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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1897)
THE BATTLE-FIELDS. OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER ARMY EXPERIENCES. The BIm aa the Oraj lirUw Iacl deate of the Lata War, aatf ia a Oraaklc sad Interesting Haaaar Tell of Caaap, March a ad Battle. A Ior "nldler of the War. Johnny Clem, "the drummer boy of Chlckamauga," was one of the young est lads who entered the Federal army during the civil war. In 1801, when he was 10 years old, be offered his serv ices as drummer boy to the Third Ohio Regiment He was rejected because of his youth. While the regiment was on Its way to the front Johnny Clem In stalled himself on the train, and on Its arrival In Clnctnnatl repeated his offer to the Twenty-third Michigan. His pertinacity was at last rewarded. He was enrolled as drummer boy and later as a "marker." At the battle of Pittsburg Landing bis drum was smashed by a shell, but It was at Chlckomauga that he per formed the act of valor which won him his sobriquet. At the close of that mem orable day the Union army fell back to Chattanooga, the brigade to which Johnny belonged being left behind to guard the position. They were soon surrounded by the troops in gray, and a colonel on horseIack (lashed forward and ordered the little fellow to surren- MAJOR JOH3 CLEM. der, accompanying the command by an opprobrious epithet. Instead of obeying, the boy raised bis musket, and as the colonel bore down upon him, sword in hand, fired, and the offi cer fell dead from his horse. A fierce onslaugbtof the Confederate troops fol lowed. Three balls pierced Johnny's cap on that day Ixisslng, the historian, tells us. He lay as if dead, and not until the Confederates had ceased their firing and night had fallen did he ven ture forth, making his way to the Union headquarters at Chattanooga. For this act of gallantry he was creat ed a sergeant by Gen. Kosecrans. On his return to the Union lilies he went through other battles In which the Army of the Cumberland was en gaged. When he was mustered out In 1815 he went to Indianapolis to attend school. (Jen. Grant made him a sec ond lieutenant of the Twenty-fourth Infantry In 1871, ami lu 1874 he was graduated from the Artillery School at Fortress Monroe, and sulwequently acted, by the appointment of the S-c-retary of War, as professor of military science and tactics at the Galeshurg University. He was created major and quartermaster lu is5, and Is to-day stationed In that capacity at Atlanta, Ga. Colored Troop. The memorial to Col. Shaw, erected on Boston Common, gives particular timeliness to three paer on "The Shaw Memorial and the Sculptor St. Gaudeus," which appear lu the Cen tury. Col. Thomas Went wort h lllg glusoh, writing of "Colored Troops Un der Fire," says: In the way of direct service, It appears by the '(Hilda) Army Register" that the colored troops sustained actual casualties In 251 dif ferent engagements, and doubtless took part In many more. To those commanding them the question of their fighting qualities was soon solv ed: and them; were, of course, the per 'tyons best qualified to Judge them. Two-thirds- of a good soldier consists li. good discipline and organization; and the remaining one-third, where the race element enters in, did not iii this case Involve enough difference to affect the rcbult with any seriousness. It wau like asking whether mn with black eyes or with blue eyes made the better soldiers. Perhaps the le.-t thing said or written about the freed slaves during the war was the answer given by Gen. Saxton, after receiving a long series of questions altout them from some Is'uevoleut committee. He bade his secretary to draw a pen across all tbe Interrogations, and write at the Itottom this summary: "They ar- in tensely human." The qualities of the negro soldl-r were simply human. They were capa ble of fatigue or ardor, of cowardice or courage, of grumbling or cheerfulness, very much as white soldiers would have been In their place. If it Is nec essary to scrutinize more minutely, It. Is possible to say that they were more enthusiastic under excitement, and more easily depressed; more affection ate If Judiciously treated, and more sullen and dogged If discouraged; more gregarious, and less prone to Individ ual Initiative and so on with many other minor differences. Yet even these generalisation would be met by so many scattered exceptions an to be of subordinate value. Kvery regimental or even brigade commander come to know after a while who are the men In Ma command who covet danger, who an tbe men who aJmpry face It when R la Inevitable, and .who are the man who need watching teat, tee? actually flinch;, a ud all tfeto, .to, sojallr trwe, whether they be white or Mack. Two o'clock In the morning courage,"' In Napoleon's phrase, la a thing that be longs to the minority In every race; and It la prolbly no more abundant, and yet not rarer, among black soldiers than among white. Two peculiar trait of the black troops grew out of their former state of servitude. When serving on their own soil, or even on a soil and under conditions resembling their own, they had the great advantage of local knowledge. They were not only ready, to serve as guides, but tbey were vir tually their own guides; they were ser viceable as Indian scouts are service able; they could find their way in the dark, guess at tbe position of an ene my, follow a trail, extract knowledge from others of their own race; and all this in a way no white man could rival. Enterprises from wWch the bravest white men might shrink unaided could sometimes be safety transacted by black soldiers, or In their company. Again, they had to sustain them the vast stake of personal freedom and that of their families. Say what one pleases, they all desired tills freedom I never encountered an exception and It gave them a peculiar stimulus apart from that of the white soldier. The latter had at stake bis flag, his nation, his comrades, his life; the black soldier, If he had been a slave, had all these things risked upon the issue, and one thing more his personal freedom, with that of his household. The negro regi ments themselves recognized this, and had t feeling that they were playing for higher prizes than their white as sociates. I't the Confederacy suc ceed, and they would le remanded Into shivery, while the white soldiers would simply lay down their arms and go home. No one who did not serve with them and have their confidence could k.w tle great strength of this feeling In their hearts. Fhclled Hia Father's Beulment. The first nomination made by Abra ham Lincoln after the continuation of his Cabinet was that of Charles B. Throckmorton to be Second Lieutenant In the regular army. He had previous ly been nominated for this position by President Buchanan, on the recommen dation of his Secretary of War, Jo seph Holt, but the nomination was "hung up" by the influence of Senators Hunter and Mason, of Virginia, who were both relatives of young Throck morton, and did not approve of his ad vancement in the army of the United States. When Secretary Holt was turning over the War Deportment to Simon Cameron, the new Secretary, he told President Lincoln that lie liad but one request to make, and that was that he should reappoint his young friend as a Second Lieutenant The President readily acceded to the re quest and promptly made the nomina tion, which was as promptly confirm ed. Lieut. Throckmorton's father, as well as most of his family and kin dred, being Virginians, sympathized with the Confederacy, and his father became an officer In the reln;l army. When the war broke out the elder Throckmorton sought out his son and said: "Well, my son, I suppose you will now resign your commission?" "No, sir," replied the young Lieutenant, "you have taught me that the first duty of every man Is to his country, before all else, and I shall not depart from that Instruction. My duty Is ui der that flag the flag of my country." At the first Bull Hun Lieut. Throck morton was In charge of a lattery which was trained for several hours on a certain jmrt of the enemy's line, which was seen to suffer severely from the attack. On the day after the bat tle, an old negro found his way In the Federal lines and sought out Lieut. Throckmorton, who recognized in him his father's liody servant, who had de serted his old master. "Hello, George," said the Lieutenant "Where did you come from?" "Ober dnr; Mars John, ober dar. You mos' kill him yesterday." "What, was my father In that fight yesterday? I hoie he wasn't hurt" "No, Mars' John, vvan't hit; but you done knock de fo" top offen bis horse." Soon after this battle young Throck morton was assigned to the personal staff of (Jen. Anderson In the West, and Inter lecame an aid to Gen. Sherman, serving through the war with a gal lantry which would have won him a colonelcy had not the fact that he was a Southerner told against him. After the war he met his father, and, in spit of differences of ojilulon, affectionate relations were always maintained be tween them; yet MaJ. Throckmorton will never forget his sensations when he learned that he had nearly killed his own father. The Major Is now on the retired list of the army, and a resident of this city. New York Matl and Express. A To-th In Mia Tonirnc. Lieut, A. P. Haring, of Montelalr, N. J., a veteran of the late war, on Thurs day afternoon was oernted upon by Dr. John J. H. Love, wlo removed from his tongue a piece of tooth that had been covered over by the flesh for thirty-two years. Lieut. Haring was wounded at the tattle of Kingston, N. C, a bullet hav ing entered bis left cheek, fracturing the Jawtone and breaking off five of his lower teeth. The wound healed up and fragments of lione were gradually removed, but Mr. Haring had been troubled at times of late by some ob ject which seemed to he lodged In his tongue. A few days ago Mr. Haring became very much annoyed by soreness at tow tip of the tongue and Dr. Love was consulted. The doctor made the Incision and re moved the upper half of the tooth which an enemy's bullet had shattered. The piece of tooth had worked It way around from the left aide to th right aide of the ' tontuw, and never came near enough to tba surface to cauaa any' 111 effecta until ratantty. Newer Bvtatag New Good Honda and Broad Tire a. There can be no doubt about It Good roads are a continual blessing, or as long as they last The more we have of them the better for the State, for the State's people and for the State's horses. But while we are about It, why not Insist upon broad tires for heavy ve. fcles? Several attempts have bean made to secure the passage of a law to this effect, but It has always failed. In great measure bemuse of the oplMWiltion from the agricultural com munities. Lot the good work of good roads go on, but let the commonwealth adopt therewith tlie broad policy of broad tires.-Boston Transcript. The "Old Koman" on Good Roada. There are certain names tliat always attract attention, names that belong to inem whose Judgment has weigh and an account of whose deeds is al ways Interesting. Among such names, In tills country, Is that of the late ex-Senator Allen G. Thunnan of Ohio, the "Old Roman," or, as his associates and political friends delight to call him, "The no blest Roman of them all." He served In high Suite offices In Ohio and for a long time In the Unit! States Senate. In 1888 he was the candidate for Vice President with Mr. Cleveland. Few men so long In ixlltles had so many personal friends, or whose Judgment was so often referred to, writes Otto Doruer to the Gazette. It Is Interesting at this time, when there Is so widespread a sentiment in favor of good roads, so general that It extends to all portions of the country, to know what this groat statesman, who for fifty years was In public life, thought of the efforts being made in that direction. A few mouths liefore his death a zealous memler of the league of American Wheelmein was talking with Mr. Thunnan on the sub ject and wont away delighted at what the "Old Roman" had. said, which was as follows: "I have been in public life for nearly a half century and have taken part in the discussion of many great' questions, have helped to solve many vexed problems. Were I a young man, again, and lu public life, the matter which I would give my most earnest and constant attention would be the securing to tills country, to the fanners, the cities, people of all class es, the lest iosslble system of good roads. There Is an opening In tills line, for the right kind of a man, to make himself ii great name, If, indeed, not President of the United Suites. 1 both congratulate and thank you young gentlemen for the part you arc taking in sentiment building in behalf of good roads. The country needs them; the city needs thorn, everybody needs them." When a man like Senator Thunnan, known and resected from one end of the country to the other, by men of all nationalities, all religions and all politics, thus expresses himself, there certainly Is ample excuse for the best minds of all classes to lend aid in the accomplishment of that which he deemed so Important to accomplish. Good Koada Notes. On account of tlie unkept condition of the roadway between Pittsburg and East End, a suburban town, due to the street railroads, the wheelmen -pt the "smoky city" projiose to hold an Indig nation meeting for the abolition of the street car line. It was the farmers who originated the State aid law of New Jersey and who carried lit Into execution, with It vastly beneficial result, not only In t.ha.i State, but as an example to many other States. It was also the farmers who built tlie excellent Canandalgua roads In New York at their own cost. The Hamilton road bill has waned ono house of the Pennsylvania Legisla ture, and bids fair to become a law. despite the tactics of the opposition, which claimed that bicycle manufac turers were Interested In the bill be cause better roads would Increase the sale of their product, while the wheel man do not ay a single dollar for tlie Improvement and maintenance of the public roads. The Hlgble-Annstrong good roads bill of New York, Instigated by Presi dent Potter, has failed to pass by thret votes. Had the bill been made a law, the tax It would have Imposed for the Improvement of tlie highway could not have leen seriously objected to, since on farms of the value of $5,000 the levy would have amounted to only about 50 cents a year. The farming element U largely responsible for the defeat of the bill. According to Gen. Stone of the Agri cultural Department every wheelman la a preacher, a worker and a fighter tor good roada. It is only necessary to fnrnlah him testa for preaching, tools to work with and weapons to ngbt with, and then to hold Mm back whan his teal outruns his discretion. Kla endeavor should be to conciliate the farmer while he keeps the cities ripe for reform. ' He does not want to lose friends or to make enemies. ' He might succeed In, passing, good roada laws la spite of the farmers, .but ha would have to depend upon the farm ers at last for the execution of those laws. A novel case was recently decided by a Judge in Brighton Township, near Sacramento, Cal. The wheelmen of the township, who have a cycle path, were very much annoyed by the wan dering of cows on the path, the animals preferring the smooth path to the road. An anlnml was Impounded by the coun ty officials and a test case made. The cow came off victorious, as It was found that no pound ordinance existed for tbe township, though most of the otbr townships had laws covering such. He'd Been Right There. "Yes, I have been on a passenger train when It was held up by a gang," said the man with the burnslde whis kers, to a Detroit Free Press man, aa the subject was under discussion In tbe smoking car. "Though I didn't lose a cent, I have never congratulated my self over the event The fact Is, I made a blooming Idiot of myself." He was asked to explain matters, and he stroked his breeze-swept whiskers In an affectionate way, and contin ued: "We were In bed and asleep when the train was stopped, and the firing began. Tlie porter came through the car to say that It was a holdup, and cautioned the passengers to conceal their boodle. I had leen on a collect ing trip, and had about a thousand dollars lu cash with me. I knew I'd have to make a show If any of tha gang came In, and so I got that money out of my shLrt pocket and divided 11 up. I was perfectly willing to give up fifty or sixty dollars to save the rest. I sat on the edge of my bunk foi twenty minutes and held that portion of the boodle I was going to hand over, but none of the fellows came in. It would have leen dead easy for cm4 single man to have robbed every paw seaigor, but It seemed they were only after the express car. When they had possewsexl themselves of the express money they rode off." "But how did you make a fool of yourself?" "When all was over I put the two portions of my cash together. I had stuffed back Into my pocket just $40, and I had In my hand, waiting to pre- sent It to the first outlaw who should enter, the sum of $1)35! No one came, and none of tis were robbed, but every time I think of that little affair I want somebody to lxot me. There was a gleam of consolation, however. A St. Ixmis drummer, who loudly declared he'd fight to the death before he'd be ( robbed, got out into the aisle, and of the adjacent hospital, however, de stood ready to shoot at anybody who ' termlned effectually her vocation to be oKned the door. When the train start- j medicine. With that end In view the ed on it was found that he had hidden little high caste celestial maid, now in his guu along with other stuff under her fifteenth year, came across the his mattress, and in his hand he was seas, having met and conquered bitter, holding oi-e of his patent leather shoes determined opposition. She lmmedi as a deadly weapon! When he came ; ately entered the Ohio Wesleyan Unl to get the gun out, It was not only un- j verslty, graduating four years later a loaded, but so out of reiwJr and cov- master of arts. Three years more of nred with nust that the hammer could , study and the degree of doctor of medl- not In; lifted. You can sit here and iHwst of what you would do In case your train was held up, but I am tell- lug you that there would be nineteen chances out of twenty that you'd want to meet the fool-killer next day and have him finish the job." The Earth a Solid Mass. ntil very recent years the fact had hardly been questioned that by far the greater part of the earth's interior was tn the pnrwllttfin n flnt.l . .......... ..... ..leu..,., m,, ii i l liwiiB ex hibited on the surface, the rapid rise of temperature that is found as we pro ceed from the exterior to the Interior, and other considerations pointing al most irresistibly to such a conclusion. Indeed, a common belief was that all that was solid centered In a crust of some miles' thickness "floating" on the fiery ma.gma of the Interior. At the present time, after the brilliant mathematical expositions of Sir Will iam Thomson (Iird Kelvin), of Profes sor George Darwin, of Professor Simon Neweomb and of Mr. RudskI, this doc trine of terrestrial fluidity Is hardly longer taught. A few there are who yet linger with the old theory, but the great mass of educators and their pu pils have settled down to the comfort able conviction that our planet Is as solid or rigid as a ball of glass or steel 1 In fact, twice as rigid, according to the determination of M. RudskI. I The doctrine of solidity does not, however, Involve the assumption of equal, but of average, rigidity. Again, it Is not Implied that because the earth : Is virtually solid to the core local areas of liquidity or fluidity do not exist. It is upon these "pockets' 'or areas of molten material, theoretically assumed to ex-1 1st, that the geologist largely relies to harmonize his facts (concerning earth movements, etc.) with those of the mathematical physicist; they are to the entire mass of the earth what the air spaces are to a block of Ice Boston 1 Globe. The French Breakfast. The French breakfast is invariably the same, a bowl of cafe au la It and bread and butter. It is the only time In the day when butter Is given to one. At noon one Is served a fish and bread ilan Puy, fourteen of these hardy lit without butter, or a vegetable and tie animals having bwn provided. Miss bread. At night there will be soup, a,"11' Is 'he most enthusiastic member bit of meat, whatever vegetable was,31' tue cavalcade, her only regret be eooked In the soup, and wine. Wine Is , tUftt sl,c fnnot ride her favorite the common tieverage of the country, but It Is no heavier than lemonade. The common people do not live aa well as this. They have bread and cafe au Ib It or chocolate for breakfast and for sttpier, and a salad which Is the cheapest of nil fooda here or "pot au feu" for the meal of the day. Dande lion s served as salad, and never cook ed. It Is in season In November and December. The best friend you . have thinks while listening to your troubles how much he will enjoy repeating tba star to another friend of hla NEW EVEN CHINA. A: MONG delegates to the wom en's congress to be held in Lon don next year will be two Chi nese girls, MUa Wang and Dr. Hu King Eng. The latter Is a leader in the small but pertinacious army of Chinese wom en who have risen In revolt against the subjection of their sex In the Ori ent Dr. Hu was born In Foochow to a heritage of wealth and aristocracy. Her grandfather, Hu, was a mandarin of Influence. In the seventieth year of his age he became a convert to Chris tianity, and with him his two sons, Hu Fo Mi and Hu Yong Ml King Eng's father both of whom for more than thlrrv venrs have been Methodist I pastors and presiding elders. Soon Grandmother Hu and her daughters In-law, all of the bound foot class, in fluenced by convincing, even coercive, arguments, also reluctantly embraced the alien faith. When quite a child King Eng was placed in the girl's boarding school at Foochow. Furtive Deens into the dispensary and wards j cine was conferred by the Woman's i Medical College of Philadelphia, and 'also, after a brief postgraduate course, ' by the Philadelphia Polyclinic. Then followed several months of practical work in the Woman's hosnltal of Bos- ton. In December of 1805 Dr. Hu, fllllv wm)nnot frvr Imr Hfo art-lr L, A i V 7 f f i. ri'Ti.T t ;.1,.tSi home-coming It was. Mandarins and coolies, high and low, met the ship, eager to pay their respects. Mlaa IMll'n Lone Trip. One of the longest equestrian recrea tion trips on record has been begun by MISS EMMA DIM.. Miss Emma Dill, of Orange, N. J., who t accompanied by her father and three .her men. Mr. Dill, a wealthy law- T1"' arrnnKed tlie ,rlH wlth Walter D rand, managing director of Tatter- jall's, London. The Journey Is to be from Orange to the Uaugeley lakes, Maine, via Poughkeepsle, the Berkshire hills, Vermont, Canada, the White mountains and northern Maine. Each member of the party will ride an In- addle horse. She is a familiar figure Dn horselwek In the neighborhood of Orange, taking equestrian exercise In 111 sorts of weather. 5lrU Kxptct Too Much of Young Men "The average young man la the greeuble fellow who earns enough money to take care of himself and to put by a llttlo for special occasions," writes Ruth Ash more In the Ladle' Home Journal. "But he la not a mill ionaire, awl he Is not the young man drawn by those Illustrators who, In black and wblta, give ua so-called ao dety sketches. A. cooiDteatloa of tool. WOMAN EVEN IN CHINESE WOMAN DOCTOR. lah Influences makes the gM of to-day; expect entirely too much from tta young man of to-day. She read, or 14 toM, that when a young man la en gaged to be married be sends hit fiancee so many pounds of sweets, so many boxes of flowers, aa well aa all the new books and all the new music that may appear each week. , If there were more honest girls In tUa world honest In their treatment of young men there would be a greater number of marriages and - fewer thieves. Yes, I mean exactly what I aay. It la the expectation on the part of a foolish girl that a man should do more than he can honestly, that haat driven many men to the pentltentlary, and many more to lives of so-called sin gle blessedness." Women in Buatneta. "All women who are active In busi ness or professions want is a fair field and no favor," says Margaret Sangster. "We ask for nothing on the ground of sex. We are willing to compete with and work with men on their own ground and desire to be measured by the same standards. We demand no courtesy further than that which pre vails between gentlemen; we exrect no deference. In business life mti and women are simply workers, and tha more the element of sex Is intruded the greater the interference with the suc cess of women. The business woman who expects little attentions she Is ac customed to in the drawing-room show her ignorance of business. If they are necessary to her peace of mind she la out of place in the business world." Woman Will Practice Law. Mrs. Henrietta Wilkle, of Anderson, Ind., was recently admitted to the bar. Her admittance was protested by At torney John Beeler, of that city, but Mrs. Wilkle by her eloquence, won the judge'a opinion. Her husband la a MBS. HENRIETTA F. WILKIK. well-known lawyer of Anderson, and they will practice together. Hints to Home Ireamakera. In ninety cases out of 100 a dresa made at home is undeniably second rate, or worse, in that mysterious quat ity called "style." Why It is that pro fessional dressmakers, who are pre sumably women of little education and no particular talent, can produce satis factory gowns with a pronounced chic In cut and style that proclaims them at once to be "custom made," while the amateur, with greater taste and cultivated artistic Intelligence and per ception, should make such abortive creations whenever she tries to mak her own dresses is a problem that la often commented upon. "Home-made" gowns are certainly not as smart aa those "built" by prof esslonals but Tyby not? Why cannot women of intelli gence who have straitened incomes dress themselves and their daughters without calling in extraneous aid? It seems such a simple thing to do, espe cially in these days when the most re liable patterns of the latest fashions may be had almost for the asking, and materials cost next to nothing. In the first place, the trade-mark, aa it were, is wanting in amateur work. A dressmaker dm-s everything by rolo and rote, but this want of technical knowledge could lie easily rectified either by taking the trouble to learn the trade, which Is taught in con-para-tlvely few lessons, or by copying in de tail the construction of a gown from a good dressmaker's. "Finish" is also one of the great essentials in which professionals score to advantage. Take the wrist of an amateur's sleeve, for Instance ,nnd that of a professional good reputation. The difference Is most marked. The bottom of the skirt too almost Invariably InHrays its ori gin, lieshhw many other little detail dependent upon the character of the dress. Finally, another marked differ ence between amateur and first-class professional work is in the generous use of material. The former never "skimps," whereas the tatter, If she maks her own gowns, obvlousiy tries to save every penny. In home-made millinery especially this sklmplness Is wry apparent. A young woman with a pretty taste In trimming boniHts who could easily have half a dozen hats for the price she confesses naive ly that she la obliged to buy her head gear and give large sum for each con fectlon, because she simply cannot make up her mind to buy aa much rib bon or aa many flowers as Is really re quired. "Dear me!" exclaimed the two-head, ed girl, as the armless wonder sudden ly gathered her to his bosom. "You always aamcd ao ahjr." "Only ,Jn the presence of strangers," replied the youth, kissing bar tenderly upon each of her marble brows. And yet In the . drama there la much that Is truly and gamnaer al near, Detroit Tribune.
