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The National tribune., 1900-08-30

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l see so
much nonsense in the papers about pen
siOns and alleged fraud practiced to pro-
cure them that it has caused my mind to
turn back to the time of the war and see
what l could remember about the soldier
in those trOublOus and dangerous times.
The first thing l remember after the
war began is that i was n soldier and
was helping with all my might to save
the State of Missouri to the Union; that
we fought the rebel bushwhackers, and
finally drove them to the south side Of the
Missouri River.
l remember we guarded every railroad
bridge and culvert in the State day and
night, and built blockhouses at all the
larger bridges for their better protection,
and that we did succeed in keeping the
road in running order the most of the
time.
l remember we chased Prices army out
Of the State and saved Springfield / re-
member We were hurried back to st. Louis
through mud and snow, and from there
to Nicksburg. i remember the canal we
dug under the fire of the forts of Vicks-
burg; the thousands of graves we made
in that world of black mud the long siege
and many hard-fOught battles around that
city.
l remember we were hurried across
country by forced marches to lookout
Mountain and Missionary Ridge; that the
rebel army moved south soon after we ar.
rived, and our starving comrades got some.
| thing to eat. l remember we drove that
rebel army to Atlanta and then still far,
| ther south, and we never stopped until VIC
drove it out of existence. i remember we
went on to the great Capital of our Ma.
ton. l remember we passed through a
Grand Review. But the people do moi
seem to think SO much of the old soldier
now, and the new generations are toe
ready to believe his enemies when they
say he would cheat for q beggarly pittanct
from the Government he strOve to save
]. S. REYNOLDS, Forest Grove, Ore.
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Getting Out of Rebellion.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Allow me-
to give you little item of history. i went
from Illinois to Arkansas in 1853, and in
1860 | ran for County Surveyor of Phil
lips County as an Independent Douglas
Democrat. The States Rights Democrats,
fearing | would be elected, got three 9th
ers to run as Independents, so as to split
up the Douglas men and elect their man;
so they elected their man. As the war
was coming on, they tried many ways to
get me in their army as a military en-
gineer or anything else, but 1 told them
it would be treason to fight against the
United States; also that person who had
taken an oath to support the Constitution
of the United States, if he fought against
the Government, would be guilty Of per-
jury.
After the State passed the Secession
ordinance a mob Vigilance Committee OF
five men came to my school and gave me
a limited time to join the rebel army, get
out or risk the consequences. A few days
later, May Is, L got on boat at Helena
that went up as far as Memphis. There
| waited until late in the afternoon for
boat to go to Cairo or st. Louis.
About o'clock one came, loaded down
with passengers making their exodus from
the South. 1 engaged passage TO ST.
Louis. Before we left another boat, the
Severn, came up, also loaded down. just
before we left sour-looking man walked
on the boat and spoke in very command
ing tone of voice:
II want six men off this boat to fill up
company out here" He did not address
anyone in particular, nor try to argue the
case. 1 did not see him get the SIX men.
When we got about three miles above
Memphis we heard cannons firing, and
when we got to st. Louis they had got the
news by telegraph that the authorities at
Memphis had fired into the steamer Severn
and would allow no more boats to go up
except by military authority. If I had
stayed in Memphis one minute longer who
knows where my bones would be by this
time?-E. J. ESSEX. Co. X, 10th H., and
Co. /, 2Sth ILL.,, Mcpherson. Kans.
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No COWARDICE in HIS REGIMENT.
Veteran of the oath Ohio objects to Comrade
MilIer's Statement as to Shiloh.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the IS
sue of July II is an article by ID. NJ. Mil
Ter which reads like a siur on the 24th
Ohio, although he probably did not mean
it as such.
referring to the battle of Shiloh, he says
his regiment arrived at Plttsburg Land
ing at 4 o'clock of the first days fight, and
if he remembers rightly the 9th Ohio was
coming down over the embankment with
the 18th Mich. and more of them in the
water than on land. getting away from
the rebel cavalry charge. There was no
rebel cavalry charge that afternoon that
stampeded the 24th Ohio. 18th Mich: or
any other regiment. The Tennessee River
was at a high stage. The bank on the
Shiloh side is a sheer bluff, and at that
stage of the river all steamers lay right
up against the bank, and very large part
of the river front was crowded with
steamers at that very hour o'clock p.
M, Sunday, April 6. SO if every regiment
had been partly over the bank they would
either be on board some steamer or SWIM
ming in deep water.
Comrade Miller surely cannot well rely
on his memory for his statement. l was
Ouartermaster of Stewards Battalion of
Independent Illinois Cavalry, and from
the fall of Fort Henry to the second bat
tie of Corinth was acting as volunteer Aid
on the staff of Gen. Oglesby. w. II. l..
Wallace commanded Og!eSby S men at Snl-
Ioh, and was killed in the afternoon of
Sunday. l was the first man to carry n
dispatch from Sherman to bring Grant up
from Savannah and the last man to carry
dispatch to Prentiss before the rebels
took him in. ] was among the very first
of those who landed at Shiloh, was IA
miliar with the field of operations, and
rode the lines from morning until night
on Sunday. That there were stragSlers in
the rear of our army is historic fact, but
that Grants army was in any sense de-
moralized is not fact, and that Grant S
army repulsed the enemy with tremendous
loss to them on the first evening and with
little help from Buell. is n matter of his
tory. Whether Grant, with Lew Wal
lace's fresh division on the left flank of
the enemy, would not have made the re-
suit of Monday what it was is a matter of
conjecture. 1t was the opinion of many
of the ablest men of the army that the
victory of Monday was ours, Buell. or no
Buell..
This is the first l have ever written on
| the subject, but l have seen SO much mis-
representation of that battle, and nearly
| all from the same source, that am thor
oughly sick of it.-J. II. WATSON, Chap
| lain. Albert Carter Post, No. 5, Norman,
| o. Il.
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run ashore, and the crew to save them
selves ran up a white flag and surren-
dered. After the fall of Fort McAllister,
on the Ogeechee River, the city was
doomed. and the Confederatcs evacuated
Savannah on the night of Dec. 10. Our
division being the nearest and the first to
discover that fact, our brigade tthe Sec
ond) was the first to enter the town early
in the morning, and stacked our arms in
park about the center of the city.
Geary had received the surrender of all
the rebel property, and thus the White
Star boys had added to their laurels an
other city. but there was enough glory to
go round the whole army, and we willing
ly shared it with our comrades-in-arm
and settled down again to the drudgery of
camp life.
On Dec. &c we were paid up to the end
of August, and thus we were able TO
change our diet by buying little luxuries
in the city.
have said in n former sketch that the
ill-feeling existing between the men and a
certain Captain in our regiment caused
him to resign and go home. Now, while
we lay in camp at Savannah this officer s
resignation paper was approved and he
was discharged. The boys found out when
he was going to start away, and on the
day he packed his grip and left for the
boat the entire regiment turned out and
followed him through the streets of the
city, hooting and yelling, calling him
names and using other harsh words. Al
the wharf, after he had gone aboard the
vessel that was to take him to New York
and while the sailors were heaving up the
anchor, Comrade Herbert A. Page mount
ed a post and said to the Captain Of the
vessel:
"Sir, you are taking away from us q
man who has been q disgrace to our regi
ment. He is a coward, and has robbed
the Government He is n Jonah, and il
your ship goes down at sea you will know
who to blame for its loss"
Some weeks afterward the ship returned
to Savannah, and we learned that it haC
had very severe weather all the way tt
New York on that voyage that the Cap
tain was 4 passenger.
| ITO he cnntinuadl
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
Cures Blood Poison
A Trial Treatment Sent Free to AL
Who Suffer From any Stage
of the Disease.
Cures Cases That Hot Springs and AL
Other Treatments Failed
to Even Help.

There has been discovered by the State Mcdftss
Institute, 2lj2 Eektron Bldg. Ft. Wayne. Ind.
the most remarkable blood-poison cure ever
heard Of IL has cured all such indications as
mucous patches in the mouth, sore throat, cop
per-colored spots, ulcerations on the body, and in
hundreds of cases where the hair and eyebrows
had fallen out aud the whole skin was a mass Of
Doils, pimplcs and ulcers, this wonderful specific
has completely changed the whole body into q
clean, perfect condition of physical health
Every railroad running into Ft. Wayne brings
scores of sufferers seeking this new anC. marvel
Gus cure, and to enable those who cannot travel
to realize whdta truly marvellous work the Insti-
tute is accomplishing they will send free to every
sufferer free trial treatment so that everyone
can cure themselves in the privacy of their own
home. This is the only known cure for blood
poison. Do not hesitate to write ut once ana
the free trial will be sent sealed in plain PACKAGE
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
Faster than Ever to California.

Via Chicago, Union Pacific and North
western Line. "The Overland Limited
leaves Chicago $50 p. m. daily, arrives
San Francisco afternoon of third day and
Los Angeles next morning. No change Of
cars. All meals in dining cars. Another
fast train, 1.-THE Pacific Express" leaves
1920 p. m. daily. Personally conducted
excursions every Thursday from Chicago.
Inquire of any ticket agent or address
Chicago and Northwestern R'y, 461 Broad
way, New York; 60l Chestnut St., Phila,
delphia, or 212 Clark ST., Chicago.
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The Tooth Pas Sterling Work With "0Id Tecunseh.'
Sterling Work With "Old TecuTseh.'
BY ]. NJ. VALLEAU.

fell to us in great quantities that day, and
we who had grrImbled at the OutStart were
in great gicc when we went into camp at
4 O'Clock p. IN. with plenty of good pro
visions from which we cooked Il bountiful
supper.
sPoILING A REBELS GOOD THINGS.
Our brigade the next day went to n
large plantation said to belong to Il Gen
eral in the Confederate army. We made
havoc of the place, and killed a number of
cattle. hogs. etc. burned his house and
cotton-gins. loaded wagons with all kinds
of forage When we departed many of
his negroes followed us i'll all sorts of vehl-
cles. and such motley group you never
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then delivered speech to US, saying he
was sorry because of the lack of proyi.
sons. but it was condition that could
not be helped. He and all the officers
were equally affected by the scarcity of
food, and they were not any better off
than the men, but in 4 few days, and when
we opened up communications with the
North, We would have aIl we could eat !;
that our feet was off the mouth of the
river with transports loaded with the need
full. He thanked lis for the fortitude dis
played during the campaign, and told US
not to mar the record made by any overt
act of our own. Some of the boys thought
he was giving us Il little ''taffy," but We
all greeted his remarks with cheers.
1t was news to us about the fleet wait
ing for us TO capture the city, and created
a great deal of talk. Shortly after this a
small boat from the fleet ran the block
ade in front of the city, and we received
the first mail since cutting loose from At
lanta
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chautauaua Beach Bay Ridge.

It's delightful and cool, and an ideal
place to spend a day, at this popular re-
sort on the Chesapeake Bay. Bathing,
boating, fishing and grabbing are the prin-
cipal attractions for amusement and re-
creation: Rate for adults. SO cents; chill
dren, 25 cents.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
This VIII Interest Manv.

F. W. Parkhurst, the Boston publisher. says
that If any one WHO'S afflicted with rheumatism
in any form, or neuralgia, will send their ad-
dress to him Mt box 1901, Boston. Mass, he will
direct them to perfect cure. He has nothing
to sell or give, only tells you how he was cured.
Hundreds have tested 1t with success.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
SuENCING 4 GUNRONT.

As we lay close to the river our regi-
ment was subjected to the fire of a rebel
gunboat that would take position in the
channel on the Carolina shore, hide behind
rice mill, and sweep our works with
shell and shot. One day it ventured in
little too close to us. Knap's Battery or
sin. rifles that had been masked along
the river opened up on the rebel, and with
few wcl-tiirccted shots soon made her
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
An Old Yarn Appreciated.

''That Chinese student says he enjoys
the life of George Washington more than
any other geographic work."
"Yes. He just remarked to me that he
regarded the story about a mans not be-
ing able to tell lie as 4 masterpiece OF
mendacity."
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Soldering to Some Purpose.

tTo be continued.)
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10

their food with the foreigners. Their
jailers treated them inhumanly, chain
Ing them to overhead beams. For
nine days they were there. At night
their chains were frightened so that
they could not lie down or sit. One
night the baron was kept suspended by
the neck and ankles and would have
s%trangled but for the aid of the other
prisoners, who took turn in supporting
his weight.
One by n the prisoners slckened
and died under this treatment. Lieut..
Brabazon and Mr.. Bowlby died Of their
injuries and OF weakness. Lieut.. And
erson went mad and died raving.
Nearly all the Sikh troops persisted,
some of them from starvation, as they
got almost no food. Baron Loeb and
Sir Henry Parkes bore the strain bet
ter than the rest. They were put into
bamboo cages for a time and exhibited
to the populace, who reviled them and
threw missiles at them. When the
news came of the overwhelming defeat
of the Chinese forces. the treatment
of the surviving prisoners changed for
the better. First they were taken to a
prison where they were by themselves.
Then Loeb and Parkes were taken 10 a
joss house where they were fed on the
best that the city could afford, and
soon afterward were permitted to go
about within the walls OF the city.
Medical treatment, such as 1t was, was
allowed them and they began to have
hopes of getting back to their fellow
countrymen alive.
Had they known at that time, they
were in greater peril Of their lives
than at any time before, for their
death warrants. signed by the Emperor
was already on the way in the hands
Of couriers. But Prince Kung. a pow
| erful leader, had been bestirring him
self on behalf OF the prisoners and had
finally issued his orders for their re-
lease and sent them by the swiftest
messenger he could find. The orders
reached their destination Is minutes
before the Imperial couriers We're In
the city. The prisoners were put into
a covered cart and smuggled out Of the
city. They reached the British arm,
in safety.
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his name in great letters. that every
body can read. This white-haired man.
now In his GSth year. IL no longer
connected with the business.
In striking contrast. his name ap-
pears In small letters on the side of
his peddler's cart. and after them the
word agent" He still hopes to re-
gain his lost fortune and, although cut
of from family and friends. Ia remark
ably cheerful and energetic. showing
the same energy which characterized
him when. az a young man. he came
from Vermont to Boston and laid the
foundation of the fortune which has
been swept away, He was born In Yer
mont OF poor parents. who. while he
was quite young. moved to Georgia
and later to Covington, Ky, His faith
er was killed In the battle OF Shiloh
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PRISONER IN CHINA.
THIS MAN LEARNED WHAT 1T
MEANS.
Awful fortunes Inflicted on Baron Loeb
Who Died Recently In London
Chained to Beams Overh 'ad-kind
Hearted Chinese seldom seen.

The recent death In London Of Henry
Brougham, first Baron Loeb, recalls
his thrilling experience in China In
1859 when the attitude Of the Chinese
toward foreigners was similar to that
now existing. The baron, with sew
eral companions and a small force Of
Sikh troopers, was taken prisoner by
the Chinese. Their treatment was
awful. They we're dragged from their
horses and their faces ground in the
dirt. They were bound with hemp
ropes as tightly as their captors could
draw the ropes, which were then wet.
Under the shrinkage the flesh OF the
captives was terribly lacerated. Thus
bound they were thrown into a rough
cart and taken to Pekin. where they
were imprisoned with a gang OF muir
derers and other criminals.
What kindnesses they received were
from these criminals, who shared
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Smelling Iron by ELECTRICITY.

A new development in electro-me-
tallurgy comes from Switzerland.
While that country has taken an ad-
vanced position In engineering and
manufacture, especially in electrical
work. 1t has been seriously hampered
by the fact that no coal Is found in its
territory, and that on this account all
the iron employed In its workshops
more than ten million dollars worth
annually has had to be imported,
mainly from Germany. At the same
time much iron ore of good quality ex-
lists in the country. A new scheme for
smelling these ores by means Of the
electric furnace has recently been de-
vised. and a concession has been OBJ
tanned for the working OF a bed OF he
Matte ores In the Bernese Oberland
near Meiningen. An aerial ropeway
will transport tho ore to the village
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
A FILIPINO DRUG CLERK.

Omaha, Neb., has the distinction OF
having the only Filipino drug clerk In
the United States. His name is Ray
mon Rives and for one of his years he
has had an interesting career. He
was born in Borongan, a small city on
the island of Samar. His father is a
merchant and young Rives received a
good Spanish education. He was not
content with life In his native city
and ran away from home. He went to
Iloilo and for a time worked in a fac
tory. Later he enlisted in the Span
ish army and was at Manila when
Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet. He
was twice wounded in battle, once in
the chest by a fragment from a burst
ing shell and later by a rifle ball
through the right hand. The American
soldiers took him prisoner and after
his release he came to this country on
q transport. He Is very intelligent and
although he has been in this country
but a short time IA speak the Eng
lish quite readily. He has no desire
to return to his native home as he
likes the United States and declares
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Jnpan's Crown Prince.

Ten years ago, when the crown
prince was In his 18th year, his high
ness spent a summer at Futamigaura,
Ise. While out %gamboling in the water
one day the prince noticed a fisher
mans boy OF about the same age as
himself, whose consummate skill in
swimming drew forth his admiration.
The lowly youth, whose name was Vel,
had the honor of being presented to
the prince, and there sprang up a boy
ish friendship between the two. A dec
ade had elapsed since then, and his,
highness was once more back at Ise,
the other day, on his wedding tour.
The memories of the past came back
and the prince thought OF Vel. He
wanted to see his old friend, and, after
a good deal OF trouble, the order was
conveyed to Yei. now grown a sturdy
young man, but still poor and lowly.
Vel approached the imperial presence.
In high delight the prince talked free
ly of the past and then allowed Yei to
take leave Of him loaded with various
presents. ~
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
Auto mobiles In War.

At the recent German military ma
euver four-wheeled automobiles con
tanning an officer and driver were used,
for the most part, for the speedy con
veyance of the elderly stan officers and
some of them ran at a speed as great
as twenty or forty miles an hour. In
the Franco Prussian war a hard days
march OF t~wenty-four hours for trans
port wagons vas fifty miles. At the
end Of each march the horses were
useless. In the recent maneuvers mo-
tor wagons travelled at the rate of sew
en- miles an hour and a days work oil
ten hours vas seventy miles. War au-
thorities consider that the day is not
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visions. Every morning he Is up witS
the sun caring for his horse and \
great dog. In overalls and jumper and
wearing about the yard a long whit
buster. and never a hat on his brown
head and white hair, he is a pictur-
esque character. A small and talka.
tive boy is his companion, and they
are apparently happy with their work.
Starting out early in the morning,
goes from street to street and from
door to door. Everybody In Somer-
Vile knows him, and nov in the days
Of his adversely they are familiar.
They call him Charley"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-08-10
sulphur the Mosquitoes Foe

One of readers informs us that,
having seen a statement in some Eng.
lish medical journal to the effect that
sulphur. taken internally, would pro.
tect a person against flea bites, 1t oc.
Cured to him to try 1t as a preventa.
tive of mosquito bites. Accordingly
he began taking effervescing tablets Of
tartar-lithine and sulphur, four daily
He provided himself with several live.
ly mosquitoes, and having put them
into a wide-mouthed bottle, inverted
the bottle and pressed its mouth upon
his bare arm. The mosquitoes settled
on his skin, but showed no inclination
to bite him. IL this ~gentleman's eX.
perience should be borne out by fur.
Their trials 1t might be well for persons
who are particularly sensitive to mos.
quito bites to take a course OF sulphur
during the mosquito season, especially
in view OF the growing opinion that
| the mosquito is the common vehicle OF
the plasmodium malariae .-Medica)
! Journal.
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and, opening a store In the market dis
trict, rapidly gained prominence.
In 1867 he opened the pork packing
establishment In Somerville, Familiar
with every detail Of the business, he
gave II his personal attention. and
gradually added to his plant and ex-
tended the business, until the name OF
Charles II. North became known all
over the country. He had associated
with him ]. M. Merriam, S, II. Skill
ton and Newman Conant. AS the years
went by the business continued to in
crease, and In 1890 there were 1900
hands employed.
All this time Mr.. North was active
In the affairs of Somerville. When
churches were to be built he was al
ways counted upon as one of the larg-
est contributors. The North home.
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ried a Chicago man; six sons are liv-
ing in and around Boston, and n OF
them is employed in the Office of the
pork packing company established and
once owned by the father.
Mrs. North Is now living with her
sons. but the head Of the family pre-
fers to 60 it alone, living in the big
house on the hill. and spending his
days on the peddler's cart and his
nights in the big room, nee his back
parlor, but no filed with huge account
books and other relics of his former
greatness.
The change in his condition came
when the Charles ii. North Packing &
Provision Company was formed and
the Swifts became interested in the
business. Then followed schemes In
which money went rapidly, such as