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The Retreat to Franklin.

Replying to the inquiry of ]. Fraise
Richard, The National Tribune of Nov. 6,
Comrade 1. Peters, of Elizabeth, O.,
writes: 1.-The 18th KY, Col. Samuel White
commanding, was one of the regiments
sacrificed at Columbia, Tenn, the night Of
Nov. %, 1864. Two other regiments were
with us. believe these regiments were
the 18th Ky. and 9Th Tenn. There was
also battery. Gen. Schofield is mistaken
when he says that only one company was
left. There were three regiments of in
fantry and battery of artillery, as stated
above. Gen. Cheatham reached Spring
Hill ahead of us and pitched camp. About
II o'clock, midnight, Col. White ordered
us to muffle anything that would rattle,
and fall into line. We sneaked out onto
the pike, and after marching a while, we
saw many camp-fires in front We thought
the fires belonged to our men. We march
ed through the camp unmolested, and at
daylight were midway between Spring Hill
and Franklin. The rebel cavalry charged
us. We had with US a large wagon train.
The two pieces of artillery in front of the
moving column and the two in the rear
opened fire on the cavalry, and in five min
utes had scattered them. We marched OH
to Franklin, and soon after our arrival the
battle opened"
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shone the warmest we found some secure
nook in the woods, where we devoted an
hour or so to hunting the most numerous
of all game 10 be found in Dixie's land. In
these hunting excursions we were invari-
ably successful, but. alas, the game we
captured was too small and insignificant
to supply our over-empty larder, and We
ate no square meals in the woods of North
Carolina. In fact, we found it so difficult
to obtain food that we concluded to di-
vide our party, as two or three could sub
sist where five could not: therefore, Affiick
and Stauber left u.s. and we never saw or
heard from them again. Hill, Cramer and
myself made up the other party, but still
the food supply was insufficient for our
needs.
On one occasion when we We're desper-
ately hungry. we came upon cabin in n
lonely place il the woods. which we boldly
approached. We were met at the door
by four frightened women-an old lady
and her three daughters-all alone, the
male members of the family being in Lees
Army. as they later informed us. When
we told them we were escaped Yankee
prisoners of war how their eyes bulged,
but Oh learning that we We're peaceably i'll
clined and very hungry. they skirmished
around and dished up the best the house
could afford for our dinners. They APP
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Thousands Of Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect il.
ITO What
Every May Sample Bottle FREE
Women as Well as Men are
Made Miserable by Kidney
and Bladder Troubles.

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| 1t used TO be considered that only uri.
nary and bladder troubles were 10 he
traced to the kidneys. but now modern
science proves that nearly all diseases
| have their beginning in the disorder of
| these most important organs.
| The kidneys filter and purify the blood
| that is their work. Therefore when your
| kidneys are weak or OUT of order Won
can understand how quickly yOur entire
body is affected and how evorv organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
II you are sick or feel badly begin
taking the famous kidney remedy. DIR.
lilmer's Swamp-Root. because as soon as
your kidneys are well they will help all the
other organs to health. A trial will con-
vince anyone.
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cause the ua.wre or fhe;r di..o.. :. ma
correctly understood: ia most em.es thew
are Ted to besiere that scom.s fromble or
female ,ceakness of some sort 10 respoms-
isse for their many IT'S. ,rhe,, ia Iacf dis
ordered kid"eys are the ehfef cause Of
their addressing troubles.
Neuralgia. nervousness headache nnffv
or dark circles under the ewes rhenm.t;sn,
a dragging pain or dull ache in the hack
weakness or hearing down sans.t;o, mo-
fuse or scanty supply of nrine with Strono
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| Will Cure You Of
RHEUMATISM
Else No Money S sWanted.

After 1000 experilnentS,n !, have learned
how to cure Rheumatism. mot to turn
bony joints into flesh again, that is i'm
possible. But 1 can cure the disease al.
ways, at any stage, and forever.
/ ask for no money. Simply write me
postal and l will send ybd an order on
your nearest druggist for six bottles DR..
Shops Rheumatic Cure, yf0r every drug
gist keeps it. Use it for month and, If
it succeeds, the cost is OBfyfS5.50. If 1t
fails, will pay your druggist myself.
/ have no samples, BECAUSE any medi-
cine that can affect RheHmitism quickly
must be drugged to the verge of danger.
use no such drugs, and il is folly to take
them. You must get the disease out Of
the blood.
/ My remedy does that, even in the most
difficult, obstinate cases. No matter how
impossible this seems to you, l know it
and l take the risk. j have cured tens of
thousands of cases in this way, and nv
records show that 80 ont of 40 who get
those six bottles pay gladly. I have learn
ed that people in general are honest with
n physician who cures them. That is all
| ask. If l fail l don't expect penny
from you.
Simply write me a postal card or letter,
will send You my book about Rheuma-
tism, and an order for the medicine Take
1t for month. as it won't harm you any,
way. If 1t fails, it Is free, and l leave
the decision with you. Address DIR.
Shoop, Box 531, Racine. Wis.
Mild cases, not chronic, are often cured
by one or two bottles. At all druggists, d
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terry or that of the officer in command,
l regret to say / am unable to give them.
Information cheerfully given"
Comrade e. NJ. Turkham, Co. H, 14Sth
n. Y, Springfield, Mass: "In The Ma
tional Tribune, Oct. 16, l note your in
Quiry about Petersburg Express My
own understanding of it was this:
There was PARROT rife cannon stu
ated in the first redoubt captured June Is,
which fired every Is minutes shot into
the city. My regiment was for time on
the line near the river and as the shot
would pass over us so regularly to the min
ute the men would remark, There goes
the Express This was for some time be-
fore the big mortar was used on the rail-
road car. / also saw the mortar in posi-
ton, although it was not being fired at
the time. At that time it did not occur
to me to secure the officers name or the
name of the organization which manipu-
lated the Parrot gun, but hold that that
was the Petersburg Express for night or
day, sun or storm, that cannon shot passed
over us into the city of Petersburg. We
have a 13-inch mortar, brought from the
Navy Yard at Portsmouth, N. H., placed
on the soldiers lot in st. Michael's Gene
terry as monument. We think it the par
ticular mortar that was on the car on
the Petersburg 4, City Point r. r. An
other cOmrade of the 18th Conn. agrees
with me that the Express was PARROT
gum"
Comrade Henry c. Hill, Co. B, 10th
Conn.,. my recollection of the Peters
burg Express is that it was Parrott gun.
We used to relieve picket by it; its firing
was as true as clockwOrk.
Comrade Henry S. Brooks, Sergeant, Co.
B, 18th Conn: "The Petersburg Ex-
press was PARROT gun. 1t was the only
gun on the line that could reach the CITY
the mortar dropped shells into the Con-
federate fort Only."-JOHN G. LADD, Ser
geant, Co. +, 21st Conn.,, Middletown,
Conn.
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To be continued
Old Glory.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: That
like the old National Tribune goes with.
out saying. Every word in every line in
every paragraph is of interest to me, and
my children are almost as fond of it as
myself am. About the first question
hear on returning from the postofice Fri
day evening is, PA, has The Tribune
Gomez But l never read an article in j,
that suited me better than the little poem
"Old Glory" that appeared in the Nov.
issue. have read fine poems and fine
pieces of prose on the same subject, but
somehow the ring and swing of this seem
ed to hit the right spot, and go clear
through and clinch on the other side.
always loved the dear old Stars and
Stripes, and if l had dozen lives, would
risk them all, and if need be, lose them all
in it's defense. Since living here, where l
see the flag SO seldom, it seems dearer than
ever. Hurrah for "Old Glory" and may
it wave over your land and my land until
time shall be no more.-A. ]. NICHOLSON,
Beaverton, Ala.
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manned to extend welcome to Sherman
and his brave boys, but that was strictly
against orders. However. quite number
of our boys did remain, and joined Sher-
man on the 18th, when he entered Column
bia. Gen. Winder's last order did not
have the effect that it might have had,
4th to the 14th of February, tunneling
went on in Asylum Prison just the same
and when Sherman's guns were heard
many of our boys took the chances of stow
ing themselves away within the tunnels I'M
til Sherman's arrival. One of my comrades
of the 23d U. S. c. T., who was in the
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HlDE0uS M0LES and WARTS
LADIES'! $500 REWARD Fer , 8 s.;:

suPPress1on any cause IN pathology. my monthly reg
fails to relieve; safe, harriless mail; how lor sup
pressed DR. JACKSON 4. CO.. Is9 Dearbsrn ST. Chiesxs
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What Became Of Them Z

Charles Hamlin, co. G, 57th Mass.
Chicago, ILL.,, wants to know what became
Of the 200 rebel prisoners who were cap.
tured by the Add U. s. G. II. at the ex.
plosion of the mine, June 80, 1864. He
would like to hear from any Of those
prisoners il alive
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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29
| POLITICAL KILLING PACE.


A natural gift Of oratOry, which Senator Hanna
has pot and does rot pretend to have, would carry
political stumper over considerable ground with
less fatigue than must be endured by the cam.
paigner who is unaccustomed TO rapid and face
composition aud who can use "wOrds words,
words" untrOubled by specific lack OF novelty in
style or substance.
Senator Hanna tries to say something when he
talks and has broken down the sooner for that
uousual reason.
The death of Henry George was due to a sus-
tained effort to make the greatest possible number
of substantial speeches in twenty-iOur hours. No
human strength is proof against cerebral Overpres-
sure, no matter what the purpose or the form.
When the American mode Of stump speaking
came into vogue the mode of travel was slow, and
the distance long. The speaker was able to take
sound sleep between speeches. The success Of the
late President Mckinley, on the other hand, was
due to tempeTamental tranquility which enabled
him to 60 to sleep promptly after speaking under
any conditions OF motion or inactivity When cam
paigning, President Mckinley stepped from the
platform Of flying car TO q seat and was Instantly
uncOncious OF everything.
In Europe political campaigning is done more BY
the printing press than By flying tours. In France
campaigning covers the walls with pictures, the
easiest mode OF all for the campaigners.
The loss OF Senator Hanna would be q serious in
terruptiOn of the increasing rapidity Of the political
pace of the United States. A strong partisan, he
is asO important personality in national politics.
If he is to be saved for the higher purposes Of his
party be should be withdrawn from the cOmpara-
lively unimportant but no less exhausting excite
ment OF an Off.yesr political contest.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

inal. Thousands OF victims may be found among
the negroes and n the delta section the habit is al
most general. The drug has a quick and demoral-
izng effect, and the negro succumbs quicker to its
seductORs than white man, and when the habit is
fastened upon him he rarely reforms.
It has been suggested that law should be paas-
ed making it a crime for any person to use cocaine
except on physicians certificate. 10 1900 the
legislature passed act fOrbiddng the sale OF the
drug except upon physicians certificate but the
law is ignored Oy ninetenths OF the druggists in the
State and they sell cocaine to all comers without
fear or punishment The law is OF no avail, be-
cause effort has been made by the authorities to
enfOrCe it.
Physicians state that il the habit among the ne
groes is not suppressed and radical steps to this
end taken very quickly It will mean the utter ruin
and final determination Of the race in the South.
In nearly every town be met the victims Of the
drug, aud men and women alike use it freely. Mer-
chants who have closely observed the growth of the
habit say that it has almost supplanted the use Of
snuff among the female negroes and that snuff 'es
have been falling OF preceptbly for the past three
or four years.
The press of the State is taking mp the subject
and urging the adoption Of some radical method to
save the negro from selfdestructiOn and the officers
are being advised to look moro closely after the law
regulating the sale Of the drug.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

ion is, that tbe effect Of the example is not proper
toned 30 much 70 the rgOr Of the punishment as 10
its certainty and justice. Every improvement in
police and detective system s, therefore, promOt
% OF Qrderi ana ae men who dare not break the
Law, gradually through the influence Of environ
ment grow into more orderly citizens. Improve
ments In police systems must be considered as in-
directly cOnservators Of morality. We inyeigh q
good deal against the Ineficency Of our police and
and detective systems, but, after all, it must be
conceded that II our courts we're &c speedy and as
just In melting out punishments to IaW-breakers as
police officials are expert in catching them, there
would be much less foundation than now exists in
this country for complaints about miscarriages Of
justice.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

crime tend to sustain the popular impression but,
he says, these statistics and the circumstances on
which the popular belief are based, are both de-
eept9e.
The principal cause Of the common opinion that
laEessness is growing is undoubtedly the vide pub
licitf now given to crimes by the newspapers Ev-
cry murder, embezzement or highway robbery
which happens in any part Of the country is tele-
graphed within few heurs, not only as formerly to
Che newspapers OF the Immediate vicinity where the
crime vas committed, but to those Of the entire
country. The morning paper presents a complete
panorama Of the criminal, as we'll as the business,
political and social events Of the preceding twenty
four hOurs-nOt of any particular section OF one
country, but Of The world. The average reader
makes the mistake Of falling 70 consider that the
crimes be reads Of nov are those Of the civilized
globe, while those be read Of few decides ago were
mainly those Of his immediate neighborh0Od.
Mr.. PinkertOn points out two ways In which com
parative statistics Of crime are vitiated. Modern
POI ce end detsetive systems are 80 much more efi-
cient than those OF former times tnat much larger
proportiOn Of the crimes committed are detected
and punished thar formerly; and many compare.
lively Venal Odenses, Of which the Law and police
formerly did not take cOgnizanoe ordinary drunken
ness simple disturbance Ol the peace, etc-are now
prescribed as s'misdsmeanOrs' aud those guilty Of
them ere punished. 'sThese things 60 TO multiply
Statistics be says, and make & appear that crime
II increasing, when, 81 faot, it is decreasing
Naturally enough, this professional criminal cat
cher attributes large part Of tie improvement that
"a taking place to tie remarkable efficiency OF mod
err criminal catching maehinery. And no doubt
ne ia justified in doing 50. TIE threat Of punish
mont Is the most powerful instrument for restrain.
ING men 0f dishonest or violent propengities that
society pOaassses.A Il. Was the belief Of ancient
crimin0l0gsts that the more cruel or terrible the
vengean8 visited On TIE law-breaker the mere sal.
utaI you'd be lie effect OF the example on other
Bad men. But the later and more enlightened Opin-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

A woman, still young woman, in Tifin, Ohio
has read Che Bible through tWentythree times in
tWenty-three years. The practice Of reading the
whole Of the Bible every year used to be common
enough. In Scotland and in New England almost
The language Of daily life was full Of conscious or
unconscious quotations from the Book. Old men
and placid old women we're forever reading the BIZ
BILE. Children were ianillar witt IT, Every memo
~ was enriched By that Oriental Imagery and noble
English. But those we're narrow days. People
have tons Of novels new. We might almost say
write So in this age Of sCulture" the Bible Is neg
lected. The s'higher' criticism and the lower kind
Of writing have thrust II out and wise youths speak
Of it pityingIy and patronizingly or recommend it
for it's folklore. Some OF them are deep In Ibsen
and revere Maeterlinck, but how many Of them
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

know the Elnetieth PsAlmi They can spout Omar
Khayyam, bat EcClesiastics is unknown TO them.
They have read books abont Nietzsehe, and they
don't know Isaiah and JOB. Yet without the New
Testament there would hats besn no TolstOi. They
might be interested in tracing the sources Of the
"masters'' Of today.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29
A RORLD-OWNED WORLD.

question often put IL Mexico, DE-
clarss the Mexican Herald, is:
'eWhO viii own Mexico fifty years
hencei" And the answer gsner-
ally Is, tsthe Yankees"
But en- investigation Of the Mexi-
can situation convinces the Herald
that the Yankees have no mOnOPO.
IL Of Mexican investments, any
more than they have g monopoly
Of their own riches. It finds that
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29
Alarming Prevalence Of Co.. Habit with liz Black Population

BE alarming growth Of the accurs-
ed use Of cocaine among the ne
grOes Of Mississippi has caused the
suggestion to be made that more
radical laws should be enacted for
the suppression Of the evil. The
cocaine habbit is demoralizing the
race in this State, and it's growth
in recent years has been phenom-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

European capital is being placed IN Mexico; that
she belongs IL reality to ca circle Of progressive
nations; that she has left the placid backWateFs Of
provincialism and swung into the great current Of
cosmopolitan business"
And this query 80 often prOpounded in Mexico
reminds us that not many years have elapsed since
the Americans we're asking themselves who owned
America-When It vas the cry Of the men who let
the politicians do their thinking that we were mas
tered completely By the British pounds and Shiil-
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

bakeries, stcrehOuses and on gnd each restaurant
would get all its supplies at Wholesale rates. The
seven restaurants spend some 81, 200, 900 annually
for supplies. It is estimated that as much as S1OO
600 year can be saved on these and that great
deal Of waste can be avoided The projectors fore
see more money in the till and cheaper prices on
the bill Of fare.
II the proposed restaurant trust ever comes to be
fact, it's directors viii have an opportunity to
serve the public which We fear they win neglect.
AT present, customers have to pay the walters il
the fashionable restaurants and in too many other
eating places that ere merely initiating bad habit
Of their more pTetentious brethern Now whv
should man have to tip q waiter for bringing him
food and drinkl Why shouldn't every establlsh.
ment pay the wages Of its empl0yeesf Nine times
out OF ten the feed waiter has done nothing to earn
his fee. Il he is not feed ct ALL he likely TO do ess
than his dutyi in which case he should be ditcharQ
ed.
Tipping is iOreigd institution and has no prop
er place in the United States. To the feer It ia
nuisance and an imposition To the feed. IL IL.
properly considered, either bit Of blackmail ex.
tOrted OF degrading charity. Tipping is growing
every day, alien as the custom is to democratic
equality. Any trust or trust-buster that can do
anything to check It viii do considerable public
service. h JOY
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29
THINKS CRIME is DECREASING.

ROBABLY the average man, il ask
ed for bis opinion on the subject,
would say that crime is increasing.
Matt 2 nkerton, head Of the Pink.
detective agency, and one Of the
most expert and experienced Grim
inal catehers in the country, takes
the opposite view. he grants that
narelnlIu rrannrnH nknkinhinn "a
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29
TRUST AND TIPS.

n effort is being made in Chicago
20 form q restaurant trust. The
promoters are trying to induce sew
en- OF the chief restaurants OF the
town to combine. The programme
looks tempting, aud the savings
that would result seem large. The
trust would have it's own immense
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

It is reported that General Miles was robbed Of
bis jewellery IN Honolulu. The thieves were con-
aiderate enough, however. to leave his silver hath
tub and gold eQeulete.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

Papa Zimmerman hes given the ne Manchester
baby $4,000. The duke ought to be willing to
raise quite family ct that rate
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29

One divorce to every seven weddings Is the ratio
in Indiana. The other six probabiv decided ~
tough itout.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1902-10-29
URGENT NEEDS OF THE NAVY.

writer en- naval subjects holds that
the frequent suicides reported
among naval officers iS due TO the
OverWofked condition Of the craft.
This viii Be news indeed to those
who have been IN The habit Of fe-
gardiBg naval officers as gentlemen
Of indOlent ease who couldn't fiud
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-05-09
THE PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.

We have splendid public high
school and should be proud of it.
Our youths aud misses receive free
instruction in branches which will
prepare them tor entering the uni
versity or upon the ordinary walks
of life, and it is hoped we are duly
appreciatiye. But do the older citi-
zens, who, sad to say, did not have
such opportunities, generally speak
ing, acknowledge the open door set
before them in their desire to fully
equip their boys and girls for to-
morrow's heavy tasks? 1t is here
that we "take vouchers of the flu
ture, and hold contingencies under
our thumb. We have the school,
just send the boy.
However, their are towns which
do more for their children than
Union City. At our high school we
give them the necessary Latin,
Greek, English and mathematics.
Very good. This is better by great
odds, than we used to do. There
are individuals, now men and
women grown who can but look
with envious eyes upon their young
friends as they make their way to
he public high school. And it's
sad story, but true-they deplore
he fact that the opportunity came
90 late for their day,
Better, indeed, than when the