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peated until the generals finished their
talk at long range, saluted and rode of
alone.
a most interesting feature of Halls
collection is a lot of ambrotypes cap
tured in the Confederate mails. Many
a romance might be woven about these,
for some are from soldiers at the front
to their sweethearts and others from
girls at home to their soldier lovers.
Many have letters fnclosed in the case,
ana one has lock of golden hair. The
postage On these mementos was from
50 to so cents and was not indicated by
stamps-simply the figures and the
word paid"
In a letter Enclosed in his ambrotype
Private Monkey, with the army in Vir-
GINA, said that he wanted TO get back
to Georgia to see the girls very
mulch" Corporal Fly, in Tennessee,
sent his portrait TO a girl in Mississippi
as token" etc, ending with a bash
full but unequivocal declaration OF love
which found its way to Uncle Sans
archives instead of reaching the heart
of the maiden in Mississippi. One mis-
sive is written on an illustrated letter
sheet, with the first page taken up by a
Confederate parody on The Girl I Left
Behind Me-
Halls searches for war portraits have
been long and persistent and not spur
red on by simple curiosity or greed.
Among other tasks he set himself was
a collection of all the colonies killed in
battle. This he has not quite com
pleted. Another was a collection of the
lC8 major generals lieutenant generals
and generals OF the Confederacy. These
he secured and has prepared an edition
with each portrait etched or engraved
on copper or steel. The complete mill
tary record of each officer accompanies
the portrait. Out of $50 Confederate
brigadiers Hall secured all but two
that is, 37S.
The search for a picture of General
J. H. Kelley of Alabama lasted IS years.
Finally Hall discovered that Kelley had
studied at West Point. but left before
graduation. His class year was a last
made out, and then one of its members.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-28

Soldiers go to war nowadays equipped
with snap shot cameras, and there viii
never be the dearth of accurate por-
traits of prominent actors in the Span
ish-American war that followed the
civil war. The government has already
taken up the TASK of preparing an illus
trated history of the Spanish war. Ma
terial is, of course, abundant
The largest part of the illustrated ma
terial pertaining to the civil war now
owned by the government consists of
the Brady collection of negatives &C
uuired in 1875 at a cost Of $25, 000 These
negatives and an album Of photographs
made from them are now in the war de-
partment library at Washington. They
include some battle scenes, views of for
titled places, ships, etc, but for the most
part are photographs of officers. A
glance at the catalogue Of these por-
traits shows how Importance was rated
So years ago. There are SO negatives of
groups of the Seventh New York militia
and not half a score Of any other one
regiment Grant has 81 poses, Custer
posed y times and Admiral David D.
Porter Is times as against Z of Farra-
gut Mcclellan posed times only,
Sherman 10 and Sheridan IA.
Owners OF illustrated war books must
not feel that they are defrauded be
cause their works do not contain all the
Grants Shermans, Clusters and others,
but it is a fact that many Of the best OF
them are not in engraved prints. While
recently looking over the most remark
able collection Of civil war photographs
ever made 1 was surprised to find that
the best portraits are not those that
have been selected by book illustrators,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-28

W. r. Lyman, was located in New Or
| leans. In class group ambrotype
owned by Lyman. Kelley appears in
cadet uniform. He began his career as
captain and was a brigadier general
when killed near Franklin, Tenn. in
1864.
one OF Halls portraits that viii grow
in value with time is that OF General :.
r. Gist. c. s. A who fell in the bloody
battle Of Franklin. Gist was the adju-
tant general Of South Carolina in ls60-l
and personally delivered the message OF
the secession OF that state 10 the gov
ern0rs Of the other southern states. He
came Of fighting patriot stock. for his
grandfather. Mordecai Gist led the Ma
ryIand 800 ar the battle Of Long Island
in 1876. MordeCal had TWO sons. when
he named respectively Independent"
ard States
The Kentucky Confederate whom
Lincoln said would be worth more 70
the Union than al the rest c. the Blue
Grass state Is represented in Halls col
lection ~ a excellent photograph sup
Piled by his wife. This IS Ben Hardin
Helm. leader OF the Orphan brigade y
Kentucky. He married sister Of Lin
coin wife ard sealed his devotion to
the south by death n q charge at Chick
amauza.
Another rare portrait recalling
tragic phase OF civil war : thai 80 Gen
eral Charles e. D1hlgren- C. : A
brother OF admiral John A Dahigrer q
the Federal navy General Thomas Z.
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Drayton, C. S. A, and Captain Percival
Drayton, U. S. N, were brothers. as
were General George B. Crittenden, c
S. A., and General Thomas L. Critten
den, Z. S. A When Hall was recruiting
for his company in New York in 1851,
he enlisted a New Jersey college boy,
who proved TO be the son OF General l.
A Armistead. the Confederate who fell
at the front OF Pickett's charge.
Hall has made some practical use OF
his collection by supplying engravings
for book illustration, but in the main
his enthusiasm in the work has led him
to make it a labor of love. He loaned
The Century company, free of charge.
1000 portraits for use in their war series
of magazine articles and books.
Another use which Hall has made Of
these valuable originals is the illustra-
ton of several historical works in his
private library. For this purpose the
photographs have been etched or en-
graved and printed upon plate paper 10
by II. or larger, and each sheet of book
text has been inlaid 10 match the pic
ture In this way Swinton's Army of
the Potomac" has been extended from
one volume to five with 500 illustra-
tons Grants memoirs have been given
1000 full page Illustrations, Sherman's
and Sheridan's each 500, Longs Life Of
Robert E. Lee" and "McClellan's Own
Story" each 500. Other historical vol
umes treated in the same way are
Hoods advance and Retreat" Tur-
chin's "Chickamauga." "Buchanan's
Administration" "Johnston's Nara
tive" Arnold's "LincoIn"-1000 illustra-
tons: Moss Lincoln" Boynton's Ma
w" Dabney H. Maury's Memoirs Of
Virginian," Charles a. Dana's memoirs,
Horace Porter's Campaigning With
Grant" the histories of the Second,
Fifth and Nineteenth corps and the
Scribner Army and Navy series. Serb
ner's u volumes of land campaigns
have been extended to 80 by Hall, and
the three naval volumes to six with
illustrations.
The treatment of General Jubal A.
Early's small and obscure pamphlet
entitled memoirs of the Last Year OF
the War For Independence of the Con-
federate States" is typical of Halls
method of book illustration. The pam
phIet contains 145 pages. These have
been inlaid up to S12 by II inches and
900 page illustrations added. The pic
lures are India proofs and comprise
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, Andersons' in Richmond The Ander-
sons were to the south what Brady was
TO the north. None of the Mahones is
handsome, but all are characteristic,
and none is more so than the rare one
here reproduced.
General Simon 3. Buckner, who sur
rendered Fort Donelson to Grant and
remained his lifelong friend, is repre-
scented in Hairs collection by an excel
lent photograph taken at the time.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, the Confed-
crate wizard of the saddle has been
engraved in many guises, and, consider
ing the common reputation Of this Won
derful man, it is strange that there is
an actual portrait of him in existence.
But Hail has one original photograph
from life taken when Forrest was a
brigadier general in 1862. There one
reads the real Forrest more than in the
worked up and presumably dignified
portraits found in books. The repro
duction of the real Forrest photograph
accompanying this sketch is the first
ever made for print.
Two rare and excellent photographs
of Morgan, the raider, are in Halls col
lection. One presents him full length,
sitting. The other is here reproduced.
1t was taken in 1864, shortly before his
death.
Colonel Jack Mosby. the Virginia par
tisan, is another Confederate surround
ed with romance and pictured in all va
rieties. From a photographed group
composed of Mosby and his officers the
accompanying portrait of the celebrated
~ iGjuu~ chief Is taken
If Hall had been more bloodthirsty
away back in 1862 or had Mqsbys ways
been less unconventional, there proba-
bly, would not be an accurate photo
graph of the redoubtable colonel and
his men. When Halls regiment lay at
the Robinson house near Liberty, Va,
Mosby among others visited the planter
in citizens dress. One day after a Wis
itor had gone and was just mounting
his horse beyond the guard lines Rob
insons son said TO Hail: There goes
John Mosby. Wouldn't you like to get
him?" Mosby had passed within few
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-28

while her husband, Elias Rlvenburg
who used % 1--we near Montreal. pros
porous farmer. was a fairly good spouse
she could not endure his phantom con-
sort.
Elias RivenburF. who s. about 6.
years old visited his daughter A. schs-
uectady recently and while there met
the present Mrs. RiveuburE. whore Eon-
in-lsw is married 10 Eigeub0rg s
daughter.
There was a short couTtshlp. and
Elias and Anna were married. They
removed 20 the Preston Hollow farm,
and trouble began a. onc@
Among other things MrH. EIFsubgrg
claimed that her HUSBAND d8 rot pro
vide sufficient food Frequently when
she complained be would shs alleges.
sell au his eggs but one Dr tao. ard
these be would eat himself unils sire
hgugrily watched hira- II also gave
ner. she says. some United states army
canned corned beet and treatei her "a
other ways w5th great cruest
Dut al ef these things were mere in-
r.sents q tns Ehost aaik.nEs Mrs.
REvenburg informed hey aeiEhboys that
she coulS stand hardsnsrr II s1 sia1a.
agf not the wa4AnEs - shs Epolk q =
dad wsfe. Who 70 doubt wanted -
-r1g4un!cate her wrongs - ere secoas
srsuEe - the farmer ~ c1rss
r.se-ee she hid a ueighbo- remove her
f.asouzlnzs from her 5astsnds ac-1s
aaa brought fhe suit for fz.a4F;ei-afsrz-
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IN no country TIA the universe has ~
rose been brought 20 reariY ~ lffrc-
ton ar in China Extremely uFH %
cent are the rose Rardsre - fhe ei
o.. and the revenue yearly eHta-se1
from tire sals ~ ol ~ Tnefs an1 rorT-
water forms o ysry large sa4.--sn 70
the lmpfrssl roffer
only Members ~ ere i-peria' family.
nobility. military 1.Tnitartes ara a fr@
other netah Hflea age aisaef '7 have
altar - Foa.x i1 faelr 1ee.drFr. sn1
very severe rsnl ehHleria are mete1 est
- ordinary 1.f.zeae ~ naase rertrg
even oee 1csg n t-a precious s=sa-s
s found
Cr.esraffy a-sv $50 k.aes = Poses
rs<s kHear ls tae Fl7NsFy Lanf -fsr
vbtts and sh- fct mess rae1 ila
r-e-r.f fEar were ere maF EFhT
usrs th-y valued The lsases ere zseal-
~ e-szea ar augiffa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-28
Some Hitherto Unpublished Photographs
Appropriate to the Memorial Day
Season, Of Famous Characters
In the "NOrth Versus
South" Struggle.

Hall has a collection which forms an in
teresting study. The different photo
graphs of each subject are mounted
upon a large card or cards, and upon
one such may be seen Fitz-Hugh Lee
from a lieutenant in the United States
army down to 1865, when he was a ma
jor general in the Confederate States
army. On another card is Sheridan. as
a second lieutenant and again as fun
general, with all the grades between
represented. One of the very best Sher-
idans is that reproduced with this arti-
Gle showing him at the time of his ride
from Winchester TO the front at Cedar
Greek.
The Grant reproduced is an oddity.
but it is not so odd as some engravings
put forth by reputable publishers as
being his portrait. It is said that some
Of the first book engravings of Grant
were made from the photograph of an
army teamster who was known as
Grants double. That was in the days
of Cairo and Belmont, 1861, when he
was a brigadier general. AS colonel
Grant kept his characteristic close crop,
but getting away from cities and bar
bers his beard grew down to his chest.
Mrs. Grant visited camp and remarked
that the change did not become him in
her eyes. Nevertheless she asked for
and got photograph, and thus the long
bearded Grant got into print. In short
time Grant went to Cairo and had his
beard cut off and his face shaved. But
a smooth faced Grant is not known to
war collectors. This shave was his first
in 90 years or more, and he let his beard
grow at once, so that all the photo
graphs as major general, lieutenant
general, general and president show
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-28
GHOST CAUSES DIVORCE surr.

Demands for divorce have Oeen made
for almost. every reason under the SUB.
but perhaps the queerest on record is
that OF Mrs Anna C. Riv@nburg g.
Preston Hollow y. y. who asked for
a separation from her husband. with
a stipulated allowance. because she
fsnciea taet she saw The ghost Ct her
husband first u5tes
She declared that the wrath of TIRE
former 3ITs- Eiveu5urs made a Rl1
nightly tour II the E!venbuEg housz-
mold wept and vailed banze8 doors
and generally upset the mental Fois4 u
her successor
a score r. witnesses hare testified
that Mrs E3Esnburg coElp 3aihe1 tkaf
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: him With the well known short. round
! cut full beard
The portrait of Grant which best re-
/ calls him as he was in the field, to my
| mind. is drawing from life made at
( Spottsylvania. by Charles Reed. the
! Boston artists In that Grant wears a
! low crowned slouch hat. as he did
| whenever 1 saw him. The hat modides
| the face somewhat: but, making allow
| aHces for that, Hall has three or four
| photographs from life which fairly pre-
/ sent Grant Gs he was in IS6t-5. Not one
/ published portrait in 20 is true to life
/ however. OF sherman, Hall has two
very odd Photographs. As with Grant
and his alleged fOndness for liquor ear
/ ~ in the war, there was q scandal about
+ sherman, TO the effect thar he was era
~. The two pictures in question give
color 10 that surmise. but they proba-
bly, show him during a trying cam
paiSn, when, as he said himself he sat
up nights while his troops We're SIeeping
20 plan battles IN which he led them by
day His hair and beard in these pic
lures appear TO have been stroked the
wrong way, and his face and likewise his
uniform coat seem awry and in keeping
with the rest Pictures Of that stamp
recall the struggles OF war leader and
more ttly Illustrate warUmes than 90
those which pose the subject as sue
cessful and satisfied concueror
ShcridaD'S Portrait as he was at the
time of the great ride Is good one Of
Little ,kll ia 1861. but it is TOO neat and
trim for the field. lie was always the
alert ready soldier, capable. however.
OF Unru1iied repose. In & moment like
that The photographer caught him
"Jeb' Stuart. the dashing Confederate
sahrcur, was often photographed and
Han has him among his oddities in q
portrait wearing a feather II has hat.
He always Wore the feather. but only
once did he SIT with the hat on. and in
,his case seemed la hurry 70 escape
the camera or 10 set at those people"
Che Yankees
f General Billy Malone had many pic
lures taken. and as in the case Of near
y all COnfedesatas, sat Tor them at
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This collection was made by c. 2. Hall
Of the old Seventy first New York mill
TIA ana Ninety New York VolUn-
teers. Lafayette post veteran and an
expert IN portraits.
ar. Hall has been engaged in hunting
up original war portraits Tor the past
20 years and has gathered 10000 of
them. 10000 within the past decade
that Is 10 say. from q To "a years after
the close OF the war. OF course he has
gathered wartime portraits. He has
half dozen Grants that any old Union
soldier viii recognize at once and the
last Lee ever taken-oDe with The gen
erals autograph, presented HIM by Mrs.
Lee. be has Clusters. Shermaus and
Sheridans, SO lfehke and human that
one of their soldiers, upon seeing them.
feels like taking them by the counter
felt hand
There are four points in Halls collec-
ton 10 make il interesting even 10 those
who consider their knowledge on war
portraits complete. Ii contains thou
sands of Oddities long forgotten. rari-
ties without numher-that is 10 saw.
portraits OF celebrated soldiers very sell
dom reproduced. portraits of some-llke
Gushing O. Gettysburg, WHO feu dead
after eNcialmius. let me have one
more shot" and OF Hazlett. whose suns
We're dragged 10 the summit of Little
Round Top just IN time 10 turn the tide
that have never been printed IN any
illustrated history Of the war.
OF portraits OF celebrities In all poses
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! portraits OF all principal and subordi-
mated Federal and Confederate officers
mentioned IN the text, with a profusiOn
of the finest scenery IN the Shenandoah
valley. along the Potomac from Wash
ington 10 WillamspOrt and Washing
ton Itself, as well as Richmond, Peters
burg and AppomattCx. where the war
ended Where Early writes Of the Con-
federate army coming within S. GIT Of
the dome Of the capitol at Washington
Hall places on the opposite page an
outline view OF the dome IN its setting
Just as il caught the eye o. the daring
invaders marching upon the gates Of
the snsmys chief city.
GEORGE L EILMER-
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y tarrlen must meet the aarsss require
rerts. ezcart that they gt8 - reqs-s
- wsEa each $50 pcgneH C3lf.a
r1.ss turnisE bar1g Ger So
Wet Point ard A1naEo.ie are ~ or
~ -rr4aant esues tssrll sas;5s.1faons ia
America zhess me staeg4ia Are iissf-
gaeh y drilled lu SPANISH
TX President Hasrlsen ss e~ffrf
II tae w.asesa - early rfssnE Vsafn =
heze. &c = - even --.sE2--s -
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dressed in sheepSkin coat, and his
drst act on stepping from the train was
20 hight his pipc with flint and steel
Recently Hays City iuauEuratsd a ane
electric light system % which this Rus
sian lad * The sole proprietor.
Lieutenant General Sir Henry lie
Geyt Bruce was Knocked down ana kill
"a by 9 runaway horse at Dover. Eng
land, recently. General Bruce was 2
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Senator Clark Of Montana scared the
zeal estate agents OF Washington by
declaring upon ms arrival in that city
that he would take no house the dining
room of which would not seat eco per
kons.
The Duke Of Sutherland, who is the
principal landowner in the hamlet Of
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Normancot. Staffordshire. has granted
60 the Methodist New Connect on .
ssa years lease at nominal rent a suit
able site for the erection Of q pern2-
nent church
twenty-five years ago = Russian lad
OF is years arrived IN Hays City. Kan.
direct from the river Volga. He was
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and in future any person seeking en-
pigment as conductor o. FnotoYr-aa
must 6rst rect TIA reg8lFeEneais 81 the
standard Conductors uust - ~ least
feet 2 inches talL is pounds -
weight must have sound hszrsng. ha1rl
and lungs COED ey~sigbt without tfe
use - glasses. ard must Iat - cEiDEfee
IN any Say nov have aay conEiit1fioii'4i
disease. They must 1ays q far es1fa-
tor AID not use intoxicating A-lSf3-
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in song and story. and a wearer e the
Mutluy and other medals q honor
John W Mackay the other evening
sent 10 the opera IN san Francisco .
SRI employees il the Postal Telegraph
company. ln which ne = stoc s-hu.aer.
Each girl was supplied with two tickets.
q carriage and bouquet
The Ottawa Electric Eosiway coE1pa-
~ has decided 70 IN standard eor al
applicants for positions Gu the road.
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SIX q ,hs g Essta asnslers = ia
rgsr are orer fset fsH TIE Ex
Fsar as theY sFe sa8Ha. zrs Casffes
-sar9t fers & nt
~ EsH = MatftF1s f2
Sc rsnss B. s. F ft
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Robert Genera
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fund of $4,000 contributed by the
Wisconsin Masons for the relief OF.
their brothers who suffered from the
New Richmond cyclone. It was de-
cided that Grand Master Whealam
should go to New Richmond the lat--
ter part OF this week and apportioln
the money among the forty Masonss
whose property was destroyed
Each will receive an amount proper
tionate with his loss.
This will be very acceptable to4
those who lost in the recent cyclone
Mr.. Whelan is expected here today
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The following is the marriage
ceremony, which was said by an
Oneida county justice a short time
ago: "Wilt thou take her for thy
pard; for better or worse; to have,
to hold, to fondly guard till hauled
off IN a hearse? Wilt thou let her
have her way, consult her many
wishes, make the fire every day and
help her wash the dishes? Wilt
thou comfort and support her, her
father and mother, Aunt Jemima
and Uncle John, three sisters and a
brother?" And his face grew pale
and blank; it was too late to tilt; as
to the floor he sank he said, II
wilt. Villas County News.
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At Ashland Friday evening a num-

at Ashland Friday evening num-
Der of Washburn ladies took part in
the Matron's contest Mrs. VIM
Flynn delivered recitation entitled
"a Woman's Logic Miss Clara
Lien sang solo; Mrs. W. A. Mar
shall recited ''I'll Give You a
Chance, while Mrs. Frank Bennett
recited Patty Ryan Demands Her
Rights. Mrs. E. G. Alvord also
gave a recitation entitled Foreign
Views of the Statue" The Ash
land papers of Saturday spoke in
fattering terms of the efforts of the
ladies.
H G. Pott, who has been in the
grocery business here for the past
two years, expects to leave Wash
burn in q few days for Iron Belt,
where he has accepted a lucrative
position as manager Of a company
store. Mr.. and Mrs. Pott will be
greatly missed by their many Wash
burn friends, but the kindliest of
feeling for their happiness and sue
cess will go with them. It is under
stood that MIR. Pott will retain his
Washburn interests, and there will
be no change in the firm. N. NJ.
Oscar will enter the store as Mr..
Pott' S Representa- tive.
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what the probable weather will be.
Any one wishing to have the bulle-
tins for their places can have the
same free of charge by notifying l..
M. DickersOn.
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The Masonic Relief Fund

New KlchmOnd NepuDIlcan- Olct,
Grand master G. E. Whealan, Of
Madison ard Grand Lodge Trustees
E. NJ. Beach of Waupun, David H.
Wright Of Madison and Judge II.
w. Sawyer Of Hartford held a meet
ing at Milwaukee Saturday and ar
ran ged for the distribution of the
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Saved A Bows Life.

Mrs. Captain H. Hubbard, of Milford.
Del, says: Brazilian Balm saved NV
boys life. He began just like the one
we lost with Group. We gave him few
doses He quickly dropped to sleep
and was all right IL the morning