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TALBKTINE , NEBRASKA.
President itt > oseelt's saddle horse
loads a strenuous'life.
' { lad to see you" is one of the little
* rtte lies that are worked overtime.
When a yOung husband becomes a
Tntlier he feels as happy as he looks
cared.
The Filipinos will be much happier
when they quit running for life and be
gin running for otlice.
Jx > ve isn't satisfied with a cottage
any more unless it is provided with
open plumbing and a servant's room ,
at least.
Nearly every time Hetty Green goes
Into court she has a new lawyer. She
probably doesn't want any one man to
iiud out too much about her business.
When a girl secures damages in a
iawmiit because the jury is said to be
influenced by her beauty she is about
as near heaven as it is possible to get
without dying.
'Santos-1 Minion t has decided not to
operate in London , probably owing to
the fact that King Edward wants to
monopolize the high-Hying business
over there for the present.
A Canary Inlander has found out
Low to draw electric power from the
atmosphere in so simple a manner that
n child may operate the machinery.
All that is necessary now is to get your
* tmos ] > here.
" * A Baltimore man who was arrested
iiie'otuer night with a pair of stolen
trousers in his possession , pledged that
he stole them because he was hungry.
To make the excuse plausible he should
liare grabbed a straw hat instead.
' "I think he will carry this island
Jiome in his pocket" This was a re
mark by Sebastian in the play of the
"Tempest : " and therein Shakspeare
foreshadowed an apprehension which I
3olm Hull now experiences when he
thinks of the commercial operations of
his Cousin Jonathan.
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You can get a planked-slnd
"made from oak grown on the hum
mocks of Southern Florida" ' for 75
cents or a dollar at a Boston store , but
4ish cooked on these b < ; anK will taste
no morelike that cooked in the open by
the fisherman who .splits his own plank
than the corn cooked on the kitchen
Etove at home tastes like that which
the boys roast in the field on a moon
light night in the early autumn. And
how good that corn does taste ! rl
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4 The coincidence of a fire following
the issue of nn insurance policy some
times points to criminality. Not so.
.however , was it in the case of a cer
tain college president. As the story e
, goes , he ivceived a note which shows c
tiiat a corporation may have humor. ti
Tiie communication read : "Dear Sir- ; tie
jKuclosed find draft for live hundred
dollars. We note that this policy went
into effect at noon , and lire did not oc
cur until four o'clock. Why this delay ? "
Tlie hairpin "as a surgical instru-
jneut" is treated quiteeriously by a
physician Avlio , writing in a technical
journal , names fifteen different ways
an which it may be used in an emer-
; genc3r , to ease pain or even to save life.
Jb"or example , it might serve as a probe.
jisa surgical needle , in place of a drain
age tube , to remove foreign bodies , to it
compress a blood-vessel , or to close a
wound. "One hair of a woman can
alraw more than a hundred pair of
xen , " ' wrote old James Ilowell almost
three centuries ago. It may be that
some of the virtue of the hair goes into
the pin.
We shall never have justice for the
Xcmale sex as long as accepted natur
alists and entomologists are men. Here
-we have the assertion , with reference "
to the invading seventeen-year locusts ,
that "it is the adult female that causes
the injury to trees. " Of course : it is
always the female. Whatever misery
comes to the world the female did it.
Jf we know the temper of the women a
3 > f to-day , they will not rest under this
unjust discrimination , but will come
forward boldly in elub and family cir-
t-fe to repel the miserable assault on
the lady locust. While we are not ac
quainted with the conversation of lo
custs , we dare maintain with Dr. Julia
JLow that there is not a female locust
of depraved and destructive habits
that cannot trace what is bad in its
nature to the inlluence of an evil nale.
while , on the other hand , there is not
u male loeust that will not readily of
testify to the elevating inlluences of
his mother and sisters. AVe are very
weary of fihese stupid scientific dis
criminations and earnestly desire that
they will be refuted by the study
classes of the women's clubs.
" 11 is not the educated , or so-called
M
classically educated man. it is not the
K
arislocraey , it is not the moiiarchs ,
that have ruled the destinies of the P
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world , either jn camp , council , labora
in
tory or work shop. The great inven '
r
tions , the improvements , the xliscover-
r
jes in .science , the great works in liter a
U
ature , have sprung from the ranks of
er.
the poor. " The above extract is from ClP
"Andrew Carnegie His Book. " And P
while the book is not pretentious from j !
ti literary point of view , it is a mine
of practical suggestions , shrewd obser Ill
vation * and practical advice. "Mr. Car- hiU
-Tipgie is the "Poor Riclinvd" of this up ]
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generation. The average man strive
! and saves and accumulates that his
children may have a better opportunity
j in life than he has had. In the ma-1
I jority of cases he has handicapped his
children by turning over to them hl
accumulations. Nearly always It ie
the poor boy who scores success. You
have only to look around you to prove
i this statement. In the striving he de-
i velops mental and moral fibre while
the rich man's son IK content with
i flabby moral and mental fibre. The
I poor boy has incentive while the boy
j who is well provided has little ambi
tion. And what is true of the boys is
largely true of the girls. It is from
the ranks of the poor that the great
and successful of the race emerge.
What man who has measurely suc
ceeded in building a business or a
character will doubt that Andrew Car
negie is right ?
The requisite quality that makes for
success In life undoubtedly varies with
the vocation In life that a man follows.
The god soldier is not of necessity xhe
good lawyer , nor Is the good business
man of necessity a good diplomat. Ev
ery walk of life requires different quali
ties to insure success : but one quality
is essential to all , and that is concentra
tion of effort. The young man enter
ing upon a business career needs this
quality it is the one thing without
which he cannot hope to be a success
ful business man. There is a crisis in ev
ery man's life when he Is called upon to
make a momentous choice between the
road to success and that leading to
failure. 1 He is like a man walking along
1J
a straight road Avho unexpectedly en
counters a fork in the pathway. Here
three t roads diverge. The center one ,
that t most frequently taken , leads to
mediocrity. I Of the other two. one lead ?
to success and the other to failure ;
there t is no ringer post and a man's de
cision depends entirely upon his own
intuition. i This intuition is merely the
outcome of concentration. If a man
has 1 devoted his beat efforts to the busi
1i
ness he has in hand , he possesses the
ability : i to make a wise choice ; If 7iot ,
he is lost. Xo one can advise at the
critical moment. If the individual has
earnestly endeavored trt master his
business. I ' and has acquired a thorough
knowledge I ; of it , he is in a position to
map out the right course for himself ;
if i not. no advice can prove availing.
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Even though he be put upon the right
road , concentration he will
r lacking ,
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wander from the beaten track into one
of the many by-paths that lead through
the Inrervening thickets separating the
road to success from that leading to
mediocrity. To succeed to-day , a mar.
must possess originality and persever
ance : he inu t master and understand t
himself and his Twsiness and have
Iis
stamina. "Whatsoever thy hand find-
eth to do. do it with thy might , " is a
very old but. at the same time , a very
wise argument. Ilalf-heartedness in .
business only leads to disappointment. J
To succeed , a man must concentrate his tl
thoughts : and energies upon his work ,
and such concentration is bound to
bring its own reward. Every boy en-
terimr a business life should have that
idea in view , and if he takes no inter tl
est in the business with which he is
connected , it were better for him and , [
tne firm that he sever his connection as
early ; as possible.
" Patronage.
The impressionist had finally sold one ;
of his creations. A brother artist who
had arrived , or as we say "got there. " >
not ouiy persuaded one of his own u
customers ro buj' a painting by the n
less successful man. at a good figure , is
but got him an invitation to visit rhe p
patron's house to see the picture as it
hung on the wall.
It was a painting of a sky. a bridge
and a stream , and as they stood before
rhe pun-baser fairly exhausted his
vocabulary of art in expatiating on the
naturalness of the water and the poetic
beauty of the sky. The man who had
done the painting smiled and smiled ,
but at the same lime mopped beads of
perspiration from his brow. Fiuallj * .
says the Xew York Tribune , which
prints this story of agony , he gor his
friend into the hallway and there ex
ploded.
"Good gracious ! " he groaned
"They've hung my picture upside
down ! "
Testing tJie Postal Service.
To test the safety of Uncle Sam's
mails and the honesty of postal clerks ,
gentleman , known to the Detroit
Free Pi ess. made an experiment which
is. at first sight , rather foolish , but
which , in its result , is pleasant to think
about.
di
lie pasted on one side of a silver
dollar a bit of paper on which he wrote
in
his daughter's address. On the other
01
side he put a one-cent stamp , .sending
the dollar at merchandise rates.
The experiment was the'result of a
dispute with a foreigner , who doubted '
the American's assertions of the safety
the Unted Sta.es mails , and warned
him that that was the last he would
hear of his money.
Two days later the man received a
letter from his daughter acknowledg
ing the receipt of the dollar. w
Not on the Grand .fury.
Here is the way a Pawnee Countj
man confessed at a revival meeting in
Kansas. He had been pressed to re
pent , and finally got up and said :
"Dear friends , I feel the spirit moving
me to talk and tell what a bad man
I've been , but I can't do it while the
grand jury is in session. " The Lord
will forgive you , " shouted the preach cl
. "I guess that's right. " said the cli
penitent , "bur he ain't on the grand
jury. "
When a man sits as long as five min
utes in deep .thought , his women lolks si ;
begin to wonder what devilment lift i * \
to now. ! :
LET US ALL LAUGH.
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JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA-
RIOUS HUMORISTS.
Pleasant Incidents Occurring the
World Over ayings that Are Cheer
ful to Old or Yonnjf Funny Selec
tion * that You Will Enjoy.
Hiram Where's your son John now ?
Silas Oh. he's down to the city doin'
literary work.
"
Hiram Is he rnakin' anything out of
it ?
Silas Yes. I guess so. At least I
have to send him money every time he
writes.
She Knew a Thing or Two.
She And am I really and truly the
first girl you ever loved ?
He Certainly. And am I the first
man you ever loved ?
She The idea ! Don't I look to be
more than 7 years of age ?
Egotistical.
Green 1 understand you are looking
for a donkey. I've got one for sale.
Brown 1 bought one yesterday , but I
may want another soon.
Green Well , any time you can use a
good one , don't forget me.
Customer Bring me some cheese.
Waiter Sorry , sir ; the cheese is out.
Customer What time do you expect
it back ?
Her First Question.
"At last , " said the great scientist , "I
have fully established communication
with Mars. What great question shall
I submit to them first ? "
"Ask them , " said the young woman
promptly , "if they have discovered a
comfortable and suitable bicycle cos
tume for girls that is also attractive. "
-Chicago Post.
Higher Prices.
"How's this ? " asked the customer in
the bookstore. "Last week the prices
an Bacon and Lamb were only $1.:2o. :
and now you have marked them up
to § 3. "
"Well , you see , " explained the book
seller , "since the Meat Trust began cor
nering' supplies "
But the customer hurried away to se-
ure matinee seats for "A Texas Steer"
before the prices went up at the thea-
er , also. Baltimore American.
Covered the Ground.
"Pe Sheriff only had me one time in
ny life , " said the colored witness.
"And what did he do with you
hen ? "
"He didn't do nuthin * wid me. sub :
outrun him. " Atlanta Constitution.
Various Possibilities.
"There is something fascinating
ibotit a crowd , " said the alert per-
ou.
"Yes. " answered the languid philos-
pher : "there is always the charm of
mcertainty about a crowd : you can
lever tell from a distance whether it
s caused by a prince , a politician , a
ime-fighter , or a pianist. " Washing-
on Star.
Some One Else Did It. :
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"Oh ! Willie , you are all battered up <
gain. How did you do it ? " o
"Please , ma'm , I didn't do it ! " a
ab
Properly Announced.
"Well , why don't you announce me ? "
emaiuled the pompous lady.
"F.eg pardon , ma'am , " stammered the ;
ew butler , "but Ili cawn't quite mike I )
ut the nime. Hisit 'Mrs. Jonesmith ? ' "
"Xo. stupid ! 'Mrs. Jones-Smythe. ' " si
"Oh ! " said the butler , and then bawl-
Li : "Stupid Mrs. Jones-Smythe. "
'hiladelphia Press.
The Keal Thine.
"And have you no home ties ? " asked
le sympathetic lady.
"Xo. ma'am. " replied the tramp. "All :
ties wot 1 hev enny connecshion
itli is de railroad ties. "
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Now They Bon't Speak.
XeH The last thing Jack did before rc
oing away was to kiss me.
Bess That's just like him. He al-
ays would postpone a disagreeable
isk until the very last minute.
Declining ; Faith. , . ,
"Iii my young days , " said the Moro
*
lief ; , bitterly , "everybody believed
Kit a man who fell in battle had a u <
ussport to heaven. "
"And is it-not so now ? "
"Evidently not. I have seen heretics "tl
culkini ; behind rocks and throwing ti
vay tii-it-class chances of ' getting
: olPuck. . hl
Stopped the Gnme. {
"What broke up the ping-pong social
down at your church last night ? " ask
ed the young man with the clerical gar
ments.
"Some unregenerate son of Belial , "
said the second man in church garb ,
"substituted eggs for the balls. "
Judge.
As It Appeared.
Diggs Did you buy that piece of
bronze at an auction sale ?
Biggs No. But why did you think I
did ?
Diggs Because it looks like it had
been under the hammer.
Proof Positive.
He Do you believe the widow's griet
is really sincere ?
She I do. Why , she spent half the
insurance money for a mourning suit
and the other half for a tombstone.
It All JJependa.
Bess Don't you dislike to hear a
young man talk shop ?
N ll Oh. not necessarily. My beau
doejl it every time he calls.
Bess Indeed ! , ,
Nell Yes. You see. he's a street
car conductor , and I suppose it comes
natural for him to say , "Sit closer.
please. "
The Husband Knew.
Oity Editor See here , in your obitu
ary of this prominent club woman you
say she "is a good wife. " You mean
"was , " of course.
Reporter No , I mean "Is. " Mr. Hen-
peck , her husband , told me if I wanted
to be absolutely truthful that was th
way to put it Philadelphia Press.
Sad Sea-DoKgedness. i ,
. The ship groaned. '
But the Giddy Young Thing who was
talking to the Captain was a good
sailor and didn't mind a bit of rough
weather. °
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"Doesn't it seem unnecessarily cruel ,
Captain , " she said , "to box a com- l
pass ? "
"Not anj * more so. miss , " he replied ,
grimly , "than to paddle a canoe. "
And the ship groaned some more.
Chicago Tribune.
Quite Remarkable.
Gushlngton Ah ! your wife is a most
remarkable woman. -
Henpeck Think so ?
Gushington Indeed I do. Don't
you ? : >
Henpeck Well , she certainly is able
to make more remarks than any other >
woman I know. Philadelphia * Press.
Remnant Sale.
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"What are you hanging around here
for. waiter ? "
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"I'm waitiu' for you to ger fru wid of
chit chicken 'cause a gemman jest or
dered chicken soup. " Chicago Ameri w
can.
As Tt Should Te. tr
Miles Isn't it queer that a man's IK
L'ars are placed in stu-h a way that he rii
an hear only the sounds in front of In
liim ?
Giles Nothing queer about it at all. Ill
\ merciful Providence never intended Jtl
that a man should hear what is said 1)11
liehind his back. hi
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The Only One.
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"Everything in biblical history , " said
'
he argumentative . "gc.es to prove , ,
: hat Adam loved his wife. "
"Yes. my dear , " replied the cruel
t
msband. "but you must remember .
hat she was the only woman he had
jver met. " Ohio State Journal.
L.earned Graduation en
"Each spring when i listen to the he
earned graduation essays of a class of on >
vealthy men's sous , at a college com-
neucement. I feel that 1 won't be able
o hold my job two weeks after those
smart youths get our hustling for their >
laily bread in competition with me. " i
, middle-aged se :
nused the gloomy-eyed -
nan in the back seat. "But on my way
lome. as 1 learn that the trolley car
onductor is a college graduate , and the r
lerk at the corner cigar store is au- Mil
ther. I begin to chirp up a bit. and in anW
day or two I get over my dismal fore- W
lodings ! " Puck.
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Truly American. ro i
Sharpe "Would you care to occupy a to t
100 seat and see the coronation to
larade : ? mi
Whealton Xot if I had a quarter to
it on the "bleachers. "
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AVhat He Visaed.
Stranger Is Dr. Quackerly in. * .V'
Servant Xo. sir. He went up the tin ;
iver this morning to shoot ducks. ed
Stranger Well. I'm sorry he isn't at Aa -
mine. I could put him onto bigger a
ame.
ire ;
She Capitulated. ! )
Maud Do you mean to tell me that
ue
on < and George are engaged it last ? cl :
Mignon Yes : he had quit spending
noney on me. and I thought 1 might as
veil let him propose. Chicago Tribune.
Lucky Children. he
The Maid Dear leetle Fido. he will
tot eat zees bonbons , madauie. >
Mrs. Sassiety Ah ! poor little doggie.
here must be something wrong with
heni. Give them to the children. Phil- I"
.delphia Press.
Visihle Prcmf.
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Ping What reason" have you for -
hinking De Jones married an intellec-
' .
ual woman ?
Pong Because most of his "suspender
lie
inttons are si fety-pins.
THE BOOMING CANNON
RECITALS OF CAMP AND BAT
TLE INCIDENTS.
Survivors of the Rebellion Relate
Many Amusing and Startling Inci
dents of Marches , Camp Liife , Forag
ing Experiences and Battle Scenes.
"Queer things , " said the Major , "hap
pened in the old armv. In December.
18b'2 , I was at Holly Springs , Miss. ,
looking after the business on the sev
eral Southern railways just opened by
Grant. Holly Springs at rhat time was
Grant's secondary base of supplies , and
was well to the rear or his divisions
inarching southward. It was crowded
with military stores , and was guarded
by about 1 , , 00 men under the command
of Col. Murphy. On the nisrht of Dec.
19 I was sleeping with Nichols , a tele
graph operator , in a room above the
telegraph office , near the depot , when
Col. Murphy waked us up.
"This was about . " o'clock on rhe
morning of the 20th. and the Colonel
was very angry because Nichols did
not answer promptly. He said Van
Dorn's cavalry had driven in his pick
ets , and that the rebels would attack
In force at daylight. He wanted to re
port the situation to Gen. Grant , and
Nichols began to call U. S. , the signal
for Grant's headquarters , but got no re
sponse. Nichols repeated that I'uM U.
S. a thousand times , it seemed to me.
when at last Beckwith. the operator at
Grant's headquarters , answered , and
we shouted in gladness. Murphy dic
tated a dispatch to the effect that he
would be attacked by daylight by a su
perior force , and that all was lost.
"As the Colonel turned to leave the
office I called his attention to a large
force of cavalry in blue coats dashing
toward us in the dim light of the early
morning , and told him with such a
force at his command all was not lost.
Fie said we had no cavalry outside the
lines , and swore the men riding toward
us were rebels. Then he and ol'iors
ran from the building , while Nichols
ind my old colored servant , Moses , and
myself remained. The cavalry in blue
i-oats dashed up to the depot , where
two or three hundred unarmed Union
soldiers were sleeping , and sabered the
oor fellows as they came from their
olankets. We were soon in the midst
f a hot fight , and , remembering
Grant's order to never let a telegraph
nstrument fall into the hands of tne
iMiemy , I caught up a heavy club and
smashed every instrument in the room.
"Then Nichols and I hid in a closet ,
.vhile old Moses prospected. We soon
Duelled smoke , and discovered that the
ebels had set tire to the building. Look
ing out. we saw Col. Murphy at the
lead of about a hundred men charging
he rebel lines. He would break their .
ine , then charge back , and strike at .
mother point. He kept this up longer
ban I thought any man could , but at .
ast was surrounded and forced to sur-
ender. At this juncture I decided to
'Hi-render myself , and was sonn me
f 200 prisoners sent out by the road
m which Van Dorn's mounte.l men Cl
Clo
vere still pouring in. o
"They were a nondescript lot. infan- o
rymen mostly , mounted on farm
lorses and mules , " most of them t
iding without saddles or bridles , and Cl
iiindreds of them with only rope halt-
rs. Biy they were as noisy as wild
ndians. and they soon had full fifteen A
tundred prisoners. When they came to rr
mrole us , they made each man write rb.
lis own parole from a printe 1 form , b.v
ind in writing mine I scheduled my-'lf b.o
a civilian and promised not to h ai o
inns against the 'so-called Southern ( !
Jonfederacy. ' The officer in charire a
ibjected to the 'socalled'and I crossed w
we.
out. They paroled all the whites , e.
mt carried off all rhe negroes , and I. e.V
vith oihers , proceeded to Corinth , V .
vhere I found old friends in the Sev- 1 >
1tl
nth Illinois. Scarcely had I reported , tln
lowever. when rhe Colonel sent me n
ui with a forairing expedition to Tu- w
elo. some twenty-live miles away. ft
"That niirht I realized that I was ftA :
"
gain in tn"e enemy's country fully arm- A
d and equipped for a tight and wi'h ai
parole in my pocket. This had a -1
erious look when rhe pickers were tlIt
riven in by a great crowd of men bear- ( It
ng down on camp. AYe soon discov-
red the supposed rebels were colore I i
uen who had escaped from Van Dorn. di
nd among the first to come in ranire ti
tie
vas ! old Moses. He was wild with ue- e
iirhr when he saw me. and I felt bet- '
over my parole. In rime I reported ai
aiM
( ien. Grant , who refused point blank M
recognize my parole , as it Avas issued IK ;
a civilian. I preserved the docii- tr
trSi
iient. however , and I have it yet. " Si ;
"I had a queer experience at Kene- id
idr
aw. " said The Captain. "A sergeant r
one of the left companies of the Fif- cl
y-second Ohio , as the regiment came tl
nder the direct tire of the enemy rtini- to
tow
pale as death and faced to the rear. w
be made a few steps to the re-ir he :
ame face to face with his commanding s'f
fiicer. The Colonel caught the set'of
eait i.y the shoulder , and s.id : 'Face A
< other way. Joe. ' At this ; he ser rh
e.uit turned mechanically. lod me n :
Iarge on rhe enemy's works , rallied ev
lie waverinu line , and seeni" ' . iu'llf-
erent to danirer. He was , in fact , rhe .St
iosr conspicuously courageous man on
line.
"Years later rhe story of his facing
rite rear was told to the sergeant and " '
[
-aid in wonder rliat he had absolute-
!
no recollection of the occurrence. ' "
" \\as not sensitive on the qu > stion.
e-aii > ; e he in"s * > ; 'd not a .sin : , - ii ht n
- t'.i'Vf yea - service , but lye could
i : iderstand it. He J'.ad no recollec-
ion of being afraid , or of facing tothe
i'.ir. or of the Colonel speaking u. him.
Liid yet he never thought of disputing
correctness of the story told by myfo
i self and others. I hare oftenwonder
ed where Joe's mind went In the mo
ment of panic and have wondered if his
condition when he faced to tne rear
was not similar to that of a man
asleep. "
" 1 have no doubt. " said the Doctor ,
"that the facing to the rear in this case
was involuntary and purely mechan
ical. When the mind came into action
it responded to the natural impulse of
courage , and the man went forward
with all his wits and .soldierly instincts
in full play. There was another ease
iu the Fifty-second Ohio , which Illus
trated the rare quality of presence of
mind in the face of appalling danger.
When the regiment was on the Sand-
Town road , in front of Atlanta. It came
under the heaviest artillery fire in its
experience.
"In the midst of the racket , a sput
tering shell dropped between Com
panies B and G. Men on either side
fell over each other In a wild scramble
to get out of the way. But Sergeant
Sam Grimshaw , quick to comprehend
the situation , ran to the shell , picked It
up and threw it far to the rear before
it ' exploded. His quick , resolute action
probably saved half a dozen lives , and
the government recognized nhe excep
tional quality of the deed by awarding
Grimshaw a medal. " Chicago Inter-
Ocean , x ,
Compelled to Return His Box.
"There was a man in our company
who stole a c.iffin box to sleep in , " said
R. A. Stepheuson. who was a surgeon
in the Sixty-ninth Ohio volunteers , to
a few comrades at the Palmer House ,
relates the Chicago Record. "It was at.
Savannah. Ga. We had gone into camp
on che outskirts of the city and had.
begun preparations for the night , when-
fS 1
n
"STOLE A COFFIN BOX.
in walked this fellow. Slung over
hack was a huge coffin box. A bout the"
irst man he met was Col. Brigham.
M
' 'What have you there ? ' asked Brig-
liam.
" 'A coffin box. ' replied the man. . ' '
" "And what do you propose to do *
ivirh it ? ' \
" 'I am going to sleep iu it. '
" 'AVell. I guess not : you .lust gather -
it up and take it back wher" you got
t or I'll ortler you under arrest. '
"The box was taken back and he ,
.
ike the rest of us , sleyt on the ground
bar niirht. "
Uirth of the Confederacy.
The crisis came. The constitutional
onveiition assembled in Montgomery
m Jan. 7. 18 ( 1. It was composed of
> ne ; hundred members , representing all
shade * of political opinion , all anxious
o meet wisely the issues before the
o un try. t
The "ordinance of secession. " dissoly-
ng the union between the State of
Via ha ma ami other States under the
ompact styled rhe "Constitution of the
'nited States of America , " Avas passed
> y a vote of < > ! ) to ol on Jan. 11. IHUl.
Montgomery was thronged with visit-
rs. ; The vott was taken beliind closed
lours in executive session. The halls
ind : porticos and grounds of the capitol
vere packed with ladjes and gentlemen
a erly waiting upon the action of the
onveiition. says Pearson's Maga/hie.
.Vlien the doors were opened to the
uiblic and .Indue William 11. Brooke ,
he president of the convention , au-
lounced the result of the vote , rho
vihiest cheering arose. Political dif-
'erences were blended in the universal
low of enthusiasm. The new Hag oC
Via ha ma Una red over rhe convention ,
ind the boom of cannon rose over the
bouts of the happy multitudes , telling :
lie marrial messaire of the indepeu-
lence of a "sovereign State. "
On the next day rhe Senators and
tepre ; emarives from Alabama with-
Irew in a body from the Con resof
he I'nited States. ( Jov. Moore order-
d the seizure of Forts Morgan and
'aines. at the entrance of Mobile baj ,
nd of rhe Tnired States arsenal at
ilounr Vernon. that these forts might
or become I-ases for United Stare *
roops intended for invasion of ths
rate. He also sent troops to aid Flor-
la in taking charge of the forjs about
'eiKacola. President" Buchanan de-
lined to receive Mr. Thoma- . Jud-e.
he ! commissioner sent from Alab.im.a
neiroriate fur payment of rhe debt
rhich rhe Stare conceded to be due the
i < neral trovernnient for the forts , ar
ena 1 and custom house seiz d by order
f Gov. Moore. The Unionists of north
Llabama proposed the formation of
liat section into a federal State to be
amed "Xickajack. " but the rush of
vents and the genuine secession enrhu-
iasm swept it into the Confederate
itates.
Its Effect.
Dimr Yes. it was like troing from the
yinir pan inro the fire. You know Dr.
it-barge cured my chronic rheuuia-
sm.
Dong Well , then , what's the matter ?
" 1 was paralyzed by the. bill. " Bil-
more Herald.
Another Pnzz'e for the Postoffice.
P.51I But I dunno the bloke's ad-
ress !
'Arry Can't ynr write and axs'k 'ira
LJIit The Sketch.
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