Evening gazette, Tuesday, March 24, 1896 · page 7

 

 

YOU.

Sweetheart, the ' eyes whose slightest
glance
Has power to thrill me through and
through, '
With life, and loveand laughter dance:
They are not black, nor gray, nor blue;
For fear you may not understand.
Explicitly I'll state their hue:
Of all brown eyes they're brownest, and
Sweetheart, those eyes belong to—youl

Sweetheart, the lips I long to kiss
Are sweet and fresh as summer dew.
Unsullied as the blossom is,
Whose honey no bee ever knew.
(Would Illuil‘ fair mistress reprimand
Me if I stole a kiss—0r two?)
01’ all red lips they’re reddest, and
Sweetheart, those lips belong to—you!

Sweetheart. the girl that I would wed
Is so sweet-natured, pure and true—

So Wise. so winning, so well-bred
From modish hat to dainty shoe-—

I love her well, and for her hand
In all sincerity lsue;

Of all [air maids she's fairest, and
Sweetheart, this vision rare—ls you!
~Frank P. Smart. in Detroit Free Press.

A SHAM BATTLE.

BY S. RBETT ROMAN.

I had not smelt gunpowder on a largi
scale for quite a number of years, a1
my time and energy of late being de
voted to commercial pursuits.

But'I had seen a good deal of it somt
30 years ago, when I was a slim ant
wildl y enthusiastic youth, and ban
Imarched and bivouacked and fought it
the west and around the Potomac, anc'
even to-day, when I happen to see a
body of men, well uniformed and
drilled, march by, the old fire, and the
pride I had in my crack company, the
color company of the fine old 20th,
comes back to me like a hot wave.

But when a. man has reached the
fifties, is somewhat corpulent and rusty
in the knees, he is not apt to be very
martial in spirits; and he seems to pre-

fer, after his hot day’s 13118516 for dol—‘

lars and cents against other men's
greed for the same, to prefer a quiet
afternoon smoke and chat, or a Sunday
of mental relaxation, to anything like
extra exertion in the way of. unusual
sight-seeing.

So when Stapleton said: “Say, Dick,
come on and let’s see what this sham
battle is like,” I naturally demurred.

We were sitting together at the club,
most of the other men having gone off
on a trip somewhere, to finish up the
hot summer months and to get some
invigorating air into their lungs, and a
few tonifying ideas by their sojourn in
big cities and crowded summer resorts,
where old prejudices and fashions are
discarded to give place to novel impres-
sions and original concerts.

“A sham battle!” I said, contemptu-
ously. “The idea of making a puppet
show of so. desperately earnest and
tragic a thing as an armed struggle be—
tween men, Whose effort is to defeat
and destroy those opposed to them. No,
thanks. I don’t think I care to witness
a paltry make-believe fight.”

“Oh!” said Stapleton, who is an agree-
able fellow, acquainted with the ameni-
ties of life and can distinguish good
from bad wine, and who himself had
had quite an experience with gunpow-
der, shell and shot, as ofiicer in a New
York regiment. “You prefer the real
thing. A skirmish line of sharpshoot—
ers ranged under cover along the thin
edge of a wood; a light battery limbcr-
ed up, to the right. and the infantry
deployed in the open field behind; an
occasional shell whizzing through the
air, a sort of preliminary foretaste of
the coming engagement, and the heavy
booming of distant cannon on' the
heights, where Wright and Getton’s
divisions are assaulting his confeder-
ate lines.” ’

I sat up in my chair and threw away
my cigar.

“Confound you, Stapleton, get your
hat and come along,” I said. “But look
here, man,” I remarked. as we went.
down the steps and toward the electric
cars. “I suppose this sham battle won’t-
be much to look at. But don’t you res—
urrect an 57 of your federal army airs.

“The old days are past and gone,
with their excitement, heroism, suffer—
ing, defeat and triumph. We are all
out for dollars and cents nowadays.
’ For progress and good living. We
won’t. either you or I, bring up any
episode of those grand old campaign-
ing days of ours, or revert ,to those
scenes, where you must admit, the gray
coats made a splendid showing. before
you fellows’ overpowering numbers.
Never were lines better held. old fellow,
than those entrenchments—”

“Now hold up,” said Stapleton, as we
got in the car. “I thought you said we
were to avoid reminiscences?”

“That’s a fact,” I acquiesced. “We
won't.”

Then we sped on and soon reached the

near approaches of the City park, with ,

its magnificent centenary oaks, ‘whose
overhanging boughs have witnessed
more than one tragedy in the old days
of easy afi‘ront and its quick avenge.

“Great Scott!” said Stapleton, when
we started out for the grounds. “We
have to walk about six blocks before we
can get to see what’s going on.”

“So it seems.” I said, as we trudged
along the planking of a sidewalk with
a large crowd of people. who, like our-
selves, were a. little late in getting to
view the sham battle.

“Hello! Sounds like an infantry at-
tack,” said Stapleton, when a desultory
firing came to us in the sweet-scented
afternoon air- “Hurry up, old man.
Let’s see whatthe boys are after.” . 1

To hurry a rather stout man who has
not done much walking of late years be-
yond going round the exchanges, and
who has fallen into the lazy habit of
driving down to his office, so as to avoid
walking, is not considerate. But this
reflection only came to me the next day,
when I found I was stiff and sore in the
knee joints, and realized why it wa
that I felt so knocked up. -

The firing, at first light, was now in-
creasing, and we heard the old familiar
rumble of caissons and light field pieces,
as the Washington artillery was being
_ brought up.

Well, the first think I knew Stapleton

 

 

 

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steps, and too anxious to see how a
sham battle was conducted to wait at
the entrance gate. 1 pitched our tickets
to the ga tegeepcr over the heads of the
crowd waiting round the ticket ofiice,
and we pushed through the gate and
plunged into a short cut across a field.

"This side, old man,” said Stapleton,
deflecting to the right as he (taught a
glimpse of the kepis of the artillcrists
moving rapidly round in that direction.
We somehow got over the space in fine
shape, in spite of cockleburs, tangled
weeds and numerous ruts and holes.

“We'll get right to the front." said
Stapleton, taking the lead and elbowing
his way through the dense crowd with
quite a disregard of his usual lazy, good
manners. "We want to see this thing,
Dick.” 1 followed closely, and we soon
had a fine view of the open field.

There was just then a lull in the prog-
ress of the sham battle, preparatory to
an attack on the right. A line of skir-
mishers ivere lying along the edge of ‘a
ditch behind some furze bushes and
small undcrbrush; the infantry coni-
mands were being wheeled around into
position; some aides? were galloping
across toward a group of oilicers in the
distance, and the guns of the light ar-
tilery commands were moving up as
a support on the one side, an attacking
force on the other. The opposing force
was partly hidden by a heavy line of
trees, and we could just distinguish a
line of moving infantry by the glint of
the sun on their bayonets.

“Lord, man!” said Stapleton, pushing
his hat back and watching intently; “if
I had command of these troops I would
fall back to that angle you see yonder
and order the attack to be made on this
side. Those skirmishers are badly
posted. Don’t you see how effective a
sudden rush down that road could be
made? Why, the boys could cross over
the open at a double quick, charge on
their flank and get under cover of the
woods before that artillery supporting
column could come up. If those blue-

coats were Smith's corps and my old

New York 18th, wouldn’t they charge
prettily down on the rebs!” .

“Hold up,” I said. “What are you
talking about? Those boys are not
your 18th, of Smith’s corps, but I rather
think they could charge just as effect-
ively. In fact, you remember when
Smith’s and Hancock’s corps, your New
York 18th included, made those as-
saults on our lines before Petersburg
there were only at first 2,200 men until
we came up. Kershaw’s division of
Anderson’s corps. You were 40,000
strong then, and Beauregard only had
10,000 to oppose you then, and yet. he
held you in check pretty effectively.”

“Temporarily,” answered Stapleton,
with an ill-tempered, ugly air, “but we
dislodged you that night and took four
of your batteries, you remember.”

“Notmuch of a feat,” I retorted sharp-
ly. "Those lines we were occupying.
(to be properly manned, required a force
of 25,000 men. When you took those
batteries you had been reinforced by
Warren’s corps, and you were 90,000
men. I wouldn’t. boast of what you ac-
complished those three days if I were
you.”

“It was tall fighting, that’s a fact,”
said Stapleton after a pause, shifting
his position to see where the troops
were ,moving to. “We lost more than
10,000 men in those assaults. But we
would have carried your lines the next
day, all the same, if Beauregard had
not withdrawn during the night: You
fellows were d— glad to get behind
those breastworks further back.”

“Yes, and you fellows were glad not
to be again ordered up in an assault to
be slaughtered.”

There we paused, while the bugle gave
some commands to the troops to move
u .
“Dick, old man,” said Stapleton, mo p-
ping his forehead, while I nervously
chewed the end of my cigar in 'a dry
smoke. “Come, let up on that.”

We agreed not to go back to those
great old fighting days. ’

“Look there! First—rate!
good! Go it, boys!” .

The line had dashed forward and a

Pretty

. spirited engagement ensued. The crack

of the sharpshooters’ rifleswas distinct
above the volleys of the infantry, and
the artillery swept over the field, while
the handsome Louisiana field artillery
wheeled round in position on the other
side to confront it.

. “Hurrah!” I shouted.

“Look at that company!” said Sta-
pleton, with eager impatience. ‘What
a fool thing to do! Why, they’ll be cut
to pieces. Oh, if those boys were under
me!”

“Good!” I shouted, as the artillery
dashed up in fine shape, unlimbered and
took possession. “Fire, boys! Give it
to them!”

Then Stapleton and I looked at each
other and laughed. .

“Come on," I said, “let’s go back to
dinner. Stapleton, you are an awful
fool for a man of your years.”

“Yes," acquiesced Stapleton. “I’m

, as big an ass as you are. Dick. The idea
: of getting excited over a sham fight

and wanting to maul each other, he-

' cause 30 years ago Smith’s corps and the

18th New York were repulsed with some
others by Kershaw’s division and a few
measley confederates—J.’

“Shut up!" I said, rubbing my rheu-
matic knees. “I hope Watson will give
us some of that Yquem you are so fond
of for dinner, and that you will have an
attack of the gout to-morrow. A fel-
low like you don’t deserve to live. You
should have been numbered among
your 10,000 dead and wounded.”

“Shut up!” said Stapleton. — N. O.
Times-Democrat.

—The League of God’s House, in 1401,
was a Swiss combination. There were
three leagues among the hardy moun-
taineers, formed in reality for the pur—
pose of establishing and maintaining
the independence of their country. The
The League of God’s House was the
first; the second was that of theGrisons,
in 1424; the third, the League of the Ten
3 urisdictions, in 1536. In 1798 all three
came under the jurisdiction of,or rather

were admitted into, the League of the

and I were swinging along in quick ;Ile1vctic Confederation.

 

 

. WOOED IN THE SPIRIT.

Psychic Phenomenon Which Led to the
Marriage of o. Couple.

“Four or five years ago,” said a
bachelor in conversation with a re-
pdrter, “I had a sweetheart that I was
deeply in love with and wanted to
marry, but I was afraid to ask her. At
that time I was making a study of
psychic phenomena and that sort of
thing and it occurred to me to make a
psychical proposal by projecting my
subjective mind around the corner to
where the girl lived and fixing it up all
ready for me when I should take my
objective mind around to have the
affair ratified. I went to see her one
evening and I felt sure that if I asked
her I would get her, notwithstanding
she was about equally interested in a
friend of mine, whom I shall call
George. Having doubts as to my cour‘
age, I determined to make a test next
evening, instead of going to see her,
so I retired early—that is, about nine
o’clock—and, according to formula, I
exerted my mental faculties to their ut-
most and directed all my mental en-
ergies upon the girl and willed with all
my power that she accept me. For
half an hour, fully, I shut out every
thought but this important one and
went to sleep, or into a trance, under
the mental strain. I awoke an hour or
two later and felt that. my efforts had
been a success and that it would be all
right next day when I called. I felt so
encouraged that I went to sleep an-l
dreamed beautiful dreams of her until
morning. At three o’clock next after-
noon I called to make my real proposal.
I talked to her on some trivial subject
or other for half an hour and then came
to the all-important matter.

“ ‘Did you‘ feel any peculiar mental
or emotional sensations last evening?’
I asked.

“She blushed violently and Iwas sure
that my subjective proposal had hit
center.

“ ‘I-Iow did you know anything about
it?’ she replied, laughing somewhat
nervously.

_“ ‘Oh, that’s all right,’ .I smiled.
triumphantly. ‘What time did it oc-
cur?’

“ ‘Really, I don’t know, but it must
have been about half-past nine. I re-
member that I thought it odd that the
clock should strike just as it happened.’

“ ‘Wasn't it remarkable?’

“I was coming to it by degrees and
wanted to see just where I was.

“ ‘No, I don’t think it was,’ she
answered, indignant] y. ‘George has al-
ways loved me and his proposal last
night was quite what I expected. We
are to be married in June.’ ”—-—Washing-
ton Star.

WOMAN’S WEAKEST POINT.

Why She Can't Always Compete Success-
fully with Men.

I am not content to merely make
money, for I am a woman of progres-
sive tendencies. and study constantly
in order to erfect myself in every de—
tail of my profession, for the dental
art has made vest strides during the
last few years, writes Dr. Carrie Wolfs-
bruck, an eminent dentist.

I have no desire or intention to be,-
little my own sex—far from it—for I
believe that they can compete success—
fully in almost all of the professions
hitherto usurped by men. There are,
therefore, certain limitations, physical
rather than intellectual, which are to
be considered. A woman should be
fitted by temperament, inclination and
physical adaptability for the work, or
she is likely to be a failure. Dentistry
is a profession, not a trade, and there is
always something to be learned.

I must lay peculiar stress on the in-
capacity of women for enduring fa-
tigue, for that is the weakest point in
the armor of our sex. With hygienic
living, aided by physical training, the
next generation will probably be equal
to all emergencies, and will be capaci—
tated physically as well as mentally
to compete side by side with their male
competitors in whatever calling they
elect to enter. '

Young girls frequently come to me
for advice. I give them the benefit of
my experience, and, while I do not dis-
courage them, I dislike to advise the
taking up of a profession which, while
it may prove lucrative, is exacting in
the extreme, taxing the mental and
physical capacity to the utmost limit
of endurance.—Godey’s Magazine.

FOR THE BABY.

Llst of Gifts Which Are Always Accept-
able.
~ Baby’s pusher is a little table ap-
pointment in the line of neatness and
good manners, and is very pretty with-
al. Its delicate handle, flower-deco-
rated, is readily clasped by the little
hand to aid in putting the food on
fork or spoon, thus saving the use of
the fingers, which in turn would soil

_ bib and mask. The modern baby is not-
: without perquisites.

The bib clasp is either in gold or sil-
ver, in design a flower, butterfly or
baby face, and in method of service
much like the ordinary stocking sup-
porter—an ornamental center connect-
ing by links two clasps.

The latest teaspoon, also used as a
nursery gift, is very beautiful and
unique in shape, the bowl in grooves
like a mandolin, the handle beaded in
an arabesque design.

The sterling silver porringer is a
favorite bestowal of godparents from
the fact that it can be kept and handed
down through many generations.
Plain silver is now the fancy, and es-
pecially noticeable in the porringer,
which is with heavy, smooth bowl, and
short ornamental side handles.

The bowl and plate for actual service
is also with smooth, highly polished
surface, and richly beaded edges. The
silver cup, if up to date, is an exact re-
production of the common tin kitchen
cup, exceptdn price! Its convenience
of shape to drink from, the. polished
surface easily kept bright and its odd
appearance have made it popular as a
baby appointment. — Chicago Inter
Ocean. ‘ - ‘

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Assets.
Lia bilities
Surplus

Total Income

parieon with the assets

general transacted.

 

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I have carefu‘ly examiued the foregoing ‘

GUS’l'AVUS S. WINSI‘ON, M. D.

JOHN w. motions,

New Haven, General Agt. for State of Connecticut.

 

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0'3 I‘sz YORK.

 

 

Total Paid Policy-holders in 1895.

 

Insurance and Annuities in force.
Net gain in 1895

 

of the Company.

therein are in possession of the Company.

H. 0. Von Post,

Charles E. Henderson,

James C. Holden,

TUALZIJFE
ecu ,

RICHARD A. Mccmeov President.

A .

$221,213,721 33.
194,347,157‘56

$26,866,563 75

 

$48,597,430 51 y

$23,126,728 45

$899,074,453 78
$61,647,645 36

NOTE—Insurance merely mr'mn. Is discarded from this Statement as wholly mlsleadln and onI '
actually issued and paid for in cash ls Included. g, y insurance

tatrm‘ nt and find the soma to be correct.
CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor.

' From the Snrpiue a dividend will be apportioned as usual.

Report of the Examiulug Committee.

tillced the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New You,

February 11, 1896.

At a meeting of the BOEIEII of Trustees of this Company, held on the 18th day of
December last, the undersigned were appointed a Committee to examine the annual

Statement for the year ending Decembwr 315i, 1895, and to verify the same by com-

,Thc Committee have caici’ully performed the duty assigned to them, and hereby

certify that the Statement is in all particulars com-rot and that the assets specified

In making this certificate the Committee bear testimcnv to the high character of
the investmtnts (.f the Company and express their approval of the system, order and

accuracy with which the accounts and vouchers have been kept, and the business in

Robert Clyphant,
Wm P. Dixon,
J. H. Herrick.

Committee

ROBERT A. GRANNIS, Vice-President.

WALTER B. GILLETTE, General Manager.

ISAAC F. LLOYD, Second Vice-President,
WILLIAM J. EASTON, Secretary,
rsannnic CHOMWELL, Treasurer.

JAMES TIMPSC 1N ,, 2d Asst. Trees
EDWARD P. HOLDEN, Asst. Cashier.

IOHN A. FONDA, Assistant Treasurer.
WILLIAM P. SANDS, Cashier

HENRY E. DUNCAN. Jr., Cor. Eecy.
ALBERT KLAMRO'I‘H, Asst. Secy.

EMORY MCCLINTOCK LL.D., F; I. A., Actuary.

JOHN TATLOCK, JB., Asst. Actuary.

CHARLES A. PRELLER, Auditor,

WM. W. RICHARDS. Comptroller.

HENRY S. BROWN, Asst. Comp“

JOHN C. ELLIO I‘l", Superintendent of Domestic Agencies,

EDWARD LYMAN SHORT, Gen. Solicitor.

MEDICAL Dmacrons

ELIAS J. MARSH, M. D.

 

GRANVILLE M. WHITE, M.

a. a. sauna

Local Agent