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what I can do?" asked the journalist,
Terrell shrugged his shoulders again

what I can do?" asked the journalist
quietly.
Terrell shrugged his shoulders again.
"Would you care to wager that | can't
stop your play tonight by mesmerizing the
company?" went on Upham, as quietly as
before; and they all laughed Terrell among
the rest.
Il am quite serious" said the journalist,
"and if Mr.. Terrell does not object to my
making tie exreriment-as he can hardly
do after his assertions shall be happy to
show him how easy it is to rule the wills of
subjects whom / have been allowed to bring
a little under my mesmeric control"
"What should you do to us?" asked the
leading lady.
"Simply make few passes before you
went on. / should not, of course, send you
into the mesmerc sleep, or you could not go
on at all, unless l willed you and directed
your actions"
She turned to Terrell
"Oh do let him There's dear"
The manager frowned.
"I l can't have my plays humbugged about
even for yos- sake"
But, according to you. / cannot do any
thing" said Upbam. IF there is nothing
in mesmerism / cannot affect your play at
all Will you agree to wager?"
Come, Mr.. Terrell,n said everybody
you cannot refuse TO back your assertions"
1t is too absurd" said the manager.
"But there is no harm in having a little
money on it," said Edmund French, the
comedian. Mr.. Upbam is welcome to
make as many mesmerc passes on me as he.
pleases, if the experiment is made on the
monolog, but don't think he will be able
to prevent me going through my piece"
Edmund French was acting q monOlog
called The Lost WILL" as the first piece
every night before the drama. "The Lost
Will" had been written by well-known
dramatist-Terrell never under any circum-
stances rsked play not written by we'll
known man-and it was not much of sue
cess. Edmund French made as much of it,
of course, as body possibly could; but it
did not 20 very well for all that.
Perhaps this is why the manager allowed
himself to be cajoled and bullied at last into
wagering 500 that Upham could not, while
sitting in box on the following night, pre-
vent Edmund French from performing the
piece, or make him act in any unusual man.
ner during the performance Of it.
The wager was put into writing. and both
Terrell and Uphsm deposited their hundred
dollars with one Of the company.
Terrell called ,upon Edmund French to
give his promise that he would not play any
tricks, but French shook his head
No, Mr.. Terrell; ] know perfectly well
that if did, should quit your mpany on
Saturday night. And 1 can't afford to do
that, even if Upham offered me all his one
hundred dollars as a. inducement"
Tarral1 1,uuhad
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train in the rear. We went up in a
terrible thunder storm until we had
nearly reached the summit, when the
enemy unloaded two howitzers charged
with grape ust over our heads. The
road was barely wide enough for our col
umn of fours, too narrow by half to re-
verse a gun even by hand. Ii was mid
night, and, save for the flashes of light
ming, Egyptian darkness. We were in
the advance. We alone had the Spen-
Ger rifles We had stood at Littlestown
and through the carnage of Gettysburg,
and we were expected to, and did, stay
here.
Our only move was a forward one.
We were dismounted, and by the flashes
Of lightning and the enemy's fire crossed
a bridge spanning deep chasm, through
which ran roaring torrent.
We formed our lines and began our
work, sending the enemy back. A half
mile from the bridge the road intersected
the way from Gettysburg to Williams
port upon which Ewell's train was es.
Gaping. Our horses were brought up,
and we mounted. We heard the rumble
Of wagons along our front. Atthe word
the sabers were unsheathed. We be.
came eager for the fray, as the assault
was ordered. We gained the road in
front, turned sharply to the left beside
the train as volley was fired into Us
from the rear, killing one Of our men
and wounding three.
Pennington's battery was quickly al
the junction Of the road, sending grape
along that portion of the train that had
not yet come up, and which the Isl
Mich. was hurrying. We charged down
beside the now thoroughly frightened
teams for six or seven miles, crowdinp
scores off down the
PRECIPIToUS MOUNTAIN SIDE.
We reached the head Of the train near o
small hamlet, and at once began collect.
! ing them in park as a second volIey was
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Next night every member of the company
who did not have TO dress for the drama,
was in front of the house, anxious to watch
Fred Upham's experiment.
The journalist had made few impressive
passes over Edmund French after he had
dressed, and then went with the manager
into private box before the curtain went up.
" Does French play nothing but light
comedy ?" he asked carelessly, when they
were seated.
Terrell laughed his rather unpleasant
laugh.
He does not get the chance. They all
think they are taking wrong parts. French
thinks he has the making of serious actor.
Comic men invariably have; but it is lucky
for the public that we managers keep them
to the parts they can really do"
81 think I'll make French play serious
part to-night," said the journalist, thought
fully; and as he spoke the curtain went
up.
Everybody who had heard of the expert
meut to he made glanced at Upham, who, as
the curtain rose, fixed his dark, penetrating
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barren of results. The next thing was
camp duty and drill until March %,
when we broke camp and again crossed
the Potomac at Long Bridge, then went
up over historic Arlington Hights, down
by Bailey's Crossroads, on by Anandale,
and encamped three miles before reach
ing Fairfax.
The morning of March % we pro,
ceeded two miles and went into camp on
the north side of the pike, in a grove.
This was Regimental Headquarters until
June "a, 1868. From here our first ex-
perience was on the line of pickets that
extended from the Potomac along Diff
cult Greek toward Bull Run. We
moved many times after that, the de-
tails of which marches we will pass over.
On June 90 we went back to Emmits-
burg and into camp, only to be aroused
and make a night march to Littlestown.
THE STARTLING SHOTS
from the enemy as they struck down
comrades beside us are not gone from
memory. Capt butcher was wounded
on the march to Hanover and Hunters
town.
Gettysburg comrades, can you ever
forget that field, with its countless
array Of gray uniforms that covered
hearts as brave as our own, as magnifi-
Gently led as were ever the French
dragons by Marshal Ney? On the
sllirmish-line with Maj. Ferry, killed,
the appalling cannonade, the screech-
ing shell, the seething, annihilating
canister, the shower Of lead from the
carbines, or the terrific contested ground
settled with the saber, the thrilling
notes Of the clarion as Stuart's leglons
advanced for the final charge, nor the
replying challenge from our own bugles
as Custer rode to the side of Col. Town,
can ever fade from memory. The sight
as the 1st Mich. hurled themselves upon
Stuart's whole division must have been
In cur own work upon the
flank Of the enemy, in our maiden saber
charge, we are entitled 10 marker
nearer the battery on the Rummel farm
than any OTTER troops on the field dur
ing the fight Kindly night she'd its
gloom and shut out the view Of that
terrible carnage.
The Nations natal day broke hot and
lurid. No foe was to be seen. A relief
and burial party, led by Lieut.-CoI.
Gould, was sent upon the field, carrying
a white flag. We first gathered and
cared for our own wounded, then the
gray; next buried our own dead COM
rades. We found wounded and dead
from the I'd, 81, 9th, 9Th, 10th, 18th,
10Th, and Seth Va; JEFF Davis's, Cobb's,
and Pbillips's Legions 1st n. G., 1st
and I'd S. c. Cav, Brethed's, McGreg
or's, and Green's batteries; and the
wounded all said that they we're lighting
men.
Our work and the last sad rites per-
formed, the relief party marched to the
Emmitsburg road south of the Round
Tops, reaching it as the
RAIN STRUCK Us IN TORRENTS.
We overlook the brigade as it was start
ing from Emmitsburg to 90 up the
to Monterey. We passed the
9Th. then the 9th, and reached our own
regiment as the 1st was sent to the right
by way Of Miller's to strike Ewell's
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SHERMAN'S MEMOIRS.
(Continurd from first paReI

but little attention was paid TO agricui-
ture or to anv business other than that
of mining" and, as the placer-gold was
becoming worked out, the miners were
restless and uneasy, and were shifting
about from place to place, imPelled by
rumors put aAoat for speculative pur-
poses. A great many extensive enter
prises by joint-stock companies had been
begun, in the way Of water-ditches, to
bring water from the head Of the mount
ain streams down to the richer alluvial
deposits, and nearly all of these com
panies became embarrassed or bankrupt
Foreign capital, also, which had been
attracted to California by reason Of the
high rates of interest, was being with
drawn, or was tied up in property which
could not be sold; and, although our
banks having withstood the panic gave
us great credit, still the community itself
was shaken, and loans Of money were
risky in the extreme A great many
merchants, of the highest name, availed
themselves Of the extremely liberal bank,
rupt law to get discharged Of their old
debts, without sacrificing much. if ann
Of their stocks Of goods on hand, except
a lawyers fee; thus realizing Martin
Burke's saying that many a clever feb
low had been ruined by paying hh
debts" The merchants and business
men of San Francisco did not intend 10
be ruined by such a course / raised the
rate of exchange from three to three and
a half while others kept on at the old
rate; and / labored hard to collect old
debts, and strove, in making new loans
to be on the safe side. The State and
city both denied much of their public
debt-in fact, repudiated it; and real
estate, which the year before had been
frst-class security, became utterly unsal
able.
The office labor and confinement and
the anxiety attending the business aggra-
waited my asthma to such an extent that
at times it deprived NE of sleep, and
threatened TO become chronic and seri-
Gus; and | was also conscious that the
first and original cause which had In
duced Dir. Lucas to establish the bank
in California had ceased. / 50 reported
to him, and that | really believed that
he could use his money more safely and
to better advantage in St Louis This
met bis prompt approval, and he In
structed me gradually to draw out, pre-
paratory to a removal to New York City.
Accordingly, early in April, 1857, I
published an advertisement IN the San
Francisco papers, notifying our customers
that, one the 1st day of May, We would
discontinue business and remove Ease
requiring all TO withdraw their accounts
and declaring that, if any remained on
the 1st day of May, their balances would
be transferred to the banking-house u
Parrott & Co. Punctually to the day,
this was done. and the business Of LucaS
Turner & Co., of San Francisco, was diS
continued, except the more difficult and
disagreeable part of collecting their own
moneys and selling the real estate, to
which the firm had succeeded by puss
chase or foreclosure. One of the part.
ners, B. r Nisbet, assisted by our at.
torney, S. NJ. Bowman, esq, remained
behind to close up the business Of the
bank.
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Church, to stay few days. We started
north and west to bring up at Kelly's
Ford, on the Rappahannock. On Sept.
IL another voice called, Attention -
when Col. Alger rode along the regi-
mental front, and happier lot of sol
diers you never saw. We we'll knew
that it meant
FIGHT TO FINISH,
but we also knew that it meant a full
stop to all petty tomfoolery and foolish
annoyance. We crossed the river here,
and began aggressive work toward the
Rapidan. Brandy Station, Fleetwood,
Culpeper, and Pony Mountain, with the
signal station, were soon taken by US
Ito BE- eeatfsusdl
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ITO Be eOatinued.I
Australian LOafePs.

In the annual report of the New South
Wales Government Labor Bureau, the Sd
perintendent says hat the habitual loafef 10
the worst character with whom he has W
deal, and he advocates the establishment -
labor farms for the special benefit Of this
class of unemployed. They are a produc3
of mistaken charity, and should either b
made to work or starven
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An Objection.
IDetroit Tribunal

IUtIFVIt ITtVUHt.I
She loved him. but migiyings fingered in
her heart.
Darling" she faltered, care you very
sure you can pay the alimony to which
have been accustomed?"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-24
THE suLrAN,s POSITION.

When the sultan Abdul Hamid declares
If it be actually true that he has de-
clared-that contributions OF food from
foreign sources to relieve h starving
will not be allowed to be distributed in
Armenia. he proves that in him the in
stincts OF the primitive ava are still
dominant. He is the legitimate descend
ant OF the sultan who fought against the
Independence OF Greece. As everyone re-
members. after the battle of Navarino.
Russia, France and England e~xpostulated
with him against the further prosecution
OF the war. The reply came that the
sultan would never. never acknowledge
the independence of Greece. but would
resist the Acknowledgement Of the empire
TO the crack of doom He dispatched
orders TO Ibrahim Pasha, who was in the
Norea, to continue the work Of exter-
minating the Greeks. and sending their
ears in sacks TO Constantinople. Then
the powers saw that nothing wa to be
accomplished with diplomacy. that the
Father OF the Faithful was impervious
to everything except blows A French
force was landed. and in a very few
weeks Ibrahim was thankful TO be able
to embark his troops. never again to set
foo on Greek soil.
History will probably repeat itself in
Armenia. But his time Russia will be
charged with the duty OF solving the
problem. For the cause OF humanity.
England will nave to swallow her jeal-
ousy and TO acquiesee in a Russian pro-
tectorate Of Northern Asia Minor. No
power but Russia is in a position to in
terfere efficiently on behalf Of the Arme-
mans She is close at hand. with ample
military force. For the sake OF her
Asiatic dominion she can afford the ex-
pense Of an occupation Of Armenia. In
the Caucasus she has proved her capacity
to train an alien population in the duty
OF peace and order. The Caucasus used
to be a scene Of endless strife and tumult:
it Is now one Of the most tranquil and
prosperous regions in Western Asia. The
power which redeemed 1t can also redeem
Armenia.
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"A TRIUMPH For FREE WOOL.

The exports OF our wooden manufacture
ing November 30 amounted to 1855
against ss7e.74O in the corresponding
eleven months Of 1894. 1t cannot. there
fore, be doubted tina u wooden mills
are now doing better thar they nave
done.
This is a great triumph for free wool.
which the Wilson tariff gave the coun-
try.-N. Y. Herald, January II. 1896.
Mr.. James Gordon Benefits un-Ameri-
can paper shows that our exports OF
American wooden goods were $s,15S more
during eleven months of free wool in
1895 han under eleven months of pro-
lection to wool in 1894. This may, indeed,
be regarded as a great triumph for free
WOOL" an increase of s22 per working day
in the output OF all American wooden
mills, $500 in number, or an average
of % cents added to the value Of the
daily output Of each mill, half Of which
goes to labor. so that 81 cents per day
could be divided among Is ,G57 wage earn
ers as the direct result OF the great
triumph for free wool"
We have not deducted the increased
wooden imports which. last year, from
the United Kingdom alone, reached 49,
10000 more than in 1894. without any fig
ures from Germany or France, where
Mr.. Benefits Partisan friends are no
doubt drinking success to American free
trade.
The loss OF sls,O0.O 600 of or wooden
trade meant an average loss of 1900 in
the output OF each and every one Of our
wooden mills last year. to be charged
against the increased Il cents worth oil
business per wooden mill per day &C.
quired through the capture Of additional
markets Of the world.
We believe that sir. 3ennett.s state
ment that 1T cannot. therefore. he
doubted that our wooden mills are now
doing better than they have dome 81
at variance With the truth Thesei
however. certainly show that
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rnnR 4 rnnonY

Il 10 mighty interesting readink TO look
over the fles OF the Democratic papers
during the csmpassa pericd Of isa When
We rccOliecs how the shOday factories OF
Yorkshire have been RUNNING day and
nsgAt aurins lNA and note the millions
OF pounds OF rags and shoddy hal We
have imported during our first year OF
free wool. Il Is rather amusing to recall
what tho editor Of the New York Evening
Post said. November n. l@a with the
nush OF victory blazing and clustering
upon his shoddy eo0ntenaneN Here It Isl
Even suppOslng a complete revision
Of the taPln could not be made in the
spring. consider what might be done in
the way OF commencing tariff reform to
the country, and restoring hope and CON
hdenee to Industry In a general way by
simply taking the duty OF one article
wool. This would at once start n OF
our most important Industries, the wool
en- industry, which has long been a n
gushing. into renewed activity. Cloth
ing. blankets oarpets-an prime necoSsa-
ries OF life-would promptly feel the ef-
feet OF It. The shoddy mills would shut
up with much eursing and exeorati0n Of
free-traders but the poor man would get
a eoat whose cheapness and durability
would. far from making him a cheap
man. Increase his self-respect as well as
his temperature. and he would 20 to
sleep under a real wooden blanket, and
not a Mckinley cotton or shOddy simu-
lac-um."
The cheap man" now. with his cheap
vases or no wages. has plenty OF time
to so to sleep under a Yorkshire shoddy
blanket II he can AFFORD that cheap arti-
Gle. Many OF them suffer, uncovered.
under leafiess trees. hardly 10 dream,
but to think OF the good old American
wool blanket OF Mckinley times.
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A PLAIN DUTY,


II is the duty OF the citizens OF Astoria to
Immediately bring before the government.
through Commander F~arenholt. the tele-
graph and the Pacific coast representa-
lives in congress the necessity of Dispatch
ing without delay either the columblne or
Manzanita to search for the missing Cad
row Forest. The vessel in all probability
is now drifting about the North Pacific
in an absolutely disabled condition. and
the dispatch Of a steamer on a search
may be the means of saving thirty lives
The shipping men of this city are espe-
ciaIY interested in this vital matter, and
it is to them the Historian looks for Inn
mediate action. Let a meeting be ca.
at once Something should be done with
out a days delay.
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cNy or rnk MopNnN MAlpNN


Atr-"wm You hay Mo Pants and Bike"
Heigh,ho, COR hloomcrs and a bike,
NY dearest hope. my youthful dream,
Like ray OF lighI, Ia mkc my nieht
Down sidewalks, mid the drifting
stream,
Through meadows wllN with daislca pied.
or any place | like;
Scorching over country roals
With hl0omCrs and a blkcl
ye bike and Moomcrs, things Of hllss'
no, Tor a life 50 iallyl
Threading the mauN 81 crowded ways
while dodging cab and trolley;
Rattllnv DER tho rocky roads,
OR humping Ger the pike,
Bowling dowa the boulevard
With boomers and a bike
With bike and boomers happier maid
WerN not than Il let others pratc
OF love and friendship name and fame
OF lineage cid and hlgh estate
OF princCly power, and pride OF nelt,
OF genius rare. or-what the like,
But as for mc, what JOY could be
Like boomers and a hiNrG
| oh. had | blo2yecrs and a bike
Room OF our axe my souls DESIRE
Rase earth would know me noNermorc'
I'd be pure spirit. air and nrc'
I'd sail the foaming scas--ot mud,
And tarry not for curb or dixie,
ia iioat. iii glide Id o ia ny,
With hloomers and a bikc'
L. 2AGAlA
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The aim Of all good citizens, therefore.
should be L divorce municipal govern
ments from politics. Fitness should be
made the standard and integrity and
ability the guide. 1t is no comfort to a
democratic taxpayer to know that the
official who despoiled him believed as he
did on the tariff question. The repub-
lican property holder finds little solace.
after a disclosure that the treasury has
been looted. in the lac that the bene-
hciary OF the crime entertained the same
views on the subject Of coast defenses
as himself. What Is wanted In munich
pal governments IL men who will neither
be dishonest nor criminally careless in
the discharge OF their duties. and the
only way to secure this result Is to put
men in office who are capable and honest,
without regard to their politics.-Kansas
City Star.
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A GOOD WORD

MI. j. J. Keil. Sharnsbu-s. Pa.
Dear Sir. | am glad 10 say a good
.sord for Krause's Headache Capsules,
After suffering for owe three years
with acute neuralgia and Its consequent
insomnia (Which seemed 20 hanle the
efforts OF some OF our best physiclans)
you suggested this remedy which gave
me almost instant relief. Words fail
to express the praise I should like 70
ocstow on Krause's Headache Capsules
Gratefully Yours.
MRS. Z. X. HOLMES,
Mnntrcse. Pa.
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1t seems that Mr.. Cleveland regards
the Davis resolution as 'mischievous, in
opportune and unfortunate" and he has
directed Senator Smith. OF New Jersey.
to Introduce a resolution IN the senate
explaining what he meant to say In his
special Venezuelan message. He didn't
mean. the resolution will recite. that this
country should establish a ~protectorate
over the South American nations. II the
president can prove this. he will prove
that his message had no meaning.
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Astorian Job Office.
STREET GRADE NOTICE.

~ piIkNbl n NOIiIfss
Notice Ii hereby given that the Com
mon Council OF the city Of Astoria have
determined and intend 10 establish the
grade OF Aston street. in Adair's Astoria,
from the west line Of Forty-f0urth street
TO the east line Of Forty-sixth street, Mt
the following height above the base OF
grades as established by Ordinance No.
Il, entitled. a ordinance 10 establish a
base OF grades for 81 streets OF the city
OF Astoria, az follows. to-wit:
Twenty-Five feet throughout all said
portion OF said street. which IL 10 be level
from end 10 end and from side to side.
At n time within ten days from the
final publication Of this notice, to-wlt,
within ten days from the 3lst day OF
January. 1896, remonstrnnce can be made
against said proposed grade, and n with
In said time n written remonstrance
against the same be filed In the Office of
The auditor and police Judge by the own
ers Of three-fourtha OF the property adj
jacent 10 said portion OF said street such
grade shall not be established.
ny order Of the Common Council.
Attest: ". II. NELSON,
Auditor ard Police Judge.
Astoria, Oregon. January IL. 1896.
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But II viii not be difficult to convince
the taxpayers OF municipalities that the
thing OF first Importance to him is an
efficient, honest, business-like administra-
ton OF the city's AFFAIRS. This is OF
more Importance to lin than that some
person OF like political faith with himself
should receive some appointment to an
efice under the city government-Salt
Lake Herald.