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them plausible excuse for his frequent
passages from one side of the military
line to the other. He gained the entire
confidence of the southern officers, and
was able to travel at his will through
their territory. To the Union officers he
reported all his operations and brought
them information Of priceless value. It
was this acquaintance with the south
which alone rendered possible the daring
expeditions he meditated.
But the dangerous business in which he
was engaged was a great source of grief
and apprehension to his promised bride;
and through her persuasions he was in
duced to pledge her that when he sue
ceeded in one more enterprise he would
retire from the deadly dangers which are
the daily company of spy; and with that
understanding their wedding day had
been fixed for some date near the middle
of June, 1862. The expedition which was
to be his last was this raid upon which we
were now engaged.
The writer and the men with him, rs
well as the other squads, directed their
course first eastward till well in the
mountains, and then southwark meeting
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MORMON SUpERsTITIoN.-"You
can tell a Mormon house by the
number Of DOORS" heard some one
say as we approached Salt Lake City,
writes Minneapolis Tib,me cores
pondent. Sure enoug gh! ! There they
were, two doors, side by side, even
in the smallest houS les. Sometimes
there were two woo(l-sheds, or two
wells, and we saw one house that
had begun with single room, and
been heightened out Noom by room
and door by door. That patriarch
must needs look about him sharply
on the resurrection motn, or he will
overlook some poor wife and have
her sleeping through sll eternity.
The Mormons have doctrine that
in the resurrection the men rise, but
the women lie in their giaves until
their husbands please toeall them.
If the liege lord pleases to be so
gracious he goes to the graSe side of
his spouse and speaks the new. name
he received in the endowment house
at the time of his rnarriageA which
has never before crossed hiS lips.
She answers with the name Which
she received at the same time, \and
rises. One ofthe most potent mesns
of domestic tyranny among the igl
norant Mormons is the threat, fire.
uuently resorted to by the head of
the house, that he will not raise his
wife on the resurrection morn "un-
less" etc. etc.
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ARE STONES ALIVE?-We gener-
ally think of minerals as dead Jumps
of inactive matter. But they may
be said to be alive, creatures Of vital
pulsations, and separated into indi-
viduals as distinct as the pines in a
forest or the tigers in the jungle.
The disposition of crystals are as di-
verse as those of animals. They
throb with unseen currents ofenergy,
They grow in size as long as they
have opportunity. They can be kill
ed, too, though not as easily as an
oak or a dog. A strong electric shock
discharged through crystal will
decompOse it very rapidly if it is of
soft structure, causing the particles
to gradually disintegrate in the re-
verse order from its growth, until
the poor thing lies in dead, shape
less ruin. 1t is true the crystals
life is unlike that of higher creatures.
But the difference between vegeta-
BILE and animal life is no greater
than that between mineral and veg
etable life. Linn2us, the great
Swedish naturalist, defined the
three kingdom by saying: "stones
grow; plants grow and feel; ami
mails grow and feel and move."-
Vide IrGke.
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The ADVANTAGES OF REST
There is no better preventive Of
nervous exhaustion than regular un-
hurried muscular exercise. If we
could moderate our hurry, lessen our
worry, and increase our open air ex-
ercise, a large proportion Of nervous
diseases would be abolished. For
those who cannot get sufficient hol-
iday the best substitute is an occa-
sional day in bed. Many whose
nerves are constantly strained in
their daily vocation have discovered
this for themselves.
A Spanish merchant in Barcelona
told his medical man that he always
went to bed for two or three days
whenever he could be spared from
his business, and he laughed at those
who spent their holidays on toilsome
mountains. One of the hardest
worked women in England, who has
for many years conducted large
wholesale business, retains excellent
nerves at an advanced age, owing, it
is believed, to her habit of taking
one day a week in bed. If we cam
not avoid frequent agitation we
ought, if possible, to give the ner.
vous system time to recover itself
between the shocks. Even an hours
seclusion after a hurried lunch will
deprive a hurried, anxious day of
much of its injury. The nerves can
often be overcome by stratagem when
they refuse to be controlled by
strength of will.
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Thus we passed through Ackworth and

Thus we passed through Ackworth and
Allatoona, and then stopping again to cut
the wire, also endeavored to lift q rail.
While we were sure that no train from
Big Shanty could follow us, we wished
also to make it difficult for one from At
lanta, if any should be sent from there, to
run rapidly; and what was of equal i'm
portance, we did not wish the local freight
to proceed southwark after we met it, to
be turned back by any ypursuers. a lifted
rail is almost sure to throw IN unsuspect-
ing train from the track; and we put such
an obstruction before each train that we
met on this journey. Yet the process Of
taking up q rail, though we made much
of it, was far from easy with the imper-
feet tools we possessed. A single tool-a
bar constructed expressly for drawing out
spikes-would have enabled us to battle all
pursuit. But this we did not have, and
more than five minutes were consumed
for each rail taken up, in batterng out
some spikes with our iron bar and after
ward prying the remainder loose with
handspikes and with the rail itself. This
delay was of no great Importance now,
for we had superfluity Of time; but in
the quick and terrible struggle further up
the road, when seconds were decisive, it
was far otherwise. The rails when lifted
were carried away with us, and the break
thus left was for q time barrier ITO q
train not supplied with track laying tools
as absolute as burnt bridge. The feel
ing of security after such obstruction was
very delightful and not unwarranted. In
no case did q pursuing train pass a place
where we had torn up a rail in time to do
us any damage.
There was an eXultant sense of superb
ority while running along in the midst of
our enemies in this manner, such as II
man in balloon might fee! while drift.
ing over hostile camps, or o. ar the raging
waves Of the ocean. As long Us all is well
with his balloon the man need not care
what takes place in the world below; and
as long as our engine retained its power
and the track was clear before us, we
were in similar state of security. But
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The following narrative Is no "war ro-
NANCE or 'story founded on fact" but
o genuine history, authenticated in every
part, Of real events far stranger and more
thrilling than any fiction. The facts were
investigated at the time by the order Of
Edwin NJ. Stanton, secretary OF war, and
as q result the official war records, now
being published by government, contain
In the first series of that work, tenth vol
ume, part first, and beginning on page
$50, will be found the official reports Of
Judge Advocate General Holt, Maj. Gen.
Buell. and Col Lee, of Atlanta: together
with statements by surviving members OF
the expedition and by Confederate Gems.
e. Kirby Smith, Braxton Bragg, the
Confederate secretary Of war, Gen. Ran
dolph, and the president, Jefferson Davis,
with many others. I have used also my
own reconections and Photographic notes
and dates, jotred at the very time of the
events, and am thus able to make more
life like picture than would otherwise be
possible.
have only taken the liberty of passing
more hastily over those events and ex-
plantations which, while necessary for q
full understanding Of the whole, are more
in the ordinary line of military experience,
in order that more space be given to those
elements of tragedy and thrilling adven-
ture in which this raid stands separate
and unrivaled among all the many heroic
deeds Of the terrible struggle for maintain
ing the American Union. Not a single
fictitious incident or an establishment Of
fancy has been introduced. Wherever
conjectures as to unknown motives or in
cidents have been hazarded they are
clearly distinguished as such.
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ABOUT BLACKBIRDs.-A noisy,
wide awake, impudent fellow is the
blackbird, which comes from its
winter home at the South, to the
North quite early in the spring. The
blackbird feeds either upon seeds or
insects. He is much disliked by our
farmers because he steals their grain.
When the corn is in milk the black
birds descend upon the fields like a
black sweeping tempest, strip off the
husks, lay bare the corn apd leave
little but the cobs. r
Most small birds are afraid of
larger kinds. The blackbird, how
ever, is a curious exception. 1t often
builds its nest in company with the
fish hawks nests. Ofcourse all black
birds cannot build in fish hawks
nests. Many occupy tall trees, gen.
orally in companies of from fifteen to
twenty. The nests are made of mud,
roots and grass, and are lined with
fine, dry grass and horse hair; they
are about four inches deep and con-
tain five or six dull green eggs, spot
ted with olive.
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with their prolonged struggle over the
whole line Of this railway, did not come
until two years later. The question Of
deepest interest to us, and one which
would be quickly solved, was, elbow much
of q fight will we have at Big Shanty?
If the train is left guarded during break
fast time we will have to overcome the
guards; if anybody sees us going on the
engine, and a rush is made to prevent, we
will have to fight sharply and at close
Guarters-the most deadly kind of fight
ing" Every revolver had been carefully
examined at Marietta before we slept and
every preparation made, so there was
nothing to do but to wait as patiently as
we could.
1t was O thrilling moment when the
conductor called out, "Big Shanty! twenty
minutes for breakfastr' and we could see
the white tents of the rebel troops and
even the guards slowly pacing their beats.
Big Shanty NOW called Kenesaw) had
been selected for the seizure because it
was a breakfast station, and because it
had no telegraph office. When Andrews
had been here on the previous expedition,
few troops were seen, but the number was
now greatly increased. 1t is difficult to
tell just how many were actually here,
for they We're -ooustantly coming and;
going; but there seems to have been three
or four regiments, numbering not far
from 1000 men each. They were en-
camped almost entirely on the west side
of the road, but their camp guard included
the railroad depot. AS soon as the train
stopped, the conductor, engineer, fireman,
and most of the passengers hurried for
breakfast into the long low shed on the
east side of the road, which gave the place
its name No guard whatever was left
q fortunate circumstance for us, but not
at all unusual on southern roads even
when not so well guarded by soldiers as
this train was. Now was our opportu-
nity yet for moment we were COM
PEELED to keep our seats and wait the ap-
pointed signal by our leader. 1t required
a strong effort of will to keep from rush
ing forward. We had no desire for eating
as we saw the passengers leaving their
seats around US and pouring in to break
fast. The moments seemed hours; for we
knew that when the signal was given, we
must do our work in less than half min
ute or be slaughtered on the spot; we also
knew that any one of us who failed to get
on board with the rest would be lost; but
we did not know how long during the
twenty minutes Andrews would wait. II
anything could be gained by waiting five
or ten minutes we were sure that he, with
his marvellous GOODNESS, would wait and
expect US to do the same. 1t seemed al
ready O considerable interval, for the last
passenger who wanted breakfast had left
the train and disappeared within the
room.
But Andrews did not mean delay. He
had been absent from the car for time as
we came up the road and had only just
returned, and taken his seat close to the
door. Now he quietly rose, and without
turning his head toward US, stepped to
the door with the crowd that was pouring
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The TERROR OF R1cHEs.-Statis-
tics of suicide show that, after all,
the poor man rarely commits suicide
owing to poverty. Hundreds Of
good fellows, with rarely SO dollars
ahead, and five or six in the family
to clothe and feed, 90 on with more
equanimity than men with good
margins. They are generally look
ing for a job, and frequently have no
work ahead for longer than one to
six months. Tens of thousands of
day laborers in the United States
rarely know what their income is to
be three months ahead, yet they are
neither depressed nor miserable.
They readily spend their last dollar;
literally, as long as food can be had,
and economize when they must.
The terror of poverty is not so over
powering, as the terror of riches.
The fear of losing Is greater than
the fear Of not getting-From the
Globe Democrat.
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Two of our number, however, were sus-
pected, and as the readiest way out of
their dilemma, joined the Confederate
army-which we had all been expressly
authorized to do in case Of need, and
which was the easier now, as the conscrip-
ton was being relentlessly enforced, and
it was assumed that all travellers who
could not give good account Of them
selves were fleeing from it. At Marietta
we spent the night, intending to capture
our train in the morning in camp Of
the enemy's and making our way
northward, burn the bridges, which
constituted the object that had brought
US more than 200 miles away from the
nearest Union forces. But everything
had worked well so far, and we were very
hopeful.
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THE SLAVES OF TANGIER.-The
slaves form a considerable part Of the
population of Tangier. They are
mostly of the deep black Guinea
negro type, brought from across the
desert of Sahara, though sometimes
unfortunates of other races are kid
mapped and sold into slavery. Pub
lie auctions are frequently held in
the main street Of the bazaar, at
which children can be purchased for
from So to $50, while full grown
men and women are sold at prices
ranging from $50 to 500. Masters
have absolute power over their
slaves, even that of life and death,
and in case of sale, transfer them. by
means of a deed, just as we transfer
farm. Under the circumstances it
is little difficult to say whether
they are real estate or personal prop
erty.-The Cosmopolitan.
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RIGHT CHOICE OF WoRDs.-The
right choice of words is the highest
art of writing. 1t is a rare accom-.
plishment. Few writers, even Of
those who have achieved distinction
and won enviable estimation, have
anything like perfection in that art.
Most writer's are satisfied if they
present gracefully their meaning to
the reader. They study style, prac-
tice to be elegant, and if they begeta q
certain facility of expression do
not concern themselves with precise
meanings in selecting words. Enough
attention is not given to the fact that
words have soul as we'll as beauty,
and that there are different degrees
of word soul. One word will not do
as we'll as another, simply because
the two have the same general mean
ing. Not many evils of lax writing
are as grievous as the indiscriminate
use of synonyms.-Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
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CHAPTER 7.

THE ANDREWS RAID REACHES THE HEART
OF THE CoNFEDERAcY.
At Nashville, in March, 1862. while Gen.
D. C. Buell. commanded the Army OF the
Ohio, spy in his employ, J. j. Andrews,
proposed to him to take eight men and
destroy some of the principal bridges far
to the south, on one or more important
Confederate railway lines. Buell. con-
sented and gave the men; but though the
daring spy took his men to Atlanta, Ca,
the enterprise failed from the absence OF
q Confederate railroad engineer whose
help had been promised. The men, with
Andrews, succeeded in reaching the
Union lines again in safety, at Murfrees-
boro aud Shelbyville.
These points were then under the COM
mand Of Gen o. NJ. Mitchell, the celebrated
astronomer, who had been detached with
10000 men from the army of Buell. for the
purpose of guarding Nashville on that side,
and of inhicting any injury in his power
upon the enemy. The report of Andrews,
who brought full information of the condi-
ton of the enemy south and east of Mitchell,
probably confirmed the daring schemes he
was already entertaining, and between
them they arranged for the boldest push
VI lu6 wal " htIC CuCy luCetllU w w 44ieky
best be inferred from what they actually
did. Mitchell moved his whole division to
Shelbyville, Tenn, and prepared to move
rapidly and secretly upon the line of the
enemy's communications directly south
ward. To Andrews he gave authority to
take from twenty-four TO thirty volunteers
probably man from each company of
the I'd, 21st and 33d Ohio regiments. The
twenty-three of these who reported were
dressed il ordinary suits in place of their
uniforms, supplied with side arms only
and with an abundance Of Confederate
money, and met their leader in lonely
wooded spot at night near the Union
picket line. Here he directed them to
break into small squads, and getting into
the rough and unguarded country in the
Cumberland range of mountains, proceed
by unfrequentcd routes across the noun
tains to different stations on railroads far
within the Confederate lines, where no
guards were placed and where travel was
as yet free and unrestricted by passports
or O her dangerous formalities. Then it
would be easy to reach any part of the
south. If questioned while ON the way
saey were to state that they were from
Fleming county, KY, on their way south
20 escape yankee" tyranny and to join
the Southern army.
Fleming county was the home of An
drews, and there is a thread of tender and
pitiful romance connecting it with his
name which the writer learned on the
spot from parties concerned many years
after. Andrews loved, wooed and won
Kentucky lady of that vicinity-Miss
Elizabeth J. Layton-who, like himself,
was an ardent Unionist. She was de-
scribed to me by neighbors as not strik-
ingly beautiful, but attractive and esti-
mable. Before their marriage the war
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with few obsta-
cles except almost
ceaselesS rain,
: mud everywhere
and sw oil g n
streams, till Chat
tanooga and other
stations west Of
that point on the
railroad were
reached, W h e n
passage was taken
on different trains
to Marietta, the
second place of
rendezvous agreed:
on by us. Our;
story of being op-
pressed kentuck-
ians gain e d US
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a knife blade thrust in the silk globe bver-
head, or the slightest tear in the delicate
fabric, will in q second take away tho
security of the man in the clouds. So the
loosening Of bolt, or the breaking of a
wheel would leave us powerless Pin the
midst of our deadly enemies. Itw4s such
possibilities, always so near, thbt i'm
parted thrilling interest to our passage
through towns and fields and wbods in
the heart of the enemy's country.
TO Re CONTINUED,
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DARING and SUFFERING.
History Of the Andrews Railroad
Raid Into Georgia in 1862.
The Most Heroic and Tragic Episode
Of the Civil War.

Embracing Full and Accurate Account
Of the Secret Journey to the Heart of
the Confederacy, the Capture of
Railway Train in q Confederate Camp,
the Terrible Chase That Followed, and
the Subsequent Fortunes Of the Leader
and His Party.
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lieved that no en-
gine could be had
for pursuit nearer to
Big Shanty than
Kingston Oh the
north, or Atlanta
Oh the south, each
about thirty miles
distant. If the rebels
pursued toward
Kingston the best
they could do was
TO follow lis on fleet
horses, and the time,
allowing for delay
in starting and the
state CT the roads,
could not well be
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opened afterward to give us some view
Of what was passing, it was always closed
again whenever we neared station.
This capture was q wonderful! triumph.
To seize a train of cars in an enemy's
camp, surrounded by thousands of SOL
diers, and carry it off without u shot fired
or M angry gesture, was q marvellous
achievement There are times when
whole years of intense enjoyment seem
condensed into q single moment. 1t was
so with us then.
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THEY WEREN'T DIAMONDs.-Ev-
cry cheap jewelry "fakir'' regards
the South as his special territory,
and the darkies, when they have
money, will buy of him anything
that does not cost more than fifty
cents. 1 met a queer character in
Georgia. He told me that he had
been peddling cheap jewelry, either
singly or in combination envelopes
for nearly fifteen years. Evidently
the business paid, too, because he
put up at one of the best hotels and
lived pretty high when he wasn't
out trading" as he called it. So
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TO BE CONTINUED.

THE WILD ANIMAL TRADE
"But the wild animal trade has new
er fourished as it did before lS73,"
said q dealer. ut was during the
war times and Immediately (after,
when every one was flush Of mpney,
that the greatest seasons were ex-
perienced. Then there were hun
dreds Of circuses, big and little, and
various side shows, which patrolled
the country from ocean to ocean.
Out in the west, too; many of the
small shows had gambling attach
ments, which helped materially to
rake in the money. A proprietor ot
one of these thought nothing of pay
ing $1,000 for any animal that hap
pened to strike his fancy. Why, |
remember one case in point about
twenty years ago. One day woman
came into my place, and looking
around, spied a cage containing two
balloons, just arrived from the steam
ship. What is the price of them?'
she asked.
I answered.
"And she reached down into her
pocket, drew forth a roN of bills,
counted out the money, gave her adj
dress, and went on her way rejoicing.
She probably wanted them for some
gambling saloon or steamboat out in
Mississippi or Louisiana.
"But many Of these parties made
money so fast that |theV shortly
closed up business and quit. Then
came the financial crash of 1878, and
the stagnation of every kind of busi-
ness and the failure Of most of those
circus and show men remaining.
Then the new men who came into
the business did pot have much
money, and Juld d lot afford to buy
large numbers Of animals or very
valuable specimens So it has been
ever since, with a consequent stag
nation in the animal trade. ."-NeaD
York Euening SIN.
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Selected guetrg,
THE LIFTED HEART.

BY MARGARET f. SANGsTER.
Day by day I look above,
Craving guidance, needing love.
Day by day there comes to me
Love and guiding, Lord, from thee.
Night by night my lips repeat
Praises for the moments sweet,
When, for all the toll and strife,
Heaven itself enfolds my life.
Let me lose earth's dearest thing,
Let my fairest hope take wing,
I shall yet most blessed be-.
Saviour, clinging close to thee.
Jesus, better than the best,
Hearts desire and royal guest,
Make me more and more thy own,
In my spirit raise thy throne.
Day and night lift above
Prayer for guidance, prayer for love.
Night and day there comes to me
Love and guiding, Lord, from thee.
So tread the mortal way,
Grace divine my strength and stay. -.
So already in my heart s.e.ss,s q,
GfoWs the hidden name apart.