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The Monticellonian., 1905-07-27
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1905.

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F. ff E4@ AS ~'i2 'tiS 'it'ii s7 VI buy. Long, short and medium hip. No brass eyelets.
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 Misses Agnes Oats and Maude Murrell and Master Ralph Hodge, of La, are here on a visit to Mr. c. r. Harris and family.
 Buy your meat from the ParIor Meat Market. It will give you satisfaction.
 tf AIcN ny X Marks.
 SouooL BooKs-New and sec ond hand and school supplies of all kinds 1t If
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 To be rewarded IS to wear "Re- ward Shoes '-at E. B Wells Prices $5 % and $3. SO for men and ladies 4.
 Miss Daisy Hyde, who has had charge of the trimming depa rt- ment of Mrs. Cowles' millinery store for the past season, left last week for her home at Cabot. She was accompanied. by her sister, Mrs, ]. D. Ahrens.
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Now Is the time to have your photo work done. Mr Eek, the photographer, is now in his Mon tieeiIo gallery with all his fine cameras can make you 4 large or small photo orin groups Can en- large your pictures and frame them artistically; in fact can make any thing in the photo line as only an experienced workman Can His gallery will be open for business this year until Saturday evening, September thirtieth-ao longer. Don't wait until the last day go now.
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Notice

For sale by D. F H att.
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The indications are that imp-9v- cd stock will be tte rule instead of tbe exception with orr farmers be fore many more zgars.
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Bring me vour country produce. va now paying cents per doz.
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A1r. Gaines, of Lake Village was here last week. looking for 8 place to rent. He proposes to move his family to our city Mon. ticeIlo Is one of the hcalthiest towns in the state, and many peo- pie, who have business interests in the bottom country, make their homes here.
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Mrs \. R Hope and son. MT. Tohn nope, and granddaughter, Miss Gladys nope, of Oak Ridge, La, are here on a visit to Mrs F. r. Bailey.
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of dust. or how many of the aEtes
they may claim as their own. Can
pare your case with theirs, and think
you will agree with me. that you lave
a great deal to be thankful for. JOu
can have your dead decently IN
TERED. with his name upon his head.
stone"
Ted Burritt raised his head, wlIeh
was sunken between his shouldiNs.
"You are right" he said nrmly, Il have
great deal to be thankful for, Gren
yet"
That's right" said the doctor. re-
Stunning his brisk, everyday 'hne'
that's the way to look at the mater
the-by"-lowering his voice aga n
- may as well tell you that was
one of the party who helped to ind
the poor gentleman" and he motioned
with his head toward the corpse.
"Yes"-as the other made n sudden
step toward hlm-"he was in the
fourth carriage from the engine, a
first class carriage it was, and he was
the only occupant. This carriage was
thought to be empty, as no cries were
heard. and it was generally believed
that whatever passengers 1t might
have contained had made their escape
before the flames reached it. or
course. the supposition is that he was
disabled, perhaps killed outright. by
the effects of the collision; for the car
riage was much damaged, and we had
some considerable difficulty in extri-
eating him"
The young man nodded his head
and an expression of relief spread
itself over his countenance.
81 should like to think that he said.
1T would be a great alienation If |
could believe he persisted like that,
instead of enduring the agony of that
other hideous death" and. as he spoke
he shuddered and set his teeth to-
gether.
Depend upon II, that was the truth
OF the matter" rejoined the little doc
tor. "EIe might have been struck
senseless by blow upon the head At
any rate | shall find out that when
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Tried to Pull Her Tongue Out.

Jacob Gittel, OF Southington, Conn.
Is in trouble. As matter of fact the
gentleman has been in trouble for
years. His wife is one OF these UNI
bearable nuisances which the Puri-
tans used to hold under the town
pump-a village gossip. He has tried
every argument and used every threat
to induce her TO cease her chatter
and let him sleep o nights, but in
vain. Driven finally 10 desperation.
he determined to put a stop for good
and all To her lncessant talk by pull.
ing her tongue out, The cure would
have been heroic but effective But.
weakened as he was by his loss Of
sleep and by the continued strain on
his nervous system, the unfortunate
husband had not the strength to hold
his wife with one hand while he per-
formed the operation with the other.
She got away and complained to the
authorities The result Is that, while
everybody sympathlzes with him, the
husband is in Jail and the woman Is
still talking
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CHAPTER v.
The Turning Of the Road.

The Turning OF the Road.
At the close of the war Capt. Ed
ward Franklin returned to a shrunken
world The little Illinois village
which had been his home no longer
served to bound his ambitions, but Of
fered only a mill-round of duties so
petty. a horizon of opportunities so
restricted. as to cause in his mind a
feeling of distress equivalent at times
to absolute adherence The perspec-
tive of all things had changed. The
men who had once seemed great to
him in this little world now appeared
In the light of wider judgment, as
they really were-small. boastful.
pompous. cowardly deceltful, preten-
tious. Franklin was himself now
man, and a man graduated from that
severe and eXacting school which so
quickly matured a generation OF
American youth. As his hand had
fitted naturally a weapon, so his
mind turned naturally to larger things
than those offered in these long-tilled
fields of life. lie came back from the
war disilusionized, irreverent, impa-
tient, and full of that surging fretful-
ness which fell upon all the land.
To this young man. ardent, ener.
getic malcontent, there appeared the
vision of wide regions of rude. active
life. Offering full outlet for all the
bodily vigor of man, and appealing
not less powerfully to his imagination.
This West-no man had come back
from II who was not eager to return
10 1t again! For the weak and sloth-
tul It might do to remain in the older
communities, TO reap in the long-tllicd
fields, but for the strong, for the
unattached, for the enterprislng. this
unknown. unexplored, uncertain coun.
try offered a scene whose possibilities
made irresistible appeal. For two
years Franklin did the best he could
at reading law in country Office.
Every time he looked out of the win
dow he saw a white-topped wagon
moving West. Men came back and
told him of this West Men wrote let
ters from the West to friends who re.
manned in the East. Presently these
friends also, seized upon by some
vast impulse which they could not
control in turn arranged their affairs
and departed for the West.
ITO be continued)
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CHAPTER vIl.-contInued.

For some reason Ted Burritt re-
manned behind. "Ill let them go
first" he said to himself.
In the meantime. those who had
been to view the body in the vestrl re-
turned. lt was evident from teir
manner, and the short time they bad
been absent. that no identification
had taken place.
Ted Burritt. with his heart beating
wildly now, turned in the same direc-
Son, On the eXtemporized bier a body
lay, the lower limbs of which were
covered with a CLOTH leaving the face
and the upper part of the body ex-
posed to view. Ted Burritt saw that
it was the face of a man of about
fifty years of age. with features that
must have been handsome in their day
but which in death wore an expression
Of agonized expectancy-the ex.
preston of one who recognized the
full horror of the fate that awaited
him.
1t was the face of his own father!
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on earth could unseat him. Perhaps
none ever had-until he came to the
Plains.
For this was on the Plains. As all
America was under canvas, IL was not
strange that Col. Battersleigh should
find his home in tent, and that this
tent should be pitched upon the West
ern Plains. Not that he had gone al.
rectly to the West after the muster.
ing out OF his regiment. To the con.
trary. his first abode had been in the
city of New York, where during his
brief stay he acquired a certain &C
quaintance.
What were the financial resources
of Battersleigh after the cessation of
his pay as cavalry officer not even his
best friends could accurately have
told. II was rumored that he was the
commissioner in America OF the Lon.
don Times He was credited with
being Fellow of the Royal Geo.
graphical Society That he had his
tory no one could doubt who saw him
come down the street with his broad
hat, his sweeping cloak, his gauntlets
his neatly vanished boots.
In reality Col. Henry Battersleigh
lived, during his city life. In small
very small room, up more than one
flight of stairs. This room. no
larger than a tent, was military In
It's neatness. Batterslelgh. bachelor
and soldier was In nowlse forgotfu
OF the truth that personal neatness
and personal valor go well hand in
hand. The bed, a very narrow one,
had but meager covering, and during
the winter months It's single blanket
ratified To the touch. There's moth
ing in the world so warm as news.
papers, me boy" said Battersleigh
| Upon the table, which was box,
there was displayed always an invari-
able Arrangement. Col. Battersleigh' 8
riding whip without which he was
rarely seen in public was placed
upon the table first Above the whip
/ were laid the gauutlets, crossed at
| sixty degrees. On top of whip and
| gloves rested the hat. indented never
more nor less. Beyond these. the per.
sonal belongings Of Batterslelgh OF
| the Rifle Irish were at best few and
/ humble In the big city. busy with re
/ vlying commerce. there were few who
/ cared how Batterslelgh lived. II was
| a vagrant wind of March that one day
/ blew aside the cloak Of Battersleigb
as he raised his hat IN salutation Ia
a friend-a vagrant wind, cynical and
merciless, which showed somewhat OF
/ the poverty with which Battersleigt
had struggled like a soldier and a gen
tleman. Batterslelgh, poor and proud
then went out into the West
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CHAPTER TX.
A Startling Discovery.

The telegram which Ted BurrItt
sent to his sister was as follows:
Have found my father. Am re.
naming until after the inquest. Break
the news gently"
Having disposed Of this duty. IL
occurred to him that he would be the
better for a wash and a meal. There
was an unassuming little inn not far
from where he stood It looked clean
and inviting to the weary young fell
low, and thither he bent his steps
only TO find that the modest little
hostelry was already beseged by
those whose errand had been the same
as his own. He was told by the land.
lord himself, almost before he had
time to frame the inquiry, that they
were fun mp Ia the hay-loft; but il
was just possible that he might ind
someone in the village who might be
able TO take him in Mine host strong.
ly recommended the gentleman TO 20
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stoopings. The quest was but too OBJ
vious. And even as Franklin gazed,
uncertain and unable to escape, II
seemed apparent that the two had
found that which they had sought. The
girl, slightly in advance, ran forward
a few PAGES. paused. and then ran
back. "Oh. there! therel" she cried.
And then the older woman took the
girls head upon her bosom. With
barred head and his own hand at his
eyes, Franklin hurried away, hoping
himself unseen. but bearing indellbly
pictured on his brain the scene of
which he had been witness. He wanted
TO cry out, To halt the advancing col
umns which would soon be here. to
tell them that they must not come
upon this field, made sacred by such
woe.
Near the intrenchment where the
bitter close had been, and whore there
was need alike for note OF triumph
and forgetfulress, the band major mar.
shaled his music, four deep and forty
strong, and swung out into the anthem
OF the flag. The head OF the column
broke from the last cover of the wood
and came into full sight at the edge
of the open country Thus there came
into view the whole panorama OF the
field, dotted with the slain and with
those who sought the slain. Tho
music of triumph was encountered by
the concerted voice OF grief and woe.
There appeared for the feet Of this
army not a mere road, a mere battle
field, but a ground sacred, hedged high
about, not rudely TO be violated
But the band major was a poet, a
great man. There came TO him no
order telling him what he should do,
but the thing was In his soul that
should be done. There came to him,
waited from the field of sorrow, a note
which was command n voice which
sounded to him above the voices of
his own brasses, above the tapping OF
the kettledrums A gesture Of com
mand. and the music ceased absolute.
ly. A moment, and II had resumed.
The forty black horses which made
up this regimental band were the pride
Of the division. -Four deep forty
strong, with arching uecks, with fore
feet reaching far and dropping softly
each horse Of the famous cavalry band
passed on out upon the field Of Louis
burg with such carriage as showed II
sensible OF IT'S mission. Tho reins lay
loose upon their necks but they kept
step 10 the music which they felt
Forty horses paced slowly forward
keeping step. Forty trumpeters, eacf
man with his right hand aloft. hold
ing his instrument, his left hand at MS
side, bearing the cap which he had re
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He Did Not Mote.

The motor cyclist was careerlng
down the remote country hillside at
a speed which would have made a Sur
rey policeman chortle with glee Su'.
denly there was a A. report, Chi.
puzzle view OF a motorcyclist
and his machine, and then both repos.
ed In a roadside ditch, each consider.
ably the worse for the experience.
"Holp!' cried the motorcycles; and
I'm response to the cry a farm laborer
hurried out from a field near by.
For an instant he gazed at the strug
Cling mass in the ditch, particularly
focusing his vision upon the still re.
volying wheels I the cycle, the like
OF which, as he explained afterwards,
he had never seen before, Then he
grabbed a big stone,
Tell me where 10 hit her" no
shouted, "and I'll dash her brains
out!'-London Answers.
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CHAPTER discontinued.

( In this part of the wood the dead
were mingled from both sides Of the
contest, the faded blue and the faded
gray sometimes scarce distinguishable.
Then there came thickening of the
gray. and in turn as the traveller adj
vanced toward the fences and abattis.
the Northern dead predominated,
though still there were many faces yell
low-pale, dark-framed
Franklin passed over the abattis
over the remaining fences, and into
stand had been. The dead lay thick.
among them many who were young.
Franklin stock looking out over the
fields. in the direction of the town.
And there he saw sight fifty to be
called the ultimate horror of all these
things horrible that he had seen.
over the fields of Louisburg there
came a fearful sound, growing, rising,
falling stopping the singing and the
twitter OF the birds. Across the land
there came a horrible procession. ad-
vancing with short, uncertain, broken
pauses--a procession which advanced,
paused, halted broke into groups ad.
vanced, paused, stopped and stopped;
a procession which came with wall
ings and bitter cries, with wrnging
OF hands, with heads now and then
laid upon the shoulders of others for
support; a procession which stopped
uncertainty, horribly. IL was the WON
en- of Louisburg coming to seek their
slain--a sight most monstrous, most
terrible, unknown upon any field of
civilized war, and unfit to be tolerated
even in the thought II is for men.
who SOW the fields OF battle, to attend
also to the reaping.
Franklin stood at the inner edge of
the earthworks, half hidden by little
clump of trees He saw approaching
him, slowly but almost in direct line,
two figures. an older lady and girl.
They came on, as did the others. al.
ways with that slow, searching atti-
tude, the walk broken with pauses and
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CHAPTER VII.
Or. Jeremiah cartwriaht.


A few moments elapsed, at the end
Of which time the door of the vestry
opened again. This time to admit
small, middle-aged gentleman, whose
somewhat imposing Roman nose was
surmounted by a pair of gold.rimmed
spectacles, and whose civil garb had
an almost military cut and preciseness
about II.
He cleared his throat and gave a
sharp little cough like a double knock
81 beg your pardon, my dear sir
hope I'm not disturbing you. but"
Ted Burritt rose to his feet and
seemed, all at once, TO wake from
the apathy of grief which had over.
come him when he realized that his
worst fears had been surpassed, and
that his beloved parent had met with
a horrible death, such as the most
abandoned criminal might have shud-
dered at. His eyes were bloodshot;
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ITO be continued.)
HOW TO MANAGE A WIFE.
Some Suggestions Which Are Said to
Be Of Value.

some Suggestions Which Are Said to
Be Of Value.
great many methods have been
suggested as to the best way 10 man
age a husband, but up to date no one
has thought II best to guide the poor
husband. The following will there
fore be found the best way to man
age wife. II has never been known
To fail
Never contradict her. You are right
of course nine times out Of ten and
she knows H. but to tell her so makes
her always unmanageable.
Never oppose her. When she sug
gests that in the absence of the cook
you get up and light the fire do so at
once, willingly and cheerfully. II she
wishes you to walk the floor with the
baby obey with alacrity
Never deny her Possibly she will
exceed her allowance, but this is al
ways your fault, cause you are not
man enough TO support her.
Never be cross. When you come
home at night, having failed once or
twice during the day, or been insulted
by a total stranger or with a large,
powerful pain in your stomach. laugh
1t on and conceal your real feelings.
Never tell her the truth. When
she asks how you like her new hat,
swear that it is the greatest thing
for the money you ever saw. When
she shows you her new gown, be lost
In admiration, When she is cross and
irritable, tell her she Is an angel.
Never disagree with her Wheu
she suggests that you have a cold an6
need hot mustard plaster. grin ana
bear 1t. When she tells you she needs
a change, tell her you are glad she
| mentioned A.
Never interrupt her.
This is the only way TO manage a
wifo.-Tom Mason in New York Her
] aid.
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his hair tossed and tumbled, as though
>. had been clutched at and dishevel-
v muscular fingers. His dress
Isty and dlsordered, and he
haggard unwashed appear
in spite of these drawbacks.
other calculated under his breath:


other calculated under his breath:
Humph! A fine fellow. Seems
uncommonly cut up. too-rather UNI
usual thing in these days. Seems to
be something like genuine feeling
here And like to see IL! | like to
see it,"
Having arrived at the conclusion of
these remarks, some of which might
have been distinctly audible had the
listener chosen to lend an ear in their
direction, he continued out loud:
"By.the-by, let me introduce my
self My names Cartwright-Jere-
miah Cartwright, surgeon, etc. late of
the 47th."
Ted Burritt turned toward him with
something like an appearance Of in'
terest, and the doctor, seeing this,
went on:
Eyes, I've been on the spot ever
since the accident took place. You've
heard how II was of course? II was
an awful sight. and what made II
more so was the fact that little or
nothing could be done to help. The
groans and shrieks were something
awful. and what was more. the front
OF the train was completely enveloped
In black pitch-like smoke from the
burning oil-which, as you know had
exploded from the concussion-
through which the flames leaped and
Kissed. It was quite an hour Gore
they had burnt themselves out, and,
even then. the heat was so intense
that there was no opportunity of ap-
preaching the carriages for some
hours after that And when we did"
he paused impressively and threw
out his hands-"wheu we did, there
was nothing left but smoking skele.
tons of men. wO.cen and children
yes, sir. children-and in some in
stances, as you may have seen for
yourself. not even that"
Ted Burritt uttered a groan, as the
doctor wound up in a breathless con
dltion.
Terrible, wasn't it," said the latter
recovering himself in no time. But
you'-layiug his hand on the young
mans shoulder-'you mustn't give
} way, you know Just consider these
other poor folks-the church Is full
OF them. They. many Of them, have
nothing left of their lead, but a few
ashes-a handful of black dust What
is more, in most cases, they do not
even know which particular handful
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BOOK ii.
The Day of the Buffalo.
CHAPTER ".
Battersleish Of the Rile Irish.

Battersleigh Of the Rile Irish.
Col Henry Battersleigh sat In his
tent engaged in the composition OF
document which occasioned him con
Germ. That Col. Battersleigh should
be using his tent as Office and resi-.
dence-for that such was the fact even
the most casual glance must have de-
termined--was for him a circumstance
Offering no special or extraordinary
features. His life had been spent I'M
der canvas. Brought up in the pro
fession of arms, so long as fighting
and forage we're good II had mattered
little to him in what cline he found
his home He had fought with the
English in India, carried sabre in the
Austrian horse, and on his private &C.
count drilled regiments for the Grand
Sultan. deep within the interior of a
country which knew how to keep its
secrets. When the American civil war
began he drifted to the newest scene
of activity as metal TO magnet
Chance sent him with the Union army
and there he found opportunity for a
cavalry command. "a gintleman like
Battersleigh of the Rile Irish always
rides" he said, and natural horseman
as well as trained cavalryman was Bat
tersleigh, tall. lean, flat-backed, and
martial even under his sixty admitted
years. 1t was his boast that no horse