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The Texas Coast.

]. c. Mcbride, Captain, 4sth Ind, Alvin,
Tex, writes: / read in recent issue .
letter from an old comrade in Arkansas re-
lating to that country as home for old sol-
ders. His is no doubt good country. but
believe that this Texas coast country 10
not only the healthiest place in the world,
but the cheapest place to live. We need
little fuel, on account of the mildness Of our
Winters, and for the same reason flannel
underclothing, overcoats, oyershoes, and
furs are not required. These items are ex-
pensive, as we all know, and necessary in
the North. This point is ahead of all others
on one or two other important things: Our
settlers hereabouts are largely Northern
people. We have Grand Army Post here,
and plenty of old soldiers to swap yarns"
with. We have a COLONY locating here, with
Gen. Paul Van DerVoort, Past Commander
in-Chief, GAR, as President. Como and
live with us. You'll live 20 years longer
here. No grippe, no diphtheria, no scarlet
fever. Lots of game and fish, and oystsrs
plenty and lands cheap"
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be brevetted Major, stating that Always
at his post Of duty in time Of danger he has,
on two occasions at least, displayed marked
and conspicuous gallantry, dashing into the
thickest of the fight to rally and encourage
the wagering line.' Gen. Terry forwarded
the paper with the Endorsement: No officer
of his regiment has displayed more gall
lantry in action, or done more to animate
the men to do their duty" During the
latter part of its service the regiment was in
Fosters Brigade, Terry's Division, Tenth
Corps. 1t is given by Col. Fox as one Of the
800 lighting regiments, having lost Is Off
GERS and 100 men killed and five officers
and 155 men died, out Of an enrolment Of
1,72S.
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FIGHT AT HELENA.
The SD Mo. Wants Recognition for Its Par
in That Affair.

The SD Mo. Wants Recognition for Its Part
I'm That Affair.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your is
sue of Dec 10 Capt. Riley Jessup, Co. D, 33d
Iowa, seems to be giving it to E. M. Dep.
for not saying anything about the 33d Iowa
at Helena.
Now am coming in on him for not men,
tioning anything of the 33d Mo-, for am
sure we were there and took an active part
in the affair.
The SD Mo. had charge of all the hill
batteries around the place; also Fort Curtis,
the main fort. Capt. Jessup makes mis-
take when he takes E. M. Dep. to task for
saying that Battery C was captured. Bat
terry c was the battery that was captured,
and not Battery ID, for was at Battery D.
1t was on the left of the ridge or hill bat
teries, right behind the Gen. Hindman
House, and know it was not captured.
Battery G was the next one TO it on the
right. Several of Co. III of our regiment
were taken with it.
The men of Co. d, 33d Mo-, were in charge
OF Fort Curtis and the large guns in it, and
did more than anything else that day to
check the JOhnnies and hold them prisoners
after taking Battery G and getting down the
hill.
Our regiment had been drilled in artillery
for several months before the battle came
of. / don't remember how severe our loss
was in that fight, but know we were on the
front line and exposed as much as any other
regiment that took part in the battle. We
were in it from just after sunrise till the
Johnnies left, which / think was about 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
know we went out to the rife-pits before
breakfast-time, and did not get anything
to eat till we licked them, and we were
pretty hungry by that time.
remember of two artilerymen coming
up to our battery (D) just after the rebels
had taken Battery c, and sighting and firing
several shots from our guns, and making
some fine shots. One in particular was at an
officer on horseback, killing him. l don'l
remember what battery they belonged to.
1t seems we had more help that day, from
what read in your paper, than had any
idea we had.-JAcoB KEsLER, Co. K. 33c
Mo-, Elsah, Ill.
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HAD NOTED, MEMBERS.


Some Famous Union Men Were In the I'd
u. s. Cav, and some Who Became Lead
ers in the Rebel Forces.
EDITOR NATIONAL; TRIBUNE: In regard
to regiments that furnished distinguished
officers to both sides in the late civil war, /
would mention the told I'd q. S. Cav, now
the 5th.
The old I'd was organized at Jefferson
Barracks below ST. Louis Mo-, in 1855, while
Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War. The
regiment was stationed on the frontier Of
Texas until the outbreak of the rebellion.
It's Colonel was Albert Sidney Johnston. Its
Lieutenant-Co Colonel was Robt e. Lee. VIM.
J. Hardee was one of its two Majors. The
Junior Major was George II. Thomas /; and
of the line-officers who afterwards rose to
rank and fame in the armies of the Union
were Capts George III. Stoneman, Innis N.
Palmer, James Oaks, and Albert G. Brack-
EFT, and Lieuts. Richard W. johnson, Ken
nard Gerard, VIM. B. Royal, VIM. w. Low,
John B. Mcintosh, and Geo. A. Custer; and
there were also Capts Earl Van Dorm, Ed
mund Kirby Smith, Chas. w. Fields, Nathan
G. Evins, Theodore O'Hara, VIM. Bradfort,
and Lieuts. John B. Hood, Fitzhugh Lee,
Walter II. Jeniffer. Lunsf0rd L0max, M. NJ.
Kimbell, Joseph Fiffer, and Lieut.. Minter.
From the non-commissioned officers and pri-
Yates of the regiment there were go or 70
commissioned to serve in State regiments,
some of whom rose to the rank of General.
The writer of thiswas one in a batch of re-
cruits taken out by Fitzhugh Lee in 1857.
The regiment rendered great service against
the hostile Comanches and other tribes in
those days in many hard battles and skir-
mishes and long marches and scouts on the
wild plains.
We were in the great battle of Wichita
village, in 1858 and again in the battle of
Eagle Creek, in 1855. Capt. Earl Van Dorm,
Lieuts. Lee and Kimbeli were wounded in
this battle. This broke the warlike power
of the Comauches, aud gave the settlers Of
the whole frontier peace.
In the late war the regiment commenced
by making charge, led by Lieut.. Thomp-
kins, Of Co. b, through Fairfax Courthouse,
Va, capturing a few prisoners and two pieces
of artillery. This happened on the night Of
May %, 1861.
was discharged as First Sergeant, CO. G,
at Markham Station, Va, Nov. s. 1862, by
reason Of expiration of service.-JOHN Dun
LAP, Soldiers Home, Leayenworth, Kan.
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Free.-A Wonderful Shrub.-Cures Kidney
and Bladder Diseases, Rheumatism, etc.


New evidence shows that Alkavis, the new
botanical product Of the Kava.Kava Shrub. is
indeed true specific cure for diseases caused
by Uric acid in the blood, or by disorders of the
Kidneys aud urinary organs. remarkable
case is that of Rev. A. g. Darling of North Con-
stantia. N. Y, as told in the Ne,o York World OF
recent date. He was cured by Alkavis after,
as he says himself, he had lost faith in man
and medicine, and was preparing to die. SINH
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Up to this time the Church Kidney Cure Co.,
No. 418 Fourth Avenue, New York, are the
only importers of Alkavis, and they are so
anxious to prove its value that for the sake of
introduction they will send free treatment Of
AIkavis prepaid by mail to every reader Of
The NATIONAL tribune who is o Sufferer
from any form of Kidney or Bladder disorder,
Brights Disease, Rheumatism, Dropsy. Gravel.
Pain in Back, Female Complaints. or other
affection due to improper action of the Kid
neys or Urinary Organs. We advise all Suffer-
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company and receive the Alkavis Free To
prove its wonderful curative powers, it is sent
to you entirely free.
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GUN VERSUS SNAKE.
What Aroused Sleepy Soldier While Facing
the Enemy on Picket Duty.

What Aroused Sleepy Soldier While Facing
the Enemy on Picket Duty.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have a
letter written by Serg't W. S. Keller, Co. l,
18th Pa. Cav, at Prince George Courthouse,
Va, to, his sister, relating comical Incl
dent that occurred while on picket at the
foot of Malvern Hill, Va, Aug. 2, 1854. He
says:
I'VE had stood post from 8 to 10 p m. /,
when relieved to catch some sleep to go on
at 9 a. m. The Johnnies were SO close we
dared not tie our horses, but dismOunted
and lay down in line on our ponchos, hold
ing our horses by the halter-strap, ready to
mount if attacked. -:
About midnight a. P. Jones, while
doing, put his hand out to catch his halter
strap, which had slipped from his hand, and
instead laid his hand on the cold barrel of
his carbine beside him. He said afterward
he was dreaming of snakes being rolled up
with him. He sprang to his feet and yelled
snakes which awoke everyone. Shaking
his poncho, and falling right on me as lay
near him, again he yelled Snakes! See
there!' pointing to his'gun.
Il took him by the shoulders and gave
him good shake, which woke him mp, but
he would not lie down till shook out his
| pOnchO and picked up his gun.
Il convinced him there was no snake
there l did not get my sleep, and while
on picket from 2 to would laugh outright,
thinking of Jones and his snakes The next
day when the battle was raging the boys
would cry: Jones, any snakes here?'
We marched the next night, and was SO
sleepy had TO walk most of the time to
| keep from falling off my horse"
Jones was good soldier, but the name
of Snakes still clings to him in his old
age among his comrades. Jones served
nearly four years. and was noted as u hard
rider, having had IA horses during his sery-
ice He now lives In Pennsy lvania. Keller
was twice wounded very severely March 81,
| 1865, at Dinwiddie Courthouse, but re-
covered, and now lives in Marion City, Kan.
FRANK r. SHowALTER, Co. /, 4th Pa.
| Cav, Grafton, O.
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WON A PROUD RECORD.
Comrade 8. Q. HUI Of Vermont, Had Al
Unenviable Experience at Cedar Creek.

OOmr8U0 d Os hHAsf VA soH"Oisss AAsSs -,
Unenviable Experience at Cedar Creek.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The four
sons of Warren and Rebekah Hill, of Eden,
Vt, all served through the war in different
regiments; three Of them were wounded, one
twice wounded, and FALL are living to-day.
This is rare Occurfefce.
Seth G. Hill wAs born in Eden, May l,
1910. His early lie was spent upon his
fathers farm, and the day after he was 81
years old he enlisted for three months, the
first man to enlist from Eden, but he was
not accepted. Heagain enlisted as private,
Nov. A, 1861, in Co. A, 9Th VT; Col. Stephen
Thomas.
Hill was with the Fighting 9th all through
the Louisiana campaign, at Boutte Station,
Bayou des Allemands, battle of Cotton, two
battles at Bisland, three engagements at Port
Hudson and Donaldsonville, La. !; also Win
chester, Fishers Hill, Woodstock, Cedar
fire 62 different days, when some of the
men were either killed or wounded. Serg't
Hill had an exciting experience at Cedar
Greek.
Lieut.. Cooper, of Co. A, was seen to raise
his arm in the air, and shouting Give it to
them, bOys!" was stricken with death
! wound. Hill, however, avenged Lieut..
Cooper's death by shooting the rebel who
killed him. Hill then turned to assist a
wounded comrade who had fallen at his side,
when an excited enemy made lunge at
him, the bayonet gliding between Hills
body and arm. The comrade sprang quickly
away, and by an adroit movement knocked
the rebel down with dubbed musket
and continued fighting until surrounded
and forced into the enemy's ranks, but re-
fused to surrender until a shot tore away his
belt, cartridge-box, and flesh to the hip-hone,
which crippled him to the ground.
But when Gord0n's Division swept the
spot-some of them wearing blue coats
Hill rose and joined them in the charge,
firing harmless shots at his own regiment.
Hill was challenged by a rebel officer, to
whom he answered that he belonged to the
4th Ga. At the next standstill Hill rushed
into the Union lines, being exposed to the
fire Of friends and foes, and continued fight
ing until he sank to the ground from loss
Of blood. He fell into the enemy's hands,
and was again rescued at night.
While in Louisiana he re-eniisted for the
war, and was Orderly Sergeant when he was
discharged, June %, 1866. On his return
from the war Hill married Mary ]. Peck, OF
Wolcott, and purchased farm in johnson,
where he remained until 1890, failing
health compelling him to sell. He now re-
sides in Johnson village, and has family.
s. G. Hill Camp, n, s. of ", was named
after him.-BLUECoAT, Eden, VT.
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THEIR RECORDS
Brief Sketches Of the Services Of
Various Commands.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has In hand several
hundred requests for regimentsl histories. All such
requests will be- acceded TO in duo time. although
those received cannot be published for Al
least q year. owing TO lack of space. Numerous
sketches havealresdy been published. and OF these
none he found room for o second time. until all
have been printed.I
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DIR. Peters
Blood
VitaliZer

Is an honest root and herb remedy
that will unfailingly cleanse and en-
rich the blood and invigorate the entire
system. 1t has been in existence more
than one hundred years+long enough
to prove its worth over and over again.
Itcannot be secured at druggists Sold
only by local retail agents, or twelve
CSC trial bottles for $500 sent direct by
DR., PETER FAHRNEY,
II1.II4 S. HOyne Ave., Chicago.
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A Cure
9 Times Out of 10.

Nine out of ten common ailments
come from blood disorder and the con-
sequent contamination of the vital
organs. A purifier for the blood Is q
cure for the disease.
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"Chfldren Teething."

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP should always
be used for children teething. II sootlies the
child. softens the gums, sIays all pain wind
collie, and is the best remedy for darrli0ea Twenty.
five cents bottle.
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A COUGH SHOULD Not BE NEGLECTED..
" Browns Bronchial Troches" are simple REM
edy and give immediate relief. Avoid ilnita-
tions.
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"Don't Tobacco-spit or smoke Your LII
Away."

Name of the little book just received-tells
about Notobac the wonderful harmless eco
nomical cure for chewing, smoking. cigaret. or
smut habit. You run no physical or financial
risk. for Nototac is absolutely guaranteed to
cure or money refunded. Your druggists got
Il or will get IT, Write for the book-mailed
free. The STERLING REMEDY Co., Box 3, In.
diana Mineral SPRING. Ind. Agents wanted
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Mrs. Hudnut makes q liberal offer to Invalid
Ladies on page 6 Be sure and read it.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-18
fhe Nine In tn. Calendar.

The figure 9, which came into the calcr,
dar on Jan. l, 1889, will stay with us IL
years from that date, or until Dec. 81,
1899. No other figure has ever had such
a long consecutive run, and the Itself
has only once before been in II race which
lasted over ccntury-that in which it
continuously figured from Jan. /, $50, un.
tit BcC. 81, tftttT u period ut years.
The fleuro, 3 and occasionally fall into
odd combinations, but neither of them has
ever yet served for u longer period than 100
ooAsccutive years i'm our calendar since the
present mode OF calculating time was e+
tabl,hcd. il is also clear that from their
relative positions among the numerals It
Is an impoSsibility for either Of them 70
appear in date reckouings continuously
for IA longer period than century 81
Louis Republic.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-18
SINCE VICTORIA WAS CROWNED.
There Have Been Grcnt Social Re-
forms mnd wonderful InNentions.

There Have Been Grcnt Social Re-
forms ana Wonderful Inventions.
Great social reforms belong TO Queen
Nictoria's reign, writes William George
Jordan in Ladies' Home journal, mar
rating the progress of the world since
Queen Victoria assembled the throne
60 years ago. The degrading practice
of logging has been abolished i'm the
armies and navies of America and Eng
land. Children are no longer permitted
20 work in the mines of Britain. Press
gangs no longer force men into the
service of the queens navy. The Red
Cross society, approved by 40 nations,
has sottened the horror of war. The
transportation of criminals, with its
many evils, has been suppressed. EN-
ecutions are no longer conducted in
public. The treatment of criminals has
become humane. Factory laws and
building acts make life easier for the
poor
Inventive science has made marvellous
progress in every department during
Nictoria's GO years as queen. Cantileyer
bridges have surprised the world.
Travel has been wonderfully quickcned
10y street cars, cabs, trolleys, cable cars,
elevated roads and other triumphs OF
invention. In 1897 there were no type
writer's, no passenger elevators, no mod
crn bicycles, no soda-water fountains
no horseless carriages, no chemical fire
eNtinguishers, no ironclads, no perfect
ing presses. Fully chronicling the in
ventive progress of the last six decades
would make it seem as if nothing OF
real consequence to mans comfort had
been done before 1887.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-18
WE'D EARLY IN LIFE.
Ages Mt Which Marriages May lie Com
trnctcd In Europe.

Ages At Which Marriages May lie Com
trnctcd in Europe.
In Austria a man" and a woman"
are supposed TO be capable of conduct
ing a home of their own from the age
of II. In Germany the man must be ut
least IS years of age. In France the
man must he Is and the woman Is; in
Belgium the same. In Spain the in
tended husband must have passed his
fourteenth year and the woman her
twelfth. In Hungary, for Roman
Catholics, the man must be II years old
and the woman IL; for Protcstants, the
man must be 1S and the woman i. In
Greece the man must have seen at least
Il summers, and the woman 10. In
Portugal a boy of Il is considered mar
riageable and woman OF - "a Rus
STA and SaXony they are little moro
sensible, and youth must refrain from
entering into matrimony till he can
count Is years, and the woman till she
can count 2. In Switzerland the men
from the age of II and the women from
the age of IL are allowed to marry In
Turkey any youth and maiden who can
walk properly, and can understand the
necessary religious service, are allowed
TO be united for life.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-18
JERSEYS BLIND hEIRESS.
a Most Interesting Woman IL Miss
Alice 4. uoImes

One of the most interest ng women
imaginable is Miss Alice \. Holmes,
the heiress. Miss Holmes has Just come
into $500. 900 or more, but there rs no
danger oi her marrying any young
and ardent lover. for she is now i'm her
se,entY-fifth year, says Pennsy lNania
Grit. Then the old woman is blind and
has been blind ever since She was IL.
Recently her brother died i'm California
and left her big fortune, which she
purposes 10 spend in the amclioration
OF the suiferinCs of her felowatilicted
kind. Miss Holmes lives i'm quiet and
pretty street in Jersey City, and for 2j
years she has struggled through a de-
cent poverty Her brother i'm Califor-
lila has always looked after her wants,
but Miss Holmes Lride would not al
low him 10 support her, and sine has
earned her own living well through the
years Of her solitude Early i'm life
she conceived love for music, and al-
though deprived of her sight she man
aged 10 master that difficult art. Once
that she became proficient she desired
10 teach. And, strange to say, she was
quite as proficient as teacher as she
was as a performer. She found she
could succeed with pupils who had their
eyes as well as with pupils who had not.
And in that way she supported her
self, if not in elegance, at least in com
fort Now that Miss Holmes has been
rendered Independent, she will devote
her money 10 the education of her fell
lows who are afflicted with blindness.
\ number of years ago Miss Holmes
published a volume of verses that have
the true ring of poetry in them
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-18
An Artist,s Story.

A celebrated artist tells a story OF
how, when he was playing with pencil
and paper, he suddenly began to draw
a portrait of face that he seemed to
remember. But he never discovered the
original until when, on visit to a coun-
try house, he discovered the face among
the portraits of the ancestors of the
family. On inquiry, he found that his
grandfather had once been engaged to
be married TO the girl, but had been
obliged TO give her up on the pressure
of her relatives.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-18
THE MOVING WORLD.

A stove for burning coal dust has jus
been invented in Germany.
a practical test Of raising sunken ships
has been made 10y attaching air bags 20 the
hull and then initiating them until the
wreck gradually floats TO the surface
The French have devised method Of
preserving fruits by means Of alcoholic
vapor The frui. IS placed in n room con.
tanning open vessels containing alcohol
A German has invented "a chemical torch
which ignitcs when wet. 1t is 20 be used
on life buoys When one il thrown to >
man overheard az night, ne can thus sac
the light and find tho buoy.
More THAR so kinds of bark are now
used in the manufacture of paper. Even
banana skins, pea vinoS, cocoaput dbers
hay, straw, water weeds leaves, shavings
CornbUsks and hop planes are employed
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-18
POWERFUL DEVIL FISH.
One lowed "A Launch, which Was Back
ing water at speed of Six Knots.

One lowed "A Launch, which Was Back
ing water at speed OF Six Knots.
The SpOrtsmen's Review tells of the
strength of the devil fish, which are
caught regularly as a pastime at only
one point on the gulf. The fishermen
of Naples on the Gulf Of Mexico fish for
the devil fish and get them.
col. Bob Holloway" according to
the Review, was fishing for the mon
sters with n party Of friends, from a
aaphtha launch, when they had a strike
yhc launch was % feet long and con
tained ten persons. This the fish towed
around for an hour, attaining speed of
six knots at times, in spite of the fact
that the propeller of the launch was
backing. The whole fight was in sight
Of the hotel guests, who had assembled
10 see the battle between fin and pro
peller. When the animal was finally
tired out and lowed ashore it required
SIX men to drag it out. On propping its
mouth open a salt barrel could have
been rolled into it. 1t measured % feet
from wing tip to wing tip"
Another Naples fish story follows:
Mrs. Hugh Mcdonald was fishing fol
sharks She had a bite. on pulling in
the head Of shark that had been at
least four feet long was found. Some
shark had bitten the first capture in
two. Later the big fellow was hooked
by Mrs. Mcdonald and was pulled in
The second shark was more than 1e
feet lnrr"