Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 17, 1894, Page 12

THE OMAHA DATLY BEE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER: 17, 1894. HEROES IN BLUE AND GRA Oareer of a Southern Woman in the Guise of a Guerrilla, THE PLUCKY AMAZON WOUNDED IN BATTLE Daughter Born Afterward Is Separated— Happy Reunion After Thirty Years—in- cldent of General Grant's Kind ness—Other War Recollcetions. The preparations for the trial of a land suit which Is to come up at the approaching term of the circuit court at Burksville, Ky., has revealed a singular story. Throughout the civil war this backwoods region—Burks- ville Is forty miles from the nearest rail- road—was debatable ground. It was harried allke by federals and confederates, and, worse than all, by the guerrillas, who c'aimed elther flag, as it suited their convenience, and robbed the friends of both alike. In the early days of the war a party of guerrillas, who were mainly of confederate sympathies, made their headquarters In Bennett township, in this country. From that vicinity they made many ralds through the surrounding country and often attacked detachments of federal roops. One of the boldest and most dashing of the guerill was a_young fellow named Jack Masof, who.said he was from Tennessee. But of Wl fatity and antecedents he told his companions nothing. ‘He was slender In form and efferhliate In face and manner, but these circumstances were attributed to his extreme ~youth. His enterprise and bravery in batfle prevented his companions from ‘commenting upon his girlish appear- ance. Qe afy a sharp skirmish between the guarrillas <and federal troops was fought. Jack Mason ‘was wounded in the shoulder and|fell from his horse. His companions picked hint up and carried him off with them But he was so severely wounded that the rude surgery of the camp was not sufficient A friendly farmer named John Orth took the wounded youth into his house and Mrs. Orth aursed him. Mason had not been in the house long before the Orths discovered that their wounded guest was a girl in disguise.. The girl's wound, though not serious, was painful and slow in healing. She was in bed several months and in that time a baby girl was born. ‘When the mother became strong and weil sha suddenly disappeared from the home of the Orths, leaving the baby. The Orths adopted the little girl and she grew to womanhood, married a prosperous young farnmer named Mayhew, and she is now the mother of two children. Mayhew owned some land in this county, which he sold Later a question of title came up and his wife was summoned as a witness. In the course of her testimony she told the stfange story of her abandonment by her mother, the " disguised soldier. Local newspapers printed the facts and they were reprinted in & newspaper in Knoxville. Tenn. Recently a middle-aged but good looking woman arrived here, says the Atlanta Con- stitution. She said she was Mrs. John Mason, who lived near Knoxville, Tenn., and that Mrs. Mayhew was her daughter. Then she told her story. She said that she was the disguised soldier, Jack Mason. She had ran away from her home in Tennessee and had married a young man against the will of her parents. Afterward she had be- come Jealous of her husband and deserted him. * Ashamed to return home, she put on. men’s clothes and joined the guerrillas, When she left the home of the Orths, she safd, she intended to return and claim her baby, but when she reached East Tennessee she fell into a fever and was never after- ward able (o locate the place where the Orths resided. * She and her husband were rounited, and they advertised extensively for the child, but Reard nothing. Mrs. Mason was overjoyed at finding her daugh- ter, Mrs. Mayhew. A BRAVE LAD. The First and Second Ohio regiments did glorfous service at Buil Run. Colonel Mc- Cook had command of the First, says the Pittsburg Press. His younger brother, only 17 years old, was a member of the Second, and was left as a guard to the hos- pital. "~ One of the enemy's cavalry dashed upon him and ordered him to surrender. The brave youth, with fixed bayonet, steady nerve and cool bearing, replied: “I never surrender.” The father, Judge McCook, who all the day been arduously engaged in assisting and taking care of the wounded, bringing them in from the fleld, and that, too, at the imminent peril of his own life, was in the hospital tent and heard the order to his son. Seeing others of the enemy's c by he rushed out and shouted: s surrender, for God's sake, or you are lost!’ Charley turned to his father and with all the lion in his countenance replied: “‘Father. T will never surrender to a rebel. In a moment a ball perced his spine, but he Instantly discharged his musket at the rebel horseman, laid him low in death, and then fell himself, mortally wounded. The rebels now undertook to drag him off, but lul- father succeeded In obtaining his re- ease. GRANT TENDER-HEARTED. I was captain of company F, Thirty-eighth Alabama volunteers, infantry regiment, at the battle of Missionary Ridge. Our regiment was in line near some old log houses, near General Brags's headquarters, The first part of the line, writes B. T. Wright In Blue and Gray. 1 was with my men, encouraging and urging them to hold the line and drive the enemiy back, when a minie ball cut my sword buckle, passed -through my side and lodged near my hip bone. I fell and was unable to get up. About this time the federals charged witle such fury that our boys gave way, and the two lines went sweeping over me, 1 don't remember how long I lay on the ground. I saw a lot of horsemen approaching They halted near me. 1 saw that one of them was a staff oficer, and he proved to be a member of General Grant's staff. I have for- gotten his name. He saw me, dismounted id came to me and asked if he could do anything for me. I told him “No.” He saw that T was badly hurt, and told an orderly to bring him some water. He handed him a canteen. He took a flask from his pocket, poured some whisky Into a cup and told me to diink It, holding me up while I did so He then went and mounted his horse. About this time General Grant rode up, a short distance. from where I lay on the ground. Tie inquired of the first officer who 1 was. The staft officer replied: “It Is a rebel officer, "and he {s badly hurt.” General Grant then got down and came to me and wanted to know my condition, Inquired how . 1 was shot and if T was in much pain. He soon learned that 1 was seriously, If not mortally wounded, and he called his staft surgeon and had him examine me. The general ‘then wrote something handed it to his orderly, who took it and rode off. Soon some federal soldiers came with a litter, and General 3rant told them to take me down the mountain to the ambu lanes train and thence to the hospital at ‘Chattanooga. 1 was placed on a litter and ¢ the mountain side, more than h over as rough a road as you ever with all the care the mon used to keep from hurting me 1 suffered a great deal, and by the time I reached the ambulance I was abou! ready to pass in my checks. The ambulan soon conveyed me th hospital, where writtén instructions from General Grant were handéd to the surgeon in charge, stating tha T was to have special attention A Dr. Cook, from Indiana, I th in charge, and for nine d ayed by me and never let anything. 1t was a close shay §t, though. General Grant came twice and sat for some time at my bedside and talked kindly and friendly to me about my home, where I was from and about the war, Dr. Cook was like & brother to me God bless him—und I would like so much to know If he Is allve. If so, I want to write 0 him and thapk bhim for saving my life, and it 1s alive and will come to Co- manche the latchstring will hang on the ofit- Slde of the door. After I had recovered on to be moved I was sent north with prisoners. Went to c-w Chase; from Delaware, as rison riwa monihs And was hare Whan Persiee s iy ha and a4 down f a mile, saw, and k, took me nights he me want to see n for | but I made | war ended, 1 will always nave a kind feel- ing_for General Grant. Have never recov- ered from the wound. THE ARMY CENSUS. The whole number of men furnished to the unfon army, according to the adjutant general's report of November 9§, 1880, from the firing on Fort Sumter to the close of the was 2,865,028, of which the northern states furnished 2,432,801 men. The census of 1860 showed that the number of white males of the military age (between 18 and 45) in the northern states was 4,327,000, says the New York Times, ®o that .the troops furnished by them to the union army were 66 per cent of their avallable men. Turning to the slave states, the first discovery is the amazing one that Deiaware furtished a larger number of troops to the union army in proportion to her available military popu- lation than wny other state in any part ot the country. This s so contrary to ac- cepted ideas that the average northern re publican would promtunce the statement ab- | surd on its face. But the figures leave no room for doubt. Delaware had In 1860 only 18,278 white males b n the ages of 18 and 46. She sent 13,670 men into the union army, which equaled 74.8 per cent New Hampshire contributed only about 54 per cent, Vermont and Massachusetts 68, Rhode Island 66, Illinols and Ohlo 69, Kansas 72 and Indlana 74. The other border states did nearly as well Maryland had 102,715 white males of army age, and 50,316 of them did service for the union, being exactly 49 per, cent. Ken- tucky had 180,589 men to call upon, and 70,026, or nearly 44 per cent, re:ponded Missour! had 232,781 white males, 109,111 of them went to the union army, being almost 47 per cent West Virginia did net fall behind. ~ She had 66,500 white males, of whom 82,068 became union soldiers, or more than 48 per cent. Even Tennessee, one of | the states which actually seceded, furnished no less than 31,092 men to the union army. Altogether the thirteen slave states con- tributed 432,227 men in defense of the union. Kentucky alsa furnished 23,708 colored, which do not enter into this calculation. Maryland and Miscouri have supplied the same arm of service. It thus appears that one-seventh of the union army came from the south. E‘FLAG. i D. E. Jacobs of’Mifieral’ Point, Wis., is one of the most enthusfastic members of the Grand Acmy of the Republic, says the St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Talking with a group of Grand Army men he told the fol- lowing story “Ours was .he Sixty-fitth Illinois. We were at Harper's Ferry when Jackson ap- pear:d and scared General Miles into a sur- render. About the first thing the confeder- ates did was to secure the flags of the unlon regiments. When they came: to us our flag could not be found. Various confederate officers called for it, and finally Stonewall Jackson himself appeared and demanded the but did not get it. We started as a regiment for Richmond, and the third day had as guards some milita- men, It was finally decided to parole us and let us find our way back to the union lines. When within a mile of our lines commotion was created by Sergeant Erick- son of the color guard, who threw off his coat, rushed to a fence, seized a stake, and a moment later, tearing open his shirt, un- wound from his body our regimental flag, fastened It to a stake and threw Old Glory to the breeze. I never heard such a shout in my life as our boys gave; then Erickson was picked up and carricd on the shoulders of the boys and cheered and praised until he blushed like a school girl. He said: ‘I have not done any more than any of the rest of you would have done had you thought of it.’ “The regiment was exchanged, and the next time it appeared on dress parade an- nouncement was made that Sergeant Erick- son was promoted to first lieutenant for bringing the flag from Harper's Ferry. He was a captain and brevet major at the end of the war."” SAVING A STRANGE WAR RELIC. A gentleman of this city wears on his watch chain a charm unique in its ghastli- ness, but which he claims has brought him luck, and about which he tells a curious story, writes a_correspondent of the Phila- delphia Times from Houston, Tex. In 1862, when the young confedéracy and the union were struggling for the possession of New Mexico. the little town of Doha Ana was attacked by a small force of federal troops, but finding the place océupled by a larger company of confederates than they had sup- posed, the attacking party was slowly with- drawn under a rather hot fire. Singular to relate, considering how close the two forces were (o each other and how narrow the fight- ing ground, the battle proved a bloodless one except for the relic which now adorns the ex-confederate captaln's chain. This was the first joint of the forefinger which some fed- eral soldier left behind as a souvenir, and the only one of that summer day’s fight. It was picked up just on the edge of town by the present possessor, who, being in those days little more than a boy, conceived the idea of having it preserved by chemicals, and of possibly returning it to its rightfui owner. The first of these schemes he car- ried out, and the second failed through no fault of his. Alter the confederates abandoned the ter- ritory to the superior numbers of the goy- ernment forces, the captain, then but a second lleutenant, ascertained the command which had done the attacking of the little town, and during a lull in hostiljties wrote to the surgeon of the regiment, asking it he knew any one who had lost a finger in that battle, The surgeon responded, giving the name of the private who had suffered in that way, the incident, from its odditity, having attracted the attention of the medical staff at Fort Cralg. The man had gone home afterward on sick leave, and it was here that the captain wrote to him, telling him that he had the missing member and offering to return it. The soldier responded, acknowledging his loss, and giving an account of how the thing had happened, to obtain which had béen the inquisitive captain’s aim all the time, It seemed that as the federals were withdraw- ing from the place this man wheeled about, and ralsing his gun was about to pull the trigger on the figufe of the colonel of the regiment, when, just as he bent his finger, a ball came whizzing past and carried off the first joint. The wound was a slight one, but in all probabllity saved the life of the officer at whom the sharpshooter was aiming. The owner of the member thcn added that as he had lost it in a fair fight the finder | was more than Welcome to it &8 a souvenir of Dona Ana and of him. Thus possessing it, not only as a spoil of War, but by consent of him who had the best right to it, the captain still wears it as a luck piece, though the thing has turned as black and hard as a pebble of Ironstone, and gne might exer- clse one's guessing power all da$ without even arriving at any conclusion near the truth. Through the ossifled finger has been drilled a hole, and the chain pasdes through this. Caught a Sea Hare, A sea hare, a marige animal, of which have never before- been found in this latitude, was found at Cape May one day last week, says the Philadelphia Ledger. Mr. Lehman was fishing and caught it in his net. The sea hare was unknown to the fishermen of the locality, who thought it belonged to the cuttlefish family, as It emitted from a saq on the under side fluid of a red and blagk color. The specimen which weighs about™twe and a half ppunds, has been presented to the Academy of | Natural nees, and will be exhibited in a live state In the museum for a few days for the benefit of visitors, A member of the academy has furnished he following description of the specimen Aphysia, or, as it is commonly called, the sea har is a mollusk allled to the snalls and slugs, but living in the sea and feed- Ing on marine vegetation. Its shell is rudimentary, and internal, the body being protected by a fleshy lobe or flap on each side. The head has four tentacles. The eyes are very small Species of aphysia iave been found M Bermuda and Florida, but never before on the Jersey coast. This specimen, therefore, extends the range about 1,000 wiles. Inanclent times aphysia was supposed to be poisonous, and to causé bald- ness to any one handling them, but they are now known to be perfectly harml - About Croup. Croup 15 a terror to young mothers. To post them concerning the first symptoms and treat- ment 1s the object of this item. The first indlcation of croup is hoarseness. In a child who is subject to roup it may be taken as a sure slgu of the Approach of gn attac Following this hohrseness is a péculiar roug cough. If Chamberlaln's cough remedy 1§ the child becomes hoarse, or ocough has appeared it % 1t has ever bes specimens WEBSTER WAS A WARBLER Joined in the "Star Spangled Banner" with Jenny Lind. REMARKABLE SCENE AT APUBLIC CORCERT A Courtesy that Cancelled a Debt of 81,000 ctions of the Old Days in gton a.d the Mellow Moods of Famous Men. ~Heco) w When General Willlam Henry Harrison came to Washington in 1841, to be inaugur- ated president, he was received -as the guest of the mayor of the city, Mr. Seatan. ' Seaton and Gales were the editors and proprielors of the old National Intelligencer, then the great newspaper of Washington. Harrison had come all the way from Ohio In stage aches, and he was worn out. He confided to Mr. Seaton that he felt very anxious about his inaugural. He had written it with a pen- cil on slips of paper while on his way, in coaches and in taverns where he had stopped for meals. 1t was written 5o pobrly. that he was afraid he couldn’t read it, and. the in- auguration was to take place the next day. Mr. Seaton asked to be allowed™to look It over; and, having persuaded Harrlson to retire and obtain the rest he so much needed, he sent the address to the office of the In- telligencer and had it set up in large type, and at the breakfast table tne next morning he placed the printed copy in General Harri- son's hands. The president-elect was de- lighted. ¥ Mr. Seaton was acquainted with nearly all the public men in Washington in those early days—with Webster, Clay, Crittenden, Fill- more, General Scott and many others—and often received them at his house, Phe Seaton mansion was located just across the street from the site of the present Postoffice de- partment. A member of his family Who stili resides In Washington, and who is full ‘of reminiscences of the men of those days, told the correspondent of the Springfield Repub- lican the following anecdote of Webster, OLD ROSIN THE BOW. George Washington Parke Custis, who bullt the Arlington mansion, and who resided there until some time in the '50's, one time invited Webster, who was then secretary of state; John T. Crittenden, the attorney general; Mr. Seaton and a number of other gentlemen to spend the evening at Arlington. It was a werm, moonlight night in June, and they went in a large row boat across the Potomac, Mr. Seaton’s son and another young man be- ing oarsmen. Arrlving at the Arlington grounds, Mr. Custis weicomed them as they debarked, and soon they were ail comfortably seated in easy chairs and settces on the bank of the river in the moonlight, around a large punch bowl. They proceeded to discuss the contents of the bowl, laying aside the cares of state and spending a very comfortable and pleasant evening. About 10 o'clock they set out upon thelr return. Webster sat in the stern. Having quaffed liberally of the punch, and feeling in a genial mood, as the boat glided along the silvery waters in the moon- light, he began to sing. His song was a favorite melody at that time, the old English song, “Old Rosin the Bow." T've traveled the wide world over, An now to another I'll g know that gcod quarters are waiting To welcome Old Rosin the Bow To welcome Old Rosin the Bow, T'o welcome Old Rosin the Bow, know that good quarters are waiting, To welcome Old Rosin the Bow. When Mr. Webster reached the end of the first stanza, Mr. Crittenden asked him a question about a legal point he had under consideration as attorney general and upon which he wished {o obtain Mr. Webster's opinfon. Webster paid no heed to his inquiry, but proceeded with the second ‘verse: And when I am dead, {f you wish_if, Old friends, you will want to, I kiow, Come stand by the side of my coffin, And look at Old Rosin the Bow. And look at Old Rosin the Bow, e Mr. Crittenden repeated his inquiry,” and again Mr. Webster proeceded, paying no at- tention to his remark: s Then get you a couple of tombstcnes, That all who pass by, as they go May read in the letters you put there The name of Old Rosin the Bow. The name of Old Rosin the Bow, ete. Mr. Crittenden again began to state his law point, when Webster turned upon him and exclaimed: “Mr. Attorney General, if you interrupt me again in my song, I'll hang you on the horn of yonder moon.” And then he went on with his singin When the party reached the Washington side of the river it became a problem how they were going to get Mr. Webster ashore. The river bank at the landing place was so steep and high that it had (o be ascended by a ladder. It was a question whether they would be able to get Mr. Webister up the lad- der. At length, with the ald of the two young men who had acted as oarsmen, by Qint of pushing and hauling, they landed him on the bank above. One of the two young men who assisted in the feat, and who told the story, remembers, with amusement, to this day, how he put his shoulder under the huge statesman and boosted him up. MUSICAL WHEN MELLOW. It seems to have been characteristic of Mr, Webgter to feel musically inclized when under the Influence of generous libat'ons. If before a public $audience, on these occasions, his inspiration usually showed itself in bursts of eloquent oratory, but in private gatherings his eloquence was sometimes manifested in bursts of song. Upon one occaslon, however, he sang in public. It was when Jenny Lind was in this country and was singing at the old National theater in Washingion. Webster and some of his friends were present in one of the boxes next to the stage. They had Just come from a dinner where the wine hai flowed freely, and Webster was under the in- spiration. The swaet songstress was rap- turously encored, and by no one more heartily than by Mr. Websier, She recognized his applause, and In response to one of the en- cores, and out of compliment to him, she sang *The Star Spangled Banner.” This was more than Webster's inspired soul could listen to and keep silent, and in the midst of the song his bass volce was heard rising in concert with the glorlous soprano of the prima_donna. The audienc into furious applause; the fair songstress courtesied to Mr. Webster, and Webster, ris- ing in his box, bowed to the cantatrice, The applause and the exchange of obafsances con- tinued for several minutes. It was like a coutest of courtesy between Olymplan Jove and the Muse of Song. The seene was one never to be forgotten A DUN THAT FAILED. Webster was at times as solemn and un- s.elslcsasphiix bt wiea he wasi1a1ama- ble mood and oceasion called, no one could be more gracious and urbane. Men recelved his polite attentions as the greatest compli- ment of thelr lives. On one occasion, and probably on many more similar ones, his po- liteness was money in his pocket. A Boston merchant, from whom Webster had bor- rwed $1,000, grew out of all patience because his debtor paid no attention to his written demands for payment. Finally he told his friends that he was going down to Washing- ton to get his money, and that he was not golng to come back without it Washington, he left his grip at a hotel and proceeded at once to Webster's house, . Ring- ing the bell he was informed by the butler, who came to the door, that Mr. Webster was engaged, and he was asked if he could not oall at some other time. itor had not come all the w to be repulsed at the first att: and he in sisted upon seeing Mr. Webster then. The servant finally consented (o take in his card, but doubted if Mr, Webster would vensent to see him. In & few moments he returned and showed the gentleman In, saying that Mr. Webster would be pleased to see him, Webster knew why his caller had come, and the reason of his Insistence, but he knew also how to deal with him with the best results, Greeting the merchant In tne most cordial manne he at once introduced him to a number of gentlemen who were present, tell- ing then that he was one of his most valued Boston friends, and then he assured him (Lat he felt under the greatest obligations to him for coming at that particular moment, as they were just about to go in to dinner, and he phould inslst wpon his dining with himj 1 y from 4| pupils, coming in or out at will.” Instantly burst | Arriving n | The impatient cred- | Boston | could not have called at a time when he would have been more pleased to see him. The merchant at first demurred, and freely remarked that he had come upon a matter of business, but Mr. Webster insisted, and was 80 cordial and complimentary that the mer- chant could not hold out in declining, and %00 he found himself at the tabie In the seat of honor next to his host. -During the dinner Webster addressed to him most,of his cons versation, and drew him out in conversation with his other guests in the most compli- mentary manner, until he began to feel that Ne was the most important Boston!an that had ever come to Washington, and that Webster and he were the greatest of friends. He felt that the dinner was the event of his lite. When the party broln up he went back te hiis hotel without hawing said a word about the object of his call, mnd the next day he returned to Boston. Wihdm his friends asked him If he got his $1,008, he replied: “Get my $1,0002 Why, I @1dn% even ask for it bster Invited me th efinner and treated me so0 handsomely thatol [ddn't have the face to speak of it, and Tonever shall. It was worth $1,000 just to diheiwith Webster." TWO OLD [CRONIES. Rufus Choate was enesof Webster's most intimate friends, and, de Webster, he was a man of liberal tastessmnd large desires, | Both were often in ‘peeaniary straits and borrowed, and it is evem sadd that their prom- {ses to pay were not akwdys regarded at the bank as gilt-edge paperv One day when Choate was In Washingeon he called upon Mr. Webster and said: : “Webster, 1 want to borrow $500 and I have thought that pers haps you might aesstome in negotiating a loan for that amount.” * Mr. Webster re- flected a moment and then replied: *‘Choate, the fact fs I want to borrow $500 myself, and 1 was just wondering how it could be done when you came In. It now occurs to me that if we join forces we may be able to | raite the amount we both require.” | “How about Corcoran,” inquired Choate. “Suppose we go and see Corcoran,” re- plied Webster. In a few moents they were on their way to Corcoran’s bank. Mr. Corcoran received his ditingu'shed visitors with politeness and invited them into his private room. M. Webster stated the- purpose of their call, | saying that Choate and himself wished to | borrow $1,000, ‘and that they had thought | perhaps he might be able to accommodate | them. Mr. Corcoran replied that he should | be pleased to do so, and, sitting down at a | desk he filted out a note for the amount and {handed it to them to sign. They both | tigned it promptly, and Mr. Corcoran, go- | ing into the other room, obtained the money and placed it in Mr. Webster's hands. A few moments later the two callers withdrew nd_proceeded up Pennsylvania avenue to- ard the capitol. For several moments they walked on in silence. Then Webster said ““Choate.” What is it, Webster?" I have been wondering what in the world orcoran wanted of that piece of paper.’ Web.ter's last speech in Washington was made from the porticc of his mansion in response to a sercnade given him by some of his admirers, who were more zealous than considerate, ' The news of General Scott's nomination for president had ju:t been re- | celved. Webster had failed of the nomina- | tion, and_the failure had brokcn his heart | It was a beautiful, starlit evening, and Web- | ster appearing before his friends said a few words complimentary of General Scott, for | whom, in fact, he had great contempt, then, | turning -away from the subject of politics | and the momination, he said: “'Gentlemen, {this is a magnificent night." Then he apostrophized the stars and the planets re- volving in their orbits in one of those splen- dids flights of oratory of which he alone was capable. Then, suddenly descending from the skies to the earth, he said: *I now bid you good night. I shall retire to my couch to rest in untroubled sleep, and on the morrow the lark will not rise mor jocund to greet the rising sun than I shall.’ It was the speech of a politcian.: He praised Scott, whom he despised, and he tought to convey the impression that he did not take to heart his failure to receive the nomination, when, in fact, it was the great- est disappointment of his life. = Four manths later he died at Marshield. ity oty Uregon Kidney Tea curcs nervous head. aches.. Trial size, 25 cemts. All druggists. THEY LOVED, NOISE.: 'y Men Who bla Not Dislike n Big Turmoit. All that concerns the men and women who give distinction to theirsday is of interest to those who admire, criticise and perhaps envy their achievements; A specfal and legitimate curiosity is felt in reference to tho conditions under avhieh success is won, says Chambers' Journal. Glimpses are oc- sionally given into the methods of eminent tollers, and a wonderful wariety is revealed It least plain that' no guide book to great performances—the anxious author can have his choice to several—will determine | the point where exactly the best results are | to be obtained. Many fanous writers, for in- | stance, have only been able to perfect their ]Illl)\hlhh in silence dnd seclusion. But there | have also been those who could work in the | midst of babel and defy distraction. Jane “,'\u-leu, whose unpretentious canvi S are | full of some of the most life like portraits in fiction, was never in the habit of seeking solitude to compose. She wrote sitting in | the family circle, and under perpetual risk of interruption. It was the same with a suc- cessful lady novelist, happily etill living. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote her best known story on a plain pine table, by the aid of an evening lamp, in a tiny wooden house in Maine. 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