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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
"our Battery Came Up on the Rum"

short wav before the Second Mime
sofa regiment formed in line OF battle
Our battery came up on the run and
formed on the left of the Second Min
nesota The Thirty-ffth Ohio form
ed on the left of the battery. and our
regiment. the Eighty-seventh Indiana.
formed in rear of the battery as sup
rort We only advanced a short dis
lance before we found the rebs In full
force. and the ball game was on. The
Thirty fifth Ohio was getting the worst
of 1t and the Eighty-seventh was or
dered to relieve them. We formed In
their rear and lay down. The Thirty.
fifth passed to the rear. We were or.
dered to hold our fire when the Thirty
fifth went back. They went on the
run. The rebs thought they were on
the retreat They came after the Thir.
ty-fifth on a charge. yelling like wild
men. They had not seen our regiment
We let them get within about 40 yards.
when we jumped TO our feet. gave
them one volley and started TO meet
them with cold steel. They broke and
ran like scared sheep.
After giving three cheers we once
more got ready for the Johnnies We
did not have to wait long. They were
soon back at us, three lines deep, Our
batteries opened on them with CAMS
ter. We were pouring In the musKetry
and II got 30 hot they gave It up We
had almost emptied our cartridge
boxes. but soon had them filled up
again. BY this time the Ninth Ohio
had cometo our aid and none too soon
The rebs had been strongly REINFORCED
and had made charge on our battery
taking two pieces. but we're repulsed
by the Second Minnesota and Thirty
fifth Ohio. Learning that they had
taken two pieces Of our battery. the
Ninth Ohio and our regiment fixed bay
onets and charged the rebs. recaptur
ing our guns and some prisoners.
we then returned 10 our old posi-
ton. where we waited for the rebs
We remained on the field until about
%. M, when we joined our division
west OF us on what was known as the
Dyre farm. west Of the Lafayette and
Chickamauga pike We bad sent all
our tents, blankets and knapsacks TO
the rear We were not allowed to
build any fires TO cook or make cof.
fee So. after hard days fight. we
we're compelled to eat raw sowbelly
and bareback and dSnk water for our
supper Our beds were the cold earth
with the heavy dew and cloudless skis ,
for our cover"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
NOT TIME FOR VISITS
ELSIE WOULDN'T HAVE CALLS IN
BUSINESS HOURS.
Young Woman's Determination to
Give Her Employer a Square Deal
Might Estrange Friends But
Assured Her Future.


Chudleigh was a small place. and
therefore IT. was natural for everybody
to talk about everybody else's busi-
ness. So when Mr.. Lambert failed.
and then died of overwork and anx-
iety and broken heart. and his eld-
est daughter, Elsie. was obliged to be-
come the wage-earner for the family.
all Chudleigh sympathized and con-
jectured and compared notes. AS for
Mildred Rand. who was one OF Elsie's
most intimate friends. she made the
case particularly her own.
IT'S a shame that Elsie had to take
n position as private secretary. espe-
cially to Mr.. Larkin. Nobody's called
on Mrs. Larkin. and as for him, well,
ordinary doesn't express his 'ordi-
nariness.' She ought to have done
better"
how lucky she really was, with 80 lit
tie experience, to have stepped into
usefulness that was paid for literally.
and to have found an employer more
than usually considerate. Mildred still
regarded II as misfortune.
"Elsie's miserable!" she declared,
and as time hung heavy on her hands
she proceeded to tighten her friends
slavery by frequent telephone calls.
special delivery letters and long Wis
it's during Office hours. At last the
climax came when the telephone had
rung for Elsie the third time in one
morning Mr.. Larkin turned with a
frown to his secretary, but seeing
how his own annoyance had reflected
on her face, and seeing. too. how tired
and white she was, he said nothing,
but instead turned and went out.
A little later Mildred fluttered into
the office.
Mildred" she said, you are ruin
ing my chances here. What opinion
do you suppose Mr.. Larkin will have
of my interest in my work II / allow
myself to be interrupted this way?"
But l don't understand" replied
Mildred, honestly bewildered. Sure
ly It ought to increase your value In
the opinion of a man like Mr.. Larkin
to have your old friends treat you as
II nothing had happened. Everybody
knows his wife would give her ears
to be In our set, and beside, Mr.. Lar
kin's gone out. just saw him. /
want to tell you about the cotillion."
1T doesn't matter where he Is" said
Elsie, "and I can't stop now to hear
about the cotillion. Can't you see?
My time while I'm here Is Mr.. Lar.
kin's. He pays me honestly, and !
want to deal fairly with him. Don't
tempt me into neglecting my work"
She turned resolutely to her paper
piled desk.
20, II you're going to take 1t that
way!" and Mildred rustled OF, indig-
nant.
AS the door closed the keys OF Ell.
sizes typewriter began again TO click
busily. She did not know that Mr..
Larkin, who had returned to his In
ner office through the private en-.
trance, had overheard the close Of the
conversation II she had known 1t
she would have been glad to see the
way in which he nodded and said to
himself, She'll do! She'll do!"-
Youths Companion.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
UNCLE SANS FINE RAILBokD
Panama Road 10 a Model Of E@ksrey
and Economy and Show
Good Profits.

The first hetercdox fact vnGn ns
likely to surprise the vieitcf froiH
home is the sight of a high power w
connective, with ~. s." stenciled Oh
the cab, says Albert Edwards In ms
article. The Lesson OF panama III
Success Magazine. There are t~o
railroads on the canal Zone o"heu
and operated by the government: inc
Isthmian canal commission system
used exclusively for construction pui'
poses. and the Panams railroad. winch
besides helping in the canal ~orA'
does a large and Profitable CONNER
cial business.
Compared with other tropical ran
roads the p. r. r. Is o modei Oh el'
cheney and economy in every depart
ment. There is no system at home SO
thoroughly equipped with safety appli-
ances. The accident rate both for
employees and passengers sets stand
ard which none of our privately own
ed lines have ever approached. The
two systems together operate about
300 miles of track In the zone. and
carry more traffic per mile than any
railroad In the states, except a few
terminal systems like that Of the Chi
sage stock yards.
The annual report to the stockhold.
ers of the Panama Railroad company
1T is technically a private corpora
ton so that II can conduct a com
mercial business-for the year ending
June 80. 1910. shows gross earning"
of $6,100.7SS.S3. Extensive relocation
work is in progress. but the operating
expenses were only 34,35B,426.92. The
company also operates direct line
of steamers between Colon and New
York. They make the run between
these ports In a day less than the COM
peting lines and In the year ending
June 80. 1910, they earned over $780,
600 net
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
HOW THE RAIL0PH0NE WORKS
Hans Won kramer's System for TeIs-
phonio Communication Between
Moving Trains 10 Explained.

a new invention OF great impor-
lance has just been perfected. through
which telephone communication be-
tween moving trains IL made possible.
Though many efforts have been made
In this direction. the matter had not
been definitely solved In a really prac-
ticable and comparatively inexpensive
manner. The new system. which has
been given the name "Railophone."
has been patented In almost all coun-
tries.
The inventor is q German civil en-
gineer. Hans Won Kramer, who has
made this branch Of telephoning his
special study for a number of years.
Mr.. Won Kramer claims that, while on
moving train. he can put himself
In telephone communication with any
other train also In motion. moving In
no matter what direction. II II be pro-
vided with one Of his apparatuses.
The principal part of the installa-
ton Is in an arrangement OF electric
wires In a frame fastened beneath the
foot railing or other convenient place
OF the railway car This frame can
be lowered and raised as occasion re-
quires Through an ingenious scheme
all the telegraph or telephone poles
along the line are utilized and their
functions center In regular tele-
phone booth installed where judged
most convenient
In important and regular daily long
distance trains the intention is to In
stall complete switchboards, which
from their connection with both tele-
graph and telephone wires. may be
utilized for both telephone and tele-
graphic messages. While no secrets
have been divulged. the apparatus
does not appear to be complicated
one. A large coll Of wire is placed on
the roof Of the car with its plane YER
tical and parallel to the rails. Its
ends are connected with q telephone
receiver installed In oundproof
tooth inside the car.
This coil Is inductively affected BY
fixed circuit composed Of an over
head telegraph wire and cable Cor
ried alongside the rail, and connecte
with telephone transmitter at Z ~
ton. Each track is provided WI
circuit Of this kind. which enableow
operator on the moving train toe
tablish a direct service withou4 ~
transfer and consequent liability toT
rOr.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
TO EXPLORE TIE I'D SEA.
German Expedition Has Started TO In
vestigate Mysteries Of That
Body Of Water.

Isn't II a remarkable fact that so
little is known about the Dead sea
supposed scene of one of the greatest
tragedies In all history? A German
expedition is on it's way thither.
equipped with q large motor boat and
modern sounding apparatus. Only two
expeditions have preceded this one.
The first was fitted out by an Ameri-
can, Lieutenant Lynch, in 1848, and
was rather more thorough in it's
work than would have been expected
before the days of motor craft and
deep sounding apparatus. The Sec
ond exploration was made in 1864, by
the duke de Luynes, but did not COM
pare In efficiency with the Lynch in
vestigations.
To anybody who has seen the Dead
sea at close quarters the surprising
thing is that 1t does not contain any
animal life. The Sea of Liberals is
prolific in fish, and the Jordan must
carry large quantities of them into the
Dead sea- What becomes of them?
Is there an outlet? II so, where does
1t empty? Like the Caspian, it is
lower than the Mediterranean sea.
Seen from the Mount of Olives on a
clear day, due east, the Dead sea
looks like a magnificent body of wa
ter-very green under the suns rays;
but near at hand one has the impress
sion that he is gazing upon a stagnant,
filthy pool. Not only Is the water sat
urated with salt and many other min
eral substances, but coating of btu
minous, glue-like scum Is near the
shore, unless a strong wind has
driven 1t into the lake The feeling
of the body, after leaving the water,
is highly disagreeable.
Some people with sensitive skins
suffer from rash, like the sting of
nettles, after taking dip in the filthy
pond. Whence comes this oleaginous
scum? Likely as not there is de-
post of bitumen somewhere in the re-
gion. similar to that greatest physical
mystery on earth-the Trinidad lake
of pitch. Or there may be petroleum
among those desolate hills. At Baku,
on the western shore OF the Caspian
sea, are the greatest spouting oil wells
on earth.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
News OFG
RAILROADS

England is a small country. but Il
has twenty-eight RAILROAD tunnels Of a
mile or more each In length.
Most OF the Canadian steamers on
the Pacific are being changed into
oil burners. The Canadian Pacific
railroad contemplates treating Its
locomotives In the same way.
IL an express train. moving at the
rate Of IS miles an hour. were to stop
instantly. II would give the passen.
gers q shock equal to that OF falling
from a height of IS feet.
Three Thousand freight cars. which
for some months have been stored on
one Of the main tracks Of the Peters
burg cut-eH pf the tennsylyapia. near
Altoona, have been put INTO service
without the air brake the fast pas
senger and freight trains of today
would be out of the question, owing
to lack OF control. II takes a power
full locomotive drawing a train OF ten
cars a distance OF Ave
miles TO REACH a speed Of so miles an
hour on straight and level track.
The brakes viii stop the same train
from a speed of 90 miles an hour IN
700 feet.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
ANECDOTES OF GEN. SHERMAN
Stories Of Western Commander Told
by Former Illinois cavalryman-
Was Odd but Popular.

William Tecumseh Sherman was
western product. and the western SOL
diers who fought under him respected
him the more because he was one OF
them That he knew when to relax
discipline In particular cases without
destroying 1t in general is indicated
by the following story told by II. T.
Buckley, a resident of Chicago. Mr..
Buckley's story is as follows:
philip Wooster was a prominent
man in Kankakee at the beginning OF
the war He organized company OF
cavalry. OF which he was captain.
though he was about 70 years OF age,
and his troopers became Company X
OF the 4th Illinois Cavalry was in
Company G. BY 1868 Capt. Wooster
had seen about enough service and he
concluded he was too old to continue
in his official position. So he went
down to Gen. Sherman's headquarters
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
MECHANICS ON THE RECORDS
They Appear Frequently In Legal Doc
uments OF the Early Days In
New York.

Nicknames are not likely to go out
of fashion so long as human nature
remains what II Is. Schoolboys will
nickname each other, collegians will
nickname their professors and SOL
diers will speak of their commanders
as "Hell-Fire BILL" Fighting Joe" or
what not. In these days, however, 1t
is not customary to spread such titles
upon official records as was formerly
the habit, according to the archives
of several of our states.
In the Dutch records, in 1914, we
have John Petersen, alias Friend
John. In the Newtown purchase from
the Indians, dated in 1856. one OF the
boundaries Is "by Dutchman's land
called the Hans the Boore." and in
the Bushwick patent, dated October
IL, 1867. one OF the boundaries is
John the Swede's meadow" In 1895,
In the Kings county records, man is
named living at Gowanus as "Tunis
the Fisher"
The common council OF New York,
in 1891, ordered fish to be brought
into the dock lover against the city
hall. or the house that Long Mary
formerly lived in" and in the same
year an order was passed that Top
Knot Betty and her children be pro-
vided for as objects Of charity"
The explanation of this custom, in
many cases, was that the persons In
question either had no family names
or had forgotten them, so that the
use of their generally accepted nick
names became a necessity. So numer-
Gus were the Smiths living upon Long
Island that 1t was thought necessary
to distinguish the various original
families by some peculiar name. Thus
we have the Rock Smiths. the Blue
Smiths, the Bull Smiths and the
Weight Smiths.-Harper's Weekly.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
"GranuIate" Wouldn't Do.

Proud father of 4-year-old daugh'
ter told us with such obvious hopes
of seeing 1t in print, we can't bear to
shatter his dreams.
The daughter Is precocious mite,
and he likes to make mistakes In
grammar and pronunciation some
times, just to give her an opportunity
to correct him The other day he
said in her hearing: yes, / granu'
lated from the u. of M. in 1898"
What's that?" asked Miss Daugh-
ter, pricking up her ears.
Il granulated," responded daddy.
why. no, you didn't; you grad
uated, persisted small daughter
mo, sir, not J." reiterated the dad !;
"other people may have graduated
but | granulated."
Daughter looked her scorn. well.
II that's what you did," she flashed,
you'd better go back and learn some
more. Then you'll graduate"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08

the fort, which was open to the rear,
writes j. <. Henderson. Company B.
Goth Ohio, of lola. Kan, In the Ma
tional Tribune. The captain with his
command passed over the bank OF the
Appomattox and passed down the
river to our picket line on the bank
of the river and returned to their
place In the works with total loss OF
35 men. All this occurred before IL
a. m. April 2. 1865.
On Monday. April 8, between 2 and
o'clock a. IN, James Ford. Of Com
pany B. being on videt post, crawled
across the field to the left front Of
Fort McGilvery and entered the rebel
picket line and found II abandoned.
He then entered their main line and
finding no one present, called back
to us on the picket line, Come on.
boys, the Johnnies are gone" We
had been under constant IRE at that
place for four months. The sergeant
OF the pickets gave few OF us Der.
mission to go to Comrade Ford, which
we did. and moving along cautiously.
we soon entered the city close to the
river and moving up the bank OF the
river, we came to a burning wharf
which we helped to extinguish.
There were no rebel troops In that
part Of the city at that time nor AFT.
erward. nor were there any organized
Union soldiers there. Neither did any
command enter the city until after
sunrise. One OF our boys of the e0th
returned 70 the command and an
prised Captafr Eddy. who immediate
ly Informed Colonel Ely. the brirads
commander. who marched HE brirade
into the city and we patrolles the city
that day until about D. N when
orders came requiring US to follow
the army along the South Side rail-
road. We remained along that rail.
road, getting west as far al Wilson's
Station, where We were camped. when
apprised OF Lincoln's assassination.
and from which we took up the march
to City Point. where we took boat
for Alexandria, Va, landing on April
90. We had been gone from there
one year. lacking two days.
No Union troops entered Peters.
burg before sunrise April 3. 1865, and
the first organized command to en-.
tor the city that eventful morn was
the Second Brigade. First Division
Ninth Corps. Gen. o. b. Wilcox com.
manded the division, and Col. Ralnh
Ely the brigade. II 10 my recollec.
ton that the goth Michigan led the
brigade. followed by the Goth ohio
General Humphreys. In The Virginia
Campaign OF 1864 and 1885," page a7a
says: Orders were given by General
Grant for the assault OF he Peters
burg and Richmond lines early an
the morning OF THO ard. but stos
o'clock In the morning, II was disnov.
sred that General Lee had abandoned
his intrenchments. Pstsrsburs ne.
taken possession of by General Wi.
cox with his division. II was conn.
plimented in orders by General Wi.
cox. May 9. 1854"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
Overheard In Court.

JimssnberFy and Harkaway had
been hauled up before the celrt for
speeding,
Fifty dollars apiece" said the
Judge, "All the evidence before this
here bench goes to prove that you
fellers was racin' along at 30 miles
an hour"
But, judge" protested Jimsonberry,
my car can't possibly go more than
30 miles an hour"
And the limit OF mine is &c." plead
ed Harkaway.
"Wa-al-s'pesiR' u is?" demanded
the Judge. Thirty and 80 comes 10 65.
don't ~ By CORY, I'll add a dollar
on the fines Of both OF ye.r-Iiarpers
Weekly,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
FarSiuhted Editor.

The editor of an upstate weekly had
advertised years subscription as a
prize fer the largest potato grown in
the community. The competition wax
ed warm, and the enterprising newspa-
per man was hard pressed to accom-
modate the scores Of tubers which
flooded the printing office. His com.
petitor, meeting him on the street, at
tempted to kid" the potato booster on
his commission market"
"You don't expect to increase your
circulation this way?" scoffed the
rival.
Here's the proposition" answered
the editor: I'm out o dollar and half
subscription. But as near as can fig
pre spuds at So cents a bushel, I'm
IN exactly seven dollars. I'm going to
try rutabegas pextl"-Milwaukes Wis
consin.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
Postal Affairs.

The following 10 @ superscriptiop OF
a letter that passed through the Louis
Vile, Ky. postoffice:
Feds and confeds. let this go free
Bewa 10 Nashville. Tennessee:
This Scent stamp will pay the cost
Until you find Sophia Yost
Postmasters north. or even south,
Mag open II and find the truth:
merely say my wife's got well
And has baby cross rs. you
know"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
well See About That He Crowded.


one day with his resignation all writ
ten out.
I'm an old man. he told the gen.
eral. and ! want to go home
Don't think of It, Gen. Sherman
replied. You are in good condition.
and we can't spare YOU.
But / want to go. ! want you to
accept my resignation the captain
pleaded.
Cant do IT, said Gen. Sherman.
Capt. Wooster looked sad for mo-
ment and then he pulled of his wig
and showed his head as bald as a bill
Hard ball.
Nov. won't you let me go?' he
asked
The general laughed. but Cant do
It. was all he would say.
Capt. Wooster hesitated moment.
and then he pulled a row of false teeth
from his upper jaw and another from
the lower and held them out with the
wig toward the general.
"'You can 90 home said Gen. Sher-
man. "A man that hasn't any hair on
the top Of his head or any teeth on
the inside OF II has a good excuse for
getting out OF the army and then he
accepted the resignation.
Gen. Sherman always was a queer
sort Of stick. He was like the old
shotgun l used to have when I was q
boy-always going off half-cocked-bu
he was popular with all the men.
After Shiloh and the evacuation Of
Corinth we lay eight or ten days In
camp at Chewalla. Tenn. and then one
morning got orders from Gen. Sher-
man to take all our baggage down to
the station so that 1t could be sent up
to Columbus and from there down the
Mississippi to Memphis.
II was sergeant-major then and Col.
Dickey of the 4th Illinois said to me-
4 don't like that order Go down to
the station and see what shelter they
have there for our baggage I went
down and found that there was no
shelter OF any sort. | reported that
fact to Gen. Sherman and all he would
say was. Burn your baggage. then
He did object to another thing.
though. There were seventy-one negro
contrabands with the regiment. though
we we're forbidden to let the negroes
come with us. There were about an
equal number OF led horses. and to
prevent trouble with the beasts we put
contraband on each one Along
came Gen. Sherman and looked at the
mounted darkies.
Whose horses are these? he ask.
ed.
They are the horses OF the 4th
Illinois cavalry
Whose negroes are these?'
They are refugees. / said We
had to take them along with u.s.
We'll see about that he growled.
Black men riding and my men walk.
ing!' and away he rode.
when we reached camp that night
told the captains to hide their con-
trabands. because the general would
probably send around a provost guard
to corral them. Then. sure enough.
there came the provost guard. but they
did not find any negroes In the morn.
ing we mounted the contrabands again
and Gen. Sherman came riding along
He looked at them a moment, but he
did not say a word He rode straight
on. That's the kind Of man Gen. Sher
man was"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
OF Course.

II don't like these big affairs. Can't
see any fun in inviting everybody to
your party"
Most assuredly not. Half the pleas
ure In giving a party consists In leav-
Ing somebody out"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
Liked Variety.

When six-year-old Harry was saying
bis prayers VI bis mothers knee one
night he failed TO say aAmeRD
Harry" asked his mother, have
MT you forgotten somethingT
"Qh, say, mamma" was the re-
Spouse, Pm tired Of always saying
Amen I'm going to say A woman"
And he did.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
Fun In the Rabbit samiIx.

Jane Rabbit-what's the matter with
Pa Rabbit?
Brother Bob-Ma's afraid he's goin'
to have apople4y, He laughed SO
hard at the hunters shsetip' each
other.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
Ajmlno HIoh.

How came she to get spcb a sud-
den craze on to visit the beauty dos
tDrsf'
She wants TO look like her photo
graph"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-02-08
Just vojunteerlno.

Whats all that rumpus about up
at the recruiting officer
"They's forcing another man to vol
unteer."