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i. m. geist & sons, publishers. } % Jfanrilg fteirspnger: ^or the promotion of the political, ^Social, Agricultural and (Eommeccia! Interests of the jsouth. {TE sinS'LVSi c^xsaxc^ established 1855. YORKVILLE, S. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1898. NUMBER 8l7~ THE SHADOW OF BY KOBE Copyright, 1S9S, by the Author. Hickory Sam needed but one quality to be perfect. He should have been an arrant coward. He was a blustering braggart, always boasting of the men he had slain and the odds he had contend ed against, filled with stories of bis own valor; bat, alas, be sbot straight and rarely missed nnless be was drunker tban usual. It would bave been delightful to tell bow this unmitigated ruffian bad been held up by some innocent tenderfoot from the east and made to dance at the mnzzle of some qnite new and daintily ornamented revolver, for this loud mouthed blowhard seemed just the man to flinch when real danger confronted bim; but, sad to say, there was nothing of the white feather about Hickory Sam, for he feared neither man nor gun nor any combination of tbem. He was as ready to fight a dozen as one, and once had actually held up the United States army at Fort Conoho, beating a masterly retreat backward with his face to the foe, holding a troop in check with his two seven shooters * '? ?f in onorv HironHnn LLicit DOCLUCU CU puiuu AL.1 WW* J \i*?WViVM at once, making every man in the company feel, with a shiver up his back, that he individually was "covered" and would be the first to drop if firing actually began. Hickory Sana appeared suddenly in Salt Lick and speedily made good his claim to be the bad man of the district. Some old timers disputed this arrogant contention of Sam's, but they did not live long enough to maintain their own well earned reputations as objectionable citizens. And so Hickory Sam reigned supreme in Salt Lick, and every one in the place was willing and eager to stand treat to Sam or to drink with him when invited. Sam's chief place of resort in Salt Lick was the Hades saloon, kept by Mike Davlin. Mike hud not originally intended this to be the title of his bar, but had at first named it after a little liquor cellar he kept in his early days in Philadelphia, called the Shades, but 6ome cowboy humorist particular about the eternal fitness of things had scraped out the letter "S," and so the sign over the door had been allowed to remain. Mike did not grumble. He bad in Phil adelphia taken a keen interest in politics, but an unexpected spasui of civio virtue having overtaken the city 6ome years before Davlin had been made a victim, and he was forced to leave suddenly for the weBt, where there was no politics, and where a man handy at mixing drinks was looked upon as a boon by the rest of the community. Alike did not grumble when even the name "Hades" failed to satisfy the boys in their thirst for appropriate nomenclature, and when they took to calling the place by a shorter and terser synonym beginning with the same letter he made no objection. Alike was an adaptive man, who mixed drinks, but did not mix in rows. He protected himself by not keeping a revolver and by admitting that he could not hit his own saloon at 20 yards distance. A residence in the luiet city of Philadelphia is not conducive to the nimbliug of the trigger finger. When the boys in the exuberance of their spirits begau to shoot, Alike promptly ducked under his counter and waited till the clouds of smoke rolled by. He sent in a bill for broken glass, bottles and the damage generally when his guests were sober again, and his accounts were never disputed and always paid. Alike was a deservedly popular citizen in Salt Lick and might easily have been elected to the United States congress if he had dared to go east again. But, as he himself said, he was out of politics. It was the pleasant custom of the oowooys oi cnner s rancn to come into Salt Lick on pay days and close np the town. These periodical visits did little harm to any one and seemed to be productive of much amusement for the boys. They rode at full gallop through the one street of the place like a troop of cavalry, yelling at the top of their voices and brandishing their weapons. The first raid through ?:' - Lick was merely a warning, and all peaceably inclined inhabitants took it as such, retiring forthwith to the seclusion of their homes. On their return trp the. boys winged or lamed with unerring aim any one found on the streot. They seldom killed a wayfarer. If a fatality ensued, it was usually the result of accident and much to the regret of the boys, who always apolegized handsomely to the surviving relatives, which expression of regret was generally received in tho amicable spirit with which it was tendered. There was nouo of the rancour of the vendetta in these little encounters. If a man happened to be blotted out, it was his ill luck?that was all?and there was rarely any thought of reprisal. This perhaps was largely due to the fact that the community was a shiftiug one find few had auy uear relatives about them, for, although the victim might have friends, they seldom held him iu such esteem as to ho willing to tako up his quarrel when there was a bullet hole through him. Relatives, however, are often more difficult to deal with than are friends in cases of sudden death, and this fact was recognized by Hickory Sam, who, when he was compelled to shoot the younger Holt brother in Mike's saloon, at once went, at some personal inconvenience, and assassinated the eldor before John Holt heard the news. As THE GREENBACK. RT BARK. Sam explained to Mike when he returned, he had no quarrel with John Holt, bnt merely killed him in the interests of peace, for he would have been certain to draw and probably shoot several oitizens when he heard of his brotber'6 death, because for 6ome unexplained reason the brothers were fond of each other. "When Hickory Sam was comparatively new to Salt Lick, he allowed the Bailor's ranch gang to close up the town without opposition. It was their oustom when the capital of Coyote county had been closed up to their satisfaction to adjourn to Hades and there blow in their bard earned gains on the liquor Mike furnished. They also added to the decorations of the saloon ceiling. Several cowboys had a gift of twirling their Winchester repeating rifles around the forefinger and firing it as the flying muzzle momentarily pointed upward. The man who could put the most bullets within the smallest space in the roof was the expert of the occasion and didn't have to pay for his drinks. This exhibition might have made many a man quail, but it had no effect on Hickory Sam, who leaned against the bar and sneered at the show as child's play. "Perhaps you think you can do it," cried the champion. "I bet you tbe drinks you can't" "I don't have to, "said Hickory Sam, with the calm dignity ot a aeaa suoi. I "I don't have to, but I'll tell you what I can do. I can nip the heart of u man with this here gnu," showing bis seven shooter, "me a-standing in h?1 here and he a-coming out of the bank," for Salt Lick, being a progressive town, had the Coyote Conuty bank some distance down the street on the opposite side from the 6aloon. "You'rea liar!" roared the champion, whereupon all the boys grasped their gnus and were on the lookout for trouble. Hickory Sam merely laughed, strode to the door, threw it open and walked out to the middle of the deserted thoroughfare. "I'm a bad man from way back!" he yelled at the top of bis voioe. "I'm the toughest ouss in Coyote conn"I don't have to," said Hickory Sam. ty.and no d d Greasers from Buller's can close up this town when I'm in it. You hear me? Salt Lick's wide open, and I'm standing in the street to prove it." It was bad enough to have the town declared open when 15 of them in a hndv had Tirnrlaimed it cloS9d. but in addition to this to be called Greasers was an insult not to be borne. A cowboy despises a Mexican almost as much as he dues an Indian. With a soul terrify iug yell the 15 were out of the saloon and on their horses like a cyclone. They went down the street like a tornado, wheeling about some distance below the temporarily closed bank and charging up again at full gallop, firing in the direction of Hickory Sam, who was croucbiug behind an empty whisky barrel in front of the 6aloon with a "gun" in either hand. Sam made good his contention by nipping the heart of the champion when opposite the bank, who plunged forward on his face and threw the cavalcade into confusion. Then Sam stood up and regardless of the scattering shots fired with both revolvers, killing the foremost man of the troop and slaughtering three horses, which instantly changed the charge into a rout. He then retired to Hades and barricaded the door. Mike was nowhere to be seen But the boys knew when they had enough. They made no attack on the saloon, but picked up their dead, and, thoroughly sobered, made their way much more slowly than they camo back to Buller's ranch. When it was evideut that they had gone, Mike cautiously emerged from his place of retirement, as Sam was vigorously pounding on tho bar, threatening that if a drink were not forthcomtin nrnmiri hnhind and lijfc no ?r," bell) himself. "I'm a law and order man, by be explained to Davliu, "and I won't have 110 toughs from Buller's ranch close up this town aud interfere with commerce. Every man has got to respect the constitution of the United States as long as my gun can bark, you bet your life." Mike hurriedly admitted that be was perfectly riglu and asked him what ho would have, forgetting in his agitation that Sam took one thing only and that one thing straight. Next day old Bullor himself came in from his ranch to see if auythiag could be done about this latest affray. It was bad enough to lose two of his best herdsmen iu a foolish coutest of tbis kind, bat to have three trained horses killed as well wns disgustiug. Bailer had been one of the boys himself in his younger days, bat now, having grown wealthy in the cattle business, he was T anxious to see civilization move westward with strides a little more rapid than it was taking. He made the mis- b take of appealing to the sheriff, as if a that worthy man could be expected for v the small salary be received to attempt to arrest so dead a shot as Hickory Sam. 1 Besides, as the sheriff quite correctly 0 pointed out, the boys themselves had ^ been tbe aggressors in the first place, ? and if 15 of them could not take care of one man behind an empty whisky barrel they bad better remain peaceably 1 of- hrtmci in fho fntnrn and do their nis- P UU - ? XT w tol practice in the quiet iuuoouous re- r tireuient of a shooting gallery. They 0 surely could not expect the strong man n of the law in the person of a peaceably 1 minded sheriff to reach out and pull e their chestnuts from the fire when sev- h eral of them had already burned their s fingers, and when the chestnuts shot t: and drank as straight as Hickory Sam. t< Boiler, finding the executive portion v of the law slow and reluotant to move 1 sought advice from his own lawyer, the 1 one disciple of Coke-upon-Littleton in 8 the place. The lawyer doubted if there * ' was any legal remedy in the then con- v dition of society around Salt Lick. The safest plan perhaps would be?mind, he 0 did not advise, but merely suggested? to surround Hickory Sam and wipe him c off the face of the earth. This might a not be strictly according to law, but it a would be effective if carried out without an error. h The particulars of Bnller's interview P with the sheriff spread rapidly in Salt o Lick and caused great indignation o among the residents thereof, especially ii those who frequented Hades. It was a reproach to the place that the law li should be invoked all on account of a p trivial incident like that of the day be- ^ fore. Sam, who bad been celebrating v his viotory at Mike's, heard the news t with bitter if somewhat silent resent- t! ment, for he had advanced so far in his s cups that he was all but speechless. Be- ti ing a magnanimous man, he would s< have beeu quite content to let bygones be bygones, but this unjustifiable action a of Boiler's required prompt and effec- h tual chastisement. He would send the o wealthy ranchman to keep company v with bis slaughtered herdsmen. Thus it was that when Buller mounted his $ horse after his futile visit to the lawyer h he found Hickory Sam holding the c ofroot wifch his imns. The fusillade that followed was without result, which dis- c appointing termination is accounted y for by the fact that Sam was exceeding- p ly drunk at the time and the ranchman H was out of practice. Seldom had Salt c Lick seen so much powder burned with ti no damage except to the window glass a in the vicinity. Buller went back to the c lawyer's office and afterward had an interview with the bank manager. Then h he got quietly out of town unmolested, r for Sam, weeping over the inaccuracy h of his aim on Mike's shoulder, gradu- r ally sank to sleep in a corner of the sa- t( loon. v Next morning when Sam woke to p temporary sobriety he sent word to the n ranch that be would shoot old Buller ^ on sight and at the same time apologiz- j, ed for the previous eccentricities of hi3 ? fire, promising that 6uch an annoying ^ exhibition should not occur agaiu. He signed himself "The Terror of Suit Lick (| and the Champion of Law and Order." _ It was rumored that old Buller, when ^ he returned to the lawyer's office, had made his will and that the bank man- ^ ager had witnessed it. This supposed t action of Buller was taken as a most delicate compliment to Hickory Sam's determination and marksmanship, and he was justly proud of the work he had thrown into the lawyer's hands. c A week passed before old Buller came ^ to Salt Lick, but when he came Hickory ^ Sam was waiting for him, and this time the desperado was not drunk?that ^ is to say, he had not had more than half B a dozen glasses of "forty rod" that ? morning. When the rumor came to Hades that 1 old Buller was approaching the town t on horseback ami alone, Sam at once bet the drinks that he would fire but v one shot, aud so, in a measure, atone . for the ineffectual racket he had made 11 on the occasion of the previous encounter. The crowd stood by, in safe places, s to see the result of the deal. Sam, with one revolver in his right . hand, 6tood square in tho center of the n street with tho sturdy bearing of one who has his quarrel just and who be- * sides can pierce the ace spot on a card r ten yards farther away than any other man in the country. v Old Buller came riding up the street as calmly as if ho were on his own a ranch. When almost within range of a Sam's pistol, tho old man raised both *hands above his head, letting the reins a fall on the horse's neck. In this extraor- P dinary attitude ho rode forward, to s tho amazement of tho crowd aud the 0 evident embarrassment of Sam. c TO IIS CONTIXUKli. ^ BST The stewards iu the Methodist s church at Albertsville, Ala., finding c their church revenues insufficient, have d levied an annual tax of $10 on each J; tobacco chewing member of the con- t gregntion. The plan is said to work e admirably. t; AST" "Great Scott!" howled the boss, "Does it take you four hours to carry c a message three squares and return ?" u "W'y," said the new office-boy, "you si told me to see how long it would take " me to go there and back ; and I done c it." i: piscfllancous grading. , ' a JOE WHEELER'S TESTIMONY. t he Veteran Commander I# a Soldier; Not e a Mllksap. ^ The war investigating commission t egan taking testimony last Tuesday, a nd Major General Joseph Wheeler t >as on the stand the greater part of he day. There was a full attendance 0 f the commission, and the doors of 8 he room in which the inquiry is con- v ucted were for the first time opened ? o the representatives of the press. ? General Wheeler's testimony covered ? he case of the soldiers at the two imortant points of Santiago and Wikoff. le said, with reference to the conduct . f affairs at Santiago, that there had ' --1 !?-- 1 in fho t ecessaruy uccu suuic suu^nug >u >.uv . renches ; but that General Shafter had xercised the utmost efforts to protect * is men. There had been, he said, a hortage of land transportation faciliies for a time and there had been no v ents for a week, and the roads were 0 ery fair. He revealed for the first 0 ime that he had had some feeling over ^ he Tact that his command had been ivefi the fourth place in General Shaf- c er'si order for the landing at Santiago, a ('hep he had thought he was entitled 0 o be allowed to land first on account D f his rank. 8 Discussing the plan of the Santiago ampaign, he said he doubted whether ? more effective plan could have been dopted. 1 Speaking of the medical department D e said that at times there were com- c laints; but that they were not serius. Ou occasions there was a shortage f surgeons, some of the surgeons be- 1 3g sick or wounded. According to General Wheeler's beef, the wounded in battle were v romptly cared for by the surgeons. v ifter the fight of July 1st, all the a founded were carried from the field v hat night. The witness had heard a bat there was more complaint of hortage of medicine among the infan- v ry than in the cavalry arm of the 8 ervice. F Going back to Tampa, he said that t the season he was there, the first e alf of June, the site was without 8 bjectiou, but he felt that it would be fet later in the season. "There was," he said, "at times ? ome shortage of supplies at the camp ; ut nothing," he added, that a soldier c ould complain of." General Wheeler said he had ao--outro! over any of the supplies which r fere taken to Santiago on the trausorts when he left Tampa. This was ttended to by the different staff offi- c ers. He only knew from conversa- 1,1 ion with these that there was an v buudance of the supplies of all 8 haraeter. Returning to the Santiago campaign, 8 e said that only two regiments had . pported a shortage of rations, and he ^ ad immediately telephoned to the ^ ear and the shortage, which was due r o accideut, had been adjusted. There ^ k'a.s suffering when the men were comelled to lie on the breastworks. The ieat was poor, and they had no bread ut hardtack. They were forced to lie G ;? the sun aud water alternately, and ecessnrily there was much sickness. Vbile they had the full quota of doc- fi ors and nurses, he thought that if n tore had been furnished the men r fould have been better cared for. As r jr rations, three days' supplies were ii euerally issued. Whenever the troops p ^ent into action they would throw ti heir food away as well as their packs, ii nd they often did not recover them, d In reply to questions, he stated he s ever had heard of any shortage of c ommissary or ordnance supplies at q iautiago, but he had been told that 1 he medical supplies were short, yet t e had no personal knowledge on this o ioint. He had seen some wounded ti ien crawling to the rear in the enagement, but as a rule, after a man ti ell in battle, he was carried to the 0 lOspital by the medical corps. o He said that as a rule the quality of c he hardtack was good. Where there p ^as any deterioration it was due to c seal rains and not to the fact of orig- t al inferiority. t The spirit of the army was such, he p aid, that there was no disposition to o omplain. They were all proud to e there and willing to undergo the p lardships. h Iieplyiug to a question from Colonel ti )enby, General Wheeler said that the ii egtilars had shown a greater ability ii o take care of themselves than the s olun leers. ii Captain Howell asked to what he ti '* 1 * ' - 1 - /\f rlIcnncn ttriouiea me ueveiupujcui. ui ui^a^ fter the capitulation of Santiago, and S ieneral Wheeler replied that it was c lue to the climate and to the ex- d losure made necessary. He had, he c aid, known of no instance of a sick r wounded man dying from want of b are from the physicians. So far as he c new there was general commenda- v ion of the medical corps, except that ii u one or two occasions there had been p ome grumbling in regard to general ti onditious. He thought there was a 1 eficiency in the number of ambu- 0 unces, but this deficiency was due to d In. A-v-i.ronr.ina r\ f f lio r>!l m miii? U. Geil- tl ral Wheeler also said iu reply to Cap- a tiln Howell, that he knew of no con- b Lisiou in shipping from Tampa. h His memory was not distinct as to p omplaiuts from physicians iu his com- v laud as to the scarcity of medical c upplies; but he thought that there ,as some such complaints, and iu such 1< uses he had them supplied as prompt- p Y as possible. J a There bad been difficulty in getting he transports to lie as near in shore 9 was desirable, rendering it difficult 0 get at supplies promptly. The masters of the transports claimd to have their authority from the [uartermaster's department; but he bought the commanding officers bad cted independently as to how far in hey should lie. Referring to the sleeping apartments n the transports, General Wheeler aid they were quite warm, and there vas some discomfort. He had often ;one down among the men at night, ,nd found that there was comparaively little complaint, except for the 1 eat. rViminor hark from Santiago to Mon* auk, be bad sailed on the Miami, bavug chosen it because it was said to be he worst. He bad found it very comortable, and when they landed there vere only 34 sick, and only three or our of these were too ill to stand up or inspection. There was plenty of rater on the vessels and a sufficiency f ice for the sick, though not for ithers. After the destruction of Cerera's fleet and there was no danger rom navigating the sea, the army was oore abundantly supplied than any rray field had ever been. The varius societies had, he said, responded aost liberally to the needs of the rmy. Asked if he thought there had ieen any neglect in preparing for the ampaign, be said he had been so iusiiy occupied that he had not given be matter great attention, but he had ot thought at the time that any preaution had been neglected. He said, in reply to a question, that he tents had been left on board the ransports, and that this had been bef knf nn f i m a qHahIH Uuse U1 tUC LCCllu^ luau u\j niuv WW... e consumed in removing them. "We t-ere there for business," he said, "and ve felt that prompt disembarkation nd a speedy movement to the front /ould impress the enemy more than nything else we could do." But if they had had the tents they /ould have used tbem. There was lso a shortage at this time of transportation facilities toward the frout. lis own illness had been caused by xposure, and be had not himself been upplied with a tent. "I was more shifty than some of the oldiers," he said. "I stretched a little Id cloth from a tree to protect my ice from the dew, but any soldier ould have done the same thing." General Wheeler recommended that here should be well trained teamsters egularly enlisted aud employed. During his examination General Vbeeler stated that previous to the apitulation of Santiago, General Shafer had written him a letter asking his lews in regard to changing base and ttacking the forts in front of Santiago, ut he said be bad advised strongly gainst this course, as it would have 3ft San Juan hill, which he considered ^vulnerable, to be retaken by the paniards. General Wheeler denied hat there had been an ambuscade at Juasima. COTTON STATISTICS. iovernment Reports Showing How Production Goes Up and Prices Go Down. A special to the New York Times rom Washington says : The phenoaanally low price of cotton recently eached, said to be tne lowest point eached in many years, lends special aterest to a series of tables just compiled by the treasury bureau of statisics showing the remarkable increase a cotton production aud the coincieutal fall in prices. These tables how that the United States, the chief otton producer of the world, has uadrupled her cotton production siuee 872 and that the price of cotton in he same period has fallen to about ne-fourth that which prevailed in hat year. In 1872 the cotton crop of the Unied States is shown to have been 1,384,84,949 pounds with an average price f 22.19 cents per pound ; in 189S the rop is reported at 5,667,372,051 lounds, with an average price of 6.23 ents per pound. Thus the producion of 1898 is more than four times he amount of 1872, and the average irice but a little over one-fourth that f that year. When it is considered that the other ortions of the world that grow cotton ave not at all reduced their producion meantime it is apparent that the acreased cotton supply of the world a the quarter of a century under conideratiou has been very great and far a advance of the increase of populaion of consuming power. Twenty-five years ago the United Itates produced 70 per cent, of the otton of the world ; today she prouces 85 per cent, of the world's otton. This increase in the percentage has een not because of a reduction of the otton produced in other parts of the ,-orld, but simply on account of the acrease of our own. The cotton suply of the other cotton producing secions of the world in 1872-73 was ,667,000 bales, aud in 1897-98 1,665,00 hales. The average cotton prouction of other countries from 1872 a 1878 was 1,618,000 bales per annum nd from 1S90 to 1S97 was 1,924,000 -1 ...... oVtntiri rinr tliuf t.hnrP Hies pel UUIIULU OUUIUUg bMM? VMV.V as also been a slight growth in cotton roduction in other parts of the world, ,-hile our own production has been inreasing enormously. Not only, has the price of cotton fal;n at about the same rate that the roduction has increased but there has lso been a corresponding fall in the price oi cioins mauuiaciurea irom coiton. The reports of the bureau of statistics show that cotton "printing cloths" were quoted at 7.88 cents per yard in 1872, while reports just published show an average rate of 2.17 cents per yard in the cotton year 1898 for the same grade of cloths, the fall in the price of the manufactured article thus having* in this case at least nearly or quite kept pace with the fall in the price of raw cotton, the increase in production of that article. It is proper to add that the price quoted for the earlier years are based upon the currency values of that period, and if reduced to a gold basis would k rt nl!n>UH?t laaa PrttfAn ''nrinf intr UC SUgUblj 1COO. WH.VU ^/liuviug cloths" whose prices are given in the table are of the quality manufactured for use in printing calicoes and accepted as a standard grade by which prices are constantly quoted. The figures are as follows : Print I i I cloths Year Cotton crop A v'rage average ending i by price j price Aug. 31. pounds. per lb. per yd. 1872 j 1,384,084,494 22.19 j 7.88 1873 I 1,833,188,931 | 20.14 I 6.69 1874 i 1,940,648,352 j 10.95 5.57 1875 ! 1,773,644,022 i 15.46 5.33 1876 2,157,948,182 | 12.98 , 4.10 1877 2,095,501,257 ! 11.82 ; 4.38 1878 2,260,285,646 : 11.22 j 3.44 1879 2,404,410,373 10.84 > 3.93 1880 2,771,797,156 11.51 i 4.51 1881 3,199,822,682 12.03 3.95 1882 2,588,240,050 11.56 I 3.76 1883 3,405,070,410 11.88 I 3.60 1884 2,757,544,422 | 10.88 3.36 1885 2,742,966,011 10.45 | 3.12 1886 3,182,305,659 i 9.28 , 3.31 1887 3,157,308,446 I 10.21 | 3.33 1888 3,439,172,391 : 10.03 I 3.81 1889 3,439,934,799 10.65 i 3.81 1890 3,367,366,183 11.07 3.34 1891 4,316,043,982 8.60 1 2.95 1892 4,506,575,984 ' 7.71 I 3.39 1893 3,352,658,458 | 8.56 j 3.30 1894 ' 3,769,381,478 | 6.92 2.75 1895 5,036,964.409 ! 7.44 2.84 1896 3,592,416,851 t 7.93 2.60 1897 ! 4,397,177,704 7.74 ' 2.47 1898 | 5,667,372,051 6.23 I 2.17 JEWS IX THE ARMY. The iBraelite Is Always Ready to Peform His Duty as a Citizen. The record of the Jews in the United States navy is a very honorable one, and shows they were represented in all grades, from the man before the mast to Rag officer, and it is due to a Jew, Captain Uriah Philip Levy, that corporal punishment was abolished in the United States navy, and of the five names inscribed on the Tripoli monument, in the naval academy grounds, one, Midshipman Israel, is that of a Jew. The following list givesJthe number of Jews who served in the various wars: In the Continental army, 46. In the war of 1812, 44. In the Mexican war, 58. In the United States regular army,... 96. In the United States navy, 78. In the Civil war ; Staff officers in the Union army, 16. In the Confederate army, 24. Officers in the Confederate army, 11. Soldiers in the Union and Confederate armies, 7,984. The largest number of Jews enlisted from New York, where 1,997 were en rolled and went to the front. Ohio canoe next with 1,004 men, and Illinois next, with 702. Louisiana furnished the Confederacy with 224 Jewish soldiers, which was more than balanced by little New Jersey's list of 227 in the Union army. The proposition to have a parade of the Jewish soldiers has been spoken of ; but men of standing in the Jewish community laugh at the idea, and say that they will not encourage the scheme. "We are proud to have the men come out to our places of worship," said a member of the Orthodox Society, "and the field uniform of a United States soldier looks well in a synagogue, and there he may be a Jew ; but on parade be can be only a soldier, and no one should question his religion, nor should he make a show of it." "The Jew had a large representation in the volunteer arm which is now being disbanded, aud the history of modern war shows that wherever the Jews have the rights of citizens they become soldiers. During the FrancoGermau war; services were held on an important holiday in the field, at which hundreds of Jewish soldiers worshipped, and the records show that similar services were held in the south during the war of the rebellion. Many of the Jews who were members of the present volunteer army have been discharged ; but it is believed that the names will be reported, so that the Jew did his share of the fighting." A Pathetic Ballad.?Father, dear father, come home with me now, for - - _ t ~U _ ma has some carpets to oeai.; sue s guo all the furniture out in the yard, from the front door clean out to the street. The stove must come down aud be put in the shed, and the yard must be cleared of some grass, for it's time to clean house aud the devil's to pay? and the front windows need some new glass. Father, dear father, come home with me now, aud bring some bologna and cheese, it's most 12 o'clock and there's nothing to eat?I'm so hungry I'm weak in the knees. All the dinner we'll have will be cold scraps and such, and we'll have to eat standing up, too, for the table and all are out in the back, oh, I wish that house-cleaning was through. Father, dear father, come home with me now, for ma is as 3 ? . oVa sova tViof VAll'rP IIJ III! tta 11 J. U1 IV , cut; oajo vu?v only a lazy old thing, and that she shall put you to work. There's painting to do and paper to hang, and the windows and casing to scrub, for it's house-cleaning time and you've got to come home and revel in suds and cold grub.?Hutchinson (Kan.) Clipper.