The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-04-03

whence history VIII get supplies. tn
dark days are described with absolute
fidelity. and that is quality we lool
for in vain lin more elaborate and am
bilious publications" Think OF thu
strangeness of things, the breaks il
families. when the author tells how, a
the presentation of a flag, the banne
was made for company of confeder
ate soldiers by Miss Ella Todd ant
Mrs. White of Lexington. the sisters o
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, the wife Of tn,
great president.
1t was in and around Decatur. Ga.
where the author now lives, that, IL
The heat and storm of war, heroically
and unflinchingly, the women OF the
south did their duty in helping thOs,
IN the field. You viii find no incidents
of the war which do not show the col
ored man in the south at his best. Mis-:
Gray describes their devotion and whaI
true friends they were.
The author tells how, more thar
once, she was near starvation. 1t hap
'Dened the house in which she lived be
came the headquarters of a troop O
United States cavalry. AS Napoleon
said war is not an affair of rosewater
Very possibly bureau drawers became
convenient feed troughs for horses
After the cavalry had left there was
not a morsel 10 eat. The famished
children, white and black, were cry
ing for food. The days were spent by
the women in picking up the grains OF
corn from the cracks and creyices III
bureau draws. and other improyised
troughs for federal horses. In this
way. by diligent and persevering work
about half bushel was obtained" The
corn, having been thoroughly washed
and dried. was taken To a small mill
and coarsely ground, and served To
give the hungry ones their bread.
The utter restitution of the people
after the fall of Atlanta is shown in
this way. Lead was in demand. and on
the battlefelds around Atlanta il could
be picked up. pellet by pellet. Delicate
ly natured women dug up the spent
MIME balls from the frozen clods and
exchanged them for food.
Persons and Things.
The mother-in-iaw OF President Cleve-
land, Mrs. Henry f. Perrine. and her
husband are at present visiting in Oak
land, Cal.
Sir Julian PauncefOte, the British
anlua ssador. has notified the state de-
partmeut that the Earl of Westmenth
has been assigned TO the embassy IN
the capacity Of an attache.
Proculi. the famous tenor, thinks no
small potatoes OF himself. He insists
upon having four swans 10 draw his
/ .orengrin boat He also insists upon
a salary as long as a swans neck.
Cable dispatches announce the death
in London Of Admira lBeechy and Rev.
Dr.. Greeves, well known Wesleyan
clergyman
\ Vienna dispatch to the London
Chronicle says that IL is understood
that Prince Cantacuzene. Russian min
lister in Washington. VII Be appointed
am ia SsadOr TO Austria Yesterday the
prince said he had heard nothing about
it.
a. W. PaInner's company % actors on
Monday night gave Boston Its hrst
chance to feast upon a live TrIoF.
when Paul Potters dranitlzat ton Il
Du Maurier's famous novel was pre-
sented at the Park theatre The sue
cess 81 the work Is said 10 have been
immediate and pronounced
Ex-senator Kellogg, 81 Washington.
was one ~ seven gentlemen. who. AZ
the beginning Of the war. boarded at
the Herndon houS-. Omaha. Each q
tb-s- fellow boarders became. in after
years. senators IL the United States.
and occupied their SEATS II such
German scientists are endeayOsiag
10 rasSe money fer a monument - the
memory 81 the French chemist, la
yoisier, who was gailictined IN lssf
The monument viii b. erected In Paris
Mr. Hannah Chsrd 81 f3se.sHd. y
J.. viii - Is7 years old OK April -
She can sEsl d. her cEn hoF1zek a-spiIg
and chnsrs-s. and - rarely unabie - en-
Joy a quiet srgeks-
The recent advance 81 the price q
gil bal ses IN China has rather both
er.-i tbos< pediers who have made A
living By buying and selling th@sn like
spring chickens. ard mothers wsa Wan
It'd 81 buy future Nsves for their sons
hare had - pay higher prseSs Tor ss-s4.
fat. healthy girls.