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intending to fight only long enough to give
his baggage-train time TO get we'll started
ON farther retreat as he well knew he had
not troops enough to succes sfully resist jack
son but brief time, for he had less than
5000.
AFTER an hours sharp fighting the order
TO retreat was given, and the army sullenly
took up its line of march to WilliamspOrt,
Nd. The victorious rebels rushed after us,
but the 10th Me. formed our rear-guard, and
being composed of about 900 stalwart men,
thoroughly drilled and proficient in the
bayonet exercise, Jackson dared not charge
them. His artillery shelled them smartly
and his cavalry held themselves in readiness
10 charge as soon as their line was broken
But cool and steady as though OF review,
those robust and determined boys from Maine
marched away with unbroken ranks.
Three miles out we halted and formed
line of battle, and over q ridge, not half a
mile away lay Ewell with his invincible
10000 and dared not show their top-knots.
They could have captured every man of us
rs slick as grease, but as he saw US halt and
noticed train of cars come up from Harpers
Ferry he supposed we had been reinforced,
consequently he did not attack, but lay
quietly out of sight curled up like a coon In
a HOLLOW tree.
We hoofed it 80 miles that day, but were
not hurried beyond endurance; we merely
marched tolerably diligently. In all that
three days retrograde movement of Banks
he lost, in killed, wounded, and captured,
less than 800 men, and had force OF
10000 opposed to him, who were familiar
with every road and cow-path from child
hood, and led by their most skillful General.
What do you think of such generalship as
that? Pitch into 5000 men with 10000 and
barely capture CorporaPs guard.
Banks never got much credit for what
he did there; but what General can capture
everything, after being deprived of his
troops? 1t is invariably the case that these
who are absent know vastly moro than those
present. Jackson was terribly fooled con-
cerDing Banks; he considered him simple
snipper-snapper, and didn't suppose his men
had sand. He found out, though.
In less than three weeks we were once
more marching up the Shenandoah Valley,
and diffusing ourselves amongst the poultry
and things there. AS we were not all Meth
odist preachers, we were not always particu-
lar to select the yaller-legged chickens, but
took them Unfortunately"
To be concluded
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ing were heard, aad, ave sprang to our feet
and listened. III
"'All the cooks or hell's kitchen must be
out on regular jamboree tonight said
Dick. 9ah
al should reckon they were,' / replied.
Let's hunt 'em up, and see what kind of an
outfit it is that can make such big noise
in this small country.
1--WE Immediately started in the direction
of the hideous outerya and soon reached
narrow but deep valley, across which, not
over 500 yards Distant was negro hamlet,
and the inhabitants were having dance or
breakdown of some kind.
"'A niger shindig!' exclaimed Dick,
with gesture of intense disgust. It's all
fired queer that lot of nggers can't have a
jollifcation without maxim such a racket
We were obliged to travel quarter of a
mile or more to reach the tumbledown ham
let, the sides of the valley or gulch were SO
steep, and when we got there we
SCARED THE WHOLE CROWD.
nearly to DEATH They raised their hands
in terror and dismay, and their eyes bulged
out so far we might have knocked 'em Off
with a club.
"One old darky muttered the talismanlc
word Yankee in loud whisper, and in
simultaneously the scene changed. They
clustered around us like flies around
molasses jug, and asked US all sorts Of ques-
tions in a minute
"'Whar is ye gwine at? 'Whar is ye
been at?' 'Massa Linkum come sure 'nuff?'
and host more Then the old man, who
seemed to be The bell-wether of the flock,
began to pat the juba and sing in grooming
voice, while the rest crcled about In crazy
Virginia reel till their very toe-nails ratified
like castanets.
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CEDAR MOUNTAIN.

left them in charge of weak picket-Iine
and hastily retreated. Those of his men
who were so severely wounded that thew
could not endure the hurried march in the
ambulances were roughly pitched out and
left to their fate. Our cavalry picked up
and cared for dozens of the poor fellows as
we followed them up the next day.
Men tell about Stonewall Jackson. the
great hero, and mention him as the very
embodiment of all the elements required TO
constitute perfect soldier, but with $4,000
men he failed to drive Gen. Banks with
only $500 single inch! He signally
failed to keep his appointment with the
ladies of Culpeper, and invented subterfuge
to secure an opportunity to ingloriously re-
treat after he failed to conquer a vastly in
ferior force.
"Pll tell you, boys, he is great TO march
his men, but never has he been known to
engage in open battle with force number
ing two-thirds as many men as he had in
his command. He'll
PROwL AROUND LIKE WOLF
and drop on to 5000 or 5000 men with his
10000, and if he succeeded in causing them
to retreat he is praised and lauded to the
skies. My word for it, he'll meet a chan
some day who will thrash the very devil out
of him."
8 know you are right in regard TO march
ing his men so hard" remarked soldier
belonging to the -th n. Y, "for it was lust
that way last May, when he chased Banks
the whole length of the Shenandoah Valley.
and if he had had the sense of iack-rabbit
or the foresight of a sick mule he would
have captured Banks and his entire force
He could have done it just as easy as rolling
OFF a log. I'll tell you my experience with
him, if you'll listen.
I'm going to tell you of my first pleasure
trip up the famous Shenandoah Valley.
where the fields produce the best wheat in
the world, outside of the Genesee Valley of
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Toward midnight Jean Victor awoke, prob
ably through hunger. The wind had swept
away the cloud from the face of the heavens,
and the moOnbeams, penetrating the room
through hole in the roof. Illuminated the
charming blond head of the young Duke, who
looked like sleeping Endymion.
Still under the influence of the feeling
aroused in his breast by the kindness of his
comrade, Jean Victor was regarding him with
admiration when the Sergeant of the platoon
opened the door and called over the names OF
the five men who were to relieve the sentinels
of the advanced guard. The Duke was one of
these, but he did not awaken at the sound OK
his name.
"Get up, Hardimont," repeated the Ser
gesnt in louder tones.
IF you have no objection. Sergeant" said
Jean Victor, rising to his feet Il will nouns
guard in his place. He is so sound asleep, and
be is my comrade"
Half an hour afterward, however, shots rapid
and close at hand, broke the silence of the
night.
In moment every man was on his feet. the
soldiers sailed forth from the inn with cautious
footsteps each mans hand on the trigger of his
gun as he gazed eagerly down the road thae
lay white in the moonlight.
but what is the hour. then?" asked the
Duke. ~ was to mount guard tonight"
"Jean Victor went in your place" someone
At this moment soldier was seen running
up the road.
"Well2" they cried in questioning accents,
when ne stopped, out of breath.
"The Prussisns have attacked Us. We are
to fall back on the redoubt."
"And our comrades?"
"They are coming-all but that poor jean
Victor"-
"What of him ?" cried the Duke.
KILLED on the spot by a cannon-ball. He
had not even time ossy 'Ouf!'"
One night last Winter, at 2 in the morning.
the Due de HardimOnt left the club in company
with his neighbor, the Count de Saulnes; he
had Just lost some hundreds of louis, aud felt
slight headache.
"If you do not object, Andre" he said to his
companion, 1--WE will walk home. feel the
need of fresh air"
They dismissed their carriage, turned up the
collars of their great coats about their ears, and
walked on in the direction of the Madeleine.
Suddenly the Duke stumbled against OBJ
ject which he had struck with the point of his
boot; it was a large crust of bread all soiled
and covered with mud.
Then, to his astonishment NJ. de Saulnes
saw the Due de Hard imOnt pick up the piece OF
bread, wipe it carefully with his handkerchief,
embroidered with his armorial bearings, and
place il on one of the benches Of the boulevard,
in full glare of the gas lamp.
"What is that you are doing?" said the
Count, bursting into laugh. Are you mad ?"
"It is in remembrance of a poor man who gave
his life for mine," responded the Duke, whose
voice trembled slightly. DO not laugh, my
dear Count; you will pain me if you do So
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here was no work to be had; again lost my

there was no work to be had; again lost my
place.
In short. never had enough to eat TO sat-
isfy me. All what a rage / have sometimes
been in while passing a bakers shop.
"At last, at iS years of age, enlisted. You
know as well as l do that the soldier has barely
sufficient for his wants. And Dow-it almost
makes one laugh-the siege and the famine.
q" You see spoke the truth when l told you
that had been always always hungry"
The young Duke had good heart, and on
hearing this terrible plaint uttered by a man
like himself, by soldier, whose uniform made
him his equal. be felt profoundly moved.
Jean Victor" he said, "if you and should
survive this terrible war we shall see each other
again, and hope to be of service to you
But for the present as the only baker at
the advanced posts is the corporal in ordinary,
and as my ration of bread is twice too large for
my appetite, which is not a very robust one, it
is agreed, is it not, we will share it like good
comrades?"
The hand-grasp the two young men gave
each other was warm and close, aud, as they
were worn out by the guard duty and by night
watches, they re-entered the parlor of the inn.
where dozen soldiers were lying on heap of
straw on the floor, and throwing themselves
down side By side, they were soon fast asleep.
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like castanetS.

"a large iron kettle was hanging on pole,
hind the cabin where we were, and it must
have contained several dozen chickens and
'possums by the amount of meat and bones
the wenches snaked out when they were
thoroughly cooked. We received q cordial
and pressing invitation to partake of the
dainty repast and were about TO comply
when young fellow whispered in my ear !:
De 'Cesh is comm, boss. Better make
yersef skeerce' and he glanced away to the
left
Turning my eyes in the direction indi-
Gated ! saw 10 or IL rebels creeping
steathily towardgus. Turning to my COM
rade, said:
Dick, we've got ter get up and dust
quicker than creased lightning can shin
down saplin', or them rebs III get the bulge
on u.s. I'm inclined to think we scooted
oupen that thare pesky hole a blessed sight
quicker'n we slid into it, with the Johnnies
after us and yellin' like hyenas.
Away we went, tearing through brush,
stumbling over rocks, and skinning our shins
against stumps and logs for quarter of an
hour, when we slowed up.
"The next day we ascertained that Jack
sons troops were between US and Headquar-
ters, so we made a wide detour to get ahead
of them. We were cut off dozen times from,
our encampment by rowing bands of cavalry,
and came near being captured several times.
"At last we gave up the attempt to reach
our lines in that direction, and made for
Front Royal, where regiment of Maryland
ers were stationed, though we came still
nearer being captured than previously by
Gen. Ewell, who with 10000 men, had been
sent in that direction. Before we reached
Front Royal, however, Jackson had fallen
upon Banks and forced him to retreat.
"This was on the 23d of May and during
the day Banks reached Strasburg which is
25 miles from Winchester. On the morning
of the Oath Gen. Ewell, with his 1000 men,
was at Front Royal, 19 miles from Winches-
ter. Jackson's plan was for Ewell TO crush
the brave and gallant Kenly and his $50
Marylanders in
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FIFTEEN MINUTES

(the language of the Order) then he would
be six miles nearer Winchester than Banks
was, and of course, would be able 20 get
there first, when at his leisure he could an
nihilate the little army.
During the afternoon OF the 23d Banks
had sent all but six OF his body-guard,
which was $50 Zouaves, to Kenly, with
orders to hold his ground as long as possi-
ble
Instead of Ewell routing Kenly in o
quarter of an hour, it required four long
hours, and COS. tho lives OF many of his
men, For seven miies of the distance every
inch OF the around vas stubb0rniy con-
tested, bnt in The end the gallant Kenly was
captured with 900 Of his brav. men, iuclud-
ing the killed anJ wounded. The remainder.
with the Zouaves, succeeded ia making their
escape TO the mountains with the baggage
tram, anG five days Fn hsequently Joined
Banks at Willianspori, Nd.
by the tim. Kenly WAS taken in out of
the wet, Banks was ,iGar5. Winchester than
Ewell, SO that besu.ifpl plan was foiled.
what Jackson had evidently considered
an exceedingly easy thiag. did not pan out so
slick as he anticipated. Banks had slipped
through his fingers wnsie he was cbuckling
and grinning like q c,lssed idiot because he
had him between himself aud Ewell.
Late on the Oath, BANKS reached Win
chester, aud his soldiers slept on their arms
that night, there being desultory firing by
the pckets all night. Seven companies of
the 10th Me. arrived from Harper's Ferry
during the night aud guarded the city, hold
ing themselves in readiness 10 fall in promptly
a, L., I. 4.
men.arily expected.
Two companies of this regiment had
been in Winchester for two weeks doing
guard ana provost duty, and they were on
the pick:t-iine the night OF the GATH The
c,Eer company being stationed at Martins
bug, or the Baltimore q Ohio Railroad,
marched to Winchester tue last half OF ;he
night. Dick and l reached our regiment
during the night.
On the morning of ihe 25th Banks formed
line OF battle half mile outside the city,
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GRATEFUL-COMFO
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RREAKFAST4sgPPER

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which govern the operations af digestion AMI nutrt-
ton, and by careful application of The fine proper
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breakfast ta0les with deicately favored leverage
which may save many heavy doctors bills. It s by
the udicor Of such articles Of diet that cOnstt
tuition may be gradually built up until strong enough
To resist every tendency 70 disease Hundreds Of subtle
maladee floating around ready to attack wher-
ever there IL a weak point We may escape many
fatal shsn by keeping ourselves well fortified with
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Made simply with boiling water or milk. sold
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London, EaglaT q.
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vETANTED-By George +. Lemon, Washington, d.
w C.-The present Postoftice address of Patrick
Hughes late of &c. NJ st Mass H A, and recently of
Lowell and Fall River, Mass His claim has been al
lowed. 6Se3t
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it doesn't pay to rub their clothes to
pieces over it. They can wash better
with Pearline. Less work, less
wear, no ruinous rub, rub, rub.
That's the modern way of wash
ing-safe, easy, quick, cheap. No
wonder that many women have
thrown away the washboard.
Beware of limitations. 37S JAMES PYLE NY.
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XXT TANTED-By George r.. Lemon, Washington, ID.
w C.-The present Postoffce address of Stephen
n Green, Co. X. loSth N. Y, late of Umatilla Ore
6292t
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believe, all at once, that there was
anything better. Just SO with every
improvement. The old way always
has some benighted ones who cling
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Mention The National Tribune.

UTANTED-By James r. Berry, Represa, CAL
w The addresses of members OF Cos. Il, L. or G,
10th Ind. Cav
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Too Fast
in running clothes,
un-making them
that's the trouble
with the washboard.
But it's going now
and going fast, to
join the spinning
wheel. Women find
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Too Slow

i w olOW
in making
clothe: Q his
" IS. 1t had to
go. And yet
people thought
1t a pretty good
thing in its
day. Some of
them COuldnt
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w Ildu Dbtu DuU
CAyoRTIEG AROUND THE COUNTRY
for two days, and came in about midnight
hungry as mcat-axes, so we had gone for
the bean-hole without any ceremony.
after we lived our time out, or served
out our sentence in the guard-tent the Cap
tain, with a patronizing grin, told us that he
had received intelligence from a reliable
source that there were about 800 rebels over
in the mountains about 20 miles away, and
he desired 10 send a detail of two intelligent
and strictly-honest men into the same neigh
borhood to ascertain the truth of the report
"' Now, boys he continued, have you
sufficient confidence in your ability to think
you can do this for the welfare of your
country and the personal qualification OF
your beloved Captain?'
"' We can, Cap!' replied Dick, familiarIy,
quicker than a turkey-buzzard can gouge
the eyes out dead goat!'
"Well, we struck out, somewhat stiff in
limb and sore in mind, though we fully re-
allied and admitted to ourselves that we
richly merited all the punishment we had
received. Our aching joints eventually got
mbered up by frequently lubricating them
by inward applications, and at sunset we
were about Is miles from camp, and con-
cluded to call halt till morning.
Ensconcing ourselves snugly in a hazel
thicket we prepared to spend the interven-
ing hours till daylight comfortably. We had
just got ourselves nicely fitted to the ground
when we heard hullabaloo. Whoops,
yells, t-<sils and all other miscellaneous
sounds til. Ga,nan throat is capable of max
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Cno VI tHoH Cdbie dioLB WIN prisoner
who looked stout enough to whip two of
him. Both were bareheaded and begrimed
with smoke and preparation.
As fast as the skirmishers reached our
line, they formed on our right and advanced
with US. AS we again arrived at the top of
the ridge we were greeted with a perfect
shower of bullets. Many of the boys sought
shelter behind the wheat-shocks, with which
the field was thickly studded, but they
afforded no protection.
"The enemy was about $50 yards from us,
closely hugging the ground behind the rail-
fence. The air about us was literally alive
with bullets As they Missed and tipped ,
past my ears so closely that often felt the
wind of them, / could compare it to nothing
but swarm Of angry hornets.
Aim low, bOysl' shouted our Colonel.
Shoot when you see FACET yelled the
Captain. laAnd, as is usual during such
scenes, we loaded and fired as rapidly as
possible, and I'm inclined TO think the rebs
did the same, for they poured it into us SO
fast and effectively that one-haIf our num-
bers were killed and wounded in the brief
space OF 30 minutes
TO the left-oblique from us the rebels
were in an open field, and one of our regi-
ments was IN cornfeld, protected by a
fence, and did their duty manfully. When
ever the smoke lifted sufficiently, directed
my gaze toward the enemy, who were en-
deayoring 10 advance in three lines-of-b battle
They seemed determined
TO CRUSH Us
by mere force of numbers. / can scarcely
express what ware my feelings as / looked
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Facts About pxrcthrum.

A CORES pondcnt is informed that the
destructive element Of pyrethrum Is a
volatile oil which readily escapes as
soon as the powder comes in contact
with the air. Hence the powder should
not be unnecessarily exposed before it
is used. When il can be used in the
house and the room in which il is used
ia tightly closed. II will kill any insect
in the room, flies. mosquitoes. bed bugs,
etc. The room should be closed for
several hours when used for such pur-
pose. When used on plants OF course.
grea: deal Of the volatile principle is
lost. but still there Is cnough that comes
in contact with the insects 10 kill sew
erai species. II is good remedy for
lice on live stock. The common cab
bare worm will also succumb to IT. In
California the plant Is grown and
the powder manufactured FORMERS
Voice
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1T is mentioned as an instance OF
what the fashionable world has come
to that recent private concert given
in London cost the hostess $l2,500. Ac-
cording to this figure entertaining ones
guests will soon be impossible, and so
ciety must inaugurate some new meth
cd of keeping its end up in that line.
First-class artists over there ask sums
ranging from 81, 900 to 81, 500 for three
or four songs, but, fortunately, the
number Of these a, lists is limited, and
those who empl " them are the pain
fully rich
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Of the bridge tax. il we are 10 improve
upon our present system. must be paid
in cash with the spring installment OF
taxes. This would supply cash fund.
the first essential to a change in our
system
Then. in every county at least.
competent engineer would be re-
quired TO formulate plans for the con-
struc,ion of roads at all points Of diff
Guilty. and this work in my Judgment
should be let to the lowest bidder for
cash. his paw to depend upon the GER
tificate of the engineer that he had
completed the work according to the
plan submitted.
The first object to be attained in the
construction of our highways is =
foundation as nearly perfect as prac-
ticable. To accomplish this in bad
places will require an extensive and
sometimes complicated system Of drain
age None but competent engineers
can prepare the plans for this and 1t
will be necessary TO confer on the coun-
ties or road districts the power of emf
nent domain so that adjoining lands
may he condemned to enable the dis
trict to perfect these systems OF
drainage.
All bridges should be built under the
supervision of the engineer. and all
money collected for road taxes should
lie expended in the district in which it
is collected.
In this way nc could al once begin
The proper construction OF a permanent
foundation for our wagon roads. which
would. in my Judgment. without adj
ditional expense save the salary Of an
engineer. greatly improve the present
condition OF our highways and at the
same tiEic prepare them for gravel or
macadam when the country l. old
enough and rich enough 10 complete
the work OF converting them into per-
feet roads--Gov. Horace Boies in Good
Roads.
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The potato is known botanically -
Solanum tubcrosum. The common
nightshade, with small white flowers
growing abundantly in shady places. is
also closely related TO it. The berries
Of this plant are black. and we were all
taught TO avoid them a. they were
supposed TO tie very poisonous. In
Kansas, Missouri and the southwest IL
a priclly, somewhat hoary plant bear
ing yellow flowers. II is an extremely
common weed along roadsdcs, and is
avoided by cattle and farmers fear it.
1t is much easier 10 destroy being an
annual. But like the Russian thistle
in Dakota il has become So common
that the task is "A very difficult one. as
II would require concentrated. contin-
ued action everywhere. Prof Pam
mel. in Orange Judd Farmer