FITZHOGH LEE'S ESCAPE.
tiVLlET FROM RETRESEXTA TTTE
JESKIXS' ilTSKE T PLdCClIED
TURoccn uis ui r.
ThriMInc Occurrence of the Civil
War Confederate Made Three
Desperate Charge In Blinding
Midnight Thunder Storm.
TV. M. Wooster.
One warm summer ercr.ic? In 1??3. I
sat raokiHK with Judge Jenkins, of
Wisconsin. ho Is now ably represeiit
(n bit State Jo Cypres.
We were watchine tbe nconi!nc of
heavv tbnnder storm, and the cvnver
a;lon bad turned, as it of." did. t
the time of his yotitb when be entere-'
the Union artr.y and , ty the 'ir
r'.c? event of the war. tranform3
into the fearless. Iron -manhood that
Las since character. Ted bin.
"It was J ist such an evening la tne
rummer f XZ " be remarked, "that 1 ;
eearly killed nutosh Lee."
- vrr Jowa in Viremia. and I
was in charge of an ammunition tra n
which was on its war to ilcCitaa s
army.
We bad been baited by a brief or
der from headq-iarter. n directed t J
reruaia where we w"r eear a little
viliare atoat
thirty miles south of
Washington.
"No reason was piven for the delay.
tfcouch some of the hoy thoueht it j
was for the purpose cf etab':e at
escort of cara'.ry to join us. Others
said they guessed iiac' diint tav
aay further us for powder. How
ever, w wre miiltty glad to go i'5
camp, as many of tbe raw ir en were
about 'bushed"' by the long and ht-t
marching, beside it pave us oppor
tunity to forage and get better ration?
thaa "bard-tack and maggoty bacon st
lively that it fo'.!owej ns around ea?
"We pitched ocr tects ia an cjxti
r!d. & short distance to the east of
a h'ra rxad which stretctei away to
ward home. About a q-jarter of a mila
to the soalh was a
ber.
thick F:e cf urn-
i
The Old Pie Woman.
"The third day we were In casip a
woman came through selline pits. We
thought nothing of her visit, other
than that her pies were home-male
aad tss'ed awfully good.
"It was j'ist such a day as thts. the Caih of the littttning we saw t, at
contirtted the Jude. "'and' ia the a!-; the expected storm was at last upoa
tereooc the heat trrcatce very oppres-j -js. Ia a few minutes it broke over
sive. As tbe evenins wore oa wre'es 5a a!l Its f'jry. and as it d'.d o i
oterved thander heads pUing cp In ; the eneay charged. yeKicg like devi:s j
the southwest; and the boys f rohe-! On they cant, riding as mad. and
siei thit w weald have a break in
the hot speiL
-I becas-e uneasy as the night wore
on. and walked about the carap watch
ing the Hashes of dtstast lightning and
the dark masses of drifting clouds
which seemed to be Caxking cs on
the north.
GET. FTTZECGH IXZ.
I realized that the open field offered
the more safety for the ammunition ia
case of severe lightning. Still an un
accountable sense cf impending danger
possessed me; and, acting upon what
appeared to be a foolish impulse, I
ordered the boys to cove all of .h3
ammunition into the timber just below
the camp. Tki3 was done without
lights; and the tents aad other ejui
age were allowed to stand where they
were. Camp fires were lighted a3
usuaL
"The more I tto'jgtt of the pie-woman,
the more suspicious it made me;
and feeling ill at ease, I spoke to some
of the boys about her visit. They Joked
about it and suezested that her pic
Lad given me indigestion.
-'Why.' my orderly said, there ain't
a Johnnie r'-b now k-r-ii around li-re.
They're all down there with "Mac"
keepin' him buty."
That's all right,' eaid another, 'but
why were we halted here, if there's
no dani?'
Doubled the Pickets.
"No one voluntered aa answer to
bis question, and 1 decided it would be
wise to double the pickets.
The men who were detailed for the
extra duty grumbled some, and a3 they
started for their posts one 'guessed
we were afraid the storm was 'going
to charge us.' Another was sure the
'Cap'n' was afraid of hisshadow after
dark, begorra!"
"About ten o'clock word was brough
that the pickets on the west had dis
served a small force of cavalry, but
thought they were Union men.
"An hour later a force of two or
three squadrons was reported passing
some distance to the south of our po
sition and going in a westerly direc
tion. Again, tbe pickets were not pos
itive but thought they were our cav
alry. "The expected storm seemed to have
passed off to the north, though the
staggering half-moon showed the
southwestern quadrant still dark and
threatening.
"1 he camp had settled down for the
night, but I was uneasy, and sat near
my tent trying to pursuade myself that
the reported cavalry was the supposed
escort which had missed the road to
our camp and would probably pick us
up in the morning. However, 1 did
not feel reanHured. and walked over to
the post covering the road to the west.
"Scarcely had I reached tbe picket
when we heard tbe tread of a hors
walking slowly up tbe road.
"'Don't challenge I whispered,
f'll V 1 )
Well take birn if it's a Johnnie.'
We flopped Into the deeper shad
01. and oon a mounted Confederate
officer emerged from the dark bend of
the road, and was silhouetted against
the sky. In a moment or two he reach
ed the point cotntnandinjc a v:er of our
camp. iw rein and sat not fifty feet
iar, pc-rinir. toward ua.
"l" cautiously took the picket's rife,
and we sprang oat into full Tiew. The
officer farted a he ftw us. and wheel
ed his horse to escape.
" Ha!!.' I cried, and as he dashed on.
with a quick aim. 1 pulled the trisg.-r.
simnltinnrasiT with the report, l(v
picket struck op the (tun. escjainiin.
My God. lapn. you re ooo;.ng
of our tee a."
Bullet Ploughed Through Hat.
"I saw the oSieer's hat twitch sharp-
!v a the htavy bullet tore throuca
U For an iastaat he swayed as u.-oia
M
j p.
EON. JOHX J. JXKO'S
hit. t!:en 7nrr-l r.j t!.e rtid rffir I
c fuU rt-ioai The n uick; biow of the
pici.et had saved his Iile.
-With the sound of his ralloplrg
horse, we heard shots oa tbe Bonn.
er:ven ty a Uw of the eEemy 9
cavalry.
I ""The caatp as htjrrtedly arouse!.
'and our boys were ready fjr the at
tack. Eavocets were Cxr3. Tlie iaea
were ordered to reserve their Ere un
til the horses were alaaost oa
"It tad bY)tne ttt dark, attd from
by the very or::cer I had so narrowi.-
missed. I recognized t:m inst&nUy.
The Mislnicht Charce.
TVe held crcr re until they w.-re
a'most on top cf us. aad then aior. ;
the whole front of oar triple line, b;az
ed onr guns f -ill in thetr faces.
The crash was terrific. Troor-?rs
reeled ia their saddles. Horses stag
gered and went dowa with thrir r :
ers. The others broke ia c.cf i-.oa ai. 1
dashed wildly past on oar fiar.ks.
' It was worie than nizttmare th--torrents
cf rain, the total darkness, in
:ei;5ed ly the crashing, bliaii'.l
Iirhtning, and the cursing, yeiiicg :
troopers, chareinz along over us. j
"The Cashes showed us the killel i
and wounded strewn along our front, j
aad I took a ClUaiOT:ntrd captain prii-j
oner. (
"Three times "hey charred n? tha"
niht. and as many
!a.-t tlia
ward.
:es were driven
rra":tg sot'.h-
ca.-r.e, we bjr
sid with the
led our kl.led slie t
C'cr.f-dera'e deal.
-ily pro- -r ?,:! rr.e 'hi
the t harrr-r-r---.n
a:. .
that I sj
i's rife.
w as led y 1 .z.vii-h !-f-then
I k who i- li
nearly 1.111-d w-;h the e-iev et's rife. j
"Do you kroT " ss:i th- !?e af-;
ter a Ion? siiene. a? te withdraw to
the toa-fe to avoid the itevy e;s'3 tf
rata, "1 ve always teta u.ir.: J
hat mistaken picket."
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The Canada Goose.,
With the cry of "honk, honk," like'
the warning of an automobile horn, the
hunter i ttarm-d of tli? approach of
the leader of a (lying flock of Canadian
fwi. Ou Coine tlie loiiK-necked wild
fowl from their northern hunting
ground. They stream i.cros-t the -kt
much In the form of tbe living wedge
formerly used in football tactic.
Irudually the wedge cloiie together,
luakiri V'int homogetieoliK mans of
black and brown, with sprinklings of
white. L'tiually the t'aiiadian gee
ftop flying ulMjut uriM-t, feeding ou
eel-gra, eiJge, roots of water piantx.
and occaHioiiully 011 small tinh and
iiiKectn. Kveu at timeti tlwy will eat
the corn, wheat or oilier grain
lrop' by the farmer In the stubble.
Supper ove". they return to the water,
Kleepiug with head tucked under
wiugH, waking only to start out again
In tM-arch of break fa Rt. These two
flight are no habitual with these geese
that hunters can easily reckon when to
take position In tbe pit In wait of the
nyinr wedges.
Strangely enough, these birds, while
thrown Into a state of panic at the ap-
THE POWER OF SONG.
AMXCWEXT OF lirE IX LWB)
WISOX DVKlXti THE CIVIL
WAR.
Mow the Prisoner Sang the "Star
panc!ed lianncr, and Therwwa
Chveung in the Streets f Kk.Iv
munU.
Taken prisoner while In chars cf
the rear guard, oa Stonctnan' first
r .1 r.iir Kirhmtn.l Vl relate an
; olJ "Captjn of the caTairy. and after
, va.-iou adveatur. I. w uh 2.6ot) of the
prisoner taken at Chance, lorsvilie,
a fnt to Lib by prbon. The large
nctM of prisoners oa the Confederal
sidi procured us. nRitt fortunately, aa
exchange la a very short time, and
i vnhia a moaia cr no i participated la
another raid under Colonel pear or
ihc nth rentuitlvania Caiairy over
the same groan J whre I had be a
lately led a priioner of war.
We had parsed but one Sunday la
Libby S3 ofioers cotllceJ to an up
moct story. AN.ut the middle of that
afternoon I chanced to look around
the rrn. A b.ilf dotu iirt.-
re i laying cards, many were sleep
ine. several were lying on the fi.xr
prttty si. k. whi or.e sj iad of a doi
ea or mere had orsanired a prayer
rr.' !.:.;;. Not Uing a saint acd per
haps t.ot much of a sinner. I was sim
ply a "L-..tr oa la ence. ice
lea !? r u a captaia of a Massachu
set's re.ruest. The meetlEg was
eviier.tly drs-irg. the great Suat aad
p..-rhaps burger aad our poiition not
proving conducive to mnch thscks-
The National Anthem.
Saddenly the captain started up. and
taking his place rear the centre of the
room, eaclaimed la a voice loud
enough to attra-t Immediate a'ten-
ixn, "Let us all sing The Star Spn-
n - - . w j. :s it r.f .w--a .
Hi
UBBV I'RISON'. KICHMOXD, A-S
rd Bmner. " and commenced in an
.i'.p'ioiialiy fine baritone, "Oh, ay,
n you eee."
Cards were dashed aside, the ele-p-
r awoke, tne sick leaped to ineir
:Vt, and like magic every one of the
' ttire S3 ofSeers crowded to the cen
tre, singing wrh the greatest enthu-'ii-a.
At least two dozen of the men
fine volre-s, and never did the
irzni old words aeeni so like a mighty
i.-.theni.
Waved the Old Flag.
IDtjier ani louder swelled the Bound
un'.l the ttorus of the last verse was
r-axhed. when a member of a New
Vi.rk City reu-:n:ent, a regular Tarn-
raanv ihoro :ei.tr d. reached his hand
n Lis breast an I proiuce i a small s:.k
which h" had. ia some way, con-'
' aled when searr bed by the guard3 on
LV-ring. and with a wild shout waved
.' lo and fro. Aaia and aeaia was
he chorus repeated, and then su i
'eLly th ca;.'.aia chanced to 'Th-.-my
and Navy Forever," "Three
1 11 1M
proach of a man, are not Jn fear of should g0 through that city, these play
cows; this fact ha often led hunter : erg werfe always switched over on au
to train oxen to waiK straigui iuu
flocks of them, the hunter hiding le
hlnd the animal until within gunxijot
of the flock.
And jet, notwithstanding their wild
nature. Canadian geese are often
domesticated and crossed with the
common barnyard gooe. Sometime
wounded bird are allowed to run with
he domesticated bird, until some mi
gratory flock pi.sse over the bead with
it try of "honk, bonk." Tbe call of
the wild is on again and the nurse 1
bird once more in a fctate of bealUi.
rec'iJ4 hlx eouipnulou. A wounded
bird Is often known to dive beiicatii
the vvcterh surface, exposing only Its
tios rils, cntll nil danger ha paafcu.
Surprised, a flock ris suddenly and
apparently in great confusion, the
large bird get Into one another
way, so that the mnrksimo oa excel
lent opportunity to bag h braca. 1th
the typical "bonk, honk" they rise
against the wind until they are once
more in orderly array, the wedges fly
lag oa to other part.
Cheer for the Ked. White and IUue."
Veritable cheers they were. Teai
streamed down ihe veterans' cheek,
th boy In the room teiow took up
the shout, and three time' thre
er Riven.
Hearing some cheering on the out-
side, 1 moved cautiously near Ihe
window it was dangerou to go too
near and saw all the guards In line
with their muskets pointed toward th
building, tut. massed up and down
th streets, were hundred upon hun-
J reds of people, four-fifths of them
women. clapping their hands and war -
Ir.g their handkerchief, showing by
their approval a most remarkable trib
ute to the power of song, and that love
for Old Glory still held a warm place
la their heart aid tucmorr.
SOME GREAT DISCO
The Chicago I'nlverwlty Score Some
Important Achievement.
Almost fTery day one cf the pro
fessors of the University of Chicago,
the financial machinery of which Is
oi.'ed by John I). Kockefeller. breaks
into print with some new discovery.
They ktp the world startled and won
dering. lur:ng the past few years, for la
stam. the following epoch-making di
reverie, among a host of others, have
ben l.sted by a liafUlo newspajn-r a
Cicgo University discoveries:
T"t-kf kissing causes lockjaw.
That a dog never folio s an unedj
cated man.
That tl.- Pennsylvanlans are turning
Into Indiana.
That Ireland was oar a lake.
That primeval man had a gizzard.
Trat music is antiseptic.
That Adam caught fish with a tn
That love Is a disease of the Medulla
o'tlou-ata.
That a cabbage contains more neur-
:s.inct than telve eggs.
lhat Boccaccio was a Swede.
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IT LX)KED DCBING ThE WAR.
That th American negro Is gradual
ly tjcoming yellow.
That Columbus was a grafter.
That Gorsre Vastiaj-tun l;kd oa
iCLS and tri;e.
That John I) P.o'-keWi-r U u greater
man thaa fchak'-sj eare.
eare. :
jug has seven stom- j
That the June!
achs.
Thit Arahia jroduces more iuHfrc-ts
thaa Uulr'ria.
That marriag is a form cf Insanity.
It will Uke tie wor.J a tiT.r it .oa
to pond-r over th f-w iru;u.t.on
tpre mLtior.-i. The eo untie as others
proniulratei by tie rj.aro t3i::'i
would kp a tho-:inl---:eT.t:sts V'li-y.
even if they vorif! dsy anl n.ght, ia
thr-e shif's, for fifty jars.
Certainly. Mr. Ko-' kf-!r's money
Is Vx-iCff we.! t-;x-n!. The fa t that the
rublic iauh3 at the o:l born profes
sors and reeards them as luw com'.
dians i3 of no ainintaace. The wori i.
;t will be remembered, laughel at
Copernicus, GaUieo and Sub-Ucut. Na
poleon Iionaparte.
FORT USES FOR HALL PLAYERS.
Frleodly Rivalry In the Two Great
Leagues. j
The great baseball battle which 00 !
curred a short time ago between the
pennant winners of the National and
American Leaeue for the season's
playing recaps to rninJ that It was but
a few years ago that these two rival
baseball associations were clashing j
tooth and &a:l In a deadly war of ex-
tennina'.ion and survival. It was then :
thai the American league, under the
ieaieraaip of Han Johnson, male In
roads Into tbe ranks of the National
League, capturing It star players an 1
enlisting them in l's cause through a
rainbow of big alarie. Rival teams
were placed in Chicago. St. Louis, Bos
ton, New York and Philadelphia and
princely salaries offered to tbe players
of ability. There were, of course, eui's
at law, and injunctions were sought re
straining the contract Jumpers. One
particular Instance of this Is remem
bered in the rae of Lajoie, Untenant,
Wolverton. Orta and Townscnd, one
time member of the Philadelphia Na
tionals, who Jumped to the rival team
In that city. WUn injunctions were Be.
cured preventing their playing In the
Quaker town, they were transferred to
the Cleveland and Washington team?
The injunction, of course, prevented
their playing In Philadelphia, and
when occasion reoulred that their team
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for a few conflicting dte at pcranllil.
New York rr.il Philadelphia In (Mobei
were Ihe scene of notable battle fot
supremacy between th team repre
seniing these cities. I. at t ( .New Yolk
having on the luntifr In tint National
and Philadelphia' that In the Anierl
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"CnnisTT" MATHEWSOV.
The sr 1'i. ln rof tlir i w York "lilrniU'
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rale rett'pts from the? first fuur gami-s
l.yed war divided arr.ong the player
7S per ii-iu of this going to the win
ner, the New York Hunts, aud the
rt-malol.ig 23 per rent, to the loner, the
Athle.lc. Ibis netted a'h Individual
on tli fnrmi-r team nearly Jl.Z'H) tin'
apprjM.".:at-!y 7f) to each of tbe lat
ter In a'.d.tion to this tha manaxe
lijfi '. '. the I'Vla leipl.ia aggregatlot:
In divide 1 anior-i; f ilayers its r 'ar.
oi the pate recelpis nearly $5.000 as
a reward for winning the pennant ?n
'he American League.
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