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GREETED WITH A MIGHTY YELL.

At $40 O'Clock SiarbucE made MS appearance on
the track His midget rival came out IA moment
later Each was welcomed with mighty shouts OF
welcome Starbuck WAS dressed in white with blue
trimmings and with the Quill club Whcclmen en-
blcn on HIS back Michael had on whit" suit
with red and blue bars on The edges Of MS sleeves
and trunks. The band played the star Spang.ed
Banner for the American aud God Save the
Queen" for the little man from. Wales and the as
sembied thousands hOwled 90 only sporting as
senblage can howl Mlcsacl's camp Of pacemakers
was placed at the head OF the homcstr"tch. while
Starbuck's ferces were AT the turn Into the back
stretch. Each force had i,s captain ana lieuten-
ants. AID the paccmakers and riders on the track
told what TO do by code OF pisol-shots de-
hverCd by the respective captains When the start
made each rider caught his respective pace
makers their big machines swept past the start
ing point.
Each rder was entitled to thirty-;wo pacemakers
tupie,s and sextcts More sextss Mere used in this
saf a rode gear Of Ss nSp
one Of Jos. The pacemakers were arranged "a fol-
NchaeeI.-TIip:et No !. l., and f G. Johnson
and = " klnssy' 2nadrnPrt 20 o. IL d, sion
g"adrop.ct No ? L. Callahan. Burns pierce. &;
T. beeker NJ licdwei'cs. II: X steenson and W G.
Sanssr 9nadIupiet ~ W , haWiaoIne j. conk
Wcinig + 4 Mcfarland. j. Eaton .. /. Stevens
ami " HAm.iion; sex'qp.c.. " + sa" l,r,
Nayo and II Newhouse
siafbrcs-Sexiet 40 !. McIain. Ocott. Shannon.
Mario. Forawalt and McDrTee: sexte; No 2.
Hammond. Jack. iirGey. Church. Ackcr and No
cariy: s,x;et 40 g. Mcl.ain. Easan. Wees. Hicks.
Titus ana }. :. ahnsan qnntupe, Johnson Bergen,
Reich GreT.ry and Eiauveli; qiadrupct, iIenshaw.
J. cgc HLlrs e,ielei and Magic: triplet No. J.
Clor.oux IIcsee ard WertZ. triplet No ? WenZ,
end he Tnr,snc brothers.
MIClIAE,. AHEAD FROM THE START
Tho start saw Michael g'i l'tle the better O:
IT. and Pc was the rrst 20 catch his paceniaEers
stnrlurk was 20, far behind. and ne pace from
tie START was enough to take the breath ont Of an
ordinary men starbuck passed Michael going
Gown the backs.re;ch. end the spectators cheered
with a mighty roar F0.h set Of pacemakers had
been told 30 get away from The others ana get me
lead ard the race FOR the first mile was a STIR
ing spectacle Michael caught and passed the
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"THE OCCUPANT ARCS
killed, as he knew he would be. Now,
that's what | call nerve"
The same thing was true of Serg't
Arthur Tarbox, of Co. A, y said the mar
rator he had a presentiment, too; he
knew he was going to be killed if he
went in, and he was offered an honorable
chance to stay out, but he would not
take it, and went in and was killed.
DWELL, we staid there the next day,
buried our dead, took care of our
wounded, and gathered up the plumber
we had taken from the Johnnies. The
rest of the army went off, hot blocks,
after Hardee and the rest Of Hoods
army, which it was hoped would be
caught outside of intrenchments But
Hood had too much the start, and got
into the works at Lovejoy, ahead Of our
fellows.
"The night before we heard several
very loud explosions up to the north.
We guessed what that meant, and so did
the Twentieth Corps, who were lying
back at the Chattahoochee, and the next
morning the General commanding
Slocum-sent out reconnaissance.
ct was met by the Mayor of At
lanta, who said that the rebels had
blown up their stores and retreated.
The Twentieth Corps then came in and
took possession of the city, and the next
day-the Fisherman came in, and
issued an order declaring the campaign
at an end and that we would rest
awhile and refit.
We laid around Atlanta good
while, and things quoted down so that
it seemed almost like peace, after the
four months continual fighting We had
gone through. We had been under a
strain so long that now we boys went in
the other direction, and became too
careless, and that's how we got picked
up.
We went out about five miles one night
after lot Of nice smoked hams that
niger told us were stored in an old
cotton-press, and which we knew would
be enough sight better eating for Co. {
than the commissary pork we had lived
on so long We found the cotton press
and the hams, just as the niger told us,
and we hitched up team to take chem
into camp. As we hadn't seen any
Johnny signs anywhere, we set our guns
down to help load the meat, and just as
we all came stringing out to the wagon
with as much meat rs we could carry,
company of Ferguson's cavalry
popped out of the woods about 100
yards in front of US, and were on top OF
US before we could say scat You see,
they'd heard of the meat, too"
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was puzzled; then the clear, blue eyes
and well-remembered smile recalled to
me my old-time comrade, Charley Bar
bour.
His story was soon told. He was
Sergeant in West Virginia cavalry
regiment-the 4th, | think. At the
time Hunter was making his retreat
from the Valley of Virginia it was de-
cided to mislead the enemy by sending
out courier with false dispatches to be
captured.
There was call for a volunteer for
this service Charley was the first to
offer, with that spirit of generous self
sacrifice that was one of his pleasantest
traits when boy. He knew what be
had to EXP set. Capture meant impris-
onment at AndersonYille our men had
now a pretty clear understanding of
what this was. Charley took the dis
patches and rode into the enemy's lines.
He was taken, and the false informa-
ton produced the desired effect
On his way to Andersonville he was
stripped of all his clothing but his shirt
and pantaloons, and turned into the
Stockade in this condition. When /
saw him he had been in a week or more.
He told his story quietly,-almost diff
dently,-not seeming aware that he had
done more than his simple duty. | left
him with the promise and expectation
of returning the next day, but when l
attempted to find him again l was lost
in the maze of tents and burrows.
had forgotten to ask the number of
his detachment, and after spending
several days in hunting for him, | was
forced to give the search up. He knew
as little of my whereabouts, and though
we were all the time within LOO feet
of each other, neither we nor our COM
mon acquaintance could ever manage to
meet again. This will give the reader
an idea of the throng compressed within
the narrow limits of the Stockade.
After leaving Andersonville, however,
| met this man once more, and learned
from him that Charley had sickened and
died within month after his entrance
to prison. So ended his day dream of
career in the busy world.
ITO be continually
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AND TOOK My HAND"
the rocky hills and caves, and dark
making the funniest mistakes, were
daily thwarting cool and determined
villains; bold tars were encountering
fearful sea peri's; lion-hearted adven-
turers were cowing and quelling whole
tribes of barbarians; magicians casting
spells, misers boarding gold, scientists
making astonishing discoveries, poor and
unknown boys achieving wealth and
fame at single bound, hidden mysteries
coming to light, and so the world wa.
going on, making reams of history with
each diurnal revolution, and furnishing
boundless material for the most delight
full books.
At the age of 13 perusal of the lives
of Benjamin Franklin and Horace
Greeley precipitated my determination
to no longer hesitate in launching my
small bark upon the great ocean. | ran
away from home i'll a truly romantic
way, and placed my foot ON what ex-
W NC LifC u tuC
of fame by becoming devil boy in a
printing-office in a distant large city.
Charley's attachment to his mother and
his home was too strong to permit him
to take this step, and we parted in sor-
row, mitigated on my side by roseate
dreams of the future.
Six years passed. One hot August
morning [ met an old acquaintance at
the creek in Andersonville. He told
me to come there the next morning after
roll-call, and he would take me 10 see
some person who was very anxious to
meet me.
| was prompt at the rendezvous. and
was soon joined by the other party. He
threaded his way slowly for over half an
hour through the closelyjumbled mass
of tents and burrows, and at length
stopped in front of blanket-tent in the
northwest corner. The occupant rose
and took my hand. For an instant |
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consisted Of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
regiment, under Col. Sandy Walker, and
Two squsdrons OF Texas cavalry, under
Capts. John Scanland and L. +. Gillett
posted near his Headquarters at Honey
Springs, about two miles in the rear of his
line-0f- battle. His battery, under Capt. X.
w. Lee, was posted in front Of the Doth Tex.
These dispositions having been made on
both sides, Gen. Blunt, after his troops came
into line, moved forward without halling.
and, throwing cut skirmish-line, soon drew
the fire of the Confederate artillery. He
then halted his line. aud Capt. Smiths bat
terry on the right and Capt. HOpkinss bat
iery on the left commenced play ing upon
the Confederate position and battery with
eh0t and shell and canisier, which was con
tiaued for upwards Of an hour, dismounting
one Of their guns near the cornfed. The
guns Of the Confederate battery had not
been idle; they had been using shot and
she'll and canister, aad wounded several
men
Meanwhile the cavalry on the right and
left of his line had dlsmounted, and were
skirmsLing in the timber with the Southern
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Tho Volunteers Succeeded.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / wish To
reply to Comrade J. w. Homer, Co. G, Goth
Ohio, with regard to what he saw at Jones'
boro. He says: "Our regiment lay down
under cover about 800 yards to the left OF
the Regulars and The 18th n. Y. We saw
these regiments go over the enemy's breast
works and capture six-gnn battery and a
brigade of rebels" He says these battalions
lost heavily while they charged through an
open cornfeld.
Now, eomrade, while you may have seen
those Regulars charge across that cornfield
is it not true that you also saw them re-
pulsed and leave the field?
Now, then, we made u charge across that
same open field. / was Sergeant of Co. F.
74th Ind, Third brigade, Third Division
Fourteenth Corps, and when we were nearly
halfway across those Regulars came run
ming back and through our lines.
That demoralized eur line for few mo-
ments, but we raliiedsand never stopped till
we were inside tire rebel breastworks and
had captured the six pieces and the brigade
of infantry that lay hight in front of us al
we made the charge 4
That is the way |, saw things, and | wa.
present and one Of the first men in the
works. / had my house sleeve cut wide
open from hand to elbow, and ball passed
through my bayones scabbard. and one
passed through my. hat. Instead of giving
all the credit to the 1,tgulars and the 18th
n. y, we Will come in for share. If yon
will refer to "Shermau's Memoirs and see
what he says about who made that charge
there, ! think you will find that my state
ment is correct. We lost heavily while
crossing that field-HENRY SNYDER, Co.
+, 74lh Ind, Chanute, Kan.
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cedar woods around our homes, to
gather ocular helps to better compre-
hension of that magical land which We
were convinced began just beyond our
horizon, and bad in it, visible to the eye
of him who travelled through its en-
chanted breadth, all of which GULL
ver's Fables" the Arabian Nights"
and hundred books of travel and adj
venture told
We imagined that the only dull and
commonplace spot on earth was that
where We lived. Everywhere else life
was grand spectacular drama, full of
thrilling effects. Brave and handsome
young men were reseuing distressed
damsels, beautiful as they were wealthy ;
bloody pirates and swarthy murderers
were being foied by quaint-spoken back
woodsmen, who carried unerring rifles
gallant but laundering Irishmen, speak
ing the most delightful brogue, and
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thee positions by the Union infantry and
the guns OF Capt. Hopkins's battery, which
had moved forward and taken up the posi-
ton just occupied by the guns OF the Con-
federate battery.
Alter the Southern troops had been driven
from all their positions on Elk Greek, the
Union forces crossed 10 the south side and
pursue them about three miles south, or a
ME or so south of Honey Springs Depot,
hich they bad set fire to- consuming most
Of their supplies.
OEe OF their commissary buildings, how
ever, was captured by the Union troops be-
fore II was burned containing large quanti-
ties of bacon, -four, and dried beef, from
which the tired and hungry Union soldiers
made bouniiiul supper. The soldiers OF
the colored regiment inspected with good
deal of curiosity about three to four hun
dred handouts that were captured in the
depot bui dings at Honey Springs, which the
| Southern troops had for the purpose of put
| ting on colored soldiers they expected to
| capture.
| David Griffith, colored man who was
| waiting on Maj. j. A. Carroll, Of one of Gen.
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CHAPTER LVII.

FAIR SACRIFICE-THE STORY OF ONE
BOY WHO WILLINGLY GAVE HIS YOUNG
LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.
Charley Barbour was one of the
uest-hearted and best-liked of my
schoolboy chums and friends. For
several terms we sat together on the
same uncompromisingly uncomfortable
bench, worried over the same boy-mad-
dening problems in Rays Arithmetic,
Part Ill.," learned the same jargon of
meaningless rules from " Greene's Gram
mar" pondered over Mtchel's Geogra-
ply and Atlas" and tried in vain to
understand why Providence made the
surface of one State obstrusively pink
and another ultramarine blue; trod
slowly and painfully over the rugged
road "Bullion " pointed out for be-
ginners in Latin, and began to believe
we should hate ourselves and every
body else if we were gotten up after the
manner shown by Cutters Physiology"
We were caught together in the same
long series of schoolboy scrapes, and
were usually ferruIed together by the
same strong-armed teacher. We shared
nearly everything-our fun and work (;
enjoyment and annoyance-all were
generally meted out to us together. We
read from the same books the story of
the wonderful world we were going to
see in that bright future when we were
men,"
We spent our Saturdays and vaca-
tons in the miniature explorations of
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s.Thev Like to he Miserable. :,

So says Mr. Alex. Baird, of North Bend.
Wis, in letter to the proprietor of Dr..
PETERS BLOOD VITALIZER. Your medi
cine has entirely cured me of rheumatism,
and other ailments. / used six bottles of
it, some ! gave to my neighbors, and | know
they were benefited, but when the bottle
was gone they would not get any more
until they felt real sick again. They seem
to like to be miserable. They see the bene-
fiji have received, for i am fifteen pounds
heavier, and healthier looking and feel bet
ter than l have for number OF years"
Are there others who seem to like to be
miserable?" They should heed Mr.. Baird's
advice. DR.. PETERS BLOOD VITALIZER is
a standard preparation, having passed a
test of more than century's constant use.
1t cannot be obtained in drug stores. Only
local agents sell it. Address, DR.. Peter
Fahrney, 112-1l4 So. Hoyne Ave, Chicago,
Ill
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The National Tribune Watch.

We have always taken
special pains that this
watch, although of low cost.
should be a good one. We
have sent out over thirty
thousand of them, to the
perfect satisfaction of COM
rades, their sons, and
grandsons everywhere. We
are the largest buyers of
these watches, and they are
made for us with special
care.
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SIMPLICITY ITSELF.
A SIMPLE HARMLESS REMEDY
Yet 1t Cures The Worst Cases of Dyspepsia
and Indigestion.
TO BE eoniinued.l

Yet 1t Cures the Worst Cases of Dyspepsia
and Indigestion.
DR.. Jennison. who has made life study OF
stomach troubles, says: All forms of indiges.
ton really amount to the same thing that is
failure to completely digest the food eaten; mat
ter whether the troubles acid dyspepsia or sour
stomach. belching of wind, nervous dyspepsia
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oughly digest what is eaten, and this can be-
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in hundreds OF aggravated cases with complete
success The remedy Is a combination of fruit
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golden seal put up in the form of pleasant tast.
ing tablets, and sold by druggists under the
name of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. One or
two Of these tablets should be taken after meals
and allowed to diss0lre in the mouth and
mingling with the food in the stomach digssts
it comp letely before it has time to fermens,
decay. and sour.
On actual experiment one grain of Stuarrs
Dyspepsia Tablets will digest three thousand
grsins of meat, eggs, and similar wholesome
foods.
1t is safe to say If this wholesome remedy
was better known, by people generally, ID
would be national blessing as we are 4 nation
of dyspeptcs, and nine-tenths of all diseases
owe their origin to imperfect digestion and
nutrition.
S,uart's Dyspepsia Tablets are not secret
patent medicine. but fifty cent pack age will
do more real good for weak stomach than
fifty dollars worth of patent medicines and a
person has the satisfaction of knowing Just
what he is putting into his stomach, which he
does not know when widely advertised patent
medicines are used.
All druggists sell Stuart, Dyspepsia Tablets,
full-sized packages so cts.
little book on cause and cure of stomach
troubles mailed free by addressing The Stuart
Co., Marshall, Mich.
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ANDERSONVILLE.
Continued from first page.)

out he had presentiment that we were
going into fight. and that he would be
killed. He couldn't shake it off. He
told the Lieutenant and some of the
boys about it, and they tried to ridicule
him out of it, but it was no good.
When the sharp firing broke out in
front some of the boys said Fisher, ]
do believe you are right, and he nodded
his head mournfully. When We were
piling knapsacks for the charge, the
Lieutenant, who was great friend OF
Fishers, said:
"' Fisher, you stay here and guard the
knapsacks.
Fishers face blazed in an instant.
No, SIR said he; / never shirked
a fight yet, and | won't begin now
$50 he went into the fight, and was
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What it is and What is Said of it.

In addition, the subscribers will each
receive two great war books, described
elsewhere. This makes Embarrassing
easy.
No one, therefore, need be without
watch equal for keeping time to any in
the neighborhood. 1t will not take an
hour for anyone to get up this small club
of only four subscribers at 81 each for
the best family newspaper in the United
States.
He is Pleased.
DoRCYvILLE, La, Sept %, 1897.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Washington, ID. c.
GENTLEMEN l am in receipt of my watch,
and find it beauty, and am well pleased
with same. Yours truly,
SHEDRICK BRIDGEwATER-
1t is ALI Right.
HARTwICK, N Y. Oct, II, 1897.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: | wish to
inform you that the watch in question ha.
come to my address, and is all right, and it is
dandy. Please accept my thanks, and
oblige /. W. MURDOCH.
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OKLAHOMA TER, Sept 81, 1897.
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Gid time-piece, and your paper is q joy to
myself and family.
Yours respectfully,
C. N. SMITH.
Washington, D. G.,
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One of the most serviceable watches
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a generation ago would have cost $50,
but the fact is it contains appliances I'M
known at that time.
In addition to the watch we send in
every instance handsome chain and
charm, so that the outfit is ready to put
on and wear as soon as received.
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If retailer found that every attemp pit at sub
stitution cost him customer he would soon be
tired of it, and would supply what the public
asks for.
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A merchant offers Substitutes because he
makes a lot of money on them. Good articles
cannot be put on the market at q high profit.
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Hoods Sarsapsrilla is an honest and reliable
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HOW TO GET 1T.

We do not sell this watch Without
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these splendid timepieces by itself We
will send this watch by mail to any per-
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FOUR YEARLY SUBSCRIBERS.

Understand That you pay nothing Tor
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A FAIR sACRIFICE-THE STORY OF ONE
BOY WHO WILLINGLY GAVE HIS YOUNG
LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY.