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tumorous department. A Noble Accomplishment.?John D. Crlmmins, during his tour of Italy, did not neglect to visit the Florentine villa of Mark Twain. Mark Twain welcomed Mr. Crlmmins and told him an amazing story. "Lying," he said, "is a noble accomplishment, and It should be encouraged. When we hear a good lie we should repeat it, giving to the liar the praise that Is his due. "There is a good liar in Florence. His name is Pletro. To incite Pietro to one of his loftiest flights I said to him the other day: " 'Did you ever hear, Pietro, of the fish that lived on frost?' ?? ?\ta ? no 1/4 >m 11V, OU1U MV? " 'Well, this fish,' I explained, 'haunts the Maine coasts. It comes ashore every morning before the sun has melted the frost, and from the rocks and tree trunks arid grass blades it scrapes with its blunt teeth Enough of this cold food to last it for the day. It can never be caught in the water, for the reason that it will not rise to bait. Sometimes, though, men catch it ashore with their hands. Its flesh is considered a delicacy and brings $2.25 a pound.' "Pietro sneered. " "Now, I will tell you,' he said, 'about my uncle's mule. My uncle kept this mule in a wooden stable and he fed it on popcorn. One day the stable took fire, and the popcorn in the mule's stall, shooting up into the air, descended all about the unfortunate animal in soft, white flakes. The flakes the mule mistook for snow. He imagined that he was in a snowstorm and froze to death.' "?Pittsburg Dispatch. AN Attorney'8 Assurance.?Representative Henry of Texas, discussing the Cockran-Dalzell incident in the house, was telling how Thomas Fannin Smith of Texas, was accustomed to bullyrag the judges before whom he I practiced, says the New York World. "Does counsel think this court is a I fool?" asked the judge of Smith after * '? * vl q h i a particularly duosuui oukiusuv ..? been made by the counsel. "I should not like to answer your honor's question, and would be glad to be excused," Smith answered, "as I might subject mysqlf to contempt of court." "You are fined $10 for contempt," the Judge answered. With a great display of bills Smith paid the fine to the clerk, at the same time muttering: "Anyhow, It is $10 more than the court can show." "You are fined $50 additional for contempt," the court ordered, and as Smith did not have this amount he was to raise it before the next day or go to jail. "Your honor," he finally said, "in view of all the circumstances, I am convinced your honor was joking about that $50 fine, ar.i I move that it be remitted." Smith's assurance was so great that the judge remitted the fine. California's Dog Painter.?"Yes. sir. For instance, there's a mammoth winter storm landscape I've just finished for Mr. Mudd, the bonanza king. It's called 'A Hailstorm in the Adirondacks,' and a visitor who sat down near it the other day caught a sore throat in less than fifteen minutes. The illusion is so perfect you understand. Why. I had to put in the finishing touches with my ulster and Arctic overshoes on." "Don't say?" "Fact, sir: and then there's a little animal gem I did for Governor Glerkins the other day?portrait of his Scotch terrier Snap. The morning it was done a cat got into the studio, and the minute it saw the picture it went through the window like a ten-inch shell." "Did, eh?" "Yes: and the oddest thing about It was that when I next looked at the canvas the dog's hair was standing up all along his back, like a porcupine. Now, how do you account for that?" "Dunno." "It just beats me. When the governor examined the work he insisted on my painting in a post with the dog chained to it. Said he didn't know what might happen."?San Francisco Post. Out of Sight.?The Hon. "Champ" Clark is fond of telling the following story of an old friend of his, who, in his home in Jefferson City, enjoys a local reputation lor grim humor. The old gentleman in question is the possessor of a large fortune, which he has accumulated by much hard work and the closest attention to business. He has a son whom he wished to train ,,rv 5 V*l<s fothor'c hucinaQQ "Rilt thA boy was set upon leaving home and seeing the world. So he procured a position in Chicago. He soon lost the Job, however, and in a short while found himself without means of livelihood. Then he telegraphed to his father for money?in fact, he sent several urgent messages of this sort over the wire? but to all appeals he received no answer. Finally, in desperation, the son of the rich man telegraphed his father in these words: "You won't see me starve, will you?" The old man's answer came thus: "No! Not from this distance!" Then, says Mr. Clark, the boy decided to go home and work in his father's firm.?New York Tribune. Why It Isn't Legal.?In the New York law school at a recent lecture on the making of wills the case of a woman in one of Rider Haggard's books was cited. This woman had a man's will inscribed in ink on her back. And the will was held regular and legal because it had been made in writing. After giving this practical illustration the professor called on John Smith, saying: "Is a will so inscribed regular and legal in your opinion?" "No," answered Smith. "Why not?" asked the professor. "Because it's a skin game." replied Smith. The professor felt angry enough to order Smith out of the room, but the J class laughed so much that he decided to overlook the student's flippancy. I ^Miscellaneous ilea dint]. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. News and Comment That Is of More or Less Local Interest. CHESTER. Lantern, May 23: The commission appointed by Bethel presbytery, consisting of Revs. C. Fraser, J. H. Wilson and C. G. Brown and Elder W. L. McCrorey, to ordain and install Rev. J. J. Brown will meet for that purpose at Fort Lawn, Saturday May 28th, at 11 a. m., Rev. C. G. Brown to preach, Rev. C. Frazer to charge the pastor elect, Rev. J. H. Wilson to charge the people. Same committee is to meet at Cedar Shoals on Sunday at 11 a. m. to in stall Rev. J. J. Brown pastor of said church. Rev. C. Fraser to preach, Rev. J. H. Wilson to charge pastor elect and Rev. C. 6. Brown to charge the people. Teachers for the 6th and 7th grades in the Chester public schools have not been elected yet. The only new teachers elected as yet are Miss Williams of Greenville, and Mr. Graham of Charlotte. Many of the children will be glad to know that Miss Wilson, who was here part of last year, has been re-elected Miss Amelia Kennedy, who has been teaching at Abbeville, spent last night in the city and went to Yorkvllle, her home, this morning Mr. John Ashford, aged about 70 years, died at his home at Heath, from consumption, Friday and was buried at Rossville Saturday. He had no family and lived alone Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lazenby, Mr. J. A. Miller and the Misses Miller of Lancaster, came over on a special train Sabbath evening to see their father. Major B. F. Miller, who had suffered a third stroke of paralysis. He was brought over from Lancaster Thursday to the Magdalene hospital The many friends of Mr. W. N. Walker and Miss Sadie Fant of Union, were surprised yesterday afternoon to learn that they had eloped and gotten married. Mr. Walker went over to Union on Sunday, and he and Miss Fant went presumably for a pleasure drive yesterday afternoon, but they continued to drive until they arrived at Carlisle, where they found the Rev. John Bass Shelton awaiting them. And in one minute's time, while they sat In their buggy, In the middle of the street, Mr. Shelton united them in happy wedlock. The elopement was not on account of parental objection, but simply a unique way of springing a surprise upon their many friends. Mr. Walker is one of Chester's best business young men, and Mrs. Walker is the charming daughter of the Hon. John T. Fant of Union. They are receiving congratulations today from their numerous friends. They have taken apartments at the residence of Mrs. I. N. Cross, on Pinckney street, where they will be at home to all their friends. GASTON. Gastonia Gazette, May 24: Mr. W. Henkle McGinnas and Miss Ira Harris were married at 8 o'clock Thursday night at the home of Dr. L. A. Blkle, King's Mountain, in the presence of a few close friends. The bride is a daughter of Mr. H. T. Harris and the gruuiu IS <L JUUllg UUJintoo IIIU4. King's Mountain. Mr. Marshall Long of Gastonia, was present as one of the guests....It was told by Mr. Bob White. One day last week Mr. John Sarvis came to town in his buggy and returned home. Mrs. Sarvis was in the buggy with him. Upon the arrival at home one noticed a commotion through a crack under the buggy cover. Mr. Sarvis raised up the cover and rats began to pour out. Immediately there was a high old time killing them. Sixteen were killed and nine got away. Mr. Sarvis had brought them to town and back again. Mr. White says the ladies didn't help any, but they kindly gave the men and the rats plenty of room The board of aldermen has decreed by an ordinance that people who use the flat rate must put out their lights at midnight or pay double. This curfew law goes into effect the first of June The smallpox patient. Mr. W. H. Collins, who was taken from the Alexander house to the pest house last Friday is convalescing. The inmates of the Alexander house were promptly vaccinated and the house disinfected. Mr Collins is the traveling representative of the International Correspondence School of Seranton, Pa On Mr. Columbus Ormand's place near Bessemer City a tenant house was burned last Thursday jnorning. The house caught, it is supposed, from some fire that had fallen out of the cook stove. The family was away except two little children. One of them six years old told of putting out the fire around the stove and of leaving because the house was full of smoke. About 9 o'clock the house was seen burning furiously. It had three rooms and was worth about J250. AN ODD STORY. Shellmaker Runs Up Against Missile of His Own Make. A little story which throws an interesting light on at least one South African war pension conies from a wellknown British firm of gunmakers. The other day an employe, who may be called for the present purpose Sam Jenkins, and who had lost a leg at the battle of Magersfontien. stumped into the manager's office and announced that he wanted to leave. Jenkins was known to the manager, for he had been employed by the firm before the war, and had even, on his re-engagement after the campaign, been supplied by them with a cork leg in place of the limb he had lost under very peculiar circumstances. His account of the injury that cost him his leg is a remarkable one. The wound was sustained after the disastrous attempt of the Highland Brigade ?in which Jenkins served?to rush the Boer trenches at Magersfontein. All the following morning, it will be remembered, the survivors of the unsuccessful night attack lay facing the enemy's position, exposed to a heavy short-range fire. If they lifted a hand, it drew a hail of bullets, while the bare insides of their knees were so flayed by the burning sun that hundreds were completelly lamed for a considerable time. "To add to our enjoyment," says Jenkins, "there were our own big guns in the rear a-firing over us?an' some- times firing short. "One of their shells burst with a j bang near me, and killed the man lying > next to me. At the same time I felt 5 what seemed like a sharp twinge on j the foot. s "Very cautiously I slid my hand > down, an* found my le& had been near- j ly shot off. No, it was queer, but it j didn't hurt much then?not till I mov- s ed. > "A few minutes later I noticed some- > thing glittering in front of me. I slowly grooved out a bit of trench in the hot sand and pulled myself to it f without knocking against a Boer bul- 1 let. I "The glittering thing was the base of a shell. I turned it over and saw s on it a private mark, sucn as workmen at our firm put on the work they do. An' it was my own mark.?London Chronicle. r ? COLONEL DICK PLUNKETT. ' A Brave Man Who Used No Deadly * Weapons. 1 ? Colonel "Dick" Plunkett, who as f marshal of Creede, Col., in the "bad j days" of that turbulent mining camp, became famous for his contempt for j deadly weapons and his refusal to j carry firearms was in Philadelphia for a few hours yesterday. He had been s in Washington with General Dan Sick- i les, of New York, to see President Roosevelt. j Colonel Plunkett is a great leveler of distinctions. He has been the friend ( and, in a measure, the bodyguard of ^ guvcriiura, juugco, wu(,i j other notables, but as marshal of Creede, and later head of a police force guarding the Osage Indian reserT vation, he has known power and responsibility. His stay in Washington Included a call upon Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, for whom the Colonel professes the highest esteem. "The Interior department admits of more graft than any other branch of the national service," said Colonel Plunkett. "The lands of the Indians in the southwest, rich with ore and oil and capable of feeding millions of heads of cattle, could be practically given away by a dishonest official. Mr. . Hitchcock insists that all bids for leases be brought to Washington and awarded to the highest bidder." Plunkett's career Is typically western. Arriving in Creede with the "getrich quick" fever, he found himself in the midst of a community made up of those who came to win their fortunes by work and many who were there to rob. Law and order were administered by the residents themselves. The power of government and the decisions of the Territorial courts were little heeded. The position of marshal was not very much sought after. When Plunkett was given the job he ?'(i? rocnrripri with humorous indulg ence. He had never carried firearms, , and was known as a peacemaker. His | first arrest cost him an ugly wound In his cheek, hut he captured the outlaw. His taking of "Bob" Ford, the slayer of Jesse James, was his most talkedof exploit. Ford had gone on a rampage, and threatened to "shoot up" the town If molested. The colonel awaited his coming and never moved while the drunken desperado rode at him brandishing a pistol. Ford, overcome by the sight of the defenseless marshal, changed his mode of attack and tried ( to run down the colonel with his horse. Horse and rider were thrown ] by the stalwart officer, and Ford was < tied hand and foot. I After much difficulty, the colonel, at i Green's hotel last night, was prevailed | upon to discuss his life as marshal, He said he never carried a revolver because men who resort to one are usually cowards or drunk. "If drunk, it is murder to kill them," 1 said Colonel Plunkett, "and If sober < they are cowards and can be taken easily. An unarmed man in those days i was always safe, even a marshal. I never was the cause of a woman be- 1 coming a widow or a child an orphan, i and as for justice it was swift and j sure enough in those days. There was very little work for the lawyers," he | added with a grim smile. < The colonel takes more pride in his i career among the Osage Indians in Oklahoma, than in his life in the min ing camps. He was chief of police on the Osage reservation, but his energies were directed against the white men in the district. Illicit dealers, gamblers and other riff-raff hung around the reservation, waiting for the Indians to draw their monthly pension from the government. Their right to be in Ok- i lahoma was hard to dispute, but Col- 1 onel Plunkett used to the utmost a 1 law forbidding alcoholic beverages upon the reservation. Few could be found that were not 1 liable for arrest upon such a charge, and the colonel exercised a wholesome authority. He won the respect and confidence of the Osages, and when- i ever the head men of the tribe go to Washington to appeal against vicious i legislation or maladministration of i their affairs, Colonel Plunkett, if in | the country, goes there too. His di- ( rect testimony is always of value to them and the congressional committees. Colonel Plunkett was in Alaska last year to examine some mining properties held by New York capitalists. He says that Southeastern Alaska, with its fine climate and good soil, is at irui'iiiiK maiiv nuu^truuiuci a iiuiu i?c Dominion of Canada. He regrets that more American families do not settle there. Colonel Plunkett will endeavor to interest some railroad men to construct a road to the interior. While in Washington the colonel was the guest of former Senator Thurston of Nebraska. The senator resented the incredulity of a friend, who intimated that Colonel Plunkett's 269 pounds made some of the deeds for which he is noted impossible. Senator Thurston was vindicated when the Colonel ( turned a succession of handsprings <j with the agility of a youth.?Philadelphia Record. s &'T One of the twelve-inch guns of the s Italian warship Brul is to be named "Wilhelm II." after the Kaiser. It is t the first compliment of the kind paid I; to anybody in Italy. f ?hc ^tory idler. I A "NATIVE" f j ?=?? | I By M. LOUISE CUMMINS J ...Copyright, 1903, by T. C. McClure... ;i| "Oh, Gertrude, won't you help me >eel these peaches? It's most train ime, and supper Isn't anywhere near eady." The voice came with a pleasantly juggestlve clink of dishes through, the icreen door to where Gertrude Woodord stood under a large elm. "1 toidk tue train is in, ?ue uuiwered, entering the cool, pleasant louse in answer to her mother's call. "For the land's sake!" Mrs. Wood'ord turned to her handmaid and gave in order with some asperity. Keeping lumnier boarders was really the one ixcltement of her dull life, eagerly ooked forward to during the long win:er months when her daughter pursued ler musical career in the city and she ived alone on the rugged Cape. "Small this year, aren't they?" she laid, watching her daughter's pretty pent head and referring to the fruit "Not more so than usual," the girl aughed. "Well, I don't care," Mrs. Woodford leclared. "Mr. Garst says he never ;asted sweeter peaches, and as to Mr. Clifford"? "Who's trifling with my august appellation ?" called a gay voice as a roung fellow swung himself on to the )iazza. "Miss Woodford, I don't know vhich 1 shall devour first, you or the jeaches, I'm so ravenous!" "I was just going to say that your ippetlte was all right anynow," airs. Woodford laughed. "Did your cousin :ome down with you?" she added. "Yes, Garst got as far as the hamnock and collapsed." "Go and call him, Gertrude. Supper a ready," her mother said. The girl rose and went through the lall. Inside the door she paused, lookng with darkening eyes at the man A'ho lay full length in the hammock. The slight clash of the screen as she stepped outside caused him to turn. He sprung up at once and came toward ier, showing a strong, clean shaven face and a figure Bingularly muscular n spite of the fact that he walked svith a slight limp. "It Is heavenly here after even a lay in town," he said. "I have Just been thinking that the most marveljus changes in our lives come when kve leust expect tfiem. I wonder if rou know what this summer has been to me?" He was looking gravely Into her jyes, and the color mounted to her temples. "Stephen, the fish is getting cold," liis cousin called impatiently, and Gertrude went quickly InUrthe house. In compliance with a previous promise to Jack Clifford she went with him liter supper to see me sunset truui a hill nenr by. When they were seated an a bowlder watching the vast sweep it ocean and crimsoning sky she turned suddenly to her companion. "Why is Mr. Garst lame?" she asked sently. "Well, 1 suppose it won't do any harm to tell you," Jack hesitated, 'though we never speak of it when he is present. His leg was criiBbed in a railway accident trying to save the girl to whom he was engaged." "Did he save her?" "Yes." . "Then why were they not married?" "Oh, she threw him over for a man twice his age and the trifling adjunct it $3,000,000!" Gertrude Woodford drew her breath 3harply. "She tried to stuff it down Stephen's throat that she was saciflcing herself to save her father from financial ruin, and I think be believed her," Jack went on. "Then she attempted a Platonic correspondence with him after her marriage, but he would have none of it. All the same I don't believe he has ever quite forgotten her. Anyway, he could not do so now, even If he would." "What do you mean?" " 'For she is come, for she is here,' as Jean Ingelow says In 'The Letter L.'" "Here?" "Yes. at tbe Ocean View. 1 saw hei on the piazza tonight as I came up from the train. Handsomer than ever, by Jove! Tall woman, with bronw hair." "Bronzed, you mean. I saw her arrive this morning," Gertrude said coldly. "The old man very considerately 'shuffled off this mortal coil'two yeari ago, leaving her complete mistress ol his millions," Jack rambled on. "My own opinion is that this alighting nexl door to where she knew Stephen wai Btaying in the subdued attractiveness of second mourning is tbe beginning oi the end. You should hawe seen bine start when he saw her on tbe botei piazza tonight." Gertrude rose quickly. "How cold it is up bere," she said with a shiver. "Let ue get back to tb< l tt uuusrc. A group from the summer hotels ani lottages was standing near Mrs. Wood ford's house watching the sunset whei they descended. Gertrude would havt passed on, but Jack Clifford detainee her. Unwilling as she was, she had t< submit to an introduction to Mrs. Ar milage, Stephen Garst's former fiancee '1 lie latter turned to her at once, witl a scrutinizing look. The girl was to< pretty not to be dangerous. "It is beautiful here in these lati summer weeks." she drawled. "I think it beautiful at all times. Th< 'ape is my home." Gertrude answered luietly. "Indeed! Then you are a native. I hould hardly have thought it" A faint color rose under the girl's kin at the supercilious tone. "Miss Woodford's forefathers settled iere over 200 years ago," Garst broke n quietly. "I believe her ancestors or six generations back are burled.in tTie little cemetery at CTum'Cove. Not many of us can go as far back as that" Mrs. Armitage looked quickly from Garst to the girl beyond blm. But Gertrude had left the group with ber bead held high. She wanted none of Garst's vindication of her family. She had almost reached the house when he overtook her. "6ne moment," he pleaded. "I want go much to speak to you touigbt" "I am afraid I must ask you to excuse me," she said Icily. Had Garst known that the cold, direct look which she sent into his eyes was really the outcome of burning jealousy he would not hove turned away with so heavy a heart. Jack Clifford had hard work to persuade her to accompany them on the yachting party arranged for the next morning. I am o *nat(ro * IUU lUl^Cl IUUI A UUJ u utiM*w. The summer people might object." she said, with a bitter little smile, and Garst set his heel Into the ground as he listened. When they reached the wharf Gertrude turned to Jack Clifford. "Old Captuin Lufkln is sick and can't go, the boy tells me," she said quickly. "I think we had better give up the trip." "Miss Woodford"?Jack looked at her with mock reproach?"I am pained that you should thus undervalue my yachtsmunskip. Nothing but patriotic feeling prevented my offering my expert services to Sir Thomas. Step on board the Widgeon, ladies, and fear nothing." But fear entered Gertrude's heart more than once when they had left the little harbor and she noted the darkening horizon. Mrs. Armltage was sitting near Garst, beautiful In her soft white flannel yachting suit After half an hour's sailing Gertrude crossed to where Jack Clifford sat at the helm, thus bringing herself on Garst's other side. "Do put back," she whispered tc Clifford. "We are going to have n "' mil miH >i hurt one." OIJU.W.. After a critical glunee at the skj Jack put the boat's bead around. But even as he did so a cold blast, whict was the foreboding of coming ill, sbiv ered .over theiu. Gertrude drew bei breath hard. She ulone knew what th? wiud would be when It struck them. Suddenly as if she had received i mortal blow the Widgeon went overover until her mainsail lay almost leve on the water. With a horrible, hungry suggestive hiss the sea rose over tin combings of the hatchway. Too terrified to scream, the womei held their, breath, clinging for dear llfi to whatever they could hold on by Mrs. Armitage flung herself on Garst'i shoulder. "Stephen! Save me!" But in thut moment when deat) seemed upou them he was not evei aware of her presence. His arm wen around the girl at bis side and drev her close, bis lips brushing her cheek while her damp hair blew against hi face. Gertrude scarcely cared wbetbe it was life or death. Then she suddenly wrenched bersel free and flung her weight upon thi tiller, putting It hard to port, for Jack'i amateur skill seemed to have deserte* him. The Widgeon came round, shud dering. into the wind and lay like i frightened thing with flapping sail while the squall raced by. "I think we owe our lives to yoc Miss Woodford." One of the womei from the Ocean View approached Get trude when they were safely landed 01 the wharf, but Garst drew her aside. "Sweetheart!" His voice vibrated a he bent over her. i Mrs. Armitage turned to look afte them, lifting an end of her bedraggle flannel skirt "Weil," she said slowly, "for nerv give me a native!" Useless FRurr.?Among the uselesi fruit borne by the tree of knowledge may be mentioned: 1. The agnostic who knows to< much to know anything for a certain ty. I 2. The "sport" who knows only hov to look knowing. 3. The "criminally insane" Individ ual who knows that he can get of because he didn't know any better. 4. The youth who knows more a fifteen than his father at fifty. 5. The man who knows how ti make such good excuses that he need to know nothing else. ' 6. The scholar who knows a grea , deal, but knows not how to use hi knowledge. 7. The society bud who knows hov to look charmingly free of all knowl , edge. 8. The "gentleman" who knows tha ' his father's money supplies the plae , of knowledge in his place. I 9. The tramp who knows that so ciety owes him a living, but knows no how to collect it. 10. The office-seeker who know: . that if he knows how to get the righ ' * J fll jod, ne won t neeu 10 nuun uun ... it. 11. The sensation-seeker who is in I terested only in what she ought no i to know. , 12. The workman who knows a lit tie of many trades, but knows noni 6 well. I 13. The doctor who knows how t< . diagnose his patient's pocketbook in , stead of his disease.?Ram's Horn. Parting Salutation.?A Turk wil solemnly cross his hands on his breas and make a profound obeisance whei he bids you farewell. | The genial Japanese will take hi: slipper off as you depart, and say I with a smile: "You are going to leavi my despicable house in your honora Jjle journeying?I regard thee!" The Filipino's parting benedictloi j is bestowed by rubbing his friend': face with his hand. ' The German "Leben Sie wohl" i: not particularly sympathetic in it: * sound, but it Is less embarrassing t< 1 those it speeds than the performance o * the Hindu, who, when you go fron him, falls in the dust at your feet. 9 Fiji Islanders cross two red feathers Natives of New Guinea exchange choc . olates. The Burmese bend low anc say. "Hib, hlb!" The South Sea Islanders rattle eacl other's whale-teeth necklace. The Russian form of parting salU' tation is brief, consisting of a sin gle word, "Praschall," which sound! like a sneeze. The Otaheite Islander will twist th< end of the departing guest's robe anc then solemnly shake his two hand! three times. The Piccadilly tribe of white mer say, "Ta, ta, old fellow!"?Tit-Bits. FOUGHT FOR SOUTH. Many Regular Army Officer* Joined The Confederate Force*. From Inquiry recently made it has been learned that 242 regular army officers resigned to enter the Confederate service during the civil war. The movement was gradual, beginning on December 31, I860, and continuing to August 23, 1861. The first officer to resign was Captain and Brevet Major Henry C. Wayne, assistant quartermaster. He sent in his resignation on the last day of 1860. On the following day Brevet Second Lieutenant Wade H. Gibbes, Second cavalry, resigned, and also Second Lieutenant James H. Hollinquist, Fourth Artillery. Up to January 28, 1861, seven other officers resigned. In February 24 more resigned. When the bombardment of Fort Sumter "fired the Southern heart" resignation followed fast, causing uneasiness in the north, creating grave doubts concerning the loyalty of regular army officers, of whom so much was now expected, and also generating intense and unjust prejudice against the West Point Military academy. The humble rank of many at the outset who afterward held high command is interesting to note. The late General James Longstreet, who shattered the army of Rosecrans at Chickamauga, and would have done a- great deal more had he not met a great Virginian?General George H, Thomas?was a peaceful paymastei when the war began, and never turned his back on the government till June 1, 1861. Robert Edward Lee resigned the colonelcy of the First Cavalry on April 25, 1861. He had been superintendent of West Point?the best military school In the world. General Fltzhugh Lee was a flrsl 1 lieutenant in the Second cavalry, anc ' resigned May 21. ' General "Joe" Wheeler was seconc' lieutenant in a regiment of mounted 1 riflemen, and resigned April 22. 1 Both armies drilled and fought bj "Hardee's Tactics." The day before the battle of Shilol began, Hardee (a Confederate general; 1 sat on his horse and watched a bri gade of Grant's soldiers drilling b: "Hardee's Tactics," and the next da: cried out to a captured regiment: "Boys, I saw you drilling by 'Har 1 dee's Tactics' yesterday. Today yoi are fighting by them." William J. Hardee was lleutenan * colonel of the First cavalry, and re 9 signed on January 31, 1861. Albert Sidney Johnston, who fell a 1 the head of his victorious lines on th< 9 first day at Shiloh, was colonel of th< * Second cavalry and brevet brlgadle 9 general. He resigned on May 3. Hi . had commanded an expedition agains the Mormons. 1 General Earl Van Dorn, who fough 1 so desperately at Iuka and Corinth, am * who afterward at Holly Springs burn 7 up the supplies and ammunition Gran ? had gathered for the Vicksburg cam 9 paign?who defeated Grant's advanc r through Central Mississippi?was ma jor of the Second cavalry, and resign ed on the 31st of January. After hli 8 raid on Holly Springs he was kllle< 9 by an injured husband. General John H. Winder, who woi 111 fame as chief commander of An a dersonville prison, was major am 9 brevet lieutenant colonel of the Fourtl artillery. He resigned on the 27th o ' April. a Captain Lucius B. Northrop, of th v First Dragoons, resigned on Januar a 8, and Is said to have been implicate! In the 111 treatment of Union prisonen 8 General Klrby Smith, whose nam was a household word west of th r Mississippi, was major of the Secon ? cavalry and resigned on April 6. Every veteran of the war know a what a Sibley tent Is. It was lnvente by Major Henry H. Sibley, of the Firs Dragoons, who resigned on May 13. 3 General John B. Magruder was cap e tain and brevet lieutenant colonel o the First artillery, and resigned oi 3 April 20. General Richard E. Ewell, who mad such trouble on Meade's right flank a v Gettysburg, and was heard of at othe places, was a captain of the Firs Dragoons, and resigned May 7. f "Stonewall" Jackson was a flrs Lieutenant in the Eighth Infantry, am t resigned April 1. General John C. Pemberton, who sur 0 rendered Vlcksburg and 37,000 men t s General Grant, and who till then hai been a special favorite of Jefltersoi g Davis, was captain and brevet majo in the Fourth artillery, and resigned oi v April 29. He was a northern man am ' was led to join the Confederacy by hi t wife, a daughter of the south, e General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, o South Carolina, who superintended thi bombardment of Ft. Sumter, who com manded at Shlloh after the fall of A1 s bert Sidney Johnston, and who fortiflei t Corinth against Halleck, was captaii 1 and brevet major of the corps of en . gineers. He resigned February 20. t General Lewis A. Armistead, one o the heroes of Pickett's charge at Get j tysburg, was captain and brevet majo of the Sixth infantry, and reslgnei J May 26. He was a "Wrglnian, as al of Pickett's men were. At Gettysburi laH fho fnrlnrn hone across thi stone wall, and was killed about 1 paces Inside of It. When he fell.Lieu tenant Cushlng (Union) was 10 pace 1 in front of him, and was killed whil firing a charge of grape and caniste 3 into the Confederate ranks from th< ' last available gun of the Cushlng bat 3 tery. Captain George E. Pickett reslgnei from the Ninth Infantry on June 25. 1 Captain J. E. B. Stuart, of the Firs 3 cavalry, resigned May 14 to beconv General "Jeb" Stuart, Lee's great cav 3 airy leader, who was mortally wounde( 3 In battle. 3 General Ambrose P. Hill, "Lee's rlgh bower," was a first lieutenant of th< 1 First artillery, and resigned March 1 In a dying delirium Stonewall Jackso said: "Order A. P. Hill to prepare foi 1 action. Pass the infantry to the front.' Then, as if the fray had been won, h< added: "Let us cross the river uu( - rest in the shade of the trees." Wher ' Grant was crushing the lines at Peters burg Lee said to Hill: "General, youi ; men are giving way." Hill gallopec 1 Into the melee and fell. 3 General John B. Villeplgue, who lec j a wing of Price's army at Corinth was a first lieutenant of the Seconc Dragoons, and resigned on March 31. General John B. Hood, who fought with Sherman at Atlanta and with Thomas at Nashville, was a first lieutenant of the Second cavalry, and resigned on April 16. Captain Lafayette McLaws^ of the Seventh infantry, resigned March 23. On the second day at Gettysburg, as a general of Longstreet's corps, he almost captured Round Top?the key of the battlefield. He made assault in conjunction with Hood. Meade afterward said that if Round Top had been taken "nothing could have been held." . General John S. Marmaduke bore a leading part in the fighting west of the Mississippi. His raids into Missouri made him famous. He was a second lieutenant of the Seventh infantry, resigning on April 17. It is a good time since the war, and if any mistake is found in the preceding let some southern "vet" correct it Of these disaffected officers three have since been in the service of the United States government?General Fitzhugh Lee. General Joseph Wheeler and the late uenerai Liongstreet, tne inner imting been related by marriage to General Grant and having a son now commanding a company In the Thirteenth United States cavalry. It Is probably well-known that a soldier of the Mexican war who afterward served in the Confederate army is nevertheless : entitled to a pension for his service i !n Mexico.?Washington Star. PARKER'S HAIR BAL8AM Clean** and beautifies the hair. Promote* a luxuriant growth. Never Pal la to Beetore Gray Hair to lta Youthful Color. Curea eea'p dlaeaae* Jt bah tailing. 50c, and g 1.00 at Drogylaa 1 Commercial M f T*h j | i rrinung. i ? We respectfully solicit your orders I for all kinds of the better grade of COMMERCIAL PRINTING. 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