Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 32, Petersburg, Pike County, 22 December 1893 — Page 3

FAST AND FUTUKE. 1 saw thee In thy bridal hour; A throng the ancient temple filled. And thou didst wear tha orange flowerbo lovely that all hearts were thrilled. Twas night and brilliant was the scene, And music's strains had died in air, When to the man of God serene We heard thy meek responses there, Then, when all symbol rites were o'er. From fearful friends we watched thee gild* Away as one who leaves the shore Of home for ocean sunsets wide. A few short years havo flown; and now Slow through those stately aisles again We see thee pass;—ah, no! not thou; It Is thy weeping funeral train Alas! for life, for hopes and Joys; No more can we behold thee here: Oh, surely, life wh<ch nought destroys There must be In some loftier sphere. And thou art there! The soul forgets, Unerringly, that death Is thine; Thy life immortal life besets; And rays thee in its light divine! —W. Dearden, In Springfield (Mass.) Republican.

{Copyright, 1S9S, by J. a klppincott & Co>, and published by special arrangement.} II.—Contis ued. Then it was that old IJrax came down and took a hand. Riding to where Minor still sat on his patient sorrel, the senior bluntly inquired: “What the devil's the matter?” “I don’t know,” said Minor. “Who does know?” “Well, Drake, possibly, or else he doesn't know anything. He's been trying to get Cram to dress his battery back.” “Why, yes, confound it! he’s a mile ahead of the line,” said the colonel, and off he trotted to expostulate with the batteryman. “Capt. Cram,- isn't there room for your battery back of the line instead of in front of it?” inquired the chief, in tone both aggrieved and aggressive. “Lots, sir,” answered Cram, cheerfully. “Just countermarched there.” “Then I wished you'd oblige me’by moving back at once, sir: you're delaying the whole ceremony here. I'm told Mr. Drake has twice ordered you to dress to the right.” “I've heard it, sir, only once, but have dressed twice, so it's all right,” responded Cram, as affably as though he had no other aim in life than to gratify the whims of his post commander. “Why, confound it, sir, it isn't all right by a da—good dcall Here you are ’way out on line with Maj. Minor, and your battery’s—why, it isn't dressed on our rank at all, sir. Just look at it.”

Cram resumed the carry with the saber ho had lowered in salute, calmly reversed so as to face his battery, and, with preternatural gravity of mien, looked along his front. There midway between his lead drivers sat Mr. Doyle, his face well-nigh as red as his plume, his bleary eves nearly popping out of his skull in his effort to repress the emotions excited by this colloquy. There midway between the lead drivers in the left section sat Mr. Ferry, gazing straight to the front over the erected ears of, his handsome bay and doing his very best to keep a solemn face, though the unshaded corners of his boyish mouth were twitching with mischief and merriment. There, silent, disciplined and rigid, sat the sergeants, dri vers and cannoneers of famous old Light llattery “X,” all agog with interest in the proceedings and all looking as though they had never heard a word. “I declare.sir,” said Cram, with exasperating Civility, “I can see nothing out of the way. Will you kindly indicate what is amiss?” This was too much for Ferry. In his effort to restrain his merriment and gulp down a rising flood of laughter there was heard an explosion that sounded something like the sudden collapse of an inflated paper bag, and old Iirax, glaring angrily at the boy, now red in the face with minglod mirth amVconsternation,caught sudden idea from the sight. Was the battery laughing at—was the battery commander guying—him? Was it possible that they were profiting by his ignorance of their regulations? ^Jt put him on his guard and suggested a tentative. “Do you mean that you are right in being so far ahead of our line instead of dressed upon it?” asked he of the big blonde soldier in the glittering uniform. “Where do you find authority for it?”

“Oh, perfectly right, colonel. In fact, for six years past I’ve never seen it done any other way. You’ll find the authority on page 562, Field Artillery Tactics of 1864.” For a moment Brax was dumb. lie had long heard of Cram as an expert in his own branch of the service, but presently he burst forth: “Well, in our tactics there’s reason for every blessed thing we do, but I’ll be dinged if I can see rhyme or reason In such a formation as that. Why, sir, your one company takes up more room than my six—makes twice as much of a show. Of course if a combined review is to show off the artillery it’s all very well. However, go ahead, if you think you’re right, sir, go ahead! I’ll inquire into this later.” “I know we’re right, colonel: and as for the reason, you’ll see it when you open ranks for review and we come to ‘action front;’ then our line will be exactly that of the infantry. Meantime, sir, it isn’t for us to go ahead. We’ve gone as fai as wo can until your adjutant makes the next move.” But Braxton had ridden away disgusted before Cram wound up his remarks. “Go on, Maj. Minor; just run this thing without reference to the battery. Damned if I understand their methods. Let Cram look after his own affairs; if he goes wrong, why—it's none of our eon corn.1*

And so Minor bad nodded “70 ahead” to Mr. Drake, and presently the whole command made its bow, so to speak, to Minor as its immediate chief, and then he drew sword and his untried voice became faintly audible. The orders: "Prepare for review” and "to the rear open order” were instantly followed by a stentorian "action front” down at the left, the instant leap and rush of some thirty nimble cannoneers, shouts of “drive on!” the cracking- of whips, the thunder and rumble of wheels, the thud of plunging hoofs. Forty-eight mettlesome horses in teams of two abreast went dSancing .briskly .away to the rear, at Mpht-. of which Minor dropped his jaw and the point of his sword and sat gazing blankly after them, over the bowed head of his placid sorrel, wondering what on earth it meant that they should all \>c running away, at the very Instant when he expected them to brace up for review. But before he cpuld give utterance to his thoughts e||Rt glossy teams in almost simultaneous sweep to the left about came sharply aroUhd again. The black muzzles of the guns were pointed to the front, every axle exactly in the prolongation of his front rank, every

little group of red-topped, rod-trimmed cannoneers standing erect and square, the chiefs of section and of pieces sitting like statues on their handsome horses, the line of limbers accurately covering the guns, and, still farther back, Mr. Pierce could be heard shouting his orders for the alignment of the caissons. In' the twinkling of an eye the rush and thunder were stilled, the battery without the twitch of a muscle stood ready for review, and oldllrax, sitting gloomily in saddle at the reviewing point, watching the stirring sight with gloomy and,''cynical eye, was chafed still more to hear in a silvery voice from the group of ladies the unwelcome words: “Oh, .wasn't that pretty!”- lie meant with afl his heart to pull in some of the plumage of those confounded “woodpeckers,” as he called them, before the day was over. In grim silence, therefore, he rode along- the front Of the battalion, taking little comfort in the neatness of their quaint, old-fashioned garb, the single-breasted, long-skirted frock coats, tho bulging black felt hats looped lip on one side and decked with skimpy black feather, the glistening shoulder-scales and circular breast

Cram, who, following at rapid walk, soon gained on the rear of column, passing his post commander in beautiful order and with most accurate salute oh the part of himself and officers, and, observing this, Minor took heart, and, recovering his senses to a oertain extent, gave the command “Guide left” in abundant time to see that the new guides were accurately in trace, thereby insuring what he expected to find a beautiful wheel into line to the left, the commands for which movement he gave in louder and more confident tone, but vans instantly nonplussed by seeing the battery wheel into line to the right and move off in exactly the opposite direction from what he had expected. This was altogether too much for his equanimity. Digging his spurs into the fianks of the astonished sorrel, he darted off after Cram, waving his sword, and shouting: “Left into line wheel, captain. Left into line wheel.” In vam Mr. Pierce undertook to explain matters. Minor presumed that the artilleryman had made an actual blunder and was only enabled to correct it by a countermarch, and so rode back to his position in front of the center of the reforming line, convinced that at last he had caught the battery

commander. When Braxton, therefore, came down to make his criticisms and comments upon the conduct of the review. Minor was simply amazed to find that instead of being- in earor Cram had gone exactly right and as prescribed by his drill regulations in wheeling to the right and gaining ground to the rear before coming up on the line. He almost peevishly declared that he wished the colonel, if he proposed having a combined review, would assume command himself, as he didn't care to be bothered with combination tactics of which he had never had previous knowledge.' Being of tho same opinion, Braxton himself took hold, and the next performance, though somewhat erroneous in many respects, was a slight improvement on the first, though Braxton did not give time for the battery to complete one movement before he would rush it into another. When the officers assembled to compare notes during the rest after the second repetition. Minor growled that this was "a little better, yet not good,” which led to some one

“tvhat the devil’* this matted?”

plates, the polish of their black leathery' belts, cartridge and cap boxes and bayonet scabbards. It was all trim and soldierly, but he was bottling up his sense of annoyance for the benefit of Cram and his people. Yet, what could he say? Neither he nor Minor had ever before been brought into such relations with the light artillery, and he simply didn't know where to hit. Lots of things looked queer, but after this ini* tial experience he felt it best to say nothing until he could light on a point that no one could gainsay, and he found it in front of the left section. "Where is Mr. Waring, sir?” he sternly asked. "I wish I knew, colonel. His horse came back without him, as you doubtless saw. and, as he hasn't appeared, I am afraid of accident.” “How did he come to leave his post, sir? I have no recollection of authorizing anything of the kind.” “Certainly not, colonel. He rode back to his quarters with my consent before adjutant's call had sounded, and he should have been with us again in abundant time.” “That young gentleman needs more discipline than he is apt to get at this rate, Capt. Cram, and 1 desire that ycfu pay closer attention to his movements than you have done in the pastK Mr. Drake,” he said to his adjutant, who was tripping around after his chief afoot, “call on Mr. Waring to explain his absence in writing and without delay. This indifference to duty is something to which I am utterly unaccustomed,” continued llraxton again, addressing Cram, whe preserved a most uncompromising serenity of countenance; and with this parting shot the colonel turned gruffly away and soon retook his station at the reviewing point.

Then came the second hitch. Minor had had no experience whatever, as has been said, and he first tried to wheel into column of companies without closing1 ranks, whereupon every captain promptly cautioned “Stand fast,” and thereby banished the last remnant of Minor’s senses. Seeing that something was wrong, he tried again, this time prefacing with “Pass in review,” and still the captains were implacable. The nearest one, in a stage whisper, tried to make the major hear “Close order, first.” But all the time Brax was losing more of his temper and Minor what was left of his head, and Brax came down like the wolf on the fold, gave the command to “Close order” himself, and was instantly echoed by Cram’s powerful shout “Limber to the rear,” followed by “Pieces left about! Caissons forward!” Then, in the rumble and clank of the responding . battery, Minor’s next command was heard by only the right wing of the battalion, and the company wheels were ragged. So was the next part of the performance when he started to march in review, never waiting, of course, for the battery to wheel into column of sections. This omission, however, in no wise disconoerted

suggesting in low tone that the major got his positives and comparatives worse mixed than his tactics, and inquiring further “whether it might not be well to dub him Minor Major.” The laughter that followed this sally naturally reached the ears of the seniors, and so Brax never let up on the command until the review went off without an error of any appreciable weight, without, in fact, “a hitch in the fut or an unhitch in the harse,” as Doyle expressed it. It was high noon when the battalion got back to barracks and the officers hung out their moist clothing to dry in the sun. It was near one when the batterymen, officers and all, came steaming up from tho stables, and there was the colonel's orderly with the colonel's "compliments and desires to see Capt. Cram before the big batteryman had time to change his dress. Braxton's first performance on getting into cool habiliments was to go over his office and hunt through the book shelves for a volume in which he never before had felt the faintest interest—the Light Artillery Tactics of 1804. There on his desk lay a stack of mail unopened, and Mr. Drake was already silently inditing the summary note to the culprit Waring. Brax wanted first to see with his own eyes the -instructions for light ar'tillery when reviewed with other troops, vaguely hoping that there might still be some point on which to catch his foeman on the hip. But if there were he did not find it. He was tactician enough to see that even if Cram had formed with his leading drivers on line with the infantry, as Braxton thought he should have done, neither of the two methods of forming into battery would then have got his guns where they belonged. Cram’s interpretation of the text was backed by the custom of service, and there was no use oiticising it further. And so, after discontentedly hunting through the dustcovered pages awhile in hopes of stumbling on some codicil or rebuttal, the

colonel shut it witn a disgusted snap and tossed the offending tome on the farthest table. At that moment Brax could have wished the board of officers who prepared the Light Artillery Tactics in the nethermost depths of the neighboring swamp. Then he turned on his silent staff officer—a not unusual expedient. ''Why on earth, Mr. Drake, didn’t you look up that point, instead of making such a break before the whole command?” “I couldn’t find anything about it in Casey, sir, anywhere,” replied the perturbed young man. “1 didn’t know where else to look.” “Well, you might have asked Mr. Ferry or Mr. Pierce. The Lord knows you waste enough time with ’em.” “You might have asked Capt. Cram,” was what Drake wanted to say, but wisely did not. He bit the end of his penholder instead, and bridled his tongue and temper. “The next time I have a review with m mounted battery, by George!” aaid

the post cammantfer, finally, bringing his fist down on the- tabl* with & crash. “I just—won’t have A!" He had brought down the pile of letters as well as his fiat, and Drake sprang to gather them, replacing them on the desk and dexterously slipping a paper cutter under the flap of each envelope as he did so. At the very first note he opened Brax threw him sell back in his chair with a long whistle of mingled amazement and concern, then turned suddenly on his adjutant. “What became of Mr. Waring? He wasn’t hurt?" “Not a bit, sir, that I know of. He drove to town with Capt. Cram's team —at least I was told so—and left that note for you there, sir.” “He did!—left the post and left a note for me! Why!—” But here Braxton broke off short, tore open the note and read: “Mr Dear Goloxel: I trust you will overlook the Iuformallty of my going to town without previously consulting you. I had purposed, of course, asking your permission, but the mishap that befell me in the runaway of my horse prevented my appearance at the review, and had I waited for your reSiru from the Held it would have compelled me to break my engagement with our friends tlie Allertons. Under the circumstances 1 felt sure of your complaisance. “As I hope to drive Miss AUerton down after the matinee, might it not be a good idea to have the dress parade and the band outf They have seen the battery drills but are much more desirous of seeing the infantry. “Most sincerely yours, “S. 3. Warino." [to be cojrrrxCED.J

DID NOT RECOGNIZE GEORGE. American Naval Officers Who Were Non* plussed by a Statue In Europe. Ad American man-of-war put into n Mediterranean port for several days in the course of a cruise not long ago, and several of the officers taking advantage of a bright, cool Sunday made up a party to explore the town. They en-. joyed themselves immensely in ferreting out all the notable sights, but according to the Kansas City Times there was one thing that puzzled them. Occupying a conspicuous place in the heart of the city was an excellent statue, in heroic size. A Washington violinist, who, if it were necessary, could read music in half a dozen different languages, translated the inscription. No name was given; that doubtless would have been purely a work of supererogation, but the individual wa* described as the pride of his countrymen and the ornament of his century. Hyperbole struggled with euphemism in an effort to do justice to his greatness. The Americans, all men of wide reading and considerable information, were completely mystified. They recalled scores of portraits of famous men to compare them with the features and general makeup of the hero in bronze in vain. Rather disconcerted at their failure to place so exalted a personage, they trudged back to the hotel and ordered all the guide books available to be sent up at once. The page at which the first book that was taken up fell.open contained a cut and voluminous description of tho statue in quet cion. The inquiring traveler was the:ein informed that the . monument had been erected by the citizens of the town as a witness of their admiration of tl\e nobility and unselfish patriotism of George Washington. _ PEERS AND THEIR PERQUISITES They Show Unwillingness to Tell of Salaries and Pensions. The peers were asked by Lord Monkswell recently to assent to a return showing the amounts they severally draw from the public exchequer for salaries, pay, pensions or allowances of any other’kind, says the London Daily News. They did assent in the long run, when they were told that it would be perfectly easy to make the same motion in the house of commons, but it was with evident uneasiness of mind. Peer after peer rose to ask Lord Monkswell what he meant to do with the information when he got it. One bitterly insinuated that it was perhaps for the use of the county council. This went on until another noble lord tried to cure his colleagu a of their terror by the well-known ipedient of a shock. He suggested the dread possibility of “The Financial Reform Almanac”—and in a tone of approval which must have made tho blood of his hearers run cold. Some pleaded for the right to put down what they paid, as well as what they received—as though “horses, servants and subscriptions” would be taken as a sort of offset in the form of contributions to the welfare of the country. It will be a useful return to have- the drawer, or the lords would never have made such a fuss about it. We hope it will give no encouragement to low radical politicians by showing that the system of “paid members” already flourishes in rank luxuriance in the upper house. The only course left— and most of the lords may take it with perfect sincerity—is to plead that they are not paid for anything they have done, but only for what their fathers did of old time.

Dos* of th« Mines. Many of the hills about Pittsburgh are pierced with horizontal shafts admitting to the rich deposits of bituminous coal, and for many years there has been a race of hardy dogs employed as beasts of burden in these mines. A team of two dogs will gallop out of the mine, dragging after them over the narrow gauge tramway a little car laden with many hundred pounds of coal. To tha stranger who visits one of these mines it is somewhat alarming to hear behind him the rumble of the car, accom-. panied by the quick steps of the dogs, for the creatures are sometimes fierce, and the man who should find himself in the way might fare ill. The guide, however, always finds a place of refuge, and the invisible team rolls by in the darkness, leaving the stranger un harmed. ____ That Is Why They Snnrlw. “I flatter myself that this is a very good joka,” said Snickers as he handed a witticism to the editor. “Yes,” replied the latter, “these very old jokes generally have a good point to them.”-J"d»»

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