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NO FOREIGN The Foreigner in Che AtlanIn (\ Among the conspicuous facts in the history of the Confederate army is the showing of its homogeneous character. It was emphatically representative of Southern manhood and Southern chivalry. It had no foreign hirelings in it> ranks. The mon who fought under the sacred flag wore there from the highest and purest motives of patriotism. There was no question and no delusion about the principle at stake; it was Southern independence, and without any of the subterfuges that have clouded the cause of the Northern volunteer. There were thou sands under the stars and stripes that actually were in absolute ignorance of the cause of country or of patriotism. These were the mercenary foreigners without any conception of our lan guage or our institutions?many of whom were even base hirelings with out even the love of adventure to stir their hearts. They moved merely to the impulse of the dollar. Such characters were exceedingly rare in the Confederate army. We had no foreign mercenary element in cither rank or tile that is worthy of enumeration in the aggregates. While the Federal army held more foreign- j born troops than there were soldiers ; in the entire Southern army?scores of the high officials hcing among the ' imported element?the number of foreigners holding official position on the Southern side may be counted on one's fingers. While some of the fercig:: officers uu llic Federal side were classed aa criminals and dishon ored fugitives from their native lands, those who cast their lots with the Confederacy were men of highest and ; cleanest personal character. One of the most distinguished and beloved of these was a Prussian of noble fame?Heros Von Broeck, by name. This man was one of the con spicuous characters in the Virginia army. He was a volunteer aid, with rank of major, on the staff of General .T. K. B. Stuart, of the cavalry. He was moreover a personage always cor dially welcomed and honored at the headquarters of General Lee. I was once present thero on an occasion when the Prussian afforded an im mense amount of pleasure and interest to thousands; and in an event which came near giving a tragic ending to the American career of the manifioent major. The thrilling episode is worth repeating now. The event ooourred in the fall of , 1862, when General Lee had the ; famous review of all his cavalry in j Virginia. Orders for the assembly of ; all the brigades had been duly pub- 1 lished, and when the time came for \ the materialization of the scheme, j thousands of civillian spectators and ] , snany infantry and artillery officers < And soldiers were gathered on the j - scene to witness the unparalled parade, j The Virginia matrons and maidens < v were there in all their beauty, gayety ] and splendor. Stuart never spared an ( occasion when tho lovely Virginia < *v'*?la /?r\T* 1A 1?A MntliAMAfl #<>?? ?V?^? lMn^{ 1 ?)?t*U AAV QWtUVIVU AVI VUV lUOpl | ration and delight of the soldiers. f He and Major Von Broeck wero on , this occasion tho cynosures of all eyes. ^ (Thcy weja exceedingly handsome and { tattractive.i,ien-?eae*h one possessing a - .most charming personality. But there t waB a dignity and majesty of bearing ? in the Prussian that contrasted with t the supple and gay Virginia cavalier, e The foreigner was a head taller than I his beloved chief, Stuart?whom he 1 really adored?as did many of us E Southerners with that knightly sol- t virer, ?be aid had also the advantage j in the size and keeping of the mount g ?the horse beneath the rider. ] After Jfce review proper was ovctj ii .< was proposed ittoat Mafior ^on Brooeit, . for the special entertainment of the i ladies present, would give sn exhibi- i tion in display of the Prussian saber drill. Now the major's splendid saber was the talk and pride of tho Virginia cavalry. The Prussian was not only of an immense physique?tilting the beam at over 250?but his sword was in like proportion. It was a ponder ous weapon, a double-edged Damask blade, more than twice the weight of the usual officer's saber. But it was a thing of beauty in the manufactur er's art. In the display of the sword tactics the major showed dexterity in hand ling the huge instrument of war. He Aonld change from twirl to thrust or guard, not only with the swiftness of 1 tho lightning, but it was in art and | skill that were interesting and start ling. As the crowning aot in tho ex hibition of his military soicnoe, it was arranged that the accomplished major would sbow how the Prussian cavalry charged the enemy, going over ob structions in the meantime, and how they sabered?in both right cut and rear cut, as well as the tierce point / and carto point?the luckless dis mount in the path before the squad tons, SU? HIRELINGS. 3 Confederate Army. institution. A number of "dummies"?represen tatives of infantrymen?were placed on the opposite side of a high rail fence; and it was a part of the pro gramme fur the major to charge down upon these--having, in the meantime leaped over the intervening fence ? and in the on-rush to behead, in a trice, the aforesaid ''dummies" -Land ing in the supposed path of the victo rious dragoon. Everything was arranged in fault less order, and announcements made in the stentorian tune- of the major's broken Knglish as to coining events ?the words somewhat as follows: "I shows you now, latees and shintelmin, how he Prusse cavilrcc tuss, when tcy" etc., etc. The whole programme would have passed off to the intense delight of all, but for one most unfortunate fact. In the cl?ort to secure a magnificent mount for the huge officer, for the oc casion, a great big fat Cancstoga horse had been selected?one of the victims of .Stuart's recent successful raids into Pennsylvania. The beast was a very model in equine shape and fatness. Hut tho fellow was sadly deficient in the spirit and training of the war horse. He was made for the pursuits of peace?for pulling, and the prize ring. He had also a most decided aversion to activity, coupled with a head of his own, in which there was just brain enough for him to show how he could resist the coas;sK uf a master. But the good major though t \ < that the necessary virtues could be J instilled into the handsome brute in i the proper manipulation of the silver spurs that were dangling on his mag- 1 nificcnt boots. But the Prussian did not know what Greek or yankee devil ment was bidden in that Pennsylvania Dutchman's horse in his exile from i tho land of "loyalty." The gallant sabrcur had taken his ] position, and all were in breathless suspense awaiting the blast from the i silver bugles of the Stuart orchestra. \ At last it came, and off moved the < major in a heavy trot. Louder and i fiercer sounded tho bugles, and more i vigorous became the jogs of the spurs < into the flanks of the Cancstoga. The i officer had succeeded in getting up steam onough for only a feeble "lope" i from the big fellow as the vicinity of < the fence was approaohed. Tho tug ] of war was ahead. Louder and fiercer i thrilled the bugles. And as the oriti- 1 cal moment camo for the swift and y high leap over the fence, the major { gave a most urgent dig of the apura i into the roar flank of tho frightened i beast. The gallant man had deter- t mined that he wonld go over tlfat i Fence?no odds what came. He em* c phasizod the spurring; and when the i triumph was supposed to be completed ? in his mind, it was an appalling oatas- c Lrophe instead of glorious honors that c Dvertook him. Cancstoga, instead of naking the expeoted leap, threw him- a lelf in a terrific broadside, against the 1 lire obstruction above the din of the o jugles and the yeiis of the cavalrymen ? spectators. B It was a fearful spectacle whioh we r witnessed. Unhorsed, and high in t he air, the major went flying forward 1 ?the element filled with the wreck of j he demolished fence. Rolling over x tnd over and struggling on the earfcb, j he big horse went lumbering in the c ?ame direction in whioh the major! lad beeu impelled by the force of the torso's movement. The unfortunate nan had, in the meantime, landed hirty or forty foet from the initial )oint in the disaster,, and be too was ;oing over and over in a s?rie? of iand-and-foot leaps, much in the iff or t to avoid the impending calamity 1* ?being crushed to death by the horse j j and tho falling rails?the latter com ing in frightful showers, both in fieofc and rear. The wonder is that the man was not killed instantly. The ladies sot up their frightful soroamB; they were sure their wonder ful hero had perished in the inglorious death there Stuart and half a dosen surgeons went galloping headlong j : down to his side. But before they reached the major?after he had rolled and summersaulted for about a score of yards?the man was on his feet. Recovering fully his balance, he posed himself .with the majesty of a king and gracefully took in the situation. I shall never forget the expression of the discomfited man as he then ap ?n~,nA *vu? i-sisht that he ^ras, he turned immediately facing tho great body of the ladies whose screams had pierced his heart. To the fair ones he gave a majestio and delighting wave of the hand, and then he bowed low and graciously in profonndest obesiance. The movement of his hand had tho embodiment of so muoh assurance and authority that it at onoe silenced the fears and the screams; while the magnificent salaam, in his bow, brought the entire curps of cavalry into a loud and long oheor of happiness?even the grave ami alarmed General Lee giving hearty utterances of thankfulness that the unlucky knight still had his life and his most admirable courtesy. As soon as the skies had been clear ed of the falling timbers and the dust of the disturbances created by the frantic efforts of the big Pennsylvania horse, the ladies made an impetous rush for the picsencc of the major. They deluged him so with sweet coated compliments and expressions of delight for the other parts of tho performance that the gallant man felt amply repaid for the thrilling mishap. After the war Major Von Broeck went back to Prussia, but he left his beautiful, stainless sword in the keep ing of Virginians, where it still re mains. He wrote and published a history of his experience in the Ameri can civil war, which is a valuable con tribution to the story of the Confed eracy. Recently his eldest son has come to this country, and in honor of the cause for which his noble father fought, he will make Virginia his home. If he comes to any of our re unions the old veterans will give him a princely welcome and ovation. M. V. Moore. mm* mm - Making Whiskey in Prison. Acting on the principle that no whisky is bad whisky, and refusing even to acknowledge that some whisky is better than other whisky, certain prisoners in the Tower have, accord ing to the statement of a man just re leased, erected miniature distilleries and have i::ade the oh-be-joyful tan glefoot right under the eyes of the jailers. This condition of affairs is denied by the officials of the Tower. Matt Ilardec, an "old man of the mountains," with a penchant for vio lating the law in so far as it endeavors to restrict his making "mountain dew," is authority for the statement that tiny distilleries are in uperation in the Tower. Ilardec was discharged from the Tower on Friday, after having served 120 days for "moonshiniog." He lives near Dallis, in Walton county, and on Friday night on his way home told an interesting story to a reporter as to how it was possible to make liquor in the jail. Here is the story: "Yes, Bud, we have 'em in full swing right in the jail. We can't do without our liquor, it makes no differ ence where we are. When I was sent up for the first time, four years ago, I made whiskey in the jail, and when I ;ame back sometime ago I rigged me ip a moonshine factory at once. "I took two coffee pots for boilers, ind after trading and scheming with )tv "T prisoners I managed to get a rubber tube to make a worm. Then I pas fixed so far aa apparatus went, }ut the next thing that bothered me iras getting the meal. You see we government prisoners are allowed nany privileges that the others are tot. We can stroll about the yard, ind into the jail office, the kitchen, ind in fact, anywhere else we want to ixoept tho street. It was a small Mtter to get meat from the oooks on foe excuse that I wanted it to parch ir had the heat and wanted it to rub m my baok. "After getting the meal it was a mal> matter to stake the real thing, fou see, the plant is small, but we ould friaro out about a pint every day. [hero were other fellows who had tills aho> and after making an all light ruDr using common tin lamps to o get up heat, we- had a right good ot next morning. Then we would rroaeed to get drunk. I made enough aoney in je&i to poy my fare home ust by selling my stu-3 to other pris mers."?At&mttv ??wwnoff. rte Blood Care?Aa Offer Prwmf Faith toSsSferer*? Is your blood' pure ? Are you sure >f it ? Do cots or sorafcrhes heal Blow y ? - Does your skia? ifteh or burn ? lave you pimples, eruptions, aching )onos or back, eozema, eld sores, boils, lorofnla, rheumatism, foul breath, ca arrh ? Are yen? pale t If so purify rour blood at eooe with B. B. B. (Bo snie Blood Balm.) It makes the >lood pure a n? rieh, heals every sore md givos a? clear, smooth, healthy ikin. Deop.seated eases like ulcers* tanoer, eating sores, painful swellings, >lood poison? ase epickly cured by 13. 8. B., mado especially far all obeti late blood aadi skin troubles. B.B JL s different from ether remedies, be cause B.BtJfc drains the poison and humors out of the Mood and entire sys tem and oaamet retarn. Intelligenoer readers am advised feo give B.B;B. a trial. It eures when all else fails. Thoroughly tested for 30 years. 8old at drug stares and Hill-Orr 9rug Go. WilhiU A Wilhite and Evans Fhar maoy at one dollar ($1.00) per large bottle,, $6 large bottles (full treatment)) $5. So sufferers may teat it a trial bottle given away absolutely free. Write for it. Address' Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell Slv Atlanta, Ga. Afrits to-u?y. DcBQtvse the trouble and free medical advice given. ? The women have always got a lot of summer stories about women who were aunstruok while oooking in tho kitchen. Have you a sense of fullness in the region of your stomach after eating ? If so you will be benefited by using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Ta blets. They also euro belohing and s our Btomaoh. They regulate the bow els, too. Price, 25o. Sold by Hill Orr Drug Co. Thomas A. Edison's Latest Marvel. Thomas A. Kdison, the electric wizard of the century, is almost ready to make public details of his newest and greatest invention. It is a ma chine for the generation of electrical power without the use of engines and dynamoes. This new invention is said to ap proximate almost exactly the produc tion of electricity directly from coal. If the machine is a success its effect upou all methods of propulsion will he incalculable. Kdison himself said six years ago that this invention would he the greatest possible step in I the advancement of electricity. In an interview published on Octo ber 28, 181)4, he authorized this state ment: "The discovery of a way of con verting coal directly into electricity will he the turning point of all our methods of propulsion. Steam will be entirely superseded by the current. There will he no boilers, nor any of the necessary materials which go with steam engines. "We are rapidly approaching tho time of the steam engine's end. The large Atlantic liners are slowly re ducing their time on their trips, but that must soon stop. Then we shall have to wait until coal is turned directly into electricity. I believe it will come, and then we will cross the Atlantic in four days or less. We can get 90 per cent of the efficiency of a dynamo against G or 10 per cent of an engine." This was Edison's dream in 1894. His vision seems to have become a reality. Nothing since Franklin's discovery, that electricity could be conveyed by wires, will be of more far reaching importance' than this. The new plan is expected to revolu tionize the use of electricity in homes, in offices and in self-moving vehicles of all descriptions. It will make it possible for private electric lighting plants to be maintained in houses with but small expense. It will make it possible to store current in batteries of automobiles without the expensive necessity of carrying them to a city or electrical plant. The invention is one that electri cians have been laboring upon for years. Electrioal engineers say that the machine now completed will make the practical use of electricity more widespread than has been effected by any previous development of this mys terious force. In the new arrangement a simple, portable and inexpensive maohine is to take the place of the dynamo. An oil stove is to supplant the steam en gine. The exaot construction of the new machine is still kept secret, bnt the principle of its operation was made known to-day by a man close to Edison, and to whom had been ex plained the method of construction and operation of th? invention. The principle of the machine is the very simple one that cold contracts au? heat expands any substance. In this* maohine a combination of metal ?a eeiabinatioo the result of years of study and experiment?is lobe heated by a mail ttove. The metals are so arranged and Anderson is so arc Tbey have craned np a lar( Furniture, House I Audi everything that belongs t Kr. Bob, B. Bieakley and H agesa>and will take pleasure STOCK and CHSA *Eh?is steak was bought in factories fav Caan, and they fee o? be pleased. Go to see thei They also have an elegant : Gaskets ai VANDIVBR BROi MERCHANTS. Want Your Trade? We are pushing Dr WITH all the energy we possess, desir in our line. We are offering rare Bar] buyers. We are constantly adding to oui 1 ing a heavy business, if large stock, el dation are worth anything. We highly appreciate every bill y isn't worthy of your patronage, Try us and see. combined that the heating of them starts in motion an electrical current, which can be communicated immedi ately to a storage battery. The machine is small. It can he carried about in au automobile.? It can be operated in a small country barn or in any other convenient place. Whenever it is desired to generate a current or store a battery, all that will have to he done ?will be to light tho small stove, and the machine will begin work. Ever since electricity began to be generally used the expense of pur chase and operation of a steam engine and dynamo has barred it from the use of any one not possessing consid erable money. To build an cleotric lighting plant in a small city has always been the origin of a burden some debt. Although Edison has been at work upon his new invention at his Orange, N. J., laboratory for nearly three years, every suspicion of his plans has been kept from the public. Only a very few were admitted into the secret, and they were pledged to not disclose what they saw. If this ma chine proves to be practically useful in generating electricity upon a large scale and with but small cost of pro duction, it will tend to destroy the value of nearly all electric plants de signed to supply currents to the pub lic. It will have effects, in fact, upon every industry in which electricity is utilized in any shape.?St. Louis lie public. Cured of Chronic Diarrhoea after Thir ty Years of Suffering. "I suffered for thirty years with di arrhoea and thought I was past being cured," says John S. Halloway, of French Camp, Miss. "I had spent so much time and money and suffered so much that I had given up all hopes of recovery. I was so feeble from the effects of the diarrhoea that I could do no kind of labor, could not even travel, but by acoident I was permitted to find a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy, and after taking several bottles I am entirely cured of that trouble. I am so pleas ed with the result that I am anxious that it be in reach of all who suffer as I bave." For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co._ ? In the northern part of Lime stone county, Ala., is a tract of land consisting of more than 1,000 acres, that no one claims, and no taxes have ever been paid en it. It is a wilder nesB, inhabited by snakes, deer and razor-backed hogs. It is a free hunt ing ground1 and thousands of these hogs are killed every year, more for the sport than anything else. Chinese are dangerous enemies for they are treaoherous. That's why all counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch Hasel Salve are dangerous. They look like De Witt's, but instead of the all-heal ing witch hazel they contain ingredi ents liable to irritate the skin and cause blood poisoning. For piles, in juries and skin diseases nse the origi nal Devitt's Witoh Hasel Salve. Evans' Pharmacy. ? A woman can- gsnsially marry the one she pleases* bn4 .she ea?rfc always please the one ah*marries. 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