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Farewell to
“Little Mac”
|| A FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY
| WAR STORY
November 15, 1862
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[Copyright, 1902, by G. L. Kilmer.]
N the morning of Nov. 15, 1862,
the Army of the Potomac
started on the direct march
for Fredericksburg. General
Ambrose E. Burnside, the new com
mander, proposed to march to Rich
mond by way of Fredericksburg, and
he counted upon little opposition at
that point. Burnside had taken the
command from McClellan a few days
before and practically adopted one of
the plans his predecessor had held in
mind for attacking Richmond.
The advent of Burnside as leader of
the army was a genuine surprise to
officers and men. The general himself
had protested against the removal of
the head of the Army of the Potomac
In the midst of a campaign, but the
authorities at Washington were com
mitted to a change. Burnside was
personally popular with the troops he
had led in battle and came to the new
field with the reputation of a fighter.
He had commanded the right wing of
the army at the storming of South
Mountain a few weeks before and led
the left wing, which bravely charged
across the river and seized the heights
in the face of the Confederates at An
tletain.
Next to "Fighting Joe” Hooker there
was no subordinate commander in the
and gunboats could take part In the
campaign. Burnside's chances of suc
cess lay in a rapid crossing of the
river and the seizure of the heights of
Fredericksburg, which command the
river and river roads toward Rich
mond for many miles.
In adopting his plan Burnside had
made it a point with the authorities at
Washington that a pontoon bridge
should be forwarded overland from
Alexandria to the front as soon ns pos
sible, and it was expected to reach the
crossing place almost as soon as the
vanguard of the army. All day the
15th of November the several corps of
me army set their faces toward Fred
ericksburg, and Sumner’s Second corps
stood on the heights of Falmouth, in
view of the city, early on the 17th.
Sumner wanted to cross the river at
once by the fords and seize the coveted
heights before the enemy should get
news of his presence and move to their
defense.
News of importance to the Confed
erates always traveled fast in Virginia.
It was next to impossible to catch the
southern leaders napping. There was
an insignificant garrison at Fredericks
burg all the time that the armies were
maneuvering and fighting north of the
Rappahannock. Even if the garrison
had been a sleepy one Sumner would
have had no chance to surprise it when
SOLDIERS GREETING M’CLELLAN.
east whom the soldiers generally look
ed up to with greater respect than
Burnside, and yet they could but share
his own doubts as to the wisdom of
placing* the hero of Newbern in the
shoes of “Little Mac.” McClellan’s de
parture from the camps just as the
troops set out for the scene of new
adventures was the occasion of a dem
onstration which showed the deep hold
he had upon the affections of the men
he had led through many fierce battles.
The order had been given out that
there should be no formal parade of
the ranks on the day of McClellan’s
lenvetaking, but the instant the favor
ite chief appeared on horseback headed
for Washington the soldiers rushed to
the roadside pellmell and began to
swing their caps and cheer in chorus.
The outburst was heard farther down
the road, and other soldiers took the
cue and lined the fields on both sides
of the way. After he had ridden a
few hundred rods McClellan’s pathway
was simply a narrow lane between vast
swarms of soldiers, who alternately in
dulged in cheers and words of compli
mentary greeting.
McClellan rode slowly down the line
on his mettlesome battle charger, Devil
Dan, waving his cap and bowing, first
to the right and then to the left, and
this continued for many miles through
the camps of all the brigades, divisions
and corps he had led on the peninsula.
(It was a trying hour for the Army of
the Potomac and for the country as
well, and McClellan’s last words to the
officers and men were, “I ask you to
stand by your new chief as you have
stood by me.”
On taking second thought the army
was disposed to congratulate itself up
on the choice of Burnside for a new
leader, since a change was Inevitable.
He was gallant and bold, and while he
had never held so high and Important
a command he had won small victories,
one after another, and every great gen
eral must come to full maturity by
slow experience. The soldiers wanted
to win and would follow with enthusi
asm any leader who promised victory.
Burnside’s plan of campaign was
very elaborate and had the weakness
of leaving the enemy and general cir
cumstances out of account He pro
posed to hurry forward one corps of
troops to oecupy Fredericksburg and
gather at that point rations for the
army for twelve days. Supplied for a
two weeks’ campaign, the soldiers
would march for Richmond and attack
before Lee could bring his army to the
defense of the Confederate capital.
Marching on Richmond by way of
Fredericksburg was only another
metnoa of transferring the army to
the peninsula. McClellan had taken
the army to the peninsula In April,
1862, by water, avoiding the necessity
of fighting for the passage of the Rap
pahannock river in the vicinity of
Fredericksburg. But with the army
close to the Rappahannock and the
enemy, so far as was known at head
quarters, far away, it seemed feasible
to steal a march across the river and
strike some water base between Fred
ericksburg and Richmond.
In case the army should be met by
the enemy after crossing the Rappa
hannock and passing Fredericksburg a
short march would bring it to naviga
ble waters, where the friendiv shins
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he reached the river, for on the very
day that he started for Fredericksburg,
Nov. 15, Lee hud sent a regiment of
infantry and a battery of artillery
from his camps at Culpeper, some
miles above, to keep ward over the
crossing.
But Lee's activity did not stop with
the sending of a trivial re-enforeement
; to the feeble garrison already on the
! ground. The first detachment was fol
lowed up by two divisions of Long
street's Infantry, W. H. F. Lee’s bri
gade of cavalry and a battalion of ar
tillery. Had Sumner crossed his men
over the fords, ns he wished to do, im
mediately upon his arrival, they would
have met with strong opposition before
securing the famous Maryo’s Heights
above the town. At best only small
parties could lwvo crossed at the fords,
and small parties would have been
useless In the face of the Confederates
already on the ground and rapidly ap
proaching. The delay of the pontoons,
which did not arrive until a week after
they had been promised, was fatal to
effecting a surprise. Had they arrived
promptly Sumner could have sent
across the river fifteen brigades of in
fantry and thirteen batteries, a force
large enough to cope with Lee’s van
guard. Tlie failure led to the bloody
disaster of Fredericksburg in Decem
ber following.
GEORGE L. KILMER.
AN UNCHANGED BILL.
The Clothing Merchant Wan Too
Much For the College I'rofeMnor.
Ex-I’resident Gates of Amherst col
lege was a man with three salient char
acteristics—belief in compulsory wor
ship as a means of grace, nicety of lan
guage and a fondness for bargain hunt
ing that was almost feminine. As Illus
trative of the latter It Is told that on a
certain occasion Mr. Gates bought for
$3 a pair of trousers that had been
marked at $6 and had them charged.
The first of the month a bill came in:
"To one pr. pants, $3.”
Mr. Gates crossed oft the "pants” and
substituted "trousers,” then remailed
the bill. The first of the next month an
other bill came in:
"To one pr. pants, $3.”
This time the bill waa returned, as
before, but with the following legend:
Dear Mr. Thompson—I am always care
ful about the language X use and like oth
er people to be the same.
The first of the third month Mr.
Gates received a bill:
"To. one pr. pants, $3.”
This time he went in person to visit
Mr. Thompson. He explained his posi
tion. Thompson looked at him a mo
ment and then replied:
“Pres’dent Gates, I’ve been in the
clothing business for twenty-five years,
an’ during them twenty-five years ev
erything in my shop above $5 has been
trousers and everything below $5 has
been pants. It’s pants you got. and,
egad, sir, it’s pants you’ll pay for.”—
New York Times.
The eggs of silkworms can with
stand, without injury, a temperature
of 38 degrees below zero.
The typhoid fever mortality varies
from 3 per cent to 49 per cent
JENNIE WADE MEMORIAL.
Gettysburg? Hus the Only Monument
to a Woman Killed In Battle.
Gettysburg has the oi||y monument
to a woman killed in battle, and this
tribute to a heroine was made by a wo
man and erected by women. Jennie
Wade Is rightfully called “the heroine
of Gettysburg,” for no more loyal girl
ever lived and none ever died more
bravely.
Her story Is interesting. The first
day of the battle Jennie Wade drew
and carried water from the old wind
lass well, while shot and shell shrieked
around her and the din of the battle
raged so fiercely. All day she filled
canteens for the thirsty men, never
shrinking from her perilous task.
All the second day also she succored
the almost fainting men. The third day
at dawn she was astir and was prepar
ing the brick oven to bake bread for
the soldiers, when their calls for food
were so Insistent that she saw the ne
cessity for haste and, calling her moth
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THE JENNIE WADE MONUMENT,
or, asked her to finish the baking In
the oven while she baked biscuit in the
stove for the men.
Before her task was completed a hos
tile bullet crashed through the door
and killed her. The evening of July 4
soldier hands tenderly laid her away
in n cottin made for a Confederate colo
nel.
Only a slab marked her resting place
until Sept. 1(1, 1901, when au ornate
monument was erected through the ef
forts of the Woman’s Belief corps of
Iowa, in which state the sister of Jen
nie Wade. Mrs. Georgia Wade Mc
Clellan, past department president of
the Woman’s Belief corps, resides. At
the time of the battle Mrs. McClellan
was In tlie*liouse in which her sister
was killed, in bed with a babe less
than a week old by her side.
Praise is due the woman who had
charge of the work of raising funds for
the memorial, Mrs. Margaret Hlnman
of Bclmoud, la. Mrs. Hlnman was in
defatigable In her efforts to erect a
shaft which should not only do honor
to the noble girl whose courage it com
memorates, but should be a credit to
the women who planned It.
The figure surmounting the pedestal
is that of a young girl with a cloak
draping her figure. In her right hand
she holds a cup, and on her left arm
she carries canteens.—Washington Post.
Too Much Furniture.
“Have nothing In your house that
you do not know to be useful and be
lieve to be beautiful,” was one of the
sane precepts of William Morris. Have
you applied it to your own house? If
not. begin with the sitting room and
carefully consider each article. How
few things here are really useful! We
need enough comfortable chairs and
each one should be a thing of beauty—
not necessarily expensive, but well
made, of good proportions and with no
sham carving. Each should be a self
respecting object, proud to show Itself,
not the beri blamed, betidied nonde
script article which sometimes takes
its place.
Many a room suffers from a super
abundance of tables which invite all
kinds of ornamental nothings to come
and repose on their tops. Indeed, it
often requires skillful navigation to
sail about this archipelago of furniture
in such a manner as to avoid catastro
phe.
What have you on the mantelpiece?
Are the things there from choice or
habit? it is better to have nothing
than nothing beautiful.
Glycerin ns n Hair Tonic.
Women have been twenty years
learning bow to use glycerin and have
more to leant yet. Its principal use is
to prevent evaporation of fluids from
the skin, keeping it moist and soft. A
tableapoonl'ul—that is, half an ounce—
of glycerin to a six ounce bottle of face
lotion prevents it from drying and
gives tlie skin full benefit of the liquid.
Glycerin is better as a hair tonic than
as a face wash. Two ounces of glycer
in. two of filtered water and two of al
cohol or cologne, shaken together, form
an excellent lotion for massage of the
scalp. A flannel wet with the liquid
applies It to the head an Inch or two
at a time, and the scalp is rubbed vig
orously with the fingers till the fluid
dries. “Rubbing In” any salve lotion
means that It is rubbed until It dries
and disappears from the surface com
pletely.
Mrs. Barnett.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
populnr novelist, tells a funny story of
her earliest literary experience. She
wrote her first story while still In her
early teens, and she greatly desired to
send it to a certain publisher iu Phila
delphia. Then the difficulty arose—
how was she to send it? The manu
script was nil ready, hut not the stamps
for the postage, and the young author
ess had not the wherewithal to buy
them. However, she bethought her of
a certain negress who used to gather
grapes for sale, and she asked this girl
to employ her. Thus she raised the
necessary money she required, and she
dispatched her story to Philadelphia.
Her delight at receiving the proofs of
It—for it was accepted—probably was
far greater than she ever experienced
ou similar occasions after she had
made her name as a writer.
Bediltnir.
The proper care of bedding should
enter Into the education of every
daughter of the household, for It Is one
of the essentials of health as well as
showing the character of the house
wife, for what shows more conclusive
"y a woman’s ideas of neatness and
cleanliness than the care with which
her bed paraphernalia Is attended to
and the everyday appearance of her
chambers? When a mattress is new, it
should be incased In a cover of un
bleached sheeting, which should be re
moved and washed once a year. This
keeps the dust from the mattress cover.
For covers which have not been so pro
tected rinse the ticking well In cold
water to which has been added a little
potash and rinse well afterward.
About ffervous Babies.
The nervous baby must be carefully
dieted, says the Philadelphia Ledger.
Find out which food suits her and then
stick to It. Give her lots of fresh air
and use plenty of water and keep her
very quiet. Never let her be dazzled
by a bright light or startled by bang
ing doors, clattering Breirons, etc.
Don’t let visitors excite her or try to
make her show off any little new ac
complishments. See that she gets reg
ular hours of sleep, that her bedclothes
ore warm and light and accustom her
always to the sound of gentle voices.
Even a baby should never hear a voice
raised in anger.
Graeefal Bed Drapery.
A simple and graceful drapery which
adds to the beauty of any style of bed
Is easily arranged. It consists of one
length of whatever material is chosen.
This is passed through a large ring of
wood or brass hanging from a staple in
the ceiling or from a rod projecting
from the cornice at the head of the bed.
The ends of the material are drawn
apart in curtain fashion and carried to
the sides of the headboard, where they
arc held back by means of bands or
chains. A few yards of cretonne in one
length will permit this style of draping.
Paper For Wrapping.
Some women do not seem to know
that they make a mistake when they
wrap up parcels—that is, parcels of
clothes or fabrics of any kind—in white
paper. The white paper no doubt looks
neat and attractive, but it happens to
have been bleached with chloride of
lime, and this is so strong that It will
ruin the fabric which lies for any
length of time against it. The most
suitable paper for the purpose is the
stout brown or blue not so commonly
used, but strong and without any harm
ful chemical properties.
The Nursery Sapper.
Stale breud bas many uses, but none
more satisfactory than for the nursery
supper. The bread should first be put
iu the oven and carefully browned,
then turned out on a board and crushed
with a rolling pin until It Is delicate
and fine. It should now be bottled
and kept in a dry place until it is re
quired for use, when two or three ta
blespoonfuls boiled in fresh milk and
a little salt will make a delicate, whole
some supper for children.
A Stationery Bint.
In buying stationery the woman who
is nice in trifles leaves a quire or two
of her note paper unstamped—this for
use when a second or third sheet is
needed to complete u voluminous letter.
It is one of the small things that be
tray a knowledge of correct usage, that
only one sheet of a letter shall bear
the address or monogram. Repetition
is unnecessary and should be omitted.
Kiiifovorui.
To cure ringworm, to one part of sul
phuric acid add sixteen to twenty parts
water, use a brush or feather, and ap
ply it to the parts night and morning.
A few dressings will generally cure. If
the solution is too strong, dilute it with
water, and if the irritation is excessive
rub on a little oil or softening applica
tion, but always avoid soap.
Mats For Piano Key*.
Mats for piano keys are used in some
houses to keep the dust away. They
are made of a long strip of white cloth
or Roman satin with a musical staff
worked all along In black filoselle with
a few bars of a tunc worked with black
velvet notes.
To remove stains from and thorough
ly clean stone sinks they should be
sprinkled over night with chloride of
lime, which should be merely brushed
down with water the following morn
ing.
When mixing beeswax and turpen
tine for floor polish add a little spirits
of ammonia, and the mixture will dis
solve without being heated.
Wipe the mica floors of your stove
witli a cloth dampened with vinegar
and the dust will all come off, leaving
the mica bright.
The whites of eggs beaten up with
an ounce of soda and used with a soft
brush will freshen gilt frames.
The Solid Hoofed Hog.
There are some solid hoofed hogs In
the world, but they are few and fur
between. Darwin has a great deal to
say about such pigs in his “Origin of
Species,” as there were only three in
England at the time he wrote this
book.
The solid hoofed hog Is not a freak
of nature, as many suppose, but a gen
uine case of reversion to a primitive
or ancestral type. It seems that, un
llko the prehistoric ancestor of the
modern horse, which has four toes or
hoofs, the old elotherlum, from which
animal all members of the swine fam
ily are descended, had a solid hoof,
and In the course of ages, as tho old
parent form died out and the modern
wild boer,‘domestic hog, peccary, etc.,
were evolved this solid hoof became
through what Darwin calls “adapta
tion” and “natural selection” divided
up Into two parts, so that all modern
hogs are cloven hoofed. Occasionally,
however, a hog Is born with the old
original solid hoof of the primitive hog
ancestor, thus demonstrating the tend
ency In all animals to revert now and
then to the parent form.
“No, suh,” said Mr. Erastus Pinkley;
“I nebber sold my vote to nobody.”
“But that candidate gave you $2.”
“Yassir. 1 doesn’t deny dat He
Jes’ come along an’ gimme dat two,
an’ when a gernmun comes along an'
gives you $2 foh nullin’ It ain’t no mo’
dan common reciprocity to vote foh
him foh nullin’.”—Washington Star.
Some Coffees
are Glazed
f with a cheap coating.
If glazing helps coffee
t why aren’t the high
priced Mochas and Javas
glazed also?
Lion Coffoe
is not glazed. It is per
fectly pure and has a
delicious flavor.
The staled package lnaure# uni- m
hflggg-A form quality and treahneu.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Sieves should be cleaned with a
brush and clear water, using salt or
soda if necessary; never soap.
Muriatic acid diluted with water and
applied with a stiff brush will very sat
isfactorily remove stains from marble
bowls and basins in bathrooms.
To prevent lamp glasses breaking, as
they will do sometimes if the wick be
turned too high, scratch the base of
the glass with a glazier’s diamond.
This is a simple and efficacious meas
ure.
One of the dyed chamois skins is an
excellent lamp mat for a polished table
—the rich red, green or a certain shade
of peacock blue. A red one goes spe
cially well with a lamp of Egyptian
design.
A mattress mat, serviceable and eas
ily made, is fashioned from lightweight
unbleached muslin in two layers, with
a sheet of wadding between. Quilt the
mat on the machine and bind with col
ored tape.
Cold water and soap can be used
with satisfactory results as a cleansing
material on all kinds of highly polished
furniture, provided it is followed by
another washing with clear water and
rubbed dry with a chamois skin.
Weighing tlie Ilaby.
A wise nurse weighs the baby under
her charge many times during the first
month of its life. Any doctor will give
her the normal rate of increase, and by
this she must be guided largely.
A child may be the joy of his moth
er’s heart because of his chubby face
and legs, and yet to wiser eyes he maj
suggest the fact that ho is overfat
through some lack in his diet. The
scale and the table of weights will set
tle that question.
The stomach of a child is so exceed
ingly small that it is highly important
that its food should contain all the ele
ments of nutrition in proper proportion,
and a child who appears well may
show by the scales that he is under
weight and in need of more carbohy
drates. A little cream, real cream, and
sugar In his morning porridge or his
fruit pudding regularly and systematic
ally supplied may in a few weeks con
vert him into a plump nnd happy
youngster.
Be Your Own Mameutc.
It is a mistaken theory that massage
cannot be successfully done for one
self. Study the simple rules of the
art, and by systematic effort you will
soou be able to keep the skin of your
face, neck and arms in excellent condi
tion. Any one of half n dozen good
creams should be rubbed on the face
with each massage treatment, and the
neck is wonderfully improved by the
constant use of cocoa butter.
Few women realize what an addi
tional grace may be*given the body by
a correct banging of the arms. They
should fall back from the bust, straight
from their sockets, not flung carelessly
forward. The average woman not only
weakens her lungs by the Improper po
sition of her arms, but lessens her
height and distinction of appearance.
Some people consider that Sarah Bern
hardt’s greatest physical charm lies in
her arm, which, being placed with such
grace, gives poise to her entire figure.
Cumblng Towel*.
I>i(l you ever see the convenient
combing towels neat women fasten
about their shoulders when they dress
their hair? They are not new, but they
are getting very popular. One large
towel is used and one-third of its
length is cut off. The two-thirds piece
is hollowed out at the neck and sloped
a bit on the shoulders, and the short
piece is shaped in the same way to lit
the neck and shoulders, but is divided,
faced and provided with buttons and
holes to fasten in front. The shoulder
seams are lapped for strength und
neatness and the neck is finished with
a tape or a pretty bit of embroidery, If
one Is fastidious about appearances.—
Boston Traveler.
A Liquid Medicinal Soap,
A German professor recommends the
following recipe for a liquid soup for
medicinal use In wounds, etc.: One
part of cuustlc potash dissolved in an
equal weight of water. To this add
four parts of olive oil and one-fourth
part of alcohol. Stir thoroughly for
ten minutes, shaking repeatedly. Aft
er about an hour mix with an equal
quantity of water. I.et it then stand
several days, then filter it, and It is
ready for use.
Canned Food*.
Canned goods require very little cook
ing as a rule, as they are already
cooked before being put in the tin, and
some of them, like corn and tomatoes,
only require a thorough*beutlng. Nev
er cook string beans, lima beans or
peas In the liquid which comes In the
can, but drain that off, then place the
vegetables In cold water and let them
stand a few minutes to freshen. Then
cook a few moments in either milk or
water.
Play Aprons For Children.
One wonders why the mothers of
families do not imitate for their chil
dren’s use the long black aprons worn
by nearly all French children. These
button to the throat, are worn by boys
and glrls^alike. thoroughly protecting
the toilet beneath. As they can be
dropped to an Instant, they are not In
the least cumbersome.
Saving III* Father’s Hair.
Lord Charles was often troubled by
Importunate acquaintances, who beg
ged for some of his father’s (the Duke
of Wellington) hair. On such occa
sions he said to,an old servant whose
hair was like the duke’s: “Sit down,
John. I must cut off another lock!”
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