Nebraska Newspapers

    THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
L M RICE , rub.iaher.
YALENTINE , NEBRASKA
It is evident that Andrew Carneg./1
will have to give it away still faster ,
unless something happens to clog bis
intake.
King Edward has asked parliament
for an increase in his salary. What's
this , has the'King's ' Union raised the
pcale on us.
A Chicago boy convicted of stealing
golf balls has been sentenced to enter
Hie navy , where the balls are too
heavy to bo carried away in one's
pocket
"Hitch you wagon to the stars , " was
nH right as a commencement subject
xiatii the age of the auto. To back an
auto up to a star might result in up
setting the solar system.
The fact that the sum of $21,000 was
paid for a Poe manuscript is likely
to encourage many modern balladlsts
to waste valuable storage space in
holding on to their copy.
A proposition to tar trousers for
ttie purpose of raising the revenue
which is necessary to run the govern
ment has been made in England. How
can woman hope to gain her rights
in such a country as that ?
A man can.'t understand how six
women can understand what all are
saying to each other when they all
talk at once any more than he can
understand what one woman menus
when she talks all at once.
The people of the Northwest Terri
tory stood the Dukhobors until they
fancied they were living in the Garden
of Eden before the fruit episode ; then
a halt was called. The costumes worn
4 y Adam and Eve nre not quite suit
ed to our rigorous northern climate.
Mr. Vanderbilt sorrowfully tells the
ITrench newspapers that automobiling
in America lias been killed by adverse
'legislation ' and speed limits which j
will be news over here. If the chauf j
feurs have ever paid any attention to
speed limits the fact has not leaked
out
The latest , and to some minds the
most convincing , argument against
spelling reform , so-called , comes from
an English bishop , who says that the
present method of spelling helps the
churches. Elucidating this statement ,
he says : "By the time 3011 can make
a boy believe that
t-h-r-o-u-g-h spells
thru , t-o-u-g-h spells tuf : ril d-o-u-g-h
spells do 3011 can make him believe
almost anything. "
President Loubet has recoguixed the
fact that France is an African power
by visiting Algeria. This African pos
session is not merely a colony , for it iSt
is represented in the French parlia
ment as are the various departments
of the mother count n * . It lias a popu
lation of four and a half millions , more Ca
than three hundred thousand of whom pa
are Frenchmen. Through it the en
French hope to dominate northern pei
Africa , and they are even now looking me
Avith longing ejes on Morocco. ad
oui
"You promised mother a letter. lift
Write it now , " is one of the mottoes rei
on the walls of the Nagasaki Home for mi
Seamen a motto that , it is asserted , Sa
has restrained more men from going ini
wrong than almost any othtjr influence up
of the place. Wanderers over the hit
globe are-not the only ones who need Ca
such reminder. Indeed Sta
a , they might
be able to give lessons in filial duty to arc
many who have never realized how cer
fortunate thej * are that home and the
mother are not far away , but near at cor
hand. the
"Five thousand Greeks in Lowell.
Massachusetts , will not be without in
fluence the of " in
upon peasantry Greece ,
suggests the Christian Register. Turks , ovc
Egyptians , Arabs and other backward as
races have representatives among us , dOA
and even these cannot remain unaffect he
ed by "modern improvements" or fail Tin
to transmit to their native lands some bus
of the inspiration they gain her ; * . oth
When the alien vexes us most , let us at
dwell upon such sustaining thoughts. AVC
If America is to be the leaven that to
leaveneth the whole lump , we can exp
afford to be proudly patient. usu
it.
The bitter attack on American women "I
'
men who have married foreign noble - \
men has been answered by a woman to
who married , a peer , and who says that and
while he brought to her , a peerage , a hav
bad reputation , debts and a broken set
constitution she gave to him a for is
tune , good looks and good health. and
This would be more pathetic were it and
not a frank admission that she deliber slui
ately sold herself for a title , and were ised
It not very -well established that there She
are hundreds of women who would be thin
. overjoyed at the chance of making the illed
same undesirable exchange. But these zle ;
are not subjects to discuss in society top
and personal columns ; they come .un squi
der the head of real estate transfers thro
and business deals. der
England boasts that in London , "
\
6,000,000 population , there were
prea
twenty-four murders committed in one "
3
year. But two of the criminals escaped
In
ed justice. The figures are official.
sow
The record Is amazing ; the more so
when you remember that London has N.c
a criminal population large enough to grp\
make a city , by themselves 100,000 men.
beggars and a slum district that covers the
miles of territory. There are no records
in the United States to compare with
such a shoAvlng. What is the logic of
the figures and the excess of crimes
of violence shoAvn in this country ?
Respect for the laAAr. There is more of
I it across the Avater thnn there is here.
* A court isn't a joke in England. It
means something , and it is rare that'
an incompetent man finds a place on
the bench. The huvs are enforced
rigidly and wisely. The human being
who commits a crime cnn be reason
ably sure that if found out he will be
punished. That is a great deterrent of
crime. There is some "pull" there.
A. title has saved men from justice ,
but in tiie main an Englishman reaps
as he SOAVS , and men and Avomen , dis
tinguished and bearing honorable
names , have stood in the prisoner's
dock in London and met trial the same
as the peasant. Respect for the law.
fear of its consequences , court hon
esty , explain those marvelous figures ,
that mean safety of person such as is
enjoyed In no city in the United States.
Here , with all our education and our
fine system of courts , no man can with
certainty say of a murderer , "He will
suffer the extreme penalty , " until the
victim has been legally killed. There
is always the chance of escape left
open by "pull. " technicalities or the
deliberate miscarriage of justice. There
is always just as keen talent to be
had to defeat the law's ends as there
is to enforce them. In passing , it is
well to remember that in the last eigh
teen years there have been 2,784 lynch-
ings in the United Stites , and prac
tically none in England. A lynching
is always a severe criticism on the
manner in which the law is enforced.
Canada hris anticipated a very heavy
immigration this year , and she now
has figures to show that she is act
ually getting it in a way to meet all
her expectations. In the first four
months of this year the doors of the
Dominion opened to 40,072 persons ,
according to a report prepared by the
committee on agriculture and coloniza
tion of the Canadian parliament. This
Is almost twice as large as the immi
gration in the corresponding mouths
last year , and fully three times as
large as in 1901 , the respective figures
being i > 2.482 and 13,303. Most of these
newcomers have been attracted b'y
the wheat lands of the Northwest ter
ritories. They moved direct upon Win
nipeg , despite the efforts of some of
the eastern provinces to retain them ,
and they turned that city into a great
camp , in which they fitted themselves
out for the last stage of their adven
ture for new homes. Of the immigra
tion of this spring a little over a
third has come from Great Britain ,
the figure being 10,457. This is three
times as large as the British immigra
tion of the corresponding months of
the preceding year , and it is within
2.500 of the number of immigrants .
that tl'e United States attracted from
Great Britain and Ireland in the same
period this spring. As to the remain- ,
der of the immigration into Canada. ,
LX770 settlers came from the United
he
States : , a . > 0 per cent increase oAer
tin preceding year , " and 10,443 from ha
continental Europe , a 40 per cent , in lie
crease' . These 40 , < J72 immigrants into of
Canada may appear trifling in comparison
crc
parison Avith the 207,070 persons who
coi
entered ; the United States in the same
period , but they are proportionately a
more important to the country. Can [ an
ada's : population is one-fifteenth of is
ours , but her immigration is now two- iscla
fifteenths as largo as ours. It is worth nu
remembering also that Canada's im
migrants ; are almost entirely Anglo- coi
Saxon : and Teutonic races , Avbile our am
immigration : is HOAV two-thirds made ter
of Latin and Slav elements. Specu
lation is natural as to the future of the
Canada in her relations to the United lie1
States when her NortliAA'est territories the
filled up , but the one absolutely tra
certain fact of the irear future is that
United States is to have a great
competitor ' in the grain markets of wi
Avorlcl.
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mea
Wakes by Electricity. Avh
There is in Mobile a gentleman who pro
the past has been in the habit of am
oversleeping in the morning hours , and olh
his business requires that he come bee
iloAvn street early it is essential that ind
should aAvaken at a certain hour. the
Time after time he came late to his in
inmil
business , in spite of alarm clocks and mil
jther appliances to get his eyes opened my
the 1 proper time. One morning last
iveek ( he came into the oih'ce on time con
the 1 minute ; the others in the office nis
'xprossed great surprise at this un win
usual event and asked the whyfore of her
He thus explained : eno
1 iii'tormined that this business of ous
* . ; > : n-- when 1 should be awake had ing
stop , so I called in an electrician -
he fixed ine up a few things. I
it so arranged that at the hour end
a light flashes in my eyes. If this
not successful and I do not get up sing
throw the switch a mosquito bar f
the frame falls on me. If I still 1A
ilumber and sleep a gong like the one B
on the patrol wagon goes off. y
bre
Should I foil to notice all of these
be
hings there is over my bed bucket
with water , having a small noz- JL.c
'he
attached , and a rachet releases a
nely
so that a stream of water is
quirted into my face. When I sleep
lent
hrough all these it will be time to or- . ,
iris.
my coffin. " Mobile Register.
His Valuable Schooling.
x A ]
"What 'interesting sermons you
reach ! " if ' tl
"Yes. The time I should have been mcy
a theological seminary I spent in get
owing : my wild oats. " tnea
Now is the season at hand when the I maj
r.oA\n-up daughter of the household
leanders down to the front gate in ,
gloaming and looks wistful. ' lie
Women in Church Government.
The question of the eligibility of
women to serve on vestries is a good
deal discussed nowadays in the conn
oils and conventions of the Episcopa
church. The vestrymen are the civi
officers of their churches , and , unlike
the wardens , do not necessarily incur
tha imputation of piety by holdin ;
oflice. Their most important duty is to
sea to it with the warden's help , tha
the temporal affairs of the church are
prudently conducted and the bills paid
Strong churches , in cities , commonly
have no trouble in getting suitable ves
try men , but weak churches are of to
hard put to it to fill out decently their
tale of officers , because wfoile they mar
have fit women enough to manage
their concerns , tlioro are sometimes not
enough men who ar decently available
oven as figureheads. It is not a ques
tion who shall have the power , for that
is commonly determined not by office ,
but by force of position , energy and
character. Women have voice enough
in churches. It Is only a question
whether they shall act directly or in
directly. In most of the older chtirrh-
es tradition and conservative sentiment
favor the employment of men to pass
the plato and perform the othftr o/flclnl
acts , but in the newest church of ail-
that of the Christian Scientists the
power and the glory seem to hnve gravi
tated so overwhelmingly to womankind
that it rusy be no need is felt to prefer
men as the representatives of church
government The question is curious
rather than important and , however
the church authorities tattle it , the in
dispensable support of pious women
will not fail them , nor will the wishes
of the churches' indispensable support
ers fail to bo respected. Harper's
Weekly.
Fall to the Nurse'a Charm.
An observer who has kept count
both through the newspapers and by j
private statistics says that the trained
nurse stands head on the 'list of wornni
en who make good marriages through
their . business associations : that the
private secretary conies next , Avitli the
professional housekeeper a little in her
wake ; that governesses and -hool
te appear to have a very slim
ch , and that the paleswomen rntl :
women engaged In commercial cal.i-igs
bring up the end of the procession as
regards the converting of employers
j
into husbands. ,
Occasionally an artist marries his
model , a chemist weds the assistant in
.
his laboratory , or a dentist takes for
/
his life partner th * young woman Avho
helps him to keep office. But till IIOAV
tin trained nurse lias made more
havoc Avith the < -injlo blessedness of
her ; employers than his : any other order
working women. Whatever the fe-
cret. the trained nurse continues her
conquests , transforming her patients .
and her patients * uncles aii'l ' fathers
and brothers into bridegrooms with
amazing : facility. Even the nurfe AVIO' !
a professed man-hater , and who de
clares that the only advantage in af
nursing men patients is that they pay afHi
hc-i better and have no Ions ; hair to ro
comb , will veer around and suddenly be
annex some weJl-to-do patitnt for bet- st
or for worse. I
The-apparently confirmed bach'lor or
br
Avidower Avhoni his relatives be
lieved sure to leave all his property to
them will succumb to the magic of the f
trained nurse before , the interested ,
have time to object.
Whj- the College Girl Js Po Strenuous. tin
Raw eggs have been added to the tin
iienu of the fragile , nervous woman br.
br.I
tvhose love of "doing things" is out of
proportion to her strength or endur- lie
ince. Brown bread , oranges , milk and Pa
live oil. singly and combined , have AVI
eon recommended for nervous women , poi
now conies a college girl who ships up
praises of raw rgxs not raw e L's tlH
sherry or raw ojjgs beaten up in bit
nilk. but raw ejrgs " .straight" without
frills or accessories. of
This college girl went through a l.v
lourse of studies with basket ball , ten- of r
, golf and gymnastic- side issues ,
\hon the family physician had warned
family that she was not' strong
Pr
nough to stand a ye. < 4of such rig
living. The girl confesswl to keepj j CC1
Sllf
in her .
eggs ro.mi all the time.
n-Raking and swallowing one at odd cm
imes throughout the day. groAving me
of them and consuming some- rl
imes five and six without thinking ma
ingly , of course. They had the effect Its
a tonic. ind
Another girl in her last year at chi :
Chool is kept up to AAorking condition Thi
a tri-daily dose of nnv egg. At qur
reakfast ! she swallows one. directlv qurJ.
. returns from school another , and the
dinner one is broken into her soup , tha
Iron in the egg bolsters her
up gut :
, and she no more complains of Kn
weak back or enervation. The treat-
WO
is recommended to other groAving
the
' ( . Philadelphia Enquirer. Alf
How to Acquire Knoivcdtre. ! uent
Any young woman who can take a ions
niversity course should do so. But sen
that advantage is impossible do not Kie
for a moment that you cannot miE
a first-class Al education by other Cor
leans. By reading good books' you aiue
inform yourself pretty well. ? 75
There are plenty of young men and con
omen who have gone through college erne
do not know enough to hurt them. old.
There are plenty of others who have
been deprived of educational advant-j
ages who know a whole lot.
It isn't how much you study , but
how much your brain accepts , just as
it is not how much you eat , but how
much the stomach assimilates tb.it.
does you good. ,
For lofty thoughts read Mrs.
Browning's sonnets. They ar& dMisht-
ful. Tou will find in Poe's works a
vast amount of general information
on all subjects , and they nre written
in a vein of mysticism and romance
that i strikingly splendid.
Robert Louis Stevenson , George
Eliot , Tennyson , Thackeray and Mac-
aulay are also good ones to know.
Of course every student should read
the Bible and Shakespeare. Taine's
History of English Literature reads'
like a romance , and those vrho seek ,
mental brilliancy and brain beauty
can well afford to go through these
interesting volumes over and over
again. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Notable Work of Tounzr Women.
Toung women have borne an impor
tant part in the history of the world.
A recent paper in an educational jour
nal calls attention to the number of
comparatively youthful women Avho
have achieved notable things in their
different callings. Joan of Arc at 19'
led the army of victorious France ;
Patti sang ; in public before she had
entered her teens. At 22 Mme. De
Stael accomplished an essay on Rous-
eau ; .Tane Austen bad completed her
Hfework at 42 , and all of the Bronte
sisters died before they were 40.
When Uncle Tom's Cabin appeared
Harriet Beecher Stowe was only 39
and George Eliot gave Adam Bede to
the world at 38. Miss Grace Lathrop
"ollin and Onoto Watanna , two of the
most successful of contemporary nov
elists , are both considerably under 30.
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Health and Beauty Hints.
A bran bath , especially in the sum
mer time , is delightful , softening and
cleansing the skin. To prepare the ,
bath , stir the bran into a tubful of
warm water , or sew up a bag of thin
material , , like cheese cloth , fill with
the bran and use the bag for the wash
Do not sleep in a room where the ,
light from a window shines directly
on tiie eyes ; if the room faces the east
a heavy jsrepn shade will keep out the
morning light and during moonlight
nights should also be kept down , as
moonlight falling directly on the eyes
is harmful. 'I 1
Hod and rough hands can be helped
ami entirely cured by careful treat
ment. Do not wash them in either
very , hot or very cold water ; after hobo
washing apply some soothing lotion a
that has been found to agree with the bo
.skin. Sleep in loose gloves at night sh
and wear gloves when out of doors.
The tartar that collects on the teeth mho
can lie prevented by careful brushing ho
with a irood tooth brush and powder hii
after each meal. Equal parts of pre-
Hpitated chnlk and powdered orris inc
root make a good tooth powder and , jol
being free from hard bit
any or gritty sub
stance , will not injure the enamel.
For j developing and increasing the sai
breadth of the chest practice the exer- . cm
called "squaring the chest , " stand I T"
witli the weight on the balls of the ' ' fro
feet : raise the arms to the front at no1
shoulder level , palms down , then and
swing to side shoulder level , forcing cai
shoulders back ; repeat several tyj
times and the chest will gradually i .
broaden. .
Wl
Ingrowing nails can be painlessly re coi
lieved by the following treatment ;
Paint the intruding portion of nail wa
with a 40 per cent solution of caustic
potash warmed. In a few seconds the
wh
upper horny layer will be so softened
pro
that it can be scraped away with a feAv
of glass ; repeat the painting and bar
scraping till nothing but a thin layer
the nail remains , which
can be easi citr
cut away with the points of a pair
manicure scissors.
wa
Concerning "Women. clej
Mine. Loubet wife of the French were
President < , believes in coeducation. Re- ' Th
cntly at a society of French mothers and
brought down upon herself severe I [ n
jriticism by advocating American woi
nethods of training girls. reai
The "Mothers' I [ w
Birthday Club of Ger-
nany" has just been formed in Berlin , sus
object is to prevent race suicide , fieh"J
each member "J
on the birth of a
hild will receive from $200 to $000. doc
There is an entrance fee of $5 and a woi
juarterly subscription of $1. esti
ceri
. Pierpont Morgan's great rival in :
iron world is Miss Antoinette Ber- no
less
Krupp , heiress to the great Krupp
thk
and iron works in Germany. Miss
nevi
vrupp probably is the richest young
ed
voiiian ! in Europe. She is the elder of
evit
two daughters of the late Baron hoti
Alfred Krupp. His last will and testa- and
made her heiress to all his mil- ulai
, including the gun works at Es- chr-c
the ship works and
, wharves at first
and all his iron ore and coal
aore
nines in Westphalia and in Spain. leeds
Conservative estimates make
the vent
of this great property at least TA
75,000,000. , When Miss Krupp be- 100
omes of age all this wealth will be- and
hers absolutely. She is 19 y.ears itude
. . . tur
THE BATTLE-FIELDS.
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES.
The Bine and the Gray Review IncIt
dents of the Late War , And in a
Graphic and Interesting Manner
Tell of Camp , March and Battle.
"The Civil war , " said the Sergeant ,
"made as great a change in the young
women of the period as it did in the
young men. I have often thought that
the impulse that has carried so many
girls- into employments formerly monopolized -
opolized by men was born in the first
years of the war. The girl of the
period was proud of her femininity ani
Avas extremely particular in the matf
ter of employment Even the father
of a large family of girls might not
ask his daughters to do what was re
garded as men's work without exciting
criticism from both men and Avonien.
"The girl of the smaller city , the vil-
lage , and the country drew a nharp line
between what she might do and what
her brother might do. She was a re
action from the girl of the previous
generation , who had been trained to do
all sorts of work in and about the
farmhouse and was jealous of hr precook -
rogative as a girl. Her mother had '
been trained to spin and sew. to Aveave
cloth and make coats , as well as
dresses ; to raise vegetables as well as
cook them , and thorofcro the girl of
1860. if circumstances permitted , Avas
not inclined to ido any of thcso things.
The men were to do their AA'ork and
she Avas to do hers.
"When the * war came and swept the
men of the farms and toAvns south
ward , however , the Avomon were ready
and Avllling to'take up men's work.
Even those who had been taught to
believe that to be a lady was to be
idle became eager to help the soldiers.
Young women who did not know how
to seAv organized sewing circles , and
m the first months of the Avar the
woollen shirts and other garments re
ceived by the soldiers Avere fearfully
and wonderfully made.
"Buttons at the collar band , in front
and at the cuff bands Avere on the
wrong side , and not infrequently the
sleeves were finished Avith a fancy
stitch that made them look like the
sleeves of a lady's dross. The boys
were Avont to laugh over the clear left-
handed shirts , but they swore they
would wear them , if they had to stand
on their heads to button them. And
these girls stitching , stitching in mis
directed zeal , with tears dropping on
their Avork , as they thought of the
absent mon , were transformed into
Avorkers. They learned to do things
"Many of them had never bridled or (
saclk'd or hitched a horse. They soon
learned to care for horses as well as \
the men had. Few of them knew
anything of farm work. Many of them
went without hesitation into the corn
fields , and not a few of them into the a
wheat fields in harvest time. Goint ;
ro
home in the second year of the war.
girl A\ho had seemed to me a year spj
before of such delicate mold as to
of
shrink ; always from a mannish act. , ,
the
ran to the stable while I talked to
my mother , threw the harness on a us. r'
>
horse that I had called mino. hitched ' "
him to tlio spring wagon , and drove as
arcund to the front door for me. stand- of ,
ing up like a boy , and driving like a tro
jehu , her bright hair flying and her
blue eyes sparkling. the
" I could not believe sheAvas the
no
same girl then and Avhen I caught her .
} ( )
currying the horse the next morning.
Twelve months before she had shrunk ,
from riding behind a spirited horse- ; r ,
tiie
now she Avas driA'ing one every day
t njoying all the unusual work that
came to her. Another girl of tlio same
type : droAe ten miles and sole ! not only
rs ami butter , but potatoes , cab-
bage , corn and hay in the market place. con
When I came home in 1804 an old 1-iip
comrade : met me at the station and : ie
drove me along the familiar rnad to- pro
ward my old home. )
"As AVO passed Farmer I'rown's , pee
where I kneAv { > y
there Avere half a dozen
pretty ffiris. I sugested that AVO stop a .
minutes. My friend looked n- /
barra.-scd and hinted that my mother o
to have my first call. This i-x- " .
! my suspicions and I asked if . ,
was any trouble. He said there . lally
: not but that the girls wore just n
cleaning their - arri
up AA-heat harvest and
not in shape to receive callers , fun
rhereupon ( I jumped out of the buggy
started for the wheat field , where I
met five girls coming in , a little the of ;
ivorse for the work and sun , but evci
ready to greet me. The next night the
called on them and I would not norc
mspected they had ever seen a wheat the
. " at a
"it must be remembered , " said the erne
loctor. "that in 1SGO very few young i mar
.vomen were employed in dry goods 3Tl
establishments , and none at all in gro- Tl
eries and general stores. There Avere taper
girls in offices of lawyers or busi- labit
; men. and there were not one- Tl
' as many employed as teachers as of ]
. The trained nurse had not arriv ion
and the stenographer was not in sold
ividence. Girls were disinclined to It
lousework outside their own families triuj
work , in the factories was not pop- achi
. Remembering these things , the tic.-
nge that came over the girls in the
two years of the war was the _
remarkable. In many neighbor-
50 per cent of the young men
into the army. The remaining
per cent could aot do what the full nd
per cent had done before the war , IT rT
the men at iiome Assumed an at-
toward the young -women tak- The
un new burdens thai
ential and helpful OnJcago Intw
Ocean.
i A Splendid Act f Heroiam.
' Sir Charles Wyndham , the famot * '
English actor , who started life as a
ji j soldier , and played many brave part/
: upon the stage of Avar before he dared ;
the publicity of the footlights , has just
told the story of a splendid , but little !
known , act of heroism which occurred ,
(
towards the end of the American Civil
Avar. The great actor himself fought
< under the Federal flag , and shared th -
' dangers and the privations of tho-
Unitecl States army.
In the spring of 1SG4 the Unionists , ,
who had captured Ticks-burg , deter
mined to push their advantage and t&
, secure Shreveport si" important town ,
' in the northwestern extremity of. .
Louisiana , held by the Confederates.
! One force , under the command of Gen
' eral Steelo. was to approach the spot
' from ! Arkansas , while a second , led by-
General Banks , was to advance up the-
Red Itiver.
Upon March 10th the expedition set
out from Vicksburg , and on 'the 13th
Admiral Porter reached the mouth of
the ] Red River , and. shipping Frank
lin's soldiers from NCAV Orleans , pro
ceeded ' towards Alexandria. At first
nothing but success crowned their pro
, gress. Alexandria was captured , and
part of the army. Franklin at their
head , marched in advance after the ;
apparently ; retreating Confederates-
On April 7th , hoAvever , the luck turned ,
and black disaster met the invading :
troops. The flying foe , IIOAV overtaken , .
turned upon their pursuers , and in tAvo-
decisive battles utterly defeated them ,
and General Banks was forced to fall
bark.
Emboldened by their victories , the-
Confederates followed up the unfor
tunate expedition , and harrassed Admiral - "
miral Porter's fleet , with a heavy fire.
Tiie danger of the position was in
creased by the shrinkage of the river ,
OAving to the dry weather , and at one
point the vessels Avere brought to a.
dead stop by slmlloAvuess of the water.
Finally , a Federal engineer contrived ,
a dam , the Avater was raised to thfr
requisite height , and the expedition
its ranks pitiably thinned by casualty'
and the retention of prisoners , floated
into safety.
Here is Sir Charles's terse description -
tion of the deed that won admiration * ;
It is Avritten in the language of the
man of action Avho has no time to "
Avoste upon superfluous words. But
the brave baldness of the narrative ,
proves the personal experience of the.
chances of war , to which no reference
is made :
"The bravest act I have ever wit
nessed Avas that of an American officer
during the American Civil war. The
United States government had
organ-1
izecl a large army to proceed from.
Louisiana and invade Texas. For a.
very loni ? time the road and the river ;
the Red River ) ran side by side.-
Consequently our victories were easy
and many , because we had the gun
boats . to protect us. I have often'
thought that these were arranged by
tin enemy to give us a false security
and ( lure us further on. Anyway , the
result AVUS that after some weeks of :
marching and fighting we found our
selves on a huge plain in the midst
t- the fortvt , and thirty miles from !
river. The enemy here turned upon
' and after tAvo battles captured our :
sruns and many prisoners. Dangeroua
was our position that of our fleet
? unhoits became , after this catas
trophe , more dangerous still. They
Avere proceeding up the river toAAard :
point Avhore road and riA'er were-
again to come to.uether. The enemy ,
now free from attack , could build
forts . in the rear of the fleet , and cap
Jure thorn too. It was
necessary that
they .should be ordered to retreat clown
river-as soon as the second battle
emlnl. The
quickest
way was to go
straight ahead , right throtigh''the
LMiemy's camp , and ride for'life to the
river bank.
Neither sun nor cavalry
t-ould touch him. though he was in-
their midst and so. after a hard ride , '
reached the river. ITere. alas ! the
presence of a single United States
lficer AVIS so unexpected that our own
people shot at him. and.be foil pierced
several bullots.
His pursuers , in
oeo-rnition of his gallantry , forbore
akinjr him prisoner , and allowed him
\w \ earr : l on board his compatriots"
runboats. where ho lingered for many
A-oeks in the
greatest .
. agony. Event-
he reached Xew Orleans , where
a OAV days more ho died. I myself
irrivofl in that city and attended his
uncral. * "
"Grant's Imck. "
did not go out to see the surrender
General ( Lee. I remember "well the
vent of General Grant's "
return after" ,
surrender. I think there were not
than three persons present when
general came in and took a seat
table to Avrite. He looked up with
expression of animation
, and re-
aarked :
"More of Grant's luck ! ' '
This Avas an allusion to the news-
critics who had been in the
of calling his success luck. '
This little comment on the surrender
Lee Avas the only -word of exulta-
I ever heard from the victorious
oldier.
was a very slight expression of
riumph to follow such a stupendous
chievement but wholly cbaracteris-
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The National Magazine.
Caugrht a Moneyed
Man.
Ernie I hear that
Emilywent
-went to-
allege and made her mark.
Ethel Tes , and Helen went abroad'
found her mark.
Ernie Found her mark ?
Ethel Yes ; an easy mark.
best grades of Cuban tobacco-
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