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disclosed the fact that it had contained money
for the money which they found therein
spoken of had at once to be delivered to them,
or the helpless family was subjected to that
vengeance which was always the sure concomi-
tsut OF their disappointed hopes and expeeta-
tions. Every dollar which / brought to some
families or this occasion fell into the hands OF
the rebels. who were now prowling all through
the country like ravenous beasts of prey.
How il maddened me and vexed my very soul
when ] reflected how had labored and toiled
through the mountains to bring relief to the
Suffering families of my friends and neighbors,
who had been chased away from their homes
by these rebel scoundrels. and then to learn
that these destitute and perishing families had
been robbed and deprived of that relief from
want and starvation which ] had hoped my
exertions in their behalf would be permitted to
afford them.
While indulging in this train of reflection,
desire Tor revenge crept into my heart, and
determined to give 10 some of the thieving
villains who were plundering the homes OF
destitute women taste of lead from my trusty
gun, aud ! therefore proceeded to watch for
them as they were returning from their expe-
ditionS; and at the sudden crack of my gun
their loud and sportive laughing was often
changed into melancholy mourning. did not
much desire TO become bushwbacker, but
4 Thought that if the hated aud despsed rebels
ehould ever again take by force any Of the
money which / might bring into the country
for the benefit and relief of the famishing
wives of absent Union soldiers, that of itself
would be sufficient proyocation for me to
become one.
Nothing in the world caused me so much
agony nf mind as the reflection that perni-
cious a@d rUfiauly set of scoundrels. who had
assisted in destroying the peace of the country,
and were sporting over the miseries OF
helpless women and children, should derive
the smallest benefit from any of my own exer-
tiOns Ia behalf of the wives and children oi
Union soldiers.
i made immediate preparations to start on
my third trip TO Knoxville the attending incl
dent Of which the reader will find in the
following chapter.
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Worlds Fair ON Sunday.

The advocates and opponents of Sunday
opening Of the Worlds Fair have been putting
forth their best efforts before the House Com
mittee ON the Columbian Exposition during
the past week. DIR. Atterbury, of New York
representing the Sabbath Committee, put in a
protest against Sunday opening, as did Mr.
John Bigelow, formerly Minister to France
Bishop Hurst, of the Methodist Church, and
Dr. McKim, of the Episcopal Church. Dr.
Johnson, of Chicago; Robert Belknap and Gift
ford Agnew, of New York; Mrs. /. K. Boyesen,
representing the Women's Club of Chicago;
Mrs Remick, Miss Susan B. Anthony, Rev. II
w. Cross, Presbyterian minister of Ohio; DIR.
Savage, a Unitarian min ister of Boston, and DR..
Lewis, a Seventh Day Adventist, and Mr.. Ring
gold, of Baltimore, spoke in favor of keeping
the Exposition open on Sunday. 1t is not
known when the committee will be ready to
report to the House,
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be hushed and peace be once more proclaim
ed throughout the length and breadth of the
country.
Aftor very fatiguing journey / arrived
among the hills of my native, County, and
immt diately delivered all the letters and
money to the families Of the soldiers who
were living in my neighborhood. But when
they received their letters with their valu-
able incl,sures they did not seem to satisfy
them, for great many of the wives moth
ers an sisters could not rest until they
could see me in person and ask multitude
of questions about the dear husband, son or
brother. Many of them would come into
NY presence with fears of joy sparkling in
their eyes. and would exclaim, " Oh! your
ewes have looked upon my husband, my son
or my brother Tell me, oh, tell me every
word that you heard them utter"
1t afforded me much pleasure to talk to
these poor. desolate women, and to impart
to thea every item of intelligence concern
ing the dear objects of their love. now
felt fully remunerated for the toll and fa-
tigue which | had borne while conveying
the messages and memorials Of fond regard
to these helpless women, whose husbands,
brothers and sons had fled from the tyranny
which oppressed their homes and had cast
their fortunes among the friends of the
Union who were striving to subdue the
wicke,; rebellion and re-establish the proud
standard If liberty in their beloved country.
When I came home on this occasion, by
some means or other the belief became
very prevalent among the rebels that / had
brought with me
LARGE AMOUNT OF GREENBACKs,
which 1t that time was a scarce commodity in
the land of Dixie, and general search was
commenced by the rebel soldiers. and [ do not
believe that one single house in the whole
country escaped them whose previous occupant
was ever absent a soldier in the Union
army. Every letter that fell into their hands
was carefully read. and wo to the poor family
in which they found a letter whose contents
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An Imporfant Dcci.io,

Judge King, of the Civil District Court, in
New Orleans, La, has decided an important
point in connection with the will of the late
Myra Clark Gaines. The ruling was on pe.
tition to register the probate of the will ol
Mrs. Gaines, dated Jan. 5, 1885, by the Surro.
gate Court of the County of Kings, New
York, and to order the execution of the will
The Louisiana Court had previously decided
the will defective in form aud not entitled
to probate. which decision has teen con.
frmed by the Supreme Court. The court
decides that "The will of Mrs Gaines having
been made in Louisiana, is governed by the
laws thereof, and having been declared invalid
cannot be taken to New York. the last domicile
of the testator, probated there and made valid
by the law of New York and brought back
here for recognition and execution by this
court on property situated in this State and in
the possession of the officer of this court"
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AFTER THE ELECTION.

Say, Tom, hev you ben readn what them South
ern fellers say?
How they're goin' to make the pension grab
bers dance?
Ye know l alIus told you 'twould be jist thai
Away,
Whenever them there Johnnies got the chance
But you said that wuz nothin' but politicians
bluff,
Thet they wouldn't dare to hardly make kick
Thet your party in the North jist wouldn't hey
sich stuff;
Thet they d knock thing like that out, mighty
quick.
You said tibet Northern Dimecrats wuz fer IL:
jist strong
EZ Republicans he'd ever ben could be;
Thet you was tired O. hearin' fellers sing thai
same old song
About lot NV things thet never could be-
Waa Grover he's elected, an the House an
Sennit, too;
They've got the hull blame shootin' match
you bet!
An the way they air a-blowln' an sayin' what
they'll do
Makes me sorter wish the war wuz goin' yet.
You try ter make yersef believe hits noihn
more ner blow, ~'.
An to hope yer Northern chaps kin hold 'em
level;
Dut MT looks powerful ugly, Ter mighty Weli yt
know
How they allus come-a-ycllin' like the devil
Besides, they've got a sneaising pack Nv North.
ours to help;
Hit makes me bile to think how cussed low,
How drafted mean an triing-the low-dowu
ornary whelp!-
A Northern man must be, to act jist so.
They's pack Nv Eastern feIlers-lm IN told they're
mostly rich
Runnin' papers like the Herald an the Sun,
An World an Philadelphia Ti,nes-an' hull
lot o. sich;
N you kin bet they re all fer Grover everyone
They make more money in day than we kin in
year
An they's some more jist like 'em up in Bos
They're troubled and they're worried, they've
got orfu skecr
About how much the pensions is a-costin'.
Sometimes get to thinkin' how, along in '64
We vet Led an come home, don't you remem.
Der?
We come round by New York, US and a hull 10,
more;
We got there bout the last days in December
An the Herald called US heroes, an said, " A
grateful Nation.
Saued by g,eiU rator ncuer can forget''
An Old Man Dana, he put n--,oe jist beat all
creation
Hit almost makes me stan up straighter yet.
But they jine in with Johnnies now an call u:
every namei
Feller'd think, TO read ther papers, we were
Ner Hessisns. tramps. thieves, by iucks an
yet we're jist the same
Wewuz in Chit purt nigh makes me cuss
An here you've voted with 'em. and helped 'em
into power.
Waal. / ust ter be a little off myself;
But they knocked them notions out o. me i'm less
N half n hour,
When that thar shell-wound laid me on the
shelf.
They say boys all git too much; thet lots
should not hev any
Pension at all-thet we got all zoe earned,
An you went an voted with EN-. Tom You an
agood many
Other Old Boys Waal. Tll-be-durned.
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National Religious Convention.

Preliminares have been arranged for holding
National Convention in the interest of religi-
Gus education at Glen Echo Chautauqua near
Washington commencing June 81 and ending
July 4, 1893. Rev. J. E. Gilbert, D.. d., of In
dianapolis, will prepare the program and con-
duct the session. The theme will cover a wide
range of topics, and will be assigned to repre-
sentative men of every denomination. the
Catholics. jews Mahometans, and Confucisns
being invited to be present and take part in
the Conference. 1t is thought that many visit
ors from foreign countries, who will come to
visit the Worlds Fair can be induced to par
ticipate. Among the prominent subjects to be
discussed will be that of religious education in
the public schools, which will involve to some
extent the diverse views of Protestants and
Catholics, and an inquiry will be directed as to
what these denominations hold in common
upon this interesting question.
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A NEW RIFLE.
The Terrible Weapon Invented by Herr Won
Mannlicher.

| Lie weapon invented Herr on
| Mannlicher.
Herr Won Mannlicher has completed a new
| weapon whose fire results" are amazing.
Some strictly confidential trials of the new
rife were made in August last by the mus
kerry experts of the Austrian army, but no
one else was permitted to test or even examine
it. The reports of the Austrian experts are,
am informed, satisfactory in every respect, and
! am now in position to describe in detail the
weapon and its capabilities, having been afforded
| an opportunity to inspect and test it at the
branch establishment in Wahring of the Steyer
Small Arms Manufacturing Company.
| The length is 40 inches The weight is
| slightly under that of ordinary repeating
rifle. Its bore is 6.5 millimeters in diameter,
| the same as that of the latest Mannlicher pat
! tern adopted by the Roumanian and Italian
| Governments. Compared with the former
| Mannlichers eight millimeters, this is. indeed,
a considerable reduction of bore. But the in-
ventor favors the smaller size on account of the
increased velocity obtained and the reduction
in the weight of the cartridges The weapon
is sighted up to ZOO yards, point blank to 500,
with the " "culminating point" in the latter tra-
| jectory at five feet from the ground. The
breecb action is inclosed and guarded by q
cylindrical tube called the breech receiver, of a
similar diameter to the barrel in its outside
coverings. The trigger mechanism is so con-
| structed that the shots may be fired in the
| most rapid succession or at any desired inter-
walls. The mechanism, therefore, is simplicity
ITSELF We descended into big underground
vault and fired bullets, or rather poured them
into sandbags. touch of the trigger of the
automatic repeater and the breech bolt flew
back into its closed position. Then followed
five piercing sharp explosions, and the empty
clip dropped ringing from the magazine on the
floor. The explosions seemed instantaneous.
With stop-watch l timed them, and found
that they occupied single second. Barely one
and half seconds to come down from the
present" to the ready" position, to insert
another clip, and then five more shots banged
forth in the same limit of time. No cartridge
jams. The mechanism is too sound and simple
for that.
In the hands of its inventor the rifle can dis
charge about 120 shots per minute The barrel
becomes hot. but not so hot as to render the
rifle useless for time. Should the exceed
ingly simple mechanism for automatically op-
Grating the breech- bolt become deranged the
rifle can be used as an ordinary repeater.
1t might be risky experiment to place in
the hands of soldier rife that can easily ex-
pend in one minute 100 rounds out of the $50
that he carries in his cartridge pouches. On
shipboard, however, when, for instance sailors
on an ironclad have to repel torpedo-boat at
tack, the rife is expected to prove extremely
serviceable. The men could, with plenty Of
ammunition lying beside them, pour out bull
let's like a haiI-storm i Toad0u Times
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CHATTER XVIII

March %, 1864, started with my third COM
pany to Knoxville. This company consisted of
125 men, nearly all Of whom / had recruited
for the 18th Tenn. Cav, as the rebels were still
running their conscript law with such ven-
gesuee that it had a very decided tendency TO
make soldiers for Old Abe" The starting
point WAS again near the old Forge three miles
south Of Elizabethton. The company COM
menced assembling in the evening. and by
dark we were ready 10 take up the line OF
march.
This was fine company composed Of stout,
healthy and athletic young men, who were
anxious to go into the Union army, as they had
been FOR some time hunted like wild beasts in
the mountains by the rebel soldiers. who were
now using every exertion to force the young men
Of tile County TO 90 into the Southern army,
whose ranks at every point were daily becoming
small by degrees aud beautifully less" owing
10 tBc constant desertions OF men who had en-
listed or been forced into the army and were
now sreking an asylum from the horrors OF
the Southern service. j felt proud of this COM
pany, and thought that was doing good serv-
ice in The cause Of my country by making such
additions TO Its military progress. had three
head OF horses, which were the first that had
attempted to take through the lines.
We started on in the direction Of Greasy
Cove. in Washington County, which place we
reached about daylight, and went up on the
cry our wet clothing for we were all thor.
oughly drenched to the skin, as we had tc
wade through every wstercourse which came
IN our way during the night. We remained
here nntil the evening at which time we re-
eeiyed intelligence that
THE REBELS had PURSUED US
10 the cove. They had found our trail. which
was not hard to do. for the ground was wet anc
soit and wherever we travelled the ground
looked as if a large saw-log had been dragged
over 1t. The rebels came to the foot of tn.
mountain upon which we were camped. ant
then turned back, probably thinking that w,
were prepared to defend ourselves much better
than we really were, for few pistols whicl
Some of the men carried were ali the weapon
Of defense that we had.
] had not started with the intention of fight
ing my way through, for the men were not We
soldiers, and ! well knew that if should eat
this mex perienced company of men into an en-
gagement with the rebels, that, while some o
them might fight like veteran soldiers, tn
greater portion of them would run away anC
leave the field of strife. l always found tha
raw recruits we're more ready to run dt tn
1east appearance of danger than they were T.
exiribt any sort of desire to engage in battle
Therefore, in my peregrinations through th
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New Treatment of Yellow Fever.

Yellow fever has at last found its match in
the person Of a Spanish doctor named Garcia,
at least SO we are assured by our Consul at st.
Jago, in the Island of Cuba. DIR. Garcia, who
resides in that city, began his experiments on
yellow fever patients by putting them. bed and
ALL into box with double walls and top, and
lined with metal. in order to contain ice in the
walls and top. This produces q very damp at
mosphere, few degrees above freezing point,
and has given very good result.
The theory appears to be that not only does
the low temperature destroy the microbes, but
also that the moist atmosphere is absorbed by
the lungs and pores of the patient, and the ex-
treme thirst and stoppage of the action of the
kidneys, common in yellow fever, are at
once remedied. DR.. Garcia is at present at
Havana continuing his investigations.
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ENLIsTINa RECRUITS FOR THE FEDERAL SER
VICE,
and never received one farthing from that
source. The soldiers who were in the service
sometimes paid me for carrying letters to their
families, which constituted my greatest source
of revenue, upon which l had to rely to supply
my immediate necessities, and which, l must
confess, afforded me considerable assistance.
The men were compelled to go through the
lines run the risk of being killed. and there
being no other pilot was more than willing
to conduct all away from the oppression which
the rebels had imposed upon those who desired
to 60. The Union men who were detailed to
work for the so-called Confederate Govern
ment were expecting every day to be placed
in the Southern army. They were all good
Union men, and had agreed to work for the
mushroom rebel Government, in order that
they might be permitted to say at home; and
they now began to suspect that this privilege
would shortly be denied them, for the rebels
were getting badly whipped whenever they
encountered the Federal forces, and therefore
they were in great need of soldiers Conse-
quently. | at once determined to clear the
mountains and the rebel Government works
in Carter County of all the Union men, and for
the immediate accomplishment of that design
commenced making the necessary preparations
and in one week was ready to start.
/ was well aware that the rebels were watch
v
and were plotting in every conceivable manner
to effect my capture. They even went so far
as to offer large reward for my head, which
they threatened to hoist upon pole, to serve
as warning to all Others who might engage
in the business of conducting Union men
through the lines.
But, notwithstanding the awful threats of
these bloodthirsty tyrants, / continued to pur-
sue the even tenor of my way, not forgetting,
however, to observe all proper caution to pre-
serve my head from being victimized upon the
altar of rebel hatred and malice. must con-
fess that had no sort of desire for my head to
fall into the hands Of the rebels, for | was very
well convinced that, if they should obtain this
much coveted acquisition, they would treat the
palace of my soul with the utmost indignlty;
and, if they could have secured this impalpable
principle which anmates and controls my
earthly existence they were fiendish enough
to have chained it to the stake and invoked
the fiery flames to destroy its immortal and
indestructible essence.
THE REBELS WERE MY INvETERATE ENEMIES,
and l must here acknowledge that / was no
friend of theirs. They therefore used every
cxertion to procure my capture and consequent
death, and ! exerted all my energies to convey
the Union men away from my native County,
which was the most available method could
devise to render their conscript law Ineffective
They planned and plotted to secure my capture,
and / used every exertion l thought would
contribute to the defeat and annihilation of
their armies, and the overthrow of the wicked
rebellion. The reader will doubtless conclude
that, between the rebels and myself honors
were easy, and that there was not very much
love lost upon either side
IT. yo
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Girls in Demand.

Father Callaghan Director of the Mission of
Our Lady of the Rosary. New York City, has
received letter from Father Brown, of st.
Vincent Church, Springfield, S. d., asking him
to send on a load of girls. "They will be taken
good care of" Father Brown writes, "and get
good wages and steady employment. Now is
their chance to secure land grants. as many of
our reservations are thrown open and the girls
can pre-empt land. They can easily secure
husbands. as females are not plentiful. Prices
of land are rapidly advancing, and this part
of South Dakota will be very prosperous soon.
Fifty girls could get employment in one day at
Sioux Falls. and so others around Aberdeen,
Hnron and Watertown
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The Two New Warshius.

The contracts for building the two new
heavy -armored cruisers to be known as the
Iowa and Brooklyn have been awarded to Cramp
& Son, of Philadelphia. The arrangement with
the Cramps to build the Iowa aud the Brooklyn
makes the twelfth ship of one kind and an
other which that concern will have built for
tho Navy. The amount of all the contracts
awarded them, including the two for the bat
tleship and the cruiser is S25 10000,
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Old Friends.


Voitaire was one day reading tragedy of
his own which contained many verses bor-
rowed from other authors. Whenever one of
these bits came from his lips. Piron. the poet,
made bow, with great seriousness "Why
are you doing that?" Voltaire exclaimed at
length, with extreme irritation. Keen on.
monsieur" said Piron; don't mind me. II is
merely my habit to salute my acquaintance y
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L-ConFoRTIsG.
EPPS'S COCOA,
RRFAHFAsr-sEpPyp

By a thorough knowledge Of the natural lava
which govern the operations of digestion and nutri
tiOn and by careful application of the fine proper
ties Of welseected Cocoa Mr. Epps mas provided our
breakfast tables with deCately favored reverage
which may many heavy doctors bills. It Is by
the jHdciOus of such articles Of diet a c0nsti
tuition may be gradually built UP until strong enough
10 resist every tendency 70 disease Hundreds OF subtle
maadies are floating around ready 20 attack wher
ever there is weak point We may escape many a
fatal shaft by keeping ourselves well fortified with
pure blood and properly nOurished frame" CgyK
iSsI-Uice GTzstte."
Made simply with boiling water or milk Sold
only In halEpOund tins, by GrOcers. labelled thus.
JAMES EPPS & Co., Homeopathic Chemists,
London, England.
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"The Finest Calendar"

lWeedsport (N. - Republican,
There are calendars and calendars, but the
finest that has reached us Thus far comes from
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington, ID. c.,
and is furnished for % cents Every veteran
should have one. Call and see it.
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A Severe Test.
(SmiiI,, Gray q: Co.'S Monthly.

lSmhh, Gray & Co.'S MonHHyl
Teacher-Why did Jesus select Simon Peter
and Andrew, his brother, to be apostles?
Robby-Because they were SO honest.
Teacher-How did He know they were
honest?
Robby--Because the first time He met them
they owned up that they had been fishing all
night aud hadn't caught anything.
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Important to Fleshy People.

We have noticed page article in the Boston
Globe on reducing weight at a very small ex-
pense. 1t will pay our readers to send two-cent
stamp for copy to Potter Circulating Library,
10 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass.
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We just Can.
IPhilndelphia Times.

IPh'IHdeIphid TIhes.I
It's big job to lick the Columbian stamps.
but this country can do it. 1t was bigger
job to lick King Georges stamps in the Revo-
luton, and still We got there.
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of the thoroughfares
which grope into the
maze of lanes and
alleys surrounding
Seven Dials, in Lon.
don, a shop as odd and
repulsive as its keeper.
Beriah Hargon +"
painted over the door,
d m ly procl aimed
through a coat of grime
the name by which he
bad long been known;
but in the minds Of the
neighborhood gamins
the nickname Gobe-
lin" had come through
a mist of superstitious
fear and ignorance.
Yr f
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HOOPS Pulls are the best af,er-dnner Pills,
assist digestion, cure headache aud biliousness.
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oA"i~ 1 know ID saved his sight,
if not his very life ABBIE +. BLACKMAN, 2SS8
Washington St, Boston, Mass.