THE FIGH‘l'lllEl RIDGE. .
Sketch of the Most Uncivilized
Battle of the Civil War.
INDIANS TAKE A HAND.
The Authorities Have Not Decided to
This Day Which Whipped.
Federal and Confederate Armies Fight
Two Days and Then Withdraw—Por-
. traits of the Leaders on Both Sides.
Albert Pike's Indians Use Tomahawks
and Sealping Knives—Gen. Tan Dorn's
Proclamation—A Fierce Battle Whose
Story Has Not Been Fnfiy Written.
The battle of Pea Ridge was fought Fri-
day and Saturday, March 7 and 8, 1862. The
dead were buried on Sunday. If the fight
had taken place east of the Mississippi it would
have taken a prominent place in history.
But it was fought in the northwestern corner
of Arkansas. Railroads had scarcely pene«
trated into that region yet, and telegraphs
were . mysterious things which a good many
people did not even believe in. Therefore
the full history of Pea Ridge has never been
written. Yet that fight is entitled to one
unhappy distinction: It was the most barber.
ous battle of the civil war.
During the first years of the war, the south
had better generals than the north. As. early
as the summer of 1861, the Confederacy sent
an emissary westto
stir up the Indians
against the United
States g o v e r n -
ment. This was
Albert Pike, the
poet. a man of fine
- physique and per—
suasive tongue. He
labored successful-
.‘1 ‘“ ly with the tribes
of the Indian terri-
tory, the Greeks,
Chickasaws, Choc-
ALBERT PIKE.
[From Lossing‘s “Civil War taws, Comanches
in America.“] a n d Cherokees.
Chief John Ross, of the Cherokee nation or»
posed him, but at length yielded to the impor-
tunities of the tribe, and struck a bargain
with the Confederate agent. Pike was the
regularly accredited commissioner of the
Confederate States of America to the Indians.
He promised to pay to the red men the annu-
ities they had heretofore received from the
United States. He also promised to take the
southernth of the Indian territory under
Confederate protection. This included the
country of the Choctaws and Chickasaws.
Pike’s design was to secure in time the whole
Indian territory to the Confederacy.
The Indians raised a force of 3,000 men for
the war. Jefferson Davis had authorized
Piketo enlist three regiments. The Indian
agreement was ratified at a mass meeting at
'l‘ahlequah, the Cherokee capital. It was
signed by “John Rom, Principal Chief of the
Cherokee Nation.” It was secretly against
his will, however. His wife, a young, well
educated woman, was so opposed toit that'
she drove off the men who triedtoraisea
Confederate flag over her house, and they
hadto give up the attempt. This was the
last of August, 1861. John Ross was nearly
white, having only one—eighth Indian blood.
He was a man fit for a great leader any-
where. He had cast his lot with his Indian
brethren, although his appearance gave no
sign of the dusky blood in his veins. For
more than forty years he had acted as the
Moses who led his tribe from barbarismto
civilization. He escaped north with his fam-
ily in the summer of 1862.
Row Indians, however, with those of
other tribes, joined the . Confederate army.
under Albert Pike, who was made a briga-
dier general.
In December, 1861, the Confederate general,-
Sterling Price, who had advanced again into
Missouri with 15,-
000 men, made a
rousing appeal to
the men of ' that
state to join him.
Price had been a
brigadier in the
Mexican war; .Hc
was a Virginian
born, but settled in
Missouri. He was
governor of that
state from 1853 to
1857. He was the
leading spirit of
secession in Mis-
souri. His proclam-
CHIEF JOHN Ross.
atron fell with a [From Lossing‘s “Civil War
ring: “AreMissou- “1 America.”]
rians no longer true to themselves?” he said.
“Are they a timid, time—serving race, fit
only for subjugation to a despot?
Awake, my countrymen! * -* * Come
to us, brave sons of' the Missouri
valley! Rally to our standard! I must have
50,000 men. * * * Do you stay at home to
secure terms with the enemy? Then I warn
you the day soon may come when you will
be surrendered to the mercies of that enemy,
and your substance given to the Hessians and
Jayhawkers. Leave your property to take
care of itself. Come to the army of the Mis-
souri, not for a week or a month. but to free
your country. * * * I, at least, will never
see the chains fastened upon my country. I
will ask for six and one~half feet of Missouri
soil in which to repose, for I will not live to
see my people enslaved!”
(Gen. Sterling Price went through the war. and
after it closed migrated to Mexicofi He wasa
member of the board
of immigration of
that country for a
t i m 0, but after-
wards returued to
Missouri, where he
died]
At the time the
proclamation was
issued, all south-
western Missouri
was in Confeder-
ate hands. Gen.
Price had‘lixed his
~' headquarters at
Springfield, where
he awaited the re-
. ' cruits he hoped
GEN. PRICE, 0. s. A. would follow his
proclamation. He was doomed to disappoint-
ment, in a great measure.
About 5,000 Missourians joined his stand-
ard, but no more.
Meantime. Nov. 1, 1861, McClellan had
been appointed commander-in chief of all the
armies, and there had been a shaking up of
generals and a new deal all around. Fremont
was removed from the department of the
Missouri and the command given to Halleck.
Fremont had once driven Price out of Mis-
souri into Arkansas. But- on Fremont’s re«
tirement Price immediately returned to the
old ground and issued the lively proclama-
tion.
As soon as he could get §quared about in his
new seat at St. Louis Halleck sent Brig. Gen.
Samuel R. Curtis after Price with an army
which finally, including the re-enforcements
added from time to time, amounted to 12,-
095 men. Curtis was an Ohio man, a West
Point graduate, and he had been a colonel in
the Mexican war. He had been acongress-
man from Iowa, and lived in that state when
the civil war broke out.
An instructive part of war history is got
from reading the correspondence and the re-
ports in the government archives. Nearly
all the generals in the field constantly beg the
department commanders for reenforcements,
mid are answered that re-enforcements are
being forwarded as fast as possible.
In Halleck’s instruction to Curtis he con-
stantly urges the latter to keep his men to-
gether, and not let the enemy fight him in
detail. “Throw out your cavalry carefully,”
says Halleck, “like fingers to the hand, so that
they can be drawn in on the main body.”
0"
Curtis, in one of his letters, declares that he _
must have cavalry horses, 400 new sets of ar-
tillery harness and “10,000 pairs of pants.”
Halleck answers back that “pants will be
sent.” but he cannot spare any horses.
Missouri and Arkansas were the scene of
the most desperate guerrilla fighting of the
war, and this fact is also reflected in Curtis’
letters. He tells Col. Clark Wright: “There
is a great set of rogues about Kcitsville and I
hope you will find and arrest and send back
the most of them. Another of Curtis’ orders
is very strict in regard to protection of pri-
vate property. He will not permit houses to
be entered, unless for spies, arms or soldiers.
“Restrain your troops from acts of cruelty
and folly,” he directs Col. Wright.
Gen. Price wintered at Springfield, getting
recruits and supplies. February 11, Curtis
began his march against Price, As be ap-
proached, Price retreated south, and finally
went over the border into Arkansas. He
camped at a place called Cross Hollows.
Curtis‘ cavalry followed in close pursuit.
Price retreated hastily, leaving a number of
sick anda considerable amount of commis-
sary stores behind him. He burned his bur—
racks at Cross Hollows.
Near this place occurred one of those out»
rages of the war which all must regret now.
Some of Price’s provisions were left at aham-
let called Mud Town. Some Confederate
ofilcers, before they abandoned those, scat-
tered poison over them. Federal officers and
men following on found the provisions, sic
of them and sickened and died. “’11:; pes'~
petrated the act has never been exactly ascor-
tained. But it shows what warfare in Mis-
. souri and Arkansas meant in those days.
Price continued retreating till he come to
Boston mountains. Look on the map and
you will see a spur of the Ozark rangoex-
tending into the northwest corner of Arkan-
sas, ulloutzflfty miles south of the box-«hr.
This is the Bo-ston mountains. a stretch of
hills 2,000 feet high.
Gen. Earl Van Dorn had been recently ap-
pointed tn Hm command of the Confederate
Trans-Mimi i s i p pi
department. Many
regard Van Dorn
as the most brilliant
cavalry ofilcer pf
the Confederacy.
There was ill feeling
between Gena Stem-
ling-Price and Ben
McCulloch in Mis-
souri. and Jefferson
"Davis sent van
Dorn from Virginia
. to rank both and
, mun, VAN DORN. take command. He
[From Iosslng‘s “Civil War reached camp at
in America.“] Boston mountains
March 2, 1862. A salute of forty guns was
fired to welcome him, and he addresed the
troops. He issued a proclamation to this
effect: . .
“Soldiers! behold your leader! He comes
to show you the way to glory and immortal
renown. He comes to hurl back the minions
of the despots at Washington, whose ignor.
anoe, licentiousness and brutality are equaled
only by their craven natures. * * ’3‘ The
flag of our country is waving on the southern
borders of Missouri, planted there by my
hands, under authority from our chief magis-
trate. * ‘4‘ * Shall it wave there in melan-
choly loneliness, as a fall leaf-in our primeval
forests, or shall its beautiful field and bright
stars flaunt in the breeze over the bright but-
talions of Arkansas, of Texas and of Louisi:
ana. as they are marshaling to do battle with
Missouri for victory, for honor and for inde-
pendence!’ Awake, young men of Arkansas.
and arm! Beautiful maidens of Imrisiaua,
smile not on the craven youth who may lin-
ger by your hearth when the rude blast of _
war is sounding in your ears! Texas chiv~
airy, to arms!"
Price had not retreated to Boston mountains
because he did not mean to fight. He wished
to gain time for re—enforcemeut, and also a
favorable position for battle. He was joined
by Gen. McColloch and by Albert Pike with his
Indians. 0n the morning of March 5, Gen.
Van Dorn moved forward at the head of
about 25,000 troops, under Gens. Price, Mo~
Culloch, McIntosh and Pike.
PEA amen BATTLE GROUND.
Halleck’s orders to Curtis had been to keep
the enemy south of Boston mountains. But
small detachments of his troops had been left
as guards here and there along the route, as
he followed after Price, till his army had be-
come stretched out very thin. They had
marched into Arkansas traveling at the rate
of twenty miles a day, an extraordinary
march under the circumstances. Curtia'
force was much smaller than the re-enforoed
Cenfederate army. Curtis therefore fell back
north. from the neighborhood of Boston
mountains and took a position nearer to Mis-
souri, at Bentonville. He had retreated from
Fayetteville. Van Dorn followed and the
Confederate army became in turn the pursuer.
Curtis resolved to dispose his forces about
Sugar creek, near Bentonville, and await the
battle which he saw must come.
Until he reached Sugar creek, however, he
was not aware of Van Dorn’s arrival in the
Confederate camp, It made things look
shaky for his little army, 25,000 against 12,000,
but Curtis did not weaken. It was too late
to run, if he had wanted to.
The reader will see from the map the dispo-
sition of the forces on each side. Sugar creek
fiows first westward through a mountain de-
file, then northward, skirting a clump of
mountains. The westerly portion of the
clamp is called Pea Ridge. Thence the battle ,
gets its name. it is also sometimes called the ‘
battle of Elkhorn tavern. from a house in
the eastern part of the mountain group.
In the map the black, broken lines to the
northward indicate the Confederate troops,
the open ones a little south of them the
Federals. By a skillful movement Van
Dorn had flanked Curtis on the night of
March 6 and gained hisrear. This threatened
to cut off Curtis’ communication with Spring-
field, Mo., and his supplies. The aspect was
black enough. - .
Gen. Franz Sigel distinguished himself hon-
orably in a skirmish on March 6. His camp
was the most westerly of Curtis’ forces, being
near Bentonville, which appears on the map.
Van Dorn passed through-that town on his
way northward to get in Curtis’ rear. By
skillfuny covering hisnrigh't flank with a cav-
alry movement Sigel managed to get off with
his whole supply train and convey it to Sugar
creek. About 600mm and fivepieces of light
artillery were behind at Bentonville, and ion
moment they were surrounded with Confed-
erate cavalry and infantry. Sigel himself
was fortunately with them, however, having
staid with the rear guard. He handled the
brave 600 so skillfully, now fighting, now re-'
treating, always nearer to Curtis and Pea
Ridge, that he managed to bring them nearly
all 03 in safety, over a distance of ten miles.
Sigel is now United States pension agent at
New York.
Curtis’s front was to the south, from which
direction he expected the enemy to come.
- ~ _ Van Dorn on his
northward march
made a detour to
the west and flanked
Curtis on the right
byamasterly move-
ment. He left Pike
and his Indians two
miles to Curtis'
right, and another
small force to make
a feint on the front
while he dashedion
with all speed to
makethe real attack
on the Federal rear.
I/le:
GEN. sronr.
The surprise was complete. Not till the
morning of March 7, did, Curtis discover
what his enemy was up to. Then with the
utmost haste he wheeled his men about and
changed rear to front, and stretched his army
in line of battle across Pea Ridge. Van
Dom’s force was twice as large as his own,
and included Indians and border Texans.
Curtis’ battle line extended east and west
across Pea Ridge between three and four
miles from Sugar creek to Elkhorn tavern.
With this hastily changed Federal front, the
two armies faced each other like this:
Confederates on the north, Federals on the
south:
McCullough, McIntosh, , Price.
(Cross Timber Hollow).
Sigel, Asboth, Davis. Carr.
The names are those of Van Dorn’s and
Curtis’ division commanders. Gen. Alexander
Asbot-h had charge of Curtis’ cavalry and
artillery. Cross Timber Hollow was a deep. " i t
and difficult ravine, covered with fallen trees, 4
between the two armies. Through thighollosfi,
they had to reach each other. , - ,
Col. Osterhaus, of Chicago, .ope e
light by an attack on Van ,Doru’rcen
at 10:30 in the morning, March L as he
commenced this movement word was hastily
broughtto Curtis that his pickets had been
driven in.
So-the battle was begun. Soon there was
tremendous fighting. The woods swarmed
with Confederates, who seemed tospring from
the ground. Carr’s division, on the extreme
right, had been heavily attacked, and Qatar-
haus was driven back. Curtis had ordered
Gen. Davis to the relief of Carr on the right,
but Osterhaus‘ men came flying back upon
the center. The order to Davis Was counter-
mauded, and he was told to stay and help
Osterhaus. He quickly changed his line of
march under fire, Very shortly‘Ge'n. Davis
found himself and Osterhaus fighting McCul~
l)ch, McIntosh, Pike and all Pike‘s Indians,
with the poet and John Boa at the head of
them. Back he and Osterhaus wavered, and
their gathered strength and advanced again.
They swayed back and forth inastorm of
shot. All at once the Eighteenth Indiana
came sweeping down upon the flank and rear
of the Confederate center with ball and
bayonet. It settled the fortune of the day
then. The Confederates broke and fled.
Both Gens. McCulloch and McIntosh fell
mortally wounded. Their forces tried to re-
form, but Sigel came up with two batteries
of heavy artillery and it was all over.
Then Sigel moved over to the Federal right
to help Carr. That day Carr had fought
seven mortal hours .
againstPrice. Van . ,
Dorn himself was - -'
in command here
most of the day,
and here the most "‘
terrific fighting of_ . “~
the battle took
place. Early in ,
the day Col. Carr .
had sent to Curtis
for re-enforce-
ments. They could
notbesparod. He
fought on, and
once more sent for
help. saying he could hold out no longer.
Again there was no assistance. “Pei-severe,"
said the commanding general. He did so,
//
ens. cum-rs.
tillafourthof hismen laydead, dying and -
Wounded upon the field. When the left and
center were safe, and . Asboth, Gen. Curtis
and later Sigel himself. pruned to Carr’s ‘aid,
they found him fighting on still, with a shat-
tered army, andthoground for a milesu-ewu
With tacos mum-1.- - _
-M'
NORWALK GAZETTE, W'IED‘NESDAY.MAIARCH .9, 18-871: .4
The fighting was renewed hotly as ' ever for
a time and Asboth was wounded: Then
night fell, and both armies bivouacked upon
the field, with the deadand dying all about
them. , - '
In the mornin of March 8, therewas more
fi htin around 'lkhorn tavern. The force
0 hot armies was concentrated there.
Sigel’s men with several heavy batteries bore
the brunt of it. Gen. Davis opened a cross
fire on the Confederate left. Cannon thunder
and iron hail filled the air with terror, till at
last the Confederates could endure it no
lon r. Their batteries were planted u n
the ills of Pea Ridge. They turned to 11’!”
and Si l’s men were dashing up the h s
after t em. It was a picturesque sight.
Curtis says in his report:
“The upward movement of the gallant
Thirty-sixth Illinois, with its dark blue line
of men and its gleaming bayonets steadily
rose from to summit. where it dashed
forward, driving 'and scattering the enemy
from these commanding heights. ’ .
So ended the. battle of Pen Ridge. It was
not a victory for either side, but it ended the
fighting in that of Arkansas and Mis-
souri. It was fought in a corner near the
borderline of three states. Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Kansas and the Indian Territory. Yarn
Dorn encamped with his men eight miles
from the battle field, and buried his dead un-
der-a fiagof truce. Then he Went hiswa
south of Boston mountains, tting o
with nearly all his . e loss on
each side was about 1, . Both armies had
bad enough of fighting fora time. Curtis
encamped at Keiusville to rest andcare for
his men.
Pike's Indians tomahawked their fallen foes
and seal and mutilated them. A Confed-
Whig, declared that he saw the Texans doing
the same thint . tOn thei oglirgrhand, Van
Dorn charged some 0 a men mar.
dared several prisoners of war in cold blood.
It must be remembered that Pea Ridge was a
specimen of border warfare.
MERRIMAG AND liflNITflR
Storv of One of the Great Naval
Engagements of the World.
A FAMOUS SUNDAY FIGHT.
The Gray Bearded Pilot of the Merri-
mae Describes the Battle.
—.————l—
The Confederate Ram Merrimae Accom-
plished Greater Work of Destruction
in a Single Half Day Than Any Other
War Vessel nu:- nuns—nut she Could
Not Whip Capt. John Ericsson's Hon-
itor—Battle of The Iron Clads, March
9. 1802.
Chesapeake this time of year the air is mild
as June. Salt breeze and pine forest mingle
and give it bracing fragrance. Fig treesand
'fringycape myrtles live outdoors the year
around. It is one of the most delightful
spots of the earth. Visitors to OldPoint
Comfort and Fortress Monroe linger on day
after day. Travelers stopping at the great
the verandas. Anon they change and take a
Everybody calls him the captain. He is'a
hale, gray bearded man with a keen eye and a
strong frame. He has been about the Chesa-
peake and Norfolk bay more years than a
good many of our readers have lived. Year
after year, too, while the loiterers sit and
gaze, now at the blue sky, now at the softly
rolling breakers which are even as blue. they
ask the captain to: tell them the story of the
.Merrimac and the Monitor fight. '
- nannnmc Arm lemon.
[From “Wing‘s Civil War."]
The captain was the pilot of the Merrimac
that day of! Hampton roads, March 9, 1862.
The 'Merrimac was a fine new steam frigate.
\Vhen the United States officer, Commodore
McCauley.‘setfire to his own government’s
navy yard at Norfolk and burned the ships,
the Merrimac was among those fired and left
to consume. This was April 21, 1861.
But the Merrimac was not entirely de
strayed. She was burned to the copper line.
Then she sank. To raise her again, to fit her
out use war vemel, was not a task of very
great difiiculty for the Confederate g0vern-
ment. Her exterior pattern was changed
somewhat.‘ Inannor plating her, and other-
wise fitting her for naval warfare, the Con-
federates afilxed to her bows a long, powerful
iron beak. In brief, when the refitting was
done, and the Merrimac was turned out
of the Norfolk or Portsmouth navy
yard she became the steam ram Vir-
ginia, the terror of every United States
ship afioat. Steaming up, head on, she was
able to send her long, swordfish beak crashing
through the sides of the strongest wooden
ship. Thus, attacking vessels one at a time,
the Virginia -was prepared to vanquish the
whole United States navy and commercial
marine. Whatismore, she had been fitted
upin the United States government‘s own
navy yard, of good iron and steel belonging
to the naticn. ‘ _
The new putts-n given to her was the idea
of Lieut. John M. Brooks. himself a'Un’iteIi
States-naval ofileer whohad taken the Confed-
erateside. The battering ram or false bevv ex.
tended out ahead of her as feet. She had two
powerful engines below the water line. Her
feet thick, and upon...this‘wariili’ted iron 0
inches through. _ 9 ram in front was also
composed of oak and iron. The vesel was
armed with several great guns for those days,
carrying shot of from§0 to 100 pounds, and a
120-pound shell.
Such was the ram Virginia. She is better
known, however, the world "over, by her for-
mer name, the Merrimac, and-that is the
name which will be used in this story‘s...
United States officers, men who‘ had been
, among the bravest
and most experi-
enced in the [Union
‘ navy, Her com-
,pander was Capt.
F r a n k l i n Bu-
chanan. He had
b e e n thirty-five
years in the United
States navy.
The Merrimac
had been on the
”tongue . or rumor
for weeks. ‘ Four
ship of the Federal
.navy lay in Hamp-
CAPT. BUCHANAN.
[From Wing's “CIVII ton roads watching
War."] 1 her. They were the
steam frigatee Minnesota and Roanoke, and
the sailing frigatesCumberland and Congress.
The appearance of the Merrimac had come to
be looked on as something of a. joke. Van
Brunt, captain of the Minnesota, wrote homo:
“Wear-e tired of waiting for the Merrimac
and wish she would come out.”
He had his wish prwently to his heart's
content. '
Hampton roads is an inlet of Chesapeake
bay, between Fortress Monroe and Norfolk.
Elizabeth, on which the navy yard lies. The
buy or indentation gets ' its name of “roads,"
or a roadstead for'shi'ps, on account of its
depth of Water, being scarcely anywhere less
than twenty-three feet. It is about five miles
across.
The Federal vessels lay about the roads not
very near together. _
“The Minnesota and the Roanoke were here
near Fortress Monroe, the Cumberland and
Congress were off yonder south. near the
mouth of the Elizabeth river,” says the cap-
tain. _
About noon, Saturday, March 8, the Fed-
eral lookouta saw something coming 'down
the Elizabeth river. It was, in fact, three
things, as they presently moved nearer. It
was three steamera Two of them were ordi-
nary gunboata Theotherwas aqueerlooking
craft, appearing like the roof ofa barn steam-
ing down stream. Wasthis the Merrimaci
The little fleet came steaming down the river
and out into the roads. Quickly the Minne-
sota and the Roanoke made ready to meet
the newcomers. . The queer craft was the
Merrimac at last. The Roanoke had abroken
shaft. She had to betowed out into the
water by tugs. .
It does not take longto tell the story 0
what followed. The Minnesota grounded
out of range of the Virginia, and could not
be got off. It was ebb tide. Presently the
Roanoke grounded at the stem. The United
States navy was not worth much more then
than it is now. I
The Congress and Cumberland were an-
chored nearest to the coming monitor as she
steamed out of Elizabeth river. .
There was some exchange of shots as the
- Merrimac came booming on. One shot from
i her disabled several gunners on the Cumber-
: land. The Cumberland was swung broadside
i across the chgnnel. The Merrimac went at
'her htasanarrowand rammedber
Luau beak into the Qumberlandfs side A
erate‘ o oer, in a letter to The Richmond .
On the-shores at the mouth of the blue,
hotel east of the for-tram sit hour by hour in _
sail over the bright waters with the captain. '
roof and side-were covered with oakpiwrtsto'
Last but not least, she was directed by ex?
The James river empties into it, also the
great opening was made and water poured in‘
-u torrent into the Cumberland. Then the
' Merrimau opened fire. Every sliot hit the
mark. and the decks of the wooden ship were
soon covered with dead and injured. In
three-quarters of an hour the mortally hurt
ship went down in fifty-four feet of water,
carrying dead. dying and wounded with her.
Some were picked up in boats from the shore
aml a: few swam to land. The Cum-
lrerland’s topmost showed above wa-
ter, with her fiag still flying. It was
the turn of the Congress next. The
two companion gu'nboats of the Merrimac
had attacked her. Seeing the fate of the
Cumberland. Lieut. l’endergast, commander
of the Congress, ran her aground by means
of tugs, in order to prevent the Merrimac
from sinking her. The Merrimac, after sink-
ing the Cumberland began pouring shot intc
the Congress. The aim of the Confederates
“was marvelously accurate. The firing from
the Congress had no effect on the Merrimac’s
sloping iron sides.
At 4:30 Lieut. Ponder-gust, seeing all was
over, hauled down the stars and stripes, and
ran up a white flag in token of surrender.
The Confederates sent a tag to take formal
possession.
. But the Congrem was under shelter of the
Union batteries at Newport News, and they
opened fire and drove the tug off. It is said
they did not see the white flag. Then the
Merrimac poured red hot shot into the poor
old ship again. Presently she left her and
bore down upon the Minnesota.
in this interval, the crew of the Congrem,
what there were left of them, esca to
shore in the boats. Next morning, of c 434
brave men and true who had composed her
crew, only half answered to their names at
roll call. The rest were killed, wounded and
missing.
There had come into Hampton Roads on
Friday, March 6, the naval ship St. Law-
rence, a sailor. Seeing how the battle was go
ing, she had herself towed toward the
grounded Minnesota. and presently she her-
self grounded. Together the two helpless
vessels waited the onslaught of the‘ iron
beaked monster. There seems to have
been inexplicable ignorance of the channels
on the part of the Federal pilots. The Roa-
noke,the Minnesota and the St. Lawrence
all ran aground.
The St. Lawrence fired a broadside at the
Merrimac, which did not the slightest harm.
The Merrimac fired one single shell at the St.
Lawrence. It went through the wooden ship
likeabolt of lightning. Then the St. Law.-
reuce. hora du combat. stole off like a
whipped'animal up toward Fortress Monroe.
'11; was getting dark. The ram and her at-
tendant gunboate drew off from the fight and
steamed to Sewell’s point, where they
anchored. The hot shot the ram had thrown
last into the Congress had been for the pur-
poseof aettingfire to her. This object was
accomplished. The battered ship burned to
the water’s edge. About midnight the fires
reached her powder magazine, when she
blew up with a tremendous roar, and that
was the end of the Congress.
“Harper’s Pictorial History"says of the Men
rimac: “No vessel that ever floated had ever
done so great. a work in a single half day.
‘ _ . She had dostv'oved
two powerful ves-
sels, carrying three
times her number
of men, and fully
six times her weight
of armament.” The
Federal vessels lost
quite 250 men that
, 8th of March, 1862,
~ the Confederates
only 10. Would
the terrible Merri-
mac come back
next morning and
destroy the Minne-
JonN nmcssou.
sets and Roanoke! Not much sleep for
officers and men on those frigates lying there
fast aground that night.
The Monitor.
About midnight a strange small craft came
and anchored beside the Minnesota. The
Confederates who saw her next morning said
afterwards she looked like a black plank with
' a Yankee cheese box on top. The mysterious
small flat object was John Ericsson’s Monitor
and this was her trial trip. She had come
into the roads that night just in time to hear
the last of the cannonading. Her commander
was Lieut. John L. Worden, U. S. N.
The “Yankee cheese box” that the Confedo
crates saw was a revolving tower or turret,
twenty feet in diameter and ten feet high,
bomb proof. Inside were two 11-inch Dahl-
gren cannon, which could be turned and
aimed in any direction through the portholes
of the tower. The guns were revolved with
power from the double cylinder engine that
propelled the boat. The deck of the vemel
was nearly level with the water, and down
under this all the crew stayed except the
two who worked the guns within the turret.
The boat was sharpened at both ends, 124 feet
iong,34 feet wide, and had a double hull.
The upper hull projected all over the lower
one, and protected anchor, rudder and screw
propeller. The whole top was decked over with
heavy iron. The top of the turret was of rail-
road bar iron, armored over with iron plate,
holes being left for ventilation. To get at the
Monitor’s machinery, and damage her, ashot
would have to pass through twenty feet of
water and then strike a slanting heavy iron
plate. Thus there was nothing a shot could
touch except the flat deck or the turret or
the low flat pilot house, which latter was as
heavily built as the turret. The smoke stack,
also protected with heavy iron boxing. was
built telescope fashion with slides that could
be drawn within one another when the vessel
was in action.
There was no way. to get into her except
down a ladder through the turret, one man
at a time. Such was the invincible little
demon of war that came down to meet the
Merrimac. She was builtin 100 days out
and out.
The Merl-[mac and Monitor fightwas no
exception to the rule that the matbattles
of our war occurred on Sunday. 80 did the
battle of Waterloo, and many other 'great
fights the world overLflJ/
Sunda arch/0: about 6 o ’clock in the
“morning, the sloping roof of the tremendous
ramloomed up through the haze. and bore
down upon the Minnesota. With her were
her attendants of the day before, the Con-
federate gunboats Patrick Henry, James
town, Raleigh, Beaufort and Tensor. To-
gether they carried eleven guns. In the
battle of the day before Commodore Bu-
chanan ‘had been severely wounded by
a shot from the Congress, and in the ac-
tion of March 9, the command devolved
upon his first officer, Lieut. Catesby Jones.
The-powder division on board the Congress was
in chargebf’Paymaster McKean Buchanan,
brbtherof the combing der of the Merrimac.
Only one thing hadprevented the destruc-
tion of the Minnesota in the action of Satur—
day. and that was the fact that she was
grounded in water too shoal for the Mer-
rimac to come near her. Her misfortune had
proved her salvation.
At the approach of the Merrimac and her
tenders on Sunday morning the drums of
the Minnesota beat to quarters. Away down
under water the crew of the little Monitor
got ready for tight.
A strange scene in naval w’arfare then took
place. The gray bearded captain at Old
Point Comfort tells it as though i‘: happened
yesterday. The Monitor was only one-fifth
the size of the Merrimac and of very much
lighter draft.
The Merrimnc steamed up past the Minne-
sota toward Fortress Monroe. Then she
turned and prepared to come straight at the
Minnesota.
s.
mama or nomoa.
[From Wing‘s “Civil War in America")
The little Monitor followed in her wake,
and when the Merrimac turned her iron beak
forward, there was the cheese box directly
between her and the Minnesota. The stem
guns of the Minnesota opened on the rain,
‘but she was invulnerable. If her sideshad
been perpendicular. some of the fifty great
shots which struck her from Capt. Van
Bnmt‘a guns on the Minnesota, must have
penetrated her.
Asthe ram approached, the little Mani;
tor’s turret guns began to‘revolve and fire.
The ram answered with a tremendous broad-
side. One conical shot from the huge Arm-
strong gun penetratbd the Monitor'a'turret
part way, but the bolt broke off and re-
mained sticking between the bars of railroad
iron. bent, and flattened. The relic is still
preserved. Other shot from the ram flew
around and over the Monitor without effect.
The little raft steamed around and around
her ponderous foe, seeking a point of attack.
But there was none. They pounded at each
other tremendously, neither hurting the
other. ~
The Merrimac. finding she had made no im-
premion on the Monitor, turned her guns once
more upon the Merrimac and made a savage
attack, which told terribly. At that moment
the little Monitor steamed up and placed her-
self between the ram and the Minnesota. The
Merrimac changed her position and once'rnore
the big ram and the little turret ship grappled.
The New Headgear! them
sou mm hei‘."¢uns"'f dire—EH} free-«13er-
She got afloat a‘ud‘tfirfied toWardS‘Norfolk,
the Monitorafter her. -. > . .
Suddenly the Merrimac turned like an ani-
ma! maddened and headed with all her force
directly at the Monitor. seeking to run her
down. The .irou' beak grated overthe level
deck, and the little raft came up serenely
ready for n ht again. The Merrimac was
more ' .‘thun her antagonist. Ono
heavy shot etrated the armor of the ram.
There was In re maneuvering and more can-
nonacling at close quarters, when suddenly
the firing ceased.
fi'i‘he Merrim'ac and her attendant fieei
headed up the bay. At the same time the
Monitor turned and steamed down the bay
to \v arda Fortrefi
Monroe. That was
the end of the fa.
mous duel between
the Merrimac and]
the Monitor. ,
Lieut. Worden,
in the pilot house
of the Monitor,
was blinded by
somecementwhich -‘
was thrown into , .
his eyes by a shot
which struck
squarely in the a
peephole. He was
taken to VVashing- A.
ington and tended
carefully. Presi- Lrau'r. woman's.
dent Liuoohi visited him, and wept at
sight of the blinded hero who had done so
much. The gallant ofileer finally recovered
his sight. Nobody else in the Monitor was
hurt. . ‘
The Minnesota had been terribly shattered.
A shot from the Merrimac had exploded the
boiler of the tug Dragon, scalding several
men. The Minnesota, by throwing over-
board aome guns and other heavy articles,
and by attaching several more tugs to pull
and strain at her, get out of her mud bed
Monday morning and went up under the
shelter of Fortress Monroe.
In the two days' fighting the Federal
forces lost nearly 400 men and two valuable
ships; the Confederate forces lost thirteen
men. The Monitor was struck with shot
twenty-two times. one of which damaged the
pilot house somewhat. The Merritnao's long
iron how had been twisted when she ran into
the Cumberland; Two of her guns 'were
broken, her smoke and steam pipes and flag
atafi were shot away, and as she steadied up
Norfolk baylt was seen that she sagged at
the stern. '
“But what did Kthe Monitor and Merrimac
do next?” “They nevereame together again,"
said the gray bearded captain. “They watched
around there a good while, the Merrima‘c pro-
tecting Norfolk and the mouth of the James.
the Monitor protecting the Chesapeake. Once
in a while each one would come out and
scream around with her mm whistle awhile
mighty sassy, pretendingto challengef But
if the other seemed likely to take it up that
one backed off in a hurry. One was afraid
and the other dusaent." - - -
The Merrimac‘w'us destroyed in May' fol-
lowing by her own commhnder. Josiah Tat-
nall, to prevent her from falling into Federal
hands. The Monitor fonndered in a gale ofi
Ca Hatteras,the1astdayof the year 18¢!
an was lost. , ‘ 7 - '
The fight of the Merrimac and Monitor has;
taken'its place as one of the great naval en-
gagements of the world. ‘
The employment of vane]: wholly armored
with iron revolutionized sea warfare.
Agree-bio Odors for Gas.
The fact that several residents of Troy were
recently killed by 'dorlesa gas has amused
some inquiry as to the use of this dangerous
agent. Itsaems that this fuel gas, which is
manufactured and used for various domestic
purposes, can readily'be made safe, or at least
practically so, by giving it an odor whichwill
enable customers to detect its presence, and
many patents have been taken out to accom-
plish this result. It may not be generally
known that common gas may easily be made
odorleso, but that the odor. is retained as a
protection. ’
This subject opens some curioua‘ fields of
observation. Seeing that it is feasible thus
to impregnate gas with an odor, why does not
modern enterprise combine use and delight
by adopting such odors as shall be most agree-
able to patrons? Few, for instance, like the
present smell of gas, and why cannot it be in-
fused henceforth with the essence of mi gnon-
ctte or apple blossom, or ylang-ylang'l—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Electric Photomyhs.
Not long sincewere recorded some inter-
esting experiments inwhich M. Ch. Zenger
secured photographs in the darkness of a
moonless night through the imperceptible
phosphorescence of certain objects which
had been brightly illuminated during the
day M. D. Tomassi hasnow described some
even more remarkable efiects'under the eu-
phonious name of “efi‘luviography.” By an
expose of a. few minutes'duration he has
irrprcfied upon a photographer's sensitive
plate an image of an object through which a
silent discharge of electricity-was passing,
this result being obtained when care was
taken to insure perfect darkness and with a
current of too low tension to give any sign of
light. The theory of the experimenter is
that a body under electric influence emits
“electric rays” analogous to the dark rays of
the spectrum—Arkansaw Traveler.
The Globe's Rainfall.
From 34,000 to 35,000 cubic miles of rain
falls every year upon the surface of this
globe. The rivers carry off ' barely one-half;
the rest disappears .by evaporation, by the
absorption of the earth, and by being taken
up by plants, animals and mineral oxidation.
~Chicago Times.
“Ono Cent Lunch" Stands.
A "one cent lunch” stand having been eea
tablished in New York city. there is a demand
for more of them. The bill of fare is soup,
stewed fish, pork and beans, coflee, milk and
bread. . ' . . .
Joseph B. "Ens.
—DIALII Ill-—
FU RN'I T U R'E.
urnorsmtn AND rommc OHAIRS,
WIRE BEPS, VMATTBESSES, &fl.. &0-,
orrbsr'rn noasa' RAILWAY DEPOT,
sonmur. corn. mo
[lass Break cu,
summoned
in u ill Wu
Building Material
Peat MOSS Stable Bedding,
lillll t sun lll'l.
&c., &c., &c., at
f B Willa
, War-ranted absolutely pom
COM ‘, from which theexeesiof
. Oil when removed. It has-film
3 We!» strength ofCocoarnixed
with Starch. Arrowmot’orfiuw.
. Peal. mung lea-1M: one pestle
9 cup. .It is deliciou, nourishing,
- ,otl'eug'th‘euing, eislly’digemd’i our
‘I‘dr‘nirably adapted for invalid- ia-
fiel'l by Grocers everywhere»- .
it. rim ‘8. ”cu, ammonia.
‘ liv‘u
‘ : and'isthm‘ fore fa'rrnonoeouoruia ,
well as for person-‘11: health - ’ ,
.VITIATED BLOOD.
scaomovs, maharmb AND-
cosmoroos RUMORS emu
BY cartoons.
THROUGH the medium of one of our books,
received through Mr. Frank 'I .' Way, Drug-
glst, Apollo, l‘a.. I became acquainted mm your
Cutlcura Remedies. and take this opportunity to
testify to you that their use has mafiefitly
cured me of one of the worst cases oi’ebloou pol-
soulng. in connection with eryslpelas, that I have
ever seen, and this after having been pronounced
incurable by some of the best physicians in our
county. 1 take great pleasure in forwarding to
you ths testimonial. unsolicited as it is by you. in
order that others suffering from similar maladies
may be encouraged to give your Cullcura Reme-
dies a trial.
P. 8. anmon, Leechburg. Pa.
Reference : Frank '1‘. Wray, Drnggllt. Apollo, I’a.
scaorumus [lbw-1118.
James E. Richardson, Custom House New‘Or-
leans, on oath says: In 1870 Scrofulous Ulcers
broke out on m . body until I was a mass of cor-
ruption. Every! in known to the medical faculty
was tried _lll vain. I became a mere wreck. At
times come not lift my hands to my head, could
not turn in bed: was in constant am and looked
upon life as a curse. No relle or cure in ten
years. in 1830 I heard of the Culicura Remedies.
used them and was eri‘ectly cured.
Sworn to before . 3. Corn. J. D. CaAwroan.
ONE or I'll WORST CASES.
We have been selling your Cuticura Remedies
for years. and have the first complaint yet to
receive from a purchaser. One of the volumes
of Scrofula I ever saw was cured by the use of five
bottles of Cutlcura' Resolvent, Cancun, and
Cancun Soup. The soap takes the “cake" here as
a medicinal soup. ,
'i'moa a damn, Drunists. Frankfort. Kan.
SCBOFULOUS, lslillii’l'fill. ,
And Gentleman Bunion, with Lossof Banana
Eruptions of the Skin, are positively cured by
Concerts and Currcmu soar externally, and
Cancun RIBOLVINI' internally. when all other
medicines fall. Send for pamphlet.
. DRVGIIISTS' 08!! run.
We have obtained satisfsctory results iron the
use of the Cutlcurs Remedies In our own family.
and recommend them beyond any other remedies
for diseases of the skin and blood. The demand
for them grows asthelri merits become known.
cur-Icon lililfllllls
are sold evetywuere.
urea: sxlu cure, so cents; cartoon Boar. an
Exquisite Beautifier. ascents: cartoon Rasca-
vanr. the New Blood Purifier-.11.”. Poll-run
Dauo AND cannon. 00., Boston. Mass.
[’1 MPLEs,-;Blaekbeeds, sun Blemibhes- and
ilabyhumorg'use Corinna itlnxoras. -
Choking ' catar‘r'h; .
clutching your-[throat and pressing the life-breath
from the tightened chest. have you noticed. the
lauguor and debilitythat'succeeil the effort to
clear your throat and head of this carat-rim mat-
ter? What, a depressing influence-it exerts upon-
ine mind. clouding the memory and fillin the
head with pains and strange noises. now or call
it is to rid the nasal was , throat and lungs of
this poisonous mucus a! can testify who are
afflicted with eaten-h, flow Mean. to protect
the system against no further, regress towards
tne lungs. liver and'kidueys‘, l' byiioiahs will
admit. ,1! haterriblqdiseue an cries out for
regal and cure. ' '
rem les utterly lull. o'l‘anuoan‘s RADIUM-‘00“
are attested!) thousands wbo_gratefuliy recom-
mend itjo ellow sufferers. No I out is
the most respectable and reliable minutes.
003:, one box of Canaan”. sobvxnr, and an
llmrovan INHALIH. with treatise and directions;
price 81-00-
Po'rrra‘Dauo Ann Question. 00.. fission.
, new MY sro: acues.
-_ J‘rom the benchgud the couuierJroru
the loan: and sewing machine goes up
the cry of pain and weakness. Aching
suiesaud Back. Kidney- aad Uterine
, Pains. Sirainsaud Weakness. Coughs,
Colds and Chest Pains. sndevery Pain and- hello
of daily toll alhrlvan in our mum's by the
UUTICUIIA ANTI-PAIN Puss-an. New ‘
infallible. at allot-mists, 25c; fivefor 81.00:
or of Potter Drug and ChemicalCo.,’ Boston.
K A. SK I: N E
(rim ,an .QUININE.)
') in Bad Elect.
‘ ' .Ilu‘lleaiitlle.
Nu Nausea.
Nolllnllllglial‘s
Cures fluidly.
7'- Pl’e'asant, Pure.
Elth‘UL TONIC
That the most delicate stomach will bear.
Science emerging from Darkness.
RH Elli“ A'l‘lSM,
N ERVOUS PROS’I‘RATION,
And all Germ Diseases.
f Illellevue Hospital. N. Y.. “Universally success-
“ .ll '
“Every atient treated
with Kas the has been
discharged cured."
Dr. I..~R. White. U. s. ExaminingSurgeon.
writes :—"Kaskine is the best medicine made." '
. L, M. Gleaner, soonest 121st St. New York
city, has has cut ed over 390 patients with Rankine
after quinine and an 0 er remedies had failed.
Be an a: “it is undou tedly the best medicine
ever lscovered."
Prof. W. F. Hoicombe, M. D.. 54 East 26m St.
N. Y.. (late Prof. N. Y. Med. College). writes :—
“Kaslrine is superior to quinine lll na specific
power, and never produces the slightest in} my to
the hearing or constitution.”
Rev Jae. L. Hall, Chaplain Alban Penitentiary.
writes that Kusiflne has cured h wife, after
twenty years sufierlng from malaria and nervous
dyspepsia. Write him for particulars.
'1‘ eusands upon thousands write that Kaskine
has cured them after all other medicines had
failed. Write for book of testimonials.
Kaskine can be taken without any special medi-
cal advice. $1.00 r bottle. sold by Geo. B.
Plaisted,Norwaik, oun., or sent by mail on re-
ceipt of rice. . use
'1‘“ lens: Co.. 54 Warren St.. New York.
W a. n 1: e d, .
Any person suffering from
Piles. Fistula, or lssur e
of the Rectum. to address the undersigned and
learn ofa perfect cure. No Cunt, No Par.
DR. YARNALI., ‘ .
150 E. 88th Street, New York City.
> St. Frarqucis Hospital,
use
. to be'ruade.0ut tbis-out‘und re-
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free something of great value and
Importance to you. that vnll start you in business,
much will bring you in more money right away
than anything else in this world. Any one can. do
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Something new that Just mine money for 'al
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This is one of the genuine, ha run: chances of a
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- ‘ We are now-
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moments. Business new. i In and profitable.
Persons of either sex can earn tom so cents to $5
per evening, and a proportional sun by devoting
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r: 4,-
QUININE ~31
r 11':
The at strengthening'relnedy for weak; mus-V
eles. uickly cures pain in the back, chest, side
and mu V'i'rv them. At drugglsts or by mail,
”centswfor 31. Qumran Pus'rla 00., Sara-
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A PO'l'h'llT REIEDY FOB
indigestion. Acute and Atouic Dyspepsia. Chronic
aud‘uastm-Iutes
“In?! , . .
' fronr‘Acute Diseases. _ . _
over-1.000 physicians have sent foul the most
, flattering opinions‘upon Digestyliu as: a remedy
- for showcases arising from improper-digestion.
For, so years we have manufactured'the D1
torment- 'exp
. and for the past year 1) GEBTYLIN‘ has been by
. them extensively prescribed. and t It. stands
- withoutsrival as; , _ ve mean t is not a
secret remedy‘but a scientific preparation, the
formula of which is-
laiuly winter! on each bottle.
Its gent DIGEST E P0 Eli ill created bya
care land pro rtreatment of the femenla'in
manufacture. tis very agreeable to the taste.
and acceptable to the most delicate stomach. For
the reliability of our statements we woolen-caper».
fully refer to all Wholesale and Retail Druggiats,
and PHYSICIANS generally. Price $1.00.
Sold by Drug ts, or
I. P. xrnnra e 00..
Maurie-warm Gasman. _
1:7 88 John Street, New York.
Geo. H. ‘Osterbank,
special attention given to all kinds of
PAI N T I N G...
nutritional Decorating. .
contract “Work a Specialty.
‘ ALL -WORK WARRANTED.
2'1' chapel Street, Nor-walk, Conn.
61h! ,
Price: conceal, the ‘
Have you lessened from a idls‘turbedg‘sle'ep'
with all thehomble sensations of an en‘s-slu-
emarkablc curative powers, when all other '
. man
made regarding it that cannot be substantiated b .
Each package commas one bortleoi the moron.
' elegant.
A SPEC-1F“) FUR. DIALAIIIA,‘
or ‘ for their-spare '
send their Iddi'Ell, and tell the DUMBII, we more '
Y0 at Work for us, than it anything else in "
' this worm. :Lapiturnot- needed: you
the arrest and réouvlctiou’of the5 guy who Is '
if to" "DR. :11. >
ABJlleflrllc anandoculistv BruSchwab. :
is to be found on y at the Norwalkaud Mahacie‘m’o‘ ‘
tinalCatan-h, Vomiting Ill 1123- v
Cholera Inf-mum, and, in eonvaieacence.
3b .
for PBYSICIANB’glfae. ’
. annual: nuns. , l
Three ladies can keep V: secEtEvvhen two?-
of them are dead; ulnhe druggists keepi
Lydia E. Pinkharn’sVegel'ublerrupouno -
“Give me a dude logg, plrase.”“said the
boarder to the table girl. “A dude egg ?
What is that ?” “A fresh one."—Boslon
Courier.
Teacher—What is an engineer? liny
No.1—A man who works an engine.
Teacher—M but is a pioneer? Boy No. 2
——'i‘he man that works the piano.
Pimplcs, blotchcs, eruptions of theskin.
indicate lhut you need a few doses «f
Fonluine'e Grout Discover . For sale by
I. A. Meeker, 11 Main chct,Norwulk.
"Did you have all your lessonsat school
to-day, lillle boy ?" "Yes, sir; un’ more
too.” “More than all your lessons ?"
“Yes, sir—a lickin'i"—Hurpcr’s Bazar.
T? Pearl's White Glycerinc for burns,
seal a. rough or clinic-d skin, chapped
hands, etc.,'aud then you will hecon-
vlnced of its value. Druggisls have it.
“My father got run away With last
night!" he shouted to a boy across the
street. "Did the hired girl or the horse
run away with him?” “The horseof
course ” “That’s no sensation. Wait
until'you have something to brag of."—'—
Detroit Free Press.
. Unto the third and fourth generation.
Fa, acrofula and salt rbcum is cured by
onlalne‘a Great Discovery. For sale b .
I. A. Meeker, 11 Main Street. Nor-walk. ‘
I remember the case of a:servant girl
who recrived a , document which she
great! treasured, abouuding as it did in
high- own language. Itclosed by recom-
mending her to the forbearance of Chris-
uan- people and her possible employers to
the divine mercy.— St. Louis Globe.
Ask your marketman for S &'
Barnes‘ celebrated Sausage. 'I'hfirg'rviare-
ribs are tender and juicy. Look out for
their brand and take no other. -Their
Hams. Shoulders, Breakfast Bacon,and
Lard are unrivaled. '
p A little boy who had heard a great deal
aboutlhe Canadian sport récentlyintro- '
duced into this country, and who had also
, seen a. picture ofpersous indulging in the
pastime, asked his mother if she “didnft
think a rainbow would make agood to. a
boggsn slide for the angelsi"—Norristowu ‘
Herald.
. Physicaas' Say Su.‘-“Di st ha" is
without doubt,~ the . best nuggdyyyet dis:
covered for Dyspepsia and indigestion.
It wilwmively cure the. worst forms.
It is stable and harmless. Don't. fall
,to give ita trial. Sold by all Druugisls, 1
or Wm. F. Kidder. & c , . Ch
John st., N. Y. 0 r enlists, 83
“And now." concluded the revivalist. '
‘if there is an one here whowanis to ask i
any question, et bimbo hear ." . ,
' f‘l’d. like to know," said an old.bald- :
headed sinner, rising in the back seat,
”how many marbles have been dropped
on my head by those scalawags in the
gallery. I’m no pavement.”—Tid-Bits. .
Many new ideas in the home cure of dis- '
eases; accidents, and how to treat them,
- and- many hints 01 value to the sick will be
found in Dr. Kaufmann’s great Medical
Work ;- elegant illustrations. Send, three 2
cent stamps to ALP. .Ordway' & 00.,
Mass , and receive a copy free.
Mrs. Goodwcather~lt must be dreadful
to beburied prematurely. Mr. Good-
weather—0:. doir'rknow. I wouldn't
worry. my ear. iwun’t ha am you.
Mrs. GoodWeathcr-Well, Ip‘heope net.
Mr.:Goodweathcr-No‘,love. You'll never
be buried. too scum—Harper's Bazar.
A western room has a female sheriff.
' Recently she arrested a man, and he, hop-
ing to flatter her to let him escape. told
her she was the haudsomeat woman he
ever saw. And she did let him escape?
No! .She wouldn’t let that man out of
. heraight, anywa , but wantedhim around
all :th rickery is sure to fail in
_e time.
the ends-Texas Sittings. _
Relief from Sick Headache. Drowsiness,
Nausea, Dizziness, Pain in theSidc,&c.,
uaranteed to those using Carter’s Little
ver Pills. , These complaints are nearly
alwayscaused'hy torpid liver and con-
strpalcd bowels. Restore these organs to
their. proper. functions, and. the. trouble
ceases. Carter's Little Liver Pills will do
this every time.. One pill a dose. Forty
rn‘a vial. Price 25 cents.
Iu.l.he hotelparlor 11 p. m.-—‘-“Have you
any idea whatthe time is?" he asked,
after he had talked, her to sleep three or
four times and waked her up as often by
laughing boisterously at his own brilliant
ebullmons of wit. humor and burlesque.
“Really, I haven’t,” she replied wear-ily.
“It certainly must be time I was going
home." he continued, as he made a move
iuihe right direction. .“Oh, I am' sure
i6 is very much later than‘ihat,” she said,
sweetly and innocently, and thcnhe went
away with a hideous .suspicion in his
manly bosom—Washington Critic.
A M- stery.—Pa—“Tornrnv, what are
you thinking about?" Tommy—“Some.
thing that puzzles me very much. pa."
:‘Perhapa I can enlighten you. What is
it, my son l“ "You know what a big fuss
is made when a great man dies?" .“Yes.”
“How they put. his picture in the paper.
1 made during the last year by being
' own, doctor.
Dr. Seth-Arnold’s'Su 'r Coated Bilious
Pills _ unequalled forcosgtlveness, jaundice,
and ll'el' troubles. 25c.
A gentleman said to a minister, “When
do on expect to see Deacon 8. again?”
“ ever,” said the reverend gentlun'nn
solemnly; "the deacon is in heaven.”
Themicrcscrope demonstrates that con- ,
sumptuou, asthma and bronchitis are pro.
duced by disease germs Foutaines’ c to
is the only remedy. F :r sale by I. A.
Meeker, 11 Main Street, Norwalk.
“ What, you say that Herr Schmidlc,
the merchant, has gone blind ? Here’s a
pretty how d_’ye do—I’vc got a bill on the
man, which Is made out payable at sight!"
—-Dor’ burbicr. ‘
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Blood Purifier is
more valuable than all the hitters in the
world. We know_of several ladies that
would not be without it. ~
A Cuban town prides itsdf upon having
eleven women over 100 years of age, but
the name of the opera company whose
ballet troupe disbanded there is not given.
~81. Paul Globe,‘
For Weak Back,pain in the side orchest,
rheumatism, neuralgia, etc., use the Com-
pound Quiniue Plasters. a wonderful
strengthening remedy. Sold by druggista.
"Young mam"; said an apostle, solemn.
ly “ do you realize, when you retire at
nightlhat you may be called before the
morning dawns ?"
“Yes, sir," responded the young men
“ I realize it fully. I'm the father of a 3
Weeks old bady." - Puck.
Fact—but, as ‘ the newspa rs. sa .
“nobody will believe” it," Fouta‘ifie’s cuyre
for Consumption is guaranteed to cure dis-
eases of the iuu s. For sale by I. A.
Meeker, 11 Main treet, Norwalk.
Visitor—And is there nothing for you to
eat In the house? Socialist—Not a bite,
ma'am, have we tasted for twenty-four
hours, Visitor—Why, what isth trouble?
Socialist—Well, you see, my wife has had
the rheumatics, so she ain't been able to
lake in no washing—Harper’s Bazar.
More cases of sick. headache, bilious-
ness, constipation, &c.,' can be cured in
less time, with less medicine, and for less
muney. by using Cartef’s Little Liver Pills,
than by any other menus.
“Give an example of an lrnm ovable ob-
stacle," said the teacher. And the smart
bad boy at the foot of the class suggested
three girls on the sidewalk. The teacher,
who usually had to walk in the middle of
the street herself, sent him right up to the
head of the class and told him to stay
there for a week.—-:Bur‘delte. .
Let me show you what a saving I have
my
Last year I paid out $96.25
for doctors and their medicine; lllisyenr I
geld $5.00 for six bottles of Sulphur
fliers, and they have kept health in my
whole family. They are the best and
urest medicine ever mude.—Churles
ing, '60 Temple Street, Boston, Mass.
An advertisement extolling the virtues
of a new make of infant’s feeding nonh-
closes as follows: “ When the baby has
done drinking. it must be unscrewed and
laid in a cool place, say under a tap.” It
looks as though a new kind of baby would
have to be. invented to fill the require-
mentaof this bottle.
Miss do thville—“Oh mamma I had
such -a delightful waltz with that Mr. In.
; kermau. and I told him all those funny
stories from the Laughter that Jack read
to us last night and —” Mammal—“Did
he seem to enjoy them, my dear ?" Miss
de Crashville—“Immensely; why ? Mam-
ma—;~‘ ‘Mr. Inkerman edits the Laughter."
—Puck. - .
’ A severecold, ending in a hard, dry
cough, caused inc to pass many sleepless
nights. coughing until it seemed asthough
my headwould burst. Itold my friends
that I must die- I was advised to try Dr
Seth Arnold's Cough Killer. First dose
was a great surprise; slept all night in
peace. .1: cured me rightup. Persuaded
my friendsto-‘trv it and it has cured every
case—«Marshal H. Moody, South Hadley,
. Mass. ‘ For sale , by all drug isls. Price,
250., 500.. and $1,00 per bott e.
Meek looking strung er (in dry goods
store‘l-_—I Want to look at somethingin the
we of shawls. - _ ,
roprielor—Shawls, sir; yes, sir. For
ayouug or old lady, sir?
Meek looking stranger — Neither. I want
to wear it myself.
Proprietor—Ah, yes; and how are times
over in Boston, sir ?——Puck,
“ You are a Presbyterian ?” said Philip.
"Yes," replied Elects. “And I am aBap-
tist," he said, “and we are to be married
to-morrow. Now I’ll tell you what; let's
harmonize-matters: and, join the Episco-
palians; great scheme; we’re going to
ousekce‘piug right away and we want to
belong to some church that, keeps Lent
right up to the handle. See ?” She saw;
they have been fasting like spectres ever
since Wednesday morning, and Philip is
a vestrynian.—Burdette. _
Three different waiters at a southern
hotel asked . a little, prim, precise
Harvard, professor. at dinner, in quick
succession, if he would have soup.
little annoyed, he said to the last waiter
who asked:
and all that sort of thing?" , “Certainly?
“Why don’t they'do something-of that sort
of thing when he is born instead ofwait.
ing until he dies?"—Texss Sittings.
The Baokus
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“Is it compulsory ?”
.“No. sah," answerd our friend and
‘ brother, “no, ssh; I think it an mock
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If will cure entirely all ovarian or vaginal troubles,
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THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY
I-‘or Liver. Bile. indigestion. etc. Free from Mar.
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Never varies, does not contain
one particle of the adultera-
ti'ons used to reduce the cost of
run}: GOODS
But DOES possess the FULL
VALUE of every Legitimate
Washing Quality, which gives
it every advantage over Soaps
» of doubtful character; practi-
cally recommended by other
manufacturers in imitating it.
None-should be deceived, how-
ever, as the word WELCOME
and the Glasped Hands are
stamped on every bar.
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hroat, Homeness, Inflammation of the Throa r
nd Mouth, Whoopin Cough, Canker. Rash,
- c., there is no medic 0 now inuse that has
performed more cures.
‘ It in Wan-antes] not to contain'un minor:
nbstance; it is also free from lau anum o
,; quills; it may be taken at an time with er
ectsaiety.SoldbyaliD‘g'sts. .&$1.bo es.
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