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them? Mount! Mount your horses and
pursue them! Don't stand idle here"
I'VE will go after them if you will only
look out for those fellows over there in
the swale," said 81, motioning to the boys
to rally on him and go back to their
| horses.
As he rode off the Lieutenant followed
! him with a volley of sulphurous objurga.
tons of the rebels, the army, and every
thing else that prevented weary men who
had been up all night from going back to
camp and eating their breakfast in peace.
But, fatigued and famished as he and his
men were, they carefully and tenderly res
cued all the wounded men from the briary
swale, laid them under the shelter of large
| trees, and made them as comfortable as
they could, while one of the men ran back
for the ambulance.
The Lieutenant would intermit his work
of mercy and relief from time to time and
yell after 81: run them back, the but
ternut-colored sons of Belial. Keep them
on the jump, the clay-eating spawn of
perdition! Don't let them stop for mill
ute. Run them back to the river and
drown them in it."
This was far easier said than done.
The rebels did not run very far. They
soon stopped under the shelter of the
thickly-growing blackjack, gathered in lit
tie groups, and opened such fire that 81
thought it prudent to dismount and take
, cover behind trees.
The sound of musketry to the right,
and more especially to the left, showed
that other squads of foragers were COM
ing up, and pushing back the rebels, who
gave ground slowly and stubbornly, so that
the forenoon was passing away, with but
a few miles of progress. The tightening
of the woods toward his right indicated a
clearing, and 81 worked his way in that
direction. 1t was about 10 o'clock when
he came toward the northeast corner of a
large plantation extending over to the
northwest of the main road, between one
and two miles away.
ST glanced through the opening to see
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The swale which 81 indicated lay along
their front about the length of com,
pany, and few rods before them. 81
had noticed it when he was meditating q
rush, and recoiled from its entanglements.
There was sharp metallic crash as each
boy dropped his shots into his magazine
and threw another into the chamber,
drove the magazine home, and shut it with
a snap. An instant later the murky air
! rang with the shrill, piercing rebel yell
and about 100 rebels came tearing through
the brush. They reached the swale, their
feet sank into the bog, the clinging cat
briars caught and hindered them, destroy
ing the impetus of their rush. Those be-
hind ran up against the others, and 81
gave the word to fire.
The 10 Spencers rang out almost as
one. CHANGING through the smoke, it
seemed to 81 that the whole center of the
rebel mass had been shot out. The levers
clicked sharply as the boys pumped" an
other cartridge into the chambers, and
when the hammers came down the rebel
TANKS began to melt away. Many of the
rebels had thrown themselves fiat to avoid
the fire; others, still struggling with the
briars, were unable to shoot back at their
assailants, while some of those who had
not yet reached the swale strove to help
their comrades by firing over their heads
Fire slowly. now, boys" 81 command
ed, as the third awful volley rang out
Pick out your men, and be sure you
bring 'em. Shorty, can't you shoot that
Captain who is doing so much hollerin?"
The officer who had been strenuously urg-
ing his men forward ceased his exhorta-
tons as Shorty's carbine cracked.
There was a slight pause between each
volley as the boys pulled down their levers
to eject the old cartridge, threw them up
again with a snap to push in a new one,
and cooked their pieces. During one of
these intervals 81 heard shouts of "For
Gods sake, don't shoot any more! We
surrender; we surrender
Through rift in the volume of smoke
he saw some hands held up in submission.
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president CASTRO has proposed, and
the representatives Of the Powers ac-
cepted, that 30 per cent. of the collections
at the Venezuelan custom houses be ap-
piled to the payment of the foreign debts.
Now hitch comes through England's de-
manding that the 80 per cent. be applied
first to the liquidation of the debts due the
Powers which have Joined in the expedi-
ton. Against this France, Spain, Bel
GUM, Holland, Norway and Sweden are
understood to protest. They all have old
claims against Venezuela, and want to be
counted in. and will make trouble if they
are not. This inevitable disagreement IN
whatever enterprise they join makes it i'm
possible that the European Powers shall
ever cOalesce against the Monroe Doctrine.
They may bitterly protest against it, but
when it comes to any concerted action
their mutual jealousies will prevent their
uniting in any action against it. The
greatest fear we may have is from Ger
many. But she cannot resist it single
handed, and 1t is utterly unlikely that she
can combine many of the other Powers
against u.
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There's men out there to the left as far
as l can see."
| The boys began firing through the
woods as they caught sight of the moving
rebels.
Looks like they are reinforcing the line
out here in front of u.s. said 81. little
later, looking up from n shot. II thought
saw Captain come up ut the head of a
company"
ut was company coming up, as sure
as you are born" said Shorty. Il saw the
rear of it through the opening out here to
my left. They are acting as if they were
going to charge u.s."
''They are going to charge u.s." said 81,
as moment later the firing in his front
died down and he saw movements through
the trees. Fill up your magazines. boys.
Stand solid. Wait! Don't fire until they
come into that little swale over there!
The briars will tangle them and pile them
up, and we can shoot them down like
quail. We mustn't let one of them get
awayw
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covering patriots than would pay pensions
for n century. All the time these veter-
ans were wading through the endless bcga
of the Carolinas, to wipe out all resistance
to the Government, all their moiling
through the Winters storms to obliterate
Hoods army-all their relentless grip
upon the throat of Lees army-they'were
putting money directly. solidly and Sc
curely, by tens of millions daily, and bill
lions in the aggregate, into the pockets
of the Money Power. Every time they
won battle, they enhanced the value of
every railroad or other share or bond
Had they in that dark July of 1864 been
as faint-hearted as the moneyed men were,
the bonds and stocks would have become
as worthless as those of the Confederacy,
and instead of being now guarded behind
timc-locks, we should have seen them used
as the Confederate securities were: to
paper rooms and print advertisements on.
A Service Pension Of So month is
little enough return for the men whose
fOrtitude and courage at the greatest crisis
alone saved and created all this wealth.
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Gen. Carlin's division plodding stolidly
along the main road, through tile mud and
rain, with the advance guard deployed in
the open fields. the men struggling in the
mire, jumping from one solid spot to an
other, frequently making landings in a mo-
rass, which they had mistaken for hard
ground. Then affairs in his own front
claimed his attention. The firing was be-
coming much heavier and the rebels more
stubborn.
A Major rode up from the woods, who
appeared to be in command of all the skir-
mishers to the left of the main road. with
his immediate business to rapidly advance
the whole line. The wave of sound that
came up from the left showed that he had
succeeded there.
Hustle them hack, Hustle them backv'
he said, imperatively. You are falling
behind the head of the column, which is
coming up the road. Push them back at
once, and let us find out if there is any
thing out in this direction"
'"They are not easily driven, SIR" said
81, salutng. 'They stick like wax
Haven't seem them act so since the At
lanta campaign"
But they'll go if you push them hard
enough. Give them lively jolt. I'll go
along with you and see it DONE"
forward! Everybody" shouted 81.
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March 10.
C-WagonS
D-Gen. Carlin's Division, II A. m March 49,
E-l9th Ind. Battery.
He called to the boys to cease firing,
but to stand ready for whatever might
happen. While waiting for an instant, he
heard the rush and splash of men coming
| tearing through the brush, and spattcr-
| ing over the watery waste behind him.
| Next came the voice of the Lieutenant of
the pickets, swearing as loudly and Wig
orously as his shortness of breath would
permit
''What in the blazing birthstone are you
Up toy lie yelled savagely, as he came
within earshot. "What is all this infer
nal racket? Why in the devils name
can't you let us go back and get our
breakfast in peace? What in sulphurous
flames do you mean?
1--WE wasn't bOthering you Mt ALL" an
swercd ST, composediy, with his eyes fixed
on the front. This is our private little
ructiOn. We didn't ask you to come and
help u.s."
''The blue and yellow blazes of the bot
tomless pit. you didn't" the breathless
Lieutenant ragged. "You didn't suppose
that we were going to march back to camp
with all this uprOar out here, thinking
Hardee had bounced on you with his
whole corps, did you? What, in the
prince of sins name, is the matter with
you, anyway
Nothing is the matter with U.S." an
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AN antiquarian has discovered that
Romulus did not really found Rome, but
that it was a right smart bit of a place
long before he settled there. Mighty mean
to pick out man to jump on who has
been dead 5000 years. And all the school
histories will have to be changed, too.
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SAME old thing down in Mexico. They
are discussing whether it would not be bet
ter to continue the coinage of the silver
dollars at the ratio of 50 to 1. Fancy a
man stepping down town to meet note
or pay bill with few hundred of those
dollars in his pocket, or smashing the bot
tom out of a contribution plate by care
lessly tossing one of them in.
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MONEY is piling. up in the Treasury at
the rate of nearly $5,000,OO0 a month.
The surplus for the first seven months of
the present fiscal year is over $29O00,OOO,
and it is expected that it will reach $780,
100000 for the year. The best way to re-
distribute some of this money to the peo-
pie, to whom it belongs, is by the passage
of Service Pension Bill.
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So IT is to be Richard Olney at the
head of the Democratic Presidential ticket.
He is man of ability and sturdy patriot
ism.
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SENATOR MORGAN gives the pleasant as
surance that he is only trying to perfect
the Canal Treaty, and will not fight it.
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Office: sss Pennsylvania Avenue n. ".
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WASHINGTON, d. c., FEB. S, 1903.
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e,ciywterc e'se they Were equally cnE.i.
dcn.. They freely lent the Government,
out of their slender pay, some S20,0C0,OO0
at the tine when it could not obtain 4
dollar anywhere else.
Further than this, they kept striking
vigorously at their country's enemies.
Under Sheridan and Sherman they ran
Early back to Winchester, and "sent him
whirling up the Valley" and took Atlanta.
The effect of these two victories was to
raise the price of the greenback dollar to
10 cents, SO that in six weeks they had
put billions of dollars into the pockets of
the mOneyed interests, or more money
than has been yet paid out for pensions,
and including all that will be when the en-
tire expenditure is included of the Service
Pension ait SD a month
| This did not end their direct benefits to
the moneyed men, who had another panic
when Hood passed around Shernan's
flank, and started for Nashville, and Sher-
man seemed lost in the Georgia swamps.
The greenback again fell this time to AZ
cents, but when Sherman came out trinfi-
phantly at Savannah, and Thomas destroy
ed Hoods army before Nashville, the
greenback rose to 48 cents. The surren-
der at Appomattox and Durham Station
sent it kiting it up to "a cents.
Thus. by their indomitable courage at
time when the moneyed men of the coun-
try were SO despairing Of success that they
would not venture another dollar on the
Union, the veterans, in less than nine
months, made more actual money for these
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ENTERED At WASHINGTON posrorTc. AS sscoSpcsss MATTE
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-29
SHOPS OF CANTON.
Every Art and Industry Represented
In the Chinese City.

The merchants alleys are the para
disc of the stranger who visits Canton,
China. The shops have open fronts on
either side the narrow lane, and every
art and industry, the homeliest trade
and the most fascinating pursuit,
thrives in the dark passage. Black
swinging signboards proclaim the bust
ness in characters of red or gold Pan
demonium triumphs in a series of yells
as the chairmen scream for pass room.
The poles hit the pedestrian in the eye.
and the mandarin joggles the stranger.
The native tits his huge hat sidewlse
to avoid a crush. and often the coolies
swing aslant in the alley or duck into
a store to avoid catastrophe.
The Chinese as people are modest
In their dress. The person is rarely
exposed Women wear double breast
I'd sacks which fit tight to the throat,
and men are usually covered. But
under the stress of hard labor the man
ut the forge is stripped to the waist,
and in the foundry a nearly nude
workman strides the iron seesaw like
horse in the treadlnill. The butcher
cleaves his fiesher on the block amid
dried rats and skins of fowls stretched
taut on the rack. Next door the gold
beaten hammers In his cave. Beyond
the l1indling man piles high his forest
of fagots, Near by the miller is beat
ing the meal through coarse sleeves.
His neighbor skins fish and hopes to
sell them from the box where they
float under a feeble squirt of water. In
the adjoining den beautiful embroider-
les are piled mountain high, with silks,
satins and brocaded taffetas in Won
drous designs of dragons and flowers.
Hau Cheung Tai patiently transfers
them by the hundred from shelf to ta-
BILE in the hope that some stray bit may
catch the buyers fancy. Feathers are
an important industry, and fans, fold
ing or open. line the next shop. painted
in every fanciful conception.-D Detroit
Free Press.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-29
A YOUTHFUL SCIENTIST.
inventor of "A Wonderful Device 10
Make the Deaf Hear.

Scientific men all over the world are
deeply interested in the discovery
made by Miller Reese Hutchinson. o
young inventor, who by means Of an
electrical device has seemingly dem
onstratcd that the deaf can be made
10 hear.
The instrument as explained by the
inventor is an application Of the COM
bined principles Of the telephone and
the microphone, the latter being a
very sensitive scientific instrument
for the magnifying of sound BY the
combination sounds are vastly magni-
fed through the outer and middle
ears TO the inner ear and the auditory
nerve
In operation the instrument sends
the air waves against the tympanUm
and forces 1t to yibrate, thus vibrating
the middle ear and loosening the three
vibratory bones so that they perform
their functions. 1t was the use OF
this appliance, 1t is said. that enabled
Queen Alexandra of England to re-
gain her hearing, which for some years
had been impaired Mr. Hutchinson
is the happy possessor of gold med
al given him by the queen for scien-
tific research and investigation"
While pursuing his investigation
the inventor made a study of the hui
man ear under one OF the leading
aurists of the country, acquiring
thorough knowledge Of its mechanical
construction. Speaking of this phase
of his research the inventor said: Il
am an engineer, electrical and me.
chanical, and the human body is
mechanism. The perfecting of my in.
vention has been due to the application
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of sound mechanical principles and
mathematical facts to the mechanical
aspects of the ear as an organ"
Miller Reese Hutchinson is native
of Mobile and ten years ago, when
but sixteen years of age, began work
ing on the problem, which even at
that age had enrrossed his attention.
lie was educated in the public schools
and at the Alabama Polytechnic insti
tute, graduating from that school as an
electrical engineer. After his gradua-
ton Mr.. Hutchinson applied himself
TO the perfecting of two instruments
by means of which, 1t is said. persons
who have never heard sound in all
their lives have been enabled to hear
with distinctness music played on a
plano and the tones OF the human
voice in ordinary conversation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-29
JAPAN's GRAND OLD MAN.
Marquis Ito. Eminent az Statesman,
Diplomat md Soldier.

In the event of clash at arms be-
tween Russia and Japan over the Man
churlan question the latter will be for
tunate in having at command the serv-
ices of so eminent a soldier, diplomat
ist and statesman as the Marquis Ito,
who may fairly be counted as one Of
the worlds few really great men. 1t
may be trite, but not untrue, TO call
him Japan's Grand Old Man. as he
bears to his country similar relations
as those of Gladstone to England, Bis
marck to Germany and Ii Hung Chang
to China.
The story of Ito's career is essentially
the story Of Japan's awakening and
modernization. Born in the province OF
Choshu in 1910 of noble parentage, ed
ucated mainly abroad. where he be-
came imbued with progressive ideas, he
came into the political arena just when
his country needed a strong and able
man to drive deep the wedge which the
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American, Perry, had entered into jap
anese exclusiveness in 1852, and he has
since been closely identified with the
marvellous progress of Japan in occi-
dental civilization. He is the author Of
the present constitution of the king
dom, under which Japan is one of the
most liberal of constitutional monarch
les. Ever since he entered public life
Marquis Ito has held one or another of
the ministerial portfolios of the gov
eminent, being prime minister great
er part of the time. He was minister
of war during the hostilities against
China, and 1t was largely due to his sd.
gacity and resourcefulness that Japan
was able to whip the Chinese empire il
short order.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1903-08-29
STARTLING THEORY.
Or. Alfred Russell wallace Announces
That Earth Is ut Center of
the Universe.

DR.. Alfred Russell Wallace, of Lon
Ion. had already celebrated his eigh-
tieth birthday anniversary last jan
uary when he put forth new idea
that surprised the scientific world al
most as greatly as the tremendous
theory of natural selection 1.-THE OAR
winian theory--which DR. Wallace and
Charles Darwin discovered ineepenG-
emily Of each other almost half a CEN
fury ago.
The famous old scientists new
theory is that the earth Is at exactly
the center Of the universe, aaJ that
the whole scheme OF creation was evil
IDENTIFY pianHeL ne purpcse 81 pro-
ducing man. Some OF the old theo-
logians have always maintained this,
but DIR. Wallace arrived at the idea
quite independent of theology. When
his first announcement Of his discov-
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AN AMERICAN DATTO.
Moros Bestowed Unique Honor on
Capt. J. J. Pershing.
The Only white Man Ever So Distin-
guished by the Proud and War
like Natives of Minda-
mao Island.

Capt. John j. Pershing, of the FIJI
feenth cavalry, has arrived in San
Francisco from Manila and will go
to Washington to report for duty as a
member of the general staff Of the
army.
AS captain OF troop in the Fif-
tenth cavalry this stalwart young
western soldier has been in command
Of department in the island OF Min
danao for several months and has
done much by his tactful, diplomatic
methods to bring about better UNDER
standing between the refractory Moros
and the United States government and
army. Capt. Pershing has led his men
In several sharp engagements with the
bolo men, but he has accomplished
far more toward establishing peace
and good feeling in tie island by
diplomacy and craftsmanship than he
has by force of arms. By his tactful
methods he subdned a powerful and
apparently implacably hostile religious
leader and that without firing shot.
BY a bold dash he captured fort
which the Moros regarded as practic-
ally impregnable In that charge he
lost only three men. He constructed
roads through all but impenetrable
iungIes and brought the remostest in
terror of the island into close COM
munication with the coast
So diplomatic has been the policy
pursued by Capt. Pershing that the
natives OF the island of Mindanao
have come to look upon him with great
respect and reverence. Not long ago
he was made a datto with the full
Mohammedan ceremony. Referring to
this interesting event the Manila
Times of few months ago said.
Capt. Pershing, commander Of the
American forces at Lake Lanao, has
been consecTated a datto by the law
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and rites of the Koran. This remark
able ceremony took place at Bayan
after the diplomacy of Capt PERISH
ing had won the submission of that
place. Pershing's conservation as a
datto gives him a distinction never be-
fore enjoyed by an American and
should add to his already great power
among the Moro people
Many dattos from other tribes
were in attendance at the consecra-
ton and assisted in the ceremony
The compact of friendship was made
over the Koran, Pershing being first
eonsecrated as a Moro datto. The
other dattos wore the full regalia of
the Office as chieftains of tribes, and
the strange ceremony was conducted
with all the splendrous rites of the
Mohammedans, made even more pic
turesque in the midst of the semi
civilized tribes of Bayan."
Capt. Pershing is a native of Linn
county, Missouri. and his boyhood was
spent in the little town of Laclede in
that county 1t was from the congress
sional district Of which Linn county
then formed a part that he was APP
pointed to West Point in the early
sos, In 1856 he was graduated from
West Point and thereafter he served
as second lieutenant in the Sixth
cavalry and first lieutenant in the
Tenth cavalry, taking part in the cam
paign against the Apaches and Nava-
jos in Arizona and New Mexico from
1886 to 1859 with Gen. Chaffee ana
under Gen. Niles in the campaign
against the Sioux in 1890.
Meantime Capt Pershing's parents
had removed from Missouri to Lin
coin, Neb., and when in 1891 the sol
der was rendered the Office Of profes-
sor of military science at Nebraska
state university he promptly accepted
it, remaining there for four years. re
al once became immensely popular
with the students al tie UNIVERSITY
and made his department one Of the
most popular and p~os1.B 1T IN lhe in
stitution While be was at the uni,
versity Capt PeTshlng devoted his
spare moments to study OF The law and
i'll 1895 ne WIS s3U.le ed 20 ;bl bo~
Soon after TIE o 1~s2f III the scan
ish-American wa Cant Pershile Ven
to the Philippines and mis- recc.d there
is now a matter Of history.