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Pelham S gun looked into the faces of
column of bluecoats marching conf
IDENTIFY toward the heights which they
had been told to seize. Tossing "a she'll
or two into the blue ranks in hopes Of
scattering them, Pelham awaited his
other guns, They did not come, but the
Federals charged his Napoleon, and he
hurled them back with canister. The
battle was opened, but the Federals sup
posed they had only a chance enemy, a
stubborn picket force, to deal with.
They opened ON the lone sentinel first
with a single piece, then with another
and ended with bringing a whole bat
terry to bear. Still Pelham's cannon
roared its thundeTous monotone and cut
gaps into the line pressing on for those
coveted heights In the lull of the can
nonade 1.-The Marsellaise" rose from
the threats of the Frenchmen who stood
by Pelham, although at last several
Federal batteries concentrated their fire
upon him.
More Of Pelham pieces rushed to his
support at last, and when the crisis
was hottest he had ~ to 10 guns con
tending with twice that number of enc
mics. Finally the tide turned The
Federals advanced, but were repulsed
and slowly retreated back over the plain,
which had become an open panorama
by the lifting of the fog Keeping pace
with the rearward march of the Federal
ranks, Pelham moved his cannon for
ward and harrled the reteating troops
/ with shot and canister until they reach
ed the cover Of their reserve batteries.
fredericksburg was thus Pelham Is
! greatest as it was his last with his no.
BILE horse artillery Before the corps
was united in another pitched battle the
boy had met the coveted end Of the true
soldier, death amid the roar of arms. A
commission as colonel was under con.
sideration when he was killed and
speedily acted upon the moment the
wire carried news Of his fate to the
Confederate congress,
GEORGE i. KLMER.
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6 s s

The gentlemen who carefully pre-
served their campaign speeches in
1896 with the idea that they could use
them again in 1893 are going to have
hard time in fitting them to condi-
tons or in squaring their record with
the people to whom they made their
assertions in that campaign. They
claimed that prices would not advance
without the free coinage of silver,
yet they face upon the stump in 1893
an advanced figure in practically ev-
cry article of farm produce. They
claimed that protective tariff would
not improve the conditions of the
workmen, yet they find factories run,
ming where smokeless chimneys were
visible in 1896 and wages increased
and employment plentiful. They in
sisted when the Dingiey tariff bill
was under discussion in Congress that
it would cut down our sales abroad
and would be insufficient to produce
the necessary revenue at home, yet
they find that our sales abroad have
increased, and that the new law is
now producing revenue at the rate of
over a million dollars day, sufficient
to keep pace with the average ex-
penses of the Government. What will
they do about it? What will they
say now3
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-03-05
LEFT ON TRAINS.
All Sorts of Articles Are Forgotten by
Absentminded Passengers.


Recently Chicago railroad displayed
In it's unclaimed parcel room five barrels
Of rubber overghoes and a box full Of
false teeth. All this property and more
during period of six months had been
left ON the suburban and through trains
by absent minded passengers. The gen
eral baggage agent, upon being asked
what was the oldest occurrence Of this
kind, said that a woman once left on a
train a 6-months-old baby, and she did
not miss it until a trainman overlook
her with the little bundle of humanity
before she got outside Of the train shed
1t was not case of abandonment. She
had forgotten to take up her own off
spring.
Only one half of the articles left on
trains are claimed and returned to own
ers. At all the railroad offices in Chi
cago there are to be found motley col
lections of about all the articles which
man or woman ever owned. 1t would
be impossible to list them in whole
page Of newspaper
The article which figures most extern
slvely among the lost and found of the
big railroads is the umbrella An Off
cial of the Illinois Central says he re-
ceived in the baggage department /, 300
umbrellas a year General Agent Sadd
Of the Burlington says his records show
about 600 year, and the other lines
report large collections of this service
able article, which are left ON trains in
all kinds of weather On recent fine,
sunshiny day the Burlington railroad
abandoned umbrellas.
Next come the overshoes, which are
daily found, singly and in pairs and Of
tentimes odd in size and kind. At all
the offices they are accumulated to the
extent of barrels and barrels 1t is a
common occurrence to find upper, low
er and partial sets of false teeth Some
give evidence Of long service, others
have been too new and have been Laid
OUT to give relief But they come in
all shapes and sizes.
Wearing apparel in large quantities
is to be found in the lost parcel rooms.
The clerks in the Alton s quarters at the
Union station fitted out dummy figure
with every single article that man is
likely to wear from head to foot. The
articles were all left piece by piece on
the train and gathered up by the en-
ployees until the figure was logged out
in newest fashion.
The young woman stenographer in
Baggage Agent Sadd's office has pet
kitten which was found in an envelope
box on a train, and, there being no
claimant, young Tom is being taught to
earn his board by mousing in the bag
gage room.
Cripples frequently leave their
crutches on trains. There is collection
of them at all the offices. Hanging up
in the parcel room of the Illinois Cen
trail is big anchor made of moss gath
cred from trees in the far south The
maker had taken care of it until Chica-
go was reached, only to abandon it to
the care of the parcel man. Chicago
Tribune.
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Mrs. Manycooks tseverely)-Didn't l
hear man talking loudly with you in
the kitchen just now, Mary?
Mary lcomplacently)-Oi hope So
mann, for thin Oh can call yez as wit
ness in a case av bralch av promise suit
ma am. brooklyn Eagle
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-03-05

A pigs tail is said TO unerringly
indicate the condition of the animal
If it hangs loose the pig is not welt
and its food should be changed. II 1t
is coiled tightly the pig is healthy
and happy.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1898-03-05

II e Lon d 0 n
Tim e s, w b e ii
chronicling the
death of Colonel
j o b II Pelham,
commander Of
Stuart s Horse
artillery, in 1868,
said "For his
age no soldier on
either side in this
war mas WON buCH
fam @ as b a s
young Pelham. !"
Pelham was kill
ed in a chance
cavalry action at
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Ward Parsons, one of the oldest
citizens of Tucker county, died Thurs
day night at his home, in Parsons.
MI Parsons owned the land upon
which that town was built, ard from
him it took its name. He was II
years of age, and leaves a widow and
six children.
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up the case as hopeless. When in
formed that my father had died from
the same disease, they said must die,
as hereditary Cancer was incurable.
'At this crisis, was advised to try
SIS, and in short while the Cancer
began to discharge and continued TO do
so for three months, then it began to
heal. continued the medicine a while
longer until the Cancer disappe AIRED en-
tirely. This was several years ago and
there has been no return Of the disease. 2,
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Cancer
OF the Face.

Mrs. Laura r. Minis, ofDawson, Ca,
says: "A small pimple Of strawberry
color appeared on my cheek; it soon
began to grow rapidly, notwithstand-
inc all efforts IN check II Nv
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A BOY ARTILLERIST.
ROMANTIC AND BRILLIANT CAREER OF
COLONEL JOHN PELHAM, C. S. A.

Ran Away From West Point TO Fight
For the South Helped Across the Lines
by a Yankee GirI-Won the Favor Of
Jeb stuart. stonewaiI jackson and Lee.
copyright 1898 by American Press Asso-
citation. Book rights reserved
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The true northerner., 1898-08-17
HAY TO SUCCEED DAY.
Present Ambassador tn Great Britain
Accepts the Portfolio of Sec
retary of state.

Washington, Aug. l5. - President
Mckinley has received Ambassador
Hays acceptance of the office of Sec
retary of state, soon TO be vacated by
Judge William II. Day. Mr.. Day will
head the American peace commission
and will vacate his Office as soon as his
appointment on this commission is
made. Col Hay is now making prepa-
rations 10 return 10 the United States,
and it is expected he will take charge
of the state department about Sep
tember /. Whitelaw Reid. eX-minister
TO France, has been offered and has
accepted the place as ambassador 10
the court of st. James 10 succeed Col.
Hay. He is already making prepara-
tions TO 90 10 London. and will prob
ably occupy the residence, temporar-
lily at least, now leased by the present
am mbassador. Prof. Moore. first assist
ant secretary of state, has rendered
his resignation and it has been ac-
cepted. This change will take effect
as soon as his successor is appointed,
but the Office will not be filled until
the new secretary of state has been
consulted in regard 10 the matter.
The true northerner., 1898-08-17
HoMESICKNESS CAUSES DEATH
Private Atkins, of the Massachusetts
Volunteers, Succumbs to an At
tack of Nostalgia

In a dispatch to the adjutant gem
eral of the army from Santiago, Gen.
Shafter stated that Private Harvey At
kins. company Second Massachusetts
volunteer infantry, had died of nos
talgia. Nostalgia is medical Greek for
homesickness. This is the first case 10
be reported during the present war.
Lieut.. Col. j. Morris Brown said
that a really bad case Is more danger
Gus than malignant yellow fever, be-
cause il is possible 10 cure yellow fever
patients, but for a man suffering from
homesickness there is no cure known,
except 10 send him home.
The disease shows itself in many diff
ferent forms. The patient loses flesh
rapidly, loses his appetite, and then
comes depression like that of per-
son suffering from melancholia. Then
follows the loss of strength. The suf-
ferer can hardly move one foot before
the other, the chest becomes sunken,
and his general appearance is not un-
like that of person in the last stages
Of consumption.
1t is said that the soldiers of the
French army suffer more from nostal-
gia than those of any other army in
the world, and the Swiss soldiers, it is
said, have always suffered from ii.
The true northerner., 1898-08-17
CUBAN PRISONERS.
Spain May tie Asked tn Libernte Alh
Who Are Held at Ceuta and other
Penal Colonies.

The New York World prints the fol-
lowing: President Mckinley will soon
be asked TO secure the freedom of all
Cubans imprisoned by Spain for Of
fenses which may be classed as po-
litical.
In all the Spanish penal colonies
Ceuta and the like-there are about 500
Cubans who have been captured during
the last three years. The horrors of
these prisons have been fully described
lately, and il has been said the punish
ment meted out TO these men is alto
gether out of keeping with their crimes.
This effort will be made by Tomas
Estrada Palma, the president of the
Cuban junta. In fact he has already in
stituted an agitation TO that end, and
he will not give up until his object has
been accomplished.
"Is II not just and fair that this should
be done?" said President Palma. Here is
a war won with the help of the Cubans.
Thousands OF prisoners have been taken
by the American army, and they are not TO
be kept, but are to be sent back 10 Spain.
This is magnanimous on the part OF Amer
lea, but would II not be good thing TO
make this a Vehicle Tor the liberation OF lhs
Cubans who have been imprisoned since
the war began?
"I think this would be most laudable
plan, and I do not think II Will be neces-
sary 10 do much urging. l think II will
commend itself 10 any thinking man that
the Cubans who are suffering in prison for
the very thing for which the Americans
have gone 10 war should be free now that
Spain has been defeated and that there is
so good chance TO exchange them Tor
some Of the thousands of Spaniards who
have been captured in the war"
The true northerner., 1898-08-17

for United States-Is One of the
Caroline Group.

In view of the possibility that among
the coaling stations which the United
States will acquire as result of the
present war is zap island, one of the
Caroline group, a report just published
by the state department containing a
detailed description of the archipelago,
is of interest. From the report it ap-
pears that zap is surrounded by a
coral reef 35 miles long and five broad.
There are hardly any rivulets, but ex-
tensive swamps. The island is full of
relics of vanished civilization, old
embankments, council lodges, stone
weirs and other traces of ancient civ
ilization. The natives number 5000,
kindly, industrious and peaceable, very
dark in color. Copra is largely export
ed, mostly through German traders,
who have spent a vast amount of money
and labor there for great many years.
Tomil harbor is the place of European
settlement, the seat of the Spanish gov
ernor of the western Carolines, and
would be good coaling station. zap
is rich in beautiful scenery, the groves
of bamboo, croton, cocoanut and areoa
palm being most impressive. Huge
iguanas are found in the bush, and the
nights are brilliant with fireflies. Bird
life is scarce, and there are few horses
and cattle on the island.
The true northerner., 1898-08-17
THE MAUSER BULLET.
Mrs. John Addison Porter Discovers
Its Work ng Principle.
Ii Wounds and Utterly DisabIes, But
Does Not Eill-Thrilling En-
periences RecOunted by
the brave Woman.

The State of Texas, which arrived
the other day at New York, had on
board the wife Of John Addison Porter,
secretary Of the president.
1T seems impossible that you were
in the assault on Santiago" was said
to Mrs. Porter.
But | was" Mrs. Porter replied,
land far in front of the line. How far,
do YOU think? Well, within half mile
of Santiago. | had to ride TO that
point, and, as there was only mans
saddle, | had 10 wear mans trousers.
/ was escorted by general. His name?
| will not tell that"
Are you sure he should not be cen
sured, court-martialed or shot?' John
Addison Porter, secretary to the pres
ident, asked, with much gravity.
"Yes." she said, Il am sure"
II must not forget 10 tell you some
thing worthy Of note" said Mrs. Por-
ter. "When our men were shot once
down they fell. That is the intelligent
principle of the Mauser bullet.
ut disables a man at the greatest
economy of time. Disabling one man
il disables three, because two men are
required TO carry one away from the
field. The Mauser bullet tries TO
wound only, because the killed are not
picked up until after the battle.
81 have seen Spaniards whom three
and even four of our American bullets
had not disabled.
~ was in hospital No. II, around
which bullets whizzed like wind
through the branches of trees in for
est. After awhile l became accus-
toned TO the noise. and il passed out
of my observation entirely. l did not
go TO Cuba in an official capacity.
went as an assistant 10 Miss Barton
Miss Barton may never be praised
enough. She knew exactly what was
wanted on the battlefelds, and pro.
vided in advance for a multitude OF
wants that no other person could have
thought Of"
The true northerner., 1898-08-17
BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD
Close of the War with Spain Has
an Encouraging Effect in
Trade Circles.
LARGE GAINS IN SEVERAL INDUSTRIES.
Orders Unusual I'm Number and Size
Have Been PIaced-Rarely Has the
Financial outioo. been More Near
IL UncIouded-No Harmful Spec
uIations Reported.

New York Aug l3-R G.. Dun Co.'S
weekly review OF trade says: prospects
Of peace had a curious influence on business
contracts, not quite explainable on common
sense grounds. Nobody really feared dis
aster or exhaustion of national resources.
and nobody feared that anybody else was
afraid of either. Yet orders unusual In
number and size have been placed since
Spai asked for peace. In some instances
the gains have been large for about TWO
weeks, while in some textile manufactures
f. has only began 10 appear this week. but
involves a considerable increase In the
working force. Crop prospects are on the
whole more encouraging, for the govern
ment's latest report as 10 corn J. mucn
larger than the commercial estimates, ana
its cotton promises heavy yield, while al
lowance is made for It's habitual ':ror In
its wheat return. Money markets show no
sign of possible disturbance, securities are
stronger and there is no harmfu4 specu-
lation in stocks or products. Rarely mas
the financial outlook been more nearly uh-
c!ouded.
While wheat Is four cents higher for
the week, there is less doubt than week
ago that II will rule lower during the com
ing wear The general holding back OF
grain by farmers and consequent heaVy
shrinkage in western receipts have re-
duced the visible supply below all past rec
ords, but everybody understands that al
this date many times that quantity is al
most within a days run OF Chicago. The
price OF corn has declined shade Tor
cash and the government report PROMISING
almost 1900. .000. coo bushels. against ,Sz''-
600, 900 bushels promised by commercial ac-
counts has more weight because the or
fetal returns as TO corn have not been
systematically misleading and everywhere
discredited.
1.-The iron and steel trade fully supports
Inference drawn from recent events. The
demand for steel is so heavy that some
OF the biggest concerns have been buying
one taking 10000 tons, advancing the price
at Pittsburgh from sl450 TO N525 which
was at last refused Plate makers are
! crowded 10 the point OF refusing orders
both east and west, and bars are stronger
with many mills engaged for weeks ahead
/ Illustrating the demand are reports OF or
ders for 80, 900 car axles at Chicago. 2oOV
tons structural work there and big orders
at Philadelphia for cast pipe and G.Wo toh'
elsewhere. Eastern works now appear u
! be crowded 10 their utmost capacity, a.
the western have been for some weeks.
For the week failures have been ls6 II
! the United States against 239 last year
/ and is in Canada. against 80 last year.
The true northerner., 1898-08-17
BITTER IN THEIR COMMENT.
Feeling of the spanish Press over
the Nations Surrender to
United states.

Madrid, Aug. 15.-El Pals prints the
text of the protocol signed by the
United States and Spain with mourn
ing borders and says: Spain, without
colonies. is reduced TO the role of
third-rate power.
FL Imparciai says: Peace will not
bring 10 Spain even the rest she so
much needs after three years and
half OF war"
FL Nacion says, bitterly: IF Spain
had al least been vanquished only after
a furious and heroic struggle she could
resign herself. Peace with the United
States will only be a momentary
respite from our misfortune"
FL Liberal says the article in the
protocol relating to the Philippines
does not indicate that anything too
good for Spain will be fixed upon, and
the question will not be settled favora-
bly, for her.
FL Globo (ministeriaD pines for
peace between Spain and the United
States and says the communications
on eastern questions which Day and
Cambon have signed begin the frs
CnaDltT III d new IlSlOl VI Luz OPt.
FL TEMPO conservative says:
peace is an accomplished fact. The
bitterness of defeat does not prevent
us from seeing with satisfaction the
end of the war
London, Aug. 15.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
The comments of the press on the pro-
| tocol are a veritable funeral hymn on
the destruction of the Spanish colonial
empire. Some days ago the desire for
peace made the people close their eyes
10 the price. but now, upon reading the
protocol, they realize that the cost is
the loss of that empire which Spain had
conquered with so much glory. and
that Spain now falls to the second rank
among nations. The public mind is
stunned, and there is general mourn
ing.