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A few months only did it take to change
heotficer's mind, and before returning TO
England, he presented this twig, which he
had brought from Pope's villa at Twic<en-
ham, England, 10 John =. Custis, then
WaShingtonS Aid at Cambridge, who
planted it at Arlington.
Pope'S willow came from the East and
was the parent of all willows of that species
in England. The willow at Arlington be
came the parent of all other trees of the
kind in America, and even furnished
shoots many years after for English gar
dens where the tree had become extinct.
There Is Il noble specimen OF this tree on
the corner OF Twenty second street and
Third Avenue, New York. 1t was a tw e
taken from the parent tree at Arlington by
Gen. Gates, and planted there by him
when that portion of Manhattan Island
was his Rose Hill farm
In 1903 Mir GUSTS inaugurated an an
nual convention for the promotion of agri-
culture and domestic manufactures known
throughout the country by the title of
Arlington Sheep Shearing." Col. David
Humphries, American Minister Ia Madrid.
had introduced into this country the fire
wooled MerinO sheep.
These gatherings Were at Arlington
Spring. n large fountain of living waters
that flow from beneath the shade of a
venerable oak not far from the banks of
the Potomac. There for years the annual
sheep SheaTing took place on April 20.
Many huTd eds would assemble 10 witness
the ceremonies; toaStS were drank,
speeches were made and prizes given by
MIR. GUSTS for the best specimen Of sheep
or wool and domestic cloth And here
first began the prize offerings in this
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CHAPTER LXXV.

NEW YEARS DAY-DEATH OF JOHN II.
wINDER-HE DIES ON HIS WAY TO A DIN
NEE.-sOMETHING AS TO CHARACTER AND
CAREER-oNE OF THE WORST MEN THAT
EVER LIVED.
On New Years Day we were startled
by the information that our old.time
enemy-Gen. John H. Winder-was
dead. 1t seemed that the rebel sutler
of the post had prepared in his tent a
grand New Years dinner, to which all
the officers were invited. Just as Winder
bent his head to enter the tent he fell,
and expired shortly after.
Thus passed away the chief evil
genius Of the prisoners of war. Ameri-
can history has no other character APP
preaching his in v;leness. / doubt if
the history of the world can show another
man, so insignificant in abilities and
position, at whose door can be laid such
terrible load of human misery. There
have been many great conquerors and
warriors who have
Waded through slaughter to throne,
And shut the gates Of mercy on mankind,
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The widest tales malice and vindic-
tiveness could concoct found welcome
reception in his ears. He was only too
willing to believe, that he might find
excuse for marrying and prosecuting. He
arrested, insulted, imprisoned, banished,
and shot people, until the patience even
of the citizens of Richmond gave way,
and pressure was brought upon Jefier-
son Davis to secure the suppression of
his satellite.
For long while Davis resisted, but
at last yielded, and transferred Winder
to the office of Commissary-General of
Prisoners. The delight of the Richmond
people was great.
Remorsei ess and cruel as his conduct OF
the office of Provost Marshall General was,
it gave little hint of the extent to which
he would go in that of Commissary Gen
eral of Prisoners. Before, ne was re-
strained somewhat by public opinion and
the laws of the land. These no longer
deferred him.
From the time he assumed command
of all the prisons east of the Mississippi
some time in the Fall Of 1868. until
death removed him, Jan. /. 1S65-cer-
tainly not less than twenty-five thousand
incarcerated men died in the most horri-
bic manner that the mind can conceive
He cannot be accused of exaggeration,
when, surveying the thousands of new
graves at Andersonville, he could say
with a quiet chuckle that he was "doing
more to kill off the Yankees than 20
regiments at the front"
No 20 regiments in the rebel army
ever succeeded in Staying anything like
10000 Yankees in six months, or any
other time His cold-blooded cruelty
was such as to disgust even the rebel
officers. Col. d. T. Chandler, of the
rebel War Department, sent on tour
of inspection to Andersonville, reported
back. under date of Aug. 5, 1864:
"My duty requires me respectfully
to recommend change in the officer in
command of the post, Brig.-Gen. John
II. Winder, and the substitution in his
place of someone who unites both energy
ar good judgment with some feelings
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reverence for the sacrifice made that the
Nation might live and that Washington
did not live in vain.
The eye of the great chieftain is resting
upon our beloved country, and every head
stone in Arlington tells him that in the
hour of danger, Americans will yenera tie
and maintain the laws and give their lives
for the liberty and union of their country
and the great domain beyond the Potomac
he sees redeemed.
The entire area from Mount Vernon to
Arlington might well be considered classic
ground. Various "reminiscences of Wash
ington are connected with this locality.
Old Alexandria and George Washington
came into active life together, but the spot
to which every Aiexandrian will point with
most pride is old Christ Church. This
church is not famous for its size ana
grandeur, but because it contains the pew
where George Washington sat, Sunday
after Sunday, a participant in the services
Could we picture to ourselves this ven
cradle church as it appeared in 1116, we
should find it almost hidden by primeval
forest trees. The spacious galleries would
be wanting; the pewS would be stiff, square
and high enough to prevent unprofItable
gazing at each other.
We should sec Susanna Edwards, the
sexton, ushering up the paved aisles
the congregation to the seats allotted TO
each, according to dignity" There would
he Mrs. William Payne in her special seat
upon the upper platform, by special con
sent, on account of deafness, and Colonel
Washington and the AlexanderS, and the
Custises, and many others in the antique
dress of their day.
We might have seen George Washington
on Christ Church green, when he made the
famous declaration OF resistance to the
odious Stamp Act, when it may be said a
nation was conceived
Alexandria is u city that has fallen
asleep, wrapped in a century of legend and
tradition
The legend most often on the lips OF an
Alexandran is that of The Beautiful
Female Stranger" 1t is a fascinating and
mysterious story. 1t is said that between
the long sermon and the short sermon, for
over 40 years, the women folks of old Christ
Church have talked about the female
stranger"
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take no such foolish risks, and he did not.
When false expectations of the ulti-
mate triumph of secession led him to
cast his lot with the Southern Confed-
eracy, he did not solicit command in
the field, but took up his quarters in
Richmond, to become sort of Informer-
General, High-Inquisitor and Chief
Eavesdropper for his intimate friend,
Jefferson Davis. He pried and spied
around into every mans bedroom and
family circle, to discover traces of Union
sentiment
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Dyspepsia, headache, bousncss and all stomach
disorders cured by Hoods Sarsaparla
Sketches, Old and New, by Mark Twain.

This book of BIG pages contains all the
famous short stories written by the author up
to this time. 1t is bound in cloth and pro-
fusely illustrated. 1t starts with the cele-
brated story of the " Jumping Frog" ends
with Running for Governor
We will send copy to any address, post
paid, rs premium, for a club of three
yearly subscribers to THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE.
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"PULLED OFF HER OWN SHOES AND Ga
of humanity and consideration for the
welfare and comfort, as far as is consist
ent with their safe keeping, of the vast
number of unfortunates placed under
his control; someone who, at least, will
not advocate deliberately, and in cold
blood, the propriety Of leaving them in
their present condition until their num-
Der is sufficiently reduced by death to
make the present arrangements suffice
for their accommodation, and who will
not consider it matter of self-laudation
and Boosting that he has never been in
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but they were great
men, with great OBJ
jects, with grand
plans to carry out,
whose benefits they
thought would be
more than an equiv
alent for the suffer-
ing they caused.
The misery they
inflicted was not the
motive Of t b cir
schemes, but an
unpleasant incident,
and usually the suf-
ferers were men of
other races and
religions, for whom
sympathy had been
dulled by long an
tagonism. y
But Winder was
an obscure, dull old
mantle common /
place descendants of
a pseudo aristoctat, !
whose cowardly IN
competence had cost
us the loss Of our1
National Capital.
More prudent than
his runaway father
he held himself
aloof from the field
Ills father had lost
reputation and al
most his commits
sion, by coming into
contact with the
enemy; he would
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side of the Stockade-a place the
horrors of which it is difficult to
describe, and which is disgrace to
civilization-the condition of which he
might, by the exercise of little energy
and judgment, even with the limited
means at his command, have consider
ably improved"
In his examination touching this re-
port Col. Chandler says: a noticed
that Gen. Winder seemed very indifier-
ent to the welfare of the prisoners-in-
disposed to do anything, or to do as
much as | thought he ought to do, to
alleviate their suferings. | remon-
stratcd with him as we'll as | could, and
he used that language which | reported
to the Department with reference to it
the language stated in the report.
"When | spoke of the great mortality
existing among the prisoners, and pointed
out to him that the sickly season was COM
ing on, and that it must necessarily in
crease unless something was done for their
relief-the swamp, for instance, drained,
proper food furnished, and in better
quantity, and other sanitary suggestions
which l made to him-he replied to me
that he thought it was better to see half
of them die than to take care of the
men,"
1t was he who could issue such an
order as this, when it was supposed that
Gen. Stoneman was approaching Ander-
sonville:
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY Prison, !
ANDERsONvILLE, Ga, July 81, 1864. !
The officers on duty and in charge of the
battery of Florida Artillery at the time will,
upon receiving notice that the enemy has
approached within seven miles of this post,
open upon the Stockade with grapeshot, with
out reference to the situation beyond these
lines of defense
JOHN TT. WINDEI,
Brigadier-Ge Commanding.
! confess that all my attempts to salts
factorily analyze Winder's character
and discover a sufficient motive for his
monstrous conduct have been futile.
Even if we imagine him inspired by
hatred of the people of the North that
rose to fiendishness, we cannot under
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Wideawake dealers consult the wishes
OF customers, and do not offer ' something
just as good" when you ask for an adver-
tised article.
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Better sure than sorry. Guard against
the substitution of inferior wares for good
ones by examining your purchases before
YOU leave the store.
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twenty years sufferer; Mrs. Sarah Vunk, Edin-
boro Pa; Mrs. l.. Z. Copeland, Elk River, Mimi;
and many other ladies join in testifying to the
wonderful curative powers OF Alkavis. in various
forms of Kidney and allied diseases and in other
disorders peculiar to wamanhood.
The Church Kidney Cure Company, Of No.
400 Fourth Avenue, New York City, so far the
only importers, are so anxious to prove the
wonderful curative power OF the Kava-Kava
Shrub, that they will a Large Case by mail
free to Every Reader of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE who is Sufferer from any form OF
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stand him. 1t seems impossible for the
mind of any man to cherish so deep and
Unsuitable an enmity against his fellow
creatures that it could not be quenched
and turned to pity by the sight of even
one days misery at Andersonville or
Florence.
No one man could possess such a
grievous sense of private or National
wrongs as to be proof against the daily
spectacle of thousands of his own fellow
citizens, inhabitants of the same coun-
try, associates in the same institutions,
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Don't hurry in the store. Statesmen arc
paid to be patient. See that you have the
right thing, and not a substitute, before
you hand over your money.
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COUGH SHOULD Nor BE NEGLECTED..
'BroUR's Bronehial TFoches - are a simple RENEE
dy aud give immed late relief Avoid limitations.
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EDITORIAL Interesting bits of Colo
NAL story are told in the next installment
Of Historic Homes"
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and Urinary Organs The kavakava Shrub
heals the dsodered Kidneys them to
their functions eradcaes the Blood the po0ns
which SYSTEM The discovery the Kavakaya
the discovery by early Christian missionaries in
Peru first made by observing the the shrub by the natives
Dr. Archibald odgon English authority these diseases
describes ndoOs white missionaries
these mars and ungle5on the Gauges He
render grounds unhealthy districts
The Blood becomes deranged
thick colOred Life balance
all modern medical fails
all diseases aict mankind Diseases the Kidneys
and discovery
ShubNatues Specific Diseases Of the
The weknown American physician, DR.. j. NJ. s. Thomas
that promptly and effectively cured four we'll marked
Brights Disease among his PATIENTS and writes:
Bladder disorders well rheumatism
snl illusions With the most and satisfactory
has been before the American public Of various forms Of
Kidney and Bladder diseases Rheumatic and GOuy Disorders have
been numbered by the thousands Akavs has not been extern
sV advertised through otherwise but has made
its way entirely on its merits and through the fact that every s
Of value from personal experience The records its exraod
numbered by hundreds OF the
Rev. W. B. Moore DID,, of Washington, D. c., Editor OF the g
Wd writes of the wonderful Of Akavis.
"Forseveral Kidney troubles
relief various Kidney remedies with
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the age of eighty-fiye, gratefully writes OF his
cure OF DropSy, swelling of the feet, and Kid
ney and Bladder diseases by Alkayis. Hon.
X. @. Wood, prominent attorney of Lowell,
Indiana, was cured OF Chronic Rheumatism,
Kidney and Bladder Disease OF ten years stand
ing byAlkayis. Mr.. Wood describes himself as
being in constant misery, often compelled TO
rise ten times during the night on account OF
weakness OF the bladder. He was treated by
the home physicians without the least benefit,
and completely cured in few weeks byAlkaviS.
c r,oSu 9i mumay; WAR vas aS
Bladder Disease by this wonderful Remedy, and
now atseyenty-eight. is enjoying perfect health.
The following letter from the weIl-known
minister, Rev. &C. Darling, OF North Constan-
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Natures Cure for the Kidneys and Bladder
UMATIC CONDITIONS.

health hearing OF
Mr. item q
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OSwego County, New York written "OyOo'0 w" "1Ue.
himself confidence medicine,
had sleep rest and took Alkayis last resort
that time my Liver Kidney: Heart and Urinary Organs all
gone ny had vanished that was left dreary life ape
ing In short time stonshment all ourdy
had before
believe all Akavis
yours, (REvJ &C DARLING"-
James Young Ohio she had tried six
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body, so Natufe prOVlutS u ftIlltOy TOT SUCH us
turbance and thus cures the disease. This seems
specially true OF the late discovery OF the kaya-
Kava Shrub, or as bOtanists call 1t, tho Piper
Methysticun,, found on the Gauges river, East
India. This wonderful shrub has peculiar and
most beneficent effect upon the human Kidneys
I'm conditions of disease. The Kidneys, as is we'll
known, separate from the blood and cast out
through the Urine, certain poisonous matter,
such as Uric Acid, Urates ETC., which IL retained
in the system cause Bright's Disease, Rheuma-
tsm, Gout, and other maladies Of the Bladder
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A Free Gift to Every Reader.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-26
NEW ADJUTANT GENERAL.
The New Official Succeeds Gen. Sam
ueI Brock, Retired.

ueI Breck, Retired.
Washington, Feb 25.-The President to-
day appointed Col. Henry c. Corbn ad
jutant of the army to succeed Gen. Sam
uel Breck, retired, on account of age.
Gen. Breek had held the office since
Sept. H., last, when he succeeded Adjutant
General Ruggles.
Gen. Brock was born in Massachusetts
in 1884 and graduated from the military
academy in 1855. He was an Instructor
in the academy at the outbreak of the
civil war, but promptly relinquished that
post to- undertake active service in the
field, where he served with gauantry
throughout the war, earning several
brevets. - 5od ~
Col Henry c. Corbin is a native of Ohio
ana entered the army as an enlisted man
at the beginning of the late war He had
most brilliant career and earned brevets
for gallant and meritorious services at De-
catur and Nashville. In 1866 he was trans
ferred to the regular service as second lieu
tenant of the Tenth United States Infan-
try. President Hayes appointed him to the
STAN in 1880, making him a major and as
sistant adjutant general.
Gen. Corbn has seen service in the In
dian campaigns at Pine Ridge, in Arizona
and elsewhere. Before promotion. he was
assistant to the adjutant general and be-
fore coming to Washington he was adm
tant general of the department of the east
a New York
The Senate to-day confirmed the nomi-
nation of Col. Corbin
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Mr.. and Mrs. Campbell Thompson run the
historic Cuyler House at Plymouth, III. "a hos
telry where Abraham Lincoln often slept,
where Dick" Yates, Lyman Trumbell and
Richard Oglesby bought refreshments for the
inner man in ante-bellum days, and from the
veranda OF which Stephen A. Douglas de-
livered one of his great speeches.
This article has not so much to do, how.
ever, with this historic hotel, as it has with
The landlords thirteen-year-old laughing,
bright-eyed, rosy cheeked daughter Ollie.
As one sees her to-day, the picture of per-
feet health, it is hardto believe that nearly
nine of the thirteen years of her life were spent
on the bed of inyalidism that for months she
never walked, and for years suffered the pain,
misery and distress of iufiammatOry rheuma-
tiSm III its worst form.
Able physicians were employed but no
permanent beheft resulted.
Mrs. Thompson heard of wonderful cure
which had been effected by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, and was infiu-
enced by it to purchase some of the pills for
her daughter.
Before she had taken half box, there was
marked improvement in her condition. when
she had taken two boxes she was completely
restored to health. To-day. there is not q
healthier child than Ollie Thompson
The case came to the attention of the editor
of the 7ri- County Scribe, and reporter was
detailed to learn the story of this remarkable
cure from Mrs. Thompson's own lips She
said:
"Ollie was hearty, well-developed child
from the time she was born until she was
three years old. In 1887 she was taken down
with infammatory rheumatism. For nine
years she was never entirely free from the dis
ease, and much of the time was in an alarm
ing condition At times, she could not walk,
and her spine was drawn out of shs 70 SO that
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POWER OF EVIL EYE.
Inhabitants of Naples Strongly I'm
bued With the Belief.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

WIN DeIteIs
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A belief has existed since the very ear
Hest ages in the power of what is usually
known as the evil eye.' Persons who are
said to have the evil eye are supposed to
possess the power of whitening with a
glance everything on which they look, I'M
less certain precautions have been taken
to avert the power Of their gaze.
The evil eye is mentioned several times
in the Bible, as in Mark vii, %. Virgil says
that a man with an evil eye has the pow
er of making cattle wither away by merely
looking at them. The belief exists at the
present day throughout the orient. Moor
ish houses, for instance, have charms in
the form of hands painted in red and
green on either side of the doorways to
avert the harmful influences.
In Naples, where the inhabitants are
strongly imbued with superstition, the
power of the evil eye is firmly believed in.
The majority of the natives wear round
their necks small pieces of forked coral in
order to avert evil influences.
The question of the evil eye Is one that
has been a puzzle to scientists and physi-
clans of all ages. Many learned men be-
lieve that the evil Of a PERSONS DISPOSE
ton may be observed in the form of his
eye; that is to say, that criminal may
be marked out as such by the form, color
and movements of his eyes.
There is a case on record In which no
fewer than Is people, having been present
at the trial of man who was supposed
to be efti!cted with an evil eye, died sud-
denly shortly afterward. These cases, of
course, do not prove that the evil eye was
responsible for the deaths; nor is the mat
ter, although of no little interest, of any
great Importance.