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South mountain towered upon our
right, fnr off the river lny.
And over, on tho wooded height we
held flielr lines nt hny.
At Inst the muttering guns were still;
tho dny died slow nnd wnn;
At Inst tho gunncis' pipes did till, the
sergennt's yarns began.
When, as tho wind n moment blow
BBlde tho fragrant flood
Our brlcrwoods lnlsed, within our
view a little tnaMcn stood,
A tiny tot of 0 or 7, from fireside
fresh Hhe seemed,
(Of such a little one in heaven one
scrtdler often dreamed.)
And as wo stared her little hand wont
to her curly head
'In grave salute. "And who are you?"
at length the sergeant said,
"And Where's your homo?" he growled
again. Sho lisped out, "Who Is
me?
Why, don't you know? I'm little Jane,
the Pride of Battery H.
My homo? Why, that was burned
away, and pa nnd ma are dead;
And so I ride the guns all day along
with Sergt. Ned.
And I've a drum that's not a toy, a
rat with feathers, too;
And I march beside the drummer boy
f on Sundays at review.
Hut now our 'bacon's nil give out, tho
men rnn't bnve their smoke,
And so they're cross why, even Ned
won't play with me and Joke.
And the big colonel said today 1 hato
to hear him swear
He'd give a leg for a good pipe llko
the Yank had over there.
Good Effect Caused by One Man Who
Stood Erect in the Face of the Enemy
"That story of tho shot that carried
away Whitman's rations at Kenusaw,"
said the captain, "reminds mo of a
shot at Chlcknmuuga. On tho first
day of tho light I wus In tho front line
across the Lafayette road, and was
kneeling on one knee steadying my
gun by resting my left olbow on my
loft knee. I was as unoxclted and de
liberate ns ever In my life, but just as
1 was ready to lire a shot went
through my slouch hat above my loft
car, tho sound resembling that made
by striking a pumpkin with a stone.
I was a good deal surprised, but 1
thought at once, 'If tho robs arc shoot
ing that low, I will stand up and seo
where tho bullets como from ' I
found out pretty soon, for the rebels
brought up their supports and our
brlgado fell back fighting.
"I stood up again under very pecu
liar circumstances In the battlo of Per
ryvlllo, Ky. In the afternoon when
wo were ordered to advance and occu
py the line held by tho Thirty-Sixth Il
linois, Just as wo reached tho brow of
the hill on the right of tho Springfield
Ex-Senator Manderson Writes a. History
r of His "Twin Revolvers" During the War
"Tho Twin Seven-Shooters" is tho
title of n story by ex-Senator Charles
F. Mandorson of Nebraska, which
Is soon to bo published in New York
in book form. It is founded on an
interesting episode of tho senator's
service in tho civil war.
The "twins" themselves repose In
a magnificent mahogany caso at Man
derson's elegant homo in Omaha.
They are of unique construction and
handsomely mounted In silver. They
were presented to him by his regi
ment. As thero was danger of cap
ture he packed his revolvers In somo
supplies that were on tho way to
camp from tho sanitary commission,
and which were going In charge of a
convoy. He himself made the trip In
safety, but on reaching his regiment
ho learned that tho supplies, and, of
courso, his precious revolvers with
thorn, had been captured by Gen.
Wheeler's cavalry.
Twenty years after tho war Col.
Mandorson received a letter from a
man In Iowa, Informing him that bo
Claims the Phrase, "I Fights Mit Sigel."
Originated in a Court R.oom in Missouri
"The poem of Grant P. Robinson,
I Fights Mlt Slgel reminds mo of
tho tlmo when tho name of SIgol was
dOBplsod In Missouri," snld an ex
confederate living in New York who
was chased by tho men who "fit mlt
Slgel" in that state. "It was tho
belief in old Missouri that Pap Price,
as his soldiers called him, was in
vincible. Whon we heard that a
Dutchman named Slgel was In tho
flold on tho Union side wo Johnny
Robs laughed until wo were too sore
to march. Anything In camp that
was no good was called Slgel. When
ever we got Into a countr whoro tho
peoplo wore wavering between So
cesh and tho Union wo brought tho
hosltatora around by asking them how
they liked a country that had to hlro
a Dutchman to light Its battles. This
started the laugh and often won a
rrerult
t "Finally we went up against It In
the battle of Pea Ridge. It waa tho
first square-toed fighting wo had
done and, according to history, wo
Same Set of Resolutions Does Duty
T for Gen. Hooker and Gen. Franz Slgel
The late Gen. Franz Slgel had tho
singular felicity of writing resolutlono
on the death of Gen. Joe Hooker,
twenty-three years ngo, which woro
so eminently appropriate to his own
career that tho association of tho
Eighth
New Jersey volunteers,
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3ATTERY B.
And so I thought when beat the drum,'
and the big guns were still.
I'd creep beneath the tent and come
out here aeioss the bill
And beg, good Mister Yankee men,
ou'd give mo some 'Lone Jack.'
Please do; when we get some again,
I'll surely bring it back.
Indeed I will, for Ned snys he If I
do what I sny
I'll bo a general yet. maybe, nnd rldo
n prancing bay."
We bilnimod her tiny apron o'er; you
should have heard her laugh
As each man fioin his scanty store
shook out a generous hnlf.
To kiss the little mouth stooped down
a score of grimy men,
Until the soigennt's husky voico said,
"Tentlon. squad!" and then
Wo gave her escort, till good-night tho
pretty waif we bid,
And watched her toddle out of sight
or else 'twas tears that hid
Her tiny foim not turned abont a
man, nor spoke a word,
Tilt after a while a far, hoarse shout
upon the wind wo heard!
We sent it back, then cast sad eyes
upon the scene around:
A baby'B band bad touched tho ties
that brothers once had bound.
That's nil nave when tho dawn nwok
again, the work of hell,
And through tho sullen clouds of
smoke the screaming missiles fell.
Our general often rubbed his glass,
and marveled much to see
Not n single shell that wholo day fell
In tho camp of Battery II.
F. H. Gassaway.
and Porryvlllo pike, wo came Into tho
zone of musketry fire. Tho boyB wore
doing tho scroochlng act, and I was a
keen first In tho business. I glanced
to my right nnd my cuptaln caught
my eye and called mo by nnme, sny
lng, 'Stand up, Wank, and be a man.'
"I stood up and walked straight as
any soldier could until we hnlted.
Years afterward at ono of our regi
mental reunions I related tho story,
and my captain was sitting in the au
dience directly In front of me. I
asked him to tell me why he singled
me out at such a time and ordered me
to stand up. Ho rose nnd said ho re
membered the Incident very well, and
explained that ho spoke to mo be
cause I was the youngest man in the
company, the baby In years, of all the
boys, and in the belief that I would
obey him without question, and that
my going forward In line erect would
influcnco tho others. Ho added that
his theory was correct, for when tho
company halted directly In front of
the enemy, every man was standing
erect."
had In his possession a revolver in
scribed with his nnme. He had got
it from a southern soldier. Col. Man
dorson Journeyed to tho writer's homo
and thero Joyfully received tho
weapon.
His story of tho recovery of tho
other "twin" eight years later is thus
told by himself:
"In tho cloak room of the senate
ono day Senntor Pugh introduced to
me an Alabamlan, a typical southern
colonel.
" 'Sun said tho colonel to me, 'I
bellevo I havo something which will
interest you.'
"And ho handod mo a rovolver
bearing my namo engraved upon tho
handle. I grasped it eagerly. It was
tho other pistol.
"The colonel said he got It from
one of his soldiers, and had used it
during the remainder of tho war. It
had thus fought under two flags."
The weather man Is mixed
dates.
in bis
wore not In it. Wo didn't sit up !n
camp much after that singing conga
and cracking Jokes about Slgel.
"But tho saying, 'ho fit mlt Slgel
originated, I think, In the court of a
Justlco of tho peaco In Missouri who
was a Union man. An old soldier
Was arraigned before him on tho
charge of stealing hogs. Tho evi
dence was gc'ng gainst tho prisoner
pretty hot nnd tho old J. P. was
sciatching his head and biting the
ends off his whiskers until his beard
looked like a hedge fenco after a rab
bit chase. Tho Boldler, who couldn't
speak much, If any, English, was put
on tho stand and muttered something
tho Justlco didn't understand.
" 'What's your client trying to
say?'" asked tho Justlco of tho coun
try lawer.
"Tho lawer ropllod of courso tho
lawyer did not know 'ho snys he fit
mlt Slgel
"'Then he didn't steal the hog
said tho Justice. 'Prisoner's dis
charged "
"Hooker's old guard," for which thoy
woro wrltton, adopted them again,
with only the chango of namo, In hon
or of Gen. Slgel blnisolf.
Bowaro of tho woman who lovea
money moro than sho lovos love.
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French Law Places All Power in the Hands
of the Parents,
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HEN a Krenchmnn proposes
for the girl he thinks he might
love, tho tlrst question Is:
"Are there things ugalnst
him?"
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It is understood that sowing wild
oats never makes part of tho category,
except In tho case of n possible dis
turbance nt the church door.
To furnish one's certificate of birth
seems a most Innocent requirement of
French mntrlages; yet young men on
the ee of wedding have Hhot them
selves In dread of a discovery Its scru
tiny must lead to. "Acknowledged
child" burns upon Its surfneo the
French law will never let bygones be
bygones. Then, ns the birth ccrtlll
cute gives a direct duo to the father's
secret dossier, the ortors of two gen
erations are nt the disposal of thoso
who can show n right to know them.
The girl's parents have such a right.
The young man cannot, dnre not, re
fuse Investigation. In the social and
administrative arms of the French
government, the details of one's errors
are writ out with such mlnutenesB
that In a recent cause celebre n wit
ness of Importance was confronted
with proofs that when he wns 18 he
pawned his college books; that ho
dodged n cab faro when he wns 23;
that he owed money for his morning
coffee at the age of 2f. and Unit nt 26
he gambled In a tripot (purely gam
bling club).
Now you must know that the French
father's Inqulsltlveness grows out of n
duty to his daughter absolutely un
known to tho fathers and the daugh
ters of America. In France tho aver
nge ninrrlugonble girl snys to her
fnthcr:
"I hnve nlwnys been obedient: I
hnve effaced myself; I am entitled to
a husband. Find one for mc!"
These extraordinary details of French
marriage law ought t be known to
the girls of other countries when
young Frenchmen court them.
(a) Up to the ngo of 25 years fin-
Good Taste Demands That He Should
Not Show Himself Conscious
That He Is Being Studied.
IbIumI, 1. e until he has reached his
2Cth year, no young Frenchman can
become a husband without furnishing
to tho civil functionary, who alone
can marry him, the written act of
consent of his father and mother. In
case of dispute, tho father'B consent
is sufficient; but not so the mother's,
whose sole consent Is good, however,
when she Is a widow. Whon both
parents are deceased, tho man must
have the consent of his grandfather
or grandmother In the same way, lack
ing whom the duty of consenting falls
upon tho family council composed of
his nearest relatives.
It Is a subtlo law. Three times, at
interval of a month, a wholo machin
ery of stamped paper and its legal
service must be sot In motion. This
gives parents four months more tlmo.
If they chooso to dodgo tho service,
as the widow of a millionaire distil
ler did for eighteen months on board
her yacht not long ago, tho balked
young folks have nothing to do but
patiently pursuo their rlghtB through
"tho swamp of procedure," as they
say in the Salle des Pas Perdus "tho
Hall of Lost Footsteps" of the Palaco
of Justice.
When a young Frenchman, there
fore, sees a girl well suited to him,
ho does not go to her and say: "I
love you."
(a) It would be dishonorable.
(b) It would make her faint; and
(c) Ho would not got tho chanco
to try It.
Instead, ho goes and tells his
mother.
His mother tells his father.
His fattier goes to see his brother,
or his business partner, or a friend.
Then both of them, wearing their
The Opera Comiquo Has Been Used
Long for This Purpose.
best frock conts, call on somo friend
of the family of the girl in question.
Tho proposed match Is talked over'
and a rendezvous is made to hear this
friend's report on how tho family of
tho girl receive tho proposition.
It Ib at somo dance or dinner or re
ception that tho young folks aro at
last confronted with each other. Fall
ing such facilities tho Opera Comiquo
has been Immoraorially for thlB pur
pose by Parisian families of the
mlddlo classes. LlKo most Eu
ropean playhouses, all Its parquet
circle and Its galleries are cut up into
little boxes, Each of them has been
1 ,04
tho scono of many n "decisive meet
ing." Tho mother has her daughter sit
ting by her In tho box which she hns
tnken. Hetween tho tlrst nnd second
nets the young man Is brought to
them by tho common friend, osten
sibly to pay nn offhand visit nnd In
quire about their health. They stay
five minutes, speaking of tho play,
tho weather, and tho Parisian seuson,
and then retire.
When they havo gone tho mother
ought to make some tentative remark
to tho girt on the young man's looks,
position, fortune, mnnuers nnd so on,
endeavoring to fathom the Impression
he hns made.
It is admitted thnt mothers ought
not to Instruct their daughters pre
viously for this encounter. For If
Tho Young FolkB Aro nt Iast Con
fronted with East Other.
Uio girl has been catechised before
hand she will be so filled with appre
hension ns to risk losing grace and
naturalness. So she may not havo
sufficient self-possesslnn to observe If
tho young man bo pleasing to her or
tho. contrary.
Sho ought not to know tho object of
Ills coming to the box, because, If
she falls to please, It is distressing
to bo told so. She would be humlll
atcd and loso confidence tho next
time.
Tho common friends moot again, In
their frock coats, to let each othor
know what the effects have been. If,
as happens very rnrely, the girl has
failed to please on close Inspection,
nothing will be said. The two friends
simply talk about tho weather. But
It It oe the youth who has been found
lacking, the truth is declared, and his
friend breaks It to him later. Some
times, nnd thero are thoso who de
clare it should bo always practiced, a
girl favorably enough impressed de
mands nevertheless to seo more ol
tho youth before she gives her word,
Then it will bo arranged that she
shall meet him often, but not Intl
mately.
On his sldo, good tasto domandt
that ho should not show himself con
scious of the fact that he is being
studied. Ho goes through his paces,
social, Intellectual and physical, as
It he did not dream of her Inspection.
Tho next step Is the proposal.
The father of tho aspirant, his
brother or bis uncle does It for him,
Ills Father Takes a Bath, then Goes to
Soo a Friend of the Girl's Family.
The girl's father or her other legal
guardian should give him nn Imme
diate response. At this Interview
questions of fortune and the llko aro
discussed In moro detail; and notes
of them are made to form the basis
of the marriage contract.
Immediately ho has been accepted,
tho young Frenchman must get into
tjlB dress suit and call on his future
moter-in-law. Ho ought to thank hor
wnrrnly, but without exaggeration.
Then he may ask to boo the girl.
Art Rellco to Order.
In Rome and Naples thero aro fac-
'torloB In which "ancient" art relic-
are made to order. Statuettes of
Aphrodite In bronze are manufac
tured there by tho grosB, and re
cently several wortuletB objects were
palmed off on unsuspecting tourists
us being priceless relics which wero
unearthed In Macedonia. Ono fac
tory even aucceeded In Belling nn
unusually curious relic to tho mu
seum at Athens. Unfortunately for
tho unscrupulous manufacturers,
when tho exports examined It they
at onco discovered that It was bogus,
and notified the Italian authorities.
Method of Inducing Sleep.
Dr. Stelner observed in Java a
method employed to Induco sleop. It
consists In compressing the carotid
arteries. Tho operator sits on tho
ground behind tho patient, whose
neck he seizes with both hands, Tho
indox and mlddlo fingers aro then
pushed forward Into tho carotids,
which aro compressed toward tho
splno. The roothod is absolutely
harmless, anaesthesia is rapidly ob
tained, and the patient wakes prompt
ly, with no symptoms of nausea or
malaise.
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, New Forces Suggested.
A novel experiment lately shown tho
London Royal society by Mr. T. U.
Porter was poifotmed with a llttto
water in a beaker having nearly verti
cal sides. When the wnter was rotated
about a veitlcol axis, tho pressure was
least In the center and Increased out
waul, and when near boiling point and
bent wns applied, stenm formed only
In the region of least pressure, pioduc
Ing a gaseous core. Tho rotation was
set up by stirring with a rubber cov
ered glnss lod. Curious plienoinena
ivero shown by tho column of steam
when tho water was first stirred nnd
then allowed to como to rest while
still being heated, tho water at tlrst
having a concave surfuce nnd tho core
of steum being practically continuous
from bottom to top. TIiIh was fol
lowed by a Btngo of perplexing pulsa
tions. Homo forms of tho steam col
umns resembled solar prominences,
and It was suggested that the latter
might be duo to diminished pressure
near the center of cyclones In the
sun's atmosphere.
Novel Top-Splnnlno Device.
To spin a top well, as every boy
knows, cure must bo used In winding
the string, iib well nfi In thiowing tho
top, the tension of tho cord hnvlug
considerable to do with tho speed of
revolution. Now n western Inventor
comoB forward with a top which,
while It makes uso of tho string, doeB
not have It wound on tho top, as lu
necessary with tho old kind. Tho Il
lustration gives nn lden of the device
which Ib used In connection with tho
cord to give tho top Its rotary motion
and also sIiowb the manner of apply
Ing the string nnd spinning wire. Tho
latter Ib formed with a loop at one end
In which one finger of tho left hand Is
Inserted, while the opposite end of tho
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wire has a curved hook which sur
rounds tho spindlo on tho top. At tho
point of tho long loop Is n guide
through which tho string feeds to tho
top. To put tho top In motion the
cord Ib given a single turn around the
spindle, tho free, long end Ib Inserted
in the guide, and the hook of the spin
ning wire Ib placed over tho spindle
tindcrneath the cord. It Ib obvious
that a sudden nnd strong pull on tho
cord nnd ,nn equal resistance with tho
other hand will hold the top station
ary In a vertical plane, while tho rap
idly moving cord will glvo motion to
tho spindle to rotate the top as tho
cord is drawn througn tho guide. When
the string hns passed through tho
guide there is no further resistance
and the top drops of its own accord to
the floor, maintaining Its motion for a
great length of time. Frederick W.
Krnnz of Minneapolis, Minn., is tho
patentee.
Fountain Marking Brush.
A very necessary portion of tho la
bor of shipping goods from largo fac
tories and stores is the marktug of
each package with the name and ad
dress of tho party to whom it Is to bo
sent, and the pot and marking brush
are common articles In the shipping
department of every large establish
ment. There is, of course, danger of
the pot being tipped over and deposit
ing its contents on tho floor or boxes,
If not on tho goods themselves, und
the marking brush is likely to drip in
transferring it from tho pot to the sur
face to bo marked, and altogether tho
arrangement is neither cleanly nor
saving in time. Wo present herewith
an illustration of a' marking brush
complete in itaolf, showing a decided
Improvement over the old brush and
pot. It has the Ink Inclosed In a reser
voir forming the handle, and there Is
an arrangement by which the flow to
ho bruBh is limited or prevented alto-
gether, this being accomplished by
turning tho Bcrew cap at the end of
tho handle to insert tho conical head
of the contral rod In the opening lead
ing to tho bristles. To clean tho reser
voir the cap and brush are both de
tached from tho handle, leaving tho
latter open from end to end for tho
passage of a stream of water or other
cleaning fluid. Jcsso A. Crandall of
Brooklyn, N. Y Is tho Inventor.
A Wholesale Lemon 8queexer.
Ab many thousands of lemons aro
used In large restaurants and drug
stores In making lemonado with which
tho customers quench their thirst dur
ing the heated term, and as these aro
UBunlly squeezed separately, with con
sequent Iobb of tlmo to tho drink
mixer, It has occurred to Joseph C.
Bulloch of Cherokeo, N. C, that a ma-
chine foi KqtiecIng the lemons by tho
dozen might prove of some value an a
labor and time saver. The machine ho
has designed for tills work, and which
Is Illustrated herewith, has a Mat base
to lest on the bar or counter, with a
series of semi ellipsoidal project Ioiih
raised on the upper face of the bottom,
on which the halveH of the lemotiB aro
Impnled. The machine has a hinged
pressor plate with vertical postH nt
each end of the base to support a
pivoted bar. This bar carries a screw
tin ended shaft, with a hand-wheel at
the top, nnd an enlarged head at tho
bottom to engage the pressor plate. To
operate this squeeer any number of
lemons from one upwnid are halved
and placed on the piojcctlng knobs,
when the presser plate Is tilted down
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tween the poBts, Tho Bcrows then
lowered until It exerts tho required
nuiount of pressure on the plate to
flatten the lemoiiB nnd force the Julco
out Into a rcccptahlc provided for tho
purpose.
The Nature of Electricity.
Prof, de Heon of tho University of
Llogo'coneludoB that all electrical
phennmenn aro to bo attributed to
vortex motions of tho ether, and pro
poses three fundamental hypothescB.
(1) All bodies nro surrounded by an
atmosphere of vortex elements, which
elements wo may cad eloctroiiB. (2)
Each electron represents a small
conical vortex whoso energy of mo
tion Ih unchangeable. (3) Tho direc
tion of motion of the superficial elec
trons Ib always the same. When
a body Ib electrified the vortlceB thnt
pre-existed at Its surfaco aro oriented.
The hypotheses can be expressed nnd
discussed mathematically and we may
look for furthor developments of
these Ideas.
Dark Planets.
MystcrlouB dark bodies havo been
neon occasionally to crosa tho aun'p
disc. An English astronomer lu
collected accurate dates of nine
these transits, the earliest being Ji
(I, 1701, and ho finds that these di
Indicate tho existence of two
Known planets wiinin mo eari
orbit, with pcrlodB or about ono hi
dred and Boventy-four and twenij
dayB respectively. Ono of thoso
bodies must be nearer tho sun than
Mercury, with a mean distanco of
about 13,000,000 miles. Tho other Is
calculated to revolvo between Mer
cury nnd Venus at a distance of about
CI, 000,000 miles, and Bhould havo a
dlamoter of 1,700 to 2,000 mllcfl. At
ltd most fnvorublo position for ob
servation it would appear ns a third
magnitude star 30 degrees from tho
sun.
New Washing Machine.
ThlB washing machine secmBtohavo
tho faculty of cleaning the clothes
without subjecting them to tho harsh
treatment of forcing their way through
the pile and perhaps tearing tho gar
ments. Tho Inner surfaco of tho tub
Ib covered with conugated metal, bo
shaped that the plunger usual In an
apparatus of this character. Pounders
are attached to the operating shaft so
as to yield readily when any Jargo
mnsB of clothing Ifi encountered, In
stead heads come In contact with tho
front edge first and scrub tho clothes
down tho Inclined surface until tho
bottom la reached. It will thus bo
Been that the rotation of tho actuat
ing shnft by the crank wheel will sub
ject the wash to practically the samo
motion that It would receive if acrub
bed by hand over a board.
Prize for Scientific Paper.
It is announced that Prof. Joseph
Seegen proposes to offer a prize,
under tho ausplceB of tho Imperial
Academy of Sciences In Vienna, for
tho best answer of tho following
question: "Ib any part of tho nitrogen
of tho albuminates which havo under
gone metalbollsm In tho animal body
eliminated either by tho lungs or by
tho skin in a gaseous form?" Tho
prizo offered amounts to about $1,000,
and essays may bo written In Ger
man, French or English and must bo
sent In before Feb. 1, 1904.
Bacilli as a Dye.
Dr. Victor C. Vaughn, of tho Unlvor
slty of Michigan, recently exhibited to
a scientific ao:lik" somo silk handker
chiefs which had been dyed a bright
yellow '(r n beautiful pink hy tho pig
ment abstracted from two micro organ
ism pnown an tho bacillus prodoglosls,
Ho referred to an apparatus with
which ho was able to produce various
bacilli by tho acre.
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