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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

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not. Some men, especially those new to
the work, go into charge firmly con-
yinced that they are going to be shot.
Of course they are frightened when
they look at it in that way. No man
is willing to go deliberately to meet
death, and the idea of being hit, even
slightly, is not pleasant. Looking at
it in this way, the men become ex-
tremely nervous, and in some cases it
makes them actually sick. When COM
PEELED to go forward, they are SO ex-
cited that they hardly Know what they
are about.
Other men look at it differently, and
do not expect to be hit. These are
men who have seen service. They con-
slider the chance of being killed SO
slight in ordinary engagements that
they act as though they were indiffer-
emit to fire. It makes all the, difference
in the world in their behavior, and it is
the duty of the officers to convince the
men that they will not be hit. They
should even expose themselves to Sc
we're fire, if necessary, to assure the men.
When was in the Sixth Cavalry
down in North Carolina we had q lot
of new men. A charge was ordered
and the first company advanced. They
were in an open road close to piece
of woods. At the first volley from the
enemy they took to the woods. Then I
ordered up the second company. The
men were white as ghosts, but they
rode through the fire. The cavalry
charge is with revolvers pointed in the
air, and at the word "fire" the barrel
is dropped and the volley fired. In
this charge the men were so excited
that most of their shots went straight
up in the air or over the heads of the
enemy. A couple of months later the
same men would ride and fire stead
lily and drop their bullets close to the
object aimed at.
1t requires more nerve for men to
stand and receive fire than to ride for
ward and return it. The excitement
of firing helps to keep the mems cour-
rage up. Only veterans will go stead
lily forward when men are dropping on
all sides. / remember one charge when
I expected to get hit. had to lead
cavalry charge right in the face of the
enemy's fire. 1t seemed like sure
death to attempt it. / destroyed all Of
my papers, and we went out with q
rush. The enemy were so astonished
that they dropped their guns and ran,
leaving us to gather in some prisoners
and leave the ground clear for the in
fantry.
/ remember an incident at Chapulte-
pee that tried the nerve OF the men. A
forlorn hope was ordered and every
tenth man told off. One of the men
xho was detailed was so badly fright
ehed that he became very sick. He was
convinced that he would be shot, but
he went through the charge, received q
ball on his belt-plate, and came out all
right. He was afterward Captain in
the civil war and stood fire without
fiinching. He died natural death
after the war was over.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23
A War Incident.

children in war times will be telling
their grandchildren such stories, just
as their grandmothers told them stories
Of the revolution.
What an interesting volume it would
make if all the private stories OF the
war could be collected and published.
lived in old Virginia at the time of
the war of the rebellion, says writer
in american Housekeeping, with my
mother, brother and sister. My father
was away in the army. was but four
years old when the war began, but I
distinctly remember my mother made
pies and cake which my brother and
sister, who were older than myself,
would take to the trains and dispose OF
to the soldiers. Our little house was
not far from the station, and every day
many trains would stop loaded with
hungry men who would pay good prices
for our wares.
say our wares, because one day, al
though I was SO young and small, I
cried to be allowed to go also, and my
mother gave me basket in which were
snugly placed four pies.
Iproved, however, a not very shrewd
tradeswoman. Reaching the cars, I set
my basket on the ground, and was 60
ing to hand the pies to my customers
who had agreed to pay me twenty-five
cents each for them.
They insisted upon me handing up
the basket, saying they would return
it, but that was the last ever saw of
that basket. It was demolished in the
frantic skirmish after the pies.
The pretty dollar they threw me did
not quite cure my grief for its loss.
My mother, however, consoled me
later on, but I was not again given q
basket in which to carry my pastry.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23
The Elevator Boy.

In sufficiently sharp contrast to Peter
was Dicky, who took his place, writes
Arlo Bates in the Providence Journal.
He came in time to be Familiarity and
appropriately known in the building as
"The Imp" a sobriquet which ex-
pressed perfectly the variety of elevator
boy he was. Dicky took violent dis
like to an Englishman who roomed at
the top of the building because that in
dividual persisted in speaking of "the
lift"
"This amt no lift, !" Dicky would pro-
test with the greatest scorn. "This is q
frst-class elevator"
@We call them lifts in England" the
Englishman would reply with the air of
one who feels that he has settled every
thing.
"Oh, they don't know any better
there" Dicky would reply with bound
less contempt; "but can't you learn
nothing, now you're in country where
you have chance?"
This dialogue was gone through with
pretty nearly literally, and then the En-
glishman reported to the authorities
that Dicky was impudent. The story
was too hopelessly probable on the face
of it to be doubted, and the imp was
given his dismissal. On the last day Of
his service the Englishman came into
the hall just as the elevator door closed.
He sprang forward. but Dicky twitched
at the rope, and the elevator rose to the
level of the first floor.
@Come back here you confounded
imp" roared the Englishman, whose
temper was by no means of the best.
To the surprise of those in the car
Dicky obeyed and ran down until his
face was on a level with that of the
speaker on the other side OF the wire
latticed door.
"The elevator amt allowed to come
back for nobody after its got to the first
floor" he said with a malicious grin,
and away he shot with his load, leaving
his enemy to fume and fret as he chose.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

SEXTON B. w. WILLIAMS, OF st.
Thomas Episcopal Church in New
York, has achieved good deal of un-
enyiable notoriety by rudely ejecting
from the church lady who had taken q
seat unlimited. A reporter interviewed
the Sexton and reminded him that the
teachings Of God did not support his
notion of different religion for the rich
and the poor. well" said Mr.. Viii
liams, "that is all well in theory, but it
won't work in practice. / can assure
you, my dear sir, that if Christ Himself,
as He appeared on earth (meaning in
the garb of poor man), should apply
for admission to st. Thomas Church He
would, unless He had paid for His pew
in advance, be -" (Here Mr.. Will
liams nodded his head in an emphatic
and knowing Well, you know
what I mean" Mr.. Williams nod
clearly suggested that Christ would be
excluded.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23
Dancing With the United Kingdom.

DR.. Shark is q gentleman who be-
lieyes In the rational treatment of pa
tients in his private Iunatic asylum.
He gives them picnics IN summer and
balls in winter and plenty OF amusement
al the year round. Taking one consid-
Grafton with another I should imagine
that lunacy, under these conditions, Is
rather pleasant thing. ] always look
forward to the dances he gives, for af-
ter considerable experience have come
to the conclusion that idiotic partners
are rather less idiotic than the common
place misses one meets with at ordinary
balls. She was sitting in the corner OF
The ballroom toying with q fan large
and massive woman whom one would
no more have suspected of being insane
than of being eonsumptiye. Iasked the
doctor to introduce me, for I admire
fine women. He did so, and sat down
beside her. We spoke of the weather,
as new acquaintance will. She was
perfectly rational ON that point, at any
rate. She thought it was appalling. !
mentioned casually that I had been to
Torquay for brief holiday.
do You know it?" asked.
aOh, yes-there it u.s." she replied.
I looked in the direction in which she
pointed and saw rather extensive
foot incased in an irreproachable dancing
shoe.
aThat is the Lands End" she said,
refectiyely, indicating the place where
the little toe of her right foot might be
supposed to lie, aand that is the Lizard
over there. I am the United Kingdom,
you know she added, with dignity.
/ bowed in silence. 1t was a colossal
idea, and not to be comprehended all al
once.
THAT is the North Foreland over
there, she went on, tapping her left
foot. Il have had some trouble with it
lately; and oh, and her voice became
quite plaintive, Il was SO afraid that
they were going to take Ireland away
from me" and she glanced affection
ately at her left arm.
thought it better that we should join
in the dance, for these geographical
condolences threatened to become EN-.
barrassing. So I put my arm around
the top of Lincolnshire and the base Of
Yorkshire, and as far into Lancashire as
I could get for her waist was more
than eighteen inches), and we danced
my ear is burning so; am afraid
there must be storm on the coast Of
Aberdeen" were the last words heard
her say as I led her to seat.-Lo1adon
FIGARO.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

before, and may never happen again. I
want you to go out and make sketch
Of it, from which, some day, you will
paint picture.
I told the General that / was afraid
I should not have time to get every
thing down before the camps were
broken up. Do the best you can, he
replied; it is worth the effort
"Of course went back to the high
ground snd began my sketch, and I
became so interested and was able to
work 80 fast that / got every position
fixed on paper before the army moved.
I began the pictured on leaving the
service in 1864, and worked at it two
years before it was completed as you
see it now"
The 18th day Of May, 1862, in that
part OF Virginia was bright and pleas
ant. Before the spectator of this paint
ing stretch the miles of white tents
where are encamped eighty thousand
men. 1t is great city Of canvas, fill
ing the foreground to the dim distance,
and stretching far to the right and left.
Here and there is a break in the lines
of tents, and a column is seen on the
march. In the battle-ground, where
the tents show larger, we see
some of the stir of soldier life outside
them; and as the, eve comes down to
the foreground we look with admira-
ton at the skill with which each de-
tail is delineated. Here are long
lines of cavalry horses picketed; guns
and caissons are parked; here are
headquarters tents, a bend Of the
Pamunkey River, with q gunboat
and transports, the tents of Duryea's
Zouaves, with squad of those fam
tastically clad soldiers relieving guard !;
here in the near foreground is the hill
from which the view was taken, as it
bends round toward the river, with q
dozen soldiers sitting and stand
ing about enjoying the sight. A
calvacade appears from the direction
of headquarters, each figure OF horse
and man being perfectly proportional
to the surroundings. We recognize
General Mcclellan riding ahead; by
his side Colonel SANDY" Colborne,
his Adjutant; General Marcy, Chief
of Staff; the French Princes, numer-
GUS aids, and cavalry company as es-
cort.
I'm $780," said Captain Hope, @Gen-
eral Mcclellan, General Averill, and q
party of others were here The Gen
eral spent two hours with me, examin-
ing the picture and pointing out the
details to those with him. One of them,
civilian, asked him:
docs it really look like the actual
scene?'
Like itr exclaimed Mcclellan. IF
it had been photographed in oils it
could not be more truthful. '"-Ch5cago
Ledqer.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23
The Sow and the VOLTA Fable.

A SOW was contentedly occupying her
sly, although living in great litter,
when a wolf, who hadn't tasted roast
pig since the barbecues of 1910, came
along and endeavored to strike up an
acquaintance. He got up on his hind
legs and peering over into the sty said,
Good morning, Mrs. Pig"
The SOW made no reply, but backed
up into position to go to war if nee
essary.
Then the wolf inquired affectionately
after the health of her interesting
family, seeking to know if they had yet
had the infantile diseases, such rs the
mumps, measles, trichinm, etc. He al
ways liked pigs, he said, nice, tender
little pigs; they seemed to get right at
the inside Of him, as it we're, and he
smacked his chops at the recollection of
one who had got there in raw state
only few days before. But he was
wary, for he knew the SOW would smack
his chops, too, if he was to rash.
II declare, continued the wolf, gazing
around with feinged admiration, @you
seem to have comfortable quarters here.
There is a prejudice against pig-stys
among the ignoront and uncultivated,
yet sty is a good deal in ones eye
after all. would really like to inspect
your lovely cottage little closer
As he said this the wolf had hold of
the top board of the sty, began to draw
his body up and raise his right leg pre-
paratory to climbing over.
@No you don'tp cried the SOW, who
understood his game and was getting
mad sow-sow-west, the wind being
southerly. @This isn't my day for re-
ceiving."
"But," demonstrated the Wolf, main
tanning his position of debate by insert
ing his left hind claw in knot-hole,
"your household duties seem to confine
you good deal a-ham! and your lite
rary occupations are telling on you,
though I won't. Now if you want to go
out calling on the neighbors a bit for q
change, will watch over your family
while you are out nothing hoggish
about me-"
But the SOW, who was thoroughly on
her ear, which had never been expert
mented on in the manufacture of silk
purse, told the wolf that an honest pig
sly was no place for wolf, and if he
didn't leave they would all sqneal on
him.
Moral-Root, hog or die. Texas
Cift;a11e
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

JOHN G.. WHITTIER, replying to a
friend asking whether he wrote the
words Identify yourself in youth with
some righteous, unpopular cause, says !:
II am not sure whether the quotation is
among my writings, but I fully indorse
it. The truth know by my own ex-
perience and that of my early friends.
We have all had reason to thank God
for the privilege of advocating unpopu-
lar truth"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23
them iourteen years and ei1ht monshs

then fourteen years and eight months
old.
James A. Ervay, Company x, First
Michigan Engineers and Mechanics,
Trufant, Michigan, claims to be one Of
the youngest soldiers. He enlisted
September 81, 1861, at the age Of
fourteen, and served until September
81, 1855, without seeing the inside Of .
hospital.
John Hamilton, of New Rochelle,
N. T., enlisted in Company Z, Seven
teenth New York Zouaves, in the sum-
mer of 1868, when but thirteen years
old, and went through to the sea with
Sherman.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

AT her last reception in the White
House Mrs. Cleveland took to counting
the number of Hading wells that passed
before her. She became SO interested
in the occupation that she forgot to
pay attention to the introductions made
by Marshal Wilson. As she shook
hands with very pretty young woman
wearing one Of the striking wells under
going enumeration the Presidents wife
exclaimed, -Four hundred and one. :"
The girl looked up in surprise and Mrs.
Cleyeland realized that she had made a
faux pas. She at once abandoned the
count.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23
OF COURSE SHE WAS FROM Bosro5
How Blooming Rosebud 81 . Girl Per-
facffx Paralxxed n Prnfsesaor.

How q Blooming Rosebud 81 Girl Per-
fectiy Paralyzed Professor.
The dry was to marrow, the leathery
as to heart, but verdant as to brain, the
professor found himself In the ballroom
and, like the fy In amber, wondering
how the deuce he got there.
In bower corner sat the rosebudist
If rosebuds in q garden of exquisitely
sngowned girls.
Il make it a rule of three, professor"
says the rosebud. II dance three dances
only Of night, one in every hour. The
first square dance, to bring my volun-
tary mucles with their fasciculi into gem
tie play; the second, polka, TO work
the voluntary muscles into perfect ac-
ton; and the third, a waltz, for abso-
lutte enjoyment. ~
Bless my SOUR exclaims the pro-
lessor.
II employ the interim by following
some train of thought. Tonight am
seeking types. I want to find my Cleo
patra, my Aspasia, and my Phryne."
Bless my soul" exclaims the pro-
fessor
4Was Aspasia fast or only flirt?
Was Socrates her lover? Was the
divorce Of Pericles as perfect as Chi
cago divorce? Why does Aristophnaes
ascribe the Samian and Peloponnesian
wars to her simply because she lost her
lady's maid? Do you think Plutarch's
defense exculpates her? Was her sec
ond husband, Lysicles, a pork packer
or merely cattle dealer?"
Bless my SOUL" exclaims the pro-
lessor.
aWas Phyrne's mother laundress, and
is it true that she got her living at one
time by gathering capers? We're those
capers for sauce or boiled legs of mutt
ton? Was her offer to rebuild the walls
of Thebes, if her name were inscribed
on them, bona fde! Did she profane
the Eleusinian mysteries, or was it a
put-up job to bring her to Hellas, in
order to let the Council see her beauti-
full anatomy? I incline to this, for
Apollo painted her as the Venus An
adyomene, and Praxiteles sculped her
as the Cnodian Venus. Was Apollo
her lover, as well as Praxiteles?"
BLESS my soul!" exclaims the pro-
lessor.
@Ahai" and the venerable professor
bounded like one of his crack pupils in
the direction of the refreshment-room
Once a Week.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23
She Was Forced to Vacate.

When Chief Justice Chase left his
seat and stepped forth to administer
the oath to Grant, an unknown woman
stepped out of the crowd behind the
chairs and took his place. When he
turned to resume his seat he saw that it
was occupied.
Reckoning the Marshal of the SUI
preme Court, he said: Clear my seat.
Madam, said the Marshal, turning
politely to the woman, 4you have taken
the seat of the Chief Justice, and he
wants it again.
II don't care" she responded sharply,
not budging an inch; Il am free-born
American citizen, and have as much
right to it as the Chief Justice, and j
won't get up"
4Your Honor" he said, turning to-
the Chief Justice, ayou hear what she
says
3Clear my seat, said the Chief JUS
tice, firmly, and with look which
meant Cor I'll have your official head
struck off.
Moved by the look, if not by the
words, the Marshal turned to the wo-
man and said:
Madam, you must surrender TINS
seat. If you don't / shall have to sum
mon two negro messengers to remove
you by force"
This brought her to her feet. Take
your old seat" she said, with stamp of
her foot and mounting color In her
cheek, as she disappeared in the crowd,
while the Chief Justice took it with .
sigh of triumph, echoed by the Mar
shal's sigh of relief. Nv Washington let
ter.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

NOR. .le didn't do much talking, and
was, in f1ct, rather shy, but, all the
same, WI never there was anything to
be fouLd to eat, Nat was sure to find it.
In the fall of 1862 we were on ten
days scout in Middle Tennessee, and
ran short of rafions. We came upon
a spring house, where Nat found jar
of fine butter. just as he was taking
it out, he was met by the woman Of
the house, sharp-featured woman with
a shrill voice. She was sorry to lose
her butter, and spoke to Nat in re-
proachful, scolding way, as though
she considered him worse than COM
mon thief She said, in tone that
was meant to be solemn and awful, and
to act instantly on his conscience, she
said to him: @Young man, have, you
mother?"
mo, ma'am," said Nat. "we-uns
never had no mothers"
She looked at him in establishment,
and exclaimed: @Just God, hear
himl" Then, dropping upon her
knees, she offered fervent prayer to
have the poor sinner turned from his
evil ways and prevented from stealing
her butter. Nat placed his hand up to
his ear, turned slightly toward her as
though listening, and then winked at
the boys and said
@Hark, boys, harkl hear an an
gel singingl" It was too much for Us,
and we burst out laughing.
The woman jumped up and made
for the house, while we returned to
camp with her butter.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

AN Englishman named st. John has
been travelling in the West. He got so
tired explaining to everyone that his
name was pronounced "Sinjun" that he
finely hired a man to do it for him, and
at last accounts the man had got into
six fights with groveling hotel clerks
who tried to persuade him that he
didn't know how to pronounce his en-
ployer's name.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

REV. THEODORE L. CUYLER vigor-
ously objects to the assertion that forty
years is the ministerial dead line" Mr..
Spurgeon, he says, is IS, DR.. Joseph
Parker SO, Newman Hall 70, DR..
Farray So, DIR. Storrs So, DR.. John
Hall and DR.. William M. Taylor each
in his sixtieth year, DIR. Alexander Mac
laren 63, DR.. Talmadge Sc, DIR. Phil
lpps Brooks 81, DR.. Kitredge 80, and
Mr.. Moody 50. "We have" says Mr..
Cuyler, " few enough ministers of the
gospel in our country already; but if
this inexorable dead line of forty is go
ing to shelve large portion of those
now in the field we shall soon have a
famine of the gospel that will make a
jubilee in hell"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

SOME one with penchant for picking
out omens has noted that Gen. Bou-
langer's overwhelming Paris victory was
declared on the eighteenth anniversary
of the capitulations Of Paris to the Ger
mans. Another has pointed out that
the majority by which Premier Floquet
was defeated in the Chamber Of Depu-
ties was 'S9a momentous year for
France.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

SECRETARY RUsK was introduced to
Secretary Proctor by Maj. Bickham, OF
Ohio, at the White House. They
greeted each other cordially and ex-
amined one another's appearance with a
good deal of curiosity. Neither spoke,
and Maj. Bickham finally exclaimed
well, hope there is no antagonism
between the sword and the plough
share" @Not the slightest" answered
Proctor, smiling. "In our country the
lion and the lamb are thoroughly con-
genial"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23
Niagara Beaten.

New Zealand, already known as the
wonder land of the world" has Just
revealed another great natural curiosity
that will make Brother Jonathan turn
green with envy when he comes to hear
Of it. An Australian mail brings news
that q surviving party, employed in
mapping ont the wild and hitherto al
most inaccessible regions on the mount
ainous west coast of New Zealand, dis
covered q waterfall nearly three thou
sand feet in height. This knocks
Niagara into a cooked hat, and, if the
news is verified, New Zealand can claim
possession of the 1oftiest cataract on
this sublunary sphere.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23
Young Soldiers.

Charles Sylvester, Company G, Thir-
teenth Missouri Cavalry, Bonneville,
Iowa, claims to be one of the youngest
soldiers of the late war. He was born
March 26, 1851, and enlisted in the
Thirteenth Missouri Cavalry August
10, 1864, and was discharged January
IL, 1865.
j. L. Uphold, Columbus, Indiana,
puts in his claim for being one of the
youngest soldiers. He was born No
vember 20, 1848, and enlisted In Com
pany e, One Hundred and Thirty
ninth Illinois, at Peoria, Illinois, Feb
ruary 4, 1868, as a private. He was
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-23

MISS HATTIE CARTER has won several
prizes at lassoing in competition with
Kansas cowboys. 1t is probable that
much Of her success is due to gallantry
on the part of the boys, but it is natural
that they should kindly treat the lass So