Evening star., 1898-03-05

one, and they sent orders to Wheeler to
disband his troops and take care of him
self. This Wheeler did, and short time
later was captured by the Union troops
and was sent with Jefferson Davis north
to prison. Alexander Stephens and Post
master General Reagan were taken with
him, and on the way north General Wheel
er says that Stephens thought he was GO
ing to sure death. He said as much to
General Wheeler, and the general replied,
"Well, Mr.. Stephens, If this is to be your
fate, what must be that of President
Davis?" Alexander Stephens raised his
hands and replied. "Oh. don't speak of
that; his fate Is too horrible to consider"
General Wheeler said he had no idea he
would be killed, and the way he joked
about the matter of their joint imprison-
ment Mortified Alexander Stephens.
Brave Judges.
Every one knows Of the narrow escapes
Of Justice Stephen J. Field. You have
read how, when he was young man in
California, he carried a revolver in lis
pocket and practiced at a mark, shooting
through his clothes, in order to be able to
defend himself. You have read how he ac-
cepted challenges to fight duels, and at
one time demanded that the duel should be
fought in a room twenty feet square, and
that himself and his opponent were to be
armed with Colts revolvers and bowie
knives, and you have also heard how one
was just about to shoot the aged justice a
few years ago. Justice Brewer, who, by
the way, Is cousin of Justice Field, faced
death when he was a boy, in Asia Minor,
going with his missionary father among
the cholera patients, and no one can look at
the heavy iron jaw of Justice Brown and
suspect him of cowardice. Think of the
nerve OF man who, when awaked from
his sleep, saw burglar with face mask
ed, standing beside him. The burglar had
pistol In one hand and dark lantern in
the other. The lantern cast its rays on the
awakened mans face, as he looked into
burglar exclaim that II he would give him
the keys of his safe and his wife's dia-
monds, he would not make noise enough
to awake a baby.
was his head that was looking out of the
nightcap on the pillow. And with that he
put his hand under his head as If to get
the Keys, but instead pulled out revolver.
through the man. The burglar dashed out
OF the room and down the stairs, the judge
Following and firing at almost every step.
AT the bottom of the stairs the burglar
turned and returned the fire, and there the
two men stood firing at each other until
their revolvers were empty. The noise
brought in the police and the neighbors.
but IN the meantime the burglar had es-
capped. Later on he was captured, but he
was SO badly wounded that I am told he
lived but short time.
How 1t Feels to BE Shot.
I have known a humber of men who
have been wounded In battle, and I have
asked several OF them how they felt when
the ball went into them. One of these men
was Gen. Nelson Miles. He told me that
the flesh wounds he had received he had
hardly felt until some time after, but
that whenever a ball struck a bone the
sensation was terrible. At Chancellors-
Vile he received a. wound which para
lyzed him from his waist downward,
and for weeks every one thought he
would die. The ball struck his waist-belt
plate and detected, going of into the body
and breaking the bone of his hip. Nine
pieces of bone were taken out, but one
was left. At another time he was shot in
the neck, and a third time in the shoulder,
the bullet first striking the edge Of the
blade of his sword, and being cut in two
by the blade, one half OF the ball going
into his shoulder.
Gen. Charles F. Manderson was a mere
boy when he went into the army, but he
was one of the bravest Of our soldiers. and
he rose to be a general, and participated
ribly wounded at Lovejoy'e Station, thirty
miles south Of Atlanta, his wound being
very much like that which caused the
death Of President Garfield In chatting
with Gen. Manderson at Omaha the other
day, asked him how he felt when the
bail struck HIM. He replied: felt az
though red hot cannon ball had gone
through me. Still 1t was only mimic
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