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A Cool Oriental Palace.
Furetfere has given a description of a won-
derful palace erected for the exclusive benefit
of the king of Siam and the royal household,
and which is one of their summer residences
The tables, chairs, closets, etc., are all com-
posed of a remarkable geological product,
clear as ice. The walls. ceiling and floors are
of the same material, in blocks about a foot
square. The building is round, and at the
height of eighteen feet arches from all sides,
forming a dome shaped roof, much resemb-
ling the Esqulmaux but. The arch shaped
plan upon which it is constructed enables it
to Withstand enormous pressure. Each joint
is cemented with a mixture which the most
subtle liquid could not penetrate. There is
but one door, which shuts so closely that it
is as impenetrable as the rest of the singular
structure. It was constructed by a Chinese
engineer as a certain remedy against the in-
supportable .heat of the climate.
The building is 28 feet in diameter, and is
placed in the midst of a great basin, paved
and ornamented with marbles of various
colors. It is so arranged that this basin can
be filled with the coldest of water to such a
depth as to entirely cover the building, all
except the dome, which is 41 feet high and
made of iron and covered with hammered
brass. I
When the potentate and his royal family
enter the pavilion the door is closed tightly
against cement covered strips; the sluices
are opened and the great basin is filled, so
that the building is entirely covered with
water except the dome, as above mentioned,
that being left uncovered for the benefit of
respiration.
ing than the agreeable coolness of this re-
markable place, while the heat dances on the
water above its occupants—Exchange.
Present-s from an African King.
The presents brought by the Shoan ambas-
sadors to King Humbert of Italy were worthy
of Ethiopia’s most gorgeous reputation. They
were: A massive gold crown and a royal mau-
tle of red brocade embroidered with gold and
lined with leopard skin; a magnificent large
Greek cross of solid gold; 3. silver drum as
big as a large barrel, called in Shoa a nega-
rit, and used in time of war to call the sol-
diers together; two shields covered with
leather and silver filigree work; an entire
Slioan warrior costume, with saddle and
trappings for a horse; another crown in sile
ver; a. collection of costumes both for men
and women, some of them marvels of em-
broidery and lace; a quantity of swords,
lances and guns, besides a large number of
cups made of buffalo horn, and ten ox horns
filled with powerful musk; a large case filled
with gold in bars; a sort of warrior’s armor
in silver, all set with precious stones, mostly
diamonds; a thick gold chain for the queen
and sixty-one elephants’ tusks, each of them
measuring two metres in kingth; an elephant,
horses, mules, together with some other cases
filled with gold. The elephant, who is only
six months old, showed a very unruly temper,
and gave such trouble that he was escorted
to the Quirinal by a strong body of police.—
Paris Republic.
The Wrong Hat.
There is a gentleman living out south who
is quite an equestrian. He takes a great
pleasure in riding on horseback, and the
other day he invited a friend to accompany
him on his jaunt. This friend called at the
house for him. When he entered the parlor
he laid his hat, gloves and whip on the piano
and awaited the host, meantime chatting
with the lady of the house. Finally the lat-
ter came in. It was just as the friend was
telling his wife of a sad little accident which
happened to his hat at the office during the
day.
the but from the piano to illustrate the mis—
hap. “In the first place a man came in and
sat on it, and then another man knocked it
off my desk. You see how like an accordian
it looks now.” All this time he had been
hitting the hat and jamming it up to show
how it had been abused. The gentleman
whom he was waiting for noticed this and
exclaimed: “Hold on, there! What in thun—
der are you doing with my hat!” Sure
enough the visitor had been demonstrating
his story with his host’s hat, and he had
knocked the new stovepipe into all sorts of
shapes. He apologized as best he could, and
the next day he sent his friend an order for
another one—Chicago Herald.
A Valuable Pair of Breeches.
The owner of a very valuable pair of trou-
sers was lately advertised for in the French
papers by the honest finder of the same, who
allowed the individual to whom they belonged
fifteen days in which to come forward. After
this delay he stated he would consider him-
self justified in profiting by this strange
windfall, which, as he was in poor Circum-
stances and about to be married, would be
very serviceable to him. On the Place de la
Concorde, Paris, he stated he saw one even-
ing a dark object on the ground, which he
first took to be a sleeping dog. On closer in-
spection, however, he discovered his mistake,
and picked up the garment then in his posses-
sion. He took the trousers with him on
board a boat which he owned, and on pass—
ing them in review noticed that the buttons
seemed different from ordinary ones. Prompt.
ed by curiosity he undid the cloth that cov-
ered them and found. instead of wooden
molds, gold pieces. Carrying his investiga—
tions further be came across some bank notes
stitched into the waistband with other papers
of value.—Chambers’ Journal.
A Three Days' Hunt for Cotton Tails.
It was on a. crisp and frosty morning in the
after part of November in the mining camp
of Hauman, Saguache county, 0010., which
bordered on the San Luis valley, that the
writer and his “pard” bundled together their
equipments, which consisted of a farm wagon
and team of broncos, one Winchester re-
peater and an old single-barreled and a
double-barreled shot gun, four pounds of
powder, twenty-five pounds of shot and
camping outfit and provisions, and started
for a three days’ hunt. Our shooting com—
menced' in the center of the valley, which
sported a small stream, for a mile on each
side of which was a thick growth of sage
brush, fairly alive with grouse, rabbits and
quail. We had a few shots at deer, also.
The first night we were attacked by wolves,
that didn’t let up until we shot three. We
returned home with seventy-three cotton tails,
seventy jack rabbits, thirty-two grouse, seven-
teen quail and many exciting experiences to
relate. Some of the time We shot game while
standing in our wagon.-—Cor. N. Y. Evening
World.
Grouping of Animals.
The generally accepted terms of the vari-
ous groups of animals and birds are as fol-
lows, according to an English authority: A
herd of swine, a skulk of foxes, a pack of
wolves, a drove of oxen or cattle, a sounder
of hogs, a troop of monkeys, a pride of lions,
a sleuth of bears, a band of horses, a herd of
ponies, a covey of partridges, a nide of pheas-
ants, a wisp of snipe,'a school of whales, :5
shoal of herrings, a. run of fish, a flight of
doves, a muster of peacccks, a siege of her-
ons, a building of rocks, a. brood of grouse, a
swarm of bees, gusts, flies, etc, a stand of
flowers, a watch of nightingalu, a. cast of
hawks, a flock of geese, sheep, goats, etc., a
bevy of girls, a. gallery of stars, and a crowd
i of men or boys. -
Nothing could be more charm-I
“It was like this.” he said, and he took '
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Confederates inMissouri in the
Fall of 1864.
“GOLDEN CIRCLE KNIGHTS.”
Battle of Pilot Knob—Gen. Hugh Ewing’s
Brave Stand—Price at the Capital of the
State—Guerrillas and Bush \vlmckers—Pur-
suit and‘Escape.
{Copyright}, 1889, by American Press Association.)
Twenty-five years ago this autumn the
Confederates, assisted by the organization of
northern sympathizers known variously as
“Knights of the Golden Circle,” “American
Knights” and “Sons of Liberty,” planned
to wrest Missouri wholly from Union hands.
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MAP OF MISSOURI.
Part of the plan was an invasion of the state
by Gen. Sterling Price. Gen. Joseph Shelby
had 2,000 Confederate soldiers in Arkansas,
and a miscellaneous host of guerrillas and
bushwhackers from Arkansas and Missouri
joined him. With this force Shelby moved
to Batesville, in northern Arkansas, and
waited for Price. Sept. 21 Price joined
Shelby, and with 20,000 men the two crossed
into Missouri, between the St. Francis and
Big Black rivers. They marched towards
Pilot Knob and Rollo. Price had with hima
large wagon train and three batteries.
Rosecrans was obliged to guard a district
400 miles long and 300 miles Wide, and he had
only 6,500 cavalry.
A railroad leads from Pilot Knob to St.
Louis. At Pilot Knob, to oppose Price’s
whole army, there was only one brigade,
under Gen. Hugh Ewing. This brigade at
the close of September was all there was be
tween Price’s army and St. Louis. .
Rosecrans’ few brigades were quickly scat-
tered through the state at important points.
Gen; Joseph A. Mower’s division, in Arkan-
sas, had been hastily sent for, but had not
yet arrived. There was at the time of Price’s
invasion no sufficient force in the state to
oppose him.
BATTLE OF PILOT KNOB, SEPT. 27.
Price marched with great swiftness, reck-
lessness even, at first, for he expected the
Sons of Liberty in every county to flock to
his standard. Sept. 27 he appeared before
Pilot Knob and attacked it with part of his
force.
There was a rude though strong fortifica-
tion here,'which Gen. Hugh Ewing occupied
with 1,200 men. The defense was gallant.
Price made two assaults, both of which were
repulsed. After these two attacks Price dc
sisted for the time and withdrew with his
army to a. position that entirely commanded
the little fort. He had lost in the fight thus
far 1,200 men. Ewing lost 200.
Ewing knew that the attack would be re-
newed next morning, and that he must final-
ly surrender. A line of retreat still remained
open towards Rolla. That night he spiked
his guns, blew up his magazines, abandoned
the fort and took the road northward.
Part of Price’s force, under Shelby, had al-
ready gone northward to Potosi. This force
blocked Ewing’s retreat in that direction.
Then he took the road towards Bella. He
followed this direction till he reached Web-
ster, when he turned again northward, march-
ing’ till he reached the Springfield railway at
Harrison. There Shelby, who had been pur-
suing him all the way, overtook him, and a
I fight took place.
I Ewing had marched with his infantry for
thirty-nine hours, pursued by Shelby’s cav-
alry. The Union troops were exhausted when
Shelby struck them, but they made a stand
and held their ground for thirty hours more,
though they were short of ammunition. At
the end of thirty hours the gallant little band
were re-enforced by a. cavalry regiment under
Col. Beveridge. It had been sent to their aid
by Gen. McNeil], from Rolla. Shelby was at
length driven off by the combined forces, and
Ewing and Beveridge returned to Rolla.
Price had not expected such stubborn op—
position. He had been led to believe that he
could walk through Missouri without opposi-
tion. The fights with Ewing checked him.
He found also that the organized Confederate
sympathizers did not join him as he expect—
ed. Price began to advance more slowly and
cautiously. This delay gave Rosecrans at St.
Louis precious time.
Few recruits joined Price. His original
plan was evidently to march against St.
Louis, and he did advance to Richwood. only
forty miles from that city, moving through
Potosi. -
But troops were by this time pouring into
St. Louis. A. J. Smith’s command was be-
tween St. Louis and Price. The Confeder-
ates burned a railroad bridge at Moselle,
Oct. 1. There, finding the strong force on
his front, Price changed his intention and
turned westward towards Jefferson City. He
crossed the Gasconade and Osage rivers and
burned a village and a railroad bridge.
Oct. 7 Price appeared before Jefferson
City. Gens. Sanborn and McNeill had hasti-
ly gathered at Rollo such forces as they
could muster and marched on the double
quick to the state capital, teaching it just in
time to oppose Price’s entrance. They had
4,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry. -
A small Union force skirmished with Price
at Moreau Bottom. east of Jefferson City,
and then fell back,
followed by the
C onfederates.
Reaching the town,
P ri c e surrounded
it with his troops,
spreading them in a
line three miles
long, as if for a
siege. But he did
not attack. On his
:_ track now were A.
J. Smith’s com-
mand of 4,500, Gen.
Joseph A. Mower’s
v e t 0 ran division
and Winslow’s cav-
. Confronting the Confederate leader at
Jeflerson City were the 7,000' troops of San-
born and McNeil]; in hot pursuit behind him
were Smith, Mower and Winslow. He dared
not wait.
As semi as his wagon train was fairly on its
GEN. STERLING PRICE.
way ahead of him, Price continued 0n west-
ward. He had expected to take possession of
Jefferson City and organize a Confederate
state government. But he had not timeto
enter the town. ‘
Meantime Gen. Alfred Pleasontou, the dis-
tinguished cavalryman, now a resident of
Washington, arrived at Jefierson Oct. 8, to
take command of all the mounted troopsin
the state. He ordered Sauborn's cavalry to
follow Price and harass and delay him until
Smith and Mower could overtake him. San-
born attacked Price’s rear guard at Ver-
sailles. Price formed in battle line and
quickly repulsed. Sanborn, who fell back to
California to get re~enforcements. Price did
not pursue, but took the route to Bonneville,
on the Missouri river.
Smith’s, Mower’s and Winslow’s various
commands reached Jefferson City from the
14th to the 16th of October. But by this
time Price was twenty~five miles west of
Booneville, headed towards the Kansas bore
der. At this point he boldly sent Shelby’s
cavalry across to the north side of the Mis-
souri at Arrow Rock. At Glasgow, in Howard
county, Mo.. was a detachment of troops
under Col. Harding. Shelby attacked these,
and after a. fight of seven hours captured the
command.
The Union troops were close behind the
Confederates. Oct. 18 and 19 A. J. Smith’s
force was as far west as Dunksburg. Mower
was at the Lamina river. The pursuit was
not, however, as vigorous as it might have
been.
The Union army followed Price by two
routes Pleasonton himself with a. body of
cavalry held the northerly road, nearest the-
Missouri river, and in the direction of Lex-
ington. Mower and Smith pursued a. south-
erly route and went directly west. Mower’s
division was in light marching order and
carried a few days’ provisions.
Gen. Blunt was in command of the depart-
ment of Kansas. He had sent a. division
over the border into Missouri to head of!
Price. There were various small engage-
ments, in which Blunt’s division was driven
westward to Independence. ' Price’s army
was now constantly being recruited from
the Confederate sympathizers in western
Missouri. As he advanced'he burned bridges
at the crossings of streams, which necessarily
delayed his pursuers. Only for this Smith’s-
forces would have overtaken him at the La-
mine river.
Oct. 19 Price, going directly weflward,
reached Lexington. Here Gen. Samuel Cur--
tis was. Theattack ‘ .
was so vigorous
that Curtis retreat-
ed towards I n d e -
pendence, closely
followed by Price.
Rosecrans heard
that Price was at
Lexington. Up to
Oct. 20 Smith and
Mower had pursued 1;:7
their route west», ~»'
ward. But now"
Rosecrans from St. "
Louis telegraphed 1;)
orders to change GEN- “0m
the pursuit. Pleasonton was told to mow
directly to Lexington. Smith and Mower-
were ordered to abandon their line of march
westward and join Pleasantou at Lexington.
Both columns obeyed orders at once.
Pleasonton’s advance rode into Lexington,-
on the evening of Oct. 20. only to find that.
Price had left it a few hours before, struck.
out westward and burned all bridges behind
him. McNeill and Sunburn formed Pleasan-
ton’s advance.
Price, who was rapidly following Curtis
with the Kansas troops, came up with them
at the Little Blue creek Oct. 21. A sharp
fight followed which lasted some hours.
Then Curtis retreated to a stronger position
on Big Blue creek. Price pursued to Big
Blue. At the same time a portion of his.
force occupied Independence.
Pleasonton’s advance pursued Price con-
stautly, but were always just too late to
catch his whole army. Pleasenton reached
Little Blue creek Oct. 22. The bridge across
it was destroyed, and a strong Confederate
rear guard posted here.
The Confederate guard was soon dislodged..
It had, however, served its purpose of delay-
ing the Union pursuit. Pleasenton crossed
the Little Blue and moved quickly on to In-
dependence, near the border of western Mis—
souri. At Independence part of Price‘s army
was stationed. Pleasenton attacked vigor-
ously, with all his cavalry, on the same day
that he crossed Little Blue, Oct. 22. .
At Independence aconsiderable battle took
place, which lasted till dark. At 7 o’clock in
- the evening Pleas-
onton made a cav-
alry charge, which
wassuccmful. The
Confederates were
pendence in such
haste that they left
' -/ two of their guns
', I ’I"”:I~'..-\Iilltf 7»
H v- .‘,/
, tured.
- After driving the
Confederates from:
Independence,
Pleasonton‘ divided
' his force. He sent
GEN. JCS. SHBLBY. McNem’s myalry
to Little Santa. Fe, 110., a village thirty—flyo-
miles southwest of Hannibal. Then he tele~
graphed Rosecrans asking him to order
Smith to march to Independence. Rosecrans
did so.
Pleasonton himself followed closely on after
the Confederates, who retreated from Inde—
pendence, marching all night of the 22d.
BATTLE OF BIG'BLUE CREEK, OCT. 23.
Pleasonton overtook the Confederates on
Big Blue creek at 7 o’clock on the morning of
Oct. 23. The fight that took. place here is
also called the battle of VVestport.
Curtis, with Blunt’s Kansas troops, was in
a strong position on the Big Blue. He had
been able to resist all Price’s eflorts to dis-
lodge him on the day before.
Now Pleasonton in turn attacked the at.-
tacking party, and a general engagement fol-
lowed. There was severe fighting until 1
o’clock. Then Price, opposed by both Pleason-
ton and Curtis, gave way and retreated. He-
fied towards Little Santa Fe. A very vigor-
ous attack on Pleasonton was made by Shelby,
when he found that the Confederate generals
Marmaduke and Pagan were being worsted,
but it could not change the fortunes of the-
da .
The Union generals pursued closely. They
overtook Price at Little Osage, Oct. 25, and ‘
charged his rear guard. All gave way ut-
terly, and the Union troops captured eight
guns and 1,000 prisoners, among them the
Confederate generals Marmaduke and Cohen.
Price fled rapidly southward. If Smith
had not been taken away from the direct
westerly route he could now have captured
Price. But Smith was at Independence when.
he should have been far to the south and
west of it, ready to take Price in flank- As
it was, Prim made good his escape south into
Arkansas, with a large portion of his army.
The roads behind him were strewn with
wreckage. The Kansas troops pursued Price.
A am is“ h occurred at Newtonia, Md, Oct.
28, and another at Fayetteville, in western
Arkansas. Price did a great amount of dam.
age. But after this no more Confederate in:
"stone of Misouri were attempted.
Norwalk Chronicler