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The National tribune., 1902-09-18
JILTED BY A Girl.
Years Ago Soldier Silently disappeared.
and Now Writes Home.


A strange romance Of love ana war
coupled with family arrangement of
nearly 10 years has come TO light in New
Garden Township, ten miles north of Gin
cinnati. o.. says the Cincinnati Inquirer.
Forty years ago Smith and Wesley Thorn
as. sons of Elihu Thomas, pioneer of
Wayne County, long since dead. enlisted
in the 69th Ind. Smith. previous to going
into the army, had wooed and won the
daughter of prominent farmer of the
township, ard the wedding was to have
occurred upon the expiration of his en-
listment- The two brothers were in the
same company of The regiment and fought
side 10y side until the battle of Paducah
n.y.. in which Wesley was killed.
III 1850 the surviving brother returned
to his home expecting to carry out his be-
trothal. but learned that the girl to whom
he had plishted his troth was soon to
become the wife of another man. There
was no effort upon the part of the young
soldier to see the young woman or to bring
about reconciliation. Within SO hours
after he arrived home he suddenly and
mysteriously disappeared.
Weeks, months and years passed, hut
no word was received from Smith Thomas.
and family and friends had decided that
he was dead. One day within the past
week Phineas Thomas. another brother,
received letter. bearing the postmark
and date line of Port Arthur, Texas. The
missive was from the long absent brother,
and it told in detail of his experiences in
the nearly 40 years of absence.
He had gone to New York from this
County, established himself in business
and some years ago went to Port Arthur
The inference was drawn from his letter
that he is married and living happily
No reference was made to his unfortunate
love affair of the civil war days, and there
is nothing known, it is said. Of the where.
abouts of the woman who had caused his
sudden and mysterious leaye-taking.
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National Tribune Serials.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t is
with regret that / read the last chapter
of who Goes There?" and "A Friend
with the Countersign," the most realistic
stories Of the kind ever published on the
war. In this line l could almost say that
wish the stories could be continued indefi-
nitely; but, of course, all things have to
come to an end. and so these two stories
have had The National Tribune in my
home nearly all the time since it started,
and it has been filed away at times uln-
til years were piled together in bundles.
My children read it when they were
small, until some have grown up and
married, and others have died; but 1
have one boy left who is Il constant read
er of it as well as myself, and we anx-
iously look for it each week. Let me say.
also, L shall be sorry when Gen. Raum
is through with his serials He is the
only one l have read among all the Gen
erals who comes right down to the real
facts of the war, and shows us where we
were and what we did every day during
our service, and in comparing my diary
written every day, and also history from
the other side by noted writer's, l find
my own history has been kept remarka-
bly, correct for private soldier. Gen.
Raum on the ''Western Army" is a Sc
rial l hope will be put in book form, and
every Western soldier should have it in
his library. 1t is the truest story publish
cd to this date, and l do not think it can
ever be improved upon.
81 klegg and Shorty "does not make
me sick"-and l am not one of those feI-
lows that say the war now appears to me
like a dr-ea-m! For l see the acts and
frolics of our army of kids so naturally
that l get so interested in them sometimes
can almost feel that l am again on the
march ON the skirmish line with 60
rounds and musket-canteen full of mo-
lasses, applejack or 'honey-dew," or else
starting on the lonely picket line at mid
night. True to nature, 81 Klegg and
Shorty cannot be improved on, and Pap"
Thomas had thousands of Kleggs and
Shortys. MosgrOve, too. was good writ
er, and I enjoyed his articles, and hope he |
will write more if he can drum them up. |
would like very much to see the old |
boys write more than they do. l have
been trying for years to finish my own his
tory of my regiment, but because l have
not been spurred up have let it rest.
Boys, we have only short time more to
ell our stories-commence now and let's
lear from you.-JoHN NJ. HOLT, Co. H.
sth Kan, Moline, Ill.
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perior numbers, of the enemy, when
again fell back1 into tn. Court rt-House
square. fighting faom three sides of it.
Here again ths aftiiIery opened with eff
| feet. VI 20
The trnin2 90 the Fifteenth CORPS,
which were III town when the fight com
menced. had a1l Withdrawn and were safe.
| hard no doubt OF my ability to hold the
Comt-H0us sqnafG and the town. but
this would ot.prgtent the enemy from al
tacking the tqaint2 OF our army coming
up from RoswelLyso | withdrew from the
| town on the Roswell road, and made a
short stand just north of the place 10 beat
off the enemy &lfStwere approaching from
the west. In fliiSsI was assisted by Mai.
:luhn. of the 9th Ill. Mt'd Inf. who
threw out n strong line of skirmishers to
the west of the road mentioned. He had
just come up with the train from Roswell.
which some time before l had ordered
turned to the right toward the rear of the
Twentythird Corps, After the artillery
had all passed, moved along the Roswell
road !sisurely to the. junction of the
PAGES Ferry road. and took strong po-
sition and threw up some rude but strong
defenses. The point is about one mile
nOrthward from Decatur. Here Col.
Swayne, commanding. came up and Joined
me. The trains, which were passing in
my rear toward the Twenty-third Corps,
were udStcHcu IOTWiTu anu SOOH du Wtic
known to be safe; but the enemy did not
see fit to follow and continue the fight.
My skirmishers were advanced and re-
mained during the night in sight of the
town, into which returned with my COM
mand the next morning. the enemy hav-
ing withdrawn. The force attacking me
was said to be two divisions Of Wheeler's s
cavalry and mounted infantry. All the
enemy's forces engaged in the fight were
dismounted.
Il have no means of knowing the loss
the enemy sustained. He reported to the
citizens of Decatur that it was between
500 and 60O My loss will be seen by
accompanying reports of regimental and
battery commanders, which l have the
honor to transmit herewith. to be 242
killed, wounded and missing.
Col. NJ. Montgomery, 25th Wis, was
wounded early in the action. and fell into
the hands of the enemy. The command
of the regiment then devolved upon Lieut.
Col. J. NJ. Rusk.
"Lieut.-C Charles z. Brown, COM
manding 63d Ohio. was wounded in the
leg near the close Of the action, which
has since been amputated near the thigh.
The command Of this regiment then de-
volved upon Maj. j. w. Fouts."
(To be continued)
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"A Friend with the counters,su. y

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I have
read from the first chapter of "Who Goes
There| to the last of "A Friend with the
Countersign," and it was with sorrow that
pronounced the two words, THE End"
Both stories from beginning to end were
grand, and my heart rejoiced with pride
when Lydia entered Petersburg and wait-
ed upon Gen. Lee. and when Lydia fianked
Gen. Lee; and article SO, when she said:
Not amenable to justice" L hope to
meet Jones Berwick and his Lydia at
Washington next October; also would like
to meet Col PAUL, G. S. A, there. Say,
comrades, let US try and have Capt. Scran-
ton there. Well give him a grand send
off. Let us decorate him with tar and
feathers. and give him transportation out
side of Washington on rail- 1 was not
quarter of mile away when Lydia
gained her point over Gen. Lee, in Ber-
wick's defense, and actually saved his life
hope to be able to shake the hand of
this heroic lady at the Reunion next Oe-
tober.-M. w. BUCK, Co. x, 5Oth Pa,
Tyrone, Pa.
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How any man may quickly cure himself
after years of suffering from nervous weak
ness, lost vitality, varicocele, etc. Simply
send your name and address to DIR. Knapp
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Sltlon on tne Hlll nOr1n or the JaH and
near the road. This battery was sup,
ported by three companies of the 63d
Ohio. The two remaining companies OF
this regiment were on the right of the line
near DIR. Hoyle's house, on the hill south
of the railroad. On their left were the
two guns Of Battery G, 1st Mich. Art;
next the remaining companies of the 18th
WIS: farther on the left, and covering
the roads from the southeast the 35th
n. j. was posted.
"COl. Montgomery had proceeded with
the eight companies but n short distance
before the enemy was developed in con-
siderable force. Our skirmishcrs being
sharply engaged, and discovering the en-
emy moving in force to the left of Col.
Montgomery, with the evident design of
cutting him off, l ordered him to move to
the left and rear, so as to be in support
ing distance of the main line He had
hardly executed the movement before the
enemy advanced in strong force in my
front, and at the same time pretty large
masses were seen moving to my rear, both
on my right and left. Col. Montgomery s
battalion got somewhat entangled in a
swamp, which was found in their rear,
when he attempted to rejOin the main line,
and, being heavily pressed by the enemy,
the command came in with the Organiza-
ton somewhat broken. Before all could
eXtrlcate themselves from the swamp
some We're surrounded and captured by
the enemy.
''The two companies on the right of the
battery being Joined by one or two com
panies Of the accommodating party, line
was at once formed nearly perpendicular
to the original line to meet the enemy on
my right, and Col. Cladek, with the 35th
N. j.. was doing the same on the left.
"There was little difficulty in checking
the advance Of the enemy in front at any
time during the action, but as the masses
passing to my rear on the right and left
would endanger the trains in town and
on the road from Roswell, l fell back to
the hill at the south line Of the town.
The line was soon formed, with six guns
in position, and the fight continued until
the town was nearly enveloped by the su-
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Young lady (who has just had her pic
ture taken) 81 hope that the pictures
will be handsome"
Photographer "Yes. indeed; you will
not recognize yourself"
The National tribune., 1902-09-18
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The cost Of painting the house and barn,
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Cheap paints soon fade, peel or scale off, and
white lead and oil costs so much and has to
be replaced so often that it is constant ex-
pense to keep the bright, clean appearance
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ALL HER PORTRAITS OLD ONES
The Empress Who Was Never Pictured
After Her Beauty Wanct.

Whom the Empress of Austria was muir
dered various portraits Of her were shown,
but the last OF these was NJ least 40 years
old. Two reasons were given for her
refusal to be photographed in later
life. One was that she feared too general
knowledge Of her features would destroy
her incogaito; q second was that the loss
OF her beauty Was too great a morti1cation
for her to tolerate the transfer OF that to a
picture. The change in the Empress
appearance was caused by her grief and
not by age. Her beautiful chestnut hair
was free from any trace Of gray to the last.
An admirer Of the dead Empress has
Just made a collection OF her portraits
and he finds that since 1873 no picture Of
her was made from life. Even the paint
ings said to have been done from life were
in reality made from older pictures.
One OF the best port rats OF the Empress
after 1879, when she refused ever to pose
again. was that made in 1877 by the artist
Gcorg Raab This Ia the familiar portrait
in full court dress 1t was her favoritc
picture and she frequently allowed it TO
be copied. But she had never sat for ii
All she did was to lind the artist one Of her
court dresses. The face was, OF course,
SopiSt i'p'h NhV Pho'oS'oPh VI io'o
When Adam OF Munich wanted TO paint
the Empress in 1886 he pc rsuaded the Queen
OF Naples to interoede for him. He was
anxious to paint the Empress on horse
back. She was pleased with the idea OF
the picture and the artist had visions of
sittings which would enable him TO make
a historic portrait. But he had to be
satisfied with her riding haiti. her horse
and her dog. which she placed at his dis
posal He also used for the face the photo
graph made thirteen years before.
In the same year q profile picture OF
Elizabeth was painted again on horseback
il was asserted that the Empress had posed
for this picture, but there was little foun-
dation for the story.
The truth was that a Spanish photographer
one day succeeded in getting a likeness
az she stood in front OF her hotel In Valencia
II turned out to lie very good likeness
in spite Of the circumst ances under which
II was taken, The photographer was
incautious enough to exhibit an enlarge
ment OF the picture IN the window OF his
atelier. The Empress raw II, bought all
the copies and notified the police to destroy
the plate. 1t Is supposed that a copy Of
this picture may have been found and used
for the second painting made in 1885,
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Owo Sl>Zs andOholr farm.
find JFow 0Aey Raise Ohe Blue
Ribbon Poultry.

good for the chickens and the chickens arr.
good for the tree. ana they're all good Tor
Sweet 4 twenty That's one ~ Tn.
ways ul paving both ends against the mid
die which brings larg" returns from a
small acreage.
MOVING rs
After the hennery was bui Ii and the
house made reauy the firm moved In, ac-
companled by s-venty-tive fowls, which
were destined to lay the foundations Of a
remarkable enterprise. Thousands and
THOUSANDS have roasted since where thos.
pioneer. roasted thirteen years ago.
Sweet 4 twenty formed the only bad
habit th'l nave On that first day, and Ike
all bad habits, II has grown OH TEEN. There
wa much to u" done and only two pairs of
hands to do II, 50 II was after II O'Clock
wien they lad put the hens TO bed and
tidird up Ia" house and were ready to retire
themselves.
That meant only five or six hours sleep
which would seem TO lie entirely too little
for even such Young ana ambitious farmer
a. they were. Ihey got along very well
on xix hours or lcss that night, and they
apparently made up their minds that they
could get along with no more a. perma-
nent thing
That is how they fell into the evil way Of
being up late and early and never knowing
when bedtime began or ,udsd If yoll
were 10 ,ca them y,u would wonder how they
have managed 10 defy this prime law Of
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Some day when you are whiz2ing along
in your automobile down on the Merrick
road in the neighborhood Of Rockville
Centre, perhaps you'l brighten the prettl.st
brown horse. driven by two of the prettlest
women in all that part OF Long Island.
II you do YOU will observe that they are
riding in covered black wagon of the
kind that you used to speak piece AT OFT
in school:
wish II, ed IN caravan.
WIN a noise to drive Ike prdlar man
Well. when all that happ IL you will
have seen the members of the firm Of
Sweet Twenty engaged in their "hosen
business. and very likely IL YOU catch a
feeting glimpse Of their disnayed and
indignant faces. and watch them strug-
Cling with their frightened horse, you'll
be Just little bit slamed of having l,.n
tn" cause of il.
OF course, YOU won't laugh az the mis-
chief you've done. but there are rude auto
mobile folk. especially automobile women,
VINO DO laugh at them and, a. they say.
done care a snap for poor people not
that the firm of Sweet Il Twenty is poor,
not much.
THEIR MERCHANDISE
Inside the wagon, If YOU could look in
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TYPE OF AUTO THAT Is GROWING IN FAVOR
BIT The electric l. accepted az the wom-
ans ideal auto, and women. according
to the dealers. will keep II In favor despite
any Cemonstl alton Of the superior qualities
Of rival machines.
Steam automot lies, which started we'll
in the competition OF types. are declining
IN popularity. They are the cheapest
machines to te bought. but In spite Of that
the number of purchasers is steadily de-
creasing The great objection to them IL
mat II takes an expert mechanic to run
one successfully, and the mechanic will have
his hands too fun to enjoy the scenery
overmuch
In the hands of an amateur the steam-pro-
pefird auto IL likely 10 get ont Of order
SOONER than any other ~ u, If the man OF
experience tells the truth. II isn't any
cheaper TO run than the other kinds Of
automobile and its gear IL more complicated.
The operator must keep his eye on q water
level 20 see that his boiler doesn't blow
up, upon his gasolene far &c TO see that the
boiler IL not burned out, and he must 81 eer
the machine and look out tor other vehicles
IA we'll
That, so the people who sell all kinds Of
machines say, handicap the steam machine.
An automobile that Is constantly getting
out Of Killer In worse tlan no automob lie
al all,
This same question OF repairs il a burn
INK one WIN HuNOlHObllIstf OF all lyP'N
from those who own modest American
built vehicles To the importers Of the newest
French speedmakers. and these last are
loudest Of all in their complaints Of present
conditions.
Put II down." said an indignant citizen
to THE SrN man who was invest igating he
automobile Industry. Put It down that
what this city needs most il an honest
repair shop operated b. intelligent me-
chancs who know something about auto
mobile mechanism. Three -fourths Of the
worktnen In the business now are bunglers
and many repair shop propriotors are
robb-rs Saw that a man who had been
through the mill said so.
Have n Well. | guess. Last May l
imported a new French machine of the best
type. II cost me including the 40 per cent
duty, Just a little over $1,000 Experts
who eyaminad II for me when it arrived
said that It was a fine machine, In perfect
condition.
well, cir. between MAY ond August last
paid out for repairs on that automobile
h: s. sss s"% Of ssS spd w 9sS't d had
nav il for. th'n, Why. two.,hirds Of that
three thousand were paid on account Of the
ignorance OF the people who made the
| repairs,
They never repaired one thing but they
broke another. and then they troka more
Thoy fixed and they broke and then they
tx I'd again. And had TO pay tho bill
One lot was a. bad as another, so
didn't mend matters bv changing about
So sold my auto. Now when I want a
run / hir, machine"
TherD was m Their side TO the wrorg Vi
citizens story, though.
You should buv an American machine,
advised a bvstander. I've had one for a
year and I've paid out only little over
$40 for repairs, and SIS Of that was for q
broken axle. Patronize home industries
nv friend, and you won't be robbed"
THIS ssoins to be what people with tas' g
for automobi'inR are doing, and they seem
TO b. happy over their investments.
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the spirit SCENE to dominate and the games
went on unhinderel
advisors together and they debate' the uues-
ton II was the unanimous sense Of the
meeting that gambling must cease in that city
meaning Alderman, We can arrest some
one, and that is all IT will amount to.
not anb" 'E in s our ci1y suggested Hu"s Sno,Sef
We can't reform the, whole Stat.e9'
An right, said the Mayor. after Ell Of his
TO me I'll see II 7 can't stop gambling In
There her vas only one f.,o bank in s the oily
Pristqr for so worth Of chips. rendering.
49," we don't take chscks here. srunted
the mighty man behind the faro boz: and
cards s Gun, Of ss snd dn Of Ss the
few m nutss later with $50 In cash, which
b"find the faro Box 70 state his limit S"'
""rrQQh, ! guess well le. yon bet your roll :
six open, and the other Gas stack on the king
coppered. and on the secopd turn he doubled
sSS d'% snd n nsn ss had s eos
behind the, box repudiated and said the
Mayor should not bet his roll at one shot
Of half an hour he had Just q, 90 in chips
ThsSe he Ped up In trent }nt Of the dealer
The powerful factor, that mighty poten-
tate before whom the swamper and the
rounder bows in humble reverence, having
lost his dignity. condescended to speak In
tones becoming man. and said
~ have only $500 in cash, but I'll give
YOU my check for 5000
Not on your ancient oil painting said
the Mayor, still smarting under the sting
the dealer gave him when he refused 70 ac;;
cppt the Mayors check for $50 You'll
give me cash for 81 900. and you amt going
to be long, doing II. either
and his friends managed to scrape togeth er
81 900 WHICH was given to the Mayor. and
then the dealer put the cards and box In q
drawer. turned the faro layout over. piled
the stools on top Of the layout. turned the
lights out and left the room, locking the
the storm sewer.
" There, by heck, ! said I'd close aambln &
in this town. and did It, said the Mayor.
merrily."
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=, -. =, 49,. ~ -, ..,.,.,. - :.
the Denent OF we pou'tIry 'ne,e iluS, oe d
lord high executioiier. me question arose.
could woman kti chlcKehs'
The iirSt victim was an 'i.Puoen. roos,ei w.
one OF 'he ne.hotrs Vi vie u. III, paIa "a
phrasing Hi'per'' mus oescr'pes the oc-
casion
ON. never shall forget the cry.
4 terrified crow c owed he
IL. shivered and SHOOK o.sas ss from "'hooh'
ore" my Sh'e"o'Snee'
The immediate result of that mournful
occurronce was that one OF the members
NJ tho Arm took a trip to Boston in order
70 learn how 70 kill a chicken. Nowadays,
,bo snns and daughters of Oakmere pass
on into the estate of broilers and roasters
a aaiisnnss ~ tbe serious nature of the
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