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VOL.XLIV. TUNNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1887. NO. 6. I
a THE RUSSIAN DOCTOR.
I \ Entertaining and Romantic Story
SmL\ from Real Life.
Adapted from rnz German of jImt,
elise poeke.]
p by mrs. frances a. smatv.
' Translation Copi/rig'Ut<?, itt. by A. X. Kelloq]
2>'eu'?pap^r Company.
^ CHAPTER I.
-^T ^ modest ^ dwellreturn
from a resi^
name of "the Russia
11 Doctor." was
so densely em -1
1J'' bowered in cy- ;
^ '* press and wild i
grajje vines that !
one could scarce have found the door- j
knob but for its brightness from con- j
stant scouring. A large," old-fash- i
ioned . arden, in which both flowers |
k and weeds were allowed to grow at [
their own sweet will, stretched far be-'
Tiirtr! thf? linns** nnrl ^nrlail in <1 fro-pst ;
of beeches, a path through which led j
to a dilapidated rustic temple on the j
"brow of a hill. This temple, which oe- ;
cupied an open space, was flanked by a !
weather-beaten stone table, surrounded !
by wooden benches, and had, evident- >
i. ]y, been reared by some lover of nat- I
ure. But the death or absence of its j
owner had allowed the place to fall |
into decay, and no one in the little j
tov, had eared to expend time or j
y for its restoration.
. Arnim Elbthal-had won o-reat re- i
..n and an extended practice in that j
^ -i.iita.nt Russian city. Wonderful stories j
were told of his skill, which had, in- j
f - deed, been phenomenal. These stories i
the Russian servant, Ivan, whom he j
had brought home with him, endeav- i
ored to confirm ri his broken German, j
resorting to expressive pantomime when !
words failed him. According to Ivan, j
v. his master had cut oil* innumerable
noses and ears, to say nothing of arms
and leg?, and no one had ever felt pain
under Lis knife. Incredible things in
glass jars adorned his sleeping-chamber.
These Ivan dusted every morning
with reverential awe and not without
. a secret longing for the spirits in which
they were preserved. The doctor sonicTK.
times -wondered that the spirits in
these jars had so often to be renewed,
ir and that his store of Turkish tobacco
disappeared in such incredible ways.
As none of the other servants smoked,
and the housekeeper detested the
"filthy weed," Ivan must have been
the sole transgressor. In spite of
cheeks ofteu distended, and an odor of
excellent tobacco he carried about with
i the doctor contented himself with an
t occasic >al scolding. Unable to speak j
Russi?>-; although he both read and
wrote the language, lie had been
obliged :o make out a list of reproving
words from the dictionary. This list,
which bsgan with'"rebel" and ended
with "dog," he would read from his
easy-chair with great solemnity: the
delinciuent standing before him and
listening with an air of utter annihilation,
until, at the last word, he "would
^ kiss the seam of his master's coat, and
^? slip like a guilty thing over the threshold.
Fi-aulc'ti Marianne, the doctor's
cousin a. id housekeeper, had often insisted
v j the dismissal of this "savage;"
but Ivan "was to the doctor a living
renascence of a strange, active
.life on a foreign soil. He had
thought t* remain in Kasan to the end,
but the inheritance of a small fortune
through i.b? death of a distant relative
he had Scarce known awakened in him
^ a sudden, homesickness; for Germany,
rand for :he secluded little town afar
from mi ways, where his craule had
stood, ?rd which in an age of restless
activity, still dreamed on as it had
dreamed on for hundreds of years.
<j Having purchased this vine-wreathed.
house which, during all those years in a
foreign land, had stood before him
jj^ a sort of enchanted vision, he summoned
his orphaned cousin Marianne,
a model housewife, as his minister of
V the interior. Marianne indeed sighed
Hr mentally that her cousin had chosen
H for a home his native town rather than
some great capital, with its constant
sue^ssion of new faces and amusenv:..
s. But yet the idea of reigning
S-"' * isiress of a household appeared
auiiful and enticing that she
_ have followed the doctor to the
k .us of the earth. She had always
^^iiked him; she felt great respect for
IV Vnm- r?nlr fault in her eves was an
ropes aversion to marriage. A physician
"Who remained single was, to say the
Jeast, unwise. Arnim would ward off
her frequent reproaches 011 this score
by declaring that the unmarried
physician, like the Catholic priest, is
much more efficient than the married
. one, being wholly devoted to his calling
without the distraction of outside
F interests.
" Only those undeterred by thought
of wife or family sacrifice themselves
cheerfully, if it comes to that,'1 he said,
r "My patients can attest that I am not
L_ uJ^Hfcuic ^ Iicart- Hitherto I have
ML ^ had no time for iC7* individual:
?5 i rr*~
r 1^ roo 1 ^^ \ xicjl ni?\11 > a
yrhen ha mis like yours keep my house
:n order and Ivaii serves mu so faithfully?
Why seek to realize personally
those torments which the poets tells us
are inseparable from love, when I havo
seen and still see so muc-h of pain and
r sorrow in the lives of others?*'
In that foreign land our Russian
| doctor had won the name of "father"
by ardent devotion to his calling. The
ailments of children had been his es?
jpecial care. In that somber university
r>ifv therp w:is scarce a bov or srirl of
the poorer classes who did not know
him, did not run after him as he passed
, along the streets and press its dirty
nose to the lappel of his coat. Many a
"beautiful pair of woman's eyes also followed
the manly figure with the
thoughtful, noble face. Many a rosy
L mouth smiled upon him, manyafasci
I 2 ating lady teacher offered to assist him
in mastering that extremely difficult
foreign idiom. But all these enticements
were lost upon the doctor; he
i&A no time for them.
f
i
j And, bc.-ides, there was one living
; remembrance that,like a pastel picture
: undimmed by time, rose constantly
i before him. Waking and dreaming
| there was over present to him the face
i of a young girl wholly unlike these
dark-eyed foreign beauties?a pale, almost
childish face with piquant nose,
lustrous blue eyes, light-brown hair?a
; delicate, petite figure with charming
i hands and feet, and a joyous, musical
voice.
This fair maiden who had thus captured
the fancy of a somewhat grave,
bookish student, was the only child of
a French emigrant, a widower, who
lived proudly isolated in the vinewreathed
house, intrusting the educa
tion of Ins daughter to an elueriT
French governess. The garden wall
had then, as now, an artisticallywrought
latticed gate on the forestside.
In the fine season. Arnim, who
loved to study in the open air, would
take his Greek and Latin books to the
forest, where he was sure to meet a
child-like figure in a white dress with
rich embroideries and dainty ribbons,
skipping up and down the broad, peb
bled path. To the amazement of our
student, she always wore loose, lightcolored
kid gloves. Sometimes she
stood close to the gate, her graceful
head pressed against the cold iron bars
?the broad-brimmed hat hanging from
her neck by its blue ribbon, while the
eyes that gazed wistfully into the deepgreen
of the forest mayhap caught a
glimpse of the student who walked hesitatingly
past, and sometimes let a book
fall to impede his progress.
This blonde child was quite unlike
rvtTior rnnntf rrirlc liftlo tnu-n
the sisters of his school-fellows. She
did not at all resemble the burgomaster's
daughter, who was considered a
model of good breeding and iine manners.
To Arnim she seemed coarse beside
this stranger, who had about her
something of the libellula, something
of the airy grace of that shimmeringwinged
creature, destined to Hit about
for one brief summer s uay, and then
die.
The foreign maiden sometimes appeared
on the promenade?a somber
walk shaded by lindens, which surrounded
the little town?but never
without her governess, a severe-looking',
fantastieally-dressed and elderly
onrl flmn qVw?
would hang-upon the arm of her father,
and both would be chatting merrily.
But this seldom happened, as the Marquis
traveled back and forth a great
deal, passing but little time at home.
Once upon a spring day, when the
first May flowers were in bloom and
bird-songs enlivened the forest, as Arnim
passed along the wonted path, a
great leather ball Hew over the gate
and hit him in the right eye. A sudiicii
cry of pain escaped him. his book fell
ed, he grasped aftc-r the nearest tree.
The key turned hastily, the gate
creaked on its hinges, and an excited
figure in white appeared before him.
Soft little hands sought with gentle
force to withdraw his own hand from
his eyes, and a sweet voice spoke consoling
words in French?then to Arnim
an almost unknown tongue.
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v o^s: ju> ^A?,vK T
THEIR FIRST ACQUAINTANCE.
He set his teeth?this young girl
must not know now ne sunerea. auu
yet he was helpless, for he could not
open his eyes. Angry at this helplessness,
he thrust back the little hands
now gloveless, and turned away. But
they would not be shaken off. Once
more they were extended, and the voice
took on a pleading accent. Little as
he knew of French, Arnim was aware
that the girl was begging his forgiveness,
and wanted to take him to the
fountain in the midst of the garden.
His feet still resisted, but his head and
heart were already 011 the way, along
which he at length suffered himself to
be led.
Soon he felt over his inflamed eye a
moist perfumed handkerchief. The pain
abated, the well eye slowly opened and
gazed into the lovely face that, flushed
with mingled archness and anxiety,
bent toward him. "Merci lien made'
moiseilehe said, heroically recalling
one of his few French phrases.
"Hortcnsc!"1 cried a sharp woman's
voice. The girl's small hands tore a
web of lace from her neck, laid it over
the handkerchief and knotted it around
the young student's soft blonde hair.
Then hurriedly slipping on her gloves
she showed her patient oui through the
gate. As she did so, his ear caught ei*
treating whispers of which he understood
only "A domain. Au revoir."
He again sought his wonted place in
iV x ^ ^ kiTncolf m>on the n
tUU 1V1WI , ilUU bULVtV ^? ..x- grass.
But though he lay there for a
lonir time he did not study one word?
"A demain?an revoirkept echoing
in I lis ear.
I"pon reaching home he hunted up a
French grammar and a French-andGcrman
phrase-hook hidden away in
the depths of th#> family library. Tomorrow
he would return the handkerchief
with thanks, and assure the
- i i, l.: .
tnrowvr ui luc uau mui/ no
longer pained him. But lie felt that it
would be easier to commit a Latin exercise
than these French phrases.
His swollen eye did not escape his
mother's notice, but the limb of a tree
was made answerable for the little
j French girl's awkwardness. He locked
i the two handkerchiefs in his desk to
! f.nlcp them oitt late at night and unfold
them. In one corner of the pockt-f
handkerchief he discovered the initial
H. with a coronet above it. Could
this other dainty thing, with its delicate
perfume, be any protection
against wind and weather? What use
i ?w*mmt-^I
less trifles these .-poiled girls must have
to wear, and uis was a Parisian
through and throu*u! German women
were so different. What, indeed,
could a manly man do with a doll who
carried such handkerchiefs, wound such
spiders* webs about her neck and wore
I gloves in the garden? What would his
mother, who only on Sundays allowed
herself the luxury of white under
sleeves, ana was Dy no means lavisn in
collars and handkerchiefs for
her husband and son?what would
she say about the always fresh
white gowns of this young French
woman? Terrible memories of the
Revolution and of .Napoleon's wars
had taught her to hate the French, and
she was displeased to learn that her
son even knew these foreigners.
This night Arnim dreamed of gigantic
balls flying through the air. They
all hit him. Handkerchief after
handkerchief was wound around
his head, and two soft little hands
were laid upon his heart, while a
sweet voice asked: "Have I really hurt
you??'
Tiie next day Arnim had many lessons
to recite at the gymnasium, but
his memory was not as usual at command.
At the appointed time he
found himself on tlxe familiar path. As
he p issed the latticed gate his heart
beat violently. From beneaihthe lowdrawn
vision of his cap he gazed
stealthily into the garden. Suddenly
t. ? j: ^ ? ...'l.tm,?.
Uf Uidt'aUCU it WI11LC diUJUllUCl. JL UU
gloveless hand of Hortense waved liim
a greeting through the lattice-work of
the gate.
"0, sir, you came at last," she said,
in French. "How is it with you?"
As a polite young man, he was obliged
to step forward, to take off his cap,
shew the eye which meantime had assumed
all possible colors, and say assuringly
the words he had a thousand
times rehearsed: Jc me parie. assez
i.'? 7 ? ?77? :? "Uav
VflUUCM IJLilUli I4.xiiug l/HO
handkerchief "with the coronet from its
paper wrappings, with a "thank you
very much," he handed it to its owner.
Where was the other? Hortense did
not ask, but still chatting and laughing
merrily, she opened the gate and
came to him. Arnim listened in silence
as the rippling rivulet of her speech
flowed gayly on, while the rosebud
mouth was wreathed in smiles and the
eyes glowed like sunbeams.
"0, howllovethe forest!1' she cried,
in ecstasy. The trees murmured softly
above those two young heads, and with
happy hearts they paced slowly up and
down the path.
Young violets in charming profusion
nestled amid the grass. Arnim would
gladly have plucked a bunch of them
for his lovely companion, but he could
recall only their Latin name, Viola
odorata, and he forebore. He told her
as "well as he was able that .
'out very lilli^Pr rench, anu
laughing, that she knew no GermaS^
nriAr*** frv (Tl'rD I
xugu oiiu iwavu aaaaxa iv v uw* w*
man lessons, assuring him that her
father would not object. She next inquired
as to his name, his home, whether
lie had parents and brothers and sisters.
When he had answered she said,
sadly: "I have no mother, no brothers
or sisters." Then she begged him not
to be afraid of Mile. Fifine,
her governess, assuring him that she
was not so cross as she looked.
"Is it she who always makes you
wear gloves?" he asked.
She laughed and nodded.
.. y"> __ a. t J ~ 1 4.^
~"?>Ut JL UU 1UVU IU UlivC uu,
she said, suiting the action to the
word. "Here they are. Please keep
them awhile for me.''
He put the gloves in his breast
pocket.
"And yet I would not like to have
brown or red hands like so many of
your German girls," she added. "That
is so ugly?uglier even than gloves."
So they walked up and down or stood
a a4- a a nntil "iV/f 11 o
OlU.*? KJJ O-U IUV ^iVCV) VLIAVLX
Finne's call separated them.
This day, also, our student learned
little from his hooks, although his eye
was now well.
In response to a courteous note from
the Marqnis, he ere long found himsell
didy installed as German teach or to
Hortense. The Marquis also paid his
parents a visit, charming both with his
elegant manners and the prospect oi
an engagement for their son, although
the mother shook her head ominously
and talked more than ever of the dire
evenis of the French campaign of 1812.
The German lessons were not given
in the usual formal manner. Teacher
and pupil wandered out into the gar*
den, and seated themselves comfortably
in the r^bor or by the fountain.
Sometimes when ICle. Filinc was in
good humor, she accompanied them to
the forest, to the meadow or to the
temple on the hilltop. Arnim soon got
over his fear of the morose old French
governess, who every day cursed the
lot that forced her to remain far from
la belle France in this stupid Germany.
She scorned the young German in no
friendly way through her. eye-glass,
and honored him with hut little of her
conversation. But she left the "two
children'' to their fare, as she sat a lit- i
tie distance away absorbed in the ficti- j
tious destiny of the hero and heroine |
of some romance.
2sone questioned which learned most
of the foreign language, Arnim or
Hortense, but both found the alloted
hmii-r mnoh t/iA oJ?A?4 rrv%
e, auu xxiniin remained
longer and longer, not leaving
until Mile. Fifine, from the depths ol
her novel, gave the signal for departure.
They belonged to the laughing
spring and to the season of roses, these
two youthful creatures. How musical
ro.se and fell Hortense's clear laugh
amid this merry twitter of birds! now I
droll an ore her German words and
phrases, and how awkward from Arnim's
tongue came the dear, familiar
French sounds! Both soon learned to
laugh heartily over their mutual blunders.
Sometimes the lively child would
spring up, shake back her golden-:
UIUu UUUO auu i uu aiTt*r. -*.u tt j
then the preceptor's manifest duty to
bring back the refractory pupil. While
within range of Mile. Fifine's eyes,
with the grave, slow dignity of a teacher?then
in the full eagerness of youth
they would play hide and seek like
two merry children, until Fifine's grim
figure loomed up near by, and her? *
' Enough of this nonsense"?recalled
them to their tasks. Then they would
again sit opposite each other, Hortenso
repeating while the dimples in her
cheeks deepened into an arch smile*
*4lclihabe, du hast, cr hat,'''' etc.
But she remained rapt and silent when
her teacher read aloud some German
poem. "That is music," she would
say. **x ieei tne meaning 01 tne woras
if I do not understand them."
He never wearied of reading to her
from Eichendorf, his favorite poet.
These lines impressed her as so beautiful
that she begged him to copy them
for her in Frencli characters so that she
might learn them by heart:
" I hear a brooklet murmur,
Now far. now near, it seems:
Through the forest at its murmur
1 pass on as in dreams.
41 The nightingales trill softly
In the silent, leafy ways;
And the burden of their singing
Is the lovely olden days.
"Beneath the moonbeam's shimmer
It seems so fair, so near;
That castle in the valley
That lies so far from here.
" As if within that garden
Of roses white and red.
bbc stu: lor me were waiting?
My darling, long years dead."
, I*'
^wMWmWrn'
THE READIKGOnce?summer
was already passing
with light footsteps through the land?
when Arnim, at his pupil's request,
had recited these dreamy verses, Hortense
rose suddenly, and with feverish
haste plucked a nosegay from the red
rose.- and white lilies, which bloomed
in wild luxuriance in the garden, and
laid it on the table before him. He
carried it in his hand as he went home,
delighting in its beauty and fragrance.
What a dear, kind-hearted creature she
was, this little girl! Even his mother,
spite of those reminiscences of 1812,
could but love her.
The next noon when Arnim returned
from the gymnasium, he found a letter
from the Marquis. It contained a check
and some obligatory words of courtesy,
- T- 4. iLat *1, ~
expressm^ 111 uuji ruj^rct uuit uic jt:?sons
must be discontinued for a season,
as his daughter was about to visit Paris.
Arnim persuaded himself that a brief
pause ill the lessons won Id be the best
for him, as his examinations were j
t hand. He also decided that he
1 - - -IX a- j_ . 1 M TT A.
'in mase noaui'inpi 10 uiu norrcn>c
that in his visits to the forest
he would choose a path not leading by
the latticed gate.
If the roses and lilies in that glass of
water had only been less enchanting in
their perfume as he came to this conclusion!
He w? - about to throw them
out of the window; but why make the
poor flowers answer for reminding him
of the garden where they grew?
He kept his resolution until evening, i
tlipn lift wfindfrcfl :v:iin :ilon<r the dear I
o
old path, past the garden gate. Ke
wanted to say to his pupil that in her
absence he sVmld no longer pass this
way. To let her <ro without one parting
word would be discourtesy. But
no shimmering white dress greeted
him: all was silent and empty. The
window of the chamber looking on the
garden was lighted; he saw* figures
moving to and fro. and hoard Fitine's
sharp voice. He lingered long, awaiting
the siiverv laugh of Hortense?she
laxighed so often :isul so merrily when
he v,*as near! But to-night if she
laughed it was not aloud, and he slowly
returned home.
The next evening just as he was set-: j
ting out for the forest, an unknown i
lad appeared bringing him a note with j
i nerfnme of violets. "From the |
1
French young lady," the boy said.
"No answer required."
With .a strange feeling of apprehension
he broke the seal. Awkward German
characters confronted him. He
read:
''Dear Teacher: My aunt, the Marquise
Duvois, has come, and will take me with her to
Paris. She is the mother of my cousin Ren'fc
whom papa and Fifine say I am one day to
marry. I do not know whether we shall returrj j
here. I have wept very much at the thought of '
leaving. I: we do return, I shall at once resume
my lessons with you. Tiiey nave Deen so oeau- ;
tiful and so jolly! I shall never forget you? i
never: Au reooir. Please remember your
Sad, _ _ HORTESSEt"
[TO BE COKTINTErO
1 HE CASADIA^'FISHERIES.
The Coining \esoiJaiiong Between Knslapi
c n?l Thi? Country.
Waskx>*gto>, August 31.?The Department
of State litis cot yet been officially advised
of Mr. Chamberlain's appointment as
president of the Royal Corcmi^lon char-red
>\1LU inu uivj cucuixug a JU'iKuiciJi ui
the questions at issue between the Ui.-iiecl |
States and Great Britain concerning the
fisheries. V. hile this government ha> not
yet selected the persons who will be entrusted
with the conduct of the negotiations
in its interest, yet little difficulty is expected
to be met in finding men whose breadth of
view and legal acumen will ensure a proper
presentation of the interests of the United
an agreement honorable in ter;?a
and satisfactory to the whole uOuniry.
Secretary ibay&rd will make it a point
tba't on the questions at issue our representatives
shall present an undivided front.
He believes that there can be no dor&t as
to the power of the President to "appoint
the American Commissioners, as he is constitutionally
authorized to initiate negotiations
and make treaties with foreign countries.
subject to ratification the seuaie.
The e^acs functions of i^e Commission
have not been defined. Generally it will
consider all of the questions r >w issUv
between the Unit^cJ Status 4cd Canada
arming iiUill l-uc cuuui^iiiig I'liiuud ui Uic
two countries respecting the fisheries, trot
whether the result of the r.e^otiauons, if
successful, will lw a n-jw treaty or an amicable
agreement under the treaty now oper
ative cannot at present be predicted. The
negotiations with Great Briiaia have, however,
now reached sut-h a phase that Secretary
Bayard is encouraged in the belief
that a final adjustment oi 1^3 questions
which have vex*^ t'ue two cations since the
expiration of the treaty of Washington is
near at hand.
Don't disgust everybody by hawking,
blowing and spitting' but" use Dr. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy and be cured.
CAPTURING DESERTERS.
3IETH0DS OF RECAPTURE DURING
THK WAR.
A. Conscript in Female Attirc-Watcliicj ::
House for Several Days?The CJct-jsig
Days of the Rebellion?A Dc>i><Tate
Struggle.
T_ ru_ lOei 4. Aome'e
JHI tug a 111II mm Ui JLUVTX Mau
cavalry, after an arduous campaign,
rested to recruit men and horses in
Shepherd's old fields in Copiah county,
Mississippi. Food and forage were
abundant; the horses grew fat, and the
lazy life soon wearied the men, whose
home was in the saddle. Time dragged,
but Sergeant Heath's old Creeper create
a diversion, one morning, by stamped1
rrrsr the brigade horses, which were ui*
w ?
Icose at grass. Creej>er kne w a thing < r
two, and counted on fan. when he laid
his plans. Working around the t.vo
thousand grazing horses, until all were
between himself and the camp in the
woods, the old horse, whose wisdom was
known and acknowledged throughout
the brigade, took his stand and surveyed
i-ke ground. With a wild sijra*t and a
ringing neigh he sprang into the herd.
What he intended to convey to the understanding
of his fellows I cannot say,
but a panic seemed to seize each separate
beast, and with thundering hoofs tb^y
bore down upon the camp. Then was
there "mounting in hct haste" the
friendly trees beneath whose shelter we
bivouacked. Mad, blind with an unnamed
terror, and turning not aside,
like an avalanche the flying squadron
swept through the camp. With the
streaming mane and tail, head on high,
and flashing eyes, that old demon Creepex
led his frightened hosts. It was plain
to see that he gloried in the mischief he
had wrought.
ATTACKING TIUE CAVALRY.
The c*rup monotony was broken at
last when the outlying scouts reported
the advance ox a Federal incursion from
Bruinsburg, on the Mississippi river.
This force of white and negro troops,
composed of infantry, cavalry, and fieid
artillery, ind amounting in all to about
1,200 mei, hai been landed from transports
on the river;, presumably for the
purpose of surprising and capturing our
force at Shepherd's old fields. Timely
warninc: enabled General Ailams to meet
them more than half war. Eleven miles
south of Port Gibson is Coleman's lane,
in the county of Jefferson, and h^ie the
advanco parties of the hostile forces met.
Hot skirmishing and an exchange of
shells frum the held batteries on either !
side opened the engagement. Mere a !
curious, and perhaps unique, casualty j
occurred. Our cavalry was dismount
iiig, prepariuurv tu an uuvuuue ua jluuu
An officer was seated on the top rail of a
fence bordering the road. A shell from
the enemy struck the rail at one end :
without exploding. The rough rail was |
driven with tremendous force from im- j
' de!: the officer, leaving a great splinter j
tirTee ur four feet long, and of ihe iiiick-1
ness of two lingers, transfixing the un-!
happy man's thighs and projecting a i
foot "or more beyond each hip. The j
man swore with rage and pain, repelling j
all approaches on the part of friends, j
until Dr. Martin coming up forcibly |
oroiie on one projection 01 xue tougn
oak and drew out the remainder from
the other side. The wounds healed and
the captain soon resumed his duties, but
he heard cot the last jibe on that "cross
buttock" thrust until he met a soldier's
death in the closing days of the straggle.
DRIVING THE FEDERALS BACS.
The enemy had posted himself in and
about Coleman's dwelling, barns andj
outbuildings. Here ^e assaulted him j
and drove him out and back after a short j
resistance. The Federal force greatly j
outnumbered ours, but would assuredly j
have been captured had the white con- j
tiugent been as easily demoralized as j
were the negro soldiers. Time after j
time these men, composing the rear j
guard as the Federal commander drew !
off his forces, were broken and hurled j
helter-skelter upon the main body, and
only the stubborn lighting of the white !
troops enabled any portion of the com- j
laand to escape. Darkness fell ^hile we j
still pursued them, and the "chase was i
not given over until near midnight, j
when exhaustion compelled a halt. i>ay-!
break found the enemy on board his [
transports, and the fleet steamed away j
for Natchez. I have often thought that;
iiaci tne Jt eaerai torce been s?Jiiluiiy:
commanded on this occasion General j
Adams would have found that this '
was a rash venture. Eaa his force been :
a third larger not a blue coat would have !
escaped.1' To the best of mj knowledge j
the Confederate force did not exceed ;
four hundred men, while I am surg t {
saw three times that number of the |
enemy. They also the advantage
of a s;rong position of tbeir own selection,
taken as soon as made aware of
our approach. Our first rush, however j
drove them from it, and thf?r officers j
found it impossible fuiiy to rail 7 j
negro troops. Xhey wo^d ois&nd"when
~C paused, bv* ?-cn succeeding onset j
swee^ily broke* their ranks. Their fire !
tfas very high. Far above oar headc
minie bullets snug an anrnrj chorus, and
our loss v,as tr;*Ung. At intervals, when
crossing ?,n eminence, a man would fall i
in darkness. Andrew Battle, a rugged I
Irishman, went back for a horse to carry I
off the body of Ed Sueduskie, a mess- j
mats. "Whom have yon there?" he was i
asked irom a bank on the roadside. j
"Poor Ed Sneduskie, as dead as h !" \
he answered. "That's a lie, Battle!"'
replied his questioner, who was none j
other than bueduskie himself. Down j
went the unknown dead upon the j
ci ouniL and Battle, with an oath stmnf*-!
ly suggestive ci ditgust, resumed his i
place among the pursuers, 4 yoang
cavalryman, intent trpozi glory, went,
contrary t?. orders, mounted "into the
action,' Soon he was seen on foot rushing
to the rear. "Hello, Jones, where
new?" "My horse was shot from, uscler
me and I am going b?.?1* ^or another."
Again he i7i.ee. to tile rear and again rePvJrw
his horae killed. Five separate
times that day and night his horse wis \
'shot through and through.'* I\eit dav i
0 ^ - / j
all live of these ^ruoreunate animals were j
uuscratched, peacefully grazing i
among the slain. Well, well, their riocr f
was scarcely more thuxi a bo.v and j
doubtl^c sent home his thrilling bul-:
letin, and mother and sisters glorifd in ;
his dashing courage ar.d xaorveled at his r
wondrous escapes. Poor fellow! he had I
ins weahhetises, but he had his virtues j
and his friends.
Huyrixo THE DEtitlP.l'EKij, 1
Among the bouthern solders' duties,
one of the least important toward the
close of tlie war, was that of bringing in
from the hills and forests and habitat
tions in the wilderness deserters from
the armies and slippery conscripts who
sought to evade the service. The cavalryman's
son! delighted in this work for
awhile. A detail for suet, an expedition j
meant relaxation from the discipline oi:
thie camp, exemption from the hardships i
i
' of the march, and variety in place o.
j irksome r-ju'iue. There was also a sp;ct
! of adventure, for deserters would some
j times fight, though hkulsing was thcij
! main point. The writer was one c!
| twenty men, under tho command of s
b'euteiisr.". dnriorr tnu early part oi
186* iuto Scott :.Jid Lake counties, it
.1 >. nifln-liiintincf errand.
Game vas abnndunt uihI our olKeer wa<
provided "vit.'i a formidable list of those
t<* be ran down. We touk a guide from
>1 nc-ighborii-g eeonty. whose name was
Pigue. Ho kne*" the country and he
knew the people, and be went disguised.
His uisgui.-<: %i.s tfieefcaai, but his name
must be changed out of consideration
'"or tiie future. From pig to shoat was
an easy transition, though something
safer might h??ve been found. Never
theiess, to iih lie was always Siioat. Jfcie
served a? feirhiuly as be had served his
I ritate in the ?kl.! before being wounded
! and disabled. H<.; w>i? a good guide, and
I i.'/pe Ids Bobbers v.ill not ciii himtc
account when they read this.
rorxx> r:.Dra; the isoD.
The first house we-visited was matched
in vain for several days. Authentic information
said there should be two deserters
thereabouts. Two of our party
ky ail night under the house listening
to the conversation of the inmates, bat
not a word was dropped of advantage to
our quest. Openly in dayiighs the
hr:i?t> was visited and diplomacy used in
vaiit. The women would not be led into
betraying the ir lords, but received with
keen su-p*'c-on and reserve all our advances.
Surrounding and searching the
house in the small hours after midnight
only gave us our labor for our pains.
Yet the men were known to be at k-avc
in communication with their hom^s, and
our orders to take them w.-re imperative.
The visible members of the household
consisted of a bedridden old woman, two
middJe-aged women, and a small army
of white-haired scions. A second time
spies were placed under the house, and
about midnight one thrm earner to the
rendezvous and repcrf?d that he and his
companion had heard whispering overhead,
and believed they had detected a
man's voice. At once the hou.se was
surrounded and :idn>itrance demanded.
The door was opened, and the women
sullenly demanded why we continued lo
persecute li> ni. Th^v as-eritd in the
strongest t< ;rus that lite whereabouts of
their husbands v..?? absolutely unknown
to them, and decl; r..'u that they had not
seen or heard o'i them for months. Disregarding
ail th?Jr prorectatious. we proceeded
to turn the cabin topsy-turvy.
The scant furniture vas moved ai:d tiie
loft ransacked in vain. Xc. thing remained
bat the l>c*d on which the iu-ipless
oid woman iiy. Wiien called upon
to rise that it might be overhauled, *he
wept and her daughters remonstrated
violently. They vowed that she euu'.d
not get up. and to move h?jr woul kiil
I ner. The lieutenant approached to lift
| her, when she sprang at him and attacked
him with the ferocity and celerity of
a tigress. Le^vim; him to defend himself
against her long talons, we tore
away I'jo i-ea cioniinjr, ana unaer liie
boards was revealed a box-iJke structure
wherein lay the objects of our sesrch.
Thej* were wixic-jcd, cravs.-ii looking
creatures a::d sbiverea and whined as V.e
dragged their ;:rnp carcases out.
IX KEilALE ATTISE.
v;c watched another house i'^r days i
and jjassed a srnaii Sold where t^o woxaen
cultivated a crop oi eora. The man
we wanted was not to be st*cn. The j
women gave no indications that they j
knew the nature of our errand, but j
would talk fti any time with apparent |
frankness. The wife of the deserter said j
that her husband had abandoned her!
and that she and his sister, who lived
with her, had a hard struggle to keep the
wolf from the door. We were all but
i"nr?nr} + "Lie fo/?f ori.^ fliAi'i/l
_4. Ul aii,v. >J*Z\J\.l.\.l I-*.'* I v_/ j
been wholly so but for the direct and j
authentic manner in which we had been j
informed to the contrary. Finally we !
were compelled to abandon this" case'
from sheer lack of any eiew to work
upou, as, in tpite t.f constant and rigid
espionage, we n-ade no headway and
saw no sugg.'-sk'/e action on the part of
the two women. The detective instinct I
must have been utterly lacking in everv i
member of tie squad, for we learned j
sometime after tLa: the alleged sister in',
law with whom we had frequently conversed,
and whom we L.ad inai3yv times
seen at work in the ?eld, was iiutply the
deserter hiir.reir, clothed in one of his
wife's homespun govns.
A TEUB13LE SIGHT.
Another case was thut 01 a man who
had no family. He was a shaggy,
bearded giant and owned t^c oiu negroes,
who guarded him ?md the secret
of his Ixunts with u. sagacity and hd^iiiy
almost superhuman. His habit was to j
lie out in the woods, scido?n approaching
the house, and the ne^c servants
contrived to provide for his daily sustenance
i-i spitsi oi all our efforts to i>re
vent ii, it. would Lave been easy to
prevent the negroes from going t>> iim
toy placing the:n in clur^s, or by v*?
moving tiiun altogether i'roig *n-ne.
But this might have (ip-Vr^ed ui:r ends,
for we kuo?* :u^ iiow close the hider
jo.iglit i>e ijixig and bad no assurance
mat we ourselves were nut under \\iz oh- [
servrttion, for the der;??, ?oods and i
thickets encron/^.eu directly upon the j
small in which the house stood, i
in clcfiiuit oi a better plan we at length I
took measures to keep the old servants
under close ?arv..iliaiice for tventv-four
hours uninterruptedly. At break of day
the cabin was entered by two men and
they wt-.re given certain instructions and
informed that the slightest violation or
attempted infraction would result in the
immediate death of both. But one was
permitted to pass the door at a time,
and the dead-iine, which lay near at
hand, must not be crossed. They were i
cautioned against any signaling and j
a^urea mat .-u^n in attempt wouid be
promptly paciohed. 3lt.ii were lying in
tmoash all around, and at dark our line
was drawn. in to closely encircle the
building. SLortly before midnight a i
stealthy form crept past me in the g)->om j
and the g?-rv\e '-as in the toils. Swi, tly
passing Abound tne cordon I notified the j
men that lowers hud entered the kouse, I
and we at once to ;k positions; at every j
door and window, As soon as the lieu- j
tenant's siip sounded upon the porch j
eke fugitive leaded from u back window I
into the iron grip of Ssr^eant Howard. |
The man fov.^hi and bit and swore and I
yelled ii'^e a demon, but strong; ar-us j
bore him down and strong cords bound j
bis writhing limbs. ah hair and beard [
f??i dcvu his back and breast in matted;
ii::vs?<;5, his bauds and f:;cc were blnck
with the accar.:uiatcd grille oi months, i
and tku iiaiu ci his lingers resembled I
the ior.g cui'ved foioii* of tome great j
bird of prey, eyes glared like a mad- j
loan'* 'hu every struggling motion re-'
minded us of those of a baiHed; raging
wiJd beast. The sight was terrible, and
one who witnessed it can never forget it.
A fire in Richmond, Ivy., Thursday, destroyed
Kiags's livery stable, Arnold's grocery,
Gentry Jc Co.'s hardware, the new
opJra house, I^ifs produce store, Douglas's
butcher shop, Green's opera house,
;he Adams Express Company's office, Dinuell
& Co.'s restaurant and Smith & Bel
ton's shop.
? ; A GAMBLER'S DKEA3X.
; i
The Msuie of tlie Winninu Horse He vealec
to Him in Sleep Beforehand.
CFrom the St. Pau! Globe.)
l i A down town pool-room furnishes s
; story, whiie not romantic, proves ibat
t: dreams, while not infallible, can be
| turned to good account at times. A
; i prominent St. Anthony hill youth vrhc
. j had been plaving the horses there fox
! three -weeks with intermittent fortune,
i TT*n c? v? rr Itatwa o trr rrV?fo Tr/*J1
j | ??UO U.VU1W tti XVH *u^uv>; kiiuvv > vw
.! tinder the influence of cocktails which
lie had absorbed purely for their
. medicinal virtues. He was in that happy
mood when everything out of the crdii
nary run of thiugs attracts the eye and
i :r.jl.*oc o c-fiwn/y !v?r? -fr.-r r*f
[ i ?he beholder. The young man Lad felt
, his way carefully along the sidewalk to
i :Le bill board hiding Alderman Bo wlen's
wood yard, cn Wabasha street, ^hsn
j through the dim glare of the street lamp
I the highly colored lithograph, advertisj
iug fee play "ily Geraldine," caught liTs
! eye.
j * There was something about the blazing
| building, the tall man with a twenty !
inch dagger in his hand, the lernon|
colored locks of the girl floating on the
j night air and the elaborate lettering that
I tickled his enriositv. and leaninsr uu
; against a telegraph pole, he gazed at the
j gaudy bill and read and reread, "My
; Geraidine, my Geraldine," ana ^hen he
| reached home and had rolled into bed
I he sank to sleep whispering e'2>Iy Geralj
dine, my Geraldine."
; Jn his dream that night he met a
i beautiful girl with divine form and wavj
i:ig hair that had captured the softest
I beams of the midday sun and married
! her. "With her personal charms she
I brought him great wealth in valuable
city property and bank stock, and her
name was Geraldine. The following
morning the young man awoke and
bathed his extended mind in ice water
and went down to breakfast, but lie
could not drive the cream from his head
| nod as he went down town to his ollice
; his lips mechanically muttered "Gerali
cine, Geraldine."
He dropped into the pool-room, as
! was his custom, and in looking over the
iict of horses that were to contest in the
s-aratoga races he was startled when half
c.-av down the list his eye fell upon the
name Geraldine. A queer superstition
crept into his mind and he concluded to
bet her hard for a winner. The horse
was not a favorite in the race and the
crowd eagerly grabbed at the young
man's offer to plav her and gay*; him
liberal odds. At last, -\rith ail his available
fimds placed on the race, he rested
confident that he would win. Finally in
* deep voice the pool seller announced
that the horses were off, and the
young man calmly waited for the
name of the winner to be given. He haa
not long to wait and he showed no signs
of surprise when the caller sang out:
"Gr-raldine wins the race."
iiifa young man waui?i caimiy up acu
cashed ia his checks, putting SoOO deep
in to his trousers pocket as tie result of a |
| tow cocktails and a drop or two oi
j superstition.
WAK GOV?KSTOii V? IS?.
j r*.>ei KaiiUalrs Story Awntfc Hie. "uc
Capitol Statues.
(From the Aunistoa Hot Blast.)
| It seems a fact ti^fc history repeats j
j itself. The phrase, "Let her go, Gil-!
i higher," that has been going the rounds
| lately in the Southern papers, reminds
via of an incident that occurred in Washington
a good many years ago when
j I ion. Henry A. Wise was a member of
Congress. "While engaged in conversation
near the statue of Washington, on
tlie east front of the Capitol building, a
strange looking genius approached us
and asked: "If we could tell Mm the
meaning of the statue opposite?the
man with the extended arm ana a ball in i
his hand, looking directly in the face of I
the statue by which we were standing*?" j
and also asked, "Who the stati1,? repre- j
scnted near us?"
Mr. Wise looked intently at him for a j
few moment: and, being satihed thai he !
WD'rSiiiiv seekini? information. f-v.Vif.in- 1
eel to him who ths statues represented, i
The man with extended arm and ball in !
his hand, represented Christopher Co- i
iambus, the 'I'scoverer of America, and j
the bail in his hand illustrated his theory i
that the earth -was round and by sailing !
due vest he could circumnavigate tne j
globe, or rather he would ficd a new j
continent to balance the one they knew j
all about. The s.taiae by which we were i
standing represented George Washington,
known as the "Father of his Conntry."
Ivlr. "Wise called, his attention to
the sup0r2criptiv.il: ' First in Peace,
First in Tvar ana First in the Hearts ox
hia Countrymen'----which had evidently
escaped the stranger's attention, but
here is no name or inscription on the
statue of Columbus, and he or any one
else could rAftsr.T?ftY?to lA-cnvd for
asking to wbotft siatue -was erected
mad. tho iaeaniiig of the ball in the hand.
Bui Mr. Wise continued by calling tho
attention of the stranger to ihe right
of tho Washington statue, extended
n'ith the bfisd open and looking directly
;p the face of Columbus, about 120 yards j
distant?Columbus looking as in tho ?
act of tbrowirig the ball at him. Mr. j
n lse said it. remintita liim of boys playing
cat (base ball was not known at that
.lay) and lie almost fancied lie could hear
George say, "Let her go, Christopher, I
will catch her!"
A Remarkable Cane.
John H. Robb, a Camdon, Pa., paperhanger,
39 years old, who has bad a needle
traveling around in his body for thirty one
years, was relieved of tne pointed piece of j
.st.ijel Tuesday, by the surgeons at the Coop- j
or Hospital, in Philadelphia, lie went to !
the hospital Monday sutlering i'rom a sensitive
tumw on his thigh. The surgeon
suspected the presence ot a foreign body
and decided on a surgical operation. An j
iricibion was n'ade iu the tuni;<r a;: when
knife readied almos': down to tne thigh
i; .ne it struck a hard substance, which
proved to be an ordinary sizea needle,
p uily in?ysted. On recovering eonsciou?ticss
after the operation Kobb recollected
that while slidiug aloiig '.he floor when he
was but eight years oid he bad driven a
r.r ..rllo <-c. .<??nlv in liic *r.r>t t it !
>t be recovered. He experienced but lit
tie discomfort free: the accident and bad
entirely forgotten it i mil the surgeons
found ibe needle in operating on ibe tumor,
which it caused in cuoiiiig in contact with !
the thigh borv?.
Jiltiions ol AcrcH fi r Settlement.
"W.vsiiiXOTON. August 2:).?Acting L-v.d ;
Commissioner Stockslager hits i.^ueu the |
nccessary instructions ti c-ariy into effect I
Secretary Lamar's vecent order restoring to :
setrb'rr.cni and entry certain railroad, in- I
uenmity lands, as follows: Southern Pacific j
i. *; , r : ? ^ " ? a r\t\c\ f\f\r*
nauroau ui ^wuuiub, auuui *,uw,uw i
acres: the Dalles Military Road Company, 1
of Oregon, about 1.200,000 acres; tLe Ala j
bama and Cbattanoocra ii&ilroad, of Ala :
bama, about 2,500 acres, covered by un j
approved selections; iiie Yicksburg ano j
Meridian Railroad, of Mississippi, about}
1,000 acres, alio covered by unapproved se !
lections.
Ac earthuuake lasting seven seconds was '
felt in Arizona on Thursday
[ THE PENNSYLVANIA PLATFOR3&/ 1
I i Cleveland and the National Platform of
ISSi Fully Indorsed.
The following is the platform adopted
l by the Democratic State Convention of
; Pennsylvania:
Fikst. That we renev our allegiance
. I to the principles and declarations of tbe
11 platform adopted at Chicago in 1884,
| which Mr. Cleveland, tlie nominee of
j the party, heartily indorsed, declaring
j in his letter of acceptance: "I have care.
j fully considered the platform adopted by
the convention and cordially approve
I the same. So plain a statement of Democratic
faith and the principles upon
which that party appeals to the suffrages
of the people needs no supplement or
explanation." To these principles he
has faithfully adhered in all his public
?j.l. * itt- r l' j.1
v> c iUitULUT amriii wic yjizxxr
form adopted by our State Convention
of 1SSG, and in view of the existing condition
of tiic public treasury demand
with empliasife that the large ' orpins already
in the Treasury shall be used to
pay the public debt and that fee current
and unnecessary increase going on beyond
the needs of government shall be
immediately prevented by a wise and
pruuenti reduction vi uiierunu ia^a,uuu
and of duties on imports in accordance
with the foregoing declarations.
Second. That we fully indorse the administration
of President Cleveland.
Wise, sagacious and patriotic, he has
restored confidence to the business interests
of the country in the Democratic
party, has directed the financial affairs
of the government with apt ability, has
strengthened the public credit and
thereby given us a period of great ind
us trial and commercial prosperity. Apprehension
in the minds of some that
the advent of our party to the control of v ^
fiii* Po/loro! r?-nvp>mrnprit; wnnlrl T>a rtan. ""^"unn mi nut-iiff*
gerous lias been dispelled. Oar people
are more contented and well-to-do than
j in many years and more respected than
ever by oilier nations. His period of
administration has been >ore, economical
and fearless, and mec ; the approval
of-all fair-minded and conservative citizens.
Third. We recognize the material
benefits which this country has received
from immigration. We indorse the legislation
of Congress against the importaj
tion of contract labor and to compel the
I return of paupers and criminals. We
i commend the national administration
i for its efforts to rigidly enforce these
| laws, and while we are opposed to any
1 illiberal restrictions we favor such addi|
tional measures of regulation as may be
found necessary.
Fo nrrs. We favor liberal pensions to
; deserving union soioiers ana sauors,
I and refer to the action of the present ad!
ministration in adding to the pension
: rolls a larger number than was ever be'
fore placed thereon within a correspond!
ing period, while at the same time proi
tsctmg the treasury from fraudulent
j claims as proof-this iact.
Fifth. We point with pride to the
| fact that since uie Democratic party has
been in power in any branch of the
i Federal Government not one acre of the
| public lands has been granted to cori
porations, nor has any land grant been
j revised or_extendecL
Si-vXii. failure of the Stale revenues
I Din, alter it liaa oeen careiuny penecteo
! and nearly unanimously passed by bot}
branches of the Legislature, was a crim
against the majority of the Common
wealth whereby the people must pay L
million dollars arnuaily in taxation that"
should and would have been paid by the
corporations, and the failure of the State
administration to attempt any correction
of the wrongdoing or exposure of thefraud
or criminal neglect, condoned a
crime against both authority and peopleand
confessed the supremacy of ring
rule in. rennsyivania.
Szyesth. That we reaffirm our declaration
in favor of the passage of such.
legislation as will properly enforce the
provisions of act 17, of the Stata Constitution,
relative to corporations to prevent
improper discriminations and to
ecjualize taxation.
Eighth. That we denounce the action
of the last Republican Legislature in the
u;il {* * 4-U-. : r
UCxCiil; Ui uuc Ulll XKJL xenci U1 LUC
producers and refiners of oil in the oil
district of the State, known as the Billingsley
bill, as being in the interest of
monopoly and against the interest of the
people of that large section of the State.
Nixxh. The Democratic party sympathizes
with the oppressed of all nations
and in ail movements having for their
object che attainment of the blessing of
local self-government such as are enjoyed
by the people of this Union as the result
of the enforcement of Democratic policy.
The granting of home rule to Ire
land is due as the acknowledgment of a
sacred inheritance, and the gallant struggle
for the accomplishment of this long
delayed act of justice under the magnificent
leadership of Gladstone and Pamell ?
commends itself to the moral support of
the American people. It is our earneet
wish that the efforts of these distinguished
statesmen may soon be crowned
with success.
Tenth. We still hold to the anient
doctrine of the party that the preservation
cf the rights of the people; demands
chat we should look with jealousy upon
monopolies and restrict corporate power
within its proper sphere, and we heartily
approve the action of the national administration
in reclaiming and throwing
open to the people for settlement 100,000,000
acres of lands which through
artillee and fraud were wrongfully held
by corporations, having been forfeited
to the people by failure to comply with,
the conditions of the , rants.
LASHED TO DEATH.
Tales of Horror from the Convict Campa of
Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga., September 1.?Governor
Gordon lias received information from
Dodge county of a case of brutality to convicts
in Degree's camp, which lias been unearthed
by the Dodge county grand jury.
At that camp, where fifty convicts are
worked, Uie superintendent's name is Bryant.
One of the convicts who was sick
with dropsy, was made to work by the fire.
He complained of being sick, but with a
lash Bryant compelled him to keep at
work until at last the convict fell dead at
his feet. The grand jury has indicted Bryant
for murder, but he heard of it and escaped
into Alabama. Other convicts were
equally badly treated.
Another case .was that cf a negro who
escaped from the camp. The managers
supposed that he would make his escape
by the railroad and sent a guard to intercept
him. The guard went to the cut below
the station, where there had been an
old mill. After some time they heard the
clanking of chains, anu knew thatthc negro
was coining. The negro came in sight
and was shot dead. The iruard said he
halted the negro and he ran. The statement
v:as controverted by the fact that
every shot was fired into the negro's breast
and "front.
The .Secretary of War has approved the
request of the ex-Ccnfedcrate Association at
Ck;cugo to erect a uictaorial to the Confed!
erate dead buried in the Government lot in
I Oa'idand Cemetery ne:ir that city, under
S sut h regulations as may be prescribed by
wiic C^uaruirmus^c* Gc^ier&i,