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    12 THE OMAHA DAILY Hlfljfli WEDNESDAY , JTEHKUAKY 10 ,
CURluUS TliSFS OF MEMORY
A Gollego Profcswr Turns a Soirchlight on
the Faculty of Remembering.
f'ASCINTTING FIELD OF INVEST \TION \
"VVnnitor/iil Crmr of StiCKfxIi'il Memory
I'iMTcr of Uilom IIiitv Mtiftlo Cnii
lierncil lo 'Inrri'nuf ' ( lie I'ro-
ilucll vcnem of Workmen.
The professor * In the department of psy
chology In Cornell college are carrying on a
Bering of experiments , which , In time , may
come ( o change our conception of thing *
material and otherwise. For Instance , one
of the bonrd clnlm , which seems to bo es-
tAbllshe < l bryond doubt , that memory , as wo
now consider It , Is an illusion. In fine , It Is
held that man does not remember his dead
and gene relations his sisters , his cousins or
his aunts ; that , contrary to the moral of aux
Italians , one Is not reminded of 'bygone
events by the tense of smell ; that music ,
however reminiscent It may sound , Is largely ] i
a matter of habit , when It Is used merely as | ,
a vehicle for memory. From what can bo | !
gathered from the findings of Prof. Tlchencr
and hln aiilstants you arc reminded of by I
gone events by other things , which you use
us progressive helpers , so to speak , to aid
your Jaded Intellect.
To put It plainer , your veteran of the late
war docs not remember the battles through
which he passed. The memory of the battles
Rtaycd with him for a short period after they
took place. Hut the details of the fights became -
came Indistinct fter a very short lapse of
time. At the end of a year ho would have
only a very general conception of an engage
ment. At the end of two years ho wouldrc-
mcmbcr not the engagement Itself , but his
previous memory of It. At the end of three
years his recollections would revert to what
lie had remembered at the end of two years ,
niul so on until the habit of using his prev
ious recollections became fixed. Then , as the
years roll on , the new happenings of his llfo
crowd out the old ones , until the latter become -
come distorted , and , If ho examines old rec-
I MEIMOIIY TESTS UY MEANS OF ILLUSTRATED COLOR DISCS.
urds , ho will find that his Ideas of the original
battles are very Inaccurate.
HOW TUB TESTS WERE MADE.
This sounds like an Imperfectly stated
theory of some beginner In science who
might wish thus to exploit a chance glimpse
Into a hitherto unexplored Held , but the ob
servations are borne out by experiments and
the experiments are conducted with Instru
ments , the records of which presumably are
ccr e.t. The exrerlments ha\c been extended
over a period of years. The subject was drat
asked to remember an event which had oc
curred previous to the first test. A careful
record of the account of the events was made.
Later , the subject was placed in a room from
which every object which might serve to dis
tract his attention had been removed. Even
the wall paper offered no glaring contrasts
In Its color scheme. His second account of
the aforesaid happening was different ever i
no slightly , from the first. At the end of a I
i given perlncl anothpr account was recorded. I
Again there was a slight difference. And I
after a tlmo It became evident that the sub- I
Jcct was depending on his previous remembrances - I
brances of the event In question , The Infer- \
cnco drawn finally was that If the Interme
diate tests had not been Instituted the final i
test would nave been even more Inaccurate i
than It was. j
In the meantime , while this teat of mem
ory of a more or lese complicated event
was being carried on , the subject was ex-
jierlmenteJ upon ! o order to ascertain tn
what degree he could recollect colors. Ht
was placed In a darkened roo" . a > .id a color
a shade of red flashed on a screen was
shown to him. After a time ho was aaked ,
to pick out the shade which had been shown
to him previously. He cauld do so when
allowed to compare the shade with others
Hut again ho w . a.3kcd to lee ! ; at a screen
kPPAiUA'TUS ' VOK STUDYING CONCEN-
CI3NTRATION BY MEANS OF WEIGHTS.
which could bo automatically graduated , no
"that " the very lightest tint of red could bo
almost Imperceptibly changed to thocjoepest
elmclc. Failure to detect the particular
ehado was In this case nlmcst a foregone
conclusion. And It was with a like rc.iult
that a scries of uotca , struck upcit the
jilano , were tried ,
THE JASMINE FLOWER HAIJIT.
The cxperlmenta with odors arc still belli ; ;
carried on. Thu Idea Is to show that the
unconscious remembrance of anything whan
a certain odor Is muellcd la merely a habit
of an Intellectual order. Let u cay that
wo always think of the opera "Faust , " when
the odor of violets Is present. Doubtless ID
the first Instance the odor actually was
present whilewo listened to the opera.
Now , Immediately after thLi , It was simply
a natural sequence that we should think
of the opera when we see the flower. To see
nag to smell , and to smell .wa.t to connect
the odor with the opera. The ellghtoit In
tellectual effort would complete the chalo.
A few occasions of this nature would change
the process Into a habit. Often only cue ozu-
slon Is ucceeeury , but the process U aa much
of the Intellect as It Is of the tense of iimell ,
even more BO , In fact. Referring again to
' " poem , the process might be called
Jiablt. To show that this
singular experiment
Surrounded by the
lect [ Is being ul-
.Invarlably re
ef Jv list.
id-
( ntl'My different In clmraclcr Is being In
troduce ! into Iho room. The ubject in never
Allow til to ftmftll the first without the second ,
nnd the first will finally bo Allowed to dis
appear Altogether. If , with this now odor
alone the subject Is finally reminded of the
event above mentioned , It will how that
this odor remembrance Is merely A habit
more or less mechanical In Us action.
A CUSi : OF "SUGGESTED MEMORY. "
"Then ? Is not one pr > n In n hunJrcd , "
said Huxley , "who cart describe the com
monest occurrence -with oven an approach
to accuracy. " Later the psychologists go
farther than IhU , and assert that almost
nny perton , with suitable' manipulation , can
bo mods to .bcllcvo that they have partici
pated In events with 'which they In reality
could not posfHily have been connected at
the tlmo of their happening. A case In
point was recently reported. A would-be
pensioner under the government applied to
n man umler whom he had served during
the war for corrc/boratlon of Iho statement
that he * had bsen Injured by a gun carriage
whllo on the march. The second man de-
Died any knowledge of the event. Months
later ) the first man brought up the sub
ject ogaln , tout could not convince his for
mer offlcer of trro' ' truth 6f the statement.
At Intervals , covering some yeara , ho re
peated the experiment , until finally the
mind of man No. 2 bcgnn to waver In favor
of man No , 1 ; and It actually ended In the
former slgnln'g an affidavit to the effect
that ht > had witnessed the accident. Then ,
having > consldered the matter further , he
wavered again , and finally he came to the
conclusion that what ho remembered was
not the accident Itself , but the would-bo
pensioner's former accounts of It. This ,
after all , Is only an abstract corroboratlon
of the old saylti's ' that a man needs only to
tell n He a sufficient number of tlmeo In
order to bo thoroughly convinced that It Is
true.
true.Tho
The point of the observations at Cor
nell colllcgo Is that no one really remem
bers an event Itself. Tha capacity for so
doing would bo n , real misfortune to the
person so equipped' , In view of all that
mvct bu crowded Jnto the 'brain ' of the
uvorago port-on during his or her lifetime.
The tiling1 simmers down to n general 1ml-
prcsslon , but even the edge of this becomes
blunted very Soon Ifwo do not rechargu
our mind with new linages of the event.
The Imago of the event Itself must perforce
nt Ual loss away from us , but iby often
recapitulating our knowledge of It \\o do
comc'thlug to preserve It In our minds. In
thert , cur memory of a happening Is not
of the event Itself , but of our previous mem
ories of It. Mechanically Illustrated , the
process Is the sanrs as though several bil
liard talla are placed In line and then shot
at .by . another ball. The latter strikes ono
end of the line , but only the ball on the
other end moves. The force is tranomltted
all the way through ? however.
ODORS 1NCIUEASE WORKING CAPACITY.
Another remarkable series of experiments
now being carried on in Cornell college haste
to do with the odor of violets mentioned.
Concentration of the hum' n mind Is being
studied , and In the course of experiments
the fact ban been corrobrrated that human
beings can too deflnltely swayed 'by odors as
well as by sounds. This does not mean the
creating of enthusiasm such as people arc
wrought up to In the theater , but th .t In
everyday life persons may be made to work
fast or slow , accordingly as they are sur
rounded by various odors , or brought within
hearing of certain sounds. It Is found , for
example , that some men will perfcrm
meubanlcal work much faster If an odor of
violets provides the workroom. Others can
work much slower under 'the same Influence.
Prof. Tlchncr was asked If the writer of this
description could be made to write a story
beVer or worse If surrounded by some
specified odor. 'His ' reply was that the
writing of a story was a very complicated
process , Involving many psychologic con
ditions. The mental associations needful
were likely to be too absorbing. 'But ' , when
the work \M s more mechanical In Its
nature , the case would be different. A
bricklayer could undoubtedly 'be ' swayed In
either direction by the sense rf smell. The
effects were pcrclscly the same with sound.
Prof. Tlchencr's account of these experi
ments , as related to the writer. Is as follows :
PROF. TICHENER'S STATEMENT.
"It Is claimed that you can sometimes do
your work best under a slight abstraction.
That IB , if you have everything too comfort
able , concentration Is not as easy as though
you were working under a slight abstraction ,
as for Instance , If some ono Is playing a
piano nearby Wo made a number of Inves
tigations to see , If possible , what the actual
effect of a distraction Is on the mind which
Is In a statn of attention. We first got at
tention by making a long series of experi
ments , In which the subject had to Judge of
two Impressions given one after another.
Ono test was made by dropping weights from
different heights onto a scale and having the
subject note by the sound whether the weight
was falling a shorter or longer distance.
Immense amount of attention Is required.
Another tent was made with shades of color.
Ily changing the shades , It Is difficult to de
tect a slight change of color. The red and
lilno shades are somewhat easy , but to tell
the rhanges In brown IB very difllcult. We
practiced on weights and Eounds up to the
smallest limit of space , to find Just the small
est difference that could bo detected with a
complete' strain of attention , Then wo pro
ceeded to distract our subjects whllo they
wcro dropping weights and making sounds.
The object , of course , was to find If this dis
traction made them able to perceive a
slighter difference than tcfore , or whether
the distraction would prevent their attend
ing so well.
"Tho result differed very greatly with va
rious cases , and the method of distraction.
Wo found that with abstraction by smell
( scents ) some subjects could think better and
have keener sense than before , whllo In other
cases the result was the contrary. Every In
dividual man IB differently acted upon by
these associations , and some are very easily
detracted by sound and smell both. While
wo did not find It to bo a regular rule , we
got a complete series of results , and In the
maximum , three were able to judge better
under slight abstraction. We also experi
mented with abstraction while students were
working In arithmetic , dlvls'on ' , addition ,
etc. And wo tried It whllo they translated
sertenccs In different languages.
"Wo made tests with the piano , and In
some cases the music prevented their think
ing at all. The effect of the piano depends
upon the octave In which you are playing
Played treble and bass together. It mlzht
annihilate the performer'u own thinking.
After playing on an organ a man often fin
ishes up with one prolonged note. If It Is
low down In the scale It Is a great deal
worse ; the Impression It makes Is often
enough to drive ono silly. You know that
deep I ) In "Gottordamerunjr , " the lowest
note known In modern mutlc ? You get ehlv
crliiR In your scat Ipng before It stops. It Is
all done to enhance tba effect of music which
follows. "
TUclug all In all that has been found In
psychology to bo true , the traditional "girl
next door , " with her Incessant piano playing ,
may bo of some use to the community after
all. THEODORE WATERS. '
The prudent always have Dr. null's Cough
on liand. It li Invaluable.
WEIRD TALES OF THE RAIL
Strange Power Oft Guides the Hand
on the Throttle.
STORY OF A MYSTERIOUS SAVIOR
lloircrven -\rc Slinllrreil lir Inci
dent * 1'ccnllnr ( o dip
Cub Str MiK < h of
ntltlntii IYar.
There Is nothing like n snow blockade or a
heavy Oownpjur of rain to start railroad men
talking. They era e ratty begin with telling
stories about frrrutr Morms and then stvlth
off and relate tales of civ ry conceivable
description , itio limit only being reached
*
when the Imagination U exhausted , '
Of course with thl * class of men experi
ences ofThe most varied and vivid character
are continually occurring , and It la not at-
wajs that a railroader when ooco persuaded
to talk wilt stray outside the boundaries of
truth , They seldom need to do It , .is per
sonal history will suffice.
The recent heavy snow' nn < V rain storm
drove a band of these hardy .fellows Into a
railroad oil house und almost Immediately
story-telling was Inaugurated. A St. Liiula
Glnbe-dcmovat correspondent , happening In
that vicinity , dropped In upon the gioup , Ills
first thoughts being to wnrm up , but. recog-
nUIng the chances for n good story , hl.i stay
wcs prolonged beyond the needs of bodily
comfort.
An old engineer that has served his ap
prenticeship on southern rondo wld :
"I was running an engine on the Nashville
& Chattanooga road at the time of my story
and we left the latter clty'nt IVcloekMn'the
morning , a little late. It was an awful night ;
the rain fell In torrents , while"tlie "wind
monned and whistled through the pices along
the lead When we passed around the point
of Lookout mountain- I saw the great
ovcrlicniglnc nick nnd h mt the oak trees
snip as the boughs crashed Into each other
I felt more lonely than I ever did before or
since.
"If you were acquainted down In that
region you would know that there are n
great many simll mountain streams crossing
tt'at ' road , and Just , , ' on.tlje qtlier sldo of
Chilsty's station Is" a'long"trestle' over 100
feet high. I always felt glad when we got
over It and tint night I was so nervous that
I could hardly hold the lever. Not a gleat
tilstarca beyond this dangerous trestle Is a
smaller ono , under which a mountain tin
luns.
CONSCIOUS OP DANGER.
"Ilcfore we reached this trestle I became
perfectly dumb , paralyzed with fear. 1 re
versed the engine and stopped It. It was an
unconscious act aud why I did It I will
never know. The conductor came runnlnc
through tdc train with his lantern.
" 'Hello , George , what's the trouble' ; ' ho
asked.
" 'Darned If 1 know , " I shouted back. 'I
couldn't help It , and that's all there Is to It. '
" 'Losing your nerve , old mail , eh ? ' he
Said , with a sarcastic smlln. 'Pull her
wide open nnJ let's get out of here. ' and
with a muttered oath he started , bnck to the
cars.
"Grasping hold of the lever , I tried to
start my engine , but my hand seemed par
alyzed , nnd I couldn't make her move.
"Uiick came the conductor on the run.
'You're a beaut , ' ho shouted up at me In thr
cab. 'Why don't you go ahead ? 'We'll
get back on the time of 27 , and then there'll
be the Jingo to pay. '
" 'lt'8 no use , old man , ' I answered buck ;
'there's danger JtMt ahead , but I don't
know what It Is.1
"I couldn't see ten feet ahead of me In
the pitch darkness , and rain , but somehow
something told me there was danger , and
I wouldn't try again to budge that train.
"To say that conductor was mad but
faintly describes It ; In fact , he was ths
maddest Individual I ever saw ; but I paid
no attention to him , and , grabbingup * a
lantern. I walked out ahead of the train
I had not gone fifty ( yards before I found
thot the brlge was gone , knocked Into the
liver by the high water and rubbish that
came rushing down on Its crest. I hur.
rlel back and told the conductor , and then
a crowd of us went together to see HIP ex
tent of the damage. Whsn the conduc
tor saw the rushing waters and realized
how he had urged me.onand . , the narrow
" " " '
escape the entlrp" "train"'bd had he sat
down on the trunk of a fallen tree by the
side ot the road and actually cried like a
chilli. I felt like asking him who was
losing his nerve now , but my escape was
too miraculous for me to get funny.
"Wo wcro tied un there until daylight
the next morning , and It was noon before
the waters led sufficiently fallen to psr-
mli us to throw a temporary bridge over
the run The waters down In that coun
try rise to flood height and subside In s
night. It Is very seldom I tell this story
un It seems so ridiculous to nny one not
acquainted wHh a railroad man's every-day
life. No one has been able to explain It
to me , and I can't ' understand it myself.
All I know Is that I was powerless In the
hands of pome cne , an unseen power ,
stronger than I was. "
FIRED OUT BY SUPERSTITION.
"Experiences down In that country ore
bound to bo exciting , " spoke up a bright-
looking man of middle age , whoso face de
noted great firmness and a more than usual
Intelligence. "I worked down there for five
years , nnd I must say the country is enough
to drlvo a man to drink. It might suit n
picture painter , but a railroad engineer has
no use for It. I was finally driven out of the
country through superstition.
"It was In 1885. I hadjust been promoted
to a passenger train on the Tennessee road
down In that state. It was a night train
crossing the mountains , and had the reputa
tion of never having met with a mishap.
"One night as wo were passing over the
range , with Its dismal shadows and abrupt
curves , I thought I felt the engine strike
something. I had not seen anything , al
though my head was continually out the
window nnd looking directly ahead. Some
thing soft swept over my face , causing a
sensation so peculiar that for a moment I
could not toll whether It's origin was Internal
or external.
"Tho next Instant I looked around to sre
If the fireman had noticed anything. Ho
had Just opened the firebox door to put In
a shovel of coal. I saw him pick up some
thing from the floor of the cab and examine
It by the light of the fire.
" 'Je-Je-rusalem ! It's hair ! ' shrieked the
fireman , with chattering teeth , coming over
to mo and holding It up before my eyes.
'Woman's hair '
, too.
"It mode my flesh creep and my hair al
most stand up straight. I shut off the en
gine Immediately , and by giving her plenty
of air and aand soon brought the train to a
standstill. The conductor came forward on
the run to Inqulro the cause of the halt. I
called out that I had struck something and
ho and the fireman , going forward , searched
the engine , and found a big splash nf
blood on ono of the driving wheels. This told
the tale. .
"Then the crew and several passengers
went back over the track to see what could
bo found. Pretty soon 1 got a signal to
back , and after being slowed down and
stopped , Iho fireman came up Into the cab.
" 'Too bad. old follow,1 he said , 'It's a
women , and very g'pd lokig. | It s not much
cut up , but most of her fine brown hair has
boon cut off by the wheel. ' "
"It proved to bo the corpse of a refined
wonidi , and what she could have been
doing alone on the railroad track In those
desolate mountains IP a mystery to me. I
never left the engine to see the remains ,
which were loaded Into the baggage car ; I
was sufficiently 'worked up without peeing
any blood rnd while facea that night. My
nerves would have probably gene down to
the normal tn an hour or two. If the fireman
had not told me that the Index finger of
the woman's left littid had been cut off , and
that they were unable to fln-l It.
NERVE GIVES WAY.
"This wa a small thing to worry about
when compared with the otherwise crushed
and bleeding body , but It seemed to stick
to my mind with great persistency. When
wo reached the first telegraph station I
wired the agent at the station near wbero
the accident occurred about the sad affair ,
and asked him to make a careful
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for the mls'ing finger. There was not a
thins on the person of the dead woman
that would give the slightest clew ns to who
she was , and , of course , she was burled
down. In that region without being Identi
fied.
fied."The
"The next night , whllo parolng the spot
\\here the woman had been killed , I al
most lost my nervei , for , I can tell you , it
makes no difference how reckless am en-
Klnecr gets , none of us like to kill human
beings , cepcelnlly women. Of course. It was
not a feeling of guilt , but simply of dread.
The finger could not bo found , and the pub
lished account of the terrible accident had
luat been copied In the papers all over the
country , but It ecemed that the Identity of
thu Ill-fated woman had been lost forever.
" \Vlun the old engine , which , by the way ,
was numbered ' 213 , ' got In from her bloody
trip , she was run into the shop for gome
extensive repairs , and another engine was
given me to do the work with. In about
a month old ' 213' came out In first-does
condition , and I was so pleaded with her
that I forgot all about the spot of blood on
tbo drlv'ng wheel. I had a gentle reminder
of It , however , the first run I rnado with
her over those dark mountains.
"When we struck the curve where the
woman had been killed , I gave the engine
a little more steam. . It was cluun hill at
that place , but I always opened the throttle
a little In order to got a good start up the
next grade , half a mile ahead. Thla tlrrio
I gave her a good deal , for I was pleased
with the way old ' 213' was moving herself.
Just as I yanked her. open I stuck1 my head
out the window so 83 to BCD the track better.
The exhaust seemed to stop. I felt my en-
g'no check a nil , die out , as If come one bad
shut off her throttle-
"I pulled my head < ln quickly to see what
had produced that strange action. I be
lieved the fireman had done something to
her to tcaso mo , but ho sat dozing on Ills
box , the very picture of Innocence. I sus
pected him , but naldinottilng.
"Tho next trip I made I shall never forget ,
as It was the last I ever made over that
read , Having attributed the strange actions
'
oP old' ' 213' ( notice'the ' 13' in that number )
two nights prevloiw to the fireman , I deter
mined to watch hlm.i He had worked up a
good gauge of steatn'Otid was dozing on his
box , I pulled | wh , the throttle. We were
passing the fatal spot. I leaned back against
my cushion and fixed my eyes on the reclin
ing figure on tlio opposite aide of the cab.
THE PINQPR OP PATE.
"Tlie next Instant the cab filled with fly
ing hair , I felt the engine check and die as
dead as if tbo air had been turned on. My
eyes dropped to the throttle and Instantly
niy blood seemed to turn to Ice. There was
a finger touching tbo throttle. It was thu
Index finger of the left hand a woman's
hand. Around it wag a plain gold band and
a ring or blood where It had been separated
from the band.
"There was no mistaking that finger ; It
was tbero and It simply pressed tlio life out
of the engine. The speed was so diminished
that the fireman , perceiving It with a start ,
jumped down and began giving her coal.
Ho did not discover the true cause of old
No , 213'a strange action , for Just aa lie
opened bla eyes the phantom flngcr disap
peared ,
"Once was enough for me , Aa noon as I
could get to. too. , oinco ol the euj > erlntend n
r
I
I resigned under tbo plea that I was worn
out and needed real. Then I came north.
"I afterward learned through a letter from
a friend down In Itiat section that one day ,
whllo a party of curious people were explor
ing a cave found near the track of the Ten
nessee road , some onie discovered a half de
cayed finger In a crevice of the rock. It was
the Index finger of the left hand , had the
gold band around It and was beyond doubt
the missing finger of the unknown corpse ,
buried three months before. The ring was
taken off and examined. It boce some In
itials , which afterward led to tlio Identifica
tion of the woman. She had become sllgtitly
demented over the death of her lover , and ,
having money , had boarded the train In
Ln'tlsvlllo and had been carried down th *
mountains , where she was killed. The body
was exhumoJ and the flngcr burled with It.
Since the finger ifl buried I don't believe It
would startle any ono on that read , but the
country Is unhealthy for mo and I don't be
lieve I shall ever go back there to work. The
country has a creepy feeling for me. "
SWEAHIXO niiXEIIAh MiLSO.V.
Jurl r Siiccc-li of tin * Mini Wild IlelpiMl
to SiivtICt'iitui'ky. .
Among the noted Kentucklans who , by
their prompt , patriotic action , prevented
their state from Joining the secession moves
ment in 1SC1 was General 'Nelson. ' He was a
giant In stature and almost a fiend In
temper , relates the .Now York Sun. His
meteoric military career , his IqrU speech
and his tragical death made his name for a
tlmo familiar 'to ' the entire country.
When General IJrngg undertook his retro
grade movement toward the Ohio river In
the summer of 1SC2 , thereby compelling Gen
eral Duell to fall back from middle Ten
nessee and begin the memorable race of
tlia contending armlet ) for Louisville , a mco
which culminated In the union victory at
Phllllp&burg , General Nelson was placed In
command ofthe district surrounding Nash
ville , with Instructions to concentrate tlxn
scattered union troops In the vicinity and
hold that Important center ot military
operations.
"It was at Murfrcesboro , about forty
miles southeast of Nashville , " said a veteran ,
"that I first met Nelson , Tbo cavaliy
regiment of which Iv.is I then lUutenant
colonel wa directed to report to him there
without delay , und on a hot July day , as
wo noired that town , I was sent forward
to announce our arrival. I found the head
quarters In a house facing the public
square , and , making my business known to
the adjutant general , ho proceeded to notify
kelson , who was In an Inner room. In a
few moments the general appeared , clad only
In white duck 'trousers' , white shirt and
slippers , towering over six feel in height and
weighing certainly more than 200 pounds ,
I made my report , and he atkfd mo about
the roads. Among others , J pointed out a
road which skirted the western t > a o of the
Cumberland mountains , and remarked :
' " 'This Is the ro : < 3 Morgan and other guer
rillas usually follow In their raids Into
northern Tennessee and Kentucky. The
people along It are 1ft lymnatuy with the
robe-la , and are alwayi ready to glvo In.
formation to them which -they withhold
from us,1
" 'That's a blank blank lie ! '
"I was BtartkJ , I uteppoi back from the
map , but before I had time to collect mjeelf
and eprak ho continued :
" 'I'm a Kentucklan , and I know the people
ple of Kentucky. They aio as loyal as any
In tlio union. '
I "I made no reply , and. seeing that I con
sldeied the Interview ended , ho glared dowi
at me for a moment and then astonished me
still moro by asking :
" 'IJo you ever drink ? '
I" confessed to a weakness In that respect
and ho called to pome one In the Inner
room. A negro appeared nnd the commatu
i was given to 'bring In the demijohn. ' It
j was brought , placed on the marble mantel ,
and the servant picked up a water pitcher
and disappeared , The general poured out a
drink , I did the same and ytood waiting.
" 'What the blank nnd blank are you waitIng -
Ing for ? ' he exclaimed.
" Tor the water , ' I answered.
" 'How long have you been In the army1
" 'Since the beginning of the war. '
" 'Well , you had better resign , and go
home. A man who has been In the army that
long and can't drink whisky without , water
Is blank poor stuff for a soliller. '
"The water came , the whisky was prop
erly disposed of , and I was ready to depart ,
when bo still further astonished mo by plac
ing his band on my nhouldor and saying :
" 'Young man , we shall probably meet fre
quently In the future , and you must not take
offense at my language and manner , '
"Our regiment was sent to an outpost RX !
or seven miles away Late ono evening an
order was received to icport Immediately In
the town. Wo accordingly started. The
pickets mistook us for the enemy , and by
the tlmo we reached town a brlcada had
turned out to resist the supposed night at
tack. I explained to the commanding officer
the cause of tbo alarm , and the dense column
of Infantry and artillery was halted. Then
down the crowded street the bull of Dashan
roared ; Nosou ! was working his way through
the ranks to the front.
" 'What the blank and blank Is the column
halted for ? Where Is the blank In command ?
Why don't oine blank report the cause of thu
alarm ? '
"Here he got within hailing distance of the
brigade commander , who explained the situa
tion , adding that an officer of the advancing
cavalry was then with him ,
" 'Why the blank don't ho come and report
to roe ? ' exclaimed tlio general.
"I worked my way through the crowded
ranks and was soon In hla Immediate pres
ence , when I announced myself to dim ,
' "Oh , It's jou , Is It ? Why the blank
didn't you kill some ot these cowardly
pickets ? General , order the troops to their
quarters and see that the picket guard Is
punished for this false alarm. Colonel , have
your regiment halted hero for the night and
report to mo In the morning and have a
drink/
"Several times after this I encountered
General Nelson , and In every Inetancu ,
whether In camp or on a mardi , his Invita
tion wa repeated. I never aa\v him in
toxicated , and do not for one moment < > o-
Hove that , while on duty , ho Indulged to
excels. The one objectionable cliaracterlstl :
of the man was his language. Thin appar
ently ho could not control. His outbursts
were dreaded by Ihoso brought In contact
with him and sometimes were resented ,
"One night the cavalry attached to his
command was ordered cu au Inexplicable
expedition , H was under tbo command ot
Colonel Hartan of Kentucky , uje ranking of
ficer , and wns followed by Infantry nnd ar-
tllleiy , with which was Nelsan himself. Aa
the night advanced ruin net li , and the dark
ness became Egyptian In ll ImponcUnblo-
ness. Toward midnight the column bec-amo
helplessly tangled up and was compelled to
halt. Then from the mir carne Iho awful
voice of the geneial : N
" 'What thu blank and blank is the cavalry
stopping for ? Where Is that blank Colonel
Harlan ? '
" 'Here I am , General Nelson. ' called out
the colonel as tie tried to force his way to
ward the voice , and as hu approached It ho
added : 'You must not use such language In
addressing me , sir. I am a Kentucky gen
tleman m well as yourself and In giving
orders to me you must addrces me accord
ingly. '
"General Nelson muttered something la
reply or apology ; the impossibility oj pro
ceeding In the darkness as stated , and we
were directed to remain where wo were
until daylight.
"Instances similar to this might bo mult- !
plied , but they would only be slightly va
ried repetitions. Nelson continued his
vituperations nnd denunciations on ill ! oc
casions until the climax carne In the Gault
house In Louisville , when General Jeff n.
Davis shot him mortqlly In resentment at
a nwjt gross and personal public Insult. "
That Neleon appreciated In other's the
bold language ho habitually used U demon
strated by a story ho himself told -with
every evidence of enjoyment. Ho com-
maiid-d the advance division of Buell'a
army , which so opportunely arlved to re
inforce General Grant at Plttsburg Land.
Ing. Whllo hurrying forward lo reach that
domination ho gave ordcw that no soldier
should , under any pretest , bo permitted , to
rldo on the army wagons ,
"Ono day , " ho said , "I stopped at a
planter's houno beside the rend to get a
drink of buttermilk and rat down on the
norch to rest a few minutes. A train of
wagons was r ssng ! , and perched on the
top of ono , with Ills musket across hla legs ,
rode a soldier a mere boy In open viola
tion of orders. I arose as the wagon drew
opposite mo , put my hand on my revolver ,
and calloj out :
" 'Get down there , you blank , or I'll put
a bullet through you , '
"And what do you think the blank little
whiffet did ? Ho deliberately raised his
musket , drew a beat on mo , and sang out :
" 'Try It. blank you ! ' "
"What did you do , general ? " was asked.
"Do ? What iould I do but let the boy ride
on. Think of U , a mere lad with nerve
enough to defy and thrratcn a general.
mi1/ ' lf , ,1 ' . 'aJ ' ( ralBC' ' ' " T > lltto1 u' ' ° 'Ian *
little whiffet would have shot mo sure aa
thunder. "
MlMNourl I'rolilltltloii. Convention.
ST. LOUIS , Fob. ir . A call has been In-
sued by Charles 13. fitokea , chairman of the
irohlhltlon tate committee , for a state con
vention to meet nt Moberly on May 6.
Momlnatlon will bo made for the election
to bo held In Mlseourl next full , when thi-ro v -
wl'J bo filectHl u supreme Judgn. xuperlnIr
tendent of public schools and rullrouu com- *
nilBsloner.
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