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McPherson Sent Against Resaca.

For reasons of his own. Gen. Sher-
man had determined that Gen. McPher-
son, with the Army Of the Tennessee.
should push thru Snake Creek Gap and
capture Resaca. He gave explicit or
ders to Mcpherson as to what was ex-
pected of him, and also sent orders to
Thomas and Schofield to be in readiness
to take instant advantage OF Johnston's
confused and precipitate retreat when
he should fnd Mcpherson In his rear.
Marching out from Chattanooga to
the south, Mcpherson had clear road
with no obstacles. He reached Villa
now on time, and on the morning of
May passed thru the rocky defile of
Snake Creek Gap, which he found en-
tireiy undefended. At the eastern
mouth of the defile he encountered his
first enemy, a brigade of cavalry, which
his head Of column easily scattered and
which galloped off in all haste to carry
the news to Johnston. At 2 o'clock, May
Q, Mcpherson sent a note to Sherman,
informing him that he was within
mile and o half of the railroad above
Resaca and was pushing on for it. This
news was communicated to the rest of
the army. and raised the hopes Of the
commanders to the highest pitch. The
skirTnishers and pickets were instruct
ed to push up close to the enemy, keep
ing a sharp watch on everything in
their front, and advancing the moment
that any sign OF retreat was observed,
For once In his brilliant career No
tPherson failed to comprehend the
Esprit Of his orders. He reconnoitered
lthe works around Resaca, found them
alarmingly strong aid seemingly well
tgarrisoned. He hesitated before max
ing an assault which would be costly in
life and possibly not successful. He
was ignorant Of the country around
him, and did not know what force
Johnston might have near at hand to
throw upon his flank. He therefore
made the crowntng mistake of his ca
reer In listening to the voice of pru-
dence. and in Withdrawing his men to
the strong position at the foot Of the
gap, where he could cover the advance
! Of the rest Of the army to reinforce
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sauga. and McCook's Cavalry was still
further to the east.
Snnke Creek Cup.
One of the many mysteries of the
war is why so able a General as Johh-
ston, and one who kept himself SO we'll
informed. should, with ali his fortify-
ing, have neglected so vulnerable a
point as Snake Creek Gap. Gen. Thom-
as, who had the finest Secret Service
of any commanding officer in the Army.
and who was himself better posted as
to the enemy than any other, had
known for months that snake Creek
Gap had been overlooked by Johnston
and left undefended. In planning the
campaign Thomas had urged Sherman
to move up directly upon BuZzard's S
Roost with the Armies of the Tennessee
and Ohio, but to let him take the Army
of the Cumberland, slip thru Snake
Creek Gap and take Johnston in the
rear. If Gen. Thomas'S advice had been
followed, the Atlanta campaign would
have had a very different history.
Snake Creek Gap is not properly a
gap at all, but, rather. a long defile be-
tween towering mountains, covered with
forests so thick that the light of day
hardly reached the ground anywhere.
Snake Creek is an insignificant stream
that empties at length into the Costa
naula, and winds thru ridges lying
parallel to Rocky Face Ridge and col
lectively known as the Chattoogata
Mountains. West of Rocky Face Ridge
are the Horn Mountains, and from
these to the ChattoOgata Mountains Is
a plateau, from which descend the wa
ters into Mill Creek on one side and
Snake Creek on the other. This defle
is five or six miles long and Of wild
ness hardly to be found anywhere else
east of the Mississippi Not even the
fugitives from the law had ever erect
ed their rude shacis in that out-of-
the-way region. Wagons at very rare
intervals had passed from Villanow
into the Valley Of the Chickamauga to
Sugar Valley Post Office in the more
open country sloping down to the Oos-
tanaula. These had made a passage
BY following the beds Of the streams
to the plateau, but this must have been
with the greatest difficulty. and it Is
not readily understood why such pns-
no produce to be taken to market nor
goods to be brought back.
After emerging from this rough pas
sage the village OF Resaca is close at
hand. where the railroad crosses the
Oostanaula River. Johnston had seen
its strategic Importance, and had sur
rounded the place with works which
were garrisonedj by two brigades under
Gen Canty. Resaca stands in the ell
bow at the junction of the Connasauga
with the Oostanaula. Camp Creek en-
ters the latter river just west of the
village, and the rugged hills thru which
1t cuts made fine position for the
intrenched camp which Johnston had
ordered there. Johnston had also made
it a sub-base, and had collected large
store of supplies.
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GUNS-GOvERNMENT-G GUNS

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Flint Locks Ball. Shot. Blank Cartridges Send stamp
for price list Ohio supply Co., Box 7e9 Steubenville o.
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CHAPTER III.
xcopyright. laes, by John McEiroy.)

Johnston's Stronghold at Dalton Turned
by McPherson'S Movement Thru
Snake Creek Gap,
The Movement Begins.
G Thus far IN the war the Confederates
had been able to use their short interior
lines to great advantage owing to the
fact that the Union armies could not
be gotten to advance simultaneously.
1t would happen. when the Army of
the Potomac was advancing, that the
other armies were lying still, and the
quiescenee Of the Army of the Potomac
had allowed jefferson Davis to detach
Longstreefs Corps from Lee and send
it SOC miles to help overwhelm Rose
Grams. Grant was determined that moth
ing of this kind should henceforth hap
pen, and that the moment operations
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Up Asa.-,t the Granite wall.

=. On Nov. 8 the Fourteenth Corps
found itself sausIrsiy confronting the
cloGd-reaching palisades of the Rocky
race Ridge. Only imperfect informa-
fion had been gained a. to the exac,
position of the enemy. and the Four
teeuth corps pushed It's way thru brush
ara over rocks until ID reached and
Crossed the dammed-up waters OF Mil
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IL
Harker and the officers and man of his
brigade highly distinguished themselves
for gallantry and good conduct"
Gen. Howard's Account.
In Battles and Leaders' Gen. O. O.
Howard. commanding the Fourth Corps
gives vivid picture of the scene as st
presented itself TO him:
early in the day, Nav 7. the Fourth
Corps, arranged for battle. was near a
small farmhouse in sight of Tunnel
Hill. Two divisions, StanIey's and
Newton's, abreast in long, wavy lines,
and the other. Woods, in the rear, kept
on the quinvive to prevent surprises,
particularlYfrom the sweep Of coun-
try to the north of US. The front and
the left Of the moving men We're well
protected by infantry skirmishers. II
was a beautiful picture-that army
corps. with arms glistening in the morn.
ing light. ascending the slope. By 8
o'clock the few rifle shots had become
continuous rattle. First we saw far
off, here and there, puffs of smoke,
and then the gray horsemen giving
back and passing the crest Suddenly
there was a stronger resistance, artii-
lery and musketry rapidly firing upon
our advance. Al o'clock the ridge of
Tunnel Hill bristled with ConfAderates.
mounted and dismounted. A closer
observation from Stanley's field glass
showed them to be only horse artillery
and cavalry supports. In a few mo-
ments Stanley's and Newton's men
charged the hill at q run and cleared
the ridge, and soon beheld the enemy's
artillery and cavalry galloping away.
The ball is opened Stanley called out.
az took my place by his side to study
Tayior's Ridge and it's Rocky Face
which was now in plain sight. We be-
hsld 1t. cragsy elevation Of about 500
fset extending from a point not tar
north OF us. but as far as the eye could
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CHAPTER x.

Janet went upon no more expedi-
tons with Tom. His lie struck her
like shot going through all her de-
lenses. She had almost lied for him.
according to Charlie Blackmore's in
structions; lied, or at least suppressed
the truth, giving her mother to un-
derstand that there was no purpose
at all in their ride, but only that they
had gone too far-to save him, that
he be not blamed. But when Tom
arrived with his lie all ready, in
which there was no hesitation, Janet,
standing aghast looking on, too much
startled to contradict him or say a
word, felt as if he had suddenly
landed a blow at her, flung an arrow
like the savages she had read Of
which went through and through,
cutting not only to her heart, but to
the last refuge of her intelligence
the recesses of her not too lively
brain. 1t was not only pain, but a
painful desire to understand, which
moved her. Why did he do it? What
did he mean by it? It seemed almost
impossible to believe that it was only
the familiar childish effort to clear
himself by blaming her: "It's Janet
its not me-" She had said herself
in the nursery days, "It's not me
it's Tom," in the sudden shock of a
fault found out. Was that all he
meant, or was it something more?
Toms explanation afterward did not
mend matters.
WELL" he said, 1T was you-you
know you wanted to see the mare. l
told you you wasn't game for it, but
you swore you were. And whose
fault was it but yours for breaking
down and letting it all out?-spoiling
my fun in every way. For the Black
mores are as proud as the devil"
Don't speak like that, . cried Janet,
with shudder.
They are, though, just as proud as
the devil, though they're nothing but
horse-coupers. knew was done for
when ! said that / had given my
word. The old man fired up like a
rocket, and I'll never be able to go
there any which is all your
fault
But. Tom. if you gave your
word"
Don't be silly" cried Tom; "that's
not like giving your honor between
you and another man. What's Beau?
He's like one of the masters in school
They know you don't mean it; they
know you'll get out Of it If you can,
and they're always on the watch. Not
the least like another fellow Of your
own sort that you give your honor to.
OF course should keep that But
mother or Beau are quite different.
You're forced to do that, and they
know you never mean to keep it all
the time"
This reasoning silenced Janet,
though it did not convince her. She
did not know what reply to make. A
boys code of honor was a thing she
did not understand, and she had al
ways been accustomed to serious dis
crepancies between his ideas Of what
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OUR CANARY BIRD DICK.

Perhaps you would like to hear
about Dick, the cute little canary
bird we have He is very light yell
low, with a few black feathers.
Whenever some one comes into the
room he sings and sings until the
person says; How do you do?" to
him. Then he stops. He is so tame
that we allow him to fly all around
the house. He likes the mahogany
table in the parloF best
One day last week was walking
through the hall with a pitcher of
water. Dick saw me. iiew up to the
pitcher, sat on the rim and then few
in and took bath. which surprised
me very much, because he win not
take his bath unless it il in the frying
pan.
Dick loves to play with a spool of
thread, which he untwists until he
has enough in his mouth and then he
will fly to his cage. If he sees any
one eating something, he flies on his
shoulder and with his head cooked
on one side sings until he gets some
thing to eat The other day while
my friends and were in the dining
room he flew from one shoulder to
the other or few ON to the table to
eat the crumbs. Hildegarde Grisch,
in the New York Tribune.
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When General Jackson returned to
Washington after the Seminole war
his first act was to send for a fash
ionable tailor of the name of Ballard
to make him pair of breaches. Bal
lard was very fond of being recog-
nized by great ihen who had been his
customers. A few days after he had
finished Jackson's garment he saw
the General conversing with COM
pany of friends in front of Tensions
Hotel and stepped up pompously to
speak to him. Jackson, thinking him
some distinguished individual, very
cordially gave him his hand, but, not
remembering him, in whisper in
CURED his name, to which Ballard re-
Piled. Il made your breeches." The
General, deceived by the sound, inn
mediately turned to the company and
introduced him as Major Rreeches, a
title which poor Ballard was after
ward obliged to wear to the day Of
his eath.--New York Press.
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Not the Yellow Kind.

William Allen White is welded to
Emporia, Kan, and the newspaper
editorial desk which he there adorns.
But about twice year. Mr.. White.
out of hard sense of duty wrenches
UP stakes and comes East
Why, Mr.. White" exclaimed one
woman whom he met at luncheon;
aren't you little stouter than when
saw you LAST
"Porbably," said White, quite
probably usually am"
That afternoon he sat in a box
at matinee and lacked out over the
audience with no small degree of in
terest. "It's much sarker than the
last time was he.e." he murmured.
Darker" repeated his host.
Yes. How fashions In hair change
Now. only q few years ago this would
have been like looking over box of
lemons. :"
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THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
The first day of school is the best day Of
ALL
You feel SO important and happy and tail!
You have some new dresses, and in your
new books,
New studies with lovely queer jumbles and
crooks.
And teacher looks fresh and little bit fat,
And wears the most hummery, summary
hat;
You wonder how some day twill feel to
And never be scolded,@ and never be
told"
The blackboard Is painted all shiny and
black
And somehow, it really is good to be back.
There's Amy. and Harriet, Mary and Gwen,
And Married. Mathers, who has the gold
pen.
And Marbles doing her hair new way,
And has new bracelet that's locked on to
stay.
You wish that mamma weren't SO strict
about things
That you could wear brooches and brace
let's and rings.
We don't have to study the first day, at
And teacher, quite often, goes out in the
hall;
We whisper, but teacher comes back with
smile
Wen have to behave better after while
Oh, summer vacation is splendid, Of course,
With the lake, and the farm, and the boat,
and the horse;
But truly love the first day, in the fall,
When school seems real fun-'tis the best
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The Government does not want any

The Government does not want any
more raw recruits. Until further no
tice it will make -enlistments, not
enlistments. The ranks and the re-
cruit depots have not been SO well
filled for years as they are to-day.
Apparently If the funds permitted
the enlisted strength could be readily
carried up to 100000, reckons the
Boston Transcript With business
booming. enlistments will fall off
again, SO tse Government had better
not shut the doors of the recruiting
offices too tight.
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Longest Gable Ropeway.

Work is at present in hand on the
construction of what is claimed to be
the longest cable ropeway in the
world 1t is being constructed by a
German firm, and is intended to con-
meet the collieries of the Societe de
PIndustrie Charbonniere ct Miniere
de Turkestan. situate about eighty
miles from Samarcand, Russian Turk
estan, with the nearest railway sta
ton. Hitherto the coal has been
transported by camels, the journey.
on account of the very hilly district.
occupying five days. The new r0pe-
way, which will be fifty-four miles
long, is intended to carry from eight
to ten million pools year, and the
trolleys, which will each hold twenty
pools, will travel at speed Of six
miles an hour Philadelphia Record.
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CHAPTER TX.
Continued.

SOAIAAuOOs
Janet stood in the hall when she
had managed to twist out of her
mothers hold. Her eyes had a wild
sparkle in them, dazzled from the
night; her hair was hanging dank
about her shoulders; her hat tied on
with Mr.. Blackmore's handkerchief.
She looked dazed, speechless, guilty,
with fear in her face and in her soul.
She looked as if she might behave
had the habit of being-struck and
beaten, standing trembling before
her mother, who had never harmed a
fly in all her gentle life.
Mother, we went too far; and
then the-woman came out-the-
the lady, and said was too tired. He
was to drive me home"
We'll, and that was all? Coz be
thanked there has been no accident.
But where is Tom?"
Mr.. Tom is just coming up the
avenue, my lady," said one of the
men.
"Then all is right, and there was
really nothing to be afraid Of" said
Lady Car with an agitated laugh.
Was Janet to be let off SO easily?
She stood watching her mother with
uneasy suspicion, while all attention
was diverted to Tom, who jumped off
his horse in similar pale suspicion
and fear, but with brows lowering
and eyes half Swallowed by the eye
lids. Tom had made up his mind as
he came along what he was to do.
He did not wait for the fury which
he felt sure was ready to pour forth
1T wasn't my fault" he said, with a
CLEAN of his Swallowed eyes to where
Beaufort was coming in behind him.
"She had made up her mind she
would see the mare, and 7 had to take
her I knew it was too far"
Janet stood aghast with her mouth
open, taking in every word. A cry
of protest rose up in her breast, which
she had just comprehension enough
to stifle. "Never mind just now, my
boy" said Beaufort; "all's well that
ends well, but you have given your
mother a great fright. You can tell
me after how it was"
I'D better tell you at once" Tom
repeated. "She had set her heart on
seeing the mare. There was no harm,
I suppose, in telling her about the
mare. And I thought she was more
game than she is. That's all about it.
thought we could have gone into the
stables without seeing-the people
you made me promise about, Beau.
But couldn't help it when saw how
tired she was. And Charlie drove her
home-that's all .
The cry of protest in Janet's throat
did not get utterance, but it produced
a gasp of horror and establishment as
she stood staring in her mothers face.
She could not look at Tom Lady
Car was looking at him unsuspecting
with her faint smile-that smile
which Janet felt meant something
more than any one thought. And
there was no more said.
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The automobile endurance race
from New York to Boston was inter
esting and exciting. 1t would have
been better and more successful if it
had been law abiding, thinks the Bos-
ton Herald. In that case it's record
might not have been marred by acct
dents. Why not add to the penalties
of these road events absolute dis
qualification for competitors violating
the laws or ordinances? Obedience
to the laws of State should be as
important as obedience to the rules
of race.
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Henry Watterson says: Eve should
have a constitutional amendment re-
curing the Chief Magistrate to have
attained the age of fifty instead of
thirty-five. No man gets his wisdom
at fve-and-thirty That, remarks
the Rochester Democrat and Chroni-
Gle, would have shut out of the Presi-
dency Polk, aged forty-nine; Fill
more, forty-eight; Grant, forty-six;
Garfield, forty-nine; Cleveland (the
first time), forty-seven, and Roose-
welt, who in 1900 was forty-two, and
in 1904 was forty-six
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Figure A.

thoroughly seasoned. The peculiar
advantage consists in the fact that it
has a large central pith, which in
sures lightness, and a hard outer
shell, which makes for rightly.
The arrow should be tnirty-one
inches long, fve-sixteenths of an inch
in diameter at the head, quarter of
an inch in the centre, and three
sixteenths at the tail; and the greater
care taken to make it perfectly
smooth and straight, the farther it
will fly.
The head has rounded point.
The only other thing required is
a piece of hard, strong string,
about one-sixteenth of an inch
in diameter and twenty-eight inches
long. In this a double knot is tied,
one-half inch from the end. Hav-
ing made a pencil mark round the
arrow at distance of sixteen inches
from its head, the thrower bitches
the string over the knot and about
the arrow at the pencil mark, as
shown in Figure A.
~ "hA W SSOH SH1e ~ AVAS co eAS
pull on the string continues to be
toward the head of the arrow, the
knot will hold, but as soon as the pull
comes from the opposite direction the
string slips off.
With the head of the arrow held
toward the body, the loose end of the
string is wound four or five times
about the end of the forefnger of the
right hand, and the arrow itself is
held lightly, close to it's head, be-
tween the thumb and the second and
third fingers.
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In throwing, the arrow is held at
arms length in front of the body,
drawn back, and then cast forward
and upward by powerful jerk of the
arm.
The movement of the arm is large
ly below the top of the shoulder, but
the arrow should be inclined upward
at an angle of about forty-fve de-
grees, as it leaves the hand (Figure
b., The string, of course, slips on
as the arrow starts.
The distance to which an arrow
may be thrown by this simple meth
cd is astonishing.
Among the Yorkshire miners an
ordinary thrower will cast an arrow
from 24O to $50 yards; and 372 yards
is the record which one man at
tanned.
The propelling power is applied
largely by the first finger. and the
greatest difficulty with beginners is
that they are apt to grip the arrow
too tightly with the second and third
fingers at the moment when it should
leave the hand.
Success in making long flights de-
ponds. too. very much upon the bal
ance of the arrow--a matter which
those who attempt the sport will en-
joy working out for themselves. The
Yorkshiremen are so particular about
this that before one Of their matches
it is not unusual to see a contestant
pushing "a common pin into the pith
of his arrow at ono end or the other,
or withdrawing one.-Youth's Com
panion.
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Day by day the woman suffrage
movement gathers recruits, insists
the Baltimore Sun. And so does the
anti-woman suffrage movement. Day
by day new reasons are added to the
old reasons why women should be al
lowed to vote. And so are new rea-
sons piled up why women should not
be allowed to vote. 1t is not for man
to interrupt the conversation until
the women have finished talking
about it. And then there will not be
any use for him to take it up, for the
subject will be exhausted.
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Says the New Haven Register: We
have been charged with being "the
wasteful nation" and if we are wise
we will plead guilty and seek to re-
form our ways 1t is not likely, more
over, that we are the only nation
open to that accusation. But we
should find, if we got all of the forty
five nations into heart to heart con-
ference, that there are several among
them which are Just the opposite
from Wasteful
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In story that comes from Atlanta,
Mrs. Sarah Wiley is introduced as the
wife Of one of the most notorious
moonshiners in northern Georgia.
Because she developed conscientious
scruples about his business, he gave
her whipping. In revenge she told
the revenue officers where his still
was, and they captured him. He was
brought into court for trial; Mrs.
Wiley fatty refused to testify against
him. eff there's one thing the Lord
doesn't know" remarked Judge New
man, 'it's what woman will do"