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SU' til XUREI) DOLLAR HILLS. How An Innocent Man pected. lUHKAMAGLA AXX1VERSARY. was Sus One Of the Great Battlesof the Rebel lion-Tragic Death of Poet-Soldier wm "V.0. story was toId at «» New General Lytle. nniurd Hotel in Wasbington tbe other Forty-two years ago the latter part duy by u New Yorker who was travel- of beptember was fought and won by ug on a Pullman car between St. Rosecrums the great buttle of Cidcka- Louis and bis home, which goes to magua. Sbow the danger of convicting 1. man on Chattanooga, the objective point of < Ircumstautlul evidence. The principal 1 the campaign, has been well considered figure in this incident was not con the very gateway of the entire South. victed, but had it not been for a for Bragg, in command of the Confederate tuitous circumstance it might have force, was outwitted and outma- neuvred, and the town of Chattanooga gone hard with him. OF It seems that one of the occupants I fell into Federal hands, entirely by of tbe car on getting out of his berth to strategy. Chattanooga was then but a poor, dress missed bls vest, which was a [Sunset IX , iL'aa i ■ having _____ been 'Mioazme )/. rather serious affair, inasmuch as it struggling village, never____ contained in an inside pocket a roll of even beard of by one in a thousand of who composed the Northern money which consisted of six brand- those army. It is now a wealthy, prosperous new $100 bills. '<q J: city of til),000 inhabitants aud the iKP-i-- “A little later he picked up the gar home of over many Northern families. Au n * mh V* 1 ment on the floor, but on searching, tbe IP * I electric line runs from the city to roll of money was gone. It was a L. -id Indian woman glanced warriors around the council fire. All clear case of robbery, and the man I Chickamagua Park every 30 minutes. The celebration of the anniversary Ertelv at the distant sky line, and day long he hail been sitting alone 011 naturally raised an excited outcry, tUttered her gaze upon the deep the jutting cliffs which overhang the which drew the attention of all bis I of the battle, from the 19th to tbe 23<1 of September, where the tales of the Kw of the lake. The Ong? water, far away from the laughter fellow-travelers. Early in the game and the picket line were once Laid I will tell you of the Ong. and shouts of the camp, eagerly, pray tbe proposition to search everybody in campfire more recounted, has been of surprising t Ong was a huge bird, greater erfully watching the great lake. Sure fcUe houses of the white men. Its ly the Great Spirit would hear liis that coach «'as made and adopted w. h interest to thousands of old veterans Er was like the eagle’s, and its prayer and give him tbe moment he but a single dissenting voice. One man aud their quondam foe*. K, were l»"8' r thuu tbe talleBt longed for, yet he hud been here stood out fiercely and indignantly t? Its face was that of an In- for days and weeks in unavailing against it, and said that he would never consent to such an indignity, but U hut covered with bard scales, prayer and waiting. would oppose it with all the force he r'lm feet were webbed. Its nest The afternoon was well-nigh spent, could employ. L deep down tn the bottom of the and the heart of the young brave had "This man was at once an object of L out in the center, and out of the grown cold as stone. In his bitter L rushed all of the water« which despair he sprang to his feet to defy suspicion, uml many whispers directed i tbe lake. There are no rivers to and curse the Great Spirit to whom lie at him went around. Every other indi L the lake, only tlie water» from had trusted, but ere he could utter the vidual aboard voluntarily submitted to Long's nest. All the waters flow words his very soul stood still for joy. being searched, yet nothing was seen Ek near the bottom, in great uuder- Slowly rising from the center of the of the s oleu bills. At this point some » Lns and after passing through the lake, he saw the dreaded Ong. Cir- * ^.. amateur Sherlock Holmes cornered the Llies of tbe nest are sent forth cling high in the heavens like a vast porter, and by adroit questions aud Eo, Every plant and bird and ani- «hapeles« thunder cloud, black as the threats made that rascally employe L E that gets into tnese under-cur- night the monster swept, now here, own up to the heft, and also made him I Ks and sometimes even the great 1 now — there — in ’ search ' of prey. The disgorge $000 in handsome notes that Cat’are swept into the meshes of young brave stood erect. When the appeared to be right from the Print gnest and are there held fast to fur- Ong was nearest, he waved his arm to ing Bureau. The owner of tlie money Bh food for the Ong. attract its notice, lie hud not long overjoyed and all hands congratu He ate everything, he liked every- to wait. With a mighty swoop and an was him on recovering bls money. jng, but best of all he liked the awf rushing noise the bird dashed lated "About this time the obdurate gen I ate of human flesh. No one ever to earth, and as it swept upward, tlie tleman who had resolutely declined to mi «rd or saw anything of such poor young brave was seen by all to be be searched secured the floor. ‘Now, my friends.’ said lie, ‘I will tell you I «'by I risked your suspecting me of the I i theft,’ and v hat did this man do but go down in bls hip pocket and fetcli 1 up a roll of money that he counted out In our presence, and. as sure as I am BRIGADIER-GENERAL WM. H. LYTI.E. a living man, in this roll there were The battle of Chickamagua. which Just six—no more and no less—brand lie«’ bills, each of $100 denomination. followed Chattanooga, was most desper Positively there was no way of telling ately contested on both sides. Bragg was reinforced by a veteran them from tbe bills that bad been re covered. Then we all knew why he bad corps from Virginia, under Longstreet, ami Buckner's Corps from East Ten declined to be investigated.” nessee, until Ills forces outnumbered Roseerans’ by over 12,000, and yet the Northern army, by wise and vigorous Brief Thanks to the Ladies. marching day and night over moun Jonesboro (Ark.) Evening Sun. tains and through pusses, and by tile The members of the Citizen’s Bnnd concentration of widely scattered ask the ladies who gave the supper forces, inflicted such terrible losses for the benefit of the band 011 Wednes that Bragg was Incapable of any but day night, August 9, to please accept the most cautious following when their sincere thanks, It is the wish of | ltoseerans fell back to occupy Cliattn- every member that when these good nooga, for which he liad been eontend- lathes have done all the good deeds lug. I here that God would have them do, Among the many that they be gathered borne to Join both sides who gave . their beloved causes there was none the heavenly band, where all be joy. braver, none more mourned ^than the happiness, and good music, which all Union — - -- - Brigadier-Genernl, Win. II. who live as these good ladies have ........ About to give the order to lived shall enjoy, ami may the in I.ytle. fluence of these good ladies ever guide charge, he was struck In the head by a the members of the Citizens* Band to a bullet and fell dying in the arms of Ills higher stand of morality and fame, aid.His poem of "Anthony ............ . and Cleopa- | and may we never cease striving until tra,” generally believed - to ■ • have ' been u we have reached the topmost round of composed the night before tlie battle. the ladder of fame, when God, in Ills but which, as a matter of fact, was an : wisdom, shall call us home, and when earlier production, has been classed as we have played our last tune here on one of the most masterly lyrics in earth, may we be gathered with these American poetry. good ladies around God's throne, where we can play on God's instruments of gold, where our music will be sweeter, 1 Atu Vying Egypt, Vying. through the ceaseless ages of eternity. I am dying Egypt, dying, Ebbs tile crimson life tide fast, and the darkness crept over the lake, And the dark, Plutonian shadows and into the darkness the Ong van- Gather on the evening blast. islied. Let thine arm, 0I1! Queen, support The women had been long in their me. lints i re tile council fire was kindled, Hush tliy 1 sobs and bow thine ear, and the warriors gravely seated them Hearken to the great heart secrets, selves in its circle. The loss of a Thou, and I thou alone, must hour. young brave could not to* allowed to interfere witli so important an event Though my scarred and veteran le as tin* marriage choice, and from most gions of their minds he had vanished. It Bear their eagles high no more. was not so very unusual for the Ong And my wrecked and shattered gal to claim a victim, and ltesides, the leys youth laid been many times warned Strew dark Actinia's fatal shore; THE GREAT ONG. by his elders that he should not go Though no glittering guards sur Bortals as were drowned in these wa- clasped fast In its talons. A great hunting alone as had been his habit round me, of late. cry of horror arose from the camp, Prompt to do their master’s will, ■ri' tor their bodies were carried to But while the warriors were work pong's nest and no morsel ever but it was the sweetest note the ing themselves up to a frenzy of elo I must perish like a Ronmn- young brave bad ever heard. Jbi quence over their bygone deeds of Dle, tLe great Triumvir still. paped him. Sometimes he would I bird flew straight up into the ■na "le chores In quest of some sky until it became a mere speck to daring, au Indian maiden was pad- Let not Caesar’s servile minions ■ ?r wo,1|an or hunter, yet he was the enthralled below, filing a canoe swiftly and silently be.ow. dll..» Mock the lion thus laid low; I’’™* coward, and was never known When it reached a beholders toward the middle of the lake Nona, great height it ■ attack anyone in enmp, or when would drop its prey into the lake and the Chief's daughter, understood no ’Twas no foeman's hand tliat slew ■ or more «-ere together. No arrow let the current draw it to the nest. more than the lest why her lover had him, ■ Pierce bis featners, nor could Such was its custom, and tor this not been dropped into the lake, nor ’Twas his own that struck the blow. iinJr?nKest sI)ear do more than the young Indian bad prepared by un why the Ong bad acteM so queerly, Here, then, pillowed on thy bosom, Ere Ills star fades quite away, L >• »1111 t,le sca'es on his face and winding from his waist a long buck but she knew that she could die with I..,?' , his craven’« lieart made him skin cord, and tying himself firmly to her lover. She took her own frail Him who, drunk with thy caresses, canoe because it was so light and Madly flung a world away! Is m .5 lls ioes l*°d no claws, and the Ong's legs. The clumsy feet could to paddle, though it was made F mouth no beak. not grasp him so tightly us to Pre'en' easy PAte one fall the Wnshoe Indians his movements. At last the great toes for’her when a girl, and would scarce- Should the base plebeian rabble Dare assail my fame at Rome, Jv support her weight now. It mat- rre making their final hunt before opened wide, but the Indian did not tered nothing to her If the wuter Where the noble spouse, Octavia, L« 1,1?. , , va|leys and leaving the fall. Again they closed and opened, «plashed over the sides; it mattered Weeps within her widowed home; Eier, a1 in 1,3 winter snows. The and the enraged bird thrust do« n his nothing how she reached her lover. Seek her—say the Gods have told me, E"’’ «tighter waa sixteen years head to see why his victim ref"3«® J" She kept saying his name over softly Altars, Augurs, circling wings, L. , H5°?e leavl”K tlie lake lie fall. In a mighty rage the Ong tried to herself. "Tahoe! My own Taboe! That her blood with mine commin Jibe 1 ' «tratest hero In the to grasp the man in its mouth, Ijit When the council had finished, the gled, L,; ,?r l"'r Imsband, for such had the strong web between the set bird s old women went to the Chief s hut Yet shall mount the throne of toes sheltered him. A«« 1 “ '* : " hr .i„ Cl'?to«n of Washoe chiefs to l>id ills daughter come and hear the kings. kirthi,1.'? *,’.e tribe came out of the the bird tried to use his horrid teeth, decision her father was about to ren EfliU,'. 1 ' , I',air®r than ever Indian ami each time his huge body «0mld der Their consternation was great, And for time, star-eyed Egyptian! the air tn such twistings nor’ did the tribe rest until the rosy Glorious sorceress of the Nile, M ”‘en was this daughter, fall through contortions that .»Hose who dawn hr in I? ,lnill!lrried brave and war- and tinged the Washoe peake and Light the path to stygian honors watched below stared in bewilder disclosed [rfnr, 11 ,rl,>e wished that he had meat With the splendors of thy smile. to the warriors the vast But what the watchers could I Lt t>„ dreds of greater prowess, body of the Ong floating on the wa Give the Caesar crowns and arches, not see was that every time the huge L“flkd’t be certain of winning Ix't his brow the lanrd twine; ters above its nest, and beside it a fnnna ^at last night at the lake, mouth opened to snap at him, tiny, empty canoe. But gently ap I can scorn the Senate's triumphs, big council fire, each was young brave hurled a handful of proaching the shore was the strangest Triumphing in love like thiue. L . the pipe and recount to the poisoned arrow heads into the mouth, craft that ever floated on water. It le 1 "oldest achievement of Us ¿nd down the big throat, t.heir sharp was one of the Ong's great wings, and I am dying Egypt, dying! cutting deep into the "”r"? the «all was the tip of the other wing. llark.' insulting foeimin's cry; hii-f T "d!e" a,l were beard, the points iln th , ot’oose, and the women tected flesh. The bird tried to dis Standing upon it clasped in each oth- They are coming quick, my falchion! him by r"bhln«. J'13 era arms, was the young brave Ta Ia-t. me front them ere I die. to ep''r<do "nd the wedding take lodge but the thong held firm. Now hoe and the daughter of the chief. In Ah! id inn I.!" ”'nny years the warriors gether. no more amid the buttle It plunged into the lake. the shouts of the trilie.shouts in which » tri) » forward to this event and K.,f t. feet headlong Shall my heart exulting swell; were tied so that It cotlld warriors ami women and children had become famed because no .wi£ and Isis and Osiris guard thee. though It lashed the mingled their voices with that of the Cleopatra! Rome! farewell! 1 th«« °” ’Tfkless daring performed great Chief. Tahoe knew that Im was who hoped to wed the waters 'nt» f(’a"' wl,h ,tS and though the man was neartT th, hero, and that Nona was bis bride. I ’ *°'ely daughter. drowned and exhausted, the poison The decision was rendered, but the Xunery Xonsense. d m",’ >thp m°mlng of the final day, caused the great bird lat nest still remains, and to this w gi,ni’! ai,d great stores of It suddenly arose and tried to .pe Ong's day the drowned never rise in Lake |toer "t were packed ready for the , Two magpie» sat on a garden rail Tahoe. „ As long ago as a week; ddiii» /'"were preparing for the , on(> '¿/’’tivities, and the fact that A nd one little magpie wagged his tall In the other little magpie’s beak K>m w who would be the brldc- Then doubling like a fist bls little toior, ietite l”tethat rniK,’ty band of claw hard 'rent '"tensest excitement to Said the other “Upon my word. «cpnt were joyous and lmp- This is more than flesh and blood can > vk 'be maiden and the hand- stand to hnn,l!t ,>rave fo whom she had From magpie or other bird.” tniditf« ,r^- In spite of custom So they picked and they scratched ♦ nut »’ IPr 'ovp bad long since each other'» eyes tonn« , nnp whose feet had been Till all that was left on the rail th« tJn prp’" *be war path when Was tlie beak of one of the little mag Mitam » gnTe battle to their plan. don,. the Pfutes He never And tbe other little magpie's tall. 1 cini ' ' valor, nor could he "u the right to «it with the » THE RACYCLE SPROCKETS Like No. 2 Grindstone are Hung Between the Bearings At ( ^içyiiei) flf2 Which Stone will Turn Easier? 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