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grant, who bad stationed himself nt
the right of tbo line. Thon ho ran along
the front, pushing so mo men hack a
little and pulling othora forward.
Finally be returned to the right and
shouted "Front!" Then the lieutenant
looked at ua as carelessly as if merely
to see If our general Appearance was
fair. At last be shouted:
"Atten-tion! Mcu, orders have come
for all recruits for the Thirty-eighth
cavalry to be sent to the regiment at
once. You must reuiaiu here, there
fore, until the order for transportation
comes. We'll get off some time this
evening. That's all. Break ranks
march!"
The yells, roars and oaths that went
up from two or three score of the men
were worse than any I ever had heard.
I couldn't blame auy of the other re*
emits, however, for I was as angry,
shocked and frantic as they. "Get off
some time this evening!" That meant
I couldn't see father, mother or Ned
before I started—couldn't see them in
three years unless the war ended soon
er. It was awful—It was worse than
the worst thing 1 ever had imagined
about war.
Some of the more excitable fellows
-made a rush for the door to find there
for the first time an armed guard, be
yond whom at the bead of the stairs
were several more. They did not bo
long to our own regiment either. Then
they dashed to the rear of the loft and
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"Foil tn, men," said, the lieutenant.
threw up the window sashes, but two
Infantrymen with fixed bayonets were
In the tiny courtyard below. Then
Babel began again, while the lieuten
ant resumed his chair, cigar and pen
as coolly as if be were deaf or accus
tomed io such scenes,
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"Can It be possible that this was
what the major meant?' I asked of
Hamilton and Cloyne.
"Undoubtedly," groaned Cloyne, "It
Isn't a new trick by nny means."
'The Bcouudrell" hissed Hamilton,
who was the picture of more kinds of
discomfort than I had ever seen in one
face before.
"Perhaps be really did want to see
as three on the business you suggest
ed," said I to Hamilton. 'Twon't do
any harm to ask."
He shook bis. bead doubtfully, but
approached, the lieutenant, followed by
Cloyne and me.
"Lieutenant," said be, "excuse me,
but I bare reason to expect some offi
cial communications from Albany,
througb tbe major, for myself and my
friends here. Can you tell me whether
they have come?"
"Not that I know of," said the officer
pleasantly.
I "Will tbe major be In soon?"
"Tbe major Is—no. The truth is, I
doubt wbether we shall ever see him
again. He hasn't succeeded In raising
a company, much less a battalion, and
has dropped out of the business. He
never had a commission anyway."
"Then all of us to whom he promised
commissions are duped?"
"Not at all—If you've raised the req
uisite number of men. Have you done
It?"
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Tben Hamilton lost his Belf posses
sion for tbe first time within my knowl
edge.
"How many men have you raised?"
continued the officer.
"Five," said Hamilton feebly.
"And yon?" This to Cloyne.
"Four," sighed tbe handsome Irish
man.
Tben tbe lieutenant looked at me In
quiringly.
"Three," I whispered, remembering
that one was dead and another re
claimed by bis parents.
"And you've consumed nearly a
month at this," said tbe officer. "What
commissions do you suppose you are
entitled to?"
No one answered, so the lieutenant
resumed his work.
Then we til roe Summer
ton men step
ped aside at Hamilton's suggestion for
consultation, but we at once began to
moan and grumble Instead of consult
ing. CUyne said be bad no one In
particular to say goodby to neverthe
less to go off as we were about to, with
out saying a word to any of the many
people be bad known pleasantly for
years, would make him feel very much as
If suddenly arrested and sent to prison.
Hamilton said he heartily wished him
self In Cloyne's condition, but unfortu
uately there were mnny people to
whom be owed parting calls and some
with whom he had ruo'i engagements
which be wouldn't breau for anything.
I began to say that 1 feared that uot to
see me again would be the death of ray
father or mother or both, but I didn't
get through my speech very well. As
for ray brother Ned. wlieu I thought
of thut little fellow and all I might
Lave been to bin), but hadn't, and now
be wouldn't have a big brother again
for years, 1 secretly promised heaven
to endure patiently nny hardship or
suffering of war If 1 might be spared
to make amends to that small boy.
Suddenly Hamilton exclaimed:
"This won't do. We're wasting pre
cious time. If we can't go back home
we can at -nst telegraph our friends
to ^ine vn and say goodby to us.
Let me laboi with the great mogul once
more."
"Lieutenant," said Hamilton, whom
Cloyne and I followed to the desk, "I
beg a thousand pardons, but 1 kuow
you'll forgive me if you'd put yourself
(n_my place for a moment I'm an old
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"First regiment, eh?*' said the lieu
tenant. rising from his desk, while
Cloyne and I pinched each other with
delight at the Impression which Ham
ilton's announcement had evidently
made.
"Yes, and I've enlisted for service,
not for money, for I'm quite well off
already. My two friends here and 1
would like to see our families and ac
quaintances before we start"
"Telegraph thein to come at once,"
said tbe lieutenant. "Go to tbe uearcst
hotel and see them there. You wouldn't
like to meet them before this crowd.
I'll pass you through the guards."
We uiust have been a happy trio to
look at just then as Hamilton took the
lieutenant's hand and murmured:
"God bless you!"
"I hope he will," said the officer, "for
everybody else is cursing me today,
though I'm merely doing my duty."
We all moved through the door, the
lieutenant leading. Just then 1 felt a
clutch at ray shoulder and, turning,
saw Bralnnrd. his face tear stained and
most woebegone. Hamilton chanced to
see him, too, stopped, stared and ex
claimed:
"Eh? What's this?"
"This Is a surprise," said I. "lie's
one of us after all."
'Thank heaven!" exclaimed Hamil
ton.
I was so pleased at this remark that
I was hours In comprehending the en
tire meaning of it, which was that
there was a woman In the case. Mean
while Hamilton named the hotel to
which we would go and where the lieu
tenant could notify us when It was
time to start We at once telegraphed
our families and while awaiting them,
made some hasty goodby visits to
friends In tbe city. Two hours later
we felt as criminals condemned to
death must feel during the final-visit
of their friends. My father—bless his
dear, thoughtful heart—brought down
the entire family and the dog besides.
Had It not been for that dog's efforts
to explore the hotel and Ned's efforts
to bring him back there would have
been little relief from the gloom of
which all of us were full. Brainard's
mother seemed to suffer worst of all.
She had gone through the agony of giv
ing her son away only to* get him back
again forever, she supposed. Now he
was a soldier once more, and at scarce
ly an hour's notice she was to lose him.
My own misery was doubled by her
sorrow, for was not I to blame for bis
being In uniform?
My cousin May tried to put some
cheer into the party, and as she always
laughed heartily at the slightest provo
cation it was impossible not to be af
fected by her spirits. She made cheery
though modest* replies to some gallant
speeches which Hamilton addressed to
ber, and she told Mrs. Hralnard to
think how much more Charley's quick
wits would be to the nation than the
guns of a dozen common men. She
scarcely spoke a word to Charley him
self, however, and he looked at her
only slyly, for, as he told mo after
ward, ho had caught a glimpse of him
self In a hotel mirror and felt like a
scarecrow.
A message from the lleuteuaut broke
up our party, Cloyne departing first,
followed by Hamilton and bis friends.
I bad to drag myself away from my
mother's arms aud thou tear Bralnnrd
away *from. his mother. I hope 1 may
never again see such a picture of deso
lation as that couple made while tak
ing a last look at each other. It seem
ed as if a sense of my own responsi
bility would kill me, but suddenly
Cousin May relieved the feellugs of all
present by throwing her arms around
Charley's ueek and exclaiming:
"You poor, troubled little fellow,
your mother shan't be lonesome while
you are away."
How wo got out of that room—why
we did not full dead at the liual part
lug—I do not know. To my memory
that is still the most dismal day of the
eutire war. We took paius not to tell
our families where our rendezvous was
or by what streets we would depart
We did uot know ourselves. Just a
quarter of an hour afterward, how
ever, as we tramped down Broadway,
a dog sprang upon me, aud as I turued
to cast hiui off I saw it was miue—
that little Ned was right behind him,
and my father was following Ned,
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CHAPTER IV£
IN CAU1* AGAIN.
E went south on a train
which contained some
squuds of recruits for
other regiments, and I
cannot say that any
of them impressed mo
more favorably than
our own or that they
looked like men from
whom the Southern Confederacy had
much to fear. Certainly they could
not bear comparison with the average
of our old militia, regiment, at whom
the cavalry had sneered and whom the
regular artillerymen had callcd"Dough
boys." The great majority reminded
me of the corner loungers in city and
town. I said as much to Cioyue. who
replied:
"For very good reason too. That's
Just the class from which they were
recruited."
It was pleasing to think that wo
should see something different when
we reached our camp, which was only
about a day distant from New York.
Our quartet wished we might soon
reach tiiere, too. for the trip persisted
In recalling by contrast that of the
Ninety-ninth, and the contrast made us
gloomy. No natives wished us god
speed or brought fruit aud refresh
ments to the train when it stopped at
a station. Nobody sang patriotic songs
In the cars or passed jokes from seat
to seat. On the contrary, there wero
much vile language aud drunkenness,
with some fighting, for men who had
received large bounties and were not
accustomed to having much money had
apparently tried to Invest all their cash
In whisky. Some tried to desert by
Jumping from the car platforms as wo
passed slowly through the larger
towns, and apparently wo all wero
suspected by the oflicers in charge of
tho various squads of beiug possible
"bounty jumpers."
It was not until this trip thfit wo
came to realize, recruiting oflicers
though we had been, that tho payment
of bounties, which had not beguu until
tho Ninety-ninth had taken the field,
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had developed a new and highly pop
ular industry—that of enlisting, receiv
ing bounties, deserting, re-enlisting to
receive more bounties, and so on In
definitely until the bounty jumper was
detected or sent to the front too sud
denly and securely to escape. One
of the officers, with whom Ham
ilton and Cloyne scraped acquaint
ance, said we were lucky not to
be sent down In locked cars, with
windows so arranged on tbo out
side that they could not bo opened
enough to let a man through,
no
None of these revelations promised
well for the Union cause, and I asked
Hamilton why it was that the army
did not get a better class of volunteers.
"Because," said Hamilton between
his teeth, "most members of the bettor
classes are trying to become officers,
Instead of first enlisting as privates,
like several fools with whom I am
acquainted."
"But they can't all become officers,"
I argued. "There are too many of
them."
"None of them will become a private
soldier until there Is a couscription,"
said Cloyne. who stood by. "It's the
only way thut men of the better classes
ever get Into tho armies of other na
tions."
"But we are different" said I, with
rising American pride. "Our better
classes know they have more to be
thankful for than the people of other
nations, so they have more patriotism."
"They do, eh? From the appearance
of this car and such others on this
train I have gone through, I must say
their patriotism Is not hurrying them
iuto the military service."
Then I had to change tho subject of
conversation.
Before reaching camp we became ac
quainted with some of the recruits for
our own reglmeut and found enough
varieties of human uaturo to interest
us and to justify Cloyne's remark that
It takes a net or an army to catch all
sorts of queer fish. Hamilton, who
had a iiead for statistics, took the
trouble to ask each recruit for the
Thirty-eighth what was his business
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"Ah, you vanta glory, cht"
before he enlisted. There were only
52 recruits, but 45 different trades and
professions were named. Indeed, there
was but one business or calling which
more than one man designated. It was
"soldier." Hamilton, Cioyue aud I
were throe of the five who made this
statement The others were two Btal
wart Eugllshmcn, almost middle aged.
I engaged these successively in con
versation and was almost paralyzed
at learning that they wero survivors
of tho famous "Six Hundred" who
formed the "Light Brigade" that
charged at Balaklava and was Immor
talized by Tennyson in a poem which
1 and every other boy In our school
had declaimed on "speech day."
It was long before I could tear my
self away from these fine fellows and
tell Hamilton and Cloyne what an ac
quisition our regiment bad made.
Hamilton was as much surprised and
delighted as I, but Cloyne twitched bis
face, looked out the car window In an
absentminded sort of way and re
marked:
"They'll make about 1,200 survivors
of that 'Six Hundred' whom I have
personally met yet I haven't been a
great traveler."
"Perhaps," said I, "Lord Cardigan
didn't carefully couut bis men before
riding at the Russian guus, or perhaps
Tennyson took poetic license as to
number."
Cloyne laughed as he tried a pun.
"Somebody somewhere has ventured
more lie Minn sense on the subject"
I thought this was very cyuical of
Cloyne. Of course there are Impostors
everywhere, but splendid, straight,
manly looking fellows like our own
regiment's share of the "Six Hundred"
could not be suspected of auything un
fair or pretentious. They were superb
Ij cool and composed, as great soldiers
always are, and neither of them seem
ed to take ordinary interest In any
one around him until 1 chanced to
meution one of them to the other. To
my great surprise, they were not even
acquaintances. Tlils fact or some
other seemed to surprise tho oue I
spoke to, and when I brought them to
gether and Introduced them they did
not look and act at all as I Imagined
old comrades in a historic battle would.
Thinking perhaps they preferred to re
view old associations in private, I left
them, after which they began to chat
quite freely, and when next I uict one
of them he told me they had identified
each other at last, and glad they were
to find they were old friends. It was
a long time before I could get Cioyue
to take the slightest Interest In them,
but be finully eyed them, first careless
ly, then curiously. Later I saw him
In earnest conversation with one of
them, and when I joked with" him
about It he put ou a queer smile aud
patted me on the shoulder In a patron
izing manner that exasperated me.
Our reception at the camp of tho
Thirty-eighth was not what I bad ex
pected. The veterans of the regiment
did not turn out to cheer the brave
youths vho had come to help them
put down the rebellion. They did not
even offer us something to eat, al
though It was long after breakfast
time aud our haversacks had been
empty since the night before. A few
sauntered over to the adjutant's tent,
to which we had been marched, aud
looked at us as if In search of familiar
faces, but no one took special interest
In us except tho orderly sergeants of
the various companies, whom the ad
jutant had the sergeant major summon
by buglo call. The company in which
we had enlisted had not yet been
organized, so wo were allotted tem
porarily amoug the older coiupaules,
and the orderly sergeants swore fright
fully, as they marched us off, at the
trouble they would have to squeeze an
extra man or two Into every tent of a
lot already well lined. The men in tue
tents did not do much to make us feel
at home, although one or two put on
some appearance of friendliness as
they asked us If we had brought down
anything in pocket flasks.
Wo Sutnmcrton boys were not made
any more comfortable by being sep
arated, as we chanced to be. No three
of us were assigned to the same com
pany, much less to tbe same tent.
There seemed nothing for us to do or
see either, for no drill was ordered
during the morning. Before dinner
call was sounded I had lost all Inter
est In the service and the war. I could
think of nothlug but our farm at Sam
mcrton and the people who occupied
It My father had promised to visit
mo in camp before winter If tbe au
th&ritles would permit How I hoped
ho would not do it! I should have been
glad to have him see the camp of the
Ninety-ninth, but the cavalry camp
was very different There seemed no
end of detached tents aud huts, with
no particular purpose that I could dis
cover. Nothing was as I had expected.
said
also that a number of hard characters
had enlisted only for the purpose of
robbing their comrades and that those
of us who had much mouey would do
well to bide it securely before drop
ping asleep.
After dluner wo boys had an oppor
tunity to see each other again. We
enjoyed the meeting, but not Its pur
pose, for each new recruit was given a
shovel and set to digging post holes
and ditches for some new stables that
were to bo built. I could have had
plenty of digging without coming sev
eral hundred miles from home, for my
father had long Intended to set a new
fence. An excitable young French
man among the recruits seemed some
what of my way of thinking, for he
suddenly dropped his shovel And shout
ed:
"1 will not dig ze hole! I enlist for
la gloire, noi for dirty work like zis."
"Ah, you vauts glory, eh?" said the
German scrgeaut who seemed engineer
In chief. "Den better It is you go back
to your own country, vere dey ain't
got no sense."
The Frenchman said something be
tween his teeth and thrust out his fist
Tho sergeant collared the Frenchman
and kicked him all the way to the
guardhouse. There were no protests
after that. Post holes and ditches in
creased rapidly, and 1 was somewhat
astonished to discover that the short
ditch dug by Phil Hamilton was the
most shapely of the lot
We recruits got some comfort after
Bupper in criticising tbe movements of
the cavalry at dress parade. They
marched with less style than the most
awkward company of tho Ninety
ninth, and looked shabby by tho lack
of resemblance In their hats, no two
of which set alike, although all were
of black felt
Signs of hospitality continuing to be
Invisible, some of us Summerton re
cruits concluded to spend the night on
the quartermaster's hay pile. Virginia
dews, however, had grown cooler In
the month that had elapsed since the
Ninety-ninth went north, and we had
to arise In the middle of tbe night and
Indulge in violent exercise to warm
our blood. We talked a great lot, too,
BO much that the sergeant of tho guard
came over to see what was the matter.
When wo told him why we were there
and how uncomfortable we were, he
said:
"Serves you right Men who've been
In the service once before and got out
and hadn't sense enough to stay out
deserve all the bad luck tbey can find."
I was angry aud miserable enough
to believe for the moment that he was
nearly half right.
CHAPTER V.
THINGS SLOW AND LIVELY.
ITHIN a few days our
company was organ
ized, and we recruits
were gathered Into
tents of our owu. But
we continued to bo
thoroughly miserable.
The cavalry camp
seemed such a shift­
less, do nothing place for all who
were not recruits that I thought seri
ously of writing a private letter to
President Lincoln suggesting that he
should have this largo aud lazy body
of men go out and kill some rebels or
do something else that would help end
the war. It seemed to me that the men
I saw lounging about me could not pos
sibly be the same who had .been all the
talk of the post when the Ninety-ninth
was there.
We recruits did very little lounging.
We were drilled pretty steadily in tho
use of a saber, a weapon which did not
feel or act anything like we had sup
posed. For days it seemed too heavy
and clumsy for me ever to use to any
purpose, and I doubted whether I ever
should bo able to injure the Confeder
acy or defend myself by any of tho
beheld an odd spectaclc.
thrusts, points or cuts of the manual
of arms. I told Cloyne so one day, and
he replied'.
"That's tho reason you'ro being
taught. There'd be nonsense in teach
ing you if you already kucw how."
The regiment—that is, the new com
panies—had uo horses, and wo Sum
merton boys would feel very dismal
when we saw the older companies
mount aud go off ou a scouting trip, as
they did at least once a week, whllo
we. Instead, were marched out to drill
or set to work on the stables, which
were so many and large that it seemed
they never would be finished. There
were 12 of them, and each was more
theu 300 feet long aud required 100
thick 10 foot posts, which had to bo
cut In tho forest, besides hundreds of
Binaller ones for the roof and to divide
the stalls. Many of the men made up
their minds while this work was going
on that a soldier's life was a dog's life,
and they proved their sincerity by act
ing like dogs—growling, snarling,
skulking and fighting.
During this wretched experience of
cavalry life my spirits were strength
ened frequently by observing the im
perturbable uiannerof Hamilton, listen
ing to Cloyuc's sensible comments on
whatever occurred and admiring the
loyal spirit of little Bralnard, to whom
whatever the government did through
uny of its otlicials seemed entirely
right. Whenever my mind was troubled
because I didn't understand jthe full
meaning of everything that was done
ortlfif&mdone Bralnard would remind
me thatjr Knew everything about thj*
war I probably wouldn't be a private
soldier, but general of the nrmy% or
perhaps president of tho TJuited States.
"Leave something, a little something,
to the colonel or the war department
or at least the president," Bralnard
would say. "If you could do aud
manage everything, as you seem to
wish, the higher officials wouldn't have
anything to do- but draw their pay,
don't you see?"
There was some truth in this, and
such a remark would generally pacify
me for a few hours. I think, however,
that I got most comfort out of my
spurs and the joy 1 anticipated for tho
time when I should have a horse aud
tickle his flanks. My father had never
allowed one of bis horses to be touched
with a Kpnr-my experience with old
Rover was unknown to him—so there
was a pleasure In store for me. And
what spurs they were! I had brought
them from Xew York. They wero
"Mexicans." the wheels nearly three
Inches In diameter, with points as long
as a shingle nail, and they gave out a
bell-like jingle as 1 walked, which was
such sweet music to ray ear that 1
never was without them. I even wore
them to bod, for. as no one removed
any of his clothing when lying down
for the night on the floor of his tout,
whore was the use in taking off one's
spurs?
One night this question was an
swered to some extent. Our tent was
round, and the 15 men who lived In it
slept with heads toward the outside
and feet to the center. By early No
vember the nights were so cold that a
man ueeded a blanket as well as his
uniform to keep him warm. Several
recruits who admired my spurs .had
purchased others as much like them
as possible of the regimental sutler or
storekeeper, and they wore them con
tinually. Oue evening after our tentful
had enjoyed a private supper of fricas
seed goose, purchased from a colored
woman, we ail lay down peaceably to
Bleep. Whether the geese—there wero
two of them-were underdoue or too
rich for men whose ordinary supper
was dry bread and sauce of dried ap
ples 1 don't know, but some of us were
affected in our dreams very much like
small children after Christmas dinner
aud unlimited candy. How the trouble
began 1 do uot know, but I awoke
from a dream of being heavily shackled
In a rebel dungeon to And a terrible
uproar and struggle going on in tho
tent which was as black as Egypt dur
ing the plague of darkness. To make
matters worse, the most serious part
of my dream seemed still in operation,
for I could uot liberate my feet when
I tried to crawl away from the center.
"What blanked cuss has been tying
our feet together?" roared one man.
"Lot go of my blanket," shouted an
other, "or I'll break your head!"
"You're a nice oue to talk," said a
third, "when It's you that's making all
the trouble!"
Meanwhile I, who had Just awoke
and didn't know anything about the
difficulty, was being dragged one way
and another by my feet, so I raised my.
own voice and complained of unfair
treatment
The din awoke the first sergeant, one
of the only two noncommissioned offi
cers yet appointed for our company,
and be opened tbe tent flap and roared:
"Keep quiet here or I'll send you all
to the guardhouse!"
"I'd be greatly obliged, sergeant,"
said Bralnard plaintively, "if you'd
send me there right away, if only to
get out of this frightful snarl."
"Strike a light," said the sergeant
Hamilton, who always carried match
es, scratched one aud lighted the can
dle, which was in a socket on the tent
pole then, as*I struggled to a sitting
posture, I beheld au odd spectacle.
Nearly all the men In the tent seemed
bound together by the feet by blankets
or held down by blankets stretched
tightly across their legs. After each
man had Investigated for himself a lit
tle while It appeared that the men
with Mexican spurs, like all the others,
had been tossing uneasily in their sleep,
all on account of the goose supper, and
had worked the point of their spurs
through the blankets over their feet
As the blankets greatly overlapped one
another at the center, a spur as often
as not had contracted an entangling al
liance with some other fellow's blan
ket, and the harder the wearer tried in
his sleep to free himself/ tossing and
straining, tbe worse became the mis
ery.
"Unloose yourselves!" said tho ser
geant
"Unloose thunder!" shouted a big ex
drayman from New York. "You can't
unloose a tie till you And the end, and
the ends of these blankets is all Inside
somewhere."
"Be jabers," grunted an Irishman,
"I belave some spalpeen has stole the
Inds and tuk 'em away."
We picked and pulled and tugged and
lost our tempers, and tbe few men who
weren't In the tangle drew out of the
crowd and laughed and Jeered. Final
ly one desperate mau drew his pocket
knife and began to cut himself loos(*.
The others* followed his example, and
after five minutes of hard work wo
were free, with an immense heap of
woolen rags In the center of tho tent
and a hard tuft on each spur to teli
how the wretchedness began.
"No spurs In bed hereafter," said the
captain, who had come over to see the
fun and was nearly choking in an ef
fort to keep down his laughter and his
dignity. It took an hour of time next
day to get the fragments of blanket
from my spur wheels, and I wasn't
helped by tho fellows who sat around
and said I was to blame" for the whole
row, for no one would have bought
those infernal spurs If I hadn't set the
example.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
Reuaon For the lilt.
"Was Mrs. Gabbot's 'conversazione'
a success?"
"Decidedly. Everybody chatted at a
great rate."
"How did she ever manage it?"
"Oh, she had a musical programme,
you know, that lasted all through."-—
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Ilen*on.
Judge—Your statemeut doesn't agrei
with that of the last witness.
Witness—That is easily accounted
for, your honor. He's a bigger liar
than I am.—Chicago News.
The man who leaves church just as
tho collection plate startB around may
have been taken suddenly ill, but he
rarely gets credit for it
He Wan Warned.
Miss Palisade—I was very much sur
prised, Mr. Cleverton, that you were
not at church this morning to hear me
sing the solo. Didn't your friend Dash
away tell you about It beforehand?
Cleverton—Yes ho was good enough
to.—Harlem Life.
No matter how trilling a uian Is, he
Bwells up if asked advice.—WuBhinjioi)
Democrat
Whti
if
Chronic bronchial-troubles auu «u
raer coughs can be quickly relieved and
cured by Foley's Iloney and Tar. Sold
by Denton & Ward.
Some creature that wear trousers are
only called men through courtesy.
Ten Tears in Bed.
It, A. Gray, J. P., Oakviile, Ind., writes
"For tea years I was confined to my
bed with disease of my kidneys. It was
so severe that I could not move part of
the time. I consulted the very best
medical skill available, but could get
no relief until Foley's Kidney Cure was
recommended to me. It has been a
Uod£*nd to mv." Sold by Denton &
Ward.
Meat originally meant any kind of
food.
On the first Judication of kidney trou
ble, stop it by lukipg Kolev's Kidney
Cure, sold by D.-uton & Ward,
Duty well done ia the seed from
whence springs the flower of pleasure.
Warning,
II you have kidney or bluitUer trou
ble and do not use Foley's Kidney Cure,
you ii! Iiuve only yuurcell to blume for
result--, lis it p'jiiilhvly onitfi all forms
of kidney ai.d biacuit-r dleeuces. Sold
by Deutoii Warci.
Lovers' quarrels are popular because
it ia finch fun "making up,"
"WAS Wasting Away.
The following letter from Robert It,
atte, of riultm, Mo, is instructive: "1
have been troubled with kidney diser.se
for the
last live years, lost lleGh*
and nev
er felt well unit doctored with leadine
physicians and triesl all remedies sug
gested wjthout relief, Finally 1 tried
I1 oley's Kidney Cure i.inl liE9 than two
bo'tlis completely cured me and I am
now sound «nd well." Sold by Deulon
& Ward.
Stealing it, not coi lined to taking the
product of men's tiBnd-j.
Interesting to Asthma Sufferers.
Daniel Bante of Otterville, Iowa,
writes, "I have had asthma for three or
lour years srd have tried about all tho
cou?h and asthnw cures in the market
and have received treatment from phy
sicians in New York and other cities
but got very little beaellt uutil 1 tried
Foley's Honey ancl Tar which gave me
immediate relief and I will never be
without it in my house. I sincerelv
recommend It to all." Sold bv Uento'i
& Ward.
Tha earnest Christian liveB in a a con
tinued state of resentence.
No good health unletT. the kidneys
are sound, Foley's Kidnsv Cure makes
the kidneys right. Sold by Donton &
Ward.
True friendship says little and does
much.
During the summer kidnev irregulari
ties are often caused by excessive drink
ing or being overheated. Attend to
the kidneys at once by using Foley's
Kidney Cure. Sold bv Denton & Ward.
While waiting for youT ship to come
in busy yourself building a safe harbor.
Spring Fever.
Spring fever ia another name for bil
iousness. It is more serious than most
people think. A torpid liver and in
active bowels mean a poisoned svstem.
If neglected, serious illness may "follow
such symptoms. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers remove all danger b.v stimulating
the liver, opening the bowels Rnd cleans
ing the system of impurities. Safe pills.
Never gripe. "I have taken DeWitt's
Liltie Eariy liters for torpid liver
every Bf-ring for years," writes H. M.
Kverly, Moundsville, W. Va. "They do
nie more good than anything 1 have
ever tried Smith Bros.
The kleptomaniac regards things
from an abttract point of view.
A Heal Friend,
"I suffered from dyspepsia and indi
Kestion lor lifteen years," says W. T.
Sturdevant of Merry Oaks, N. C. "Af
ter 1 had tiled many doctors and medi
cines to no avail one of mv
friendB
suaded me to try Kodol It gave i:r
medlsle relief, can sat almost any
thing I waul now and my digestion Is
good. I cheerfully reroiumeud Kodol."
Don't try !o cure stomuch trouble by
dieting. That only further weakens
tho BTsiem. Von need wholesome,
strengthening iood. Kodol enables you
to assimilate what you eat by digesting
it without the Btomacii's aid.
Smith Bros.
Better lose your argument than your
friend —Itam's Horn.
A Little Book of Great Importance.
Do you ever wish lor book that can
bo relied upon to answer correctly all
the little questions and knotty problems
that present themselves day by day—a
book that will quickly decide all argu
ments on all subjects The I'J02 World
Almanac and.-' Encyclopedia, which is
now ready, is exactly tills kind of book
It takeB the same position in tho world
of l'aots and iigures as does the diction
ary in the world of words.
This little volume contains over UOO
pages of well printed agate type, ever)
line containing some fact that you will
sooner or later want to look up."
The World Almanac should*occupy
prominent place iu every progressive
Amerlcimhousehold. The i'J02edition
more complete tlmn'sny1 or the 'formei
ones. It contains fact's on many sub
jects thut have recently been brought to
ike public notice and which every up
to-date person should have at his tin
gors ends.
Among the features of the 1TO2 A!
manuc are:
®T!ie millionuiris of tho United States,
list giving the names cf nearly 4,000
Americans who possess over 81,000,000.
The great American trusts full particu
lars of IKi leading industrial oraaniza
tius. Organized labor enlarged sta
tistics of the strength of labor unions
and tho prtsent condition of the labor
iviov ment. The Nicaragua Canal and
the nny-Panncefote treaties with Great
Britain Progress of aerial navigation
in ltKll. Complete United States census.
Anarchist statistics ot the United States
and Europe, etc to the extent of over
1,000 topics.
"I used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
ror piles and found It a certain cure."
Bays S. It. Meredith, Willow Grove, Del.
Operations unnecessary to cure pileB.
They always yield to DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. Cures Bkln diseases, all
kinds of wonnde. Accept no counter
feits. Smith Bros.
Improvement of Corn. .7
"Uncle Henry" Wallace,is devoting a
good deBl of space in his paper Wal
laces' Farmer to the improvement of
Iowa Corn. He calls attention to the
fact that while the Iowa Farmer has
been improving his live stock for twen
ty years and more ho has given very
little attention to the great Iowa crop,
corn. Among the many articles which
have appeared in Wallace's Farmer on
... ., uuuvc a i' at utCl UU. •.
In thie connection we wish to say
that Wallaces' Farmer ia one of the
best agricultural papers that comes to
thin oilice. It is handsomely printed on
paper of line Quality, filled with at
tractive illustrations, and in addition
to its regular features, Its editorials by
"Uncle Henry," its departments of
Dairying, Horticulture, tbe Hog und
Poultry, Its Home Department, for the
women contains full reports of the
leading fairs, live stock shows, and
sales, agricultural meetings, etc. It Is
published weekly at Des Moines, Iowa*
at 81.00 a year, ail subscriptions pay
able in advance and the paper stops
hen tho time is out. We can send
Wullacea' Farmer and the Democrat
both one year for only 2.23 and you get
ir-e of our nice premiums. Apply at
!!ie Democrat oilice.
Loads Them AU.
"One Minute Cough Cure beats all
other medicines I ever tried for coughs,
colds, croup and throat and lung trou
bles,' says D. Scott Currin of Loganton.
l'a. One Minute Cough Cure is the only
absolutely safe cough remedy which
acts immediately. ?.lothers everywhere
testify to the good it has done their lit
tle ones. Croup is so sudden in its at
tacks that the doctor often arrives too
late, It yields at once to One Minute
Cough Cure. Pleasant to take. Chil
dren like it. Suro cure for grip, bron
chitis, coughs, Smith BroB.
Much Heading tor Little
Money.
Tho New York World has got the
cost of printing down to a minimum.
Its latest oiTer of its monthly newspa
per-magazine is interesting if from no
other cause than it shows the acme of
"how much for how little." The Month
ly World is a 32 page magazine with
colored cover. Its pages are about the
size of the pages of the Ladies Home
Journal, aud it is copiously Illustrated
in half-tone. The illustrations are the
results of the best artistic 6kill, aided
by all tho latest printing-press appli
ances, making a magazine unrivalled in
the quality of ItB contents and its ap
pearances. Each issue contains stories
of romance, love, adventure, travel
stories of liction and fact stories of
things quaint and
curiouB,
gathered to­
gether from all over the world the re
sults of scientiflc research, and editor
ial reviews. It numbers among its
contributors the'leading literary men
and women of the day. A feature
each month iB a full-page portrait of
the most famed man or woman of the
moment in the public eye. In collect
ing and preparing for publication the
literary matter and art subjects for the
Monthly World no expense is spared.
The New York World will send 6ix
numbers of this newspaper-magazine
on receipt of tifteen cents in stamps.
AddrosB The World, Pulitzer Building,
New York.
rl Wiiltrt Slallutojir.
per­
Tlio Regular and Reliable Chi
cngo Wpwialist will be at Man
Chester,
Clarence House,
Monday, July 14,
one day only and return once
every 28 days. Office hours 8 a,
ni. to (5 JJ. in.
r» ittjtumncnuy ma cases no unaenauen
minds ie lutnirablo r»ome without tirkluw a
vfiomthom. TltU Is why ho continues tils
Ut3 year after r, svhilo other doctors have
.•id* a low vlslt3 and stopped. Dr. Shallcnber-
Is an eminently successful specialist In all
•lilies dlsoasos, proven by tho many cures
i5'of! In chronic cases which ivo baffled tho
.iilof all other physician*, ills hospital ox*
.. rlenco and oxtonsivo pr
,f!co
1
The 1902 World Almanac aud Ency
clopedia is on sale by all newsdealers
throughout the country for 25 cents.
When ordered by mail 10c extra for
postaoe must be inclosed to the Woild
New York.
Sures ECZEMA, SALT RHEUM,
ALL SKIN ERUPTIONS AND FACE
BLEMISHES. IT HAS NO EQUAL.
Sold by druggists
or sent, express prepaid upon
receipt of price 75Q. Address
V- N. DEA.COM. MANOHESXT'N.
«old by
Denlun & Ward, Manchester, lows.
Johnston, DelhJ, lowa.»
Dr. II. Livingston, liopkinton, lotva.
1 I..,.i
»»». UITIU^SIUU, UtipA
J.P.Sireigul Ky:tn. Iowa.
K. F. Mulvohlll, MasiMVMo.lowR.
i..
it.,u,iu«,
A. Ivi-ndftU, lSurlYill", Iowa.
lverpcr fileyors, r^rsbu/t lov
I. Armslrcnx, livo^un.Iov/
lr. W, Roydou, hdgewooii, /•.771.
Whoeloi- Katon. Lamcntl Iowa
•lames Musser, Almoral, Iowa.
J. V. Hush, Colosburg, Iowa.
IS. U. lirtggg Si Co., Dundee, Iowa.
Mus.soh
3EACOM'**
iUTlCSLBaR
THC Oft'AT M80S0AV •IBOOVIHV
havo mado him
proficient that ho can narue aud locat, a dis*
IMJ ill a £ov mluutss.
Troats all -able r-^o.s of Catarrh. Noso,
'uror.t and diseased. 2-yo -nd Lur,
touiach, Liver and Kimevs, Gravel, puma
'sn. Paralysis, Nourabrla, Nervous nnd lloait
"^oases, Blood
... Skin d. oases,
ht's Plsoaso Cor^um
'iiseases jf theUladilor and
K-'ilepsy,
Jilted u»nl
liils.Cataraet, Cross Eye
r?»!n.
NERVOUS
A. 11. BL&Kti, ...
II. 0. nAKRKULK.
and. V.rroaWont,
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BANK,
MANCHESTER. IOWA.
CAPITAL. $50,000
General
Banking
ElUSlllGSS
KW9 US SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
tP
and these are illustrated by a nnthber
of photographs showing different va
rieties of corn, perfect and imperfect
ears, the most prolitable to raise, etc.
I he average Iowa farmer thinks he
knowB as much about corn as anybody
does but we miss our guess if he can
not learn a lot from these articles in
Wallaces' Farmer.
A._yon
Transacted,
Interest Paid on Time Deposits,
TOR BENT.
B. Hobioson,
M. Garr,
A. Granger,
M. F. LoRoy,
M. Beehler.
A. H. Blake.
Oven,
LVriwr'™' H. O. Haeberlo.
cosesseBFoaTesaTTs.
First National Bank, Dubuaue, Iowa.
Central National Bank New Vork City.
Commoreial National Bank. Chicago, ius.
R. W. TIRRILL
Is Loaning Honey as chead
as any person or Corpora
tion.
Compound Vapor and Sham
poo Baths.
Baths
Most all dis-'
eaBos are caused
by poisonous seo
retlons, which
clog the wheels
of NATURE.
Vapor 1
and
Shampoo.
The name and
the symptoms:
may be different
but the cause of
disease can us-7
ually be traced
to tho imperiect aotion ol the millions
ot pores of tho human body. A bath in
accordance with scientific require
monts is the best preventative and
romedy known. The methods employ
ed by me are tho most scientific ever
invented or discoveied (or dispelling
dlseaso. Results tell tho story. Give'
mo a trial. This is the Conant system
ol baths. A competent lady attendant
In charge of the ladies
department.
Office and bath rooms on Franklin
street, opposite Globe Hotel,
8tf
Q. D. QATeS.
BOYNTON
M'EWEN,
I
HAVE
Ladies and dents dold Watches
in all sizes kinds and styles,
Ladles, dents and Chrildrens Rings
from DIAMONDS, OPALS, EMER­
ALDS, PEARLS,ETC., down to
PLAIN GOLD BANDS.
WEDDING RINGS.
SOLID STERLING SILVER PORKS,
TABLE, DESERT and TEA SPOONS,
NAPKIN RINGS, ETC., ETC., ETC.
Also large line of Best Brands of—
SILVER PLATED SPOONS, PORKS,
KNIVES, TEA SETS, WATER SETS
CAKE BASKETS, BUTTERDISHES,
ETC., ETC.
CARVING KNIVES and FORKS, LADLE
GUARD CHAINS, GENTS VEST CHAINS?
EMBLEM RINGS, CHARMS, LOCK­
ETS, GOLD SPECTACLES, MAN
TEL CLOCKS, SILK UMBREL
LAS, GOLD PENS.
Come and see the many things we
have not space to list.
BOYNTON & M'EWEN.
Delaware County
STATE BANK
Manchester, Iowa.
CAPITAL S60j000
OFFICERS
WM. C. (SAWLEY, CHAS. J, SEEDS
Presldont.
R. W. TIRKIL,
Vice President,
oui.
Coj^umptlon in early
il Female Organs.
,1'juor and Tobacco habit. Stammering cured
id sure methods to prevent its
recurrence given.
A nevor-failhiK remedy for Hlu Keck.
'I1.E3. FISTULA
'"••I oured-wlthout
'P.ch'.l nUention a
"i'si's, anil all lisoI
uml Throat.
ni RUPTURE puaran
ntlon from business.
to all Surgical
of tlio Eye, Kar,
nioud. Granulated
..ralKhtenod without
DEBILITY.
Aro you nervous aud despondent: weak and
dobilitatctt tired mornings no ambition—llfo*
memory poor easily fatigued excitable
and irritable eyes sunken, red aud biurrod
pies on face dreams and night losses rest*
haggard looking weak back deposit In
rlnfl and dralnS at stool: dlstrusu".'* want of
uHlilouco: lack of energy and Mrecgth?
^Private Diseases a Spec
ialty,
Rlood Poison, Nervousness, Dlz/iuess, De
ective Memory and other ailments wMeh rulu
body and'mind'posltlvely cur«Ml.
W0R9S9ERFUL CURES
Perfected In old cases which havo beon neg
locted or unskillfuliy troatod. No experiments
orfaliuros. Ho undertakes no Incurable oases,
but euro thousands given up to dlo.
Consultation Free and Confidential.
Address,
OB. WILBERT SHALLENBERGER,
Oakwood Blvd., Ghloogo.
Befercnoc: Oakland Nat'l Bank.
v*
i'i
Cashier,
C. W. KEAGY,
Ass't. Cashier.
—DIRECTOR8
WM. C. OAWLEY. H. F. ARNOLD.
W. (5. KKNYON. R, W. TIURILL.
EDWARD P. SEE G. W. DUNHAM.
CL1AS. J. SEEDS. M. H. WILLISTON.
C. W. KEAGY.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
Prompt attention given to all business. Pas
senger tickets from and to all parts or Eur
ope direct to Manchester, ror salo.
Long Time Mortgage Loans Made
Bought and Sold.
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
.For the storage of valuable papers,
etc. (or rent.
When you want
Fine Furniture
Al"
Fair Prices
GO TO
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AT
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Earlville.
Undertaking Solicited
F. WERKMEISTER,
Earlville, Iowa,
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