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THE ATLANTIAN
THE COLOR BEARER.
* One of the monuments at Gettys
burg, that most wonderfully preserved
And marked of all battlefields, where
all Is so realistic that the visitor can
almost without aid live over again the
scenes of that most marvelous of con
flicts, is a marble effigy showing a
young lad, the flag of his country in
one hand, turning toward an enemy
and shaking his fist at them. Many
wonder at the signification of the
work.
It was on this identical spot in first
day's fighting that this intrepid hero
fell. He was in the front of the Un
ion line when the contest began and
the Union forces had not yet been
rallied to the scene of conflict in suffi
cient number to check the increasing
hordes of Lee’s men.
It was the duty of this hero and his
fellows to hold the outposts as long
as possible, so that the Federal rein
forcements when they arrived should
not have to fall back on some disad
vantageous position that could only be
defended with greatest difficulty, and
would not give them a proper chance
in the struggle yet to come.
The color bearer knew that the sight
of their flag would do more to keep
them on the spot and fighting even in
the fact of the hopeless odds, than
any words of their officers could do.
So he unflinchingly took a place in
the very foreground. In all the fray
the flag of the nation was held aloft,
and was the inspiration of those who
battled there, ‘the thinning line that
steadily grew less and less as the Con
federates came closer.
At last a time came when it would
have been suicide to continue the un
equal fight any longer. Those who
had held the men there, the officers,
at last grudgingly gave the order to
fall back.
The color bearer was the last to
obey. He turned with his men and
was the last in retreat. He had borne
a charmed life. Bullets had flashed
around him, his flag was riddled, but
not one leaden messenger had man
aged to carry its message of death to
him. But' in the retreat came his
downfall.
Mad with patriotism and the flght-
j iijg spirit, he paused to call back his
{ sfcorn, of the enemy. He was unarm-
; ejl. He had no firearm with which to
| send back one farewell bullet, so he
[ contented himself by shaking his fist
■ at the enemy and as he did so a sharp
shooter picked him and put through
his heart the bullet that took him.
Partisans and enemy alike admitted
it as an exhibition of wonderful cour
age and patriots reverently remove
their hats when they stand before the
statue.
He—How do like my new hat?
She—It looks awful; give it to me.
He—What are you going to do with
it? ^
, sbe—I’m going to take it back to
the man you got it from.
He—Sh-h, Pp doesn’t know I’ve
got it.
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BROODERS AND CHICKS.
While a greater number of chicks
can be handled to advantage in brood
ers with less trouble than when moth
ered by bens, still in some ways more
care and attention are necessary, says
the American Poultry Advocate.
In the first place, the brooder being
inanimate, the chicks have to learn to
take refuge in it when the weather
I grows cold suddenly or a storm oc
curs, and therefore the attendant has
to see that the chick reach the protec
tion of the hover, for a time at least,
and until they learn the way and are
able to go to it themselves. Even when
such is the case, if a heavy storm
comes up suddenly sometimes the
chicks become confused and do not en
ter the brooder, but huddle together,
and unless rescued many are either
drowned or die from the after effects
of exposure.
The brooder also can give no warn
ing when danger threatens, and so the
chick become too fearless for their
own good, and unless guarder will
readily fall victims to the natural en
emies. For this reason all runs con
nected with outdoor brooders should
be roofed with fine mesh wire and care
exercised when the. chicks are allowed
at time outside these runs.
In the rapid changes of tempera
ture in spring the outdoor brooder has
to be watched closely to see that these
changes do not affect the temperature
of the hover. More harm is undoubt
edly done to young chicks from the
variation of the temperature inside the
brooder than from any other cause.
On the other hand, there is no dan
ger of a hen killing other chicks of a
different brood, if they should come
within reach and no danger of hens
fighting until one or the other drops
exhausted, as many will do with broods
of chicks if they get such an opportu
nity. There is also little trouble from
lice, and last but not least, a greater
number of chicks can be cared for at
one time without that special atten
tion necessary when the chicks are
divided into broods with hens.
From the above facts it can be seen
that the use of brooders or hens in the
raising of chicks each has its advan
tages and disadvantages, and so the
poultry keeper in making a choice
should take into account which would
in his case answer the best. As, for
instance, if he is going to raise large
number of ohicks brooders would pro
bably be the* best. If, however, he is
raising valuable and fancy stock in a
small way, hens will accomplish this
to more advantage than brooders.
Outside of this purpose the poultry
keeper who does the best work with
either brooders or hens should choose
the method with which he has had
the most success.
“It’s great to be famous. Just think
of all the prominent men who die and
have their faces on a $10 bill.”
“That’s nothing. I’d rather be alive
and have my hands on one.”
—Murphy and Francis, at the Plaza
Music Hall.
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