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town. He promised to tell her
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next month. In two weeks the
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The Deacon Entirely Forgot.

A few Sundays ago a good old
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by the sunshine, hitched his team
to his surrey and drove with his
grand children to Centre Creek.
While he was not looking the
young people slipped some joint
rods and tackle under the seat.
Arriving at the creek they pulled
them out much to the old Deacon 8
surprise and indignation. He
was still demonstrating against
such ungodly usages on Sunday,
when one of the girls hooked a
catfish more than a foot. Now,
the deacon is an old-time sport at
fishing and the sight of this fish
set him wild. The girl couIdn't
land her prize and the deacon
pulled 1t out for her. Then,
batting the hook, he began ane.
ling on his own account and soon
landed a four-pound bass. For-
getting the Sabbath and all else
save the glorious sport he was
having, the deacon kept on fish
log, bringing out several beauties,
until the children reminded him
that they would have to hurry
home to get supper so as to attend
church.
"My gracious, yes," he said
81 forgot this was Sunday. This
is awful, just awful"
With one longing, lingering
look ut the river the deacon drove
away.-Carttage, Mo-, Press.
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| fighter. than the great Virgnian ever han
died an army. Quick to take in the signif-
icance Of the dangerous movement, Thomas
threw his reserve brgades In fierce coun-
tercharge right into the face Of Breckn-
ridge, and, aided by a timely reinforcement
of one Of Negley's brigades-although the
whole division should have been there and
was not-he forced him back from the road
and retained control of It,
Again and again Polk forged mighty
battle hammer of human bodies and drove
1t against the Union left, which shivered
and vibrated under the terrific blows rained
upon 1t. The two wings charged and re-
charged across the disputed ground Po-
sitions were taken and retaken again and
again. The armies were locked in a
mighty, deathiike grip Of battle-a writhing,
twisting embrace of furious, swaying con-
fiict.
Meanwhile the front of Thomas command
was so heavily engaged that he did not
dare to weaken it to help his hard-pressed
left flank by withdrawal of single regi-
ment. The absence Of Negley's division or
the missing two-thirds Of it, which had
been promised, so seriously jeopardized his
position as to render it almost impossible
for him to hold 1t in the face of such con-
tinuous and desperate attacks. Messenger
after messenger came to Rosecrans asking
reinforcement a.
The right of the Union army had 80 far
only been engaged In a desultory way that
morning. The fighting as yet had all been
on the left. The necessity for moving his
right wing by the left flank was imperative.
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ping dress more plainly than in London,
Brussels or Paris.
The typical Dutch costumes are passing
away, and are only worn by the women
from the country. There are two now who
nave on white caps with gold corkscrews
at each side of their eyes. With them is
young Dutchman with velvet pantaloons
a yard wide and short velvet coat in front
of which his white flannel shirt shows out.
He wears a soft hat with turned-up brm,
below which his thick hair has been cropped
off so that 1t hangs down like brush
An Impossible Language.
Listen to the Dutch talking as you stand
mere on Hoogstraat, What jargon! 1t is
not English. 1T is not German nor French,
and it seems to be a mixture of ALL Some
of the store signs look like English on a
drunk, and We have. to study to make out
what they mean. Over there is a jewelry
store with the words "Nieuw Zilver Metaal-
warren" above it, and further on a grocery
store with the sign "Boter en- Kaas" ANY
one can see that the first sign means silver
and 1t Is not hard to translate the second
as butter and cheese. 1t is more difficult
when you spell drug store "Drogerijen" but
any one could tell that "Schuwaaren"
means shoes, "Koffie'' coffee and 'Sigaren"
cigars.
What bothers me most Is the jaw-break-
ing titles which the people use here for all
sorts of firms. For instance. when 7 ar
rived in Rotterdam and wanted my trunks
brought to the hotel was advised to get
a man from the "Nederlandsche-M Mats
chappy- Allgemeene-D enstverrichting. I
was almost stunned when the policeman
ratified out the name, and was surprised to
learn that it meant only a porter with a
push cart, and that notwithstanding his
title his charges were but fifteen cents for
the service. About an hour later 1 wanted
to go to see machine factory and was told
that the observation-disclosures cheeps-
Werktuigbouw'Fi jenoord' ~ was one of the
largest, employing thousands of workmen;
American consul general the same day, nv
landlord Informed me l could, for he lived on
Van Vollenhovenstraat, and | could drive
there my return from the factory In
deed, can't remember the simplest of these
Dutch directions, and 1 find the language
almost as difficult as the Choctaw or the
Chinese. FRANK G. CARPENTER
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horticultural school and a national normal
college for drawing teachers as well as
others for training There are also night
schools for the working classes. industrial
schools for the women and in Amsterdam
there is a school for the training of lady
chemists.
In the Fine Arts Acadamy at The Hague
there are eight different courses attenusu
by about five hundred students and other
art schools in Amsterdam and elsewhere.
The Dutch have housekeeping schools FOR
girls, schools for butter making, fruit grow
ing, horse doctoring and horsesa being, and,
in short, schools for almost everything
under the sun. Lectures on agriculture are
given to the farmers at the expense of the
government. and in Utrecht the night
schools have classes for carpenters, brick
layers. stone cutters. goldsmiths, sculptorS,
painters and photographers.
Holland has also schools for the training
of boys who expect to enter the govern
ment service. and especially the service or
the colonies. In these schools the Ian
guages of Sumatra, Java and others Of Inc
East Indies are taught. The boys learn all
about the chief religions of the natives.
they study their laws, their prejudces ana
customs so that when they are sent. out to
govern them they are able to do so inteli-
gently. l doubt, in fact, whether any gov
eminent service is so well educated and so
efficient as that of the Dutch East indies.
Take for instance a retired Javalese
official who was with me during this trip
to Delfshaven. AS we were riding back
to Rotterdam he told me that he spoke
German, French and English as well as
the Dutch, and that he could write and
speak two of the languages Of Java. He
had to pass an examination in these lam
guages before he vas sent out to the Cast
Indies, and this is the case wi:il eTery
man who represents Holland in her Asatic
colonies.
A Dutch Venice.
I like Rotterdam. 1t is one of the quaint
est cities of Europe, and at the same time
the most business-like. 1t is somewhat like
Venice, but more like Venice was in the
middle ages, in the height of its prosperity.
Almost the whole city is a quay dock.
1t is cut up by canals, which lead in and
out through the Mas, and one wanders
through street after street Of tall, lean
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CHAPTER XIII.
Smashing Through the Union Line.

At 9 o'clock on the morning OF the 10th
OF September. 1863. the tree-clad hills In
front of General Thomas position between
Chickamaugua creek and Missionary ridge.
covering the road through Rossville gap
10 Chattanooga. were suddenly covered
with men who seemed to have sprung up
by magic as they rose from the hol,ows
In which they had lain concealed. The in
slant cracking of the rifles and muskets
OF the heavy skirmish line soon gave place
to crashing volleys, punctured by the
deeper roar of cannon as the southern bat
teries swung into action. pouring their
grape. shrapnel and canister into their en-
emies. 1t seemed to the Union soldiers that
scarcely moment elapsed between the an
pearance and the advance OF the confeder-
ates. With consummate courage the gray
masses were moved forward in the smoke
and hurled upon the federal line, and with
equal courage the assault was met The
battle ragged up and down the Union left
with terrific fierceness and with no present
advantage as yet to either side.
Presently out of the smoke and dust far
to the Union left Breckinridge's division.
overlapping Thomas shorter line by a long
distance. swung around across the Ross
vile road and attacked the Union line in
reverse. But no better soldier, no harder
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spars of the barges swing back upon
hinges as they go through.
RottGdaTs Broadway.


The traffic iSby 10 means confined to the
water. There are more carts and drays
than there are boats. and the streets are
crowded withSmen carrying burdens and
with dogs and wefnen and boys hauling
carts. Come with me to Hoogstraat and
take a look at the Broadway of Rotter-
dam. This is fhe chief business street and
it goes through theSheart of the city. 1t is
not more tharis tiirsy feet wide and its tall
four and fve-story houses lean across from
side to side as though drunk and about to
embrace.
Take a stand in one of the doorways and
watch the cabs and carriages. the big
wagons and the little carts which jam
themselves this way and that. There comes
hay peddler dressed in a cap, blue smock
and clogs. He has a CARLOAD OIL grass, with
two dogs >harnessed in front of the axle.
He pushes and they strain and pull as they
rum barking. along. Behind comes bare
headed woman with a green wheelbarrow
filled with vegetables and bread pedder
follows. dragging long box upon wheels.
Further up the street are more dog carts
ana al every cart the dog does all or half
the work. Indeed, I never knew what the
expression work like a dog meant until
came mere. Loads big enough for
american horse are pulled by Dutch dogs.
mere comes one now, dragging cart full
or beer In bottles, which It's master is de-
HNerihs 70 MS customers as he passes their
: doors. There is another behind pulling a
load or salt. and others pass every few mo-
ments dragging carloads Of milk
Odd Dutch Costumes.
Now turn your eyes from the dogs to the
people. See how business like they are.
They have a solid look about them. The
men are plainly dressed and there are more
workmen than loafers. 1t Is rare that we
see tall hat, gloves or frock coat. The
derby, the cap and business suits have taken
their places. Many of the common women
are bare headed and the ladies out shop
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ana the movement was at once begun by
the Union general. This is always a diff
cult evolution in front of an enemy, and
when the battle Is in actual course the diff
culties are increased a thousandfold AS
the morning wore on the confederate at
tack was extended from left to right with
gradually increasing force. Bragg OWNED
RosecranS purpose, and he endeavored to
! make him maintain his lines and so prevent
detachment to the left. which he hoped to
overwhelm. At any rate. he determined to
strike the Union troops moving to reinforce
Thomas on their unprotected TANKS as they
passed.
Still. the fighting the federal right
was as yet by no means severe although
the demonstrations Of the confederates were
growing stronger with every moment, and
their troops were being moved forward on
the right for general action all along the
| line BY half after IL o'clock a misunder-
, stood order, which was at the same time
badly expressed withdrew whole federal
division from its place in the line near the
center, moved 1t to the left and placed It In
the rear of Thomas heavily assailed posi-
ton. There was a great hole left In the
Union line. John B. Hood. one of the most
magnif1centiy reckless fighters in the south
ern army, detected 1t through his skirmish-
ers. The news was at once carried to Long
street, and he massed his corps for an in
slant attack. approaching the brilliancy of
the opportunity before him.
With mastery tactics Longstreet threw
his veterans into column Of brigades at
half distance, Hood leading the column In
person. With fixed bayonets and at a dou-
BILE quick they moved down past a little
farmhouse which from the name of its
owner gave the title to the Brotherton road.
The men in the open tanks of the Union
army on either side Of this vast chasm were
completely exposed to the confederate ava
lanche. pouring into the gap In solid col
umn, the fierce rebel YELL first heard from
the lips OF John Sewer 100 years before in
Tennessee, ringing over the field. At the
same instant every battery Of southern
artillery opened fire. Buckner's corps
hurled itself upon the attenuated Union
lines on the right Of the opening. Stewards
division on the left Of 1t, at the same time
Longstreet pierced the center
General Davis threw his two brigades
recklessly upon this mighty gray battle
column. A few swift volleys from the adj
vancing confederates shattered their ranks.
and when the division fell upon them with
the bayonet they drove them like leaves in
Q winter storm. The Union batteries in the
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be spared from the fighting lines on either
side! the men were there to KILL not to
save; to destroy not to help.
The field swan redy before the eves of
the fighters. Drunk with battle they rnoved
IKE men in some hideous dream striking
where they fancied they saw breast hold
ing a heart come bursting upon them out
OF the smoke; pouring shot at short range
into masses of men; Keeling in awful gran
pie to and fro, up and down, on that terri
Bile hill. War, war war. in it's glory. its
majesty. it's awful. appalling horror was
theret
There were no reserve troops which could
be used to strengthen the weak parts OF
the Union line. The men stood where tbev
were and fought it out as best they could
Thomas rode from flank to center, from
center to flank; and held the place with iron
resolution, while Longstreet and Polk
threw themselves upon it with headlong
valor.
AS fresher troops arrived from the con-
federate left, where they were no longer
needed since there were no enemies left
before them. they were extended on the
left of Iongstreets columns to menace
Thomas right and rear. Across the ravine
was that high ridge which overlooked the
hill. The quick eye of Longstreet, after
the futility of his first assaults had been
demonstrated. saw that this ridge was the
key to the position. If he could seize 1t and
hold 1t with his guns he could send his
men through the sheltered ravine and take
the thin Union line in reverse. He could ex-
tend opposite either flank of It, or the CEN
ter, and no soldiers that ever lived could
have held that position then.
Thomas had been equally quick in the
varying phases of the battle to detect the
vital Importance of the ridge to the position
on which he was making his last stand, but
he was helpless to seize it. He had not a +,
single soldier that he could put in it. His
men we're fighting with the energy and
courage of despair. His attenuated lines
were liable to be pierced at half a dozen
points at any moment. To withdraw a reg
iment a company. man. would leave a
hole. which could only be filled by the
enemy. .,.
He began to despair at last. but there was
nothing that he could do but hold on as he
was He had heard nothing from Rose
Grams yet He could hope for no REINFORCE
ments now. If Longstreet seized that ridge.
1t would he goodbye TO them. These were
his final thoughts, but 1t was with anguish
unspeakable that he saw the preparations
being made to occupy the ridge.
(To be continued Mond&y.)