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TO A SOUTHERN GIRU Would match the Southern kie When Southern kie were bluest Her heart Will always take its part Where Southern hearts are truest; Bright pearls The genu of Southern girls. Her w inning smile disclose; Her cheeks When admiration speaks. Were only Southern roes. Her voice By nature and by choice. E'en those who know her slightest .Will find As soft as Southern wind When Southern winds are lightest. Iter laugh As Sight as wine or chaff. Breaks clear at witty sallies. As brooks Run bubbling through the nooks Of all her Southern valleys. Such youth, With all its charms, forsooth Alas, too well I know it! Will claim A song of love and fame Sung hy some Southern poet; But she In future years maybe These verses will discover. Some time May read this little rhyme Sung hy a Northern lover. Buffalo Commercial. BY MUTUAL .CONSENT. She was seated on the grasi, with liei shoulders propped up against a camp stool; there were two or three garden benches Ma tiding about, but she said she preferred to sit on the grass it made her feel more 'country." To intensify this feeling she had clothed her fresh young beauty in a marvelous organdy, so sheer that her arms gleamed through it like alabaster, and had pinned on her bright head a great hat drooping with roses. By her side leaned a white parasol edged with lace. Her companion, a young man in ten nis flannels, who waft stretched at her feet, had commented sarcastically upon her "rustic attire," and a hot discussion had ensued, a discussion happily inter rupted by the arrival of a servant with a tray of iced lemonade. "Ah," said Miss Gresham, helping herself to one of the fronted glasses, "if there Is one person for whom 1 en tertain an undying affection it is Betty! I know we are indebted to her for this. She Is one of those rare people who always do the correct thing." "Betty," repeated Markland, lazily, sipping his lemonade, "and who is Betty?" "He has forgotten Betty!" cried the girl, "and has no more shame than to confess it! Betty, who was always his sworn champion and who has helped him oat of I do not know how many crapes. This la the effect, I suppose, of college travel and society." "Betty!" again repeated Markland. !i!" a sudden light springing to his eyes "your old nurse, of course. Why, certainly I remember her dear com- j panlon of my youth! But I did not rec ognize her by so common a title. To me she always neemed a beneficent genius, a good angel, rafiher than an ordinary mortal." He lifted his glass To Betty," he said; "may her shadow never grow Im." "Betty was asking me about you the other day," said the girl; "she wanted to know if you still rode and loated and swam like you used to do. I told her you had given up dancing because of the exertion." She looked at him Innocently. "Did she ask you anything about your own life?" said Markland, sitting n.p "a resume of how you put in your time during the winter season In town might be interesting to her, and cer tainly profitable "Anything I do Is interesting to her," she responded, coldly. "Do you know." he said, "I have been murveliug over you ever since I came. I cannot quite realize that yon ha re been ten days in The country without being bored. How have you accomplished It? I thought that the day of miracles was past." "My good Tony," remarked Mis Gresham, patronizingly, "you must not Judge other people by yourself; it is a very foolish and narrow-minded way of doing. Because you cannot exUt happily without your chilis and thea ters no reason why I can't." "r never knew you belonged to a eh," observed Markland, mildly. "Hare you developed into tlwt wonder, a new woman?" "Oh, nonsense: You know I . wag peaking figuratively! I mean that I am not wedded to any particular state of thingsthat I can adapt myself to circumstances and enjoy whatever COIMW." . "Can you? How delightful: But, Jetting aside, ha it not been rather slow for you here, without any girl for you to see through and scorn and be amused by nor men to analyse and Craw job out and get Interested in?" "How do you know there bare been !! bare jour own word for it I T:zz yon refuse four of your beat :ads permission to visit yon down :r, and I Inferred that the common "I bad been no better treated." 'yft rW iae'sald. "yon are right. My "J!'tik bee nnlnraded. I have ."irrj tad enjoying myself tbor ' Cjr CM wy"-ewddenly"who Cat ye m1 comer x tr-t I til to ran down to Vtzint ta I taoognt it not to drop In i L.Jvri.r:r retting en. f fc-iatfl Bo yon U' It jHfiid Is down; fell tu the August storm Huston tell me." "Oh, am so sorry! We used to she jKitiM-d, blushing. "Yes," he responded, "so we did. And he glanced at her laughingly. "And the house?" she hurried on; "how does It look?" "Awfully everything gone to pieces; dust, eobwet and mold everywhere; the family portraits white with mil dew." "Oh, Tony," she cried, "how dreadful! You really ought to do something about them.''- "I shall." he said. "I was fond of the place as a lad, and the trip down here has awakened all the old feeling. I am tired to death of society, lhe exertion of dancing" smiling "and the bother of being agreeable to people that one doesn't -.ire a rap alwut; so I have half made up my mind to marry and settle down in the country; that is," slowly "if 1 can persuade -the girl I love to consent to bury herself for my sake." Miss Gresham looked down; her face had lost a Hole of its bright color, but the pallor was in no way unbecoming. "I thought the best thing to do was to come and talk over the matter with you," he said, after a somewhat awk ward pause: "you always help a fellow so with your advice." "I imagine," she replied, that if a woman cared for a man she would go with him anywhere." 'Exactly, but that is the question does she care for me? You we" gaz ing at her steadily" she is a society girl, used to a good deal of gayety and movement and excitement, and It doen not seem quite fair to ask her to come down here, does it? It looks conceited and selfish, as If one thought a good deal of oneself, don't you know!" She looked at him gravely. "Do I know her?" he asked. "Is she some one you have known a Ions time?" "Oh, yes, since I was quite a boy." "Is she pretty?" "Of course, you ought to know that." "And clever?" "I suppose" slowly "she never says unkind things or sees through other people as a some of your other friends do." "Unkind things? No. Btu as to see ing thro::g'i people" -breaking into a laugh "I am obliged to admit th;it she does. You see, she has been out a lot, and the rosy liondage is a bit out of pliice; natural enough, don't you think?" "I suppose so" doulrtf u!ly "one can not go through life with one's eyes shut; that is, if anyone has any brains, and yet, somehow or other. I don't quite like the description. You are such a good fellow, Tony, for all your affec tation, that you ought to marry some body very much atwve the average." "And so I shall." "You always said," she went on, "that I might choose a wife for you. Don't you remember Just before you went to college that last ride we took?" "Assuredly." "How we agreed to atsk each other's advice about the people we should mar ry, and how we promised that neither of us would get engaged without the other's consent?" "Of course I remember. I am quite willing to abide by the old contract. I shall never marry without your per mission." "Oh, Tony, really?" "Really." She gazed at him with parted lips and shiniDg eyes. "You are very trusting how do you know that I shall not take a base ad vantage of your implicit confidence and refuse my consent altogether? Vou don't know how lonesome it will be going out next winter without you. I have got so ued to having you around that I don't believe I'll enjoy myself la the least unless you are there." She pondered a moment. "Come." she said. "I will compro mise. I won't forbid the banns alto gether, but you must not think of mar rying until I am tired of society and ready to take the fatal tep myself How will that suit you?" "Perfectly, if you don't put it off too long." "Oh, well, that I don't know. I have about decided to be a spinster." "Come, now, that Isn't fair. Suppose we agreed to be married the same day? That meets with your approval? Well. 10 seep uuii promise iresti in your memory" reaching over and taking her hand "wear this for my sake." He drew her glove off very gently and sliped a loop of diamonds on her finger. The blood flashed to her cheeks. 'Tony," she cried, the full meaning of his action breaking over her, "Tony, I don't understand. I " "Oh, yes, you do," he answered, drawing a reassuring arm about her. "but for fear you might make a mis take and go off and marry another fel low, I will make my meaning clearer. I love you I have always loved you. I hare never dreamed of asking anyone else to marry me. I would have told you ao before, but you are such a dreadful little flirt that I was afraid to test my fate. What say you, sweet heart? Shall we marry and settle down at the old place?" "And H was I all the time," she mur mured, "and I thought you meant "Wbor asked Markland, curiously. :Oh, new mind," hastily "I see now. what an absurd Idea It was. 80 yon a)waya Iored me, ever since I waa a child? Well, really, Tony, It was only fair, for I never cared for anyone aa I cared for yon. Come, let us go la and tell Betty." New Orleans Times. . TfcaaUctt Ma, " shall tpply lor a divorce. Be la treating me like a dog and be makes m wort VSsm fcorta.7 -Tfa tbaa jraej) soocU mala yew eetr;!j 10 tit Eadtty for toe Pro taetea of it:S aJ ect to tU cr --lCatw O rtsit." THEIR STORIES DIDN'T AGREE. How the Klcvator Man Got the Sph fcditor Into trouble. "I've a good notion to get a gun and shoot that elevator mail," said one of the sub-editors in a rage as he tossed a ' bundle of proofs on the floor. "What' the matter?" asked an assist ant. "What's he been doiug to you now making you walk up the stairs again?" "Xo," roared the sub-editor. "But I'll make him walk up the stains, if he isn't careful -up the golden stairs, at that." "But what ha he done to you?" again asked the assistant. "Surely you aren't going to send an elevator man to king dom come Just for nothing. What's all I the trouble?" "Oh. trouble enough," snapped the sub-editor. "Last night I took my wife down to a theater and came over here to the shop to see if everything was going all right, 1 expected to go back in a minute, but when I got here I found that the 'old man' had left, word to have me come over to his house If 1 came in; he had something to tell me about how he wanted the paper made up. "Well. I bustled over, thinking I could go; back lief ore the theater was out." continued the sub-editor, "but I didn't. My wife came over here alone, of course, when the show was out, aud mad, too. liecause 1 had let her wander around town alone so late at night. When she got In the elevator the bloom ing idiot who runs it, thinking he was doing me a good turn by making my wife believe I was sticking close around the office and tending to business, began to tell her where I was. "Just went out a minute ago. He was with a couple of gentlemen. I guess they just went out to get a cigar or something.' "I found my wife wailing for me !:t the office when I came ba.-k. I began to apologize, of course, for letting her come away from the theater aln". a i l explained that 1 had been over to see the 'old man I thought she looked at me rather queerl.v, but she didn't s.'iy anything until I had finished. Theii she gave me a sour stare and said: 'It's a pity you couldn't make your stories agree She told me about the 'two gentlemen' with whom I went out to -ft . a. i-iar, ami in spite or all I '.an say ; now she thinks I was loafing around m- '' CI loons downtown In preference to being in a theater with her. She actually be- j lieves that lying elevator man rather I than believe me." I i'erharw that because he hasn't fooled her as often as you have." sug gested the assistant, and he just dodged a paper weight as he scooted out the door. Chicago Times-Herald. Had Hade a Minute. It was the judge doing the talking. "One of my most peculiar experiences was while I was on the bench down in Pennsylvania. Hunk Wodders was! brought down from the mountains charged with stealing a shoat from one of his neighbors. I had hunted ami fished with the old fellow as a guide and felt worry to see him In trouble. I asked him if he wanted a jury trial. " 'Don't want no trial 'tall,' he replied doggedly. Til just plead guilty. I hain't got no witness or no friends. They'll jist swear I stole that hog an wher'll I be?" " 'Rut did you steal it. Hunk?' " 'Didn't steal uothin'. Rut I kin take my medicine " 'I'll euter a plea of not guilty and appoint a lawyer to defend you. You shall have a chance to prove your Innocent-.' " 'I hain't a goiu' to fool 'round with no lawyer. I bought that shoat from a feller, an' that's all there are to it.' "Then I nlled hlui to me and whis lK'red: 'Now, honest, Hunk. In'tweeii man and man. did you steal the pig'.' " Must at ween you and me, jedge?' "'No one else shall know a word alsiut it . " 'Course I did. That there measly Bill Sims owed me $3 fur t wo years an' I jest lifted the shoat to get even "The case went to trial. The testi mony against Hunk was strong and I charged the jury as fairly as I ever did Iu my life, but they acquitted him. "Then Hunk came up to me with flushed face and hanging head. "Ron my soul, Jedge, I didn't mean fur ter tell you no lie. I thought I stole that shoat. but it 'pears I didn't " Letters. The following is a process for etch ing letters, names, or designs on me tallic goods, rfuch as knives for In-' stance: The object are covered with , the following mixture; One litre of naphtha, oue-thlrd keg of carbon bisul phide.' two kegs of pulverized resin, fif teen kegs of chloride of copper. After covering with a thin layer of this the ' stencil or type Is washed with a weak solution of Potash aud Dressed on the surface, whicn is then washed, after thoutmniU of Confederates whose for which it Is wt with a weak solution 1 ,,m'' were to m:"1'- a,"l that of salamoniac through which a cur-1 fon:e uc wo,,,d have h,', u Me ve rent 1 passed, which Uieu etches the ' Mii'lllfJ or might have become a metal where the insulating coat been removed. has The Cradle. According to a French journal, an In ventor has devised an electrical ar rangement which consists of a micro phone placed near the head of a bs.br In Its cradle, and connected to a sort of ! relav which ooeratM an electric bell ' placed near to where the nurse la ! asleep; a cry from the child will, there fore, cause the bell to ring. Aa Upliftlaa; Aaslcasscat. Weary Reporter Any assignment for me to-day? . , City Editor (brlskly-Tes; go to Del. , aware and est a Job In a powder mill and when an explosion occurs writ It I Baporter-Wrlu It op? . r Ctty SdMor-Well, yo eaa wait O yon mm dowa-uarteoi Ufa. 1 . . . . - .. 1 fcuca to lear. " ti mWtSle finrtf g frta 3t4' U 4"bot blta tbd aiinoai tb d.wteM ! Ert TOO O 1 MpEIrBfe 4 &feli ; ' Of all the conspicuous figures of the civil war, none perhaps has so varied and romantic an experience as General Jo Shelby. Greater Generals than he were iu the conflict, more distinguish ed commanders have passed into his tory, but taking him by and large, us a typical American soldier a free lance among the lighter and more dash ing exemplarles of the art of war he stood with Sheridan. Jeb Stuart, Hos scr, Custer and the other dare-devils, who rode to win, iu clouds of dust and amid the clatter of saliers. That he did not know how or when to surrender Is not so much to bis discredit as a sol dier, as his subsequent action In run ning off to Mexico and offering his sword to a foreign adventurer reflected upon his American citizenship. But then his wound were sore; his years were few; his ambition boon. lb s, and his matured good sense had yet to come. When in lsfi", after his experi ence with Maximilian, he crept buck to Fayette County, Missouri, and saw some beauty yet in the stars ami stripes, his vision took a wider scope, and iu spite of himself he had to admit that there was no laud like the hind of : his birth. General Shelby's experience In Mex ico, at about the close of Maximilian's 1 r(K'I11L'. sounds like a romance. Major t..i. v r,i ..... -.1 . ...1 . John N. Edwards, who some years ago was the Boswell of Shelby's career, dwelt at length upou his experience ! with the ill-starred Austrian. It Is J worth reproducing here. Major Ed j wards said: I "At the close of the war, when Kirby ! Smith, in command of the department, ! was anxious to surrender. General 1 Shelby was an advocate of further re sistance. French support, medicines, ammunition and French gold were coming by way of Mexico, nnd upon these be based hope. His protest was unavailing, aud the surrender was made at Shreveport and the army dis- banded. Refore the surrender was i made the army became dissatisfied with General Smith, and General Shel f by was commissioned to ask him to ) withdraw as direct commander of the army, which he did In favor of General j Buckuer. At the surrender of the army Smith surrendered to Buckner, and Buckuer surrendered to the United . States. "Shelby then gathered about him 600 men. They were Missouriaus for the most part, and were willing i follow their leader to the utmost confine off the earth. They determined to go Into j Mexico and take part in the contest ! then waging between Maximilian and t Juarez. Shelby's march through Texas Is remarkable In many respects. Tex as was a vast arsenal of arms and am munition at this time, and bis troops were well supplied. Some returning and disbanded soldiers at limes attempt ed to levy contributions upou the surrounding country, but Shelby's stern orders arrested them in the act, and his swift punishment of depreda tions left a shield over the neighbor hood, that needi'd only its shadow to Insure safety. "When the first Mexican station was reached General Shelby sold his can non, and ids men took a vole the same night to decide which of the contending parties iu Mexico they should join. Shelby was .decidedly in favor of Join ing Juarez, who led the revolution, well arguing With his usual sagacity and foresight that the United States would never allow a foreign power to gain a foothold on American soil. But his men favored the imperial party and lie allowed himself to be governed by their wishes. They crossed the Iilo raude Mexico. at Eagle I'ass and entered A few days later Shelby was offered the com maud of the States of Nueva Leone and Coabulla, but the of fer was declined, as his men had Join ed the imperial forces. "Historians say thut had General Shelby accepted this position he would In all probability have been Joined by power in .-nenicos nnairs. "However that may lx, General Shel by aud bis men bad many a bloody and fierce eucotiuter with the brigands that Infested Mexico before they reached the City of Mexico. One of these was the rescue and Ills-ration of lues Walk er, a beautiful American who had been lucated In California. She was secu yar before by Rodriguez, a million- lrc Spaniard, who took a fancy to her and abducted her. In the encounter bo waa killed, and the American wom an received tbe Protection of Shelby's men. "Shelby offered bla services to the Cmperor, bot they were refused. Max imilian waa not willing to trust tbe Americans In his organised army. It la n curious fact that General Shelby when Interviewing Maximilian's repre sentative, predicted the situation that afterward befell that luckless Bmpar- 9t. "when Bhelby gathered bla Ct Enr, t ai: Tragi a wameu, ana pernaps it is pest so. Those who have fought as you have for 11 principle have nothing to gain In a war of conquest. I stand ready to abide your decision In the matter of our destiny. If you say we shall march to the headquarters of Juarez, then wi will march. You will refuse to-day as you ret used lierore, because you are Imperialists at heart, and because, jKior simpletons, you Imagined that France and the United States would come to blows. Bab, tbe day for that has gone by Iyouis Napoleon has slept too Ion "Jt was necessary that the men should have a little money, and Ba zalne, the French general, was applied to. He gave en'-h man $50. rfnd then every man went the way It best suited blm. "At the time the famous emigration scheme of Maximilian's Government was decided upon, and the celebrated colony of Carlolta formed. Agents wen sent to every place in the South. Ijind was set apart for actual American set Hers, each to receive 010 acres. Shelby advised his meu to give up at once any further idea of service In Maximilian's army. Many accepted bis advice and entered heartily into the du' s of tin1 new life. A few joined "the imperial army in Sonora. Gen. Shelby, with headquarters at Cordova, became a large f n ight contractor. Among those In the colony with him were Gen. Ster ling Trice, Gen. Stephens of Lee's (staff. Gov. Keynolds, ex-Gov. Allen of Lou isiana, ex -Gov. Lyons of Kentucky and Gen. MeCausland of Virginia. Ex-Gov Isham G. Harris was also a settler. Freighting soon proved unprofitable. and be went to Vera Cruz, and was fitted out with a vessel and Instructed to sail for Havana In furtherance of the colonization scheme. H,- loaded bis ship with agricultural Implements ex IKirted from America and returned to Mexico. But Maximilian's forces were meeting with defeat on every hand. and Shelby saw that the end was near. At last Maximilian sent for Shelby and asked him how many Americans he could summon to bis assistance. ' " 'Not a eorixiral's guard,' said the General. 'You are too late " Referring more particularly to Gen. Shelby's intercourse with Maximilian In the winter of 18W-G7. MaJ. Edwards wrote these Interesting details; "When Shelby arrived in Mexico the treasury was empty. Maximilian had been ruling for a year. The French held everything worth holding, except ing that Mexican brigandage ruled and grew. .No effort of tin; French could M,"l' it. Maximilian's Marshal, Ba- scnine, ruled the military with a reign of death. Susjieeted men were shot everywhere, without the formality of a trial. Maximilian was displeased. His heart was with the Mexicans and he remonstrated with the marshal, but to no purpose, and finally there was an estrangement. "Shelby saw all these things, and planned an interview with the Emper or. Commodore Maury and General Magruder arranged it for him, and Maximilian met him with evident frankness and sincerity. "The marshal was uresent and Count de None was interpreter. Shelby's plans, ns he laid them before the Em peror, were to take Immediate service In the empire, recruit a corps of 40.000 Americans, encourage immigration, de velop the resources of the country, con solidate the Covenimct.t agHiurt the withdrawal of lhe French soldiers, and hold it till the people became reconciled to the change. The Emperor simply listened with In terest, ami that wa aJI. "'It is only a question of time, your Majesty ,ald General Shelby, 'till the French soldiers art wlthdrawu. "Hazaine smiled a little, and the Em peror asked: 'Why do you think so?" '"Because said General Shslby, 'the war between the states is at an c;id, and Mr. Seward will insist on a rigor ous enforcement of the Monroe doc trine, France does not desire a con flict with the United States. I left behind me 1, 000,0110 men In arms, not one of whom lias yet lieen discharged from the service. The nation In sore over this occupation, nnd the presence of the French Is a perpetual ineuaee. The matter of which I have sokeii to you Is perfectly feasible. I have author ity for saying that the American Gov ernment would not lie averse to the enlistment of as many soldiers In your army as might wish to lake service, and the number need only tie limited by the exigencies of the empire. I think It absolutely necessary that you should nave a corps of foreign soldiers devoted to you personally, and reliable In any emergency "Commodore Maury and General Ma gruder sustained Buelby's views of the case, and be went on: " 'I have under my command at pres ent about 1,000 tried and experienced soldiers. All of them have seen much severe and actual service, and all of them are anxious to esllet In support of tbe empire. Wltb your permission, nod authorised In fpw name to In traatM y fereee, I can ! i ftw magZa cu re4 &3 tktxt tmSam I have made you here to-day "But the Emperor was silent. Aris ing, he talked In an aslda wilh Do Xeue and went. " 'It Is no use said De Noue to Shel by, after the Emperor had leYt the room, 'the Emperor Is firm on the point of diplomacy. He means to try nego tiations and correspondence with lhe United States. His sole desire Is to give tbe Mexicans a good government, lenient yet restraining laws, and to develop the country and educate the people. He believes he can do this with native troops. He Is an enthusi ast, and reasons from the heart In stead of from the head. He will not succeed. He does not understand the iKMiple over whom be rules, nor any of the dangers which beet him. It is no use, General, the Emperor will not give you employment " 'I knew It,' said Shelby, 'from bis countenance, nnd I say to you In all frankness Maximilian will fall in bis diplomacy. lie will not have time to work the problem out. Jaurez lives as surely In the hearts of the people as tbe snow Is eternal on the brow of ropocatapetl, and ere an answer could come from Seward to the Emperor's Minister of State the Emperor will have no Minister of State "Hi tory now tells how true was Shell; iu his spoken Judgment. When the struggle came that Shelby bad so bluntly and plainly predicted Maximil ian was in the midst of 8,000,000 sav ages without tin army, scarcely a guard, abandoned, deserted aud be trayed. "As Maximilian heard the news of defeat after defeat he turned to the Americans and sent for Shelby, who was then nt Cordova, and Shelby, faint at heart, answered Immediately and presented,, himself, Is-fore the Emperor. The Interview was brief uud almost sad. ""How many Americans are there In the country? the Emperor asked. ' 'Not enough for a corporal's guard said Shelby, frankly, 'and the few who are left cannot lie utilized. Your Ma jesty has put off too long. I don't know of 'JitO Americans who could be gather ed before It would be too late.' ' 'I need 2o,()00 said the Emjieror. ' 'You need 40,000 said Shelby; 'of all the Imperial regiments In your ser vice you cannot count upon one that will stand steadfast to the end. There are desertions everywhere. As I came in I saw the regiment of the Empress marching out. You will pardon me If I speak the truth, but as devoted as that regiment should be, I would call upon your Majesty to beware of It Keep with you constantly all of the house hold troops that yet belong to tbe em pire. Do not waste them In doubtful battles. Do not divide them. The hour is at hand when Instead of numbers you will have to rely upon devotion. I am but as one man, but whatever a sin gle subject can do that thing shall be done tojbe utmost 'When the Emperor spoke again his voice was so sad that It was pitiful. 'It Is so refreshing to hear the truth be said, 'and I fed that you have told It to me as one who neither fears nor flat ters. Take this In parting, and remem ber that circumstances never render in qiossilde the right to die for a great principle He detached the golden cross of the Order of Guadalupe from his breast nd gave it to Shelby, who kept It until his death, the sole memento of a part ing that was for both the last ou earth." St. Louis Globo-Demo rat. Kfizur Sntre na n Hrnve Fnld'er. Elizur Sage, whose house and lenn- to iu Cbannahon is mortgaged for a oan of $50 to his uncle, Kussell Sage, Is well remembered by Colonel ,Iame A. Sexton of Chicago. Colonel .Sex ton was In command of the company In which Sage served-ll Company, Seventy-sec- ond Illinois Infantry. The regiment was raised under the auspices of the Chicago Board of Trade, and was rnus- tored in the service at Camp Douglas, Aug. 21, 1S;2. Colonel Sexton came to the regiment after a year's service In the Sixty-seventh Illinois. When he took command of his company he found among hLs men Eliznr Sge, a lad ap parently Kl or 11 years old, who had been duly enlisted as a drummer loy, with the consent of his parents. Recall ing him to mind, Colonel Sexton said: "I recollect him well. He was a sturdy, active and Industrious boy, kindly In disposition and a general favorite among (he men, being regard ed as a sort of a 'mascot,' I hough we didn't know what mascots were In those duys. Among the ofllcers he wo well regarded. "Ag a soldier he nas flrst-cliiss. He served with the regiment throughout the war. and participated lu some of the hardest-fought battles of the war. He was at the siege of Vl ksburg and In the battles that preceded its Investment by Grant. He was with lis during the campaign against Atlanta, and when detached from the march to the sea he was with us at the battle of Fmuklin and the rout of Hood at Nashville, "'Drummer lwy as he was, he had as jstIIous duties to perform as any man carrying a musket In the ranks. In as I recollect It, the drum corps of every regiment were organized Into a stretcher-ltearers' const. That la, they were made to go out with stretch ers and bring off the Held all the wound isl to the Weld or some other Improvised hospital. Tbe drummers and lifers were often between two fires, Miat of their own command and of tbe enemy, aud I think It required more nerve ami courage to do such duty than to stand in the ranks to be fired at, always with the chance of firing back. "Ifouug Hage, as I temember bin, waa, as I have said, a first -class sol dier, and took part In eleven pitched battlea and 200 skirmishes, being under fire 147 daya out of tbe three yean service of hla regiment." . No nan waa srer ao nincfa'detetr4 bf tMtttr m by klcsoit I- 4tJ' ' l5 .' : Jt