Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1912 — Page 7

My Lady of the North THE LOVE STORY OF A GRAY JACKET

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CHAPTER I. A Dispatch for Longstreet. It was a bare, plain interior —the low table at which he sat an unplaned board, his seat a box, made softer by a folded blanket. His only companions were two aides, standing silent beside the closed entrance, anxious to anticipate his slightest need. He will abide in my memory forever as I saw him then —although we were destined to meet often afterwards that old gray hero, whose masterly strategy held at bay for so long those mighty forces hurled on our constantly thinning lines of defense. To me the history of war has never contained his equal, and while I liye I shall love and revere him as I can love and revere no other man. General Lee,” said one of the aides, as I passed the single sentry and drew aside the flap to step within, “this is Captain Wayne.” He deliberately pushed away the mass of papers which had been engaging him, and for an embarrassing moment fixed upon me a glance that seemed to read me through and through. Then, with simple dignity, far more impressive than I can picture it in words, he arose slowly and extended his hand. “Captain Wayne,” he said gravely, yet retaining his grasp, and with his eyes full upon mine, “you are a much younger man than I expected to see, yet I have selected you upon the special recommendation of your brigade commander for services of the utmost importance. I certainly do not hold your youth to be against your success, but I feel unwilling to order you to the performance of this duty, which, besides being beyond the regular requirements of the service, involves unusual risks.” “Without inquiring its nature,” I said, hastily, “I freely offer myself a volunteer for any service which may be required either by the army or yourself.” The kindly face brightened instantly, almost into a smile, and a new look of confidence swept into the keen gray eyes. “I felt, even as I spoke,” he said, with a dignified courtesy I have never marked in any one else, “that I must be doing wrong to question the willingness of an officer of your regiment, Captain Wayne, to make personal sacrifice. From our first day of battle until now the south has never once called upon them in vain. You are from the ranks, I believe?” “I was a corporhl at Manassas.” “Ah! then you have wofi your grade by hard service. You take with you one man?” “Sergeant Craig of my troop, sir, a good soldier, who knows the country well.” He lowered his eyes to the numerous papers littering the table, and then, leaning over, traced lightly with a colored pencil a line across an outspread map. “You speak of his knowing the country well; are you aware, then, of your destination?” ‘1 merely inferred from what Colonel Carter said that it was your desire to reestablish communication with General Longstreet.” "That is true; but do you know where Longstreet is?” “Only that we of the line suppose him to be somewhere west of the mountains, sir. It is camp gossip that his present base of supplies is at Miners ville.” “Your conjecture is partly correct, although I have more reason to believe that the head of his column has reached Bear Fork, or will by tomorrow morning. Kindly step this way, Captain Wayne, and make note of the blue lines I have traced across this map. Here, you will observe, is Minersville, directly beyond the high ridge. You will notice that the Federal lines extend north and south directly between us, with their heavier bodies of infantry along the W T harton pike, and so disposed as to shut off all communication between us and our left wing. Now, the message I must get into Lbngstreet’s hands is imperative; indeed, I will say to you, the very safety of this army depends upon its reaching him before his advance passes Bear Fork. There remains, therefore, no time for any long detour; the messenger who bears it must take his life in his hands and ride straight westward through the very lines of the enemy.” He spoke these words rapidly, earnestly; then suddenly he lifted his eyes to mine, and said firmly: “I am perfectly frank with you. Are you the man?” I felt the hot blood leap into my face, but I met his stern gaze without flinching. “If I live, General Lee, I shall meet his advance at Bear Fork by daybreak.” “God guide you; I believe you will.” His words seemed uttered unconaciously. He turned slightly, and glanced toward the door. “Major Holmes, will you kindly hand me the draft of that dispatch?”

by RANDALL PARRISH

He took the paper from the outstretched hand of the aide, read it over slowly and with great care, wrote a word of explanation upon the margin, and then extended it to me. “Commit that to memory, word by word, to your jmemory; we must run no possible risk of its ever falling into the enemy’s hands.” I can see it now, that coarse yellow paper—the clear, upright penmanship, the words here and there misused and corrected, the sentence scratched out, the heavy underlining of a command, and his own strangely delicate signature at the bottom. “Headquarters, Army Northern Virginia, “In the field, near Custer House, Sept. 23, 2 P. M. “Lieutenant General Longstreet, “Commanding Left Wing. “Sir: You will advance your entire force by the Connelton and Sheffield pikes, so as to reach Castle Rock with your full infantry command by daybreak, September 26th. Let this supersede all other orders. I propose to attack in force in the neighborhood of Sailor’s ford, and shall expect you to advance promptly at the first sound of our artillery. It is absolutely essential that we form prompt connection of forces, and to accomplish this result will require a quick, persistent attack upon your part. You are hereby ordered to throw your troops forward without reserve, permitting them to be halted by no obstacle, until they come into actual touch with my columns. The success or failure of my plans will depend utterly upon your strict observance of these orders, “R. E. LEE, “General Commanding.” I handed back the paper, and lifted my hand in salute. “You have memorized it?” “Word for word, sir.” “Repeat it to me.” He held the paper before him as I did so, and at the close lifted his eyes again to my face. “Very good,” he said, quietly. “Now let there be no mistake; repeat it over to your companion as you proceed until he has memorized it, and one of you must live long enough to reach Longstreet. I advise you to take the Langley road—it is the most pro-

“You Are a Much Younger Man Than I Expected to See.”

tected, and not try to pass beyond the old Coultei- plantation untlj after dark, or you will run the risk of being observed, by the enemy’s pickets. Beyond this I must leave all to your own discretion." He paused, and I still lingered, thinking he might have something more to add. * Are you one of the Waynes of Charlottesville?" he asked gravely. Colonel Richard Wayne was my father, sir." Ah, indeed! I remember tim well;” and his face lit up with a most tender smile. ‘‘We were together in Mexico. A Virginia gentleman of the old school. He is dead, I believe?” He was killed, sir, the first year of the war." "I remember; it was at Antietam. And your mother? If my memory is not at fault she was a Pierpont?" “She is now in Richmond, sir, and the old plantation is but a rbin.” War Is indeed sad,” he said slowly; “and I often feel that our southern women are cbmpelled to bear the brunt of it: What heroines they have proven! History records no equal to the daily sacrifices I have witnessed in the past three years. God grant it may be soon ended.” Then, as if suddenly moved by the impulse of the moment, he again extended his hand. Well, lad,” he said kindly, the same grave smile lighting his face, “our country needs us. We must not waste time here in conversation. I am very glad to have been permitted to meet the son of my old friend, and trust you will remember me to your mother. But now goodby, captain, and may he in whose hand we all are, guide and guard you. I know that a Wayne of Virginia Will always do his duty."

Ba reheaded and with proudly swellng heart I backed out of the tent as t might have left the throne room of an emperor, but as I grasped the reins and swung up into the saddle, I became conscious that he had followed me. Craig flung up his hand in quick, soldierly salute, and then, with a single rapid stride, the general stood at his horse’s head. “Sergeant,” he said—and I was struck by the incisive military tone of his voice, so different from the gentleness shown within—“l am Informed that you are intimately acquainted with the roads to the westward.” “Every bridle-path, sir, either by night or day.” “Then possibly you can inform me whether the Big Hickory is fordable at Deer Gap.” “Not for infantry at high water, sir; but there is another ford two miles north where it is never over waist deep.” “That would be at Brixton’s mill?” “No, sir; the other way.” Lee smiled, and rested his hand almost caressingly on the trooper’s knee. “You are a valuable man for us to risk on such a ride,” he said kindly. “But I desire you to understand, ser- i geant, how deeply I value the service you are about to render, and that I shall never permit It to be rorgotten or go unrewarded. And now, goodnight, sergeant; 1 goodnight, Captain Wayne.” As we turned into the main road, riding slowly, I glanced backward. The general was yet standing there in front of his tent, gazing after us, the rays of the westering sqn gleaming on his gray hair. (.To be Continued.)

Admires Pastor Russell’s Book.

Atlanta Constitution:—Bill Arp, the “Southern Philosopher,” wrote the following review of “The Divine Plan of the Ages” some time before he died: “It is impossible to read this book without loving the writer and pondeiing his wonderful solution of the groat mysteries that have troubled us all our lives. There is hardly a family to be found that has not lost some loved one who died outside the church—outside the plan of salvation, and, if Calvinism be true, outside of all hope and inside of eternal torment and despair. We smother Our feelings and turn away from the horrible picture. We dare not deny the faith of our fathers, and yet can it be possible that the good mother and the wandering child are forever separated?—forever and forever? “I believe it is the rigidity of thes>e teachings that makes atheists'and infidels and skeptics—makes Christiana unhappy and brings their gray hairs down in sorrow to the grave—a lost child, a lost soul! • • * “This wonderful book makes no assertions that are not well sustained by the Scriptures. It is built up stone by stone, and upon every stone is the text, and it becomes a pyramid of God’s love, and mercy, and wisdom. “There is nothing in the Bible that the author denies or doubts, but there are many texts that he throws a flood of light upon that seems to remove from them the dark and gloomy meaning. I see that editors of leading journals and many orthodox ministers of different denominations have endorsed It and have confessed to this new and comforting light that has dawned upon the interpretation of God’s Book. Then let every man read and ponder and take comfort, for we are all prisoners of hope. This is an age of advanced thought, and more thinking is done than ever before—men dare to think now. Light—more light—is the watchword.” 355 pages—cloth bound, 35 cents, postpaid. Bible and Tract Society, 17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.

A Rare Bargain In Envelopes.

The Democrat has just got in a bargain lot of about 100,000 envelopes in all the latest private correspondence sizes and colors, made from the finest bond papers, in linen finish, wallet and Gladstone flaps, which we will close out while they last at only 5 cents per package of twenty-fiv'e. These envelopes always sell at from 10c to 15c per package, but we bought the lot at a bargain price and can offer them to our, customers at a like bargain. It will pay you to lay In a good supply of these fine envelopes before they are all gone. See display in The Dembcfat’s front window. >

He Won’t Limp Now.

No more limping for Tom Moore of Cochran, Ga. “I had a bad sore on my instep that nothing seemed to help till I used Bucklen’s Arnica Salve,” he writes, “but this won-| derful healer soon cured me.” Heals old, running sores, ulcers, boils, I burns, cuts, bruises, eczema or piles. Try it. Only 25 cents at A. F. Long’s. i

Rosebud Farm and Mill, two miles east of Parr Phone 507B (Jasper Co.) Rensselaer Exchange, P. O. Parr, Ind. A ’ r FOR SALE Clover bay in the mow, sl2 per ton. Purchaser must get it out.-^—AMOS H. ALTER St SON, Parr, Ind., R-. 1.

IDEAS FOR HOME BUILDERS

A. Radford will answer qnestiohs and give advtee FREE OF COST on ail subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt., the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford. No. ITS West Jackson boulevard. Chicago, 111., and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply. • 1,. ■ There are perhaps more square houses built in the Middle West than houses of any other style Or design. By square houses” is meant houses with plain, straight sides and square corners, in which the width nearly or quite equals the length. “Rectilinear." perhaps, would be a more accurate term, but that does not convey an impression of the square appearance that Bueh houses have. Economy in building and economy in heating, both have their influence. Houses of the “square” type range from 22 by 28 feet to 30 by 36 feet in size, and they contain from six to eight rooms—seldom less than six and seldom more than eight. They are built either full two stories, with an attic; or like this one. with some of the windows elevated above the eaves to admit light to the upper rooms. This particular house Is one of six rooms. 26 feet wide and about 27 feet 6 inches from front to rear. It, is a very economical house to builds It is all plain, straight work, except the dormer windows; and these are as plain as they can be and still look well. Such houses aVfe so easily built that a great many of them are put up in country places without architectural plans; but that is, generally speaking, a mistake. Good working drawings are so cheap nowadays that no one can afford to take chances on haphazard work. You can always recognize houses that have been built after the ideas of a local carpenter, just the same as you can spot a suit of homemade clothes by the amateur expression that smiles at you when you 6ee them. They may contain the best of material put together in a good, Solid way; but when the job is done, it lacks the stamp of finished excellence

that only years of experience in cutting and fitting can give. It is a mistake to take chances on amateur talent when yon can secure expert advice and experience for a few dollars. In this house, what would otherwise be a very plain living room, is made attractive by a fashionable windowseat and a triple casement window In the front part of the room. There are a variety of these windows to choose from. Some are hinged at the side so that the sash may be opened inward like a door; in others, the sash is pivoted in the center, at top and bottom; some are hinged at the top; and still other designs are hinged at the side

First Floor Plan.

■o as to open outward. Where the sash swing out, the fly screens are fitted on the inside, the advantage claimed being that you can hang curtains in any way you want them, and not have them disturbed by opening and shutting the windows. Because such windows are becoifinig~poj>ular, it is only natural to suppose that women like them. They certainly produce a stylish effect, and that goes a long way

BY WMARADFORD.

In building a bouse it pays to investigate the new things, both by reading and by observation. You can always find a new house that contains some of the fashionable Ideas, ideas that are popular, the ideas that up-to-date architects like to work into their designs. Some of these are very attractive and add very much to the appearance of a house, while others are simply suitable to go with certain combinations. The owner is the one most vitally Interested; but a little advice fj-om a successful architect goes a long way. and lasts a long time afterwards. You don’t build a house every > ear. It pays to He careful. Long years of experience in building medium-priced houses has demonstrated a few facts that everyone

should know. For the health gs the family, you must haye good drainage, sufficient ventilation, and an abundance of sunshine. In the face of modern invention, every new house should be piped for gas and for hot and cold water, and wired for electricity. Every house should contain provision for comfortable, easy heating; and every house should have a good bathroom. These things are essential, both for health and for comfort; to neglect them means to regret it as long as you live in the house. Other things

not so important, and still desirable, will suggest themselves, and may be adopted or rejected according to the size of the bouse and the expense a person feels justified in going into; but the demands of health and comfort come first.

“One of the greatest sorrows of famous persons like my B elfrecently observed a well known novelist, “Ib the realization that comes to us sooner or later that it is impossible to live up to the ideal opinions that the people whom we meet in the ordinary affairs of life have formed of us. Not long since I had occasion to remark to a waiter in a case where I sometimes dine:— Waiter, this beef, is extremely tough.’ “Whereupon the servitor looked at me with a tad expression and sighed deeply. ‘“May I inquire,’ said I, ‘why you sigh in that fashion?’ Ah, sir,’ said the waiter, 'I took you for a man who always said original things, and here you come and say just the same thing that all the rest of them do.’ ”

In Egypt, where the atmosphere is very clear, the green tints of the sum set light are peculiarly distinct. As the sun descends nearer to the horizon, and is immensely enlarged, its rays suddenly become for an Instant of a brilliant green. Then a succession of green rays suffuses the sky well nigh to the zenith, says the Youth’s Companion. The same phenomenon occurs at sunrise, but less conspicuously. Sometimes at sunset. Just as the last portion of the sun’s disk vanishes, its color changes from green to blue, and so also after it has disappeared the sky near the horfeon Is green, while toward the zenith it is blue. The fact was of course observed by the ancient Egyptians, and references thereto are found in their writings.

Second Floor Plan.

Shattered Idol.

Egypt’s Green Bun Rays.

EXPENDITURES AND TAX LEVIES FOR THE YEAR 1913.

UNION TOWNSHIP " Trustee of Union township. Jasper county. Indiana, proposes for the next yearly expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board, at its annual meet-’-i 1 ? held at the school house of School District No. 6 Tuesday, Sep*mb,er„ 3. 1912. at 2:00 o'clock' p. m.. the follow ing estimates and amounts for said year: 1. Township cxpendt.tures.2,64B, and Township tax 25 cents on the one hundred dollars. .J- Local tuition. Expenditures, 13,-.->6., and local tuition tax 35 cents on the hundred dollars. -3 Sp , ec A al School. Expenditures. $4,oSt>. and Special School tax 45 cents on the hundred dollars. 4,. Road, road tax 30 cents on the hundred dollars to be worked out on the highways. , Additional Road, Expenditures, 51.019. and Road Tax 10 cents on the hundred dollars, to be paid as taxes. "• Door. Expenditures for preceding year *712, and poor tax 7 cents cu tho hundred dollats. • Total i’xpern,'lures reeomnru idt-1 s■:?,iSS, and total tat, levy UM on ti e hundred dollars. ojotal taxables in the township sl,ISAAC RIGHT, Trustee. Dated August 3rd. 1912.

BARKLEY TOWNSHIP.

The Trustee of Barkley Township. Jasper County, proposes for the yearly /expenditures and tax levies by the Advisory Board at Its annual meeting, to be held at the school house of school district No,. 4, on the 3rd day of September, 1912, commencing at 2:00 o’clock p. m., the following estimates and amounts for said year: » 1. Township expenditures, $1.375.W3. and Township tax. 13 cents on the hundred dollars. 2. Local Ttiltion expenditures, 52,438.41. and tax, 23 cents on the hundred dollars. 3. Special School Tax expenditures, $2,120.36, and tax, 20 cents on the hundred dollars. 4. Road Tax Expenditures. $2,120.30, and tax 20 cents on the hundred dollars. 5. Additional Road Tax expenditures, $1,060.18, and tax, 10 cents on the hun- t dred dollars. 0. Poor expenditures (for preceding year, 106.01. and tax, 1 cent on the hundred dollars.. Total valuation of lands and improvements, $783,890. Total valuation of personal property, $270,297. Net taxable property of township, sl.060,187. WILLIAM FOLGER, Trustee. Dated August 3rd. 1912.

COMMISSIONERS ALLOWANCES.

Following are the claims allowed by the Board of Commissioners of Jasper County, Indiana, at their regular August, 1912, term: Levy Bros., sup aud;,............ $ 84.00 Same, same 1.20 J. P. Hammond, p05tage........ 5.00 F. E. Babcock, sup sheriff...... 2.00 W. Frank Osborne, sur. per diem.. 26.00 E D Rhoades & Son. repairing 2.85 Omar Osborn, con Poruty ditch.. 12.00 Same, Jungles ditch....... 6.00 Worth McCarthy, help ditches.. 2.00 Omar Osborne, same 16.00 Cope Hanley, 5ame................ 2.00 Joe Fenzel, same., , ....... . . ...4.00 William Jasperson, same.... 1.00 \N. F Osborne, allot ditches...... 70.00 E Lamson, sal co 5upt.......... 135.00 W J Wright, lnqst R W Burdach 5.00 A R Kresler, 5ame.............. 6.00 W J Wright, same Ida. M Loherke 5.90 M D Gwin, same 10.00 W J Wright,same, Retherford..,. 5.00 M D Gwin, 5ame.................. 5.00 Charles McFarland, 5ame........ 5.85 John Hordeman, repair c h. . .... 2.75 Chas Morlan, Janitor c h,,...... 45.00 O 8 Baker, mow c h lawn 8.0(1 Charles Morlan, laundry c h...... LOO C B Steward, insur co farm. 37.80 White & Collins, repair co jail. ,, 17.33 Mary Anderson, labor co farm.... 17.50 George Markin. same 6.12 J K Cooper, 5ame................ 26.00 John Groom, 5ame....... 26.00 John Bullenberger, 5ame.......... 2.00 John Kershner, 5ame............ 1.75 Hamilton & Kellner, sup same.... 60.00 John Eger, same.... . 175.52 J C Gwin & Co, stime 8.36 Ind St Tuberculosis hos tub ind.. 67.14 Ilealy &Clarke, pub printing...... 20.00 F E Babcock, same... 29.65 Same, adv. G R Putt et al 7.00 Healy & Clarke, 5ame.......... 9.65 Central City Pub Co., 5ame...... 1.55 Healy & Clarke, adv Nan s r.... 7.00 Central City Pub) Co., 5ame...... 1.65 F E Babcock,not >Lowman ditch.' 9.00 Healey & Clark, same... 5.00 Same, not let Wortley ditch... 5.00 Same, same John Eger . 5.00 Omar Osborne bridge engineer... 8.00 Schl city of liens., ex poor childn 48.47 S A Austin, crow bounty .so N H Digman, 5ame.............. LOO Lee Meyers, 5ame................ 1.30 Paul Swain, 5ame................ .30 James Swalm, same.... 30 A L Barker, wolfe bounty 27.00 Levey Bros. & Co sup Iro d 60.00 A A Fell, ex Gan D Bond &coup.. 2.90 Same, same M0ff1tt................ 2.25 W H Wells g r repair..... 9.00

Mell Struble, same..... 1.50 Ward Yeagley, same 2.25 C W Gilmore, 5ame.............. 10.00 Charles Haskin, same 1.50 F G Barnard, same 12.20 J A Hixon, same..... 11.00 Jt><> Thels, same... 2.50 B DeArmond, 5ame....... . 1.50 Milt May, same 4.60 Henry Filmer. same 15.00 Arthur Dean, same..... -T.~.... ~ 15.00 Same. same. 27.00 Bridge Btone, same.. 5.00 Teck Miles, same 5.50 Janus Jones. same....) f 3.50 Mr. Maloney, same 5.50 Thomas Grant, same... 30.00 H G Daniels, 5ame................ 15.00 Arlie O Rowen, 5ame........ 27.00 William Martin, same 49.50 Vincent Eisele, same 73.50 Ault Padgett, same., 2.80 Lloyd Parks, same 33.00 Same, same... 48/)0 Franklin Grant, same, 6.00 William Shesler, same 60.00 John Kohler, same. 7.50 Thomas Padgett, same.. 43.50 J C Gwin & Co., same 3.28 Same, same u■. 9.20 H Wortley, same 55.20 Same, same Alexander Frye, same 2.50 Daniel T Cresse, same 112.61 Casparis Stone Co., same 93.60 H Wortley, same.... IOO.TiO Casparis Stone Co., 5ame.......... 94.59 Milt Michael, same.... 36.00 George Hensler. same 27.60.. Boehning & Wolfe, same 8.00 Frank Tillett, 5ame.......... Albert Walters, same. 3.00 Paris T Robinson, same. .... 7.00 J J Molitor. same 3.00 Tess Tillett, 5ame........... 3.00 True Robinson, same 5,35“ Adolph Onkons, same...... 1 ..., 6.00 John O Parker, 5ame...... 3.90 Henry parker, same i 7.50 Fred Comer, same 6.75 Ham Record, same. 21.50 A A Fell, bds R E Davis ditch,... 250r00 Same, same W H Berry 129".93 Same, same, R E Davis d........ 1,050.00 Same same Evers d... .. 60-.00 Same, same Howe d 56:00 Same, same, Davis d 200.00 Same, same, Berry d... 120.00 Same, interest coup Berry d 60.00 Same, bonds Davis d... 152.26 Same, same, Garr d..., 2.240.00 Same, same Moffitt d 1,686.00 Same, int coup Davis d 50:00 Same, same Hazlett d...... 41.40 Same, bonds Ott s r. 33:75 Same, int coup Akers d 30:00 Same, same, Maxwell 25,50 Same, same, Delehanty. 70.00 E W Allen, supt Marble g r..., 64.00 J R Hershman, refund errons tax.. 14.46 State Bk Rensslr crusher acct..... 880.13 JOSEPH P. HAMMOND, Auditor of Jasper County. Read The Democrat for news.