A THRILLING TALE.
K Capture of a Confederate Prlae
Creir br a Yaakea
Negro Cask.
Some of the naval veterans were talk
ing of their experiences when this tale
was told:
The schooner S. J. Waring was one
of those ships which tried to do a little
trading in spite of the nests of con
federate privateers that lined the
shores.
But she was brought up short one
day, her crew taken prisoners, a prize
crew put aboard of her and her nose
turned for Charleston.
The prize crew consisted of some six
or seven men, and the Yankee cook was
left on board to fix the meals for the
captors.
He was a big strapping darkey,
named Tillman, and as the two vessels
-drew further apart and he saw that
neither one was headed for New York
he began to have grave fears that his
future was not so glowing as it might
be.
He asked several of the crew where
they were bound for, and what they in
tended to do with him after they got
there.
They saw, of course, that the darky
was frightened, and so, to scare him
more, they told him that they were
bound for Charleston, and that he would
either be killed or sold again as a slave
to the highest bidder.
That didn't suit Tillman a bit. lie
bad been free in the north too long to
relish the idea of returning to slavery,
and he made up his mind that, if he
could prevent it, the good ship S. J.
Waring would never reach Charleston.
It took him some time to decide on his
, course of action. To poison the
whole crew was impossible for luck of
poison, and he just about made up bis
mind to do nothing when one night he
jot to thinking things over, and be'
came almost crazed at the prospect be
fore him.
He seized a hatchet and crept up on
deck. Things were very quiet there.
The second mute was almost asleep at
the wheel, and the chief mate was lying
in a drunken stupor. Most of the crew,
In fact, were drunk.
Tillman crept to the captain's cabin
and with one blow crushed in the man's
skull. Then he went back on deck and
served the first mate in the same way.
The second mate, however, saw him
coming, and yelled. Tillman went for
him and, after wounding him, threw
him shrieking into the sea.
The commotion by this time brought
the crew on deck, and when they found
the crazed Tillman with his bloody
hatchet, they took to the rigging for
safety.
One man only remained below at Till'
man's mercy. The cook- held parley
with him In this way:
"Say, you all own that I'se cap'n o'
this hyar ship now, an' ef you all'll come
up hyar an' bebave decent, you all kin
come up.
The man looked, sheepish, but he
obeyed. Then Tillman and he turned
their attention to the men in the rig
ging.
"Bay," shouted Tillman, "as cap'n o'
this hyar ship, I'se gwine ter run 'er
into New York. If you all wants t' sail
TILLMAN WTTH BLOODY HATCHET.
under me an' take my orders you all
kin come down. Ef not, you all kin stay
whar you are."
There was no movement aloft for a
while. Then one man, with a grunt,
dropped to the deck, and one by one the
rest followed.
Tillman kept his hatchet by him all
the time. He knew that the moment
that weapon got away from him his
authority was gone and the auctioneer's
block loomed up big and ugly in the
future.
There was one great difficulty, how
ever, that even the hatchet would not
overcome. Not one of the man knew
anything about navigation. Tillman
thought over this difficulty all night
and in the morning his plans were laid,
He would sail due west until be came
in sight of land, and then he would fol
low the coast northward until he
reached New York.
It was an almost hopeless amateur
ish plan, but in the end it succeeded-
and history tells the commotion his
deed made and the complications that
arose over the disposal of his prison
er.
The government gave him $4,000 In
lieu cf prize money, and with this he re
tired to a quiet life in Rhode Island,
where he died only a few years ago.
Philadelphia Press.
hlaklaa- US Kaowtaar.
What the fool thinks he knows 'the
wis man knows he only thinks. ChV
cago Daily News.
GENERAL SHELBY'S SLATE.
Ills Old Body Serraat la the War
Tells ! of HI Iatereittaa
Experiences.
Gen. "Joe" Shelby's old body serv
ant, "Uncle Billy" Hunter, in spite of
his 72 years, is still sturdy and rigorous.
He remembers the war times remark
ably well, and likes nothing better than
to talk of the many fights and incidents
in the life of his "old massa," the fa
mous confederate general, whose body
rests in Forest Hill cemetery. With
the exception of Shelby's expedition in
to Mexico one of the most dramatic
events in our history and the 30 year
after the war when the general lost
sight of him entirely, "Uncle Billy"
was with him from the time he was 13
years old. "Billy" is at his best when
he gets started on Gen. Shelby during
the war.
Dere never was a man like Gen'l
Shelby, sah," said "Billy" the other
day to a reporter for the Star. "Hii
sojers jes thought the world of him.
BILLY DECORATES HIS "MABSA'S"
GRAVE.
Twan't never 'Go fight,' but 'Come on,
boys,' an he was always In de front,
a-leadin' 'em on. Many's the time I've
brought up a fresh hosa for him when
his was shot, and carried coffee an.' a
bite o' something to eat to him on the
field. asn t no one else could cook for
the gen'l 'cept ole Billy. 'Come here,
you damned black nigger, an' get me
something to eat!' he useter yell, an'
you bet I did right smart. He would
cuss me awful, but Lor'l that wasn't
nothing. When he didn't I knew there
was trouble on.
'All through the war I tended him,
and when he was shot in the wrist at
Cape Girardo I nursed him. Lots o'
men went hungry in those days, but I
generally could pick np something for
the gen'l. Had to be mighty careful
'bout it, for he didn't allow no stealin.
'Yes, sah, I was captured jes once.
Lemme see, that was at Lone Jack.
Gen'l 8helby sent me to Col. Jordan's
camp, Txmt a mile away, an the feds
scooped me and took me into the vil
lage, but in an hour an a. half the
James brothera came chargin' through
and drove the feds off. They pulled me
out from between two feather beds,
where I was keeping away from the
bullets, and took me back to Shelby.
When he saw me ha looked mnd clean
through. 'Where in blazes you been,
you black rascal?' says he; 'go get me
some breakfast, damned smart.
"When Gen'l Shelby started for Mex
ico with his 1,000 picked men he says
to me: 'Billy, you take Misa Betty
that's my missus nnd the children
back home and you're a free man.' So
I left him at Galveston and carried
them 'cross the Gulf of Mexico to New
Orleans, and from there to Lexington,
safe and sound. After that I drifted
off on my own hoek, working as porter
in hotels nn' tending bar, and I never
heard of the gen'l for more'n 30 years.
One day while I was working for Jim
Baldus in Chicago I heard that my ole
massa was United States marshal Si
Kansas City, and I let him know where
I was. He sent for me to come back,
but I guens I didn't start quick enough
to suit him, for one Sunday when I was
readin' the papers in the barroom im
walks a man and says:
" 'I'm Deputy Mnshal Potts, of Kan
sas City, an' I'm lookin' for William
nunter.'
" 'I's the man, sah,' says I.
"'What you done, Billy? said Bal
dus. 'I'll stand by you."
"Gen. Shelby told me to bring yon
back with me," Potts said. He said
That blamed black nigger worked for
me more than 30 years, an' he's going
to take it easy now. You bring him
back, and I'll give him all the land he
wants.'
"'I'd go through fire for the ole
massa,' savs I, and back I starts. The
misses give me two horses and I staid
with 'em till the gen'l died. I done lost
the best friend I bad then. An' now
I'm living with Joe Shelby, Jr., sah, and
tend his children jest as 1 did him when
ht was a little feller. But every Deco
ra tpn day I goes over tc my ole massa a
grave and puts flowerscn it in memory
of the finest man that ever lived, tab
Gen'l Joe Shelby." Kansas City Star.
General Lee's Freltfol Hea.
It was Gen. Lee's custom to leave his
tent door open in the morning for a
sprightly ben that had gone into the
egg business promptly and thus had
saved ber head. When she stepped in.
Gen. Lee would put aside his work and
waTk past deferentially upon the out
side until her cackle announced the
mysteries of egg-laying at an end. She
roosted and rode in his wagon, was an
eye-witness of the battles of Chancel
lonville and Gettysburg, and was final
ly sacrificed npon the altar of hos
pitality at Orange Court House, in 1864.
Ladies' Home Journal.
' ' Repartee.
He I don't see what yon want with
a golf cape when you're not a golfer.
She But you can, no doubt, tell m
why you wear a bos coat and new1
Muld be a boxer. 4adlanayolie Jour
TWO DAYS.
Rohby and Johnny and Tommy stood
Under a tree In s chestnut wood.
They could see upon the branches high
The green burrs wave against the sky.
'But what are they good for, there?" they
said.
'When every one Is over your head.
"A boy may try as hard as he can;
The world was only made tor man."
But Jack Frost heard and laughed with
glee;
Then he took from his pocket a tiny key
And each green burr so closely shut
Flew back to show a shining nut.
The jolly West Wind heard them, too,
And thought: "There's work for me to do."
So be rushed at the tree with a sudden
bound,
And shook the chestnuts to the ground.
Robby snd Johnny and Tommy stood
The very next day In the chestnut wood.
And I think If you'd heard their fun and
noue,
You would say that the world was made for
boys.
Ellen Sherman Corson, In Youth's Com-
panlon.
TOM'S GREAT MISTAKE.
Ida Forgot That the Man Who Suc
ceeds Moat I'se His Mead as
Well as Mis Hand.
On the station platform two men
stood waiting for their train. Another
man, with a pick and shovel on his
shoulder, was passing, on his way to
work.
He was not more than 50 or 55 years
old, but his gait was stiff and labored,
and there was a pronounced stoop in
the figure. His overalls, once brown,
were lime-bleached and faded to a soft
"old rose," and bagged dejectedly at
the knees. The face under the weather
beaten cap was stolid and listless.
As he clumped along in his heavy
cowhide boots, he apparently embodied
that most persistent and most pathetic
figure which medieval Europe called
the serf, and more modern Europe calls
the peasant, and the census enumerator
of free America to-day sets down as
"unskilled labor."
As he crossed the track, the elder of
the two men on the platform pointed
him out to his companion.
"That man and I," he said, "were
schoolmates. He was not dull at his
books, and ought to have made a better
condition for himself in life."
"What's the matter with him? Does
be drink?" asked the younger man.
"No. Nothing of that kind has hin
dered him. When he was about IS
years old he was offered a dollar a day
to dig on a cellar. This seemed large
wages to him, and he left school and
took the job. He was proud of his size
and strength, and this offer made him
feel so independent that he rather
MUST USE HEAD A8 WELL AS HANDS.
looked down on the rest of us boys. He
never went back to school. He found
work to do that required no skill or
technical knowledge, only muscle used
under an overseer's direction, and he
kept at ft.
"I remember Judge Haines, one of
the school committee, met Tom his
name is Tom Mahan and said to him:
'My boy, you're making a mistake and
doing a foolish thing. If you must
work, why don't you learn a trade?"
" 'I'd have to give my time for three
or four years for nothing. What would
be the use of that? I'm as strong as a
roan, and I'm getting man's wages
now,' said Tom.
" 'Strong? said the judge. 'Are you
as strong as one of my horses? They
work for their keep, but I have to pay
the man that drives them $30 a month
besides his keep; and the man who
shoes them gets three dollars a day. If
strength counts for so much, I wonder
the horses don't strike and look for a
job laying brick or carpentering.'
"But Tom thought the judge was only
joking with him. He couldn't see why
he should five his time to learn a trade
or some profitable business, and work
for nothing, as he said, when he could
work for wages, and so he went his own
way."
"There are thousands like him," said
the other man. "They never learn to
do .any special kind of business, and
never seem to realize that the reason
the trained blacksmith or the skilled
carpenter or the salesman gets higher
wages than they do, is because he has
given time to learning to use his head.
as well as bis feet and hands.
"If boys would only keep the impor
tant fact in mind, that muscle mere
physical strength is always one of the
cheapest things in the labor market,
and that so fai as price Is concerned it
matters little whether a man furnishes
it or a horse, there wonld be fewer men
to be classed as "unskilled labor.'
Youth's Companion.
Socialists will hold at Paris next year
the largest congress la their history.
- TEE LEAPING MOUSE.
A Cerloas Little Aalmal Feaa4 Oaly
la Karat at Preseat, Bat Oaee
delta Haaaereaa.
Many thousands of years ago, before
the great "Ice age," when the climate of
Europe and America was about that of
Africa, little mice like those in the pic
ture were jumping around here. Queer
fellows they are, with their large eyes,
long, bare tail, save for the little bunch
at the end, and legs like a kangaroo.
This mouse is the color of the ground,
and at night and when it runs about
seeking food is bard to distinguish.
When the young are ready to leave
the nest the mother sticks them to bar
body with some kind of clay and then
goes abroad in search for food. While
feeding the long tail is curved into a
letter "S," but when about to leap the
tail stiffens out, aiding both in the leap
and as steering apparatus. The mouse
jumps 20 times- its own length at a
single leap. When near inhabited
places it becomes a pest, though not
quite as bad as our house mouse. It
sucks the eggs in the hen nests and digs
up the onions in the gardens with great
zest. These depredations are made at
night, for in the daytime these little
fellows lie hidden in their underground
EGYPTIAN MICE,
barrows, which are very ingeniously
constructed. The entrance is left un
concealed, but the exits are many and
well hidden, so that at the first alarm
they are off and away by leaps. At the
beginning of September they close the
entrance to the burrows and begin
their winter sleep, which lasts until
the following April. They are to be
found to-day only in Egypt. The in
habitants of the districts in which
they are found have little love for them.
and the shepherds are often startled to
see them leaping and dancing in the
moonlight of a bright summer night.
Some of these people think that there
is a special virtue in their tails. When
is killed or found dead, the tail is cut
off, dried and pounded up, when it is
given to any horse that appears to be
ailing. In ancient times the leaping
mouse was well known, being called
mures bipedes (two-footed mice). The
city of Cyrene had a picture of one of
them on its coins. St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
GIRL AND ALLIGATOR.
The Tree Story at a Little Florida
Maid's Narrow Escape While
Taking a Swim.
Here is the story of a brave little girl.
She is the daughter of Mrs. Fields, who
lives on Lake Gibson, near Lakeland,
Fla. The country is wild, and the child,
among other accomplishments not com
mon with the fortune-favored daugh
ters of our own section, is an expert
swimmer.
A few days ago she was standing by
the lake side. The day had been hot
and the water looked invitingly cool.
So in she jumped, as she had often done,
and struck boldly out.
She was scarcely in deep water, how
ever, before she felt a violent pain in her
leg and a great tug that drew her below
the surface. She struggled hard and
came to the surface again. She did not
know what it was, but suspected an al
ligator.
Now, this little girl must have been
very different from most little girls, for
she did not stop to scream. She turned
shoreward and struck out with all her
might. She did not feel any pain just
then. Perhaps she was too frightened
to notice it.
She reached shoal water all right,
when there was a swirl of water beside
her and a great black nose came np
from below. She felt a great pair of
jaws close over her side, between hip
and ribs, and again she was pulled be
low. Struggling with all her might
she again come up, and in two or three
strokes found bottom and began to
run for the shore, screaming now and
making a tremendous splashing.
There was more splashing alongside
of her and, as she ran out on the land,
she glanced back and saw her foe, an
alligator, near her.
Yon may be sure she lost no time
getting home, where she sobbed out
her story to an unbelieving familr,
But her mother removed her clothes
and there were the bleeding wounds,
and ugly wonnds they were, too.
Now here, mark you, is another dif
ference between this little girl and
many other little girls we all know,
What a chance this was for a ten-font
alligator story to make all the coun
try stare! Bat, no. Little Miss Fields
declares very positively that she had
a good look at the beast, and It could
not have been larger than five feet.
Thla la a Harmless Jake.
Place a spool of cotton In the inside
pocket of your coat, and, having thread
ed a needle with the beginning of the
cotton, pass the needle through the
front of the coat, unthread the needle
and leave about two inches of the cot
ton hanging as if it were only a stray
piece. The first person you meet will
be sure to pick it off for you, and his as
tonishment when lie finds there is no
end to It will five plenty of innocent
fua.
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