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A ST CIIAPTER XXII. (Continued.) All eyes were now turned on Dunwoodie, who, looking at his watch, spoke a few words with Henry, in an undertone, and hastened from tha apartment, followed by Frances. The subject of their conversation was a wish expressed by the prisoner for a clergyman of his own persuasion, and a promise from the major, that one should be sent from Fishkill town, through which he was about to pass on his way to the ferry to intercept the expected return of Harper. Mason soon made his bow at the door, and willingly complied with the wishes of the landlady ; and the divine was invited to make his appearance accordingly. He stalked into the room, and giving a stiff nod with his head, took the chair offered him by the black, in dignified silence. Mr. Wharton led Sarah from the apartment. His retreat was noticed by the divine, ia a kind of scornful disdain, who began to hum the air of a popular psalm tune, giving it the full richness of the twang that distinguishes the Eastern psalmody. "Caesar," said Miss Feyton, "hand the gentleman some refreshment; he must need it after his ride. "My strength is not in the things of life, said the divine, speaking in a hollow, sepulchral voice. "Thrice have I this day held forth in my master's service, and fainted not.' "I apprehend, then, sir, that fatigue will disable you from performing the duties which kindness had induced you to attempt "Woman! exclaimed the g ranger, with enerj;yt "when was I ever known to shrink from a duty? But 'judge not, lest ye be judged,' and fancy not that it is givon to mortal eyes t fathom the intentions of the Deity. "Nay, I pretend not to judge of either events, or the intentions of my fellow creatures, much less of those of Omnipotence "Tis well, woman 'tis well, cried the minister, waving his hand with supercilious disdain; "humility becometh thy sex, ,and lost condition; thy weakness driveth thee on headlong, like 'unto the bosom of destruction. ' Surprised at this extraordinary deportment, yielding to that habit which urges us to speak reverently on sacred subjects, even when perhaps we had better continue silent. Miss Peytcn said: , "There is a power above, that can and will sustain us all in well-doing, if we seek its support in humility and truth. So saying, she withdrew, followed by the landlady, who was not a little shocked ly the intemperate zea! of her new acquaintance. Ii'ecry had with UGculty repressed the indignation excitl by this unprovoked attack on his meek and unresisting aur.t ; but as the door closed on her retiring Lgurf, he gave way to his feelings. "I must confess, sir," he exclaimed, with teat, "that in receiving a minister of God I thought I was admitting a Christian, and one who, ty feeling his own weaknesses knew how to pity the frailties of others. You have wound; J the meek spirit of an excellent won.rj, and I acknowledge but little inclination to mingle in prayer with so intolerant a spirit." The minister stood erect, with grave composure, following with his eyes, in a kind of scornful pity, the retiring females, and suffered the expostulation of the youth to be given as if unworthy of his notice. A third voice, however, spoke. "Such a denunciation would have driven many women into fits, but it has answered the purpose well enough, as it is. "Who's that?" cried the prisoner, in amazement, gazing around the room in quest of the speaker: "It is I, Captain Wharton, said Harvey Birch, removing the spectacles, and exhibiting his piercing eyes, shining under a pair of false eyebrows. "Good heavens Harvey!' "Silence !' said the peddler, solemnly ; "'tis a name not to be mentioned, and least of all here, within the heart of the American army." Birch paused, and gazed around him for a moment, with an emotion exceeding the base passion of fear, and then continued, in a gloomy tone, "There are a thousand halters in that very name, and little hope wou'd there be left me of another escape, should I be again taktu. This is a fearful veuture that I am making; but I could not sleep in quiet, and know that an innocent man was about to die the death cf a dog, when I might save him. ' "No," said Henry, with a glow of generous feeling on his cheek; "if the risk to yourself be so heavy, retire 'as you came and leave me to my fate. Dunwoodie is making powerful exertions in my behalf; and if he meets with Mr. Harper in the course of the night, my liberation is certain. "Harper!' echoed the peddler, remaining with his hands raised, in the act of replacing the spectacles: "what do you know of Harper? and why do you think he will do jou service?" "I have his promise you remember our recent meeting in my father's dwelling, and he then gave an unasked promise to assist me." "Yes but do yon know him? that is why do you tkink he has the power? or what reason have you for believing he will remember his word?" "If there ever was a stamp of truth, or simple, honest benevolence, in the countenance of man, it shone in his," said Henry; "besides, Dunwoodie has powerful friends ia the rebel army, and it would be better that I take the chance where I am, than thus to expose you to certain death, if detected." "Captain Wharton," said Bir-- looking guardedly around, and speaking with Impressive seriousness of manner, "i I fail you. all fail you. No Harper nor Dunwoodie can save your life ; unless you get out with me, and that within he hour, you die to-morrow on the gallows of x murderer." The peddler beckoned him to be silent md, walking to the door, opened it with the stiff, formal air wifh which he had entered the apartment. "Friend, let no one enter," he said to the sentinel; "we are about to go to prayer, and would wish to be alone." "You overact your part," said young Wharton, in constant apprehension of dis;overy ; "your zeal is too intemperate." "For a foot soldier and them Eastern oulitia it might be," said Harvey, turning a bag upside down that Csar now handed hin; "but these dragoots are fellows that you must brag down. A faint heart. Captain Wharton, would do but littla her? ; but come, here is a black shroud for your good looking countenance," taking at the same tim a parchment mask md fitting it to the face of Henry. "The master and the man must change places for a season.' . "I don't tink hs look a bit like me," said Casar, with -iisgust. as he surveyed his young master with his new completion. "Stop a minute, Caesar," said the pediler, with the lurking drollery that at times formed part of his manner, "till -we get on the wool." "He worse thav ebber now," cried the discontented African. "A think colored man like a sheep. I nebber see such a lip, Harvey; he most as bis La sauage : Great pains had been taken in forming

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the different articles used in the disguise of Captain Wharton, and when arranged, under the skillful superintendence of the peddler, they formed together a transformation that would easily escape detection from any but an extraordinary observer. The mask was stuffed and shaped in such a manner as to preserve the peculiarities, as well as the color, of the African visage; and the wig w-.s so artfully formed of black and white wool, as to imitate the pepper-and-salt color of Ca?sar's own lead. Ca?sar, who had received minute Instructions from the peddler in their morning interview, immediately commenced throwing aside his coarse f arments, which the youth took up and prepared to invest himself with. CHAPTER XXIII. Everything now was arranged for action, and the peddler very deliberately went over the whole of his injunctions to the two actors in the scene. Thus prepared, he opened the door and called aloud to the pentinel. "Let the wo:an of the house be called," said Harvey, in the solemn key of his assumed character; "and let her come alone. The prisoner is in a happy train of meditation, and must not be led from his devotions." Ca?sar sank his face between his hands, and when the soldier looked into the $ ' SS 0 ' mm s TH1- ROYAL CAP7AI.X HAS CHANCED TO A BLACK." apartment, he thought he saw his charge in deep abstraction. Casting a glance of huge contempt at the divine, he called alcu! for the good woman of the house. She hastened to the summons, with earnest zeal, entertaining a secret hope that she was to be admitted to the gossip of a death-bed repentance. "Siter," said the minister, in the authoritative tones of a master,, "have you in the house The Christian Criminal's Last Moments, or Thoughts on Eternity, for Them who Die a Violent Death?" "1 never heard of the book !" said the matron. In astonishment. "Tis not unlikely; there are many books' you have never heard of; it is impossible for this poor penitent to pass in peace without the consolations of that volume. One hour's reading in it is worth an age of man's preaching." "Bless me, what a treasure to possess! when was it put out?" "It was first put out at Geneva, in the Greek language, and then translated at Boston. It is a book, woman, that should be in the hands of every Christian, especially such as die upon the gallows. Have a horse prepared instantly for this black, who shall accompany me, end I will send down the volume yet In season. Brother, compose thy mind; you are now in the narrow path to glory." Csesar wriggled a little in his chair, but he had sufficient recollection to conceal his face with hands that were, in their turn, concealed by gloves. The landlady departed to comply with this very reasonable request, and the group of conspirators were again left to themselves. The man soon returned, and announced that the horses were at the door. Harvey gave the captain a glance, and led the way down the stairs, first desiring the woman to leave the prisoner to himself, in order that he might digest the wholesome mental food that he had so lately received. A rumor of the odd character of the priest had spread from the sentinel at the door to his comrades; so that when Harvey and Wharton reached the open space before the building, they found a dozen kUe dragoons loitering about, with the waggish intention of quizzing the fanatic, and employed in affected admiration of the steeds. "A fine horse!' said the leader in this plan of mischief; "but a little low in flesh ; I supio.se from hard labor in your calling." "My calling may be laborsome to bcth myself and this faithful beast, but then a day of settling is at hand, that will reward me for all niy outgoings and incomings," said Birch, putting his foot in the stirrup and preparing to mount. "Caesar, you can ride up the road and deliver the note the unhappy prisoner will be wanting the book, for his hours are numbered." ".ly ay, go along, Caesar, and get the book," shouted half a dozen voices, all crowding eagerly around the ideal priest, in anticipation of a frolic. "What are you at there, scoundrels?" cried Lieutenant Mason, as he came in sight; "away with every man of you to your quarters, and let me find that each horse is cleaned and littered when I come round." The sound of the officer' voice operated like a charm. The peddler took that opportunity to mount, but he had to preserve the gravity of his movements ; for the remark of the troopers upon the condition of their beasts was but too just, and a dozen dragoon horses stood saddled and bridled at hand, ready to receive their riders at a moment's warning. "Well, have you bitted the poor fellow within," said Mason, "that he can take his last ride under the curb of divinity, old gentleman?" "Out upon thee for a reviler and scoffer of goodness!" said Birch, moving slowly, and with a due observance of clerical dignity, down the road, followed by the imaginary Cfesar; "but I leave thee, and that behind me that will prove thy condemnation, and take from thee a hearty and joyful deliverance." "Corporal of the guard! corporal of the guard!" shouted the sentinel in the passage to the chambers; "corporal of the guard ! corporal of the guard !" The subaltern flew up the narrow stairway that led to the room of the prisoner, and demanded the meaning of the outcry. The soldier was standing at the open door of the apartment, looking in with a suspicious eye on the supposed British office. On observing his lieutenant, he fell back with habitual respect, and replied, with an air of puzzled thought : "I don't know, sir; but just now the prisoner looked queer. Ever since the preacher has left him he don't look as 1 used to do but," gazing intently over the shoulder of his officer, "it must be him. too! Thers Is the same powdered head,

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and the darn in the coat, where he wus hit the day he had the last brush with the enemy." "And then all this noise is occasioned by your doubting whether that poor gentleman is your prisoner or not, is it, sirrah? Who do you think it can be else?" "I don't know who else it can be," returned the fellow, sullenly; "but he is grown thicker and shorter, if it is he; and see for yourself, sir, he shakes all over, like a man in an ague." "That anabaptist, methodistical, quaker, psalm-singing rascal has frightened the boy with his farrago about flames and brimstone. I'll step in and cheer hun with a little rational conversation." "I have heard of fear making a man white," said the soldier, drawing back, and staring as if his eyes wouHI start from their sockets, "but it has changed the royal captain to a black !" The truth was that Caesar, unable to hear what Mason uttered in a low voice, incautiously removed the wig a little from one of his ears in order to hear the better, without in the least remembering that its color might prove fatal to his disguise. The sentinel had kept his eyes fastened on his prisoner, and noticed the action. The attention of Mason was instantly drawn to the same object; and. forgettirg all delicacy for a brother officer in distress, the lieutenant sprang forward and seized the terrified African by the throat. "Who are you?" cried Mason, dashing the head of the old man against the angle of the wall at each interrogatory; "who are you, and where is the Englishman? Speak, thou thunder-cloud! Answer me, you jackdaw, or I'll hang you on the gallows of the spy !" "Harvey, Harvey!" cried Cresar, dancing from one leg to the other, as he thought each member in turn might be assailed. "Harvey Birch!" echoed the trooper, hurling the black from him and rushing from the room. "To arms! to arms! Fifty guineas for the life of the peddlerspy give no quarter to either. Mount ! mount ! to arms ! to horse !" (To be continued )

IT COSTS MORE TO EAT NOW. Prices Have Been Advanced In All Sorts of Foods. The price of everything to eat has been advanced, says the Kansas City Star. Even the price of toothpicks U higher now than a few weeks ago. In many Instances the advance ha3 not been "slight," but the kind that makes n man look at his grocery bill two or three times before he can realize what has wine to pass. The big wholesalers have pinned a barrel of black gunpowder under their price lists and lifted them sky high. They say they are not to blame. It's either the weather, the green bugs, the box manufacturers or the tin trust the public will have to blame, they say. The lumbermen charge 'more for lumber and the tin trust more for tin, so It costs from G to 9 cents more a dozen to pack can goods now than It did last year. There is a light crop In California and labor Is very high-priced there these days. Cold weather in other sections has killed the fruit and the season Is backward In all sections, so that canned fruits and vegetables are selling for more now than ever before. The advance Is not in canned goods only. , Salt Is worth 10 cents a barrel more, flour GÖ cents mort; a barrel and ham, bacon, beef steak, pork chops In proportion. It Is simply a regular stamjKHle to high prices with little prospect of relief. ir,ven the oyster beds have been blank this season on account of stormy weather, earthquakes or some other cau?s not known. But It Is certain that Mr. Oyster has taken a tumble for deep water or scattered hi the sea gardens. The man from Germany, who has been congratulating himself on being able to buy canned sauerkraut as one of the r.ew canned gools varieties, will have to take from his pocket a little more money now when he buys this delicacy. It Is no longer economy to eat dried apples for breakfast, drink water for dinner and sw ;1 up for supper, because the price of nil kinds of rCrIed fruit Is away up. The person who eats it Is simply up against it hard. The people In all classes are hit hard by the advance. The price of corn Is up and the prospects are it will stay there. Corn bread and hominy have been most reliable dishes to fall back on In hard times and high prices, bat the Iowa, Missouri and Kansas farmer, v-o has been selling his corn below the cost of production will receive more for It this year. Sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes are also on the advance list in a most pronounced way. "People are more wasteful In the things they buy to eat these prosperous times than ever before," one grocer said this morning. "They will have to ,'o back to the old economical way of the kitchen and dining room. The cost of living along all lines has beep increased. The farmer that can produce a good crop this year will make big money. Don't kick ; be cheerful and hope for a bountiful crop. Familiar Scene. "Here Is my latest picture," ventured the bashful artist, as he partook of his 10-cent dinner. "It Is called 'Sunset Notice the beautiful yellow effect." "Ah, but it looks familiar," exclaimed Lizzie, the buxom waitress. "I feel so complimented that you should say so, miss. And you really think it looks familiar?" "Sure! It looks like a fried egg." Lock In Small Number. "I hear," said Hi Tragedy, "that while you were playing In one of the country towns a fire broke out In the theater." "Yes," replied Low Comedy, "and there might have been a horrible panic but for one thing." "What was that?". "There weren't enough people in th house to create one." Starvation Assured. "Before I would accept you, Harold Hatband," shrieked the beautiful girl, "I would accept the hand of some poor man and starve." "Good!" retorted the jilted young man. "Accept the hand of my brother. He is a poet" Preference. The Court Six years at hard labor. You'll get a chance to learu a trade, my inan. 1 Burglar Judge, couldn't I be permitted to learn It by cr correspondence course? Puck. JIlKh Xoon. Patience What does It mean by being married at "high noon?" Do you know? Patrice Oh, yes ; it means a 12 to 1 chance. Yonkers Statesman. Among persons of social standing generally the world throughout, the average age of marriage is, at present, men, 37, and women, 28.

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Don't De an Indnlaent Mother. If a child is told he must not do a rtain thing, no argument should change the verdict, and if he disobeys he must be lnai'e to pay a penalty one way or another. He need not be treat?d with severity, but he may be deprived of some pleasure or toy and In that way will be made to understand. Indulgent mothers should remember that th7 irs treating unfairly and unkindly the little creatures whom they love most of all. Your kind of kindness Is not kindness at all. You who are so careful what the ;hlld puts into its stomach, watch Just as carefully w.hat it puts Into its brain. Through lack of proper teaching he can acquire a state of mental dyspepsia that will become chronic and which will make it Impossible for him to enjoy the very sweeter things in life. Think about it, will you? Help your child to be splendid, unselfish, beautiful of character. There are enough of the other kind In the world, and It is people of the better sort that are needed. The jails are crowded with people who, when they were young, had everything their own way. Their tempers knew.no rein and what the mothers might hive directed with the greatest SOME A utility suit of gray and black Euglish suiting, showing the new three-quarter length coat, strictly tailored. Golden brown French broadcl jth trimmed effectively with braid and velvet are combined !i this stylish model. kindness and loving discipline the law does later by means less loving and less kind. All humanity is not made up of Indulgent mothers, and that fact the child finds out In time, much to his sorrow. He should be properly adjusted to the regulations of proper conduct, and let this regulation take place early In life, when the little mind accepts the Ideas that are the foundation of character. There should be a school In which mothers should be taught the art of bringing up their children. It Is upon this teaching that the character of the future generation depends. The spoiled babies will never be presidents of the United States. They won't even be able to hold down the job of office boy. Many a man. struggled unsuccessfully all through his life to overcome the frightful havoc wrought by the silly indulgence of a devoted mother. Exchange. The preent style of having the armhole outlined by a wide bias fold of silk the color of the frink opens up great possibilities for the town th::t has grown too narrow across the b:uk or chest, and so do tin; hi:'.- foils in tuck effect with which many of the newest dresseare trimmed. When the armhole U trimmed ::s n:e::tioi:Ml. the rest of the waist is generally in etor. coat effect with a fancifully cut I. and at border, and U worn over a lace or net waist with rutlled sleeves in cIdow length. What was formerly the sKwe In the waist can bo transformed info a sleeve cap, lose and short, and with these few touches the old waist is tnipletely up to dat Famine In Ilnlr. The enormous feminine demand for artificial coils and toupees U leading to a famine in human hair. Formerly Swiss, German and Hungarian girls supplied the world of fashionable women with luxuriant tresses of all tints. But the governments of -many countries are now making it illegal for a girl to sell her hair or for an r.gimt to buy it. The supply, in consequence. Is running short and the prk-cs of real hair are trebling. Women 3Iore Honest Thnn 3Ien. Statistics compiled by 'American guarantee companies suow that, as regards honesty, women are superior to men. Women are employed in business as extensively r.s men, and yet the record shows that almost every embezzler and defaulter was a man, says Home Chat. Th-re are more women cashiers than mcr.. The universal stores and shoos of almost every kind employ women ta handle their receipts, and to give change; yet, says the Telegraph, there were j hundred cases of

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A DlVerence of Extreme. Some one wrote in a paper that a cure for fatigue after a hard day was to hold the feet in mustard water for ten minutes, but, reading hastily, the lady read, "hold the face in mustard fer ten minutes." She tried It, but did not continue the cure for ten minutes by any means, and she did not go shopping for several days afterwards. Dresden and pompadour silk foundations are being used for chiffon and voile dresses. When one does not hava a skirt with a paneled front, a plain gored front Is often trimmed with buttons and loop3. This adornment sometimes goes to the OF THE LATEST FASHIONABLE This long coat suit in corded blue novelty suiting U decidedly modish and suitable for the autumn tourist. A rough cloth suit in almost Invisible stripes of dark blue and green is adapted for general wear and is given a smart bottom of the skirt, on both sides; at other times It extends a little below the hips. Somewhat heavier and rougher goods will be fashionable this fall. Scotch cheviots of fancy design will be much used in the construction of tailored gowns. Trimming Ideas are numberless. Tiny ball drops, tasrels and pendants of all descriptions are shown on the new models. Two distinctive .features may be noted about sleeves. They have much more fullness at the top, some of them even being laid In deep plaits, and they are very ornate, even to the point of fusslness. There appears to be some controversy about the wearing of hatpins. Some say that none should be visible at all ; but, on the other hand, the most exquisite designs are seen In wrought gold and colors to harmonize with hat or gown. The engagement bracelet Is quite a new fad and, while not exactly taking the place of the engagement ring, It accompanies that gift and is of a like pattern. Tiffany settings are very handsome, and the bracelets are the perfection of skilled workmanship. Some of the new hats show wings of exaggerated length, which prove the milliners' skill to outrival even nature in the length of certain wings. The feathers are mounted on woolen canvas, and they are colored to match every kind of hati we see. Two of the leading features of the fall models are the development of the tailor-made and the Japanese effects, each of whicö draws upon the other to form an entirely new style, which, while it has the characteristics of both, is at once nioro practical and more artistic than either. Tan ot Hay a Wife.' "Money," says 1'rof. John Graham Brooks or Boston, "will buy almost anything, even Including a wife." I'rof. Brooks 1$ mistaken. Money can not buy a wife. No man living has enough money to buy one. There isn't enough in the whole world. It Is true that there- are many men who have sufficient money to buy a woman who is willing to go through the marriage ceremony and to act the part of a wife. But a woman of that kind is not a wife any more than the one who takes the position, without the formality of the nuptial vows. The unfortunate man who bought her soon rues his bargain. She was not worth the money he paid for her. But it Is one of the compensations of these barters In so-called matrimony for society In general that the man who is willing to buy a wife gets the woman who 13 willing to sell herself. They are mated, even In their misery. He has just the kind of a companion he deserves and she has the price for which she has sold herself. But there are no wives for sale in this country today, as Prof. Brooksasserts. The wives are all married to husbands who would scorn an object of barter and sale. Plttslurg Leader. ' Wnr " Chiume Partner. At an evening party given to announce the engagement of a young woman, the partners for refreshments were chosen in this way : The hostess gave to each girl a picture representing Love In some form. The selections had been made from a collection of penny post-cards. To the men the same

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pictures were given, but cut Into several pieces and pasted on a card. Of course they had to hunt for the girl who had the 'duplicate of their puzzle picture. This caused much merriment and consumed considerable time, and was a most effectual method of mixing the company and broke up all intimate gatherings of those who were the best acquainted. The Daslneas Girl Wife. Should be a success, because she knows the worries that beset a man In business. Understands the value of money, having had to work for it herself. Has generally learned to dress neatly and carefully, without extravagance. Knows by experience the worker's need of a quiet, restful home at the day's end. Has learned in her business career the necessity of system In all work. Knows the unfairness of asking the business person to execute household commissions. v Knows how easy It is to be detained at the office, and therefore won't grumble over much if dinner is kept waiting. Her own experience has taught her SUITS. touch by the wide bands of the material which trim the skirt. The Fluffy Duff suit in green broadcloth is the glorified Prince Chap. This Iopular style possesses that Intangible quality the French call "chic." that It Is only in a cheerful, peaceful home, lighted by the light of love, that the wage-earner can find strength, refreshment and hope to start each day's toll anew. Some Hand Itnlea. Don't pull your fingers. Don't bend your fingers backward. Don't distort your knuckles or your muscles ; keep them in as normal shape as possible. Don't use your fingers as drumsticks, unless you want to make. the ends of your fingers as round and big as marbles. Don't strain your hands by driving In pins or tacks or by using them roughly, you will surely spoil their shape. Don't use your teeth upon your fingers, for It loosens the flesh at the sides of the sails and makes the fingers stubby. Don't sit with your thumbs doubled up; it makes the thumb Joints large. Don't put your thumbs In your mouth for it makes the tip of the thumb big. Knt of White Straw. hi ' fV! The hat pictured above was a mush room model In pure white chip. The trimming consists of white taffeta ribbon and large white roses, with natural green leaves, the high arrangement of the flowers giving quite a new effect. Men faroivini? llandnomer. Have you noticed that the boys are better looking than their sisters In the present generation? We are told that it it is the brother who has the Grecian features, broad, low forehead and penciled eyebrows; that lxvs and men are much handsomer than girls and women. It may be true, but It has not been generally noticed, unless by the men themselves. ' IC Ih Only Nniurnl. The Queen of Spain is planning to' g3 home to visit her mother, and in consequence, there ere the usual tales about her being r-o bkk of Spanish formality and so on. It is very natural that a girl wife with a pretty baby should want to go home to talk it over with her friends, and even queens are no exception. j Statement "Snt Pr.'iveil. The Ktiitement f Mr.-. Luther Guli t hat not more thi'n oO per ctr.t of oj-lege-bred girls marry is not prove:! bj statistics, but there is reason t br;iev that there is more or loss of a r u' t.;:.. against colleges, and It l now the province of the collegtj to lind out rhy v:.C, remedy the etil, if such exists.

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ENTERTAINING REMINISCENCES OF THE WAR. Graphic Account of Stirring Scenes Witnessed on the Battlefield and In Camp Veterans of the Rebellion Recite Experiences. On that part of the line in front of Atlanta occupied by the Twentieth Corps the pickets often entered into an agreement not to fire for anywhere from half an hour to three hours. The picket lines were so close together that a Yankee whisper could be heard by the Johnnies. The show, of a head or any part of a body meant a shot, and usually a wound or death. When the pickets became so weary from sitting In the cramped picket-pits that life was an almost unbearable burden a truce was called for. If the call came from the Confederates it was in this way, or a way very similar to this : "Yanks, how do you alls feel?" "Like Satan, or worse. These picketpits give us the cramps.' "That's our fix, too. Suppose we stop the killing for an hour or so while we stretch our limbs and get rested." "Mighty glad to make such a contract" "All right. We will let up three minutes from now and give you three minutes to get back Into your pits before the shooting begins." "It is a bargain." Then these brave men climbed out of the pits, straightened their logs, stretched tm?Ir arms and talked to each other on as friendly terms as so many farmers who had met at a line fence might be expected to do. . By and by the man who led In making the contract stepped out from his associates and said: "I'm sorry. Yank, but the time It up. Hunt your holes and watch out" When the boys were safe In their graves, as the picket-pits were often called, and äs they sometimes proved, a Yank called back, "We are fixed Johnnies; let her sliver." And they "silvered," both sides. It was murderous business, that picket firing, much of it. The pickets of the Second Massachusetts and Third Wisconsin made such an arrangement with the men over there one hot afternoon. Things went along charmingly for more ffan an hour, when a young officer appeared on the Confederate line and ordered the men to go to firing. "We can't do it, sir," said the sergeant. "We have agreed with the Yankees to quit shooting for two hours. The time Is only half up." "Sergeant, order the picket to begin firing at onse." ' "t can't break my word with the Yankees, ir." "Then I will. Begin firing, every man ot you." Not a man touched his gun or started for the pits. ' The young officer seized a gun anc". shot at the Unlin pickets That wa the signal for our line to open fire. Th balance of that day the Confederate pickets in front of those two regiments ditln't shoot to kill. Those who didn't shoot in the air separated the chunk of lead from their cartridges blanked them. That night a dozen or more of the pickets left their pits and crept Into the Union Ihnes, giving as their excuse the conduct of the young officer. Their haversacks were filled the next morning by the Massachusetts and Wisconsin boys as they started on their Journey north. French leave? Precisely. Surgeons and chaplains were not expected to get around where there was much danger. Some of them did, however. Dr. D. Cooper Ayres, surgeon of the Seventh Wisconsin, father of Captain James C. Ayres, of the regurar army, very seldom missed a battle the whole of it. When he saw sure signs of a fight he would give careful Instructions to his assistants and the hospital steward what to do, buckle on a sword and Insist on "going In." At first his colonel objected ; once he ordered him back to care for the wounded, but countermanded It after Dr. Ayres had explained his preparations for the wounded. When he became brigade surgeon he had a hard struggle before the commander gave his consent for the chief of the medical staff to serve as an aid In battle. This surgeon was always one of the jolllest of the staff on the eve of a fight. He jollied the young fellows, and In a fight Vas here, there and everywhere, cheering the men with expressions not often heard under similar circumstances. Here are a few of them: "Give It to them, boys; they will never tell on you !" "Push them back ; they have no business to come out and nhoot at visitors this way!" 'Titch right in, lads, and finish the job at once ind we'll all go home!" ''You can't go lome and see youn mothers until those Fellows are whipped, bojs, so give it to hem real hard!" "Don't be afraid, oys, so long as the surgeon is around!" Dr. Ayres stood near the first man wounded on the right of his regiment at he batle of Gravelly Run. Dlsmountng, he hurriedly wrapped a bandage bout the man's arm, told him where to jo to get the wound dressed, picked up he man's gun and stood In line and ired a dozen rounds. They knew him n that part of the army as the "fighting doctor." Dr. S. W. Eaton, who for nearly forty years was pastor of the Congre rational Church at Lancaster, Wis., rvas chaplain of the same regiment. His preaching and praying were popular with the men ; hta sermons and prayers were short Chaplain Eaton took It upon himself to see that the beys got their mall, no matter where they were. At Gettysburg he went to the front jwlth mall and got the names of the killed and wounded. The wounded he .visited and wrote letters for scores of them. He was up all night writing letters to fathers or widows of the men with white faces and rilent bodies. No man in the brigade as more respected. He was a genuine chaplain. I suppose there were many such; I saw but few of them. Our first chaplain did DQt remain long enough to test his metal. Ills one sermon was preached to a small audience on Kalorama Heights, near Washington, now a beautiful part of the capital city, in August, 1SG1. The rest of us were rejoicing over a reiorted victory at Port Royal. Private Jahn M. Springer became chaplain of the Third Wisconsin. Like Dr. Eaton, he was popular, and, like him, was not afraid of a battle. He watched with and prayed for the sick, wrote hundreds of letters, looked after the mall, and sometimes fought. Ills regiment was in line for action in one of Sherman's series of battles Crom

Chattanooga to AtlaDta. The chaplain asked Captain Gardner for a musket. "We do not want you in the ranks," Gardner said: "We have other business for you." "I will attend to that other business also, captain, riease give me a musket" "There are none, now. Springer; remain here for a few minutes and yon can be armed." Just then the enemy attacked and there was a chance for the chaplain. Several of the xnnpany were wounded. Springer grasped a rifle and began to load and fire like a veteran. Chug! "Captain, the chaplain is hit" So he was, and seriously. He was placed by a tree in a place of safety. But he was not safe from the veteran with a scythe. It is said that the chaplain of a Confederate regiment was killed In th

i force against which the Third fought Who can affirm or deny that the shots of these two chaplains robbed ft Northern and a Southern pulpit? J. A. Wstrous In Chicago Times-Herald. Grant as a La an dry man. It Is.not always safe to play a practical joke unless you are thoroughly acquainted with your victim. It 1 sometimes sadly true that "the biter Is bitten." , We were gathered around a bright fire In a cozy sitting room. The colonel, to our great delight, had gone back through the years to his tent at tha base of Kenesaw Mountain, and was again, as In those past eventful years, following the banner of Sherman. Suddenly, an odd thought flashed Into tha writer's mind and found expression la a question: "Colonel," I said, "I haveead and heard a great deal about army life ; but on one point I was never much enlightened. How was the washing done! Who did it for the soldiers?" A smile stole around the corners of the colonel's rather stern mouth, his black eyes twinkled, said Treasure Trove, In April, 1SSS. x "Usually the soldiers did it for themselves, but I remember one case where Gen. Grant did some washing for a soldier." Everybody looked up In surprise. Much as we had heard of Gen. Grant's old army blouse and democratic ways among his men, this idea of his washing for a private was very noveL There was a chorus of questions and exclamations. "Was It really true? Did he wash for tu soldiers? How did it Irappcn? Tell us alwut It?" "Yes," said the colonel "It is really true, and it hapiened in this way: It was during out advance upon Corinth; several soldiers were talking together one day. A tall, ungainly, raw recruit stepped up to them with a bundle of soiled clothes In his hand. 'Do you know where I can get this washing .done? he asked. "Two of the grcup were practical jokers; a bright thought flashed Into their heads, and, as the sequel shows, unfortunately found expression. 0h, yes, we know; just go up there with your bundle,' pointing to the headquarters of Gen. Grant 'you will see a 1 short, stout man (describing the gen eral), who does washing. Take your bundle to him 'The recruit thanked them, and walked off In the direction Indicated. lie gained entrance to the headquarters, and stood In the general's presence. What can I do for you?' said Gen. Grant I was directed here by a conpie of soldiers. They told me that you did washing, and I have a bundle here "Gen. Grant probably enjoyed the situation, but his Imperturbable face did not relax. He simply asked the question, 'Could you Identify those men again?' 'Yes, sir. 'Very well, you shall have the chance.' ' "Turning to an orderly, he directed him to call a 'guard, go with the recruit to where the jokers Tere standing ready to enjoy hH discomfiture, and to let him Identify 'them. Take the men to the guardhouse, give them this man's bundle of clothing and make them wash it thoroughly. See that the work Is well done. "The general wag obeyed to the letter, and no more bundles of soiled clothes came to Gen. Grant's headquarters." A aiother's Farewell. An old lady residing In Johnstown Pa., had an only son, a strapping minor, to whom she was most warmly attached. This lad, however, having some of the war fever in him, was induced to join a corps from the mountains and, hoping to deceive the old lady, he Invented a very plausible tale, and came away. The love of the mother, however, was too great to be deceived, and after a week had elapsed, the true story was revealed to her. She started upon the railroad with a bundle and a small sum of money, and walked to Harrlsburg alone, a distance of more than 150 miles. At Harnsburg she took the train, and her money carried her to Downlngton, where she again resumed (her tramp, and turned up. much to the lad's surprise, at Camp Coleman, near Frank ford. There the old lady, utterly wearied out fell sick, and ths men hearing of the case, made a collection and provided her a bed and attendance In the neighborhood. But her strength revived with her anxiety, and she proceeded to the railroad with her boy, and kissed him a good-by at the cars, with the tears falllnj free and warm upon her cheeks. Mistakes In "War. In the Bull Bun defeat McDoweSl laid the blame on Patterson. In th battles around Richmond Lee's plans failed on account of IIugers lethargy. At Pittsburg Landing Grant would have been successful but for Wallace. At Gettysburg Lee's hands were tied by the dilatorlness of Stuart And so on from the foundation "f the world to the present time. It n teen said by writers on the art of war that every battl Is a series of mistakes. These mistakes are made on hoth sides and are the cause of victory as well as defeat It is almost amusing to think of the numberless good and sufficient reasons that Shafter could have given If he had been defeated In Cuba. If Japan had been worsted In the RussoJapanese war, one result would hav been that Oynana would have written the 1ook of lamentations and excuse? Instead of Kuropatklu. Chicago Chronicle. A Cleveland skyscraper, twentj stories high, will be topied by a Goddess of Liberty holding a torch, from which a leaping flame of gas will be burning at all times. Tkc exact hour of the day and night will be Indicated by causing the flame to shoot high Into the air during the minute preceding each hour.