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whole army Of Lee and reached well known
ground on tho Rappahnnnook, noar Frod-
cricksburg. found that Federal cavalry
was posted on tho north bank opposite,
md concluded. to join 1t at once and trust
for welcome dospito my suit OF gray.
Epied ont my route In tho morning, ana
then went to sleep away the day In an iso-
lated barn. At dusk that dag was de-
terrnincd to cross the stream 70 the cavalry
camp. But during the day, willis slept,
tho scouts OF tho camp raidcd tho whole
region along that bank of the river, and
was made prisoner to my own men. Ev-
crything WIS against INC, and my trrnt-
mont was rough, for the story | told was
declared lie. 1--WE have too much OF
that, said tho leader. 1t appeared that
some Of the river patrol had Deem foully
murdered shortly before by tronchorous
citizens or guerrillas, and the comrades of
tho victims We're bent on speedy revenge.
They had secured nine other stragglors
like myself, some in civilian and some in
Confederate army dress These unfortu-
mates wurv hidden in wooded vale be-
yond reach of discovery and rescue, and
hero they were pleading for chance Of
life by military trial under the authorities
Mt Washington To their petitions l now
added mino. But the majority of the guard
advocated summary measures My sltun-
ton was n trying one. There was not
scrap of documentary evidence about me
for Identification. When taken by the enc
my, / worn an overcdat, in tho pocket Of
which always rested my Bible. The fly leaf
was missing, and hence bore no record. l
kept itwrappod in agum cover TO preserve
It., and between its leaves, incascd In a
folded strip of blue tissue, was the torn
postage stamp, tho contrivancc serving as
n place mark and memento as well. In
the transformation made ut the time OF
capture and escape l had parted with all
else that belonged to me as Union sol
der, even my United States undercloth-
ing, shoes and stockings Tho patrol
which now had us in charge was an out
post guard for large camp composed of
all arms which lay buck ON Stafford hills.
We were to die the death of outlaws at sun
down, and on this day Of doom l chnnced
! TO sec an infnntryman from the main
camp coming to the cavalry bivouno with
dispatches. His cap bore the characters,
"1i2nd--Vols. +"
There was rift in the cloud ut once
Fortunately two of our guard were
| strong willed and humane and ready to
/ favor us with kindly offices. They fed us
I and took our last messages for friends and
I directions for our Identification, and from
! them learned that the One Hundred and
| Forty second regiment was all in the camp
| five miles distant. asked to be conducted
there, but the acquaintance which l claim
cd was so slight that the commander de-
INJURED and declared 1t was simply anoth-
er trick to gain time. Our kind advocates
then took it up and offered to investigate
the case, and soon Joseph Pennington was
brought to our prison glen. Pennington,
too, shook his head. When he last saw me,
the pallor caused by pain and the blight OF
wound and fever were upon me. My re-
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trcmely tantalizing, mice fresh oranges,
ten for qunrtcrl" A stoical warrior with
out cent could repel that, but tho music
al throat of one young girl in the crowd
had decided charm. There was rush
to the spot by all who were able to use
crutches, although there was not dime
In the entire party.
Some one called out, "Do you take
stampsi' OF course the answer was
Eyes" rs soon MS the money panic was
known to the hawkcrs. Some of the live
lest of the crippled ones then hustled into
the barrack, and one by one they returned
and counted out their last fiscal symbols
and sat down on the grass to enjoy their
fruit. Those who could not join certainly
felt no better for looking on Among the
latter was furnishing lad whose wit. had
been turned by his suffering, and when he
saw some of the men eating oranges he
reached out and seized one from basket
and began to devour it, and that without
question or bargain or pay The girl with
tho musical throat looked startled at the
bold act, but soon smiled and continued
her cry, "Nico fresh orangesp' But the
girl was only helper Of the real owner,
and now swarthy hard looking Hun
stepped forward and held his hand out to
get the proceeds OF the sales. He counted
the money and then the oranges in the
hands of the men, and as he saw there was
difference he demanded something from
the girl in jarSon we could not inter
pref. The girl began TO weep, and Just
then the famished boy, unconscious of ey-
erything but his desperate craving for
food, reached for another orange. He Sc
cured one, but the old Hun grabbed the
basket, gave the girl rough shaking, and
then, after placing his goods beyond reach
81 the soldiers, returned and attacked the
boy. The lnd'wns too weak to stand, but
he chung TO his prize, and the brutal hawk
Or wrung the slender wrists to make him
let go.
There We're some strong, cool men there
who could not endure this sight, and be-
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A SOLDIERS BATTLEFIELD
LETTER TO HIS SWEETHEART.

s....s..s....s....s.......
Lucy aimed to be rcckonod In tho New
England caste Of We're de We're, and ro-
mantle impulse born on the treacherous
field of death found no vulnerable place in
her armor of propricty. Twas confused, TO
state 1t mildly, almost desperate, but when
the field of war was reached again devotion
to the fighting offered good antidote, and
the exciting work which followed helped to
turn that affection most speedily from an
object so unworthy.
In this great campaign came tho climax
of interest concerning this stamp. 1t had
now come TO be priced with something of
that personal veneration we give to charms.
A week before Richmond and Petersburg
fell into the Union hands was aroused
from sleep on the outpost bivouac in front
of the latter city by rough shaking and
felt myself hurried off by force toward
Lees lines Our men had been surprised.
1t was very dark, and the Confederates
found such heavy fighting ahead OF them
when our forces received the alarm that
they had to disregard the handful of pris-
oners taken, and so before daylight found
opportunity to steal away from the pres
ence of the troops Some greenbacks con-
cealed on me purchased seclusion for the
time and also "a good suit of Confederate
clothing An old negro in hut between
the forts and the city helped me to these,
and found him shrewd advisor besides.
He told me to 30 into the interior of Dixie.
He said that all about the army lines or
ders were strict and o close watch was
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- that stamp and Pennington"--rushe
to my mind. Here is proof" cried.
"Lct me see Joseph Pennington aRainl"
The hour was up, but respite was allow
cd and Pennington came sullenly back.
NV game was desperate. l showed him
that fragment stamp and told tho whole
story without break. Hc scanned mo
still skcptical hut had put In wedge
Doubt had arisen. After h hasty consul
tation the execution was deferred until
daylight, and my own was then to be sub
joot to approval of council from the main
camp. OF course | WINS u hero among the
doomed men. About midnight word came
that Lee had surrendered his army. Tho
startling tidings instantly disarned the
passionate plriudcos Of tho fratricidal
strife Tho stern judgments and fatal yer
diets Of martial courts were off forever, and
every man Of us went free, filed with
gratitude words failed to express.
The little faded fragment Of a stamp is
now mounted on blue silk, framed, and
hangs over my cabinet. l prize it as the
choicest of my collection OF relics of the
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poverty, II he be able to do tho state
service, is he prevented by the obscurity
his position"
This was not sarcasm. Ho really nlea
It. We are Mt liberty, however, to surm
that Pcricles meant TO set forth what
object of their government was rather tn
what 1t really accomplished for he goes N
TO rolhte how carefully they observe tho
laws, because they are of their own choos-
ing, how rccroations nrc provided for hll
elasses Of men and equally in their enjoy
ment, how the freedom Of Athens Is tho
envy of mankind, and is so highly regard
ed by Athoniaus that every ono would
rather die fighting than lose it, Indeed,
II he spoke exact truth, IT Is much TO 10
feared TINT no modern stnto is equal TO 1t.
His closing paragraph might appropriate
ly DO rccited to my American audience on
this Memorial day Of 1897. 1t ran thus:
Wherefore to the parents Of these dead
will not offer coincidence so much as con-
ISOLATION, for they know that they lived
subject TO misfortuncs, but that happy is
their lot who havo gained tho most glori
Gus death us these havc, and theirs whose
sorrow is as yotirs; their lifo so measured
that it ended iii honor, and even so your
sorrow. Difficult indeed l know 1t is to
persuade you Of this, as you must be re-
minded of your loss by the good fortune OF
others, md sorrow is mott keenly felt, not
for tho loss of THAT of which one IS with
out much experience, but of that which
one loses after being accustomed to 1t.
But bear up in horo of your other chill
dren, who have lem, and you who are old
consider that tho long period before was so
much clcar gain. Tint your time Of grief
Is but short while tho fnme of your lost
ones is long, for tho love Of honor is the
only feeling that never grows old, and as
ago advances 1t is not the gain of treasure,
as some assert, that can cheer the heart,
but only the enjoyment of honor"
Such were the golden words Of this the
oldest Memorial day address recorded.
But It is pain to complete the story.
Soon after tho city was crowded by fugi-
tives, tho dreadful plague cainc, and Peri
Giles and all his family died of It, Deprived
Of his clear leadership, tho Athenians
wasted their resources, and at the end of a
long war were thoroughly subjugated and
put under the sway Of the infamous 'thir-
| ty tyants." Yet 1t is wonderful what
clear idea this man, 430 b. c., had of
what u republic ought to be.
.JOIIN HENRY RFAIE
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counting tliaf uaair wah t..c hGckstcrs J.;
Baltimore shook him II little, hut one q:
the gunrd who ,.as 2oalous for our dcstruc-
tiun broke the force Of its influence most
skillfully. He enid; ooh, tids fellow may
be only Baltimore scccsh who was hang
ing around that time Come TO think
have seen him sncaking around the dcpots
and wharfs In Baltimore and Alexandria,
spying out the movements Of our troops. -
Settled prcjudiccs are hard TO uproot. Pen
nington Quit the scene, and we were told
TO get ready. Some prayed, some cried. !
paced the ground like Gagged tiger. There
was not u guilty one IN the party--that Is,
guilty of the crime charged or anything
like ~, although there were some night
riders in the crowd-sonc OF Mosby's ran
gers. could see innocent" written upon
every, pallid countenancc, and emotions
stirred by my own grief and my sympathy
for my fellows, as l thought Of this useless
md cruel execution, moved me beyond con-
troll burst into n tornado of vehement
appeals aimed at any who would listen.
Some ears were open. pleaded against
the shedding Of innocent blood, pictured
the calamity to be visited on so many
homes, forctold the narrowing thoughts to
arise some day in the minds OF our beloved
friends when they should learn the story
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A TORN STAMP.
BY CAPTAIN KENNETH orLMRn.
copyright, 1907. by the Author.l

Copyright, 1907, by the Author.l
When the Army of the Potomac started
on the Wilderness campaign In the spring
OF 1854, there was hasty rally of scatter
cd commands, and men of all ranks and
stations who were on furloughs, detached
service and the like turned from their tenn
porary occupations or pastimcs, as do bor-
der settlers in timo Of Indian alarm, and
rushed to the field of danger / reached the
Wilderness battle-ground after an air line
run to Washington and forced march
across Virginia, md that too, without an
ounce of personal baggage, without mon
ey, with nothing but "a soldiers regulation
equipments and a scribbler's inevitable
portfolio. Twas veteran campaigncr, and
after that fight the myriad dead whose
dumb, cold forms would never again utter
love messages reminded me that the dear
ones left behind mo would anxiously await
tidings by every northern mail. A yolun-
teer soon learned that patriot fro must he
fed by dear homo ties; that in order TO fight
well tho soldier must love well and 10
mother and sister anl cousin and sweet
heart must share the warriors thought
and affection. wrote the usual home let
ters and hastily put ON stamps, letting the
other remain so that might use every SEQ
ond OF time before the bag would close.
When the call sounded and the mail courier
was gathering his burden, added "iust
another word" closed 1t and reached for
stamp, but found nothing but fragment
of cent issue. elias any one a spare
stampf" called out. The answer from all
over camp by hooking laughs ard catcalls
told mo that had echoed query already
ancient.
In my absorption had been oblivious of
the stamp famine raging around me. The
agents of the friendly commissions who
sometimes forward army lettors were not
At hand, so 1 scribhled across the edge Of
The envelope, "a soldiers battlefield letter
TO his sweetheart, no stamp" and tossed
IL into the mail bag, returning the torn
stamp to my portfolio quite carelessly. For
iact the Kindly countenance of tho Father
HIS Country seemed to smile ON me
rom that stamp as glanced at 1t, i re-
allied some of the stories of the young
British lieutenant and his arl.tory ardor
antil fancied he was my friend whisper
hg to me each time that thought about
ny wandering missiyc. at is all right,
ny boy; that Wilderness letter is going
Lucy" the whisper would say. We wunt
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MEMORIAL DAY AT ATHENS.
Not tho First, but tho First of Which We
Have Particulars.

OF course II cannot be known when civ
ilized nations first began TO FIX certain days
for the annual commemoration OF tho acts
of their dead heroes, but so natural is the
custom that 1t must have arisen among tho
oldest nations. BY rare combination of
circumstances however, we have YER
batim report Of ono Memorial day address,
delivered 9, 32o years ago by the greatest
man of his ngc.
We know, moreover, thnt, unlike many
no called orations reported in anciont his
tory, this one was delivered very nearly as
reported, for II was written address, and
the report comes TO us by Thucydides an
enemy Of the orator. Tho great war of
Sparta and her allies against Athens and
her allies had been in progress year when
the Greeks who had fallen in the first bat
ties were honorcd with u magnificent funer-
al, and pcricles, then ruler OF Athens,
made the speech.
1t Is really wonderful TO note how much
of 1t could he adopted word for word in u
Memorial day address OF today He began
by eulogy of their ancestors who had
founded Athens, and of their successors
who had defended her against Persia and
made her free. He then told why these
brave young men had dled-to preserve
that glorious libcrty-and thus continued
"For wo enjoy "A form of government
which docs not copy the laws of our neigh
bors, but we arc ourselves rather pattern
to others than imitators of them. In name,
| from its not being administered for the
benefit of the fcw, but Of the many, 1t is
called democracy, but with regard to its
| laws all enjoy equality ms concerns private
affairs, while with regard to public rank
| each man, according as he hns reputation
| for anything, isprcferred for public honors,
not so much from consideration of party ns
of merit. Nor, again. on the ground OF
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no right hcre We don't fight just TO kecl
up tho country for them"
The men were mad, and tho rage must
work itself out. Moro than one badly
wounded man had his hurt opened afresh
IN tho rough and tumble encounter, and
all of them retired shamefaced from their
ignoble triumph.
] said to my strange mate as held out
the torn stamp, "Iiud this been good
would have paid for tho boys orange and
prevented this trouble" Tears were in
his eyes, and l saw that he was a man OF
sensibilities. He turned away, and the
figures on his cap, which had not noticed
before, CLEANED In tho sunshine, and Mt
once branded themselves upon my vision
--"142nd Vols"
left the scene with my companion, and,
the quicker to drop the unpleasant affair
from mind, proposed TINT we two exchange
one OF our crutchcs. Such things are relics,
and mine had come from Wnshington's
old home, White House, Va, and my nc
quaintnncc's from Winchester, in tho val
ley. We tried them, and We're both suited,
but he he'd carved his very neatly with sew
eral designs and with his full name in old
English-"J Joseph Pennington. This, too,
was transferred mystically to place in
my memory and stood out boldly beside
those characters had seen on his cap so
that the legend now fixed there was, 40
seph Pennington, 142nd Vols" That
evening my furlough reached me, and l
was on route for my home in the Empire
State before midnight.
My first act upon reaching IN abiding
place was tn write to Lucy in New Eng
land, and then began to count the hours
until time for reply. Days went by and
ran into weeks, yet none came. A second
letter was written to explain tho Wilder
F, ness cnse and my inability to dispatch an
| other until reached home. All this was
to no effect, and finally gossip reached me
in q roundabout way that Lucy had taken
up with a dashing young fellow, an nd
venturer who hnd sent substitute to
battle to fight in his stead. The sequel to
this gossip came Just before l left home
again for the front. This was a package
of letters returned-my glowing camp let
tiers of 1S61-3, And the first to meet my
sight, Intentionally so, was the Wilderness
letter, with IA heavy line traced about my
ingenious and ingenious frank, thus:
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OF our win i..A shameful deaths, and Mt
last cnIno 10 the point of fastening upon
the would be perpetrators IA lifelong re-
morse.
My eloquencc-for who could not be fired
with logic at such acrlsis?-commanded at
tention and several Of the guard withdrew
from the sound Of it. The leader stood
near gloomy and cold. All this time my
Bible in its close wrapper had remained in
my hand pressed instInotiyely to my
heart, and ns a last argument l turned to
it TO try II could not move those obdurato
hearts by reading from Gods own word
As l turned the covers norvously the blue
inclosuro ~ mt, and pregnant thought
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Editor in Chief-I think our new
dramatic critic will fill the bill exactly.
Managing Editor-Whyr
Editor in Chief-He tells me he spent
five years in the diamond trade.-Phil-
adelphia North American.
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An old rule of civility says, IT'S no
less disrespectful to bite the nail Of
your thumb by way of scorn or derision,
and drawing your nail from betwixt
your teeth, to tell them that you value
not this what they can do"
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A SOLDIERS GRAVE.

i-Tst g of tho summer sky
NJ There's grave Just
marked by plain gray stone
That's inscribed with namo to fame unknown.
But green is the grass
And fresh nro the flowers
Which gnrnish this grave
That loves hand embowers.
And tho wind signs DER 1t on summer ewes
Its plaintive lament through tho shrubs and
leaves,
And with tho refrain comes a softer sigh
FROM the heart Of love that cannot DIE
For true love survives
The lapse OF tho years.
Though of hope boreft,
Though its fruit be tears.
And on summer days by this grave so green
In sombor array may a form be seen.
Or. when DER II is cast a shroud of snow,
There undyine love by this grave means low.
What does she wish for,
For what does she pray
In the garden of doath
Both winter and Mayf
In sad communings her thoughts backward ny
To the day ho bado her last goodby.
To that sadder day when he fighting, fell
For tho cause ho loved and she loved 30 we'll.
She, Spartan bride,
Would not say him nay,
Though 1t broke her heart
When he went away.
Others there be in that garden of death
Who the loved ones recall with bated breath.
Who strew bright flowers DER their graves
with a sigh
For love that lived, for the love that could die.
But she, robed in black
With the pale, sad face.
Defied the long years
Her love to erase.
Not welded to death, though her love lies low
And her heart feels cold in the Maytime glow,
But welded to love which lives in tho past,
Sustained by hope that they'll meet at last
She and her lover,
He conquoror where
Death cannot enter
Nor partings DO thore.
NEIL MACDONALD.
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FOR THE BOYS ORANGE"
kept, but away from the lines men came
and went pretty much at pleasure. One
circumstance favored mo and controlled all
my subsequent experiences Although I
was an old campaigner, was beardless
boy, with fair skin, and actually appeared
like schoolboy rather than a soldier In
the field Weather bronze and battle CRIME
hal not taken hold in my case, and this old
man rnised my hopes many degrees when
he declared CONTEMPORARY at our leave
taking, Nobody gwine to bother wiz sicb
baby trash like yo'.
II ten Gays made the circuit Of the
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23
The Cry is, Still They Come"

Every DAY wagon load after wagon
load OF operatives arrive in Union to
take Positions in the cotton mills. Over
.i'hl looms are HOW running in the bic
mill. President Duncan and super
intcnicnt Hicks seem to have no trouble
III getting ali the operatives they need
Factory Hill is now L town within it.
cI!, ami remarkably well regulated one
at Ilmt. We believe Union to be the
most orderly factory town i'll the south
1t IS tie ralc>t thing that II police officer
il needed on the mill premises. or that
amy of the operatives are before the Nav
or,S court. We hope the operatives will
maintain this record III the future. An
i'll al the Union mills Sccm 10 be remark
ably we'll managcd il every particular.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-04-23
MEETING OF THE PENSION BOARD.

The following cilalmcn of the snwn.
ship Hoai,! OF Pensions met in Auditor
farr'S Office Oh Monday: Il. J. BetSilI,
{. {. Greer. w. G.. W. Going. W. II,
letter, G.. H. Fowler, L. :. Weber and
VI. IS. Lee.
". Il. letter was made Temporary
chairman and G.. Il. Fowlc: secretary.
EuT members We're then elected and
with practcing physician constitute the
County Examining Board of Pensions.
McsSlS W. L. .j"trr, G.. Is. Fowler. NJ.
-. irc, Il. J. iirtSill and DR.. II. Munro
were then elected members of the county
board. W. L. .Irtcr is chairman and {!
II. r'o>vicr ..--rctrry. After orun-,,..;,,.. 8.
Ill business before il. lhc board adjourned
To meet on sai"S'lay. May the }rl. 1897.
All TOWNSHIP; boards are ordered to
meet on Sa!">,lay. May Isl 1897. at q
O'Clock promptly An pensioners an,l
AL applicants mnst mCrt the boards on
iMc fist ui' May.
Maj. J.. i. l;cisill is thc onIN member
ot tie o!G hnnr! OF pensions that is on the
new board Th" hOHld hal very har-
m"Hi"nS lncr,M~. |; is composed of
good citizens, and will make Il ser
ViCrIhr body.