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AN S. ,0 F. A. GALE, IrflldMl First Xal'I llniifc, Canton. [arm, School, Township, Municipal and Chattel LC^ITS. Real Estate Loans. [Particular attention paid to this iture of loans in Southeastern ikota. Hocuro your best rate jm other parlies and conic to mo id I will do better. School, Township municipal paper handled, and lig time loans made at very low Ic of interest. Correspondence |th the proper officers solicited. Chattel Loans, Ls heretofore I will lead on chat loans, pivinjr the lowe.-t rate of Merest obtainable in the county. ic no loan until you consult inc. A. GALE, J. COLONSY, Prop, centrally located of any hotel in the city. LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS. —DKALER IN- ing Machines s, Oil and parts for all Machines. machines of all kinds repaired. CUnrget ble. Ageut for new and Becoml-hand «ew "Wiles, to suit the buyer. Or, if yuu wii: choose for you I will select the tints' Mn ase and warrant the name for hve years the finest oil in the market will not gum. *ah any article you auk /or in the ma* Bring in the heads of your eewing ma» tich are out of order aiul Le* them repaired i. Yours UeKpectfutl)*, 2 doors south of liergstrom's shop. F. V. RANSFORD, tisticV Painter. og and papering a specialty. Satisfac ntr*ed, and low prices. Shop on Fiftt ION HEADQUARTERS 'conduct a regular Aucliou F.all classes of goods every ky afternoon, in front of tie livery stable. If you yj thing to sell bring it to I will put it under the A. REPP. N Ing and manufacturing of is a specialty. Complete Suns, Pistols, Ammunition, Tackle and Sporting Goods. INDER K. 6UNDERS0N, [FALLS. DAKOTA ttelOWA, MINNESOTA, DAKOTA,' iw Northwest. The only lino close connections with all nt lines leading UTH, EAST or WEST. for Minneapolis St Paul, and all nesota, Dakota, Manitoba, Mon arid Oregon. ~T St. Louis and Points in Illinois, IBM, Texas and all points south New Orleans and all Florida Chicago and all points in the Mid '•ra and Eastern States. fCoancil Bluffs. Kansas City, and pJKtbraska, Kansas, Colorado, NBT» fcjpevada and California. TRAINS wxm jJM'j&EEpEl^t- I BETTTOTt ALBERT LEA ROUTE, AMD BETWEEN AHI POPULAR 1 ft Pacific Bailiray St. Ijonis via "k and Northwestern Railway I St. F^ul Yia the Minneapo mty.. lover IOOO miles of road, con- Line, Burlington, Iorra, to to Mnscatino Division, Mas What Cheer and Montezuma, don, Clinton to Elmira, Iowa OAKOTADAKOTA Township, 8choo! and Law Blanks and Records. Commercial Printing. Bank Work specialty. Township and School Mauuals. Oodes, Justice Manuals and Session Laws. Free illustrated cata TOFFUS. Cart*r BrM«, Advocate, OANTOK. DAT A NNUAL STATEMENT for the ye/ir ending1 Pec. Si»t,A.L).18ao,of the Condition and affairs of the GERMANIA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Of »w York, organised nnder the laws of the State of New York, made U* the Auditor of the Terri tory of Dakota, Jn pursuance of the laws of said Territory. President, Rudolph Uavrigin. Vice-President1, Hugo Schumann. Secretary, Hugo Schumann. Principal Oftlce. 177 and 179 Broadway, N. Y. Organized or incorporated March, 185®. Commenced Business March, I860. CAPITAL, Amount of Capital Stock actually paid PROPERTY OR ASSETS OF THE COMPANY. Wue of its Ileal Kstate i«. 'l'lie ensh on hnnd in its oftlce is The cash on dep*it in bank is The c:u-h in hamU «r ntfeuts and in course of trauMniasion i» Loan* bond and iuort^ngc,heintr the first Heuon K«tate worth double the amount of the sum loaned there on Stocks nnd bonds owned by the com pany. to-wit: Aa per schedule attached to original ft.itement Totnl rat ried out at invrket value All ether s»uins due the Company &ST.,COO 00 67,7*0 15,^8 Amount of claims for losses resisted by Whole run .-.mtof unearned piemium» cn (»ulst:ii»ding risks Tct:il liabilities INCOMK Dt* Canton. KING THR YEAR L'RlNG THE YKAR sr.es paid during Ainounf' on rUU« »kcn in the IV rito of I1 Amu prior to preceding siate ment Amount of losses accrued sulxcq'tent to the pre ceding statement Amount of dividends paid dn to nut of and fees •ar 1RWJ rinp the ye Tc •int fTON, DAKOTA. More Trouble! WEBBER In* the vear IS8f Amount of fees paid tho Auditor of the Territory of Dakota d'trihi the year I«86 (not inchidinff taxes) Total expenditures RISKS. Gross amount of ri*ks taken during the yt'ar 1886 $150,661,284 16 Gross amount of rirks taken in the Terrifory of Dakota during the year risks outstanding 1886. Whole Whole Amount of louses incurred dm ing the year 1886. including those claimed and Whole amount of IOSH ing the year 1886, claimed nnd not yet tory nf Dakota.. due rek. this March, ISS7. K. W. CALDWETX. Auditor. F. B. MORSE, Deputy. Til* TrntilTonr C. WEBBER, or Department of Insurance. Company's Certificate of Authority. Whereas, the Germania Fire Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of New YoriC, has tiled in this office a sworn statement exhibiting its condition and business for the year ending December 31st, 1886, from which appears that the capital, the character of the securities, and ihe financial standing of said companv. conform to the requirements of the lav of t..U Territory regulating th ance and Burt. Principal Office. Hartford. Organized or Incorporated June, 1850. Commenced Business July, 1850. DER K, DERSON -SMITH CAPITAL. Amount of Capital Stock actually paid ritOPKRTY OR ASSETS OF THE Abie of its Real Estate Is ish on hand in its office is on deposit in bank Is a«h }n hands of agents and in -enf transmit" bond anil linn Real Est iniuunt of thes Total as^ts the Comprtiiv .. Whole amount of on outstanding ffiTS POPULAR LINE Auditor of the Teriitory of Dakota during the year 18X6 (not including taxes» 79 00 Whole amount paid for salaries of of ficer* and agents during the year 1886 89,738 46 whole nmount of all other expendi 11ures during the year 1886 74,857 03 Total expenditures $ 901,711 17 RISKS. Gross amount of risks taken during the year 1886. $ 87,038,449 00 Gross amount of risks taken in the Territory of Dakota during the year BLA1TSS. Township, School and Law Blanks and Records. Commercial Printiug. Bank Work a specialty. Township and School Manuals. Codes, Justice Manuals and Setsion Laws. Free illustrated cata logue. Carter Bros., Advocate, CANTOH, DAK. A NVL'AL STATEMENT for the year ending Dec. 31st,A.D.1886,of the Condition and affairs of the LANCASHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Manchester, England, organized under the laws of Great Britain, made tv the Auditor of the Terri tory of Dakota, in purraance of the laws of said Territory. U.S. Manager. E. Litchfield. Sub.Bfanager,George Pritchard. Principal Office, No. 10 Pine street. iy, 1888. Whole niuo'int of cash premiums re- Wholo the vo-i per cent t'.S.feonds. Total par value. $999,500 00 Total market value. SI.106.9(6 i!5. $100,000.00 6s *98 Currency. Total par a lue. 3100,000 00 Total market value. unt of los? lint of clui BIUT1ES. npaid asses resisted by rnetl piemiums the Compai: Whole amount of unca on outstanding risks. Amount of a.I other State Taxes-, Jfi.000 $3,000 Total liabilities Whole the year I8SA Amount of losses pa on ri.-ks taken in II of Dakota .. •d dur- eluding those L».In the Terri- TV oL Number of agents in the Territory of Dakota,' 22 STATE OF N'KW YORK, County of New York. (ss* Rudolph (iarrijrin, President, nnd Huso Rchll mann, .Secretary of the Germania Fire Insuranco Company, of New York, being duly sworn depo^o ly that the foregoing is a full, true and cor the affairs of snid company that and rect statei: the said insi of at least OXB HUNDRED HOl'SAND DOIXARS ?r the bona tide crlsh caP'rft. invested in the State and United States Stocks nnd Donds, or In Bond and Mortgages of Real Estate a •tgages of Real Estate unincumbered, and worth double the amount for which the same Is mortgaged, and thrv are the above described of. fleers of said insurance compnnv. Rt'D. GAUItlOIX, President. a f. HU(SO SCHUMANN. Secretary. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sist djiy of January, 1887. [SHAL] Ol'STAV KEHR, Notary Public for Kings Count v. Certificate filed in N.Y. County. TERRITORY OF DAKOTA. AUDITOR** OFFtr-K. Insurance Department. I, E. W. Caldwell, Amlitor of the Territory of Da kota, do hereby certify that the above is a iruo copy of the original statement now on file in this oftlce. IK WITXKVS WIIKREOF. 1 liare hereunto [SEALj set iny hand and affixed the seal of this .... ^Otli day of EXPENSES DI'IUNQ TltK YEAR 1880, losses paid during Tcr- 2,771 37 inimssions and fees paid and agents during th" paid during the year Amount ot to officers year 1886 Amount oft 1886 Gr 1886. 335,310 00 Where DiKoTA.Omce Territornl Auditor. the said company has filed in this Office Now. therefore, I, E. W. Caldwell, Auditor of the Territory of Dakota, pursuant to the provisions of said laws, do hereby certify that the above named Company is fully empowered through its author ized agents, to transact its appropriate business of Fire Insurance, in this Territory, according to the Jaws thereof, until the 31st dav of December, A. I). eighteen hundred nnd eighty-seven. INTKSTIMO.VY WHEKKOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal at Bismarck, this 10th day [SEAL] R\ 10«^ CONNECTICUT FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Of Hartford, organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, made to the Auditor of the Terri tory of Dakota, in pursuance of the laws of said President, J. D. Browne. Secretary, Charles R. 738.389 00 Whole amount of risks outstanding .. 93,322,194 00 Whole amount or Insf-es incurred dur ing the year 18W, including those claimed and not yet tine 196.932 26 Whole amount of loscs incurred dur- Imr the year lf8f», including those claimed ami not jet due, ill the Terri tory of Dakota 1,201 62 Number of agents i:i the Teriitory of Dakota, 22 STATE or CONNECTICUT County of Hartford. J. D. Browne, President, and Charles R. Burt, Secretary of the Connecticut Fire Insurance Com pany, of Hartford, being duly sworn depose and say that the foregoing is a full, true and correct statement of the affairs of said company that the said insurance company is the bona fide owner of at !-ast ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS —u -aplfal, invested in the State and ocks nnd Bonds, or in Bond and Estate unincumbered, and mount for which the same rtoraged.and they are the above described of* ompanv. fleers of said insui-a Subscribed and sworn to before me this 5th day of January, 1887. (SEAL) JOHN H. THACHER, a duly ci. of organization, and l\a« requirements of the insi business of lnsur« Whereas. .. a duly certified ?op.v of it* charter, with certificate of organization, and has fully complied with the requirements of the insurance laws aforesaid $1,000,000 00 81,4 V» 00 147 99 146,958 SI vned by the com Total Market value. Bonds $125,370 00 other Bonds.. 285.425 00 ks and Bonds... 550.250 00 289,(*02 00 out at market value l,2f ollateral security for loans, to-wit Total Market value. es resisted by ed piemiums HE PLRTRO THE YEAR IMC. Total income.. KXTENSI ES DURING THE YEAR 1880. losses paid during id up theTe Whole aiuornt the eni- I8R6 Aluomil of lns^ on risks taken litory of Dakota Amount of dividends paid vear 18*6 Amount of to officers y*»rlMf. Amount of taxes paid during the year and Notary Public. TERRITORY OF DAKOTA.) AUDITOR'S OmOK. Insurance Department. St. Paul Short Liu Lam Rout* Traim. are Chicago via the CM» B, Elmira to Riverside, lows i, Dows to Belmond, Iowa: Cedar Braids to Postville and FallsIMvision. Cedar Bapids aesota, and Watertown and WsTerly Short tone, Way |,Waverly, Iowa. •'RMMI Trip Tickets nt points to its Iowa, Kin 1 Dskota Land Points. BMes, sod all information wits. Tickct* trrcr this ^j^lstheWowdtr of the Cmtsd Stales aaicuiad^ 4. K. HANNCOAN, G«BlTkt,*fMS.A«*fc IKAFJCS. IOWA. I. E. W. Caldwell, Auditor of the TeiTltory of Da kota, do hereby certify that the above Is a true copy of I lie original statement now on file in this office. IN WITXKS* WHEREOF. 1 have hereunto [SXALj set ny hand and affixed the seal of this office at Bismarck, this 8th daj of March, 1887. E. \V.CALDWELL. Auditor. F. B. MORSE, Deputy. THE TERRITORYorDAKOTA.OffleeTerritoral Auditor. Department of Insurance. Company's Certificate statement exhibiting Its condition and business for the year ending December Slst. 1886, from which it appears that the capita!, the character of the secnritle*. and the financial standing of said companv, conform to the requirements of the laws of this Territory regulating the business of Insur ance: and Whereas, the said company has filed In this Office a duly certified copy of fts charter, with certificate of organization, and has fully complied with the requirements of the insurance laws aforesaid: Now.therefore, I.E. W. Caldwell. Anditor of the Territory of Dakota, pursuant to the provisions of «Ud laws, do hereby certify that the above named Company Is folly empowered through its author ised agents, to transact its appropriate business of Fire Insurance, in this Territory, according to the laws thereof, until the Slst day of December, A. 193,160 14 30,270 65 fees j»ai Auditor of the Terr of Dakota during the year I8S6 (not including taxes* Special expenses in connection the release of Trust Moneys In hands of Scottish Comm'l Trustees 8,70? 66 Total expenditures. RISKS, Gross amount of risks taken during the v?ur $137,630,(52 1,005,394 23 mount of vis taken in the Territory Dakota during the ye 00 Whole (i fleers nnd ncents diirinsrtho vcftrJSflO Whole amount of all other "cxprtidi tures during the \eor IH86 ks Whole amount of risks outstanding 136007 477 00 hole amount of losses incurred dur ing the year 1886, including thoso claimed and not yet due 715 196 11 Whole amount of losses incurred dur injr the year 1886,. inJnding thrso claimed and not yet due, in the Terri tory of Dakota 2 771 37 Number ot agents in the Territory of Dakota, J1 STATE op NEW YOltlcTi (.'ounty nf New York, E. Litchfield, U. s. Mnnnccr of the fjincajhtre '•o'VK duly sworn depose and full, true and correct aid company that ny is the bona fide Instn say that the foregoing I statement of the affair the said insurance eomp of at least ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND "DOLLARS of actual cash capital, invested in the State and nited States Stocks and Bonds, or in Bond and Mortgages of Real Estate unincumbered, nnd worth double the amount for which the same Is mortgaged, and he is the above described of ficer of said insurance company. E. LITCHFIELD. U. S. Manager, sworn to before me this 24th dsy Bubserfl of Janui [SEAL] CLARENCE B. ENSLEY. Notary Public. Kings and??. Y. Co., N. Y. TERRITORY OF DAKOTA.) AUDITOR'S OFFICE. Insurance Department. w-Ualdwell, Amlitor of the Territory of Da- kota, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original statement now on file in this office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF. 1 have hereunto [SEALJ set my hand and affixed the seal of this office at Bismarck, this 1st day of March, 1887. E. W. CALDWELL. Auditor. F. B. MORSE, Deputy. THE TERRITORY OF DAKOTA.Offlce Terrltoral Auditor. Department of Insurance. Company's Certificate of Authority. Whereas, the Lancashire Insurance Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Great Britain, has filed in this office a sworn statement exhibiting Its condition and business for the year ending December 31st, 1886, from which It appears that the capital, the character of the securities, and the financial standinwjef said company, conform to the requirements ofThe laws of this Territory regulating the business of lnsur- .... has filed.ln this Office of its charter, with certificate Tully complied with the laws aforesaid Now, therefore, I, E. W. Caldwell. Auditor of the Territory of Dakota, pursuant to the provisions of said laws, do hereby certify that the above named Company is fully empowered through its author ized agents, to transact its appropriate business of Fire Insurance, In this Territory, according to the laws thereof, until the Slst day of December, A. D. eighteen hundred and eightv-seven. Ls TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Bismarck, this 1st day [SEAL] ~"—U 4 •OO* WIDE CUT, KN0WLT0N MOWERS. SICKLED GUARD, holding grass to be cut, and from (lipping away from knife. Growing sharper by use. carrying bar on driting wheels Decreasing draft Increasii.g power of cut, making a 0 ft. cnt mower run as easy with no side draft, and cnt as strong as a common 4 ft. machine. Well Designed. Carefnlly Hade. SAYING 3 to TIMES ITS ENTIRE COST. Warranted fully as represented. See Agent, or write for circular. Knowlton U'f'g. CO., North Rockford, III. The Palmer Boss Churn. OVER 150,000 Now in Use. $60,000 worth sold last year. Largest Barrel Churn Fac tory in the world. It makes more batter, & superior quality of but ter, a harder, better grain ed bntler, than any other chain sold. HA Chum works so easily. nil Churn cleans eo easily. 21,076 05 Amount of taxes paid the Territory of Dakota dur ing the year JAM 296 01 Amount of fees paid the It keeps oat cold &ir it keeps oat hot air is perfect, so they all siy. Ask your aealer for the Palmer Boss Choni," and if he does not keep it, send to us for circu lar and testimonial letters. H. H. PALMER & CO., Rockford, III. THE BEST WASHER. Ladles" and I/mndries should Investigate this machine at once It will save yon time, labor and money. Tho only waf her built on the true principle. Will save its cost in three months. You have same control of clnthesas with yonr hands and wash hoard' and will wash them in half the time, as yon can nee hot snds while robbing th m, without patting your hands in the water. Ion't spoil yonr hands aad temper or allow yoar lMmdress to ruin yonr clothes with acids. Ask your dealer for The Best Washer," or •end for circular to H, H, PALMER & CO., Rockford, IIL COMFORT CORSET RO BONES TO BBBAK. LATEST STTLK. Ladies who bare not been fitted with this Corset do not realize the advantages it ha* oyer any other Corset. There are other Corsets without bones, but none so shaped as to fit the form like the COMFORT Cossrr. It has a variety of shoul der sizes for each waist size, so as to meet the require ments of a tapering waist, as well as of a straight form. The principle of following the form from a given waiRt* measure is peculiar to this Corset, and is one of the things SSCUBID Br TATKST. No ether Corset has more than ono size at the top for any-one waist size, conse* quently the variety of forms cannot be so well fitted with any other Corset. It has all the style and taste of any French Cor. set, and yet combines ease and Comfort with ele gance and shape. The same principle applies to ear MISSES' COSFOBT COSSETS ••d CHI LIMP Manufactured and for sale by BOSTON CO]i FOB! CORSET CO., BOSTOH rr V. eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, Iv TKsrzjfomr WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal at Bismarck, this tth day (MAX.] of March. A. 0. IM7. S. W. CAISPWEUFRAVTLTEC. HI ml fnr THaril|illin fllisilM showing prices aad style*, with directions feme— nremrnt. Name this paper. Also for sale by lead ing Dry Goods House* tiuHegbowf tfe* AOE»I» WAHUOt r—"— WAR ANNALS. Old Soldiers of Both Armies Fighting Their Battles Over Again. Anecdotes of theBrttle-field, the Weary March, and the Cheerful Camp-fire. The Comrades. BY J. F. F. With slackent-d rein, and with sworJ-arni free, I lido in th ranks of tho iirst platoon, And left of me, right of me, kne? to knee. Hide Rob and Harry, we comrades throe, While our scabbards clank in a jolly tune! New York City. PROPERTY OR ASSETS Qjr THE COMPAKY. The cash oti hand In its office is. $ 7,291 69 deposit in bank is (Me- The cash chanics National) The cash lit hands of agents and In course of transmission is .. Stocks and bonds owned by the com pany. to-wit: $6j,0CK).00 4 per cent U. S. Bonds. Total par value. S&VOOO 00 Total market! value. SH3.118 75. $999,500.00 72,291 12 95,538 97 Wo ride together we're always one. On tucket, on charyo, or bivoua/. Through tho hard campaign, from ami to sun, Togother wo share itB ills and itu tun, Knjoy as one. as one wo lack. $1,175,887 ies written in the Terri tory of Dakota $ 2 903 10 Wholo amount of interest money re- Total income.. Do the bugles blow? Is it "Ciiargo, my men!" That the Colonel shouts as ho waves his blade? Well, here we go at the gallop then, Here's Rob and Harry and me again, Chargiue together—and who's afraid? I,et the wnr go on, my comrades truo. Let Generals rise, and flourish, and fall We are the lads ill yellow anil blue, True to tho cause, to o:H'h other true, That answer togother the biifjle call. How Are You, Major Day. In the mouth of December, 1804, while on a cavalry raid under command of Gen eral Stoneman, extending from Kentucky through East Tennesseo, and thence into Virginia, occurred the following incident, which will be well remembered by all the boys connected with it. It seems necessary to a proper understand ing of the episode that we go back a space to tho autumn of when Vaughan's brigade of Confederate cavalry defeated a small force of Union cavalry, under Gen eral Gillem, at Bull's Gap, in Tenuessee, and drove Ihem precipitately back to Knox ville. Prominent among the men of Vaughan's brigade pursuing Gillem that unfortunate night was ono known as Major Day and as pnrsned and pursuers pressed on toward Knoxville some Steutor in tho Confederate command would call out, at impressive intervals, in tones which chilled the blood of Gillein's men: "(jive it to 'em, Major Day!" "Give it to 'em, Major Day!" Now to return to tho raid in ques tion: While the command halted at Bean's Stat on the Twelfth Ohio Cavalry were sent eastward, some thirty miles, in the direc tion of liogersville,' to look after Basil Duke's command. About half way to liog ersville, at a small town called Moores burgh, we came upon part of his command and put them to Hight in the direction of Kogeisville. Our Lieut, naut Colonel, who was in command, hastily ordered Company to halt here and hold the town till his return. Then, with the balance of the regiment, ho dashed out on tho main road in hot pursuit of Iho flying foe. Cap tain l.olli at once sent twenty of us to take our position on a road leading south to ward tho mountains, with orders toxoid it at all hazards. The darkness was intense, and tho silence so marked that, but for the faint glimmer of nu occasional light in Rom" of tho houses, we could easily have believed our selvc miles from any settlement. In the matter of taking our position there was no choice, aud in a few moments the twenty horses were standing in line across the road, their wearv riders lying upon the ground in front of them awaiting develop ments. Two videttes were stationed about two hundred paces in advance of the picket, with strict orders to let no one pass. There were no roads snve this and the main one leading into the town. And as the balance of our regiment were pursuing the enemy toward liogersville, wo uld look for an approaching foe only from this direction, aud should we be approached from tho south we could rest assured it was an enemy. Tho extreme darkness of the night com pelled us to depend upon sound rather than sight, aud in consequence a silence almost profound seemed to rei^n around us. Strange as it may appear to those not familiar with the fact, our horses seemed to catch the spirit pervading the troopers, and, at times, appeared listening intently as if to catch the faintest sound. The time arrived for relieving iho videttes upon Ihe outpost. I accordingly selected two men for the relief, and we cautiously advanced to the post. On uearing it, we could hear, far in the distance, a sound like to tho quick tram pling of horses, and as it came nearer we could also discern the confused murmur of voices in conversation and laughter. No mystery remained now for us to solve, and the five of us ranged ourselves in line across the road, with carbines loaded to their utmost, resolved to maintain our posi tion against any charge, no matter what its charac'er, or die in tho attempt. Nearer and yet more near came the cavalcade, and as wo waited, listening now with bated I Tenth, the mind was imsy arranging the possibilities and probabilities of the coming rencounter in such aglow of light and shade upon the mental canvas that the lapse of twenty years has not been nble to efface i'.s memory. It was apparent from the reckless, noisy mirth of the troopers that they had not the remotest idea of meeting resistance in that locality. When almost within challenging distance, and their conversation had tie come perfectly audiblto us, tho following from tho officer in command of the ad vancing squad fell upon our ears: "Oh, we'll make it all right with the pickets yes, we can make it all right with them." Almost on the same instant rang out clear and sharp from our post the picket's stern challenge: "Halt! Who comes there?" "Friends." "Dismount one and advance." The clatter of hoofs ceased now, but the jolly laugh and bantering talk continued. Impatient at their seeming delay, our order for one to advance was sternly repeated, and instantly responded to thus: "Oh, yeB. Don't get excited now just keep cool we're all right. You know Major Day, Basil Duke's command? Don't be uneasy I'm Major Day just keep cool now, boys we're all right. Why, you know Major Day!" exclaimed tho verbose Ma 'or. At within two paces of the muzzles of onr carbines, to bis utter astonishment, he was again ordered to halt. In a low tone I instantly demanded his surrender. Taking a prolonged breath, he uttered in sur prised tone, "Wha-whut! Yanks!" His hands had at tho same time sought his belt, and, unbuckling it, he handed over to me his side arms, accompanying the movement with the expression, "What a confounded fool I am! only out of a Yankee prison three weeks, and now caught in such a trap as this." And thus he would no doubt have con tinued to abuse his own stupidity and in discretion with the same volubility as that displayed in his endeavors to convince us, previous to his capture, that be was "all right but I promptly checked him with: "How many men have you out there, Major?" "Twenty." I commanded them to advance. Instead of obeying they instantly wheeled about and retreated rapidly in the direction whence they had coma. Our "Halt! halt! halt!" was unheeded by the flying foe, and instantly followed by the simultaneous discharge of five car bines, the scintillations from their horses' heels guiding our fire. Securing the Major's horse, which he bad left tied to a stake at the foot of the hill, we conducted him back to headquarters. On the way back h) informed us that this was his third capture. A few days later Gillem's brigade, with our regiment attached, had tho satisfaction of chasing Vaughan's cavalry from Marion to Wytheville, with Major Day a prisoner in our rear. And ever and anon, like an avenging echo from the autumn of '63, there rang along that charging column the tantalizing cries, "Close up, Major Day," "Are we all right, Major Day?" and "How are you, Major Day?"—Joseph Jiitnlm, in Chicago Ledger. Stampeding the Boys for Fun. No donbt many of tho old soldiers re member how easy it was to stampede a company, a regiment, or even an army, when vigorously assailed while asleep. An incident of this character occurred during one of the campaigns in the Kanawha Val ley. After a hard day's march the Confed erate army encampcd, one cold night, wh re they could get a pretty good s^pply of fuel for fires. After building good fires and partaking of a scanty supper, they lay down for a ni ht's rest, "which was badly needed, not anticipating any danger from the euemy during the night. hundred ponnds, and could perhaps exclaimed, "Git a light quick, boys. I've ontrun or outjump uny man in the Con- got the snake by the head." federate amy, threw his laurel brush into We procured a light quickly as possible, the fire and yelled at the top of his voice: and proceeded to relieve Bill of his umyel "Charge nm! charge utn!" Scareoly has come bedfellow, when lo! upon examina euch consternation and confusion ever tion we found that an euormous hard-shell occurred around a camp fire. Aroused out bug had crawled "up his leg and bitten him. of a deep sleep, and firmly believing that a The situation was ridiculous in the ex hnndred thousand Yankees were upon them I treme there stood Bill with his teeth set, with fixed bayonets, the men stood not I his eyes almost ready to pop out, holding upon the order of their going but went at that bug clasped against his leg with all ence. Some got half straightened up as the power that was in him. Many were the they started, but the majority of them times we laughed at him about getting bug went off on their hands and feet, without bitten. J. B. 0 coats, shoes, or hats. All the time the Captain w.'S jumping backward and for ward over (he fire, ulteri'js imprecations, of tlie direst vengeance. One poor fellow who had beeu harder to awn' e, or was too badly frightened at the start to move, had gotoulohis knees when (ho Captain came bounding over tho fire alighting in close proximity lo him. The poor fellow threw up his hands in a supplicating mnnner, and in a quavering voice cried out: "Don't shoot I surrender!" The Captain could hold iq no longer, aud, bursting into a lond laugh, ended the stampede. The men camo back looking pretty sheepish, and enjoyed the fun as well as they could under the circumstances. J. O. B. HAMPTON CBOSS ROADB, Va, General Wallace. Lewis Wallace was born in Brookville, Ind., April 10, 1827, his father being at one time Governor of the Slate. His edu cation was almost wholly self-obtained, as he would not go to school, aud at college he only remained a short time. While studying law at Indianapolis, at the age of nineteen, the Mexican war broke out, and Wallace enlisted, being made First Lieu tenant his regiment was never in action. After the end or the war he practiced law at Crawfordsville, and at this time wrote "The Fair God." On the outbreak of the civil war Wallace was given command of tho Eleventh In diana Infantry, and was made Brigadier General on the day of the capture ot' Fort Henry he commanded a division at the buttle of Fort Donelson, and his conduct at Sbiloh has been much commented upon. Afterward he headed the military commis sion upon General Bttell, aud commanded tho Middle Department, embracing Dela ware and part of Maryland. While in this position he fought Early at the Monocacy, July '., 1801, checking the advance of that chieftain until troops could reach Vv ash ington, though defeated in the battle. After the war the held many official posi tions, the last being that of Minister fo Turkey. His latest book, "Ben Hul'," has enjoyed an almost unexampled popularity, aud to him would seem to be given the power to do everything he Undertakes well. Little Sandy. "Little Dandy" the boys called him. He joined our company in Vicksburg, just be fore tho siege, and none of us felt enough interest in liim to make' any inquiries, says the Atlanta Constitution. His extreme youth—he was about sixteen—would have excited our sympathy under other eircum stai ce, but tho war-worn veterans in the trenches had no use for the curled darlings of the parlor, and Littlo Dandy's appear ance was against him. The lad wore the gray uniform of a pri vate, but it was of the very finest material, finer than anything worn by our generals. His buttons had an unsoldierly glitter. Ho spotted white handkerchiefs, carried a pocket-minor, aud every morning he combed aud curled his golden locks until they looked like a girl's tresses. Hello, Little Dandy!" yelled the sol diers whenever the young fellow passed them. To this rough salutation he always re sponded with a bow and a smile, but his soft ways did not win favor. When we met him in town we passed him by without notice, and in camp we let him alone. Lit tle Dandy was proud after a fashion, too proud to notice tho many slights heaped upon him. He went through his routine duties without complaint, but nothing could induce him to abandon his pocket mirror and his fancy toilets. The siege was well under way, and we were no better acquainted with Little Dan dy than at first. lie shared our mealB of moldy corn bread and mule meat without a murmur, and it must be admitted that this somewhat raised him in our estima tion. But we still had to learn that a true heart bsat behind those glittering buttons. An angle of the enemy's works was dan gerously close to our intrenchments, and we had to keep our heads well sheltered. When we raised a hat on the muzzle of a musket it was almost invariably riddled with bullets. One morning we found our men being picked off by an unseen sharp shooter at the rate of five or six an hour. This astonished us, because we were all keeping under cover, and tho men who wero killed all occupied well-protected positions. Where was the sharpshooter? This was the uppermost question in every mind. We were not long in satisfying oursolves on this point. Just outside the angle of the Federal works stood a giant oak, whose leafy top afforded an admirable covert for a ritleraan. A vigilant scrutiny convinced us that the man who was doing such deadly work in our ranks was concealed in this tree. To reach it he must have made his way there during the night and he would have to remain there all day. But we could not stand it even one day. His aim was At tho risk of our lives we peeped over our breastworks. Little Dandy had already made his way to the open space between the works, and was edging around the right of the tree. The Federals saw what he was up to and fired a broadside. When the smoke cleared away and they saw the boy with a flashed face and streaming hair aiming his gun at the top of the old oak there was a tre mendous cheer. Itrolled along both lines the hoarse Federal shout mingled in with the wild "rebel yell." Bane! A man in blue came tumbling and crash ing through the branches of the tree and strnck the earth with a dull thud. It was the sharpshooter! Another cheer rent the air, but this time it came from the Confederates alone. A sheet of flame blazed along the Federal works, but when the smoke lifted we saw Little Dandy coming full tilt in our direc tion with a smile on his face. "Three cheers for Little Dandy!" leaped from hundreds of throats, as the boy vaulted over the breastworks and we rushed upon him to hug him in onr frenzy of ad miration and joy. But Little Dandy sank down on a heap of loose dirt, and then we saw the crimson stains' on his breast. "I kept my promise," he panted. And then, as our Colonel took his hand, the lit tle cbap looked into his face and said: I'm afraid I've made a poor soldier. Sometimes I've bothered yon, I know. But I always wanted to help yon. Please remember that I'm not very strong, and— and, I did the best I could." His head fell over. Poor Little Dandy was dead. Bag-Bitten. ,f 1* Between midnight and day Captain Blev ins, of the Forty-fift Viigmia, frozo out, his fire having in a manner goae out. He got up with the intention of renewing it, wl en his attention was drawn to a very large fire a short distance off, which had been built by a portion of his company. He concluded to go out to tint tire and warm. On the way an idea struck him that' snake-bit!" he could have some fun. So, catching up I We hnstied ont of that tent in short or his arras full of green laurel brnsh covered der, each one expecting the old rattler to with leaves, which makes a terrible popping give him the next whack. Iran backward back for an instant, and then, taking and snipping when thrown into a hot fire, through the rear end of the tent, tearing it fitu«ti"n. she appeared ha walked up to whera fifteen or twenty of up from the ground as I went, and horned the ah* h«i comrades were lying sound asleep, around to the front*, where I found Jansen aail —.hi The Captaj], who was an athletic giant,', standing on one foot holding the other leg I Hff'f fril rt tfcirr nil 2. six feet high, weighing pvey twq olairpedin bothattls. egqw up he jSmmm One summer night in 1862 we had gone to bed in our tents, the conversation had about died ont, and most of as were going to sleep, when suddenly Bill Jansen fetched a tremendous yell, and springing to his feet exclaimed: "I'm snake-bit, I'm Mosby and His Command. My purpose was to weaken the armies in vading Virginia by harassing their rear, writes Mosby, tfce partisan leader. As a line is only as strong as its weakest point, it was necessary for it to be stronger than I was at every point in order to resist my attacks. It "is easy, therefore, to see the great results that may be accomplished by a small body of cavalry moving rapidly from point to point on the communications of an army. To destroy supply trains, to break up the means of conveying intelli gence, and thus isolating an army from its base, as well as its different corps from cach other, to confuse their plans by cap turing dispatches, are the objects of parti san war. It is just as legitimate to fight an enemy in the tear as in the front. The only difference is in the dangor. Now, to prevent all these things from being done, heavy detachments must be made to guard against them. The military value of a par tisan's work is not measured by the amount of property destroyed, or tho number of men killed and captured, but by the num ber he keeps watching. Every soldier withdrawn from the front to guard the rear of an army is so much taken from its fight ing strength. I endeavored, as far as I was able, to diminish this aggressive power of the Army of the Potomac by compelling it to keep a large force on the defensive. I assailed its rear, for there was its most vulnerable point. My men had no camps. If they had gone into camp they would soon have all been captured. They would scatter for safety and gather at my call, like tho chil dren of the mist. A blow would be struck at a weak or unguarded point, and then a quick retreat. Tho alarm would spread through the sleeping camp, the long roll would bo beaten, or the bugles would sound to horse, there would be mounting in hot haste, and a rapid pursuit. But the par tisans generally got off with their prey. Their pursuers were striking a't an invisible foe. I often sent small squads at night to attack and run in pickets along a line of several miles. Of course these alarms were very annoying, for no human being knows how sweet sleep is but a soldier. I wanted to use and consume the Northern cavalry in hard work. I have often thought that their fierce hostility to me was more on ac count of the sleep I made them lose than the number we killed and captured. It has always been a wonder with people how I managed to collect my men after dis persing them. The true secret was that it was a fascinating life and its attractions far more than^ counterbalanced its hardships and dangers. They had no camp duty to do, which, however necessary, is disgusting to soldiers of high spirit. To put them to such routine work is pretty much like hitch ing a race horse to a plow. Many expe ditions were undertaken and traps laid to capture us, but all failed—and my com mand continued to grow and flourish until tho final scene at Appomattox. It had just reached its highest point of efficiency when tho time came to surrender. General Zollicoffer. Felix K. Zollicoffer was born in Maury County, Tennessee, May 19, 1812 received an academic education entered a printing office, and afterward edited tho Columbia Observer and the Nashville Banner served in Congress from 1853 to 1859. On the outbreak of the war he was made a Briga dier General, and commanded quite a force in East Tennessee invaded Ken tucky and fought at Camp Wild Cat and Crab Orchard intrenched at Mill Spring, whence he advanced and fought the battle of Mil) Springt in which he was killed. His last words were: "Bring my men inside the breastworks." His remains were buried at Nashville, Tenn., with great honors. Neatly Done. During the retreat of Lee's army from tho field of Gettysburg to the Potomac a great effort was made by the officers to prevent straggling, but it would have re quired an officer to a man to have carried out the programme successfully, writes "Ex-ltebel" to the Detroit Free Press. We had been beaten, and felt discouraged and reckless.' We were on short rations, the weather was dismal, and the rank and file wero in no mood to be nagged by strict discipline. The command to which I belonged left Gettysburg about ten o'clock at night, and for the first three or four hours the men were kept well in hand under the impres sion that we were only changing positions to secure an advantage over the Federals. As daylight broke and we realized that we were onthe way home, squads and indi viduals broke away at every opportunity to forage for a breakfast. In company with two private soldiers belonging in my com pany I slipped away from the column about sunrise, and, while a black-looking thun-. derstorm seemed close at hand, we bolted into apiece of woods by the roadside and then struck for a highway running at right angles, and on whioh we conld make out three or four farm houses. We selected the first or nearest, and, as we entered tho gate, a woman opened the door and stood waiting for us to approach. She knew we were Confederates, and asked many ques tions concerning the battle ana did not at tempt to conceal the fact that she was a thorough Unionist and an ardent hater of Jeff Davis. "Nevertheless," she added, as she turned to go in, "you men are not altogether to blame, and yon shall have a bite to eat as soon as I can get it." BO unerring that every time his rifle cracked a Confederate bit the dust. We tried a rat tling discharge of musketry, but a moment later the report of" the rifle rang ont and another of our comrades fell. It was evident that from our position it was almost impossible to hit the Federal rifleman. If we succeeded in bringing him down it would be by some lucky random shot. Possibly a man outside the works would bo able to draw a bead on our wary foeman, but he would be under the guns of the enemy, and there would be a thousand chances against him. "I'll kill him or die!" cried a shrill voice. "Good God! It's Little Dandy!" shonted a dozen men. We went around to the back* door, laid aside our guns and accouterments, and had a good wash-up in the rain barrel. Then we sat down on the grass to wait for break fast, the odor of which came out to ns. But for the suggestion of one of my com rades everything would have gone well Not far from us was a stone smoke-house, and through the partly open door we could see pieces of meat hanging from the rafters. He snggested that we further in vestigate, with a view of "gobbling" some of the meat as we left, and we got ap and went straight to the house and entered it. There were two hams and two side pieces hanging np, and at' the back end of the building, which was about twelve-by-twelve feet, was a barrel filled with old rag carpet, on the top of which was a set ting hen. As we came near she began to exhibit the usual characteristics, and we were having considerable fun at her ex pense, when the door was' shot with a bang and we heard the rattle of a chain and pad lock. It was a close, dark place, and it was a minute or two before we reached the door and understood the situation. We began to kick and shont, and presently the woman's voice replied: "It's no use trying to get out. You are my prisoners, and kicking won't do any good!" How nice and soft we talked to her, bnt it was no go. Then we swore and blus tered, but she only laughed at ns. After awhile she passed ns some bread and but ter through one of the ventilators, followed by a cupful of water, and there we re mained all day, all night, and up to eight o'clock nest morning, when we were turned over to the Union cavalry. jfad Woman. As several of ns were going from Atlanta oat to the front in Jane, 1864, riding in a freight car loaded with corn, bowling along •lowly at the rate of, perhaps, ten miles an hoar, we came in sight of a house venr close to the road, the windows of which were open. 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