Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1911 — Page 2

STORIES OF CAMP AND WAR

GREAT REVIVAL OF RELIGION On* of Moot Remarkable Features Among Soldiers Ourjna Loot Days of Groat Struggle. *!©ne of the most remarkable features of the Civil war,” says an old exConfederate of St Louis, Mo., "was the great revival of religion in the Confederate armies during the last 18 months of the struggle. “While most of the Confederate soldiers were loath to admit it yet after the fall of Vicksburg, which opened the Mississippi and cut the Confederacy in two, the awful defeat at Gettysburg, which proved the impossibility a successful Invasion of the North, it became deaf to every thinking man in the south that the cause was lost And yet, self-convinced that they were in the right, the soldiers could not persuade themselves but that in some mysterious way they would win. They hoped that complications between the United States government and Great Britain would take place, and when this hope was disappointed they looked confidently for trouble with Prance over the Mexican affair. Nothing came of it, however, and still the poor fellows clung to their hope of help from some unexpected quarter until some of them actually came' to believe that supernatural aid would be extended at the last moment "The chaplains In the southern army were aa a rule very earnest, devout men, and encouraged the superstitious hopes of the soldiers, until finally both chaplains and men came to believe that earnest prayer an<T supplication would bring about Divine intervention in their behalf. "But the chaplains told the men they must first as they expressed it ‘get right with God themselves.' So the men proceeded at once ‘to seek their own salvation.' The movement first began in the Tennessee army, and among the regiments from the mountain districts of Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Most extraordinary scenes were witnessed in the camps. All night, after a long day’s march, perhaps skirmishing or fighting from dawn till dark, the men would gather round the fires, and what little rations they had—and the rations were often very unequal to their needs—then pray and sing, often until long after midnight. "The preachers were everywhere. They went from one camp fire to another, encouraging those who were ‘under conviction,* praying with those who were groaning crying, shouting with those who thought they had religion, clapping their hands, roaring ‘Hallelujah,’ and in every way seeking to promote the excitement which had already passed beyond their control. Many men seemed actually erased with religious enthusiasm. It seems paradoxical to say it, but whole groups

Foretold Coming of Christ With Le gions of Angels.

could be seen In a sort of hysteria, crying and laughing at the same time, embracing one another and performing antics that would hare justified a looker-on in the belief that they were all insane. Many cases of the jerks occurred, many of the soldiers went into trances, some had visions, and one member of a Tennessee regiment claimed to have a revelation which foretold the coming of Jesus Christ, with 'lt legions of angels to assist the Confederate cause. He said that all human help waa vain, and after the Confederacy had been reduced to the last possible extremity, then Christ and his angels would appear, drive back the Union armies, and the cause would be saved. Of course the poor man was Insane; be afterwards died In an asylum, but there were many lik4 him, and many, too. who believed fa him and his prophecies. But no wonder can be felt st the numerous cases of insanity, both religious and otherwise, which occurred in the Confederate armies during the last year nf the var.” ,•*. \

COGITATIONS

The trouble with giving advice Is not many want to take it v Calling people down Is not a very uplifting process. •• Man might live by bread alone, hut woman must have some Ice cream. No great shakes of a house was ever built with gold bricks for an underpinning. Procrastination as the thief of tifte always appears to get away with the goods. Even if there was no such word as fall there would be just as many failures. Love is blind, and it is rather of a curious thing that nobody has ever tried to cure him. One swallow doesn’t make a summer, but one summer makes a good many swallowers. There’s neither harm nor bliss in a kiss sent by mail. Aviators are not the only ones who fly high and fall with a dull thud. You’d never know it from grass widows that the hay crop 1b short. Most people like to hear the old songs because they can hum In on the chorus. If “George” does all that Is left for him to do he mußt have his hands full. Ph)bably there Is nothing in the world more annoying than to have a gold tooth knocked out. Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill unless somebody is looking for a country place. One good turn deserves another, and that is why you seldom see a farmer pulling an automobile to the repair shop.

THINK THESE OVER

Many a man repents at leisure who didn’t marry in haste. Those who raise objections are pretty sure of a large crop. Every girl has an Idea she Is net like other girls. Money used to go farther than It does now because It didn’t go so fast. There is quite a difference between being breezy and being long-winded. The hypocrite is the devil’s best friend. When a man loses his heart his head has to do double work. The mistakes of the foolish are the opportunities of the wise. Many a man takes a chance who would be glad of the opportunity of putting It back Where he found It. All the alarm clocks ever made wouldn’t enable some men to get up In the world. If you are going to call a man names use the phone.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS

The real value of a dollar is whai ydu can get for it. Wisdom often consists of keeping what you know to yourself. It doesn’t require a skilful driver to drive some men to drink. A woman isn’t self-made just because she makes her own complexion.. Words are sometimes the result of thought, hut too often they are not. IT you have occasion to pick your company, use a magnifying glass. Never judge the strength of a man’s character by the size of his muscle. If a girl receives a letter and doesn’t read it over three times, it Isn’t a love letter. • Recently the defaulting cashier of a Texas bank committed suicide, and the verdict of the coroner’s jury was, "Died from exposure.’’

NUTS TO CRACK

A woman’s will Is frequently changed to a won’t. There Is nothing that can blunt the edge of humor like a dull appetite. A woman has more difficulty In cracking a joke than In breaking a man. In society It is much easier to do the proper thing than the right thing. The silver lining to the cloud doesn’t enable a fellow to get in out of the wet. The great trouble with the man who is a good talker la that he is generally such a poor quitter. • The oldest inhabitant always has a wonderful memory for the things that happened when he was young, hot then so few things happened.

WASHINGTON. —Now that congress has adjourned, visitors to the national capital have more time to devote to the other sights of the city and the National Museum especially is crowded daily. There is now to be seen in the museum the skeleton of a monstrous horned dinosaur, the only specimen known of this animal, which existed millions of years ago. The skeleton was found embedded in rock and it has taken several years to excavate It with pneumatic chisels and mount it in the museum.

LONG ON SAME SPOT

New Yorker Lived in One Place for 78 Years. Edward Jackman Used to Catch Fish Where Skyscrapers Now Are— Kept Out of Doors Much as He Possibly Could. d New York.—lnhabitants of this Island to whom life is just one apartment after another may read with wonder tinged with skepticism that one of their fellow-citizens, Edward Jackman, who was born some time ago on Third street, has been content to live on the same spot ever since. Not in the same house, nuderstand, for the old frame dwelling, with the garden in front, where Jackman first opened his eyes upon the light of New York, was bruned to the ground in a memorable fire that wiped out the whole neighborhood. That was when he was a little boy, but he heard the story of the big fire from his father, who promptly built upon the same site the three-story brick dwelling, where his son has lived to this day. So It is not quite three-quarters of a century that Jackman has made his home in the one house. Still, that is long enough to justify him in referring to 310 East Third street ns his permanent residence. “Do you suppose you’ll always live here?” persons often ask the old man. “I don’t rightly know,” was his answer the other day. “Perhaps I’ll sell. Don’t know where Td go if I did, though’. Might move out to Westfield with my son, or up to Harlem, but If I did that I don’t know what I’d do with my dogs. Guess I’ll have to be moving on, anyway, pretty soon.” He said this last with the intonation that left no doubt as to itß meaning. Jackman was 78 years old a few days ago, and he does not forget it. But he !b a brisk old man, who has kept out of doors for a good share of his life. That is because he loves to fish. Time was when he didn’t have to go very far from his father’s front door.

“THE'WIDOW” LOST ITS HOME

Paris Guillotine Moved Out of Its Old Quarters and Is Now Stationed at Sante Prison. Paris. —The guillotine has lost Its home in the Rue de la Polle Regnault, and has been put in prison as a vagabond. For 21 years the “woods of justice," as the gullotine is called, lived In a coach house with a red door, which was rented for their reception by the government The place had two keys, one of which was always kept In the home office, the other in the pocket of M. Delbler. the executioner. - • Every week M. Delbler and his assistants called on “the widow" and gTeased. oiled and attended to her needs. But for many years the people In the neighborhood of the Rue de la Foltes Regnault have protested against their grim neighbor. The widow gave no trouble as a tenant; but on the rare occasions that she journeyed, all the riff-raff of Paris clustered In the streets to see her taken out. The lease for her home fell In some days ago. the landlord refused to renew It, and from now on the guillotine Is to be stabled at the Sante prison.

Auto Tire Hurls Stone.

Montclair. N. J. —Workmen are replacing a (150 plate glass window In the front of a store here. It was broken by a stone dashed from the roadway by the wheel of a passing automobile. The stone was lying loose In the roadway and when the tire of the auto hit It the missile was hurled as if from a catapult

UNIQUE RELIC OF EARTH’S EARLY DAYS

THE HORNED DINOSAUR

“There used to be a big pond between Avenues C and D and between Sixth and Seventh streets,” he said. “That was a long time ago. We called it Green’s pond, and the boys used to fish there. “All around these parts there were a lot of vacant lots. Astor owned a lot of them, and held them for a rise In value. These lots, all around here, would be let out to Germans who ran vegetable gardens. It’s all changed now, and the only gardens I see are those little soap boxes with , green things trying to grow In them that you see all along the street in the tenement house windows.” Yet that part of town 18 not so very modern. Very close to Jackman’s door the horse car, trundling by, solves part of the rapid transit problem of the neighborhood. In his earlier days, the Drydock line of stakes ran up from the Battery to Twelfth street, and Second street had a crosstown line that was very convenient When Jackman talks of selling and moving, he speaks with no great conviction. Yet he’s Just a little lonely In Third street “Do you know," he said, “there isn’t a person left anywhere about here that I used to know as a boy. They’ve all died or moved away.”

HOLLAND’S QUEEN ON MUSIC

Wilhelmlna Says Bhe Will Not Compel Her Little Daughter to Take Leasons on Piano. The Hague.—“lf Princess Puliana does not like music, she shall not be taught it” Queen Wilhelmlna is reported to have said the other day. The queen “hath no music in hec soul,” and is not in the least ashamed to say so. When she was six she was taken to the piano. Even in those days Bhe had the capacity of putting her foot down. She smacked the piano and said she hated it A few years later Queen Emma, her mother, again said that she was growing up and must learn to play; but her daughter differed. Ever afterwards the queen mother abandoned the notion of making a musician of the ruler of the Netherlands.

Stamps Worth a Million

Largest Collection Ever on Display to Be Seen at the Chicago Art In* stitute of Chicago. Chicago.—A million dollars worth of rare postage stamps were placed on exhibition at the Art institute the other day, the collection being the largest ever shown in the world. The exhibit is a feature of the meeting of the American Philatelic society and the exhibitors include millionaires, governors, senators and a number of boys. _ ... \- l4 Chicago’s exhibit is not international, but the collection is more valuable than the one displayed at the laßt International exhibit at Birmingham, England. The doors of the Art Institute were opened to the public following the reception to the guests in Fullerton hall. *T am sure the world has never seen as rare a collection as we am placing on exhibition.” said Henry M. Loth, director of the exhibit. "Our original intention was to experiment to see whether there would be a response if we would make it international in its scope. We had' planned only a small exhibit, but they have completely swamped us. It will require four rooms and the corridors to place the exhibit** The value of the single stamps range from SO cents to priceless treasures. One of the most valuable is the stamp the king of England bought for 18.200, which later passed Into the hands of an American. Another interesting curio Is the stamp that caused the revolutionary war, the

WHERE CHILDREN ARE MINERS

Cripple Creek Youngsters Overhauling Dumps and Making Money— Shipped Three Cars. Cripple Creek, Colo. —Even the children are making money leasing In this camp. One can go to the dumps at the Christmas mine, on Bull Hill and find two youngsters carefully sorting the ore, shipping and making good profits. Jack Butler, aged 12, and Andy Carlson, 14, both of Goldfield, have been given a year’s lease on a portion' of the Christmas main shaft dump and are working steadily. In July they shipped three cars. Some of the ore was carefully sorted and all went to a sampler. High returns were deceived when it is considered that the ore was from a dump. One car returned $22.40 per ton. These youngsters are working beside two men they have employed. They can pick out a piece of ore from a bunch of muck as well as the most expert ore sorter in the camp. The quality of the rock in the dump they are working appears good and in all probability they will be able to ship full three cars a month for some time. The dump was made In the early days when ore running S2O per ton was thrown out. Now many big mines are working on ore that average S2O to $25 per ton.

AMMONIA STOPS A RUNAWAY

Professor of Byraouse University Throws Powder in Eyes of Horse and Then Washes It Out. Tonkers, N. Y. —Prof. Charles Edgar Roake of Syracuse university turned his knowledge of chemistry to practical account in unusual fashion here. He was wafking on Jerome boulevard when he saw approaching a runaway horse attached to a cart. Two screaming children were in peril in the cart. The professor happened to have in his pocket a package of an ammonia compound. He threw a handful in the horse’s eyes as it came opposite him, and the blinded animal stopped as if shot Then, while a bystander held the horse, he Btepped to a hydrant and prepared a solution of another chemical. With this he washed' the ammonia from the horse’s eyes in time to save its sight

Boston tea party stamp. The Buffalo Pan-American stamp Vith the plate reversed, the error that set the tongues of all America wagging when news of Uncle Sam’s mistake in his printing department leaked out, 1b another interesting exhibit There is a collection of Queensland twopence stamps of rare value. The walls of the four rooms of the institute are papered with the stamps and guards will be on contant watch to protect the treasures. The entire collection has behn insured at practically the face value of 81,000,000. The exhibit will close Sunday afternoon.

Sick Boy Halts Big Canal.

Atlantic City, N. J.—Because of the illness of Harry Souders, fifteen years old. work is delayed on the milliondollar drainage canal in Atlantic City. Gigantic machinery, operated night and disturbed the rest of the sick boy that his father made an appeal to the city and the contractors were ordered to stop work at Standown.

Caruso’s Cousin is Spanked.

New York.—Rlccardo Caruso, thirteen years old. son of a cousin of the famous tenor, was sentenced by Recorder Weller in Montclair to be spanked by his father, and when the sentence was executed neighbors say the lad reached vocal heights never dreamed of by the opera singer. Rlccardo and other ladr were charged with having stoned a farmer's wagon.

WORDS OF WISDOM

Always try to practice what yop preach, but do not stop preaching if yon cannot. —S. Eldom. .1 Depend not cm another, rather lean! on thyself; trust to thine own exer-i tions.—Mann. <' 9 In jthe shoals of life hold fast tfli hope.—Merrlam. Love your trade, however, humble* and find in it refreshment. —Viscount-, ess Helmsley. False friendship, like the ivy, dei cays and ruins the walls it embraces* —Burton. Be not simply good; be good forj something.—Thoreau. To make a gift to one who is highly placed and in authority is not liber-, ality but commerce —Houssaye. Things are unbearable just until we have them to bear; their possibility comes with them. —Macdonald. Fun gives you a forcible hug and! shakes laughter out of you whether, you will or no.—Garrick. Fame is a bubble that breaks ini your hands as yon grasp It-*-TyndalU If a man be endowed with a generous mind, that is nobility.—Plato. Overmuch zeal is apt to cool tool quickly.—Wilkes, i The cheerful man’s a king.—Bickerstaff.

THE GENTLE CYNIC.

It is' almost as difficult to hush up some children as some scandals. Many a woman calls a man “dear,’* and then makes him feel cheap. When we get to heaven most of us will have to have self-playing harps. In order to make the most of thing® it isn’t absolutely necessary to lead & double life. It would be a rather doubtful compliment to tell a girl she was all wool and a yard wide. If some people didn’t talk about what they are going to do, they would have nothing to talk about. It would be a good thing if the devil! really did wear horns. We could spot him a lot more easily then. About the only thing that would! make some people forget themselves would be to be kicked into unconsciousness by a mule. No woman is competent to advise a young girl in her love affairs unless, the aforesaid woman has been married at least four times.

BITS OF FACT

Newfoundland is said to be without reptiles of any character. A tea made of the leaves of the ‘‘laughing plant” of Arabia puts the partaker into a hilarious humor for an hour or so. The culture of goldfish has been a flourishing industry of China for hundreds of years. There are 110,000 telephones in use in japan at the present time, and the number is rapidly increasing. The best safeguard against infectious diseases Is to keep both mind and body in a healthy condition. Built in the year 700, the mansion belonging to Count Matuschke, at Winfel-on-the-Rhine, Germany, is believed to be the oldest inhabited house In existence. Posters are so called because In former times the footpaths and roadways of London were separated by lines of posts on which it was the custom to paste announcements.

SAYINGS OF CERVANTES

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works. > It is a true saying that a man must eat a peck of salt with his friend before he knows him. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Let every man look before he leaps. The pen is the tongue of the mind. There are but two families in the world, Have-Much and Have-Little. In the night all cats are gray. All Is not gold that glitters. An honest man’s word Is as good as his bond. Never look sot birds of this year im the nestk of the last Don’t put too line a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted. My heart is wax molded as she pleases, but enduring as marble te retain.