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kf 1 3 I i 1 I-' '-I "Mardi-Gras" March -i FREDERICK A. FRANKLIN. wo' ores ccn do. -0- -o- -0- -O -O" "Zts -a i i i i s-'H TM titc--j ft -pr- I I --J--J -a of, it- jf "S-" --t- -w Atncricnn Melody N. V.

Copyright 1901. 'Mardi-Gras" March. I i i Last Dash at Vicksbvrg 1903. by G. KHmer.J I7XE 2T, 3S63.

was the Inst tiny of desperate lighting in front of Vicksburg. That day the Federals exploded a mine under Fort Hill, Confederate work on the Jackson road in front i.f Ucueral A. Logan's division The enterprise proved a success as far as enginccrh 1 skill and human during could make it so: but. like the famous mine at Petersburg ill it failed to give the nttacktng party the key to the enemy's line. wns hoped for Most if given choice would prefer charging into the breach open- by an explosion to the- labor of plaeiiiir a mine.

Tlu- construe- tioa of the Kurt lliil tniiie involved an jidvaiut- of over feet in the enemy's line, some of the distance being exposed to t-uimuit tire and the bullets of vigilant sharpshooters. The advance was made step by step. "Working at ru.cht. the sappers opened a tren'-h for a distant" deep enoimii to shield themselves by daylight. 1'tir- ing the tlr.y they widened and deep- eiKHl the trench acd at night on another stretch.

After proceeding -ItKi fi-et thi- excavated a ie and with tli: earth removed for rvvo naval guns, ivhuh hclpol them in working that point. These guns finally silenced the Confederate cannon at Fort Hill, but not so ranch as a haii'l could be shown above the Federal parapet without ing jmnciured. the dayliuH 1 the men working to push had priiteciion from roliors made if v.Se:;cr aad filled bullet jiroof r.iaii-riaL These rollers were parapels. ever irawing nearer and lo goal. Wlien the head of trench had carried within 1 of the fort the roller.

TnViuc a j-if-ce of jvirtlin-. a slow matcli for lirinc csinnon. 3ae CUcd holiow iaif -vMih snS- wish Th" ujjssiJe ready was n3Ht of a rifle cartridge wiUi VhJs was fired Tro.23 Ji iii.o tlac roller. Several Jimcs Ihv roll'-r 5 tool; flre, and flames were jnilsied. One 5lH? rrincipal rollr nearest Fort Hill cnlircly Oc- srtroycd.

This sJopjwd work in Uwit trcnc3j, and becan anoSh TauJjcr bntk. soaking the roller vrath Finding it Jaipossiblc Jo Har steady 33d ceaseless ndvnnce of liac foe above sroand. t3ac occopicd Fort Hill began So oowa- JerBQiDC wallj 13ac hope of blowing the Federal Jrench daggers, Tfcss work slower 13inn tic trcncli djgginc of the Federals, for the bad to sink vertical shaft to depth acd then tonne! forwr.nl enemy. This Fortieth AnnitJerjary i War Story j- Jant 25. 1963 4- mutely savi-d the fort from destruction, hut did not prevent the explosion ot June 23.

The next step of the Federals after reaching the outer ditch of Fort Hill i their trench was to burrow down under the parapet and Iny the powder mine. Tin' conntenniners were already at i under the fort, hut the opposing gangs of laborers did not detect the presence of each other. The of the Federals was done by and at the end of three days thej had eighty feet of gallery conipb'tcd under the parapet and filled pounds of powder. fully apprised of the dan cer. the ('oufederates were un-ible to stop tli- i'lT-my's work.

Their guns hearing on the ground In front had and they could mil sally out In a a the I'edi-n-U i under the a fire of inns Till: J'ASH JW'J 1311. CKATl'K. ly ycr kiHh of 3 lie wrd works Kethcr nt the nuvnl guns, the highest position between the lines. At the appointed hour the din of 350 Federal cannon, accompanied by the rattle of 50.000 muskets, ceased on the instant. Only a few of the tens of thousands watching and waiting knew whnt was to come.

Suddenly the earth trembled, and the crown of the fort, with the outwork adjoining, seemed gently lifted from the foundation. Great fissures appeared in the rising mass, which gradually settled back, with the exception of the very center, where a column of tine earth, mingled with smoke and lire and solid, objects, great and small, rose high in the air. As suddenly as they had ceased tiring the cannon and muskets opened i renewed fury. Intense excitement followed the explosion, (Jrant's waiting columns being no less surprised than their foe. Hut there wvtv a hundred bluecoals close to the crater who were not surprised They comprised volunteers from I i a a and Forty-til Mi Illinois, who.

trained in their dashed into the smoking crater Nut a hand was raided to pre vent tin- onners from entering the breach, but the hir-tant they -staled the debris which barricaded lln-ir advance beyond toward 'he heart of the citadel they met a Morm of bullets and shells from the in the rear of tin- fort. The moment a hand or head imposed above i crest it was riddled i i balls. Fm.illy two lines lorined slope of the dt-bl a 'id i the rear line loaded iiit-n 1:1 front liretl at random over Kut MH'ii rcemoi- Iroiii tin-ir antl ere uiav- terv of Hi" situation. 'I'lu-j ciimlied tip- nil-i-r siile of the slope I --hells antl baud cren.ides into tb-- i.ui!,- of the That a l.our for the pas To the gr.i]!. ami it.n-hed l--r :1 any Tin- "oiifeiler.iti by the dis.

'li .1 i'- -i! J-e-'ii ittcd, were foii.iilj v.c_e tlieir to -troy the. loe, The nf tbv 11 11, Fnlle.J 1 M3 at lasj ijj jyV lire. Jli- llsejr vf Uebri sn3 hull! luaJe Jit 3i.TSt of whirls wn jirwf agn33i-5 tlie enemy's J3ro At ISfoc 1 553310 jinrajvt thrown of Hie where 13!" who 3inl J3i1o the T.I- ter fo33D3 shelter from the 1 awl shelK. 1Kl the ralor of the sSormers w.i; wnsl'xl. The cm'T wns tto nirrotv for thnii few men, and 13)cse few could not 3)oll it acaSnst G.e We odds, louring the night the won- ii.

null 1bc miners sei to work to Iny of powdiT under the parts of the stili (lolled them. A second explosion took place July I which a lurijo broach, but there was no, attempt to charge into the crater. In the Jlrst explosion only Cew Confederates were lost, and these- were miners at work underneath the fort. One of the minors why eiiine out alive was a nefrro. He said he felt as though he had heon lifted about three miles.

He landed in the Federal lines and served General Loiran to the end of the sioicc. On the (lay of the Fort Hill affair the Confederates exploded two of their w.mtermiws. eusriilting the rollers of the I'oderals at work over the mine and lillini: in their trenches. A day or two later the Confederates rolled a barrel of powder containing a slow fuse down upon a timber screen nscd ly the br-sii-LTers to cover the work of dljrsinsr. Tlie.

charge of tij pounds exploded on the mark and sent the and other material liijrli in the air. A now screen was Iniilt in the niKht. and the 'miners toiled tlioir worl: and oponinsj a crater 1 laru-'-r than' the one of June The work of and all other oper aiions of iho siejre came to a sudden end -Inly when the Confederate commander notified Grant" of his desire to surrender A'lckpburpr. KILMER. 1'rlncipal to be held in Tftrionii portions of the United Ssutes for which special ratss will ba in eiTeoi via Baltimora Ohio Railroad.

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Text of the I. cumin. Act. xxrll, 33-44. Memory VerMCM.

41-44-- Text, evil, Commentary Prepared by Ilt-v. n. II. TCopj right, 1903, by American Press C3. 34.

I pray you to take some meat, for this is for your health; for there shall not hnir fall from the head of any you. the few closing verses of the chapter are assigned as the lesson, we are asked to study the whole chapter. and it is siuceroly to be hoped that every teacher will do so and give special attention to verses to -3. wliich. It hOOins to inc.

irive the cream of the chapter. In due time i'aul and other prisoners sail for Italy, but south of Crete a tempest strikes them, and for many days tlioy see neither sun nor stars anil are tempest tossed that they up all hope of ever being saved. God has His eye upon His Servant, and night an angel of God came to him in the midst of the storin and told him that he must not fear. that ho would surely be brought before and that while the ship would be wrecked there would be no loss of life. Paul, therefore, encouraged them.

and our lesson opeus with his entreaty that they take some food, for they had been fasting for fourteen days and the ship was now at anchor, for they had found soundings, though they knew not where they were. Note the proverbial for assured safety In I xiv. -4r; II Sam. xiv. 11: 1 Kiucs i.

Matt. x. A tnl v.lu-n he had thus spoken he took ami cave lhanks in of them and when ho had In it ho 1'osan to cat. were thry till of cherr. lie r.eknovi-ledged the only living and true before Jheni all and gladly a lie belonged So IHl and served Hiiii vere Thii-: li" eom- viui'Wmsoi "Tr- people, and aKi were streuirtheiioi.

A ean make nlliep? vUeery. p--ojle are mueli iHiNled tl: TM. Iwk up Lord's oft uood vhv-er. or of in II. xiv.

Mark svi. Acts 11. Our tlie suno each wonl 33 lc-4-jin lusS i-aeli would "ie of cwl lls.al hjniseli Jjc them do. is An.l wli' slu-y 3icnUno3 wrh. at Ui- kJ 3-ui ship ant! o.isl oat Jh? an3 wih-n 31 -was day Band.

a crwk wjjh a slxrc Jhc sail. 13ii-y ran 53ic ship nir3K'33)3, llic jwirt 4Jic hindor part wns by llJC The faci t3wt thfy ale of Hi by 3iol or and nnd all were fl33ed. TSio or wliom He fed xannnn nuiJ also wjjlh in llw von for cr 3'o Sn a sr-at sSonm vf-ry linic jprovc1 lo jiuJct- that in 1333S li ilif wavos vjolont, the a5 nnclioT. could cat siiffl- nsjd slrcagtbcn Ihom fll Jl)CE(3. 42.

And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners lest any of them should swim out and escape. They did not know that but for one prisoner whom they had on board they might all have been at the bottom of the sea, as fur as their bodies were concerned. How little the ungodly think that judgment which they well deserve is withheld because there are righteous people among them. Ten righteous men in Sodom would have spared the city, and the judgment did not fall until Lot and his family were safely out of it (Gen. xviii, 32; xJx.

22). llow blinded by the devil men were when they actually killed the Prince of Life, the only one who can give life and in whom all live and move and have their being! 43. But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose and commanded that they could sv-'im should cast themselves first into the sea and set to land. All the purposes of God are eternal (Eph. iii, 11) and sure of fulfillment (Isa.

xiv, 24; Jcr. li. 20j, let men and demons and the devil back of tbein do their worst. will usake the wrath of man to praise Him and restrain what He does not see fit to use (Ps. Ixxvi, 10).

The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to naught. He rnaketh the devices of the people of none effect. The counsel of the Lord standeth forever, the thoughts of llis heart to all generations (Ps. xxxiii. 30.

11). 44. And the rest, some on boards and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass max tney escapea an safe to land- So everything that God has ever said or purposed either has already come to pass or will yet come to pass, just as He has said. '-Hath He said, and shall He not do it? or bath He spoken and shall He not make it good?" (Num.

xxiii.) Let us first be sure that we can truly say. Lord Jesus. I do receive Thee as my Saviour and put all my trust as helpless sinner in Xby precious blood shed for me (John 12; vi, 37). Then, taking Hiru at His word, let us rejoice to say. "Whose I am" (verse "3j.

as wi hear Him say to us, "Fear not. for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name, thou art Mine" (Isa. xliii. 1).

Then, with' heartfelt gratitude. let say. "Whom I 1 for we have beer, redeemed that we may serve the living and true God while we wait for His Son from heaven (I Thess. i. n.

10). Hay our motto ever "1 believe God that it shall be even as it was told (verse 25). Accidents in Mine st Nanticoke. Wilkesbarre, June slight explosion of gas occurred in No. 7 mine.

operated by the Susquehanna Coal Company at Nanticoke. Tire Boss who managed to escape with his life, was seriously burned on face and hands. In the same minn John Sennski. a miner. killed during the morning by a fall of rock.

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