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pottsylvanI Hv Jamr Mav 10. 1864. On the morning of the 10th of May, we-were moved from-our position at Brocks Cross Roards to a position about. 3-4 of a mile farther to the right and near t6 Spottsylvania, with Wofford's brigade of our division on our right, resting on A. P. Hill's left. A. 1. Hill's corps reached from our left for some distance past Spottsyl vania. As we :came up to the place we were to take, we had to wait for the troops that were there to move farth er to the right. The enemy found out that. we were moving about, and began to shell the pines. We were'back in the pines behind the lines. The shells :would .pass over the works and come baek and burst over us, which made it mighty unpleasant while we stayed there. Young Franklin, one of the litter bearers, says, he was trying to dig himself a hole to get in, he had just passed his shovel over to another man and was resting when he saw a live shell come rolling towards him, spitting fire. He lay flat and waited for that shell to burst until he could stand it no longer, so he made a dive for the hole and went in head fore most on the man, knocking him over. He said the fellow talked mighty sau ey, but he had no time to argue, but strange to say, that shell never burst ed. As we marched up to the works, we had to wait a little. There was a little fellow who lost control of his nerves (as Doe Spence says,) and he jumped into a rifle pit full of water and sank himself in the water. Some of the boys called to him to eome out, but he could stand the water better than he could the shells. Just as we got into position behind the works, a shell passed through and tore off a man's shoulder. His brother came to rhelp him, and 'while bending over him, another shell passed through the works, almost at the same place, and ut off his head, he fell on his brother andI in a few minutes both were dead. ~'I think their name' was Wofford. This shelling and sharp shooting was kept up all the time through the 10th and 11th. While here, the yanke'e~ sharpshoot er on the night of the 10th, which was a very dark, rainy night, with ai strong northeast wjnd blowing, came up 'veryV elow t o'ir pi#"et ime, an dug rifie pits large enough for ont man to lie inl with a box full of dirt set up on rocks that would hold 'the box up just high enough for them' as they lay in the pits to poke thej gus under. They eould see every move we made after daylight, and ii any man showed his head above thE Sworks if he did not move quick woulc cath a bullet. I was out on the vi dette line the night they came anc dug the pits. I. don't think it wa more than thirty steps from where] stood, a yankee came and dug a pi1 and next morning at day he was in i Sready for- business. He must hav4 done his'worke at night while it wa raining so hard, for it was so clos I could have heard him. All the nex day they kept us down behind thi works soci lose' that we could not set what was going on in front. They an noyed our artilleries so that the: could not work their guns. There wa no occasion for us to expose ourselve v'--n the 11th, as there was no tightmnl along the line. There was a little fel lw in the third batallion whose cnrn oitv was so great that he had to se hat was going on at the risk of get ing shot. He had been ordered t stop, as he was drawing the hire o sharpshooters, so at last he stue his head up and let it stay a little to long, and one of the sharpshooter shot him through th6 mouth. knoc ig out some of his teeth and clippin his tongue. He was a warning to th balance of us. We were forced to h still,. and naturally we would go t ssep. I was lying near a battery c four guns, it was about the middle c the evening, the sun was warm an my clothes were still wet from tl~ wetting I had gotten the night b~ fore on the picket line, and I had fa len asleep. The artilleries could s a body of enemy moving to our righ they opened all the guns on them nce. I jumped up, I thought the yai k kes were on us, and without stoppi to see what was going my way. *tpped and rallied and came back my place with everybody laughing and guing me. There was no use say anything, but let the boys ha' their laugh and just humor the .l I will tell you one more on myse that happned that evening. The next day was to be an acti Sone fo A. . Hill's corps. To o !z Court HouseI es Miteh.ell. right late in the evenin- we could see the enemy moving to our right. Our sharpshooters and a few of us along the line got to shooting at them. My old gun would not fire from the wet-. ting it had gotten the night before, so I took out my tube wrench and took out the tube. All at once. such a rat tle of muskets just to our right and it came right up to us. This put me on ' nettles, with my gun to pieces, and the enemy coming naturally I got frisky and I lost my gun tube. I put on my bayonet and sat down behind the. works and waited, feeling all the time like the Irishman when they gave him a bayonet. He wanted to know what it was for, and when told how he must use it, said: "Faith captain, if they don't run till I can reach them with this thing, begorra ! I will. FORMS OF HAZING DESCRIBED "Sitting on Infinity," "Sunrise on the Farm." Washington, March 14.-"Sitting on infinity' "sunrise on the farm" and other forms 'of hazing practiced by the cadets at Annapolis are de scribed in the report of the sub-com mittee of the committee on naval af fairs, made to the whole committee through Representative Vreeland, of New Yok. chairman of the investi leating1 committee. Rear Admiral Brownson is cen sured in the report for exacting from I midshipmen not to engage in hazing the boys to think the pledge was per sonal to him and .did not hold after Rear Admiral Sands became super intendent at Annapolis. Lieutenant C. P. Snyder is also censured mildly for having countenanced hazing. Graduated punishment for . hazing is recommended by the sub-commit tee, which is firmly of the opinion that the present system of expelling all midshipmen found guilty of hazing is vicious. Rear Admiral Sands and other officers now at the academy are praised for the discipline they -are maintaining, and the report shows that cadet officers have been chiefly res)onsible for hazing. It was found that 321 members of the upper classes have been guilty of hazing, and on trial could be expelled. The result would be a great and un necessary loss to the government, in the opinion of the committee. IThe investigation showed there are three forms of hazing at,Annapolis physical hazing, running and fagging. The physical hazing consists of fight ing, compelling midshipmen to stand on their heads and other much- dis cussed means of punishmenit. -Faggoing is the forcing of under class men t.o do menial service for upper class men, such as blacking hoes and serving meals. Running is the forcing of under lass men to do ridiculous feats. One of the most popular performances un der this elassification was giving an eact initation of "sunrise on the farm,'' which consisted of imitating Iroosters and other domestic fowls. U nder the forms of physical hazing - sitting on intinity"' was one of the most commonly practiced at mealtime, and was the forcing of a midshipman Sto maintain a sitting posture after his tchair. was withdrawn from under him. - Acquiring Knowledge. a 'Pa pa. what is an old saw-not -the sa youi sa with, but the kind this paper speaks about?" f "What old saw does the paper speak about?" ''That 's what 1 want to know. It say., Everybody has heard the old - Isaw, "'Never look a gift horse in the mouth.'' ' I want t.o know where the e saw comes in" e " Well, there's your old saw. An o old saw is an old proverb." f~ 'Why shouldn 't you look a gf f horse in the mouth?" d "Because--because it's in bad taste e jIt's ungrateful and all that sort ot - thing." - "All what sort of thing?" e"Why, to look a horse in the mouth t, jthat has been giveni to you shows thai it -it shows that you are not 'thinkinf 1 of the giver, but of the value of thl .g Igift." T "What would anyone want to loo] : a horse in the mouth for?i" t " To tell how old it is." I (After a pause.) "Papa, can yol re tell how old a saw is by looking a e. its teeth?" Earthquakes are responsible fo esome strenuous movements in rea The EmPtY Barrel Thce Improvement associatiou o' Green tive Spring, a winter resort in Florida, and a village of about 1,200 inhabitants, did such good work at tree planting and street cleaning that at. one time the place was known as "The Parlor City.'' The especial pride of the city was their .barrels of Street refuse, which were painted in gay colors and decorated with amus inz rhymes. One of these is printed below. The urgent appeals of these jolly barrels were too persuasive to go un heeded, and soon no town in Florida could boast of such clean streets and sidewalks: "'m here to stop old Boreas From cutting up his capers, By blowing all about our streets Old peanut bags and papers. "My name is Empty Barrel, I'm hungry for a meal Pray fill me full, kind stranger, With trash and orange peel. "Oh, I'm a jolly barrel When people notice me, So give me all pour surplus trash And trip along with glee. 'How sorry I feel for a man Who litters the streets with trash With papers and orange peel, Which form my favorite hash." Strange Ways of Saying Goodby. Exchange. The Turk will solemnly cross his hands upon his breast and make a nrofound obeisance when he bids you farewell. The genial Jap will take his slip per off as you depart and say with a smile: you are going to leave my de spicable house in your honorable jour neying-I regard thee!" I In the Philippines the departing benediction is bestowed in the form of rubbing one's friend's face with one's hand. The German "Lede wohl" is not particularly sympathetic in its sound but it is less embarrassing than the Hindoo's performance, who, when you to from him, falls in the dust at your feet. The Fi,ji Islanders cross two redl feathers. The natives of New Guinea exchange chocolate. The Burmese bend low and say "1Hib! Hib!" The " Auf Wiedersehen " of the Austrian is the most feeling. c x pression of farewell. The Cuban would consider his good bye anjything but a cordial one unless he was given a good cigar. The South Sea Islanders rattle each other 's whale teeth neeklade. The Sioux and the Blackfoot will at parting.dig their spears in the earth as a sign of e.onfidence and mu tal esteem. This is the origin of the term "burying the tomahawk." In the islands in the Straits of the Sound the natives at your goin.g will stoop down and clasp your feet.. The Russian form of parting salu tation is brief, consisting of the simi pe word "Prasehai," said to sound like a sneeze. The Otaheite Islander will twist the end of the departing guest 's robe, and then solemnly shake his own hands. three times. A Question. " You '1l let me come to your wed ding, dear, of course 9" "Well, 1 can 't promise. My people are so enraged at my choice that i hardly know whether I shall he allow ed to go myself." lie--Do you think blonds have more admirers than brunettes? She-i do iot know. You might ask Miss Tur aer. 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