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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-05-04

had not been vain. the survivors hung
silently to their assigned position, and
awaited developments.
And, when the morrow came Benton
was early in saddle and away to the
left of the line He was bitter and
chafed in spirit over his wrongs. He
realized that under existing conditions
nothing more than half-hearted ac-
acknowledgement OF error could be looked
for, but he had determined that the
moment things settled down and the
department had time to attend to
something besides the momentous af-
fairs of the nation. be would demand
Justice. And now both Wadsworth
and Doubleday had spoken in heartiest
praise of his behavior throughout that
heroic battle of the first day So far
so good. What ne longed for, on one
hand, was a chance to square accounts
with McKinnon. What he hoped for,
on another. was opportunity to teach
that disdainful girl how deeply she
had wronged, as well as sffronted,
him.
He would have known better had he
had time to analyze the chagrin and
pain and jealousy which possessed him
all the long hours that followed his
morning talk with some stan COM
rades of the Second corps. IL seems
that three days before. on the Goth Of
June. while they OF the Second were
pushing cautiously northward through
Maryland, they were made aware that
a column of cavalry was passing
around them from the south. and that
while they were swinging through
Uniontown the cavalry were trottlng
through Westminster. only five miles
from their flank. "Gregg's division. Of
course" said they who saw through
glasses the far-distant column
Gregg, not muchl" said Haskell who
had ridden out toward Union Mills on
a scout of his own Its Jeb Stuart
with his whole outfit and not little OF
ours. He must have been helping him
self every mile of his way from the
Potomac Aad this. indeed. proved
to be the case; for, as they lay in the
fields about Uniontown that night,
there reached them a rueful. crest
fallen little party of officers, gathered
in by Stuart at the crossing of the Bal
timore pike. Two were field officers
who from convalescent hospital we're
striving to Overtake their regiments;
the third was Mai. McKinnon. ordered
to report without delay to the COM
handing general, Army OF the Poto-
mae; and McKinnon. II seems, had also
been convalescing in Baltimore, but
not from wounds. These three. with
their light luggage. had been bounced
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JUDGMENT.

60 back to the beginning:
Find the cause.
Trace the weakness to Its source
Then dare 10 pause
Before you give your judgment
As 70 sin.
And drive a fellow mortal
Farther In.
Sor they who fall not always
Have the chance
TO live their lives uuharmcd
BY circumstance
They sometimes do thOir best,
And. n they fail,
Be thou the one TO suCcor;
Never rail
Blame ever shuts away the
Light OF day;
Then cheer and bless and comfort
AS you may.
Lend them thy strength II OF the
Strong thou art
Give OF thy love and tenderness
A part.
And never dare 20 say the
Words that kin.
Else thou may sometime feed
The selfsame mill.
Grace q. BOstwlek, in Chicago Record
Herald.
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ooNALo's LIE.
Struggle which a Little Boy Had 20
Get Sorry, and Why He Concluded
He Was Not Ready for Heaven.

Donald was very unhappy. and there
vas reason for H. Donald had told a
lie 70 his mother. and he had been put
to bed with only bread ard milk for
supper. and there were warm biscuits
and honey for the others. Donald
loved warm biscuits. and honey he
adored. II seemed like a large-sized
punishment.
Because" he said TO Helen. who
had slipped upstairs TO comfort him a
little. 1t was such a tiny mite Of a
lie. said / came right home from
school. and only stopped TO play
one mean little game OF shiny, and
got beaten at that"
Bat it was a lie. just the same.
Don"
Well don't care. anyway IL
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older a. III az
young people fol-
lowed Ia her wake.
all eager 20 learn
about birds writes
A. T.. finuey. IN
the Orange Judd
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CHAPTER XIV.
LApUE.s Isl RETREAr

LAl1lE : LAST RETREAT.
In the two great days that followed
there was lit.;e to do for the little left
Of the Iron Brigade Sore-hearted over
the loss of 50 many cherished com
rsdss. yet CONFIDENT that their yalor
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.Wen. don't -. anyWay.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
D ay ..
Dreams
By A. M. Davies ogden
Copyright, 1904. by A. M. Davies Ogden

The late spring afternoon sunshine
flooded gloriously into the bare, old
studio, lighting the dreamy. sensitive
face of the young man who stood by
the piano pouring out his soul in mel
ody. 1t flung golden aureole around
the head of the girl who, nearly lost
In a big arm chair, sat absorbed.
Adelaide, Adelaide" rang out the
notes of Beethoven's passionate love
song, and the girls eyes filled with
tears as the music swayed her young,
untried nature. And how well Harry
Walters looked when he sang!
Her thoughts, uncontrolled, wandered
back to the day when they had first
met, many months before. Newly ar
rived in Dresden, she and her father
had driven out to Potschapel to inspect
the big china factory; but, at her ia
theirs request for some one to show
them about, the big German in charge
flung up his hands.
"Aber, / spik no English" he began
plaintively. Then, at sight of passer-
by, his face frightened.
Zach, Herr Walters" he cried, and
the person addressed, turning, came
back with lifted cap.
"Can l be Of any service?' he asked
In English. Mr.. Hoffman looked re-
lieved.
II want somebody to show me
about" he exclaimed, and the young
man smiled.
''The Herr Direktor and l are old
friends" he responded. eff / can be of
any assistance The girls eyes
thanked him.
When they parted it was with low
bow and mutual, if unspoken, wish
that they might meet again, and few
nights later at court ball, seeing the
girl, Walters made haste to be duly
presented in form
"These balls are such jolly little af
fairs" he laughed. "Given a letter OF
introduction or two and they will in
vite even a poor musical student like
myself. And how do you find Dres
den? Have you done the green vaults
the galleries and so forth? No.
Fancy"
Father does not care much for or
binary sightseeing" declared the girl
Walters eyed her rather doubtfully.
IF I might be permitted to take yor
around Bit" he suggested. "It
would be a great pleasure. Oh, may
I really?" AS the girl nodded. Lets
start tomorrow"
Such was the beginning of theil
friendship, and as the days drifted into
spring there were little excursions uI
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09

In the days of his youth, "befo' de
wah," it had been the privilege Of
Uncle Eph Slater to attend his master
as body servant upon several extended
journeys. To mention the name of an
other town or locality was enough to
start him on his "reminiscences, and so
jealous did he grow of his reputation
as traveller that he always declared
he had visited the place in question
whether he had or not.
One day an acquaintance, Deacon
Thompson, met Uncle Eph on the street
and told him of the arrival in the vii
lage of the new schoolma' am, whose
requirements, he had heard, were of
a high order.
Him." said Uncle Eph, "yen dom
say; yeh don say. l wunner, now, hez
de young lady had much trabbel?
II dunno bout dat" replied the dea-
con, "but my Lie tells me she dun
been troo butony, algerbrar N Latin
"Uh huh,' said Uncle Eph reflective
ly and not in the least nonplused. II
riccollicks dem little places, foh sho:
but it was night wen we passed troo
'em, m Marse Richard he lowed il
wuzn't wuth while stoppin' off."-Har,
per's Magazine
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
When Rarnum,s Burned.

Barnum's museum, destroyed July
ID, 1865, was one of the most amusing
fires that ever occurred in New York
city. 1t was in the daytime Chief
John Decker was in charge, assisted
by Orr, Bates, Lamb, Cleary, Everett
and Sullivan. Thousands crowded
Broadway clear up to Park place as
well as Park row, while the park in
front was black with people. 1t was
fun to see the boys at the outset Of
the fire bringing out Barnum's old
stuffed images and wax figures. One
fellow ran out with Henry Clay under
one arm and General Winfield Scott
under the other. Queen Victoria was
dragged out by the hair of her head.
Mary, queen of Scots, was tossed out
Of the second story window, followed
by Hicks the pirate. Head Carpenter
Walker of the theater, who was also a
member of Engine No. 38, that lay in
Ann street, got so excited that he fell
headlong down the main entrance stair
way with Napoleon in one hand and
Walker, filibuster, in the other.
The happy family that attracted so
much attention in those days were de-
termined not to leave The cage door
was thrown wide open and the birds
and animals punched with sticks to
drive them out but few would accept
their liberty and were burned to death.
All Of the 100000 curiosities were de-
stroyed.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09

Did you ever microscopically examine
a tiny bit of powder scraped from a
piece of common chalk? Not one per-
son in ten thousand has the least idea
of the number and curious forms of the
minute shells that can thus be brought
into plain view. The largest Of these
shells is not more than the one three
thousandths Of an inch in length, yet
they are as perfect as the pearly titans
Of the beach that are large enough to
hold half gallon of water and that
when empty roar like cyclone. Some
are shaped like squids and cuttlefshes
others like "sand dollars" or sea ur.
chins, but by far the larger majority will
remind you of seashells that you have
seen at one time or another. One very
common form of these infnitesimal
structures is shaped exactly like the
common conch shell, but it has been es'
timated that at the least calculation II
Is 100000 times smaller.
A careful examination of different
samples of any one specimen of chalk
will generally show that there are from
300 to 500 species of minute shells in
every conceivable shape and form, the
very minutest specks among them be
ing as curiously and wondrously made
as those of larger caliber.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
The Dogs Sleep.

Dogs, which are at once the drowsl-
est and most wakeful of domestic ami
mails, according to their state Of mind
and circumstances, seem to sleep light
ly or heavily at will. Nothing can be
more slow, reluctant and leisurely than
the enforced waking Of petted dog
1t will remain deaf to cat, twitch its
feet If tickled, but not unclose It's eyes,
and finally stretch and yawn like a
sleepy child. But mention something
interesting to the same dog when
sleeping, such as the word walk, p"
or click the lock of gun, and it is on
its feet In an instant and ready for en-
terprise.-London Spectator
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
In Hearts Of
Pdpier Mache
By TROY ALLISON
Copyright, 1904, by Troy Allison

The papier mache dog on top of the
rosewood writing desk glared at the
rabbit compounded of the same fiber
and tried to growl.
Its contrary to the laws of nature
for you to perk yourself right under
my nose that way" he complained.
The rabbit made an effort to flick
one ear and disdained to answer.
'In real life you would take precious
good care to keep out of my reach"
the canine growl continued.
"Oh, really don't know" the rab
bit giggled; "you would be nothing
more than a f1oppy, overgrown puppy.
don't know that it would take any
great amount OF. ambling to keep out
Of your way" She held her one fore
paw with the limp grace which she
had often admired in her distant cous-
in, the kangaroo.
Il see you are cripple Also" she
smirked, with a polite interest "You
have lost portion Of your hind leg
Our present propinquity is probably
due to our discrepancies"
II don't know how you make that
out" he snorted, with masculine OBJ
tuseness.
THAT'S easy enough" she shifted.
my right side is really the handsom-
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
Chinese Made the First Paper

Like good many other modern in
dustries, that Of paper making had its
origin with the Chinese. The papyrus
of the Greeks and Romans was not p9-
per at all, but simply the piths of the
stem of a plant cut into strips, placed
side by side and across each other and
pressed into sheet, to which the nat
ural gum of the plant gave homo
geneous character. But the Chinese in
very early times made as genuine pa
per, in its general characteristics, as
that produced by the perfected meth
ods and machinery of today.-William
r. Stewart in Technical World Maya
zine
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
den! The man beside her started ap-
prehensively.

den! The man beside her started ap-
prehensively.
"Are you cold? Shall bring you
wrap" he asked. She assented.
She wished to be rid of him to think
for moment. Dresdenl Walters face,
his happy, boyish, half boastful talk.
struggled into her thoughts. ''Wait un-
til 1 sing in the Metropolitan" he had
laughed.
And now? Should he make his de-
but there she would be in her box,
tiara crowned. But she would throw
him some flowers in memory of the
little ring now crushed and broken,
with faded spray of forgetmenots.
far back in drawer of her desk.
For moment the girls face showed
hard and cynical in the moonlight.
There was a stir within the house.
The prelude of song came to her.
Then a rich tenor voice broke into the
refrain adelaide, Adelaide" A fa-
nous tenor was singing and the girls
eyes dimmed. "Adelaider' A step
sounded behind her. She turned to
see Renshaw, her lace scarf in his
hand. Something in his expression
warned the girl that the crisis which
she had so long been evading could
be postponed no longer Her decision
must be made. He was young. rich,
good looking. Why could she not care
for him? Had she not hoped for this,
tried for this? Was it not expected
of her? Her breath quickened and she
lifted her head. Well, he should have
his answer.
The morning was clear, but cold.
and on the crowded ferryboat only two
people, a man and q woman, dared
brave the forward deck. The woman
showed lines Of suffering and self reli-
ance in her face and great sweetness.
The man, wrapped in heavy coat,
was humming to himself, Adelaide,
Adelaide He breathed, and the wo-
man, with sudden start, turned.
Recognition leaped to both pair of eyes.
"Millicent! Is it really you? How
l have searched for trace of your
he cried. "But at your former home
they only said that you had gone"
The girl flushed under his look.
after father died | had to leave
New York." she said simply. 81 have
been doing typewriting, proofreading,
what / could get. You know I am
poor"
Your cried the man again. "You.
Typewriting! And l! Well, have
not made the Metropolitan and prob
ably never will now. Some of the old
dreams are lost. But for the rest
what little success l have won has
been due to you. Always it has been
the thought of you that has spurred
me on. 1t has always been your eyes.
Millicent, do you remember the old
days? Can we go back to them? Must
all the dreams go, or have you for
gotten?" There was a note of entreaty
in his voice, and the girls color deep
ened; then she smiled back at him.
Zone can never go back. But per-
haps one can start afresh,' she an
swered. "And l have never forgot
ten'
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
His Friendship.

At the annual business meeting of a
country church in the western part Of
the state several Of the brethren spoke
Of the annoyance caused at the Sunday
services by the habit in which some
persons indulged of splitting upon the
floor, especially in the neighborhood
Of the stove, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. The pastor suggested that If
they had couple Of cuspidors in the
church perhaps the annoyance might be
lessened. Whereupon good deacon
arose:
II move that Brother A. and Brother
B. be appointed as cuspidors for the
ensuing year"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
DUN OF THE OEDEN TIME.
Style of Courtesy Not Cultivated
In These Days.

Style of Courtesy Not Cultivated
In These Days.
1t is often remarked that with the
forefathers courtesy was studied art
that recent generations do not have
time to cultivate This is illustrated
in the following letter:
Whites Town, June 16, 1898.
Honored Sir-A few months ago you
did me the honor to become my debtor
for the purchase of goods at my store
amounting TO IL dollars and IS pence. /
have no doubt that a small transaction
of this nature may have slipped your
mind, and L trust you will pardon and ex-
cuse me for mentioning 1t to you upon
this occasion. If you could find 1t con-
venient to forward 1t by safe hands the
same would be greatly appreciated, for /
am in expectation of the receipt Of some
nine barrels of extra fine rum for which
l shall owe the consignor a part of the
purchase price, and which desire to pay
at the earliest convenience. If you should
not find it convenient to forward the
same, take no thought of what I have
written until you might chance to come
this way, when you may quit the tndebt-
edness in your own time.
I should be pleased at any occasion
receive visit from you, and should you
be in need of rum, axes, log chains or
some very heavy boots for self or serv-
ants, / should be pleased to sell them to
you. Y'r ob't servant,
VIM GREEN.
Mr.. Green had small supply depot
near Oriskany creek, and his polite
and apologize dunning letter $50 diff.
ferent from the "Please remit at once
of the present day. was sent to man
named DoXtader, who resided down
the Mohawk valley somewhere near
Fort Plain.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09

the river to be made, 1lngerings on the
Bruehi-Terrasse listening to the band in
the garden on the other bank; long
hours spent in the galleries with pauses
before the Sistine Madonna or some
other treasure in that wonderful store
house of art. Then suddenly one day
Mr.. Hoffman awoke to the fact that
his daughter, although but seventeen,
was no longer child. Realizing that
this prolonged companionship with an
earnest young musician might prove
dangerous to one, if not to both, he
took passage back to America, and to-
night he and his daughter were to
leave for Bremen. This was goodby.
Adelaide" sang the voice, putting
into the song all that the singer dared
not say, and the girl trembled respon-
sively. With final harmony the mel
ody stopped. Through the door the
accompanist slipped away. Mr.. Hoff-
man turned to the window. The girl
held out both hands.
"Goodby," she murmured. Walters,
shaken, leaned forward.
"You will not forget?" he begged
And the girl smiled, slow loyal
smile.
II will not forget"
AS the train rolled it's way through
the night the girls eyes filed again
with tears, the facile tears Of youth
which turn so quickly to rainbows as
hope rosily spans the years. Then
clasping little blue ring and clus
ter Of forgetmenots, she fell asleep.
The windows of Cliff Towers were
brilliant with lights. Strains of music
fioated out to the watchers in the
street. Mrs. Livingston was "at
home" and Bellevue avenue was
crowded with arriving guests ana GU
rious spectators.
The band on the lawn began to play
"Wine, Women and Song" and the
beautiful Miss Hoffman stepped
through the long French windows up
on the terrace.
The simmer Of moonlight on the
water was exquisite. What did 1t and
the music seem to recall? All, Dres
den! The girl shivered. How long
1t was since she had thought of Dres
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
THE GRAND CANYON.
It's Bewildering TumuIt of Form and
Riot of Color

Riot of Color.
An artist who loved the wilderness
took his bride to the head of the
Bright Angel trail. 1t was night when
they came to their journeys end, and
the man persuaded the woman not to
look upon the grand canyon until morn
ing. When the sun was high he blind
FOLDED her and led her out of the log
hotel that stood upon the brink Of the
precipice to point of rock that over
hangs the abyss. For two days and
nights they had been riding through
the desert fat and gray, with blue
mountains flicking in and out of the
horizon, with few jarring crevasses
and buttes and bluffs to emphasize the
tranquility of the scene. The desert,
with It's somber serenity, had charmed
her soul and left it in fine repose. AS
she stood blindfolded she could think
OF nothing but the great level stretches
or sand and sage and cactus. The man
had told the woman little of the can
yon, and when he took the bandage
from her eyes he held her very tightly
as she looked out across the miles and
miles of tumult of form and riot of
color that seemed to swirl thousands
of feet below her and around her. AS
from the clouds, she looked down into
an illimitable red tinged ash colored
hell, abandoned and turned to stone
cons and cons ago. She stared, amazed
at the awful thing, for long minut.,
and then, as the tears Of inexplicable
emotion dimmed her eyes, she turned
and cried vehemently at her artist hus-
band:
"If you ever try to paint that, I'll
leave you!'-William Allen White in
McClure's.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09

In Japan when you furnish your
house you send for the flower man,
who comes and decorates your home
with plants. This is always done as a
matter Of health. The flower man
brings his palms, his ounce trees, his
Towering shrubs and his great spread
ing oriental flowers and bestows them
about the house. If any one Is i'll he
selects the flowers carefully, taking
care to get certain kind of scent, for
there are people to whom scents act as
q Quieter
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09

est, but after tue parlor maid broke
off one of my fore paws she got to put
ting that side next to the wall. | OBJ
serve that you are wounded on the left
side, and that it is your left side thai
is turned toward the wall" She peerel
round him with her glass bead eye
"There may be something in your
theory" he admitted when we
were sound in body we had our best
sides to the world and our backs to
each other. I never knew you existed
even"
"What a benighted state of igno-
rance for your mind to be in! Do you
belong to herr"
"Most assuredly 1 do," in his most
pompous manner. "She has had me
for months. She told him she never
would part with me. 1 will never for
get how pleased she was the night
she drew me from the grab bag at
the fair. 1t was the day after they
became engaged. l really believed
they were the happiest people 1 ever
saw"
''Tell me all about it," she coaxed
II delight in romances."
"Are you hers, too?" he questioned
suspiciously.
"Oh, that's all right! It's perfectly
proper to tell me-" she assured him
IT belong to her also, so you see it
would all be in the family. If you
hadn't been sitting with your back to-
ward me until you lamed your leg
you would have known that she had
only been engaged four months when
she got me-
"You don't say! And never knew
it!' he exclaimed in surprise.
"She won me at a euchre party, the
rabbit continued, taking a nibble at
the highly painted papier mache car
rot that the manufacturer had
thoughtfully placed in her mouth. 81
was the BOBBY prize you know"
Eyes, Pm sure should have guessed
it." permitting his masculine jealousy
to render him ungracious.
"You needn't be so snappy," said
the rabbit, taking another bite Of car
rot, and wondering If 1t would have
tasted better painted with yellow
ocher instead of Naples yellow.
'I'm surprised that she didn't win
the first prize" he muttered in an abb
stracted way that she probably mis-
took for query, for she answered
readily.
"She might have if she hadn't been
so much in love. Every time she hap
pened to be at table playing against
him she would simply throw away
tricks. l was sitting on the parlor
mantel, and I distinctly saw the rest
OF the people wink at each other"
"Well, suppose people will be fool
1sh at times" He gave a condoning
sigh.
II had lovely poem attached to me
me when was presented to her." The
rabbit showed some symptoms Of pride
In the reminiscence. 'My mind was
never very retentive, but to the best Of
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09

Batcheller-I've come to the conclu-I
sion that marriage is just a game OF
pretense. Askum-How do you meant
Batcheller-.Well,h half the married mer1
I meet pretend they're perfectly happy.
and the other half pretend d Ire perl
fectly miserable. Exchange.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1905-11-09
Answered.

"Why are you yawning?" inquired
the landlady Of little Johnny at the ta-
BILE.
II always yawn when I'm hungry"
was the reply.
"But what do you do when you are
sleepyY
"Go to bed"