The Cedarville Herald, Volume 13, Numbers 1-21

THE BATTLE FIELD, * »*'*>***• «! BOY# IH THE WAR. A captsto » t rift#** Year* wm4 * CvtaMd .' «f' ''AaffWMpMfe i . “ My own experience," aalil a medical man who wa* a surgeon during the war. “ would prove that a great many com­ batant* of rank were mere boys, “ Early m 1fay, 1804; I then being an a.-*bffant surgeon in the confederate service, X was stationed at Howard'*, drove hospital,nearRmmiend. Shortly after I went there it became an Ala* bom» hospital, andIfc was then, th a t! came uerom am o f Vhamany notable eases to which I can refer. While on my rounds one morning , X; petfeei among the newcase* a scrawny, sallow, thin checked fellow, :Ha was an inalg- nlflc&ut-looking youngster, and X"was not much surprised when, In .response to a question—! was making up the hos­ pital reodrd-rhw said he was dffeed yearsofage. Wheal asked hint what Ids command was he said, 4‘The fsth Alabama,” jinrt then gave his tank as captain. Bp ;wg*., Saich A poor, puny little fellow that I thought Alabama ‘regiments must be badly off for officers. 1don't know but I w a s ’somewhat pre­ judiced against him because of his un­ prepossessing youth, although he had commenced to fight when but eleven years old lie was a ‘decidedly sick boy —not wounded—yet I had a very poor opinion of,him. Suddenly, he spoke up and said: “ Doctor, I want you to get me out of here a* qufejc aS.you'can.”' “ 'We always do that,' t replied. “ ‘ Yes,’ s<akl he, ‘but soldiers don’t always Want to .get out of hospital. I went oat at the first call and this is the first time. I have been separated from my command,’ • ‘ Tn a day or two he began to mend —more rupidly than I expected' him to —and on the fourth day he commenced to bother md by insisting that be was lit for duty. Ife said ho/felt fully able to get up dud be pleaded hard with me to report him for duty. I told him that i f Xreported him he would at once be* sent baelr,.while I would be, censured. Ify that time I had changedmy.opinion of him, but ! had to speak somewhat roughly to„hhn for ' two days to prevent him HormCfittiig me. , On the ^venth day he again commenced to plead;*a.ud I at last-told liiiifthat If he improved as rapidly in the next- twenty-four hours as he had. previously I would re­ port him-.. lie held ®«! to my promise and was reported as fit for duty., While he was in .line with others who.were about to bd discharged the hospital mail came, apd in it was . » big letter addressed to him. He opened it and; in-» moment isried out: ‘Take this back; I don’t,want it;' It.was a thirty days' furlough which his father—an In­ fluential n>an—had procured for lijm from dttdgc Campbell, assistant-secre­ tary o f’.wnr. . furloughs were; very do-, sirablc things just then, but that hoy captain positively refused his and re- turitud at once to his command. Borne time afterword' 1 told Col, W. C. Oates o f the youngster. -The colonel, who Is now in congress, commanded the F if­ teenth Alabama, andWhen I mentioned the little fellow’s name he Said: ‘Why, he it i oho of tjie best officers I have. Ho lias been with the regiment in twenty- five pitched, ^battles and eighty skir­ mishes, had stands right Up to fire. He has his men under "better control in field and camp than any of tho other captains; doesn’t display his authority ns so- many of tho less effective do, and is altogether a most desirable officer.* "Oh, 1 could tell you abput lota of hoys who proved themselves worthy the name o f raon,”' continued the surgeon. “ There was Col; Howry, who command­ ed a Mississippi regiment. He eamo Intothe hospitalWith a saber cut across his face. He was seventeen year* o f age and didn’t look a day older. There was a captain Of artillery whose right leg Was amputated at the thigh. no was from Florida and was hut fourteen years old. Two South Carolina-boys were brought in the same day. One was thirteen years old and bad lost hi*’right log at the hip} tbit otherwas flfteett, and his le ft leg; haddie** amputated At the knee. Tho younger one—a-.line, rosy- faced child—sneenmbed to the weakness which followed the operation. Every­ body around the place was sorry for him, " I wasn’t ah Old Warn when I started out from the little village o f Mill- wood. Mo.—to be a soldier, I was a private in the First regiment, Third division, Missouri State Clawd*- then a part o f Price’s army. Tb* first human being I saw killed was a boy o f fourteen. Our refitmentwa* at the bat­ tle of Wilson’* creek, and some one in our ranks fired the shot that killed (Jen. Lyon. A thirt#en-y*ar-old boy in Com­ pany 1) claimed to have fired that shot, and whitehe may not have found.It poe* itible to prove, hi* assertion no attempt was ever made to controvert it. We went ttrto that battle with two hundred and thirty-six men and after eleven hours of liard fighting came out with one hundred and five men. The boys were eonspickru* there. Capi. Hal- lcck commanded one o f our com­ panies. He had been a land of­ fice official under Buchanan and wa* well-known. I * his ootapwdy were his two sous—Alonso, aged, nineteen, and William, aged fourteen. Father and sons were bound by th* most afifeetlon- ate ties*, their tenderness toward each other was hnwhiag and beautiful. After we had been fightU f for about .three hours Cap*. Hwleek wa* shot -through the brain right in sight o f his io t a We were merle* forward then and had only gems something like a quarter o { mile whan Alonso was she* through the heart, Willie ran to him and held him In hie arms for the brief period before death sxune. I f I lived a thousand years I couldpurerforget tlutt Htttft grmt*, how the survivor eriert for awhile an though thu light hadgone out o f his life, ami 1 k » w he picked up his musket, took his place in line and fought until the battlu ended. “ Don’t forgot that tlus bow* played »■ big part in the war,”—Washington Star. ■ ri. / HE SOLD THE SOLDIERS. A .Witty K m w U ow to ■ j " , T u rn * r * m p ,In tho earlier dsysof the sixties, there ;Used to appear dally 'in the various camps and. forts that'constituted the defenses'at Washington, a pleasing and ready-witted youth, with all the morn­ ing papers. .'Newsboys, as ftrufe, are UP to snuff; the one we speakof, ttsSam WeHer would putHi. was possessed of & “ pinch or .two over.” . He wan gifted with a kind, genial disposition. A t re­ partee ho w*s all that coukl bo wished. Tils fmife Was captivating, hut every move he made, ©very word he uttered, every smile he gave were given or ut­ tered to. .induce you to buy his papers. He rode a good horsed and sometimes had use for a good horse, for when pa­ pers did not sell, ho would often.invent news of a startling nature and had to get outof camp in a.hurry before the deception was deposed. The boyswould tumble out of their shelter tents the in­ stant his elai’lon voice penetrated their narrow confines. Mis voice would reach every tent within a half mile. Thoso possessed of fractional currency Would iiiveat.ia news, while those whosepock- cts contained nothing but space, would amuse themselves, with chafing the news vender. A day or two after the tragic death of Gen. Win. Nelson, of the union army, in the Galt house in Louisville, tCy., ’by a pistol in the, hand of anotherunion of­ ficer, Gen, Jeff C. Davis, our newspaper hero with nn unusuallylarge batch of papers made his appearance in camp. Before offering liis papers for sale he probably argued to himself in this way: “ NOw, nil the news in the-paper this morning, of any moment, is this shoot­ ing affair in Louisville, and if I tell these .fellows in camp here that Gen. Jeff C. Davis has shot Gen. Nelson, they will not buy a half dozen papers.” v “ I f one-half the generals should kill off the other half, X don’ t believe these, fellows Would care, but if Gen. Nelson lmd Shot Gen. Jeff C. Davis,’ I could easily make them believe it was south­ ern Jeff Davis and they would buy up my papers in no time. 1 believe I will try it, as it is, any way.” And he did. V Soon his soporous voice was heard proclaiming the startling news of the death of “ Jeff C. DftVis at the hands of Gen. Nelson.” To say the camp was startled by this news is to put it very .mildly, tho boys tumbled out as never before, every one possessed,of the need­ ful bought papers to scud home to their friends tho welcome news. Thoso who were lonesome enough' to' have no money, borrowed of their tentmstes. Our hero having disposed o f hi* stock put spurs to his horse and Boon was miles away. ■ ' It todk ten or fifteen minutes for the boys to fairly realize the little game played on them. ' • Soldier* are proverbially good natured under adverse circumstances, and there was no ill feeling cherished against oUr newsboy, for when he appeared again next day he was looked on with admir­ ation by those who had not. patronized him the previous day, and when lie left, gome o f the hoys cheered him,—Grand Army Journal. NOTES FOR SOLDIERS. H abit * G, LttWAbs, tho hero of twenty-three battles during the rebel­ lion, is dead at the State lunatic hos­ pital In HarrisbuTg, Penn., where he was taken recently. He was sixty-nfafe years old; T here are about 1,309,'iO? soldiers Of the Union army now living. Of this pumber53J,l58 are home on the pension rolls. There are 588,640 survivors who are not pensioned, and 879,MB deceased soldiers not represented on the pension rolls. T hk army register for 1893show* that o f the 1,589 Officers o f the line in active service there are but 34 who were com­ missionedoffioers prior to 1801, viz.: 19 colonels, 11 lientenant-colonels, and 4 majors, the last, of course, in the ir- tillery. CokFAXr A, Tenth Missouri infantry, stacked arm* June 9.1885. I t was the last confederate command to surrender. W. M. Moose, who commanded this reg­ iment, is now speaker o f the Kentucky legislature, and Capt, J. A, Hove is a candidate for the state senate o f Mis­ souri. J udge F bxb , of the Connecticut su­ preme bench, lost an arm at Cedar Greek on that, memorable day of Sheri­ dan’s ride from twentymiles away, and, though lie has “ the eloquence of an empty sleeve,” he also possesses rat* gifts as an after-dinner speaker and i* considered one of the most enjoyable toastmasters Of the nutmeg state. A OOMTBOVBNSY is In progress fn the south to determine who fired the first shot a t Fort Sumter. The last claim­ ant of the honor is M»j. WadeHampton Gibbee, who at the than was fresh from West Point. Tne school books need to credit this performance to a soldier named Ruffin, whose name to north* era ears had a singularly appropriate found. OF GENERAL INTEREST. —There exists insome parts of South Dakota, Coloradoand Texas a singular variety of grass balled the “sleepy grass,” WhenIn a fresh, green state,’ this plant is strongly chargedwith nar­ cotic propensities, so much so that horsesand cattle grazing it ate thrown intoprofound sleep. -Forty-eight tons of supplies were hauled from Berlin Falls, N .H „ toDan* forth’* Camp, a. sportsman’s resort f t Hake Parrauchenee, Me., this souson, at an expense of 31,000, The hunters who visit Parinachencc live high, andsomeof themhave a sweet tooth, for 500pounds of candy disappeared there last year. —There is how imported into this country a peculiar vegetable material from> Oran, an Algerian seaport on the Mediterraneansea. The fiberof thissub­ stance possesses the quality of being so elastic that it can be used a* a sub­ stitute for springs, and the like in the 'manufacture of furniture hacks and seats. —The Arkansas world’* fair hoard has selected ten acres near Little Rock which it will have cultivated with the view of raising various agricultural preducts for exhibit at the exhibition. The hoard lias made arrangements to send to Chicago for the Forestry.build­ ing specimens o f pine, white oak, red oak, sweet gum, cypres* and walnut. , —Sixty-five .yearn ago Ellas Evisfen;: of Marion, Init, became a husband, and lived happily with hi* wife until a fort­ night ago, when she became alarmingly ill. She wan of the same age ashimself —eighty-five. He earnestly prayed that he might die first. His wishwas grant-, ed, and he died seated in a chair while Watching at her bedside. Two day* later she breathedher last. — Near Olympia; Wash,, ib a well that; i* coming gradually to the,surface. It isbetween twenty -and'thirty’.feet in depth. For some time the brick’wall bf the well .ha* been protruding through; the ground, until now it sticks up into the air like a funnel to the height of ten, or fifteen fret. The bricks are un­ disturbed, and the well is intact. Tho bottom of the well, too, is rising with, the %vall. ■ ' 1 -■ ‘ ' . —To make a spool of thread the very best Sea island cotton is used. This,is taken in the raw state and torn to pieces by a niaqhine called a breaker, It is freed .“from iis impurities by several other machines, after which it is taken up by a “ Slipper” and twisted into soft” yarn. Several strand* .of „ this are twisted into one fine thread; three of these arcihen twisted’togetlier, making the dx-cofit thread, Which, after being bleached, ..Ifreaply to sell. —I t .has been said that twp queen- bees trill not live In the same liive, but thhr W disputed by some bCo-keepers, who claim that in large hives there have been independentcolonies, neither molesting the other. This, however, is exceptional, and not by ainy means de­ sirable. Bees sometimes fight, and With very disastrous results. About four quarts of bees were found dead ip and about a liive after a battle which occurred in the Summer o f 1891. ’ . —A 'number of owners of steam yacht* in New York intend to utilize them to transport themselves and their friends to the Columbian exposition by way of the St. Lawrence and Wellaiid canal. They believe it w ill be o f ^ great advantage to live aboard their yachts, and thus 'be Independent o f crowded hotels^ I t is reported that tpe owners of many steam barges in Canada will fit them with comfortable quarters, anil carry Canadian visitors to and from the fair. ‘ —There are laws in most of the states .forbidding the practice of medicine without a diploma. ’ The penalty Isflne, or Imprisonment, or both, depending on the nature and repetition of the bftense. A doctor with a diploma can practice anywhere he pleases unless under special local restrictions. In some places it 18allowable for a manto place “ Doctor” before his name, hut he is not, allowed to place “ M. D.” after his name unless he has the degree o f Doctor o f Medicine.' —A Detroit man has a hovel walking •cane that represents the work of odd hours every day for six weeks; It’ is made of old postage stamps of various denominations and six nationalities— United States, Canadian, English, French, German and Italian. The face value of the stamps was 3100. .The sur­ face of the cane, when the stamps were all on, was filed smooth and finished until it glazed. A heavy gold knob completes One of the handsomest and mostunique canes ever seen in Detroit. —Concerning ’Rev. E. E. Hale’s state­ ment that white George Washington was a great gallant prior to his mar­ riage "there is hot ft single Jove-Ietter extent written byhim,** The Richmond Dispatch Says' “ WO are under the im­ pression that ex-Uov. Fit* Lee has in his possession the initial number o f what might have been » series of love- letters from Washington, hut the lady to whom or about whom this was writ­ ten is said to have rejected George be­ causehe had big hands and feet, or be­ cause ho entered a room awkwardly, or for some equally goodreason, and hence the eorrespcmdence was soon termi­ nated," ..................... Taer Ifeater*, * A woman recently entered a store In Connecticutpnd sat down in front of an iron Safe to warm her feet. After sit­ ting notne twenty or thirty minutes, she remarked that she “ never did like them kind of stoves—they don’t throw out scarcely any heat, those gas-burner* dr.n’t,"—Dcmorest. IN WOMAN’S BEHALF, A UNIQUE WOMAN’S CLUB, The c;«i**r Way la Whirl* They lUww* 1‘iMifil nh l.miilHC9*Mthwii Less than a thousand miles from Now York is u woman's efub that is unique in its methods us well us its aims. The Object o f Its members is to educate themselves in what is going on in the world, that they may be able to take an intelligent interest In the vexed questions of the day. This is the declaration of their ratoon iIVOw ; \Ve want to know. We want to hem* both sides of every question, and to decide between them for our­ selves, from the woman’s point Of view. Theiu js at present no source of honest Information open to us; we can not de­ pend ou the newspapers, for they are hopelessly one-sided; our husbands and brothers are likewise strongly partisan; books arc too technical, and do upt bear directly enough upon the issues of the day to iustruct us." In this dilemma they have evolved an admiral way to inform themselves. In addition, to the usual woman’s club routine of papers and discussion by the members, they have instituted what they call “ open days,” when members may invite a» many guesty as they like, menus well as women. On these occasions, which attract' large audi­ ence*o f the citizens,the club is address­ ed by uman—the best-informed on his subject, and the best kncpvnas an advo­ cate of it. Hu is brought from New /York or Boston, or wherever he inay be, and asked to explain his views as fully and broadly sfs he can, and—here ap­ pears the womanly wisdom—not to speak of, much less attempt to refute, those,-who disagree with .him- Guests andmembers are allowed to ask ques­ tions, which he may answer; but they also are required to.ignore the opposi­ tion. . . , , ■ ’ .,ln this way the dub gets a clear view of one side of some point at issue, and at the next meeting they import a prophet of the opposite opinions, and listen to him in. tho same .impartial way. This is the plan, ami so far it is well carried Out, The,country Lsseourcdfor: the best exponent of. say, “ protection,” and t.hcri for -the dearest-headed advo­ cate of “ free trade." No subject is ta­ booed; politics and religion, universal suffrage, divorce,:and the position of women—all are open to discussion in this tolerant spirit. The consequence is awonderful awak­ ening in a heretofore sleepy, aristocratic village. Women are, aroused as from the dead, and dock in crowds, to join, the club. When they began, there was hardly a woman in toivn who knew liow-to preside or conductmeetings; but Women who never did a tiling outside their own domestic and society realm havedevelopedunsuspected capabilities, andnow, though’ less than a year old, ttw ossocation has a broad and progres­ sive constitution, aiul is well officered throughout. '■ The. leader of this movement—the soul of it, infect—is herself uremark­ able product of thecentury, deeply wise and' utterly* unworldly.—Harper's lla- -zar, ■ • . . ’; - ’ ■ • ■ . - , THE FASCINATING PERIOD o r a WomwuVt life !* Not Considered at It Was or Old. At what age under the old regime a Woman wo* considered jntwa It would bp dangerous to nay—presumably soon after she hod quitted her teens. Swift wrote with cruel candor of Stella’s fad­ ing charms, and sent her, as ft birthday gift, a rhymed “ Receipt to restore her Host Youth,” at a period that we should consider the prime of life- The caustic Deanof St. Patrick’s wondering ctlow angels look at thirty-six" • proves a sharp contrast to a more mod­ ern writer, Prof. Lewes, who, in.his Life of Goethe, speaksof thirty-three a* a fascinating period of a woman's life ,: being that in which he considered her to hftve reached the full development of her powers of mint! and body, Buch a sentiment would at onca have been considered rank heresy, yet thirty-tlirce was the age at which Frau von Stein proved dangerous to the heart of the poet who had survived the more youthful charms of a Gretehen, a Charlotte, anil a Hill. Prof, Lewes' view seems to be based on the old French idea of each nge having its distinct and honorable position and limitations. No people, perhaps, appre­ ciate more perfectly the Innocentflower- like beauty of adolescence than the French, Like the loveliness of child­ hood, it Is to them a joy and delight to be made much ofwliile it lasts, add like that period it Is expected to hare it* definite limits. The line between jeune f i'k and tiritte fillc is in that polite land drawn with a sharper and more merciless hand than in our own} yet it is the glory of that French life, with its clear and practical limitations amt its adoration Of youthful beauty, Id hard presented the finest flower of courtesy that theworld has everknown, to women who had lost ilie charms of early youth and ruled the minds, and even the hearts, of men by their w it and their wisdom, their vivacity and their grace, i t is Impossible to read any description of mlah life In Pari* without realizing the Immense power that such women ns Madame do Bara* bonillet, Maritime Deffand, who could tolerate everything hut the common­ place, Madame Necker, her brilliant daughter, Madame do Stall, and her cherished friend, MadamedTlaudetot, exercised in literary and political as well as In social matters.—Harper's Ba­ zar. POSITION OF THE WIFE. w»o Bam* h «* item *** Hardly s a iM * - Mar Hu * * *a Mrs. Fenwick Miller has bean talking to English women about the trial* and compensation* of wifehood. She find* that wives even of .men of the richer olassearn tlieir living m hardly as do their husbands, There is so much Ur arrange and so much to do by the mis* tress, even when' servants are .kept. The mistremhi always on duty, always pursued by her responsibilities. Com­ plete absorption and complete repo*P are the true law o f work. The house­ keeper never lias the pleasure of either. Iter work j* perhaps all trifling, ®U petty, yet all needful and incessant, It- is ouly when sickness * or even death takes her hand from the rudder, and the good ship of home staggers In breakers of discomfort in consequence,” that her work in tlie household is at all understood by husband and sons, “ f claim,” slie continues, “ that the wom­ an's work in the house is us important to tho community as. that o f Die man Outside and deserves as much credit and establishes an equal claim for fair wages. As far a* tho work goes, hers fe- generally the more laborious, because the more incessant and the leas interesting. When I say this, I speak of that which I do know. 1have a profession and I am u housewife—and1I know well Which is the most vexatious,, the least agreeable and the most unending class of duties. It is the ‘woman’s work,*' which is never finished, is got pleasant^ to do, is done for no pay and is regarded* as nothing. Tlie ‘man’s work’ is often a deep interest to do: it brings consider- ation anil recognition, and by it lean , - earn in a few hours the.value of my board find lodging for a week. In the,- home a* woma'u works hard day after ■' day without ever by law establishing her- right to anything beyond a bare maintenance fromher employer. I f slid receives.more, it*!*-by grace, and her husband thinks that he ‘keeps* her and, consequently,’ that herdress, her amuse­ ments. and the. like, ore his generous . gifts that he may withhold at ,1)1* good pleasure.”—Chicago Dost. . A Woman's JTiivoiiflvn. A woman’is the inventor of the “ Cos- ton Signals”—a system of signalling . with, colored lights which is used on land and sea all over the world. Bheis Mrs. Martha J. Cbston, of Washington. While she was very young, her bus- tetml, BenjaminFranklinC'oSton, anbffi- eer in themarinCsandau inventor.-died, leaving her with three small children to 'support. She devoted herself to .the perfection of experiments begun by her. , husband .and . worked- out the system which has brought her feme and for­ tune. ' Iter code was o f great value dur­ ing the war, and since then it has been used in other departments, notably tlie life-saving service. Her signals liive been.udoptcd by;tl»o principal European governments, and she lias received many honors fromroyalty. ■ A New.York Club. New York is spirt to possess the only ’ genuine Indies’ club-house in this coun­ try; amt prohabiyin the world, which is not founded on some common inter­ est }n business, art ,or literature, and exists purely for the convenience and comfort of its members. Bleeping rooms arc provided, which the out-of- town member may use in her trips to ’ the city, for one/ dollar a night, The menu is not elaborate, tint suits the feminine taste, and is well served and daihty. The present headquarters of the Ladies’ New York club are oh Twenty-second street, between Broad­ way and Fourth avenue. goss T p ~ an d ' g l eanings . T he first woman to pass examination as a lawyer in Connecticut is MissMary Hill. P atents recently granted to women include a sewing-machine, an ice-inu- .chine, a sliding-machine, and a needle employed in the manufacture of felted fabrics. THE woman members of the North Carol!) i world’s fair board have under­ taken to raise $10,000 to be devoted to the erection o f a state building at the exposition. A new ’ occupation for females is said to be that of gazing into their employ­ ers’ shop windows in couples, and going infe raptures over the display of lovely bonnet* when likely customersarepass­ ing. Miss CrktrirA W estovek , wlw has al- read attained feme aa the private secre­ tary of the commissioner of street cleaning in New Ydrk, has been made principal superintendent of alargejnan- ufneturing company. I t Is stated, that owing to the drink habit, it has been found unsafe to treat the work of switch-tending to- men ou the Holland railroads. They have, therefore, been removed and women have been appointed In their places. It rr, da FitiEDKtcffs, a young German woman, lias been engaged by the Fait Mall Gazette to make a tour o f tho United States for thepurposeof writing up the social institutionsof thecountry, especially in tlieir effect on woman’s conditions. Mis* K ate F jemi ’S bright face does -not lore its charm with years, and her merry blue eye* sparkle with their Wonted fire when she niters a brilliant repartee or greets an old friend. Her breezy little paper, Washington, ismanaged by women, and in her pleasant editorial rooms, over­ looking the president’s park at Wash­ ington, one feel* os i f l n * lsrg*,airy parlor.