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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19

OF thu nation, the press and the gov
eminent. the army moved not, and the
fine weather OF December waS gone
and January came. and stories wSa.
from fire to fire that the presi1eHt and
the people had become irritated a. The
long delay. and that Little Mac was
being urged and importuned and even
blamed. let Little Mac alone" said
the boys. HE knows what he's
about" for even in their impotence
nothing could shake their loyalty.
AT last the president took the law
into his hands and issued his first or
der directing the advance of an army
in the field And at last. its corps or
ganization completed now-though
with generals not OF McClellan's choice
to the glorious music of the innumer-
able bands, in splendid weather and in
splendid spirits. the long blue columns
filed out from the shelter OF the cir
cling fortifcations and took the road
to Centrevllle.
Promotion had by this time carried
Fred's division commander to the head
of a corps and his brigade commander
to the head of the fine division, in
which until now the wild western.
ers had been numbered as the
First brigade. Now they became
the Third. and were both aston
ished and disguised to find that
their numerical destination de-
pended not. as they were inclined TO
say, on their soldierly superiority. but
upon the relative rank Of the brigade
commander. Il CALLED them, to tell the
truth. TO find that the promotion to
division rank of the West Point SOL
der who had organized. drilled and
taught them from the start, involved
n corresponding setback n them
selves. Some Badgers took the matter
so much TO heart as 10 declare that
the general should have declined pro-
motion-let somebody else step up 20
the command of the division rather
than see his old comrades moved from
the. right 10 the left of the line. from
front to rear OF the column. In vain
were they assured that Il really made
no earthly difference. that the brigade
would take turns at the head Of the
column on the march, and. as for the
line Of battle. they would get just as
much lighting on the left as on the
right
However. the brigade strobe away
most vigorously on the march 10 Ma
masses, was one of the first to reach
the storied stream that wound along
at the foot Of the heights. was one Of
the most disgusted to find the "impreg-
nable system Of powerful works held
only by Quaker guns and abandoned
impedimenta, but to Fred Benton and
his general there came a lively sensa-
ton in the report from the lips Of the
bearded colonel of the BLACK Hats "
His men had stumbled on a lot Of let
ters and luggage unaccountably left be-
hind even in the calm deliberation Of
the confederate withdrawal-the prop
erty of certain officers OF the Eleventh
Alabama.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19
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The SPlNSTER.


She's walking in the garden, with auisl
step and slow
Ann smith. who lost her lover now D
years ago.
Between the clean, white paltngs the VII
lage people view
Her moving midst the tulips all drowsy
with the dew
The breezes breathe Of sprlngtime. OF
springtime Tits and rill,
There's springtime in the robins enrap-
tured vesper trill.
There's springtime In the blossoms she
brushes 10 and fro:
And In her heart the springtime OF 80
years ago.
The lane Is lying yonder wrapped deep
in fragrant gloom,
By bursting hawthorn bordcred. and
cherry trees IN bloom.
The moths athwart It nutter on Grant,
ghostly wing.
Adown its dusky vista the orlckets
bravely sing.
The crescent moon is shedding a tender
light above,
The air is soft and dreamy, ana CULVER
ing with love.
The world Is fun Of longing. OF whispers
vague and low.
As In that other springtlmo Of 30 years
ago.
Twas just In such a springtime. twas
Just on such an eve
That there beneath the poplar he took
his last. fond leave.
And bllndy she turned doorward, aware
of only this:
within her breast his promise, upon her
lips his kiss.
Oh April after April. invokes tho twi-
light lane.
And April after April the garden wakes
ia vain:
Tor never will their coverts another
springtlme know
Like that fear, sweet old springtime OF
% years ago.
Am Smith Is straight and slender: her
brow g. calm and fair.
Her voice O. clear and patient, and
smooth and thick her hair.
NO flakes have touched her tresses, no
frost her checks can dim.
To her It's always sprinstime. and she
must wait for him
And when the cleaning gathers around
the garden gate,
Ard when each thrush and pigeon has
sought his gentle mas,
The children of the village will lead you
past. 20 show
The maid who los her lover now 80 years
ago.
Edwin L. sabln. in Housekeeper.
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RoYKooD OF AL. J. PITKIN.
How the New President Of Locomo-
tive Company Struggled to
Study Mechanics.

Albert ]. Pitkin was not apprenlced
because Of any Discrimination on his part
70 study, but simply because his father.
a Presbyterian minister with a charge
now in one town and now In another,
could not AFFORD to send his boy through
college, although he desired to do so.
Noting his love for mechanics, he did the
next best thing. and apprenticed him
10 learn the machinlst's trade When be
was II years old, he was sent to live with
his grandfather. In Granville, O., who
owned and operated cabinet-manufac-
turing shop. This the boy haunted; Il
became his playground. With remark
able cleverness he made. out OF wood.
machinery that would perform differ
ent kinds OF work. once with a spin
ming wheel. which he found in an attic
as the principal pulley, and with coarse
string for belts, be devised a machine by
means OF which he sawed wood. Be
cause of his ingenuity there sprang up,
between grandfather and grandson, an
almost chummy friendship. He gained
his characteristic sobriety and serious
consideration OF things through con-
slant association with his grandfather
who first taught him how 10 use o
chisel and a mallet. how 10 drive a nail
through a narrow piece OF wood with
out cracking &C. and bow 20 sandpapor
and rub down a cabinet 10 make ready
for vanishing When he was only "a
years old he had mastered the con
structive details of the portable engine
OF the shop lie could also run the
turning lathe and other machines. One
day. while on visit 20 Newark. o.. BE
went through a machine shop. He had
never before seen metal being manr-
featured into machinery. The raspink
and harsh noises of lis cutting we're
music 90 bis ear. From that time forth
the cabinet shop was barren of attrac-
ton. and the dreams his grandfather
may have entertained OF some day TAX
Ing him into partnership disappeared MS
quickly as shayings In a furnace. re
determined 90 become q mochinist To-
learn how to design machinery. and 10
become eminent as ar engineer.
lie began as an apprentice at go cents
4 day In The webster camp a Lane MA
chine company's shops. chipplnH cast
ings with hand tools and ended by as
sisting In setting up stationary enEinea
On neiehboring villages, and, on The ox-
piratlon Of his time. was engaged ai
81 % day. For bis beticmeut after
q year. he considered 70 wise 10 avaii
himself OF an opportunity 10 enter the
locomotive repair shops of the Cleve-
land. Akron a Columbus railroad. Tie
had always felt the common romantic
interest IN locomotives. and had de-
LIGHTED TO watch their movements. The
locomotive then became his study
when he crawled under one 10 make re-
pairs 10 was with a students interest a.
well as workman's SKILL lie familiar
fed himself with the mechanism OF u
the existing styles on that railroad. 70
Success
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19
Too NInnr pog..

This story Of Lincoln. which was re-
lated by the late Senator Harlan az an
old settlers meeting az Mount Pleas
ant, Ia. seems to be a new one. Some
politicians had called on President
Lincoln, to urge the appointment Of
some OF their friends TO positions in a
certain department BY way of refusal
the president told the following story:
Gentlemen. the conditions In that
department puts me in mind of the
time that a young friend aud myseli
tried to court the two daughters OF q
peppery widow living near our homes
The old lady kept a lot of hounds
eve had not been I'm the house long
before one of the hounds came into
the room and lay down by the fire.
In a little while another one cams
10 the door He didn't get I'm, for the
old lady gave him a kick, saying:
Get out of herei There's too many
dogs in mere nowr
we concluded to court some other
girls. "-Youth's Companion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19
CHAPTER ".

WHAT WAS FOUND AT MANASSAS.
Dark and dreary the winter of the
first year of the war closed in on the
camps about the capital. Between the
Long Bridge and the heights of Ar
lngton lay a sea Of mud. Dull red,
the Virginia Voads were quilted deep
by the wheels of cannon, ambulance
and army wagon that sank now to the
very hubs In sticky mire and time
and again stalled the needed supplies
almost within sight Of tneir destina-
ton. In vain the darky drivers dou-
bled their teams and piled lash and
blasphemy. Hour after hour the Or
der would ring through the swarming
streets of the nearest camp: Turn
out. boys-more wagons stuck in the
mud" and by whole companies, regu-
lars or volunteers. the men would
wade lnee-deep to the scene. and with
fence rails as levers and drag ropes
over the brawny shoulders, prying,
pushing, hauling and shouting they
would "yank" the heavy rolling stock,
one by one, from the slough of their
lespond and tide them over TO the next
lamp beyond. ano so. from slough TO
slough, pass them on their t7al desti-
aatior.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19

de-ly. the young ofheef tooh the See
ley Springs road and trotted awaa
northward in search of the corps COM
lnander. A. he came in view of the
now famous Henry house and the
cleared fields up the slope TO the right,
II laol ed two hours to sunset. He was
now barely a mile from the Warren
con pike and. with abundant time to
spare. he decided 10 ride to the crest
and have a look At the battle ground
of the previous year. In front of him,
100 yards away. stood the old Virginia
homestead about whose walls the bat
tie ragged that hot July Sunday Of the
year gone by-beneath whose shattered
roof the poor mother died. stricken
by whirring fragments OF she'll. Riding
thlther and skirting the enclosure. he
passed on. unchecked by silent. salut-
ing guardsmen. and as he rode some
thing prompted him TO glance toward
the house again. and there at a jagged
shell hole. just under The caves. peer
ing az him between the shattered clap
boards. his keen eyes caught an instant
glimpse OF a haggard face-a face that,
at his glance. was instantly withdrawn.
Thres minutes later. out on the
northward edge OF the plateau. he un-
slung his ield-glass 10 stua- the coun-
try outspread before him. Still think
ing Of the face at that jagged bole.
some sudden impulse prompted~h bin
to quickly turn in saddle. TO bring the
powerful lenses to bear on a little win
dow under the peak OF the roof Of the
Henry house. and there was the face
again. furtive. frightened. he could
swear. and again. instantly 1t popped
out Of sight
But his heart had given leap as sud
den as the sight He whif,ed his
horse TO the leftabout and rode
straight for the rear entrance 20 the
garden. Another moment and. dis.
mounting. he raped loudly ct the
door A tail. slim man of middle age
appeared and. with grave courtesy but
without welcome in his tones. asked
the purpose of HIS coming.
Il am Lieut. Benton. sir-aife-de-
camp to the general commanding thu
division guarding your premises, and
! have a question to ask as to the oc-
cupant of your garnet"
Instantly there came from just With
10 the doorway 10 an inner room a hali
stifed cry-a gasp-a rustic of skirts
The tall man turned thiiher a quick
glance Of warning and rebuke. then,
visibly palor. again faced his caller
ITO BE Continued
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19
CHAPTER V.
A srARrLINo RESEMBLANCE

Most skillfully and leisurely had
Joe" Johnston. the confederate COM
mander, withdrawn his army 10 the
line of The upper Rappahannock.
When the first of the union cavalry
under Aycrell came twinkling into
view along the heights of Centreville,
the last of Johnston's 50.000-all he
had TO face McClellan's field force Of
probably double that number-was re.
luctantiy riding away from Manassas.
More for exercise and the name Of the
thing than with the idea of "A fight.
Little Mac" had sent his big corps
forward TO the scene Of McDowells
defeat Of the previous July. and for a
whole day Fred Benton and his Badger
comrades wandered about the juno
ton, the Henry house, the Warrenton
pike and the old Stone Bridge gather
ing relics and information. and Il was
while so occupied tat a squad OF busy
searchers had stumbled on two or
three boxes in an abandoned hut
boxes that when burst open were found
to contain letters. papers and clothing
belonging TO men Of the Eleventh Ala
bama, and as luck would have IL, to
First Lieut. Paul Ladue.
Now. what have you got to sayg"
demanded officers of the Montgomery
guard, a home company. as one OF
them shook under Benton's paling
face an open letter addressed 10 Ladue.
"WiI you own up that he was a reb
all the time?"
NO" said Benton sadly. "He would
have remained there taking care of his
old father If It hadn't been for that
mob. and more than one of your men
was in II. Capt O'Kane, as you very
well know"
Eight months had passed and the
matter of that purloined letter was as
deep a mystery as ever. and now here
at Manassas, ard, of all others, TO the
men Of the Badger brigade had come
confirmation Of the statement insisted
on by McKlnnon and denounced as a lie
and forgery by Paul Ladue-that the
fiery young sOutherner was actually
an officer of the EleyentE Alabama.
The absent are ever in the wrong. and
with sad heart poor Fred listened TO
the chorus of denunciation that fol-
lowed the discovery. He knew shat
within As hours a dozen letters would
be flying homeward with the exciting
news. 50 what was the use of attempt
ing 10 suppress It?
BY his generals advice he wrote 10
his father forthwith, telling him Of the
finding of letters and luggage belong
ing to Paul, the letters all tending to
show that he was now an officer Of the
Eleventh Alabama-but that he, Fred,
still believed Paups statement TO the
effect that he had accepted neither
commission nor appointment up to
the time he was banished from his
northern home. The general added
some words of his own, and then as
a courier was TO start for Washington
from McDowell's headquarters that
evening, Fred was given leave to ride
thither. and thereby assure their let
tiers going ahead of the others.
II was an unusually bright aud beau
tiful afternoon. as, followed by bis or
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19
FIGHT BETWEEN MONSTERS
Thrilling Encounter In Jungle In
Which Rhinoceros Killed
Huge Lion.

Some years ago. while hunting In the
Zambesi country for elephants ivory, l
left camp with one attendant soon after
noon one day and made wide circuit.
but found no elephants. though signs
showed that they had been In the neigh
borhood In great numbers. says writer
in the phiisdelphia Inquirer. My at
tendant, a bright Batonga Doy about 10
years old, declared that the tuskers |
sought had been scared away from their
usual feeding grounds by a war party OF
Barotse who had passed across the
country.
Il was getting dark when. disappoint-
ed. / started back toward camp. In a
woodland path where the trees stood
rather Wide apart. but where the under
brush grew rank and thick, We came
across one Of the scanoldings. fixed In
the branches OF an overhanging tree.
from which the natives OF that region
Kin elephants by thrustlng into them
long spears as they pass beneath. These
spears have a handle four or five feet
long and are as thick as a mans wrist.
while the spearhead Is about 20 inches
long by two broad.
They drive the spear between the ami
malls ribs. and the wounded beast PUSHES
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19

But while the roads and Oats we're
quagmires, up along the wooded
heights the ground was fairly dry and
well drained, ane there the four regl-
ments, three of which had drilled
through August on the broad. level
plateau of Kalorama. and much OF the
early fall about Chain Bridge. were
now kept from morn till night busily
at their soldier task. The general held
that the less time soldiers had to kill
the happier and heartier they were,
and determined was he that the splen-
did material confded to his charge
should be nodded into equally splen-
did, sOldierly shape-that the one ex-
clusively western brigade of the now
well-organized army should be second
TO none in point OF instruction. disci'
pline and efficiency. To this end, drills
by squad company and battalion. all
three, were of daily occurrence. fol-
lowed by dress parade at shutdown,
and az this supplemented by long,
searching inspections every Sunday
morning. Presently, too. he was able,
by mile march through the woods. to
reach an open plain out toward Balls
cross roads, and there have brigade
evolutions twice week. Then the full
uniform Of the regulars had been
d~awn for the entire command, the In
diana boys shedding the semi-Zouave
garb Of gray in favor of the army
blue, as had certain of their Wiscon-
sin comrades at Chain Bridge as early
as September. One Badger regiment.
the Second, whose men lorded IL some
what over their fellows because they
had been all through Bull Run and,
despite fairly heavy losses. retired in
good order-had even obtained the
quaint. stiff. Kossuth hat. looped up on
one side and garnished with cord and
brasses and feathers--the headgear OF
the regulars at the time-and were
dubbed the BLACK Hats" by envious
comrades Of other commands. Their
original field officers had disappeared
somewhere about the time OF that ini-
tial battle, and in their place had come
a stocky little black-bearded West
Pointer as colonel. with a most SOL
dierly ex-captain of state militia as
his second. and then the whole brigade
had to be fitted out with white gloves,
and some nearby regulars were de-
tailed TO show them how best 10 polish
their belts and boxes, and great was
the competition among the four regi-
ments to win the honor Of headquar-
tiers guard and orderlies.
Then, as freezing weather set in with
December and it became possible for
carriages to come humping and sway
ing over the icy powders and ridges
into which the almost liquid mud had
been transformed, many generals OF
rank. and statesmen by the score, and
even the president himself began pay
ing visits to Arlington and bringing
curious and distinguished foreigners
with them.
There was one visitor who could not
come too often. He came, however,
only twice OF thrice. He never left
his carriage, but sat there Longing
comfortably on the back seat. usually
with Secretary Seward by his side, just
as he used TO come to nearer KalO-
rama. and. after he had chatted with
the general a while. he would drive
through the regimental camps TO re-
ceive the mmultuous greeting Of "the
boys" to wave his hat and smile at
them. and sometimes, when they
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19
cofJrisht, llo2- By c. W DlnnehAm CO.
CHAPTER III.-CoNrINrEn.

CHAPTER lll.-CONTINCEn.
Lincoln's rugged features had al.
ready begun 10 take on a shade OF
anxiety. The lines were digging far
Their in about the sombre eyes and the
broad humorous mouth by the time the
tall. gaunt president, in the abnormally
tail top hattie fashion OF the day
took to driving out 10 Kalorama in the
August evenings, Mr.. Secretary Seward
dwarfing at his side--tO take the air
and look at the one western brigade
of all the commands then being mold
Cd by Gen. Mcclellan into what was
10 become the grand army OF the Po-
tomac. While at first Massachusetts,.
New York and Pennsylvania had been
represented in the huge command as
signed to Fred BentOn's general. with
one exception all eastern regiments
were transferred TO other divisions as
more Badgers arrived, and finally,
when the first frosts of October had
turned the Virginia shores to fire and,
strongly entrenched. the union army
covered the long front from Alexan-
dria to beyond the Chain Bridge, it
was a brigade OF four strong. stalwart
regiments, three from Wisconsin and
one from Indiana, not an eastern or
middle state represented in their ar
ray. that this compact command was
designated. Of all others. to encamp
upon the beautiful Arlington estate,
and the general and his staff were di-
rected to occupy as headquarters the
fine old mansion, long the seat of a
famous family. The Badger brigadiei
moved in and took possession of the
homestead Of his old-tlme friend and
associate in the corps of engineers,
when as junior officers they we're build
ing Fort Monroe. and 1000 men Of the
west pitched their white tents on the
lands Of Virginia's knightly soldier
Robert L. Lee.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19
A Case Of Pronouns.

Tommy Mulllgan. OF the seventh
grade. was absent from the classroom
for one entire day II would appear that
he had played truant. for unknown to
Tommy his teacher had spicd him trudg
inc homeward with pockets bdlging
suspiciously when she too was home
ward bound that afternoon.
But Tommy brought a not' Of excuse
the next morning which of curse would
prove that he had been detained at home
Iegltimately. The writing was hardly
that of a feminine hand, and the note
appeared to have been written laborious
ly and with much blottng; furthermore
the penmanship seemed strangely IA
miliar to his teacher. The note read as
follows:
pear teacher Please excus Tony for
not comeing to shool yestiddy. he cud
not come. tore my pants.
Mrs. Mulligan,"
Chicago Record Herald.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19
An Unuttcr.d Thought.

Two Irishmen serving in an English
regiment were good chums until
Rooney was raised 10 the rank Of
sergeant. Forthwith his chest ex-
panded. and from that time on he
looked down on McGrane.
One day McGrane approached
Rooney. and said. Mike mean SER
geant-s'pose a private stepped up to
a sergeant and called him a conceited
monkey. phwat wud happen
He'd be put in the gyard-house."
He wud?"
He wud."
well. now s'pose the private on'y
thought the sergeant was oonceited
monkey. aud didn't say a wurd about
II. Wud he be put in the gyard-
house?"
'Av coorse not"
well. thin. Wen lave II 90 e. that"
Youths Companion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-19
Infenslncd.

Strange meanings are to be eI-
tracted from words. The most remark
able are sometimes the result of dos-
peration. If a boy can't think" OF hls
answer, he IS likely 10 manufacture
t. A teacher tells this story Of draw
ing OUT the power dormant in the
pupils mind.
He was explaining TO q farmer lad.
who was studying Latin. and had been
called on ~ recite, The fact that a
proposition often inteasiies the mean
ing Of a verb.
Take cavo for Instance he said.
at means TO hollow out Now what
will a proposition 90 TO it?"
Intensity II. sir"
That's right Now what would
excavo mean?"
ITO holler out Enthusiastically
Eagle.