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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-21
CITY AT MERCY OF FIRE.
1ncendiary Starts a Blaze Which
Threatens Mayfield, Ky.

MAiFlELD, Ky. May 21.-Wnhout
water this city is at the complete mercy
OF a fire which has already caused
loss Of SlGO.oDO and is still burning
Shortly after the fire started. Isaac owen.
grocer who lived in the burned as
trlct. dropped dead rom excitement
An incendiary started the blaze III the
rear Of the transfer barns of Cooley d
Gordon shortly after midnight and in less
than an hour il had destroyed large
building Of this company, one of the lars-
est planning mill plants in western Ken
lucky coal and wood yard. ana Two
line residences belonging to George n
Kennedy. also two cars of coal on SD
.ns o the Illinois Central railroad lhere
was no means of fighting fire. as the city
had been without water of any knd, ana
IN the dark since the burning or the water
and light pant Sunday night.
Fire at Parkersburg, w. Va.
PARK ERSBTRG, w. Va. May 81
Hard work by the entire fire department
saved the Camden Theater block. valued
~ over S2Oocp rom a fire which 10
dar destroyed the four story orick
Hughes & Mullen bl,t1::.e wnlcn ao1oih-
ed the theater Loss, $lo,Ooo, insurance
about one-third.
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asfanbhaus fir elutpmpbile.

Oer perfra1te unb per19olene 81
nanaier Sriebbers in Berlin bate
man9erlei pbantaftif9e pldne. Giner
berfelben beitanb BARN, Der @utomoz
bilesntrale, bic Elm Snititut fir bic
Mufbenabrung bon Mutomobilen in
Berlin III, cine, ME es enpbemiftii6 gez
r1annt purbe, 2ombarbirunssitele fir
Mutomobile anausliebern. 5riebbers
re9nete bamit, bab piele 2eute, bic Mue
tomobile beiiBen, biefe auf Die Dauer
niht balten fDnnsn, ober, bab fie fonit
in Notb seratben unb s~eafDunsen iino,
fid zines Sbeiles ibres Beetles auf cine
3eitlans bur9 @~erpfdnbung gu ent<
lebiaen. Diei en- 2euten poate er Die
Mutomobile beleiben. in Der itiaen
9offnuns, baB bier unb ba eine Der
8endinfarohen inn perfauen piirbe.
Das tpdrs bann elm gutter Sang fir Bill
lises @elb sepefen. Tim benz pfanbs
baus fir Nutomobile m0sli9lt ptele
2iebbaber gu perben, polte er bas
Ner5eben Der Nutomobile bequem unb
bistret erm0sli9en. Diejenisen Ser
pfGnbsr BON Mutomobilen, bic ni9t seis
gen burften, baB ie fein @utomobil
mebr befaBen, foaten auf Selepbon=
anruf fir biaiges Gelb ibr eisenes &us
tomobil auf 3eit pieoer CUR @erfd9ung
geitelt betommen. Spdter folte bas
@ebit.l tpteber in feline Gsfansenf9aft
5uriidfebren.
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| @ren5en mebr.. MIles bra6 in begei=
iterte @urrabrufe aus, Sranen e1t-
itiir5ten Den 4ugeLuno biele TINT
armten li6 in ipiloem Subel. Da
blidte Ser 8auer @rote-Miillefamp
in oas Mntlis leines Seinoes, uno I'M
Dem er nit Der 2infen nod ben feu6t=
geiporbenen 4ugen f1br, itredte er
Die &edte aus uno iaete: Sea, o1e
Didfopp, id mein, mi moat no auf
Sreoen mafen uno nit Die Bro5elle-
rite opboren. @at meinit on bertan?"
y0at iaa en- 8ort fin, 9eram",
Iagte Ser anbere ltnb Die often Seinoe
| i6iittelten ii6 fraftig Die 6ano.
Nun mar Die S~iegesgottin ouf if
rem ungefiigen @agengan5 nabe se-
fomnten Ga padte Der 9oftor &or-
tum BEN Sdulten fraftig am @rme,
oe11tete ouf einen Der reitenoen So
ger uno rief: naief, fief, @isbert, Dit
len 2eutllant ba NIT oat iierne &rii5
OPP Der 8roit iont mi fennen."
Sn Dem Mugenblide aber idon
iprang &atrin 8riiggemann auf Sen
Neiter 81, ftredte linn beioe 4rme emit
\ gegen uno rief: .&enrid, bilt OF oat
miirfIid?"
l1no Der 2eutnant neigte iid aus
Dem Sattel nieoer nno faBte lire
Sdnoe. $50, mien Deornfell, 10, if
bin 4 ioelpers. lin MI is moa aGes
miboer goat" ltno er lenfte iein
Bfero iiber Den @raben cuffs Selo
uno iprar1g berab, nno Tie bielten fid
fpeineno nmiblungen.
Sea, SSunge, bier liino of nod ar-
ner Size, lieB iid Der Sdulte per-
nebmen, unb audi 9irf trat beran,
unb beioe begriiBten Senrih nit gro-
| Der inr1erer, aber molgemeiiener 9era-
lidfeit, maBrenb Der 9oftor bas Mao-
den Elm menig our Seite i6ob uno
la6eno rief: Sea mien Oearn, no lat
mi 90 uuf nal ran!" Inn oanm Sen-
rid fraftig 81 umarmen.
lin mot Gift mt?" fragte Der
Shulte. uWiro man nun mien Sof
ibernebmen ODER ODER miro man altf
ben Sauptmann iooer Wajor ipefuli-
ren?"
uMan fiibrt iein &omanoo biz
Sanm, mo man nbgeloit miro, nno
Damn bdngt ma Die Uniform an ben
Nageluno fommt nuf ben Sol, por-
msg,iest DOB man oieIe bier mitbrinz
gen oarf", iagte Senrib uno legte
ieinen Mrm Inn oen Raden oes Wdo-
1ens.
rNanananann!" brummte Der
Shnlte, .bas mill ales feline Orb
nung boben. 1no menn on oenn
mieoer auf ben Soffommit, oann mol
len mir 5mei nal fein in unierem be-
iten Staat gu griiggematms Sof bin-
aug uno oann miro oein Suer in aller
Ge3iemIihfeit ieinen Mntrng fir bid
itea'en, allies, mics 8rauh uno Site
lit. -Niht mabr, mien Dobterfen, 10
niat mi 4 boIen?" manote er iif) on
oas W1oden.
DSa> Batter, miertipeag melt mi
Dat benn 10 boGen", ladte 9elfatrin
unf, Damn idmang iid @enrib nod
fur 5em Ibibieo mieber in ben Sattel,
ll1rI pfli6tgemaB Der ebrenen Sieges-
gottin meiter bos @brengeleite 81 ee-
bp1r
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2of0leS.
TIr die kucbe.

8lumenfobl m it Sal s.
5ungen. gitige 8ll1menfo6lfopfe
meroen geifdlt lto in Sal5waiier
mei1 gefo1t. Sn5tpiiden fat man
einige aalbs5ungen gefo6t uno ge-
bdi1tet uno int Glide eeidnittett. Die
8IumenfobIitauoen legt man auf eine
SdiiieI, 10, bab man 5piiden ieoe
einige Sdeiben 3unee ididtet, ote
red)t beiB iein miiiien. Damn iiber<
gieBt ntan beioes nit elmer ialterli=
den gIumenfobliauce, an Ser &apern
niht feblen oiirfert, nnb ~garniert oie
5diiiiel nit fleinen Sleiihpoltetden
in 8latterteigbiille.
SiiI5epon etnem Salts
bein. Gas 8ein elmer &olbsfellle,
iomie ein Stiid @ariie, oos bod
meiit iebnig lit, miro gefo6t, oas an-
baftenoe Jleiih 5eridnitten utto nit
3itroneninft ~betrdllfelt. Die griibe
miro Oann nod eingefodt mo nit 4
gafeIn @elatine ouf 1 Gint Sliiiiig-
felt permiiht iiber Die 5leiiditiidbell
gegoiien, Die nod oufd ettpa por-
banoene 8ratenreite perinebrt lper=
ben f0nneu. @enn Die Siil5e err
faltet lit, miro lie geitiir5t uno nit
giiig uno Del ierpiert.
9roielteig. Dieier Seig eig-
net iid gut CUR ltnterlage bon Sbit-
lorten. Man permifdt / 8funo
MebI auf Elm alidenbrett uno ber-
fnetet es NIT M 9funo Butter 2
ltn5en 3uder unb 6 gi6ottern. Ser
Eeig fann in ein faltes, feltftes Su1
geidlagen, einige 3eit oufgeboben
un6 beliebig perpenoet meroen. Scan
oriift i'm in cine Sprtenpfanfte,
belegt i'm nit Sbit unb aibt einelt
RabmguB 6ariiber.
&affee auf fran5oiil9 e
art. Der gemabIene &affee miro in
ben 9affeetopf getanL oieier auf ge-
linoem 5eller ertparmt, mas inter
beitan6igem l1mriibren gelhebeit
ioa. 9ann erit iibergieBt man ben
aaffee nit foderbem @aiier, laBt
i'm 10 Mimiten tauf elmer beiBen
9eroiteIe 5ieben nno filtriert i'm
ourd GlieBpapier in cine belize
Same.
8aperiide aIoBe. Gin bal-
bes Hfuno piirfelie geidnittene Semi
mel miro NIT n 9h1nb Mild an-
gefeudtet. Sal5, MusfatnuB, 5
gier uno fnapp ~ 8funo Mebl iest
man bin5u, riibrt nno fnetet Die
Waiie uno formt afoBe oabon, Die
nj reihlid fohen6em @aiier, oos
gut gefal5en fem muB, gefoht tper-
ben. Die 4loBe peroen Dor Dem Mn-
rihten nit In 8utter braun geroite=
ten GemmeIfrllmmen beitrert.
8obnen un6 HfIaumen.
- @eiBe 8obnen peroen tpei1 &c
foht. @ute 9afpflaumen aa einem
Drittel 0esgleiben. Dann miiht man
beioes 5ufammen uno ferbiert gefo1-
tes un6 eerduhertes Iofelfleiid oo=
All.
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NIIerIei.

-. Die 6emofrntil9e GountDfon-
pention frat am Dienitag na1mittag
3uiammen uno tpdblte DeIegaten CUR
Transformation in Sort @ortb.
Inter oieien DeIegoten befinoen fih
foIgenoe Dentihe: 8. 8. s. Hfeuffer,
Wm. 9. S1leiinger, &arrp Sertberg,
aIbert &oratb, $. 6. S~iloebranot,
Gus. Mauerr1orlil, Grit Stuff S. &.
Muegge, Soc @ernette, gbas. $. E.
Nuener, SO. g. 6. Hfeuffer uno
Charles Wernette. Mud Die republi.
faniide Gountpfonpention ipdbIte lire
DeIegnten CUR Staatsfonpentirn, I'M
ter oene1 iib foIgenoe Deutide be.
finoen: 81. Sul5baber, 9. @oIft
s. so. Sppenbcimer, @uguit 8riom,
Carl Nunge, Mrtbur Storms, S.
Winfe Wm. Go~brotpoIsft Geo. Selt-
errnonr, Gbas. SdoIl unb emil
NiggIi. Gin gei1IuB, Der goft's
2dnoi0ntlir %inooriirt, miiroe ange-
nonlmenk onrauf perIieB Woies Sar-
RIG bic W~eriammlung; er puroe aber
ipdter bod gum 9elegaten ertpablt.
Sn Dem 8eihIub beiBt es, oaB. iid
Die 4onbention fir Gait erfI1re,
penn MooiepeIt fein aanoioat iei.
Sn Der Iesten Drummer unierer
3eitung mar irrtiimIib beridtet NOR
ben, oaB in einem Hro5eB, BON so.
$. Morris, benz MaiienperipaIter Der
@ooos Hational ganf, gegen Gborles
s. Maper nno Sobn S. Stepens 81
@uniten Waper's entihieoen uno
inn Die Summe BON $2911. SO 5lige-
iprohen lei. Der Tro5eB lit 81 @ur-
item oes al1gers Morris entlfieoen,
bod lit nur Der @ngeflagte Waper
our 3ablung Der Sumiue bon
$2911.93 perurteilt.
- Nnd Die reorgoniiirten Hepu-
blifaner bcben cine gountpfonDeil.
ton abgebalten nno Gelegaten err
n1bIt.
-Gn6e Des Monnts ioa Ser nele
8. & q. 90. Babnbof benz gerfebr
iibergeben weroerl.
PIE Wunoes-@ ranoiurp bat ben
friiberen Hoitrneiiter groub IN
grotpn llllo ieineil gru0er megen all-
fertieli,lg folid)er geridte uno uil-
r~ehtmdBiger 8eripeliouns BON grief,
marfen angeflagt. .
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sic Tam, iab mnb fieete!

@er? SIZE ct. 8ernarosGrduter~
Yiuel GbgIei9 bieies berrli1e beutjde
QeilmitteI erft Dor einigen Sabren bier
eineefibrt pur6e. bot es ii9 f6on Sauz
fen6e bon b~nnfbaren Sreun6en ertpore
ben. Sie ct. Bernaro<&rduter~Riu er
iifb frei bon GuediiIber nnb aiberen
fddbliden MineraIien. Die iih in ben
lneiften amerifaniiden gatentsginen be-
reinen Saft Der heiIfrdftigften &rdliter
bereitet. Bel drpnii9er @er5tppfung,
8tngen< unb QeberIeiben, iotpie allen
S~t0runsen Der HerbaltungsSS rgane iino
iie elm 4eiImittel, nuf bas ma ii9 ints
11er berInfien fam. Trobiere eel Sn
allen Mpotbeten 5n baden.
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i3m berfamfen pber ST perrentcn.

Gin gutter 9tore unb 8arenla9er, be-
oiiemes @obn9alls. rrlter @arteu ETC.,
linmittelbar bel 9dule unb STRIDE gelez
gen, auf benz 2onoe 10 Wteilet bon Snpz
lor, 9eras. Cine quite @ele9enbeit fir
iracnb Semano, Der Elm General Miers
hanoiie : @el6dft piiniht; alt1 lit
Sdmiebe, Gottpnz@iu uno Salopn i'm
I'm nd9ere Ausfunft iuerbe
ii6 an 8. ?. Sfltfetier,
SanpopaI. gSiIiamion, Co., Seros.
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Bladlider galiformier.

Ser gIiidlidite Sag meimes ae-
bens mar, dis i'd cine Sdadtel Bud
len's Irnica SaIbe fmufte," ldreibt
Gbas. S. 8uoabn bon gracp Golifor-
nien. 3pei 25 Gents SdadteIn fl-
rierten mid bon iudenoen Sdmor-
rboioen, Die mid ~iabrelang trubelten,
obne amoere Mittel." @arantiert st
BADEN bel aoolpb 0reiB lno 81. @obn
& so.
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D.r beutfae @rport@
banbel i'm Sabre 1906 erreidte
Die 5D6e BON $3,600,O00.000. ST
iibertraf ben Der Ser. Staaten urb
Grantrsi9s Inn ein 8etrd4tlihes unb
ftanb nur binter Dem Grportbanbel
@rob6ritanniens auriid. pelGer $4,e
BOO, 900 betrug.
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Gehrer aeindt

fir Die Stem @eebp.S duIe nit gerti.
iifot /. ooer 2. Glaiie. MuB oeilti6
lino engliih unterrihten fsnnen.
Termin s Mpnate. $50 Der Monat.
@egen ndberer gusfunft menoe
man iid ON emil Brmns,
2ena 30, &ornes 60.
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ie @iienbabnfolnmiliion ia

Die @iienbabnfolnmiiiion bat
Die 5eras & Bncific 8abn angepie-
ier, meitgebenoe @erheiierungen por-
5llnebmer.
Mnn pdre handles Mal nid)t
perlegen, luenn man miiBte, lpie per-
legen Der anoere lit.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-05-28

said, meaning the enemy. land may
keep them back for a few minutes"
The moments Of suspense came sud.
denly to an end with the arrival of
Nincent's brigade and Hazletts bat.
terry Of rified cannon, Fifth artillery.
The young battery lieutenant spoke.
General, what is the matter:"
THE deuce is TO pay" was the re-
ply. Il hope you can hold out until
the infantry gets into position"
Il guess l can" answered Lieutenant
Hazlett. As a matter of fact. he stayed
there until he was killed.
The veteran Chamberlain, now in his
eightieth year. thus describes the ac-
ton from this point:
Warren started our brigade Win
cents before he sent Hazlett's battery
10 Little Round Top. My column pass
ed Hazlett getting his guns up by hand
and handspike to the summit of Little
Round Top. The Twentieth Maine was
placed on the extreme left of the Union
army. The attack, beginning on the
right of our brigade rolled rapidly
upon my front. The assault was first
from the Fourth and Fifth Texas,
joined by the Fourth Alabama and
next by the Forty-seventh and finally
by the Fifteenth Alabama.
My regiment had already been cut
down by the casualties of the service,
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Cha HARLAN uAZIETT'S BATTERY on
thought only of III IL NoOND Tor
one thing-that the position he held
was of great importance in the battle.
Retreat might mean the destruction of
an entire corps There was no hope
that supports would be sent him in sea
son to save the position. He was re-
solved never to yield, though it seemed
that in a few minutes not a man would
be left alive
Colonel Chamberlain thus describes
what followed:
Seeing the desperate situation, bad
ordered my men to use the cartridges
Of the fallen friend or foe When they
had fired their last cartridge into the
faces of a rallying force | resolved to
make cOuntercharge with the bayO-
net and so instructed my officers on the
wheeling flank. on whom the brunt
was to fall. Returning to my center,
was about to order the movement when
Lieutenant Melcher, commanding the
now salient center company, came M
and asked if he might not rush for
ward and rescue some of our wounded
before the oncoming enemy should
trample them underfoot. | admired
his tenderness and courage and an
swered: Yes. sir; | will give you
| went forward to our colors and
shouted 'Bayonetr adding Forward
But no mortal could hear this. the roar
of fire and shouts of my men drowning
all words
1--WE made a sickle sweep, a great
right wheel, with our whole line, as
tonishing the enemy into surrender or
wild retreat We cleared the whole
valley between Little Round Top ard
brought back 900 prisoners. | had lost
half my men on the center and third
of the entire regiment on the line The
company l had sent out on our left not
being at first in the charging line. il
was made by scarcely more than 90
men. We later advanced in MIDNIGHT
blackneSs. clambering the rough sides
of Great Round Top. beyond which
the remnants of Hoods division had
leilVdteu' anu Win lne dlu OF Two
regiments held the position"
The heroic leader of this remarkable
action, besides receiving the medal O..
honor for his work at Gettysburg. was
made brigadier general on the field
in a later engagement by General
Grant and in 1865 General Chamber
lain was brevetted a major general
for conspicuous gallantry in action. e"
At the ceremony of the actual sur
render of the arms and colors of Lees
army at Appomattox Chamberlain was
designated to command.
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was more than twenty miles from his
lines, and We felt dead sure of getting
him.
The dogs kept the scent for about Il
mile, when they lost it at a creek The
fank had walked in the water some
distance. and then. instead OF getting
back on TO dry land on the opposite
side, he crossed farther up. This
threw the dogs off the scent for quite
awhile
The first we heard of our man he'd
taken horse out Of widows barn
We followed him through a clump Of
houses where there was a store and
learned that he'd gone into the store.
told the storekeeper that he was a
Confederate courier in hurry with
important dispatches. helped himself to
what he could find to eat and asked
the storekeeper if he had any red pep
per, as he was mighty fond of il on
meat, The storekeeper gave him o
box, and the Yank jumped on his horse
and galloped away
Funny. wasn't it-a man flying from
the rope so particular about the sea
soning of his food? BY this time we'd
TRACKED him some ten miles. and he
was going straight In the direction of
the Federal lines, but his horse didn't
seem to be much of a beast for endllr-
ance, for we kept hearing of the man
nearer and nearer. When about two
miles ahead of US he left the road and
made for big field. letting down a
rail fence to get into it. He soon struck
the road again, and il was evident that
d made cutoff Then we followed
him up creek that was pretty near
dry and at last cane to his horse, ly-
ing stone dead in a cotton field.
"Hoorayr' we all shouted. We've
got him! Another mile or two II do the
business"
But he'd been riding all the while
and must have been as fresh as a daisy
for running Anyway, he gave US Il
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tracks grew more and more marked,
and it was plain that he couldn't ran
very fast with bleeding feet.
All of a sudden the foremost dog,
skipping along with his nose TO the
ground, stopped and sneezed The
next and the next did the same till
every dog was sneezing SO hard we
were afraid they'd sneeze their heads
off. The Yank had poured red pepper
in his shoes, in which there were
plenty of holes. through which it could
run out into his tracks The dogs
sneezed and sneezed and then turned
tail on the trail No whipping would
drive them on. Some of US followed
the Yank. but we didn't get him. The
last we saw of him he was scooting
into the Federal lines.
What did we do with the girl who
helped him get away Nothing And
I've been glad ever since we didn't
The Yank came back after the war and
married her. They're living in the
house from which she helped him to
escape. They've got dozen or more
grandchildren.
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Memorial

many years in Springfield. II
was while residing in that city
shortly after the close of the war
that he conceived the idea of an
organization of veterans and
worked out the ritual. The first
G, A. X. meeting was held April
8, 1866. in Decatur, Ill.
The founder of the order met
many reverseS in life and died
disappointed man. 1t was not
until after his death that the
Grand Army grew to such mag
nificent proportions. DR.. Ste
phenson devoted much time and
thought to the order, to the neg
lect of his own medical practice
and the consequent impoveriSh-
ment Of his family. He was a
generous. cheerful man, with an
abiding confidence in the ulti-
mate realization OF his dreams,
though he did not live to witness
the nation wide growth of the
G. A. II.
A warm colored granite will be
used for the shaft. the panels on
each side containing the figures,
badges and inscriptions to be OF
statuary bronze.
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II III eS o u @ De
heard the voice of a sentry challeng-
ing or the drawn out clatter of a horse
man on the stone pavement of the Gem
etery. Daybreak found cautious Cen
eral Meade still listening to the reports
OF his division commanders. to their
stories of misfortune and plans for
strengthening the line of battle.
The unexpected was certain TO be-
fall both officers aud men, and thew
FAUST be ready to perform miracles if
need be. An instance of this Kind was
the fight of the Twentieth Maine on
Little Round Top. in token of which
the colonel of the regiment, Joshua l..
: chamberlain, for his daring heroism
received the medal of honor
Little Round Top had escaped the
vigilance of the Federal commanders
This was the smaller of two rough hills
strewn with powders and bare. siip.
perry rocks, rising sharply from a wood
ed swamp, behind which stretched the
Confederate battle line. At the foot of
Little Round Top a body of Union
troops had been posted
IT was now afternoon. Lees attack
was expected momentarily, and every
man was waiting intently, with his
eyes fixed upon the open space that
separated the two armies. Just at this
time, by fortunate chance, 1t occurred
10 General Meade to order General War
rem to ride over the field in the dircc-
finD ~
So and when he came to the foot Of
Little Round Top he left his horse and
climbed to the summit What was his
surprise to find at this point only one
soldier, an officer of the signal CORPS! .
He no sooner looked about him than il
became instantly clear to him that the
top of this hill was in reality the
key to the whole position His aston.
ishment gave place to CONSERVATION.
With his glass he noted the thickly
wooded ridge beyond the swamp.
Captain" he said, fire a shot into
those woods"
The captain Of the rife battery did
so. and a simultaneous flash Of mus
ket barrel ard bayonet revealed to the
northern general the presence of a
long line of the enemy far outfanking
the position of the Union troops The
fact thrilled him. 1t was most appall-
ing. A strong force should have been
mtrenched long ago on this hill Per
bapS even now ii was not too late. He
rushed off messenger to General
Meade with penciled word to send
General Warren at least a division to
hold the position at Little Round Top.
CD the summit where the signal Of
fcer was stationed the musket balls
were beginning to fly He folded up
his flags and was going to leave but at
this moment Warren came back and in
duced him to keep the flags waving.
ut may puzzle those people," be
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Fired First and Last Shot.

1t is fact not generally known that
the man who fired the first gun In the
civil war killed himself with another
shot not long after the close of the con-
fiict Edmund Ruffin, who opened the
bombardment of Fort Sumter by firing
the first cannon shot, owned a large
many slaves. He was an old man. but
intensely loyal to the south. By the
fortunes of war his estate was ruined.
So disappointed and Inundated was
Ruffin by the failure of the southern
cause that on the 18th of June. 1865,
at Amelia Court House. Va. the old
man loaded a musket and killed him
self
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that flank to strike this attack in
flank"
No sooner had Colonel Chamberlain's
little force reached the portion of the
hillside assigned to it than it was
engaged by the Fourth Ala bama Soon
it saw a dense mass of Confeder-
ateS coming toward its left. for two
strong regiments of the enemy. CON
tanning thousand men. had been or
dered to turn the Union flank at ex.
actly that position. Discerning in
fash the grave peril of his command
the Maine colonel sent out a company
to engage this force and ordered five
companies to swing back until they
formed line at a right angle to the