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AT HOME WITH OLD FRIENDS.
Ill wrnther, frlfniln. ntul wIM ennmtli
To fipur thr ilu'ol'n own unit tint
Onco mnr from windy tilRlit itntl roURli
Around thu hrurth mnl H.iKon
And clink n Rlas.i ami pour yc strong,
And kIu u HlmkoHinMitf ntul a MungI
No wltellPi of thr innd Mni'liPth.
With cohl and li-vllli-li cunuliit.
Hut Boi'ii'-H where FulnlJiY "sweats to
ilea th"
And "In rilii tlic Ir.in rnrlh" runnliiKt
Onco more rail H.inlnlpli -I'litol Nym
Tliu Prince, too-am) u liuullh to lilnil
Faith' Raw yo over such n nlnlit?
Hturui-riickvd each fjhoMly u tl.
Prominent Q. A. R.
John Mitchell Vandersllco, pout de
partment commander of Pennsylvania,
Grand Army of thu Republic, was
bom near historic Valloy Forgo. Pa.
Ho loft Froolnnd seminary In Mont
gomery county, whom he received IiIh
ciluratlon, In IiIh seventeenth year, to
cnllHt, at the outhrenk of the war. In
tho Eighth I'eniiHylvanla cavalry, with
wit?
The Death of Johnnie Burns
Occasionally one conies acrosi a
verso or lino that unexpectedly touch
es a donnnnt chord In the heart mid
bids the tear drop spring. Into tho
past we wander under tho lnlluenco
of Mich excitant and by-gone memor
ies, then come to view pictures long
slneo elltd even from ourselves.
Memory uprises, silences upstarts,
life and emotion that once were real
become again to us a reality. That
which in this way touches one heart
Mils fair to touch others, and Just
jiow a letter in print firings before
itho writer of those llnoH a boyish faeo
of the long ago, a childish companion,
who turned his face toward the loved
South, never by us bis boyhood's
friends, to bo seen again.
Hut let that pass. The subject Is,
"Tho Death of Johnnie Hums," possi
bly now told for tho llrst time in
Its renllstlc pathos, to his relatives
nnd friends. If relntlves ho hns yet
'lying. t Johnnie Burns was a Clncln
iii:M i)Q), a hero whose nnme history
Igtores. No slioulder straps were his
part, but that be was a hero will bo
ovhlent.Vu .Whoever rends the story
this Southern soldier, forty years uf-
to nroAinVciliMutn- Veteran, which
chances to come before my eyes.- It
Is a Jfticlflngly pathetic tale, ami
challenges thought. One cannot bli'
wonder which Hnptlst Sunday school
in thrs cjty the boy attended, who
wore his loved ones, whether that
Hlble with tho bloody finger marks on
the fourteenth chapter of St. John
vor reached his mother. And ona
Jrqnuot but further wonder, after theso
years have passed, If In this city lives
a friend to value this veteran's touch
ing tribute paid to their boyish sol
dlcr of that sad long ago, or If It
strikes only empty nlr In the home
city where onco tho child was a pet.
With n view of possibly doing a
service to relatlvo or comrnde, possi
bly bringing some member of the
Fourth Ohio Into touch with the
Southern soldier who cared tor a
brother In blue, I presume to olTer
lor publication this confederate's let
tor concerning tho death or Johnnie
Burns of Cincinnati.
From the Confedorato Votornn:
"C. L. (Jay, an Alabama veteran,
writes that Joo T. Williams of Mont
rgomory, was a member of company I).
Twenty-first Alabama regiment, nnd
-tolls this:
'"A comrade and I were searching
tho battlelleld of Shlloh for some
missing men of our company, D, of
tho Twenty-first Alabnma regiment. In
pnsslng through a swampy thicket
noar where that regiment charged tho
Fourth Ohio reglmont early In tho
morning, wo heard tho voice of n
wounded man crying: "Hoys! boys!"
Thinking It might possibly bo ono of
our men we went to him. Ho first
beggod for a drink of wnter, which I
gave him out of my canteen. Aftor
he waa wounded ho had rolled Into
-the edge of this thlckot In order to pro
toct hlmsolf from being run over by
tho flying amhulnncos, artillery and
cavalry, constantly passing near. Ills
loft kneo cap was entirely shot off,
and ho was oxtremoly weak from tho
Iobs of blood. His pitiful appeal to
help him wo could not and would not
roslBt after talklug to him. uts uaoie
Hut Mlstrcni Quickly' well In night
And npri-ml n itoodly tnlili
"A pl.iKMo "f hIkIUmh and of urlof"
llt'tlur K"xl frlundu, and boor, und liuef!
Away now with a world of worn,
Till all our wllrt nliall tin-;
Dim narrow to tho lilark Nlirht goes.
And hllthcly hIiikh thu lire!
HlahliiK ntul Krlff will turn yo Kny
Muku merry. tn.iHturs, while- yo m.iy!
Ill w'pithor-liut tho fl.imi litiniH hrlght
'I'IioiikIi storm rorks roof and Hlci-ple;
"Will" Hli.ilt'ipeiir l our KUMt to-tilht,
And welcome .ill hM people
I'lln on thf Iorh" and pour yo strom-;
And kIvo um aii.iki'npo.ire and a H.m!
Atlunt CutiHtlltJt luti
Organizer
John Mitchell Vandersllce and
His (lood Work In Pennsylvania
which he served with illiUlnctlon until
tho end of tho strugi-lo, being a pris
oner ut Appomattox at the tlmo of tho
mirronrier and witnessing many of the
Interesting Incidents of (hat great
evert. Me has heen for many years
secretary of tho regimental associa
tion. At tho closo of the war he re
turned to Froeland seminary to renew
his Kindles In Lnlln and Oreek. In
ISM he enteied the law oMee of Theo
dore Cuyler and was admitted to tho
bar In ISM, and hns boon In active
practice ever since. He Is one of the
oldest members of Post ". nnd Lcrvcd
;is Its adjutant In 1S73 ami 1371. In
1S"i he was appointed by Commander
James W. I.ntta as assistant adjutant
general of tho department of Penn
sylvania and sorvnl In tlmt capacity
for six wars, when, 1 1 1S82, ho was
elected .lepartment commander. Ho
displayed wonderful ability ,i :iu
organizer, nnd during bis term levcral
posts wore added to tbe departmeiil
His work tfxtonrieri Into other states,
and ho was looked upon i ono of tho
most successful organizers In the
Grand Army of the Republic. In 1883
ho was appointed adjutant general by
Commander In Chief Robert II. Heath,
and during that year tho Increase in
membership was nearly 100,000.
Pathetic Tale of Youthful
Soldier Who Died Hero
was John Hums of Cincinnati, Ohio,
company H, Fourth Ohio regiment. He
begged to bo carried to our Hold hospi
tal, where ho might receive attention,
and, If possible, get word to his loving
mother, being her only son. Ho had
a small Hlblo In his hand, with his
thumb resting Insldo on the fourteenth
chnpter of St. John. His thumb bolng
moony it made n bloody spot on this
chapter. Ho doslrod that the Hlblo
should be sent to his mother, showing
where ho last read.
" 'Our Held hospital bolng a few hun
dred yards In tho rear, wo carried
him thoro nnd requested our surgeon,
Or. Redwood of Mobile, to oxamlno
him, which he did In n few minutes,
the hospital being crowded with pa
tients. On examination tho doctor
found his wound to bo fatal and his
physical condition too weak for an
operation. Ho was 18 years old.
When tho doctor told him thoro was
no hope, ho Inquired If thoro were
any Christians present. Wo told him
yes. In tho menntlmo sovoral of our
comrades had gatherod around him.
Ho requested n prayer, to which ono
of us responded, nil being deeply
touched, then repeating a foy llne
of his mother's favorite song:
"There Is a land of puro delight,
Whoro saints Immortal stand."
Which he requested us to sing with
him. This song begun there was tak
en up through tho entire camps, oven
back among tho fedoral prisoners. All
around then bid him good-by. He
handed mo bis Hlblo, and requested
me to hand it to Sorgonnt Stovonson
of company H, Fourth Ohio regiment.
This sergeant know his family, ami
ho wanted him to send It to his
mother and tell her ho 'died n Chris
tian.' The next morning I went to
the hospital and learned ho wns dead.
" 'As his body lay thoro I thought his
face boro tho most peaceful look I
ever saw. I lenrned this Fourth Ohio
regiment was a part of (Jen. Prentiss's
bilgade which we had almost entirely
aptured and had them corralled noar
our lines. I told my captain about
the Incident and requested a pass to
the prisoners to see If I could find
Sergeant Stevenson. Ho granted my
request, nnd I soon located tho Fourth
Ohio regiment and Inquired for tho
sergeant, calling his nnme. Ho camo
forward to know what I wnnted. I
Inquired If be knew Join Hums. Ho
said, "Yes, have you all Rot him?"
I replied, "No, he Is In glory." I then
told of his death. Ho was vUlbly af
fected and I could not restrain my
self. Ho snld: "Johnnlo Hums was
tho best boy I over saw; he was a
pet with tho company. I boarded with
his family In Cincinnati, Ohio, and
wus his Sunday school teachur In tho
Haptlst church." Other comrades gath
ered noar and heard of his death, all
being vory much affected, and ox
pressed tholr grntltudo to mo for what
I had done. During my entire service
of threo years I frequently noticed
tho fondness which eilsted between
Ohio and Alabama soldiers.
" 'This narrutlvo I havo frequently
told, ami now, In my declining years,
I doslro It publlshod. Aftor tho bat
tles nro over there still exists that
teudor tio between mankind nnd hu
man sympathy which Is wondrous
kind.' "John Url Llody In Cincinnati
Ewiulror.
Ink 1
nishop Nicholson of tho Protestant
Hplscopal diocese of Milwaukee has
Issued a pronunclnmctito advising
against the use' of tobacco, In which
ho says the weed has never dono
any good to spiritual or physical man,
Sixty-Seven Years a Lawyer.
Albert W. Paine of Hangor, Me.,
has Just completed his sixty-seventh
year of practice at the Penobscot bar,
having been admitted In tho spring
of 181(5, one year after tho Incorpora
tion of Hangor us n city and fifteen
years after Maine became a stnte.
He is probably tho oldest lawyer in
point of continuous practice In Now
England. If not In the country. Ho
will bo 90 years old on Aug. It', nnd Is
still In sound bodily health, his only
Infirmity being n slight deafness.
WIFE OF IRISH LEADER
Mrs. T. P. O'Connor, the Amerlcun ,
wife of the famous Irish parliament
arinn and Journalist, wns once a res
ident of Texas and last year emerged
from bnsklng in the light of her hua-
band's fnnie to shed a little light of
her own. She made her debut In the
world of letters with a play sho
called "A I.ady From Texas," and
although It was not considered at
onco a masterpiece and did not mako
n great stir In the world, still it
Triumph of Venetarlans.
Vegetniians hold thnt meat Is poi
sonous, nnd condemn It severely In
overy possible way. Water forms 75
per cent of Its composition, they
claim, nnd what gives It Its flavor Is
tho principle of active poison in It.
Venous blood, they say, Is ndniltted
to bo poisonous, nnd it Is this blood
in meat that causes it to taste pleas
antly. To prove their claim they
stnte thnt meats, washed clean of Its
u-nnus blood has no tnste whatever,
nnd no one will eat It. "15nt vegota-Mot-,
fruits and grains," says tho veg
etarians, "if you would be healthy
Join our ranks, for ono-thlrd of tho
world's inhabitants belong to us al
readythe millions of Huddhlsts nro
with us, their creed forbidding them
to kill nny living thing. Tolstoy Is
a vegetnrlnn, nnd Thorenu was ono
also, while In tho pnst our fold In
cluded Adam. Plato, Voltnlro, Hen
jamln Franklin, nnd n thousand othor
immortal mimes."
but untold evil, nnd that If It be true
Sir Walter Raleigh brought the llrst
tobacco to Knglaud It is a pity his
ship did not go to the bottom of tho
sea. Tho bishop's manllesto hn3 ere
ated much comment.
New Trouble for Boston.
Many people In the suburbs of Ho3
.ton have required the services of
physicians on account of being poi
soned by the larvae of the brown
tall moth, which now Infest the shade
and fruit trees throughout Maiden.
The poisoning fioni the caterpillar is
caused by It dropping from a tree on
a person's skin. The fuzz with which
tho caterpillar Is ecnoreri enters tho
pores and makes a painful and Irrl
tntlng ras'i, which sometimes spreads
to all paits of the body.
was accorded considerable spaco
In the public prints nnd was ad
judged a clever portrayal of tho llfo
of a Texas woman. Since the first
play was produced Mrs. O'Connor
went on tour with it and Is now pre
paring a comedy which will bo pro
duced later. American critics were
especially severo with "A I.ady From
Texas," as in it Mrs. O'Connor took
occnslon to caricature American
women unmercifully.
In the Mad-Dog Days.
If dogs could speak in humnn lan
guage, very few of them would over
go mnd, either actually or in thu Im
agination of persons. If a dog could
stop you In tho street, and say:
"Please, sir, will you give mo a drink
of wnter?" there would bo few cases
of actual rabies, anil fewer cases of
Imaginary rabies.
Hut, ns long as tho dog cannot do
thnt, why not antlctpato his needs, nnd
thereforo conservo not only to his own
benefltn, but our own safety, by pro
viding public drinking fotintnlns for
him? Wo do so for tho horses; but,
as a rule, those are too high for tho
dogs to uso. As a matter of fact, tho
drlnklng-plnces provided for tho horses
aro altogether too few. There should
bo many moro of them, says tjio Hut
fulo Tlmos, nnd onch ono should bo
constructed so as to Includo u smallor
reservoir, near enough to the ground
to permit oven a "llttlo yellow dog"
to drlul; therefrom.
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A Friend's Advice.
Jnck I have n chance to marry a
poor girl whom I love, or n rich wo
man whom 1 do not love. What would
you ndvlso?
(Seorge I.ove Is the salt of life, my
friend. Without it all else Is naught.
I.ove, pure love, makes poverty
wealth, pain n Joy, earth a heaven.
Jack I'nounh, 1 will marry the
poor girl, whom I love,
(Jeorge Hi avely spoken! Ily the
way. would you or mind Introduc
ing mo to the rich woman whom you
do not love? New York Weekly,
Her Tribulations.
"Alas'" sighed the poor woman,
who had Just closed the door on the
deputation of charitable folk who
had called to show her how to make
a cooling, cheering dessert from the
remains of a seven-course dinner
"alasl the rich wo have always with
us."
Repining because there seemed to
be no place to live where the com
mittees could not hunt her up, sho
called her little boy In and sent him
over to Mullnney's for another can of
foam. Baltimore American.
Scattered.
"What has become of that company
of strolling players thnt used to pre
sent an Imitation of Mount Vesuvius
In eruption?"
"Last performance I hoatri of their
giving was nt tome little town In
Montana."
"You don't know wheie they went
from theie?"
"No; nobody knows. They were
never seen any wheie In the neigh
hot hood nfter their volcano went oft.
Somebody had furnished them real
djnamlte for the ei upturn."
He'll Smile To-morrow.
New Yorker (to visiting Kngllsh
man) So the man who advettlsed to
toll you for a dollar tbe best way to
make the least motu-y go the furthest
has answered your letter, eh? What
does he say?
The Englishman mystified) He
says, "Huy n penny postal card and
write on It to some ono In tho Philip
pines." Now, how should the uw
blooming people in tho Philippine?
know any more about such financial
matters than anybody else? Judge.
Another Statesman's Rise.
"Why In the world did you ever
send tnat fellow to congress, any
way?" "Well, you see, we got together and
talked him over, and seo'ln there
w'n't notliln' nny further nway than
Congress thnt we could send him to,
we 'lowed the best thing we could do
was to bend him there."
No Mystery.
"Hy the way." remarked the man
from the east, "It seems to me that I
have heard that my old neighbor, Jake
Hillfus, who came out heie some years
ago, disappeared completely nnd mys
teriously not long after his nrrlval."
"Hedlsiippeureil completely 'nough,"
replied Rattlesnake Hill, "but not
mysteriously, stranger, lie wu. liilln
on a dynamite wagon wnea the bind
axle broue."
Bidding Against Himself.
Auctioneer Hut I say there Is no
body else in the room offering to hid
for the ancient cabinet. How Is It
that you keep on bidding ngalnst your
self? Hrokor Well, you see, that Is a
matter of business. I have got a
commission from two different parties
to buy the cabinet at any cost, and I
don't know yet which of them Is to
havo It."
Of- No Consequence.
Mrs. O'Flynn I'm sorry to see your
Md mnn coming homo In such a con
Jltlon overy day.
Mrs. O'Toole Well, It makes no
llfferenco now. Ye see he's workln'
in a browery, and gits his boozo fer
aothlu'.
Tit for Tat.
Ho That's just like a woman. Sho
rnn't view any question impartially.
Ml on ono side, Just ns she Is on
lorsehack.
Shi? Yes, John; and haven't you
seen on every public question Hit
lame way you rldu horaebnek?
Heredity,
"no you bellovo In heredity!"
"Certainly: I know u barber who
las threo little shavers."
Her Lucky Daughter.
Mrs. Wiggles Lan' sakes! what yo
flxln' up so fer?
Mrs. Backwoods W'y, hain't yv
heerd thet Hattle married-uu o'
them French fellers with a l'orrln
title an 's comln' homo next week?
Mrs. Wiggles Do tell! Old sho
marry ono o' them counts?
Mrs. Hackwoods Mercy me! I
guess he's blgger'n a count. Sho
says In her letters that he's a chaf
four. Judge.
Not Very Smart.
"There's no use trying to mako mo
believe that Francis Hacon was n vory
smart man," said Senator Sorghum.
"Have you read any of his works K
"No. Hut his biography shows th:
when there was a little financial deal
on hand ho wasn't clever enough to
keep from getting caught."
Wise, Oh! Wise.
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She He has a bright future beforo
him.
He I doubt If be ever catches up to
It.
Pleasant Country Neighbors.
Mrs. Wuldo (of Moston) I have a
letter from your Uncle James, Pene
lope, who wants us to spend the sum
mer on his farm.
Penelope (dubiously) Is there any
society In the neighborhood?
Mrs. Waldo I've heard him speak
of the Holstelns and (Juernseys. I
presume they aro pleasant people.
Another Rash Break.
"I think the seventeen-year locust
Is an interesting study," observes tho
lady of uncertain age.
"It must be," we answer thought
lessly, "especially to one who has
traced them down from generation
to generation."
Hut of course It was her own fault
that she took it personally.
The Boston Boy.
"Lookln' for a bird's nest, sonny?"
asked the good-natured Westerner of
a seven-year-old boy whom he met In
Huston Common.
"No, sir," replied tho Intellectual
prodigy, as ho continued to gaze up
into the tree. "I am merely endeavor
ing to correctly classify this treo as
a botanical product."
Would Be Safer.
Hacon What's his business?
Kgnort Why, he's a drummer for
automobiles.
"Oh, they have drummers for thoso
things, do they? Well, it's a( good
idea, lint I think It would 'bo much
safer If they had n drummer nnd a
lifer go In front of each of tho ma
chines." Rural Innocence.
"What's your son, Joei,-doln down
to the city?" i ;
"I reckon he's learning how to mako
buckets." " ' .
"Do tell." '
"Yas! Deacon Skidd'a ' son Just
come back from thar an' ho save Joel
Is spendln' nil his tlmo in a bucket
shop."
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Abundantly Occupied.
"What does the society which you
have Just Joined find to do?" asked
Mrs. Hl..le'H husband.
"A great deal," was tho answer.
"After wo get an organization estab
lished tho question of other people's
eligibility to membership gives us all
the work wo can posilbly attend to." V
Not So Tactless as That.
She Mrs. Ho re ton called to-day
and I thought she would never go.
He Hut you are so amiable, I jqp.
pose you never gave her the slight
est hint that you wanted nor to go,
She Indeed. I did not. If I had,
she'd bo here now.
As to Ears.
"You should got your enrs lopped
O'Hrlen." said a smart tourist to an y
Irish peasant whom ho was quizzing
"they're too large for a mnn."
"Ah. hednd." ropliod tho Hibernian.
I was Just thlnkln' yoitia would want
to be made larger; sure, they're too
small for an ass."
She Wanted More. ,
'Mabel, love." said Young MrToii
Hpot, by way of proposal "lot n.o hi
your bread-winner for life "
Iliit tho girl, with her' oyo on I'm
beef trust, answered:
"I want somo ono who can win im
some beefsteak."
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