The Syracuse Journal, Volume 1, Number 2, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 May 1908 — Page 6

Syracuse Journal WALKER & FANCIL. SYRACUSE, . - - IND. . : - I ' The leap year divorce appears to be doing considerable business, too. A man doesn’t enjoy being told to mind his own business, yet it is always good advice. Helena, Mont., is; the storm center Just now. It has started a wild, des- '* perate crusade against the billboard nuisance. . . Prince de Sagan doUbtless thinks that being the husband iof an heiress will prove as easy away of making a living as any. Things are not as bad. as they might be. King'Peter of Servin is behaving so well that his people are able to go about their business vyltjhout making s . much noise. . .< i Representative Hobson I says the. t ime Is coming when it will bp necessary to turn this country into an armed camp. Mr. Hobson is one of our! most consistent pessimists. A musician who rewrote a song for a woman brought suit and the jury returned a verdict of $5. If the song was of the “popular” variety this appears too small a fihe. . ■ s ‘ ’ • ''4= ~ Henry James, lias written a three-apt comedy, and we. can only hope that the Intermissions between thq acts Will be long enough to give.somebody time to ■ see through the jokes. ’! “Dyini is a delicious sensation,” one prominent physician'-is reported to have said, but the general run of humanity will continue being satisfied with the delicious sensatior^of Jiving. Grand Trunk Pacific officials have ju.st selected names for 114 new towns. As .they are all easy to pronounce it is" ■ evident that the man wlio mimes the sleeping ca rs was not 'on the job. . ■ “The vermiform appendix is the only , thing In’natijre,. so far as is known, that is absolutely useless,” says the Lancet. Absolutely useless! And It haS helped many a surgeon opt. of financial difficulties. I ■ . ; I A A lecturer is telling the women that ' if they think beautiful thoughts they will become beautiful. We would like to know how thinking beautiful thoughts is going to transform an ugly *•; nose or remove .a mole. In advisi .g young meh to.“ilte their ” . tongues’" Mr. BryarFprobably means the unmarried young men; After they are married they won't have much oppor- •? tunity, of course—-unless, like Mr. Bryan, they spend most of their time away from home. ~ . According, to thO figures published by I commercial agency, the cost of living *— Is leks now than at any time in the pre‘vll us three years. But whatever the cost, life’is worth while, in Spite of the wails of the few who are shouting on the housetops that the times are out of Joint. , Four hundred thousand dollars have been appropriated ’by Congress as indemnity’ -to the Roman Catholic Church ■j. in the Philippines ‘ for damage to Church property occupied by American . sold'ers-during the Filipino insurrection. In old times all institutions took their chances in time of war, and none was reimbursed by the victorious combatants. We have a better idea nowadays of those rigltts of property which survive all whrs and changes of goVI fernment. ■ , ■ > I ' ' ~ ' ' - /• ' ( : An American actor, once spoke of K Shakespeare as the mah who had left to p* -terity “the richest legacy of all the countless dead.”’ Although he did not tefer to a IpgaCy lof dollars and cents, yet If the figures given in a Washington paper are correct, the statement might be nearly true in that sense also. A popular hovel that sells half a million copies in a few years is re- . garded as a wonder, ytt of Shakespeare’s works approximately three million copies are still sold every year. A royalty of one dollar aiset on his works —and that would be small compared with the royalties of a modern author—would produce an income of three million dollars a year. And yet they say there is no money in literature. • • As the second government of occupa- • tion in Cuba draws toward the close it Is gratifying to know that leading Cul bans are practically of one mind com cerning lse value of the service which has been rendered by Governor Magoon. Already ope of the leading parties under which political sentiment is organize! in the Island has placed a presidential candidate in nomination. z . The impending change in the government of the island is regarded very differently from the similar change which took place in 1’902. Cuban eagerness for home rule is not nearly so evident L as it was six years ago, but--thoughtless L /* -•*Observers regard the prospects for sucy cessful autonomous government as be- ' Ing much more hopeful now than they were immediately’ preceding the organization of the first home government of the island. ■ . „ This country could hardly be expectL ed to Germanize its legal procedure, or, F for that, matter, make it conform to that of any other country. But it could » ’ ■ - ■

I embody with beneficial results the principles of the German system in dealing withpetty j disputes. It Is perfectly proper that cases involving large gmounts of important questions should be gone irlo with care and due ’ ex- ; pense. Bujkhe extortionate rate which Americans say for justice in small ( things is pro■ erbial. The Germans deal ! with these things in an eminently sensible way. An American tourist who ’ inquired why there were only four law--1 yers in e. town of 14,000 people in Germany, was told that the civil cases had been reduced to -a minimum because every such case had to be tried by three conciliators appointed „y the Mayor of the city before it found Its way into the courts. If the judgment of the consiliators is not accepted the case then goes into court, but ‘the loser has to pay all the costs, including attorneys’ fees, so that the judgment of thpl conciliators is usually accepted. The conciliators receive no salary, but they consider their appointment a high , honor. Only in slander cases are they permitted to impose a fine, which is payable to. the district insane asylum. The guilty party is required to sign a declaration of regret and publish it in the official organ’ of :the district. It would be mahifestly impossible to translate, the details of this procedure to this country, but the adoption of the principle in some form adaptable to our way of doing would accomplish great good. Americans are a “lawlng” people and« are usually willing to for such justice as they may derive from rushing* into, court on the slightest provocation. But it happens in many thousands of cases that the ends of justice are defeated by the costliness of securing it according to American jurisprudence. The intricate system of court costs has done much to spread the -pessimistic idea that justice is only for those wlio can afford it. Anything which will tend to disprove this idea is to be commended, provided it does not go contrary to the spirit of our institutions. Grass-widows are never as green as 'they pretend to be. ■; A woman seldom laughs, at a man’s jokes unless she has an ax.to grind. A woman cares not. who listens so long as she is permitted to do the talking. • The reason widows are so successful with men is they know the things not to know about them. The chief reason a girl wants to get married is to prove to anybody who 1 doubts it that she can. ;. ' You can buy off your wife from taking her SSO allowance by giving her a 50-cent bunch of flowers. What a woman can’t t understand is how a man refuses tgi_.be happy over his ship coming in some day. When a man is labeled a cynic it is a -sign that he has managed to elude some woman.who tried to marry him. There’s nothing makes a man feel queerer than to have his wife describe a play to him all wrong when he can’t correct her because he told her he didn’t go to it the night he worked late, at tiie office.—New York Press. Her Magic Word. “I want some black silk galloon,” said the shopper in the big department store ! to' her companion. “Where do. you Suppose I can find it?” “Ask the floorwalker,” : said. the West Side woman. , . . “Oh. he's too haughty. He’ll simply wave his, hand vaguely and tell us something, about the nuhnber of room§ over, and we’ll have to IfUnt for it ourselves anyway.” - “I’ll ask him.” | p Jn a moment she returned, accompanied by the floorwalker, all smiles and attention. He gallantly escorted them to the right counter, called a saleswoman, and instructed lifer to give the ladies careful, attention, and then bowed himself away with magnificent salaams. ‘‘How did you do it?” gasped the Shopper. “I said to him: ‘You are the floor manager, aren’t you? He became my slave at once. I never say -‘floorwalker.’ In the first plabsj, I don’t like the term myself, and 1/ should think it would be rather offensive to any man. So why should I inflict It on him? ‘Manager’ sounds is fully as accurate, and—you, see—lt certainly makes a much more effective appeal,” —Chicago Inter Ocean. Filled the Bill. It is better sometimes to know what not to do than to be possessed of all the positive information of the universe. Thus/was the boy of the Philadelphia Press story wise beyond his -years. y “A|e you after the Job as office boy?’ asked the merchant. “Sure!”’replied the youngster. “Any previous experience?” “No, sir, nothing previous about me, an’ I don’t whistle.” “Hang up your hat When any one feels good, it is not because he has good luck, or takes medicine, but because he is young. The people who go to the postoffice oftenest, are those who do not get more than one letter a year.

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■ The admission, of Oklahoma into the Union has necessitated the rearrange- ■ ment of the stars on the flag to admit the symbol of the new State, and. it 1 has beeh a big task to rearrange the '■ stars on all the military flags of the country. Various ideas have been advanced for ' the simplification of the field of stars 1 on Old Glory. The difficulty in adding nqw stars is that the rows are neces- ■ sarily made up of uneven numbers, and AFTER LONG YEARS. Dear, whom I would not know If I passed you on the street. So long and long and long ago Are the days when We used to meet, You may be glad to hear That somewhere out of the blue Come vague dreams that bring you near, That I often think of you; That now and then I thrill - At a rustle in the dark; • = ■ That I start as the vyind sweeps over the " hill, As I see the- fire-fly’s spark. Somebody stepped on my grave? Or somebody slipped out of yours? I cannot tell! There are ghosts that crave A bit of the love that endures. —Harper's Magazine. I AUNT HANNAH’S PARTY I oJ) o) 4) Mb) w J) j; .WM “Dear me, Ezra I” said good Aunt Hannah, “I do wish something would happen! Land o’ liberty! I get so awful tired of this monotonous life —not a single neighbor less than a mile away an’ not a chick or child at home. I ought to be ashamed to complain, and I am! But I. do wish something would happen right here in front of our house I Something to look at I” Aiint ; Hannah, good soul, little dreamed that before three hours had passed Something would happen. ■ The one grea t'-event in her monotonous life was the daily passing of the overland passenger trains; which brought their eager tourists to California or carried home returning wanderers back toward tire rising sun. In Aunt Hannah's daily ll£e this simple passing' of the trains* grew to be an event of importance. She could‘catch tantalizing glimpses of. women’# fair faces and. the -laughing eyes of little j children as the Overland flashed by, | trot three rods! from her own front door. I Sometimes a snowy dish towel at them! as they rushed past, and looked wistfully after them till the long cut hid the curving train. But on this particular day Aunt Hannah’s heart almost stood still in her ample bosom. For the Overland i name into sight, running more and more slpwl.y, and finally coming to a labor- - ing, clanking ! stop almost at her very door. ’ Such a thing had never happened before, and Aunt Hannah was filled with wordless excitement. Something had i happened at last! Uncle Ezra was stirring around pear the house, keeping a! watchful * eye upon old Dobbin, the! white horse, jvhlch was patiently walk-: Ing never-ending miles in the treadmill: which pumped water .for the house andgarden and the neighboring orchard of young trees. ■ ■ I Aunt Hannah speedily informed him of the great event, Aid Uncle Ezra, as wonder-filled as she, walked down to! the railroad track to see what might; be wrong. Aunt Hannah, from the porch, heard hna say hospitably to the conductor: “Why, yes, \te’ve got a telephone. Come cifht in an’ j use. it.” knd in a! few moments that won-: derful creature —the blue-uniformed brass-buttoned conductor of the Overland was standing on Aunt Hannah’s; bright rag qarpet and talking in crisp! curt, masterly tones to some unseen de; tjnquent at the city ten miles behind. It appeared! that some one had blun tiered. ; ’ The passengers swarmed out of the fears and wandered aimlessly along the track. Thejn the women and children bfesaa to utray Into Aunt Hannah’s

this makes it impossible to arrange a field of stai% that, is perfectly balanced. In order to obviate this difficulty it- Has been suggested that the stars be placed ijn a circle, so that no matter how many !ew States and stays are destined to ppiy for a place in the future they ould all be provided for by the simple Expedient of adding constellations to the end on the circular line. This is a radical departure that has found some; favor -with the government oflifront yard, looking with genuine tourist curiosity fit every little commonplace thing that met their eager gaze, jfor this was a traluload of brand-new lenderfeet from the far East, most of rhoui were stepping upon California oil for the first time in their lives. Aunt Hanpah was radiant and overlowing with hospitality. Before ten ninutes had passed she had discovered an qjd! lady from her own . town in ’ lowa, and a young lady from Boston vho had known a second cousin of Ezra's first wife’s nephew or some such near relative. . Aunt Hannah was in her ?lement. Every rocking chair she possessed and every straight-backed One is well, she brought out into the front yard under the great drooping pepper tree, and her unexpected guests sat around and asked highly intelligent luestionS of every official they could waylay. Noon scame, and the long train stood powerless; to move. Unaccustomed rivulets of perspiration trickled down the portly conductor's face as he walked up and down in illconcealed Impatience. ’ v Aunt Hannah's hospitable soul expanded. “I’ll fry every egg on the place,” she said, “and steep that five pounds of coffee I’ve just got, and cut up the six loaves of bread I baked yeS'terday, and open every glass of jelly I’ve got, but these women and children isha’n’t go hungry!” So-she bustled indoors and tied on her Second-best white apron, made a loKWafe !* I “I DO WISH SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN.” I fire and set things going in her usual j capable way. “Land!.” she said. “It’s ; a long time since I had such a run of company!' Os course, they could get their dinner on the train, but mebby good home cookin’ ’ll taste good to ’em! ■Anyway, it wouldn’t look right for me an’ Ezra to set down and eat an’ not ask The young lady from Boston tied on Aunt Hannah's.very best white apron, beautifully ironed and smelling‘of oldfashioned lavender, and carried plates and cups and forks and spoons out to the waiting travelers under the great pepper tree. And when Aunt Hannah's famous coffee began to send fbrth its enticiiig fragrance, One by one the men came, too, standing .around looking sheepishly expectant. They sat on the porch steps and waited patiently for eigpty cups. Then the. big pan of dougtnuts went around, and generous slices of Aunt Hannah’s fresh bread and golden buffer and delicious dabs of Aunt Hannah’s finest jellies and preserves. The two dozen eggs did not last long, but Aunt Hannah helped out with crisp slices of home-cured bacon, which, as the blue-uniformed conductor said, went right to .the spot. The white-capped waiters served a few select souls in the dining car of the Overland, but Aunt Hannah’s was by far the more popular lunch; She bustled about, flushed and happy. It Was like ,a great beautiful party—a surprise party! Something had happened at last. Out of the abundance of her generous heart Aunt Hannah' laad fed the multitude, but the multitude was not content to have it so. The brass-but-toned conductor himself (who bad set a very bad example by eating of Aunt

cials Intrusted with the work of re arranging the flag, but it has not been thought expedient to adopttthe.e e . idea without appeal to Congress and through Congress to the nation, for it is felt that such an-important matter as the redesigning of Old Glory is a matter of consideration. Far-seeing citizens •hat'e pointed out that in tune the addition of new States and! the unavoidable division Os single States into double or treble commonwealths will so crowd the field of stars as at present arranged that it will look inartistic and unsatisfactory. The greater the number* of stars’ the .'smaller will be the symbols, for the comparative size of the field cannot be changed without spoiling the flag and destroying the appearance of the finest banner on earth or sea. This problem is being discussed by patriotic persons who take i an interest in national matters,” and a . number of designs are on file at the i war office that-aim to provide ah ar--1 tistic and striking arrangement of stars that, like that suggested by the circular j ' array, will -"permit of the addition of a ; great number of constellations without i making the flag look at a little distance > like a striped banner with a jack of s pure white, as would be the case were 1 the blue field crowded with stars.— - Williamsport (Pa.) Grit. - Hannah’s cooking instead of the- ’bol- - ored chef’s) passed his official, cap and . gathered in a shining shower of silver, which he presented with a neat f little speefeh to Aunt Hannah.? i . Then the ever-present tourist cameras came into action, and Aunt Hannah - was taken with her big white apron i on by at least a dozen amateurs. Then i there were other snapshots,, Itoo-I.’n-i de Ezra in his overalls, the gi - eat popi per tree, the. disabled engine, the perC spiring conductor, and even old Dobi bin himself. • The old lady from lowa 'and the - young lady from Boston insisted upon: ' helping With the dishes, and There ent. sued a merry clatter from tjhe kitchen. ' Some bf the* young folks" gathered t around Aunt Hannah's parlor organ t and sang ojd Gospel hymns, or looked 1 over Aunt Hannalis plush-cqvered pho- ; tograph album on the marble-topped - center table. i At last the conductor wiped his s streaming brow and . shouted “All - aboard!” an'd Aunt Hannah's beautiful party was'over. There were hur- - ried handshakes, and one or two im- * pulsive hugsland kisses for Aunt Han- ■ nah, many cheery words of thanks and : appreciation, and then they all ran to- - ward the cars and scrambled aboard. * Aunt Hannah, looking " and feeling i twenty years younger, stood on the porcli and watched the long trpin as it i got into' motion and slowly pujlled out. i waving her white apron in response to a_ score of waving handkerchiefs, and could scarcely see them for the tears which dimmed her kind eyes. Arid’thus stood as the long train entered the cut and slowly disappi ared from. view. She and Ezra began to carry the chairs into the house.,.. Aunt Hannah was. a little tremulous from excitement. “Ezra,” she said,“when I wished this mornin’ that something would happen really want the Overland should break down, but I’ni awful glad '"it did!” f ; “My ’ My! I don't know when I ever did have such a good timb! And, Ezra. ■ here's 527 that conductor took up in ins. cap. What, in mercy’s name, can I dp with so much money? Oh. I ; know! I know! I'll pay Ella’s fare . out Ijere—Ella’s and the baby’s !• Seems : like I ought to use ft. some way like that, seeing my opposition restaurant took a lot of customers away from she * dining, car on the Overland!”—New Orleans Times-Defnocrat. Art iu Spanish Hank Notes. To baffle the counterfeiters who are. both numerous and cunning in Madrid, , the Bank of Spain has pursued the , policy of changing its notes with great frequency and retiring each issue as as possible, says the New York , Sun. . The bank has now determined on a new plan. It has placed an order . for a series of notes with an English concern and it; will rely for safety upon a special color process. In addition the notes are to present pictures of well known buildings in Spain, exi ecuted with a perfection that will defy counterfeiting. “The pictures are to <• be so behutiful that amateurs will, be tempted to frame them,” says one Spanish newspaper. “Hardly,” rejoins another, “the cost qj the set will be 1,675 pesetas, you see.” To the Spanish mind $338.50 is a great i deal of money. Then the Quarrel ;Cease<l. They were having the usual family quarrel. As was also usual, she could not convince him that she knew whereof she argued. “Didn’t I go to school, stupid?” she screamed.. “Yes, dear, you did,’.’ he replied calmly. “And you calne back stupid.”— The Bohemian. t Make your services so useful that employers will hunt you in the daytime with a lantern

War Storiesj I belonged to the Seventy-sixth New York, First Division, First Army Coii)s, the corps commanded by General John F. Reynolds, when the battle of Chancellqrsvllie was fought. For one reason, or another, and I suppose it was one, though I never succeeded in; definitely convincing rayself to that effect, our corps,* splendidly officered and tn good trim for hard work- did very little‘fighting at Chancellorsville. We were thrown into, line bf battle, changed about some, shelled a little, and on two or three occasions a por? tion ■> of the line heard bullets Whistle, but, we didn’t count that fighting. : The day that General Dan Sickles! Third Corps,. the boys whrf- wore the! liamond badge; had their prolonged and' sharp fight,. I straggh-d out in that direction without tin* consent! of my ofj; fleers, and had an experience the pari ticulars of which I recall oil Memorial Day. I saw many wounded-! men on the ground, others; who went slowly getting to the rear, and great nunjbers of dead. Sitting by a- large; stump, which had protected theui front the musket firing, were two‘bad!l wounded soldiers, one a New Yorkerji the other a Confederate. ; Besides ti bail wound in his thigh the Confederate had been shot in the face. llis clothes; and face were covered with blood, an, he was. a most woe-begohe appeafin; subject. Jhe Union sofitfvr laid beer wounded in both legs abow* the kne* and had a severe shot in! one of hi;, arms. I While I was-talking with them tha of Sickles’ line directly in the! * front broke and the troops began to fa'j back- What made if . w.qt|se was th jprolonged “yell” of the Confederates si> familiar to every soldier who ever mtt them in battle. Both of tjhe woundeil soldiers begged me to help them, get ti> the rear. Assisting them -id'their feijt I put an arm around each liod.v an’l they an arm on my. shoulders, and wi' started. At first I almost carried tie two men. both of whom were undersized, but after going a fbw rods tie load was too groat. They insisted ch walking,'only depending oil irie to keep them erect. This they did with gre: it Ijpin, though they had riot suffered fro |i” broken bones. We went mdre than, it mile before reaching an 3 a nhulanee/ n which the poor fellows were tender iy placed and driven across;'the Rappihapnock. They were lavish; With tlic ir thanks for helping them from the fie'd and very anxious that I shduhl call nt) d see them at the hospitakijtter the b: ttle. ’ ' , 'When the army liad.re urued to Is old camps I got permission from tie captain to go to the hospital of the S, ond Division of the Third Corps, iI s had very little difficulty in finding *i iy wounded friends. While they were eeeirtng good care, both , were greaiy emaciated and seemed to have lost !n : fidence, seemed to have niade up th ;ir minds that they wojjld> nbt live. ; I “The boy in blue and .thq Boy in gi#y were in cots close together, so ti ht,. they could talk with each other, i oil they had become good friends. Ihe New Yorker whispered a request tha j I write a letter to a young lady wh< so address was Syracuse. lle| told me tl tit lie had expected to return, and ms ke hep his wife. If was a-Short letter, or I had instructions to wr te only ti;at which he; dictated. He told of his jieing wounded, expressed the hope tl jat he would soon be well enough to I ' sent home and asked, thj? _youeg It fly not to worry but to be qf good elu er. To me he said: ‘She-will probably hoar of riiy death not long aftef she gets t jis letter.’ I tried to convince* him that he would recover; that he! would reti jrn to the Syracuse lady, niake her . ;iis bride and live, long and i happily, mt with very indifferent success. He iras tormented by the army plague—a premonition. I,shook.hands!with him ; nd wished hibi good fortune. Tn passing the Confederate he extended his Iri'nd for. a like recognition'arid- asked: Do you think my chum there will get well?' “Yes. I guess so; I tpi'jik -you ’rill both get well, unless you lose your s Ind and surrender too easily”’ "I guess not, pard, I guess not. ’i’he old man with the scythe' sefems to be coming our way. Qnr wounds were not dressed soon enough We (bled too mi ch. We are very weak.” Both .wanted me to come quid see them as often as possible. F epntin ;ied the visits, I went to sep them on the 29th of May. It does seem very long ago as I think of it, biit it is thi ttyfour years, more than a third of a ?entury. Both were dead, had died ; hat morning, only half an hour apart. The attendant told me that the New Y >rker, when he felt that he was' gc ing. asked him to wake up his Confede ate chum. He said they reached out t ieir withered hands, touched;palms. Whispered their good-bys, closed their eves, and-in ten minutes from that time the Union boy was mustpredd out —a rec-nit on the other shore.. They were laid lout on rough boards and their blan );ets thrown 'over them. iyext day, Jay 30, they were buried, j■- . An attendant s4id that the day be ’ore his death the Confederate requested that I be notified if he hied and a ked to be present at the burial. I was ] .resent. One wide-grave was dug; one chaplain preached the funeral sei non for both, Quite a cluster of_ soil lets gathered about the grave and witnejised the ceremony. The attendants, like myself, were much attached to the tvo young fellows; we all felt that we had lost admiring friends.—-.

As wo stoifl nt the grave I ed that when a little boy my and sisters had gone to the forest gathered wilfl flowers to strew on grave of a brother, and I suggested to, j the attendants|that we go over imp the field near by and collect some flowers and scatter them on this double grave. " Three of us hhd large clusters and .we pirn. I them on the grave, dividing the sweet blossoms, giving to the Confed- ;. erate as choice a selection as was given to the 'Federal. I forget to tell you that when the fir- - ing squad performed its duty the ser- . ! geant said: “These volleys were for our soldier; shall, we tire a volley for their soldiesr?” All of the firing squad promptly said; “By all means,” and three more volleys were fired. The honors'of war had been given to the hero In gray the same as they.had to the' . in blue. I have witnessed many | Memorial Day ceremonies, <»ut nbne ■» more impressive than that which oc- •<* jeurred in the; midst of the war, close to the banks of . the Rappahannock, In the long, long ago.—J. A. Watrous, iu : Chicago Times-Herald. The ‘-Rlack Terror.” j The winter of 1862, says E.in ;his “Sketches of War History,” was spent by the’ Union army in trying to gain a foothold on the high grounds in the vicinity of Vicksburg, oh the east side of the Mississippi. All attempts had failed. At last It was -ietermined that the army should cross the peninsula below the city, while the vessels ■ of the navy ran the batteriies. Two of' Admiral Porter’s vessels,' the Queen arid the Indianola,' got by the forts, only to be captured and turned to Confederate use. . „ The river curves In S form, so that any! vessel must be under the fire of the batteries.for eight ur ten miles. The admiral finally decided to send dftwn a dummy monitor to draw the fire ‘from his main tactics. An old co|l barge was selected, anil in twelve bouts was transformed . Intq a ■ formidable gunboat. f ' * Pork barrels formed the sinoloestacks. old canvas played the part of quarter boats. The furnace was made of mud, intended to furnish only blm-k smoke instead of steam. Such was the Bl.acka*. Terror, shining with a fresh -ci-At- of eixil tar, and with" an immense ••Quaker” gun protruding 4 fro *port. Under the Cover of the n . iion i sh-r dropped down strcaiii ■ ‘ ing from the pork barrels ■ ■ fin iace burning damp oakum, ami 'i i one on board, not even a war < orr-'-, >onj<?nt It flew the Stars anfl s. -a l a black flag ornamented wit.- 'kulA'and cross-bones. '' i Slowly the boat made its v : J •] by the current, it Was challenged by a shot from a battery. The craft deigned no reply, but stood steadily on its course. Then came the .concentrated fire of all the batteries. | Still no reply. Sped by the five-knot 1 Current, it proudly indvetl with impressive majesty, apparently uninjured. The heavens thundered arid the earth . -shook. “Never,” says Admiral J’brter,... “did the batteries of Vicksburg open .with such a din. Shot flew-thick about the devoted craft.” Thd: Que£n. under the Confederate flag, hearing the ' firing, came ■ up the river to investigate. It saw the monster gunboat, paying no. attention to the .. batteries, bearing directly down upon , it. and turned " heels and dashed down the stream., ’ ' w . ■ ". The dummy, passing safely all the forts, steerfed by the' eddy, landed tli " west side >■;' riv*T >... as a pilot could have done ;\ Some federal soldiers rushedjo it. sMHI what it was and pushed it off into ” . current. Down it drifted toward the. captured officer took one , look! at tlje.", bulky form* and "with ' promptness laid two big guns to muzzle, and blew up the boat. Then be escaped with flis hundred men to the land and over the hills. The Terror calmly drifted on until it caught lire and burned. Iku-rison Made Good His Promise. Dr. J. N. McCormack, of Bowling Greeny Ky., in conversation with Drs. Bniyton hotter and other physicians, told a little story of the late General Benjamin Harrison. “During the civil war,” jSald the doctor, “Cojonel Harsii- , son—-for he was. then colonel —was \ a time in comnihnd at. Bawling GreenJ Many soldiers were sick, and he appiiM printed the hotel of the place, the I Mitchell House, for use as a hospital: t Mr. Mitchell murmured somewhat, ’ had to give way to military necessity, ; Colonel Hhrrison assuring him that he ! should be paid for the use of his house,! even though Harrifeoic should have tn* pay out of his own pockek The war ended, and the years went on. ,Mv Mitchell was well-to-do no claim. Finally, when came President of tliey United States, - Mr. Mitchell concluded to send his bill directly to the President.,"’ He did so. , and President Harrison- sent him his check' for the moneyt'—lndjanapolis News. At last the actual preparation oj plans has. been directed for the BalticBlack Sea Canal. As the project nojs ‘ ' stands it is intended for use by 900ton barges, and in its length of 1,52; miles .there will be numerous locks and canalized river sections, as well as strictly artificial canals. The.construe tion qf this waterway will aldo pernjita large amount of power to» be developed at several places along the Dwinn and Dneiper rivers. About 150,000 persons die every yeei of tuberculosis iu France. s