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with Grant in the Mississippi campaign;
through Holly Springs to Grenada. back
to Memphis, and down the river to Vicks-
burg. At Vicksburg / veteranized and
went home on a 80 days furlough; then
joined Sherman in Atlanta campaign; was
in hottest of the fight of the 22d of July,
when Gen. Mcpherson was killed. Was
in the all the battles of the Seventeenth
Corps. We marched to the sea and up
through the Carolinas, finally bringing up
at Washington for the Grand Review"
Comrade ]. Allen Porter, Sterling, Kan,
winner 23d prize, reports as follows:
Born Nov. 3, 1887, at Lodiana, India
QIindustan); lived there until 1S4S, with
my parents, who were missionaries of the
Presbyterian Church. My mother dying
in March, 1912, my father brought his
family to this country. Went to Hanover
College until father died, in 1868, after
which time / earned my own living. Lived
in Vicksburg, Miss, for four years, until
July, 1861. Belonged to the Hill City
Cadets. who went into the 11th Miss. l
came North on last train that came
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through from Nashville to Louisville Set
tied in Will County, ILL.,, and lived there
until July, 1862, when l enlisted in Co.
G, Tooth ILL.,; was with same through the
Bragg campaign in Kentucky. Left regi-
ment after the battle of Stone River, be-
ing then at Gen. Rosecrans's Headquar-
ters as clerk. After the Chickamauga
fight was ordered to Indiana. Reported to
company. Was commissioned Second
Lieutenant, Co. 3, 11Sth Ind; served with
same and in command until March /, 1864
Went through to East Tennessee cam
paign under Ben. Burnside; was outside
of Knoxville during siege. Mustered out
April 26, 1864. Then went to Kentucky
and raised a company, but was not mus
tered. Examined for and appointed In
Regular Army, but did not accept. Moved
to Rice Co., Kan, in October, 1872, and
have lived here ever since"
Comrade John Grant, of Richmond,
Ind, winner Second prize, reports as fol-
lows: Born December, 1916. Enlisted
July, 1864, in Co. A, 9Th Mass; discharged
November, 1864; re-enlisted December,
1864, in Co. NJ, Sd Mass. Cav; discharged
September, 1865. Printer by trade. /
thank you for your fairness. / did not
know the guesses l sent, as did not keep
copy Of them. 1t is pleasure to deal
with people like you, who don't have to be
watched"
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Comrade Allen NJ. Town. of Chesanins.
Mich, winner 74th prize, reports as fol-
lows: Born in Ohio, 1899, and came to
Michigan when IA years of age. Enlisted
September, 1864; mustered out September,
1865. Was in battles of Decatur and
Murfreesboro; was one of 200 men who
showed train of cars five miles into Muir
freesboro, beating off 500 rebels. My
health is gone. and l am poor. This
prize is very acceptable, and 1 thank you
ever so much for your kindness"
Comrade G. II. Morris, of Grafton, w.
Va, winner 22d prize reports as follows:
Born in Marion Co, W. Va, 1915. En-
listed in Co. A, 9Th w. Va, April, 1863,
before l was IS years of age. Cast my
first vote for A. Lincoln, when about 10.
After the war l went to school a few
terms, and then engaged in teaching for
II years. Was then employed in B. & o.
foundry IL years. Then in 3. & o. oil
house for II years. Have no particular
system of guessing. only to keep at il.
Don't believe there is any such thing as
an accident. This is not a world of chance.
There is a Hand that rules the destiny Of
individuals as well as of nations. There il
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VAST BUFFALO HERDS.
One Hundred Thousand Not an Uncommon
Sight in the SOS.

olSut IL tuo oV
From the Gulf Of Mexico to the Sas-
katchewan and from the Alleghanies to
the Rockies the buffalo was to the hunter
what wheat is to the farmer. Moose and
antelope and deer were plentiful in the
limited area of q favored habitat. Pro-
vided with water and grass, the buffalo
could thrive in any latitude south Of the
sixties, with a preference for the open
ground of the great central plains, except
when storms and heat drove the herds to
the shelter of woods and valleys. Besides.
in that keen struggle for existence which
goes on in the animal world, the buffalo
had strength to defy all enemies. or all
the creatures that prey, only the full
grown grizzly was match against the
buffalo; and, according to old hunting
legends, even the grizzly held back from
attacking beast in the prime of its power
ana sneaked in the wake of the rowing
herds like the coyotes and timber wolves
breaking young cows neck, or tackllng
some poor old king, worsted in battle and
deposed from the leadership of the herd
or swapping up lost buffalo staggering
blind in the trail of prairie fire. The
buffalo, like the range cattle, had quality
that made for the persistence of the spe
cies. When attacked by beast of prey
they would line up for defense, charge
upon the assailant, and trample its life
out. Adapta bility to environment, siren 18th
excelling all foes, wonderful sagae<y
against attack-these were fa> prs that
partly explained the vastness OF che buff
falo herds once roaming this continent.
Proofs enough remain to show that the
size of the herds simply could not be exag-
gerated. In two great areas their multi
tude exceeded anything in the known
world. These were: a. Between the Ar
kansas and the Missouri, fenced in, as it
were, by the Mississippi and the Rockies;
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guess you credit me with is the same as
have on my list. You certainly conduct
these contests with great exactness and
fairness"
Comrade Charles W. Sanburn, Berea,
Ohio, Winner 5Sth prize, reports as fol-
lows: "Born in Knox Co., ILL.,, October,
1910; enlisted Aug 1, 1862, at Knoxville,
ILL.,; mustered in Sept. 2, the tallest pri-
vate in Co. A, 77th Ill. 1 was six feet,
one inch tall. The Orderly in front of me
was six feet, four inches. Our first cam
paign was through Kentucky, arriving in
Louisville in November. Went by boat
to Memphis. with Sherman to Haynes
Bluff; with McClernand to Arkansas
Post, then back opposite Vicksburg
In August, 1868, went to New Orleans;
out in Louisiana on the Bayou Tesche;
back to New Orleans, and over to the
Texas Coast, on Matagorda Bay; back to
New Orleans in the Spring to 60 up Red
River with Banks. When we got back
from Red River, we were in camp a while
at Baton Rouge. The wartime picture
was taken at this place. We then went
down the river and landed on Dauphin Is
land; at Fort Morgan when it surrender
ed; went back to New Orleans, and stayed
until February. We were landed again
at Fort Morgan; went up the east side
of Mobile Bay, and were in at the cap
ture of Fort Blakely. The next day
across the bay below Mobile; next day
through Mobile to Whistler, where we had
our last skirmish. After Dick Taylor sur
rendered, we went to Mobile, and were
mustered out there July 10, 1865. After
the war l went to Ohio, married an Ohio
girl, and went to raising Buckeyes. Have
lived in Berea, Ohio, since 1870. Am
member of Berea Post, 543, Department
of Ohio, G. A. r. Have been Commander
of Post three times, also Quartermaster,
Adjutant and Officer of the Day."
Comrade Peter Nelson, of Wallace,
Idaho, who shares half Of the first prize
with Comrade Myers, reports as follows:
"As Comrade Myers informs you, l am
an equal partner in the prize, each of US
having put in S.. l enlisted November,
1861, in Co. A, 18th Wis. Served till
close of the war. My first battle was
Shiloh. Was in the battle of Corinth and
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News From Winners.

Comrades at Heme must not expect us
to return guesses or answer many ques-
tions this week. The great crowd at the
Encampment and thousands Of visiting
comrades fully occupy our attention.
Very few claims in this contest that
we have made mistaken awards and none,
so far, that have disturbed the list of win
ners as published. Winners of tickets
have already been settled with and win.
ners Of cash will all be paid this week.
Comrade S. c. Myers, Of Wallace,
Idaho ne of the winners of first prize,
reports as follows: Never more surprised
than when l learned l had won prize
First time in my life that such a thing
happened. But there are two of us, my
neighbor, Peter Nelson, joined in the deal.
You can send the 81 900 and we will
divide it. l was born in Pennsylvania in
1916. Enlisted March, 1864, in Co. G,
18th Pa, and served until close of war.
Wounded at battle of the Wilderness and
also at Hatcher's Run. The winning
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This Negro Did Not Vote.

An Alabamian tells a story of his negro
coachman who invariably voted. On one
particular election day he returned home
in the afternoon with countenance that
looked like it had been taking some fami-
liarities with a buzz saw. whats the
matter, ZackY' l asked with some soIici-
tude. "Its this way, boss; l went up
there to the votin' place, and there wuz
the County undertaken, sab, a-sittin' with
big book open 'foah him, and he seq to
me right sharp like: What's your name?
'Zack Taylor sez, humble. Let's seeY
says the undertaken, and he turned over
the leaves of the book. All of q sudden
he stopped turnin' and began to run his
finger down the page mutterin' to him
self: Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor
Zack.' And putty soon he hollered out
Hear it iz. You black scoundrel.' I dun
buried you ten years ago. What do you
mean by tryin' to vote? Just then
passel of white men TUX and threw me
out, and den 1 dun come home fore dey
could bury me again."
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Apples in New Mexico.

Within recent years New Mexico has
become quite an apple-raising country,
and fruit from that Territory exhibited
has been remarkably free from blemish,
of excellent flavor and of remarkably uni
form size. One of the New Mexico
orchards is owned by j. j. Hagerman,
formerly of Milwaukee, who has gone into
the business ON a large scale. A traveller
returning from New Mexico says of this
orchard:
''Out in New Mexico I saw, near Ros-
well, the biggest apple orchard 1 ever laid
eyes upon. The orchard is the property
of j. j. Hagerman, the noted miner and
railway contractor. 1t comprises $4,000
trees and occupies tract of $40 acres
The orchard is maintained by perfect
system or irrigation, aud every tree was
laden with fruit-as beautiful apples as
grow in any part of the United States.
Mr.. Hagerman told me that he had been
offered 81 tree for the whole crop, but
had refused it, and expected it would net
him over 100000. This was not unreal
sOnable. seeing that the previous year he
had made as high as $o4 from a single
tree"
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staggered his fellow-officer. Kitchener
had pet startling which he felt was liv-
ing in too confined space. He there
fore sent to a local carpenter and ordered
a larger cage to be built. In due course
a rough structure in pine and wire net
ting arrived, and with it bill for $l5.
Lord Kitchener was greatly agitated at
this bill, and on Col. Morgan, who had
just completed contract with the local
undertakers for the supply Of cofiins to
the hospital, walking into the office, he
was asked to appraise the value Of the
cage.
"Three dollars at the outside" was his
estimate.
IL told you so," said Kitchener, "and
the man has the impertinence to demand
SIS"
Then came the ColoneFs chance. CAB
solutely absurd, sir; why they would be
glad to make you your coffin for $1O.'
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like rabbits instead of merely making a
noise like a Fourth Of July celebration, in
what does the turpitude consist?
There was an evidence of the sporting
spirit in the conduct of the guard one night
at Balibid prison. This is the penitentiary
within the city of Manila, where were con-
fined convicted felons. There was another
section where military prisoners were con-
fined. The Tennessee regiment was fur
nishing a guard at the prison at this par
ticular time. One night the Officer of the
Guard was making the rounds when his
attention was called by a sentinel to a
Filipino prisoner on the wall trying to
make his escape.
"Why don't you shoot him?' queried
the officer.
I'm waiting until he reaches that patch
Of moonlight so that l can get a better
aim. I've got him covered, and if he goes
to jump before then, I'll shoot"
This satisfied the officer, and when the
prisoner reached the moonlight he fell with
Springfield bullet in him. Otherwise he
might have escaped. This may seem
harsh to some, but the plain, hard truth
is that escaping felons must be shot and
man can see better when the object of
his aim is in the moonlight than when he
is in shadow. 1t was the sporting spirit
which made the sentinel wait for good
shot.
ITO be continued
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The VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful it is in. Pre-.
serving health and Beauty.

Nearly everybody knows that charcoal
is the safest and most efficient disinfect-
ant and purifier in nature, but few realize
its value when taken into the human sys.
TEN for the same cleansing purpose
Charcoal is remedy that the more you
take Of it the better; it is not a drug at
all, but simply absorbs the gases and i'm
puritIes always present in the stomach
and intestines and carries them out of
the system. ,,-r,. s.-....
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and improves
the complexion, it whitens the teeth and
further acts as natural and eminently
safe cathartic. t-a~
1t absorbs the injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it dis
infects the mouth and throat from the
poison Of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one form
or another, but probably the best char
coal and the most for the money is in
Stuarts Absorbent Lozenges; they are
composed of the finest powdered willow
charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics
in tablet form or rather in The form of
large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the char.
coal being mixed with honey.
The daily use Of these lozenges will
soon tell in much improved condition of
the general health, better complexion,
sweeter breath and purer blood, and the
beauty Of it is, that no possible harm can
result from their continued use, but oil
the contrary, great benefit.
Buffalo physician in speaking of the
benefits Of charcoal, says: 81 advise
Stuarfs Absorbent Lozenges to all pa
tients suffering from gas in stomach and
bowels, and tc clear the complexion and
purify the breath, mouth and throat; 1
also believe the liver is greatly benefited
by the daily use of them; they cost but
twenty-five cents a box at drug stores,
and although in some sense a patent prep.
aration, yet believe get more and bet.
ter charcoal in Stuart's Absorbent
LozenEes than in any Of the ordinary char
coal tablets"
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Arkansas to the Yellowstone Catlin and
Inman and army men and employees Of
the fur companies considered drove Of
100000 buffalo a common sight along the
line of the Santa Fe trail. Inman COM
putes that from st. Louis alone the bones
of 31,0OO.O0O buffalo were shipped be-
tween 1868 and 1881. Northward the tes-
timony is the same. John Mcdonnell, q
partner of tine Northwest Company, and
later one of the Astorians under John
Jacob Astor, tells how, at the beginning
of the last century, a herd stampeded
across the ice of the Qu'Appelle Valley.
In some places the ice broke. When the
thaw came a continuous line of drowned
buffalo drifted past the fur post for three
days. Mr.. Mcdonnell counted up to 1860:
then his patience gave out. And the num-
Der of the drowned was only a fringe Of
the travelling herd.-Outing.
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AvoIqNTEER .'!} ~ GE522,n III 'BH'
BY CAPT. HARRY L. WELLS, I'd Ore, U. S. Y.

TTT-I]

was imperative. On the opposite side OF
the stream were intrenchments both to the
right and left of the burning structure
The scouts wormed their way through the
tall grass till within a few yards of the
river, and then, while the rest of them COW
cred the movement by sharpshooting at
every head that showed above the
trenches. three men dashed across the
bridge and attacked the trenches on the
flank, with the result that the 800 Fill
pinos in them fed and left the scouts un-
molested TO eXtinguish the fire. 1t is only
self-respect and personal pride which make
such feats possible.
The night before the Kansas men swan
the Rio Grande to attack the trench at
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| (2) between the Missouri and the Sas-
katchewan, bounded by the Rockies on
the west and on the east by that depres-
sion where lie Lakes Winnipeg, Manitoba,
and Winnipegoosis. In both regions the
prairie is SCARED by trails where the buff
watering places, trails trampled by such a
multitude Of hoofs that the groove sinks
| to the depths of a riders stirrup or the
| hub Of a wagon wheel. At fording places
on the Qu'Appelle and Saskatchewan in
Canada, and on the Missouri, Yellowstone,
and Arkansas in the Western States, car
cases of buffalo have been found where
the stampeding herd trampled the weak
under foot, virtually building a bridge of
| the dead over which the vast herd rushed.
Then there are the fairy rings" ruts
like the water trail, running in a perfect
circle, with the footprints of countless
multitudes in and outside the ring. Two
explanations were given of these. When
the calves were yet little and the wild
animals revenous with Spring hunger the
bucks and old leaders formed Gordon of
protection round the mothers and their
young. The late Col. Bedson, of Stony
Mountain, Manitoba, who had the finest
collection of buffalo in America until his
death 10 years ago, when the buffalo were
shipped to Texas. observed another occa-
sion when the buffalo formed circle. OF
an ordinary Winter storm the heard took
small notice except TO turn backs TO the
wind; but if to a bowling blizzard were
added a biting north wind with the ther-
mometer 40 degrees below zero, the buff
falO lay down in a crescent as wind
break to the young. Besides the fairy
rings" and the fording places, evidences
of the buffaloes' numbers are found at the
salt licks, alkali depressions on the prairie,
soggy as paste in the Spring, dried hard as
rock in Midsummer, and retaining foot
prints like a plaster cast; while at the
wallows, where the buffalo have been tax
ing mud baths as a refuge from vermin
and Summer heat the ground is SCARED
and plOwed as if for ramparts.
In the 40's, when the American Fur
Company was in the heyday of its power,
there were sent from st. Louis alone in a
single year 100000 robes; and the COM
pany bought only the perfect ones. The
hunter usually kept an ample supply for
his own needs, so that for every robe
bought by the company three times as
many were taken from the plains. st.
Louis was only one port of shipment
Equal quantities of robes were being sent
from Mackinaw, Detroit, Montreal, and
Hudson Bay. A million would not cover
the number of robes sent East each year
in the 4O's.
In 1868 Inman, Sheridan, and Custer
rode continuously for three days through
one herd in the Arkansas region; and in |
1869 trains on the Kansas Pacific were
held from in the morning until 6 at
night to permit the passage of one herd |
across the tracks. Army officers relate |
that in 1862 herd that covered an area |
of 20 by 80 miles moved north from the :
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A Big OYSTER,

The ship Casar, Capt Shurtleff, recent.
ly made port at Norfolk, Va.,- bringing
from Pago Pago half of shell of man.
moth oyster, which, according to the Vir-
ginia Pilot is a little larger than any that
is known in the Old Dominion waters.
The weight of the shell is, approximately,
200 pounds; it is three feet, three inches in
length, and inside cavity is 10 inches deep.
Portions of the shell at the back are full
four inches thick, and it has three big
ridges or cOrrugations running from the
back, with a diameter near the edge Of
the shell of about three inches, and an
inch thick, showing that the bivalve must
have had clamping power measurable
by tons. Inside the shell is lined with
beautiful mother-of-pearl.
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some doubt in my mind whether a man
deserves any praise for success or CEN
sure for failure.
accept thanks for prize. 1t won't go
very far in these days of the Beef Trust.
However, small favors thankfully re-
eeived; will try to do better next time.
Have been a subscriber of The National
Tribune for about 20 years and think it
the best paper published. l have the ut
most coIfdnce in the honesty of these con-
tests and Of the men that compose the
firm"
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LAwToN's INTREPID SCOUTS.

When we were with Lawton on the San
lsidro campaign there was organized q
band OF scouts numbering about 20 men,
Ons day these scouts were In the lead Of
the column about two miles, and came in
night Of burning bridge, to save which
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Then the Janitor came in and
mentioned the Fact that he had a
Family, and when he went out he
had an Order for a Turkey.
While riding down in the Eleva-
tor, the Bachelor came upon q
Paste-Board Kitty with a Sprig Of
Evergreen above it, SO he Clipped
in and began to feel that possibly
he would succeed in ringing IN on
the Joy of Giving after all.
When he struck his Room, the
Chambermaid stood outside the
Door and there was an Express
sion on her Face which seemed
to read as follows: 'If somebody
forced a FLYER on me, l suppose
I wouldn't know what to do with
It."
Next he heard of a Movement
to purchase a Rocking Chair for
the House-Keeper.
The Boy who delivered the Pa
pers brought In a Hold-Up Poem
printed on Card.
His Regular Waiter brushed
away invisible Crumbs all during
Dinner and threw out Dark Hints.
The Man who took care of his
Horse came right out and said in
so many Words that he Smoked.
MORAL: Holidays were invent
ed to demonstrate that no Man
is quite Friendless.
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Black Dress Goods.

A black dress is always an
acceptable gilt for Xmas, and
we have made special prepare
tons for the Christmas rush.
For tomorrow we will have a
line at 75c a yard that cannot
be equaled.
52-inch shrunk and sponged cheviot,
S100 value-56-inch Atwood basket
cloth, slips value-44-inch all wool
French etamine, $1.00 value-44-inch
all wool French yeilings, S100 value
42-inch all wool crepe, S1.00 value
42-inch. silk and wool crystal, $1,25
value-at one price, OOa
ydTu ~ ~
Also an elegant quality of all wool
Venetian that sold for $3.50 I O0
per yard, for ..... .... -. IsOO
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was sure that it could not get any
worse.
The Husband was hurt away
down in his Feelings to think that
she would deny him his one small
Luxury. He was an Indulgent
Soul and gave her a fair Allow
ance and stood for her Bills, COM
pared with which the SIT for the
Pipe was not Marker He be-
gan to get new Line on her and
observe selfish Traits which had
escaped him hitherto.
He planned to teach her a Les
son.
"I shall omit the usual Christ
mas Present." he said. IF she
makes the slightest Whimper, I
shall hand her some biting Sar-
casm to the Effect that I have
taken her Advice and begun to
Economic. | could not afford to
buy new Meerschaum for my
self or Christmas Gift for her"