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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18
NYE AND THERE MEN.
IHZg HAYg A SAD TINS WAITING FOR TEE
CLOUDS TO ROLL BY.
Putting OPP at a Eolsl With One Towel a Day
aai Suffering Ihwe6y-Qassr EzPTime8 Of
a Pleasant Voiced Man, Who Was Awakened
lcn a BaPpy Dream.

lN THE EASTERN STATES.
The real estate men are having rather
q sad time OF 10 waiting. waiting, watt
ingl Some OF them thls winter are hav-
ing muskrat collars put on their linen
busters tIil Che clouds roil by. ln Fall
River real estate man wanted noe 90
come Out and look 80 bis addition. He
had O lno team Ola bis wiie's namel
and So, learning thar I would save bus
fare by riding out that way and taking
the train, did so, c0nVeIs.ng cheerlly
with him AS we went
looked at his lots, but they were
covered with snow. and I said 4 made 10
rule t0 buy mo- real estate any more un-
less the snow was removed from 10 SO
that could see what 4 was buying.
Having once secured LOIS in Clinton
Pans.ey.8 Minneapolis addition to Hud-
sons bay aud having discovered in the
spring that the lots were situated in a
m0rass and that i could stand on one
corner and teeter the whole country,
also that DO was the frog nursery for
the state. i deemed DO best hereafter 90
make man scraDa the snow OH my
goods before 4 purchase with my hard
earned cash.
The agent cleared OFF few rods and
would have done more, os he said 90 was
no trouble t0 shaw goods, but / saw
than j would miss my train f / did not
go. and So, taking the matter under
advisemant, I bad him drive me- 90 the
depot Handing me fragrant cigar
be said as I cot on the car.
"Wa are not having q very good sea-
son selling digt in Fail River this year.
Whether It's the celebrated murder here
last summer or not I don't know, but
real estate is falling off good deal
Over year ago 4 was given piece OF
property 90 sell on no. . conditions
THAI is, the l0J was given 90 seven or
eight of us 90 sell, and the first one who
sold 10 was Go get the commission. Well
never tried harder in my life 90 make
g sale but 10 was February or this year
before I got bite.
OF took the victim and his whole i2m-
ilv in victoria, fllod uD his overcoat
with Derfect0s and the children full of
candy. and when we got out there j
found o S., 900 house and barn on the lot
and a nice middle aged man living
there with @ pair OF twins that haQ
grown on the place. ,,
zine owner laa sol ..Ie1 anu so.-
tne place n'msslI i-s' "l--1l. ~ 80, M
near OF man VINO wants q ~ --..-
1ui hand 90 carry hFsf ana .1.-sa " q
tame bear, Wol.d +Ao -o @--'P'
portfolio OF thai Alnl.
Tie then went swiftly Gown .l7 llol,-
road to where DIS team was ,..- uoa-
time hlcAlnt ue1Il' lio" -'s t--- ,-.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

tie, handsome looking lad like him was
not at home and at school. This be-
lleved to be job for full grown men,
but bless you. that lad Oscar Dent had
in him the heart Of giant.
When the action was as the hottest,
heard that boy shout and laugh as ii
he enjoyed it. he did more in getting
ammunition to the gunners than any
two others, and within an hour the
smoke and powder had blackened him
till he looked like a darky.
I heard Captein BOgRs hail Oscar as
he seemed to be getting away from his
work, and ask him: Where are you
going, my lad?" The boy replied:
"To get q passing.box, sir, the one l
had was smashed by a ball" And no
got another passing box, and stood 10
his post till the Varuna went down.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

We had a swim oft, many Of US, and
We were picked up by boats from other
ships and the few of our own boats that
were saved. l believed Oscar Dent
went down with the ship, but just as l
was feeling sorry for him, / heard a
cheer from the water, and we all saw
the boy swimming for Captain BOggs'
boat a few oars length away.
When be was pulled on board the
Captain asked him II he was hurt, and
he saluted, laughed boylike. so as TO
show all his white teeth, and said:
NO sir, Ireport fit for duty, if you'll
tell me what to do"
The Captain made room, and told
Oscar to sit down beside him, and seeing
this, the survivors 'Or the old Varuna
sent up cheer for Cabtain Boggs and
the boy JOHN ). WATERS.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

old lawyers haven't forgot how on
one occasion Wayne MlcEeagh succeed
ca in adjourniuE tho supreme court be-
fore the usual bomr, Mr MacNeagh
never remained n Washington
over night % DE could help it aud on
this occasion he greatly desired 90 take
the o'clock train for Philadelphia.
Although talking 90 the court, he kept
his eye on the clock. and aJ 3.l5, giving
himself Just enough time GO reach the
station. be ceased his argument and
said. "Nay it please your honors, 7 move
that the court do now adjourn. / want
to catch she o'clock train for home. -
The cool audacIty of the request seemed
90 paralyze the Justices, but the chief
Justice made che customary order with
d protest. aud Mr. MacVeagh got his
train.-WOSb UIi0n Post.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

above. Immediately tho twenty-f0nr
bells o. the city awake, and fil tho air
with sound. This is taken up by the
bells OF the lf5 churches. until the
whole air trombes with a yi5rai0ry
earthquake. Cannons aud guns are
fred, and each Individual human uoit,
Who has any means OF making a noise,
contributes hls or her share. To Is oB8
upheaval % discords
There are many strange customs
which are observed 10 various portlous
Of Europe ia byeways and sequestsre1
villages, that are mere suryiyais 0f the
Middle Ages. one very ancient ons,
was that OF putting out all The house
hold fres and relighting them on Easter
eve with the sacred nints. 10 Ireland
even nov, children and the more
ignorant rise early on Easter morning,
70 see the sun dance Tor lOy.
OF all the countries Oi the earth.
Russia Is the one where Easter IS cele-
brated With the greatest ceremony and
With evidences Of rejoicing from ear %
peasant. Every oae goes about embra-
cling and kissing. and crying out. Eyes.
the Lord D. risen. He Is risen indeed.
Even the Emperor meets his relatives
and officials 10 that way. n Is after g
long fast, more strictly kept than would
be possible 10 England Or America. THAI
Easter Eve arrives. Every pr0m.-
lDent building 10 ST. Petersburg
and every other town ls dscked
with flags. and the white,
green and red Of the natlcnai banners
fash and wave 81 along toe streets. III
all the bake shops and confectionery
windows, gorgeous With gilt and ginger-
bread work, the Easter toys add offer.
lngs attract crowds Of not only eager
boys and girls, but OF grown people as
well. Curious confectionery. tn which
the Easter egg is couspicuous, 900 the
eye Of childhood, along With the cpri-
Gus compound called the Dashka. with
which al the orthodox break their fast
10 the morning. II Is white. mado Of
sour cream and speckled With ralslns-
The streets are packed with Tho
tbr0ngs that gather and lncrease aa
midnight appfoaehes I4e Aeqski
Prospect. brilliant With ia VOWS 81
sleerlc lights, stretches ~ cgera
miles through ite city crowded from
end % end villa carriages. dfQItfI1 Az
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18
Told BY Captain Harry hamilton.

have always maintained that men,
who are said to be insensible 10 fear
are not brave men in the proper accep-
tation of the term. And thatreminds
me, that while Ihad heard of such men,
cQDnOt recall ever having met one.
Some men have more self-command
than others, and so can disguise their
feelings, but it is entirely unnatural TO
say that any man in full strength ana
health could face instant death I'M
moved, or II there ever was such man,
II is safe to say there was defect In
his mental makeup.
A lot of new regiments joined US In
the kentucky campaign against Bragg.
in September, 1862. We veterans OF a
year or more were inclined to laugh at
the green men, all of them as brave as
ourselves, who had only been mustered
in few weeks, and who wore paper
collars, and carried themselves like
peddlers' packs.
1t was the night before Perryville; 1t
was midOctober, and the roads were
ankle-deep in dust and all the wells and
creeks had gone dry. l was acting
temporarily on the staff of General
Jim" Jackson, a gallant Kentuckian
killed in that fight, and l became ac-
qualnted with a young officer OF the
Thirty-third Ohio, whom I shall call
Gordon-though that was not his name
He was a strikingiy handsome fellow,
| fresh from college, and, as l could see
/ by his smooth fair face, not at all sure
| of himself.
GordOn's regiment was in SilPs bril-
| gade. Poor Sill was Afterwards killed at
/ Stone River, and I took an order there
Just on the eve of the fight. Although
about my own age, Gordon regarded
me as his senior by many years. After
our introduction, he showed a great
anxiety to learn what mans feelings
were in battle, aud If | had ever seen
any man run who afterward turned out
to be brave.
BY the light Of the campfire ] could
see the the young man was very pale
/ and nervous, and l understood his
feelings perfectly, and tried TO impress
| him with the belief that after the first
"skeer." he'd feel all right, though l
must confess this was not my own ex-
/ perience.
Perryville was a fight to remember.
The next morning 1 was so placed that
! frequently saw Gordon, and made up
my mind that he was going to show the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18
near the river, became conspicuous


near the river, became a conspicuous
target for Federal guns.
Every evening. from about an hour
before shutdown till dark the firing be-
came very heavy, then il would cease
till the following afternoon.
One evening the general sent for me,
and while talking in his office, the
usual practice began SooRRyten- inch
she'll came Crashing through the bulid-
ing, and leaPsd to my feet.
General" I said: Il don't enjoy
this, if you will kindly finish the inter-
view l will get back to my camp. Il is
not so trying on the neves there"
Without changing muscle, the Cen
eral blew out a cloud of smoke, and
said, as a matter OF course:
"Oh, that's nothing, COlonel;it q shell
is destined TO hit you to-day, it will
find you in camp as we'll as here"
replied that, all the same, prefer
red its finding me in camp. We soon
finished our business, but not till two
more shells had gone screeching few
feet away, then I hurried back to camp,
leaving the imperturbable officer still
placidly smoking.
LAWRENCE. 0. BANNAN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

eyes he knew the party Well Il saw
the body of the husband of the LADY You
sat with, be said She was bringing
him here TO be buried She claims that
he was murdered by burglar night be-
fore last but DO is generally thought
that She killed him with a Ratchet.
That was the sheriff you saw meet her,
and she probably To- Jail by this time.
'I rose and went forward GO the smOk-
ing ear for few hours, and when my
mind cleared I found that I had smoked
up nine cigars and one whole side of my
uusLacle.
sometimes wake Up in the night
al. cold and bathed boz an icy sweat and
fud the bedc.othes over lu the middle
of she fOlr as Che OLD nightmare has
Ieft chem. in q kind OF mares nest per-
haus. and 4 shudder over tne terrible
dream thas has come SO often oil this
beautiful creature resting her soothing
itt.o hand over my glad eyes, when all
90 once 4 see che heavens through my
closed lids and feel The cold blade Of the
broadax in mv massive skull, while the
great untrOdden field oh astronomy
seems Co open up 60 my bursting eyes.
"Theu / awake.
"I will not cell YOU her name, be-
cause o tender hearted governor has
been 60 see her. and that settled it. She
viii be pard0usd soon, for she has
promised never 10 do to again-with a
hatchet-and by spring the express
companies will he hauling her husbands
around over the country once more.
III am still q bachelor but have a
nice suit of rooms, with hot and cold
water. and nightmare of my own"
He then gathered up his sample
cases and got off the train. The con
ductor said be was a good salesman and
one of the most chaste and unseiiish
I liars be ever met.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

might fall into the hands Of the foe,
nerved bis dying hand and while his
life was flowing fast, be tore Il from
the stat. thrust Il IN bis bosom, Grim
soned with the life blood that was gush-
ing from the wound, turned over on his
face and heroically fell asleep upon his
flag.
All this was done by q private, Of
humble position in life. With no pro-
perty to defend, save his right as a
man. His was q soul as noble and
grand as that Of q BAyard or q Nelson,
or other heroes, whose dseds'of fame
are emblazoned on the pages OF history.
w. Z. Cox.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

A man walked into a certain big
house. He asked for one of the work
men up stairs. eve never allow The
men 90 be disturbed during business
hours" said one of the firm grutly,
turning bis back 10 the man.
"Oh very wen, said the stranger "l
only wanted Co buy q bin of goods, I
suppose it is q small matter 10 you. i
can go elsewhere. '
Before che business man could fix up
an explanation the man slammed the
door and was gone. He will study
courtesy to the future.-CncinUdtt En-
luLcr
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18
Told BY john 5. waters.

I was q warrant officer in the
Navy. most Of the time under Farragut,
so that saw good deal Of fighting,
but when was asked to think of some
particularly brave act that had wit
messed, 1 must confess the question
struck me like q cODundrUm Of the
heaviest calibre. AT first I thought Of
the old Admiral himself, dashed to the
sbrouds OF the Hartford in the battle
with the ironclads and forts in Mobile
Bay, bat then every one has heard Of
thai Everybody, however, hasn't
heard OF Oscar Dent, and so TIL spin
this yarn:
was on the Varuna, commanded by
Captain Boggs 10 the Mississippi, just
before the capture Of New Orleans. We
had a hot birth during the bombadment
Of FcIt St. Philip. and Oscar Dent vas
a powder boy. He said he was sixteen
zoian on seventeen, put be looked two
years younger. Indeed, / got glimpse
him justas the fight opened, and i
aurhs what e pity it vas t1ata gen-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

We heard the bugles sound the ad-
vance, the hOarse orders of the officers,
and the answering yells of the men, as
they rushed forward az the absttis. 1t
seemed impossible that q sparrow
could lv unhit across that obstruction
and in the face OF that awful fire. !
was in the fort working a gun, and
noting the gaps, aud the broken for
nation of the men in grey as they came
nearer and nearer. Much as ] wanted
On see them beaten, / felt at that
moment an indescribsble pride In this
splendid and almost insane exhibition
of daring,
Nearer and nearer, but with decreas-
ing numbers they came. Far 20 the
rear the charging column was Broken
and men by tWOs. tens and scores could
be seen scurrying TO the protection Of
standing timber. We felt convinced
bv this time that the assault had lost
It's danger, but the men far 10 the front,
and close up 20 the fort did not dream
that their supports were gone. Con-
spicious among these men in grey was
an officer with q heavy beard. lie car
rfed in one hand his sword aud in the
other g flag, thus making himself par
tIcularly conspicuous With less than
fifty men behind him, this daring officer
cot free from the distractions, and with
shout dashed up the paTapet, and
there planted his flag.
To was only for an instant. a hundred
sbril voices shouted: Don't Shoot
Him." but TO was 90 late. The rife
men behind fired, and Colonel Rodgers
of the Texas brigade, the bravest man
7 ever saw, fell dead on the remnant Of
his tattered flag.
soon after noon the enemy retreated,
pretty badly beaten, and 10 apprecia-
ton OF his gallantry we buried the
Confederate colonel that evening In q
special grave AID with the honors he
deserved. CHARLES GIVEN.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

white feather. He looked like ghost
and there was look of awful anxiety
in his eyes. The regiment was posted
behind stone fence, and the young
man was repeatedly sick at the stomach.
Three or four regiments, amongst them
GordOn's, were ordered down 20 Chaplin
Creek to dislodge the enemy, and to
hold the stream. for our men were fam
ishing for water.
In the advance Gordon acted liked a
drunken man, and as I watched him
ont of sight. expected to see him fall,
but he kept on with the line. I saw him
again the next morning. he was on a
stratcher, with a bullet wound ia his
right breast. BE recognized me and
was barely able to speak. In response
TO nv question, he pointed with a smile
to his breast and gasped: ut struck me
here" Poor fellow, he wanted me TO
know be was hit IN front he recover
ed from his wound and subsequently,
served with distinction, but / regard
his going into that Perryvlle fight at
all. as q splendid exhibition OF true
courage. for he felt sure be was going
to death. HARRY HAMILTON
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18
Told BY Col. Lawrence .. Bannon.

There have been many works written
on the war, but there are campaigns ard
lines OF desperate fighting that seem
10 have entirely escaped the attention
OF the historian.
Writers from the North and the South
have made as familiar with the doings
for four years Of the Army Of the Poto-
mac and the Army Of Northern Vir-
gipia. so that we know not only the
battles. but the skirmishes and other
minor affairs in which they were en-
gagged.
The same may be said Of the fierce
fighting in Tennessee, Georgia aud
Louisiana, but, outside Of army reports.
I have seen nothing that attempts 20
give a thorough account OF the lighting
along the Mississippi, from Columbus,
kentucky. TO the fall q Memphis IN
1869.
DURING this campaign ! caTved ~
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18
WARS BRATRST DBEDS
STIRRING RECOLLECTIONS OF HEROlSM BY
LAND AND SEA.

Told By Those Who Were Prsssnt-Noiabls
Contributions From Lieutenant Charles Given,
Colonel Lawrence OBannon, Captain Harry
Hamilton, John S. Waters and General
William R. Cox.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-18

To ascertain the age Of pheasants,
Dartridges, grouse and black game To
the early part of the season, hold the
lower part 0f the birds beak firmly at
ms extremity between the forehnger
and the thumb. If the bird be an old
one. the beak viii sustain It's weight
without in tie slightest degree yielding,
but DO, on the contrary, the bird be q
Young one. tho beak win yield and per-
haps break.-CticGg0 Record
Cold cream is apc TO make pimpleS
and vaselne used on the face will give
one a dis6guring growth ot hair.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-25
A Horrible Accident.

A dispatch to the Oregonian from
Seattle Friday, says:
amanda Hildebrandt was burned
almost to death by the overturning of a
piano lamp at the Rainier school exer-
cises tonight. The rooms were full of
children, but no other casualties oc-
Cured.
Miss Hildebrandt was a remarkably
bright young lady and former resident
of this city, where she has large circle
of friends. She was very energetic and
studious, graduating at the Wasco Acad-
emy here in 1885, after completing a
three years. course in two years. The
terrible accident that has befallen her,
sends chill of horror through the en-
tire community. She died Saturday
night and was buried today.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-25
OF Other Days.
A. R. M.

"Bill" Taylor, an old-time ''print"
from Nevada, came down on the Almota
yesterday on his way home San Fran
cisco. Bill is indeed character. Years
ago, when the writer was youngster,
he knew Bill down on the Comstock.
That was palmy day for printers.
Work was plenty at dollar thousand,
and copy was furnished by Mark Twain,
Dan DeQuille, Fred Hart, Johnny Ma
hanna, Harry Mighels, Sam Davis,
Archie Forbes, Otto Greenwood, and a
dozen other brilliant fellows that made
the old Territorial Enterprise the best
paper in all the world. Charley Good
win put some of the best English and
most touching, In the editorial pages,
Dagget and Clagget, always readable,
aided in giving copy, and it was the
happiest family of printers and writer's
ever gathered. Bill Taylor is one of the
few left, and we are glad to know that
while short time ago he was down on
his luck, the old man returns home
with a cheerful bank account, big
enough to let him spend the balance of
his days without care. He told us he
was going to take rest, and the rowing
disposition of the man can be seen when
we add that he intends to rest by going
around the world, and make about half
the journey on foot.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-25
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mr.. D. w. Bailey of Portland is in the
city.
Mr.. George sellinger is up from
Mosier.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Sibley went be-
low this morning.
Mrs. T. W. Sparks returned to Port
land this morning.
Mr.. George Crosfield of Grant was in
the city yesterday.
Mr.. Gilmore, the Centerville mer-
chant, is in the city.
Mrs. Tim Baldwin went down on the
Regulator this morning.
Mr.. Charles Durbin arrived in from
Antelope at noon today.
Mrs. ]. M. Gulliford and two daugh-
ters of Prineville left for Portland this
morning.
Hon. j. q. Leasure of Pendleton was
among the passengers bound for Port
land this morning.
Mr.. Walter Moore and wife returned
from Portland Saturday and left for
home, Moro, this morning.
Misses Maie and Pearl Williams and
Virginia Marden were passengers on the
Regulator this morning, bound for
Clatsop beach.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Bentley with a
couple of selling-liquor-t Indians pris-
oners in charge, passed through on his
way to Portland this morning.
Miss Gertrude French came up from
Portland Saturday evening, being sent
for on account of the illness of hel
grandfather, Mr.. ]. F. Magee.
Mr.. J. Ward, superintendent of con.
struction for the Union Pacific, is in
town and will organize forces for repair
ing the road as rapidly as possible.
| Col. Pike IS over from Goldendale or
| his way to the state encampment. The
company from Goldendale arrived al
Rockland this afternoon, and went into
camp.
Mr.. w. J.. Baker, president of ths
| Hood River Fruitgrowers' Union, came
up from that charming little town Sat-
urday night to do service for his coun-
| try on the Jury. d. S. Crapper came
with him.
Superintendent Borie came down on
the Almota yesterday. He tells us that
hereafter that steamer will make two
| trips a week, leaving Cello Tuesday and
Friday mornings at 6 o'clock, returning
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Mr.. A.. w. Patterson, of the Heppner
Gazette, came down on the Almota yes
terday, bound for Portland. He was
one of the lucky ones in the coach that
upset. That is he was in when it upset
but he soon found himself out.