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a rbW Rekra B si aie t 34 of 'as -nile fatihr t and near t8 Ety tiA 6 i) ord 's brigade o our division on ight, resting on A. P, Hill's left. .,Hill 'a corps reached from' our or some distanc past 'pottsy1% we :came up to the place *e to take, we had to wait for the s,that were there to move farth the right. The enemy found out e were moving about, and began ell the pines. We were back in ines behind the lines. The shells d pass- over the works and gome and burst over us, which made it ty unpleasant while Nye stayed . Young Franklin, one of the bearers, says, he was trying to imself a hole to get in,,he had assed his shovel over to another [land was resting when he-.saw a shell come rolling towards him,' ing fire. He lay flat and waited hat shell .to burst until he could d it no longer, so he made a dive the hole and went in head fore t on the man, knocking him over. said the fellow talked mighty sau but he had no time to argue, but nge to say, that shell never burst As we marched up to the works, had to-wait a little. There was a le fellow who lost control of his ves - (as Doc Spence says,)- and- he ped into a rifle pit full of water sank himself in the water. Some he boys called to him to conic out, he could stand the water better n he could the shells. Just as we into position behind the works, a I passed through and tore off a n's shoulder. His brother came to p him, and while bending over him, ther shell passed through .the ks, almost at the same- place, anid hoff his head, he fell on his brother in a few minutes both were dead. ink their name was Wofford. This ling and sharp shooting was kept lI the time through the 10th and hile here, the yankee sharpshoot on the night of the 10th, which a very dark, rainy night, 'ithi a ng northeast wind blowing, came I PrV eloar tr oitr picket lino, and rifle pits:. large enough for one to lie in with a box full of dirt up On rocks that would hold 'thei up just high enoughYl for- them' as4 y lay in the pits to poke their A under. They could see every ve we made after daylight,.and if man showed his head above the rks if he did not move quick wvould eli a bullet. I was out on the vi tec line the night they camec and the pits. f. don't think it was 're than thirty steps from where I od, a yankee came and dug a pit 3next morning at day ho was in it idy for- business. He must have to his 'work at night while it was* ning so hard, for it was so close ould have heard him. All the next they kept us down behind the 'ka so elose'that we could not see at was going on in front. They an ed our artilleries so that they Id not wvork thcir guns. Trher~e was occasion for us to expose ourselves ~the 11th, as there was no fighting igthe line. There was a little fel in the third batallion whose enri iy as so great that lhe had to see it wvas going on at the risk 'of get Sshot. He had been ordered to pas lhe was drawing the fire of rpshooter's, so at last he stuck head up and let it.stay a little too g, and 0110 of the sharpshooters t him through. th6 mouth, knock out some of' his teeth and elipping tongue. Hie was a warning to. the ance of us. We wvere forced to be, 1, .and naturally we would go to op. T was lying near a 'battery of r guns, it was about the middle of evening, the sun was wvarm and clothes were still wet from the tting I had gotten the night be eon/'the picket line, and I had fal asleep. The artillerites could see 'od'y of enemy moving to our right, gv opened all the guns' on them .atI e0. I jumped pip, I thought the yan So were on us, and'withput stopping (ge what was -going' my way., 1 pped. nd ralted and came back to plae- "with everybody,laughing at guying me. Thdre was no use to *nthing, but let .the boys have gh~l' and just humor th~, joke. 1i 'you one more. on myself ed that evening. dywas to be an ative ll's corps. 'o our i o,ur right. Our "*sh6taM a few of us along the eiN got to sliootig at them. y old grn would fnot-, fire from.the we.t. tift it'had gotten. the kight before, so F-tOok' out my tube wrench and took c6t the tube. All at once, such.a'-gat tt4 of miskets 'just to, our right and it onme right up to us. -"This put me on nettles,,with my gun to pieces, and the enemy comirig, 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 it bayonet. He wanted to know 'what it was for, and when 'told how he must use it., said: "Faith captain, if they ion 't, run till I can reach them with this thing, begorra I I will. FORMS OF HAZING DESORIBED "Sitting on Infinity," "Sunrise on the .Farm." Washington, March 14.-'"Sitting )n infinity,'' "IsunriF in. the farm" ind other forms 'of hazing practiced by the cadets at' Annapolis are de icribed in the report of the sub-com rnittee of the committee on naval af Cairs, niade to the whole c6minittee through Representative Vreeland, of 1ew Yoi'A, chairman of the investi ating committee. Rear Admiral Brownson is cen mired in the report for exacting froi nidshipmen not to engage in hazing the boys to think the pledge was per oial to him and did not hold after Rear Admiral Sands became super intendent at Annapolis. .Lieutenant 1". P. Snyder is also censured mildly for having leountenanced hazing. Graduated punishment for . hazing s recommended by the sub-commit ee, which is firmly of the opinion that the present system of expelling all nidshipmen found guilty of hazing is vicious. Rear Admiral Sands And >ther officers now at the academy are .raised for the discipline they .are maintaining, and the report shows hat cadet officers have been chiefly responsible for hazing. It was found that 321 members of he upper classes have been guilty of inzing, and on trial could' be expelled. ne result would be a great and un ieessary loss to the government, in he opinion of the committee. The investigation showed there are iree forms of hazing at Annapolis )hysical hazing, runing and fagging. I'he physical hazing consists of fight ng, compelling midshipmen to stand in their heads and other much- die msed means of punishment. F'agging is the forcing of under slass men to do menial service for apper~ class men, such as blacking shoes' and serving meals. Hunning is - tihe forcing of under slass nen to do ridiculous teats. One if the most p)opular performances un 'her this classification was giving an axac(t. imitation of "'sunrise on the 'arm,'' which consisted of imitating *oost ers and other domestic fowls. Und(er* the formis of phIysical hazing 'sjit ting on inftinityV' ' was one0 of the nost commonly priac'ticed .at mealtime, mdwas the forcing of a midshipman .o maintain a sitting posture after his hair. was withdrawn from under him. Acquiring Knowledge.. "Papa, what 'is an old saw-not .he saw you saw with, but t he kind his paper speaks about?" "What old saw does the paper apeak about ?' ''That 's what I want to know. It lays, 'Everybody has heard the old 4aw, ''Never look a gift horse in the mout."' ' I want. to know where the saw comes in.," ''Well, there's -your 01(d saw. An old sawv is an old proverb." ''Why shouldn 't you look a gift horse in the mouth?' "Because-because it's in bad taste. It's ungrateful and all that sort of' thing."'-' "All what sort of thihg?" "Why, to look a.horse in the mouth that has been given to you sh~ows that -it shows that you.are not 'thinking of the giver, but of the value of the gift." "What would anyone want to look a horse in the month'for?f" "To tell how old it is." (After a pause.) "Papa, .can, you toll how old a. saw is by* looking at its teeth?" '1hrthquakes are responsible for 'Oom~e strenuous movements n' real eotate. r ~eeni kve Spring, a winter esot 1,, Florids, and a.village of about *,2OO inhabitants. d such goodwork at tr0e t planing pud street cleaning that at, one,time the place was knwn as . The Parlor C "3 The espenow piide' ofthe ity- w,aTh reelot *treet refuse,wie Santdiid ay colors. and':deeora . with. amus ing- rhyxies.- One of these is printed bel?w. The .-rgent appeals -of. these. jolly bairrels were too persuasihe to go una lieeded, and soon' no town ii Florida 3ould boAst of such clehn streets and sidewalks: 'I'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, 1'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 trsh With papers and orange peel, Which form my favorite hash." Strange Ways.of Saying Goodby. Exchange. The Turk will solemnly cross his iands upon his breast and make a irofound obeisance when he bids you farewell. The genial Jlap will take his slip ier-off as you depart and say with a imile: you are going to leave my de tpicable house in your honorable jour icying-I regard thee I In the Philippines the departing >wnediction is bestowed in the form if rubbing one's friend's face with me's hand. The German .''Lede wohl " is not mrtiularly sympathetic in its sound mt it. is less embarrassing than the lindoo's performance, who, when you ro from him, falls in the dust tit your 'ect. The Fiji Islandeks cross two red .eathers. The natives of New -Ginea exchange chocolate. The Burmese )end low and say "Hibl Hibl" The "Auf Wiedersehen" of the Austrian is the most feeling e ex ression of farewell. The Cuban would consider his good )ye alything but a cordial one unless ie was given a good eigar. The South 3ea Islanders rattle 'each other's whale teeth necklade. The Sioux and the Blackfoot will it parting dig their spears in the arth as a sign of confidence and mu nal esteem. This is the origin of the' em "burying the tomahawk." ' II the islands in the Straits of the sound the natives at your goin~g will ~toop) down and clasp your feet.. The Russian form of parting salu ation is brief, consisting of the ,sim,a >le word "'Praschiai,"' said to sound ike a sneeze. The Otaheite Islandir v'ill t wist the end of the deparTting nuest's robe, and then solemnly shake is own hands- three times. A Question. "XYou 'Il let me come to yourI wed iung, dear, of course?9" "' Well, 1 can 't promise. My people re so enraged at my choice that I iardly know whether I shall be~ allow '( to go myself." Hie-DJo you think blonds have more miirers than brunettes? She--I (10 xot know. You might ask Miss Tuir ier. She has had experience in both ~apneities.-New Yorker. It; is the fool who asks quest ion mi heeds not the answers. 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