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SONG OF THE NIGHT WIND.
The night wind is singing a song, a song,
Ho! ho! ha! hat for the night wind’s song!
He’s wailing in sorrow, he's shrieking in glee,
'He‘s calling the fairies to waltz on the ion,
He‘s wooing the mermaids to come from their
cave,
And sport in the moonlight and dance on the
wave.
He‘s trilling as soft and as sweet as a bird,
He‘s telling of love with never a word.
He’s whispering low to the dead on" the bill,
He taunts them with lying so white and so .{stllL
He’s screaming to eagles in series on high,
He bids them come forth and join in his cry,
He‘s telling them of the wild haunts he has seen.
The fathomless gorges in which he has been.
And how‘he arose on lightning like wings
And saw in the heavens ineifable things.
He‘s mourning o‘er roses that droop in the
hedges,
Ile‘s weeping and sobbing o‘er dead withered
sedges.
He goes where he wills and he sings ashe pleases,
He charms and he soothes and he taunts and he
teases, '
One moment he‘s merry, another he’s sad, ;
Now peacefully crooning. now roaring and mad.
I A marvelous song is the night wind‘s song.
Ho! hot hat but for the night wind‘s song!
—8. M. Best in Home Journal.
ABOUT IIUISBUIIG
Stories Told After the Lapse of a
Quarter of a Century.
l
BLOWING UP OF FORT HILL.
The Famous Oak Tree Under Which
' the Generals Met.
Grant's Forty-two Plans—“'Irlstllng Dick.
Running the Batteries—“ow the Dead
Lay Before Vicksburg—A Mortar Boat.
Wanted to Follow the Crackers—A
Brave Drummer- Boy—Something About
McPherson —— A Story of Starvation.
The Stars and Stripes Over All.
[Copyrighted by the American Press Association]
One of the most thrilling incidents con-
nected with the siege "of Vicksburg was the
blowing up of the Confederate fortification
known as Fort Hill. It was a heavy earth
- work on a height that commanded the main
road from Vicksburg to Jackson. It was, in:
fact, the main fortification. in the rear 01
Vicksburg. ,
McPherson's corps was the investing force
‘ at this point. The
fort was sadly in
the way of the
U n i o in. advance.
Protected by its
embraqures, sharp
shooter‘s could pick
off every man that
showed himself out;
side the rifle pits
below. At length
Brig. Gen. Andrew
Hickcnlooper, Mc-
‘ Pherson’s chief on-
‘ gineer, formed the
' bold plan of blow-
ing the whole great
fortinto the air.
GEN. HICKENLOOPER.
The Union force was over half a mile away
from the fort, down in the bottom. Fort
Hill commanded every foot of ground for
miles around. Nevertheless Gen. Ricken-
looper made his plan. It was predicted that
he would fail. "He never can do, it in- the
world,” said the Job’s comforters to one an-
other. But Gen. Hickenloopor knew him-
self. McPherson knew him, too, and gave
him free card to do as he liked. _
A little after the middle ofMay, one black,
silent light, his suppers .and‘ miners began
digging in the earth at the Union camp.
Shovel, pick and basket took the place of
musket and cartridge box. As soon as the
mine was sufficiently advanced the men dug
in the daytime, and day and night the work
progressed. Relays of 'men relieved one an-
.othcr by day light and torchlight until
thirty days and nights had been told offtbnt
battle summer of 1863. To dig. 111,000
yards of earth is no child’s play. ' ‘
Calculating with his engineer's ’ eye and
brain the exact center of- the foundation of
Fort Hill, Gen. Hickenlooper directed his
pasSagewuy thithei',‘fa.r underground. Three
galleries led in dlflereuflirectlons Item the
main mine Safety fuses avers laid " through
all, so that if one failed another would catch
flame.
So far, Then came thomost difficult part
of the work. It was oceanouglrtodigrbut
the earth must be put; k again; solid. as
before. It must hemmed; tight. It'unust
be cenfined in its place by heavy timbers.
Whyi Because if the passageway-were left
open or loosely‘filled theexplod!ng‘:powder
would shop? blow out through .fihemino and
not injure tort ‘Hill at all. Its force must
be turned upward.
The mine was finished, the. passage was
closed solidashumim strength could'make
it. Only the deadly fuse ran‘like afire snake
, along the bottom of that hidden way.
Twenty-two hundred pounds of powder were
within the urine.
No hint of the work had reachw. the Con-
federates above at Fort Bill. _McPherson had
advanced his works so near-that their can-
non were useless and disabled, and they
could do no more than to pick of! unwary
Federal soldiers by sharp shooting.
' June 18 was the day fixed for blowing up
Fort Hill. It was scaniportant an undertak-
ing that the Word of ltfwas
the Union lines At 120’cloc firingceased,
and from right and left ' long lines of (blue
coats poured . into McPherson‘s encampment.
The order was that as soon as the explosion
took place, in the demoralization that fol-
lowed among the Gonfederates, .Union sol
diors should rush in in great number, and a
general assault be made.
For days and weeks a bombardment had
been going on. Now suddenly all ‘ mused.
The unearthly stillness was horrible and o
presslve. The car had grown used to t, it
sound of shot'and shall so that it was not dis
turbing. But the, silence—that seemed to
nppall like the shadow of a. falling doom.
Three o'clock was the hour for the explo-
sion. Abrief minute or two, or perhaps «it
was three minutes before that time; theifuse
had been lighted. Would it burn? Would
it do its work? Fifty thousand men were
asking the question.
Inn Irxrmsrorv. .
Where was' Gen. Hickenlooperi Hisrep—
station as an ‘ ..°°¥,§9P99d.ed engthieféx-
plosiofrofthatmihc..At.91ppint3wellfi ,
the front he stood: watch in; hand,“ after-filt-
ing the fuses. Helmed-cc'rrel'" ‘ 1-.., a.
structure called “CoopsklnIsTTQW ". .
face was white, his.!eaturbs\vvegeyt§tl§e boil
-
~»<
his manner was whollyficooluand calm.
weassyct lord of himselg ashgcbuilté‘d’the‘sec"
OD
One minuteto My” ,The general’svgg .es
were fixed on blew Th 7 the lire “-
minimisation, .. ‘ i, "”‘ files
pair of eyes an gtha . _ Windfall?
nminuteto three! It ' '"
~‘tfl‘. med “‘1' x .‘.x;. t..-
‘Aquarteri Three" $230713th "‘0’ coil
Would it go! ~
' Then beforc'tllligdoywo zillness whowatclied
Fort Hill rose _ y
, fistth'glr. Retire
idly, but slowly" at _ 7f efflwholg} soils
earthworlr. not dividingm "falling"to mini-2s;
not yet. They saw daylight underneath the
mass. A great mass of snow white smoke
filled the space. Higher still rose the. lost
fort, like a. phantom in air. The blue coats
heard a noise, but not much; nothing like a
great ex losiori. -
Then ort Hill hegantofull to pieces, still
rising in air. It ascended 150 feet. Thenthe
fragments of it seemed .all at once toflow
over and outward, like the falling waters of
a vast fountain. Men, horses, bits of earth
and walls, guns, caissons and timbers, fell
asunder to earth from the descending streams
of that awful fountain.
Geri. Hickenlooper had not miscalculated.
Sixty Confederates were blown up and
killed by the explosion of Fort Hill. A negro
in the fort was thrown‘ up in tho air-with the
rest. lie was blown far out beyond the hill,
and actually dropped alive and without a
scratch within the Union lines, a present sent
to the Yankees by the grim humor of gum
powder. The soldiers declared he must have
li'flsinoonbls head when he somehow.
._ all:along .
ards‘
dill mosajmmmi 'Tac'bmc-k'fi'rhfilhfis
s rangely preserved became Gen. Logan’s
body‘servant, and served him through his
other campaigns.
The instant Fort Hill rose in the air a line
of _ flame twelve miles long burst from the
guns of Grant’s army. The destruction of
the fort wastho signal fora general assault.
Tho assault was a tremendous one, but (in-
successful, except as far as the possession of
the crest of the hill and the great ruin where
Fort Hill had been.
“Hickenlooper was happy that night, and
well might be he,” writes Gen. Strong. “For
thirty days and nights ho had worked in the
trenches. With tireless energy and sleepless
vigilanceho had, labored, In sunshine and
pclting rain, morning and evening, at all
times he could be found at his post, and never
know when he slept. ”
Gen. IIickcnloopcr'. the hero of Fort Hill,
is living in Cincinnati now, a quiet man,
with a handsome my head,- n. keen dark 0 e
and a manner fu l of nervous energy. In
his civil capaCity-ho is president, of the Cin-
cinnati Gaslight company. Man a. time
“old boys" from various arts of t 0 Union
drop in at his oilico to tal over war times.
A WAR SONG.
The following words, to the air of “Listen
to tho Mo-cking Bird,” constituted one of the
favorite songs mnong the soldiers shirt up in
Vicksburg:
‘Twas at the siege of Vicksburg,
Of Vicksburg, of Vicksburg;
‘Twns at the siege of Vicksburg,
When the Parrott shells were whistling through
the air. ,
Listen to tlic‘Par‘rott 5' Is,
Listen to the Pan-oft 2 o is,
The Parrott shells are when ng through the air.
Oh, well will we rem er,
Remember, remember,
Tough mule meat, J nine and November.
And the Millie balls that whistled through the air.
Listen to the Minic bulls,
Listen to the lilinic balls,
The Minie balls are singing through the air.
THE OAK TREE AT VICKSBURG.
There was a historic apple tree at‘Appo-
mattox, where Lee surrendered to Grant. ‘At
Vicksbru‘g there was a historic oak tree.
Under this tree Grant and Pcmberton held
the parloy that resulted in the surrender of
Vicksburg, -
July 3, 1863, Pcrubcrtorr sent a note to
Grant regretting the “effusion of blood,”ar'1d
asking for the appointment on each side of
three commissioners to arrange for tho capit-
ulation of Vicksburg. Grant replied in a
brief note, in which occurred these words,
since become historic:
“The effusion of blood you propose stopping
can be ended any time you choose by the un-
conditional surrender of the city and garri-
son.”
At 10 o’clcr-k in the morning of Julyfl
white flags smeared above a. portion of the
Confederate: works, and firing then ceased.
At 3 o’clock of that day Grant and Pcmbcr-
ton met by agreement at a spot in front of
McPherson‘s headquarters on a hillside, a
few hundred feet from the Confederate lines.
The tree near which they stood was a. stunted
oak. Grant in his memoirs writes of this
oak:
MEETING OF GRANT AND PEMBERTON.
“It was but a short time before the. lust
vestige of its body, root and limb had disap-
peared, the fragments taken as trophies.
Since their the same tree has furnished’as
many cords of wood taken as trephies as the
‘Truc Crossfif’
Grant and Pcmbertmi had been together
in the Mexican war, and were old acquaint?
traces. Pembcrton asked Grant what terms
of surrender he would allow. Grant on.
Severed: “The some as those proposed in my
reply to your letter, unconditional surren-
der.”
“Never,” exclaimed Pomberton, angrily.
“Never. so long as I have a. man left. ' The
conference might as well end.”
Grunt replied: “Very well; my army has
never been in better condition to continue
the. siege "
Several officers ofGrant’s staff, also Gens.
0rd, McPherson, Logan and A. J. Smith,
were with him on' the hillside. With Pem-
bertori were Gen. Bowen and Col. Mont
gomery. Tho Confederate Geu.'Bowén was
anxious that the surrender should take place.
He proposed that he and one of Grant's gen-
erals should have a conference. This Was
agreed to, and Pcmberton and Grant moved
a little apart and waited. Grant smoked in
silence, Pemberton chewed straws and made
an- occasional remark.
Bowen made a proposal that the garrison
be allowed to march out with the honors of
war. Grunt rejected it. He, however,
agreed to send a letter to Pcmberton that
night giving final terms. Firing had mean-
time ceased all along the lines an the river,
word haviug'been sent to Admiral Porter.
The interview ended. Grantvr‘cturned to
his'headquarters, Pamper-ton to his. Grant
immediately sent for all his corps and divis<
ion commanders within reach and laid the
case before them. He told them he would
hear anything they-had to say, but would do
usho thought best. He says in his Memoirs:
“This Was the nearest to a council of war I
ever held.”
Hui “took his 0 no head for it,” however, in
deciding, as he an d. he should do, and offered
terms which he says were ‘againsli'the almost
unanimous ”judgment of his generals. He
wrote Pcmberton, telling 'him'rho would allow
the Confederate officers and men to go Dilli'Of
Vicksburg on parole. Officers and med
wéiulcl be allowed to'tako their clothing With
them, officers thelg side arms, and field,.stafl
and cavalry embers one horse back. All
would. be allowed to take with themrations
from Confederate stores. and thirty wagons
would no sinner-ed to go wltn them to tram
port baggage and cookll‘lg utensils.
Pemberton accepted, til the proviso that
his men he allowed. tomes-rob out in battle
array, with colors flying, and: stack their
arms in front of the Confederate lines, at 10
o’clock, July 4. Grant , saw rim-objection to
this bit of military display. and agreed to it,
with the stipulation thatnfteustscklngzarms
the Confederates must .retui‘n- inside their
lines and remain 'as' prisoners of wait till
properly paroled.
This final letter of Grant’s was sent: to
Pcmberton after. midnight. In it were the
follov'vin words: . .
“Shou d no notification. be. received of
your acceptance of my'berghs b filiq’clock a.
m. I shall.rcgnrd them undergoes re
iected, and shall act accordingly,”
The terms were promptlthceptefi by
Pemberton. Troupe surrendéted .81, .
On the spot when the historic bottomed is
now a monum'ent.‘ Itilpnvor , _ d, sur-
mounted by a globe, the whirl _ ovér‘ tirventy
feet high. An eagle, bearing.0ll;vita"wings
the Goddess of Liberty, covetsonb‘sidécf the
pyramid. Upon another'ie! bed: “To
shburs
the memory of thefsurrolidei'li':
by Lieut. Gen; J. C."Pom _ ' _
U. S. Grant, U. S. A., on
HOISTING THE. stair :AND STRIPES.
At 10' O’clock .011, Ind I ELI I :llly:-.
Confederate soldiers- a 'r' ., '
I1"
stackrn arms. The'cemtnbnii‘m- -I..-owr
an hour. At the end of,,lt,Gcn.
John,A. Logarrbrought his di-
vision into'tho city.
The greatest. event of all was
the hoisting of the stars 'and
stripes over the Vicksburg
courthouse. Col. William 'E.
Strong had the honor ,of plat»
ing the old flag above . the eu-
pola. Immediately after the
surrender he and his party,ofll-
cially‘detuiled for the service,
gulloped' to the court’ heuso,
a mile away. A few minutes
’ i, .
nors’rrxu run STARS AND entrees.
nfier -hi‘. a":iw‘.l.".‘;lfiir.“.t 12). Jb3,§ll'ai9n
sthrs‘unil urrms'uomu'gmousry fi’or'rf 'rts
dome. For over two years the old’ flag had
been absent from Vicksburg.
A poet, Dr. Blythe, wrote of tho glad
event: .
O‘cr sen. waves beatin on th shore,
‘Bovc thunderstwiudsgnendlsgorm clouds o'er,
O‘cr cataract inlhea , ongh'op‘r,
High, high it went.
3;." tarthcflbgeaiititvorks giggle masts,
0 S 1' . -. um ‘
And herogs unlined? fir theirt'stliroats:
Vicksburg is ours!
STARVATION.
reduced for food before the surrenderseem
startling even to this day' ln,Amerloa,‘Jvher-c
none need go hungry. Toshusbandithe‘sup
ply of food within the walls; after Nicksburg
had been invested by land. "and ,watorfPem-
horizon ordered all horses undj,mule£,"except
three teams to a regiment aridfthe mules
necessary , for food, sent, outside the lines.
Those that were" left lived on cane tops and
mulberry leaves, and all last on mulberry
leaves alone;
The soldiers subsisted on corn meal and pea
meal, and very little Of that. At . lost the
pea meal became so distasteful tdthein that
they could eat it no longer. It proved un-
wholesome besides. Then they were allowed
to boiltho peas and eat them thus.
Every day a number of- mules were killed;
. the meat was cut into strips and' issued to the
men. This was their onl ,fresh meat.
Rations became scan er ‘ and scantler,
until J one 28, Gen. Pemberton received an
anoymous letter signed "Many Soldiers,"
telling him his army was ripe for mutiny
unless it couldbo fed. The letter contained
theso remarkable words:
“Our rations have been cut_ down to one
biscuit and a small bit offbacon. per day,
scarcely enough to keep soul and :body to-
gether, much less to stand'the hardships we
are called on to stand. “’0 are kept close in
the trenches day and night, not allowed to
forage any at all, and even if permitted there
is nothin to be had among the citizens.
“Men ori’t wont to st , sand don’t in-
tend to. If you can't fe, 'us, on had better
surrender us. I tell you plai y men are not
going to lie here and perish."
A BRAVE DRUMMER BOY.
Orion P. Howe, drummer in the Fifty~flfth
Illinois and a citizen of IVaukcgan, in that
state, was appointed naval. cadet at Newport
on' the recommendation of Gen. W. T. Sher-
man, who guvctho following masons:
GEN. sunnimx also run DnnnmEB BOY.
, When the assault on Vicksng on the 19th
of May was at its height, and I wash) front
near the road, this lad came up to .me
wounded and bleeding, with a'good, healthy
boy’s cry: ”Gen. Sherman, send some cart—
ridges to C01. Mulmberg; the men are nearly
all out.” “What is the matter, my; boy?”
“They shot me in the leg, sir; but Ircan go to
the hospital. Send the cartridges '. right
away.” Even where we stoodithe shots’fell
thick. I said I would , attend tonne cart-
ridges; and off he limped; .1 ast- bafcre he dis-
appeared he turned and called as loud as he
could, “Calibenh-ii"
What arrested my attention then was. and
what renews my memory of the race now is,
that one so young. carrying u. musket ball
w'ound tln‘ou'gh his leg should have found his
way to me on that fatal spot arid delivered
his message, not forgetting the very import-
ant part even of the caliber of the musket,
5}, which you know is an unusual “one. I
warrant the boy has in him the elements of a
mun—Letter to Secretary Stanton.
M’PHERSON.
“Yes,” said Gen. Hickenloopor, “I was, for
a. fact, through the Vicksburg campaign.
“I was chief engineer of McPherson’s corps
there, and saw much of. McPherson and
Grant both during the siege. I have seen
many army officers, but never one like
McPherson. There never wasan body like
him. Young, handsome and ful of enthu‘
siusui, he was the idol of his soldiers. They
Wouldbuvo died for him any moment.
“You never saw anything like it at his
headquarters. Ho seemed a_ brother or -a
simple,,good comrade to his Officers. He was
oneof ourselves;
“Icimnot describe to you the feeling we
had for him. It; was something more than
the strongest friendship between man , and
man. Well, r11 tell you,- in waslike this :
If, instead of being murmur,” handsome, bril-
linnt and sweet tempered as he -was,—_ McPher-
sOn had been all this grind been a. woman be-
sides, a bright, magnetic woman; drawing
all hearts to her, on can fancy how men
would have loved _ in. Just liko that was
my love for Gen. McPherson.”
The general paused a moment and dropped
his head. Memory was busy weaving irr'his
brain, the images of twenty—five years ago.
Looking up presently he spoke again, in other
tones: '
“One thing happened that I shall always
be sorry for. -It is the only thin in the years
I knew Gen. McPherson that have to rev,
gret. I had been out all day hard at work in
the lino of my duties. I came in late to head-
quarters, and felt as though I was too tired
to move.
- "I thought} would go to bed early. I did
so, dra ,my blankets up'uround’lne. But
I had no more than touched the j groundnut]
got quiet whcancn. McPherson called me:
“ ‘Oh, Hickl’
“Now, I heard him, and I’m ashamed to
remember it, but for the only. time in in life
I didn’t answer. I lay qu'ite- still. here
were others about the quarters who had been
doing nothing that day, Let the general call
one of them, I thought to myself.
“Perceiving I did not answer Gen. Strong
spoke up for: me and said; tHiek‘hus been out
all day and is just in. I so posc'he’s' asleep)
“ ‘Qh. yos,’ said Gen. | cPherson,~‘I eup-
posc he is. He must be tired, poor fellowl -I
didn’t think of that.’
“Then the general called some other officer
and sent him on tho errand. Andelny still,
and lilcPlierson never knew bus-rim asleep.
But I was ashamed of it next dormer have
been so ever since. I might'have - answ'e‘
him. might have gone out into the nig 3
again, tired as I was. . '
“McPherson was'killedno long afterthat,
and I shall always carry wi gmo'tho re' , t-
ful recollection that once m'y’t general
me and I did not answer.”
coousxiN's rowan.
Union sharpshooters in the rear. of Vicks-
burg' played no small part in atheism- , ,9:
the siege. One of these,.o"-prlvaii948¢131' or,
was noted throughout the whdicSeventeentll
army corps.
He was an unerrlng shot, andworo a cap
made of raccoon fur. Fromthisho was
mailed “Coonskin” tho corps'FOhifoiigh, and
wherever he was woe to the Confederate heard
that-appeared above a parapet ,
“C ,‘ ns'kin" went out-once'iln the night
time, crept up, toward one Confederate de-
fefises and‘bullt himself a burrow-in the
ground, with o. peep hole-in it. There he
would frequently take provisions with him
bury himself in thisburrow and stay several
days-at n. time all, alone, watching‘ for and
shooting confederation. '
At , length he built f‘Coonskln’s Tower.”
The Jackson. and Vicksburg rail had
been torn up fer miles in‘the rein! of icka-
burg, and railway lrdn and cross ties lay in
about.
coonsxm’s rowan.
Taking advantage of the night hours,
Coonskin built liimselfa wer of. the loose
railroad ties. Learned backwoods lore,
he knew how to construct the‘gonulnc "pioneer
log cabin, Working severalrnights, he at
length built a tower so 1111 h that‘b‘ climb-
ing‘ toward ts top be co d not Iy 1
over the Confederate parapets.’ Heco
-- see'tho men ins!de.'_tho.w.¢xka .Then takiurr
Tho straits to which the Confederates were ~
amt microgn tne' chinks ofifiofi‘g'fi'u’b cm,“
pick off the enemy; man by man.
Coonskln's tower, looming up hi h above
the low bottom lands in _rear of rcksbur ,
was a picturesque object in the lan
scape. I wash torrotjto the Confederates.
They could not use their artillery against it,
that havin been already quite silenced by
the Union atteries. A1 qt ey could do was
to fire musket balls at :it, which whistler!
around its corners or rburicd'themsclves
harmlessly in it} logs.
FOLLOWING THE CRACKERS.
The projected movement of tho,Union gun-
boats and transports past the Vicksburg_bat-
ferries on the night of Aprillo was suppoked
to have been kept a profound secret. Espe-
cial pains had been taken to conceal the pre-
parations, even from the gunboatsi‘ crews,
lest the wind should blow-‘tho news untimely
to the Confederates nt‘Vicksburg. '
On the afternoon of that day a private
soldier, a. merry, devil may cure looking
lrish‘man, presented himself at _M_cPherson’s
headquarters with an urgent request to see
the‘ choral. Everybody was admitted to
see cPh'erson and the private was,sOon in
his ' rescnce, “fifth or pro usion of bows and
mil tar salutes. ‘
“We! , mymnn, what can I do for you?"
asked McPherson.
, “I’ve called, ginei'al, to arc, the privilege of
going down the river Will the throne Uta.”
“, ‘rans orts l” exclaimed Mc her-son.
“Who to! you any transports were going
.down the river?"
“Well, gineral nobody towlrl me. But
I’vo_kcpt melweathor eyo._op‘en,‘a_n{ I_,_ , the
m tions goin’ on ,wid thctborits, on {I've
cg. 1e11,, to put in mo applicushurito go‘ln,
t em. . -
“Butcven ifthe do' he ’ll«bo shelled
all thotfia,’ fpnsii'Vlcksbgd” ,_,o'ri"“r_ir]lght get
ybur bend ,lor‘vnoif. It's ungegops",’,.‘- ~
“Yeti kuowrsineralr But; .'..;.your
pardoli'fnsir, I’ve notiéd‘that‘f' wire-tho
crackers'go th byes'hlwiiys ‘foll w'fihnfifl'va
made up‘mo m rid I'd a good ‘dale rather ride
J unius Henri Browne, Al-
bert D: Richardson and
Mr. gallburn‘, newspaper
Cor _ ts, Were cap-
. tut-ed, attempting to run
.4 the ba ice at Vicksburg,
and that the lust,uamed’"Was soon released,
while the other two remained-long i‘n captiv-
ity—a fact which raised unpleasnnt _ suspi-
cions at the time, As the CEO. have published
every readable . popular book ' giving their
experience, we give here, the account of Mr.
(30le as Written to The, World:
t was near 10.0‘clock of a beautiful moon-
lig t night when we cant loose at , Mlllfken’s
Bend, and our little tug snorteddowp- the
river, accompanied by the transport A. B.
Hino. We quietly chatted awhile and flu-
lahed a solitary bottle of dry. catawbawhich
some good friends had sent on board forcin-
comfort. We had as a. squad fifteenshiiirp-
shooters from the Fortyfieventh Ohio, under
Capt. Ward, Surgeon Davidson,- the tug's
crew of eight, four persons on their way to
join their regimentaund our: party of three—-
all volunteers. I should‘.here mention asll-
lustrating , the temper, of ' that army, that
when fourteen volunteers were called for
the whole regiment sttpped forward. ' Com-
panylA was selected, and still. there waste
squabble to go. Fourteénwere than marked
off: a fifteenth bogged permission of‘ the' col-
onel and one actually paid a; premium of . 05
tolhis comrade for the privilege of going on
this hazardous service. The‘ barges were. '
covered with tiers ofhay in Order to protect
thb‘ tug between them: but the boy .was
deemed almost unnecessary, and so put on
quite loosely, and'the'ends of the boat were
quite exposed.
At midnight we came in sight of Vieksi
burg, and soon after tho Confederate pickets
on tho Louisiandshoyogbegan to open fire on
us. Soon a rocket shot up from the upper
batteries. There was no need of such a warn-
. ing, for the boats might be seen almost as
clearly as by sunlight, and the loud puff of
our exhaust pipe gave ample warning when
we were three rniles'di'stant.
\ .xN’
7* \I:%
CLINGING TO THE BALES OF HAY.
, At 1:05 the first. shot was fired and struck
so near as to leave us in doubt whether the
barges were hit.- A lull of o. few imitates
and then another, followed- closoly by a re-
bound. It, kept up in this .way' as we were
rounding the bend. the. shots, all seeming'to
come very near to us, as We could perceive
bfiho momentary throb of the hull when
is cit. With‘the exception of Capt; Ward,
the pilots, engineers and firemen. the rest of
us were posted along the barges, on the alert
for an attomptntboardin'g.
Owing to the U loop of the river we had to
run a poo-tied of .tho distance by, then turn
and run the-whole line backngnin. Thus we
were exposed first to astarboard .and then to
chow fire, and when in’ front of 'the main
battcrlcs‘to a concentrated fire from three
directions At! first we peered from'behind
the hay bales oupcrfceiving the flash of the
Confederate guns, but-soon the shots were so
rapid and from points so! widely apart that
that excitin arrangement was dropped. The
screaming .thoyihellsas they went over us,
thesplash in thematcr and the spray were
subjects of' jestlngnhdimitation till an im-
mense shell burst fbutthnee feet or so above
cur heads with u'sturtning report.
Twenty minutes (long minutes those!)
under this fire and ngbody hurt. The barges
still in good form and the little propelle'r
making eight miles per hour. _Now .we'iare
Wellpast the upper batteries; .but the main
guns are four hundredyards from us, and 'it
seems in theclear alr- as if; wewero- .just. in
front, of their mauled Several shots, strike
thebu‘ges, but on we go. ' A , glance at our
watches-via is a Quarter, -'past‘ 2—wo are
almostput the worst andbegin to congratu-
late each othenwhen suddenly ,we are burned
this way. andthatparld all’Fthe' ’roar. "of :the
Confederate gunsjs drowned fusions terrific
reperthf: its: magszln‘ . _ o bed burst‘nnder us.
My. 't'thou‘ght was that the powder: had
been stowed ‘on the barges and had ignited;
buts-in .clamhering up among smoke and
flatneslpoiild secuothing like a tug. A ten
inchmhell,‘ ‘asfiwe-fafterward ’ learned, had
stfick'henboilers; she had exploded and'the
w , ighoticinders aware thrown up in u. spout-
ing‘éhdwer, whilesteum' andjsmoko enveloped
the'bargesjike 'a pail. The little craft had
been literally shattered to atoms.
Almost at thesaurus minu’tetho» batteries
commenced a. vengeful, and, as it seemed to
me, asavage, ,flre'aiponus faster and faster.
The shells burst all aroun -nnd\above' us with
a stunning, and blinding effect. The coals
had settfir'oiio thqhay. holes in several-places;
the 'sh'ellsalded in the work. In vain did we
tram is upon them and throw thom'over-
board: burning our hands, feet andxclothing
. in the effbrt. No buckets were to bc'found;
they had been blown away. Down between
the barges hung the fragments of the tug by
theetowi ropes. ,
Tho rebels set. up a. hideous yell, as if in
mockery at our crippled condition. The bot-
teries. kept on firing, the blazing hay‘light—
ingup the liver. ,Wo were then slowly drift‘
ing with the current past the front bf .the
city. on.- disaster-happened right abreast of
tho‘ court house. , As soon us we could 'see
through the blinding smoke we found er.
Browne standing, barcheaded' on . the =' trip:
most bale, as if he were a'dofilmt target for
tho rebel gunners. Capt? Ward'i had .\ been
blown-forward thirtyIféct from the tug into
the river, and two of. his 'men .wero.engagcd
in‘fishing himup, .The wounded antl'scaldod
mc'n were crying for :help' .‘rinsweredionlyby
the shells and occasional'c ,"eers.
We hurriedly consulted rind-decided- to get
of! tho barges, as.:.tho‘2‘fianies}wei-ofg _ ‘ 'di _'
listless Belief. faiths. ‘
. “Thoracic '. ' " f ,;
roan ' 'ossbxumwhem' fir ‘- 'ad ’su'nk. . 0 '
eyes were gl'addenod when he returned to the
surface unhurt.
We buffeted thowavesa few minutes, glad-
dened by a sensopf relief from the incap-
pdrtable heat. “’0. commenced swimming for
the Louisiana shore. supposing that our picky
efsnvszaird it We J‘sdlser. 6,315: ram!
~ wea‘ponhfriend and foe.
' “Whistling Dick."
liE‘rlf chitin" [iér’lidp‘s \1 :clhlilc surmil cram
stroke ‘1-2' ours reached its, and presently u.
yaxil rolled around the barges. Our first
(.‘llih'.’ .:-.s more pleasant enough; but they
\von- .--..l«lcrrly changed when we saw the
fink? clothing of the lioatrrren. They scooped
us 3:. by the time we hurl drifted two miles
below: the city and with some roughness im-
- pressed upon us the fact that we were pris-
oners. Dripping and shivering we were
marched up to the city, taken before the
provost marshal and registered.
A MORTAR BOAT.
On the gulf and 'inland waters during the
civil war much use was made of mortar
boats, so called. These were simply gun-
boats carrying it inrrtar. This is a heavy
cannon, so named on'uccount of its resem-
bling in shape an apothocary's mortar.
Arcana soar.
The first boats that passed Vicksburg in
the spring of 1862 were a. flotilla.0f:mortat;
boats. The advantage of ,the sltort,i heavy. ’
' and
bell shaped gun is that'itican‘ betur'ned
fired at nny'angle of elevation, allhost per.-
pcndiculnrly, indeed,
Mortars are used both on land mum, An‘
far- hack nsthe hiatoryof,mode‘m‘ , ‘ ’
weapons, the mortar has beets" employgi.’
Originally it throw stones tnstaad'otfbaua.
It is recorded that Joan of Arc hers‘elf'uimed
the mortar guns in her was that the Eng-1
lisb. The first thoroughly flaws; use of,
this weapbn in recent timgwas"'during th'o'
Crimean war. On the water, ~to -' guard;
against the heavy recoil of’the mortar, the
gas containing it is built usuaiiymoh broad?
ttom.
THE oEAD AT VICKSBURG.
A newspaper correspondentof the tune
writes of the dead who had': tsuenninpne of!
the most desperate of the Union assaults on
Vicksburg: '
“They lay in all positions, some with
millsket grasped astho'ugh
ot ers with the cartridge in'the} fingers, j
réady to put the deadly charge .wheroulg'
might meet the foe. All ferocityhadlsone.
“A remarkably sweet' and *yOuthful lace
wasthat of a rebel boy. Scarce 183mm! fair'
as a maiden, with quite small halide, he had
long hair of the pale golden :hirethat auburn
changesto when much ‘ in the sun, and curl-
ing at. the ends. . He had on a shirt of coarse
white cotton, and brown trousers, well; worn,'.
while upon his feet were women‘s shoes of ‘
about the size known as ‘fours.’ Too-dili-
cato was, his frame for war, perhaps some
mother’s idol. His. left. side was torn bya
shell his left shoulder shattered. ”
“Two men who had, caught‘atu treoto,
assist them up a steep embankment - y dead.
at its foot; the branch at which they ,caught.
was still in their grasp.
“In one trench lay two gasping the samei
n the faces of
both was the calm that follows slee . In
some places the dead were piled liter-airy like
sacks of grain.” ' .
\ U
“WHISTLING DICK.”
The relic and reminiscence hunter at Vicks-f
burg is always taken to u. bill a. little in the
rear of the city. Tbilhill is pointed out to
him as one of the most interesting of the
historic spots around the city. ‘ '-
“Here,” says the guide, “was planted,
‘Whistling Dick,’ the largest Confederate
gun of, the hill batteries.”
It had a historypf its own. \Vhen the United
States lgovernment; blew up the navy yard at
Norfo , April 21, 1801, there were left unin-
jured 1,200_first class cannon. These were im-
mediately taken possession of by the Confed-
erates and shipped to various points on their,
lines. Many of them went 10 the gulf, to'
the Mississippi and Red rivers: 1
One of the largest was mounted in a hill
battery at Vicksburg. It was trained soaccu-
rately as to do great damage to the investing
Union, army. It was the heaviest mounted
gun there, and as its huge balls went whiz-
zing. through the air, it became the terror or
Grant's force. The gave' it the name of
or weeks Admiral Por-
ter’s fleet tried to dislodgc'it' in'vain.
“’IIISTLING DICK.
I
At last, May 22 Grant ordered a general!
attack by land and water. Admiral _ orter's,
fleet poured shot and shell into Vicksburg
from the water during the forenoon. It was
an appalling day for the inhabitants of the
town. Shells from army and fleet alike went
shrieking through the air burying them;
Selves in the houses and inthe earth. . Finally
a shot from the Union gunboat Mound City}
struck Whistling ‘Dick squarely and ended
his career. . '
GRANT’S FORTY-TWO PLANS.
“The road to glory isnot a path of flow-
ers," saysva French proverb. Affairs seemed
as hopeless us well could be at Vicksburg,
justjqefore Grant’s Successful move down the
river or? the Louisrana‘ shore to New Car-
thage. Tho' newspapers of the time are full
of}, bitter denunciations. of Grant and his
Vicksburg failures. The Confederates were
boastful and full of confidence up to the end
Ofng‘prilL1803. But Grant never gave up.
His mental sufferings at this time must have
beehive? great, seeing as he did every plan
fail at ieksburg, and hearing and reading
that buss heaped upon him by paper was-
riors ,‘th at home and in his own carnp.
But-"whatever torturo‘ he endured, none
were.informed of it. He simpl did the bat
hefiknb'w and hung on. His ogged deter-7'
initiation im rted tself to a portion of hisl
soldiers, at cast. A Union private 80111181"
- aszca turcd by, the Confederates during thol
Dééricgee’ k expedition, the last one before the“
succcs'é‘ful'move down the river. . f
A“.Confcderato officer questioned the cap,
tivé Union‘soldier as follows: i
“What” the deviL is Grant doing here!
WhatdOcsho expect to do!"
"To'tako Vicksbur ," replied the soldier.
“We i: hasn‘t the o d fool tried this ditch-
an {flanking business five times already?"
‘9Yéé,”‘roplied the private, “but he has got
tllll‘ty-sev’en more plans in his pocket. "
The Coat All Right.
Mr. Isaacstein—Shacob, my boy, you
ehoost try on dis coat for dot sheutlenrnns so
he sees vat it looks like.
Customer (after Jacob has the coat on)—l
don't like it, Isnacsteiri; it looks Dutchy.
Mr. Isaacstein (Cal'licstlyl—My treat. it
vasn’t de coat vot looks Dutchy. dot vas
Shacob.—New York Sun.
A NoVeIty In Galilee.
Lawn balloon is a novelty in games. and
meant as cricket for ladies. Light balls and
equally light bats are used instead of the
hard balls and heavy bats employed in
cricket. No bowling is required, while
steeping is also rendered unnecmry. and a.
large number can play its—Chicago Herald.
A" Peaceful Nature.
“Why, J iml what did vou shoot that man
for?”
“To avoid trouble. I knew we’d be aquar‘
relin’ if we kep’ on, and I hate u. row."—Life.
landed in Quick Time.
The other day a steamer made fast to a
dock at Duluth, adjusted sixreceiving spouts,
took on 52,000 bushels of wheat and was of!
with her load in forty-nine minutes.
‘ When potter’s ware is boiled for the pum-
of hardening it, a. handful or two of
m should bathroom intothe water, and
'the glazing will never be injured by acids or
salt.
Baldheaded Indians are now far more
numerous than they were in former times.
,This is accounted for by their adopting the
custom of wearing hats and caps
It is said that some clothespin box packers
can pack 72,000 a day. They are paid one
cent for packing a box of four gross. At this
rate they make $5 a day.
Ruskin is said to have introduced the
drink now so much in vogue in Lon
don, half and half of soda and milk.
It is marvelous what an open more to
some people’s hearts are} those magic words:
“You needn’t pay for it now.”
In the lax‘ lexicon 'of some newspaper-
there's no such word a “credit.”
still contending :‘
A CURIOUS IIIiHIiF.
IBUPERSTITIONS OF THE TOTONAG
iNDlANS OF -VERA cauz.
Mics oi the “Nahuui.” or Double.
I Guarding Clillrlruu Against Evil Intiu-
queen-A Few Tales of the Marvelous.
The Would be lllter Bitten.
Meanwhile the friends and kindred gather
up the ashes which for weeks past have been
collected from the household fireplace for the
purpose, and at a little distance from the
house they distribute these ashes in a circle
jinclosing the cabin, the ring being perhaps a
, foot wide and several inches thick. This ring
remnhisduring the night of the child‘s birth,‘
:and the next morning. it is carefully ins
speeted, with the view to discovering the
tracks of any animal which may have crossed
_it during the night. Whatever it maybe
that has left its imprint in the circle, that
animal is the nahual of the new born in-
.fant. It is not quite easy to explain the
meaning of the word nahual. Other-self,
guardian spirit. wraith, token, all these have
somewhat of itslforoe. yet none is exactly the
definition. If the nahual be a deer, for in:
stance, the babo,.become a man, has under
exceptional conditions the power of exchang—
ing his corporal being at will from that of a
mm to that of a deer. Thus it goes without
sayln that the child. as he arrives at the
peri of intelligence. iscarefully taught
what animal is his nihualfiund it is‘ held
' sacred accordingly. - . .
An ludian mother. must guard her child.
against evil influences: so she plucks a tuft '
of the hair-like smrlet feathers that grow at
the root of the “canoe beak” (the toucan),
and fastens them on the crown of theinfant’s
head with cars do campeche, every tenacious
wax gathered by insects. If she meet a
“white one," that is to say, a Caucasian, she
hastily covers the face and head of her baby
to avert the ills which may befall it, for if
the stranger gaze upon the child the look
means mul do ojo (the evil eye).
With increasing years the tie betWecn the
man and the indivian animal into which
he transforms himself becomes stronger and
stronger, until at last the death of the one
snaps the .cord of life of the other. Take, for
instance, the story of a death which occurred
on the night of the birth of a woman of the
Totonac race, who in her advanced years was
a. prodigy of knowledge and a very notable
person. it may be said, so peasant, that the
telling of this story in detail develops many
features of interest in .flle daily life of the
Indians. it was the night of‘ birth of the.
daughter, and some hours after that event,
indeed about daylight, when Francisco 8—-
nnd his wife awoke to the fact that the
stranger was crying lustfly from some physi-
caldiscornfort. The husband arose to Stir
the fire into a blaze, for fifty years ago
matches and candles were not louse in Mi-
santln and the firelight‘ served for all pur-
posesof illumination. But the Indian serv~
ing woman had crept away "to the straw
mat that was her only bed and the fire
had died down past rekindllng. so that
the man had to seek for a torch at the but
of a rieigbborLWho was already astir and
eating his simple breakfast of tortillas, a
thin, unleavened corncake, dipped in a sop
of red Chile peppers, ground up with water
in preparation for beginnin his work at
daylight. Returning home With the bfbnd,‘
Francisco was relating to his wife that lit
envy and admiration had been moved by
the gusto and hearty appetite of . the neigh-
bor, when that neighbor's wife came .run-
logic the door crying and calling “Chico!
Chico! Come quick to help me! Mariano is
dying!" And. truly enough, when Francisco
reached the spot the man he had solately
left eating with zest and vigor was past the
last agony, whether from apoplexy, heart
disease or what not these simple feeling
people had no means of verifying. But the
explanation was for them simple enough
when, a few days later, word came in from
Yecuatln that at the very hour of the sud:
den death a party of hunters at that place
had killed a lion (mountain lion), Which ani-
mal was the nahucl of the dead man.
The bad Indians are rather inclined to
make capital with the superstitions of their
occult powers, but it sometim results, in
this matter, as in others. that t. wouldbo
biter is bitten, as witness the following cpl-2 -
codes; There was an 'idle‘fellow, Jacfwho,
hung about Missntla, living on the earnings
of his wife, who ground corn and made tor-
tillas for her neighbors. The wife died and»
Jose turned his wits to stealing chickens and
making himself a nuisance generally in the
community. One day he went to a changarro
kept by a poor widow. A changsrro is a
stand for the sale of aguardlente and. tepache.
a sort of beer or cider made from fermented
corn and pineapples. Jose demanded liquor,
and the keeper declined to give it to him
gratis. Then says Master Jose, indicating a
miserable bag-o’-bones of a horse belonging
to the widow, which was tied to an orange
tree in the courtyard: “You had better give
me the liquor or I will throw mill do 010 (the
evil eye) on your horse and kill him.” The
vender of liquors persisted in her refusal,
and, by a curious coincidence, a little later
the wretched animal fell dorm and died. It
had probably been on its last legs, but the
' Indians did not view the matter from so
philosophical a standpoint. They seized
Master Jose, the sorcerer, and administered
to him on the spot so sound a beating that ho
shortly died from the effects of it.
And there was another, senator-ions drunk-
ard, who lived in the monte. the chaparral,
the jungle; his family deterred him from
going to the town, for he always returned in
a beastly'state of intoxication when he went
down to Misantla. He heard one day that a
neighbor, a. man who lived two or three
leagues away at the edge of the mountains,
had a stockof aguardientc, and be bent his
steps to the choza—a but of cane and palm—-
to buy a share of it. The other man stren-
‘uously denied the possession of liquor, and
the toper grew furiously angry at what he
considered a. falsehood and selfish unneigh-
borly refusal. “Very well,” he said; “you
refuse to give or sell me aguardiente. You
will rue it. The first day you go out hunt-
ing”—for the other lived by the spoils of the
chime—“I will become a tiger and kill all
your dogs.” In spite of this formidable
‘menace, the hunter who really had no liquor,
icould but persist n his assertions. Lo and
Ebeholdl The first time thereafter that he
went hunting a big tiger set upon hisdogs
:and killed the whole puck, one after another.
:The poor fellow, bereft of his means of sub-
sistence in the loss of his dogs, went down to
Misantla. and took out a demanda—n writ of
complaint—against his neighbor on a charge
of witchcraft and dog stealing. And the
judges of that day—this took place only some
,ten years since-actually took the charge
.formally, seriously, and the offender was
committed to jail on the grounds aforesjd,
with what result present deponent knoweth
not—Y. H. Addie in San Francisco Chron~
icle.
Adulhnted Cod Liver 01!.
Professor Poe], of St. Petersburg, has
found 50 ,per cent. of petroleum in the cod
liver oil sold by one druggist, the adulterated
article having the taste, smell andappear-
ance of the genuine. Mineral oil is also fre-
quently found [in olive oil.—Bostori Budget.
Inherited Diseases. '
No fact of nat'ure is more pregnant
with awful meaning than the fact of tho
Inheritance of disease.
Modern science, which has illuminated
so many dark corners of nature,has shed
a new light on the ominous words of tho
Scri titres, “The sins of the fathers,
aha! be visited upon the children
unto the third and fourth generation."
Fifty percent. of cases of consumption,
cancer and scrofula, run in families
through inheritance. Insanity is hered-
itary in a marked degree, but, fortu-
nately, like many other: hereditary
diseases, tends to wear itself out, the
stock becoming extinct. A distin-
gulshed scientist truly says: “No organ
or texture of the body is exempt from
the chance of beta the subyect of
hereditary disease) Probably more
chronic diseases. which permanently
modify the structure and functions of
the body are more or less liable to be in-
herited. the important and far-reaching
practical deductions from such facts—
are obvious to reflecting minds, and the
best means for preventing or curing
these diseases is a subject of intense in-
terest to all. Fortunately nature has
provideda remedy which experience
as attested as infallible, and the reme-
dy is the world-famous Swift’s Specific,
a. pure vegetable compound—nature's
‘ antidote for all blood poisons. To the
afflicted it is a. blessing of inestimable
value. An interesting treatise on
“Blood and Skin Diseases" will be
mailed free by addressing ~
THE Swrr'r Srncrrrc Co.,
Druwer3, Atlanta, Ga.
Hay fever, Asthma. Relief guaranteed.
Foritaine’s Cure.
C. Lapham, 11 Main Street, N orwnlk.
Tire Emperor of Cities has a fortune of; -'
$45,000,000.
Thousands of ladies cherish grateful re—
mernbrances of the help derived from the
use of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Comporrnd.
The late Chief Justice Waite left his
heirs $200,000.
Hay fever, Asthma. Immediate relief.
Fontaine's Cure. Sold by all druggists.
For sale by druggists., ..
This Powder never varies. A marvel of_‘pur.c
strength and wholesomeness. More cconomlcf 3
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in com- . .
petition with the multitude of low test, short
weight. allum or phosphate. powders. ., . '.
ROYAL BAxmo Pownsa co.‘,roc_ Wall St., N. Y.
mu: cocci, . ,inrsnssrs
T ‘Treated inn all} if manly way.
A healthy peoplemake arprosperous nation.
People made andkept healthy by
Baker’s, Great American Sterile.
Rheumatism with its Vise-like grip tortures its
victim until he loses control of his temper, and
then comes grave mistakes. Another turn of the
vise and Near-night torments all patience out of a
man. Relief from these terrible diseases makes a
heaven of happiness for the sufferer. and Baker’s
Great Amer-lean Specific gives that relief.
There is no mistake about this, and at this season.
in this climate. you cannot afford making the miso
take of being without a bottle of this wonderful
remedy; Damp. chili winter winds, sleet, snow.
stop and ice are as certain , to bring on the tor-
ments of RnEUlfATlS)! and tortures of NEURALGIA
as is BAKER’S GREAT Anemone srncrsrc to cure
them.l Price 50 cents abottle. Prepared only by
Mdririce‘, Baker as Cc..Portland, Me. ‘ Doolittle A:
Smith. 24 and 26 Tremont Street, Boston, Mesa,
Selling Agents.
neurosesmm‘m transducers
Tire Best in the World!
srsirnr a entries
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HAMS - a
sillililliflls, ’"
antitrust '
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soosror.
Arc guaranteed -
'iliE DES-T III THE
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Our KETTLE LARo is Strictly Pure
and Free from All A'duit‘erati‘on.
» illilK olnrrUrii Fiili TliE liliIlili.
We manufacture all goods bearing our
brand at our packing house. New Haven.
Sperry &._ Barnes,
new nszn, conn.
fifimfiifiwfifilfiifiifih‘dfi 70574?
EQUITABLE MORTGAGE 00..
OI" KANSAS CITY. CAPITAL $2,000,000
6 and 7 per cent. Debenture Bonds and Mortgage
Loans at Pat and Accrued Interest.
It. a. CltAUFURD, Agent.
Absolutely baggy. f
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Room 2 Masonic Building.
f Errrrrsrrnnrrsn.
Send for Illustrator! Price -List, samples of Work.
pic. .
. F. M. WARD,
33o) “'IIALLEY Arr-1., new lines, can
- . ,, “GOOD'JINOUGII”
.FAMI LY Oil. CAN.
__i #0 '1“,"La_mpu are
l on" arms by
9.; inn - your
‘ ' without. Litt-
Ing the Can.—
the filling tube
truncating to
sure heighth
ofany Lamp. '
q _ ms Is the
honeymoons
EMILY CAN
“staffer-ed to
J , '.'- _ the public.
FAMI ‘l SHOULD HAVE 03:5.
usuunovunso 5v _
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WINFIELD IAWFAGTUBI. :‘3 £3.13.
Wm. 9:312.
Noni-o In one u o" rt»- '
lfaucet lg ea or geifn3§£§u°3§n lolwhitg
Contents orcause Explosions. No Cor-ks; to
Lose. Closes Perfectly Air Tight. No Leak-
,age-No bvupoxatron—Ahsolutely Safe.
A-Universal Household Necessity.
CALL fl. 1:: $33 mam
For sale in Norwalk by Gregory J; Worden and
_ 1 star
E. K. Lockwood & 00.
.t.-
Compliments oftlre Season.
A Milli l-lilili anon HHIIDY NEW Year
Prepare your feast and make yourself 'jCIyous
Shout the glad tidings for BAYMOND’S is to
be found at No. 9 MAIN STREET. '
We will try to make you healthy and wise.
If allowed to sell you your family srlppllcs.
Our stock is full and complete. We have all the
futile delicacies the market affords, including
Foreign .and Domestic Fruits,
CONFECTIONERI’, . lite.
THE CHOICE ‘TURKEYS
0f the land with usean be found and all the
accompaniments of aeroyal feast. Do not put off
but order at once that your anxiety‘may cease,‘
and we assure you that with a. contented mind
' you will be prepared to enjoy yourself.
And if you wish .to make some soul happy
present them with a barrel of our Choice Flour, a
Tub of Butter, or some of our Excellent Tea anu
' Coffee, and asuitable supply of choice goods to
be found in our stock, or send your order to GEO
\V. RAYMOND, at
RAYMOND’S GROCERY.
0 Main Street.
JOHN s ATKINSON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
Harness, Blankets,
Trunks. Bugs,
Sole Leather and 81100 Findings, and Boot
and Shoe Uppers.
Corner of Fairfield Ave. and Middle Street
Bridgeport, Conn.
lylS
Heals Without Leaving a. Scan
c’LiMAx SALVE
eradicatcs the disease from the system.
Page’s Climax Salve,
A FAMILY BLESSING FOR 25 CENTS. g‘
. l
Its action upon the system is unlike any other external remedy, as it never drives the
disease to the Internal Organs. Its properties go to the diseased part, and separate
all the poisonous and corrupt lirrmors, through the perspiring vessels to the surf: *, and
E
'i lmlmiift cq PIWIIS Ahumid "N.L
\Ve warrant it to cure Old Sores, Ulcers.
Scrofula Sores, Salt Rheum. Sore Breasts or Nipples, Irrflamed Eyes, Swollen Glands,
Erysipelas, Boils, Scalds. Burns. Cuts. Bruises, Fistula, Piles, Corns, Bunions. Ciril-
blains, Frosted Feet. and all cutaneous diseases on man and beast.
PAOE'S CLIMAX SALVE acts like music on horse ileslt in curing Scratches. Man
Saddle and llnrncss Calls, Chufes, etc. 1’ '
Sores, Fresh Cuts, Snake Bites, Bruises. Bums,
boxes three times larger than any oIIierSalve, :ind schi at the low price oftweuty-fi‘
it is warranted to cure in every case or r'no
everywhere.
"Isl
'411‘,I.|
.‘e -nrs , cr .
ricy refunded. For Sale by Draggistn‘ and Dealers in median;
__._._—_—_——.—————
MUFFAT’S lIFE PILLS.
'l'I-IE GREAT-STOMACl-I AND LIVER REMEDY.
Established by one of our most eminent physici ms and recommended by the medical
profession and druggists who know their real merit, and (ll'sl used With more pledging
results than any other medicine,
Mofl'at's Life Pills are purely vegetable.
and kidneys, purify and regulate the whole system. and are warranted a scram
They not 0:1 the stomach, boxtcla i'zz'cr
CHIC
for all Malarious Diseases, Torpid Liver. lmpure Blood, Jaundice, Bilrous (furnplaiut<,
Dyspepsia, Loss of Appetite,
Neuralgia and Nervous Diseases,
Indigestion, Costive‘ness, Nervous and rick Headache,
Particle obstructions and General weakness, Scurvy.
Inflammatory Rheumatism, Piles of every kind, Gravel and Diseases of the Bladder and
Kidneys, Colds and Fever and Ague.
"OFFAT'S L|FE PILLS are elegantly Sugar coated and ctrsy to take :1an are :i perfert rft'r
dinner Pill, ozie taken after dinner each day Will nit! digestion and cure all disorders of the Stor.v r :.
Headache and Sick Headache cannotexistifthcsc l’ills are used.
For costivcness take our: Pill at bedtim C.
MOFFAT’S PHOENIX BITTERS
Are not a drink used {or intoxication. but a pure medicine and only used by people
who are sick. They correct the secretions of the stomach and are asurc uzrrclul'
Dyspepsia, Sleeplessuess, Nervousnc-s, chility. \\'eukness, Loss of Appctr c, I e ”ll“
Complaints, etc. Thousands of certificates are in possession of the proprietor, giving,
perfect
just what we have said or money will be refunded.
cures effected by these invaluable medicines and we warrant that tilt": \viil d.)
It is simply asked that the :rlilicth.
will try them once, their use will convince the most skeptical.
PAGE'S CLIMAX SALVE. 256.3 liox. MOFFAT'S LIFE PILLS. 25c. :r Rnx. MOFFAT'S
PHOENIX BITTERS, $1.00 a Bottle. For Sale by Druggrsts and Ucalcrs in medicine everywhere,
or sent by marl or Express, prepaid, on receipt of price. ‘
.T. P. MILLS, Sole Preprietor.
85 LIBERTY STREET. NEW YORK.
UR“ Nervous Production, Nervous Headache.
_ Neuralgia, Nervoul Weakness. Starbucks
and Liver Dianna, Rheumatism, Dya-
WEAK NERVES
13mm Creams Camus? isaNer'vo Tonic
which never fails. Containing Celery and
Worse wonderful nerve stimulants,“
cures all nervous disorders.
_ I
, 9 RHEUMATISM - -
Pm’n‘s Cm! Confronts!) purifies the
blood. It drives out the lactic acid, which
causes Rheumatism and restores the blood-
[Impound CONSTIPATION
making organs to a healthy condition. Itis
the true remedy for Rheum -'
KIDNEY COMPLAINTS
ann's Camus Contours!) quickly restores
the liyer and kidneys to perfect health. This
curative power. combined with its nerve
toniw. makes it the best remedy for all
. kidney complaints.
DYSP E PS I A
Pm’s Osman! Comm Bitten ens the
stomach. and uiets the nerves 0 the discs-‘ -.
tive organs. his is why it cures even the
worse cases of Dyspepsra.
13mm Cnmvgoxrquxn is not a eatha .‘ ,
no. It rs a laxative. givrng em and nature
action to the bowels. Regularity surely fo!-. .
lows its use. ‘ "
Recommended by rofessional'andbuainm‘ ‘
men. liter-hook“ .
Price $1.00. Sold by'Druss'im "
pcplil',lnd .u affections of the Kidneys. WELLS, RICHARDSON a-co. Pio'p's
_ ' ammo .vu'_._.; _,
r. or. _ roorworin no.1
noose ronnrsnrno GOODS;
NORWALK AGENTS
FOR ’1‘" E CELEBRATEI)
TlilISIIIIIIIIPIPli
The only kind allowed by the Health Authorities of New York City:
- Estimates Cloerlollrjtieeo for Connection with tie Sewer.
PLUMBING in all its Branches.
II. It. LOCKWMID do ’00.
Norwalk Chronicler