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fki QUICKLY WE
People sometimes drea<
% is simply because they
the customs of busines
embarrassment quick
those who deal at this
to have it so; we want
easy and at home.
JKn. A. HlGHOLSai
EBi '-it _ r-* ? '
rn inrming .Mory or nit
Vx Capture, Imprisonment
1 end Treatment of a
I Confederate Soldier.
P By B. M. Hord, in "ConfederIP
ate Veteran," reproduced in The
by request of William
?. lallace Chapter U. D. C.
vjipncluded from last week.)
\ T ^iad gone a hundred yards
V \j\he river bank when I felt
i\ von my shoulder and some
I one asked, "What company do
yuw belong to?" Looking up, I
t> saw it was the officer from the
[ parapet. "Capt. Ameron's," I
replied promptly, at the same
, time ordering my squad to "close
*'up.", He'walked with me a little
| distance, and when not more than
K \ fifty feet from wher? they were
mounting guard for the day he
|halted me, called to the sergeant
I of the guard and asked if the de j
tail from Ameron's company had
m reported. They had. Facing
w me squarely to them, he asked if
m I belonged to their company.
K The plav was over. The Yanks
Kt"-. M?a tnAu/incr arrin and. shak
I mg their heads, prohouncetTrtrti
K&?a counterfeit." Calling a ser
geant to take charge of my deI
taiPof Rebs, who were as much
I surprised as the Yankees, I was
? marched up to the officers' quart|\
ers, stripped of all my clothing,
J\ and after failing to find an>
f money or papers?I had a $1(
Rj ? biH "rolled in a small ball an(
| glued to my head under the haii
r back of my ear?I was fumishec
a pair 6f old second-hand browi
jean pants, a woolen shirt, and
pair of russet shoes, withou
socks. The officers, several o
" whom had collected, evidentl
intended to make me look a
ridiculous as possible, for while
w^s M xall, even for my age, th
thii wnished me would ha\
been- her large for a six-foo
two hundred and fifty pour
man. Then they began to que
tion me as to wnere I procure
my Yankee uniform. They fou
see I had designed the pistol ar
scabbard?but the clothes?
knew I would be punished s
?^ "owlv if T told them I stole tl
I coat to make the pants, so I d
1 cided to saddle the whole thii
on a Yankee. The recruits
the "calf pen" were permitt
to come out in detachments, ?
companied by a guard, morni
and evening to get water at t
well in our prison, and I told i
captors that I had bought 1
clothes late one evening from <
of these guards; did not kn
his name and would not rec
nize his face. They refused
accept the statement; but
coaxing bribes, or threats co
make me deviate from the tr
(?) of this story, so they orde
the sergeant to take me to
guardhouse, put me in irons,
drop me in th^dungeon until
memory improved. The gu;
house was like our barracks
cept it was better built, ha<
bunks in it, was ceiled and n
comfortable inside. Undern
the room which we used
'^en an excavation prob
He by fourteen feet and e
m feet deep had been m
was used for a dung
The entrance to it was throu
trapdoor in the middle of
floor, secured by a bolt on
upper side. The door was 1
up*" ir thrust down in
hof . _ lisoner descended
ladder was withdrawn, the
dropped back, the bolt shot
?there you were in darknei
' '
iflRS AWAY. |
~ i
i
d to enter a bank; this g
are not familiar with 1
s. But this feeling of ?
ly wears away with |
bank; at least we try |
every customer to feel a
I
a & SOIL Bankers 1 .
j ?
solutely . black. A thirty-two
j pound shot oh a four-foot chain,
with an ordinary spring lock cuff
at the other end, was fastened
around my ankle and I was ,
marched to the trapdoor. When
it was Opened and I started down
the ladder a horrible, loathsome
odor from the fetid atmosphere
below almost caused me to fall,
but, gripping the chain in one
hand and the rungs of the ladder
with the other, I was carefully
feeling my way down with my
long russet shoes when the old,
familiar challenge of "Who comes
there?" sounded in the darkness
below. There was a devil-maycare
tone in the voice that
prompted me to answer: "A
, friend without the countersign."
"Advance, friend! The rattle
of that chain is countersign
enough," he answered back.
"Are you down?" the guard
called io me from above.
"Don't know, but I am at the
end of the ladder," I replied.
When the ladder was drawn up
and the door closed, I saw there
1 TITO CI n -Po 1V* 4- fll/?lrOT*1WO? MOt* ^ P
?? " ittiiii/, iiiuivct jiij5 my uj
light near my feet that I discovered
came from the open door
of a small stove. "What's your
game, and what barrack are you
from?" asked the voice that had
challenged me. I told him, and
he in turn informed me that he
Unfortunate prisoner
who, a short tTtn^
fight with a comrade had killed
him by striking him in the head
> with the footboard of his bunk.
The Yankees had taken him out
, of prison and ^iven him the
r choice of either joining the Yan)
kee army or be hung for murder,
1 and he had told them to "hang
r and be d?d," so they put him
1 in the dungeon to give him time
ft to reconsider.
a By his side on the edge of the I
it ray of light I thought I saw
f something move, and I inquired
y if he was alone. "0, no; you
.s are in select company down
I here," he replied. "There are
le two Yankee deserters condemned
re to be shot and a crazy nigger
t, that stands a good chance of
id going the same way." He then
3' told me the negro had gone sudid
denly crazy while on post, and
Id when the relief guard came
id around had fired into the squad,
I mortally wounding one of them.
ie- He was in the dungeon waiting
ne the decision of a court-martial,
le- We had heard of the incident ir
ng prison at the time it occurred
in and there are doubtless many ok
ed Rock Islanders yet living wh<
ic- will recall it, although we at
ng tached no importance to it at th<
-he time. But it came back to m<
my then with a shudder of horror
the for when a very small child I ha
>ne been bp"' >ightened by a harrr
ow less iniK cue, and ever aftei
og- wards the only argument my ol
to nurse needed to make me sul
no missive and obedient was t
mid threaten me with "a crazy man.
uth It was a childish fear, but 01
tred Iv'e never outgrown, and todi
the I am more afraid of a lunat
fkort onvl Viino" livillOT- It W!
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my but small comfort to me wh<
ard- my friend told me the negro w
ex- his "bodyguard," and that
i no was big enough -and stroi
lade enough to whip the two desei
eath ers with one hand. The h
as a vestige of nerve was oozing c
ably of me in a cold pjf ^piration a:
sight realized the situation chain
ade, land in a twelve-foot dur.gc
;eon. I with a powerful, crazy negro,
igh a J dropped my ball, and the rat
the of the chain emphasized the h
the ror of my situation. My kn
ifted began to shake beneath me, *
i the as soon as I could speak with
I, the j betraying my fear I told
door friend that I would sit do^
? and I that I was rather tired from
w ab"! morning's experience. 4 'Sor:
can't offer you a chair," he replied.
"We recline here mostly,
and, as they have not sent your
bed down, you will have to use
one of the Yank's. Nig:, get the
gentleman a bed." There was
a commotion in the darkness,
then the light shone on two long,
powerful forearms and dark j
hands that were holding toward
me a plank, some six feet long:
and twelve or fourteen inches'
wide. I could see nothing more,
but knew instinctively to whom
the arms and hands belonged,
tnrera, Sf.
front of the sto'sa^-under the ray
of light, I stretcned myself out
on my back, my ball at my feet,"
and hands clasped under my
head. I have no idea how long
I remained in this position, for
there is no record of time in a
dungeon, day or night is all alike
? black, blacker, blackest?but
from excitement, fatigue, and
fear I must have fallen asleep,
for I was aroused to consciousness
by something pulling on my
chain, pressing the cold iron
against my naked ankle, and,I
opened my eyes. On his knees
bending over me, his face directly
in the beam of light from the
stove, and so close to mine 1
could feel his breath on my face,
with a maniac's gleam in his
bulging eyes, was the hideous
face of the negro; in the shadowy
light I could see my thirty-two
pound shot resting in the upturned
palm of his right hand
near his shoulder while his left
grasped the chain lower down
which he was pulling to give hirr
more purchase tp dash the ball
on my head. / j electric flash
was not quicke fthan I took ir>
the situation o'J% clap of thunder
louder than rr scream of morta'
terror. He dropped the ball and,
with a maniac's cunning on being
discovered, glided like a snake
off in the darkness. My comrade
was on his feet almost a.c
quick as I, and when I explained
that the negro was about to dash
uWiittumy hnlh &
and I heard him kicking hin
vigorously in the dark, at tht
same time ordering him to "gc
up in the corner." In a few
moments he came back, told mt
the negro would not again disturb
me, and to lfe down am
finish my nap, which I declined
with the truthful assurance that
I was not a bit sleepy. The absolute
control this southern bo>
had over this negro was so incomprehensible
to me that rnanj'
I vears afterwards I mentioned
the fact to my friend, the late
Dr. J. H. Callender, for many
years superintendent of the Insane
Asylum for Tennessee, and
a man of national reputation as
an expert on insanity, and he informed
me that the case was byno
means extraordinary; that the
negro was a weak-minded creature
to start with, that the violent
and sudden change from
slavery to a United States soldier,
the change of climate, habits
etc., had evidently deranged hi:
1 feeble mind; that it was a per
feet blank as to his surroundings
* but when thrown in contact wit)
3 a southern man, hearing th
southern dialect, the authoritat
e ive tone, and the rough treatmen
9 revived in a feeble way his mem
'? ory of slavery, which made hir
docile and obedient to the soutl
erner, for he only remembere
himself as a slave.
" It seemed as if I had been coi
)_ lined in darkness an eternit
o when the trapdoor was openei
the ladder lowered, and, instei
le of calling for one of us to con
\y up and get our bread ana ca
lc teens of water, which were o
us only rations, I was ordered
cn come up. It was a moment
as two before my eyes became i
I1C customed to the glare of t
">? light; then I realized from t
rt~ lantern in the orderly's hand tl
lst it was night. The guard v
>ut drawn up in open order a1
3 "shoulder," and the officer
iec* | the day standing in the 01
j door. "How is your mem
I now about your clothes?"
t'e asked, as I halted in front
or_ him. It occurred to me he wc
ee*j believe one story as readily
another, so I concluded to si
out to the original text. "Very we
my he replied: "if we can't sta
wn? it out of you, maybe we can si
my it out. Muster the guard outs
ry I orderly." If I had been at
self, I wotild have known at once I
this was all bluff to bully me into
a confession*. *mit I was weak,
sick, and fraz&fed out generally;
and when I,heard the negroes
close up and come tramping out
behind nie, while - the officer
marched hie in front, it made me
wish I was safely back in the
prison once more. The guard
was drawn up outside, and I was
left standing some ten or fifteen
steps in front of them. The
officer again questioned me about
the uniform, and I again gave
him the same old story. After
hulhunff me for a time, and repeatedly
T^urming me that I
was not telling the truth, m a
word of three letters, he ordered "
the sergeant to put me back in
prisbh. I was put in the dungeon
Wednesday morning about
seven'o'clock and was taken out
Friday night about twelve.
I wore the ball for nearly two
months, when it was ordered off
by Capt. Ameron himself. He
was officer of the day, and was
watching some prisoners clean
up the grounds inside the prison.
I walked up close to him and
drooped my ball to attract his
attentionr He turned when he
heard the chain rattle, looked me
over, hnd asked why I was wearing
the ball. I replied because
1 could not get it off (which was
a fiby as I could pick the lock
witlf a small nail and stout cord
is fist as it could be locked, and
whijh I did every night after
jetong into my bunk, but was
f A ATA lirifV?A1lf if '>? ^ ATT
iiioiu w jju niuiuui ii. in uaj
Lime for fear some spy would report
me, then it would have been
riveted on my leg). "What did
they put it on you for?" he inluired.
I stated the case, and
told him it was a reflection on
the standing of his company,
that I had simply claimed to be
i member of it when they immediately
proceeded to iron me.
( saw.his eyes twinkle a little as
he said, "So you are the little
rasc&l who claimed to belong to
myicompany, are you?" I confessed
I *-og. In a f?rrr^~
to Tonavr? >vTve nau1 resrCTN?6 rhe
Dig ditch that was being dug
icross the prison, when he sudlenly
stopped, looked me square
in the face, and asked if my
irons were riveted on. I told
him they were not. Without re- j
moving his eyes, he asked me if
[ had been wearing the ball all
the time. I assured him I had
(with proper allowance for truth
nndpr the circumstances.) "Now,
see here. Johnny, I am going to
have that ball taken off, but I
have heard that you fellows can
nick one of those locks in a flash.
Let me see you do it," he said,
looking around to see that no one
was in hearing distance. After
another assurance from him that
the ball should come off, I took
my little nail and string out of
my pocket and in a twinkle had
. the shackle off. He examined
i the nail and the string, then tolc
, me to do it again, which I did
, He only said: VWell, I'll be d?
5 Fasten it back and come along.'
- Passing out the gate, he called :
, sergeant and told him to tak
i my irons off and put me back i
e prison. I thought I detected
sly wink as he nodded his hea
,t to me and turned away,
i- There is but a short span c
n life left me, but I' would give
i- good slice out of it to know
d my comrade in the dungeon
living and to grasp his hand on<
n- more, or to meet some of tl
ty members of the detail that
d, marched out that morning wi1
id i the slop barrels, none of whom
ie { knew; but if any are living ai
n- I read this article, they will cc
ur i tainly remember the circui
! stances of my arrest.
tv/ I
or Nearly forty years have pass
ic- J since my dungeon experien*
he ' yet at times I can feel the 1
he1 breath of that burly negro
lat my cheek, can see his bulgi
/as eyes with a maniac's glare
t a them close to mine, and in i
of shadowy darkness see my bal
his uplifted hand ready to
ory and crush- my head; I screan
he | mortal terror, and?I feel sc
of one shaking me and a v<
iuld i sounning far away, sayi
as ! "Husband, husband, wake
dek You have a nightmare.
11," must quit eating such heavy s
irve pers;" and I wake up to th
loot. God it is only a nightmare
ide, time, and that it was not cai
my- by overfeeding on Dart's doj
IF. M. FARR, President.
T a
Merchants and Plan
Successfully Doing Busin
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B? ?3 |>hj'8 iiio-?* taxes than AI
I WE EARNESTLY SOLI
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tBt COST op LIVING.
Ai> increase of One Per1
Cent Over LasT
New York Dec. 10.?In the
month just past the cost of living
advanced one per cent, due
to the increase in price of dairy
products. How the annual cost
of living has steadily risen in the
United States is shown in a series
of tables published in Dun's index
number, just issued.
Tendencies to further increase
are shown by the scarcity of
wheat, milk, eggs, wool and
hides, all important items in connection
with making arrange- {
ments for the winter.
In 1861, when the civil war had
just begun, the annual cost of
living was $121.63, and in 1864 it
had risen to $312.73. The year
1870 saw the allowance for each j
person reduced to $165.47. There j
was a gradual decrease until the!
lowest mark, $72.45, was reached |
in 1897. The cost for the_ sue- |
ceeaing years was: lays, syy.y41899,
$80.42; 1900, $95.29; 190l'
$95M; 1902, $101.59;' 19031|
$100.35; 1903, $100.14.
The commodity price proportioned
to the consumption for
each person was on the firat of
this month $100.54, as compared
aiiVanc^M? Jit November and |
month was due to the increased I
cost of eggs and dairy products.
Eggs rose eight cents a dozen,
and milk was a cent higher a
quart. Spirits, tobacco and tea
showed no fluctuations in price.
Although the fall in cotton has
been great, the prices of cotton
goods have fallen little, owing to
the limited supplies. The available
supply of wool has been depleted
and it is expected that the
price of woolen garments will
increase.
"Scarcely any significant
change," runs the report, "is
noted in boots and shoes, but
hides and leather have moved
steadily upward, almost without
interruption, since the packing
; house strike, which curtailed th(
supply. The shortage has nevei
| been made up, and it is likely t<
continue, because hides are onb
* a by-product, and there is n<
prospect of such a demand fo
; beef than an abnormal numbe
of cattle will be killed. The othe
a solution lies in the importatio
e nf foreign dry hides, which ma
11 be substituted to a certain e)
** tent."
(1 There is an echo of the deman
f for tariff revision and the unr<
)f stricted importation of raw m:
? terial in the conclusion that "th
. movement was also diverted fro
1S its normal channel because <
:e low prices. European marke
1(j now receiving1 many hides whi<
Lv formerly came to this country
th
11 O
f PORT ARTHUR LOSSE
Not Equal to the Ccsua
ed ties at Cold Harbor?
Grant's Long Reon
gret.
ng
in In one of the recent assaults
the Port Arthur, according to
I in English correspondent who is
fnll given to wild exaggeration,
1 in Japanese lost four thousand i
>me in one hours fighting. This
;>ice fearful rate of loss, indeed,
ng, it is only remotely compar
up! with the Union loss in the ati
You on Lee's intrenchchments
3up- Cold Harbor on that June m
ank ing in 1864, when not less 1
this seven thousand were ki
ised wounded or missing at the
f, v f the first hour. There have
i
s
iii ii ii?tnTiT~iTrfr?iwirirn?i?iiiii >
J. D. ARTHUR, CasbUr. I
C 33
ters National Bank,
iess at the "Old Stand."
Union,
lof$10n,000.
Itniik in 1'nion.
luntlnir to $310 40i>. H
iilprcst on H
11 in8"Gctt <1 l?v no officer, ij
. >?n<| Sufo \vI Ii 'I'i r.c-l. ck. *
.1, tho Vntikn in Union comliin d. gt
CIT YOUR BUSINESS. |
haps been no bloodier ten minutes
in all the history of warfare than
the first ten of the charge on
Cold Harbor fortifications, when
bac?f xvi&y his soldiers beaten
when he came toT?&le \??s that
tary career later in life hV^Ul:.
that the one mistake which he
deeply regretted was the ordering
of that assault. It is probable
that three thousand, and
possibly four thousand, Union
soldiers fell in the first quarter
hour of that ill-advised attack on
intrenchments that were too
strong to be taken by storm. In
the present Russo-Japane3 war,
larger forces may in one or
two instance have been brought
into action than any that met in
the American civil war, but in
proportion to the numbers engaged
and the duration of the
conflicts it has yet to be proved
that the losses equal the destruction
wrought in several of the
more desperate combats of the
i 1 l ? ^ T "? 1
nruggie ueuveen tne rsiortn and
the South.?Providence Journal.
o
Reasons for Prosperity.
Mr. George Paish of the London
Statist, after a trip through
the United States, is of the opinthat
this country has entered
tinue for several years unless
unforeseen disasters occur. He
based his conclusions upon tha
following conditions, according
to the New York Times:
"First, money is plentiful?
too plentiful, say the bankers,
looking merely to the low rates
they have obtained this fall?and
a plentiful supply of money at
low rates means that no difficulty
will be experienced in procuring
capital for desirable objects.
Second, there is no distrust, and
the hesitation usual before a
. nlnnl inn is now Cfiv
; pi COiUdl V/1C41 V1VVV1V.
ir.g way to confidence. Aplenti^
ful supply of money plus c.nfifr
dence are two conditions essen3
tial to good trade. Third, a large
r section of the country is making
r good profits from the unusually
^ heavy cotton, maize and other
y crops, with the exception of
c- wheat, and from the relatively
high prices at which they are
1(* being marketed. On the whole,
therefore, the crops now gathered
js will greatly add to the accumum
lated wealth of the agricultural
of community. Fourth, prosperous
ts agriculture means an active de?
mand for manufacturers and for
transportation, and involves
heavy consumption of coal, iron
S. ore and other raw products.
Hence, the profits of all sections
li- of the community are increased.
Fifth, the extension of manufacturing
plants in recent years has
been so great that a much larger
output can be made without ap;on
preciable additional capital outan
lays, thus making a large portion
'*
not of the new supplies 01 capiu*i
arising from the nation's surfs
a plus profits available for other
but purposes, notably construction of
able additional railway tracks, now
tack badly needed on many lines to
orn- ta^ce care tra^c*"
than C
liod
end The Times and the Metropoliper_
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