioiling water sufficient to moisten
it thoroughly ami then allowing it to cool
until tepid. Mix w ith it ono cup of r3-o meal,
no teacupful of yeast, three-quarters of a
cup of molasses, a little salt ami oiiough tepid
water to mako a thin paste. Stir all together
and turn into a buttered baking pan. Cover
with a cloth and let rise in a warm pla"o.
"When the top begins to crack open pla--o in a
moderate oven and bake four hours. This
should be twelve hours old w hen cut for sand
wiches. Ono of tho liest luncheon relishes is celery.
It should bo dusted with suit and rolled in
wax paper, after sprinkling with water. It is
very wholesome, refreshing and a nervine.
Waxed paper is indispensable for putting up
tho luncheon. Sandwiches, pickles, radishes,
cake, are jierfectly protected when covered
with it. Japanese pajn-r napkins are servicc
able and agroeablo for the school luncheon,
for they take up but little room and may bo
thrown away after using. Theso nml tho wax
pajvr cost but a trifling sum if purchased in
quantity.
The luncheon should bo varied daily. Meat
Juread is a good substitute for sandwiches.
Slake a ferment of yeast and water and pro
ceed as for ordinary bread. Incorporate
thoroughly two ioimds of flour and ono of
clear beef, chopped very fine and sprinkled
with salt. During the making and baking
process tho meat disripwars entirely, but tho
LMitri;ivo principles remain in the loaf.
luncheon cake, not too rich for health,
but .'ufltciently so to bo tempting, may bo
lumlo Vvith half ound of butter, half pound
of sugar, three-quarters pound of flour, five
er"s and ouo gill of wine, and cinnamon, ntit
fiw' and extract of roso. Bake in papered
shallow pans. This cake is much improved
by icing. A luncheon ginger bread, liked by
.young folks, is niado by using one and a half
pounds of flour, quarter pound butter, ono
pound of molasses, quarter pound cf brown
ugar, three eggs, quarter of a pint of warm
milk, ono ounce of ginger, half ounce of all
spice and ono toaspoonful of soda. Just be
fore this is done, brush tho top of tho cako
iI;h"tho yolk of an egg beaten into a half
cup of milk, return to tho oven and finish
baking.
A raised raisin cake is one of tho best for
the luncheon. Two pounds of flour, half
pound sugar, half pound butter, six eggs,
three-fourths of a pint of water, one pound
:0f seeded raisins, ths juice and grated rind
one lemon, ona gill of yeast. Set a sponge
with a portion of the flour, the yeast and tho
w ater, letting it stand three hours. Add tlio
other ingredients, melting tho butter and
beating separately th yolks and whites of
the eggs. Before making into a dough with
the flour, let it riso again ono hour. Then
mold into pans and bake slowly. When
done and cool, sift heavily over the loaf
powdered sugar. New York Evening Sun.
Cosmetics and Complexion.
.If it were only a questiou of money wasted
ttncj folly enlightened, it would net be worth
whil.3 to preach upon this text, perhaps. Cut
probably nino out of every ten of the cos
metics in market are positively harmful.
"White lead, bismuth, arsenic and other power
ful poisons aro the usual base. They impart
for a timo an artificial bloom, always fol
lowed bT a darkening and coarsening of the
Of the heart, mid not sei.iom in paralysis.
The Egypti a.i a111 Koaian ladies, who were
to famous for the.'r beauty of complexion, aro
said, indeed, to have Is nrul unguents
and medicated baths. Cut it is probable that
their cosmetics were of t lie simplest, the equiv
alent of our harmless l ost -water an .1 glycerine
for the soothing of an irrit;."11 surface or the
whitening of the Lands. It is certain that the
efficacy of tlio baths lav in t.Vir frequency
and thoroughness. To an Egyi. t:au princess
or Roman noble's wife we mcxieri v w"ith our
morning's hasty dip into a tub cf te,"1 wa'cr
would rank with tho great unwashed. From
the scalding and rinsing and scraping
rubbing and kneading and oiling that .'-lltir
bathing involved, they came forth with sk ,I13
of velvet, because every atom of waste wt. 8
removed and every organ in the body was
luaintaiued at its full t-limir.ative power.
They changed their body lir.en every day as
well, and by this scrupulous cleanliness offset
in some degree their dns against the stomach.
Among moderns, English women, as a rule,
possess in youth and keep till age tho finest
complexions. Their- climate is kind to them.
Its jierjietual moistexe seems to teep them in
perpetual bloom, as it does their wonderful
roses. But besides their climate, their cus
toms favor them. English jjirls are kept in
the nursery or the school room, free from tho
excitement of late bours, ric?i food, adult so
ciety, fashionable dress or habits till their
constitutions are & &abUsiied cud their phy
kjue tjeveioiidd. to TUe . simple food, daily
grain of tho skm. The habitual use or arser.?.c
In pills, w fers or solution results in a dis
turbance o the circulation, a weakened action
tilth, hours spent oot of doors, on foot or on
Lor.seback, r:i l urn ventful life, givo them
Huuid fctomarhx, hearty livers and tranquil
nerves, and th' beaulLul coloring is a matter
of course. i larper's Bazar.
To Mnkn I'uiiiplilti I'lc.
I was reading rot I i:.g ago. a "recijto for
making a xi ry rich pumpkin pio.n It called
for a pound of butter, a quart f rich, swvoS
milk, ten or tv.clvo ci;gs, U a quart of Mft-d
piiinpl.iiL It'itln-r -x;.cn-ivo luxuries for
moderate liver;. Now, within the meiyory of
tho lioilest inhabitant," that vein -ruble indi
vMual of which cvi ry neil,b(.rh'.ol has iti
ono or two. th mother of whom, perhaps,
inad- lier pu'Tip!;in pies aftt-r this inetliod:
tuft Indian nw ..I on a pie ii.-.h t tiio depth of
a third of an inch or so, the i-icommo not
always uccurut-.!. Ktew thn pumpkin, spread
on tho mealed dish and bake nil hour in a
brick oven r one lx;fore the fn o. Fire places
wero much in , ogue i:i thoo-j days. That in
habitant ate of pumpkin pies fr-jin September
until Cliri.-.tmus, was hearty, healthy and
well. Ho Ira.-ted, fairly fatted, on tho
round, yellow pumpkin and hoir." & row n corn
meal. Methinks the newspapers of 17TC5 ami
1SO0 ciit-aim-d few patent medicine cures for
the liver. Tie' children of tho.-;o far gono
days lived on "kettle lo. J" and "bean por
ridge." Ileus wero of the breed that did not
lay much, mid all tho butter was in tho "old
cow's horn."
Tho wife of this "old inhabitant" concocted
her pumpkin pio after this method: "I'aro
and stew the pumpkin; strain through a col
under, thinning with milk until tho consis
tency of thick cream, add salt, molasses
enough to sweeten to taste, a tablespoon of
ginger, a few pulverized cloves and an egg to
each pie; or a tublespoonful of flour rubbed
to a smooth paste and stirred through. For
Thanksgiving or extra occlusions a few raisins,
previously .'.tewed, wero dropped around in
each pio. Bako on a paste in a cool oven an
hour and a half, l'ls paste was made by rub
bing one teacupful of shortening through a
quart of flour, wet w ith a cup of milk or wa
ter. This quantity will mako four pumpkin
pies and two of appln or any kind of pie that
has an upicr ami under crust." Cor. Detroit
Free Press.
Company at tlio Z21cvenlh Hour.
Wo think it a great help to keep stored in
our pantry a quantity of prepared flour,
ready for the quick making of cake, dough
nuts, fritters or biscuit, should company un
expectedly arrive near tho meal hour, or, wo,
at the last moment, lie requested to furnish a
tempting loaf of cako or plato of crullers for
6omo entertainment.
Against such emergencies we weigh into an
empty, clean barrel, twenty-five pounds of
the bet (lour wo call obtain, and sift inK '
one package of Ilorsford's bread preparat
Xe.t, we tako a long handled spoon .mJ
stir the flour till tho preparation is thoroughly
whi-V ' " T' wo twi- isiifc
the conic... -way
from air and dust as close-ly as po.o...
When cake is wanted, or wo are in imme
diate need of "company" biscuit, whito und
feathery, wo have only to measure cream and
sugar, whisk up our eggs, and pop in spices
and fruit; or, to simply me:isuro sweet milk,
if biscuit, only, aro wanted, and add flour till
tho dough is of tho right texture. Since the
introduction of this prepared flour in our
pantry, wo have our cakes stirred and beauti
fully baking in the same timo that would le
quiro us, hi the old way, to measure and free
of lumps, creum of tartar, or acid and soda
and measure and sift every individual cup of
flour. Clarissa lV.tter in Good Housekeeping.
Summer KoarcJers as Missionaries.
Tho accident that scut out tho first summer
boarder was a so---l falling on quick soil.
There was n struggle iu tho beginning to meet
the wants of the urbans; there was a decided
hostility toward tho fussy bei:;gs who would
not drink from wella near which backdoor
slops and sink spouts dribbled, who objected
to flies, who did not lileo meat fried, who
wanted air, who could find pleasure in traps
ing through woods and meadows and bring
ing home green truck. But hostility or not,
tho thing meant new gowns, a term at tho
academy, another cow, an improved team, a
mortgage lifted, attainment of the impossible.
An 1 year by year the summer boarder came,
and with tho money to t,pare from ono tlio
houso was painted for another; and with re
sulting funds the fences were reorganized
ami tho porche3 came. It was sho who, hav
ing suggested tho piazza, suggested tho vines
for it; and so much done, tho girls of tb.3
houso kept paco with a flower garden of
their own.
And with tho summer boarder er.mo books
and magazines, and pleasant habit3 of talk,
sometimes muie, usually gentle manners.
Occasionally one of tho girls was invited for
a glimpse of tho city, bringing home matter
for marvel; and tho end of it all was corrected
habits, corrected grammar, widened views,
homes transformed from ignorant dreariness
to neat attractiveness, libraries, pianos, grace
of furnishing, and country folk on a level
with city folk. Of course there were always
country folk who dwelt on tho highest level
that there is; but to those who did not the
summer board or has been a city missionary.
Harper's Bazar.
To Straighten Stoop Shoulders.
Some timo ago I noticed that some one
wanted to know what would tend to
straighten a stoop shouldered girl.
Tho following movements, performed with
one pound wooden dumb lells, or as free
hand movements, will bo found very benefi
cial if persevered in. Tho best time is upon
rising and retiring, as tho body should not be
bound in any way by the clothing:
1. Arms est ended horizontally in front,
with palms facing, hands clenched. Hold
tho head erect and the chest out. Then draw
the hands in strongly, tho elbows passing
close to the body and as far back as possible.
2. Same position except that tho hands are
open. Swing the hands back to the sido hori
zontal position as far back as possible.
3. Hands hanging in their natural position
at tho sides. Raise the arms slowly, sido
wise, until the backs of the hands touch above
the head, keeping them as far back as possible.
Of ccui'so as erect a position as jossible
must be maintained at ail times, or tho spe
ial training will do no good. Do not be dis-cc-uraged.
for you have beeu getting that
stoeiped back for years, and you mustn't ex
pect to straighten all of a sudden.
Alove all things don't wear shoulder
braces. They strengthen the muscles cf tho
chest by the continual resistance, while tho
back muscles are net called into action.
Mrs. A. 1-1. C. in Detroit Free Press.
Clothes That Kill.
Tho advkv to women to promote their
health bv out door c-sercise is novcr wanting.
But no ani'.'iiut of fresh air exercise can save
vonieu from the evil effects of their present
stj loof dfess. It Is their clothes that kill
them.
Every step a woman takes her foot contends
with lie." skirt. She lifts it en the instep, and
she lifts it o:i tho heel. The weight may be
ounces or pounds, but it is taken up at every
step. The heavy skirts, with flounces, over
skirt, and other trimmings, bang their many
pounds, flapping around the foc-t end legs of j
the wearer. The corset does not allow spac-3 !
to take a full brt-atb, and the tight sleeves
cause the muscles to cry for room. Dressed
a tis f&bluon, tbe wearer comes back from j
ber walk for "fresh air an.l sjrcrrino" tired
through and through, und is the worse for it,
U-wi j us sho lia -t iiliod and carried hundreds of
pounds.
Stun 1 at any city street corner and watch
tho wo:;ien us they pass, llovv tired they
look! How their dre-scs flap around theni.
Contrast them with men. Men's b-ot lift no i
weight of clothes. Men's steps contend with
nothing. Every muscle has its natural e;. r-ci.-e.
O'lfdo-d- air and txercdto are good for
them. H aal 1 of Health.
Wlicro to Look for Falilomi.
If it were nec:ssary for American women
to look to for igners for their fashions they
might much !tu-r go a little further south,
aer, iss tho l'yreiio-s. Tho women of Spain
have a world w ide reputation for tho grace
and loveliness of their dref-. Why is it wo
havo never attempted to copy them? Artists
love to paint their graceful mantillas and
flowing veils of luce they make such beauti
ful pictures, and yet wo ignore them, ami
cling to gaudy Paris. Wo see this same
flowing drajx-iy which the Spani.-li women
love, in the costumes our act resses. They
make a study of artistic effects, ami wo go
wild with admiration over tho results. Why
should wo consider such dresses, made more
plainly, of course, and of sober colors, out of
place in tin: house or tho street? Only be
cause custom has blinded our eyes. Let us
tako off tho veil for a minute, and calmly
comparo the stilT, contorted, immodest fig
ures of tho fashion plato with tho graceful,
flowing drujx ry that could so easily bo sub
stituted. Dress.
Wasting St; a p.
There is great waste in soap t hrough leav
ing tho cako in tho tub or pail, instead of lay
ing it nsido after making a strong lather. I
would Iiko to see a statno raised to honor a
domestic wise or thoughtful enough to lay
soap back in its place, instead of leaving it
to soften in tho water. Besides deserving it,
sho would Ikj an example to others. If there
bo such an ono I have never seen ber. And a
cako of soap softened by being soaked is good
for Iittlo afterward. It wastes away as a dol
lar docs w hen changed into pennies.
Soap is also wasted on paint. A Iittlo am
monia in tho cleaning water, or whiting on a.
damp cloth will clean wool much eiisier, and
leave no yellow stain to tell of its abuse.
Hester M. Poole in Good Housekeeping.
Infant niarrhcrca. Contagious
Infants havo green diarrhoea, so called from
tho color of tho intestinal discharges. There ;
is sorao reason for tho belief that tho affec-
tion ia contagious and is transmissible from a j
diseased to a healthy chilil brought within its :
influence. M. Ilayem ami M. Le.jage, his in- ;
terno, havo succeeded in rrovintr that tho :
i, -i color of tho stools was due to a special
I bacillus, tho penetration of which into tho ;
''in and tho intestine may bo recognized ;
d T.irmoiaoiia ot green cliarrucaa. iier
aid of ilealth.
Tomatoes In TnrJcey.
To pi 'servo tomatoes for winter use the
Turks mnuh them through colanders aud
then throw salt in, which causes tho pulp to
seiile, aud they are put ia bags and the water
is left to drain away. The pulp is then dried
in the shade ipread 011 fiat surfaces, and when
dry it is cut in small cakes and laid carefully
in jars, which aro covered. This pulp re
tains too tasto and qualities of the tomato
better than canning does. Olive Harper iu
IZansos City Times.
ITowclIs 011 Girlhood.
Mr. Ilowells has summed up one sort of
girlhood neatly and severely. "Girlhood," he
nays, "is often a turmoil of wild impulses, ig
norant exaltations, mistaken ideals, which
really represent no intelligent purpose, and
eonw from disordered nerves, ill advised
reading and the erroneous perspective of in
experience." To prevent a felon, take a cup of cold
water, put into it a teaspoonful of saloratus,
set it 0:1 tho stove, put tho finger threatened
v. iL'i ;ho felon into the cold water and keep it
thcrt -.11 til ii is so hot you cannot bear it and
tho ie Ion is killed.
Tho mixture of the yolk of an egg and
glycerine is said to bo an excellent remedy
for burns. Put equal parts of each into a
bottle and keep tightly corked. It will keep
some time if put in a cool placo. Shake each
time before applying.
Sleeplessness at night is often caused b3 tho
air of tho room having become close and
vitiated. If you cannot sleep and your
windows aro closed, trying opening a window.
In manj- cases sleep will immediately follow.
Beets aro nice in mince pies when apples
are scarce or dear. Boil, peel, chop Cue, let
stand half an hour covered with sharp vin
egar and then use liko apples. Strong coffee
is also a nice addition.
Do not lot growing children wear shoes
with high heels; it is better for them to wear
none at all, or only such an increase of thick
ness as is seen at tho heels of commonsense
flat soled shoes.
At Newport they serve baked stuffed
tomatoes for breakfast and cat currant jell3
oa dry toast, popsibl3 for tho same reason
that a cheap Englishman calls a cab a "keb."
"Salad eggs" are hard boiled, then cut in
two, and the 3-ellow mixed with mustard,
pepper, herbs, vinegar and salt, and then
served cold.
Always have three or four bricks about the
house, neatly covered with carpet, for plac
ing against the doors to keep them open.
To scour knives easSy, mix a small quan
tity of baking soda with 3-our brickdust, and
seo if 3-our knives do not polish better.
Disease often lurks in a dirty dishcloth, a
greasy .sink, en unclean tea kettle and a
poorly ventilated oveu.
Dusting cloths must bo washed often or
they will carry moro dirt into the rooms than
they take out.
A severe but sure cure for corns is said to
be creosote. Wet the coins several "nights in
succession.
Bttwee-n the hotel squash and pumpkin pie
there is rarely any diiTereueo and no distinc
tion. For ecCo'3 stains put thick glycerine on the
wrong side and wash cut in lukewarm water.
Flannels should le dried in the shade, and,
if possible, ironed while damp.
Wash out oil stains on clothes in cold
water; ink stains dip ia milk.
Hams can bo kept wrapp ed in paper and
packed ia a barrel of ashes.
To euro seed warts rub with baking
It is a sure cure.
soeia.
Alum or vinegar will set the colors of red,
green or 3-cllcw.
Strong vinegar will cure the hiccough; giv6
a teiispoonf uL
A MAN WITH A MEMORY.
OAPTUr.E OF A SUPPOSED SPY IN
SIDE THE FEDERAL LINES.
Tli Riipeot Answer Kvrjr (Juentlon "urn
Straight an a String" Algebra in m
IJoi.l Itepeuting tho Itoll K11 trapped
at LuHt.
Just lie fore Sherman advanced on his
Georgia campaign a man supposed to bo s
Confederate spy was one day arreted in a
Union camp. He was in Federal uniform,
but his look and language wero unmistakably
southern. He claimed to belong to a regi
! meat in another camp about two miles away,
and lie was sent to tho guard houso until bis
assertion could bo verili' d or di-proved. It
was in tho camp of a Wisconsin regiment
that tho spy, who gave his nai.io as (Jeorge
Swift, was arrested. Ho had come there os
tensibly to visit friends, but some of the boys
had been him slyly taking notes, and he had
asked such questions as no private Federal
soldier would have any use for. The lioys
bad 110 sooner got the idea that the stranger
was a spy than they gave information to me,
and I put him under arrest. 1 saw at a
glanco that he was of southern birth. This
was not so much against him, for at that time
we had plenty of Tennessee and Kentucky
men with us.
"What command do you belong to?" t
asked.
"The th Illinois," he replied.
I asked what brigade .and division, who was
bis captain and various other things, and be
returned what. Seemed to bo straight answers
to every question. Win 11 I asked who he
had come to visit in the Wisconsin regiment
ho was lame. Ho mentioned tho name of a
man no one had ever heard of. It was oil
this point alono that 1 held him. A messen
ger was at once sent after the Illinois captain
mailed, and in about an hour he n;peared.
The supposed spy was taken tothe tent of tho
brigade general, and as soon as brought, face
to faco with the captain ho saluted and said:
"Capt. Morton, the people hero seem to
think I am a rebel spy."
"Ati 1 who aro you ."' queried the captain,
plainly astonished.
,:Do 3'ou ask thatj" reproachfully inquired
tho man. "Who should I bo but George
Sw ift of your own company j"
"You can't bo. I neTer saw you before in
my life."
"Why, Capt. Morton!"
The two men looked at each other as if
doubting their own senses, and the general
asked of Swift:
"How long havo j ou been with his com
p:ujy?" "Four months, sir. I camo down as a re
cruit from IYkia."
"Who is your orderly sergeant?"
"i-ergt. hi!
sir."
"Who are 3'otir commissioned oifieers;"
"Capt. Morton, Fin-t Lieut. Green, and
ufc. Davis. Tho latter is homo on fur
lough." "How man' men in the company f
"Fifty-eight, sir."
"Who a; e 3-our tent mates?"'
"Oscar Jackson, Thomas Parker, and John
rridgcon."
"Well, captain?" queried tho general, as he
turned to Capt. Morton.
The captain was clean beat. Ho was dead
sure that no such man belonged to Lis com
pany, and 3'et the suspect had answered every
question as straight as a string.
"I'll stake m 3- life that I never saw this man
before," tiie capt:. in finally answered, "and I
know every man in 1113 company b- name."
The SJ13- was ordered to strip to bis shirt, and
for the first time his coolness seemed to desert
him. Ho reproached tho cr plain for per
mitting this indignit-, but slowly disrobed.
In ono of his boot legs was a pocket, and in
this pocket wo found a paper bearing figures
as follows:
A.... Id.... 27
I " 9.0U)
C.... " ....i,rro
There wero four or fivo sets of these memo
randa, running from "Id." to "4d." When
asked to explain tho meaning of them, he said
the3T were some old examples in algebra ho
had been working out with tho boys. In a
few minutes wo were satisfied that the paper
read: "Artilleiyiu first division, twenty-seven
pieces." The "I" stood for infanfiy, and tho
"C" for carair-. Wo wero satisfied, and 3'et
we were not, for as soon as wo made it out
tho way I have given it to you, Swift said:
''General, Capt. Morton does not seem to
bo a good baud to remember faces. Will3-ou
pleaso tend for the orderly sergeant and J113'
tent mates? If I can't show 03 them that I
have beeu with Company G four months 3-ou
can order mo hung as a sp3."
Tho cool proposition staggered the general.
Had we discovered the paper in tho man's
pocket instead ef his boots lie would have been
allowed to walk olT. That discovery looked
suspicious, and ho was ordered back to tho
guard house and the persons sent for. Twa
hours later ho was confronted with tho orderly
sergeant.
"Sergeant, do you know this man?' asked
tho general.
"No, sir."
"Isn't ho a member of 3-our company V
"No, sir."
Swift actually grinned as if it were a good
joke, and said:
"Perhaps I have changed skins with some
body sinco I camo out of camp this morning.
Sergt. White, your given name is Thomas.
You came from Chicago. You havo been
twice wounded. Your father was down to
seo 3-ou last week. You get love letters from
3-our girl in Galesburg, You are 32 3-ears
oliL You havo a brother Ben in Company E.
Hoar me-call tho roll of our company: All
bright, Allison, Andrews, Arkwright, Bement,
Beamer, Bostwick, Carter, Corliss, Collins,
Costigan, Cummerford"
And the man rattled off forty or fifty
names as fast as he could speak, and he got
them all correct, too. The sergeant looked
from his captaiu to tho prisoner, auiv then
pinched himself to see if he was awake or
asleep.
"I I never saw him before," h- finally
stammered, "but he must belong to the com
pany.-'
"Well, take him back to camp with 3'ou,
sergeant," observed tho generaL "Hold on,
though, didn't we Send for his tent mates?"
"They aro here, sir." ,
".Well, we'll see if they recognizo him."
The three men were brought in, and inside
of five minutes Swift was a doomed man. He
had come into camp four or five da3-s plu
vious, claiming to be looking for a friend.
and had bribed tho boys to let him into the j
tent. He made his excursions through the j
division from this point. He must have beeu j
a man with a wonderful memory, and he had !
gained oceans cf information, without seem- !
ing to pump anybody. He tried to bravo it ;
out against the three men, but other members j
of tho company were sent for, and his nerve j
at Last gave way. A court martial was con-
vened, aud four da3"3 after his capture Swift 1
was hung. While he died game and would
admit nothing, it was satisfactorily settled
that he crame from Johnson's army, mid that
he was old in the business. I was at tbe
foot of the gallows as ho mounted it, and
when the noose was put over his head I
heard him say:
"Gentlemen, it's a d d fine morning to
start ou such a journey as minor' New York
bun.
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