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H II 11
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
-An Apparently Impartial and Unpreju
diced View of the. Sfacb Slootad Ques
tion Concectert with this Important
Affair The Discrepancies of HUtqxT II
liutrated The Issues of tha Battle Prob
ably Determined by an Accident.
i The difficulty which the conscientious
i Historian has to overcome in getting at
i the truth is curiously illustrated by a
j careful reading of the tw.j articles on
; the "Battle of Shiloh" in the February
Centura, the one by General Grant, the
j other by Colonel William Preston John-
stou, a son of General Johnston, and on
the staff of Jefferson Davis. One gives,
of cour-e, the Federal, the other
the Confederate, side. Not only
is their interpretation of the aims and
purposes of the combatants, and in their
estimate of the significance and result
of the first day's battle, do they differ,
but in their accounts of events, even in
minordetails. Thus Colonel John-ton
credits Grant with an army of oS.000,
nearly 5U.O00 of whom were effectives,
while he allow- the Confederate com
mander 50.00'J. of whom but 40,0yj
were available for combat General
Grant, on the contrary, g ve the ent re
strength of the Federal army at 35,' KX),
of whom not mo-e than 2..WJ were in
line on the first d iy Of coure Gen
eral Grant's statement of his own forces
is official and conclusive: but the fact
illustrates the di-crepancies of history.
The battle of Shiloh wa.s one of the
great battles of the war. It was great
whether e-timated bv the number of
men engaged in it, bv the character of I
the Generals commanding, bv the d.--
perate natur- of the conllictbv the un-
certaintv of the re-ult during the whole naIT aQ uour earlier he had di,misseJtne
of the first d.iv. or bv the consequences ! surgeon, who up to that time had ao
whii.h nn..f frnm fh fYnf..,f..r,t ,. ' companied him. to attend wounded
feat and which niinht have ensued from
a reuerai ueie.ii- jne tonieiierate au
thorities have always in-i-t.'d that Gen
eral Grant was virtually beaten at the
end of the first day's fight, and that
nothing -aved his army but the death
of General John-ton. and the conse
quent change of commander-, ("ener
al Grant u, freely charged at the time
with being intoxicated, and severely
criticj-ed for1 putting tindi-ciplined men
at the Iront without earthwork-. The
newspaper corre-pondents had General
Prenti--' diVi-ion surprised and capt
ured at the very beginning of the fight.
Some of the-e then current errors are
corrected, so far a we know for the firs;
t'me ofiicially, by General Grant's pa
per. General Grant's horse fell on him.
and nearly disabled him, two day be
fore tiie battle. The raw levies were
put at the front purposely. General
Grant trusting to their commander.
General Sherman, to compen-ate for
their inexperience a trust repo-ed not
in vain. And General Prenti' divis
ion fought bravely a'ld effectively
throughout the day. and were not capt
ured till after four o'clock in the af.er
noou. The man of Northern prejudice- will
read General Grant' paper, and will
but glance at Colonel Johnston's. The
man of Southern prejudices will cn-ole
himself with Coh.ne! Johnston's convic
tion that the battle of Shiloh was won
on the fir-t day, and wa lot on the
second only becau-e the Confe -Y.it e
c 'inmauder was killed. The impartial
historian, acceptmir the veracity. Ktit
not neoes-arilv the judgment-, ot both
author- will compare t:ie two paper- to
reach a true under-tanduiir of thi- mo-
meutous battle, and will find in General
oraut s iranK come. ion ol his misap-
preh-n-iou ot the strength of the Cou-
federacv. and in Colonel Johnston's
. w- - - -...,.. v ,, vn.
disclo-ure of the divided counel in the
Confe lerate army the two clue to the
true interpretations of the events of the
dax.
U- to the battle of Shiloh,, -ay
Geueral Grant. --I. a- well as thouands
of oth-r citizen. 1 el.eved that the re
bellion aga'i t the Government would
eollap-e -udilenly and so in it a d.-e'-ive
victory could Le gamed over any of its
armie-." This wa- sub-t.mti.ily the
uuiver-al opinion in the North. It was
eTen -hared bv man in the South.
The fall of Fort-Dou -I-ou and Henry
apparently opened the whole outhwest
to tli Federal a: my. The North be
l;ee 1 that further rLtance would be
in va'u. Thousand- in the South
shar-d that belief. Geueral Grant, a-s
-om a- the dilatory Halleck eave him
opportunity to move, acted in accord
anee with h - -ub-eu.-nt in-tmction- to
(ieueral Sheridiu lefon' U'chmond and
pu-hed tl.iug-. He hurried hi- army
torwanl alter the r-t eating Confederate
force-, me in.ng to r ve t ie:n no time to
recover from their demoralizat'on. He
expected uo other than a Fabian policv
ol -low retreat and -ulleii, but not
agrre-sie. re-i-tanee. A-uming that
the Confederate wou'd retreat, if
pushed, he threw up no earthwork.
He put raw levit at the front He tele
graphed to Halieck on Saturdav ni-iit.
' I have -carcely the fainte-t idea of an
attack (general one bein male upon
u-." The a nil v. catching the con'aiou
of hi- confidence, perhap
negle ted to
keep out scout in the frotit. Thi was
chargml at the time by new-pap-r cor- .
re-p indent-, and i- not -pecilicalh de- '
nied bv (General Grant, who does -peel- ,
lically denv some otiier analogo.i
cliarr"
Wh.le General (Jraut
wi
thu taking for irranted that the Con
federal" force- would not enture on an
ainrre he campaign, the Confederate
Gen ral them-eiw- w,-re in debate
upoa that en jioiiit. (Jen. ral John
ston, i!r-t in command, purpo-ed an
attack. General Beaureirard, theponu- i
iar douiueru nero oi iun nun. was op- j
pos ! to it. He wished to pursue the .
i
policy in the Wc-t wh ch General Lee
pursued so effectively in the East to
prolong the war. wean out the North,
auukwji nis ou anuy miacr, oy a ue-
fen-ive camnai-rn. Geueral Johnston i
uveiiuicu an opposition, ne enueu tiie
councd of war on Saturday afternoou
with the deci-ive declaration: "We
shall attack at daylight to-morrow. I
would fight thera if they were a mill
ion." Thus both sides entered the first
day's battle uuder some disadvantage.
The Federal forces were not expecting
an attack, and were not prepared for
it. Even wheu it came, they regarded
it at first a only a reconnaissance in
force. General Sherman, who war at
the front, so interpreted it. "Bea re
gard." he said, "is not such a fool as to
leave his base of operation and attack
us in ours." Ou the other hand, the
Confederate entered on an aggresive
campaign with divided counels. The
eeeond in command wa half sick, had
no faith in an assault, and no expecta
tion cf success.
General Grant apparently insists that
the Federal forces were not defeated on
the first day. But we think th facts
do not bear out this claim. His front
had been forced back nearly or quite
two mile. General Prenti' division
had been captured en masse 2.200 offi
cers and ui-n. The Federal camps were
in the possession of the enemy. What
th Confederates could or would hare
done on the morrow if their
leadership had remained un
changed must always remain s mat
ter of opinion. That the wearied
assailants could have driven the Federal
forces into the river, or cut of their re
treat, and enforced their surrender, is
to us incredible, even if the Federal
army had not been reinforced on the
morrow by part of General Buell's
forces, and by the 'gunboats. But the
attempt was not even made. The death
of General Johnson devolved the com
mand on General Beauregard; and the
change of commanders brought a
change of policv. At the council of
war on Saturday afternoon General
! Beauregard had urged that the army
wunaraw to uonntn. ua atonuay
morning he ordered that withdrawal to
take place. The first day's battle of
Shiloh was a Confederate attack under
one commander. The second day's
battle was aj Confederate retreat under
another commander. Both were meas
urably successful. It is. indeed, rarely
the case that a change of command and
a change of policy takes pla.e on the
field of battle with 3o little resultant
disa-tcr to the army as resulted to the
Conf derates from their change of com
manders and policy at the battle of
Shiloh.
Thi- battle singularly illustrates how
far the fortunes of war depend upon
what we call accident. If General
Johnston had lived he would have pur
sued on Monday the aggressive policy
of Sunday, and his army would have
either won a victory or suffered a rout.
And that he did not live was due to ac
cident. A stray shot cut an artery in
ms Je- An extemporized tourniquet
I w"'d have stopped the bleeding. But
I Federal pri-ou-rs. There was no one
present at the moment who knew
enough to tie up the anery, and General
Johnston bled to death. His humanity
to Federal pri-oners cost him his life.
On the other ha.id. General Grant, Col
ouel ilcPherson and Major Hawkin,
reeonn'j:terinr the lie'.d together, sud
denly found tnemselves subjected to a
, sharp mu-ket fire from a concealed bat
ten.'. Major Hawkin- lost his hat; Col
onel McPherson horse wa- shot
through the body and lived jut loug
I enough to take him out of danger: and
I the scabbard of General Grant's sword
' was taken off by a ball. If the one ball
' had missed General Johnston, and the
other ball had struck General Grant,
the commander of the Federal forces,
not of the Confederate forces, would
have been chauged, and the issue of the
battle of Shiloh might have been differ
ent. Christian Univti.
HUNTLEY, REX.
The Creator of Spoopenilyke, Now King
of the Teton Mum, Willing to do tlte
Fair Thiiijj by the I'nlted .Stt4.
Stanley Huutley. editor of Drake s
Traveler's Maaazine, and just advanced
to the po-ition of Chief of the Tetn
t Nation, having been adopted by them
j years aj-o when among the Indians in
j the capacity of correspondent, is prepar
' injr to leave for the Stouv countrv He'
( lought ten cent-' worth of war-paint
and a pair of moccasins yesterday, and
will start a -oou a- the walking im-
j prove-. He had the mocca.-ins charged
in the name of Waukpey Wankan, or
! ol-v :IS hi "?,me signifies in
the
Siou.x language. The name was de
rived from the fact that he cured a
, T 1-
wounuea inaian cniei caneu
Little
' T. ,?.-. 1,. ..l ... r lfk.YA. ,, rx.l
"What doe the pale-face want?"
a-ked the new chief as a reporter of the
World entered his wigwam yesterday.
"To know how the big medicine man
cured Little Knife." wa the reply.
I had to cure him." said Mr. Hunt
ley, -miling. "I was held prisoner by
Sitting Bull's allies, and it was cure
Little Knife or die. No cure, no life.
The chief had two -ous. One was killed
awhde ago and Young Antelope has
ju-t died. As I was adopted by Little
Ku.fe. the hereditary chief of the Teton
Nation, which includes all the Sioux
tribes, the title falls to me. The Indians
regard the tie as -acred as thought I
was a blood relation."
Mr. Huntley sent the following to the
Pre-ident:
New Yokk. Feb. 6 Hon. C7sUr A. Arthur,
Prteident of 'Jk I'rctfJ State Dear Sir: As
you will observe by the dispatches in this
moraine's New York papers. I have succeeded
to the chletudn-ilp of the Tetons. and I wait
to ask you whether your nation and mine are
to live on term ot frieadly equality or
whether you want strife and carnage.
I would like to remark that we will have
war on tap for any marauding Republican
' form of Government that comes foollmr
around our Conjrres-ional District, while we
iil be on a peace footing toward your people
o lone a they conduct themselves with due
refird to the prejudices o civilization. Any
dev.ation from this course of procedure will
re-u!t in your beinsr sent to the tower for
the tlrst offense and to two towers for the sec
ond. Plea-e -peak to your Secretary of the In
ter or and haiehlm brace up the rations is
sued to my tribes so as to include an occa
sional ham and a mackerel for Sunday. Any
ca-t off war material. Din? hats, or lieht lit-
erature now on tile in your State Department
wi'i le jrraeefuily received as a guarantee of
Hoping to hear from you soon in a spirit of
peace around the reservations and pxd -ill
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H.1UU1 i. t y U 4 . 7 .-" I.. I lll.-lII 1 fcC V .
, Mr. Huntley allowed his eye to wan
der t j ome Indian relic on the wall
; above his dek. Among other things
wa- a feathered coronet that he wore
' when a onng buck among his new
found friend-. He continued: "I am
afraid to a-ume the emblems of the
new dijrnitv while in the citv until Mr.
fi'llnnnrun tift- nut h bo -'-
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want kings or chiefs outside of himself;
that's why vou see these old plumes
and moccasins there. It would take me
four davs to tell all mv experiences
anions: the Indian, besides I have for-
o-oten most of it now.
e ll-.ro vmi h..nn rt'o;.itle
notified of
your advancement?"
"The first I heard of it was when I
read the morning papers to-day. I shall
take the eigfr-inan across the street
along with mc. He has just sent me a
bill, and I suppose I must make him
chief of one of the tribes."
Early in the da Mr. Huntley sent
out for four brick, and placed one un
der eaca leg of his chair a a mark of
distinction. His reputation heretofore
ha? rested on two great efforts of his
life. The first wa- during the Chicago
riots, when he coined the expression:
"The paie air was treaked with blood
and the gutters gusheu with gurgling
gore." The other effort was, The
Spookendyke Paaers," which were
printed in a Brooklyn paper. His ob
ject in getting the bricks yesterday was
to have a more enduring foundation.
X. V. World.
Iu San Francisco a fire-dollar goW
p!ece was given a beggar in mistake
for a " nickel." The donor demanded
the change, but the beggar refused.
Application was made for a warrant for
the arrest of the mendjeant, but no
statute could be found to cover the
crime." and tike relief prared for was
refused. San Frandtc f37-
LEAVING CARDS.)
The Slffalfleance or VTjItlns; Cards mad
How They Should Be Distributed.
The object of leaving cards is to sig
nify that a call has been made, due
uivility shown, and a like civility ex
pected in return. The routine of card
leaving may thus be briefly explained.
One lady calls upon another, and, on
finding her "not at homo," leaves a
card, saying: "For Lady Jones." If
the lady calling is married, she also
leaves two of her husband's cards with
her own. She leaves two of his cards
because one is intended for Lady Jones
and one for Sir John Jones. If Lady
Jones has grown-up daughters, the lady
calling turns down a corner of her
visiting-card to include them in the call
made to the r mother; but if a mar
ried daughter were on a visit to her
mother a separate card would be left
for her, and also for any other visitor of
Lady Jones' with whom the lady calling
is acquainted.
If a mother has grown-up daughters,
the r names are printed on her card.
"Miss Smith. Mis Ethel Smith." and
whether with her or not when calling
the card is still left with their naine
upon it Young ladies are not supposed
to have cards of their owm during the
lifetime of their mother.-, and if while
still young they lose their mothers their
names appear on the cards of the ladies
who , take them out. whether it be an
aunt, a married sister, or a sister-in-law,
or even a grandmother. If they
permanently reside with one of their
relatives, their names would 1j printed
on the cards; if only temporary, mereh
penciled. When young ladies live with
their fathers, who are widowers, and
who chaperon them, their joinl names
are printed on a lady's visiting card.
Until a ".oung lady has at'ained what is
termed a certain age. it argue no little
independence of action to have a card
of her own. but when she no longer re
quires chaperoning -he is entitled t a
card of her own. being clearlv her own
i mistress, and able to choose her owu
I acquaintances.
i It should be understood that when a
lady is at home to the lady calling upon
her, she must not ou any account leave
her card on taking her departure, as
the fajt of having seen her friend does
away with the rea-on of leaving a card,
viz.: to intimate that she has called:
but she leaves two of her husband's
cards on the hall table, pre-uming that
he. her husband, i- no. with her Kw-n
if she had seen the master of the hoii-e,
she still leaves the cards as a mark of
civility on the part of her absent hus
band. She does not leave more than
two. whether the master of the hous. is
at home or not
People who do not understand the
meaning of card-leaving arc frantically
anxious to send vi-iting-card by post
to their acquaintai-c iu lieu of calling
npon them. Only the greatest ignor
ance of the usages of good -ocietv can
OS?
excuse -uch an :dea. If d -tance i too
great to keep up a calling acquaintan -e
there is no civility in -ending names
and addresses on visiting card- by post:
they convey nothing and they mean
nothing. uu!es left in person, and it i
diflicult to imagine how the notion of
sending visiting-cards by post eould
euter the head- of any one pretending
to be in society.
Cards of inquiry are another stumbling-block
to tiie uuiuiti.ited. The-e
they are alo anx'ous to -end by pot,
which would entirely do away with the
politeness intended; they must be left
in person, as a matter of course, ami
the words "To iuquire after Mr-.
Brown" should be written ou the top
of the card. When a card of nquiry
is left by a la ly she does not leave her
husband's cards on tha occasion, a
call not being intended. b'U simply an
inquiry after health, to ev.uce smpath-.
and interest. The -am., applie- to
cards of "Return thanks for kind iu-quirie-."
These words are also writ
ten on the top of the card-, and the
cards are left by a member of the fami
ly, when not "by the invalid herself,
when the invalid i- the huband or sou,
it is still the wife or mo er who return
thanks for kind inquiries.
As regards P. P. C. cards, the samo
rule holds good; they can not be sen.
bv post, thev must be left iu person.
The letters I. P. C. s'gn f pour prendre
conge, and are left on the ne of a de
parture for any length of time.
Visiting cards are left when a lady i
not at home, when time do -s not admit
of making a call, when the acquaint
ance i too .ight to warrant m.ik. ng a
call, wheu it is not desired that the ac
quaintancehip should develop into a
calling acquaiutaneehip, when a-ked
by a mutual friend to . all n a -.ranger,
when an invitation is sent by a
stranger through a mutual friend, when
leaving a letter of introduction on a
stranger, aud after entertainments.
Cards cau only be sent iu when pure
ly business calls are made, and between
people unacquainted with each other.
Cards should never be -ent in when so
cial calls are made. It is quite suffi
cient for a lady to give her name to the
senant
Wedding-cards and memorial-cards
have long been out of date, aud are
hardly worth alludiug to in this place:
stilL they have existed, which is a rea
son for referring to them at all.
A lad"s visit'ng-card is printed in
small, clear copper-plate type, and free
from any kind of embelli-hment. It is
thin and unglazed, the size three and a
half inches in width, aad two and a
half inches in depth. The name is
printed iu the center of the card ami
the address in the left-hand corner.
A gentleman's card is also thin and
unglazed, the size three inches in width,
ana one and a half inche in depth.
The usual hours for leaving cards are
from three to live, although thev are
extended from half-past two until six
o'clock, time and distance be u takeu
into account. Cards are not left iu the
morning, as a general rule, save under
exceptional circumstances, such as cards
of inquiry, etc English Pajjer.
Newmarkets.
The long Newmarket coats are made
with loose fronts and closely fitted
backs, they have a pointed hood lined
with changeable silk, and are without
trimming other than the stitching on
their edges. They are made of serge or
of Cheviot, diagonal cloths, or the oat
meal or momie cloths with tiny speck
raised on the surface. Large buttons of
metals cut in fanciful figures are used
on these long coats and on the shorter
cloth jacket-. Olive, brown, garnet
and bronze-eolored Newmarket are
shows, in Cheviot and other cloths. For
rnidsummer travel are similar garments
made of gray, ecru or brown mohair,
and also of pongee. Harper's Bazar.
The late Mrs. Shillaber, sister-in-law
of "Mrs. Partington," left an es
tate in San Francisco valued at $500.-000.
FZR3T
National Bank!
COLUMBUS, NEB.
Authorized Capital,
Paid In Capital,
Surplus and Profits, -
?250,000
50,000
8,000
OFFICERS XD DIRECTORS.
A. ANDERSON", Pres't.
SAM'L C. SMITH. Vice Pres't.
O. T. P,OEN, Cashier.
J. YT. EARLY.
HERMAN OEtlLRICH,
W. A. MCALLISTER,
G. ANDERSON,
P. ANDERSON.
Foreign and Inland Exchange, Passaee
Tickets, ana Real Estate Loans.
20-vol-13-ly
BUSINESS CAEDS.
D.T. Mauty.v, M. D. F. J. Scuug. M. D.
Drs. MAIITYN & SCHUG,
U. S. Examining Surgeons,
Local Surgeon. Union Pacific, O., N.
& B. H.and B. A M. R. R's.
Consultations in German and English.
Telephones at otSce and residence.
23TOnice over First National Bank.
COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA.
4'J-v
1 D. EVA3i, .tl. D.
PB. YSI CIA -V AXD S UP GEOX.
2"roihVe and rooms. Gluck buildim,
11th street. Telephone communica ion.
-Jyt
F. F. RO.EK, M. .,
HOMCEOPATHIST.
Chronic Diseases and Diseases of
Children a Specialty.
iSTO-nee tn Ohe street, three doors
jrth of Fir-t National Bank. "My
nort
C
J GAKLOW. Collection Att'y.
SPECIALTY MADE OF BAD PAPER.
Office with J. G. Uiggins. 34.3m
H,
j. m;iMo,
JVOIM H Y P UBLIC,
2th Street, i doors west of lUmmond Hone,
Columbus. Xeb. 491-y
r G. REEUEK,
A TTOHXE Y A T LA II',
Ofliee ou Olive St.. Columhu-, Nebraska
2-tf
.iioey to -loa:.
Five vear-' time, on improved farm
with at least one-fourth the acreage under
cultivation, in sums representing one
third the fair alue of the homestead.
Corre-nondenee solicited. Addre,
M. K. TURNER,
;i(j- Columbu. Nebr.
V. A. MACEEN,
PKALKK IN
Foreign and Domestic Liquors and
Cigars.
llth street, Columbus, Neb. fi0-y
ircAUJSTER BROS.,
A TTOHXE YS A T LA If,
Office up-stair- in McAllister's build
inir. llth st. "A. A. McAllister. Notary
Public.
-TOIIX TIJIOTIIY,
NOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYANCER.
Keepp a full line of stationery and -chool
supplies, and all kinds of lesral form.
Iusiires airain-t lire, liirhtnins;. cyclone
and tornadoes. Office iu Powell's Block.
Platte Centei. U-X
J. M. MACIAKLANI),
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II. It. COWDERV.
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE
OF
MACFARIjAND & COWDER7,
Columbus. : : : Xebraska.
J. J. .llAUGIIA.'V,
Justice. County Surveyor. Xotary.
Land and Collection Agent.
QfTartie. desiring surveyine done can
notify me by mail at Platte entre, Neb.
"il-tiui
T H.KI'SCHK,
llth St., opposite Lindell Hotel.
Sell. Harness, Saddles, Collar. Whip-,
Blanket. Curry Combs. Brushes. trunks,
valises, huggy top, cushion?, carriage
trimmings. ..vc., at the lowest possible
prices. Repair- pr mptly attended to.
TA"tIES SAL'flO',
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Plans and estimates supplied for either
frame or brick buildings. Good work
guaranteed. Shop on 13th Street, near
St. Paul Lumber Yard, Columbu, Ne
braska. 52 Dmo.
R
II. LAWRE.UE,
DEPUTY CO. SURVEYOR.
Will do geueral -urveying in Platte
and adjoining counties. Office with S. C.
Smith.
COLCMBUs, ... NFBRAsKA.
17-tf
JS. MURDOUK & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Havebad an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is. Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tunity to estimate for you. jSTShop on
13th St., one door west of Friedhof &
Co's. store. Columbu. Nelr. 483-v
o. c. SHJsrisroisr,
MANUFACTURER OF
Tin and Sheet-Iron Ware !
Job-Work, Roofing and Gutter
ing a Specialty.
JSTShop on Olive Street, 2 door-l-orth
ol" Urf dft uhn r's Jewelrv Store.
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G
W. CLARK
LAXD AXD IXSUIiAXCE A GEXT.
HUMP HP. EY, XEBB.
His lands comprise some fine tracts
in the Shell Creek Valley, and the north
ern portion ot Pl?tte" county. Taxes
paid for non-residents. Satisfaction
guaranteed. 20 y
THE RAVEN.
A Prdece-or of the Original Poem 7
Foe.
The following artless narrative may
perhaps be found amusing by the read
ers of Xotcs and Queries. Jt is taken
from a rare little book, to which it
give the subject of one hundred and
sixty-six pages of edifying preachment,
and of course is firmly believed in by
the author. The book has a rough
woodcut representing Master T. K.
whittling his stick by the woodpile and
the raven prophesying on the church
tower. The following is the title:
"Vox Corvi: or, the Voice of a Raven,
that Thrico spoke these words dis
tinctly: Look into Colossians the Sd
and loth. The Text it self looked into,
and opened, in a Sermon, Preached
ct Wijrmore. in the County of Here
ford, to which is added. Serious Ad
dresses to the People of this Kingdom;
showing the ue we ought to make of
this Voice from Heaven. By Alex.
Ologie. Miui-ter of Wigmore. ttc. Li
ce.ied according to order. Mttli. 21.
xviii. London. I-JJ4." The copy from
which I take it is now on it- way to
America. "On the Hd of February.
ltiSfl. about Three in the Afternoon,
thi Reverend DAine. a person of the
venerable Age of eighty year-, aud
forty of tho-e a Laborious Teacher of
God's Word, in the Parish of Wig
more, in the County of Hereford, be
ing in the Hall of his own house,
being with the l'ioun Matron, his
Wife, some Neighbours and Relations,
together with two small Grand-Children
of hi, in all to the number of Eight
Person: Thomas Kinnersley, one of
the -aid GrautJ-Cht'dren, of but Ten
Years of Age. starting up from the
Fire-ide. went out of the Hall-Door and
sate himself down upou a Block by the
Wood-pile, before the Door, employing
him-e'f in no other Childlike Eerci-e
than tutting of a Stick, when in le
than half a juarter of an Hour, he re
turned into the Hall iu great amaze
ment, hi Countenance pale, and
affrighted, and said to hi Grandfather
and Grandmother. Look in niE Thikd
OF THE C0I.05IAN-, AND THE FIF
TEENTH, with infinite Pa-sion and
Earnestness, repeating the words no
3e-s than three Times, which Deport
ment and Speech much urpriiug the
the whole Company, they asked him
what he meant by thoe words: who
answered with great Ardency of
Spirit. That a Raven had -poken
them Three pmes from the Peak of the
Steeple, and that it look'd toward W.
W.'s House, and shook'his Head and
Wings thitherward. directing it
Looks and Motions still toward that
Houe. All which words he heard the
Raven distinctly utter three times, and
then saw it mount and fly out of ight.
His Grandfather hereupon, taking the
Bible, and turning to the aid text,
found these word-. 'And let the
Peace of God rule in -.our Hearts, to
the which 'ou are al-o called in one
... .. . ......
Uouy: ami he ye thanktul. L pon
reading whereof, the Child was f" nil v
.-atislied ami hi Countenance per
fectly compo-ed agen mc." Xotcs
and Qttcric.
THE ENGINEER.
ee-It,v of tJreat Iiitrlllsnire on the
l'art of the Knclne Uriirr.
No two engine- ever re-omble each
other, no matter how carefully they
may have been built from the -ami-plan,
neither do any two drivers man
age their engine preei-ely in the same
way. We hae in thi- instance an ex
cellent opportunity of comparing two
different method- of driving. It is the
driver's principal object to get the re
quired amount of work out his engine
with the mullet possible expenditure
of coal and water. To obtain this re
sult the -team must be worked expan
siel, which is done by placing the
vahe gear in uch a po-ition by means
of the lever that the supply of steam
to the cylinder- i cut od" before the
pi-ton ha- accomplished its full stroke.
There are two way- of controlling the
speed of an engine worked, a.- all loco-mo-
are worked now. expan-ively.
You may keep the regulator wide
open, -o that there i- always a full sup
ply of -team on it- way to the e Under,
in which case you increase or dimin-i-h
the peed by u-ing the team
more or less evpan'r.ely through
the agency of the lever. Or you
may work with the same amount of
epan-on throughout the journey, .ind
have command of the engine by con
stantly changing the po-ition of the
regulator. There i no doubt that the
men who employ the latter method
-ave something by it although this
would hardly seem to be the opinion of
the driver who i- bringing us rapidly
nearer to London, for unlike the driver
whom we accompanied on the daylight
journey, hi- hand is not often on the
regulator. A- we ruh on past count-le-s
signal, punctual to the minute yet
always having ample time to -laeken
speed before we come to the places
where the different colored light- clus
ter thickest, we are reminded once
more how much is required of an ex
press engineman beside a thorough
acquaintance with the machinery he
has to control. Traveling at night at a
great speed, he mu-t know everv inch
of the road by heart where an incline
begin-and where it end and the ex
act -pot at which everv signal along
the line may be firt -ighted. He mu-t
have completely mastered the working
of the trallic on both the up and down
lines, and. above all. mu-t be ready to
act with the utmost promptitude -hould
any thing go wrong Saturday Ilevieic.
.
About a fortnight befure Christmns
the yacht Iolanth". with three men on
board, -ailed out of Port Phillip Bay,
Victoria, and was never .-een agiiu.
On the 26th of December a huge white
shark wa- caught at Frankston. a
-mall village near Melbourne. Some
of the loungers on the beach facetiously
siigge-ted that rolic- of the mi ing
crew might be looked for inide the
fih. The shark, therefore, was cut
open, and in it- stomach were actually
found a human hand, a ma of sodden
rag-, a broken wooden pip"- and a gold
watch and chain. Th watch wa
immediatelv recognized a- having be
longed to one of the vv.ehtmen who .
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nau ueea u.i uuuni mi- luiuuiue. -. l
Sun.
TheChine-e lake the'rr history back '
to the time of Noah. The Empire has
borne in it- time many names, for it
was a cu-tom when a new dyna-ty ,
ascended the throne to give another (
name to the empire, as Hai-que, Chum
que. Hau-que, etc.. according to the
name of the ruling monarch. The
true name is said to be Chumque, 'the
center kingdom of the world." This ;
term wm bv usage corrupted to Chin- ,
que, and from this word the Portuguese
gave it the name of China.
A GRATEFUL WOMAN.
Tke Proposition Mail by the Yonnr JL7
Who Could Not Choor Uetweea Two
Lorers.
A beautiful and bashful young woman
of about nineteen summers called re
cently at the oilice of a life assurance
agent, and asked him timidly if he
could tell her how long people of a
certain age would live.
"Madam." replied the agent, cough
ing respectfully behind a prospectus,
and drawing his chair near to her.
here are our tables of expectation and
average mortality, which contain all
the information upon the subject that
you can desire."
Well," said she. "how long will a
man of sixty-seven, and that oats peas
with his knife, live?"
"According to our table, madam,"
replied the agent, "he should, pn the
average, survive eleven years, three
months and sixteen days."
"That, said the visitor, "would be
till the 21st ox April. 1S96?"
"Precisely, madam, on the average
expectation of mortality, for we must
all die. and it is therefore well to insure
against loss to the loved ones in a com
pany who-e character ''
"And how much could I insure his
life for?"
"Oh. for any amount say for ten
thousand dollars?" he answered, tak
ing up a blank form of application.
"Let me recommend the unexpected
advantages offered by our non-feitable
endowment policy."
"Well," said the young woman, "I
think, then, that I'll marry him."
"Insure him, you mean?" corrected
the agent.
"No, marry him: you insure him.
You see," she added, with a burst of
confidence, "I love Herbert, and Mr.
Dawkins is old enough to be my grand
father. But Herbert is poor, and I just
worship the coruer lots that Mr. Daw
kin builds on. And Herbert is very
patient, and says that if I will only fix
a day. no matter how long he may
have to wait, he will be happy. Now
you -ay Mr. Dawkins will die by the
21st of April, 1896; and a- it wouldn't
be decent to marry again till I've been
a year in mourning, I'll arrange to
marry Herbert on the S2d of April.
ls97. and if Mr. Dawkins doent die
by then y ou'll give me ten thousand
dollars. Oh, thank you!" and with a
deep bow she swept out of the oilice.
X. Y. Telearcrn.
A FREEZE OUT.
Hows Revenue Offlcer Captured a Moon
ahlner. The revenue raiders have some very
thrilling experiences sometimes. A
few nights ago a party of raiders were
up the Marietta & North Georgia Rail
road. In the party was a very quiet
but utterly fearless young fellow named
Lee Cape. The party approached a
di-tillery in which tive men were at
work, and as the place was being sur
rounded the moonshiners di-covered
that something was going wrong. They
made a wild dash, everv man going iu
a different direction. Near by wa- a
creek about fifteen feet wide and eight
een inche deep. The night wa- one
of the coldest of the recent severe
weather. A ditiller made a bold dash
toward that creek. Lee Cape was on
the offside of the stream and put out
to intercept him. A- the moonshiner
approached one bank Lee came up on
the other, both panting from tin vio
lent race. Without he-itation the flee
ing 'stiller plunged in, -aud a- he did
so Lee Cape, from the opposite bank,
presented a big revolver and said:
"Halt!"
The moom-niner -topped in the mid
dle of the stream.
"Don't run," -aid Cape.
"Hello. Lee." observed the moon
shiner, standing half-wai-t deep in the
icy water.
"Hello. Mo-e." said Cape, "come
out and give up."
"You come in here and take me if
you want me!"
"You run ami I'll shoot you."
"I won't run."
"Well, come out, thenl"
"I wou't!"
"Well, stand there!"
"I'll do it!"
"All right." said Cape: you'll stand
in That water and I'll stand here. I can
-tand it if you can."
Tiie moonshiner's teeth began to
chatter.
At la-t he said:
"Lee!"
"Hey?"
"I'll have to cave; I'm coming out."
"All right."
And the bloekader. shivering and
freezing, came up dripping from the
creek and Le marched him into camp.
Atlanta Constitution.
A FRENCH WITCH.
The I'uul-hment Indicted Upon s. Woman
Who Claimed .Supernatural Power.
A woman named Marie Pommier was
convicted on Saturday at the Blois Assize-
of defrauding and attempting to
murder a rich and -uper-titious widow.
Mine. Duval. She accosted the latter
when coming out of Blois Cathedral,
induced her to confide to her family
quarrel-, and profe-sed to have uper
natural power- for reconciling disputant-
and -ecuring wealth. Mmc.
Duval went home with the woman to
Villejoint. .-pent the night with her
ami gave her four hundred francs, the
two burning a taper in a churth to the
succe-s of the afhiir. A few day later
-he advanced four thou-and five hun
dred franc- more, and later on two
thou-and two hundred frauc-. the
woman promi-ing that the treasure
would emerge from the ground at a
given date. When this had expired
Mmc. Duval gave up her jewel-, and
wa presented with what looked like a
piece of dough, which she wa- to heat
at night in a saucepan, leaning over
the latter in bed till the charm worked.
Mine. Duval did all this, the re-ult be
ing an explo-ion which shattered the
roof, door and widows ami set fire to
the bed. She was extricated dreadfully
burned and bruised. The witch was
arrested ten days afterward at Orleans.
While in pri-on she tried to bribe two
men about to bo released to go and set
fire to Mine. Duval's hou-e. She wa
proved to have bought -ulphuric acid
and pota-h of a druggist at Orleans.
She pleaded an alibi, however, and in-si-t'd
that an acquaintance and former
fellow-prisoner had borrowed her
clothes and had beeu mistaken for her.
She was sentenced to twenty years'
hard labor, with ten year-' police sur
veillance. St. James" Gazette.
A Kentucky belle glories in a head
of hair which is five feet ten incnea
long.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
- -Mr. Edwin Booth denies that he
contemplates retiring from the stage.
Dr Biekersteth, author of the poem,
Yesterday, To-day and Forever," has
been created BLihoo of F.xeter. Eng.
Judge Poland, after ten years' ser
vice in Congress, has retired to his Ver
mont home, it is said, never to enter
politics again.
Ex - Lieutenant - Governor R. H.
Gleavcs. formerly of South Carolina, la
now waiting man in a restaurant in
Washington. IX C Charleston (S. C.)
Xews.
In New York there has been organ
ized a bureau of "useful information,"
composed of literary and scientific men,
who propose to answer any question
propounded for a moderate sum.
In the war of the rebellion Gov
ernor Hartranft's regiment was num
ber Fifty-one. and Governor Hoyt's,
who succeeded him in the Gubernatorial
chair, was number Fifty-two. Pitts
burgh Post.
Five out of the twenty-one Presi
dents of the United States were cf
Scotch-Irish liueare Jackson. Polk,
Buchanan. John-on aud Arthur: two of
Scotch Grant and Hayes; one of Welsh
Jefferson, and one of Dutch Van
Buren; the remaining twelve being of
English descent. 0t ago Herald.
The late T. S. Arthur, the story
writer, was a mau without a vice, and
was strictly domestic in his tastes and
habits. His writings were voluminous,
and a dav or two before his death he
said: "I have never written a line ex
cept with the earnest desire to Uo good,
and never a line which I would wLn
expunged." Chicago Journal.
Dr. Holmes and Mr. HoweJLs jiwre
invited to dine with Mr. Aldrich. the ed
itor of the Atlan'.i . the other evening,
and met Charles Egl ert Cruddoek. the
author of "In the Tennessee Mount
ains." "Where the Battl - Wa, Fought."
and the novel now mnn:ng in the At
lantic. The gentlemen w.-re greatly
surprised to find that I h.t: le Egbert
Craddock i- but :he jse donym
which has for six yea s vei ed tne iden
t ty of a brilliant womai - Mis. Mary N.
Murfree, of St- Lou s Lozlm journal.
James Edward Warno 'k, the son
of a retired and wea.t iy physician of
Atlanta. Ga.. and who i- a student in
the Sheffield scientific Sc' ool of Yale
College, has been arreted aud L in jail
in New Haven. Conn., on the charge of
having stolen watches and other prop
erty from his fellow students. His
father has been sending him two hun
dred dollars a month regularly for
spending money, be-ide- twvlve dollars
a week for his board. He squandered
his money iu drmk.ng and gambling,
ami was continually m debt and contin
ually in trouble, lbe lemarkalle part
of the matter is that the college author
ities kept his father iu ignorance of tho
boy's evil courses. Ilurtjvrd Post.
HUMOROUS.
During the mani t for roller -kating
a rink'll attract nnuy a young lady, al
though, as a rule, younj ladie,- never
find a wrinkle attrae ive. Yonkcrs
Gazette.
--"Come along with me ami have a
line time," remarked :t poI cernaii t a
man he ha 1 arrested I am afraid
you are trying to ceil m.-." replied tho
prisoner. X. Y. Herald.
Henry return- in triumph from the
junior exam'n.ition. "How d d you get
along, my -on? h:3 J t parent in
quires. "I ir-t rate." says Henry, "I
answered all the q.e-toas." "Good
How did you answer tae.n?" "I said 1
didnt't know." Brooklyn Euglr.
A household magazine -ay-, that
very nice coJti-j-bail- are mud.- by
cutting a codfish up line.'' et. We
supposed that nice codti-h-balK were
made by cutting a p.eee of liver up fine,
etc. It seem- like a (pie -r notion to put
codti-h in codlLsh-buiis.--.Vorrt('u'i
Hera'd.
Overset from the Utnntbtu: "See.
dear husbaud. here have I ju-t upon an
auction an album bought for only eight
mark. That c-j-ts everywhere fifteen
mark-. Thu- have I seven marks
saved." "But was theu the album
necessary been?'" "That not but if I
it not bought iiad. so had 1 nothing
saved!"
"PrL-oner," said Prosecutor Buxton,
you are charged with gam ding. ' Gam
bling. What Is gambling J" "PLiy ing
cards for mon.-y." "But I did not p'av
cards for money : I pl.ty ad for chips.
"Well, you got money for your chips at
the end of the game, didn't y,u.J" "No;
I didn't have any chip- at" the end of
the game. Cleveland tirahl.
Barry Sullivan, the Iri' tragedian,
was playing "Itic .ard III ' -ome years
ago at S irewsb-.ry in Englarn. When
the act jr came to the line. -A horse!
a horse' my kingdom for a hor-e! "some
one in the pit calle I out. Wouldn't an
a do you, Mr. Su I: van?" 'Ve. re--ponded
the tragedian turning quickly
on the interrupter, "p.ei-i- come round
to the stage door."
"Now,' said tne br.d -groom to
the bride when they returned irom the
honeymoon trip. "1 -t u- have a clear
understanding before we -ettle down to
married life: are you to be i're; dent or
Vice-President of this i-oueen:?" "I
want to be neither Pre-ident nor Viee-Pre-ident."
she an-wcr-': "1 will be
coutent with a -ubord n :t- positiou."
"Whatisth.it" Comptroller of the
Currency. " Boston ' oururr.
A solemn moment. After the mar
riage of Miss L'll an .-nigg-. of Dalla.-.
the bridal party partooJc of a sumptu
ous banquet, tov.a.-d the end of wh ch a
younger brother of the bride got up aud
said solemnly, ra -.ng hi- glass. -Ladies
and gentlcm :. I have to propose a
toast, which, ho v ever, mu-t be drunk
standing. PI a-e take your g!asc- and
rise up." The guests although some
what bewild-red. did so. 'Now,' said
the young seapegrac. "if y-u will re
main -landing for a few minute- I'll
find out who has been sitting on my
new stove-pipe hat." jfV-r-w Stjtmgs.
Advantages of Thinness.
"No more, thank you." said Mr.
Jinks at Mrs. De Lainnie's live o'clock
tea. "I really mu-t re-trict my self for
a lonjj tiim: to come. I gained tive
pounds in weight Ia-t vear
"Five pound.-!" and Mrs. De L.
laughed merrily as she survey cd Mr.
Jinks' -kin and bone physique.
-Yes." replied Jink, solemnly,
"five pounds, and if I am to have auy
comfort in th..- life I must keep my
weight down."
Any comfort'" exclaimed the host
ess, puzzled. "What comfort can there
be in going through l.fe a living skel
eton? Til tell you." answered Mr. J. con
fidentially. " "It is so easy to find
enough space for a seat in a crowded,
street-car, and so pleasant to know that
no woman wants it." Philadelphia
Call.
J