The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 46, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 13 March 1913 — Page 2

The Syracuse Journal QEO. O. SNYDER, Publisher. Syracuse, - - - Indiana. TWO VAST ARMIES CLOSING IN UPON MEXICAN REBELS. SAMUEL GARCIA CUELLAR Ha* Been Placed in Command of Ten Thousand Seasoned Troops and Ordered to Move Against the Rebels In the North—Other News of the Day. > ■ " Mexico City, March 7.—Ten thousand seasoned troops are to be placed under command of Brigadier General Samuel Garcia Cuellar the former chief of President Porfirio Diaz’s staff, and hero of, the battle of Casas Grandes early In the Madero revolution, who has been ordered to move against ..the rebels in the north at an early date. Two thousand men in addition to those already dispatched are preparing to proceed to Coahulia to give combat to the rebels under Venustiano Carranza, the rebel governor. According to the latest information the government Carranza now has 3,000 men and six cannon. His forces are spread over a large extent of territory, from Lampazos throughout the eastern half of Coahuila. A portion of his forces have taken possession of La Babia ranch, the property of General Trevino, now ’ governor of the state of Neuvo Leon. The government is moving troops in Monclova and Mesquite where the main body of the Carranzistas are said to be, and it is daily expecting engagements to be reported at these points. The legislature of Chihuahua is to be dissolved and the governorship declared vacant. New elections will be called in the near future for deputies and governor. * Held on Grave Charges. Fort Wayne Ind., March 7. —On bench warrants from the Adams circuit court charging that they performed criminal operations upon Mrs ; Winnie Marhenke, of Monmouth, and are responsible for her death, Dr. C. M. Goheen* 1411 Wells street, and Dr. George Thain, 416 West Main street, prominent physicians .were arrested yesterday afternoon by Sheriff A. C. Gladieux and Deputy Sheriff Herman Pranger who turned the prisoners over to Sheriff Durkin of Decatur. The accused doctors are in jail at that place in default of $3,000 bonds and will be arraigned there at 0 o’clock this, morn i pg. Three Lives Lost in Storm. Buffalo, N. Y., March 3.—Three lives were lost here as the result of conditions accompanying the worst sterm of the winter, during which the wind reached a velocity of seventyeight miles an hour and the temperature went down to ten degrees above zero. In a rear-end collision between two Nickel Plate freight trains Edward O. Hansen, of Pullman. 111., was caught, in the wreckage and burned, to death. Carlos K. Barlos, 38 years old, and Thomas Sundias, 22 years of age, laborers, both employed in clearing snow-clogged railroad switches, were hit by trains and killed.

American Engineers Held by Indians. Maracaibo, Venezuela, March 4.—Two American mining engineers. Guy N. Bjorge and William Leslie Taylor, of Duluth, Minn., were captvrod on Saturday by wild Motilones Indians while making petroleum explorations near Lake Maracaibo. The news was received here through official sources. The American consul, John A. Ray, left at once for the Indian country. Kite Flying Fatal. Portsmouth, Va„ March 3. —While flying a kite, Sidnev Bright, a sixteen-year-old boy, was instantly electrocuted. The boy attached a thin wire to the kite instead of string and when the kite fell across an electric wire 11,000 volts passed through his body, killing him instantly. One Dead in a Kentucky Duel. Russellville, Ky„ March 4.—As a result of a knife and pistol duel here John A. Marion, a prominent farmer, is dead, while Edward Eddings, fired the pistol is suffering fiom wounds that are probably mortal. Disastrous Fire. White Plains, N. Y., March 4.— Eleven buildings ' the heart of the business section • ' White Plains were destroyed by fire which broke out shortly before 2 o’clock yesterday morning. At 3 o’clock the fire was still spreading with a loss estimated at $700,000. Vandal Damages Monuments. Gettsburg, Pa., March 6.—Eight monuments on the Gettsburg battlefield were badly damaged the other night by a vandal who evidently used a heavy hammer for his destructive work. The vandal is not known. Levi P. Morton Dangerously 111. New York, March, 6. —Announcement was made by the family yesterday that Levi P. Morton is seriously 111 at his Fifth avenue residence. , He is 89 years old. London Leader is Broken in Health. London, March, 6. —Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurst, leader of the sufragettes, has broken down completely. She has cancelled all engagainents and gone to the country for rest. This announcement was made at Hamp■tead.

MEXICANS FIRE ON U._i SOLDIERS Second Skirmish Occurs on Border at Douglas, Ariz. REWARD FOR MADERO DEATH Major Who Was in Command of Escort When President Was Killed Is Given Honor In Regular Army. Douglas, Ariz., March 6. —A second skirmish occurred between the Ninth cavalry troops and Mexican federal soldiers from Agua Prieta, across the international border, one and one-half miles southeast of Douglas on Tuesday Mexicans to the number of 50 fired on the border patrol at a distance of 250 yards. Jn answer to a hurry call troops E and F and a machine gun platoon of the Ninth cavalry were rushed to the place where the Mexicans had fired on the patrol squad. A rapid-fire gun was put in immediate operation, in addition to a hot rifle fire. The Mexicans returned the fire With spirit, but soon retreated. Whether any Mexicans w’ere killed or wounded is not known. None of the American troopers were hit. Each insisting that the troops of the other’s command began the skirmish Sunday between Mexican federal troops from the Agua Prieta garrison and soldiers of the Ninth cavalry, Colonel Guflfoyle and General Ojeda stood firmly on their declarations. The American army officer declared that his men will “shoot to kill” if the border patrol is interfered with. The Mexican general asserts that his men did not begin the firing and that,- if proven, he would execute anyone guilty of beginning the trouble. There is much excitement here, the city authorities considering establishing a special guard; There is an unusual number of Mexicans in the American town and much excitement among them. Mexico City, March 6. —Major Cardenas, wTio was in charge of the escort of Francisco Madero and Jose Pino Suarez on the day they were killed, was promoted from the rural guard to the same rank in the regular army. A telegram received by his business associates states that Frank Horace, an American real estate dealer of Colima City, has been killed by Mexicans at Coalcoman, in the state of Michoa-. can, where he had gone on business. No details of the killing are given San Antonio, Tex., March 6.—After a horseback journey of 600- miles attended by several narrow escapes from death "Emilio Madero, reported dead half a dozen times and Raoul Madero, brothers of the late president of Mexico, have reached San Antonio, “STAGGER HUMANITY” IS CRY. British Suffragettes to Embark on Unprecedented Militant Campaign. London,, March 6.—President Krueger’S threat at the opening of the Boer war to “stagger humanity” has been adopted by Lae suffragettes who will shortly embark on a militant campaign unprecedented in its thoroughness. The organized raids on parliament are to be resumed when commons reassemble; attempts will be made to kidnap members of the cabinet, and a startling pyrotechnic display is to be made from the strangers’ gallery during the debates. A warning has been Issued from militant headquarters that historic buildings are in imminent peril. HOUSE TO HAVE BENCHES. Congressmen to Pick Own Seats When Chairs Are Removed. Washington, March 8. —With the substitution of benches for desks and swivel chairs in the hall of the house of "will pass the timehonored custom of alloting seats by having a blind-folded page draw the numbers from a box. Members will be permitted at the Opening of the extra session to select their own bench seats. It will .be a case of first come, first served. To accommodate the new members with offices, a nejw floor will be added to the house office building. Congress appropriated $224,000 for this work. NEW YORK CENTRAL FINED. Pays $30,000 for Failure to Observe Demurrage Rates. Buffalo, N. Y., March 6.—A_fine of $30,000 was imposed on the New York Central railroad in United States court for failing to observe published rates of demurrage at East Buffalo. The fine was paid. A stipulation was also filed discontinuing 98 actions against the Lake Shore Michigan Southern and the New York, Chicago & St. Louis railroad for violations of the law in connection with cattle shipments. The railroads paid $25,000. - Raise Perry Flagship. Erie, Pa., March B.—Commodore Perry’s old flagship, the Niagara, which for almost a century has rested at the bottom of Misery bay, an arm of Lake Erie, was raised during a blinding snowstorm Thursday. Child Dies In Fire. San Bernardino, Cal., March B.—ln the excitement of finding their house on fire, John Landrez anfl his wife moved out what furniture they could and left their two-year-old son to burn to death Thursday. Avert Britisi. Strike. London, March 7.—The threatened “universal" strike on the railroad systems throughout the British Isles was averted by the reinstatement of Conductor Richardson by the Midland Railway company Wednesday. Aviator Falls to Death. Salisbury Plains, England, March 7. —Plunging 5,000 feet to the earth when the mechanism of his monoplane failed. George F. England, an aviator, was instantly killed here on Wednesday. /

DR. FRIEDRICH FRIEDMANN. l r* Ji iißiS? JIHMWW i Ml|lM IO i I ilcP jflH I ■ I Dr. Friedmann, discoverer of an alleged cure for tuberculosis, has come from Berlin to New York to demotestrate the efficacy of his treatment and says his offer to treat consumptives is open to all.

GREEKS CAPTURE JANINA AND 32,000 TURK TROOPS Moslem Warship Sinks Transports Loaded With Servian Soldiers. Athens, March 8. —The Turkish city of Janina, the chief city of Epirus, was captured by the Greeks on Thursday. The Greeks took 32,000 Turkish prisoners. The city has been under siege by Greek troops since the outbreak of the Balkan war. The surrender was preceded by a fierce bombardment, lasting without cessation for two days and two nights. Every available gun, including g'number of heavy howitzers lent by the Servian artillery, was brought to bear on the forts defending the beleaguered city. Vienna, Austria, March 8. — The Turkish cruiser Hamidieh sunk three Greek transports loaded with Servian troops on the way to Scutari on Thursday. The attack on the transports occurred, it is said, near the peninsula of Hagien Ores, in the Aegean sea. CLANSMEN GIVE UP GUNS Fugitives Wanted for Train Robbery Surrender to Sheriff. Williamson, W. Va., March 8. —John Hatfield, grandson of “Devil” Anse Hatfield, former feudist, and Clem Cline, who are alleged to have held up a Norfolk and Western freight train in a wild section of Mingo county last Thursday night, voluntarily surrendered to the sheriff. With thirty clansmen they held an impregnable position and were prepared to withstand a long siege. Pickets were posted in all directions for a half mile. “Bob” Hatfield, father of young John, and John, another son of “Devil” Anse, induced the fugitives to surrender without a battle that was imminent, when the sheriff’s posse located the clan’s stronghold. MORE SHAFTS ARE DAMAGED Ninth Monument on Gettysburg Battlefield Disfigured by Miscreant. Gettysburg, Pa., March B.—Another monument on the battlefield, that of the Sixth New Jersey regiment, was found to have suffered at the hands of the vandal who visited the historic ground on Tiiesday night. The monument is a large shaft located in the Valley of Death. Chips were broken from the corners and the memorial was defaced baflly. Eight monuments were damaged previously, and it is feared that others may have suffered at the hands of the miscreant. NEW NICKELS PASS FOR $5. Puebloan Gilds Coins and City Flooded With Spurious Gold Pieces. Pueblo, Colo., March 6. —No sooner had the new nickels with the buffalo head on one side and the Indian on the other reached here than a flood of spurious five dollar gold pieces invaded the city. Some enterprising citizen had gilded the nickels and owing to their similarity to the gold they passed readily for them. Autos for Parcel Post Delivery. Washington, March B.—One hundred automobiles were ordered Thursday by the post office department, many from New York manufacturers, to be used in the collection and distribution of parcel post mails. , ) — Ryan Re-Elected President. Indianapolis, March B.—After a hard fight, Frank M. Ryan was re-elected president of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers Thursday to serve until next September. * Balkan Allies Agree to Mediation. London, England, March 7.—lt was Wednesday that all the Balkan allies have individually accepted In principle the mediation of the European powers for the conclusion of peace with Turkey. Won’t Wear Aigrette*. ' Philadelphia, March 7. —Two thousand pupils of the girls’ high school here Wednesday pledged themselves against the wearing of aigrettes, and to do all in their power to persuade others not to buy them.

PRESIDENT BARS S OFFICE SEEK Wilson Will Receive Only Those Whom He Invites. SITS IN ROOSEVELT CHAIR New Jersey Folk* First to Pay New Chief Executive Visit After His Assumption of Duties. Washington, March 7. —With the tinsel and the military pomp, the cheers of the multitude, the stirring music of bands and the heavy tread of marching thousands, the fireworks and the limelight only a pleasant memory, Woodrow Wilson on Wednesday settled down in the chair of president as quietly and with as little ceremony, probably, as almost any man who ever crqssed the threshold of the White House to become its master His long day was crowded with incidents and filled with the flavors of power’that is a president’s. Almost his first act was to serve notice upon office-seekers that they will not be welcome at the White House, unless they have been invited. Almost his last act was a conference with John W. Kern, chosen as leader of the Democrats in the senate and reputed representative of the administration in the upper house. In between he found time to shake hands with close to 2,000 persons, consult with his nev cabinet nnd with a few friends in congress. dictate letters and generally launch his own ship of administration. All the delegations received came by appointment, and the reported policy of the “open door” was explained to be an open door only to those who call upon public business. The members of the new cabinet, which was confirmed by the senate, called on the president and the first conference was held. Josephus Daniels, the new secretary of the navy, was first, and he was followed by Lindley M. Garrison, the new secretary of war; William B. Wilson, the first secretary of labor; William Jennings Bryan, the pew secretary of state; Franklin K. Lane, who quits the chairmanship of the Interstate commerce commission to become secretary of the interior; David F. Houston, chancellor of Washington university of St. Louis, who becomes secretary of agriculture; S. Burleson, who gives up his place in the house to be postmaster general; William B. Redfield, another member of congress, who becomes secretary of commerce, and James C. McReynolds, attorney general. William C. McAdoo, the new secretary of the treasury, was last.

JURY ASSAILED BY JUDGE Declares Verdict Gives Intoxicated Chauffeur Right to Kill. New York, March B.—“ Gentlemen, you seem to think that a drunken chaffeur can run his car through the streets killing people and go unpunished. You say so by your verdict. You are the judges of the facts and your verdict must stand; but in this case your state of mind in arriving at such a decision can be best described as the ‘peace of heaven which passeth all understanding.’ ” Justice Foster made this statement to a jury in general sessions when the jury had refused to bring in a conviction of Leon Gerard, a taxicab chaffeur, who ran down and killed Mrs. Mary Dithridge. Turning to Gerard, Justice Foster said: , “You may go home now and get another taxi and you may go out and kill someone else. This jury has given you permission to do so.” INAUGURAL COST IS $48,000 Washington Committee Faces a Deficit of About $14,000. Washington, March 8. —The inauguration of Woodrow Gilson was not a financial success, notwithstanding that the guarantee fund for the day’s events was larger than that subscribed for any previous inaugural, despite the elimination of the traditional inaugural ball and the attendant concerts. There will be a deficit of between 15 and 18 per cent, to be made good of the inaugural guarantee fund. The expenditures of the inaugural committee will be about $48,000 and the committee will have taken in when all receipts arc counted in the neighborhood of $34,000. WILL PRINT SCOTT’S DIARY. Widow Says She Has “Excellent and Complete” Journal. London, March 6.—The entire journal of the late Capt. Robert F. Scott, who lost his life in the antarctic, will be published by Smith., Elder & Co. Lady Scott has telegraphed to a member of that firm that she has her husband's diary in her possession and that it is “excellent and complete.” Champ Clark Has Birthday. Washington, March B.—Speaker Champ Clark, who was chosen by acclamation to preside over the house during the Sixty-third congress, which will assemble in special session on April 1, was sixty-two Friday. 1,500 Garment Workers Riot. Rochester, N. Y., March B.—Striking garment workers Thursday opened the day with rioting, in which 1,500 persons took part. Taxicabs were wrecked and workers in the shops were assaulted. “Drys” Win In Indiana. Indianapolis, March 6.—Local option elections were held in four Indiana cities Tuesday and In all the antl-saloon forces were victors. In Wabash the contest was close, the “drya” winning by only 13 majority. London and Berlin Converse. London, March 6. —The first telephone conversation between London and Berlin was held Tuesday. The distance between the two cities is 700 miles, including sixty miles of submarine cable:

MAJOR GENERAL CARTER. ■ r IB | ; V* -np m' Zu s UK Maj. Gen. William H. Carter is In command of the American troops that arc encamped in Texas watching developments in Mexico.

DEMOCRATS NAME HOUSE OFFICERS IN CAUCUS Champ Clark Renominated for Speaker and Underwood Head of Ways and Means Committee. Washington. March 7.—Speaker Clark on Wednesday was renominated, Representative Underwood of Alabama again chosen chairman of the ways and means committee, the entire Democratic personnel of the tariff making body named and all the house officers renominated at a harmonious six hour caucus of the Democrats of the house of the Sixty-third congress. The caucus was held in the house chamber and 270 of the 290 house Democrats wepe present. The following were nominated for ratification by the house when it meets in extra session on April 1: Speaker—Champ Clark of Missouri. Ways and Means Committee —Representatives Underwood of Alabama, chairman; Francis Burton, New York; Dorsey W. Shackleford, Missouri; Claude Kitchin, North Carolina; Henry T. Rainey, Illinois; Lincoln Dixon, Indiana; Cordell Hull, Tennessee; W. S. Hammond, Minnesota; Andrew J. Peters, Massachusetts; A. Mitchell Palmer, Pennsylvania; Timothy T. Ansberry, Ohio; John S. Garner, Texas (new); James W. Collier, Mississippi (new), and Augustus O. Stanley, Kentucky . Clerk of the House—South Trimble, Kentucky. Doorkeeper—J J. Sinnott, Virginia. Sergeant-at-Arms—Robert B. Gordon, Ohio. Postmaster —William M. Dunbar, Georgia. Chaplain—Rev. Henry N. Couden, Washington, D. C. (Republican members to be chosen in April.) GERMAN WARSHIP IS SUNK. Sixty-Six Lose Lives When Cruiser Runs Down Torpedo Boat. Heligoland, Germany, March 6. — Sixty-six of the crew of the German torpedo boat S-178 were drowned when the little vessel was rammed by the cruiser Yorck in the North sea. Among the dead are the commander of the torpedo boat, Lieutenant Koch, and his first officer. The surgeon and engineer and fifteen men of the crew were saved. The torpedo boat sank immediately. Torpedo boat’ destroyer S-17S was one of the newest destroyers in the German fleet. It displaced 636 tons and carried a complement of eightyfour officers and men. S-17£ was returning- during the night from maneuvers in which it had participated with the German battleship fleet, the cruiser squadron and sixty-four other torpedo boat destroyers. ETHEL ROOSEVELT IS BRAVE Sets Date for Her Wedding on Friday, April 4. New York, March 8. —Plans are being arranged for the wedding of Miss Ethel Carow Roosevelt, daughter of Col. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, to Dr. Richard Derby of this city. The wedding will be in the Episcopal church in Oyster Bay, L. L, oh April 4, and a reception will follow at Sagamore Hill, Colonel Roosevelt’s estate. April 4 comes on Friday and evidently Miss Roosevelt and her fiance have no superstition as to marrying on that day, which was chosen because they are to sail for Europe on the following day. Six Hurt in Fire. Laurium, Mich., March 7.—Six persons were hurt, one probably fatally, in a fire which destroyed the Imperial hotel here Wednesday. Miss Hilda Ala, who jumped from the third story, may die. Burned to Death. Stillwater, Minn., March 7.—Frank Zybarth, aged sixty-four, was burned to death in a fire which destroyed his store Wednesday. He was crippled from burns received in a fire many years ago. Bryce Visits Connaught. Ottawa, Ont., March 6.—British Ambassador Bryce arrived Tuesday as the guest of the duke of Connaught on what will be his last official visit He will discuss outstanding matters between Canada and Great Britain. Boy Strangled by Towel. Seattle, Wash., March 6.—Entangling his head in a roller towel Earl Thatcher, fourteen years old, strangled himself to death in his home at North Bend, this county, late Tuesday afternoon.

IffIUMONAL SIWSW Lesson (By E. O.* SELLERS, Director of Evening Department The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) LESSON FOR MARCH 16. THE TEST OF ABRAHAM’S FAITH. LESSON TEXT—Gen. 22:1-13. GOLDEN TEXT—“I desire goodness uid not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”—How. 1:6. The birth of Isaac (“laughter”) 17:19, and the setting aside of the son pf the bond woman, a story so rich with suggestiveness-, forms the connection between the lesson of last week and the one of this week. I. Sacrifice Required. “God did prove Abraham” (R. V.) vv. 1-2. Abraham’s ready response, “Behold me, here am I,” gives evidence of his life long habit of obedience. He was ready for sacrifice or service. His habit of taking God at his word prepared him for this final act of testing, and perfecting, of his faith. The revised version “prove” is a better rendering than the authorized version “tempt.” God does not tempt, 1. e.. solicit men to evil Jas. 1:13, but he does “prove” men; see Ex. 20:20 and I Peter 1:12. Abraham had been tried before but what father Is there who will not say this was the supreme test, for he is called upon to give up his, “only sen, whom thou cherishest.” Abraham's Faith. Superficial critics have taken occa- | sion to make light of a God who would ! make such a demand upon an earthly ! father. We need to remember that ! Abraham had doubtless witnessed hu- i man sacrifices in Chaldea and that [ having seen God’s faithfulness and his past deliverances, he had enough ; faith to believe that God could in his | own Providence deliver Isaac. Fur- | ther, attention has been called to the exact language of the text, viz., God’s demand was that Abraham “offer” (not “kill”) Isaac as a sacrifice. The literal language is “make him go up” upon the altar, doubtless in symbol.’ We read elsewhere. Heb. 11:17 that “Abraham offered up Isaac,” but we know i he did not kill Isaac. Those who stumble at that part of the story miss the great lesson God intended to teach in the record of this incident. However, Abraham was ready to dd (v. 10) what God himself did actually do when he gave his “only son.” John 3:16, Rom. 8:32. Isaac was the child of the promise, hence the only son (cf. Gen. 21:12). This makes the text more severe for Ishmael had been sent off, 21:14. God today is calling upon fathers to sacrifice their sons, and fathers are sacrificing though not always unto God. We must put our children upon the altar. Matt. 10:37. 11. Sacrifice Granted.. “Abraham rose-up early,” vv. 3-10. The writer of Genesis has left us to fill in the emotions and the mental agony that must have surged through Abraham’s heart, yet we again see a wonderful Illustration of prompt obedience, cf. Ps. 119:60. There is no suggestion whatever as to Sarah’s connection with this incident, yet we judge she must have known. How Abraham’s heart must have bled at Isaac’s question, v. 7, yet he trusts God for we read, “God will provide himself the lamb,” v. 8); cf. John 1:29. Notice also Abraham’s words to his servants, “We will come again,” v. 5. Just as God had revealed the place at which to offer the sacrifice, he “saw the place,” v. 14, so also we believe Abraham was looking unto God for the sacrificial lamb, v. 13. Abraham’s Devotion. Attention has been called to Isaac as a type of Christ (cf. John 10:17-18). (1) His name, given before birth; (2) His birth, supernatural, predicted; (3) His offering, a, by his father; b. voluntary; c, risen from the dead; (4) His marriage: a, bride selected by his father; b. servant calls the bride; c, meeting of bride and bridegroom. In this connection we behold Isaac bearing the wood (v. 6) a reminder of Christ bearing his cross. John 19:17. The • test to Abraham’s faith was. fjill even to the point that “he took the knife to slay his son,” whbn God intervened. The repetition, “Abraham, Abraham,” suggests, the urgency of God to save and the devotion of Abraham in that he was nob easily turned aside nor looking for away of escaping a disagreeable duty. Abraham was sustained to the end (Rom. 4:20. 21 R. V.) and out of it all he is abundantly rewarded, vv. 15-18 and 26:4-5. 111. Sacrifice Provided.” “A lamb caught in the thicket.” vv. 11-15. Again God spoke ’to Abraham through “an angel,” an old Hebraic way of saying that God made himself known. It has been suggested that at this point the Hebrew broke away from human sacrifices. There Is nothing in this story to sustafti any claim that God justifies human sacrifices, but the exact contrary, for God gave Isaac back to Abraham (Heb. 1:19 R. V.) and that he Is constantly doing to those who surrender their all and their best to him, Mark 10:29-30; Prov. 11:24-25. Abraham did not leave the mountain until he had offered a sacrifice and who can question but that his heart was filled with great joy and thanksgiving unto God. 2 Cor. 9:15. Without the shedding of blood we cannot approach God. yet we do not need to provide our sacrifice, that has been provided once for all, Heb. 9:22, Isa. 58:5 I Peter 2:24. Small wonder Abraham should name the place “Jehovah will provide.” This Is a wonderful lessen. Begin with the joy of Abraham’s home over the son born for whom they had so long waited. Grown to manhood, the call upon Abraham to sacrifice the best he had to offer. Explain how when the Hebrew wished to show thanks or specially desired help he offered a sacrifice unto God. Picture the scene at home, the journey to the mount, the conversation, the deliverance, and the joyful return home. The story 1* easily told and has intense draipatjclnterest '

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HOOD LOST BIG OPPORTUNITY Commander Accused His Officers and Men of Cowardice, Learned Under His Predecessor. Much has been said and written about the retreat of the Fourth and Twenty-third corps from Pulaski to Franklin, more especially the night march from Columbia to and past Spring Hill, November 29, 1864. It Is often referred to as Hood’s lost opportunity. In the early morning of that day General Cox was in line fao ing the river, observing the Confederate pretense of crossing, which could not have been done-4f opposed by even a heavy skirmish line. When it became evident that only a feint was being’made, General Wood sent Post’s brigade with some cavalry to reconnoiter up the river, writes Geo. S. Meyers of Company F, One Huis dred and First Ohio, of Los Angeles Cal., in the National Tribune. It was. discovered that Hood was crossing troops at Huey’s MUI and moving to the north on a converging road, which touched our line of retreat at Spring HUI. 'To guard against an attack of from that quarter Kimball’s division, oi which my regiment was a part, was halted at Rutherfords creek and faced to the east, where we remained until late afternoon, while Wagner’S division proceeded on to Spring Hill, where, with the assistance of. othes troops, the advanced Confederate forces were driven back from ths main road. At dark General Cox withdrew from Columbus, the wagons having been dispatched in the afternoon. Kimball’s division followed Gox, who was in turn followed by General Wood. Thus when the Confederate troops un» der Cheatham and Cleburne had ai* rived In considerable force there wss an unbroken line of blue moving along the road, which the Confederate officers declared “was too long to attach with prospect of success." .General Cheatham states that In crossing at Huey’s MUI the bridge wan broken several times, that the entire night was spent in crossing, and that the troops were utterly exhausted thereby, and by the march over a nearly Impassable road, with flankers out in expectation of an attack from us; that the troops had been without cooked rations for 24 hours. He also states that the grandiloquent speech Hood claims he made to General Cl»burne and himself was not made in bls presence. It Is an undisputed fact that Hood went a mile to the Confederate rea» and went to bed, which would hav« been a very unusual proceeding on the part of any army commander at the opening of a battle. Tjie corps of General Lee, the largest in Hood’s army, was still at Columbia. Not a piece of artillery had been gotten across the river. Hood did not expect a battle during the night; neither did he expect us to march out of th* pocket before morning. The night following the first day’s battle of Nashville was spent by us around a fire, the weather being cold, and blankets we had none. A prisoner or deserter, who through som* fault was not sent to the rear, sat through the night at our fire. This man was possessed with mo/e Intelllr gence the average Confederate soldier. He minutely described th* burial of the mutilated bodies in front of our little works at' Franklin ths morning after that battle, and also told of the hunger and exhausted condition of their men at their arrival near our marching column neal Spring Hill. He declared that neither officers nor men could hav* beer driven into a fight. On the morning of the 80th, aftei having passed the night in sleep, Hood rode to the pike to find there had ! been no battle and that our army had ! made a clean get-away without th* ' loss of a wagon. In his abuse of hl* ; leading generals he accused officer* j and men alike with cowardice brought about by being allowed to fight be- ! hind breastworks on the Altanta cam- : palgn under his predecessor, Gen Jo- ! seph E. Johnston. i With the light we now have as te the condition of the Confederates at I the time we passed their glov-ing ! campfires on that morpentoiis night i of November 29, 1864, we realize that I our nervous feeling was not fully warranted. It would be a reflection on the valor of the men composing the Fourth and Twenty-thlfd corps, tested on many a hard-fought field, to believe they would have allowed themselves to be turned back by a remnant of . Hood s army at Spring Hill. How He Would Do It. During the battle of Cold Harbor a perfect hail of shot and shell was pouring into the position occupied by a Maine regiment. Suddenly one of them was seen to turn tail and rua as fast as he could. “Halt, you coward, or I’ll put a bullet into you,” roared the eoloneL “What do you mean by running aw*r like that?” “Shure,” answered the runner, “people do say that the world Is round, *o 1 was going to attack the enemy la the* rear.” Sweeping the Sick Room. Never sweep a sick room while th® patient is in It, as the dust is exceedingly dangerous, both to the ®ufr< terer and the sweeper. Wipe th*f Boor with a cloth wrung out in ammonia and water, or, If It has a carpet, wipe that In the same manner. Even. Gunman-—-“Ha! ha! I fooled y*t all right. This here fun ain’t loaded.” “Don’t mention it, old top. That roll I gave you is stage moD*y."— Ute