The Cedarville Herald, Volume 12, Numbers 27-52

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Take warning from tbo young man’s fate— Howard the AnglingmsWen, Lest with the cates ofmarried life Yonr future you would laden. ,» ■ ‘ . —Frank B. Welch, In West Shore. f f iW m A Story gf the Late War. u BIGS0VV Author of " I^rtd at ZiMt<e " MyX*dr Vkntas- gjftl? ‘Mlthyt’a-Orato Bocret,- "Fail -Among Thlerw," Btc. Copyright) (Bot, by A N. Kellogg tfcwspspcr Co. ,iei/Ai*TEif ,xrv.~cosTiKCK». . The atoudof"dauljt cleared from the Major's- brow ns he clasped Frank's hand, and said heartily; "May be 1 was wrong in. judging Fulton, and he will pprh&palfciib'Iete clear himself of any charge mow serious than a breach of discipline, Any how, Frank, you shall fetch the lad buck and give him a chance of explanation. Take us many men of your own company aw yon like—volun­ teers, mind—and manage the affair just how you please. I t could not be in. bet­ ter hands.” So, in accordance with this liberal order, a down men, heavily armed, with Besant a t their heiul, stole ou t of camp th a t night under shadow of the ccdar-hrikcn that lined the river. To return ttf the object~of all this so-’ licitnde^^KarUe Fulton’s condition after tin; battle of Murfreesboro w*asa strong coxlU'jirit kl.thc.gcntlo treatment he had recrdvcd din;Jiig his confinement a t the reenuihig station, and ho whs now bo* gintilog tolldfiruthat tins l o i o f a pris­ oner pTwai^wtiA dot a very enviable One. Tom from Ids associates, who, be­ fog gei?{};!i/i«n> hud accorded ldm tunny llUlcr;, kiiifltio/'HM, he fount! lilmsolf In the,!Iipudi/ of, » ’ rough soldiery, who *H?cmcd:tci'taKe delight IncOverlng with Indignltiof! their luckless prisoner. One fmatclyidtlip Cap from ids bend w ith the brill al deplarntfon th a t it was top good to toy er a ‘Ttutk’s ..brahdcKH scalp; an­ other requisitioned his boots and gave him in return, a pair of soilless shoes a ti'amp typfliJd scorn to wear; n third ap­ propriated ids watch; anil a fourth todk Afancy to a ring he wore. Thus de­ spoiled hbwnei hustled into the loft of an unoccupied mill, where ho was cheer- Tint lock rant, shattkbkd n r a bh iv , fully told to make himself a t home till morning, when hp would bo taken "in the ruck of captured Yanks to th o pen.” lin t sharp Ah the eyes of Ids captors wr.ro they were not sufficiently on the a le rt to prevent a stolen interview with the old colored m an they had deputed toejirry him a few moldy rolls and a Cup of villainous coffee they called his dinner. ■ . , .. .. . . How anxiously the slow hours rolled along. Would midnight never come? Perhaps the ancient darky had fooled him, o r failed in his ttempt to reach the Union lines; or, worst thought of hll, « t N M ptt»irtuUty Wh»t his folly b:ql bt'feh discovered and his comrades tidglit not think him worth the rescue, i^ tow ih om cn who had purloined* ili ifego# whisky were getting qua?* Wdaem t ovcrHudr raps. Mm* to atrUtef If only paUant ftcy* would eomef ..................................... the wooden w a ll and listened w ith breathless anxiety, there wa* no sound without save th e moan p f the wind sad the fierce pattering of the sleety rain . S a t w ha t la th a t? The hoarse chal­ lenge of the sentry, followed by groan—and a ll is still again. The rev­ elers below h ad never even heard the sound, fo r their oaths and shout* were loader than ever. Then th e crash of wood, and stamping and scuffling, and again the painful silence. He rushed to the door and beat upon i t w ith his naked hand, fearful th a t a fte r a ll they might no t find him. "Charlie!” "Frank!” ' The lock fell, shattered by • blow, th e door swtmg-open, and w ith hysteric joy Fulton clasped the hand, of his de­ liverer, “Quick, my boy,” Besant c rie d .' “One fellow got away and will give the a h um I t will be all urfi can do to get back to camp w ith whole sldus to- night." They were not a bit too soon, for as they reached the opposite bank of the river they heard the clatter o f galloping horses on the Murfreesboro road. “Arc any of our fellows injured?” Charlie asked, anxiously. ‘‘Not a scratch. We just bowled them over like nine-pins,” was the gay reply. I t was no t till they had reached a place of safety and the sound of their pursuers had died Away in the^dislatiee th a t Besant remembered th e unpleasant task which lay before him o f telling Cjjurlic of his father’s sad m isfortune.1 ^ T b e young man's eyes filled w ith tears aa he heard the melancholy de­ tails. - “ Poor old dad,” lie moaned. “Wound­ ed so had as that, and I not near to com­ fort 1dm. Ah! what will mother say, I wonder, when she hears th a t I was away from him in his hour of need? Away! my God! .and- on such an er­ rand!” ■ “Which she never need know—and if she did, the knowledge of your safe re­ turn wonkl condone the fault of your going, Charlie; fo r women do not look a t some things in the same light th a t men do.” “As yen do, for instance?” “ Yes,'Charlie, as 1 do," F rank de­ clared, firmly. “I am not going to add to you r troubles by preaching you a ser­ mon; but If I have nny claim on your regard, I would implore yon to make a confidant of Major Hopkins, who knows more of your doings than yon have any idea of, and who is still willing to be yonr friend.” “ You speak with an assumption of guilt on my part, which in another man 1 would not permit one instant.” .. “No, not guilt, Charlie; only intense­ ly reckless folly,” Besant declared. “And 1 am to make this'paragon bf a Major my father-confessor? Well, per­ haps I will see him to-morrow and have a talk with him." » “Yon will see him to-night; for you w ill have to report to him, - He is in command how; you know," * “In command? Since when?” “ .Since your father f<*ll in action.” • uAh, yes; of course,” . > For a time they walked on in silence; bu t as they reached .the Major’s tent, Fulton naked; “Hoes my father know why I left the camp th a t night?" “No, *The secret is only shared lie- tween the Major and myAelf—-nnless you ebunt.Jim Lawson ns one of usj hu t he is beyond the power of revel*- u d h . " : ” ' ■ “Ashow?” “ Deserted to the enemy." “The scoundrel!” Then, after a pause: “Oh, Frank; I do believe you are the. hest-libarted fellow th a t over drew the lircuth of life.” • . “And the Major?” “ Y oh , yes; if it will set your honest soul a t rest, 1 will make s vlean breast of all my sins to him th is very night.” And with th a t pleasing assurance the young men parted. Next day, as the doctors .declared th a t there was no hopes of Colonel Fulton ever l>cjng able to assume the command 1 of a marching regiment, even if he o s ' raped with ids life, Hopkins wns In­ stalled ns Colonel, to the .satisfaction of every man in tho ranks; for they had long learned to lov* the quiet, gentle­ manly man, who never flinched from danger and had such a keen sense of duty. And who is going to he Major? was the question a t tho bivouac, . “H i bet even on Besant against the field,” cried Jack Gregory, But thero were no takers. CHAPTER XV. run KtVBit or dbatii . “Major BeSant, le t mo congratulate you. There is not a man In the regi­ ment who docs not hail yonr promotion with, pleasure, to say nothing of my­ self, who have gained a step by your good luck,” cried the jovial Gregory, grasping F rank’s hand with an en­ thusiastic energy th a t made 1dm wince. “But, what do you mean—-are you crazy, Jack?” was tho astonished de­ mand. “Sauo as a bench of judges! The boys would hear of no man’s name hut yours fo r th s vacant post, and I’m glad to say for onao tho popular cry was for the righ t man in the righ t place, and you nro second-ln-oommiwid of the Fighting Fourth, Won’t th a t ha scrumptious nows to write and tell yonr sweetheart?” “It would, indeed, if it Were time, hut I know you are chaffingme.” “Chaffing you! Aa if I ’d dara to chaff Tbmg' .'.lam ' <■»*-bo’s jH-caafeet a i* » iforbeia*r ia te a t ip B m tb * '* ihfm tbepednbfaa tetervia* ^iiA * f ? . n ■ ' . ■ - And when Colonel Hopkkaa, w ith a smile of delight In h is honest ayas, grasped F rank's hand an d wished him joy 'In his preferment, the young sol- And a sm awafhsf .danger t&ntotap fhmie fa rfjo n g s tre e t hpa Slsforerad • ga^ falfc* anxmtaia fh Thomas ' rear, through which h e Is pouring * heavy soiasm . Sorely all i* lo stnow—b a t no, Granger comes up w ith seven t housand raw troops, who have never even i t e a a battle-field before, and, though the bops seems vain, the reinforcement gives th e a dier knew th a t th e glorious "but im- {veterans encouragement “Only a par- _____ a. * a.a . . ............. ... . i . r ■ ? - . 1 a , a - ; « T m f* probable news was true. cel of boys, fresh from the plow,* “ I can hardly believe ft now, sir,” ha >sneered an aide-de-camp, as lie galloped stammered. “What have Xdone to de- >forward to direct th e ir movements. But serve such honor?” | see those plow boys fight! Had they “Yonr duty, F rank,” was the simple ) carried arms for years, and been inured answer. j to battle scenes from childhood, they „ . ... ~—~ .. . , {could not have shown a more deter- h o t until th e leafy month. Of J u n e , mined braverv* Over and over again did Bosecrans a « u « the aggressive, j L o n ^ tre e t chrngea, h u t he can not presumably because be was deficient m l break those solid ranks, and a t sunset cavalry, and onr young tau g h t fretted . Thomas,* driven back b u t not defeated, sorely because he could no t use the recedes to the shelter of Chattanooga, jurats he had ivoff bo gauantly? b u t the | t h ith e r Bosecrans’ scattered men have time a t la s t arrived when he had no , preceded him carrying consternation | with their wild stories of defeat. IVith sixty thousand men the Union And nearly th irty thousand men General advanced against B ragg.now , Xorth apd^ South lay killed and en^ e”c{ie<^ a t Chattanooga, arid su e -; wounded on the blood-stained banks of ceeded in maneuvering h im o n to f h is , “TheE ivcrof-D eath.” - position early in September. Bosqcrans’ j j (he Union army was not beaten extraordinary delay excited universal —well, tierhaps not in a literal sense, criticism, especially •afte r his splendid j | or £jjCobject of the contention, Chat- record up. to th a t date. Having seized ; tanooga, still remained in their occupa- thc city evacuated by the Confederates, j ^ bfeuttluj Confederates justly claimed and supposing Bragg to-be in full "Chickamauga” as a victory, for they trea t for Alabama, he advanced h is | ^ <or^ their enemy from the field, whole force after him, bu t the Southern r afid noWbeld him shu t up in his en- commander had bqen reinforced, and, | trenchments with all communication being assured th a t Longstreet's .corps > cu t off from Alabama was close a t hand, re-- B raggbad a new ally-invincible by solved upon retaking Chattanooga, t human hands, impervious to human which, as a military position, was of daring „ th e gaunt, fierce fiend, Starva- Plfhffr crifiA Tt/ith ° ° 1 ■ vital consequence to cither side. Both “ THAT DOES SOT BOUSTD I.tKE A DEFEAT!” armies bad become much scattered over the mountainous region; bu t on the 18th of September they were fairly con­ centrated upon the banks of the Chiclta- mauga.or “River of Death,” twelve miles from tho coveted city. The battle opened on the lfith, and oil th a t day there wasliot fighting, with do pronounced result. During the night thn t followed Ixmgstreet’s corps arrived, and ho was given command of tho Con­ federate loft, Polk being assigned to th a t of the right, while opposing them Thomas led the Union!- left; and R ohc - cmns in person the right. On the dawn of the- 20th the furious onslaught began. Like a rushing tor­ rent Xongslreot's men cast,themselves as though each lmd a hundred lives upon the gallunt rnpks th n t Bosecrans' led. Again, again, ngrtln—ekcli time with madder fury, till, yard by yard, they drive them back and breaJ; tlieir line, hi vain Hopkins and Besant rally th e ir m en .to superiufman effort,* The. tide of battle is against them and they can not withstand its irresistible forcer. ■ ■■■■■■.' ■ , ■ •,And who arc those two horsemen galloping a t headlong speetf from tho extreme right, with their horses’ heads turned toward Chattanooga? “General Bosecrans mid Garfield, his chief Of staill What does this mean?” Colonel Hopkins cried to F rank In stern dismay as they rested ,nt a cross-roads to allow their scattered men time to gather round their standard. “They find the road they are taking impracticable and are coming this way,” Besant replied, as the riders wheeled their horses and mndc for tho cross-roads. As they reached the spot where. Hop­ kins and F rank stood they halted. “ Mark, sir!" Hatfield said to his su­ perior, nud pointing with his sword to the left, wheneo came the regular firing from Thomas’ division. “That does not sound like a defeat!” “ I tell you,” was the petulant reply, “ it is a rout—wc are beaten, man; and I am off to Chattanooga to telegraph tho cursed tale to Washington." “May I remain?" almost pleaded Gar­ field. “As you •will," was tho ungracious assent, ns tho hero of a hundred fights, seized with a fit of panic so difficult to understand in one with so brilliant a record, drove liis spurs into his horse’s flank and dashed uway. “Follow me down this road, Colonel, as coon as you can get your men to­ gether; you will find General Thomas in sore need of yonr help,” Garfield cried, a s he too rode away. In half an hour they were ready to advance, though their ranks were b u t tldnly manned, - “Forward, men. ,At the double- quick I” and once more the Fighting Fourth ran p&titifig to th e struggle, .They found Thomas oppressed by superior numbers, bu t standing firm aS a rock, with Polk battering his center and left, and Ldngstreet harTasslng his 'right. Assault after assault was mads, y et those Immortal barons never wav­ ered. ' Once Bosecrans made an effort a t a aally, but*hunger had killed so many of his animals! th a t he bad not horses enough to drag a battery into action, and so thick lay the carcasses of dead mules on the muddy roads th a t men stepped.on them from one to another to avoid the mire. Hard times indeed had settled on the lnekless garrison, the coarsest kind of food being, precious as rubies in the eyes of the famished soldiers. Charlie 'Fulton’s satisfaction may be imagined] then,- when one day Jack Gregory whis­ pered in his ear the joyous information th a t lie had secured- a lund-q^arter of lamb, which he had confiscated from an Irishman in his company, who was car­ rying it off to Ills quarters. “I can’t give yon any mint-sauce,” said the jovial Captain, “but there’s a quart of whisky I won a t cards from an Iowa man, and by Hickory! old chap, | w e ll make a night of it.” “All right, Jack, I’ll las there; but don’t ask too many,for a lamb's leg Isn’t a ’very big bird, and a quart won’t go far in a crowd." ) “Never fear, man—ju st Ferguson,- Hopes, you and I—sharp .six o’clock, you know—be on time." Charlie was on time, and so were Jack’s other two guests. “ You're admiring, th a t stove, hoys, I see,” Jack said, maklngprepardftons for the coming meal, “neat bu t not gaudy, and hot quite, the th ingto adorn a paldce drawing-room, There's a history about it, too. Three of my fellows brought it in the oilier day, red-hot, with a batch of corn bread in the oven- Fact, 1 as­ sure you, They’d found it xn somc- -body’s kitchen and presented it to me, as a token of 'their' high esteem and a consideration for two pounds of Caro­ lina cut-plug.” “Guess it’s done!" Ferguson said, opening the oven door and peeping low ingly a t thc luscious joint. 1“ I t isn’t a very big one,” sighed Ropc^, with ‘ lugubrious eye on thp hungry' nsp'ect Of liiS Companions.' . d “What did you expect?” asked Greg­ ory, indignantly. “A six-months* sh6ep Isn't as bulky as a mastodon,' hu t 1 guess there'^ enough for all, boysi sd draw your stools around tho festive board." As ho spoke lie plunged his knife into the dainty viand. * “Great Scott, h u t it’s tough!” he gasped, as he wrestled with its Btring- Uko sinews. I t was tough, b u t it was meat, and those hungry men devoured it with a relish, polishing the bones till they, were as devoid o i fiber as though some naturalist had prepared them for hia museum. “It's tfip first satisfyingmcal I’ve had for tlirco days,” Hopes declared, com tentcdly. “Now, Jack, tip ns a can of your groceries, a n d lc tu s l ight our pipes. Thank Providence there’s lots of to­ bacco loft nmong our crowd yet." “Say, hoys, did you hear what a guy lanky Simpson got off on Thomas a t Chickamatiga?” Jack asked w ith a twinkle in his eye. “No, what was it? spit it out, man.” “Why, ho went up to the General with a doleful face, and reported th a t he’d lost a battery 6f six new guns, which the enemy had taken after a fierce assault. “ ’Did yon spike them, sir?’the Gener­ a l domanded. “ ‘Naw,T didn’t. They was too new andgood for aplking, sir.' “ 'Not spike theml’ Thomas roared. 'Then, what in thunder, fellow, did you do?’ - “ ‘Just raHiedroundabit andcharged, and toqk 'em back again!' the West­ erner drawled, while even th* General's grim features relaxed Into a smile.” „ . [TO » 8 C0XTI*ttnCD. | Fofi stiff g» or bites from any kind.of insect, apply dampened salt; bound ;tightly M ir the spot. I t will relievo, 1 fieri uwMtliy care very qfilokly..: • T hews is ho flattery aOprrrt and aa powerful as to listen ittontivatp te oMiera OF GENERAL INTEREST. . —I f t o Slag, * Chinese'laendryman, died th e other day * t Wixheid* Kan. H e was burled b y three o f h is own countrymen, who placed in lu» csfSa a ll his person** effects, iariud ieg fire dollars in m oney ,a.razo r, a brash, a' knife and some so ap T h s e a t c f the deceased and h is bed clothes mere burled with bits. —I t is stated by Invention th a t an Austrian chemist, H err Eckstein, has discovered.» substitute fo r eellt iloll, named hyaline, th a t is not inflammable. I t is grainless, odorless, transparent, tenacious and in a y be drawn into threads o r rolled into films. I t is de­ scribed as composed of eolophene, lac, copal, Dammare rosin, essential oi! oi turpentine, and gun cotton. -—The difference between th e stand­ ard time and sun tim e ' s till makes trouble is eastern Maine, where it is about th irty minutes. A p arty was re­ cently made up in one of th e towns, to go to a neighboring village and hear a popular'preacher. The party started by railroad time and the preacher be­ gan his service by the.Lord’s time, and the visitors arrived ju st as the good man was pronouncing the benediction. —The highest railway in th e world has just.been completed up th e ragged. sides of Pike’s Peak from Manitoa, Col S tarting a t an elevation of 6,40fr feet above the sea the line climbs, up by a winding course, 7,750 feet to th e tre­ mendous height- of li, U7 feet above the sea. This requires a grade averaging S4d feet to the- mile, w ith a maximum of 1,820 feet, or 25 per cent!'—twenty or more times steeper than what may be called the average steep grade on an ordinary railway.—Railway Age.. —An old brindle cow belonging to an' Indiana man broke into another's field, and in court the owner o f the field proved that the cow destroyed the fol­ lowing mentioned property, to-wit; Two four-year-old cherry trees, seven apple trees, five pear trees, one plum tree, one hundred head- of cabbage, twelve rows of beans five rods long, one row of beats one and one-half rods long,.fifty to one hundred and fifty sweet potato plants, one bed of onions, three grapevines and fourteen black­ berry, bushes. —The new servant g irl - p ied two kinds of furniture polish on the rose­ wood diniug table. She declared th a t American furniture polish was “no good a t ali, a t alL" She got h a lf a pound of white beeswax, two cakes of castile soap and a p in t of turpentine She boiled the soap and wax together— that is, she melted them .until they ran ' together. Then she poured ,in the turpentine. All the hard wood in the house shines like m irror glass now, ■“ ‘Tis the way we make the bars shine in Dublin,” said she. - —The National Observer (London) tells of a French wine manufacturer who has discovered th a t the vinous bouquet is a matter n o t of original con­ stituents, h u t of fermenting, agents, and who has succeeded .in making delicious vintages, both red and white, to say nothing of .irresistible brandies, out of barley, without so much as a suspicion of grape juice in, them. The consumers of these beverages keep up bygone traditions by still speaking knowingly of vintages and bouquets and aromas and styles and so on. —A Berlin daily toils a story whieh bns a local significance. - A young offi­ cer in a horse car gave a young wom an his sea t and 6lie took - it w ithout a ‘Jtlinnk yoiil" The officer Btpod on the year platform. , A. few blocks fu rth e r and the young woman stopped from the can T h e , officer saluted and said: ‘-Tarclon me,,uiaUhm, .but you have for­ gotten something." The young woman liurricfl hack tolo th e par, bu t found none,of her property. She looked in­ quiringly a t the officer, who saluted again and 4aid: “Oh, t meant only th a t you hod forgotten to thank me." —Charlie Conner, of Beaver Falls, has on exhibition a monstrosity in tho shape of a chicken formed with two beaks, four legs, four wings and three backs. I t is fully developed in every respect and lived for quite a while after being hatched o u t The egg from which tho cliickca was hatched was one of eleven placed tinder a hen. She brought out ten chicks and then left tho nest, taking her ten chickens w ith her and abandoning tho eleventh egg. The egg was put under an old goose thn t was setting, bu t as Boon as it was hatched out and the goose saw the man­ ner of bird it was, she kicked it out of the nest and it died. Inland I.akrs. I t is not generally realized thnt there are in this country literally millions of lakes which are available for water- farming; in size all the way from mere ponds to the great inland seas 61 fresh water. In Illinois alone there are tens of thousands of lakes, and hundreds of thousands more can be readily created. There are in Illinois many extinct lakes, which can easily be transformed into sheets of water py the simplest means. All the enormous “lake plain," as it is known to geologists, comprising Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan, north of the Ohio river, is dotted with countless sheets of w^ter, conditions being favorable fo r creating many more by such inexpensive artifices as the damming of stream* By damming a t intervals, 4very creek aad rivulet <an bo made to form artificial lakes. Even tho vast arid region, the “great dasert” of the west, hi spooked all over with multitudes of extinct lakes which can be filled ones more and made to teem irtth life, as they oiico d ld .- Yotith’a Companion.