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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1898)
THE POINT OF VIEW. And the boy, did you say, has gone wrong Won the liddae of disgrace and should wear them? It appears that dishonor and trouble n.ii throng. When the heart is less able to Ix-ar them. Tnn call him a criminal hut I Can't forget all his baby completeness; Ton say merry should pass, like the In vite, on by I remember bin infantile sweetness. I tell you a truth that will live: The adult may be bad aa you've thought him But the heart that loved the child will fooejre Tbe u for the iov babr broucht him. Cioafiaati Enquirer. KEEPING HIS PROMISE ,R. MOPSLEIGH wan an aspiring man. His njotto was "Upward and On ward." And, to a certain extent, be bfld lived up to 5It; for, beginning life with do greater capital than a ragged coat, a sboeWoek, and a box of blacking, he had succeeded In amassing a fortune of something over $100,000. He bad never married, be cause he had been too busy In his younger day, and now that his mean would admit of such a luxury, bl hn and atrulnttloiiH were all centered In bin only nephew, a fine young fellow, Jut 21 years of age. "You're all I have In the world, Dick," said he. "Anil you ahull be my heir, If only you marry to pleuae me." Mut Mammon and Cupid are almost Invariably reused lu opposition to one another In this world and In full view f the unparalleled Idiocy of such a proceeding, lick A vend fell ill love with a pretty girl who hadn't a penny bo blews herself with, and one d&y he nought hi Uncle Mopelelgh. "Uncle," wild Dick, "I'm In love." "The deuce you are!" said the old gentleman. "With the sweetest girl In the world!" averred Dick. "And who, pray, may she be?" de manded Mr. Mopslelgh. "Her name i Clara Cleveland. She's nursery governess In Mrs. Van Vorst's family." "Then," said Uncle Mopslelgh, "you'd better get out of love with her as quick aa you can. I want no beggarly gov erness In my family! Besides, I've al ready picked out a wife for you." "Bhr sild Dick. "Mis Clementina Kthercige, the heir ess! Just come to visit her aunt, Mr. Major Doddlnrton. Worth a quarter ot a million in her own right! And they tell me she la as pretty as a pink! That's the sort of a wife for you, mv boy."' "I be your pardon, sir," said Mr. Avenel, with dignity. "Were she f rich as Orous, and beautiful as Venus, be would be perfectly indifferent to trie!" "Don't be an asa!" said Mr. Mops UHgh. "Sir!" said Dirk. "Come with me a once, and call on Mm. Major DoddinfrtcMi. See for your self." "Of coarse, 1 wLH do m you please about this," said Dick, mentally steel ing himself for a stiff combat. And, in wardly more determined than ever, he jot Ms hat and accompanied the old gentleman. Mrs. Major Doddington lived In a pretty mansard roofed villa Just out of town. There was a fountain In front of the veranda, and a peu-RpecU ve view of blue-silk furnished drawing-rooms through the open French casemeuts. "Mrs. Major Douulutfton U not at home," said the little ruald in a white apron and pink-ribboned cap, who came to the door. "Would the gentlemen walk In and see Miss Etliercge. But Mr. Mojwllgh declined tills. He didn't quite like to face the helrews without the advantage of Mrs. Dod dlngton's presence. He banded out bis card, on which be hurriedly penciled beneath his own nam tba of h(a nephew, and said that be would "call again." But as they passed the corner of the house, themselves hidden by a mi na ture thicket of rhKodemlrons, they bad a fine view of one of the blue-silk rooms, where a slender, pretty young lady, also In blue, sat writing at a desk a young lady with long eye lashes, an oval fac-e, and a rose twisted hi the colls of her blue-Mack hair. "That's she, sir," said Mr. Mopslcjgh, grasping his nephew's arm and gesticu lating toward the unconscious tnrte wrMer with the forefinger of bis disen gaged blm. "That's the heiress! Ixjok ji hc! Isn't she a beauty?" "She is, Indeed, sir," aald Dick, who stood its nun led in the middle of the rboilodendrons. "Bit are you sure " "(rf course I'm sure," brusquely In terrupted Mr. MopseUgh. "Who eise .an It be? Dick, loo here! You ihatl mtrry that girl!" "1 will, sir!" averred Dick, with equal sincerity. Mr. MopsMgh's face brightened up, "You're a trump, Dick," aald ha. "I knew you'd come back to your senses after while. Marry brr, Dick, and I'll ttle my fortune on you." "All right, sir," aald Dick. Hardly had the footsteps of the de jrtlng guenta died away on th lawn than another young lady cane In from an adjoining room and bant bar pretty head over the fnrr letter-writer. "Are you almost through, Clara T' "Quit through now, doarl" "WN, then, Clara, look hart!" A ad Ml as tttherege-the raal Mist ttoberago aat heraatf dawn wtta a roao lifts Btr. 'Tva aw da op my sited 10 saw thing, Olara," mM aba. "Ton snaa't ba a W wlih me. You shall be my companioj and I'll p:iy you twice as much " "Hut. Clementine " "Hay yes, darling do say yes!" And when Richard Avenel called thai evening, in obedience to a little pencil note from (.'Lira, lie found that she ha1 decided to change her situation. "So you are the heiress?" said Rich anl, bluntly, when tjlara Introduced him to Miss Etherege. "Exactly," snid (Clementina. "Ant you "si re the nephew of the rich Mr Mo-ps-delgh, I Fuiiose?" Dick r ui .led. "Yes.' said he. "And my uncle wants me to marry you." "Much obliged to nim, I'm sure," saW Miss Klherege, laughing. "And I am determined to marry Clam Cleveland, and no one else," addei Dick. "I admire your taste," said Mtaaj Etherege. And Dick went on and told the wholt story of how they had called there that morning, and how bis unele had mis taken Miss Etherege's visitor for Miss Etberege herself. "He told me to marry you," said Dick taking bulb Clara's fluttering lltti hands In bis, "and I mean to do It!" Now It so chanced that Mr. Mopsleigk was telegraphed to come to Chicago th next morning, to be occupied there foj an indeflnlle length of time, but he leP a message that Dick must not forge U prosecute his silk. "No, I won't," said Dick, smiling tt himself. Mr. MolHgti had not been gone twt weeks when Dick wrote to him. "You will lie glad to learn, uncle,' said be, "that I am engaged to the lad) you poinded out an my future wife. W are to be married at once." In annwer to which Mr. Mopslelg sent on bis Messing by telegraph. An! In lews than a mouth he found hJmseJi enabled to hurry back to New York And with him he brougtit a superb tw of diamonds lor his new niece. The first place to wbit-h he hastened was the residence of Mrs. Major Dod diagton, where, he had understood, th young couple were making a tomjiorar sojourn a-fter their trip. Mrs. Dodding ton rweived hi in beamingly. "So kind of you," said she. "Walk this way. They are In the morning room." Mr. Moindelgh wrung his nephew'i hand, and kissed the blushing bride af fwtlonaiely. "Here's my wedding gift," said he, hanging the diamond necklace arouno Clara's neck and luylng the rings and brooch on the table. "Welcome, mj love. Into the Mopslelgh family!" Just then u taH, Wue-eywd girl en terwl, and Mrs. Doddington made hant to Introduce her to the elderly visitor. "Mr. Mopsldgu, my niece. Miss Etb' eregc." "Miss Klhcrege!" tiawled the old gentleman, wheeling around toward th bride. "Then who is tills?" "Formerly Clara Oleveland, at you services" said Dick, bon ing low. "Not the governess!" yelled Mr. Moji lelgh. "Yes, the governes," snld Dick. "Slhi was here on a visit to Miss Etherege that day you saw her. You told me to marry her, and I said I would. And I have obeyed you!" "Ikin't lie angry, sir," cooed M1s Elherege. "(Tiara Is the Bweetaet girl In all the world." "Forgive us, sir," pleaded Clara, In the prettiest of supUcuting attitudes, with her soft eyes brimming over with tears. "Well," said Mr. Mopsdetgh, after momentary pause, "I suppose I ehatl have to! Kiss me again, my dear. You are pretty! And, Dick " "Yes, sir." "I'll have the blue and silver room fitted up for you at once. For, of course, you'll come and live with me?" And so the old gentleman acquiesced, as philosophically as he might, In tihe Irresistible tide of elrcuuiHtaoeee, and Dick and Clara were happy. "And, after all," Bays Dick, "I did obey my uncle." New York Newa. I,anl Where Prlnoni Are Unknown. There are no prisons In Iceland. There are not even any police In that country. The people are so honest that there l no need of such guardians of peace and property, nor places of punishment. The history of Iceland for one thousand years records no more than two thefts. Of these two cases one was that of a native who was detected after stealing several sheep, but as he had done so to supply his family, who were suffer ing for want of food, the stigma at tached to blB crime was considered suf ficient punishment. The other theft was by a German, who stole seventeen sheep. Hut as he was In comfortable circumstances and the robbery waa ma licious, the sentence passed upon him was that be should sell all his property, restore the value of what he bad stolen, and then leave the country or be eiecut. cd, and he left at once. There is, af course, provision for the administration of Justice, which consists, first of all, In the sheriff's courts; next, by appeals to the court of three Judges at Reyk javik, the capital; uud, lastly, in all criminal and most civil cases, to the su preme court st Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, of which kingdom the Isl and forms a part. The Island of Pa narls. one of the Upsrl group, Is equal ly fortunate In having neither prisons nor lawyers, and being absolutely des titute of both paupers and criminals. Ulrla aa Haadwleh Men. Some of the sandwich men In Lea don now are girls. They march ahoul the streets, wearing white felt dunce capa and skirts and coats of bright' colored cotton, w'lli calico signs stitch ad M their gewn. Their pay Is only twa ehllllngs a day, but this la twice aa oca aa the men get for similar work. man aaay wear extra aleevea or at b MM, wttboirt necessarily deUj aa; rK o s fdlL Feeder for the Calf The following Is a cheap and con venient arrangement for keping a calf that la being raised by hand from swal lowing milk too fast: Use a piece of tight wood board, cut round, so as to fit loosely Inside of a common pall. Insert In the center of this float a spile (A) of Ice and shape of the cow's teat. Cover '.his spile tor teat) with some suitable material a piece of old gum boot top will auswer. This may be tacked se curely to the float. The hole In the plke should be small, so that the flow tt milk through It when In use shall correspond with the natural flow from the cow's udder. As the milk in the pall Is used, the float follows down ward, enabling the calf to get all the milk In the pall. To prevent the calf from throwing the float out of the pail two cleats are tacked on Inside of same, it B B. These cleats are so arranged that the float may be readily removed by the operator. Ohio Farmer. Profl table Age. Man dairymen and others who milk cows for protit believe that when a cow reaches the age of 7 or 8 her usefnl days are over, and that she should be replaced by one younger, says a writer in the New York Tribune. But, other things being equal, this Is a mistake. A cow that has been well cared for, with generous rations and proper at tention given to her eomfort, through all seasons of the year, Is better and will make a more profitable return at 8 years than at an earlier age; In other words, she Is In her prime, and she will continue In this condition several years, and will not be considered an old cow until fourteen or fifteen years have paased. Cows with first calvea at 2 or S years are generally unprofitable In their milk yield, and one really good sow between 7 and 8 years old will pay a better revenue than two that are per forming their first year's duties In the dairy herd, and she will probably con sume but little more food than one of the younger ones. This fact la worthy the consideration of those who aro dairying for protit. A Varloua Purpose Huilding. The cut, from the American Agricul turist, shows a building constructed upon a bank, that will prove convenient for several uses. In winter the room In the bank Is used for the storage of roots and other stock foods, while outside Is a set boiler for cooking the same for OEKERAl. PURCOKIt HoL'Slt. hogs, poultry, etc. In this open shed water can also be heated and hogs dressed, a hoisting arrangement being provided overhead. During the hot months of summer the bank room Is thoroughly cleaned and used as a milk room, the open shed outside being used as a shady place for churning and working the butter. The building will thus be found excedlngly convenient all the year around. Valne of Wide Wton Tire. The extent to which the vtlue of wide tlrea has come to be recognlved is shown by the fact that during the lat twelve months the Legislature of nesi l.v every State has been asked to pass a bill pro viding for their compulsory adoption. The State of New Jersey has already dopted a law of this kind, and it Is reaping the benefit In the country. With (he tires In use, even the present coun try roads will Improve, for such tires terve aa rollers to stake the roadbed compact, Instead of catting deep ruta, ii do heavily leaded wagons on narrow tlrea. Three Crops la a Tear. Moat farmer gat only ana crop a year from land, and If laa? eecurt two crops a year It hi only fey extra manur ing, which coeta rj-trhapt aa nm aa tba second crop la worts. But market gardeners, who havo teonajM tfceir land tB R. it'.-VE B I W a 1 VXJ much too valuable to let It lie iaie dur ing any time of the growing season. Some of them regularly take three croi off their best land. The first is spinach, which is partially covered dur ing the winter to protect it, and Is hoed so si Kin as the ground U fit to work. Af ter tha spinach comes a crop of wax benns to be sold as string beans, and cither cabbage or turnip occupy the laud after the bean vines are plowed under early In July. Fuccesa with Tomatoea. Last year I bad two patches half a mile apart, one hard, tough black land which we call "gumbo," very difficult to tend. I did not expect much of a crop, but we framed them up and had a fine crop of very large tomatoes of the Imperial variety. We gathered bushels and bushels of them every eee- ond or third day till frost, at which time they were as large as ever, and many green ones eomli.'z on. I think one reason of their doing so well waa that we pruned tbem. We framed one Turner Hybrid vine which stood off ta itself, and I never saw so many and such fine tomatoes as we secured from that vine. We weighed several that went 2 pound each, and we wished af terward that we had weighed the en tire product of the vine, aa I never saw so many large ones on one vine. Tha other patch was on light sandy soil, much easier to tend: we framed moat of tbem; they did well till frost came, but were very small and knotty at the last. Our tomatoes did not keep well, and I would like to ask whether they should be very soft and ripe to keep well. Mine were so large they rotted before becoming very ripe. Some say the weather was too dry and hot. I canned lots of them In August, and aa the weather was very warm, and I had no cellar, I put them upstairs for a long time until I got a cellar. Mra. K. J. Woodward In Practical Farmer. Important In Seed Growing. It Is a good plan, when sowing small flower seed, to cover the bed with coarse brown paper, well soaked U water. The little seeds, when sown In moist soli, swell, and germination starts at once. Unless the soil Is kept damp, ll often forms a crust, and the seeds dry out, thus destroying their vitality. The application of paper aa above di rected keeps the soli moist, prevent the crust from forming, and causes thri germination of the seed to proceed without interruption. Dampen the pa per from time to time as it becomes dry, and remove when the plants be gin to show through the soil. Try W. How to Grow Flowers. Potato Coverer. Our illustration shows a home-made potato coverer that Is very simple In, construction. The two sides approach each other toward the rear ends, thus bringing the two sides directly across1 each of the two rows lying side by side, When furrowing these rows, let the earth be turned outward In each of the, two rows to be covered by the machine. This will result In drawing the earth back over the seed, and will not ridge it up between the rows. The furrowa can be made In sets of two each, for HOMEMADE POTATO COTKRIB. this purpose. The horse goes between the rows, and the handles permit one. to draw back over the seeds Jus enou(h of the soil to cover them prop erly.-Orauge Judd Farmer. Vuttinc Up Grapevines. One of the first Jobs to be done ll spring is to lift up the grapevines from the round, where they were thrown after last fall or winter's pruning. This Is necessary to prevent the buds of the vine from starting prematurely, as they are very likely to do If the vines are left In a sheltered place and expos ed tc the direct rays of the sun while protected from the cold winds that usu ally prevail during much of April. S soon as the grape bud bursts Into leaf the slightest frost will kill It To keep It back as much as possible, and avoid the danger from late spring frosts, should be the vintner's care, and thli In spring Is beat accomplished by keep Ing the vine on Its trellis. The Dairy Ration. From German experiments It require, about nine pounds of digestible food ti keep a steer or dry cow of 1,000 poundt for a day, without losing or gaining flesh, and that a cow in full flow ol milk will need at least fifteen pounda Hence, 60 per cent, of all the food a co-w consumes Is needed to maintain bei body, and it hi only by feeding abund antly above this mark that anythlnf contributes to produc e a profit. A dairy cannot be run successfully upon a mere pittance above a maintenance rations Rural World. Orowin IMga to Hall. There Is no kind of stock that alwayi has sueb ready sale aa young, thrift; pigs. They are sure to rapidly Increast In weight and value, and If young thlf can be always done at a profit. Conse quently the farmer who grows youni pigs to sell can be certain of get tins more than they are worth for pork at ttiey stand. If be does not And a ens tornrr who will divide- the profit ol keeping a pig, he can keep It himself, and inske all the profit there Is by kill ing and selling the grown hag pork, the Farm Hand. Willingness to work Is not the only qualification or a good rami hand. Th man who Is lo become a iiinmbpr of lh family sod a companion for the boyi shoald be required first or all to be l manly man--clean In xpteck and up right la conduct. THE FIELD OF BATTLE INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF THE WAR. The Veteran, of tee Kebellioo Tell of Whiatlinc Bnlleta, Bright Sijoirta, BnreUna; Bonba, Bloody Matties. Camp Fire, Feative Lu:i, I tc. Etc. Low of I-lfe in War. HE civil war cost 303,000 lives. Of that number 98, 080 were slain in battle. The vast army which suc cumbed to dis ease was no less than 184,331, while the remain ing 20,000 or so died of wounds received. At the battle of Waterloo 61,000 man were killed or disabled. There were 145,000 soldiers In that great struggle, and It la estimated that one man waa either killed or disabled for every 400 shots fired, counting both the artillery and rifle shots. In the Crimean war 95,615 lives were sacrificed, and at Borodino, when the French and Russians fought, 78,000 men were left dead on the battlefield. There were 250,000 troops in combat In that engagement. Of the 95,615 men who perished In the Crimea 80,000 were Turks and Rus sians. In 1881 a great uproar was caus ed because Englishmen took up all the skeletons they could find, brought tbem to England and converted the bones into fertilizer. It Is said that nearly the entire 80,000 skeletons of the Turks and Russians were thus made into money. Since the birth of Christ 4,000,000,000 men have been slain In battle. Before the beginning of the Christian era the losses cannot be estimated, owing to the very Indistinct and inaccurate ac counts that have been handed down. It Is generally conceded, however, that the numbers said to have participated In the battles of the Greeks and other warring nations of the ancient world have been greatly exaggerated. At Canea, however, wbere the Ro mans suffered the worst defeat in their history, It is said that 52,000 of their soldiers were slain. The Roman army In this battle consisted of 146,000 men the picked brawn and sinew of the empire. In the Franco-Prussian war 77,000 Frenchmen were killed. The Germans fired 30,000,000 rifle shots to attain this result. During the same war the Ger mans fired 363,000 artillery charges. In none of the battles mentioned was dynamite ued. In the wans of the fu ture this terrible agent of destruction must be reckoned on. Men who have studied the mortality statistics of the past shudder at the thought of what may be in store in the wars that are to come. Only recently has the use of dynamite In bind warfare been consid ered safe for the army using it. The modern dynamite gun, however, haa seemingly solved tihe problem, and the men who go to wax hereafter -will face an agent of destruction beside which the charges of Napoleon's old guard were child's play. Even now civilized uaitione rather shrink from the dynamite Idea in war fare. The fearful explosive haa been used in Cuba, but only by the lneur genta. The reports that have been al lowed to pase Hie Spanish censors hint at the destruction caused by the new weapon rather than give the details. The Cubans, however, claim that the result of a shot from a dynamite gun la something appalling. At any rate, while the truth about the success of tftula new agent to rather obscure, enough is known for soldiers to make the prediction that It must be figured on as the most terrible thing tha,t has come to the front in connection with warfare. Some men who have studied the progress made with the Zalinskl sir-charged dynamite gun say that it will not be long before war will be come an affair of extinction In which the more exposed army will be wiped out of being by means of dynamite. Chicago Times-Herald. American Soldlera Took Havana. In 1762 soldiers from the American colonies which afterward became the United States captured Havana under English leadership, and men of Massa chusetts hauled down the Spanish flag from Morro Castle. The story Is well worth recalling, be cause It shows bow bravely and suc cessfully our ancestors fought against Spain. Tbe following Is from Ban croft, Vol. III.: "Assembling the fleet and transports at Martinique and off Cape St Nicholas, Admiral I'ococke sailed directly through Die Bahama Straits and on the sixth day of June came In sight of the low coast around Havana. The Span ish forces for the defense of the city were about 4,000; the English had 11, 000 effective men and were recruited by nearly 1,000 negroes from the Leeward Islands and by 1,500 from Jamaica. Be fore tbe end of July the needed re-enforcements arrived from New York and New England; among these whs Put nam, the brave ranger of Connecticut, and numbers of men less happy, be cause never destined to revisit their homes. "On the 13th f July, after a siege of twenty-nine days, during which tbe Spaniards lost 1,000 men, and the brave Don Lata de Velaaco was mortally wounded, the Morro Castle waa taken by storm. On tbe 11th day of August tba Governor of Havana capitulated, and tha saost Important station lu tike Watt Indies fell Into ta bands of the Bngllsb. At tbe same time nine ships f tfea Mb and faur frigates were cap- ert.v belonging to the King of Spain wag estimated at $10,000,000. "The siege was conducted In midsum mer, against a city which lies Just with in the tropic. The country around tha Morro Cantle is rocky. To bind and carry tbe fascines was of itself a work of incredible labor, made possible only by aid of African slaves. Sufficient earth to hold the fascines firm was gathered with difficulty from crevices In the rocks. Once, after a drought of fourteen days, the grand battery took fire, and, crackling, and spreading where water could not follow It nor earth stifle it, was wholly consumed. "The climate spoiled a great part of the provisions. Wanting good water very many died in agonies from thirst More fell victims to a putrid fever, of which the malignity left but three or four hours between robust health and death. Some wasted away with loath some disease. "Over the graves the carrion-crows hovered and often switched away tbe scanty earth which rather hid than buried the dead. Hundreds of car casses floated on the ocean. And yet such was the enthusiasm of the Eng lish, such the resolute real of tbe sail ors and soldiers, such the unity of ae tion between the fleet and the army, that the vertical sun of June and July, the heavy rains of August, raging fever, and strong and well defended fort resses, all the obstacles of nature and art, were surmounted and the most de cisive victory of the war was gained." New York Wor)d. Wounded Men in Our Civil War. AJOR C WM talking about wounded men lu war, opening the subject by ob serving that they "had some thrilling experi ences. Tbe night of Dec. 31, 1862," he continued, "at Stone River waa very cold. In that part of the field most fiercely fought over the wounded could not be cared for. Thousands of poor fellows In blue and many In gray suffered intensely, and from neither ol the watchful lines could relief be sent Our men had, as a rule, full haversacks, and each man had his overcoat and one blanket, except In the cases where these had been thrown away In the ex citement of battle or panic. I bad no blanket. I was so severely wounded In the arm and had been so weakened by loss of blood before I dropped down that I lay for some hours in a sort of numb, unrealizing condition. But af ter a time, dull asmy senses were, the complaints and calls of the wounded disturbed me. At last I shook myself clear of the dead about me and sat up. "Gradually an understanding of the terrible situation came to me. I waa seriously wounded, but I knew that there were scores about me wounded to tbe deatb, helpless to protect them selves against the cold. I struggled ta my feet and, finding that my legs were all right, stumbled over to where a poor fellow was crying out In the bitterness of suffering. He was practically frozen to the ground. With my one hand I took blankets from those who never would need tbem again and was piling them over him when a voice said: 'Why not give me one? I turned and there sat, against a tree, a man In gray, who had watched all my maneuvers and said not a word. He was not of tha complaining kind, but said he was suf fering intensely. I helped him as well as I could to where other men lay, and In time placed, at his suggestion, half a doaen as close together as I could, tbe theory being that the warmth of their bodies would keep them from per ishing. "As I moved about among the cedars I found two Confederates wounded, like myself, In the arm. We gathered. In groups many of those more severely wounded. This had to be done slowly, because any great exertion prostrated us. We had so little strength that It took an hour to do what had we been well, we could have done in a few min utes. When tbe sun came on Jan. 1 It found some alive who could not have lived through the night had It not been for our care, poor as It was. Then we who wore the blue shared the rations tbat were In our haversacks with the men who had fought against us the day before, and together waited for relief." A Trylna Experience. "I was with Hooker's grand division when It crossed tbe Rappahannock Hlver and took possession of Freder icksburg," said the signal service man. "Where do you suppose they put me 5 In tbe highest church steeple In the city. There I bad to stand all day and watch for and answer signals. Back of the city, on the hills, were a score or more of batteries blazing away al most constantly, and on the other side of the river our own guns were pound ing away at the enemy. Hundreds of solid shot and shell roared past me, each one seeming to call for a winding up of my career. Think of It! I was over 100 feet from the ground, charged with a sacred duty that demanded ceaseless attention, and any second a shot or shell might hurl me to the street. Tbe church waa struck in a dozen placet, each time giving ma a Jar that I can never forget. A shell hit the top of the steeple and exploded, a piece of iron half as big as your hand dropping wltaln an Inch of ons) af my feet. A solid shot went thraagh sty perch three or four feet below my plat form. How did I feel? Can't tall. Thought the hour to go bad coma, but at tbat moment a massage from Burs side's headquarters at tba Phillips Hons wm signaled and I repeated It Never did a poor fallow pray for alga aa I did " Poverty talaga, laiary loo Mai wm of work. totMbaraer. Tm boaty af in- aV
