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A THE LAST EXPLOn Thrilling Story of a Uni the Confed Just before the second battle of taanasses, at a critical point In the campaign, a Federal spy. Jack Sterry, nearly brought disaster to the Confederate army by posing as a courier bearing orders from Stonewall Jackson to Oeneral Hood. The story of this piece of superb coolness and daring is told in a recent pamphlet by Col. John Cussons of Glen Allen, Virginia, who was commander of scouts under General Hood. His narrative is corroborated in every detail by Dr. B. F. Ward of Winona, Miss., who was serving in General Hood's division at the time and who outlines the situation as follows in an article in the Jackson Issue: General Lee had sent Jackson, by a detour of more than sixty miles, to the rear of Pope's army. Jackson seized Manassas Junction, destroyed all of Pope's supplies, and was practically between him and Washington City before Pope was aware of his presence. Jackson was furiously assailed by Pope and McDowell and was fighting desperately to hold his ground until he could be reinforced by Longstreet, who was rushing to his rescue. Jackson's situation was desperate in the extreme. Pope was between him and Richmond and he was between Pope and Washington. The long lines of the Federal army were closing in around his little command that had marched and fought till it was fainting from exhaustion, and Longstreet still far away. On the morning of August 28, 1862, Hood's division, leading Longstreet's corps, with General Hood riding at the head of the column attended by his staff and Colonel Cussons, approached a fork in the road near the village of White Plains, "within fifteen miles of Jackson." Says Dr. Ward: Thoroughfare Gap, the only available pass t/urough the mountain, was seven miles ahead of us, and McDowell on the other side was rushing to seize it before Hood could arrive. The situation was desperate. If McDowell could seize and hold the pass. Longstreet would be cut off, Jackson would be crushed, and the whole tide of the war would be changed. Here Hood encountered a handsome, well-mounted cavalryman In Confederate uniform "who saluted and announced himself as a courier from Jackson, and informed Hood that McDowell had possession of the Gap, and that Jackson directed him to take the left hand and endeavor to join him by way of Gum Springs." Upon being questioned this guide told of having received his instructions from Jackson personally, and gave so much detailed information regarding the opposing forces that General Hood asked him rather sharply how he had learned all this. Taking up Colonel Cussons' narrative at this point: "Absorbed them from the atmosphere, I suppose," answered the guide rather languidly. Then, correcting himself with swift utterance, he continued: "I beg pardon, General Hood; no offense. I mean to say that a courier absorbs details of this sort from the atmosphere of headquarters?the atmosphere of conjecture and apprehension?the atmosphere so rife with the counsel of chaplains and the strategy of medical men, and the theories of quartermaster's clerks. Why, general, the very air is vocal with the evening's doings! What with captured dispatches, and intercepted battle orders, and the reports of scouts and spies, we have literally no rest day or night. Then there are the rev eiauons 01 prisoners ana me stones or deserters and the never-ending chatter of junior staff officers. I tell you, General Hood, we couriers hear enough in a day to All a book. And on forbidden subjects, you know, according to the proverb, 'Jack knows more than his master.'" "Who and what are you?" demanded General Hood, who was perplexed and anxious, yet scarcely suspicious of treachery?the guide was so bland and free and unconstrained. "I am Frank Lamar of Athens, Ga.p enrolled with the cavalry of Hampton's Legion, but now detailed on courier service at the headquarters of Stonewall Jackson." "Where is your saber?" "I captured a handsome pistol from a Yankee officer at Port Republic, and have discarded my saber." "Let me see your pistol." It was a very fine siiver-moumea Colt's revolver, one chamber was empty. "When did you fire that shot?" "Yesterday morning, General Hood, I shot a turkey buzzard sitting on the fence. General Hood handed the pistol to Captain Cussons, commander of scouts. Cussons scrutinized the pistol, and the guide scrutinized Captain Cussons. As the captain drew General Hood's attention to the fact that the powder was still moist, showing that the pistol had been recently fired, the guide interposed, saying that he had reloaded after yesterday's practice, and had fired the shot in question at another buzzard just before the column came in sight, but that he didn't suppose General Hood would be interested in such a matter. The guide was mistaken. General Hood was decidedly interested in the matter! Guides do not practice markmanship when on duty between the lines. It so happened that the Hampton Legion had been recently assigned to Hood, and then marching with his division. A message was sent down the line requesting Colonel Gary, who was commanding the Legion, to report to the head of the column. And then the guide suddenly remembered that he had never really belonged to Hampton's Legion; that the story was a little romance of his and had grown out of a love affair. In the Shenandoah Valley, he explained, there was a beautiful maiden who had caught his fancy, but the girl was ro mantle and did not care ior piuaums foot-soldiers. All her dreams were of knights and heroes and cavaliers on prancing steeds, so he had deserted from the Infantry and captured a horse, and his real name was Harry Brooks, and he believed that In the stress of battle or campaign he could throw himself In the way of some enterprising commander and render such gallant service as would win approval; and when by daring deeds he had distinguished himself, as only a trooper can, he would confess his fault and leave the rest to fortune. r OF JACK STERRY ion Spy Captured Within erate Lines. I "Search that man!" exclaimed Qen eral Hood, impatiently; for the general wad baffled and still uncertain. All his life had been passed in active service, yet this was a new experience to him. The search revealed strange things. In the guide's haversack were little packages of prepared coffee and blocks of condensed soup and a good store of hardtack, which facts the guide pleasantly dismissed with the remark that "it's a poor sort of a Reb that can't forage on the enemy." The next discovery had a deeper meaning. In the lining of his vest were found the insignia of a Confederate captain?the three gold bars being secured to a base which had a thin strip of flexible steel running lengthwise through it and slightly projecting at the ends. Further search revealed minute openings in the collar of his jacket, and into these openings the device was readily slipped and firmly held. "What is the meaning of that?" asked General Hood, sternly. There was an air of boyish diffidence and a touch of reproach in the young man's reply. Its demure humor was half playful, yet modest and natural, and its effect on the spectators was mainly ingratiating. "Really, General Hood," he said, nal* mn oiiaK omKo t*t*q colntr nnpj. tions. But I will tell you. It was just this way. Our girls, God bless them, are as devoted and patriotic as can be, but you couldn't Imagine the difference they make between a commissioned officer and a private soldier. In short, I soon saw it was all up with me unless I could get promotion. Well, what was I to do? The war department seemed blind, stone blind, to my merits, and as for my family influence it was altogether unavailing. So there I was, abandoned?heartlessly abandoned?and all for the want of a little gold lace! Well, as my country would not promote me, I determined to promote myself. And I tell you the thought was an inspiration! Yes, indeed; those little golden bars had magic in them. In a word, or rather three words, 'I came, saw, and overcame,' and the marriage takes place the moment this 'cruel war is over.' I'm sorry you're | not attending to me, General Hood, for "? is i in sure umi 11 yuu wuuiu uui ucigu to grace that occasion with your distinguished presence our cup of happiness would, indeed, be full." While General Hood was taking measures to verify or discredit the guide's story, his staff officers kept up the questioning. They were soon confronted by the fact that the guide's linen bore the stamp of the Federal supply department. "Suppose you tell us about this?" suggested Leigh Terrell, of General Law's staff. "Well," replied the guide, "that takes me back to the affair at Cedar Mountain. The Yankees shot my horse there and captured me. Intending to escape, I shammed sick, and they sent me to the hospital at Alexandria. Of course, the first thing was a warm bath and the next was these clothes, both of which, I assure you, were a comfort to me." "Yes, yes," said Major Terrel, "but how did you escape?" "Well," replied the guide, "there wasn't much discipline about the hospital, nor in the town, but the camp was awfully strict. I hobbled around a bit, leaning on a stick and taking a look at things. The night relief, I found, sent in the remoter outposts with orders to report at evening roll call. This gave them the liberty of the town for an hour or two, and some of them generally took a turn at the saloons before going to camp. "I had swapped a hospital blanket for a blue overcoat, and I pottered around with the boys and joined in their choruses and things. I was supposed to be a Yankee convalescent. Their muskets and belts would be carelessly stowed In the corners of the barroom, and as a fresh delegation came in hot and thirsty, all calling for drinks at once?I hadn't the least difficulty in picking up a musket and sauntering off with it. Of course, I waited a moment outside, and listened, so that I could make a joke of the matter If any one happened to notice me. But it was all right. "Well, I lay low until 'tattoo' and then went In the direction of the guardhouse. You see there wasn't the ghost of a chance for escape unless I could get the countersign, so I concluded to play sentinel and get it that way? open and above board, you know. Presently I slipped into a dark alley and adjusted my accoutrements, and then stalked forth, fully armed, and took my post." "Pretty cool, eh?" commented Captain Christian. "Yes, rather so," said the guide; but, you see, I had my Yankee overcoat on. "After a while there was the measured tread of troops, marching as if on duty. " 'Halt! Who comes there?' I yelled, bracing myself and bringing my musket to the 'ready.' "'Grand rounds!' was the impressive reply. " 'Advance, grand rounds, and give the countersign!' said I. "It was drizzling at the time, and a portly officer in gum boots and a mackintosh, reached forward until his chin almost touched my bayonet, and said, in a stage whisper 'Lex-ing-ton.' "'The countersign is correct!"' said I; and the procession moved on. w lien uiey ncie wuk ui ^igiu * moved, too!?but In the other direction, holding- my course for King street, and intending to take the mountain road." "What did you do with your musket?" asked Leigh Terrell. "O, I Just rammed it under a culvert. and pursued my peaceful way. Well, it looked like everything challenged me. I was halted by camp guards, by street patrols, by pickets, by scouting parties, but I tell you, that magic word "Lex-ing-ton' carried me through like a charm! "Finally, on passing the last vidette, I was lucky enough to pick up a horse, and by dawn I was back with our own folks again. But I tell you, I had a lot more trouble slipping back into our lines than I had in getting out of theirs." When General Hood first halted his column a number of troops had strayed into the fields and woods to pick berries, and it was afterwards remembered that the guide's attention seemed to follow those soldiers, especially such of them as wandered toward a certain thicket near the edge of the forest. We were soon to learn the meaning of this. For in that thicket a frightful secret was hidden!?a secret which if discovered, would doom that guide to a shameful death?a death of infamy, of nameless horror?his sepulcher the gibbet?his unburied flesh a loathsome meal for those evil birds which banquet on the dead. Was there some pre-vlslon of this in that swift glance which he cast toward tho nnen eountrv as he half turn ed in his saddle and took a firmer grip on the reins? There were those among us who thought so, afterward. Yet he must have known that escape by flight was impossible. In a moment, however, the startled gesture was gone, and there was again about him that same air of negligent repose, that same tranquillity of spirit which was enhanced rather than impaired by the amused and half scornful smile with which he regarded the scrutiny of those around him. While we thus observed him, there was a sudden commotion among the troops. Soldiers with grave faces, and seme with flashing eyes, were hurrying from the eastward road. They had found a dying man?a Confederate dispatch-bearer, who had been dragged into the bushes and evidently left for dead. He had gasped out a few broken words?his dispatches had been taken; torn from his breast pocket; he had been "shot by one of our own men!" The situation was now plain enough! That pretended southern guide was In reality a northern spy! General Hood drew his brigadiers aside. The guide, or rather spy, glanced toward them, but remained unshaken. There was a certain placid fortitude In his manner which seemed incompatible with ruthless deeds. There was something of devotion in It, and self-sacrlflce, relieved, Indeed, by just a touch of bravado, but without a trace of fear. None knew better than he that that group of stern-faced men was a drumhead court, and none better knew what the award of that court would be. He had played boldly for a mighty stake. He had lost, and was ready with the penalty! There was a strip of forest where the roads forked, and among tne trees was a large post oak with spreading branches. General Hood pointed to the tree, saying that any of its limbs would do. A Texas soldier remarked that there was no better scaffold than the back of a horse, and the spy, approving the suggestion, sprang lightly up and stood on the saddle. Half a dozen men were soon busy in the tree, fastening a bridle rein at one end and adjusting a loop at the other. As they slipped the noose over his head the spy raised his hand impressively: "Stop!" he exclaimed. "I have three more words for you. I am neither Frank Lamar of Georgia, nor Harry Brooks of Virginia. I am Jack Sterry, of the Jessie Scouts. I did not kill that rebel, but I was with those "who did. His dispatches by this time are safe enough! I should like my comrades to know that I palavered with your army for a good half-hour while General Pope was battering down your precious Stonewall. Now, men I am ready!?and In parting, I will simply ask you to say, If you should ever speak of this, that Jack Sterry, when the Rebels got him, died as a Jessie Scout should!" He folded his arms, and his horse was led from beneath his feet. General Hood turned aside, and In subdued voice, gave the order to march, and the column moved on. Then, says Dr. Ward: Hood took the right hand road, passed Thoroughfare Gap, and joined forces with Jackson. The Confederates, now reunited, closed in on General Pope and pressed him to the very walls of Washington. Such was the brilliant close of that fierce struggle, which combined every attribute and resource of defensive and aggressive war?Second Manassas. "BOUND FOR THE JESUS ROAD." An Exodus of Canadian Indians Check-1 ed By Missionaries. About twenty miles north of Lake Winnipeg is a place called Norway House. This was a shipping centre in the fur trade in the great days of the Hudson's Bay company. Dog, and canoe trains of Indians some of them from points 3,000 miles inland, came bringing their loads of priceless furs, and from this point the supplies brought from England to York Factory on Hudson bay were distrib uted to all the Interior posts of the company. For 200 years this great trading company had its agents scattered over the remote wilderness to gather furs for the markets of London. About eighty years ago, says Everyland, the agents of the company began to be troubled; fewer furs were brought in, the Indians seemed to be disappearing. "What's the trouble, Lone Wolf?" said the agent one morning to a tall hunter who had thrown his bundle of pelts down sullenly. "Where is Mannot-Afraid, and Three Feathers, and Kicking Horse, and all the men who used to come from the west many moons?" "Ugh," grunted Lone Wolf, "far, far south they with the papooses and the women strike the long trail." "Why?" persisted the agent. "Do the buffalo fail them? Are the foxes and otters gone? Why?" Lone Wolf stood silent. At last, raising his eyes, he said, "They go to find the Book?" "To find the book? Your words are dark to me!" "Ugh," said Lone Wolf; "white man have Book about Great Spirit. White man learn strong medicine. Book tells good words. Far toward the south wind Indians walk the Jesus Road. We go find it too." The agent listened, incredulous, but when the same tale was repeated, when a whole village embarked in their birch canoes and traveled 900 miles to find a missionary; when hunting grounds were deserted and the very life of the trade threatened, the agents pressed upon the home office the necessity of bringing missionaries to the Indians if they would keep the Indians from go ing to the missionaries. And that is how it came about that the Hudson's Bay company wrote a polite letter to the Wesleyan Missionary society in London asking it to send out to Norway House the best preachers and teachers it could find. The company promised to furnish the missionaries with houses and provisions, canoes and guides, free of charge, if the society would help them check the Indian migration to the southeast. ^tiSCfUancous itcading. FAMOUS Sv^.ioS. How the "Ninety and Nine" Origi. nated With Sankey. The religious faiths of the world have produced many remarkable and beautiful lyrics, such as Xewman'i "Lead, Kindly Light," the "Nearei My God, to Thee," of Sarah Flowei Adams, and Cowper's "God Movet In a Myterlous Way," says F. Reddall, In Milwaukee Sentinel. Manj of these were written under peculiarly dramatic circumstances, as wai particularly the case with those bj Cowper and John Henry Newman, alluded to above. But wide as has been their use and their application among Christians of all creeds and sects, there h one hymn that overshadows all others, whether we consider Its wide*spread popularity or Its wonderful evangelistic power. This hymn it "The Ninety and Nine," by the late Ira D. Sankey, .long the musical associate of Dwight L. Moody. These two men together were the greatest soul winners ever known, and the success of their united work was undoubtedly traceable to Mr. Sankey't songs In general, and to "The Ninety and Nine" In particular Its unique origin has often been described, but will bear repetition. "When leaving Glasgow for Edln Durgn witn xar. Mooay, mr. oaimej bought a pehny religious paper, Olanclng over It as they rode on the cars, his eye fell upon a few verses lr the corner of the page. One day they had an unusually Impressive meeting In Edinburgh, In which Dr. Bonai had spoken on "The Good Shepherd." At the close of the address Mr. Moody beckoned to his partnei to sing something appropriate. At first he could think of nothing but the Twenty-third Psalm, but thai he had sung so often; his second thought was to sing the verses he had found in the paper, but how could It be done when he had no tune for them? Then a thought came*? to sing the verses he had found lr j the paper anyway. He put the verses 'before him. touched the keys of the organ, and sang, not knowing where he was going to come out. He finished the first verse amid profound silence. He took a long breath and wondered if he could sing the second the same way. He tried it and succeeded. After that it was easy to sing it. When he finished the hymr the meeting was all broken downthrongs were crying and minister! were sobbing all around him." Hundreds were converted then and there, while in subsequent years other thousands of souls were gathered in through the singing of "The Ninety and Nine." Clearly the song was the result ol a sudden inspiration, so far as its musical setting was concerned, and , It may be doubted If there was ever J a similar case of spontaneous and subsequently successful composition. "The Ninety and Nine" literally sang its way around the world. The simple paraphrase of the Scripture parable appeals to "all sorts and conditions of men," and the world'f hymnology is the richer for that Sunday afternoon inspiration in the Scottish capital which came to Ira D, Sankey. Aviation Stimulates Invention. The aerial navigation exhibition ir Frankfurt-on-Maln has called attention to several successful efforts In the direction of aiding aerial navigation bj means of engineering appliances. Quite apart from all Improvements In motors, whlchis also a matter of Interest to automobillsts, there are three new inventions which deserve the attentior of all airships. First of all, a new alloy Is being shown in Frankfurt callec "electron," which far excels aluminun In lightness, and is its equal In point of durability, resistance and capacitj for being soldered. For example, t great saving in weight could be thu< made in the framework of Zeppelin'; rigid airship. In the second place, w< have a method, invented by Mauricheau-Beaupre, for the production o: pure hydrogen for the Ailing of balloons. From aluminum chips mlxec with calomel and cyankali, he producei a preparation which he calls hydrogenit. The moment water is poured on li the gas develops so rapidly that it n< longer is necessary to wait for hydrogen gas in steel bottles. Hydrogen li extremely durable, and can be kep anywhere without danger, so long a: it is free from damp. Thirdly, the wel known manufacturer, Richard V. Oechelhauser of Desau, has discovered t simple new process by means of whlcl ordinary lighting gas, as obtained everywhere, is supplied with a greatei carrying capacity. Instead of as nov being only able to support Kg. 0.65, on< cubic meter of gas will be able to support nearly one kilogram, which mean< to say that it will have nearly th< same carrying capacity as the expensive hydrogen. It is to be hoped thai all these accessories will be shortlj tested by disinterested airship experts Ancient Novels. The most curious difference betweer the ancient heroines and their moderr successors is that Callirrhoe and Anthia, at least, are married when th< story begins. Therefore, instead of th< old business of the lover seeking his beloved, we have husband and wife separated, and faithful, and longing foi each other unspeakably, and reunited at last. And that seems to have a different and peculiar charm and tendei piquancy, which makes one wondei that modern novelists have not beer tempted by the theme more often. Callirrhoe, sold into slavery and about tc become a mother, hesitates betweer death and second marriage, but finallj decides on the latter alternative, as the only means of saving her child Her prayer to Aphrodite seems to mt - 1 ? In I H O K J/\1 lltrt nillgUlUll.V lOUUIllllb US fiu.wiuic ?! ?..plicicy: "I beseech thee, sweet lady be kinder to me in tha future. I have suffered enough. I have died and come to life again. I have been afflicted b> pirates and more afflicted In escaping from them. And now I have been sold into slavery, and am to enter upon a second marriage, which is to me the worst evil of all. Yet, in return foi this, I ask only one favor of thee and through thee, of all the other gods; spare my child." She would have said more, but her tears would not permit. Other characters besides the heroes and heroines there are In the Greek novels practically none; shadows, puppets, figures of circumstance, playing nA?i^n n/vthinn- ?>-?/?% /-? viicii jrni 1 III iiict av^liuii, uuuinif, iiiujc, ?Atlantic Magazine. 1'.; For short distances the salmon Is stated to be the swiftest flsh. jr GET SUBSC FOR? It Is Pleasant, Easy Wo Quarter Leather Top Rubbe: ROCK HILL Fr HandsomeFARRAND PARLOR ORG; . 16 HIGH GRADE SEW11 nn n if io as iviany jjineren -~i ? 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