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III. on NEUTRAL GROTNp.

Matters were getting critical for Squire
Fambrough. He had vowed and declared
that he would never be refugee, but he
had a responsibility on his hands that he
had not counted on. That responsibility
was his daughter Julia, 22 years old, and
as obstinate as Der father. The squire had
sent off his sons wife with her children,
together with as many negroes as had re-
fused to go into the Union lines. He had
expected his daughter TO go at the same
time, but when the time arrived the fair
Julia showed that she had mind of her
own. She made no scene, she did not 90
into Mysteries; but when everything was
ready she asked her father if he was going.
He said he would follow along after a rs lille.
She called to negro and made him take
her trunks and bandboxes from the wagon
and carry them into the house, while
Squire Fambrough stood scratching his
head.
"Why don't you make her Gomez" his
daughter-in-law asked, somewhat sharply.
well, Susannah." the squire remarked,
81 amt been a jestice of the peace and a
married man. off an on for forty year,
without findi in out when 10 fool with the
wimen SEX an when not TO fool wi 'em. -
"l'd make her come" said the daughter
in-law.
Il give you lief, Susannsh. freely an
fully. Lay your baby some're wher' 1t
won't git run over. an take oil your sur
plus harness. an so an fetch her out of
the house an put her in the buggy"
But the daughter-in-Iaw treated the
courteous invitation with proper scorn
and the small caravan moved Oft, leaving
the fair Julia and her father in possession
of the premises. According to human un-
Outstanding. the refugees got off Just in
the nick of time. A day or two afterwards
the Union army, fguratively speaking
marched up. looked over Squire Fam
brough' front palings and then fell back
to reflect over the situation. Shortly after
wards the Confederate arm mached up.
looked over the squire's back palings and
also fell back to reflect. Evidently the
situation was one 10 justify reflection, for
presently both armies feil back still far
Their These movements were so courte-
Gus and discreet--were such a colossal
display of etlQuette-that war seemed To
be out Of the question. OF course there
were the conservative pickets. the thought
full videttes and the careful sharpsho0ters,
ready 10 occasion little bioodshed. acct
dentaliy or Intentionally. But by iar the
most boisterOusiy IerocIOus aDpeudaCes OF
the two armies were the TWO brass bands.
They were continually challenging each
other beginning early IN the morning and
ending late in the afternoon. one firing off
Dixie" and the other Yankee Doodle"
Ii was Yankee Doodle. howdy do" aud
"poodle-dood!e. Dixie too like two
chandeliers challenging each other aiar Oft.
This was the situation as il appeared 10
Squire Fambroueh and his daughter. On
this particular morning the sun was shin
ing brightly and the birds were iiuttering
ioyously in the budding trees. Miss Julia
mad brought her book out into the grove
of venerable oaks which was the chief
beauty OF The place, and had seated herself
Oh rustic bench that Mas built around
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THE COMEDY OF WAR.
By Joel Chandler Harris.
Author OF "Uncle Rsmus."
copyrighted, 1893, by joel Chandler Harris.l
ok THE ryroy srnE

copyrighted, 1899, by joel Chandler Harris.l
L-oS THE UNION SIDE.
Private O'Hailoran, detailed for special
duty in advance of the picket line, sat re-
dining against huge red oak. Within
reach lay rifle of beautiful workmanship.
In one hand he held a blackened briar-root
pipe, gazing on it with an air of mock re-
rret. 1t had been his companion on many
dreary march and on many lonely day.
when, as now, he was doing duty as a
sharpshooter. But it was not much of a
companion now. 1t held the flavor, but
not the fragrance, OF other days, 1t was
empty. and so was O'Halloran's tobacco
pouch 1t was nothing TO grumble about,
but the big, laughing Irishman liked his
pipe, especially when it was full of to-
bacco, The words of an old song came to
him, and he hummed them to himself:
There WAS an ould man, an he had a wooden leg
An he had no terbacky. nor terbacky could he
beg;
There was another ould man, as keen az a fox,
An he always had terbacky in his ould ter backy
box.
eez one ould man, "will yez give me chew
Sec the other ould man, "I'll be damned eff do.
Kspe away from them gin mills, an save up
yure rocks,
An ye'll always have terbacky in yez ould ter
backy box
What with the singing and the far away
thoughts that accompanied the song, Pri-
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her hand on the squire shouides carress-
ingly.
No" exclaimed the squire. angriIy,
"stay you would. stay you did an here
you are
Yes. and now want to go asay. and |
want you 10 so with me. All TIE horses
are not taken, and the spring wagon and
the barOuche are here"
Don't come a-pesterln' me. hogey! I'm
pestered enough as 1t is. Lord: if | had
the big men here what started the war, I'd
take an mutt their cussei heads together
till you wouldn't know 'em from a lot of
spilled squashes."
Now don't get angry and say bad
words. father"
Il can't help it. julie; | jest can't help
il. When the fuss was a brezsin' sot
down an wrote 10 Jeems Buchanan and
told him Jest as plain as the words could
be put on paper that war was boun' TO
come ii be didn't LOOK sharp an then
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and walked up and down as II to- test the
matter physically. "'Tan't needer no
hotter ner no colder on dis side dan what
Ills on dat" he remarked. Then he cried
out 10 his young master Look at me,
Marse Dave Henry; I'm free now"
"All right" The young man waved his
hand without taking his eyes from the
letter be was reading.
He take it mos too easy fer ter suit
me-" said the negro. Then he called out
to his Young master again. 'toh. Marse
Dave Henry, don't you tell mistiss dat
been free, kase she'll take a bresh-broom
an run me ofl7m de place when l go back
home
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Why. he was the nicest-lookin man in
the army-halr combed, clothes brushed
and rings on his fingers. He was sill the
way from New leans with . s.iver-mounted
rife and globe sight"
"A which ," asked Fambr0uch.
A c.opo sight. Set down on Yourself 3
little further. sonny" said Happy Jack:
your heads TOO high. says 10 aim, says
l. Friend. you are goin' where vou'u have
10 strip that dolls step ladder orr your
gun an come down To business saws |,
lie laughed and said he reckoned not. |
says saws |. you may have 10 lace a red
headed. fiannel-mouthed lrishmAn, and
YOU don't want 10 look N him through all
that machinery. SAYS |. -
What did he say?' Fambrough asked
lie said, I'll git him. Now. hoyg did
he Sit him? Why he come down here.
damned aloose a time or two, ana then
hung his head over the edge OF the cu.lev
there, With ball right spang belwixt
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a si IN the open. They had one nuddle-
~ead on that Tost Yesterday they'll not
X another there TODAY. sor." As he sad
Ss Tie big lrssamau seized the cartalr
1At arm ana gave hltu 4 sudden Jerk
Was an unceremoniou4 PROCEEDING Iut
,t'efy timely one. Tor the next moment
ss@plng against which the captain had
b VH Hsh;y leaning was shattered bv a
~ from the Con ede-ate side.
e,t rs al old friend OF mine, sog." 81 i
si.ofan; Il KNOW I'm bv his hand
I'm. They had mUddiehead there
..ssSS'ssfnay. scr. | SET IN fu!i sight OF i'm.
- ae b'azed It me twice. the last time /
- me h>t above me head. an he craled
~ * kkhNcktes. 'bejad. saws /. YOU re no
~ N your place. an when he showed
h.aG plugged i'm where the nose saws
TSS"cy to TIE evbrows. Twas no hurt IN
snr.,, S9f' Il he seen the flash, twas as
~ Tie LET! IL little clearing Was com.
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lion THE CONFEDERATE SIDE.

Three men sat in gully that had once
been hillside ditch. Their uniforms
were various-the result of accident and
capture. One of them wore very fine
blue overcoat which was in queer contrast
to his ragged pantaloons. This was Lieut..
Clopton, who had charge of the picket
line. Another had on the uniform of an
artllieryman, and his lest arm was in a
sling. He had come out of the hospital to
duty do as guide. This was Private John
Fambrough. The third had on no uni
form at all, but was dressed in plain citi-
zen's clothes, much the worse for wear
This was Jack Fitzpatrick, scout and sharp
shooter. Happy Jack, as he was called.
How long since the gully had been a
ditch it would be impossible to saw, but
it must have been good many years, for
the pines had grown into stout trees. and
here and there blackjack doomed up Wig
orously.
Don't git too permiscus around here -
said Happy Jack, as the others were NOV
ing about. This amt no fancy spot"
He eased himself upward on his elbow.
and made swift but careful survey of the
woodland vista that led to the Federal
lines. Then he shook down the breech of
his rifle, and slipped a long cartridge into
its place. "Gcu see that big poplar over
yonder? Well. under that tree there's a
man, leastways he ought to be there. be-
cause he's always hangin' around in front
of me-
why don't you nail him ?'' asked Fam
brough.
'Bosh! Why don't ne nail me? It's
because he can't do it. Well, that's the
reason DONE nail him. You know what
happened Yesterday. don't you? You saw
that elegant lookin' chap that came out to
take nv place. didn't you? Did you see
him when he went back 90
Lieut.. Clopton replied with q little
grimace. but Fambrough never said a
word. He only looked at Fitzpatrick with
inguiring eyes.
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Portable farm house. Stacks of fodder
and straw and pens of corn in the shuck
were ranged around. There was every
appearance OF prosperity, but no sign of
lie save two blue birds, the pioneers of
spring, which were fighting around the
sion,
There's where was born.n The can
tam pointed to the farm house. at is
nVe years since | nave seen the place."
~ on DON tell me. sor. / see in the
mr. "a that they cali it the civil war. but
IS nothin' but oncivil, sor, for to tight
agin your ouid home.n
There's nothing civil about war. sun
serted"
Sure. look at the forage, thin. IT'S
piied up as nately as you please Wait till
the o.ys get at it Look at the smoke of
tne chimoly. BARN the jaybirds, tits the
peacefulest sight I've SEEM"
My people are gone" said the captain.
My father was Union man. / shouldn t
De surprised to hear of him somewhere at
the North. The day that was IS he gave
me larruping for disobedience and / ran
Don't spake of it, sor." o'Halloran
heid up his hands. "Many's the time I've
mad me feeiin's hurried wi a BARI staye. ~
mat was in 1889" said the captain.
was too proud to go back home. but
When the war began | remembered what a
strong mon man my father was, and
joined the Union army"
lis great scheme for play" said
the Dig freshman soIemnly.
My mother was dead" the captain
went on, my oldest sister was married
ano my youngest sister was at school IN
fnlladelphIa, and my brother, two wears
oder than myself, made life miserable for
me IN trying to boss me.n
"oh, exclaimed O'Halloran, don't I
know that samef lis meself that's been
along there
Capt. Somerviile looked at the old place
carefully noting the outward changes.
winch were comparatively few, He noted.
TOO, with the eye of soldier that when
the impending conflict took place between
the forces then facing each other there
would be sharp struggle for the knoll on
winch the house stood, and ne thought it
was curious feat for his mind to perform.
TO regard the old home where he had been
both happy and m SCRABBLE "a a strategic
point OF battle. Private OHalloran had
no such memories to please or TO yex him.
10 the extent of his opportunities he was
man OF business. He took piece of
white cloth from his pocket and hung it
on the broken sapling.
Il al see, sor, if yon chap is in the gro
Gerry business"
AS he turned away there was a puff of
smoke on the farther hill, cracking re-
port, and the hanging cloth jumped as
though it were alive
Faith, it's him, sor." exclaimed O'Hal-
loran. ian he's in a mighty hurry. Where
upon the big Irishman brushed pile of
leaves from an oiicloth strapped together
IN the semblance of a knapsack
what have you there?" asked Capt.
Summerviile.
Sure, It's me grocery store, sor. Coffee.
tay an sugar. Faith, I'll make the DEVILS
mouth water like baby cutting his
stomach lathe. Would We mind comm
along, scr, for to kape me from swindlin'
the Johnny out of all his belongin's?"
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Squire Fambrough insisted that his son
should 60 10 the house and look 1t over for
the sake Of old times, and young Clopton
went along to keep Miss Julia company.
O'Halloran, Fitzpatrick and the negro
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III Dr. Schenck $ treatment and cure of Consump
tion were something new and uniried, people might
DOUBT; but what has proved itself through record
as Old as our Grandfathers. means lust what II Is
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-20

Can you fit me in a Suit.
like that one in the window,
marked $l0s This is what.
we hear every few minutes
in the day. You would be.
surprised yourself to see the
values we are offering in
Homespuns, Cheviots, Un--
dressed Worsteds, Cassimeres
and numerous other mate
rails for $40 and $12, cut in
Double.breasted Coat and
Vest, Round Corner and
Getaway Coats. We also
have a full line Of extra size.
in fats and stouts, and We
can also fit the long and slim
youth as well as any ordi
nary-sized man. In fact, we
claim to keep every size.
made, from % years of age
up.
In our Boys and Chill,
dren's Department you will
find a full assortment OF
everything of the newest.
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Our Dress Goods counters
are fairly piled with standard
and novelty dress fabrics,
one line sold to-day, to.mor.
row another to take it's
place. #
A newcomer is a fine
French jacquard overshot
in eight different shades and
combinations. They are in
fine wool, soft and zephyr
like in effects, and hereto.
fore 50 cents. The importer
novelty man got scared, I'm.
loaded on US, and we give
them to you for SO cents in
stead of IS. So
Taffeta Gloves-Jersey, in
9,button lengths, fast black,
regular 50-cent qualities. A
closing-out price gives them
to you for 25 cents, in 81
TO 8.
Being handlers of the fin
est and highest grade of
black goods in this town tor
forty years our reputation is
second to none for good
blacks Two special numbers
of Nuns Yelling for dresses
are picked from the general
stock and offered at the ex.
ceptional price of 30 and rs
cents and such value you
will go a long way to see
again. No matter why, but buy
it at once if you are inter
ested in black.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-20

VOTERS who removed since last elec.
ton. II even only to next door, must
have their removal noted on the regis
tratIon books before they can vote at
the juno election. The Board of
Registration Is now sitting every al
ternoon from to 5 O'Clock, in the
basement OF the Clayton House. to
make such changes when applicants
appear before them. THIS is a very
important matter to voters and
should not he lost sight of.
Every voter having the change
mode is to appear Ia person before the
Registration Board. With these
changes the registration OF the last
State election Is made to suit the com
ing June election. An opportunity,
however, will be given on Saturday,
May 18th, for all persons not regis
tered to get registered Those who
got registered last fall and did not
vote. will have to get registered over
on May goth to vote in June. The
great point now, however, is to get
removals noted. aIri the sooner this Is
done the less anxiety there will be
! over tho matter.
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HIS AFFIDAVIT.
1t viii Make People Believe
His Wonderful Story.
Subscribed to by One Of New
york's Most Prominent
Justices.
Here is the Whole Matter
Exactly as it Happened.

State OF New York, =.
County of Washinton. 90
Lucien Rodd OF Whitehall. N. Y, be-
Ing by me duly sworn. deposes and
says that some years ago he suffered
very greatly with insomnia. nervous
prostYatron and his body was covered
with sores, causing him great pain
and anuoyance. That his head was SO
covered with sores that he was hardly
ahle to comb or even brush his hair, SO
great was the pain 1t occasioned.
That lie consulted the local physi-
clans without successful result; that
he took quantities of medicine with
no benefit whatever:::that physicians
told him his disease was incurable and
he had come to the same conclusion
himself ana had made up his mind to
go to hospital and await death.
That just about this time he learn ed
about DR.. qreene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy. which he began TO use.
That this remedy entirely relieved
and cured him, healed and dried up
his sores, enabled him to sleep sound
ly and comfortably, and restored him
to his ordinary vlgor and vitality, In
short. made sound and we'll man OF
him so that he was fully able to work
at his occupation, and has done 80
since that time.
That he attributes his recovery to
DR.. Greenes Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, as II restored him when every,
body and everything else had failed
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CARE MAY CoUHT HOUSE, n. j.. April
19.-On warrant sworn out by her
uncle Charles, Constable Chambers to-
night arrested Viola Thompson. the l l.
year-old girl who is suspected OF hav-
ing placed arsenic in the coffee which
caused the illness of Mr.. and Mrs
Thompson and Mrs. ChaS. Thompson
OF Green Creek. Richard Thompson.
the oldest son of the old couple came
here from Millville to-day for the pur-
pose of Investigating the case.
While Richard Thompson is sure in
his own mind of the girls guilt, he
would not enter proceedings against
her out of respect for the wishes OF his
mother, who will not believe the girl
capable of doing such q deed. He at
first proposed sending fer the father
of the girl, Frank Thompson, who now
lives with his second wife in Whining
ton. bel. to take the girl away. but n
new difficulty arises In the shape of a
| breach of promise case which has been
hanging over Frank Thompsons head
for eight years, and he will not come
into the State.
Agnes Nate, of this place. was en-.
gagged to Thompson eight years ago
and had son by him, He ran away,
however, and left his daughter, Viola
| then 3 years old, in charge of the
grandparents, and has not been here
| since.
The girl was held in the sum OF $500
bail for her trial ON Saturday.
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DxAH BRoIHER:-Yo have unwilling
y flrnishad most excelleut example
OF what the Wilmington Conference is
ANXIOUS TO shun. icould not beiiove
yoI would do q wicked thing, paytlcu-
Iarly You would not write what Won
knew was not true. Bvt not knowing
what was In the Bible you have mis-
represented the truth.
lst. You have set out to prove that
education Is not necessary for Q min
ister. ana you prove 1t by showing how
the Lord used an Ignorant "sheep
driver" as He had ignorant fishermen,
and as He could still do with other
unleafned men, even II they could not
pass an examination In ordinary Eng
iish. Look now. Moses was sheep
leader. a shepherd. not a ''sheep driv-
other shepherd ever heard Of, for he
was learned in all the wisdom OF tho
Egyptians. -Acte z: -.
I'd. Your report OF the conversation
between Moses and his God. when ar
ranging the mission for Egypt, is aw
fully misleading, You say God told
him to go and He would teach him
what to say; so he won't having only
faith In God and stick in his hand. T"
You say this to show that II God calls
young man 10 preach, all the man
has to do is to go preach, with no fur
ther preparation.
The fact Is the parley over the mat
ter was long and sharp. so much SO
that the Lord got mad at Moses The
Lord had raised Moses up. apparently.
to go alone and do this very work,
but Moses declined. declined after the
scene at the Burning Bush. after his
hand was made leprous and restored
again, declined because he was not
eloquent" and was SO positive about
IL that thei Lord sent eloquent Aaron
along with him. saying: Il know he
can speak we'll"
Sd. You declare God selected man
to lead o million people from one
country to another, who was entirely
Ignorant of all OF the ''commissary of
engineering. OF surgery, etc. How
can we believe this, when history bears
testimony that the Egyptian civilian
tion was very high at that time. and
all these arts were taught in their Uni
yersities; and the Rible aflirms that
Moses graduated in the very best OF
them, having had course in all the
branches and WAS master in all the
Egyptian wisdom.
Don't you remember that when
Moses, with his magic wand turned 1t
into u serpent the Egyptians turned
| sticks into SNAKES and whenMoses turn
ed water Into blood they cid the same.
and when Moses brought lots OF frogs
| all over the land they produced frogs
! as last as he. Don't you see? You
] slander the Egyptians and Moses too.
4th. You will find yourself hope.
lessly entangled as long as you handle
the scriptures, without knowing them.
Many before you have wrested the
scriptures to their hurt, and others
VIII follow your example, but 1t Is
lagainst truth for you to write ae
though you knew. and its just awful
Tor your theory for the spirit to suffer
you to make 30 many Biblical blum.
ders at this time. when you have invit.
ed :attentlon by putting your hand
on the Methodist ak.
trusting your next venture to fetch
up the dead will be less similar to
Saufs, and that your future heroes
shall be more in accord with your
ideas. subscribe myself
Your Aflectionate Brother,
a.. .. Il, l.. HunBARD
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-20

DR.. Gill delivered his closing lecture
on Job In the Sunday school OF West
FresbY terrain Church last evening to
fair sized audience. IL contained but
little that had not been embraced in
former lectures, with the exception of
the remark that the word "redeemer"
should have boon translated t'avenger"
In the sentence: Il know my redeemer
liyeth." as job must have meant the
wrongs no had suffered would he
avenged. and he had no occasion for
q redeemer.
MIR. JaTes Morrow asked VIII: t
length OF lime had elapsed since the
book of job was written, and whether
lie regarded job as a real person? Dr.
Gill said he supposed that 1000 years
had elapsed since the book was writ
ten, and that Job had really existed
but 1t might be possible that the mar
rative was merely allegorical like that
of the Prodigal Son. or other parallels
which were used to illustrate the
| meaning of Christ.
| Messrs. Shnltz, Bailey and Stimmel
also asked questions to which answers
! were made that proved interesting IL
not entirely satisfactory. His lecture
next week will be on u new subject,
and all who wish to get additional
knowledge should go and hear him.