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The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

attack b. land and water Admiral l'ortcr's
i',"t poured shot aud she'll into Niclsburg
'"oiA the water during the forenoon 1t wus
;.a "pralin.. day for the inhabitants of tho
tnnn. Shells from army and fleet alike went
s'mi kim trougf, Tho air, burying them
selves in The hou,es and in the earth. Finally
struck Mhistling Dick spuarrly a,rl ended
his ,.,,rr,.
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Should no notification be received of
your acceptance of my terms by9 o'clock a.
M ! shall regard them as having been re-
Jected, and shall act accordingly"
The terms were promptly accepted by
Penberton. Troops surrendered, $1,000.
On the spot where the historic oak stood is
now n monument. 1t is a pyramid, sur
mounted by GLOBE the whole over twenty
feet high. An eagle, bearing Oh its wings
the Goddess of Liberty, covers one side of the
pyramid. Upon another is inscribed: "ro
tho memory of the surrender of Vicksburg
BY Lieut.. Gen. j. c. Pemberton to Maj. Gen.
w. s. Grant, U. S. A, on July 4, 1861
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

Taking advantage OF the night hours,
Coonskin built himself Il tower OF the loose
railroad ties. Learned in Ilarl::,vou,li lore,
he knew how to construct the !renuno pioneer
log cabin. Working seNe,tii ii"ht', lc ut
length built tho tower SD lii.'i, that hy climb
Ing toward itt top hc could actually look
over the Confederate iar:le;s He could
see the men inside thn works. Then taking
aim through til" c!linhS "t the logs, he could
pick off the enemy man by man.
Co"nsl;n's tower, looming up high nbovo
the low bottom lands in rear of Niclshmr".
was IL pirturcsuuo "l.,"ct in the land
They could not u:c lprr ARTILLERY AGAINST il +,
that having hrn alrcaI, quito siirn"cl ly
the Union batteries. All they co'rla do WA;
to fire m'iskct balls at it, whic wistipt!
around its corners or buried themselves
harmlcssly in its logs
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

Where was Gen. Eickenloopcr' His rep
utaton ss an engineer dc:endec! on the ex-
plosion of that mine. At poi:.t well towards
the front he stood. watch i'll han'l, after tir-
ing the fuses He leaned .,are:essly against
structure called ''Coonskin's 1awer." His
face was white, his features werc tense, uut
IA. manner was wholly cool and calm. lie
was yet icrll of himself, as lie counted the Sec
onds.
One minute to three! ':!.c generals eyes
were fixed on his watch as though every
thing else had faded from the earth save his
pair of eyes and that round white dial. Hall
minute to threel 1t seemed al eternity.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
A BRAVE DRUMMER BOY.

Orion p. Howe. drummer in the Fifty-iif
Illinois and Il citizen of Wa,lkcsan, il, that
hat", was appointed naval cadet ut Newport
on the recommendation of Gen. w. r. Shcr-
man. who gave the following reasonS:
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

N-''. 'AAS"i--'i-o''fE Ell tort into the air.
The Union force was over half II mile away
from the fort, down in the bottom. Fort
Hill commanded every foot of ground for
miles around. Nevertheless Gen Hicken-
looper made his plan. 1t was predicted that
he would fail. "He never can do it in the
world" said the Jobs comforters to one an
other But Gen. Hickenlooper knew him
self. Mcpherson knew him, too, and gave
him free card to do as he liked
a little after the middle of May, one black,
silent light, his sappers and miners began
digging i'll the earth at the Union camp.
Shovel, pick and basket took the place of
muskct and cartridge box. AS soon rs the
mine was sufficiently advanced the men dug
in the daytime, and day and night the work
progressed. Relays Of men relieved one an
other by day light and torchight until
thirty days and nights had been told off that
battle summer of 1863 To dig through 900
yards of eartl: Is no child's play
Calculating with his engineers eye and
brain the exact center of the foundation of
Fort Hill, Cen IIickenlooper directed his
passageway thithrr, far underground. Three
galleries led in different directions from the
main mine. Safety fuses We're laid through
all. so that if one failed another would catch
fame.
SO far Then came he most difficult part
of the work 1t was easy enough to dig; hut
the earth must be put back again, solid as
before X Iaust he rammcd tight 1t must
be confined in its place BY heavy tmbers.
Why! Because if the ra$.agcway were left
open or loosely filled the exploding powder
would simply blow out through the mine and
not injurc Fort Hill at ALL Its force must
be turned upward.
The mine was finished. the passage was
closed solid as human strength could mako
it. Only the deadly fuse ran like fire snake
along the bottom of that hidden way.
Twenty-Five hundred pounds of powder We're
within the mine.
No hint of the work had reached the Con
federates above at Fort Hill. Mcpherson had
advanced his works SO near that their cam
non were useless and disabled and they
could do TO more than to pick off unwary
Federal soldiers by sharp shooting.
June IS was the day fixed 10. blowing i'p
Fort Hill 1t was SO important an undertak
ing that the word of it was passed all along
the Union lines. AT lo o'clock firing ceased
and from right and left long lines of blue
coats poured into McPherson's encanpmc!t
The order vas that as soon as the explosion
took place, in the dsmoralzation that fol
lowed among the Confedcrates, Union SOL
diers should rush in in great number, and o
general assault be made.
For days and weeks bombardment had
been going on. Now suddenly all ceased
The unearthl5 stiffness was horrible and OPP
pressive. The ear had gr1wn used to the
sound of shot and shell so that it Ras not dis
turbing. But the silence-that seemed 60
appall like the shadow of a falling doom.
Three O'Clock was the hour for the eyplo-
sioh. \ brief minute or two, or perhaps it
was three u.ii.ltcs before that time, the fuse
had been lighted. N1U!d it burn' Would
it do its work! Fifty THOUSAND men were
asking the question.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

y society has been formed i'll Ceylon which
has for its object tho propagation of Bud
dhism throughout the world.-New York
Tribun.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

Souckhotf is the name OF ~ Russian who
travels about his native country urging the
nnii>"S to commit Suicide.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
ABOUT VICKSBURG
Stories Told After the Lapse Of a
Quarter Of a Century.
BLOWING UP OF FORT HILL.
The Famous Oak Tree Under Which
the Generals Met.

Grants Forty-two Plnns-NNhistling Dick.
Hunnins the Batteries-u"w the Dead
Lay Before Vicksburg-A Mortar Boat.
Brave Drummer Eoy-Somethins About
Mcpherson A Story of Starvation.
Tho stars and Stripes Over All.
Copyrighted by the American Press Association. |
One of the most thrilling incidents con
nected with the siege of Vicksburg was the
blowing up of the Confederate fortication
known as Fort Hill. 1t was heavy earth
work on n height that commanded the main
road from Vicksburg to Jackson. 1t was, in
fact, the main fortification in tho rear of
Vicksburs.
McPhcrson's corns Mas the Investing force
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a >hocinakcr's sign, supposed 10 have been
carried from Mount Vernon, His, dropped
from the sky, six miles northeast OF Coving
ton, Ga. the other dav.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

CEN. SHERMAN A.D THE DRUMMER BOY
When the assault on Vicksburg on the 10Th
of May was at its height, and l was i'll front
near tho road, this lad came up to me
wounded and bleeding, with good, healthy
boys cry: Gen. Sherman, scnd some cart
ridges to Col. Malmberg: tho msu are nearly
all out" "IVhat is the matter, my boyf'
They shot me in the leg, sir; but can SO to
the hospital Send the cartridges right
away" Even where we stool the shots fell
thick. l said l would attend to the cart
ridges; and Oft he limped. Just before he dis
appeared he turned and called as loud as lie
could, "Calibcr 53.'
What arrested my attention tiien was and
what rcnews my memory of the fact now is,
that one so young carrying a nlusket ball
wound through his leg should have found his
way to me on that fatal spot and delivered
his message, not forgetting the very import
ant part even of tho caliber Of the musket
81. which you know is an unusual one.
warrant the boy has i'll him the elements of a
nan.-Icttc- 20 Secretary Stanton.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

An rlvph.,nl in the funeral procession to -
.rcent iinioo cremation wore II silver collar
worth $4,000,
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

sl".:tce ul.!l,i.t.
y" BUFF; | the waves n few minutes gnl-
d'@"l hs' IL s"asr oi relief from the nsuI-
L 1T 1h. 'cl. H'e conimnrrl swimming for
H. l.fl .nl" atipr", surposns that our pick.
HtS "'pu!drd Il. We Ind been In The water
h4if an ll"rr perhaps "iien the sound of tho
stroke Of oars reached us, and presently a
ya"l p!iiel around the barges. Our first
"npi"hs we're pleasant enough; but they
wcre sp'lenly changed when we saw tho
graz rl"thns of thu 'oatlnen. They 8cporcl
us in I'r the time wo had driftrd two miles
he'w til" city aud with some roughness I'M
pressed " on rs the fact that VIC were pris-
"!rl's Dripping and shivering we w"re
marched up to the city, taken before the
provost marshal and registered.
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A MORTAR BOAT.

On thc gulf and inland waters during tho
ri'ti N'"' much use was inado Of mortar
bots, s" called Tusoe wnr" simply gur,-
boais c'rry!ns Il mortar This is n heavy
cannon, 50 named ON account of its rcseln-
Liins in s!"l3e an apothecary's mortar.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
HOSTING THE STARS AND STRIPES

At 10 O'Clock on Independence Day tho
Confederate soldiers ut Vicksburg began
stacking arms. Tho ceremony occupied over
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
The silent man is of!al. worth listening t,.
-Japancsn pr'Nerb.
a rublic Sren!.Hr', Methods,

EARLY closing is s;.ccrss in GrnmG
Forks.
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21

at this point. The
fort was sadly in
the way of the
u nion advance.
Protected by its
embrasurcs, sharp
shooters could pick
off every man that
showed himself out
side the rifle pits
below. AT length
Brig. Gen. Andrew
Hickenlooper, Nc
Phcrson's chief ELL
gineer, formed the
bold plan of blow
ing the whole great
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21


an hour. At the end of it Gen.
John a. Logan brought his di-
vision into the city.
The greatest event of all was
the hoisting of .he stars and
stripes over the Vicksburg
court house. Col. William T..
Strong had the honor of plac-
ing the old flag above the Gu
pola. Immediately after tho
a. surrender he and his party, ,otli-
= cially detailed for the service,
gnlloped to the court house,
mile away. y few minutes
The Dickinson press., 1888-07-21
EUREKA.

Ell REIN.
The motto of Ca.iso,na means. Il have tou,,,
ii.'' Only i'll that land of Sunshine. here the
orange. lemon. olive. Il. and crap boom and
,yn., m ' nr "s. fb herb. ri and un ;..,,d tar are
used in the pleasant remedy for all ii.,oat and
lung Iroube-. Santa Ahc tn ruler of coughs.
Go. has been appointed agent for this valuable
california remedy. and sells it under .uaran-
Tee at Sl.0o bott!. THE" for $3.50.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07
Fresh lime scattered around the cellar
will help to keep it dry.
The Melbourne Exhibition

The Melbourne International Exhibition.
Australia celebrates the centenary of her
settlement by a grand International Exhi-
bition ut Melbourne, commencing August
lot next, and continuing for six months.
Congress las appropriated $4,000,
will appoint commissioners 10 represent
the United States, and il is hoped that very
many private firms will make exhibits.
The government of Victoria controls the
exhibition and gives space and steam for
motive power free. The exhibition build
ing and annexes will cover twenty-four
acres of ground. and the display. both local
and from foreign countries, will be tie
largest ever seen in the southern hemis-
phere. Goods for exhibition are admitted
duty free. Australia is a rich ant grow
ing country. American goods sell well
there, and the comparative nearness of
Australia to America should inspire our
business men TO control her markets. Mr..
John NJ. Ives. who for the past three years
has been in the antipodes as manager tor
the we'll known Safe Cure House OF II. Fl.
Warner s. Co, has just returned with let
tiers from the chief secretary and commits
sioners; also blank applications for space,
which he will be pleased to send free on APP
plication to him at Rochester, n. Y. APP
plications should be made at once, as goods
must be In position not later than July first
next.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07
HE-Will it annoy you If l smoker
She-I don't know. / never saw a
gentleman smoking in my presence.

Tile Consumption Of Gold.-The con-
sumption of gold for other than none.
tary purposes In Europe, America and
Australia has more than quadrupled IN
thirty years, and has quite treoled III
twenty years. 1t Is more than nVe
times what it was half a century age.
the great mass of gold which has flowed
from the mines has been absorbed IN
the same opulence and luxury or the
times which have swallowed up the
flood Of gems, great in volume beyond
any former precedent, from the dla-
mond fields of South Africa, and IN
creasing prices will be quite as likely TO
whet the appetite for both as to cteck
it. Five-sixths of the current production
of gold is absorbed in the arts and man
nfactures in the Western world and III
British India. \ part of the remaining
sixth is lost In the wear of coins and fires,
shipwrecks and forgotten boards. VIA;
is left to increase the stock or gold
money in proportion to the increase OF
population, exchanges and wealth ofthe
world?
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07
Ihe Funeral Month Of March.

An observant metropolitan barber
says that he can tell ones physical con-
dition by the state of the hairl
The Bible tells US that with his hair
gone Samson lost his strength. The
Romans considered badness a serious
afiicticn and julius Cesar was never
quite satisfied with himself because his
poll was bare.
The face, however, Is the open book
and n "a readily trace In Its various
expressions, lines, changes and COM
plexion the state of the system.
The eye that is unusually bright and
yet has a pallid brightness, the face
upon whose cheeks nature paints a rose
Of singular beauty and flush, more
marked in contrast with the alabaster
appearance of the forehead and nos
and lower part Of the face, Is one OF
tbose whom the skilled physician will
tell you will some day dread the funeral
month of March, because it is then
that consumption reaps its richest har-
vest. Consumption they tell us Is
caused by this that and the other thing,
by microbes in the air, by micro-or-
ganisms in the blood, by deficient
nutrition, by a thousand and n
things, but whatever the cause, decay
begins with a cough and the remedy
that will effectually stop the cause of
that cough cures the disease of the
lungs.
That Is all there is of it.
The cough Is an evidence Of a vast
ing. To stop 1t e~ffectually, a remedy
must be used that will search out the
cause, remove that and then heal the
lung and do away with the cough.
This is the power, special to itself,
possessed alone by Warmers Log Cabin
Cough and Consumption remedy. This
is no new-fangled notion Of narcotics
and poisons, but an o~ld-fashioned
preparation of balsams, roots and herbs.
such as was used by our ancestors
many years ago, the formula Of which
has been secured exclusively by the
present manufacturers at great trouble
and expense. 1t is not a mere cold
dryer. 1t is a system-searcher and up
builder and a consumption e%xpelant.
Where others fail. 1t wins, because it
gets at the constitutional cause and re.
moves it from the system.
j. W. Hensaw of Greensboro, Pa,
on Jan. 10, 1888, reported that ''he
had derived more real benefit for the
length of time, from Warmers Log
Cabin Cough and Consumption rem
edy than he had for years from the
best state physicians"
If you have a cough, night sweats,
positive assurance in your W mind
that you, oh-you. have no consump-
ion - and vet Iose flesh. Appetite.
courage, as your lungs waste away,
you may know that soon the funeral
month of March will claim you, unless
promptly and faithfully you use the ar.
ticle named. If other remedies have
failed try this one thoroughly. If
others are offered. insist the more on
trying this unequailed preparation.
Some persons are prone to con-
sumption and they should never allow
the disease to become seated.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07
Men Wearing Varied CoIors Again.

Gentlemen are slowly but surely
drifting back to those days when light
and fantastic colors were necessary to a
handsome and well ordered toilet. The
ladies are no longer to ~monopolize the
gay hues with which the rainbow is
decorated. In the animal kingdom the
gentleman member of the family gener-
ally puts on the plumage or wealth of
hair and fur. For proof, behold the
lion and the gold or silver pheasant. l
say gentlemen are slowly but surely
drifting back to those days of b'ue silk
coats, yellow vests, green knee breeches,
lace collars and WHISTLES, etc. Don't
you believe it? Examine any new
tailor made suit and see if a pair of
trousers are ever made up nowadays
without a gay colored piece of V shaped
silk inserted and joining the waistband
in the back. A finical gentleman
would not wear trousers that did not
have this literally entering wedge. The
crimson necktie Is already the proper
caper. These colors are bound to wild
en- and lengthen until they cover the
form Of creations lord.
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READ THIS, NERVOUS SUFFERERS,
do Not Fail to Heed the Warning.

bu wv " ! ~ '"
Have you dyspepsia. indigestion, consti-
patton, kidney and liver disease? Every
hour you neglect them may take years
from your life.
Have YOU nervousness, weakness, nerv-
Gus debility, sleeplessness and exhaustion?
Every beat of your heart is but q funeral
march towards your grave.
Have you neuralgia. rheumatism, epilep-
sy, palpitation, the tobacco or morphine
habit? Any one of these is liable at any
moment to take your heart in its deadly
grasp.
Have you headache, loss of memory,
n~umbness, trembling, prickly sensation,
cold feet or WEAKNESS OF the limbsf The
sword of Damocles is suspended above you,
for just SO sure as you H. elect the symp-
toms, Just so sure will paralysis, insanity,
prostration or death follow.
save yourselves from these alarming re-
suits while there is yet time by the use OF
that most wonderful discovery for the
nerves, DIR. Greene's Nervura Nerve Tonic,
which is a perfect and complete cure for all
the above diseases. Pronounced the great
est medical discovery of the century.
1t will take away your nervousnessand
make your nerves strong and steady. Ii
you are weak, tired and exhausted, 1t Will
make you strong and vigorous. 1t VIII
cure your indigestion m dyspepsia, give
you an appetite, regulate your bowels, kid,
neys and liver. 1t will give you natural
and refreshing sleep, stop all palpitation OF
the heart, trembling, numbness, headache
and neuralgia pains. 1t is a perfect specific
for nervous debility and exhausted nerv'
GUS vitality. 1t is the best spring tonic
invigorator and restorative in existence. for
it makes the weak strong, iuvigorates the
tired and overworked brain. nerves thu
weary limbs, and restores health, strength
and vitality.
Do not fail to use this wonderful remedy,
and you are sure of a cure. For sale by al
druggists at 81 per bottle. If your drug
gist does not have 1t, he will get it Tor you
Insist upon having DIR. Greere's Nervuri
Nerve Tonic. Its discoverer, DE-. Greene
is the great specialist in nervous diseases
of So West 14th ST., New York, who can b.
consulted free of charge, personally or by
letter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07

The statue of Liberty enlightening the
world, which stands on Bedloe's Island, in
the harbor of New York, is one of the most
sublime artistic conceptions of modern
times. The torch of the goddess lights the
nations of the earth to peace, prosperity and
progress, through Liberty. But elderly"
is an empty word to the thousands of poor
women euslaved by physical ailments a
hundredfold more tyrannlcal than any
Nero. To such sufferers DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription holds forth the promise
of q speedy cure. 1t is a specific in all those
arrangements, irregularities and weak
nesses which make lie a burden to 30 many
women. The only medicine sold by drug
gists, under a positive guarantee from the
manufacturers. that it will give satisfaction
in every case, or money will be refunded.
See guarantee printed on wrapper enclosing
hottla
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07

Mr.. Earnest Ma Fdsoldt, a manu-
featuring optican of Albany, N. z,
has just received a patent On a very
clever continuance as a handle for the
inGandescent electric light. 1t is a fex-
ible standard 81 arranged that the. lamp
can be introduced into the throat, or
wound, or any incision, for the sake of
q medical examination. The handle
will bend into any required position.
and can be returned to its original form
without breaking the electric circuit.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07

LIFE can he sustained on a diet OF CO.
coanut for a long time. A ship from
San Francisco bound for Sidney be-
came water-logged on the way, and for
eighty days everybody on board lived
on cocoansts. a large quantity of which
had been taken aboard at Samsa. No
cases of sickness occurred, and the crew
apd passengers landed IN a healthy con-
iditiOn,
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07

IMMENSELY PLEAsED-She-So you
went to hear Josef Holman last eve =
ing, Mr.. Wabash?
He (of Chicago)-Yes.
She-You were pleased, of course7
He Immensely, Why, 1 know
grown people who can't play the piano
with that t~en-year-old boy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07

ioErLY lady endeayored to skate
on the ice at Central Park, but she sud-
denly sat down, making a noise like an
iron safe dropping from a sixth-story
window. A gentleman a to her as
~sistance, and as he helped her to her
feet he remarked: ~ presume you are
skating for the first time" "No; for
the last time" replied the disgusted fe-
male.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07

There were five fair sisters, and each had
an aim
Flora would fain be a fashionable dame;
Scholarly Susan's selection was books;
Coquettish Cora cared more for good looks;
Anna, ambitious, aspired after wealth
Sensible Sarah sought first for good health.
So she took DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and grew healthy and blooming.
Cora's beauty quickly faded; Susan's eye
sight failed from over-study; Flora became
nervous and fretful in striving after fash
ion, and a sickly family kept Anna's hus-
band poor. But sensible Sarah grew daily
more healthy. charming and intelligent,
and she married rich.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07
IYXaIlYuiY5IIE3IyITT

LITTLE HOLLAND PRETZELs.-Make
a dough of half a pound Of flour, half a
pound of sugar, the yolks Of two eggs,
a tablespoonful Of soul cream and a ia
b%lespoonful of coriander seed. Break
off little bits of the dough, roll them in
round pieces and form them in little
p~retZels or rings.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07

1t seems that "dry rot" the enemy
of builders, is a sort of contagious dis
ease. Good authorities state that it
can be carried by saws and other tools
which have been in contact with infect
ed wood, and that such transmission
and impregnation is often the cause of
the mysterious rapid decay OF originally
sound timbers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-04-07
What SCOTS Emulsion Has Done!
Over rs Pounds Gain in Ten Weeks.
Experience of a Prominent Citizen.
The CALIFORNIA SocTETY FOR THE)
SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
o.. FpISrTsTo. ,July 18th. RaG

I took q severe cold upon
my chest and lungs and did
not give it proper attention ;
it developed into bronchitis,
and in the fall of the same
year I was threatened with
consumption. Physicians or.
dered me to a more congeni.
al climate, and I came to San
Francisco Soon after my
arrival l commenced taking
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites reg.
ularly three times a day. In
ten weeks my avoirdupois
went from 1855 to $50 pounds
and over; the cough mean.
time ceased. c. r. BENNETT.
SOLD BY AL DRUGGISTS.