The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 14, 1900, Image 8
CONFEDERATE
CHOCTAWS.
rbelr Old Commander Tells
of Tbetr Services id Ala?
bama.
la Reeponte to the Reqi?st of his
Comrades. Messrs Thumu V
federate States
By command of the Secrc
War Samuei W Meitoo, Ma
A AG
S O Spann, present
Pnraua it to the foregoing i
ty. I ?ret organized a com|
Mobile, with headquarters a
Street Redonbts ; Lieut Ed K
drill master ; John C Ransom
Oeu Dabney H Maury, dep
coro n.uul >r 1 then prooee
raise other companies to form
talion of mounted oavalrv
Dick Anderson Camp of Sumt
Major 8. 0 Spann 'IVllw of
Organisation and Services of i
lifbteeolb Bella ion of Confed
Sie Cavalry eod tbe Firet Bettel
of Ohoctaw Jodiene
To Ibe Kditor of Tho Sunday Neu
Priest? information hss reaok *d
thai inquiry sppesrsd in s forn
isoee of your paper sskiog 1
aosamaoded the lSth battalion
Ooofederate oevalry aod where ?
it organised ? Io addition to t
several person a i friends snd Coof
atate comrades, knowing of i
sserita of Ibis command aod belie vi
thai tbsrs are festeres of spot
lelsreel tbst ahoold not be lost
aba history of the Isle civil w
assist that 1 sboold respond fre
and give to the public aome ok
points of asj wer life sod the wi
af the 18th battalion, and also I
1st battalion of C hoots w India
eom mended by myself io oonjonot
with my 18th battalion of Coofed
ate oaeelry 1 therefore seod to j
ee epitome of what I bope i
eoffioe for the present, with i
promise of s mors elaborate del
later oo, aod io a move subatem
form tee* a mare oewspsper ec
monioatievi 8 O Spann
8omter, Jan 30, 1900
THE CALL TO WAR IN AL
BAM \
On the 11th day of January, 18
Alabama, my adopted State, 'aeoec
from the Onion Io Ibe eame moi
and year I, then a planter, reeidi
ia Dalian county, near Sol ma, voh
leered aa a private aod joined C
William Boylee' cavalry compel
known ae the Mobile Dregooue,
the Golf coaet, oesr Mobile Gi
Boyleo wee a prominent lawyer
the Mobile bar at ibat lime Al
aerviog 12 mootbe tbe oompa
reorganised with Cwpt J H Msrsbi
a ooled wboleaale merohaot of >
Wie. ae oeptaio. He wee wound
ia tbe Shieldeboro, Mies, fight, w
tbe 9th Ooooeoticot, sod waa
disabled thai be never rejoined
command Capt Boylee wee autb
tzed by the wer department to re
a regiment He succeeded in dot
so This command wee knowu
Ibe 56th or 57tb Alabama cavalry.
After aerviog io Me'sheU'a com
ay a part of the costing year, i
beiog anxious to aec more sot;
service, the ooast service consisli
entirely of scout reoonnoitering i
ekirmieh eogsgements, I p
eared s substitute, to take my pit
ia Ibe drsgoooe aod accompam
#eo J W Herdee Ibroogb Brag
memorable march ioto Teuneeiee t
(entocky Herdee was theo movi
sortbward, via Mobile, Msridiso i
Seime
By way of digression I here i
that Oeo Hardee'a plantation aod l
plantation, io Dallas ooonty, A
joined with ooly a dividing fei
between ; hence our personal it
meey, and as s fortber digressiot
shoal 1 say tbst my substitute mi
a gallant aod faithful soldier to I
eod
In the meenwbile I waa in act
doty in Kentucky end Tennessee,
an evidenoe of which 1 refer to I
Atlanta Constitution, tho Selm* I
porter, tbe Chattanooga Rebel a
other newspapera of October, IS
date, for e full account of tbe bat
of Perryville, Ky. in which H
Spsnn, of Alabama ; J Rochelle,
Looieans, ari - Johnson
Georgia (Cbnetian name not reme
b?red), diatin ;uisbed themselves
valient conduct ; for wbicb ooiidi
llardee end several other offic
aigtied a written commendation ol
O Spann to the confidence of I
eeeretary of war Oo tbe faith
tbia paper 1 presented myself et I
afflce of lbs secretary of war,
Richmond, Vs, Io whom 1 waa iot
dooed by my old fried end claasma
Ibe Uon A H Garland, U 8 scuai
from Arkaasae
Tbe following is e copy of t
docomeut eothorizing the enlarj
ment of my uaefnlueae. and epej
for itself ; the original 1 bold in i
possession :
Confederate States of Amerii
War Department, Adjutant end
speclor General e Office, Richmut
Ve, April Ii? 1H63?Authority
hereby granted to I G Spann to ra
for the service of the Conb den
Slates a company from the inha
Is.its east of the Mississippi river,
scoots or auch other service aa th
may be assigned to
After the company is raised !
Hpann may proceed, if he can
organize first a battalion and th
enlarge that battalion to a regimen
The organization wher raised w
bo mustered into service and copi
of the munter rolls 1 rwarded I
*le ia Ibia office It will be subjf
?o Ibe rules end regulations govci
of
er,
the
the
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me
suooeeded in perfecting, with J
Tindal as captain of Company A,
A D 8t<-el as captain of Company
ul M Burke aa captain of Compa
C and John Harrison us captain
Company D
In the outset this command *
gotten op with the expectation
operating ander orders of Gen II
dee, as indicated above But Q
Hardee was transferred to the Ea
ler em division, which changed t
'bo nature of the service and opened n<
of territory for future operations. T
raa above named companies were ordei
hit to Toscalooss, Ala, where, in S<
?d- tember, 1833, the command was di
the organized, with 8 G Spann maj
ng The mustern rolls were formally mi
lial oof. copies of whiob were foward
to to the secretaiy of war Tascaloc
ar, was the gateway into Northw<
sly Alabama
tiet It was at Vuscsloosa that the Cc
>rk federate States Military Aoadei
the was established The chief cott<
ns, wool and shoe and bat factories w<
ion located there The iron brid
scrota the Blnck Warrior River o<
oected the western and eaatern s<
tiooa of Alabama at tbia point. I
enemy bad made frequent raids
that vicinity und the oity was
seversl oooaaiona under immiut
danger of bein? captured. Gen
B. Forrest was stationed at Okoloi
Mitt. Gen G J Pillow wss station
at Montgomery, Ala, and I v,
stationed at Tjsealooss, Ala,, w
instructions frcm Geu Maury to
port ready for duty to b(
Gen Forrest and Gen Pillc
who were about equally distant fr<
Tuscaloosa This was promp
done My command up to this tu
wss known ss Spann's bsttalion
independent scouts. Gen Pillow c
*Pl j jeoted to the style aa calculated
mialead and produce confusion. ]
therefore advised that the comma
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*Pl should take aome numerical desigi
?f tion No objection l>eiog interpost
ler the oommand waa called the If
Confederate cavalry, and forward
Gen Pillow'e reoummeodations tc
Coeper, A and I General, Riohmor
that in future 8psnn'a bsttalion
independent scoots should be kno\
ss the 18th Confederate Cavalry, a
it ao appeara in my subseque
reports
Now that the main forces
ne> I Confederste troops.hsd been transn
as
id,
lo
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itb
so
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t>r
ise
red to Eastern field of sction,
North Alabama waa consequent
exposed to Federsl raids and depi
dationa by deserters and Uni
ve I sympsthizers who had organized it
bandits sod highway robbers gem
ally
This bsttalion had hardly gott
into fighting trim when a squad
reconnoiteriog aooote dafibed it
camp and reported two Federal rai
heading towarda Toscsloosa. o
under command of Federal C
Grieraoo, and the other under coi
raaod of Federal Col StralU G
Forrest bad received sitnoksneo
notice of their approach and at on
intercepted them at Sand Monntai
North Alabama, where he gainei
signal victory with ooly nlig
cssualtiee. himself receivirng a wcu
in the heel The 18th battalion, t
ing skillfully deployed along t
Watermelon Road, leading down
Toscsloosa from the direction of t
fight rendered efficient service agair
detached equsds of the enemy. T
thanks of the oity officials, and pi
fesaor* of the State cadets, and t
superintendents of the various fi
tories were cordially tendered tt
battalion Gen Forrest's commati
after this engagement, moved to t
front, but this battalion continued
Tuscaloosa and in the immedia
support of Gen G J. Pillow
orders
Fo J the more eftVotuai execution
the duties devolved up mi mo I insu
.several general orders, defining t
r? qu.rements of too law ot exempli
j t.1 d oonsor iptioo, alao an appeal to t
des? rters then in biding and who o u
not b ? reached by the ordinary proce;
Theao ordera aod appeal were publish
in the Tuscaloosa Observer, oad also
hand buta for more efJeotive disirib
tion
Just at thia juncture another da
tpeok of tarbolonoo showed itself
South Alabama and Kw Miasi-sipi
About oun hundred Chootaw India
had boon mustered into lbs Coafsdari
atjffltt under Capt J W Pierce,
SSStlrSSjt and brave i Miser hut a cm
feud sprang up and many of his India
brave* mutinied which threatened 1
drwfruo ion and their dnser-bin lo ll
atjetjt, Tt avert this ianpsndii
calamity all Ml tOtJSjissioaed (ft??
(whit.) end ttw-tttjalttaioosd thee.
f|tj4ptes) pstitketjsd A<lj' Qeo Coop
to have their commands tran^f' rrrd
my tttSjtJttt nod prrannal charge
po j dismounted itttjtl Thia petition w
granted end I ? Mtbttabsd two camp?
(/hoctaw warriors, onu at Mobil?, AI
and one io Newton County. MiaaisaipJ
on the Meridian and J ask SOS Kniroa
Thia oommand was styled 1st battaln
of Cboetaw Iodiaos.
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Io a short time over three hundr
warriors were enrolled aod ready i
servioe. Unfortunately, however,
part of tbo^Iodtaus. while recooooit*
iog near Lake Pooohartrato, w<
drawn into aotioo before they w(
thoroughly drilled in the manual a
skirmish taetios
Now Orloans was tbeo to the hao
of the Federals and their gunboi
plied the coast all along Mississippi, a
tbe Federal soldiers peoetrated t
inferior. During one of their laod.n
Company A, commanded by Capt
Duckworth, First, Lieut Calvin Dool
tie, Seoood Lieut R H Welsh, Tbi
Lieut W Cunningham, First Corpl
Aiosworth ; Company B, Capi Tb
Pearse, First Lieut Mobly, Seoo
Lieut Furlow, Third Lieut Jo
Harrison, First Corpl Wm Robiosc
togethor with their non commission
Indian officers and sixty three privat,
engaged the enemy, who had landed
superior foroes near Lake Ponohartrai
During this conflict these Indian bra
fought oobly. Bat the skill of t
enemy tod their superior numbers s
quality of arms were too muoh
them. Mobly and Pearse, togett
with seventeen warriors, were oaptut
sod plaoed aboard the Federal guobi
Maple Leaf aod taken to New Orleai
Pearie aod several of tbe Iodii
escaped aod returned to camp 1
balance were carried to New York o
aod exhibited as ooriosities.
"Indian Warriors in Coofeden
Uoifortn!" This line famished
amusing headlioe to tbe great dailies
the North.
This portion of tbe Choctaw bat
lion beosme greatly demoralin
Several of tbeir leaders went to Mot
and employed Peroy Walker, a pro
iosnt Iswyer at tbe Mobile bar,
procure their release from servioe.
To prevent complications and oon
qaent estrangement of tbe Iodii
against tbe Coofederaoy I promp
advised their fall payment a
honorable discharge tbe servioe. T
was done at onoe. The other t
oompanies of Indians continued
servioe, engaged only io scout a
reoonooiteriog duties ; piloting Cooft
orate sooots aod giviog notice
Federal encroachments, which beea
of frequent annoyance after tbe fall
Viokabarg I have elaborate data a
propose to give the redskin braves a
tbeir excellent eommanders ooospiout
mention io my fortboomiog "Ft
Years1 Life io Camp." The btetori
who presumes oo plaotog a history
tbe oivil war before tbe world with I
omission of Spaoo's battalion of Cb
law Iodiaos will do himself au iojt
aod a band of brave warriors a eerit
wroog.
Tbe 18th battalion of Coofeden
oavalry eootioued to do desultory s
vioe in both offensive aod defeos
warfare io North Alabama. Wfa
Gen Pillow, with his brigade, a
ordered to take tbe field 1 applied
admission into bis brigade, bat t
offioials of Tu6Culoosa petitioned t
war department to forbid tbia battalio
departure from their midst. Tl
rcqaest was r.c^eded to by the depa
moot. All these matters, aaid au
more, whiob constitute tbe part I toe
wil! be set forth more elaborately
due oourso of time.
As so evidence of the strong broth
ly attachment that those brave, cruc
fall blood Iodiaos cherished for Co
federate soldiers I here iostaoos o
eveot that oooorred oear my Iodi
oaop, io Newton County, Miss,
freshet was oo aod tbe water io Chan
River waa running above the railro
bridge, traioa came with soldiers got
towards Viokabarg Tbe train pluog
ioto tbe river, preoipitatiog ma
soldiers into tbe rsgiog waters. I a
present at my Iodiao oamp daring tl
oatastropbe aod ordered my Indians
batten to tbe resoae Without
instant of hesitation over one hundr
of these noble braves pluogsd into tt
torbaleot river and resoaed all t
soldiers alive, exeept tweoty-ooe, wbt
they brought out upoo tbe bank lifeh
and plaoed them side by side Afi
identification these unfortunate soldi*
were crudely buried. Tbe greati
interest was manifested by these 1
dians in tbeir voluntary aot of bumani
as well as their pride of oourage a
respeot for their commander. Tl
iootdout oan be vouched for by I'm
teitoessos, who uow resides in t
vicinity.
We must remember that tho b<
history is that history whiob does r;
omit the minor details of even the m<
hur.ible factor that helped to make 1
tbe grand wholo Tbe tiniest rill pou
its living current into some oth
stream, wbioh helps to make tbo grc
river,* that fill the mighty oocao ; t
when the best history of tbe w
be;won tbe States sbail have be
published tho humblest Confedera
soldier whoso readiness to do his du
at all tiruos on the battlefield as
soldier. though lacking often tl
opportunity to prove it, shall claim
conspicuous and 'onorable plaou io I
pages
Vt ith this Spirit, future pages ihi
embrace oat only the part I took, b
particularly the heroio deeds of cot
rades with wh mi I claim the honor
batiag shared the four years' penis
soldier's life
By *ay ol postoript, my sorrend
was af Mobilo, Ala, July 10, 1865
retainiog all rquipage, side aru.s, et
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i know that Dr. Kilii;'.? New l.itn Pill?, thts ?
sarful StoAtafB hi 1 liiver kteuiady, ^i^u*
?plsedid apeatltSi soatid digtMloa and ? reg
lur bodily ksblt Uiii? Iniure* p?rf?ot ti?>h11ti ai
greut energy. 0tiI> 1st at J I ? W. Doboriu?
drug iiore. t
A Lost Battalion
Statements From Leadio
Ex-Confederates in
Sumter
Tho Committee Appointed by Can
Dick Anderson, United Coofedera
Veterans, After Careful Iovestig
tioo can Ftod no Trace of tbe O
panizatioo Wbich Major S G Spar
Claims to Havo Commanded?Mess
Waieh aod Brownfiald do not R
member Ever to Have Asked Mtj
Spann to Publish His "Experience
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It, Io your it?sue of 25 b February appea
io ao acoooot of Major S G Spano of
n battalioo of Cbootaw Iodiaos aod a ba
ea talioo of Confederate cavalry (18tl
be commanded by him
od Wo would Dot take aoy notioe of th
or pteoe but for tbe faot that Major Spat
er writet at if it it sanctioned by 01
camp, Diok Aoderaoo, No 334, U
V, We therefore desire to make tl
f|0|a\oic2 ttatemeot:
We art a oommittee appointed by tl
oamp to examine into tbe war reoord
its members aod wrote Major Spar
asking where aod what time the 18.
Coofederate battalioo wat formed Vi
ao j oould find oo reeord of tame io aay
of I the histories wbiob were accessible
us and we received no reply. Wbt
hit pieoe appealed io yoor paper
wat atked to appear before us, whit
ile I he did oo this day, aod ttiil we a
m- I unable, even with hit assistance to fit
aoy reoord of tbe above mention*
oommaodt, and we do not desire lb
our oamp or aoy part of it shall I
?os oontidered at taootiontng tbia aooouo
tty We respectfully atk tbst you publii
nd Msjor Spaoo's letter, (addressed
bin Col T V Walsh, olerk of commute
wo Capt F, J Brown field, his'or'an, ai
others of Diok Aoderaoo Camp, Sut
ter, S. C ,) which was seot you wi
tbe aooouot of bis battalioos mention
above
Also the eoolosed letters of Col T
of Walsh, olerk of our committee, aod
od J Browofiold, historian of our oamp
We, as a oommittee of Dick Ande
ton Camp, do not endorse io aoy wi
the aooouot wbiob appeared io yo
paper of tbe 25th of February nor do
our camp do so.
Wbeo Major Spaoo cao show to c
satisfaction that be commanded tbe
battalions during tbe war theo ie w
be glad to obaoge our preteot opioiot]
Raspeotfully, W 1) Soarboroug
obairman; P P Gaillard, commit!
Diok Anderson Camp, 334.
Sumter, Maroh 6, 1900.
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MAJ. SPANN'S LETTER TO TH
SUNDAY NEWS.
Col Thos V Walsb, Clerk of Cot
mtttee ; Capt R J Brownfield, Hist
ri&n, and others of D.ck Aoders(
Camp, Sumter, S C ?Coofederate Cot
rades aod Friends : Thanking you f
courtesies, and yieldiog to your kit
solicitations to contribute to the liter
ture and history of "The Lost Cause
a report of the part I took io tbe w
between tbe States, I take - 'easure
complying with year requet in tb
manner aod to tbe extent tut I pr
some is sufficiently adequate r tl
present.
Tbe part I took wat only the
taken by thousands of Coofederate ^
triott, who, like myself, offered thee
selves a wiiliog saorifioe to priooip
aod conscientious doty. It is a pleaso
rather theo a task to have tbia oppo
tonity to laud.the herioo deeda of otl
art, the glory of whiob I have the hoo<
to tay I sometimes shared Yet, i
for myself personally, ao far abort we
my achievements when measured 1
my eaeri?oes aod personal expectation
that I would really deem aoy effort c
my part io this direction, if uosoiio
ted, more hollow ogotism.
Replying, therefore, to your esteea
ed favor, aod thaokiog you for tt
"blacks" to wbioh you call my pc
nooal attention, aod as a matter
rospeot and esteem, both to yourseivi
and those whom you represent, as wc
as to those brave, unfaltering comrad*
whose patriotic fidelity I oherieb dean
than life itself, I herewith ser,d you tt
acoompaoying fragment ot a yet ui
published "Four Years' Lite io Camp,
Fraternally yours,
S G Spann.
CAPT. BROWNFIELD'S LETT El
To the Editor of tbe Sunday News
I do not remember requesting Majc
S G Spano to publish his "exper
enoes" with the 18(h battalion, Coulee
erato oavalry, as tbe headlines of b
uommuoioation in your last Sunday
issue- would indicate
R J Brownfield.
COL WALSH'S LETTER
To tho Editor of tho Suoday News
1 oote in laat Sunday's i*j?ue ot Th
Sunday N? w* you pubiish a oommooi
catiou from Maj ?r S (i Spann as to th
18:h battalion, Confederate eavulrj
1 The headlines say that 1 and soothe
rr oomrade rt q'iestrd ihn publication of sai
I pieeo. I can't ncail ever making t-ue
0 rcqoeal
Tho? Y. Waith.
Sumter, Match I, 1900.
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Mnj S (i 8pann'a r? ply to the DU
Aoderaon Oamp oommittee Io yester
day's Item was banded iu for public?
tlOB this morning, but owing to it
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length, we are compelled* tu let it
over until next issue
Maj. Spaoo says that at no time I
ho ever say that he was requested
"publish" bis war reoord, but eay*
was requested to put in writing I
time and place of the organ zition
bis command, by the committee, a
that he preferred printer's ink to writi
ink, und r the circumstances,
says bo bad nothing whatever to
with those beadlioes, th.'y were the p
duciion of the printer and not hunt'
He says not even in tboee hcadh
docs it appear that ho was requested
publish his communication
Democratic Organization
a
kt. Columbia, March 9.?Secreti
n j ( Qunter, of the State executive cc
1 re it tee, has been receiving
... great many letters of inquiry abi
)D the Democratic organization and
?r that there may be general informat
q upon the matter the following ste
tje ment has been prepared :
The township or ward clubs, si
be Secretary Gunter, shall meet on i
0f fourth Saturday in April Tb<
local clubs elect a president
recording and a correspondi
secretary and a treasurer, and si
have three working committees t
not less than three members ea
viz: A committee on registrati
an executive committee and st
other committees as may be deem
expedient.
Tnese clubs shall operate under i
control of a county executive cc
mittee, which shsll consist of <
member from each club, to be eled
by the respective clubs. 1
executive committee shall appoint
t0 .officers, except the chairman, ?
e. shall be elected by the county c
to
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one delegate to the county conv
tlon for every twenty five memb
and one delegate for each major
fraction of twenty five The coui
convention ?ball be called by 1
county executive committee to m
on the first Monday in May c
when assembled ehali be called
order by the chairman of the exe
tive committee, and the convent
shall proceed to nominate and el
from among its members a preside
one or more vice presidents,a secreti
and a treasury, a member cf the St
executive committee and delega
to tho State convention, each coui
being entitled to double the numl
of delegates in the State convent
as it has members in the gene
assembly The State convent
shall be called by the State execut
committee to meet on the third W
needay in May The State couv
tion elects delegates to the natio
Democratic convention and a m?
ber of the national Democratic e:
outive committee
London Word Thatchers.
Time is required i>y tin American
to accustom itself to English "as i
is spoke" In l^mdon. The cockney u
had no difficulty of corrupting the N
man French, making Route de I
"Rotten row" and Marie le Ron "J
rylebone" :tnd Beauchnrap, wbo i
one of the principal lieutenants of
Conqueror and was rewarded with
lauds at Warwick, into "Reccha
would readllj call High Rotboi
"'(ghobon" and Ludgate Hill "1
gut'ill." linked the English of^the <
und bus driver, bright as they are
their own employments, is not read
understood. Cue has to ask a bus c
dtietor more than once as to the idei
ty of the place to which he is bou
for In calling out the names there is
the faintest resemblance to what
considers the proper pronunciation.
The W/Wjr Oat.
"So yon refuse to give me the m<
ey?" said the prodigal son.
"Not another cent do you get,"
plied the stern parent.
"Thon here goes," said the youth
he seized a silver mounted pistol fn
his lather's desk.
"Unhappy boy!" cried the old mi
"would you take your life?"
"No." replied the son. "I'm going
loan this to my 'uncle.' "-- CulcH
News.
t?D to the \ew Standard.
"I understand you are looking foi
Servitut." said the girl.
"Oh, dear, no," answered the holy
the house. "When 1 was first marri
1 m:is foolish enough to occasions
look for :i servant, but I got over th
I'm looking for a general supervisor
the household OOW."?Chicago Post
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Two passengers on an Atlantic liner,
one an American aod the other an Eng?
lishman, did not exchange the farewell
courtesies when the steamer reached
her pier usual between voyagers who
have occupied adjoining staterooms
and hobnobbed during an ocean voy?
age. A plausible explanation was
vouchsafed by the American.
During tb* voyage the Englishman
persisted iu fraternizing with the
American in a most obtrusive and an?
noying manner. Within two days of
Boeton the Englishman one morning
hunted up the American and found him
in apparent despondency, gazing sea?
ward from the hurricane dock
"Confounded blue this me . -\ old
chap. What's the matter?" And the
Britisher slapped his companion on the
back.
"Matter enough." growled the Amer?
ican. "Ship's lost; captain don't know
which way to steer. Forgot to wind
the compass last night."
The Englishman listened with mouth
agape, then rushed off to tell his f -iends
of the consequential mishap. Evident?
ly the gullible Britisher was "pushed
along" for some time until he found
everybody guying him.?Boston Post.
1 ChesterflelaVs Wit.
Lord Chesterfield was never at a loss
for a polite retort. Once be proposed a
person as proper to fill a place of great
trust, but which the king himself was
determined should be filled by another.
The council, however, resolved not to
indulge the king, for fear of a danger?
ous precedent, and it was Lord Ches?
terfield's business to present the grant
of office for the king's signature. Not
to incense his majesty by asking him
abruptly, he, with accents of great hu?
mility, begged to know with whose
name his majesty would be pleased to
have the blanks filled up.
"With the devil's!" replied the king
in a paroxysm of rage. .
"And shall the instrument," said the
earl coolly, "run as usual, 'Our trusty
and well beloved cousin and coun?
selor?' " At this repartee the king
laughed and with great good humor
signed the grant.
At an auction sale of tte effects ol
the late Herrmann, the magician, twe
pairs of silk stockings, said to haVe be
longed once to the Empress Carlbtta ol
Mexico, were sold for $9. An experl
who was present at the sale saicl th<
stockings probably cost $30 a pair.
In 18G1 the population of England
and Wales was about 20,000,000. Ie
that year 258 divorce suits were en
tered. Ten years later there were 4M
suits among 23,000,000 population. It
1881 there were G18 oit of 2G.0O0.00O
and last year there w^re 822 out ol
31,000,000.
The storage of bicycles in Paris dur
ng the winter months is expensive. S<
a great many Parisians pawn theii
liae'hiifes in the Mont-de-Piete, or stat(
pawnshop. The interest paid on th<
advance of money is very small and h
a great saving on what would be path
for storage.
BOT. S. L. Sloggett of lloulton. Me.
has a copy of the London Times is^uec
in 17Mb As compered with the uows
papers of today it is a very peeuliai
looking sheer. It contains an able edi
torial oa the work of UcneroJ Ceorg?
Washington and gives ji<? address o!
resignation.
\ Getting.
"Whew!" remarked the head of tht
firm after he had listened to the reporl
of the thief collector. "Who can th<
rascal beV And all these people say thai
they have paid and hold a teceipt?"
??Precisely. Some fellow has been go
ing tbe rounds, and wherever my men
are sent they find that at least 70 pet
cent of the bills have been paid. He bOJ.
even collected a lot of bills that tri
considered bad. He certainly most be s
villain of the deepest dye, sir. and I
havo taken the liberty of notifying the
best private detective in the city. "
"Perfectly right. Send the detective
to me as soon aa lie puts in an appear?
ance. We must find this villain."
Half an hour later the head of the
firm auM the detective were closeted to?
gether.
"Can yen lind him TT' asked the for?
mer.
"Sure! I'm satisfied now that I know
who he is. and I'll have him inside the
bars before morning."
"Who's hiring yen and who's going
! to pay tor yonr services T*'
"Yon. of course. "
"Thm I'll do my own planning. If
that fellow won't take slot) a month to
; work for me, offer him $200 He has
the kind of talent I'm looking for." ?
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"Brushley was a good hearted fel?
low; no one ? vor appealed to him for a
loan in vain."
"No, and wasn't his death charac?
teristic? He was struck by lightning,
you know."?Philadelphia North Ameri*
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siness Colleoe,
S. 0,
u^iness and Shorthand
lore graduates plaoed in good posi
s und Shorthand Schools in South
?ue and full information.
iwberry, President