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now in congress. commanded the FIT
teenth Alabama. and when mentioneC
the little fellows name he said: Why
he is one of the best officers have. H'
has been with the regiment in twenty
five pitched battles and eighty SIX r
mishes and stands right up to fire. He
has his men under better control il
field and camp than any of the Other
captains; doesn't display his authority
as 50 many of the less effective do. anC
is altogether a most desirable officer
''Oh, could tell you about lots OF
boys who proved themselves worthy the
name of men, continued the surgeon.
There was Col. Lowry. who command.
ed a Mississippi regiment lie came
into the hospital with saber cut across
his face. He was seventeen years OF
age and didn't look day older. There
was a captain of artillery whose right
leg was amputated at the thigh. He
was from Florida and was but fourteen
years old. Two South Carolina boys
were brought in the same day. One was
thirteen years old and had lost his right
leg at the hip; the other was fifteen, and
his left leg had been amputated at the
knee. The younger one-a fine. rosy
faced child-succumbed to the weakness
which followed the operation. Every
body around tie place was sorry for
him.
Il wasn't an old man when / started
out-from the little village of Mill
wood, Mo.-to be a soldier. / was
a private in the First regiment, Third
then part of Prices army. The first
human being saw killed was boy of
fourteen. Our regiment was at the bat
tie of Wilson's creek, and some one in
our ranks fred the shot that killed Gen.
Lyon. A thirteen-year-old boy in Com
pany ID claimed TO have fired that shot,
and while he may not have found it pos
sible TO prove his assertion no attempt
was ever made TO controvert it. We
went into that battle with two hundred
and thirty-six men and after eleven
hours of hard fighting came out with
one hundred and five men. The boys
were conspicuous there. Capt. Hal
leck commanded one of our COM
panies. He had been a land Of
fee official under Buchanan and was
well-known. In his company were his
two sons-Alonzo, aged nineteen, and
William, aged fourteen. Father and
sons were bound by the most affection
ate ties; their tenderness toward each
other was touching and beautiful
After we had been fighting for about
three hours Capt Halleck was shot
through the brain right in sight of his
boys. We were moving forward then
and had only gone something like a
quarter of mile when Alonzo was shot
the heart. Willie ran to him
and held him in his arms for the brief
period before death came. If lived a
years could never forget that
little scene, how the survivor cried for
awhile as though the light had gone out
of his life, and how he picked up his
took his place in line and
fought until the battle ended.
Don't forget that the boys played
big part in the war. Washington
Star
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WAR "REMINISCENCES.
HE SOLD THE SOLDIERS.
A witty Sewsboy Who Knew How TO
Turn a Penny.

A witty Sewsboy Who Knew How TO
Turn a Penny.
In the earlier days of the sixties, there
ased To appear daily in the various
camps and forts that constituted the
defenses at Washington, pleasing and
ready-witted youth. with all the morn
ing papers. Newsboys, as a rule. are
up to snuff; the one we speak of. assam
Weller would put il, was possessed of a
pinch or two over" He was gifted
with kind, genial disposition. AT re-
partee he was ali that could be wished.
His smile was captivating, but every
move ne made, every word he uttered,
every smile he gave were given or ut
tered TO induce you to buy his papers.
He rode good horse, and sometimes
had use for good horse, for when pa
pers did not sell, he would often invent
news of a startling nature and had to
get out of camp in a hurry before the
deception was exposed. The boys would
tumble out of their shelter tents the in
slant his clarion voice penetrated their
narrow confines. His voice would reach
every tent within half mile. Those
possessed of fractional currency would
invest in news, while those whose poclx-
cts contained nothing but space, would
amuse themselves with chahng the
news vender.
A day or two after the tragic death of
Gen. Vim. Nelson, of the union army, in
the Gait house in Louisville, KY, by
pistol in the hand of another union Of
fcer, Gen. JEFF c. Davis, our newspaper
hero with an unusually large batch of
papers made his appearance in camp.
Before offering his papers for sale he
probably argued TO himself in this way:
Now, all the news in the paper this
morning, of any moment, is this shoot
ing affair in Louisville, and if / tell
these fellows in camp here that Gen.
JEFF c. Davis has shot Gen. Nelson, they
will not buy half dozen papers"
IF one-half the generals should kill
off the other half, don't believe these
fellows would care, but if Gen. Nelson
had shot Gen. jeff C. Davis, / could
easily make them believe it was south
ern jeff Davis and they would buy up
my papers in no time. | believe will
try it, as it is, any way" And he did.
Soon his sonorous voice was heard
proclaiming the startling news of the
death of JEFF c. Davis at the hands of
Gen. Nelson To say the camp was
startled by this news is to put it very
mildly, the boys tumbled out as never
before, every one possessed of the need
full bought papers to send home to their
friends the welcome news. Those who
were lonesome enough 10 have no
borrowed Of their terminates.
Our hero having disposed of his stock
put spurs to his horse and soon was
miles away.
1t took ten or fifteen minutes for the
boys to fairly realize the little game
played on them.
Soldiers are proverbially good natured
under adverse circumstances, and there
was no Ill feeling cherished against our
newsboy, for when he appeared again
next day he was looked on with admir-
alton by those who had not patronized |
him the previous day, and when he left,
some of the boys eheered him. -Grand !
Army Journal.
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port of the family on myself for few
days. can't do much, but maybe
can help bit III try that's whatl''
And he drew himself up, looking very
manly and strong.
When the little breakfast was eaten
II was nothing but corn CAKES with but
ter. and milk TO drink-as they had a
eow-Ben carried in load Of wood and
pail of water, and then began to but
ton up his coat.
mot going out, Benz" asked his
mother.
Eyes. mother. I'm going to look for
job in the village"
But. Ben. you'll be almost frozen"
Think not, mother. am strong as
a young horse. and it's fine morning
for sweeping sidewalks and crossings,
You know. I'll just shoulder my shovel
and see if can't bring back something
to I'LL up that cupboard"
You're a good boy. Ben said the
widow, with deep sigh and a smile at
his bright face.
Ought to be. Got a good mother,
you know responded Ben. And then,
putting on his old hat, he darted into
the shed for his snow shovel and was
of. plunging through the drifts as if it
was iirst-rate fun.
He had no overeoat and his hands
vsrc hardly covered by the old mittens,
but he put first one hand, then the
other. in his pocket TO warm them and
trudged along with CHEEKY whistle,
never minding the cold.
When he got TO the village he stopped
just before DIR. Hutchin's big house.
The doctor was just opening the shut
tiers and Ben hailed him: Good morn
ing, doctor; don't you want your walk
cleared off?''
''Well. might" responded the doc
tor. Think you're heavy enough for
the job?"
Just you try me-" said Ben, begin
ming to dig away at the piled up snow.
''All right, sonny. Make a good job
of it and I'll give You a quarter" And
with that the doctor went into the
house. Ben worked and tugged, and in
half an hour he had that sidewalk well
shoveled off. Then he raped at the
door and received his quarter from the
doctors wife.
well, that's a beginning" said he,
and trudged on, stopping where he saw
a good chance for job, and in most
cases getting it.
Two or three times he was hailed by
boys going down TO the dam TO skate
and asked to go with them, but his only
answer was TO shake his head and pitch
into the drifts with renewed energy.
When noon came he had a dollar and |
a quarter.
Pretty well for one half day. said
he. Guess we can live while the snow
lasts, If mother don't sew any,"
He ran around the corner to Balzer's |
grocery and boughta loaf of bread, half |
a pound of cheese, some tea, sugar and |
several other little necessaries, and still |
had little left He borrowed basket |
from Mr.. Balzer, put his packages into |
it, dashed out and stepped into the
butchers to buy juicy steak. Then
he took the road 10 the hollow again.
And ! tell you his mothers bright face
when he ran into the house with his
well-laden basket well repaid him for
the cold mornings work.
What should do without my good,
brave boy?'' she exclaimed as he told
her his little story. Ben laughed and
said: 'oh, that is nothing" He was
very proud of her praise.
That boy has future.-Our Dumb
Animals
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RANDOLPH, VERMONT.
EDWARD CONANT, Princip
Randolph. Vermont S,
For sale ~ West RandoInb

New cottage house, pleasantly situated
on Weston ST., containing Z rooms and
ball, all finished, painted and papered.
Good barn with cellar, good garden. viii
sell at bargain if taken soon.
c. H. TEwKsBURY, w. Randolph.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
AN ATTIC POET.

He lived In what we call the golden time,
Whom Athens, violet crowned, was In her
prime;
When her slim warships split the sky hued
seas,
And wallowing In their wakes huge argosies
Brought in the grain and stuffs of all the East
10 where the marblcd city made her feast.
The echoes of bronze Marathon yet rang,
And to their tune great hearted lives still sang
Around him men were born and lived and
throve
Whose words and gestures Sophokles enwove
For the live flesh wherein his hand arrayed
The gods and heroes whom his soul had made
He brushed against veiled women on the
streets
Whose secret speech of smothered grief yet
greets
The worlds great souls whenever any lend
hearkening car to him who was the friend
OF those same smileless widows overseas,
Great hearted, mirthless cowed Euripides,
He ate and drank and slept through the samo
days
That saw his city's one still cleaning blaze;
And he wrote ditties OF his own dry heart,
OF Its small pettiness and bloodless smart.
With Aristophanes he laughed at all
The great, but in his laughter thought them
small.
The days were gone, he said, when heroes reft
Undying fame from fate; not much was left
For latter generations to achieve.
What bygone peoples had seen ft to leave
Undono might still be done; but was 1t worth
The offort2 Was there true reward on earth2
All the great poets long were dead and gone;
1t was broad day now, and the fresh, cool dawn
OF human feeling had been left behind
Long since; paler laurel leaf entwined
Still on some favored brows, but thin and sere.
Poetry had ali been written, and it's year
Turned after harvest to its wintry chime.
And thus he wrote and talked. In after time
We do not speak Of him to praise or blame.
He is forgotten, even to his name.
edward Lucas White in Atlantic.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
CAUSE OF THE LOCKOUT.

A Deliberate Plan to Break the
Amalgamated Association.
PITTsBURa, Aug. 1.-The Homestead
trouble is the subject of considerable
study by those VINO wish to ascertain
the exact cause of the trouble and the
previous attitude Of the Carnegie Steel
company and the Amalgamated Asso-
citation men of Homestead. The cause
of the riot is well known to have been
the introduction of an armed body Of
Pinkerton detectives, who are always
so hated by workmen. But the original
intentions of the company to the work.
men have not heretofore been fully
learned. The supposed cause Of the
disagreement was the inability of the
representatives of the two parties to
come to an agreement on the scale of
wages affecting about three hundred
and fifty of the workmen. But all along
1t has been charged by the other side
that the company has allowed this dis
agreement to continue only as q pre-
text.
1.-THE Carnegie Steel company's inten-
tions," said q prominent labor man to-
day, sis and has been solely to break up
the union of their employees. Mr.. Frick,
in his testimony before the congressional
investigating committee, stated that he
made arrangements for the bringing of
the Pinkerton men here about June 25,
Captain Rodgers, in his testimony,
stated that Mr.. Frick sent for him on
June rs and made arrangements for the
transportation of these men to Home-
stead. These statements may all be very
true, but they are not all facts. In this
connection Captain Rodgers made ap-
plication for permit to change the
character of his two steam vessels, the
Tide and Little Bill, from tugs to pas
senger vessels on June IL.
This fact proves conclusively that it
was the original intention of the COM
pany to break the union of men, and
that they had this plan in view for some
time previous to the trouble. What
time Mr. Frick intimated to Captain
Rodgers his plans is not known"
I'VE do not care TO start the mill yet,
but could do SO on very short notice
were we so inclined" This was the
only reply received from the Carnegie
mill office when the officials in charge
were asked about the station at the
Pittsburg union mills. The Laughlin
Nail works, at Martins Ferry, O., the
largest in the world, signed the Anal
gamated scale Saturday, and will re-
sumo tomorrow. Etna and Standard
Rolling mills, both immense mills, have
also signed and will start shortly.
The Dunbar company have shut down
their two furnaces indefinitely.
Henry Bauer and Knarl Knold. the
Allegheny anarchists, were held in
$4,000 bail Saturday afternoon on the
charge of conspiracy. They were also
held without bail to await the decision
of court upon the charge of completely
in the plot to kill Ii. @. Frick
Information from the residence of H.
8. Frick is that the victim of the at
tempted assassination is now practically
we'll of his injuries. Yesterday Mr..
Frick was out of his bed, dressed and
moving about In his room, and was the
recipient of the congratulations of many
callers. ar. Frick says that he expects
to visit his office during the week.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
In A NOVEL CHURCH.
Chaplain Adams breaches to Nom
Unionists at Homestead.
CAUSE OF THE GREAT LOCKOUT.

The Carnegie Company Has Long
Had in Mind the Breaking Up of
the heAmaIgamated dAssociation-Mr.
FrIck Expects to be at Work This
Week.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Aug. 1.-The strike
of the Homestead steel workers has been
characterized by many interesting
features, not the least novel of which
were the religious services held in the
mills yesterday with the great cogging
and beam mill for a chapel. With 100
armed and uniformed watchmen on
guard, and with over 1000 soldiers
within hailing distance, $50 non-union
men attended divine worship. On
platform beneath the projecting arms
OF q ponderous crane, was an orchestra
of six pieces. A broad four inch steel
slab served as a pulpit, while the choir,
composed of clerks from the company
offices, occupied the top of large PLAN
ing machine. The congregation was
made up of men representing many
nationalities. The majority of them
were arrayed in blue overalls and fan
mel shirts. Very few wore coats or sus-
penders. Some sat oD rough benches,
on top of furnaces, and leaned against
posts. Others balanced themselves on
cranes and crossbeams, while some
twenty or more roasted lazily on long
steel girder, high above the head Of the
preacher.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Clarence Adams, of the First Baptist
church, of Franklin, Pa, who is chap
lain of the Sixteenth regiment. His
wife, the only woman present, occupied
a chair in the congregation and helped
lead the singing. Near her sat Super
intendent Potter. The men were pro-
vided VII type written copies of three
hymns. The services opened with the
hymn, Nearer, my God, to Thee" fol-
lowed by ISLAND up for Jesus" in which
the unique congregation joined to q
man. With bowed heads the rugged
worshippers listened to short prayer
by thekminister. The latter then en-
tered upon his discourse, taking his text
frolnl the first chapter of Paul's Epistle
to the Romans, 18th verse;
During his sermon Chaplain Adams
made no direct reference to the Home
stead trouble. His novel congregation
listened attentiyely to every word
spoken, not man leaving the place of
worship until the benediction was pro-
nounced. at the close of the regular
service the men Joined in singing
America" after which the orchestra
gave sacred concert.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
Conided with an Excursion Train

CINCINNATI, Aug. IA switch engine
on the Big Four railroad collided with
an excursion train from Niagara Falls
yesterday afternoon at the Evans street
crossing of the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and Dayton track. The switch engine
had taken siding to allow the first sec
tion u the excursion train to pass, and
on being told the second section was an
hour late the engineer pulled out on the
main track, and just as he reached the
crossing the two engines came together
with tremendous crash. Engineer
Downs and Fireman Powers, Of the
freight engine, were caught, the former
being SO badly injured that he died on
his way to the hospital. Powers was se-
riously, but not fatally hurt. A number
shaken up, and all of them badly fright
Anad
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
Mrs. Brown Dangerously

BALTIMORE, Aug. Mrs. Frank
Brown, the wife of the governor of
Maryland, is dying at the Hotel Rem
merit, in this city, from sunstroke, Mrs.
Brown came from Annapolis to make
purchases prior to going to Narragansett
Pier, and went to the hotel about noon,
She was assigned to room and shortly
after her bell rang, Tho chambermaid
found her door locked and could obtain
DO answer: Tho door was forced open
conscious on the floor. Her two medical
attendants fear that she will not re-
cover.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
Victoria Must Yield.

LONDON. Aug. LAND and Water,
an unusually well informed politico-so-
eiety journal, says that when the Duke
of Devonshire visited the queen last
week her majesty said that She relied
upon his advice to assist her in avoiding
the necessity for sending for Mr.. Glad
stone to form new government. The
duke, it is reported, said in reply that
there was but one alternative for her to
adopt, she must either call upon Mr..
Gladstone to form ministry or abdi-
cate the throne.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
Prince Georges Bride.

LONDON, Aug. LAND and Water
says the report OF the engagement OF
the Duke of York, son Of the Prince Of
Wales, and Princess Victoria, Of Schles-
wig H9lstein, Is untrue. The paper fur
ther states that the betrotlal Of the
duke to Princess May, daughter Of the
Duks Of Teck, who was betrothed to
the Duke Of Clarencs and Ayondale al
ths time of the latters death. will be
Officially announced soon.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
Killed by a Lightning flash.

NAYS LANDING. N. j., Aug. IA
cyclone struck Hammonton, this county.
Although 1t lasted but short time il
created great destruction and resulted
In one death. A party of Italians were
picking berries in field near the town.
A slrl named Congreth Farseifi. who
was in the midst of them, was struck by
bolt of IightninR and instantly killed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01

GEoRaETowN, Del, Aug. II The
Sussex county almshouse was struck by
lightning during terrific thunder
storm Saturday afternoon and totally
destroyed. There were twenty-eight
inmates in the building at the time, and
four of them perished in the flames,
The loss will reach $40, 900, with that on
the building covered BY insurance.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
Harrlty's summer Headquarters.

LONG BRANCH, Aug. IA suite
of rooms at the Rowland house hal
been reserved for Chairman Harrity, Oh
the Democratic national committse.
Mr.. Harrity wishes to make his summer
headquarters at the seaside, and selected
Long Branch on account of its proxi-
nifty to New York and PHILADELPHIA,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01

Little Dot-Mamma, mus have q
new doll right away.
Mamma-What is the matter with the
old one2
Little Dot--It's got some scwatches on
its face, an it looks sorter shabby along
side of baby.-Good News.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01

Superb photographs of the night sky
taken at Heidelberg represent a part Of
the Milky way and show distinctly stars
of the fifteenth magnitude. One of them
contains the trajectory of a shooting
star.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
A Colombian war Ship Captured.

PANAMA, Ang, News from Barran-
quilla, United States of Colombia, is to
the effect that the Colombian gun boat
Lapopa has been captured in Venezue.
Ian waters by the war ship La Justice.
The Lapopa was carrying arms from
Colombian to the Venezuelan govern
ment
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01
MIR. Giadstone ImproyiDs.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-Mr. Gladstone 10
considerably better, although he re-
manned In bed until O'Clock last even.
ing. He dined in his bed room and
then rose for two hours before retiring
for the night
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-08-01

Local showers, followed by clearing
weather. slightly warmer; easterly
uzinda shiftisaa- "A nas.khnzAaA
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-28
WASTED OPPORTUNITIES,

We are lingering in a labyrinth
of doubt. Neither the hotel, sana-
torium, or railroad has made an ap-
pearance yet. Is it any wonder that
trade is SO "dull," times so "quiet"
and everything looking so "blue,"
when there is such great waste of
natural resources?" Minerals wasted,
invigorating climate wasted, gener-
GUS soil wasted, opportunities to bless
and be blessed wasted; it is shameful.
Here we have beautiful city with
thousands of dollars waiting to be
invested, with "plentY of room for
improvements" and many improve
ments to make. The waiting" is
the trouble. Shall the graas grow
in our streets and the ROSTERS crow
in our business places, before we get
these proposed improvements Not
by a ''jugful."
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-28
THEORY AND PRACTICE.

Is it any wonder that fraud is
depicted on every tomato can or jar
of pickles that you buyP Is it any
wonder; that the extravaganza of
imagination is used in the printed
descriptions fastened to every bun
dIeH People who live beyond their
income are the cause of this deplor-
able state of affairs-not the mer-
chants-they bargain and bargain
until the merchant is driven to the
extremity of misrepresenting his
goods, and then the consumer gives
him bad name. Yes, we know
what he ought to. do, he ought to
quit the business, under the clrcum-
stances; but would you?
Las Vegas free press. (East Las Vegas, N.M.) 1891-1???, 1892-01-28
MORA couNTY's SHERIFF.

Messrs. Pierce, Romero and
Prichard have just returned from
Mora, where they have been examin-
ing the charge against Juan Navarro,
sheriff of that county. Navarro Is a
very popular man. His friends clai m
that it is impossible for him to agree
to enter into conspiracy to olnjure
anyone. While Mr.. Abeytia claims
that his life was in danger, Mr.. Ma
varro denies that there is anything
whatever in the charge. Both parties
have heretofore stood we'll among the
people of that county. During the
hearing Of the case the court room
was crowded, owing to the promi-
nence of the parties and the serious
ness of the charge.