Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-08-26

i'oole miSSlOuS III the East
ana III the West. She has been a pen
sion agent, and in that capacity she
mas seen that many a deserving soldier
mas got his rights. OF late years she
mas lived at Salina, Kan, closing the
years Of Well-spent life.
Unasked Advice for Grant.
General Horace Porter's "Campaign-
ing with Grant in the Century, deals
with the preparations for the last cam
palgn. General Porter says:
General Grant had become very tired
OF discussing methods of warfare
which We're like some of the problems
described in algebra as ''more curious
than useful and he was not sufficient
~ interested in the canal to be present
at the explosion which was expected to
complete it. About this time all the
cranks in the country, besides men Of
real inventive genius, were sending ex-
traordinary plans and suggestions for
capturing Richmond A proposition
from an engineer was received one day,
accompanied by elaborate drawings
ana calculations, which had evidently
involved intense labor on the part of
the author. His plan was to build a
masonry wall around Richmond, of an
elevation higher than the tallest
houses, then to fill the enclosure with
water pumped from the James River,
and drown out the garrison and people
like rats in cage. The exact number
OF pumps required and their capacity
had been figured out to nicely.
Another inventive genius, whose
mind seemed to run in the direction Of
the science of chemistry and the prac-
tice Of sternutation, sent in a chemical
formula for making an all-powerful
snuff. In his communication he as
sured the commanding general that aft
er a series of experiments he had made
with it on people and animals, he was
sure that if shells We're filled with it
and exploded within the enemyss lines,
the troops would be seized with such
violent fits of sneezing that they would
soon become physically exhausted with
the effort, and the Union army could
walk over at it's leisure and pick them
up as prisoners without itself losing 2,
man.
A certain officer. had figured out from
statistics that the James River froze
over about once in seven years, and
that this was the seventh year, and ad-
vised that troops be massed in such a
position that when the upper part Of
the James changed from LIQUID to q
solid, columns could be rushed across
it on the ice to position in rear of the
enemy's lines, and Richmond would be
at our mercy A sorcerer In Rochester
sent the general word that he had cast
his horoscope, and gave him a clear
and unclouded insight into his future,
and added to it's general attractiveness
by telling him how gloriously he was
going to succeed in taking Richmond.
One evening the general referred to
these emanations of the prolific brains
of our people, and the many novel sug-
gestlons made to him, beginning with
the famous powder-boat sent against
Fort Fisher and closed the converse
ton by saying: ''This is very sug-
gestive age. Some people seem to think
that an army can be whipped by wait
ing for rivers to freeze over, exploding
powder at a distance, drowning out
troops, or setting them to sneezing; but
it will always be found in the end that
the only way to whip an army Is to go
out and fight it."
Grant Offers His Purse to His Enemy.
General Grant never mentioned one
incident in connection with the battle
of Donelson, and no one ever heard of
if until it was related by his opponent
in that battle, General Buckner. In a
speech made by that officer at a BAN
ouet given in New York on the ami
versary of General Grants birthday,
April q, 1885, he said: "* Under
these circumstances. sir, surrendered
TO General Grant. had at previous
time befriended him, and 1t has been
Justly said that he never forgot an act
Of kindness. l met him ON the boat,
and he followed me when l went to my
quarters. He left the officers of his
own army and followed me, with that
modest manner peculiar to himself, In
TO the shadow, and there rendered me
his nurse. 1t seems to me, Mr.. Chair
man that in the modesty Of his nature,
no was afraid the light would witness
that act of generosity, and sought to
hide If from the world. We can appre-
o;ato. that sir."-Century.
Clears His Record.
II is never too late to clear ones
name and that Is why Judge Roger A
PRYOR now of New York, denies the
story which found credence in some
Quarters that he deserted from the
confederate army during the civil war.
Vermont officer who had gone to uhe
nicket line to swap some tobacco was
taken prisoner by the rebels. The IN