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LINCOLN AND VIRGINIA. An Interesting Account of the Agi tation Caused by His Letter After Lee's Sur^nder. Maj. John G. Alderson, formerly of West Virginia but now of Wall street, some time an officer in the confederate army, tells in the Richmond Timas Dispatch an interesting story relating to President Lincoln and his attitude after the war toward the state which had seceded from the union. "In April, 1865, just after the end of the war," said Maj. Alderson "I was sitting on the porch of the residence of Lieut. Gov. Price in Lewisburg, in Greenbrier county. I had just returned home from the' army, and you may well believe I was enjoying the rest and the company, of the prettiest girl in the word. Gov. Price's daughter, who was on the porch with me. "While we were talking," Maj. Aider son continued, "a soldier suddenly gal loped- into sight and drew rein at the door. He asked if that was Gov. Price's house, and upon my telling him that it was he said he brought a letter for Gov. Price- from the president of the United States. He had evidently ridden hard, for he looked greatly fatigued and his horse was covered with foam. "I told him that the governor was down on his farm two or three miles away and that, as he seemed tired and broken down, I would deliver the letter. The officer hesitated, but upon the young lady assuring him that I- was as one of the family and that it would be all right he gave me the letter, which was in a large official envelope The officer went into the house to rest and get something to eat. I got on a horse and hurried to the farm to see Gov. Price. "I found the old fellow at work in the barn fanning wheat," Maj. Aider son went on, with a reminiscent smile. "They had buried two or three sacks of grain to keep it from falling into th» hands of the northern troops, and now they had resurrected it and were clean ing it to have some bread. A negro was turning the wheat fan, another was scraping away the cleaned wheat, and Gov. Price was standing by the hopper working the grain through to the rid dles. "I jumped off my horse and hurried into the barn. 'Governor,' I said in some excite wynt., 'here is a letter for you from the president of the United States.' "The old fellow turned as white as a sheet. You see, we did not know at that time just what course the United States government would pursue toward' the men who had fought in the confed erate army or held office under the con federate government. The old fellow broke the seal and took out a large doc- A WfW'/i'1 GOV. PRICE AT THE HOPPER^ ument, portentous looking, indeed. He read hurriedly and then laughed. 'It's all right,' he said, and he hand' td me the letter. It was addressed to Lieut. Gov. Price, and signed by Abra ham Lincoln. It requested him to call the Virginia legislature together at once to take action regarding the changed condition of affairs in the state. In con clusion vere these words, which I shall always remember: 'I want you people to come back and hang up your hats on the same old pegs.' "But on the very night that letter was received, I think," said Maj. Aider son, "the president was assassinated, and his plans for the government of the states which seceded were never carried out." Maj. Alderson said that the letter was addressed to the lieutenant governor for the reason that Gov. Smith nad had to Hee from Richmond at the evacuation of that city, and President Lincoln did not know where he was. Bishop and General. An anecdote is related about Bishop Rosecrans, brother of thee late Gen. W. S. Rosecrans, which is vouched for on good authority. The bishop was at a din ner one day in 1864, when the conver sation turned on the civil war. One of the group remarked: "It would seem, bishop, that you and your broth er are enjgaged in very different call ings." "Yes, it would appear so," responded the bishop. "And yeV he continued, "we are both fighting ®en. While the general is wielding the sword of the flesh, I trust that I am using the sword of the spirit. He is fighting the rebels, and I am fighting the spirit of darkness. There is the difference in th* pursuit of our several duties he is fighting with Price (Gen.), while I am fighting with put price."—N. Y. Tribune SHELL SENTINELS. Grant's Mortars Kept the Confede*» ates Vcry Busy While They Were Holding Petersburg1. "The thing that annoyed us most while we were holding Grant back from Petersburg," said Judge Samuel J. Har rison, of Hannibal, in the Kansas City Star, "was the fuse bomb fired-from mortars. We kept sentries on the look out all the time'. -When trouble start ed our way the sentry would call: 'Twenty-four poundeir coming to the left,' or whatever direction it might be, and we would scamper into the bomb proofs. The bomb-proofs were general ly six feet deep and 15 feet square, with solid earth over them. We kept our ammunition chests there -until' they commenced handing out 75-pounders to us, and then no place was safe. One could see the shells coming and get out of the way, but it was tiresome watch- LIFTED IT OVER THE PARAPET. ing the sky all the time, and so shell sentinels were stationed along the front. When a shell would light it would tear a hole in the earth as big as a well. They made a funny noise like the gobble of a turkey. It was kind of them and gave us a chance to leave word that we were 'not at home' when they called, if the sentry happened to forget. "The boys in the trenches developed considerable agility in dodging. One day a 24-pounder struck right at the feet of a gunner, without going off, but the fuse was sputtering worse than a cannon cracker. The gunner lifted it over the parapet in an instant, and i.t went off with a noise to raise the dead. I asked him how he came to take such a hair-breadth chance for his life. 'You'll swear never to tell?' he said. I swore-. 'Well,' he said, with a grin, 'I didn't have time to run.' "In such cases a man follows his first impulse, and the impulse to run seemed to be a lacking element in a soldier of the army of north Virginia in times of extreme peril. When the mine was fired under the center of Lee's fortifica tions on the early morning of July 30, 1864, and men, cannon and earth were shooting skyward and the federal can non were turned on the general confu sion it looked for a few minutes like an earthquake and a volcano had joined hands. But in a few minutes the ranks had closed up and every man was at his gun. I don't remember seeing a man start to run and our battery was pretty close to where the trouble was. There were three ominous happenings within two or three minutes—the center of the fortification had been blown up, a terrific cannonade followed before the smoke of the mine cleared away, and then the infantry charged. Of course you know the result of the crater fight, Somebody made a mistake, but it wasn't 'Uncle Bob' who had to 'stand in the corner' for it. "Gen. Lee knew something was going on when the union forces were prepar ing the mine, and he put men to work excavating in the hope of striking the enemy's underground works. I have often wondered what would have hap pened had the two forces met in the tunnel." FROM CASE TO CAPITAL. Printer Pat Down His "Stick" and Enliflted, and His Good Na ture Won for Him. In 1863, the funny man among the printers of the Madison (Wis.) Journal laid his "stick" on the "case" and looked hard at the ceiling for a moment. Then he said: "I must .go," put on his coat, and started for the door. "Where must you go, George?" asked John Hawks, the foreman. "To the war, John: I am going out to enlist now." He kept his word, says Success. The new recruit in the Fourth Wis consin cavalry, by bis quaint remarks and rare good nature, marched at once into popularity, and within a few months was a lieutenant. He came home, at the close of the war, in command of a company, and at once resumed work in a printing office* but this time as editor and proprietor.» Twenty-five years ago he served as'chief clerk of the assembly 22 years ago he located in Milwaukee, and in two years had the most popular weekly paper in the west, with acircu lation of nearly 100,000. He made money rapidly. One Saturday night he figured up his earnings and found that they were $5,000 more than he had estimated. He made his venerable mother a pres ent of $500. It was more money than she ever before possessed at one time. On another occasion he sent her $1,000. Ten years ago his party drafted him into the service and made him mayor of Mil waukee. The following fall he was nom inated for governor and elected, and two years later was reelected. Two Mlsfortanes. It is great misfortune not to have enough wit to speak well or not enough judgment to keep silent.—Chicago Jour- fi GUESSING SONG. Oh, ho! oh, ho! Pray, who can I be? I sweep o'er th® land, I scour o'er the sea I cuff the tall trees till they bow down their heads, And I rock the wee-birdies asleep In their beds. Oh, ho! oh, ho! And who can I be That sweep o'er the land and scour o'er the aea? I rumple the breast of th® gray-Readeddaw, I tip the rook's tail up and make him cry "caW But thou$jk I love tun, I'm so big and so strong, At a puff of my breath the great ships sail along. Oh, ho! oh, ho! And who can I be That sweep o'er the land and scour o'er the aea? I swing all the weathercocks this way and that, I play hare-aud-hounds with a runaway hat But, however I wander, I ne'er go astray For, go where I will, I've a free right of way! Ok, ho! oh ho! And who can I be That sweep er the land arm scour o'er the sea? I skim o'er the heather, I danee up the street I've foes that I laugh at, and friends that I greet I'm named in the east and I'm known in the west. But I think the Dean Bridge is the place I love best* Oh, ho! oh, ho! And who can I be That sweep o'er the land and scour o'er the sea? ~-Henry Johnstone, in St. Nicholas. ROOSTER FINOS MOON. Lord of the Barnyard Made a Strange Discovery Which Surprised Him Very Much. Because he had eaten too much sup per, a rooster one night was unable to sleep, and he just had to sit up on the roost and gaze out through the cracks in the henhouse roof at the stars while all the rest of his family slept and snored. H(e' thought the stars were, very won derful, and t_e moon seemed marvel ous. The next day, as he crossed a field, he came across a ball—one of those fancy colored bouncing balls that chil dren love to play with. Now, Mr. Rooster had never seen one of them before, and he did not know what it was. "This must be the moon that I saw last night," he said, finally. "I won der what it is doing down here, in- THIS MUST BE THE MOON. stead of being up in the sky. It is very beautiful, it Is true, but I would like to see it shine as it did last night. I suppose it doesn't shine during the day, so I'll wait until night and see it." So Mr. Rooster sat down by the ball and waited. The sun went down and it grew dark, and black clouds hid the stars and all the sky, but still the ball would not shine. "It is very strange," declared the rooster, as he sat and waited. All the other chickens had gone to roost hours before, but still the rooster waited and watched. Then the wind began to blow and the thunder to roll and the lightning to flash, and the first thing Mr. Rooster knew it was raining In torrents, and he was soaked to the skin,- and most frightened out of his pits. "I'll save the moon," he cried, and he grabbed up the ball and tried to run with it When he reached the hen house door the rain had stopped, and the wind had swept the clouds from the sky, and Mr. Rooster looked up and saw the moon smiling sweetly at Mm. ,i.» "So this isn't the moon, after all, said Mr. Rooster, looking down at the ball. "Well, I guess it must be one of the stars."—St Louis Post-Dispatch. Relle o* Roman Rale. A most interesting memorial of the Roman occupation of England has just been sold under the auctioneer's ham mer. This is the Roman station of Amboglanna, the largest on the famous wall which marked the limit of the Roman province. After an existence of 1 800 years the walls of the station, five feet thick, are in a wonderful state of preservation. The gateways are noble specimens of Roman work. Some of the wedge-shaped stones in the arches are still to be seen on the ground. The interior of the camp Is marked with lines of ftreets and the ruins of buildings. Marks Wonld Hot Come. Small Willie was trying to write with a dull lead pencil that his mother had given him, but meeting with poor suc cess he finally exclaimed: "Oh, mam ma, the wood has slipped down over the lead, and the marks can't come out!" AMUSING PARLOR TRICK. It Is Called "Fettered and Unfettered* and Any Bright. Boy Caa Learn to Berfurn It. The performer allows himself to be tied with a fetter (consisting of a band) as is shown in of illustration. One hand is tied to the end of the band first, then the other. The band musl be so long that the hands can move pret ty freely. The performer, after beint tied, speaks a few words of introduction, excuses himself for being obliged to take off his coat, takes off his coat and bp pears fettered as before. Finally he slips his coat on again and asks somebody to cut tjie fetters, which appear to be intact and in the same con dition as when they were tied at the be ginning of the performance. To perform this trick ieffectively, a cutaway coat should be worn, having in its back pockets the principal requi site, a second fetter. Besides this fetter a small pair of scissors is secreted in the same pocket. This pair of scissors serves to cut the band tied by the audi* FETTERED AND UNFETTERED. ence, for these fetters must come off to make room for the others. After the hands of the performer are tied, he goes into the pocket with one hand, takes the pair of scissors and cuts the fetters. As his hands are tied behind his back, nobody can see-this manipulation. The old fetters are put away in his pocket and the new fetter is made ready for use. This second fet ter is made in the following way. The band used is just as long as the one used to tie the hands. On each end a simple knot is made (a), then a loose knot in the shape of a loop.(b), allowing the band to slip for tightening around the wrists and loosen ing as the performer desires (a-B). After the original fetters are cut and the coat is taken off the performer slips both hands into the loops and pulls them tight. This fetter cannot be distinguished from the original one. By repeating this experiment, all sorts of variations in tying and untying can be shown, un til finally this pseudo band is cut off by one of the audience.—Boston Globe. SPIDER ENTRAPS BIRD. A Brown Creeper Invades the Field Museum and Suddenly Conies to Grief. 'Will you walk intomyparlor?' Said the spider to the Hy." This time it was not the fly that the wily spider sought to entangle in his meshes, but a small bird, against which he felt he had just cause tor grievance. It seems that during the past season the Field museum at Chicago has been infested with large quantities of ob noxious spiders. They have festooned the ceiling and great columns of the building with yards of their shuttle work, much to the annoyance of the authorities. Scrubwomen and Janitors have tried in vain to relieve the building of the pests and their work. Even the suggestions of frost did not seem to greatly diminish the Insects. Finally a wee brown creeper, discovering the state of things there, decided to take up his abode inside and assist the authori ties in ridding the building of the pests. For several days he flitted about very much as he pleased, confining himself mainly to the rear entrance room, wag ging up and down column after column and probing his long bill into every crev ice. With his murderous vigilance he actually carried on a very effective work there. He seemed a permanent fixture, and the authorities and the public eyed him amusedly. The other morning, however, as a cur ator of one of the departments was passing, a guard remarked: "There's a bird for your collection! Looks as if it was done for." The bird lay panting on its side at the bottom of one of the columns. "Bring a fly," said the scientist, as he took the little creeper in bis hands. The guard held a buzzing fly on the point of a pin to the bird's beak, saw it bite at it voraciously. "Doesn't look as if he were going to die," said the scientist "I wonder what's the matter with him, anyway?" Turning the bird over in his hand, he found it had been entrapped in a large spider's web, which had bound the wing and tail together in such a manner as to preclude flying. It looked as if some wise old spider had resented the bird's work of extermination and had purpose ly ensnared him in a trap. The queer bandage was removed and the bird darted out over the iron grating and shot out of sight across the lagoon. —Chicago Daily News. The Armchair's Sleeves. Tommie's mother was having some furniture upholstered, and she tent him to the shop to see when it would be ready. "It's all done 'cept the sleeves to the big armchair," the little man ixplained up* ob his return. Pernna is known from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Letters of congratulation and commendation testifying to the merits of Peruna as a catarrh remedy are pouring in from every State in the Union. Dr. Hartman is receiving hun dreds of such letters daily. All classes write these letters, from the highest to the lowest. The outdoor laborer, the Indoor arti san, the clerk, the editor, the statesman, the preacher—all agree that Peruna is the catarrh remedy of the age. The stage and rostrum, recognizing catarrh as their greatest enemy, are especially enthusiastic in their praise and testi mony. Any man who wishes perfect health must be entirely free from catarrh. Ca tarrh is well nigh universal almost om nipresent. Peruna is the only absolute safeguard known. A cold is the be ginning of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat catarrh out of its victims. Peruna not only cures ca tarrh, but preventsit. Every household should be supplied with this great rem edy for coughs, colds and so forth. The Governor of Oregon is an ardent admirer of Peruna. He keeps it con- SUDDENLY RICH. (•veral Drinks of Vhlsky Raised the Man from Poverty to Afllu«*-iee. Representative Bartlett, of Georgia, wa« in one of the small towus in his district cam paigning last fall, say* the New York World, and heard a conversation between one of his friends who was about to move, to Dallas county, Tex., and a native: "Hear you-all going to Texas, said the native. "Yes: going to Dallas county. "Well, I wish you'd look up my brother down there and tell him 1 doing mighty poorly. The interest coming due^and 1 wish he would send me some money. The native then went and had a couple or drinks of local whisky. Shortly afterward he met the man who wns going to texas. "I hear you-all are ig to lexas. "Yes "Well, if you-all run across my brother, lown there tell, him I am fine and that everything is going alo-g all right. The man who was going to Texas prom ised and the native dnpped into the.salooa and had some more d. inks. W hen he came out he again hailed the man who was going to Texas and said: "Say if you see my brother down there just tell him to send to me if he needs anj monej." The Oat Wonder. The Editor must tell its readers of this marvel. It originated with the largest farm seed growers in the world, the, John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. It has stiff straw, stands up like a stone wall, is white, heavy, and has long ears, filled to the tip with fat, plump kernels. It a great stooler, 80 Btocks from one kernel, nr YOU WILL SEND Mow Did He Oveas ItV Bobby—I say, Mr. Updyke, wkatdor mppoee Clara said about you just befe y°Mr.anUpdyke—I GOVERNOR OFJREGOR Uses Pe-ru-na-AJn For Colds CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON. A Letter From The Governor of Oregon. uallv 1 to Dr. ter Ask Your Druggist for a free Peruna Almanac for 1904. THIS NOTICE AND 10c IN STAMPS to above address, you will get a sample of this Oat Wonder, which yielded in 1903, in 40 States from 250 to 310 bumper acre, together with other farm seed samples and their big catalog. [K. L.] haven't an idea in the WBobi»y^(amaied)—Well, you've gue«ed it! That's just what she did say!—Stray Stories. Strletly •nsiness. She—In truths I think he .is neglecting his business to court the rich widow. He—O, I thinld not. His business is to make money, and she has plenty of Stray Stories. "Everybody Doesn't that 1 replied Popley, ")ody tn -Philadelphia Ledger. jr says the baby 1 soke like you. please you*" I don know, *vwy, "but I tell you what In fllad nobody thinks of saying I look like the baby."— Mrs. Parvenu—"My husband has eo much taste, don't you think?" Mrs. Cutting— "Yes it's a great pity there isn a little of it that might be called good. —Philadel phia Press. At THe Post Up snd dofnf, to live and help to live, the old reliable St Jacobs Oil Is an untrersal benefactor in the cared Hurts, Sprains and Bruises Meet 15e In. a recent let^ Hartman, he says: STATB or OREGON, 3 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus,0.1 Dear Sir*—I have had occasion to uaa your Perunm medicine In my family tor cold*, and It proved to be an excel* lent remedy. I have not had occathm to me It tor other ailment*. Your* very truly, W. M. Lord.. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Pe* ruua for other ailments. The reason for this is, most other ailments begin with a cqld. Using Peruna to promptly cure colds, he protects hisfamily against other ailments. This is exactly what every other family in the Unifce*States should do. Keep Peruna So the henae. Use it for coughs, colds, la gripfe, and other climatic affections ofwinter,and there will be no other ailments in the house. Such families should provide themselves with a copy of Dr. llnrt» man's free book, entitled, ".Winter Catarrh." Address Dr. Hartman, Co lumbus, Ohio. FOR WOMEN A Boston physician's dis covery which dean sea and heals all inflammation of the mucous membrane wherever located. In local treatment of female ills Pas tine is invaluable. Used as a douche it is a revelation in cleansing and healing power it kills all disease germs which cause inflammation and discharges. Thousands of letters from women Ieucorrhcea trove that it Is the greatest cure for ever discovered* Paxtine never fails to cure pelvic catarrh, nasal catarrh, sore throat, sore mouth and sore eyes, because these diseases are all caused by inflammation of the mucous metqbrane. For cleansing, whitening and pre serving the teeth wo challenge the world to produce its equaL Physicians and specialists everywhere prescribe and endorse Paxtine, and thou sandsoftestimoniallettersproveits value. At druggists, or sent postpaid 50 cts. 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