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Ben, it did ii3 woik, you may come down now " him ' Nearly forty years ago on the mornI did as he told me, but saw that ing of the first day oi July, 1863, these the bullet struck far short of the words were spoken by a Confederate mark officer, and a lanky, beardless youth 'That was a little short. Ben, said clambered dowu from his peteh in the lieutenant, and after another long my top branches of a herry tree, with a and careful glance through bis field rifle still smoking tn his hands. he said. Simultanet usly, and only 900 yards glasses Sight her at 900 yards this time away, a gallant Union general, an and bold steady, for we must have army corps leader, on w hose shoulders him. gleamed the stars betokening his rank, Carefully 1 sighted my long-ba- r fell from his horse with a bullet bole relied rifle at the range given, and, In his head, and he died before his steadying it on a big limb, took good aids could reach bis side. aim and fired. I knew before the reThis Is the story of the death of port died away, before I saw Gen. Major-GeReynolds. Pennsylvania's fall, that the shot had beeh beloved soldier son, at the opening of Reynolds a good one, and would reach its the flrst days battle at Gettylsburg. mark. told by the sharpshooter who had laid I saw the horse plunge forward, him low, and now published for the saw the rider sway and fall from his first time. The incident has been hithand then heard the voice of my erto almost unvoiced, for the man who saddle, . lieutenant saying when only a boy of 16 years fired the You Bern, it did Its work. fatal shot has bitterly repented of It. come down now, it's time for us tomay be HIs name is Benjamin Thorpe, and moving. be is now, at the age of 56, what he Not until long afterward did 1 was in the war, the crack shot of learn who it was my bullet had on lives still North Carolina, and he down, and when I did learn, his ancestral at res just outside the brought w hen I heard and read of what & great Village of Satterwhite. and man and splendid soldier I Ben Thorpe is not proud of his had good to death, I was genuinely brought Inachievement and only to his more I have been sorry ever since sorry. timate friends will he talk of the shot and when the war was over I took fired from the treetop that July, morn- occasion to write to his relatives ining years ago. When he does speak them of the facts and expressof It there is polsnant regret in his forming Borrow and regret. my ing tone. He regretted It the day he I have letters from them, splendid learned who the distinguished target letters fn which theytelb me not to which bis bullet struck was, and he over It, that was the fortune of worry has never ceased to regret it. war, and that they could hold no aniLonely be lives upon his big planta- mosity or hatred against a soldier boy for his only companions, except tion, who had fought as he believed and score Northern visitors. beng a half officer's of negro hands and twenty gaunt and simply obeyed his superior orders. ferocious looking deerhounds. He has It was, of course, the fortune of never married, . All day on the "nth of June, 1803. war, butl tannot help feeling even at the legions of I ee, Lorcsmi and HJi this late day that It was a cruel which selected me, a mere boy, bad been sweeping tip from tne Southern plains in the direction of Gettys- to bring to his death this gallant genwho had won fame and escaped burg Intent upon dostro 'it the Union eral on so many army of Hooker and M"il" and open- the enemies' bullets fields ami val'evs tube the tainst ing up 1 have read his history since. He and most populous titles tf the North vas a grand man on his record, and to pillage. In the van were the Confederate Horn all I have otherwise heard, and only wish I could undo my work brigands of Pettigrew anl A.dur of ard now.'' Heatbs division. Hill's M.p-load The farmer hoy sharpshooter wa swinging up the Chamber!-lonthis force, on the morning id July 1 ram h interested in a description of the had taken up a commanding burial ground at 1ancaster, Pa., where Just below Sentirary Ilidge In M- Jen. Reynolds and his brother. AdcPherson's woods and alx.iit an o.-- l miral William Reynolds, are burled farm house which stood just bejond side by ride, and of the manner In Noth Car which John K. Reynolds Post, O. A. R., them lay the Twenty-Mxtolina Infantry, each man a varp hoot whore headquarters are at 1236 South to pu 't a Eighth street this city, annually decor, trained by long orated Gen. Reyoulds grave with flowsquirrel from the top of a tail tre And a hundred cr mote of these ers. He declared his intention of himsharpshooters lay snugly hidden fn the self sending a floral tribute next Metops of the tres under oidt is to sin morial day If he lived to see IL Pitta-burLeader. Cle out Union offieers as their quarry, facing them and holding a command' Thought He Meant Scott. ing position on the crest of Feminarv Ridge were the UHou in .llerv and Chaplain Joseph Twitchell of Hartunder Buford ford, Conn., tells a story of a certain cavalry on corporal in his regiment, a Thus matters stn i at u v the morning of July 1. w.en 0n ' iellow and a good soldier, of whom he Tleynolds, then command r c tne Fir- -t j was very f0nd.. On occasion of bis Corps and heb'ir-- ' the !eft of j rovery fron) a dangerous sickness the Union line, nuac galtoplrg a!o:s J haplain felt it his duty to have a the the Emmetsburg road fr i his head- serious pastoral talk with the corporal quarters tn advance of Wadsworth's while he was convalescing, and division, in which wce int tided the watfhed his opportunity for it. "As I Fifty-sixtPeni.rHvn!''a rcricrtt and rat one day." says Mr. TwltcheTT,' on the Second Wlsci nsln. the famed the side of his bed in the hospital tent Iron brigade: quickly he fi rmeri hs chating with him, he asked me what plan Of battle, and as soou a the Sec- the campaign was going to be. I told ond Wisconsitf arrived Upon the iicit him Hiat I didn't know. Well, said vest of the Seminary he ordoied them be, I suppose that Gen. McClellan to charge the northern pnd of Mt Pher-gon'- s knows all about it.' I answered: Gen. woods, where Archer't- Cot, fed- McClellan has his plans, of course, but erate brigade lay hldden.-an- d capture he doesnt know; things may Mt the position. come out as he expects, But, said They obeyed and carried out the the..corporaLJPresidcntJLii!Colnknow,J ortTie coC but sbmKTTea order given7 doesn't be? 'No,' I said Tie doesnt may be gained frem the faff that the know, either. He has his ideas, but (Second Wisconsin left ?33 deal in the he cant see ahead any more than Gen. Woods. The death roll of the Twenty-sixtMcClellan can. 'Dear me,' said the North Carolina In that same It would be a great comfort corporal, bloody affray was 6SS. if there was somebody that did know was made As the gallant charge about these things apd 1 saw my Gen. Reynolds sat upon hia horse on chance. 'Corporal, I observed. Thats small eminence near the rorthern a natural feeling; and the blessed very to orders his end of the woods, issuing Is One who does know there la, part idee for the movements of other past,- - present gnd, future, everything, his bead turned had He , just troops. you and me amT ab6ut Mils to look for his supporiirg columns ami about who know when we are going army; hasten them on when a rifle bail move and where to and what'a '"gostruck him in the back of the head to to' knows the whole happen; Freed from the firm hand upon the ing saidthe corporal, 'yon Oh., thing. vein, bis horse plunged a fw rods mean old rott,- - Army . and Navy forward before its stricken rider fell . , Journal. to the ground dead. And, 900 yards awav. the ConfedeValue of Diamonds. rate officer seeing him fall lowered th of the diamonds in tbo value The glasses be had held to his eye and United States is estinpsted to be did Its work." it Ben, said, grimly Of this amount $170,000,000 Ben Thorpe had been one of -- the hundred sharpshooters selected from worth are owned by residents of Now North Carolina. 4 - fJTork,: 'Twenty-sixtfor-(tun- e ( 1 . n g 1 lived on the top floor ri kety old building In the rear of the rickety old building that looked out of Julia the Morellt three-storie- four-storie- d Mulberry street. The a little air and to give to its hundreds of men, women and children In the winter the building in the rear was comfortable as a home, btlt in the summer it was fearfully hot, and everybody had to sleep on the roof. Here little Julia, for she was only fourteen years old and small for her age, could lie awake at night and look up at the stars and dream, of Pasquale. He waa her neighbor. He lived in the front house. He was eighteen, and he was tall and brave, and gave her the peanuts and apples that he could not aell. so that she loved him and he loved her. Julias father was a shoemaker, and had' but little liking for Pasquale. AH of the Bucios had been ne'er-dwells, he declared; the father had died and left his only son nothing but a pushcart and a barrel of apples and a bag of peanuts. Pasquale had worked hard, he admitted, but he yk not in a' good position, and his trade did not pay well, for the policeman ate half his stock in trade on ,some days, and on other days waited until be bad. sold three dollars worth of apples and peanuts, and then arrested him and took him off to court, where he was fined all that be bad made. No, Pasquale was not the mad for Julia, her father declared, for she was extravagant and used to every comfort, such ss shoes in the summer time and new shawls when the patriotic sons of Italy bad their picnics Jn Lion Park. So Julia was told never - - to Think of Pasquale again. Julia was sure that she loved Pasquale, and she knew that he loved her, too. So that it was all soon arranged. Pasquale said that be would make a formal offer of hia heart and hand, and then. If her father woult not let them get married, why they would do ao anyhow and ask his consent afterward. Then be went away. The next morning when her mother went out to market she wag ready. She crept down the stairs and then through the alley to Mulberry street and then down to the Bowery. Pasquale was waiting for her. They got on tha elevated and went away uptown. Now we are safe, said Pasquale; They will never seek for us up this far, and I have bought a shoeblack stand up here and we will soon be rich and ao happy. When are we to be married?' asked Julia, her heart beating violent ly at the mere prospect of so much happiness. You will trust me, wont you, my tin building- - had four-storie- d sun-fig- ht e w sifted nie h days Julia said that she clothes,for she had left T'asquale volun tecert k go and get them for her. Shet vw afraid her father would kill him, Btt he said he was not tirald, and'to he let him go. Tt mt day Pasquale went again to jalbry street. He watched the old konan leave the house, then went evefftlibg at home In. SfMetly Pasquale heard the door opei. Jtlta's mother came in. She hadjihe little red shawl about her ahoniden. She had her basket on her Puquale could see the carrots lliih Aw" o d ni "Oh, never mlnd,,, satd j, coolly. and &e onions and the beeta. She saw Pasquale. Her surprise gave him an opportunity and Pasquale dashed past her. He seized the little red shawl as he ran and dragged it from her. Thieves!" cried the old woman.' Pasquale waa down the steps iu - minute. The old woman ran after him. "Thieves! she shrieked, Stop him! and tie carrots and onions and beets fell mt of her basket all over the eldewtlk, Pasquale dashed Into the Bowery, policeman tripped him up and be fell, but still he held on to the little red shawl and the bundle of Julias clothing. Tb policeman aat on Pagquale1 chest until the old woman came up. She nid that be had robbed her. Patquale waa taken to the station house. He sent for Julia to come down and ee6 him at once. She arrived just as he was being taken to the Tombs. He told her to go to the Tombs and take a seat to the rear of the court so that nobody could Bee her. - Julia pulled her shawl down over her eyes and was In her seat wtaeB Pasquale waa brought In. Julia's father was there. She could see that he was very angry,, Pasquale and Julias father talked. MTiere is my 4a ugh ter?, cried the , old van. Gli never mind, said Pasquale, coolff. The old man ground his teeth and clenched hia first. Yo have taken her from me. You have stolen her. You are not married to her, are you, eh eh, I say, are you? v Oh, never mind, answered Pasquale, in whose scheme this question which be had fully expected played a paramount part. The old man was livid with rage. You bw cried- .ON never, mind, said Pasquale. The old man was furious. I h $500.-000.00- 0. The question of the ultimate disposition of tbo pics and needles has been debated, most exhaustively, and possibly the subject has been satisThe problem as to factorlly settled hat becomes of all the racehorses la rather more Intricate and requires diligent Inquiry. What becomes of all the racehorses?" was asked of Frank Farrell, owner of Blues aud the Greater New York baseball club, which are said to be coupled In the netting. I don't know, replied Mr. Farrell with deliberation, but 1 have strong convictions as to what should become of some of them. It was evident Mr. Farrell's usnally tunny disposition had been temporarily clouded by a loss of confidence in some members of the family, and the writer did not press the query. When John K. Madden was asked the question he said (heertly: Why, that's easy. They keep traveling about like the birds. Go South h and West In the winter In the summer. Yes, sir, this promises to be the greatest racing season in the history of the sport. Aa the replies of Messrs. Farrell and Madden seemed to be lacking In detail the writer asked the same question of W. C. Fessenden, trainer, owner and former baseball expert. What becomes of the racehorses, eh? he echoed. "Well, my boy, nine out of-- ten break down. As soon as that happens they are sold for what they will bring There Is many a horse that once raced home winner in a classic event to tne shouts of thousands who now pulls a hack or a peddler's cart Joe Cotton, once a grand handi- - and-Nort- y h - -- rt t, t thi rated le,ie i t nu I t t . I htr doors , then and feel the aunlight 1 him - SO. attain assigned to in the top of a cherry tree whith the low gtound or swaio im r whnh the Union troops must make tt.tr wav to reach Mt Is Phetson s wood, W) at followed best told in his own words. ' had been m the tree top perhaps half an bout wlun the Wisconsin rtgi went rami hatging a ross the low ground towatd the woods, Hnd haJ made a i nple oi shots when the par-tof off! rode tip on the little knoll and l.iiit d 'I wa. tn n to up m nund wltdt one i stand U) for when m t at t t t an d untb r the tr( r ot - tv ota the party through and t his I menu nt later he is p- - enin-andc- jirondly eut to t 16 him was or other ms as now. 05 old and the jears her mother i lot i not at 'Tis Of aim ti-- a i IIOOll l. irii I u . to nti i hr i the uuu i! In th st o And s tin tm i Slit u i ii lit r no spite the fact that he was but To 4- ' - two-yea- s d HOW UNPOPULAR LAW GOT ON THE STATUTE BOOKS rePoor weather for skunking, marked one of the regular patrons of the stove corner ot the store as he took. hls-seand.shook.the of snow from hia shaggy whiskers. "Gainst the law to catch em, anycommented the village wise way, man. "Did you ever hear how Chat law come to be passed?" queried the oracle, as be bit off a fresh shew of navy plug. No one bad heartf of It, but the wit of the beer barrel ventured a remark that "the offense was rack. and smelled to the Canada border. It waa The oracle continued. Rev. Denison of Jamestown. Its a good thing for the skunks, but Its a You see, Mr. Joke on the reverend. Denison waa formerly pastor of the Baptist chjych at Cherry creek, and while thefw he Joined the grange and became an active member. A while ago he moved up to Jamestown g and assumed the pastorate of the Calvary Baptist church of that city. He retained hia membership In the grange. In fact he was a member of Union grange, which meets In Jamestown, and which is the largest and liveliest grange In the whole country. He was a conspicuous member of the grange, too, being in fact the chaplain. ' Wbat's that got to do with skunks ?" queried one of the group. at I'm coming to that it yon wonT burry me, continued the oracle. "Do any of you people know Rev. Denison? Well, Ill describe him for you. He's- - one of those big. whole-soulejolly, liberal tellowa that can be found adorning the ministry in every community, and he has fund of humor that among hia frlenda is simply irresistible. Well, one day the grange bad been discussing the protection of almost every kind of bird and beast that la found on the farms, and Mr. Denison, more ns a Joke than anything else, suggested thst this protection should be extended to skunks. The skunk, said he, with apparent earnestness, "la a very useful animal. Moreover, be la valuable, and at the present rate of skunk hunting he will soon be exterminated. Why not protect .him as well as the fowls of the air and tha fish of the deep? "The grangers took this talk very seriously, and before the Rev. Dent-so- n realized what had happened they were agitating skunk protection laws. On It's protecting them all right. the farm they are thicker than due bills in January, and even In the city are the policemen of Jamestown talking about a special skunk drill to enable them to chase the animals .down. There's no mistake about it. You can just wagbr, though, that tha Rev. Denison Isn't saying- much," New York Evening Post. open-hearte- f HOW STUART ROBSON GOT HIS PARTNER IN TROUBLE A very pompous old fellow at- Crane, with whom 1 had an appointtracted my attention one evening In ment to dine, arrived. ,1 pointed out ", a restaurant, the late Stuart Robson, the pompous old chap to him. "Wouldn't it be funny, I Bald, to on hia last visit to Washington, said by to a newspaper man. This old chap shatter that old had the stiff dignity of an, emperor, slapping him on the back and saying, andf It suddenly occurred to me that llellO, George.- - Why, It must be It would be amusing to give him some years since Ive, seen you?"' "Trane looked at bim, and gave sort of a shock. On the.spur of the By Jove, I'll do it be moment I walked up behind- him, loud laugh. slapped him on the back and ex- said. claimed: "Oh, no, dont, said L He might "Hello, George, my dear fellow, make a scene. -- fellows-dignit- -- - - But when Crane gets an idea in hia head nothing can drive it out He sow walked np behind the old man, slapped him heartily between tbe rage- why, I dont know you, sir. How shoulders and cried: dare you take such liberties with 'Hello, George, my dear fellow. What a long llme lt baa been since me? be stuttered. -apologized, saying that I had mla- -ld Fve aeen you. n, e.' saw thepurple with-ragtaken him for some one else, but withdrew seat Aa mollified. from his. I Bot be Jump up hastily,., be glared scornfully after me, all red and I withdrew. For I perceived that e Was ima scene or something-worsand tremulous with anger. Crane and I were playing together minent, and I have always been an at the time, and In a little while enemy to scenes" how are you? He turned so suddenly that be upset hia plate. He waa wild with , - old-ma- stormed and raved. Than Julia at a signal from Pasquale, and with tears and kisses they all left the court At the city halt they were married. Julia wore her red ehawl, and as she Breaks the Bottle, ' Har Birdlike Voice, aad ler husband walked out arm She was a proud young mother, Rear Admiral Francis R. Bowles, arm to get Into the carriage which and Bbe was, telling the crusty old chief constructor of the navy and her ffither had ordered, Pasquale said bachelor how talented her lfttle girl somewhat of an authority on launchWhat do youlhlnkof ay ache me waa, while that angel child ate sticky ing, la the inventor of an apparatus Imnow,1 eh?" candy and pawed tbe bachelore whereby the fair christener baa only shirt-front him Juba pressed his band and looked maculate and .piled to let go of tbe bottle as tbs shlg up into his eyes and smiled. Warren with questions In a phonograph voice. move and watch It swing unerringly McVeigh in Boston Journal She sings beautifully," said the to the bow, naturmother. I Why, song flows as View Feminine. From ally from her as from a blrdy. Man wants bnt little here below, Passing of Cattle Kings. X I suppose," growled the a parrot, sighed the aimless man'wlth the bagThe cattle king of the Western brute. gy trousers. is passing away forever. A f'hst man wants," said the When after acquiring audden wealth plains few years ago there were nearly 100 Jawed mother-in-laof the a man cease to recognize his friend millionaires, exclusive cattlemen la parfr aforesaid, Is a woman to set but tiresome atorie of the southwest, jri w there ar him an example la the art ef getting they escape the hia sarly struggles. thirty. came-forwar- He eeized the little red ehawl as he ran and dragged it from her. loved one?" said Pasquale.- - "I hare a scheme. We jtill not be married yet. Oh, oh! cried Julia, her heart sick with horror. Wait a moment, my precious," I am going to take cried Pasquale. you to my auntg house. She is good and kind, and will see that no harm comes to you. Besides, I bare my scheme, you know." Bo Julia went to live with Pa qu ale's aunt and stayed there three days. She was happy, for Pasquale could come to see her whenever he wanted to, and there was no need for them to be always watching out for papa and mamma to Interrupt thorn. cap horse. Is drawing a hack in Breton, while the mighty Banquet now earns hia oats hauling a lAindon cab. . and Salvator. Haii6v r, Hamburg cfTfiert are more fortunate, as they are In the stud. "But the number of stallions te being steadily restricted, with the remit of a very large Increase In the percentage of geldings on the track. The object Is to do away with the large number of cheap and useless stallions.' The result will be the narrowing of sires to the roost select strains and consequent Improvement in the breed. "Why does so large a proportion of ' thoroughbreds break dowB? "That is due tu the early age at which they are raced. Ftnauclal re-- " wards seem to be for the owners of r olds, and, of course, they do not miss their opporiuuiUes. A special effort is made in the development , and racing ot horses of that age, and as a majority often are not strong enough to stand the work they break down. -- Fully 4(1 per cent of fall to pass successfully through the ordeal of racing, and ot the horses that begin as sot one In a hundred la fit for racing at five years old. large proportion is Incapacitated for work on the track at tour years. "As to the mares, very few of them arq of any value as racers after their fifth year. They have a better future than the geldings and stallions, for there Is always a lively demand for good breed mares. in "However, aa improvement breeding goes on, we may develop a that will better stand the vicissitudes ot campaigning. New York Press. d Me ovt.oiLjilmself.". - ' |