Show TWO FEATS A HARD STROKE AND A remarkable RIDE DURING THE CIVIL WAR a mn ueal off V etli a I 1 odo two I 1 aue in I ta 1101 er lasts aces ot decapitation la bat tie it is claimed by authorities on tl e art of war that abo greatest blow of tho between greece and turkey was struck by colonel 1 bey w ho with ono swift stroke of 1 ia dwor I 1 completely severed a greek officer a head from his bo ly these name author itaw generously adroit that thu trick may 1 aid becu anito common iu ancient times when stalwart rheu swung heavy battle axe but they that it n practically unknown in modern war fare history is silent on the subject tl ero is not i plot bori of literature bearing on its accomplishment iho original 0 all such stones if of couise tl e ad cf jacic the giant killer which for obvious does i ot help the bucolt describes n SIM liar episode su iho but the best decapitation story from an point of view is faunl m alio memoirs of john smith tho doughty captain vouches for the veracity of tho though that is goo I 1 reason why we choul I 1 not use alio cus ternary of silt according to his truthful chronicle ho overcame in tour cament the champions of abo turkish army each ono with a single blow of his heay sword A writer w 0 ia evidently antonne I 1 ou tl 0 claims that mahmou I 1 bey could not 1 ive accomplish cd the feat of decapitation with an ordinary caber and asserts that tho turk s yata than as lea led quicksilver abo yataghan ho is a short 1 something like a butcher rf cleat er with an apparently 1 ollow anbo n i ning along the bick from hilt to pon t this tube carries a charge of quicksilver when 13 laid up right this quicksilver tests at tl 0 hilt aa a blow la tto liquid metal 11 hurled down alio grooved channel lend ing beally additional weight to tho bow abo assertion made that this ia tl e polo instance ct ita kin 1 in tl 0 hii stor of years is i ot borne cut b facts the SEIHO feat was performed during the civil war not with A yita bat with ail ordinary united baates arany the man wl 0 wield ed the sword in this colonel L biess I 1 ansons arsons died recently in ter colonel parsons was ono of the wealthiest and best known men in bew ork state an I 1 though halal uever related the etory tl e details acio found among his is death the t wis w is illustrated anil de in harper 1 weekly at alie time it was m 1861 colonel pardons who was doted as a 1 was attached to general a staff while rec buo ouo day with ft of troop cra under general davia they were surprised by a detachment of A pitched battlo ensued and barboni who was in the beai saw a rebel officer level a at gen aril davis lie id jabbing the spurlin sp ursin to 1 is I 1 mw lie ins saber above his head and dail ing 1 y just ai the officer fired ho niilo n full arm ST cop tho conic lente 8 1 cad leaped from the lers as swiftly is if it 1 id been severed by i guillotine diio feat is cuore remarkably remark ablo when it is consi feied that barsom w as a slim board lega fellow of 31 in SI ahmoud bey s single slash with 1 is lofek anch cf its importance colonel parsons was brevet ted geuer al for services during abo w ar but cl nio forbade tho use of that title wl en ho returned to civilian life lot only did he ier form tl 0 only antl antio foat of dicapi tation during the civil war ant 1 e was the hero of a remarkably remark ablo ride A few days before tie battle of gettysburg was fought general boado 1 ad an im pontaut message to send to general milca distant dib tant As the route ana tl rough a country scanning with rebels tho message was written on tissue paper that it might bo locc 1 in case the carrier was captured the commander was in doubt regarding a suitable jie summoned general dibi to headquarters who is tl 0 1 ar rider as well aa the most in tl 0 service 9 asked mcada chloi el parsons sir was aba prompt reply send him to me at once it was G a when mcado rave tho young officer 1 ia instructions he was to ride with all basto to gino al harding s and return at once with nu answer tl e messenger retired two hundred miles acro to bo covered the loads an 1 they led through the s country exactly at buooa oa lie following day colonel pardons entered general meado s tent alio latter s taco grew aurple with rage and lo 10 appi I 1 out a string of oaths Is this you obey orders 1 0 thundered are you hanging around ui p for ou ought to boelth general It arding bv this fmc I 1 have imbt returned general g sir you lie 1 exclaimed tho general barsoi s aioo t ailed m 1 ho dag ha i nils in his hinds 0 o restrain himself general mea ie he said in a oice that ill conceited ins anger it you were bot my I 1 donld knock yoa down for hat insult ciul viul out t e formality of i salute ho turned on his heel and left the tent meade afterward mado an ample apol agy ogy lonuel parsons killed two horses and beut himself without a particle of food 1 or 18 hours be was not out of tl e sad die chicago times herald |