The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1896-07-03
why D,okey Got the Me,lal.

Inc neudl OI HOn0r conferred NDy JOH-
preme Court Judge William D. Dickey
War incident. Dickey was i youth Of
10 when he became major and brevet
colonel in the Fifteenth Heavy artillery,
New York volunteers. He had been
wounded III thigh by q piece Of shell
to leave the field, Their corps seized
the Weldon railroad ut the Globe tavern,
and moved forward under a hot artillery
fire to Il point fronting II strip of woods.
The Maryland brigade had taken posi-
ton in corn field beyond and two Con-
jumped the Maryland brigade, and, as
Lieut.. Richie says, 'Hell broke loose in
an instant"
Col. Wiedrich. Capt. Dickey and Lieut..
Richie were in consultation. The cap
tain turned to the colonel and said:
"Why not file right and bring the
regiment into line of battle and stop
double quick"
The suggestion was at once adopted.
The wreck of the Maryland brigade came
into view ut the edge of the woods, the
Confederates ut their heels, yelling, firing
and knocking men down with the butts
of their muskets. -
STEADY. boys, steady; here's where
we get them," called out a strong voice,
and they saw Capt. Dickey coolly survey
ing the whirling mass in front. His eX-
ample made the line as firm as a rock.
Let this riff-raff get out of the way
and then Wen sock it to EN- he shout
ed.
When the fragments of the shattered
brigade had passed to the rear IL ripple Of
musketry ran along the line, followed
instantly by an awful crash and the fire
smote the enemy fair in the face. Their
wild rush was checked, but from the I'M
dergrowth and spur of woods the enemy
poured a raking fire.
Dickey ordered fixed bayonets and a
charge. and captured the woods, saving
the flank.
On the following day the enemy broke
through the corps line, and, sweeping
toward the left. gathered in more than
1000 prisoners. Capt. Dickey ordered a
change Of front to meet the thanking
rected by Il staff officer to fall back to
the artillery. 800 yards in the rear. This
his men did under severe cross-6re.
Behind the guns the line was reformed
and ordered forward. but the men hest
tated. A word. a single man breaking
to the rear, would have caused Il dis
graceful flight. A leader was needed.
peared an officer, who seized the colors.
waved them over his head, and gave but
one order, "Come OH, boys!'' The line
stiffened up as with all electric shock.
The men sprang forward with IL yell
and swept the enemy from the field.
This is why the medal of honor has
been conferred upon Judge Dickey.
Liquid Candy.
For the benefit of those who visit the
porcelain works at Sevres the guide ex-
plains to some extent the processes.
Among other things he shows how the
delicate cups are made. He holds in
his hand a mold, fills it from a tank of
porcelain mixture as one would fill a
glass with ice water fron Il cooler, holds
it for moment or two and then pours
solution is a saturated one, that is to
say, Il given quantity of the liquid can
not contain any more of the solid than is
actually in it. But the mold. being por-
Gus, it withdraws SOME of the liquid
from the mixture. and a portion of the
solid part, having lost the water that
belongs to it, is deposited in thin layer
along the surface of the mold. This IS
the cup, and after a number of strength
eggshell porcelain cup.
In much the same way the candy drops
are made. The liquid is saturated
solution, and will not dissolve any more
sugar, just as your coffee in the morn
ing will not dissolve the fourth lump of
sugar that YOU put into it, but disinte-
grating it. deposits it at the bottom of
the cup. The sweet mixture is poured
into molds of absorbent material starch.
for example, which at once begins to
absorb the water.
That part of the sugar that has been
robbed of its water is deposited against
the mold, just as the porcelain is, and
the result is the liquid drop, which it is
to be regretted has sometimes a little
liquor added to it for flavoring. The
liquid that is confined within the drop
has already all the sugar it can possibly
hold. being saturated. 50 it cannot at
tack the sugar walls that confine it.
The whole process is a simple and
interesting experiment in absorption, al
| though probably not one in thousand
of those who have tasted the candy have
had any idea of the method of it's man
ufactllre