■

/; | V wm at Odar Crt^k, VIrjrti

I that K circumstauivs I paced to a comrade and •ell which joe* to prove •

word* apoken at certain time* can duce awe where cuni fall." *ald 1a Hanna, who served In Company L the Second Connecticut Heavy ArtU-

:lnla. emy. hap- radei

1 Connecticut Heavy

lery. to an old comrade. Continulnc Mr. Hanna wild: "We had been jrtiard-j

l-i .we ducked ~ tMtlet wai

dtn- he

Inc a ford for several day*, and had bad eevera! uhlrmUhes with the Confederate*. in which we lo*t a number of our men. On the morning of October 19 a comrade named 'Jack' Horstman and myself were *0111 to make a detour through the foothills and in’ to discover a good road for an a'd-

vance.

“We had proceeded about a mile from the camp when without a moment's warning we came face to face with seven rebels. aH heavily armed and on the lookout for us. It was a tight place, end meant either capture or death, for we could not hope to cope with seven. Juki ts the foremost rebel brought bis picc*- to bis ehonlder an Idea came to me like a Dash. Throwing up my left arm with the palm of my band extended outward. I exclaimed: ‘Hold! Surrender! The Sixth Corps is In the mountains and If yon shoot yon seal your own

doom.'

"It must have been the dramatic Ore 1 pnt Into these words that bad the effect of awing them, for one by one they lowered their guns and we made them captive*. We took their-guns, bent them' between two trees and threw them Into the bushes. When all their pieces had been confiscated we marched onr prisoners Into camp, and then started out again. This time we

asked him where onr cornlea were. He said they must have

the 'Johnnies’ were very cipoc and ranting rapidly. I turned to' Walker and said: ‘Let's shoot and ran.' Talk

about a fellow being scared to death!

■11. when we » beg^n to

at every sound, whether the within a foot or ten feet of

n who says he ws

when we began to run and the bullets tiegkn to wblca over our heads

ked'atevt

was

frightened, some time In battle l have been In the hospital most

most

of the time."

-ect

1 the in S.

os the story about the soldier • plum pudding." said Colonel Cooper to Jesse Sherwood, as

□c told:

Irgt our

duty look I

W* were down In West

us detached

regiment and doing special

Virginia, about loo or from pur regiment and king for stray guerillas who

tlnually running

through our

running away. Not any of been with hi gunshot of the Bring line and few had talked to one who had. However. Just as often as ws blvouacked we were frightened. “One morning rumor came that a big squad of guerilla cavalry had been >efore only a short dlsus. We were not onl to retreat, even though we were so afraid of out lives that we all wished we had never enlisted, so we kept moving. Suddenly a terrible galldplug wds beard Just In front of ns and beyond a small hill. We thodgbt It was a cavalry charge and formed to

meet It

"It fell to my lot to kneel down In front with my bayonet pointed at an angle to receive the charging enemy. Men all about me were In similar postures. I supppos, but I knew of nothing Mint the steady gallop, gallop of the thousand hoofs that would soon pound the life out of me. I gritted my teeth to await the charge, though I quaked as with the ague. I .recall

Tfrdty you are strewing your garlands

The mounds of the heroes who He •cur# from the storm* and th* straggle*

song

Group then when the flower* an

spread,

in profusion upon th* graves of our While the mother remember* her dead.

1 next 1

w.’

e CC

a)

DECORATION DAY, 1901.

had traversed About two miles when rebel orderly Who

the

o the 1

commanded him to hall and surrender. Instead of obeying be leveled his gun. bnt for some reason It missed tire. Dontmon tired, bnt missed him. Then be shouted to me: ‘Shoot him.

fool.' I « regretted

he and a few others spinning war‘stories at the GgOd Army head-

quarter*.

"I was on board the United States teamshlp Sotacjyet during the Civil War." said Mr. Sherwood. "We had beadquartef* at Key West. Among the many notable things that came nn- ' observation was the capture British steamer Circassian off the coast of Cuba on Sunday. May 4, 1802. She was the richest prize cap:urpd during the war. . On that particular morning while cruising off Motantas. Cuba, wc had chaaeu two steamers showing suspicious black smoke. I but they gave us the slip. A little later :he lookout sung out. anj there, lying close to the Cuban coast, was a steamer. Our commander erdered the Confederate stars and bars run op U> mislead the officers ot the steamer. In a few minutes she steamed toward us. When near enough the commander shouted: ‘What ship It thatT’ The answer came: The British steamer Circassian. from Bordeaux. (France.’ "Then on? captain ordered them to lieave to. at the same time droppiiik the Confederate stars and bars amr running op the Stars and Stripes to the masthead. The taunting challex was Dung from the English ‘Ontel - ‘

T began to wonder why the charge wasn't made and over with. Just as I began to get brave the pounding

■ Harper-. Weekly.

1 did so. and ever afterward 1

It He

'ir I

m of service."

killed during my

was scared every

George B. Van N'onfcan. of Wisconsin Begimcnt to

t. Britton spoke,np, saying: “Van, yoi

man: go ahead and tel

' “ghtfc,"

•nu was sci number of

number of his comraue*. Colonel W.

B. Britton spoke, np.

in honest man;

* something about the 1

“At Corinth. Miss.. I got the biggest

. — r ," said C

Dg lUl.

In my in. Tt

Colonel. Van

was tile day Price and

idranced

wlU

. and stood crouching benlnd a stomp. from which point of vantage I wa* -Ipadlng and firing as fast ss I could. Then the Confederate* began advancing in a heavy line. Colonel’G. W. Bobbins had Just'been wounded and bad retired from the field. The next volley caught Major Jefferson, and be was carried off the field In a dying condition, t was so busy firing that I did oof hear the order to retreat. Then 1 looked around, but could sue only one Union soldier. Jewell Walker, of Com

A

■ UU B* WB* MBUWUg IWUlt J artn^at the advancing «

OXLT A SUXDXA CiXT.

> five minutes every man was at

hoofs aoupded again. ‘Steady, men; don’t move.’ cautioned onr leader. Then prancing over the top of the hill came a good-for-nothing triadle calf.’

his post and a shell from a nine-inch, pivot gun had ueen sent through the rigging of the fleeing, steamer. The fohrth shot exploded In her topmast rigging Just as a steward was In the ding 4 tant, pH dropped the podding ssuf flung hlmaelf down. He was still plea lug up pieces of pudding when his captain surra deml and hauled down UU eolo Then we towed her to Key West."

<EC

J. -G. Beckloy, who served with t ’ourth Michigan 'Votescoin, told U calf seared 100 Uolaa soidUn. •

jfcoaaasww.

The along

stilled, Bwoembers each touch of the Idas. Remembers each smile and eachglanee of the eye. Remember*, alas! but to aim. For l t «Uin the gloaming alone with ay WberetK giory of sunset it shed; ion hare laid on his grave the sweet Sowers of lor*— While the mother remembers her

la’t a faU^of his footstep upon the old Vt hi* hand that is rorthing. 2 sec? la’t his face that comes smiling as in the old days. Ere they took him, my darling, from Ah, alas! it is fancy but trailing along Through the mist of the tears I have shed; And you cover with flowers the grave of my boy— While the mother remembers her dead. “OLL 33

a hero who died

You say that mr boy a a In the front of the fray, and was brave; Unflinching he marched to the deathTo fad him, alas! but s grave. Ah! what of the par* in the poor mothThat is watered by tears she has abed? ul I'm glad you strew flower* above my vnjr** bgr ~- -h. b. :

if

A Slaaaiaa P«raML 'A,very stunning parasol is turquoise blue taffeta made to the effect of the turquoise matrix, while the handle of Ivory Is decorated

made of > Imitate

Starry I'lqo*. A little star is woven Into the surface of the dark navy blue piques. A white bUlt studs the surface of such a pique, And a self-colored pique has the star outlined with a corded edge. For a child the white star is preferable. For girl ored star Is s good line of piques brought forward for 1*01 shows double fold piques. Instead of the old single width. Double width materials cut to advantage, as every good needle-woman knows.

Sbvm KalsrprUlng

The woman with the hoc Is with n*. At Roslyn, L. I.. Mrs. I. P. TsberWUlet* is conducting one of the model dairy farms of this country. Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith of Cambridge. Ind.. was recentlly selected for the ex-, periment of maintaining an agricultural school for girls, on similar tine) to the agricultural college* for boys Mrs Mary Gould Woodcock of Ripley, Me., la raising trotting horses. In Missouri, Miss Minnie Kullck runs a large poultry farm. Miss Nellie

Hawks Is doing the same kind of

at Friend, Neb. From a wheat farm of 640 acres in Lucca, N. D., Miss Mary R. Vanhe Uerlves *n annual profit of 60 percent. The Duke farm near Summerville. N. J.. now being laid out in parks and fishing laker,

and on which 850 men are la managed by Miss Maggii D*p«riiMHt In tfca Sick Rnom.

The duties of the trained nurse, no moiler how nearly to parfectlon she has reached In her calling, ore light ien compared to the service of the lag person who Is nearest to the

mployei Smith.

she lovii

sick one. who must stand ready always to upbear and bring back the f to its old place Love and res-

pt-rfset harmony In

place Love and 1

In t

conquer

-the awful,

force# that threaten citadel of life. But be allowed to gain the mastery ot reason, for if love rules alone, the natural anxiety of the watcher la bound to be expressed, and this will not be without its evil effect on the condition of the sick on*. At all times must the person on guard to fight off the advances of death be In absolute control of herself or himself. She must ■ot yield to the fear that may be ly-

r heart—at any

ing heavily upon her

1 the on anxiety easy; It

strength of purpose and at Um< exercise of .all the skill and tact the watcher may possess.—Mary R- BaldIn the Woman’s Homs Cbm-

natnral to the

sltnatlon is not easy: It requires much

tea the

Simple Gov*d* for Girls.

Mercerised cotton makes charming frocks for young girls, and the material looks like s fine and Improved aatSuch cotton stuffs are quite ta-

me in all fashionable

:h cotti !. aad c Then. I 1 invest

11 fsshionshb

f course the deslg

youthful and dalut

be

ity. I

sign with which it

should be appropriately ad dainty. Many of last

year's foulards are now sold at lower cost .than the weaves this year, and often they will be found charming and dainty for the gown of the growing girl. The red frocks—the plain red and red and white—are especially fashionable just now for young girls, and can be found In almost all the materials that are In vogue this year. These frocks should be made up In all

relieved

red; if possible, hilt If not. re! with white. Black should not 1:

on such gowns, the trimming < — 5 In the

put

: for

such gowns, but should be left trimming of the gowns of older

days when there is

no particular difference In the materi-

mg and old, there must

needs ,1* come Jiffercnce

You no doubt have heard of cycldnes blowing feathers off chickens, or possibly yon may have witnessed the operation. but whether you hare or not. It Is a fact that cyclones are sometimes chicken pickers, os well os the

pickers of other things.

Wen. on Ingenious German, with a evast*ting cyclone for bis model, has ivented a machine that creates cyclones to order, jvhfle you wait, for chicken picking' putjxiaes. His 'cyclone* are inconslderablt In '*ise. bnt . very tattnes la thslr field of action. I which m Ur»e enough to emhrara a

ala worn by youi

ccdB .be come difference In ilng, otherwise ths effect of youth U lo*t entirely, and the gown Jas the appearance of being done over. Trimmings of pleated chiffon, gowns of chiffon, and also net gowns,

as eh

_ownscf older women. Accord Ion-pleat* J skirts, when they are becoming, are pleasing for alendsr figures, but tjiey must he carefully made and well draped over the

skirt

pleats cut-down underaleath or altched through-ore, os a nrffl. more becoming

with spletti their white

Josephine ws* particularly fond of tho fcrvonlerv, which became her although her face was far from classic.

The unooyered foreheads of recent

seasons opened the way for s revival of this old fashion, and the Jewelled stars and crescents which were worn low against the forehead with the parted fringe of hair -btated at the fervonlere; but now a number of Parisian beauties bsve taken up the old mode Id earnest and have appeared

Adld jewel* gleaming upon

just above their

brow.

The velvet band and fillet have not

appeared, the modern I

as nei

Ible setting and held in Its place by the finest thread of gold or a string of small pearls. The fashion Is, of course, extreme, but It ha# appealed to the ParlBlans' love of novelty and the French Jewelers have Innumerable orders for the new ornament, while old fvrvon’nce are being token from Jewel coses and reset according - — - * ‘ “* “ ‘ Sun.

lug. 1 vlslbl

sd, the modern fervonlere benearly as possible, devpld of

to the modern taste.—New York fi

educators have only 111 the last few years sanctioned It ‘ u Is only of late that women have been heard of In connection. with outdoor sports, though there hsve probably always been girl* who were good at gam« and who hod played them. In golf this Is particularly noticeable. There are no doubt numbers of girls playing quietly on country links who have played for yean and would without doubt gain many public honors If they competed

In close touch with golf sclcntlfia croquet may be classed. Scientific croquet require* the utmost nicety of strength and aim and the utmost judgment In making plans for victory and In foreseeing those of the opponent To be a good player you must *ot only be able to get through very -narrow hoops which do little more than allow the balls to pass under and through, tut you must be able to maneuver the balls so that you may he able to make

salon. Good play-

m go t tire round at one play. For delicate girls croquet 1* an Ideal game, as It keepa^hem out of doors and Coes not * ‘ible amount of 0 almost all the other outdoor games. Archery 1* another pastime which Is coming to the fore. It has always been able to command the enthusiasm of Its own world even when outsidera thought It a bygone amusement, and many archery club* ATt ao ' x beihfl formed. It Is an exercise which does more to make its devotee beautiful than almost any other. It make* the figure straight’and supple and the eye and nerve steady, and since It U always practised In the open air it give* to lovers of the sport who otherwise lead eedentary lives the opportunity to breathe out of doors—something that no other sport will tempt them to en-

joy.

Tennis, as a violent exercise, bolds a fond place In the hearts of the admirers of this sport, apd it Is certainly an Interesting game to the players. It Is scarcely necessary to remark how great a hold hockey has obtained In tljc affection of girls In the last few years; ss s school flame It Is unrivaled, though it Is played little outside, for good hocaqr ground* ore no easy matter to find. Cricket. basket-ball. bicycling, swimming, and la winter toboganntac and fancy skating about exhaust the pastime* to which girl* Are allowed to enter. Cricket and baiket-ball are played at a great many ot the girls' schools and colleges and by a few private club*, while the other a porta or* Indulged In whenever and wherever opportunity presents Itself.—American Queen.

*~ Flowqra carefully wired are mad* Into bow effects for the aide and back

of hot*, v. inn's Vein

Jswals mn tha For*KmO. News comqs from Paris to the affect that th* fervonlere is undoubtedly coming back to favor. Forty years ago no one would have needed to be told what a fervonlere waa, and many of the ornaments ore In the pooeosslon of women lucky enough to have inher-

ited J«w*ia.

Th* old-fnahloned fervonlere was a forehead jewel, usually a large uncut sum set In heavy gold work. It was won In the centre of th* forehead attached to a (old fillet, or met* often.

Nun's Tellings with shiny colored silk border* are among the new mate-

rials. •

wlthw

, fl ODI dress materials.

ot fish scale* over a Ehimmartat gold t! rtlUe* Black, white and blue moke one of the most fashionable combination*. Thus, white muslins spotted with block are trimmed with'blue embroidery.A very stunning parasol Is made of turquoise bine taffeta made to Imitate the effect of the turquoise matrix. \ while the handle Is Ivory decorated with turqqolAe. The latest evening coiffure shows a sort of puff around the face, broken by a few little curls at one side and loose knots arranged low at the nape of the neck. One large rase la worn at one side of the front. On* must be blessed with a fine dlscrtmlqatloc In thbee days in order to choose the latest and most fashionable tint ot white, which Is called champagne. or wine white, os you prefer, and Is. especially attractive because of Its worm tinge. Enamelled flower hatpins have com# In tor a fresh share of attention now that flowers dominate the miUtaery department. and then there are the tercet pins, with jewelled beetles and spiders attached ts** spring, which gives them a vary realistic appear-