Pittston Gazette

              * BHTAHMMllKO IHRO. I VOI.. X 1,111. NO. 4 3. I Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE CO., I»A., FRIDAY, JUNE 21), 1804. A Weekly Local and Family Journal. J 91.50 PER ANNUM 1 IN ADVANCE Blewis «AvquAO»| tS94 By M»ERiC*N PWfSS ASSOC iaTK*. that your captain is bo severely wounded that it will be lnnnthB before ho will b« able to take the field again. 1 saw him in the field hospital two hours ago and congratulated him on the heroism displayed by his company. I wish nlso to congratulate you, and through you each and every man. That was a grand rally made in the face of disaster. One of your men acted like a hero of old. If you will give me his name, I will see that he is promoted to the position he deserve*. He is a private, is he not?" While the Federals gathered on the plains of Arlington to learn the tactics of war the Confederates remained on the fields where their first victory had been won and prepared for what was to come. There was fighting in the west, atmies were lierng raised and troops moved in every direction, but wo follow only those which hail confronted each other on that famous field. Another incident, and one with far more pleasant surroundings, occurred the very next day. A message came to the commanding officer of tho guards from Stonewall Jackson to send Private Kenton to his headquarters. The general looked at the young man before him for half a minnte lief ore saying: "Yon beaded tho detachment which captured tho gun in a hand to hand light. You did nobly. Who is captain of your company?" "Captain Wyle, sir." "Ah, yes. Captain Trnesdale waB wounded and crippled for life. I see. And you are still a private?" '' Yes, sir.'' "H'mt 1 ought to have remembered yon, but I have been busy—very busy. Is your captain with his company?" "No, sir. Ho left several days ago on furlough." "H'ml And haven't yon asked for a furlough too?" "I have not." "Well, we'll see about it later on. Tomorrow I shall be away. The day after at 10 o'clock in the morning 1 wish yon to report here to me. Stay I I will write an order to that effect, which will be your authority for leaving camp. Show it to your commanding officer." And when Kenton returned to the guards and related his interview and exhibited the order all congratulated him —all except Ike Baxter. That individual felt himself greatly wronged, and his inntterings took the form of her thodetailsol the hattleof Hull Run as far as he had gathered them, of his interviews with Jackson, tho object of his scout, his hopes and fears of the fu- NYE ON IIIS FARM. taught to use their handkerchiefs, ana I am glad they're gone, for I soon almost hated them, and they are as much of a poetic fraud as a fool pigeon is. 150 to 360 pounds of so called goods, and she Is also required to bring all the children to land safely. Who comes nearest to being the real head of the house? Which one runs away in case of sickness or poverty? ture, HE POSES AS YE GENTLE SHEPHERD "You enlisted to serve yonr state," shosaid when opportunity came. "This is no longer a question of what a state may or may not do. It is no longer Virginia, but a southern confederacy. Do you feel the same obligation?" ON HIS OWN LAND Sometimes I think the best works of nature I know of are purely artificial. But farm life probably gives mo that idea. The papal He Hrwrllmthe Landncape Gardener, Flow- And yet the naturalization of that unnaturalized father naturalizes all the minor children. tow, and Tells What He I» Fond Of—The We had on the place here for a good many years a kind hearted cow named Leydia She was here before I bought the farm and was beloved by alL She was the kind of cow represented in our earlier literature as "being in the lot." Organized and reorganize, drill, sennt, reconnoissance, arm and equip. In the beginning the various companies had been allowed to select their own officers by ballot. After Bull Uuu all commissions came from the secretaiy of war; all noncommissioned officers were duly splinted. Duke Wyle was commis- 81ieep That Have Never Hone So—An In- vitation to Clarence. "Does the same obligation exist?" he queried in reply. Come over, Clarence, if you want to see some curiosities of government— come over. Latitude 34° 50 N. Longitude 83° 32' W., [Copyright 18(14, by Eilttar W. Nye.] "Y-yes, sir," Rtammered the lieutenant, confused and chagrined that his rival should be thus honored. "His name, sir, is Ike"  "Certainly not. I havedared tosoassert and have almost been called a traitor tor my language. One does not need to be a politician or the daughter of a politician to realize that the success of tho newborn confederacy means the downfall of the republic. And yet Virginians cannot return to their homes and lay a«ide their weapons of war." Spring of 1894 Come over, too, and see how I look as I put a regular Cleopatra shino on my own shoes. i' ■ b Once more I have returned back to my little old red Venetian farm and pju living on the top shelf of same. The place still stands at an angle of 40 degrees and is well laid out. I took a precaution three years ago to lay all my gas pipes, drains, subways, etc., before spreading on the farm proper. She raised up quite a family, some of whom went west. No one could really say a word about Leydie, but age filially overtook her, and I called Bill Baldwin, the butcher, aside three years ago and told him that Leydie had passed her meridian as milkster, yet that she was a delightful character and the soul of honor. [continued.] CHAPTER V deserted to the enemy, I shall have the tield all to myself!" It was on his tongue to rob Royal Kenton of his laurels and transfer them to Ike Baxter, but he could not do it. sloned captain of the Shenandoah guards, the second lieutenant was advanced, and tlie orderly sergeant was promoted to a lieutenancy. Among those who secured brief lurloughs were Captain Wyle and Steve Brayton. Tho latter reached home first. The ptory of ;he battle was known, but the stoiv of the rally—the incident Which had directed General Jackson's attention to Royal Kenton—was news to the people and a great surprise. Prnyton had no need to exaggerate facts to compel cheers for the "Yankee," as Kenton-was still called. lie told the story ov« l and over again, always.to an interested audit nee, and he always wound up with the observation:The reception of Royal Kenton half an hour later may not have been more cordial, but his visit was more prolonged, and he appeared to glean more comfort from it. When the act of his nonelection to position was incidentally referred to, he said: "It was a private named Kenton, I believe," he said as he lifted his eyes to those of the general again. It took three days more to enlist the men necessary to fill the ranks of the Shenandoah guards, as the company called itself, and while awaiting orders from Richmond an election of officers was held. Only a few of the volunteers were surprised at Royal Kenton's enlistment. They were men who had but one political belief—state rights. They were not looking beyond it to the southern confederacy, but had enlisted and were going to the front to fight for Virginia. Whv shouldn't he fight for his adopted state? So argued the captain, so argued the rank and ♦Me - nd many citizens of the town, and, but for Duke Wyle, Kenton would have been elected second lieutenant of the company. When he saw how things wore going, he called Steve Bray ton aside and said: "Thus far I have cast my fortunes with Virginia," replied Kenton, "and it is too late to retreat now, even if I so desired. What the end will be no man can predict." As a result I now have a farm that cannot sag, and I do not have to be constantly tearing it open to examine the bowels of the earth, as other farmers do hero. No Wonder He Had Changed* "Those things are all right," said he, "in a general way, but they do not add to tho value of a steak. Rev. Lyman Abbott is one of the ablest divines in the world, but with the Upper Congo diocese a stouter man would be more popular. "Are you the man who painted that 'ere picture of 'Moses In the Bulrushes?' " asked a countryman of an artist who had recently startled the town by an exhibition of oil paintings. "Thanks. He is a brave man, and you ought to be proud of him. You must not feel put out about it, lieutenant. All of us are new to war yet. Coolness will come with experience. I have no fault to find with any of the officers or men. Thut's all, sir." They talked of other things as they sat on the rude bench Farmer Hastings had constructed that he might smoke his pipe in the shade and still look out over the dusty highway which ran past his door. Thero was no declaration of love by word of mouth, but I think that some conclusion was arrived at just the same, and that both were happy over it in a silent way. Farming in this state is not properly begun. We have many beautiful sites for farms, good foundations upon which "I did not seek for any position. Indeed, had it been left to me toaccept or decline, I should have remained in the ranks." "Yes," replied the artist "All right Then I want you to paint my father." "It is so with Leydia She has never stepped aside from the narrow pathway, and yet I doubt her worth as an article of food.'' Still he took her home with him, aiming to feed her up a little and then take her life. "Certainly, if he gives me a few sit- "This is only the beginning," replied Marian. "Virginia has always been ro;»dy to honor those who honor her. Mother and I both feel a little disappointed, but we know it will come out right in the end." The officer saluted and retired and mado his way back to his company. But for one thing he would have sent for Royal Kenton and offered him his hand and his congratulations. Both loved the same maiden. Even if both had stood on the Banie footing in her estimation when the company left the valley events uuu occurieu uitn uuj wuich would give his rival the lead. tings." "Can't do it. He's dead." "Let me have a photograph of him." "Can't do that neither. He never had his picture taken." "I reckon yo' all knew that I was ngin Liim and kinder hoped to put on tbo tar and leathers, but I've changed my mind. Purn iny if 1 don't wish he was captain of our company!" Dinner had just been eaten when one of the colored servants announced. the approach of a body of Federal cavalry from the direction of Washington. Ken- Every day when he came with his steak and chops one of us would ask, with tears which we could ill conceal, "Is this some of Leydie?" "I am afraid then I must decline." "Your mind is fully made np?" queried Mis. Percy, thinking of Duke Wyle's fling about desertion. words "DeclineI What fur? Haven't you painted Moses? You didn't have a photograph of him, did you? No, I thought not Well, my father hain't been dead nearly so -as Moses. If you can paint y "ht to know enough to pa' "Drat that darned Yankee, bnt he's jest gwine to boss this hull army if the captain doan' dnn hurry back to camp!" "Folly, uia'ain," replied Kenton. "I stand or fall with Virginia." "No," he would say in a low voica "This is some of Eli, that sterling old stag of Mr. Led better's. You remember him doubtless. Every one knew Eli most as well as what they did Leydia " Time passed; months grew to years. I thought several times that Mr. Baldwin had lied to us and slid Leydie off on us without saying anything, and so wo would not be pained so much. "Look here, Steve, yon fellows are as blind as young kittens. If that Yankee hadn't signed the roll, what would have happened to him?" The first thing Lientennnt Wyle did after reaching his lines was to send for ike Baxter. He was inucb of the same mold as Steve Brayton—a small fanner, shiftless and uneducated and having a decided distaste for anything like hard work, but far more bigoted in bis Bee* tional feelings. He was not one. of the handful Kenton hud rallied and led back, but was forced up with others latter on and had his musket been exam* Two days later the company left for the front. Every soul in the ancient village turned out to bid them godspeed and goodby. Marian Percy shook hands with many, with Royal Kenton and Duke Wyle among the numliei. People remarked that she was excited and enthusiastic, but if her lover was among those over whoso heads waved the state flag of Virginia she gave no sign, not even to him. One day as he pawned the Percy inansjon Marian was at the gate, seemingly Waiting for him. CHAPTER VIII, As with the Federals at Arlington, so with the Confederates on the fields and meadows to the south. Battles were fought on the eastern coast and on the western rivers—battles which made history were fought in North Carolina, Kentu ky, Tennessee and Missouri, but the A)my of Virginia remained in its camps. Its leaders realized from the beginning that Virginia would be the real battleground of the war, and that the Army of Virginia would be called upon to render heroic defense. Every hour gained was an advantage, every day n gain of men and material aud experience. "I have read of the battle and heard a groat deal of talk about it," she said, "but would you mind tilling mother and I of the part taken by onr own company? We are naturally more interested in them than any other pat ticipants." Al went trait origir. tion, tho artist "Tar and feathers and a ride on a rail!" replied Steve. *ed such a porlight satisfy so "And be was sharp enough to realize it. He enlisted as a blind." "Shoo! How kin he nn bluff that way?" "Ci on seein. almost ki but, I say, 4 Bits. •led this art patron ted painting. "That Onoe I tasted a neat malleable steak that reminded me of Leydie. It was only last week. Three years had passed away since we sold Leydie, and I said to Baldwin this morning: Sitting on the veranda with mother and daughter for an audience and using a piece of chalk todrawarndo diagram on the boards, Steve Brayton kept them deeply interested for an hour. rituffin out of Moses; C3 has changed!"—Tit- "We are going to the front. The first chance begets he will desert tohisside. He's playing a Yankee trick on you, and you ain't sharp enough to see it." The Shenandoah guards were made Company A of a Virginia regiment, which was among the first on the battlefield of Bull Run. When it was known that the Federals would attack, when they were observed marching out of Centerville on that July morning to find the Confederates and give battle, Lieutenant Wyle found opportunity to «y to Steve Brayton, who had been made a sergeant in the company: ined after the battle was over it wonld have been discovered that it had not been once discharged. Her Choice. For costly flowers, she stated. In a murmur animated. Her taste had been quite sated. "Doggone him, but yo' may bo right, lootenant, yo' may be right!" "Ah, I am glad to see you, my brave boy I" said the lieutenant as Ike came scuffing into his tent. "1 want to compliment and congratulate you on the pluck and bravery you displayed Jn that battle. I had my eye on yoq most of the time, and I never saw a cooler man in the face of danger." "Yon were at first driven back?" queried Marian when he had finished. "You did a kindly act to say nothing to us when yon fed as with Leydie's person. It was a delicate, nice, thoughtful thing for you to think of, but I caught you now," I said. "I selected her yea terday. There was something about Leydie that one could never forget We had some of her yesterday. William, did wo not?" to build farms, but wo begin to plant and sow without having first put in our wires and subways. Then the showers wash our cornfiolds into tho river far below, leaving tho farm itself perfectly destitute of soil. A farm may thus become too neat for things to grow upon. „ I havo a neighbor who has a beautiful brownstone front farm, with basement, near Possum Trot, this state, and you oould walk all over it in white silk socks without soiling the soles of your feet THE GENTLE SHEPHERD. "Of course I'm right! You just move about right smaitand give the boys the tip. Don't even elect him corporal. He's just one o' that sort that if he gets any office at all he'll want to run the whole company." "Driv' right hack like a (luck of sheep, and thar' hain't no use to deny it," he replied. And she could not countenance The girls who love to fritter Their cash on things that glitter. Yea, she liked a gown to fit lier. When Royal Kenton reported to General Jackson as per order, he was asked if he knew the country to the north of the Confederate outposts. He was forced to reply that he was entirely ignorant of it. "VVhero were your officers?" "Runnin as last as the rest of us." But she spumed extravagance. She liked things, oh, so simple. And she conjured up'a dimple That set my heart a rim pie With a love you'll comprehend, And she said she thought 'twas funny. With a voice as sweet as lioney. Other girls should squander money On the things that have no end. "And we don't propoeeto be run?" "Of course not!" "And Mr. Kenton rallied you?" "Well, it seems that Yankee is with as yet." " Yo'—yo' doan' mean it, lootenant!" pasped Ike, who fully realized that his conduct was opep to censure instead of praise. "He did, ma'am. Abner Jenkins was enrryin our company Hag, and hi- tumbled down and left it lyin on the ground. I was right behind him with Kenton, and the Yankee lifts it up, waves it abont and yells for us to halt and rally." The first face he smc iraa that of Marian Pcrcv. "No," he said. "You are wrong. You know a good deal, but now and then you do not know so much as you think you do. Steve soon turned the tide against Kenton, and that without any one knowing exactly what was taking place. The citizens of the town were almost as much interested In the election -as the members of the company. The old lawyer had left Kenton to settle the matter according to his own judgment. When he heard that the young man had enlisted, he was secretly pleased, and it was his influence which made a number of the rank and file decide on electing Kenton as third officer of the company. "This is a disadvantage, but one yon can overcome," said the general. "We aro in need of a few more bra ye pien at the front to act as scouts. Would you havo any objection to serving in that capacity?" "He nn'i right on baud, lootenant," was the reply. ton counted them while they were yet half & mile away and made the number to be 80. It was a patrol, and it might stop or pass on, "Mean it? Of course J do| J am proud to have such a brave man in the "I have always told you the truth about Leydie. Every time you have asked me about her I have told you the truth. "How has he behaved himself?" "Right well, I take it. Hain't heard ine o' the men find any fault." With her sweet blue eyes uplifted. She despised the maids who shifted From one man to one more gifted "And did the officers rally, too?" persisted Marian. " You see the situation," said Marian as she approached Kenton, who was carefully examining his revolver. "Yon could not beat them off single handed, and if you are discovered here you will be taken prisoner and the rest of us subjected to annoyance and insult. You must go at once." I bought throe farms, however, and putting ono right on top of tho other I've got what I call a soiled farm. By buying three farms one above the other and watching a wet season, when small farms may be easily shuffled, I slid one over the other until now I'll not have to get a stonemason to come and plant my potatoes for ma "He's a deep one, Steve—deeper than I thought. He's been biding his time. If he gets a chance today, he'll go aver to the Yankees. This is what be has been waiting for." "I—I should not like to act the part of n spy." stammered Kenton in mnch confusion. "When I bought Leydie of you, I saw that she would close out my business for me in about four days if I killed her, with that long waisted, sort of bastile countenance of hers. People would Whito Cap me. Therefore I sent her over on Roan mountain to graze, With the wherewithal to pay. And she Blghed with deep emotion At those trips across the ocean "Waal, yes, but they was pnrty slow about it. Wo had got the cannon and were drawin it off afore J saw any of 'em. Reckon they feel mightily cut up over it, fur they alius said tbo Yankee wouldn't stand lire." When 'twas best at home to stay. Just to humor some girl's notion "Nor would I ask you to. A spy is generally a brave man and often moved solely by patriotism, but few of them aro soldiers, and the profession is nnder a stigma. As a scout yon go in your uniform, secure such information as you can in a legitimate way, and if captured you aro treated as a prisoner of war. Yon can take a comrade with you or go alone, as you elect. Do not Ik) afraid to state your objections if you havo any." "Shoo! But yo' don't think so?" And In tones that knew no quelling She grew eloquent in telling Of the carved and figured dwelling "Of course I do. The captain wants you to make it your business today, in case the Yankees come out, to watch him. If he makes a break, shoot him in the back! Better tell the rest of the boys, so as to make sure of him." "Reckon the Yanks will pitch in?" "Pretty sure to." "Uoin to be a reg'larfout?'| "Looks like it." "I am not in the least disappointed," replied Royal when the result of the voting was known and the office had gone to another. "I enlisted without thought of position and prefer the ranks to any place they could give me. Besides, I am a Yankee, you know, and it is only natural that there should be a little feeling in the matter." Steve Bray ton was not a close observer, or ho might have discovered a secret that afternoon. Both mother and daughter exhiliiter] the greatest interest and asked him many ijuestions, and when ho took his departure he said to himself: "Our people have an idea that the Yankees have horns and hoops," she laughed, "but I have lived among them for yeara, as you know. They will not make war on old men and defenseless women. Go I There is no time to lose! They are surely going to stop here!" "And leave yon unprotected?" That the modern girl desired. Such a waste! Twaa characteristic Of the sex, bo Inartistic! And she grew quite syllogistic With the theme she had Inspired. Billie Baldwin, the butcher, came over day before yesterday to buy my sheep and little owo lambs. I shall not be a gentle shopherd boy ou and after this date. Sorely, I declared, she Jested, And, quite deeply Interested, From this maiden I requested "Durn my hide if they wasn't more interested than half the men I" Last year I bought nine sheep that I thought would look well dotting the landscape. If I had not been an author of renown, doubtless I should have been a painter. When I had bought Buck Shoals, I turned to my wife and said: "This is splendid. Now what shall we get to dot tho landscape with?" A much more explicit view Of the kind of house she wanted— For with love my heart was haunted-* And she said, with face undaunted, i That a plain brownstone would do. ' —Tom Masson In Detroit Free Press, i Twoor three days later Captain Wyle apjieaied, and Steve Brayton vanished. The captuin expected to create a sensation, but was bitterly disappointed. Everybody was friendly, but Brayton had told the story of the rally and put the credit where it belonged. He had plenty of excuses to urge, and hts story was quite different from Brayton's, but somehow it failed to go. While he was congratulated on his promotion, which was strong evidence in itself of bis good standing with his superior officers, ho bad not rallied his flying company and led it back, and no one could be quite satisfied with his record. On the second evening of his arrival he called upon the Percys, His solo reason for returning home at that time was to make this call. The victory which he had hC lped to achieve, his promotion, the laudatory notices ho had received in his home newspaper, all these things went to make him lielieve that he would bo accorded a trank welcome by mother and daughter and that opportunity might l»e given him to plead his cause. Kenton rrtpeated through the orchard to the cover of a stone wall 200 feet in rear of the house. He was scarcely sheltered when the troopers filed into the yard through the gate aud surrounded the honse. The captain in command dismounted and was about to rap on the wide open front door when Marian appeared.There were two callers at the Percy mansion that evening. Duke Wyle came flni. As previously stated.he had been "I will go and go alone." replied Kenton after a moment's thonght. "Waal, doggone my hide if I hain't feelin rather shaky in my legs already, and yo* don't look none too peart, lootenant. but I reckon I kin keep an eye on tne VaiiKee if the ubootin don t get too heavy!" "Very well, I am glad to hear it. Yon can now return to your company, and during tbo day 1 will send the proper order to your captain. Upon your return report to mo direct, and 1 have no doubt you will bring information of value." a frequent caller for a year or more. Some people had even said that there wmp an engagement. That was a mis- The proprietor of a restaurant which was cheap, but yet not a "beanery," had a certain lot of customers that he did not want. ''They don't belong here. They are too tough. They ought to go to a Park row beanery to eat How Bhall I get rid of them'" he asked. Street of Environment. A landscape gardener told me that sheep were used a good deal in the old country. He was an imported gardener, with a large bine girl tattooed on his arm. He had a husky voice and used to sing, "The corn is wavin, Annie dear." That's why his voioe was so husky. take, however Try as hard as he could, he could remember little or nothing to eocaarage him in TJelieviag that he wits • favored suitor. Neither had -be the alighteat reason for believing that Royal Kenton bad any advantage in trfat respect. Ik was simply the fact tbat he vm also a visitor at the house that roused the spirit of jealousy and the desire to work mischief. His reception was cordial by both mother and daughter, and both congratulated him on bis election as one of the company officers. This paved the way for him to observe: "Shoot him right down if he makes a break!" "Jest so, unless I'm shot first. I've bin achin fur a font fur the past three months, but durn my skin if I don't wish I was back in camp and the Yankees 60 miles off! What's the use in all this fussin anyhow? Why can't we all sot down and hev a talk and fix things up?" "Ah, Tarn glad to sec you, my brave boy." ranks of the company. As the captain is badly wounded I shall probably be promoted soon, and I will see that you are made corporal at least." That afternoon Captain Wyle returned to his company, and when ho received the order detailing Private Kenton for temporary duty at headquarters m(I learned its object he was almost tempted to congtatulate him. As between captain and private or l»etween man and man, he would have done so with great heartiness, but as a rival lover ho could not. When Ike Baxter had related the story of the attempted "removal," as he called it. he expected words of praise, but they were not uttered. On the contrary, his action was severely criticised, and he went away to sulk and growl. "Well?" she queried as he looked at her in the greatest surprise for half a minute. "Ah, excuse me!" he stammered. "I am looking for some one—a man—a man who is supposed to be a Confederate scout or spy." "Put napkins and butter knives on the tables, "was the answer of a wise man, "and if that doesn't send 'em tableoloths will, sure." "I enlisted to fight them dod durned Yankees, and I went for 'em the best I knowed how," said Ike, who had recovered from his surprise and was now willing to take all the credit extended. He got hold of the key of my wine cellar and drank up the whole bottle. Napkins and butter knives proved to be enough. "There is only one white man here— the old farmer himself. We have seen no stranger. You are at liberty to search." I wus going to hire him for a year, but when I found that he was of dissolute habits I bade him begone. NYE HIS OWN VALET. Early morning travelers in the cars of the Third avenue street car line have recently seen another example of the effect of environment. During tho year before the cable road was completed this company's old horse cars were getting Into bad condition, and the worst looking of the cars were run in these early morning hours. To a man who went home by that line about 4 or 6 o'clock every morning it seemed as If the Bowery and Park row were getting more and more drunken and disorderly. Drunken parties boarded the old oars and had fun with the conductor and annoyed the other passengers. Windows were often smashed. The conductors had to pay for the broken glass, and sometimes they could coax the money out of the boisterous persons and sometimes not. It was unpleasant all around. for I heard that over there somewhere there was a little patch of real weeds that had never been touched. So I sent her over there. CHAPTER VI "Yes, you did a power to help drive 'em back," replied the officer, "and I'll see that you are properly rewarded. By the way, Ike, what are the men saying about that Yankee?" He also did' another thing that made me turn against him. Only a small portion of the Confederate forces made pursuit of the retreating Federal army and tbat so slowly that there was no fighting. The regiment to which the Shenandoah guards was attached moved down from the plateau and went into camp. It bad been broken and defeated, and yet It bad rallied and won a reputation. Every one of the 10 companies had been more or less disorganized, but the gnards perhaps worst of all. That this company should have been led back Into the hottest of the fight by a private, and that it should have brought off the field one of the guns over which the fight had been so bloody, furnished occasion for remarks throughout the entire brigade. "Oh, no, no! The word of a lady is amply sufficient. Perhaps he took the other road. Sergeant, re-form the men in the highway." We have hot and cold water all over tho house—when the pipes burst—and the land has such a rapid decline that it falls over 100 feet between the porte oochere and the buttery. Therefore the bathtub at tho back of the villa is 185 feet abovo tho bay window on the off side of the house and has a stopcock on the outside of the villa, with hose attached."I presume you have heard of the unblushing assurance of the Yankee, as ■II call him, in making every effort to be elected second lientenant?" "A year ago I went there to see how Leydie had done on Roan mountain, for she had all that portion of the state to feed on, but I was too late. Before I could get near enough to her to kill her she died. She breathed her last only an hour befora Her body was still warm, t»ut you never have tasted ot Leydie. Leydie died a natural death. "He nn can't l»e no Yank." "Why not?" [TO BK CONTINUKP-l "Do you refer to Mr. Kenton?" quickly answered Marian. "Why, he nn font dead agin 'em. They all is sayin tbat he's a snorter to fight. Reckon he'll get office." " Understand Hie, 'bjiki the captain ■is Ike lietrayed }DiH disapjHiintmeiit by word and look, "I don't want murder or assassination. I liate liim because lie's a Yankee and because lie is an enemy among us. I want to drive him out—force him to desert to his own siue. i want ilie news to go deck iionie that he baa deserted and is a traitor to us. Bring that aliont, and I'll do anything I can to reward you, but don't shoot him down in cold blood. Now that General Jackson has taken him under his wing wo must lie more careful than ever." Victoria's Journeys. The captain's welcome was cordial enough, and after the first salutations conversation naturally turned to the war. lie took an early opportunity to laughingly remark: Most people hero were under the Impression that when the queen, for her own convenience, chose to visit her private estates at Balmoral, in Scotland or Osborne, in the isle jt Wight, she paid the expense* of the trip. A parliamentary return, obtained by an energetic radical member, proves that the country pays the pijier. The queen's last journey to Scotland cost the taxpayers £~5fD for the conveyance by sea of the royal servants, carriages and horses and baggage, and last year two trips to Osborne ligured in the estimates for £777. The Had ieals propose to criticise this expenditure when the estimates come Up for discussion.—London Letter luNew York Sun. "Of course. He is the only Yankee I know of in this locality. The men taw through his aoheme before it wan too late, however." "Look here, Ike, don't you lie taken in and done for like the rest! Do you know why he enlisted?'' Well, this man's name was Flowtow. I rose with the lark, and so did Flowtow, and I entered tho bath like a naiad queen, as it were, singing a ballad that one could hear all over the place. One could hear me also spatter the water and sing like a wren. I had just got entirely soaped. My unabated forehead was a soft lather, and my eyes held over a dime's worth apiece. "I supposed that she had the whole of Roan mountain to herself, but Binoe then I learned that thero was a woodpecker living on the other side of the hill, and you can't graze this country too close. It won't stand it" "Did he have a scheme?" asked Mrs. Percy. "On account of tar and feathers, 1 reckon." "Well, 1 suppose yon have beard all about our Yankee?" "Exactly. You had him boxed np that night. He wasn't ready to skip, and he was afraid of being coated. He reckoned on deserting to his friends when we got down here." "Most certainly, ma'am—that ia, the members of the company fully believed be had." "To whom do yon refer, captain?' atiflly inquired Marian. All of this changed at once with tho advent of the handsome cable cars. "Why, to Kenton, of course. I lielievo voii lioth knew bim? I had no irlea that ho could bo induced to enlist, aud I am surprised that he did not desert to his friends before the battle opened." "What's become of your drunken people?" was asked recently of a conductor who had been a frequent sufferer. "What was it?" quietly asked Marian.North Carolina is a beautiful state specially in the westom portion, where it is so much like Turin (pronounced Tureen) that many agriculturists claim that this is the reason why they are In tho soup, but as a grazing country it requires about all of its present vegetation to keep our katydids in good orier.Duke Wyle was no coward. There wasn't a taint of craven blood in his veins. It was so also with his fellow lieutenant. The fall of the captain and the rush of tbo Federals bad stampeded officers as well as men. War was a new thing, and few had served an appienticeship. Wyle followed the company back, but in the hnrly burly liecame separated from it. He knew it was Royal Kenton cairying the flag and leading. He saw the gun brought off, and he saw Oeneral Jackson halt the coatless, hatless and powder begrimed men to question them. "I don't know," he said. "The Bowery seems to have got sober all at once. They never get aboard nowadays, and I haven't had a cent's worth of damage done glnco the new cars began running."—New York Sun. "Well, they all think he volnnteeied to hoodwink us, and that he will desert the first chance he gets." "Then why didn't we uns fix 'em?" "We had our eyes on him, but he was too sharp for us. He knew we were watching him, and he didn't dar' to bolt. He had a better plan than that. When he grablied that flag and led yon back—and I saw you were one of the first to follow—do yon know what bis plan was?" "Mr. Kenton believed it bis duty ns a citizen of Virginia to take up nrnis in her cause," replied tho mother. Armed with a pass that would take him through tho Confederate lines and pickets, Royal Kenton made his way toward Washington. When he reached the last outpost, the oflicor In command pave him the lay of the country along that front, the position of the Federal vldettes so far as known, and named many farmers who sympathized with the Confederate cause and would give him shelter. It was about 10 o'clock in the forenoon when Kenton left the last post liehind him and disappeared in tho woods, lie knew in a general way what was required of him. It was. first, to push as near the Federal lines as possible, and then to estimate the strength of camps or marching columns, locate forts and earthworks and seek to discover tho strength of positions. Spies go in disguise and often remain in n camp for days. Scouts are saved from tho halter when caught only lDecauRe they are not "an enemy in disguise." The spy is detested simply because he is generally moved by a financial consideration aiTd is often a person who will work for tho side paying him the best. I grasped blindly for my sponga II was as dry as an essay on duty. I wiped out one eye with a corner of my bath gown and looked. "Well, I—I—I can't say that I do, bnt he leans toward the north, yoa know." "But yoa don't believe it?" A Critical Operation Successful. "And instead of deserting ho seems to have led yonr company to victory," quietly added Marian. Pr. George W. Calvin recently performed nt the Kmcrgency hospital one of the most critical of surgical operations—that of disarticulating the leg at the lilp joint withuut severing the bone. Tho subject was William (Dihbs of Brocton, whoso leg two years ago was amputated above tho knee lit the itoston Kmergency hospital. Somo time ago a disease known us osteo sarcoma, a trouble of a cancerous nature, sot In and began eating the amputated member away, fast moving upward toward the abdomen. Nothing but tho removal of tho thigh would save his life, and this was successfully performed. — Boston Transcript.Antiseptic Surgery. Flowtow had attached hia hose outside and watered the pansies and left mo high and dry while I was taking me tub. One of the most important points in the conducting of abdominal surgical operations is to absorb all fluids and effectually to prevent the escape of any portion of the poisonous secretions into the abdominal cavity. As it is much easier to keep such fluids out than to remove them after they are in, it will be seen that suitable absorbents ore imperatviely necessary, and It is of the utmost importance to the success of all operations that instruments, drainage tubes and all appliances are carefully cleaned and kept so by means of the most effective antiseptics. The apiDalllng mortality in the surgery of the past has been due largely to the neglect of this precaution or ignorance of its great value as a preventive of blood poisoning. With the proper use of germicides the death rate in such operations is reduced more than one-half.—Now York Ledger. "No, I did not know it. He is a Virginian by adoption. Ho owes her allegiance. He did not enlist until he felt it his dnty to go with his state. Yon did not enlist for any other reason, did yon. Mr. Wyle?" "He was simply in the rear as we faced about and was carried along with the rush," explained tho captain. "Neverthelesslie is n lirave man, and 1 hope he is in earnest." Clarence, my fanner valet, writes me from Kensington to know what is the full meaning of the word naturalization as used hero in America. He thinks DDf coming here to live, having already Iwo brothers in this country. "To git that cannon, I reckon." Well, ho is the man who suggested sheep to lDe:iutify my blue grass heath. These sheep were turned loose and bade to run away and scamper over the grass and bring mo the next spring each a nice little, limber tail lamb with a vox populi bleat "No, sir! No, sir! He fooled the whole pack of youl Ho intended to lead you into a trap and get you all captured.""Of course not, bnt I'm a born Virginian, yon know." " Yo' doan' say!" "Why shouldn't ho be?" asked tho girl. Naturalization, according to Woolsey, takes place when an alien transfers his \llegiauce from the country of hia origin and tho sovereign of the same to another country and sovereign. Naturalisation is sometimes an enlargement of iluties as a citizen, for one may obtain new rights in another country, while at tho Bamo time he is obliged to hold himself subject in a degree to his former sovereign. For instance, he cannot esjapo from a European country and at once become a citizen here in order to avoid military duty to which he might havo been subject where he lived. "Well, I think Mr. Kenton acted according to his conscience and best judgment, and that the guards would have had reason to be proud of him as an officer.""He's a brick even if he is a Yankee, and I'll shake hands with him!" said the lieutenant to himself as he advanced to rejoin his company. "But I do! I know all about it. If I hadn't followed on with the rest of the company, not one of yon would have got back alive." " 'Blood will tell' is an old saying. 1 shan t tie suipnsea to waite up some morning nnd find that he has deserted to the enemy." So far none of them has. Some neighbor told us that each grown sheep would have two nico lambs per annum, but they havo never dono so. They even ate all tho green peas that were to have been cooked with their lambs and then scampered away. That was Duke Wyle, the man. ne hadn't taken 30 steps before Duke Wyle, the rival lover, nursed the luck which had given to another all the glory he had hoped to win, and he growled: "Then, dod rot his Yankee hide, why doan' we nns jnmp right onto him heavy?" shouted the excited Ike. "You do Mr. Kenton pross injustice!" exclHmed Marian as her color came and went, nnd her eyes looked brighter than ho had ever seen them before. "I havo seen nothing in him to lend mo to believo that he would countenance anything dishonorable, nnd brave men are never recorded a* deserters." The Entrance Gate to Politics. "Yes, I think so, too," replied the mother. "What Is the gate to success In politics?" asked tho horse editor. "Popularity, 1 suppose," replied the snake editor. The lieatenant realised that he was walking on dangerous gronnd and let the subject drop, but in bis own mind be decided that be had new cause for hating Royal Kenton and removing him from his path. During a moment of silence a plan flashed through his mind, and be presently said: "Becanjo we've no positive proofs, yon see. Ile's been too deep and sly thus far. You see, he's even fooled almost every man in our company. You haven't no love fur Yankees, I take it!" "1 owe him another for this, and I can't pay him off any too soon!" Oh, how I hate such an animal as that! '•Guess again." "Give it up." A Vassar girl who had boon brought up on a farm and who pot left horo at Ardon Station while sketching a colored child, which was bom at Ardon this spring and is regarded as a great curiosity thore, staid at our chateau several days till her trunk came back, and I spoke to her about this matter, for she has a college education, while I have not The first man of bis company he encountered was Steve Brayton. If Steve had given way in the knees lDefore the fight opened, he had pulled himself together in good shape as soon as he smelled powder. He had been the first man to turn and follow Kenton, and he had fought beside him to capture the gun. ''The delegate."—Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. Caught a Glass fiHelled Crab. "Dodrot 'em, I reckon I killed about 20 of 'em down thar', but I wish it had been a hundred!" If the captain had planned to make Bottled crab is the latest reward of patient fishing on the water front. George flildebrand, a young fisherman, hauled one up from the bottom of the bay, and It is now in the possession of some scientific longshoremen, who are puzzled as much over it as they are atiout the phantom ship Flying Dutchman. The fisherman dropped his hoopnet off the end of Meggs' wharf. The tide carried tho net down the bay as far as tho short rope would allow It, and In hauling it up it dragged along tho bottom. Tho reward of the haul was an ordinary pint flask, and the disgusted fisherman was about to throw it back into the water when something moving inside it caught his eye. Mud had settled in tho bottle, and when it had been washed out ho found that tho bottle contained a crab about the sizo of an ordinary poker chip, and when its claws were stretched out it reached across the widest part of the flask.- The crab had fattened and was apparently in a healthy condition. —San Francisco Examiner. bor betray her trno feelings toward Royal Kenton, ho had succeeded. Her looks and,demeanor, added to the words ahe utteied with so much spirit, satisfied him that his own cause, unless something unforeseen should arise, was hopeless. While he was a man of hot temper he had a great self control, and when he left the house neither mother nor daughter suspected his bitterness of feeling. Naturalization is not fully accomplished until there has been not only a change of rulers, bat of linen. The Mormon church might have sustained itself and been alive and well today had it adhered to this principle. Tho neutral ground between the two armies was a strip of territory from tlireo to si* miles wide. Reconnoissances were almost of daily occurrence from ono side or tho other, and cavalry commands patrolled th# highways at frequont intorvals. Never Mind the Age. "It is an old saying, yon know, that blood will tell. It may prove false in thla case, and I hope it will, for Kentoo la a fine yonng man. Suppose, however, he should actually desert to the Yankees and come back to fight against ns?" "I wish this fellow was out of our company," mused Wyle. "So long as he is with us wo have got to be on our guard against his Yankee tricks. He'd feel proud to take ns all over to the Yankees." Mr. Totter!y —Could you marry a very old man with a good deal of money if he told you frankly how old he wua and how much he was worth? She wonld not discuss the question, tiowever, but turned the con vernation to tho subject of something else after oomplimonting mo on the sheep and saying, with a sunny smile, that they were the most bucksomo sheep she had ever seen altogether. "Waal, lootenant," grinned Steve as he awkwardly saluted, "I kept iny eye on that Yankee all the time, but I didn't hev to shoot him!" Misti Timely—H Dw much is ho worth? Thore must also have been an actual intention from the first to become a citizen of the new country. To become a citizen merely for tho purpose of obtaining a divorce or a temporary honeymoon will bo in all cases ruled against most severely by all courts except those of Grand Forks, N. D. "Why doan' yo' uu git him out?" asked Iko after a moment's reflection. The sentiment of the Virginia farmers was overwhelmingly Confederate, and whenever Kenton identified himsolf ho was given all information at hand. During the first two days he had several narrow escapes from Federal cavalry patrols, and on the third day he was treated to a double surprise. Tho farmer with whom ho had remained over night had recommended him to one much nearer the Federal outposts to secure additional information. He reached this place about 11 o'cIock in the forenoon, and the first face he saw was that of Marian Percy, the next that of her mother. The meeting appeared to bo as pleasant to all as it was unexpected. Tho Percys had arrived only two days Iwfore in hopes to remove the farmer's wife, who was a relative, to their home in the valley. The woman was ill—too ill to stand the journey, and they would wait for a few days in hopes of an improvement. The house haCl been visited daily by parties from both armies, but thus far no violence had been offered nor had anything been taken from tho farm. The Cliuwical Idea of Hade*. "Then 1 should be glad to hear of his being shot as a deserter and a traitor!" exclaimed the girl as her eyes flashed and her coloc deepened. "I'd like to, but bow can I? I've just come from brigade headquarters, where General Jackson asked after him and as much as said he'd promote him. He'll probably give him the place I want you to have. He's fooled Jackson the eame as he has the rest of us." The Greek word hade9 as it appears In tho Now Testament and the Hebrew word shool in the Old Testament are used in the most general and literal sense—that of denoting state of condition of the dead, including the grave its tho abiding place of tho body, and tho world of spirits as tho alxxle of tho soul. Tlio Hebrew Idea of it Is very fully given in Job x, 21-2:3. It may bo Interesting to those readers that have been paying any particular attention to the various opinlors of hell, purgatory, hades, ctc., as they tave apjieared in tho department, to seo tho above compared with tho pagan notions from which the Greek word hades is derived. "Curse him, but what business had he to assume command of the company?" replied Wyle. "I was just about to halt and re-form when you fools all rushed off after him!" "It's no uso to doceivo myself!" ho muttered as ho walked slowly down tho Street. "If the Yankee doesn't desert, und if ho is not killed in battle or otherwise, ho will return to wed her. With him removed my path is clear. It will be my fault if something doesn't happen to him very soon!" Was she drying or chaffing me ?n my old age? Great Hickory Ellum, if 1 had thought she spoke lightly I would cheerfully have charged her transient rates while she wiis here! "He would deserve it," added the mother. Naturalization should, so far ns may l»e, be attended to in cool weather and so far as possible at a reasonable distance from where people may be who have never been exposed. Duke Wyle had made his call intending to make every effort to discover just bow he stood in Marian Percy'sestima- "Yes—I see!" remarked Steve, "but I wouldn't find any fault if I was yo'. Wo nnsis the only company in the regiment which captured a cannon, and the boys feel as peart as game chickens about it. Reckon I wouldn't say nuthin agin tho Yankee either! It won't look exactly right, yon see!" "And Jackson will make he un a corporal?" asked Ike. These sheop have a "presence" about them which has driven away a new saddle horse of mine, and wo have to tie the liorso radish also. They eat the grass and then go partially up tho trees and eat the foliage off. "Say, lootenant," whispered Ike as he drew a step nearer, "1 reckon I know how to get that Yank outer this company!" "Sure to." Something did happen—two or three somethings— before tho captain's return to camp. Iko Baxter thoroughly understood what Captain Wylo desired, and ho was eager for an opportunity to carry out his wishes. Ono night when both were on guard about the camp he wheeled in his'beat, drew up his musket and deliberately fired to kill. Kenton was hardly ~'0 feet distant, face turned away and completely at his mercy. Tho heavy bullet passed between his arm and side and sped across the camp and killed a poor sergeant its ho lay sleeping on his bed. beaC-'sas in plC adsd accident, and it was natural to believe that it was such. Kenton was ono of tho first lo excuse hint, and not tho slightest suspicion of the soldier's murderous intentions found lodgment in his People who come to America under a contract or a cloud cannot by any means actually become at once naturalized. They may hold office, but they cannot be naturalized. {the Sat on Little Jack's Balloon. * 'Mother Goose* for Bobby—ho can't read, but he'll like the pictures. "Tin whistle—Joe—he can't blow it very hard, because he's got a sore throat. "Candy dog for little Polly—bless her heart. "Yon and the Yankee have suddenly become bosom friends!" sneered tho officer.Tho name of limit's wus given to Pluto by both the Greeks and the Romans. Pluto is, as almost every one knows, tho god of darkness, who was supposed to preside over tho infernal regions. Ho was represented as being tho son of Chronos and Rhea, the husband of Persephono and the brother of Zous and Poseidon. He bore the name of being a fierce, cruel and inexorable tyrant, dreaded hy mortals who, when they invoked him, struck tho earth with their hands, sacrificed black sheep in his honor, and in honoring their sacrifices stood with averted faces. The grim Hades was supposed to shut up tho shades of death in his dark domain. His abode was supposed to bo shared only by his wife, who was equally as cruel as her fierce and tyrannical husband.—St. Louis Republic. A sheep cannot even succeed itself in the same room. Mr. Morris lost 28 by dogs at ono tiiuo. That shows that even tho most vile ami worthless dog may be of uso if he will get up and stir himself. "How?" One singular ruling regarding the naturalization of minor children is that the naturalization of the father naturalizes the minor child, while that of the mother is not necessary. What mammoth genius evolved this principle of law I do not know. Did you ever see a foreign father by any act whatever indicate that he was in any way responsible for or related to any of his brood unless it be to hop in gayly and cluck a few times before eating tho worm? "Shoot him out!' "I—I don't understand!" "If be un goes, do I git to lDe cor- "Not exactly, lootenant, but I hain't got nuthin agin him no mo'. If houn's a Yankee spy, we orter hev about 10,- 000 mo' of 'em on our side!" poral?" I sold my sheep yesterday to Bill Baldwin, the butcher. I got $ 10.50 out of theiu, and he had to drive them away. "Toy balloon—Jack"  The red balloon began to bob frantically 'Yes." Duke makes a call Late that evening after the stragglers had rejoined their commands and order bad been brought out of confusion Lieutenant Wyle received an order to report at biigade headquarters. On his arrival he was admitted to the presence of General Jackson, who had that day won his famous sobriquet of "Stonewall." "Then yo' leave it to me! Mebbe it will take a week or two, but yo' bet yo'r last dollar be un's got to go!" Brazilian Revolution Collapses. tlon. The presence of the mother acted aa a restraint, and the demeanor of the daughter was not exactly what he had boped for. In one sense he was disappointed and chagrined. In another he Was encouraged and enthusiastic. I thought when I got them that they would coroo up to the library door standing kjiee deep in the blue grass and show off to those who came to the villa to see us, but they only came up to the house on cold days when they were molting, and they would shiver and look cold, and their little chins would auiver. and they had never been Montevideo, April 16.—The Brazilian rebellion has collapsed completely. The military forces of President Peixoto have driven the insurgents out of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, and the defeated and discomfited Admiral de Mello has disembarked 1,500 Insurgent troops on the frontier of Uruguay and surrendered himself and his command to the Uruguay authorities, who have disarmed them CHAPTER VII After Bull Run Federals and Confederates lDegan making earnest preparations for war. The holiday was over. There was no longer talk of 60 or 90 day campaign, of soldiers returning to the farm in time to harvest the croDS. For almost the first time since he had known her Royal Kenton was left alone with Marian Percy for an hour. They eat under the apple trees, and he told Watch a swarm of steerage mammalia glide off tho steamer and notice that the father generally gets ashore with long stem pipe and a vest full of crude alcohol, while the mother carries from "I can wait," he said to himself m be walked down street. "When the Bewa comes back here that Kenton has "Lieutenant Wyle,"Baid the general as be received him. "I am sorrv to leaut mind