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The Southerners. [C'onliaued Froiu 3rd Fago.) n small farmer which stood on the top of it. A simr of Missionary ridge extending out to the eastward, it rises about a hundred feet above the surrounding country. Its top is uuduluts ing and broken. Some distance to the westward, in the rear of its crest, \ there is a shallow ravine, beyond which rise other hills, one ridge In particular running east and west and commanding the horseshoe. It was x thickly wooded and in places very x--. steep. As it covered both the Itoss- | vllle and Dry Valley reads Thomas , determined to re-establish h!3 line there. The troops as they retreated up the , slopes were thrown around the crest i of the hill and preparations made for another series of assaults to be expected. Firing on the right had not yet been resumed, and Thomas, ignorant of t lie disaster, having received 1:0 word, fancied this to mean the rebels had been repulsed and had given over the attack, lie confidently expected re-enforcements and fought on, eagerly looking for the hoped for succor. lie did not know that he was left alone with his four divisions to light the whole Confederate army. Presently a cloud of dust rising above the trcetops indicated a body of men approaching Snodgrnss hill from the right. Hoping, praying, that it was Sheridan's division coming to ids assistance, Thomas directed a staff officer to ride down and make sure of it. The soldier came back at full gallop and reported that lie did not think it was Sheridan's division, but the troops of the enemy. To meet this new danger Thomas hurriedly extended his lines to the right and rear along tlie edge of the hill, occupying the position at first by n single Ohio regiment, and rc-enforcing it by stragglers from different divisions who begnn drifting Into his lines in considerable nudibcrs from the routed right. Each one brought a tale of defeat and disaster which might well have appalled tlie stoutest heart. It did not take Thomas many minutes to surmise that he was left with n fraction of the Union troops to hold Snodgrass hill in the face of tlie whole Confederate nrmy. If lie gave way, if he retreated or were driven from that Held, tlie Army of the Cumberland would be irretrievably ruined, routed, smashed, battered to pieces, destroyed. Tlie expected attack was not long in coming. Sweeping forward with resistless force, excited and stimulated by their tremendous successes of the morning, Longstreet's veterans buried themselves upon tlie hill. Again and again the gray deluge came rolling up the slope as a mighty wave assaults a rock shore. Again and again they ; Were beaten back by the wall of lire Which ringed it? crest. The continuous rattle of the musketry was like the rpi|imr of a mighty drum. It was scarcely possible oTPeuher side to um? " artillery to much advantage, and the men fought it out hand to hand attacks mainly, with small arms. Sometimes when the desperate gray ranks perilously nearcd the crest a countercharge with llxed bayonets Again and again they acre beaten back by the nail of fire. drove tliom, after horrible struggles, down 1 lie hill. The carnage was frightful. The slopes were soon covered with dead and dying. There was no water to he had, no food, no rest, no respite even. It was fight, fight, fight, until the brain reeled. The hill ran with Idood. There was a little pond on the field. Divisions fought for It, wounded men and horses struggled to it, buried their heads in tlie sickening Moody water?drank and died. Tlio lioat was terrific. The dry trees [ and underbrush caught lire here and j there from the rifles' lire. The smoke ; hung low over the hill. Men's forms ! appeared through it in ghastly yellow j outlines. The Hashes of the rifles and guns pierced the murky clouds with long lances of flame. The yelling and cheering continuous- j ly rose and fell as the charge and countercharge set the men against each other, and throughout the ehaot.c tumult might he heard the pile >us cries of the wounded, cries of anguish, cries for water, water, water! And rono could help tliem. No man could he spared from the lighting lines on either side! The men were there I ? kill, not to save; to destroy, not to help. The field swain redly before the eyes of the lighters. Iiriink with hattle, they moved like men in some hideous dream, striking where they fancied Jliey saw a breast holding a Uewrt come 1 j" J Dpfr. M ? 1 (TEETHING Cures Cholera-Infantum, Diarrhoea, Dysont A >) 'i Aejc. Aids Digestion, Regulates tlio Da TEEiTHINQ CASY. Curos Eruptions and S< and prevents Worms- TEETHINA Counter Cummer's lieat upon Teething Children, an mall 23 eonts to C. J. MOFFETT. M. D? MirrTTng upon thorn out of tlio smoke; | pouring shot at short range into masses ] of men; reeling in awful grapple to and , fro. ill) and down. 011 that terrihln hill ! Wnr, war, war, in its glory, its majos- , ' ty, its awful, a phalli tig horror, was | thereI There were no reserve troops whieli , couUi he used to strengthen the weak ( | parts of tlie t'nion line. The men stood | where they wore and fought it out as ' . best they could. Thoiuas rode front I , flank to center, from center to flank, j , and held the place with iron rcsolu- j < tion, while Longstreet and Polk threw J themselves upon it with headlong | , valor. I i As fresher troops arrived from the ' ] Confederate left, where they were 110 longer needed since there were no one- j mies left before thorn, they wore extended 011 the left of Longstreet*s columns to menace Thomas' right and rear. Across the ravine was that high ridge which overlooked the hill. The quick eye of Longstreet, after the fulility of liis lirst assaults hud been ! demonstrated, saw that this ridge was the key to the position. If he could 1 j seize it and hold It with his guns, lie , could send his men through the shel- ' ( tered ravine and take the thin Union ' , line in reverse, lie c add extend op- j ( posite either flank of it. or the center, and no soldiers that ever lived could j , have held that position then. Thomas had been equally quick in | the varying phases of the battle to do- j j tect the vital importance of the ridge j ( to the position 011 which lie was niak- I . ins liis lust rlnnd, but bo was helpless to seize it. He had not a single soldier that he could put in it. llis men were j lighting with the energy and courage ' of despair. Ills attenuated lines were liable to be pierced at half a dozen , points at any moment. To withdraw a i regiment, a company, a man, would leave a hole which could only be tilled by the enemy. lie began to despair at last, but there was nothing that he could do but hold on as he was. lie had heard nothing from Itosecrans yet. He could hope for no rc-eiifoi-cements now. If Longstreet seized that ridge, it would ho good by to them. Those were his final thoughts, but It was with anguish unspeakable that lie saw the preparations being made to occupy the ridge. t CHAPTER XXV. "TQWAitn the sound or the cannon." AWAY off oil Ringgold road throe small brigades of the Pnlon army under Major SsgDPSl General Gordon Granger lay on tliPfr :ifnis~7?rr/t:tTrt-church on that dreadful Sunday morning. Ear 41 r -? ? 1 iu iiiv. 11,,iil vil i in/in i rum uiu ueep | woods enshrouding the bnttlcllcld the roar of the conllict trembled up through the air. They had been placed on that road to cover any possible attack 011 the far left, with instructions to remain there until ordered away. No enemy was near them, and it seemed evident that none was likely to approach them. A3 the sound of the battle grew deeper and fiercer, as its thunder rolled back and forth in ever increasing detonation over the hills, the commander of the corps, chafing impatiently at this inaction, determined at last to advance toward the lighting. Disregarding his orders, 011 his own motion about noon lie started for Thomas' position. Leaving one brigade to bold the road, the men marched rapidly through tjie heat and dust toward the sound of the cannon. Avoiding bodies of cavalry skirmishing iu this direction by leaving the road and plunging through the woods the troops came swiftly on. As they advanced they saw -evidences of the j disintegration of the army ?panic stricken fugitives, wounded soldiers, abandoned wagons, broken guns, terrified men, weaponless regiments, mnsterless horses, the shattered remnants of a routed army, surging toward Itossvillo, stopping for nothing. Directing j me uivision comma nuer, uenorai tsteed- j j man, (o come forward at the quickest | possible speed. Granger with his staff galloped ahead toward Suodgrass hill, which lie rould see in the trees, blazing like a volcano, smoking like a furnace, shaking like an earthquake, roaring like a tornado. Thomas had seen the clouds of dust raised in the dry air by the approaching troops. What could that mean? Who could they be? Had the Confederates got to the rear of that long assailed Hank at last? Was he to be completely surrounded and annihilated on that ghastly hill? His relief, therefore. when he learned that the oncom- ! Ing troops were the men of Itosec/ans* reserve corps can scarcely be imagined. A word or two put Granger in possession of the situation. Without stopping for breath even, Steedmnn was ordered to take the hill and drive the Confederates out of the pass. If they laid come a moment later I.ongG root's men would have established i themselves there, and that would have ' been an end of Thomas' troops. Hut ] they had arrived at the very crucial \ moment. Steed man was on horseback, , l/.ing a regimental Hag, he put him- f self at the head of his men and gave | the order to charge. Thomas and fJrnn- ^ gcr rode forward to superintend and observe. The bullets whistled about ( them. Steedmnn wu'j wounded, his j horse shot and he was pitched forward 4 In the melee, Ida two 1 rl^adWs went tut Sic tlivu::ug scidS~#J NFntrffC 2-<f" ? *?- ? ?* u rrETT'S jfpgas POWDE feClJ ory and tho Bowel Troubles of Chlldron of >wols, Strengthen* tho Child and MAKES >reo. Colio. Hive* and Thrush. Remove* aots and Ovorcomos tho Effoot* of the d cost* only 23 cent* at Crnfifiists, or St- Louis, Mo. Kept en. Down tbe ravine n:io up tno lull they poured In an irresistible torrent. IVr twenty minutes pamleinonium reified. The passions of hell were let loose. At tlie end of that tlnlfc the hill was gained, the ravine cleared and aver 2,000 men in blue and gray lay [lead and dying on its slopes. They luul saved the army. The battle all iround the circle had not been intermitted a moment during this episode jitlicr. And now the ammunition of Thomas' men was almost expended. Hut Granger's men shared theirs with I heir comrades and there was a slight lull in tlie conflict again after this repulse of the attempt to take the ridge, while both sides prepared for its renewal. CHATTER XXVI. THE LAST CHARGE. TTOMAS' position could not be out flanked. lie must be t'1'von from it by direct assault or not at all. I.ongstrect luul one small division, Preston's, of liuckncr's corps, in reserve which had lot yet been heavily engaged. At the front of it to strengthen it he put I>ar ow's brigade. Ilis men had waited heir turn with the philosophy of vetwans who know that the clay could :ot pass without their being poured nto that smelting furnace of death and lest ruction. They had moved forward n the wake of the grand assaulting V1MU1I1 auivi nt.1V llUlt VII il II II VI1? JllSl nit of range from the hill under the roes. At the head of the brigade rode Pleasants with what was left of his Yin bam in lis. Longstreet called General Preston to lim and pointed out the necessity of Mipturing the hill. This was the last tupremc effort. If it failed, there could je no more assaults on that liill that lay. Darrow and the Held officers, after a 'ew .words to their men, dismounted roni their horses and without further ircllniinariea took up the advance, L.ongstreet and the rest looking palnully 011. The troops came forward in ong lines. .They stepped out doliberitely nt flrst, keeping their dress on he tings, and then more rapidly nt the louble quick. There was a grim, set look 011 Par ow's face as he led tliem toward the lill. He had been stricken to the heart >y Mary Annan's letter, which he had road by the light of a camp 11 re that light, and lie eared nothing whatever for any bodily mischance that might 11 111 in. uiui'cu 110 woum nave ivol corned a shot to strike him clown. Everything hail gone out of his life ivltli her words except liis duty ns n soldier. Pleasants, in command of the First regiment, kept near him as they idvanced. As the men reached the foot of the slope they burst iut > loud yells and dicers anil dashed at it in a wild run. It was so thick with bodies, dead and iving, that they were forced to trample uthlessly upon them, silent or shrieking. ns they advanced. The hill was slippery with blood, they found, ns liey struggled up its steep sides. The crest was strangely silent for lie moment. Could it lie that tlie Federal troops had withdrawn? They tvould soon find out. At copnuand the front rank lir-d a volley and, dropping to its knees, was passed by the second rank, which rail a little distance farther and fired, and then by the other rank, which did the same thing. So, shifting and weaving liaek and forth, they climbed up and up. I'y this time they were near the crest, and still no answer came from the lien they hoped to sweep before them. .Mi. til ore it was at last! Trumpet falls rang out. Flags were suddenly lifted. Now the crest was filled with men. The two forces were so near fsicli other tiny could peer Into the Tnecs opposite. Some of the men on Llie hill were laughing like maniacs, ;ome yelling frantically, some were slant and awestrlckon, seme stood with lll?s drawn back from the teeth ns a marling dog at hay. r me were Indifferent. some pale, some flushed, their faces engorged with I lcod. Ilack of I. :.i u:hvits on imii'.MiacK roue near lie edge. There was Thomas himself, Mlent, stern, impassive, determined. The advancing troops hail time hut 'or a single glance ami tho hill was rested with fiamo again. A stream if bullets poured down the slope which jwept them away in scores. The assaulting column returned the withering ire as best it could, still wavering >11. Again it was .repeated. Finally very other man in that First brigade vns shot down. The survivors halted ind stood tliere, unable to go forward, oo proud to go back. It was sucli n ire as no mortal man apparently could ivltlistnnd, yet such was the magnlti'ont valor of those troops tlu?c when Darrow, looking the desperate hero ho ivns, tore the colors of his old rogllicnt from the hand of a color hearer mil sprang to tho front tlio men, with >ayoncts at charge, leaped after him. rho third volley, the last for many, ang out. The head of the column was ilmvn tn ninpna Tt n*o a vl/lrlln/1 lllrr* ? I sieve, torn to rags, but it cauie on still. A bullet struck Darrow in the jrenst niul tore through bis lungs, lie wavered. "Tqke the flag}" |>o cried to Plerts* uits, who wan next to iilin, and then :ie pitched violently forward on his [To UK COXTINCBD.) i ) \ tk No Time to Jlentl. "Pause, O youth or maiden," wroto Andrew I-a eg in the Windsor Magazine, "before you accurtom your Hps to this fatal formula, 'I have no time to read!' You have all the time which for you exists, and It Is abundant. What are you doing with it?with your leisure? Mainly, gossiping. Our modern malady Is grcgurlousness. Wo must be In company chattering. "To be always with others, always gregarious, always chattering, like monkeys in trcetops. Is our ruling vice. antl tins is tiic reason wliy wo have no time lo road and why you boo ho ninny people pass tlioir leisure when alone in whistling or whittling. They have time to whittle." After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.?Franklin. Originality Is simply a pair of fresh eyes.?Iligginson. For liver trouble ami constipation There's nothing better in creation Than Little Early Itisers, the famous little pills They always effect a cure and save doctor bilis. Little Early Itisers are different from all other pills. They do not weaken the system, but act as" a tonic to tbc tis sues by arousing the secretions and re- I storing tbc liver to the full perfo mance ! of its functions naturally. F. C. Duke. ' ?? I Trltlen as Irritants. We are so constituted that what Is occurring at the moment interests us often out of all proportion to its Importance. For example, we are thrown off our balance by the merest tritles perhaps which occur today, but which in a week's time may have no signifi-^ en nee whatever. Obstacles which seem Uko mountains when wo meet them dwindle away to molehills when we rrof n wnt* f i'Am + ?v v tluul ll,clu' Even what seems tragedy at the moment in the future may be the most innocent comedy. Most of us are so constituted that we will make almost any sacrillec for present pence. It would seem easier to have an arm or a leg amputated two years hence than to lose a finger today I It is human nature to shrink from pain, and we purchase release nt almost any cost. If we could only train the mind to look at today's trouble and annoyance from the standpoint of the future, It would bo much easier to bear.?Success. Gooil for Children. The pleasant to take and harmless One Minute Cough Cure gives immediate relief in all cases of Cough, Croup and LaGrippe because it does not pass immediately into tlie stomach, but takes efTect l ight at the seat of the trouble. It draws out the inilamation, heals and soothes and cures permanently by enabling the lungs to contribute pure lifegiving and life-sustaining oxygen to the blood and tifsucs. F. C. Duke. - ?? (1k>?k( UlnhCM. / C'beese is one of the ifTtr)ST^-m?c?ntrat-' od forms of nitrogenous food and as a food well adapted to the laboring man or those working in the open air. When properly cooked, cheese is probably more easily assimilated by the ordinary stomach than eaten raw, and hard, uncooked cheese should he served grated. In combination-with certain food materials cheese is valuable, but when used in this way should form the staple dish of the meal. Macaroni and cheese, rice cooked in stock and then baked with cheese or cooked with it, asf in the form of risotto, should be used in the place of meat. An ordinary dinner menu of meat, potato, macaroni and cheese is hot properly arranged. Macaroni and cheese should be used for a luncheon dish, and a green vegetable should be served with meat and potato. Dae Notice is Served. Due notice is hereby served on the public geneially that DeW'itt'a Witch Hazel Salve is the only salve on the market that is made from the pure, unadulterated w itch hazel. I)e\\ itt's Witch Hazel Halve has cured thousands of cases of piles that would not yield to any other treatment, and this fact has brought out many worthless counterfeits. Those ; persons who get the genuine DeWitt's Witch Ila/.cl Halve are never disappointed, because it cures. F. C. Duke. A rn in on* Portrait I'nlntcr'K Opinion. 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For full information in regard to schedules, tickets, etc., apply to any agent of the Southern Railway Company, or R. W. Hunt, Div. Pas. Agt., Charleston, S. C. Election Notice. A petition having been duly presented to tho Town Council, of Union, South Carolina, by a majority of the freeholders and freehold voters of tho Town of Union, praying that an election he held for the purpose of voting a maintenance fund for a free publie library, in pursuance of nn Act of the (.ieneral Assembly of tho .state of South Carolina, 1903, entitled "An Act to empower Towns and Cities to subscribe to the niaintenancc of Ptiblic Libraries." It is ordered that an election be held in the Town of Union, South Carolina, on the first Tuesday (7th) in April, 1903, for the pur|>ose of voting a subscription of One Thousand Uollars ($1,000) from the Town Treasury annually for an indefinite number of years, for tho maintenance of a free public library within the limits of the Town of Union, South Carolina. 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