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T - | - -j"; Mow a Clodhopper |j Made a I General's Reoutatlon i i ? 5 By r. A. MIT'CHHh, jj liu: \l CI; i ill lMil ill an ; ; o i\ .. > "ii. : for AI rhaiu J.iji v. ... tiio i wu -t? had ]i in 'i - d - .foliii ,y \v;i> a Tarn.i' 1 ; . n.>. . t know any more about war !. a ho <1 i?i about man a in^r a circus. It so happened that he fell tinder tIio command c f a tuuerni who laid pi.aliiaH' 1 in iho cniduoer I corps ai West Point, had been sent abroad uurinsr the Crimean war to observe the strategy of Luropean ar ciies and iiad written a report which had caused him six years later to be r\ii?l.'A<l 4>li: f<?P nlio t lm /'Allt. M |'AV.1\CU v/wi AV/I Vi vv*u mundersof tbe war between t be states, f In short, he was at the apex of the pyramid of military intelligence, while Johnny was one of the many thousands who formed the base. The force that Johnny served with formed the extreme of the right wing of an arpav whose commander was anxious to advance, but a fort so situated in a pocket in the hills that it * was difficult to take was delaying him, for it is a military principle that an trmy must not leave a fortification in its rear. The scientific soldier who commanded this wing was approaching the fortification in accordance with the principles of military engineering? in other words, by zigzag trenches. The only objection to this plan of reducing the fort was that it took a lot of time and delayed an army of 70,000 men from advancing. Meanwhile the men who composed, the army were costing the government immense sums ^ of money, were dying of camp fever and were getting generally demoralized. Johnny Ilunker, who didn't know enough about military matters to keep ^ himself in camp unless permitted to go j elsewhere, one night, feeling restless, stole out without waking his tent mates, evaded the camp guard and wandered away. He was too stupid to avoid going in the direction of the enemy, and while men were crouching in fhQ fronnhoc ha vrne shimhlinc nl.^nc in the dark toward the fortification they were trying to dig put Presently he came to a dirt wall. Lighting a match, he saw that it was inclined and about ten feet high, but he thought he could climb it and he did. At the top he laid his bands on something that felt like a log. By feeling along it he found that it was a log. Vaulting over it, he proceeded along the top of the dirt wall, which was some eight feet thick, and came to another log. In this j b way he discovered a dumber of logs m side by side on top of the dirt wall. i Hearing a storm of snores l>elow him, j W he concluded that they might come ' from Confederates, and concluded to retrace his steps. Sliding down the incline, he was groping his way back, as he supposed, over the same route by which he had come, when suddenly he dropped into a trench, falling on sev-! eral sleeping men. . Angry at being disturbed in their lumbers, they reported Johnny's appearance among them, stating that he was likely a spy from the fort who had lost his bearings and fallen into a trap. The result was that ihe young man was sent to the rear In care of an officer, who was directed to turn him in as a captured spy. In the morning Johnny's capture was reported to the general and after breakfast a staff officer was sent to bring him to headquarter;. When Johnny appeared the general began to U klm tJUtTftUULL liUXl. "Who are you?' John Hunker of Companv B, ?th Ohio." , The general sent for the captain of Company B and went on with his questioning. He asked Johnny how he hap- j pened to be out among the trenches at night, and Johnny told the 6tory. When he came to the dirt wall, as he called it, and the logs the general pricked up his ears. He asked Johnny how many men he had heard snoring, and Johnny replied, "A hull lot" On being asked what he meant by "a hull lot" Johnny explained, "There must 'a' been four or five of 'em." While the questioning was going on Johnny's captain came in and identified him as a private in his command. He was very severe in his manner to the culprit, being mortified that one of his men should have been caught in such a breach of discipline. Within half ap hour after the interview between Johnny and his commander the right wing of the army was drawn up in line of battle and an order given to march upon the fort When the men reached it they clambered up the sides to the parapet, as Johnny had done the night before, ^ without drawing a single shot They found that what he had supposed to be . a row of logs were Quaker guns?that v is, logs shaped to represent cannon. A h few lean Confederates in butternut I were seen clambering up the hillside. f They had been in charge of the fort and kept the guns from falling off their supports. The commanding general was informed that a scout had discovered that the fort was practically deserted. The commander of the right wing was promoted, and the army advanced. As for Johnny, he was killed during the campaign that followed and never knew that he had Informed one of the most scientific strategists In the army ^ that he was besieging a deserted fort * Perhaps it was as well, since the gen- I eral emerged from the war with great honors, and it would be a pity if it had been known that a stupid clodhopper i had been at the bottom of his rise. > ' , ) I " Tl JRN JL JuL *<*L Ni contact with sour bile it crashes into it, causing cramping and nausea. If you feel bilious, headachy, con- 9 stipated and all knocked out, just go to your druggist and get a 50 cent bottle of Dodson's Live* Tone,which is a harmless vegetable substitute for dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful and if it doesn't start your liver and straighten you up better and quicker than nasty calomel and without making you sick, vou just go back and get your money. If you take calomel today you'll be sick and nauseated tomorrow; . besides it may salivate you, while if you take Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake up feeling great, full of ambition and ready for work or play. It's harmless, pleasant and safe to give to children; they like it. Leo Laconics.' Leo, July 19:?Crops are looking fairly well but needing rain. Tobacco is burning badly. Mrs J E Hemingway spent the week-end at the home of her mother. Mrs A A Brown. Misses Bela and Freda Carter gave a party last Friday night in honor of their guests, Misses Marie Eaddy of Rhems and Clyda Laurence of Florence. The occasion was highly enjoyed by all present. Mr J Ed Hemingway was noted at Leo Sunday. Mrs Henry Ard, whf has been seriousjy sick, is improving. Mr Ed Durant, who has been c%it- " ically ill, is reported better. W WB. Traveling Man's Experience. "In the summer of 1888 I had a very severe attack of cholera morbus. Two physicians worked over me from four a. m. to K p. m. without giving me any relief and then told me they did not expect me to live; that I had best telegraph for my family. Instead of doing so, I gave the hotel porter fifty cents and ft told him to buy me a bottle of Cham- S berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diar- I j rhoea Remedy, and take no substi- I I tute. I took a double dose accord- I |ing to directions and went to sleep I after the"second dose. At five o'clock I the next morning I was called by I my order and took a train for my next stopping point, a well man but feeling rather shaky from the severity of the attack," writes H W Ireland, Louisville, Ky. Obtainable everywhere. Chamberlain's Cough Hemed* Cures Colds. Croup sad Whooping Couzh. : .... .,Vs- i i {& l;u;v . 1 Some L'nfirrsiied Books. Dickons, Thackeray, Boaeonsfield, Stevenson, all hut unfinished novels. Byron had planned a continu-j ation of both '"('hilde Harold*' and , "Don dn'iii"' when dentil overtook him at Missolonghi. Coleridge neveiJ complete 1 "Christabcl," though for fears Ik fore his d ath he toyed with - flic project, an\i the "Excursion?* is i;:t r a i.ay .icnt of Words-j ' wor.h's n. J ew. writers have: !won so provj<!< nt as Wilkic Collins,| i who died when "Blind Love" wa5 only Lire enters written, but left so elaborate a synopsis that his friend, Sir Waiter Bcsant, complct-. cd it wiili ease: Yielding to the Majority. A Philadelphia physician in dc-i ; daring that insanity was frequently productive of sound logic tempered ? by wit told the story of a patient he once met in an asylum. | f He came across this patient while, strolling through the ground and,! stopping, spoke to him. After aj brief conversation the physician { said: i "Why are you here?" "Simply a difference of opinion," replied the patient. "I said all men were mad, and all men said I was mad, and the majority won."?Lippincott's. Sam* as Now. Mrs. Styles?This papier says in , ,the days of old Home a woman's . character was known by her dress. The toga was worn by the inen, but I the stola was the raiment for the women. Mr. Styles?And 1 su p|x) se it was I the custom for the wife to have have half a dozen stolas to the old man's one ;toga.?Voukers Statesman. Investigation. The two British sailors had secured tickets to the dog show and were gazing upon .a Skye terrier which had so much hair that it looked more like a woolen rug than a dog. "W'ich end is 'is 'ead, Bill?" asked one. "Blowed if I know," was the reply. "But 'ere, I'll stick a pin in 'im, and vou look w'ich end batks." CALOMEL DYNAMITES A SLUGGISH LIVER. Crashes Into Sour Bile, Making You Sick and You Lose a Day's Work. Calomel salivates! It's mercury. Calomel acts like dynamite on a sluggish liver. When calomel comes into -j v?e have ;u ;t received i; >c- ed in the iollowing v.iri-j Amber Giol e. Golden Ball ties we give y<w. at 10c y>er J- We have ilsd placed c 5 Flel i and Garden Seeds, w y,.' seasons draw near. Weai ^ a ay kinds of bulk seeds an | tijns. . Y< 1 Kmgstree I I KINGSTREE, Mowers! Just received, i MACHINES. Pri and examine then M. F. A CAF Mowers, Rak just received, T .?the best made We handle these to have you call is time to start I or hay crop. Prices anc isfactory 1 Williamsburg ^mm to gets in its deadly wor when the weather is hot and you are longing for; of thousands of lives mij rtinfmnc wprp takpn flra cauviviiu ?o~~ Fit your beds up with o you can sleep and rest in pea The Steele Fur % Kingstree, REME When in need of a Jewelry go to T. E. B< Ask to see the $5 watch on the market I this watch in curing to If you are troubled you with glasses with 1 print. Broken glasses Watches, Clocks, anc received. f. E. B/ IP SEED b S; a lar.uro shipment of T>u:k Turnip ?' ties:Wood's Improv;d Ruta Baga, |: and Cow Hern. All these varie- 13; w pour:} r p-urd f ?* 10c. ;r >r . /-v *x : p')]-.' j V O of ' .'*! i - t , . % 1 hich will arrive as the planting *e able to handle your order for. b ! d will be :<! ised to furnish quota- U < /, *i 4 ours xor scr\ ice, ^ I )rug company |j South Carolina |{ Mowers! one carload MOWING ice, $45.00 each. Call _ i. ~ HELLER I LOAD I ;es and Binders 11| he McCormick kind |j i and the best sold, i i and would be glad ? to see us before it i larvesting your oat gf 1 Terms Sat- |? to Purchaser & ? live Stock Co. I DoYou I Know Aw that it is impossible v vS to contract malaria ^ . * rh i h P without nrst oemg a bitten by a mosqui- | to? It'3 a fact, for mosquitoes alone = spread the malarial germ. The mosquik in the dark of the night, and the windows are open a little fresh air. Hundreds yht be saved if greater premst this death-dealing pest. ur Mosquito Proof Canopies so ice and awake in safety. niture Company 1 South Carolina 1MBER, || Watch, Clock or Piece of L iggeit, the Reliable Jeweler. .50 Elgin Watch, the best I for the money. You need I llHAAA | I UdCCU. | with your eyes, let me fit | which you can see the finest I j duplicated. Save the pieces | ^ I Jewelry repaired same day i lGGETT I # ' - t ? ; pthij * 1 8^ fi , J Am JBLv*w i;i U 1 i' HsPi 1 i -' J w i , it. U w ? j ' ! Comes Lariy ar i Our Fountain is rum with you as long as yoi give a lot of joy for a i A fresh supply of > ways on hand. When come to us and get Nc f< .. r\ ocott ur Kingstree, - BU J. L ST' HAS I Horses ar For Sale or! J. 5 T Livery, Feed an Lake City, WATCHES JEWEL? OPTICAL GOOD! CUT GLASS S. IHOMi QUALITY JEV 257 King St., - C EASI ON YOUR PO Begin the easing pro Look into the size of you try us. 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