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lewis m. grist, proprietor. j Sb independent Jamili; Urirapaper: Job the promotion of this folitical, Social, Agricultural and 'C^ommcrcial J liferents of the ?outh. j terms?*2.00 a year in advance. VOL. 40. YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1894. NO. 31. A YANKEI - BY CHARLES B. L Copyright, 1894, by the American Press Ass CHAPTER XI. As before stated, Ike Baxter belonged to the class kDowu at that time and still referred to as "poor whites." Tbrongb the efforts of bis wife lie- had managed to hold onto a small farm just outside of Winchester, left him by his father, but it is doubtful it her arguments would have carried the day had any one made, a cash offer for the few acres. While Ike always referred to himself as broken down by bard work, about five days out of every week bad been spent tramping around the country with his gun or discussing "Yankees" and "niggers" in the village barrooms with others of his ilk. Accord ing to Disown line 01 argument, n? was a martyr. Ill ?ick had always followed him, even to the birth and death of triplets. Mrs. Baxter also had a constitutional and ready made grievance. If she had been allowed to have her way about things, she always argued, they would long ago have been rich and owned niggers, "Yes, sah, real niggers and mo' or fewer $75 mewls." Ike Baxter had also been granted a furlough, and according to the stories he told after reaching home the battle of Bull Bun would not have been a victory without him. When anything was said about Kenton, he was prompt in replying: \"Durn the Yankee! But we uns has got our eyes open now, and ho un can't play us no mo' tricks!" He was so outspoken in his language, and his language was 60 bitter that Lawyer Williams and others were given an inkling of the true state of affairs. The lawyer found opportunity to inquire of Ike: "Didn't my nephew enlist of his own accord, and is there a man in the com pany who has exhibited more bravery and won more of a reputation?" 44 What did he un rush in and rally at Bull Run fur befo' Duke Wyle could git thar?" demanded Ike in reply. "He un just wanted to show off and make believe. And isn't he un givin us away to the Yanks all the time? And isn't he uu talkin 'bout Gineral Jackson and holdin his head above us? And if he un gits the chance won't he un give up our hull army to Gineral McClellan? Gh, we uns has our eyes open fur him!" Mrs. Baxter had got the idea from Ike's letters home that he had not only won a crown of fame under fire, but was holding the whole Federal army in check. She could read and write, but very poorly. She had picked up most of her information and all her military terms from others scarcely less ignorant. When Ike appeared in sight down the road, she ran to meet him and welcomed him with: "Hurrah fur Gineral Ike Baxter, who fit and fit till the Yankees dun run away!" "Don't yo' un know nothin ?" angrily demanded Ike as he came nearer. "Didn't yo' un fit and fit?" "Of co'sel fit, but yo' needn't gab it . . "Shoo, how you talk!" all over Virginny and make other folks jealous!" " Whar's vo'r stripes?" 6he asked. "What stripes?" "On yo'r arms?yo'r gineral stripes?" "I hain't no gineral!" "Yo' hain't? Why. 1 thought yo' was boss of the hull army! What's the matter yo' hain't no gineral?" "What's the matter yo' hain't got no sense in yo'r head?" "But yo' uu's a corporal!" "No." "A major?" "No." "A leftenant?" "No." "Hain't yo' un nothin but jest common folks?" she persisted. "No." "Didn't I alius say yo' un had no speerit about yo't and that's why we was alius pore and low down?" she bitterly exclaimed as they passed into the house. "Ike Baxter, yo' hain't shucks! You un's low down, and yo' like to stay right thar! Everybody else is comin home with gineral's and corporal's and major's stripes on thar sleeves, but yo' has dun let 'em walk yo' inter the mud and hain't got no speerit to resent it! If I'd gone down thar, I'd 'a' come back as big as anybody! I've dun told everybody yo' un was a gineral, and now?now yo'sonly jest common!" Mrs. Baxter sat down and wept and used her apron for a handkerchief, ike had expected just such a reception, and he had a plan to develop at the proper time. While she continued to weep be helped himself to a bite to eat from the cupboard and maintained silence. "And why didn't they make a gineral of yo":" asked Mrs. Baxter after about 10 minutes. "If yo' un dun had any sense in yo' head, I could tell yo'," he sullenly replied. "Seuse! Sense! If I hain't got sense, who has? If it hadn't bin fur my sense, we uns would hav bin right down to tater skins y'ars ago! It's my sense that has kept us outer the porehouse and let s hold our heads up with the best of 'em! Leastwise I've alius held my head up, even if yo' hain't!" "It's this way," said Ike as he continued to eat and reflect. "It's corporal, sergeant, orderly sergeant, leftenant, captain, major, karnel and gineial. Takes a heap o' time to git up thar! Everybody has got to begin way down." "But yo's not even a corp?corporal yit!" she exclaimed as one eye tilled with tears of disappointment. "And what's the reason I hain't? Do yo* un remember that Yankee lawyer who lived yere?feller named Kenton?" "Seems like I did." "He ?n'e to blame. Tried to git us all captur'd at Bull Run. Tried to put all the officers down. (Jot in with (Jineral Jackson and talked agin us, particklarly me. Reckon he un said a heap 'bout yo\ too, while heun was at it. If it hadn't bin fur he un, I'd hev had stripes on my arms?heaps o' stripes? and j'o'd bin proud o' me. It's jest he un that keeps me down. We all hate he un, but him's got (Jineral Jackson on bis side." "The pesky varmint!" she gasped, with uplifted hands. "He un'-s all to blame then?" "All to blame." "Talked about me to (Jineral Jackson! What could he 1111 say?" "Dunno, but I reckon heun went on 'bout yo'r gwine b'arfut to church and dippin snutf andgaddin 'bout and complainin. Ho un rubbed it in on both o' us powerful haul, most likely. Befo' that (Jineral Jackson was as good as pie to me, but afterward he un wouldn't dun notice me 'tall!" "Then?then .it's the. Yankee who 5 IN GRAY. - * .EWIS, "M QUAD." Delation. duu keepa yo"'all back?" she asked after taking a couple of minutes for reflection. "Jest lie un alone," answered Ike as he finished his snack. "And yo' all hain't got spunk ntiff to drive ho un out! Ike Baxter, yo' un alius did dun let folks walk yo' inter the mud, but I didn't reckon it was as bad as this! Fur shame 011 yo'!" "How's wo all to drive he un when Gineral Jackson is in the way?" asked Ike. "If I never git to be a gineral, it's he un's fault. If I git killed or captnr'd, it's the same. JJnko Wyie i would make me sergeant tomorrer but I fur that dot! blasted Yank!" "Then if yo' doau' pay him out I I will!" exclaimed Mrs. Baxter as she ; rose up with a look of determination on her face. That's what Ike was waiting to hear. He was now ready to develop the little , plan sketched out in Captain Wvle's tent before leaving camp. "I reckon vo' kin doit better'n we all i if yo' want to try," he finally said. ; "Yo' know them stuck up Percys in town, of co'se?' i "Of co'se." "He un's in luv with the gal." "I heard that yisterday." . "If we all could brek it up, it would | flatten he un out. Jest think of a southern gal luvin a reg'lar Yankee spy, and probably goin to marry him, when she could hev Duke Wyle!" "Shoo, how you talk!" . "And it we all could flatten him out I'd soon be a gineral and prance around on a hoss," continued Ike. "Drat him, but he talked about yo' to Gineral Jackuon, and that's what hurts me mo' than t'other!" "How kin I flatten him out?" she asked, ready to begin work at once. Ike slowly lighted his pipe and sat down on tho doorstep and made room for her besido him. He kept her waiting for another minute and then unfolded his plan. She listened patiently until he was through and then pointed out j the obstacles here and there. He reviewed the case and explained how everything was to be overcome. Although an ignorant woman, she had a good deal oi namrai snrewuness jij ner composition, and after the plan had been gone over in detail for the third or fourth time she said: "I'll try it anyhow. I hev alius dun hated Yanks like pizen, and that Percy gal is jest too stuck up fur anything! Might do her a heap o' good to come down a few pegs! If I flatten he un ! out, that will make yo' a gineral?" "I reckon." "And yo'll ride around on a critter I and w'ar a cocked hat?" "Yes." "And buy me two new kaliker ! dresses, a bonnet, a pa'r of shoes, a? a" "Yo'll jest be richness and wealth and look like a queen!" said Ike as she hesiI tated. "Then I'll do it if I hev to walk I through fire, and p'raps I'll ride around i on a critter too!" CHAPTER XII. Panic does not always follow defeat. Indeed it seldom does. A battle is a checkerboard wherein all the spots are marked with blood. The checkers are j men?men lying in reserve, men on the battle lines, men charging on flunks or , center. The generals in command watch the j board. If one makes a move on the right or left, the other seeks to take ad1 vantage of it. For the time being they j 6hut their ears to the roar of battle. shut their eyes to the sight of dead and . wounded. Beauregard halted at the threshold of victory at Shiloh. So with McClellan at Antietam. At Fredericksburg Lee permitted Burnside to retreat after defeat. At Gettysburg Meade did the same with Lee. Jackson had j thrown himself against Shields at Kernstown on the right, on the left, on the center. He could not break the line anywhere. He left his dead along a front ; of a mile and a half, but the sacrifice was in vain. It was military tactics to retreat?to fall back to a strong position and oblige Shields to attack him or give over his march tip the valley. There is sometimes more generalship in a retreat than in an advance or in fighting a battle. The trains must be saved, the broken and disorganized commands picked up and re-formed, the best troops I sent to the rear to stand as a bulwark between the exhausted army and the enthusiastic enemy. Jackson left nothing behind him?artillery, wagons 01 muskets?worth gathering up and reporting. Most of his wounded were carried up the valley as he fell back. Shields followed slowly, and the rear guard had no fighting to do. The panic of an army, of an army corps even, is a terrible sight, but the panic of a town is something which no one can fitly describe. The news of Jackson's defeat preceded him, and when he reached Winchester it was to i find a town wild with fear and crazed ! by terror. War was young then. In after years the old town changed hands | without a tremor, gathered up the dead off its streets and buried them as part of the regular programme. "The Yankees are coming! The town will be given up to sack! Winchester is to be burned, and women and children must Hee!" So rose the cry from house to house. Some locked their doors and rode away on horseback or in their carriages. Others left their doors wide open and took the turnpike to the south on foot, carrying whatever they had at first laid hands on as a burden. Furniture was brought out and piled in the streets and set fire to, and had not Jackson's advance arrived as it did the people of the town would have applied the torch to their own rooftrees. The Yankee soldier was popularly supposed to bo without honor or pity?a ruffian who stopped at no crime. Jackson paused to refresh his men and allay the excitement. Those who had not tied decided to remain, though fearful of consequences, but the ' general excitement scarcely abated. The Percys were among the fust to hear of Jackson's defeat and the news that the Federal army was following him up and would soon be in Winchester. They were excited, but not terrified. "We will remain right here, and we shall not be disturbed," said Marian to her mother. "The Federals have not burned towns elsewhere nor made war on women and children, and they will not do so here. We bavo no cause to be afraid." Neither had they, but ciicuinstances which could not be foreseen soon caused a change in the programme. Among Jackson's troops was the remnant of the Shenandoah guards. All the house servants about the Percy mansion were colored people and slaves. Like others of their color, the general excitement had made them half crazv. They had left the house for the street to seo and hear and were ready to catch up and believe the most absurd tales. There were two men and four women. Buck, who was a young man of 25, joined a party of the fleeing inhabitants hurrying up the valley. Uncle Ben, as he was called, was a man of 50, burn and reared in the Percy family, and though sharing to some extent in the general excitement be would not leave his post of duty. He had said to the female servants: "I nebber dun did see no Yankees in all my life, but I hain't gwine to be afraid an run away, I didn't bring on ' dis wali. 1 hain't killed nobody. What | dein Yankees want to hurt me fnr? Miss Marian hain't skeered. Her mudder hain't skeered. If dey hain't skeered, t what yo' all want to be skeered fur?" The four women were on a street corner in a group when Captain Wyle I passed, by and recognized them as be- . longing to tho Percy family. He had heard from the gossips of the town loDg , ago that Kenton was to carry off the I prize. He had written to Marian with | j considerable fervor and without men- ! tioning the news, and she had replied in ! a very brief and formal manner. To j revenge himself on a woman was quite | foreign to his nature, but as he saw the four servants and noted their state of alarm he remembered that he and Ike Baxter had a plan to carry out. Ten minutes later one of his company was 6aying to the colored women: "The Yankees are only a couple of miles away! If you all don't hurry, I you will be taken prisoners, and that means that every one of you will be burned at the stake! They shoot down white folks and burn niggers!" That was sufficient to start them off j to join the fleeing throng. Nut one of them returned to the house. Jackson sent out couriers to advise the panic stricken people to return, but hundreds had gone too far to be overtaken. Among i them were the four women. Shields ! entered Winchester without opposition. Within an hour the excitement had subsided. The Yankee soldiers had neither horns nor hoofs. No one was molested nor made afraid. Where timid women requested it guards were placed at their j doors, and instead of the merchants being robbed and ruined, as most of them had fully expected, their properties j were safely cared for. "Didn't I dun told you all so!" exI claimed Uncle Ben on the street that evening as he wns out looking for the | missing servants. "Yankees am jist do same folks as anybody. I'ze bin lookin at heaps of 'em, an I can't see no difference. All dbm folks who got skeered an run'd away was fools! Yankees hain't gwine ter hurt nobody onless yo' unbehave yo'self fust!" Captain Wyle knew where to find Ike i Baxter's wile. She had moved into town two weeks before, leaving the farm j to take care of itself. That was one of the points in the plan presented by Ike and accepted by her. She knew that i Jackson had been beaten and was 011 the retreat, but she did not know of the ; fate of Ike and many of his comrades, j Some of those who escaped both death I J t V?.T TV.. .... /I,-. ,, HIJU CUjiluic iic*.u occu ftu uvMiu, nuu it was certain he had fallen into Fed' eral hands. Mrs. Baxter fell to sobbing j as she heard the news from the captain, : but her sorrow did not last long. "Drat that Ike fur a fool!" she sudj denly exclaimed as grief gave place to j I indignation. "Didn't he tin promise I me last thing befo' him went back that if him ever got into another fout he un would scrouck down so the bullets would fly over him! It's all in him?alius wantin and kevin his own way spite of all I kin do!" "Ike and the others would have been all right if they had not been betrayed," observed the captain, j "Shoo, that's what Ike was afraid of! Was it that Yankee agin?that Lawyer j 1 Kenton?" The captain nodded his head, j "Ike hates him. So do I. If he on j hadn't stood in Ike's way, Ike would j j hev bin a gineial befo' this. Tho onery | skunk, to betray his own comrades! If i : I could git hands on he un, I'd kill j j him! I'll never rest till I hev his life, , even if Ike lets up!" j "Have you seen the?the Percys late I ly?" asked the captain as Mrs. Baxter ; got ready for another wave of sorrow, i "Did Iko tell yo'V" sho whispered. I "Partly." "I've bin tryin to do as we planned, I | but couldn't fetch it. Iko thought as 1 ! I might get a place in tho house, but ! they uns hev got too many niggers full ! that." "All their women have cut and run ?not one left. If you should happen to offer your services there now, I think ; they'd be accepted." j "Shoo, nigger women all gone?" "I know it for a fact." "I'll go over thar this very hour!" said Mrs. Baxter as sho reached for her 6unbonnet. "Capting, was Iko right when ho said this yero Yankee stood in his way?" "Yes, he was." "Was ho right when he said if wo uns could get the Percy gal to hato him ne WOUiU Lioiner nououy no inu ; "Yes."* "If the Yankee was shot or killed or | sunthin, would Ike ride around on a i j critter and dangle a sword?" "It's quite likely. What plan have you got?" "Jest leave that to me! Mel/be I haven't got any, and mebbo I've got a j heap of 'em!" "Here is what you are to remein- i ber," ho said as he rose up to go. "If "TFouliZ Ike ride around on a critter and dangle a suordf' it hadn't been for Kenton, not a man in our company would have been killed or captured." "And what becum of he un?" "Oh, he was captured, too, but of course that was all a trick. However, I don't want you to say anything as coming from me. You needn't even ( Bay you have seen me." "I understand. Ike said yo'was after [ the gal too. I hope yo'll git her. Do yo' reckon Ike was killed?" "I'm quite sure lie wasn't."" "Then I'll see liiin agin?" "Yes, after a hit.' "Pore, pore Ike!" wailed the wife as her apron went up to her eyes. "Ho had his streaks?he was shiftless?but he never complained. He was onery about some things, but good as pie about others. He wasn't wuth shucks at farm work, but as fur knowin all about mewls, why" She looked lip, but the captain had disappeared. CHAPTER XIII. Jackson retreated no farther than Strasburg. Shields advanced no farther than Winchester. Prisoners captured during the first year of the war were not held long. Within 3U days from the battle of Kernstown those members of Captain Wyle's company who had been taken prisoners were exchanged. ' Ike Baxter was among them. Two days after the battle Kenton had reported to his company at Strasburg. It was known that lie was captured with the others, and his truthful story of his escape found no believers except Steve Brayton. While the others declared that his escape was all arranged for by his Yankee friends, Steve gave him his hand and said: "It's gettin purty hot fur yo' around yere, Kenton, 'cordin to what I see and hear. If yo' could surround and cap! tur' a hull Yankee-army and turn it j I over to us, the boys would think yo' un i naa somo game to play. Reckon yo' ! know whar it all starts from?" "I think I do." "Can't no two fellers love the same gal without siinthui hastin sooner or later. I kin jest shet my eyes and see what the captain is layin fur. Ho un's achin powerful bad tohev yo' killed off or drivout or used up in someway. Ho wouldn't liev minded if half of us had bin wiped out down thar if yo'd bin one of the dead." i Two or three days after Jackson , reached Strasbuig Captain Wyle had an interview with him. None of his own company knew it, and what passed could only be inferred from circumstances which developed later on. It was announced that it had been decided to reorganize the guards as a cavalry i company, and in the course of n week - - - 1 1- i tins ciiange was enecieu, luucii 10 uie satisfaction of tho men. Just as it was finished Royal Kenton was ordered to I report to Jackson again. He found tho 3ame stern, low spoken, plain looking man and received the same quiet greet- ] ing. The general adverted to the brav- j ery of the guards at Kemstown, and j then to Kenton's capture and escape | and asked for the details. Tho latter at j onco realized that some one who pro- ] fessed to know all about it and who was , seeking his injury had reported to the general. He, however, proceeded to , give the particulars not only of his escape and his efforts to rejoin his command, hut of tho charges brought against him by Ike Baxter and the interview with General Shields. This por- j tion of his adventure he had not spoken of to any one on rejoining his company, j Jackson seemed to he thinking very se- ! Tionsly as Kenton talked. The facts just related 110 doubt surprised him and ! perhaps gavo a different turn to affairs, j After awhile he said: "General Banks is pushing up the valley with a large force. I wish you j to scout along his front and secure all | possible information of value. Can you set out at once?" "Within half an hour, sir," was Kenton's reply. "And do you wish a companion?" ' r J nui, ilri IioHav iilnno lint if you think two might do better than I one I shall" "Do as you think best, but report to the captain of your company that you have been detailed." As Kenton left headquarters he felt , that something was wrong. Just what it was ho could not determine, but it I seemed as if there were mistrust and suspicion. He had been thoroughly j loyal in making his previous observa- j tions and reports, but an enemy was ut work to discredit him. He was fully satisfied of this as ho left camp on his | scout. After reporting to Captain Wyle, j who treated him with strict military etiquette, he went to bis tent to make ! a few preparations. He had left it and was making his way out of camp when he was overhauled by Steve Brayton, who said: "The gineral is sendin yo' off on another scout? Yo' ^think yo' ar' goin j alone, but yo' hain't. I've follered along to tell yo' that the captain has ! put Reube Parker on yo'r track. Yo' know Reube? He hain't bin abusin yo' ; with his mouth as much as some others, but he's down on yd' and playin into the hands of the captain. I tell yo' to j look out fur him!" Kenton turned white with anger and : started to retrace his steps. "No, yo' don't," said Bteve as he barred the way. "I fust took to yo' on account of yo'r sense, and I hope you won't lose it now. Thar'e a game bein 1 played, and yo' wanter come out on : top!" "Is it possible that after what has ! passed they still continue to look upon J me as a traitor?" demanded Kenton in a voice broken with emotion. "They do, but it's fur an object, yo' 1 see," replied Steve. "It's all on ac- j count of the gal. If thar was no gal, j yo'd bo the first lieutenant or mebbe captain of the company today. If thar j was a gal and no war, yo' and Wyle " 1 - -1--1 1 AUir, W0U1U Xiev ni a uuei uver iiei uciu luia. One would hev challenged t'other." "But, but"? stammered Kenton, boiling over to say something and yet j not wishing to drag Marian Percy's I name into the case. "It's jest this way," interrupted Steve: "Yo' tin's got the inside track, and thar's but one way to keep it?play to win. Beat the captain at his own game. Go right along about yo'r bizaess, but keep an eye out fur Reube. j He's nut on vo'r track to sell vo' out. ; and he'll do his purtiest to please the captain." It was true that Banks was moving up the valley. He had an army five times as strong us Jackson's, and ho meant to annihilate the latter before re-enforcements could reach him. Kenton had set out in good time. It takes an hour to move a regiment of men assigned to a certain place on a march, i It takes three hours lor a brigade to march and countermarch and file out of its camp onto the highway. Divisions ordered to move at 7 o'clock a. 111. aro ; halting and lingering at noon. An army of 20,000 men with its artillery, baggage trains, ambulances, camp followers and beef cattle is a gigantic sloth. I It must open its eyes. Ir. must wink and blink and nap again. It must stretch and yawn and complain. It is as if a huge tortoise was trying to work loose from its shell. Banks was getting ready for his move. Every report which Kenton received as he neared the front went to assure him of the fact. He was on foot, dodging from forest to forest and from field to field and betraying himself only to a few whom he knew could be trusted. After the first day out lie became satis- j tied that lie was being dogged by Reube i Parker. The latter must also have been provided with a pass to take him through all Confederate lines, but though he hung to Kenton's trail he did not betray his presence except by accident. Everywhere along Banks' front were evidences that a forward move was on the tapis, and before Ken- i ton's work was finished he had secured i a pretty fair estimate of the Federal ; strength. Banks knew that Confederate ! scouts and spies would bo seeking in- : formation, and he was guarding against them as much as possible by covering , his front with scouting parties of cav- j airy. Just before sundown on tho second I day of his scouting along the front Ken- 1 ton came very near crossing a highway { up which a Federal scouting party were ' quietly riding in hopes to come upon ; game of some sort. Tho rattle of a ! trooper's saber put him on his guard, and he had just time to sink down in j the bushes to escape observation. Not I 9 Mr* .w?* -cr J?.v? time to sink down hi the hushes to cscit pc ohscrV(t t i <> n. so with tho man who hail hcon dogging | him. _Ho was aiming to crosa tho road 1 lower flowd), flnCl as no stepped out a do^en carbines were leveled at him, and he was a prisoner in an instant. Kenton was too far away to hear what was said, but we can relate it. Reube Parker no sooner found himself in the hands of the enemy than he asked for the captain in command and said: "I don't deny bein a Bcout, and yo' see me yero in Confederate uniform with a pass signed byGineral Jackson. Thar's two of us, and I reckon yo' might as well get the other one while yo'r about it." "Do you mean that you were in the company of another Confederate scout?'' nelrnrl thrt I'Jintflin. "That's what I mean." "And where is he?" "Round yere sumwhar. I reckon. If yo'll beat up the bushes purty lively, yo'll be apt to uncover him." "I'll have the locality searched, of course," said the captain after a long, hard look at Reube, "but it strikes me you are a mighty mean man to give your comrado away." "Yaas, I reckon it does," imprudent- ! ly drawled Reube, "and mebbe I'd better tell yo' why. It'sbekase he un:s another of yo'?a iOg'lar bo'n Yank who's mean 'nuff to sell out both sides if he could! Reckon he's got lots of news ,fur Gineral Jackson this time, and yo'll git a prize if yo' git holdo'him!" CHAPTER XIV. Ike Baxter's wife made her way to the Percy mansion to find everything in confusion. Every neighbor had fled, and such friends as remained were exaggerating the resnlts of Jackson's defeat and retreat. Reports were brought j in by this one and that one that Jackson himself intended to burn the town and leave only desolation behind him as he fell back. As a consequence, though brave enough during the early pnrt of the day, night came to find Marian and her mother full of alarm. This was added to by Mrs. Baxter's appear- | ance. Her errand appeared to bo to give I information of the servants who had floH in tprrnp nnd in this Wav she 1 gained admission to the presence of the ladies, though as she left the kitchen | Uncle Ben shook his head and muttered to himself: "I nebber did like dera white trash folks 'tall, an I can't a-bear to hev 'em I around. I know dat man ob hers, an de two ob'em together hain't worf shucks!" The Percys had heard a rumor that several of the guards had been killed or captured at Kernstown, but had no reliable information. Mrs. Baxter gave the number and their names. The last name on her list was that of Royal Kenton, and she added the information that j it wa9 believed by all the surviving guards that Kenton was to be held responsible. "I don't see how." auicklv replied Marian as a look ot pain and surprise j came to her face. "Ho braved danger with the rest, and he was also made prisoner." "I'm sure I dunno, but I'm tellin yo' what they all say," remarked the woman. "Didn't know but Captain Wyle had told yo* all how it happened." ! "No. He has not been here." "Everybody's cheerin and sbakiu ! hands with he un, 'cause he un was so brave. He un killed 10 Yankees with his sword in that fout. Gineral Jack- | son shook hands with him down at the tavern befo' all the people. Reckon he i un will be made a grand ossifer fur bein so brave." She had given Kenton a shot and ' Wyle a lift, us she thought, and satis- | fied for the time being she asked if she ! could bo of assistance during the ab- j senco of the servants, adding that near- ! ly the entire colored population of the j town had fled, and that most of them J would probably be picked up by the Federals and sent north. Under the ' circumstances her offer was eagerly accepted, and she had gained the point she was seeking. While Marian and her mother were nervous and upset over the i situation, they had no thought of flight, j It was certain that Jackson would retreat up the valley, and that Shields j would occupy Winchester, but they were too sensible to fear that the town would be given up to sack. They were preparing to retire when they were aroused by tho call of a citizen acquaintance who had made all preparations for ' flight and felt it his duty to warn them - c ?1- -1 ? OI lliu perils U1 I.I1C Bliuuuuu. nu ID- | peated the story that the town was to bo j burned and the valley laid waste, and added that news had been received from the front to the effect that the advancing Federals were applying the torch and dealing out death as they advanced. He advised them to lose no time in retreating up tho valley. This information added the climax. In the Alleghany mountains to the j west, 50 miles away, was a rough but j comfortable house surrounded by a few acres of land which Senator Percy had j owned for years before his death and | occupied with his family for several weeks in summer. There he had found good shooting and fishing and rest, j After receiving the latest "news" and sitting down to wonder what they should do, mother and daughter remembered the place and its quiet loea- | tion and soon determined that if flight i was necessary it should be in that direction. It was out of the track of tho armies,and they would not be disturbed, and they might hope that after a few weeks the Confederates would either regain permanent possession of the valley or that.war would be at an end. Tho faith of tho south in its soldiery was sublime, and it never wavered until the last gun was fired at Appomattox. To decide was to act. While the ladies set about packing whatever they might need, Uncle Ben was told to have a vehicle ready for a move at daylight. When Mrs. Baxter was informed of the contemplated move, she promptly volunteered to go along, and her offer was as promptly accepted. It was not only a part of her plan to maintain an espionage on Marian, but to be on hand when opportunity might otter to favor Captain Wyle's cause. Such a flight would bring mistress and servant closer together. There was a grim determination about the woman worthy of a far better cause. Sho hated Royal Kenton simply because she believed he stood in the way of Ike's advancement. She would be faithful to Captain Wylo simply because it would assist Ike. Sho had always fretted because Ike had no | ambition to climb up. His excuse bud j always been: "Dod rot my infernal hide, but how's j a feller goin to start? Show me a way to climb, and I'll git tharordie tryin!" The war had opened a way. No matter if Ike was regarded as the poorest soldier in his company and the last one who would deserve promotion, he had made her believe that ho was on the road to military glory, and that on his "success depended her opportunity to become somebody." She was ambitious even if poor and ignorant. In some way which sho could not yet determine Kenton was to disappear, Captain Wylo was to wed Marian, and lire was to become "n ereat uineral and ride around on a critter." There was no sleep for any of them (luring the remainder of the night. Uncle Ben got a wagon ready to carry provisions and clothing and a few articles of furniture and the family carriage in which tho women were to ride, and as dawn was breaking a start was made up the valley. They had company on the road. Four or five farmers below Winchester had set fire to their own liruiana on/1 Vifirim Jllltl Pntllfl into town. and during the night artillery firing had created a new panic among the residents of the city. Marian had been made anxious by the story told by Mrs. Baxter the evening before?not that she put any faith in the report, because she. liad become aware that Kenton's ' position was n painful one, but because i she realized that the situation would becomo still more grave. Sho worried over his capture and feared he might , have been wounded, and she couldn't help but feel that, no matter how brave and loyal he was, he would become a victim of conspiracy and circumstance. She was somewhat consoled, however, when she went to the carriage house in the gray of morning to notify Uncle Ben that all was ready. His life service i in the family had given him certain privileges, and on certain occasions he did not hestitate to express his opinions. 4,See yere, Miss Sunshine, "he began, "what'bout dat white woman in de kitchen?" , "She's to go with us," was the reply, j "Den let me tell yo' to look out for! ; her. Noso too sharp. Face too sharp.1 j Eyes jest like snaik's. Walks aroun j jest like a cat!" "Why, how can she hurt us?" "Tellin lies." "About what or whom?" "Look yere," replied the old man, dropping hia voice and looking around, "I'ze gettin purty ole, but I hain't dan blind or deaf. I knows all 'bout dat Yankee Kenton an dat Captain YVylo. I knows dey boaf wants to marry yo'l \ Dar now!" "Why, Uncle Ben!" she reproachfully exclaimed. , "It's jest like I tole yo', leetle Sunshine. 'Member when dat Ike Baxter dun cum homo on a furbelow 'bout six weeks ago?" "I believe I did hear he was home." "An all de time ho was home he dun 'bused Mars Kenton up hill an down. What fur? What he got to say 'bout I <4HP ! "It'sjcst like I tolc yo\ Icctlc Sunxhlnc." [ his betters? What his wife 'bnse Mars Kenton far? Why she mad at him? Yo' know whar she libs?" "No." "In dat house jest beyan de cooper shop. Yo' know who I dun saw go in dar yesterday?" "No." "Dat Captain.Wyle! What he want dar, hey? I know! He want her to cum i yere an tell yo' whoppin big lies 'bout i de Yankee lawyer an praise bisself up at de same time! I jest tell yo* to look out fur dat woman!" Uncle Ben had taken a dislike to Mrs. Baxter at first sight and didn't want her to go along. Ho hud not devoted a j minute to wondering if she bad a plan or seeking to discover what it was. He had fathomed it by that senso of intui- ' tion which is often strongest in the most ignorant minds. More to qaiet i him than for any other reason Marian promised to be on her guard, but dur- ! ing the day she decided in her own mind ' that there might be more in it than appeared on the surface. On two or three , occasions when Kenton's name was men- i tioned she noticed the hard look which came into Mrs. Baxter's face and the tinge of bitterness in her tones, and these things had much to do with her decision. to uk continued next week. What a Woman Can Do.?Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, is about to put to the last test the sum of human powers, which in the West is the abili- | ty to? keep hotel. Mr. Palmer, who ! lives in a nineteenth century castle on the Lake Shore Drive, runs his own hotel. To him, personally, all the , chiefs of bureaus submit their budgets j and are directly responsible. The daily council has been described us a : grave and important function. Mr. Palmer is now ill and Mrs. Palmer has undertaken the charge of the hotel. "? "? : e \[ra J j vcrv iiiuiiiiii^ ni/ u 11 tn/in in .o. Palmer is at her olliee in the hotel, j where she receives the reports of the twenty chiefs, and, after consultation, gives her orders for the day. It is said that the hotel was never better : conducted than at present. This is ; not the first time that Mrs. Palmer i has administered her husband's affairs. Not long after her marriage, after the strain of a severe financial crisis, Mr. j Palmer was laid up with nervous prostration and was cut off from knowl- i edge of his affairs. A power of attorney was given to Mrs. Palmer, who assumed entire charge. Not a piece of property was sold ; not a paper was signed except by her. In time her j husband's affairs were relieved of all embarrassment. He had taken to his bed a ruined man ; when he got up he was also financially on his feet. Mr. Palmer's gratitude to his wife has since known no limit. Lawyers and ! business men have regarded Mrs. Palmer's judgment and executive ability as more than unusual. As presi- j dent of the woman's board of mana- j gers of the Fair Mrs. Palmer demonstrated this more publicly and added j to all stie did the crowning grace of j good taste. When she has shown that ! she can keep hotel she will have no more domains to conquer. Her place 1 is fixed.?New York Evening Sun. Everyday Farm Philosophy.? 1 The more you love yourself the less you are sure to love others. A trifling dog is generally not half f as trifling as the man who keeps him. Some fellows kick a horse every time they enter his stall and then wonder why lie does not love them. The stalk of corn that grows the tallest and appears the most conspicuous, nearly always bears a blasted ear. Prodigality is no sign of generosity. It rather indicates narrowness of both mind and heart too contracted to comprehend the real value of things. If some men would hoe with as much devotion as they appear to pray in the prayer meeting, they would not have nearly so much complaint of hard times to make. The man who will spend the most of his time in the harvest season talking politics, is generally the one who is of least account to either himself, his neighbors, or the government.?American Agriculturist. 8ST From the official report of the United States railways, we learn that the total number of passengers carried by the railways during the year was r?({(),tloS,211. Passenger mileage during the year was 13,3(?2,8!)S,299, and passenger train mileage .'{17,538,883. The average journey per passenge was j . 23.82 miles, and the average number of passengers per train for each mile run was 42. I - j fifa?" The French bibliographer, Stephen (Jabriel l'eignot, tells us of a British preacher who, when preaching j against dancing, argued thus: "A dance is a circular motion. The motion of the devil. But how does it ! i appear that the devil's motion is ro- ; tary? Why, the Scripture saith 'He ; goeth about' in a circuit, of course, j | 'seeking whom he may devour.' " I iUtscfllancous grading. TALKS LIKE A STATESMAN. 77 L L.H. I \ A SS H Kits Til K A LI. IA SVK (J VEST IOSS. Goyemmeiits Shonld Not Loan Money, 9 m Free Silver, More Greenback* and Gold? All Legal Tender, and all Receivable for Any and All Dues 1'rivate and Public. \J II iljllll JOj VIU>CI 1JUI X JUIllUll IC" ceived from Thomas 1'. Mitchell, chairman of the executive committee, a j communication submitting the ques- ! tions that the Alliance is propounding < to all candidates. The governor replied to the cominuicalion. His an- , swer was not satisfactory, and Chairman Mitchell asked him for a fuller explanation of his views. On Tuesday of last week, he replied to Mr. ' Mitchell as follows: My Dear Sir: Your letter of yesterday received. As you ask for a prompt reply, I answer at once. Having been the recognized leader of the Reform party or faction in the State since its organization in April, 188(1, and having been very pronounced and outspoken in my speech at St. Louis last October, and more recently in my interview of April 9th, ult., I did not go into details in answering your letter , of April 18th, because I thought it i entirely unnecessary. I had no thought of keeping any opinions or j policy I hold on public questions hidden?as I am not a straddler or (lodger in politics or anything else. I will, therefore, answer as clearly as I know how, in order to satisfy all who may care to know how I stand. The financial policy advocated by ! the Alliance embraces three things: 1. The abolition of national bank*, and the issue of paper money direct by tlio ! United States government. 2. The free coinage of silver at tiie ratio of lft to 1. 3. The increase of the circulating me- : diutns?gold, silver and legal tender greenbacks?at least &50 per capita of population. These fundamental ideas or demands are accompanied by the scheme for a government system of banking, incorporating the sub-treasury idea and the lending of money to the people at a low rate of interest. To the three propositions set forth \ above I can and do give my earnest support and will strive, if elected senator, to see them incorporated into law and become the fixed policy of our government. I also can advocate and fight for all I the other "demands" except that I doubt the wisdom or practicability of the government owning and running all railroads, telegraph and telephone lines. I will take occasion during the campaign to discuss all these matters fully. The one essential point on j which I differ with the Alliance is the lending of money to the people. I could eusily dodge behind the "or some- ! thing better," if so minded, but my i self-respect and my duty to the people who have shown such love and trust : in my leadership will not allow me to quibble, or shirk whatever consequence may follow this avowal. I would be unworthy of the honors they have con- I ferred upon tne in the past and of all trust whatever, if I did not come out j boldly and tell them the truth. This j is the more obligatory on me now be- ; cause I am seeking to enter national politics. In 1S92 I did not discuss j national politics or oppose the incor- i poration of the Ocala platform in the I State Democratic platform in May, be- i cause I saw there was danger of our j hot-headed Alliuncemen splitting oil' into a Third party?the fatal blunder which caused Mr. Cleveland's nomination and well-nigh destroyed the Alliance in all other Southern States. { Had our example in South Carolina been followed in the other Southern ! States, Alliance ideas would be the predominant ones in all the South today and our national administration would not be controlled by allied mugwumps, Itenublicans and tiaitors. I am differently situated now, being a candidate for the United States senate, and honesty compels that every one who votes for me shall know how I stand. I am unalterably opposed to the national government lending anybody money. The Alliance is not consistent when it demands the abolition I of national banks on the ground thut the system is unjust and robs the people (in all of which I concur) for the benefit of a privileged few and then turns around and asks that the government lend money to the farmer under a similar arrangement on the same j terms. It is a transfer of a special privilege which should never have been granted to anybody, from the hank to the holders of cotton, wheat, etc., and cannot be defended, because two wrongs never make one right. But without going further into the argument which can be amply discussed this summer, I must remind you that in spite of all our efforts to restore silver to its place, the money power has succeeded in its long cherished purpose of demonetizing it. This was accomplished through the unwise leadership of those Southern Alliancemen who left the silver Democrats at the critical time to organize the third party and enabled Cleveland's henchmen to divide many Southern delegations and control others so that lie got the nomination in spite of his record on silver. Now, as South Carolina set her sisters a wise example in 1892, it is incumbent on her to repeat it in 1894. It is time to be formulating the platform and mashaling the people for 189(1. Abating not one jot or title of the demands which can be defended und upon which we can go into the country in the hopes of carrying the next presidential election, we must eliminate all radical and impracticable schemes and appeal to the good sense and enlightened self-interest of tire great American people. Too many issues will only contuse and divide us and we connot ulford to palter about lending money on cotton and wheat when we have not been able to prevent the Lombard and Wall street combination from accomplishing the enslavement of the masses by the demonetization of silver, and the banking system which enable those thieves to control the circulating medium at will. Let us give battle to the enemies of liberty and prosperity among the masses under the Hag of "free silver, more greenbacks and gold?all , legal tender all receivable for any and all dues, private and public," and we have some chance of winning. Leave methods of distribution and system of banking alone to be settled after we win the light on these issues. Now, as to voting against caucus control, I can readily and willingly promise to sustain this policy and vote on the lines I have indicated without regard to any caucus. The Northeastern .Democrats have set us an example 011 that line, which will be sufiicient excuse for all time. The senate Democratic caucus has made concessions to local interests which 1 have destoyed what little there was of "tarill' reform" in the Wilson bill. The goldbug Democrats of the house refused to caucus 011 the repeal of the ' 1 ...... kMlUrniUll law mat nuiiiuici. liusui u Democrats and Republicans alike ignore party lines and caucuses when i their interests are at stake. It is time we of the South and West should do likewise. The caucus was a good thing as long as it served to rob those sections; it becomes obsolete when i justice is sought to be obtained through its agency. My dear sir, in conclusion, I hope I have made my position clear enough at last. If it shall unite and cement the Alliance in my support I shall he glad, but if not, I shall not complain and will cheerfully leave the matter of my election in the hands nf mv fellow citizens. If honored l?v I heir suffrages I will in the future as in the past, stand by their rights and interests with all the power of mind and heart which I may possess. If they choose to retire me to private life, I will as cheerfully abide their will. Respectfully. B. R. Tillman. THE PERIODICAL CICADA OK LOCUST. In many sections the pupie of the above insect are being turned out by the plow and spade, and farmers and horticulturists are much exercised for the safety of their crops when the insects shall have developed. Their apprehensions are, however, entirely groundless, as the so-called locusts are incapable of inflicting any serious dutnage to vegetation except by the punctures they make in the twigs of trees when the eggs are laid. On forest and shade trees, even at its worst, the attack will amount to merely a thorough "heading in," while on fruit irneu n? fhoro wilt ho nn rrnn in nnv case, the twig pruning will be of benefit rather than otherwise, drain crops anil vegetable gardens will not in any way be affected. Tho history of the 17-year or 13-year locust?or, more properly, cicada?is one of the most singular and interesting in the annals of entomology. The longitudinal slits which the insects cut in the twigs of trees are filled with their slender, pearl-white eggs, each about one-twelfth of an inch long. From 25 to 30 eggs are deposited in a single slit, and ono female has been known to cut as many as 20 of these slits before exhausting her egg stock. Most of the punctured twigs are killed by the process and eventually break off. The eggs hatch during July and August, and the tiny, soft, white larva; drop to the ground, into which they penetrate, and seeks their nourishment from the moisture of the roots, working downward, year by year, to the depth of from one to five or more feet. As their growth is so exceedingly slow, the small quantity of sap that they imbibe from the roots of trees does not, except in rare instances, produce any appreciable ill effect upon the latter. When full grown, the larva begins instinctively to work its way upward, but before reaching the surface it rests in one spot long enough to shed its larval skin and assume the form of pupa. The latter has a much firmer shell, strong, notched legs and two pairs of wing pads. In this stage it is quite a mason, often building cylindrical clay towers several inches in height in damp situations, in the top of which it rests in safety until the time for its second transformation. When ready for this, it emerges from the ground or descends from its tower and makes a "bee line" for the nearest tree, up which it crawls and firmly anchors itself by its strong claws. After a short rest, its shell splits open on the back and the insect, in its perfect form, slowly extricates itself. Jt is at first very soft in all its parts and of a cream-white color, except for a dark spot on the top, but the parts soon harden and darken until in the course of a few hours the insect is ready for flight. The body is of'a dull, black color, with fine cross lines of orange about an inch and a half in length, and quite stout. The wings are of glossy membrane, supported on strong, orange-colored veins. The head is broad, with round, red eyes and a slender, pointed beak, folded under against the breast. The musical organ of the males consists of two micalike plates at the base of the abdomen, covering parchmentlike fans, which are called drums, but are not played upon by sticks, but are contracted and expanded by means of muscles moved by the wings and the hind body, producing the "Pharoah" like sound so familiar to all who have been in the country during "locust years." The mechanism of these drums is quite similar to that of the annual cicada, or harvest fly, but the sound is shriller and more varied. The chief instrument of the female is the strong piercer at the hinder end of the body, by which she cuts the bark of twigs and branches and rasps up the fiber of wood to make a nest for eggs. The life of the perfect insect is brief, seldom exceeding two or three weeks, and in this State, occurs from the last of May until the middle of June. In the Southern States the period development is usually 13 years, instead of 17 years, as is in the North, while in Missouri, Southern Illinois and Indianna, and other localities of the same latitude, both broods appear at the same intervals are shorter. It is the 10 t 1 lo-jcur uruuu itiiiui m uiic in uiiiuj parts of the State this coming summer. These insects are easily feasted upon by all birds, poultry and rodents, by which vast numbers are destroyed before they are sufficiently hardened for Might. Birds prefer them even to to cherries, and fruit growers, in favorable seasons, have occasion to hail their advent instead of deprecating it.?M. K. Muelfeldt, in St. Louis Hepublic. THE STUBBORN CAMEL Camels are not like horses. If a horse does not want to do anything we make him. If a camel does not want to do anything he leaves it undone. Xo amount of coaxing, no amount of cruelty, will make him budge, lie has the determination of a mule combined with the strength of an elephant. A camel is one of those aggravating brutes which will drive a hot tempered man to distraction. Nothing will persuade him to listen to reason. He will oppose your will with a passive resistance that is absolutely unconquerable. The only way to treat a camel is to humor if you cannot humbug him. They will often lie down, if you load them with the proverbial last straw, and you might beat them to death or oiler up all the pleasures of Paradise before they would get up. They are pig headed beasts. Sometimes when they have quite a light load they turn nasty and throw themseves on the ground. But, although they are obstinate, they are not cute, aud an Arab, by pretending to submit, can generally get me neuer or me stuuborn beasts. The drivers will ostensibly Jremove three or four packages from the load, and the animal with an inward chuckle of satisfaction, rises at once without perceiving that the parcels have meanwhile been returned to their former place. As lie Hatters himself lie has shirked some of his duty, he swings away with a light heart, gratified beyond measure, like a spoilt child, at having his own way. The camel is an unsociable beast. He is also habitually dull, except when he is snifling the salt air ol tlie desert. When he is treading the sands, with the burning sun on Ins back and the boundless waste before him, he feels himself at home. The immense heat makes him bubble over with pleasure, and j tills his frame with a sublime intoxiea- j tion. It has been stated on the best authority that he can go nine days without water. And if you had ever seen a camel drink when he does get a chance to quench his thirst, you would not be surprised at this. They have been known to put away seven gallons i and a half at a time. I AM) ANT FI NKKAL. The ant lias long been an object of special interest with naturalists and others, who say many wonderful things about him, and who back him up strongly for possessing a remarkable degree of intelligence, i One of these gentlemen, an acute observer of the insect, furnished a very I interesting incident of a funeral procession. Having accidentally killed a number of soldier ants, he noted a commotion among the adjacent surviving relations, and, determined to watch their proceedings closely, followed four or live that started from the rest toward a hillock a short distance off, in which was an ant's nest. This they entered, and in about five minutes reanneared. followed bv oth : ers, and all fell into rank, walking regularly two by two until they arrived at the spot where the dead bodies of the ants lay. In a few moments two of the ants advanced and took up the dead body of a comrade; then two others, and so 011 until all were ready to march. First walked \ two ants bearing a body, then two others with another dead ant; and so i on until all the defunct insects were elevated. Then the procession moved slowly onward, followed by an irregular body of about two hundred ants. Occasionally the two laden ants j stopped, and laying down the dead ant, it was taken tip by two walking unburdened behind them; and thus j they arrived at a sandy spot which j seemed to suit. Here the body of ants now commenced digging with their jaws holes in the ground, into each of which a dead ant was laid, and then they labored on until the graves were refilled. This did not quite finish the remarkable proceeding. Some six or seven of the ants had attempted to run oil' without peforming their share of the digging; those were caught, brought back and promptly Kiiieu upon tne spot, jv single grave was quickly dug, and they were dropped into it.?The Naturalist. Pension' Curiosities.?It is stated as a curious fact that there are now, nearly thirty years after the civil war, 1 300,000 more persons getting pensions than there were troops in the field]on i the Union side at any single time during-the war. Vet there are 700,000 applications for pensions yet to lie acted j upon ! In June, 1893, the pension roll had 9(i(!,012 names and 711,150 claims were pending. The outgo for pensions was $158,155,342, a figure which ex| ceeds all the pensions paid by all the nations in the world for all their wars. We "pay" twice as much as all put together. In fact, if we capitalize our pension payments we find that we are in effect paying interest on a bonded debt equal to the true valuation of all the property in the seceded States in 18G1, which was some $5,000,000,000. : The war cost some $3,000,000,000; penI sions since have cost, $1,500,000,000. It would have been economical to have settled the differences of 18(51 on a cash basis.?Baltimore Sun. Taxation in England.?Birth is taxed, marriage is taxed, death is taxed. Commodities are taxed, manufactures are taxed, trades are taxed, bouses are taxed, incomes are taxed. We are taxed for our butler, if we are I prosperous enough to keep one. We are taxed for our footman, groom or gardener. The carriage we keep is taxed, the cab we hire is taxed, the ! railway train we travel by is taxed, j The house dog is taxed, and so also is the heraldic device on our note paper. All these, and they are but a few of the taxes that exist, are mostly imperial taxes for the purpose of government?some of them, however, arc assigned to the county councils. There are also local rates, which are but local taxes, for the poor, county council, police, voting list, street lighting, paving, watering, etc.; sewers, school board and vestry, householders, lodgers, married or single men, women and children, are all taxed in some form or other, for taxation is devised to reach i every one.?Temple Bar. The Sand Cure for Dispepsia.? i A new remedy for dispepsia and stom! ach trouble has made its appearance in Southern Orcgan. It is nothing less than a spoonfull of common, everyday ??!ifAi* lwittnm conrl t.ilrrm lent inst nf ter meals. William By bee, a wellknown citizen and proprietor of Bybee's springs, is supposed to be the origina! tor of this queer remedy, but quite a number of veracious gentlemen testify to its curative properties, which are 1 supposed to take the form of medianj ieul action by carrying oil' impurities from the mucous lining of the stomach. "Take sand" is quite a popular piece of advice around Ashland when any one complaints of chronic stomach trouble. As there is no patent on the sand, that commodity being within reach of the poorest of us, this article cannot be called a patent medicine advertisement.?Grant's Pass Courier. St)mk Sri'kkstitiol's Statesmen.? Nothing can induce Senator Yoorhees to ride in a street car drawn by a white horse. Senator Edmonds regards it as unlucky if the first person he meets on emerging from his house is a woman, and will return for a fresh start. Senator Sherman will not extend his left hand in greeting or receive one I extended to him?a familiar habit with politicians. Senator Call will bury or burn a pair ! of socks, one or both of which lie has put on wrong side out. When Senator Harris, of Tennessee, is in doubt as to a course of action, he decides it by spitting at a mark. If Senator Vest, of Missouri, meets a beggar in the streets before he has spent any money he invariably gives to the mendicant.?Washington Letter. | flaT Parrots have been taught to 1 amuse by their imitation of the human voice, and now their powers in this respect have been made use of for a practical purpose. At almost every station on a German railway the station master lias a parrot or*u starling so trained that whenever a train draws up at the plat form it commences calling out the name of the station most distinctly, and not only this, but it continues doing so while the train remains there. This has been found an excellent mode of informing the passengers where they are s&r c .'ongressman Amos Cummings, writing of the soliliers in congress in the New York Sun : "Over one-third of the members of the present congress were soldiers in the army. In the house there are 56 Confederate soldiers and 64 who fought in the Union army. In the senate the Confederates number 20 and the Union soldiers 10. All together there are 74 Union soldiers in congress and 75 Confederates. Twenty-two of the Confederate veterans are chairmen of committees in the senate and 22 are chairmen in the [ house. BiaF A coroner's inquest held upon the remains of a dispensing chemist in England brought forth the medical opinion that death was "due to bronchitis accelerated by a shock following a fall, acting upon a constitution weakened by alchohol,'' and a verdict to that eflect was rendered. The Pharmaceutical Era says that in America such a condition of ailairs would result in a verdict that death was due to a "complication of diseases."