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confederate officer he must give up his
revolver.
IF / must dispose of it let me give
it to this little boy" begged Colonel
Alternately, as he placed his hand on
the drummer's head. Colonel Pease
assented; and thus Charlie Bliss re-
ceived the pledge of surrender from a
confederate colonel in the first great
union victory in the West.
He carried this handsome six-shooter
during the remainder of the war, and
there was no other drummer boy armed
as he was. The 49th and 44th break
tasted together that morning-the first
good meal for four days: and after it
was finished the men carried Charlie
Bliss off and weighed him, blanket,
drum, revolver and all. He balanced
the beam at 81 pounds.
His experience for the day had only
begun. Before noon his father was sent
out with a detail OF 20 men to bury the
dead of his regiment. They lay Just
where they fell during the three days
fight. The underbrush had caught fire,
and some of the bodies were terribly
burned. The cold had frozen the others
SITTER than death had made them. But
Charlie went along. These three days
had made him a thorough soldier, and
he went polIing around through the I'M
derbrush and behind logs, calling out
when the cap showed a man belonging
TO the 10th. In this search he found a
confederate officer whose skull had
been ploughed open by minnie ball.
He called his father and insisted that
the man was living, because he saw
his wound smoking" The lieutenant
was taken to the hospital. where he ul-
timately recovered recovery that is
one of the famous cases of the war He
learned in the hospital that his life had
been saved by a little drummer boy:
but it was not until years afterward
that he met Charlie Bliss in an Illinois
town. and learned who he was. That
meeting was the beginning of friend
ship which has lasted ever since.
Go BE Continued)
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forgotten the WEAKNESS. Mcdonald
started on st Patrick's Day" and
Charlie thinks he played il until the
regiment halted In front of the confed-
crates drawn up 10 deliver over their
arms. lie had never been So near them
before. and watched proceedings with
eyes and ears wide opeu.
The 49th Illinois was drawn I'D in
front of the 4ith Tennessee. \ soldiers
tears rolled down the cheeks Of Colonel
Alternately 81 the ff,h, as ha handed
u Lieutenant Colonel pau-t af the 4gfb
his sword. II was n beautifully carved
weapon. which had been presented L.
MN by the ladies 90 Memphis. Colonel
iease refused 10 take il, but told the
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valley far below, making Chicken Soup
Spring seem rather insignificant; but
in reality this wonderful little body Of
water has been sounded to the depth
of 200 feet while the turbulent waters
below are shallow in comparison.
The south side of the pool In deepest
and seems to be the source from which
the peculiar solution flows; for the
bubbling, boiling water on that side
win cook a goose egg in two minutes
1t is a common sight to see tourists
vending their way with bags of creek
ers and cups in their hands.
The neighboring road bed is ballast
ed on one side by what appears TO be
a covering of hardened lime; but 1t is
In reality pure crushed lava of unnfe-
takably volcanic origin. for lying en
close proximity are evidences Of vod-
oanic eruptions.
The pool has been dragged many
times, but nothing has ever been taken
from its depths but cedar Cedar trees
once abounded in this locality, and the
bark, which bears marks of considera-
bic age. was probably thrown In by the
Indians while building their RATS and
canoes.
This wonderful freak, lying about
three and one half miles from the
rough little mining town of Elko is
never visited by the inhabitants unless
they are passing that way and feel
hungry. The miners and the rest of
the matter of-fact population have
long ceased to wonder al natures par
tiality, and accept the existence of this
boiling soup caldron as convenient
fact. Whether IL is due to the mineral
properties of the soil, or to the close
proximity of lava beds, or is itself a
volcano In mild state of aqueas erup-
ton. know not. But there it is. and
any one who will go to Elko can easily
find the spring and sample the soup 20
corroborate my statements.
Francis FU1.
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The Tasmanian zebra-wolf.

Of dynamite for blasting purposes. The
hunters left and returned lat"r, when
one of the Italians accused them Of
stealing the dynamite hey were pre-
pairing to thaw.
There was a rustling In the
underbrush on the bank high
above. and the shaggy hide of
the long-sought bear came into
sight Milne omptied both barrels
into the hruto's head The bear hinged
heavily forward and tumbled over the
bank His fall was followed by a terri
fic explosion. which hurled the Italians
into tho brush. The hunters, when
they examined the remains. or frag-
ments. of the bear. discovered that he
had been literally blown to pieces. 1t
is supposed that he came upon the dy-
Mantle that the worimen had prepared
to thaw. and. finding II sweet and not
unpalatablc. swallowed the whole of 1t.
His internal heat had thawed the dy-
Mantle. and i'm falling he struck a rock,
causing the explosion.
Several windows i'm the neighhorinc
farm house were broken by the force
of the shock.
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rather than light, on account of its
evil deeds. Now and then, when driv-
en- by hunger, it will come creeping to
the sheepfod in the daytime, but its
pace is then very slow, owing perhaps
10 it's imperfect vision in the sunlight
At such times il is easily captured, as
it is inactive and stupid.
The eyes, which are large, are fur
nished with a membrane, like the eyes
of owls. and this is called the nictit-
ating membrane. This is almost con-
tinually moving in the daytime, as the
eyes are exposed to more or less OF
sunshine. Without this membrane the
amount of light admitted through the
large pupil would puzzle the zebra
wolf
The general color of the somewhat
short, woolly fur is grayish brown. q
little inclined to yellowish. Across this
ground of color the black bands show
up sharp and clear. These stripes are
usually IA in number, beginning just
back of the shoulders. where they are
narrowest and growing broader and
longer back of the launches. The skins
are in demand for lap robes and rugs.
which gives an added reason for hunt
ing the wearers.
The zebra wolves were taken to the
geological gardens in London, where
they fiourished and raised a family.
when they came il was thought Great
Britain would be too cold for them, but
there seems to he no reason why they
would not thrive even in Canada, as
they have been known to live on the
mountains of Tasmania 8, 500 feet above
sea level, where the ground is some
times covered with snow for many
weeks, and frosts are severe.
Do you wonder that his name is
slightly mixed? The marvel is that he
is not named ''Menagerie' and done
with il; for with his dog-like face and
short wolf ears. eyes like an owl. zebra
stripes. and pouch like a kangaroo. his
mixed-pickle beastship could answer to
almost any name you might wish to
call him. When he becomes extinct we
can truly say. we neer shall see his
like again. Dora +. w. Spratt.
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hut was in the front in the chase over
t. Fort DonelsOn. Knapsacks, over
coats, everything that could impede
their speed were fhrown away by
the men. aud when they reached Fort
Donelson, haversack. gun and am
munition were all each man carried.
They were in time 10 be in the front
when the first charge on the fort was
made. and were within Is feet of the
walls when they were rolled back by
the Rangers and Tigers" In this
charge Colonel Morrison was seriously
wounded and the regiment nearly cut
to pieces. The first experience OF war
kept Charlie Bliss busy. He helped his
fifer carry a stretcher. bore water and
bandages TO the wounded, and made
himself generally useful.
For three days these western troops
fought in the most disagreeable wealth
er. II was bitter cold, overcoats had
been thrown away in the pursuit, and
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lie offices only to the best of our public
men / was told by a prominent poll
tician: oh, well, in this coming cleo
ton we can put yellow dog on our
ticket and he will be elected And all
the yellow dogs around us showed
their high appreciation of the situation
by boisterous laughter and applause.
THE yellow dog, the animal which is
the unpleasantly conspicuous feature
of the present period of development in
our public life, from now on will have
to be fought vigorously by all those
loyal citizens who are DESTROYS of up
holding our political ideals and pre-
serving our public institutions Such
of you, gentlemen, as have never taxi
en- an active part in politics, may want
an exact description of the yellow dog
in order to know it when you see one
The yellow dog is a gregarious animal.
IT is to be found in both political par
ties. While 1t is alarmingly multi
tudinous in any dominant party, IL ap-
pears sporadically in a minority party
and only in such cases where il can't
get In or is kicked out of the former.
When in the course of human events a
minority party Is successful and be-
comes dominant, the yellow dogs lose
no time in changing quarters. Like
the truffie-hog. the yellow dog has a
peculiarly acute scent. He could smell
a political sinecure through a siX-inch
board. His most conspicuous charac-
teristic is his appetite. which is enor-
nous.
The yellow dogs, strongly attached
to one another and automatically ODE
dent to their leaders, are actuated by
an intense feeling of malice and enmity
against all the higher elements of ami
mai creation, whom they frequently
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the boys had nothing to eat except
hard tack bacon and coffee. Charlie
Bliss father got hold of a blanket,
doubled it. and pinned il around the
boys neck as a sort of cloak. He was
so small the ends of the blanket just
cleared the snow as he walked. But he
never murmured, and was ready for
anything that might turn up.
Company G was on the skirm.sh line
on the second day of the fight. Charlie
determined to see what the boys were
doing, and crawled out to them not
withstanding many gruff, Get back
there. you little devil" While out with
the skirm!shcrs the report was passed
along that Lieutenant Bliss had been
killed That settled it for Charlie; he
wanted To fght and picking up a rifle
crawed over To Il wounded sergeant
and borrowed his ammunition. out on
the farm he had been taught TO shoot,
and he was p good marksman. lie could
hit a squirrel seven times out of ten.
and this skin he noN put to practical
use. He and the sergeant lay behind a
log on the side OF the hill. Peeping over
this and directed by his companion, he
would take aim as coolly as if still
sighting at squirrels; and so he fred
away until his communion was gone
and the skirmiSEors called in. Here, to
Charles joyful surprise, he found his
iatntr unhNIt The remainder OF that
day and the next he was kept busy in
the rear: but he was ready TO march
into the fo-t Sunday morning, after the
white flag had been hOisted.
Lying side IN side in a tent on the
slope of the hin that bitter February
morning We're General Logan and Col
onel Morrison The flap was closed
and while they could hear the steady
tramp Of their western boys on the way
10 the fort. they could sec nothing
Chatting over their enforced quiet they
lay there growing at almost everything
under the sun.
There go NY boys, suddenly ex-
claimed Colonel Morrison. as the shrill
note of a fife carried the strains Of ST
PatriCE'S Day t. his ears
How DO YOU know" queried General
Logan.
Because ! have one of the few fifers
and drummerS that came from the
river" was the reply.
1t was John McDonald's fife that Col
onel Morrison heard. and marching
alongside of him was little Charlie
bliss beating his drum for dear life
lie will remember that march as long
as he lives Mcdonald started his fife
mile and a half from the fort, and
never stopped blowing until the 49th
was inside the ramparts With the
ends OF his blanket thrown back over
his shoulders. Charlie determined to
keep his drum going as long as the ffer
played-and he did, but he has never
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Broo ,Iyn's statues

The equestrian bronze statues. has
rellefs. that serve a. panels on the
Brooklyn memorial arch ara life size
one representing Pres dent Lincoln,
the other General Grant. and they are
placed at opposite sides of the large
arch. II is stated that after hong
search for suitable models for >he
horses. during which the saddle horses
a., West Point and the prize horses OF
various shows We're examined. the ar
fists decided anon \. J. Cassatt's sid
de horse Clnkar for General Grant
and Silly. western horse. owned by
one ~ The artists. fpr The Lincoln
statue. TIE work is said Z, be very
spirited and the general effect excel
lent.
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made "a chum OF Irish John Mcdonald.
the piper, who afterwards carried him
on his shoulders on many a long and
weary march. AS they were ordered
Qua for inspection an idea came 10 him.
Two bricks were hunted up, and on
these Charlie was placed So he stood
alongside the big Irishman his drum by
his side and his head not up 10 the
fifers shoulder.
The old sergeant who accompanied
the recruiting officer saw the ruse. and
with a grim smile said nothing He
didn't even push the marker on the
measuring rod down. bul sang out.
Five feet" The recruiting officer no.
ticed nothing until the age was given
then he looked up with a start and
asked what the boy was doing there
'Obeying orders. sir. I'm drummer
boy for this company"
The recruiting officer was not salts
fed. He questioned Captain Moore
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HE HAS A BICYCLE MUSIC BOX
Danbury Yankee Celebrates His we'd
ding Anniversary In a Queer Way.

From Hardware.
Charles Close of Danbury, Conn. has
discovered a new use for the bicycle.
He is a musician. and has the ability
not only to play. but TO make almost
any sort of musical instrument. A
short time ago he made an instrument
that plays 10 popular airs better than
any hand organ heard here. Still, the
Danbury Yankee was not satisfied. He
found that before he had wound or
ground out half the tunes of his Won
derful music box he had TO rest his
aching arm.
To overcome that unpleasant feature
he constructed bicycle with driving
wheel in the place of the usual rear
wheel. The machine was made station
airy by placing II in a framework and
elevating the fly wheel from the floor
A fly wheel on the organ, connecting
with the bicycle by a broad belt, did
the rest. A DAY or two ago Mr.. Close
and his wife celebrated the 18th ami
versary of their marriage, and on that
occasion Mr.. Close entertained his
guests by mounting the seat of the hi
cycle ard playing the whole repertoire
OF music in his unique machine. The
guests got away alive.
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SOLDIER At TWELVE
Youngest Drummer Boy Regularly
Enlisted During the War.
HE SERVED THREE YEARS
So Small that He Was Carried on
the Shoulders of a Comrade-
Cool Conduct at Fort Donel-
son-Cot Confederate Gun.

Copyright 1896, by Bachelor, johnson &
Bacheler.)
Probably the youngest soldier regu-
larly enlisted in the service of the Unit
ed States during the civil war was
Charlie Bliss. He was just II years and
20l days old when he was enrolled as
drummer IN Company G., Forty-ninth
infantry, and he served more than
three years, from October -, 1861, TO
January 9. 1865.
Charlie was a typical Western boy,
fearless and quick-witted. The war fe-
yer caught him early. and shortly after
Lincoln's first cali for volunteers he
ran away to Join the Seventh Illinois.
The men all knew him and he was with
them three weeks before he was found
by his father. Charlie then was sent
out to { he farm with the promise that
ne should go TO war when his father
did. That time came I'm the latter part
of September. when Mr. Bliss started
10 enlist a company of which he was to
be an officer. There was serious OBJ
lection at home when Charlie announc-
ed his intention of going too. His
mother declared She would not give up
her boy; the father was embarrassed
by his promise. Finally he took the boy
with him to camp at Springfield, in
tending TO send him home when the
troops were ordered TO the front. This
plan might have worked well enough
had not the father been ordered to St
Louis on special duty. While he was
gone the recruiting officer came along
and Charlie was mustered in.
Charlie had told every one he was 60
ing and the father had never contra
dicted the boys statement; so his only
fear was that the recruiting officer
would not pass him on account of his
age and size. Already the boy had
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SOUP FROM A SPRING
A Wonderful Freak of Nature Found
Near ElkO, Nevada.
1T is NATURES FREE LUNCH
Visitors Bring Cups and Crackers
and Feast on Something that
Tastes Like Chicken Broth
Probably Volcanic Origin.

Copyright. 1896, by Bachelor, johnson
q Bacheller)
The free soup houses might have
been dispensed with during the hard
times if the people of Nevada had only
put up barrels of the chicken soup that
bubbles from the foothills of the Sierra
Nevadas in Elko county, Nevada, and
had dispatched it 10 the poor In our
great cities.
Incredible as IL may seem, 1t is new
ertheless a fact that soup is natural
product; and L have often satisfied my
hunger from this boiling hot spring,
which. judging by the palate, is sim
ply natures soup tureen.
The pool scarcely 100 yards in diam
eter, lies just off the stage road among
the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
mountains. The traveller comes upon
It just after crossing the toll bridge
over the Humboldt river. which rushes
like cataract through the Humboldt
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VINO told him that the boy came from
the same ne.ghDJrhood as the men.
that his father was - be an officer I'm
the company and lad given his consent
70 the boys going.
Ali right, then" said the officer.
THE boy snail GO
Walking up u Charlie. he kicked The
bricks out from under his feet, saving:
You won't need these 20 march with
now"
When Li-utenlnt Bliss returned from
s.. Louis le found DTS boy soldier in
deed. and -s-en.ng l. the pla5dluee ~
men and officers. finally agreed t4a. she
enlistment should stand
A. Cairo ire regiment took a boat
and steamed up the Ohio 90 Fort Hen
~. II took Du- Lttl- part IN taat fight.
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RRuNETTES IN FAVOR.
n You Want Masculine Admiration and
Nrc a H.ni.!e. DIV. Your lair nlnck.

Are "a B.oo'!". by Your Hair Black.
From the Philadelphia Times.
\ statisticiau has discovered that
the number Of dark-haired girls who
get married greatly exceed that of the
fair ones. and in order to prove that
this is owing 10 mans choice. not TO
the redundancy of brunettcs among us,
he proceeds to prove that an over
whelming ma iority Of those women who
live and die unmarried"-he is too gal
liant to call them old maids-have fair
hair and blue eyes. This is little sur
prisinE. for blondes are 50 much more
confiding and inclined To sentiment
than their dark sisters that one would
have thought them likely to prove more
attractive to men. But romance Of feel
ing sometimes produces distaste for
realities Perhaps the ordinary man
fails to reach the ideal standard of
maiden fancy. and this may be why so
many golden haired dreamcrs prefer to
remain single. leaving the more practi-
cal dark lassies to make wives for the
average males
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THE YELLOW DOG.
An Active and Dangerous Factor In Pub
lie Life.
From the Omaha Rec.

Prom the Vmaha Bee.
Addressing the Marquette club on
Man and His Relations 10 the Lower
Animals. from the Epoch OF the Mann
moth Down 10 the Present Era of the
Yellow Dog" Eugene Seeger gave the
tail Of his subject a pretty lively twist
ing. and presented oratorical photo
graphs of the animal running at large
in every community. Said Mr.. Seeger:
Did you ever pause 10 think how a
very Insignificant and miserable-look-
ing animal has recently grown 10 he
an important and dangerous factor in
our public life? l mean the yellow dog.
The other day I'm emphasizing the duty
Of the republican party TO entrust pub
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Scores Of fine old English families are
said To be in a very bad way owing to
the agricultural depression. and in
some Instances To disastrous specula-
tions on the stock exchange or race
course. Recently a son Of the late Duke
Of RoxburEhe has been before the
bankruptcy court for the fourth time,
with assets upon this occasion Of 50
sterling. which quite beats the record
Tor noble pgnu-s. The Earl Of Ancas-
ter is selling his Welsh estates in
small lots 10 suit farmer purchasers.
and is obtaining an Unexpectedly good
price for the land.
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AN EXPLOSIVE DINNER.
Ills Appetite for Dynamite Made a Regu-
lar IIuw-Jp Possible.

From the St. Louis .ilo5e-Dcmocrat
The story is told that Thomas Milne,
a New Yorker. VINO is visiting friends
here, started 81 III Their. on the rrSt
bear hunt last Wednesday. Foot-pr nts
were traced through patch If woods
in a glen. where hey became rar-ly
obsCured. The raVine was rocky
wall, about 20 feet nigh. AMI naa" by
two Italians We're a. work "Xcavltlnc
for n railroad switch. - he us, q N the
transfer of logs to he main line. They
were preparing To thaw out / Guans,ty
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Copyright 1896, by Bachelor, johnson &
Rachellerl
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-06
LEE In WASHINGTON.
B:;l:sed By Friends and newspaper
Reporters.
UUr M MAINTAINS SILENCE
upsa Questions as 10 the situation 10
tubi-Wlll Sec President
cleveland.

" AsnrsoTos, ID. c., Nov. g.
General FliEhugh Lee. tho consul
general 10 Havana, who arrived In
Now York To-Day, reached Washington
this afternoon. AZ soon as his pres.
once tscams known he wAs beselged
by iflends and by newspaper reporlofs.
To many OF the questions put to him
be maintained diplomatic silence or
evadsd them by calling attention to
tho inpropflcly OF discussing tho o..
airs OF the Island before reporting
them TO bis supefiors.
Gen. Lee will remain In Washing.
ton possibly tor several days, Hnd then
will proceed 10 his home Ia Virgins.
evident that during the time spont
hero he will call on the President anu
aCquAint him with tho result OF his
observation Of affairs In Cuba. 10
feply ~ q direct question no said he
mai not bsen called here by the Prssi.
de Tor the discussion OF the siiuatlon
there. Wbsn asked whether tho In.
sufgents or the spaniaf1s held tho ad.
vanlaae in the war Con. Leo was
ovAslvs, saying.
"First reports are heard Of success
on tho one side and then on the other.
The war has brsn In progtcts since
February, 1895, and there Il no pros.
poet o. Its speedy termioation,"
The consul general testified to the
tanelul effects Of this strife, which 10
now uesolaung the Island.
"Busiuesf, he said. "is pafAlyzej,
anu the Island 10 being gradually
ruined. What one siue leaves the
other destroys, aa la all civil wars.
lhofe Ia q systematic destruction Of
tho vast sugar estAtes.n
General Lee Ieltsrales thu state.
ments that no had made In New York
concerning tho fair tteattnent which
had bsen accorded him by the oiiiclals
OF tho Island, AMI says that he has no
cause TOT complaint.