The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1891-07-10

about eight inches square and more
than an inch thick was supported at its
corners and on it was dropped weight
of more than eight pounds, from differ
ent heights up to xix feet, without
breaking. A second and a third test
were made, the third plate breaking
under n weight of one pound six ounces
falling eleven and n half feet, while the
same weight falling two feet broke al
ordinary plate of the same dimensions.
In applying this principle of tougher.
ing the glass to lamp chilnneys W.
should prefer to place them at first in
cold rather than boiling water. If the
water is heated slowly to the boiling
point, kept there for some time and
then cooled a. above, cheap chilnneys
a be used for months or until some
accident befal!s them. We can testify
from experience that tie plan is a sue.
cessful n Halls Journal of Health.
NJ ESCAPED THE DEATH PENALTY.
a NouicOeTate ScutcEceu 10 kbc SnOI
Evades His Union Captors.
II have n man under sentence of
death for smuggling arms across the
lines, and hope Mr.. Lincoln will ap-
prove it," This sentence was contained
in the letter from General Sherman to
his brother, John Sherman, written
from Memphis, Tenn, under date of
Aug. 10, 1868, and published since the
generals death.
Tile man whose death sentence was
referred to by General Sherman is NJ.
A. Miller, an e%x-captain of engineers in
the Confederate army, who lives On a
farm in Henrico county, near this city.
Captain Miller has narrated the story
of his wonderful escape from the doom
that awaited him. Says the captain:
ut was such Il sudden thing the way
in which | was first made aware of the
seriousness of my position. 1t was one
afternoon late in July, 1862, while l
was in a Federal prison in Memphis,
Tenn, that q friend of mine, a Miss Glib
son, who had been to call On me,
whispered, Lieutenant, you are under
sentence Of death and are to be shot at
an early day. Take my advice and get
away from here before they put the
bracelets on your wrists and shackles
on your ankles, for then you will be
totally disabled and can do nothing
mr.. Lincoln did approve the SEN
tence of death, but l an still here while
he and General Sherman have gone to
join Lee and Jackson and other good
soldiers. When Sherman first took
possession of Memphis he Issued an
order declaring gold, medicines and
salt contrabands, and as such prohibit
ed their sale to the people. But his
orders were practically ignored and we
got anything we wanted.
For q month l was steadily supply
ing Dur soldiers with arms, and met
with no serious difficulty. But one
afternoon in July my good luck de-
serted me. ! was carrying over two
boxes Of officers swords, and was in
the middle of the river when a picket
boat ran up to me-. l at once knew
that danger was ahead and jumping
on the g%unwa!es of the boat | tried to
sink it. But the skiif was too heavy
and would not dip. The officer in charge
Of the picket boat arrested me and the
skiif man also, and took us with the
two boxes to a gunboat neal by.
There the boxes were opened and
as soon as the nature Of their contents
was disclosed | was at once carried to
the military prison in the Irving block,
in the center of the city"
Miller describes his trial by court
martial, conviction and sentence to be
shot the Friday following the Monday
OF his conviction. Of Ills escape the
captain says that he induced his guard,
WHO was not aware of the gravity OF
his sentence, to let him go home to sec
his sick child. While in the house he
went upstairs, jumped out OF a window
and fed through the lines. Atlanta
Constitution.