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The .Riddled Tree at spottsylvania.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
issue of Feb 9, in ''Curious Things" saw
an illustration OF the tree that was cut off by
riile-bais in the battle near Spottsylvania
Courthouse, on May IL, 1864. The Second
Corps took the works at that point, but were
driven out before we, the Sixth Corps, could
come to their relief; but the rebs abandoned
those works and our regiment occupied them,
close to the fallen tree.
From in front it seemed to be cut into a
funnel shape, from above and below, showing
a gradual slope to the smallest point, where
it broke Off Within a few feet Of the
large tree were two or three smaller ones, |
think, about a foot in diameter, cut down in
the same manner, each, think, about II feet
above the ground.
The reason for such concentration oil
firing at that point seemed to be that the
Confederate works to the left of our line as
we faced them were hidden from our men by
low ridge only few PAGES in their front,
jend extending for a long way, while at our
right was woods that covered the view in
that direction; but in front of the tree for a
short distance the view of the enemy's line
was unobstructed, and as our men advanced
over an open field, gently sloping up to the
rebel works, that exposed part OF their line,
only few rods in length, could be seen by
our men for perhaps so rods along their
| front, and for that distance our fire was
poured into that particular spot.
The large tree fell with the top directly
into and upon the rebel works, wounding
| three men. This information was gained
through Confederate Surgeon, whose COM
! munication appeared in a Richmond news
paper.
This incident shows what vast amount
OF ammunition is wasted during the excite
ment of battle by too great AN elevation OF
small-arms, and also shows the need of i'm
pressing on the soldiers minds at such a
time the necessity of "shinning them." as
Mad Anthony Wayne ordered his men to do
in time of ttle.-EDWIN CRocKET 65th
N. Y, Cnur d. Alene, Idaho.
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SCOUTING IN
TENNESSEE.
Recollections of Services There
Toward the Close of the War.
By HENRY RooIEYN, BREyET-MAJoR, U. s. A.,
RETIRED.

By HENRY RoorEYN, BREvET-MAJoR, U. S. A.,
RETIRED.
In one of our raids into Macon County,
information was obtained regarding man
named Jack Gross, who was said to be con-
nected with bushwhacking work, and we
started to hunt him up. The negro secured
to act as guide begged hard to he allowed to
leave the column before it reached Gross's
place, to avoid recognition, and was given
a chance to decamp just before the rush
usual on such occasions was matle.
The road for some distance before the
house was reached ran along, or near, the
edge Of high land, with steep descent,
Overgrown with thick brush, down to 4 creek
bottom covered with large timber. As soon
rs we came in sight of the house, probably
within hundred and fifty yards, the rush
was made. There was no way to cut Off his
retreat TO the timber for the fence was high
and strongly staked. and when we reached
the front We found a strong gate, fastened by
a chain hooked on the inside Of heavy post,
and the fence too high to be cleared by any
horse. As we halted, the bushwhacker
bolted from the rear door. and ran like a
deer for the bluff, about 75 yards away.
Three or four pistol-slois failed to stop him,
though he was hit, as he threw up his left
hand 10 his side as he ran. By the time the
gate could be opened he was out OF sight;
nor was he found, though the hunt was kept
up for some time.
In the house we found his father, very
old man, and woman, who said it was
not her home, to which place she wanted to
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WILD HORSES DYING OUT.
Fencing in Texas Has D-cim,ted the Roam
ing Herds of Former Times.
Galveston News

The wild horses which used TO roam the
Texas prairies are about ali gene. ! asked
an old resident what had become of them
and he told me that only 4 very few re-
maine, and that they were in the large
pastures, and that they were being killed
as often as a shot could be had at them
/ asked him the reason for this destruc-
ton, and he said that they were worth
less, in the first place, and that, in the
second, they stole other horses which
were good and carried them of with them.
He informed me also that of all the wild
animals a horse or mule which had for-
meriy been under the dominion OF man
was the widest when once it became a
part of a wild herd. The stations of the
wild herd were always ambitious TO keep
their bunch" filed, and would steal I,
mare or horse, or even mule, from the
settlements or COW ranches when the
occasion presented itself. When once a
tame horse or mule got with d wild herd
he became lie widest and most cunning
of them all. AS the wire fences went ur
the territory OF the wild horse contracted.
Finally all that remained were liz thc
large pastures.
! was told that before the pastures came
il WIS the custom to walk down" the
wild herds and reduce them to servitude.
One man ! met here told ME how this
walking down" was done He said that
TO capture always had a certain range.
This range WIS known from men who
secuted on the Lrairies. For instance,
one man may have seen the "hunch,' -
for that is what the herd is called, up
near some particular point i'll the north
west Of the Panhandle. Another ranger
may have seen :he same bunch" so
miles southeast of where the first man
saw it. Others may have seen it along
the route between the two points.
Thus il would he concluded that the
range was between the two points men
toned. -Four or five men would enter the
expedition TO walk down the bunch" d"
A man would be stationed every 20 or 30
miles along the range route, and then the
"bunch" would be started. fo- the first
day the wild horses would scamper off,
their names and tails TO the
breeze, making a sight that would whet
the desire OF those pursuing them to cap
ture them, for there is nothing pre.tier in
the world than a troop Of wiId hoises at a
distance. They lcok perfection when they
throw up their heads and sniff the wind
and then scamper away. ! have seen one
Or two punches myself. The man who
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A Kansas Veteran Write 3.

Henry Linsbaush, Moline, Kan. says: "
read an article about the 11th Ohio Cav, by
Comrade E. b. Heater. with considerable
interest, as l was a private in Co. M, 18th
Kan, and was with that outfit in 1864, 1866
and 1866. Our beat was from Fort Kearny
to Fort Bridger, and we were in the saddle
every day. In none of the long rides through
rain and snow, dust and mud did we have
refrigerated, medicated or canned beef, nor
were hospital tents, Commissary and Quarter
master supplies very abundant. There was
no Red Cross along, nor were we bothered
with correspondents who would let the
enemy know wher, what and how we were
going to move five to 90 days before the
move was made. 1t makes me tired to see
so much tomfoolerlv about the three-months'
Spanish war. We were tie first troops that
entered the Powder River country"
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stumbled upon the persons wanted, and the
huckster was made happy by getting back
his team and q portion of his money.


huckster was made happy by getting back
his team and portion of his money.
Capt. Lawson was a noble man and gal
liant officer, of Irish birth, game all through,
and very matter of fact, as the follow
ing story will show.
On one occasion, while scouting in Macon
County, Tenn, man ran fro!a Il house rear
the road, for the nearby hill and timber.
Lawson, always well-mounted, soon overlook
him, and was at once joined by the best
mounted Of his command. Instead Of order
ing hands up y" us WIS usually done, the
Captain ordered the fellow 10 hand over his
pistol. Drawing it suddenly from the
holster On his belt. iIr. us he brought it 10
the front. pointed at the officers body and
pulled the trigger Before he could fire
another shot, he fell ri,ldied with bullets
The bullet had cut through the Captain S
belt and all The cloth ilg between it'anI his
body, grazing the skin enough to let out n
few drops of blood. Looking at the scratch,
the cool little Irishman said:,..' The scoua
drel meant to in ure me !. :"
AT the reorganization of the Army in 1866
Capt Lawson was given;a Lientcpant's com
mission in the ;as; U.tS. Cav, tbeis serving in
New Mexico, where he joined it, and
rendered excellent service. lie was engaged
in several of the hardest campaigns and
iercest battles with the Indians during the
'1O's, and died, 4 Captain, at Fort Laramie,
about II years since -.-ss...
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starts them on their :r:ps follows them for
a day on n pony, taking his time. HIS
place is taken by the second man about
nightfall, presuming that the bunch was
started in the morning. The second man
follows them all mig :, for the hunt is
made when there is a full moon, so that
the bunch can be tracked at night as we'll
as during the day. Onthe morning when
the third man takes the trail, the stallion,
or master of the bunch, is behind the
herd, biting and kickin the laggards in
1t. The third day, or even the evening OF
the second day, finds the bunch strung
out in a straight line, each fclfowing the
other in Indian file. They are getting
very tired.
They are allowed no time to eat or
drink The pursuer, knowing that they
are firing, forces them, and thus the
chase continues for about five days, when
the whole herd is so tired that it is easily
taken.
But, so said my informant, when the
work is done and every horse taken, the
pursuers are always unanimous in their
verdict that the game was not worth the
labor expended, fog the horses taken are
a measly set and never good for anything.
"Creasing" means shooting the animal
Just below the mane, not low enough To
break the neck, and yet low enough so
that a shock sufficient TO bring down the
anima! will be inflicted. 1t requires the
best rksmanship TO do this, and as the
distance at which tho shooting must be
done is usually great, very few animals
have been taken in this way.
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THE OLD CANTEEN.

By Milo S. Lathe, Co. F. 33d Mass, Cum
berland. Wis.
OF all the mem'ries of the past,
That come like Summer dreams,
Whose rainbow hues still round us cast
Their gold and purple beams,
The dearest, sweetest Of it's kind
That mirrors back it's sheen,
Is one that oft recalls to mind
The friendly old canteen.
But time and place have quite estranged
Some comrades whom we knew;
How few remain, how many changed
Of those who wore the blue!
Yet Mem'ry often paints the ground,
The plots of Summers green,
Whereon we sat and passed around
The friendly old canteen.
We smile on fancies of the past,
On castles reared in vain;
On brilliant hopes that could not last,
Nor ever come again;
And Mem'ry holds a folded page
Our comrades have not seen,
Yet do we meet in hoary age
To praise the old canteen.
'Tis true, Time robbed us in his flight,
And took from form or face
Some touch OF color or of light,
Some trick of air or grace;
And in their stead adroitly placed
A wrinkle here and there,
And, later STILL he deity traced
Much deeper lines of care.
Yet well remember evermore
The banks of living green,
Whereby we stopped in days Of yore
To fill the old canteen.
What though some chord, whose numbers
thrilled
Our beings to the core,
Is hushed and mute, it's music stilled,
To throb for us no more?
The mem'ry of that silent friend
Will cast a rainbow sheen,
And with a rosy halo blend
Around the old canteeni
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preserved it. He is now in Washington,

preserved it. He is now in Washington,
ID. C..
Aid de Camp, Col. william Y. Allen
was horn in Midway, o., in fs47, and re-
moved to Iowa in 1857. He enlisted as q
private in Co. G, 32d Iowa. and subse-
quently served on the staff of Gen. Jas.
|. Gilbert. He read law and was ad-
mitted to the bar. in Iowa, in 1859, prac.
ticed his profession there, and, subse
Quently, in Nebraska, to which State he
removed in 1884; was elected Judge of the
District Court of the Ninth Judicial Dis
trict of Nebraska, in 1891. and in 1893, was
elected to the Senate of the United States
The National tribune., 1899-03-30
The Dutch in Africa.

The Cape Dutch have no enthusiasm
for the English Empire and the English.
To study their history from the time we
came to the Cape will explain that fact.
But it is to their interest to be loyal, ant.
they know it. And their opponents know
it. But in the South African political
war game anything is good enough to beat
Il Dutch dog with.
The Dutch are slow. They are mostly
uneducated, as We understand education.
They often seem stupid to a quicker or
town bred mind. But the man who buys
a Dutchman for Il f0oi will have Il hard
bargain. Even n blindfo!ded DutcIlman
knows on which side his bread is but
tered, and their motto in international!
politics is Better the devil we know thai.
the devil we don't know"
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on CEECKEMHUGA'S FIELD.
Meeting of Old Messmates on the Spo
Where They Parted 35 Years Before.

Among those vino enlisted in Co. X oi
the 1st Wis. in 1861 for the three-yeaTs
service were Charles ii. Morgan and Jacob
ii. Culver. Morgan was promoted to Ser
geant, then to Sergeant-Maior and finally
commissioned as First Lieutenant i'll the
2lst Wis. Culver was Il drummer boy up
to the battle of Perryville, when he took
the right marker flag when the bearer was
killed. Morgan and Culver were mess
mates the first part Of the war. The 21st
Wis. and the 1st Wis. were in the same
brigade, and the boys often met, as they
both had brothers in Co. X of the 1st Wis.
At the battle Of Chickamauga they met
on the last day of the battle for the last
time for many years, as Lieut.. Morgan
and Jasper Culver were taken prisoners,
while their brothers, Frank Morgan and
The National tribune., 1899-03-30

aemeoy tnat IN tne The Kola Plant.
almost universal use in the Hospitals of Europe
and America for the cure of every form Of Asthma.
The cures wrought by 1t are really marvellous
Among others the editor of the Formers Mu1nzins
of Washington, D. c., Mr.. Alfred Lewis, testifies
that after eight years continuous suffering espec-
tally in Hay season the Koa Plant completely
down night or day, for fear of choking After
fifteen years suffering from the worst form Of
that the Kola Plant cured her in two weeks Rev.
8: H. Eisepberg, Centre Hall, Pa; Rev. John L.
Moore Alice. &. C.; Mr.. Frank C. Newali OF the
Market National Bank. Boston, and many others
give similar testimony of their cure of Asthma,
after five to twenty years suffering. by this wonderful
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discovery, will send you one Large Case by Mail
endrely Free All that request in return Is that
about 1t. It costs you absolutely nothing. Send
your address to The kols Importing Company.
No. 11GA Broadway, New York City.
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Jacob Culver, made their escape when
nearly surrounded.
Last Summer, while camping at Chicka-
mauga, Lieut.-COl. Chas. III. Morgan, of
the 5th No., and Capt. Jacob ii. Culver, of
the Sd U. S. Cav. t"Grigsby's Rough
Iiiders"). accidentally met on the same
field where they parted IS years before, for
the first time since Sept. 90 1868.
Their old comrades may be able to
recognize them from the above, as they
were "kodalked" in front of Capt. Culver S
tent on the Brotherton field in Chicka-
mauga Park, by Mrs. Gen. Colby last
August
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MUSIC FOB MEMORIAL DAY.
sc GARLAND THEIR GRAVES. I"
Nos. 4. Q, 3, 4, and g.
aARLAg0a No

8ARLANDS NO. Is THE LATEST
words and music all new and prepared for these
DECORATION Day, and the Sunday preceding. They
are large size, plain print, etc.
ffice per copy either number, I5c
Price per dozen copies cit Ter number, o. 30.
Ino Bugie Call is book Of new sonss
WORDS aud music. for Reunions, Campfres etc Price
per copy l5c Per dozen copies. sis0.
laurel Wreaths !" Is u book Of recitations
for Memorial Day, etc. Per copy, 25c.
Either OF the above sent prepaid upon receipt ol
price. order OF the author and old soldier, 6. ".
STHICALAND, Argos, Indiana.
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Hope for Boston.

Louisville Courier-Journal.
II those Bostonians kill an English
sparrow every time they illuminate an
anti xpansion address they may 7et ex-
terminate the little pests.
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ASTHMA
CURED
BY THK
K0Ia Plant

C0cc A New and
ChCC. Positive Cure
for Asthma has been
found in the z oil q
Plant, a rare botanic
product of West African
origin. So great are the
powers of this New
sIs l. Al
The National tribune., 1899-03-30

Aguinaldo has boosted that he will
march into Manila within 20 days. He
neglects to mention that he will be in
custody ii he does.
The National tribune., 1899-03-30

By Milo S. Lathe. Co. F, 33d Mass, Cum
berland, Wis.
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5lo6o6ls for Construction Work 1T Ad-
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and carefully sheltered in velyety cob
web sacks impervious to the weather.
These sacks may be found swinging by
silken ropes from the goldenrod and
milkweed and hidden away In creyices
and corners Of board fences and stone
walls. The little spiders creep from the
luxurious sleeping bags provided by
the SOLICITORS care of their wise mother.
and IL they escape the cannibalistic
prcpensities Of their brothers and sis
tiers enter at once on career OF trap
ping and hunting.
The old saying, Go to the ant, thou
sluggard," and the quaint fable OF the
foolish, shivering grasshopper and the
wise and thrifty ant would lead us to
believe that wisdom dwelt fin the halls
of the ant-hill along with the fore
thought so common TO the beehive. The
bees and wasDs do lay up stores for
winter The wasDs do not provision
quite so wisely as the bee, but in the
center Of the cone-shaDed nest OF the
paper-making wasps may be found a
goodIy store OF honey. All bees do not
store as literally as does the hive bee.
and the mortality among bees is wide
spread. While thousands die, few
survive. and OF these few It is gener-
ally the females that show the greatest
tenacity to life and serve as mothers
Of the race for the next summer. Hive
bees receive such fostering care from
man that they can HARDLY be counted
among our wild friends who must shift
for themselves.
The thrifty ant deserves much sym
patty in that II is the fayorite .rey
OF spiders. crickets. beetles and other
insect hunters In spite Of vicissitudes
1t is devoted to It's community life.
The care Of its young. the management
Of lts slaves and captured aphides from
which he honey dew is MIXED furnish
incidents for tale as interesting as
the customs Of any wandering tribe Of
the desert or any lost nation Of central
Africa A few ants may survive and
feed on accumulated stores Guring the
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the trees, in cozy crotch of the twigs
and even buried in the ground. The
delicate yet firm silken threads bind
them to the topmost branches. where,
exposed to sleet, snow and rain, whirled
about by every bowling blast, they defy
the winter.
The butterfly and moth lay eggs in a
suitable feeding ground during the
early summer. The Matched iarva or
caterpillar eats voraciously, gorging it.
self until it can eat no more. Or. il
too fat for further exertion. it spins a
cocoon and makes ready for winter
During the winter it apparently slum-
bers in its snug quarters. nourished by
the plentiful supply of fat 1t accumu
lated during the caterpillar stage, and
at the proper time energies full-grown
moth or butterfly. gorgeously attired
and bent on holiday making.
The spiders. so far as can learn,
store away no food supply in winter
quarters. Quantities Of eggs are laid
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It's Scene Is Laid in Galicia, Where the Pianist
Has an Extensive Park.

PARIS, October 17.--It was two weeks
before his marriage. Paderewski was
playing his Paris concerts. Paderews-
i III was dining in Partisan society. And
Paderewski, after persuasion, gave me
an interview in which he revealed. for
the first time. the scenario Of his long
promised opera. For his comfort Pade-
rewski observes secrecy--or did, as an
unmarried man, in Paris. When
Eoerlitz gave me the appointment 1t
was to meet me on the west side OF
the Avenue Victor Hugo at 4 D. m.
sharp" Hugo Goerlitz led me to a
re-de-chaussee never before penetrat-
ed by an outsider, an antichambre. a
salon and a bedroom furnished with
the simplicity of an average hotel. A
fireworks burst Of chromatics ceased
abruptly as the door opened to the i'm
presario's latchkey; and I stood in
Paderewsli's presence.
sThis wine" said Paderewski, sis a
good mild table wine; resembling light
Chablis. We call it Riond-Bosson,
from the name Of my Swiss chalet
where we make it. But you had better
drink some of this kirsch. which is al
SO mine
He was friendly and unaffected; and
like the impetuous Pole he is, he be-
gan. offering drinks and cigarettes.
Then something started him to the
Swiss chalet and the vacation" in it
to which he was looking forward fever
ishly. He invited me to visit him
"some time" and drink his Roind-Bos-
sen there Surrounded by his faithful
dogs and Hugo Gcerlitz, free and