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tbartteon 36urnal.
BO. B. 01Iua, 'liwHrn.
BABRI809,
NIB.
Siberia ax well ss Alaska ls coming
to the front, awl the course of the em
pire seems to be headed west by north.
It Is distressing to learn from Juneau
of a "murder by a Kake Indian." The
soldiers In Alaska ought to take that
Kake.
In the meantime It will be noticed
that Inventor Tesla uses the wire in
the flame okl way to tell the world thut
wire are useless for telegraphic pur
poses. Somebody has claimed that "bald
ness is due to the activity of a mi
crobe." That is a very ungentlemanly
term, however, to ajiply to a man's
wife.
An enterprising Chioagoan propones
to establish a matrimonial agency an
the Klondike. IMvorce courts proJwbly
will be unnecessary there, as legal sep
arations will be made with a six-
shooter.
A clergyman has startled New York
by the announcement that a new Jeru
salem will be founded shortly upon the
site which Tweed ouce laid out for a
country club. The question is, What
will the latter do about it ?
When the Alaska mercury begins to
flirt around the bottom of the tube at
about 58 below zero Joaquin Miller will
have to watch his poetic feet much
more carefully than he has been wont
to do hitherto unless he wants to court
a club-footed muse hereafter.
Those who contributed to the New
York Herald's fund to keep Mark
Twain from starvation will be glad to
learn that that eminent pauper has de
cided to spend the winter in Vienna,
where he can have the benefit of musi
cal instruction from a distinguished
professor.
Mrs. Nack, the New York murderess,
In an open letter to the women of
Am erica says that "no wife who has a
kind, true husband knows what neglect
and unkindness on the part of a bus
band may lead to." Mr. Nack may
have been neglectful and unkind, but
he i living yet. The man whose anat
omy was scattered around Greater
New York by Mrs. Nack never was a
husband at alL
The contract which Col. Hercules
took upon himself was child's play com
pared with the task which some Brook
lyn authorities have undertaken. They
propose to "reform" Coney Island. One
of their most revolutionary ideas is
that they can compel managers of the
little theaters there to discharge any
woman performer "whose reputation is
known to be bad." There is a problem
for you!
Pittsburg Times: In the countries of
the East for ages the houses have been
constructed with flat roofs and have
been utilized on occasion the same as
any other part of the domestic habitat
What an Infinite amount of comfort
that is now denied to the people of
America would be theirs If their houses
were flat-roofed, and If on every even
ing during the heated seaRon they could
go there and take the air or could woo
sleep when the heat within four walls
was unbearable. What a health resort
an open roof would be to thousands of
poor babies during the dog days, and
what a playground for children, who
tmust choose between the heat and dust
of the streets and the conditions which
prevail ir.doors. Speed the day when
every house shall have its own roof
garden.
The very popularity of the bicycle
threatens to be Its own ruin as a means
of recreation. The avidity with which
the people have taken to it has resulted
in its abuse and the consequent physi
cal Injury to the riders. But the im
morality which some clergymen pre
dicted would result from bicycle riding
has begun to make Itself apparent. The
bicycle has already furnished the
means of many elopements, and the
schools where bicycle riding Is taught
have In many instances been the scene
of undesirable alliances between people
' who would not otherwise have met.
Just as the character of the roller skat
ing rinks soon made that form of rec
reation unpopular, so the "riding acad
emies" will render wheeling unfashion
able. As a means of locomotion and
rapid transit bicycling will hold its
own, but already there have begun to
appear disadvantages which were un
looked for when the sport first started.
Chicago Chronicle: The word of a
priest Is generally to be relied upon,
but one's credulity Is taxed to believe
the story of one of the cloth who re
' cently turned $300 Into the city treas
ury at Cleveland with the explanation
that It had been embezzled from the
city by a politician whose conscience
now troubles him and who wished to
return the stolen funds. This priest in
his unworldllncss must have made a
mistake. The man who confessed could
not have been a politician. He must
hare been an ordinary citizen. One of
the cardinal principles of politics is not
to fire up. The whole system of lood
Ung would fall to the ground If this
prlact were violate. Just think of
'tiM consequences should the con
.adaacaa of Chicago politicians begin to
tfMkto tbatn la this way! What a flood
'ft MMf would pour In upon the city
't'BMMWt force five tlmts as great
;hd tfMMt om would be required
Li rcrJ tli fcM. CbfcBf could
. !'- ';'',',
"''li-:'
then take up all Its outstanding Indebt
edness sad remit all taxes for several
years. But the Idea U too preposterous.
The goud father must have been mistaken.
There ls an old saying that he who
draws up his own will has a fool for a
client, and there are many evidences
that the saying is a true one. The rec
ords of the courts are full of Instances
where even great lawyers who perform
ed this service for themselves only suc
ceeded In defeating their own inten
tions. The latest man to make thla
mistake is the late Kdmond De Gon- j
court, who left his fortune, accumu-1
lated from literary labors in Paris, for
the purpose of establishing the Gon- t
court academy, at which poor men of i
genius and talent were to be given a
helping hand. Most of the provisions
of the will concerning the founding of
this academy were copied from a for
mer will made in 1884, and in copying
the will himself the testator copied the
old date, thus invalidating his bequests
and giving the relatives who have been
contesting the will a chance to break
it, which they surely will.
A rood manv nennle who are in the
haKit r iwimr th R..tn nutiii. li-
brary have com.rdined of the rule In
that institution by which a large class
of books on the shelves and appearing
in the catalogues are kept from circula
tion. Some of these works are fiction
of an erotic nature and translations of
ancient classics and some modern
books which are not considered proper
read'ng for the general public, but a
larger class of book is that which
comes under the general liead of jiollti
cal economy. The lists are said to con
tain the works of advanced thinkers
along socialistic lines in French and
German, and these cannot be had by
tle users of books when the latter are
presumed by the authorities as liable
to be led astray by those writings.
When application is made for any of
them the applicant Is called before the
librarian and subjected to the mot
rigid examination as to his motives in
wishing to read the book, and in nine
cases out of ten the privilege is refus
ed. The same practive is in force In
perhaps a lesser degree in all public li
braries, and it ha.5 often been the cause
of wonderment on the part of ordi
nary people why the books are In the
library if they are not to be read. The
prohibited volumes are usually kept in
a reserved space known as the "infer
no" or "hell," which would appear to
be a very appropriate appellation for
books which are not fit to read.
William Shaw of Big Sandy, Mont.,
has appealed to the authorities of Lan
sing, Mich., for assistance In an affair
of the heart which already has cost
him heavily and has brought no sub
stantial dividends. Mr. Shaw explains
that he answered an advertisement of
a "dashing young widow of 20" who
used the columns of a Chicago paper to
make her loneliness known. He re
ceived a letter from "Septa," and with
it a request for $50 to enable the. "dash
ing young widow" to join him in Mon
tana. The money was forwarded
promptly, but the widow that he longed
for never came. Therefore he has ask
ed the Lansing police force to investi
gate and find out just what Is detaining
that lonely mourner of 26-Who longed to
be comforted. The police have made
certain inquiries and have learned that
Mr. Shaw's "widow" has for several
years been supporting herself, a hus
band and several interesting children
entirely by her literary labors. From
letters which they found in the "wod
ow's" room it is apparent that those lit
erary labors extended to all parts of
the United States and that Mr. Shaw's
contribution of ?50 was about the aver
age remittance. The "widow" herself
Is spending a vacation In Canada. And
yet It often Is asserted" that literary
work nowadays doesn't pay! Mr. Shaw,
who seems to be merely a type of a
rather extensive class, should under
stand that while the long distance tele-;
phone is a success the long distam.3 .
courtship is a delusion and a snare. J
Propinquity is absolutely necessary in
landing a widow. The ingenuity of man J
never has been able to devise a better
way to win a wife than to court ber at
short range, the shorter the better.
That Lansing widow has got away; lie
sides, she seems to have been very
heavily mortgaged, anyway. But there
are others. Mr. Shaw. Remember that
stirring poem by Charles A. Dana, be
ginning We may be happy yet,
You bet!
And change your methods. Adopt the
C. O. D. system in dealing with stran
gers; Cupid is .past master of the gold
brick business.
Breeding Gronnal Hog for Food.
Henry Singer, a well-known and
thrifty farmer of near Duvall Station,
Scott County, Kentucky, has for the i
last two years been domesticating the
ground bog with much success. Mr.
Singer found a burrow In which ho
captured seventeen ground hogs, and,
taking them Into a small lot on Ms
plaice, he built a close wire fence
through which none could escape. Iast
year the hogs Increased to 205, and this
year there were 1,073. Of this num.
ber Mr. Singer killed 1,000, which he
salted away and will smoke dry, as'
Kentucky farmers do with ordinary j
pork. The ground hog when so cured
is a great delicacy, and Mr. Singer has
more than enough to furnish his meat
tor the coming year.
Tb Servant' Traa Position.
"Charley," said young Mrs. TorkLns,
"when a man la elected to office doe h,
become a servant of the people?
"Yea. In a sense.'
"Well, that explains something that
i nave air nys wonnereti about. I see
now why he Is ao often ceiled a pottt -
teal boas." Washington Bar.
MISER SCHRAGE.
Beat of Hie Life Baaat la Proration
Before Hi Uoldcn I.lol.
The remains of Christopl. Schrage,
the Chicago miser who wa robbed u
March. 1SV5. of $4.",0i0 In money and
lecurlties, were Interred reeeutly a
Whiting, Ind., the home town of his
on, Fred Sen rage.
Life had few attractions for the
white-huired ecouo-
mist outside of the
strong Iron box in
which he kept the
residual treasures
of fifty years. Old
age and want, an
Ill-matched pair
V made a piteous plea
for the shriveled
and starved lody
of the lxjndholder,
but with all tlif
lmjjortunitleH they
could not melt the golden heart of his
golden idol.
Of the fto.tKK) in bonds, securities and
money which a cordon of roblicrs filch
ed from Schrage last yVar, J:MI,ikh) had
been recovered, and this fortune fat
tened in Sehrage's wife while the old
nian starved. For at least a uionth li
fore llls dt'atu Schrage had practically
i austameti irom ioou. rsciore n protest
ing body, had confined him to his bed lie
spent much of his time searching the
garbage Itoxes near his hovel at 711
Jefferson street for morsels of food, and
when weakness shut off his last supply
he would accept nourishment only from
the hand of his friend and tenant, "Pat
sy" Gurley.
When Gurlev entered the room of the
miser early one morning he found the
old man lying on his back, his limbs dis
tended and the long, vellow lingers of
his grimy right hand pointed toward
his treasury. A dingy kerosene lamp
smoked on a table near by and cast a
yellow light on the pallid features of
the sleeper. Wearied with watching
the old man had closed his eyes and de
tailed the Ixjny fingers of his hand to
keep vigil over the precious coffer.
The rising sun dispelled (lie ghastly
shadows of the scene aud a friend ex
tinguished the yellow light that burned
extravagantly at the liedside, but
Schrage slept. He will not awake In
a world of stocks and bonds.
The story of Sehrage's life Is a night
mare. His biography is n tale which
might well have been told in the days
when weazened old hermits lived on
roots aud herbs and commuted a life
of available happiness into the Insane
glances that periodically they cast into
coffers of worthless gold.
Schrage began life seventy-six years
ago. He was born in Germauy, and
when a youth followed the flag of the
emperor, coming to America late In the
'GOs. With the savings of his early
days he purchased a tract of land,
which is uow a part of the site of
Whiting, Ind. With hiR wife's assist
ance he managed to make a fair suc
cess at fanning, shipping his produce
to Chicago.
Hard work was the first stage of his
Insanity, and when he arrived in Chi
cago a few years later, he prepared to
emerge into the second stage. He
bought a house and rented rooms to
lodgers.
With the income he received he made
loans in amaH amounts to his friends
and exacted heavy Interest
When his fortune began to assume
an air of independence he commenced
to cut down expenses. His son and
daughter, unable to endure their home
surroundings, left for Whiting, Ind.,
where the former Is now successfully
engaged In business. The daughter was
unhappily married, but was divorced
several years ago, and Is now the wife
of Herman Westenfeldt of Whiting.
Nearly five years ago Sehrage's wife Is
said to have died from starvation, but
It was not until June, 185, that the old
man met bis first real sorrow. That
was the occasion on which he was rob
bed of three watches and $225 'in cash.
Shortly afterward tie bought an Iron
x in which be deposited his treasure.
but the m lu,.k snowed him. and In
jiareh, IS;!, he was robbed of $45,000.
Bphrage never recovered from the
Bhock Incident to the second robbery,
which apparently had the effect of ag
gravating bis penuriousness.
Of late years he had been In the habit
of Inspecting his money and bonds
night and day, and at times would be
found staring like a madman into his
strong Iron lox. Mrs. Fred Schrage,
daughter-in-law of the miser, and Mrs
Anna Harms, a friend, made occasional
visits to the'Schrage hovel, but 'could
not Induce the old man to (cnd a cent
for f0(Mj.
j The theft of the bonds lecame fam
ous owing to the long investigation of
the alleged connection with It of Alex
ander Hoss, former assistant chief of
police; Ed Smith and others. As the
result of the trial of the men Indicted
for the toblK-ry, among them "Sleepy
Burke," all were given their liberty,
with the exception of Gordon, who Is
now serving a term in .Toilet under the
Indeterminate sentence act
Could Mee Thrunffh His Nose.
Several author of the sixteenth cen
tury mentioned the existence of a man
who. having lost Ms eyesight, could see
through his nose. The story, much
doulrted at the time and pronounced
f.ibiilous by physicians. Is nevertheless
true If the researches of ,E. Don Hot
pi-ov correct. It seems that the vic
tim had lost his tight eye early In life
and Inter on while climbing a cherry
tne fell upon a fence, the pickets hor
ribly mutilating the left eye, the cheek
pud the now. The surgeon called In
considered the eye entlrly destroyed,
sowed up the wound and It healed in
time, forming a large scar where the
rye had been. A year later the man,
then considered stone blind, lay in the
g -flss when he surprised himself by dls-
l covering that he could perceive through
(the cavity of the aose tht at aad toe
w
C. SCHKAGE.
elr of the flowers on the meadow
an mi ml him. From that time oo he
practiced for live or six years to
With his now. which to him became
practically the organ of vision. He
gradually Wome more proficient In
seeing in this way and could see every
thing )eueath him. while be remained
quite iuseasible to the llgl from aU.ve.
The condition of this niau can be ex
plain. selcutlth-ally. Although the
lens of the eye hud Ih-.-u torn from its
socket by the fall the oii' membrane
ami the nerves at the rear of the cavity
of the eve had retained some of the
swing Hwer. When the eye had healed
together a small hole in the lsme over
the nose must have formed, which at
ed as a lens In Uie stune way as a pin
hole can Ik- used to take a photographic
picture. Thin also proves that the
retina of the eye aits like a camera
obscura where the objects from the out
side become vbsible when the rays of
light arriTc thi-re after passing through
a small oiienlug. Philadelphia Becord.
Voyaging to Heathen La n d .
The recent voyage of a certain brig
from ItoKtou to the gold coast of Africa,
as described for publication by her cap
tain, is interesting reading.
It will double iuteiwt the temper
ance and missionary societies to know
that the brig left Boston lut fall, laden
with 170 hogshead of rum for the little-known
gold coast. Ah hough she
took some other ankles, most of the
profits of the voyage were to come from
the rum.
So utterly primeval is this isolated
pan of till' Afric-ui coast that the cargo
hod to he landed throtii:li the surf from
the vessel. Through some remarkable
altoriginal instinct the natives scented
the cargo almost befor.- the brig was in
sight, and as soon as sh'; was at anchor
dove through the waters like hungry
sharks.
Among the lntercli!i fact alout
the African natives related by the cap
tain is that since there are no leas of
burden and no conveyances on the gold
coast the barrels of rum are rolled In
land by hand, o that liquor has been
thus rolled hundreds of miles into the
country'.
It is further rel.ited that the natives
have liceome so Infatuated with nun
curried from various countries to thedr
coast, that a vessel which propose to
have Its cargo lauded must carry it as
currency, or no business can !e done,
(iold is a depredated currency, as i
against rum on this lonely coast.
The wonderful 4,i00-mile voyage of j
this brig to the gold coast with 170 i
hogsheads of New England rum offers
some most Interesting suggestions fori
mlttsiouaries and teuijtcntnoe reformers J
to ponder.-Boston 01oIk.
Derivation of Names of Dlhe.
Gumbo is simply okr; soup, gumlto
being the name by which okra is often
known !u the South. Chicken gumbo is
soup of okra and chicken.
Macaroni Ls taken from a Greek de
rivation, which means "the blessed
dead," In allusion to the ancient custom
of eating it at feasts for the dead.
Succotash is a dish borrowed from
the Nan-agansett Indians and called by
them m'sickquatash.
The sandwich ls called for the Karl
of Sandwich.
Mulligaiawuey is from nn East India
word meaning pepier water.
Wattle is from wafel. a word of Teu
tonic origin, meaning honeycomb.
Hominy is from cuhuminea, the
North American Indian word for parch
ed com.
Goosels-rry fixd ! a corruption of
gooselien-y foule, milled or pressed ;
gooseberries. ' j
Forcemeat is a corruption of farce-1
meat, from the French farce, stuffing,
e., meat for stuffing.
IJlanc-mauge means literally white
food; hence chocolate blanc-miuige Is
something of a misnomer.
Charlotte Is a corruption of the old
Kngllsh word chnrlyt, which moans a
dish of custard, and chocolate russe Is
Russian charlotte.
A t'seful Ant-Later.
When a horde of hairy yellow cater
pillars Infested the linden trees at the
Zoological Gardens recently, J Head
Keeper Mauley, who ls In charge dur
ing the absence of Superintendent
Itrown, was sadly puzzled for a way to
get rid of the pests. Poisonous sprin
kling mixtures, tar and coal oil were
all applied to the trees, but the results
ell far short of what had beeu IiojmhI.
The caterpillars flourished In spite of
all, and seemed to Increase In numbers.
Then the Ingenious head keeper bad a
happy Idea. He took the South Ameri
can ant-eater from its cage, and secur
ing it with a collar and a long cord
started It up one of the trees. The way
the creature laid about with Its long,
sticky tongue, scooping In caterpillars
by the dozen, more than realized Man
ley's greatest expectations. It took to
thetn with as much relish as though
they were its natural food, ami In the
course of lialf an hour completely
cleaned the tree, Manley put the ant
eater up another tree and It ate until It
was gorged. Since then It has been
turned out three times a day, and so
great have been It Industry and appe
tite that the caterpillars are nearly ex
terminated. Philadelphia Record.
Painted by Kmpresa Dowager.
The" Empress Dowager of China sent
to Queen Victoria as a jubilee gift a
picture painted by ber own hand on a
roll" twelve, feet long and five feet
broad. It consists of an expanse of
rocks and trees, with storks wearing
red crests, the emblem of longevity.
Job Worth Hold Inc.'
The best paid official In the ISritlsh
service ls the Lord Lieutenant of Ire
land, who receives 20,000 a year.
The season Is rapidly approaching
when torn will sit on dry goods boxes
and abuse others for not doing mora
"for tb towa"
BLUE AND THE GRAY
BRAVE MEN WHO MET ON
FIELD OF BATTLE.
THE
Tfcrilliac StarU of tb Hebclliaa
Uld Boldleraand Pallors Relate Hcati
alacrncea of Li fa id Camp and oa
tba Field-Incident of tb War.
Koout't on Oppnlte fWrt,
Some months ago 1 told alwmt the
!ate Gen. John Gibbon fighting his own
brother at Ant let a in. Gibltou was com-
aiauding a Western brigade anil bis
brother was an officer in a North Caro-
Una command. A iecullar feature of
the Incident was the fact that the
brothers knew what they were doing
knew that they were facing and light
ing each "other. I have a similar trtory
to tell, but before telling it let m say
a word more about (jiblsiu.
Three weeks ago 1 was at Arlington,
Va., one of the most lieautiful cities of
the dead lu the wide world. The good
Virginia lady, my hostess, drove past
cores of beautiful and costly monu
ments monuments erected by compa
nies, regiments, brigades, divisions,
corps and nnnles; by States, co!iuti's
aud Individuals. They designated the
graves of heroes generals, admiruis,
colonels, majors, captains and li-.-uten
ants
Some tower high toward
heaven to which the spirits of the decid
ers have flown; some are broken col
umns, others bear corps emblems- all
were very full of Interest, naturally so.
Turning from these my eyes swept over
the forest so to speak of the little
white stones that mark the graves of
more than 10.(khi brave men-nieii of uo
high-sounding, titles knapsack and
musket patriots, without whom the na-
tion would have fared sorrowfully in
aeed. i
After we had entered the Lee man
sion and viewed the rooms In which
the great general had so often received
and entertained the first men of the1 serts, that here-public
in the long ago, when he had j "ld not come here to fight for nlg
dlued. slept, studied, worked ami plaj-t gcrs, or to act as their military In
ed. I saiil to the Virginia lady: ' i'h ase ' structor."
l"ive ot. t by the pavilion and wait while When this renched Logan's ears he.
I find a certain grave." On the grassy : sent for Colonel Osborne uml demand-
slope, fifteen rods to the right of the
historical mansion, facing Washington,
only a few feet from where Oen. itufus
King, father of Gen. Charles King, the
popular author, had his lent in 1HC1
when commanding the brigade which
Gibbon helped to make famous, is the
modest grave of MaJ. Gen. John Gib
bon. It is without monument; not even j
a little white stone marks his resting!
place. A pine board, whitewashed,
bearing his name, date of death and
rank, and a grass-covered mound are
all I saw, save a ciuster of roses an
earlier comer had placed there. How
still it was lu that beautiful spot. I
could have remained tliere for hours
just to look and think. Memory was
anxious to help me see that sleeping
hero in the activities of life in bis
country's most trying time; to see hlra
fitting men for war, lending a brigade,
then a division, then a large army
corps, in great battles; then in Indian
wars, always great, brave and noble in
his chosen calling. And this Is the end
this little mound, marked by a board,
In this quiet place, close to long rows
of costly monuments? No.no! This Is
not the end. Gib!ou lives beyond this
life, and he lives ami will live for cen
turies In this life. His deeds were too
great to die to be forgotten. Jicfore
long a remnant of the Iron P.rigade, a
fommanu mat was me apple or ills eye 1
a remnant graj -uaireti, oeni aim dim- ,
e'a. win gainer niout mis silent bed, s
and with fitting ceremonies they will,
dedicate a monument to the memory of :
John GIIiImjii. It will not be as broad. '
high and cosily as some lu that won-:
derful home of the dead, but it will tell 1
a story of courage, honof and useful-)
ucss not often told of a soldier. It will '
bear the emblem of his first brigade,
the names of its regiments and the bat
tery he grew up with from a cadet to
captain, and a list of the battles In
which it fought. It will be just such a
monument as this dear old hero would
have chosen had he beeu consulted In
bis lifetime.
Yes, I was lonesome when I moved
away from Gibbon's grave that bright
Monday morning. Not only Is Gibbon
silent, but the voices of three-fourths
of those Ave regiments and Mattery II
are also hushed forever.
In 1H40 a Virginian named Raines,
one of a large family, married a South
ern beauty and left for the new West.
They settled In the lead regions of
Southwestern Wisconsin. Their son,
John W., was 18 years of nge when the
war came. The sound of the drum
brought out te aid In collecting men for
Company C, Second Wisconsin, carried
young Raines Into the army. At about
the same time a Virginia uncle, some
what his senior, but liearlng the same
name John W. Raines became a
member of a Virginia Infantry regi
ment. The Virginian's command be
came a part of Stonewall Jackson's
First llrlgnde. The badger lxty's com
mand was a part of the Iron Rrlgade.
Nephew and uncle were at the brst bat
tle of Bull Hun the Virginia u's brigade
being led by the Intrepid Jackson. Lee's
right arm later along, find the Wiscon
sin boy's brigade was under the com
nionil of Col. William Tecuinsch Hher
r:tn, la'er along Grant's strong right
ft nn. Neither suffered more than n
dreadful mare In their firm battle. In
August, 102, iney met again, this time
at Gainesville, not far from their first
meeting place. Their former "brigade
comma inlern had grown to corps com
manders by this time, nml the Rnineses
and their comrades had become veter
.ni. It was a mighty cliMii. Jackson,
who commanded the engaged Confed
erate corpi, pronounced It the mottt
stubborn fight of the war up to thut
lime. The Southern man was sughtly
wounded, bat fate Northern boy was
ftri a bull In the thigh that for
I rlerra long yearn made him moat mis
erable. Ild un"ie and nepnew na
the bullets hat wounded thero? Prob
sbry not. but T7ho can tell
The Wisconsin boy had to b'ave the
army. He attended s Chicago commer
cial college and was about to accept a
position when Gen. John B. Callis, now
of Lancaster, who had known him as
a boy and as a soldier, both ha v Jig been
In the same brigade, wired bim from
Huntsville, Ala., asking If he would
accept a place In the Freed man's bu
reau at $125 iter month. The answer
was: "Yes; I'm on the way to Ala
bama." He resided In that State for
many years, holding various places of
trust including collector of Internal rev
..ne ,i..rmtr United States marshal,
I'nited States marshal, rtc. He Is now
a much respected resident of Tarklo,
Mo., his place of business lielng Itoek
ford, a few miles away. At last Ac
counts h! soldier uncle was still a
resident of Virginia. J. A. Watrous, iq
Chicago Times-Herald.
Lann a a Dfactp'lnarlan.
Ixiga n never permittwl family ties or
friendships to interfere with what be
considered his duty In time of war. Ou
one occasion he demanded and secured
the resignation of his own brother-lu-law.
Colonel Oslionie, for refusing to
carry out an tinier, and he stosI by his
decision despite a strong pressure,
brought bv men of influence at Wai-h-
ii,Ktou to induce ldm to withdraw the t
mandate.
lieneral Igun had made up his mind
it would Imj for the good of the country
to organize into regiments and properly
drill and equip a large number of ne
groes. He saw In them good fighting
material and thought It would be. better
to Use them as soldiers than to allow
them to hang altotit the camps In idle
ness. An ortler 10 tins eneci. wits ixsueu
, ,lll(i Colonel Osborne was named us the
man to put It Into execution. The lat
ter remonstrated. Ixgan Insisted.
Filially Osborne openly revolted, de
claring, so Lieutenant Merriumn as-
cd to know whether he hutl used the
language attributed to him. Oslmnm
said he had and that he meant every
word of It. He had taken up arms to
tight for the 1'nlou, not to free negroes
and to teach them to lx; soldiers, and
he didn't propose to take any part in
that kind of work. As Osborne sioke
Logan's face grew black with anger.
Finally smothering Ms emotion he
thundered out:
"Write out your resignation at once,
sir, or r'iort yourself under arrest. You
will olx-y orders while 1 command here,
or be cashiered from the service.
i
Osborne was speechless for a mil
ineut with surprise. Ills relatlousbil
hail brought him Into close contact
with Logan and the) had Ix-cn good
friends. Presuming upon this he had
thought his refusal to do the duty as
signed to him would le overlooked and
another ofheer named for the task. But
Iogau was obdurate. He declined to
modify the order In any way and In
sisted upon Osborne dropping out. Ap
peal was made by the jailer's friends
to the authorities at Washington and
Logan was asked to smooth the thing
over. He stood flrinlv bv his original
order and Oslwrne left the service.
Later General Logan named another
ofticer to mobilize and drill the negroes
and the order was obeyed without lies!-
tation. ne nao suown nw was not
man to 1m trilled with end from then ou
he had no trouble In getting his com
mands carried out. To antagonize Lo
gan was to arouse a ferocious lion and
every soldier knew it. Fair In his treat
ment of loth men and officers, never
asking of them anything but what he
was willing and ready to do himself, hs
enforced his orders with Iron, resoluts
will. When his word went out there
was none to oppose It and early In lili
career he won the confidence and lovf
of all who served with him.
Where He llelnnsrd.
The historian of Company F, of the
Twenty-third Massachusetts Volun
teers, calls to mind the awkwardness of
one of the raw recruits.
In his composition there was not
particle of time or tune, and the J
always lathered him.
One day, at drill, Smith was persist
ently getting out of step and out of
place, until 4he drill-master demanded
Impatiently:
"Smith, where do you belong?"
With Innocence ujwn his face and a
sense of injury In his tone, the recruit
answered:
"In Ipswich, sir."
"I wish to heaven you were there,"
was the officer's despairing rejoinder.
"' vMctic" of I'roTfmi.
Two Washington County boys wers
dodging bullets at Sharpsburg. The
balls commenced to shave off the bark
of the pine tree which they were using
for shelter. Finally an enfilading fire
begun to chip off the other side of the
tree. One of the besieged Georgian
remarked:
"Bill, don't you remember that Gen
eral Toombs said In bis speech at San
dersvllle that Yankees couldn't shoot'"
"Yes, Tom," said Ih other, "In; cer
tainly said so." .
"Well, Bill, they nre learning
fast, aren't they V-Savannah Press..
Wllllna: tn I nrppt.
There were loud and prolonged yelli
with much waving of handkerchiefs bj
the ladles In the galleries when the
kmvc In s were miide at the reunion ol
I lie Pulted Confederates In Nashville,
Tenn., that the name of the lody be
chniigitl o the Confederate Survivors'
Association, that they might retain tbe
cherished Initials C. S. A., but when I hi
voter, of the veterans were ' counted
tliere was found to lie a big majority
a gnl nut the proposition.
