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CHAPTER XVIII.
A SINGULAR CEREMONY.


Laura Maynard, after long period
of solicitude as to her husband-detain-
ed at home by temporary illness Of
her child-bad at last found it possible
to go and seek him. She had arrived on
the morning Of the news of his appoint
ment and at once sought General
Thomas headquarters. There she had
been informed of the status, and mes
senger was at once sent for her husband.
Leaving the tent where Maynard had
first been plunged in despair only to be
elevated to condition Of mind border
ing on ecstasy, the two sought hotel,
where Laura could be made comfortable
till the next day, and there passed the
time in going over the period since they
had parted and rejoicing at the outcome
of the singular complications which fate
had been pleased 20 bring down upon
the husband.
But all meetings must have an end,
and at last the husband, departing, rode
to his tent. There he found a messenger
waiting for him.
"'Flag of truce wants to see you on
the picket line, sir.
Without dismounting, the newly
created general rode in the direction Of
Mission ridge and met "the flag" at its
base. There stood mounted party of
Confederates, one Of them bearing a
white flag, headed by an officer, son
of the south who spoke every word as
though it were of momentous impor-
tance, never omitting the word "sir. "
"Are you Colonel Maynard, sir?"
"I am, or at least was. 1 hardly
know what I am just now. I should not
be surprised to be informed that I was
to command all the armies of the United
States"
The officer looked puzzled.
81 am the bearer, sir, of a message
from Corporal Sir Hugh Ratigan. He is
to be married at o'clock this evening
at General Bragg's headquarters on Mis-
sion ridge"
''The devil he is!'
'"That is his intention, sir. He desires
your presence.
"Whom does he marry?"
"Miss Caroline Fitz Hugh"
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"Darltn, +" he said.

DuICCIG, ft6 outb.
panion had strengthened certain doubts
which had at times come up to trouble
her as to the ultimate success, the real
motives which underlay her cause, and
with her intense, devoted nature had
led her to feel that all this vast effort
put forth by her people might in the end
avail nothing or would only, if success
full, perpetuate wrong. Her lover saw
her troubled expression. He did not at
tempt to comfort her by recalling what
he had said. He pushed on further.
"Darlin," he said, "ye're right when
ye say i'm needed in Oireland. Go with
me, darlin. Be me wife. Let all this
intense effort, this sacrifice ye're put
tin into a cause, which Oi foresee is
doomed, be given to me tenants. The
estate is large one, and there are hun
dreds of people for ye to befriend. There
ye can work to purpose. There yer ef-
forts in behalf of really downtrodden
people will be for good"
"And leave my brothers in the midst
Of this horrid struggle? I will stay here
till the last gun is fred, till the last
blow Of the hammer has riveted our
chains"
Born and bred in the south, Miss Fitz
Hugh had never seen except with south
ern eyes. Here was a man who was CIV
ing her views never before open to her.
She had mind capable Of grasping
them and saw the strength, the solid
sense, beneath them when properly pre-
sented.
"Darlin," said the young baronet,
"the world moves on quickly. If yer
people succeed in this war, in less than
o quarter of century yell either free
yer slaves or be blot on the face of the
earth"
"Oh, Rats" she exclaimed, "why
did ever meet you? You've sapped the
strength I possessed for my work. can
never again do my duty as I have done
it thus far
"Darlin," he said, drawing her nearer
TO him, "Oi'll replace what Oi've taken.
Oil give ye other duties, the duties
that belong to the mistress of fine es-
tate, the duties of woman of high de-
gree in a country where birth is re-
spected far more than here. With your
yigor, your strong impulses'-
"Guided by your moro steady light. |"
"Ye may become one of the most in
fluential women in the three kingdoms. ="
In her eyes came that humorous
twinkle he had once seen before when
she stood in her buggy in the road up
in Tennessee and tantalized him for his
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THE END.

e1" Mrs. Fogg always tries to say the
proper thing, but does not invariably
succeed in saying it. Her husband
had been very i'll all the winter, and
her pastor had visited her several
times. AS spring approached the sick
man grew better and on one occasion,
while the reverend gentleman was in
the house, he took occasion to con-
cratulate the woman on the condition
of her husband. "Yes, John has been
pretty SICK" said the wife mournfully,
"and 1 was afraid he wouldn't see no
more hot weather this side of eternity
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CAN THIS BE TRUE "A preacher
came at a newspaper man in this way:
"You editors dare not tell the truth.
If you did you could not live; your
newspapers would be a failure" The
editor replied, "You are right. And
the minister who will at all times and
under all circumstances tell the whole
truth about the members of his church,
alive or dead, will not occupy the pull
pit more than one Sunday, and then
he will find it necessary to leave town
in hurry. The press and the pulpit
90 hand in hand with the whitewash
brushes and pleasant words magnify
ing little virtues into big ones. The
pulpit, the pen and the gravestone are
the great saint-making triumvirate."
And the minister went away, very
thoughtful, while the editor turned
to his work, and told about the sur
passing beauty of the bride, while, in
fact, she was as homely as a hedge
fence.
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FLAG OF TRUCE.-It would be hard
to find more amusing instance of the
beggardly condition in which soldiers
of the field are sometimes found than
that given years ago by General Gordon,
in an account of the various scenes con-
nected with the surrender of Lees
army.
When General Gordon determined
to send flag Of truce to General Sheri-
dan, he summoned Major Hunter of
his staff, and ordered him to carry
flag of truce forward.
General, 1 have no flag Of truce"
replied Major Hunter.
acct one," said the general, curtly.
"General," he replied again, 1--WE
have no flag of truce in our COM
mand."
"Take your handkerchief and put it
on stick and 20 forward"
II have no handkerchief, general"
"Borrow one, and 60 forward with
it,"
"General, there is no handkerchief
in the staff"
"Then, major, use your shirt"
"You see, general, that we all have
on flannel shirts"
At last one man was found who still
had white shirt; part OF 1t was
torn off, and with this remarkable en-
blem tied to a stick, the major went
forward toward the enemy's line.
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s9 Father-Now, see here! if you
marry that young pauper, how on
earth are you going to live? Sweet
Girl-O, we have figured that all
out. You remember that old hen my
aunt gave me? eyes" "Well, I've
been reading a poultry circular, and
find that a good hen will raise 20
chicks in a season. Well, the next
season that will be 81 hens, and as
each will raise 20 more chicks, that
will be 42O. The next year the num-
ber will be S,4OO, the following year
16S, 900, and the next $500, 900! Just
think At only so cents apiece we
will then have 81, ,6SO,O0O. Then, you
dear old papa, we'll lend you some
money to pay off the mortgage on this
house" New York Weekly.
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NUMBER 20.
alisfellantu,1s 8eaaitrg.
THE TONE OF VOICE.

1t is not so much what you say,
AS the manner in which you say it;
It is not so much the language you use,
AS the tones in which you convey it.
"Come here ~ sharply said,
And the baby covered and wept;
"Come here!I cooed and he looked and
smiled.
And straight to my lap he crept.
The words may be mild and fair,
And the tones may pierce like dart;
The words may be soft as summer air,
And the tones may break the heart.
For words but come from the mind,
And grow by study and art;
But the tones leap forth from the inner
self,
And reveal the state of the heart.
Whether you know it or not,
Whether you mean or care,
Gentleness, kindness, love, and hate,
Envy and anger are there.
Then would you quarrels avoid
And in peace and love rejoice,
Keep anger not only out of your words,
But keep it out Of your voice.
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THE CHOICE OF A POST.

CdAPIER AAVll.
THE CHOICE OF POST.
Caroline Fitz Hugh had watched over
Corporal Ratigan every day since his
wounding, and by careful nursing had
doubtless saved his life. 1t was not for
the corporal to fall in love with his
nurse, for he had loved her ever since
the day he first met her. When the
visiting party had left the house, she
went back to her charge, and after a
few words of sympathy at the loss of
his brother, putting out her hand frank
ly, and with smile:
"Arise, Sir Hugh" she said. "You
have been on your back long enough.
You must get used to sitting up and
prepare to 90 to Ireland and to admin
lister your estate.
"Darlin," he said, looking up at her
wistfully. .
"It's time you were breaking yourself
of calling me that. You must forget the
Confederate telegraph worker, 60 home
and marry one Of the daughters of the
neighboring gentry and settle down to
become a fine old Irish gentleman, one
of the rare old stock "
"Thats fine picture ye're maxim for
me, and what ye be doin meantime"
working for my country" ="
"And haven't ye promised ye would
do no more telegraph workin?"
"Oh, that duty has come to an abrupt
termination! l shall never attempt it
again. How could I after the sacrifice
you and Colonel Maynard have made
for me? Besides, if seen within the Fed
eral lines, should be recognized, and l
would then deserve my fate. "
eyed better abandon the cause"
"Never, so long as it is cause. So
long as my brothers continue the strug-
gle will be with them"
"Then so long as the Union army is
fightin ye Oi'll be in its ranks.
you'll do no such thing. You will
90 home, where your presence is more
needed-to your mother, to your ten
ants. Ireland needs all her landowners
such as you at home. That is your coun-
try. You have no interest here
"And the United States is your coun-
try. You have no other"
"Ratsp'
"Darlinr'
There was q silence between them for
some moments. Ratigan laid his hand
on hers while she was looking, with
panied expression, out Of the window.
In her eyes was far look. Her COM
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Do WE EVER REALLY FORGET
ANYTHING ?-The brain of mankind
has been defined as kind of phono-
graphic cylinder, which retains i'm
pressions made upon it through the
medium of the senses, particularly
through the eyes and ears. If this be
true, memory must depend for its
intensity or retentive qualities upon
the degree Of observation with which
the record is made. Nor is this all.
If memory's record is kept in the
shape Of indentations upon the folds
of brain matter, are they ever entirely
effaced? In other words, do we ever
really forget anthing? May it not be
that in the inner depths of the brain
memory has stored up recollections of
things which are never again purpose
ly returned to, perhaps, but which
instantly spring into being and flash
through the mind whenever we hear
or see something which recalls them ?
There are several well-known mental
phenomena which strengthen the the
ory. We know that memory often
brightens during the last moments of
life, and there are cases on record
where Germans, French, Spaniards
and others, who, upon falling sick in
this country, scores of years after hav-
ing entirely forgotten their native
languages, recovered and used them
upon their death-beds. There is
theory that in all such cases the brain
folds have relaxed, just as do the
muscles and cords of the limbs and
body, and that by so doing they expose
to the minds monitor indentations
(recollections) which were long since
folded up and put away as material
that could not be of any particular
use. Think of these things.
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CHICKAMAUGA.
A SEQUEL TO CHATTANOOGA.
BY CAPT. F. \. MITCHELL.
CHAPTER XVII.

Copyrighted 1894, byAni-rican Press Associa-
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stupidity in having been duped by her.
"It would be nice to be-
"To be what, darlin?"
"Lady Rats" and she hid her bushes
in the pillow on which his head rested.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-18

prison may be called an inducement. Now, if you will go along, I'll promise you the best that Mrs. Maynard can pro. vide at the plantation. Will you go:'
 Will l: Course will Paw, can I hev Tom:''
 ''Sartin. boy, " and the farmer turned and went to the barn.
 Wont you need a--a luncheon?" asked SOuri, whose hesitation was an effort to avoid the word snack" the only name she had known for a cold bite before she went north to school
 "Oh, mo-" said the colonel. We shall ride directly to the plantation. We'll get plenty to eat when we arrive. |"
 Meanwhile JallCy had followed his father to the barn. Mrs Slack stepped into the house to make up bundle for the boy. Maynard and Souri sauntered | aimlessly in the yard. Presently they found themselves at the wellhouse. Sou- ri leaned over it and looked down into the we'll. There was something she wanted to say, but found it difficult
 1T thank you very much for what you've done for me. " she said ''Why, Souri, what hn-e 1 done for you compared with whaf you did for me?''
 Didn't you find me poor white girl year ago. and haven't yon sent with v ri h4lnAd
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-01-18

,s
 is known to them as a writer of books that boys like nightly to read. I saw Mir. Browne but yesterday looking very much as he does in the portrait accom- panying this article, save that his beard is now shaved off and his mustache and hair are white Sometimes he talks of his war experiences to those he knows and likes. and it is indeed an interesting thing to hear him relate the story of his own and Richardson's capture by the Confederates when the two correspond ents risked the running of the batteries at Vicksburg for the sake of "the expe- rience." Richardson was tragically called away from this earthly stage years ago. Of the others know little or noth- ing.
 It may be said of these correspondents and of their fellows whose names can not recall that their work practically revOlutionized journalism. It is true that the war and the public thirst for news concerning it spurred the core spondence on, but that should not de- tract from their credit in the matter. Before the great contest the special tele- gram was a poor and meager thing com pared with what it speedily became aft CT the firing of the first gun on Sumter. The headlines that are so great feature of modern American newspapers had not much vogue until the war made it necessary for the editors to dress their news in such garb that he who ran might read. The general spirit of hustle and the desire to ''beat the other fellow did not begin to infuse the reporters and correspondents as it does now until the
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self was in its infancy indeed, he show ed nearly all the qualities that have been developed ny the famous correspondents of later wars. Since the Crimean war Russell has tried his hand at war report ing more than once and without suffer ing materially through comparison with his younger competitors. In lS61-5 he Tho Times in America. He went through the Franco Prussian war in lS7O-l, and his journalistic achieve ments in timo of peace have been many and notable. He still lives, hale and hearty, though his hair and close cut are now whitened by the snows of time
 But. after all, it was not till the Lreaking of the civil contest here that war correspondence was we'll organized or generally recognized as branch of newspaper service Then, as Mir. Browne, already mentioned in this arti- cle, puts it, war correspondence on this side of the Atlantic became ''as much an avocation as practicing law or selling dry goods, and very we'll known did the best aid brightest of the correspond ents become to the readers of the jour nals of that time. Yet to most recent readers these same names will look up from the printed page of this article into eyes that have never seen them before. Some of these old time correspondents were Richard B. COlburn of the New York World. William E. Davis of the Cincinnati Gazette, W. n. Bickham of the Cincinnati Commercial, L. L.. Crounse of the New York Times, Thomas W. Knox of the New York Herald, Al bert D. Richardson of the New York Tribune and Junius Henri Browne him. self, also of The Tribune. Yes, and there was Henry NJ. stanley, too. who has been before the public most of the time ever since the close of the war-that is, until he stopped exploring Africa and settled down to married life few years ago. Since then we have heard very little of him.
 What of the others? We'll, the young -'n n vou that Colonel ". KnoS
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AowTo RAISE LILIES OF rHevALLeY.
Their Growth Is Forced, and Their Season
 of Blooming Is Protracted.

Their Growth Is Forced, and Their Season
 of Blooming Is Protracted.
 This little German flower is imported in great quantities in lily ''pips." as they are called, the roots each with a little tight wrapped bud. As the habit of the plant Is well known the import CTS order from Germany i'll accordance with their advance orders from florists. The pipS blossom in I9 to 22 days after being planted in sand and put in q fore ing house.
 When the pipS are first planted in sand, they must be placed over some thing warm for the sake of the bottom heat and kept continuously in a high temIeraturC until the blossom is pretty we'll advanced They are then removed from the pipes in order that the time of blooming may be prolonged. They are ordinarily planted ill rough. shallow pine boxes. and spray after spray is clip ped of as it is needed for bouquets, or roots and all are transferred in clumps for pOtting.
 Many thousands of these lilies arc Cul- tivated in the open air They may be set out just as they arrive from Ger many at almost any time of year, and they resist frost with perfect hardineSs. The outdoor lilies bloom in the spring and continue the season for the florists after the crop of the forcing houses has been exhausted. Thousands of lily pips, ! on arriving from Germany, are at once placed in cold storage and kept there at n low temperature for weeks or per haps for months The development of the plants is thus arrested, and some weeks before the time when the outdoor bloomers will have been exhausted part of the pipS un cold storage are brought I forth and either forced indoors or per mitted to develop normally in the open air. In this way the season is further eX- tended.
 Florists find that the lily of the val lev is most difficult to manage for au- tumn Towering. The period of develop ment is then at least 20 days, and the flowers are. upon the whole, less satisfac- tory than in winter and spring. Beautiful as the flower is, it Is not ex- pensive. The pips may be bought as It. tail in November at from 30 tO 40 cents per dozen, or about $l. 50 per 100. Tht price to the importers is far below this and the rate to florists is such that ther' is a handsome profit in the plants wheI the cut flowers retail as low as , cent per spray. AS each pip produces onl! one set of blossoms and tho percentag of loss is reasonably uniform, florist know pretty we'll what to count on il
 forcing the lily of the valley.
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hechOh Hem dhS Rez got tt DIu- nifty of his position. He was of great ase to the colonel, who at once appoint ed him dispatch bearer between himself and Mrs. Maynard. The domestic near ness of this office only rendered the boy more consequential. He snubbed not only the orderlies attached to the head quarters of the brigade, but would oc- casionally approach disrespect toward the officers of the staff. As this was largely their fault, for they were con- tinually trying to amuse themselves at Jakey's expense, they bore it good na- turedly.
 "Why don't you carry that note like any other messenger" said an aid to him one day, lin your belt?"
 ''Coz hain't like any other messen- ger, retorted Jakey. "D'y' reckon Q man what carries tho colonel's private correspondent air a common orderly?"
 As there was no gainsaying his argu- ment without seeming detriment of the personal dignity of the brigade com mander, Jakey held the field.
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war called it into being. Before that period of fire and blood the newspaper was valued most for its opinions. Then it began to be valued most for its news, and this has held good ever since. You like to read a journal with which you can agree, but you must read one which contains the news.
 So I say that the modern newspaper had its birth during the civil war, and I believe that it was quite as much the ability of the men who reported the bat ties and mancuvers of that war that brought about the revolution as the cir cumstanceS which furnished their oppor- tunity
 Every war since 1865 has brought with it its crop of correspondents. Among the newer men arc Archibald Forbes and the American McGahan, and Millet, tho artist correspondent, and Frederick VillicrS. the war artist. Forbes still flourisheth, and so do Will Hers and Millet, and may they long con- tinue to flourish McGahan, whose serv- ices in behalf of the Bulgarians have made him immortal, died, poor fellow, before he even knew how great q fame he had made for himself. His Russian wife now lives in New York, hard working. refined and generally respected newspaper woman.
 Mention of Millot reminds me that those who picture battles are quite as deserving of mention as those who re- port them, but my space Is about used up now, and only scant mention may be accorded the artists It was as q war artist that Thomas Mast, afterward to be the pioneer of American caricatur- ists, did his first notable W ork. A. R. Waud was another American war artist, and A. WeiSer, \. SimplOn and C. Par sons also signalized themselves by their sketches of battles fought between the armies of the north and south. Still more names could be mentioned if this were anything like an adequate review of the subject. We're Stchegin, the won derful Russian artist, got much of his early training, too, by the sketching of battles
 And yet, though we must all recoS- nize the fact that journalism and illus trative art have both been greatly bene- fited by wars, my readers will join with me, I am sure. ill the hope that the pro fessions of war correspondent and wal artist may soon vanish from the face oi the earth, for VIC arc all looking for the speedy coming of that age when there shall be mo more wars.
 M L DEXTER.