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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-30

George W Cooper. Postmaster of
Somerville, y. J., is at the National for
a few days making arrangements with
the Postoffice Department to establish
rural free delivery in his city on May l.
Mr.. Cooper is a prominent Republican
politician of Somerset County and has
many friends in Washington.
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us pieces Spring Dress Goods,
I2Hc, G5c, and ISc values. To
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F. H. Stoufer. Secretary and Treasurer OF
the Order of Railway Conductors, Union De-
pot, Pueblo, Col, is creating intense excite
ment in his community by his marvellous
hypnotic demonstrations. The feats he per-
forms by Hypnotism, Personal Magnetism,
and Magnetic Healing carry one into the do
main Of the supernatural. His most intimate
friends are amazed at his seemingly miracu-
lous power.
A few nights ago at social gathering he
was prevailed upon to give an exhibition Of
this wonderful force, and after placing gen.
tleman go years Of age in hypnotic stage,
lie sent the old gentleman down to the main
part of the city to get his wife five cents
worth Of peanuts. The experiment was sue
cessful. His recent demonstrations of Per-
sonal Magnetism, and the wonderful power
he displays in healing the sick and curing
habits have placed him among the very best
authorities upon this science. In an inter-
view he says:
~ consider the knowledge of Hypnotism
and Personal Magnetism more essential to
the success of any person than chat of arith-
metic or any other branch of study. 1t ena-
bles one to impress others with your ideas.
1t causes them to respect you. 1t insures So
cial and financial success By this agency
diseases OF all kinds can be permanently
cured. Bad habits of every description can
be driven from the system forever when all
other methods fail. You can cause people to
like or dislike you, correct evil tendencies in
adults or children, aud there is no telling
what you can not do with it.
II became interested and attracted to these
sciences through book which is published
by the National Publishing Co., entitled
The Wonders Of Hypnotism.' 1t tells all
about Hypnotism, Personal Magnetism, Sug-
gestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing.
Anybody can learn these sciences in a very
short time, and l advise everyone to write to
them for this book. They send it ABSO-
LUTELY FREE. If you want a free copy
of this marvellous treatise address New York
Institute Of Science, Dept. CC13, 80 State
St., Rochester, n. Y. You will be delight
fully surprised.
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catching the procession about mile from
town.
After a toilsome ride of three miles di-
rectly up the mountain, we reached the
picturesque little village of Summertown,
nesting costly among the tall oaks and
pines. and upon the verge of sheer preci-
pice of several hundred feet, some of the
buildings on the very edge of the over
hanging cliff, without room for a man to
walk between them and the yawning
abyss below. BuZZard'S Roost, the Blue
Range, and other mountains that played
prominent parts in this campaign, are
visible from Summertown. The whole
village was used for the hospital. There
is always a cool breeze here, and the still
ness was oppressive to me after my four
months stay in such close proximity
to the railroad yards, where every min
ute of the day and night was continual
clangor, rush androar of trains and engines.
About 1 O'Clock we started down the
mountain. The road is so steep the wheels
had to be locked all the way, and we came
near being dashed over precipice by the
breaking of lock-chain on the way down,
but reached Chattanooga about o'clock.
Here we fell in with Maj. Morley, of the 4th
Ind. Cav, of our brigade. and Lieut.. Ferrier,
of the I'd Ind. Cav, and had a good visit
with them.
On Aug. % 60 of my regiment, under
Lieut.. Baker. came in from the front en-
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with my men. We found the General had
left an order to the effect that if the rebels,
who were then firing on the picket-lIne,
should make an attack we were TO take
down his tents, put them IN the wagons ana
run them to the rear. We were not obliged
to wait long.
While we were at work on the battery we
had seen train after train leaving Atlanta.
and it was supposed the rebels were cvacu
ating the city. The 18th Wis. boys came
down on a double-quick and formed in line
of battle They should have joined the
18th, but left q space of some rods. A
battery came along with rush.. They
went to the east and planted their guns
facing the south in an open field. They
did not get there any too soon. Ihe 18TH
Wis. was to support this battery. The
rebels began to fire ON the pickets to drive
them In. The 10th was in front OF the
battery at first, but fell back to giveit time
to play on the advancing Johnnies. When
the battery opened fire with grape and
canister / stood where l was long enough
to see the charge NOW down the rebels,
then hastened to help take down the tents
and get them into the wagons. AS we ran
them to the rear shot and shell went over
our heads, and one of my boys was wound
ed.
Then came the fight in front and rear of
our boys. We went off about mile.
Then We heard Of McPherson's death.
When the rebels made the charge they
found the open space referred to and
swarmed into it ike bees. Gen. McPher-
son had mounted his horse and was recon-
noitering. When he got to the open space
the rebels halted him and he wheeled his
horse and was shot dead Some of my
men with others went and recovered the
body. The fight was now on in earnest
and we started on our rear movement. We
kept going to the north until II o'clock at
night.-SERG'T +. J. GROAT, Co. B, 18th
Wis, Ironton, Wis.
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A Moving Experience.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In 1864
I chanced to meet up with a Confederate
bullet that was out for business on Satur-
day, May IA, on the battlefield of Resaca,
Ga. 1t was a great success, and had an
engagement making fiaXSeed poultices and
other more or less efficacious aids to recov-
cry which lasted until after the war closed.
| was "toted" along from hospital to hos
pital, saving my leg by bad practice in the
aggregate" as the doctor kindly told me
later on, and found myself with plenty of
company in hospital located at Ninth and
Broadway, Louisville, on the Fourth of
July.
1t took "a hours to reach there from Nash
ville on account Of running off the track a
few miles below Bowling Green. That
100-yard ride on the ties was very moving
experience. But Louisville was like a
haven of rest, and with a number of others
l was quartered in long tent designated
as the "Ninth Ward"
/ was always more or less addicted to
writing, and in consequence was invited to
assist the clerks in the Office, who com
planned Of being overworked. AS that
sounded like work to me, | promptly de-
clined, but later accepted, upon condition
| that be allowed to write furloughs for every
man in my ward. Permission wis granted,
and after gathering the necessary data |
| wrote 30-days furloughs for every man
| and left them in proper shape to be for
| warded to the proper officers for signature
| and approval.
A few days later Twas told to "move on, "
and after an uneventful deck passage was
| landed in Cincinnati and transferred to the
hospital at Camp Dennison. About a
| week later | received the 3O-days furlough
which / had written myself, all in good
shape and duly approved. Did my com
rades fare as well? There were 10 or 20 OF
them. If this should meet their eyes
some one of them must be living-won't
| they please drop line to me?-JAMES p.
PORTER, 402 Hay street, Station d, Pitts
| burg, Pa.
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photographs and s5 worth Of postage
stamps, ashore to Steve Nichols, and told
him TO send them to my friends if did not
get out of the scrape was then in.
There was great excitement along both
shores, men running every way, yelling
this thing and that thing, telling us to keep
cool and we would be all right, while We
were great deal cooler than they, consider
ing that most of us were wet 10 the skin
and the mercury was at zero. / felt conf
dent of getting off all right, being a strong
swimmer; and the Ma jor an old sailor, had
been in many worse plight. While we
were floating down the river Col. LaGrange,
our Brigade Commander, and Col. Lam
son, of the 4th Ind. Cav, had galloped
down to the new bridge and got boats.
When within about 80 rods of the false
works the former took off Moorhead and
Vosburg, then the Major and l, the latter
taking off Goodrich. Walker and ApIin.
SO We were all safely landed after an in
voluntary raft ride of about three miles.
Strange as it may seem no one was drowned,
and | think seven would cover the number
of horses lost. Col. Blodgett, commanding
at Columbia, near which the accident oc-
CURED, sent us to the finest house in the
city and told us to make ourselves as COM
Portable as possible and not coax the owner
bit, as he was notorious rebel. We did
as directed, and had plenty to eat and good
beds.
Jan. 12.-Went down to the river and
crossed over to the regiment, which had tc
60 into camp when the bridge broke down.
and set up my desk ready for work to
morrow. The bridge breaking was a per
| feet "Godsend" to some of our officers, fol
| it gave them a chance to account for large
quantities of ordnance and ordnance stores
as lost in crossing Duck River"
| Sunday, Jan. 15.-Have been hard a
work on my books the past two days. 4
heavy detail from my regiment is at worl
laying pontoon bridge across the river
Forrest is reported within so miles Of her
with $4,000 men. 3 p. m.-The bridge j:
done and the train crossing. We marcl
early in the morning.
Jan. 16.-The bridge gave way agail
this morning, and hindered our crossing
till about p. M, when we moved out fiv
miles and camped.
Jan. I've passed the plantation o
Gen. Pillow, which was confiscated and i
worked by Government employees. Will
Hood and his army were at Nashville
Pillow stayed at home. He says tn
Yankees have robbed him of his propert,
and the South his honor, and he don
know which he hates the most.
We went into camp on the plantation 0
Bishop Gen. Polk. 1t is very rich countr.
all about here. 1t is said that 100 squar
miles of this land was ceded to Gen. Gree
was then part, for services in the RevC
llutionary War, and descended to Gen. Polk
Near where we are camped stands the ivy
covered chapel in which Bishop Polk off
lciated before he put off the priestly habil
mentS and donned those of the soldier.
is highly picturesque spot.
CTo be continucd.)
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ing breakfast. Byron and Sherman were
on picket. Jim and put in our time visit
ing and talking over events that had oc-
CURED since last we met, period OF IL
months.
Was today appointed Ordnancc-Sergeant
of the regiment.
Nov. 9.-Reached Louisville today:
Nov. 1.-Went into camp in the old falr
grounds, about two miles out, on the Barus-
town pike, where We remained until re
mounted and re-equipped. As Ordnance
Sergeant drew and issued $50 sets OF arms
and equipments, and had plenty OF WORK.
Our horses were neither broken to saddle
nor bride, but almost fresh from Northern
pastures and at first made things lively lor
their riders. Few of the command were
novices, however, and curb bits and spurs
soon broke in the horses.
In fitting up the teams it was different;
At the mule corral there was an eterhai
picnic. Our teamSterS were given new
teams of unbroken mules; the demand lor
Jerk and saddle mules being greater thail
the supply, and many of the animals had 10
be thrown to get the harness on them.
When harnessed and hitched to n Govern
ment wagon the teams were given the Tree
dom of 4O-acre field, and the circus be.
gam sometimes ending after run of several
miles and sometimes in a general mlX-up
of mules, driver and wagon. A teamster,
riding the ncar-Wheeler and trying 10 Suiue
the lead and swing mules of a raw team,
with only a jerk-line and blacksnake whip,
takes his life in his hands as truly as the
man who charges battery.
Sunday, Dec. Ave left Louisville
this morning at o'clock for Nashville, to
join in the forward movements.
Dec. 15.-Passed through Elkton. While
yet in town the order to dismount was
given. We, Headquarters, dismountcd In
at the gate was bright little girl What
did you all get down for?" she asked: "Tc
see some of our Johnny friends, our Buglei
replied. WELL" said she, they are none
of my friends!' Then what a shout wen
up from the boys!
Made a forced march, skirmished a little
with scouting party of rebs and captured
eight of them. Bivouacked about p. m
in the rain. Started at 2 a. IN. and marched
to within mile of Hopkinsville and stopped
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On Aug. II we had quite furry at the
hospital. People riding and driving
through the grounds kept them Uttered,
more or less, and otherwise became such
an annoyance that DR.. Salter told me to
allow 10 one, not even the General COM
manding, to ride through the grounds any
more, and | so instructed the guards.
Gen. Steedman, commanding this dis
trict, the Etowah, started TO ride through
the north gate by the guard-quarters.
1t so happened that the sentinel there
stationed was in the Mexican war, prided
himself upon always obeying orders, and
the General was stopped. He explained
who he was, but the sentinel was obdurate.
The General then asked who gave such
orders? The guard told him, and | was
sent for. He sharply demanded that he be
allowed to ride in. told him my orders,
and then saw he was getting mad.
who gave you such orders?" demanded
the General, who was unattended by even
an Orderly.
DIR. Salter," 1 replied.
"Then bring him here at once, and l will
see if l cannot ride where l please in this
district" he said.
| knew who he was, and lost no time in
going after the Doctor, whom | found at
breakfast. DIR. Salter had an impediment
in his speech, and excitement aggravated
1t. ! saluted and said:
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Standing in Their Own Light.

III we read the many testimonials which are
daily received by the manufacturer ana
proprietor of Dr. Peters Blood Vitalizer
one is surprised that there are still persons
who are without this remedy on their
household shelves. Mr.. Dominik Ulrich,
Shaw Ave. and Hartford St, st. Louis
Mo-, writes the following: 81 am pleased
to certify to the excellence Of DIR. Peters
Blood Vitalizer. / have taken only few
bottles Of the Vitalizer and now am feel
ing splendid and can work steadily, thing
could not do for the past two years.
suffered great deal with pains in the back
and headache, accompanied by severe
stomach trouble, and was obliged almost
every week to go to bed a day or two.
consulted some Of the best physicians, but
nothing would help"
Remember, the Vitalizer is no drugstore
lied local agents only. If you can't get it
write to DR.. Peter Fahrney 112-114 So
Hoyne Ave, Chicago, Ill.
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The Process Complete.
Youths Companion.

Col. Claybank. fiery Southerner who
went out of the Union when his State did,
and fought bravely through the war, re-
fused to be Reconstructed" after the war
was over.
"Once Confederate always Confed-
crate" he was wont to say, and although
he recovered from the bitterness engendered
in the four years of strife he regarded him
self as au alien in the restored Union. and
refused to vote or TO exercise any of the
duties of citizen.
When the war with Spain broke out,
however, the old fire burned in his eye, and
he offered no Objection when his son, a
stalwart specimen of young manhood,
joined the National army and went to
Cuba to fight.
One day, shortly after the battle of San
Juan, the young man received q letter
from him.
Well" he said, after reading it, father
is back in the Union at last"
Does he say SOP he was asked.
"He might as well. He writes United
States now without putting the word
United in quotation marks"
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BIG MONEY CANNING FRUIT.

have berries, grapes and peaches year old,
fresh when picked. 1 used the California Cold
Process. Do not heat seal the fruit Just put it
up cold; keeps perfectly fresh, and costs almost
nothing; can put up bushel in ten minutes. Last
year l sold directions to 40 families in one
week any will pay dollar for directions when
they the beautiful samples of fruit As there
are many people poor like myself, 1 consider i,
my duty TO give my experience to such, and feel
confident any one can make one or two hundred
dollars round home In few days. 1 will mail
sample of fruit and full directions TO any of youI
readers for nineteen (l9) two cent stamps, which is
only the actual cost of the samples postage, etc
Particulars free. MRS. n. BAIRD. 1853 Laclede Ave
ST. Louis, Mo.
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LOST THE COLONEL.

George W. Hess, Co. D. sod Ohio, tells
OF little scrap" in which his Colonel
James Cantwell, was killed. 1t was on
Aug. %, 1862. and the regiment was on
the front line, being part of AIilroy's indie
pendent Brigade, composed, with the SD
Ohio, of the 55th Ohio, 9Th w. Va, and
Sd ". Va. They WV, were lying close to an
heavy pine growth. The boys knew the
rebels were in that wood, but did not know
their number. Milroy, after much persua-
sion, gave permission for the SD Ohio to
charge across. They went across, the
comrade says, like a lot of schoolboys. but
lots of them never came back alive. They
got across without firing a shot. and climb
ed the rail fence on the other side; then the
ball opened in all ITS fury. They had to
fall back again, for the rebels had five
columns against them" And they lost
their Colonel.
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AT FREDERICKSBURG.

Thomas Britton, First Sergeant, Co. I,
57th N. Y, Riverhead, n. Y, notices that
in the issue of March L, Comrade Murphey,
Co. /, Goth Mass, is mistaken when he
states that nothing was between the Goth
Mass, his regiment, and the river except
the line of artillery, on the morning OF Dec.
II, 1862, at Fredericksburg" About 1
o'clock a. m. our regiment had orders to
fall in. We marched TO the Lacey House,
then down to the river, where the engineers
were laying a pontoon. They had the
bridge half way across when the enemy
opened fire. Immediately the 57th returned
the fire. and soon the artillery on the nights
two privates killed, and % wounded.
About o'clock the 57th was relieved by
the 7th Mich, and we marched back to
camp"
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SCATTERING,

VIM. Dimes, dist Ohio, Velzy, Mich,
writes that he has read little about the
service of this regiment. He would like
some member to write the history of the
41st Ohio for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Comrade Walter Foyer writes from
Tallapoosa, Ga, that there is an opening
in that place for good shoemaker, and
perhaps some other mechanics. He says
that letters of inquiry recently We're re
ferred by the Postmaster to an old cobbler
who, of course, did not report favorably to
inquirers.
r. A. King, Walnut Ridge, Ark, wants
to hear from some of his old comrades in the
59th Ohio.
The address of the widow or surviving
child of Leonard W. Perkins, 18th Mich,
is desired by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
G.F. c. Meyer, Co X, 10Th Ind, Cornelius
Ore, writes: "Thecreek at Snake Creek Gap,
Ga. is in the full sense of the word a
snake creek. Ourregiment passed through
it three times; first on the Atlanta cam
paign, as we were on the right wing of the
army; then back after Hood, and lastly
back to Atlanta"
James X. Dean. Co. c, 18th Wis, Mari
posa, Cal, writes that his regiment was at
Savannah, Tenn, April 5, 1862, "and had
been there several days when Buel'S army
arrived. 1t must have been the 18th Conn.
Comrade +. r.. johnson saw, he says, in
stead of the 1st Wis. | remember well the
next morning. April 6, when the ball opened
at Pittsburg Landing. Every body in our
regiment was wondering whether we would
get into it, the chronic grumblers saying
that we would be sure to when everything
was all over"
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This Will Intarasf Manu

F. W. Parkhurst, the Boston publisher, says
that if any one whoi afflicted with rheumatism
in any form, or neuralgia, will send their ad-
dress to him at box 1901, Boston, Mass, he will
direct them to a perfect cure He has nothing
to sell or give, only tells you how he was cured.
Hundreds have tested it with success.
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victims of intemperance. Mrs. Hawkins for years
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Her search for harmless, perfect and secret home
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and was again restored to health and manhood.
After this wonderful result, Mrs. Hawkins de-
cded to devote her life to the work OF helping her
sisters everywhere, whom she found suffering as she
had suffered from the effects of alcohol upon hus
band, father SON. With the assistance OF others
she perfected the original treatment and now
offers send this treatment free to any distressed
wife, mother or sister who will write for 1t. Mrs
Hawkins has means of her own and no charge
whatever is made for the treatment, because her
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nv Dear Friend:-Yon have bsen tho means Of bring
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Our raft soon caught up with the one on
which the Major was, and | made a big
jump and got aboard with him and helped
in getting the horses loose. After going
down about two miles we saw rapids ahead,
and were nearly wrecked. Only mile
ahead we could see the false works at a
railroad bridge in course of construction,
with bents thckly set. Thinking we
would have to take swim when we reached
them, l threw my diary, in which had
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-10-20
Twain 1t tho Telephone.

While living at his home at Hart
ford, Conn, Mark Twain was one
morning deep in the composition
Of some humorism from which he
expected good deal, when he was
called to the telephone. He told the
servant to receive the message and
bring it to him, but in few mo-
ments was informed that the party
at the other end of the wire want
ed him. Provoked at the Interrupt
ton, Mark went to the telephone,
and, after f'helloing" for some time
without an answer, he used some
language not generally seen in
print, but which was certainly pic
turesque. While thus engaged he
heard an answer in astonished tones
and recognized the voice of an emf
nent divine whom he knew very we'll.
els that you, doctor?" questioned
Mr.. Clemens. 81 didn't hear what
You said. My butler has been at the
telephone and said he couldn't I'M
derstand YOU