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COL. FREDERICK BARTLEs0N,
The Poem He Wrote In Libby Prison on New
Years 1864.

Years lsss-'s4.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Every
page-aye. every paragraph your pa
per must reawaken in the hearts Of thou
sands of the "old boys" the memory Of
scenes and incidents of the great Southern
conflict. But there is no spot in the
whole South the mere mention Of which
creates more interest than that Of Libby
Prison. Thousands OF your readers, /
know, have become familiar with every
nook and corner of the famous old Confed-
crate prison. So very much has been writ
ten and spoken of the place, and yet, some
thing new and interesting is all the time
being told, as il for no other reason than
to keep alive the memories Of the sunshine
and shadow in which the brave men par
ticipated while in that cruel prison.
1t is only to recall the memory of one
of 'the bravest of the brave" that l pen
you these lines. Who that was in Libby"
with pleasure the genial association Of
Col. Frederick BartlesOn? l think, either
before his capture or afterward, he COM
manded the Tooth LII.
During Col. Bartleson's Imprisonment
he wrote the following beautiful poem,
which was inscribed on the dingy wall Of
his quarters"
IN LIBBY PRIsON-NEw YEARS EVE, 1854
IT'S twelve o'clock! Within my prison
dreary-
My head upon my hand-sitting so weary,
Scanning the future, musing upon the past,
Pondering the fate that here my lot is
cast;
The hoarse cry of the sentry, pacing his
beat,
Wakes the echo Of the silent street:
''All is wellv'
And is it so? My fellow-captive sleeping
Where the barr'd windows strictest watch
is keeping;
Dreaming ah;;s Of home and wife and prattlins
OF the sequestered vale and the mountain
Tell me, when cruel morn shall break
again,
Wilt thou repeat the sentinel's refrain:
"All is well?'
And then, my country, wounded, pale and
Thy children deaf to a fond mothers
pleading
Stabbing with cruel hate the nurturing
breast
To which their infancy in love was
pressed
Recount thy wrongs, thy many sorrows
name;
Then to the nations-if thou canst-pro-
claim:
'All is wellr'
But through the clouds the sun is slowly
breaking
Hope from her long, deep sleep is wax
ing;
Speed the time, Father, when the bow of
peace,
Spanning the gulf, shall bid the tempest
When foemen, clasping each other by the
hand,
Shall shout together in united land,
"All is wellv'
Poor Fred. Bartleson! In that awful
charnal house, the Wilderness, he led his
regiment in a desperate charge and fell.
As they rushed on, they left all that was
mortal of him to rest amid the carnage
and the dead.-IRA K. MORRIS.
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themselves to 60 into action. piling their
surplus stun on the ground, and had then
probably been moved off to another part
Of the field, from which they had begun
their retreat without having an oppor-
tunity TO return and recover their luggage.
Some of our soldiers sGere ransacking this
baggage and appropriating such as they
desired.
On returning to my camp 1 went again
to the hospital, near which the rebel pris-
Oners were being guarded, to inquire among
them concerning the identity of the writer
of the letter l had found; and was graft
fed to find some men who said they recog-
nized the little book and writing, and that
they knew the mans mother and sister
and would send the message to them to-
gether with an account of his death.
l here witnessed some more fearful and
and dying Texans, who were laid out un-
der the shade of some large trees, where
some of their sound comrades were doing
what they could to console them and re-
lieve their sufferings.
HUMANE ENEMIES.
Some of our soldiers-even the g.
niggers' the fierce hatred with
which they had met and fought these men
sisting in alternating the sufferings of the
wounded Texans SO far as it was in their
power to do SO. 1t is a redeeming feature
of the war to see the magnanimity with
which the true American soldier treats
his fallen foe. Ct don't include the In
dams and rebel bushwhackers in this state
ment.) AS long as the enemy is up in
arms each one docs his level best to kill
the other; but when one has fallen and
cries enough" then the sympathy of the
true soldier asserts itself, and the victor,
laying aside his recent animosity, extends
a helping hand to his PROSTATE foe, and
is ready to divide his bareback and blankets
with him.
But this spirit of generosity seems ut
terly wanting among the Indians (either
rebel or Union), or the rebel BUSH
whackers. The Indian and Missouri BUSH
whacker is about on a par in fendish
brutality to helpless prisoners. My per-
sonal experience among both classes con-
firms me in this opinion. Only for the
restraint Of their white officers. our In
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1.-THE MAN WITH THE MUSKET."
One Of the Really Fine War Poems.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
edition Of Aug. % Comrade ]. w. Darby
requests a copy of the old poem: 'The
Man With the Musket." AS you failed to
give the comrades address, l send the
words wanted COPIED from one Of my
old war scrap books. The author of the
verses was Comrade III. s. Taylor, Of En-
glewood, ILL.,, who was a Missouri volun-
teer in the Western -Army.-CHAs. *.
RADCLIFFE, Co. f, 1O5th Ohio.
They are building as Babel was built, to
the sky,
With clash and confusion Of speech;
They are piling up monuments massive
and high
To lift a few names ont Of reach.
And the passionate, green laureled god of
the great,
In whimsical riddle Of stone,
Has chosen few from the Field and the
State
To sit on the steps Of his throne.
But l will pass from this rage of renown,
This ant-hill commotiOn and strife,
Pass by where the marble and bronzes
look down,
With their fast-frozen gestures of life,
On, out to the nameless who lie meath the
gloom
OF the plying cypress and pine;
Your man is the man of the sword and
the plume,
But the man Of the musket is mine.
l knew him! By all that is noble l knew
This commonplace hero l name!
I've camped with him, marched with him,
fought with him, too,
In the swirl Of the fierce battles fame!
Laughed with him, cried with him, taken
part
OF his canteen and blanket, and known
That the throb Of this chivalrous prairie
Was an answering stroke of my own!
1 knew him, l tell you! and, also. knew
When he fell on the battle-swept ridge,
That the poor battered body that lay there
in blue
Was only plank in the bridge
Over which some should pass to fame
That shall shine while the high stars
shall shine!
Your hero is known by an echong name
But the man Of the musket is mine
knew him! All through him the good
and the bad
Ran together and equally free;
But judge as 1 trust Christ has judged
the poor lad
For death made him noble to me.
In the cyclone of war, in the battles
eclipse,
Life shook out its lingering sands,
And he died with the names that he loved
on his lips.
His musket still grasped in his hands,
Up close to the flag my soldier went down,
In the salient front of the line
You may take for your heroes the men of
renOwn,
But the man Of the musket is mine
There is peace in the May laden grace of
the hours
That come when the days work is done:
And peace with the nameless who. under
the flowers,
Lie asleep in the slant of the sun.
Beat the taps! Put out lights! and silence
all sound;
There is ri1e-pit strength i'm the grave,
They sleep well who sleep, be they
crowned or uncrowned,
And death will be kind to the brave.
Old comrades of mine, by the fast waning
years
That move to mortality's goal,
BY my heart full of love and my eyes full
of tears
hold you all fast in my soul!
And l march with the May, and it's bios
sony charms
tenderly lay on this sod,
And pray they may rest there, old COM
rades-in-a rms,
Like kiss of forgiveness from God!
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A Tribute to Yellowstone Pax.

Yellowstone is vast and varied and
unique. She will last, and last the
stranger longer than any other. The va
rious and half-tame wild beasts give re-
lief and will ever have a singular fascina-
ton. The last time l was there bevy
OF little English sparrows hoped along
in the wood before us till they came TO n
big. lean buffalo lying with his head the
other way. looking back as if he feared he
might still be pursued from across the
line of the park. which he had evidently
but lately crossed. But he had no fear of
the uniforms. and the guardians of the
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The Longest Fence in the World.

The fence about the Fort Belknap In
dian reservation. which is 10 miles wide
and 90 miles long, has been finished, ac-
cording to dispatch from Helena, Mont.
1t probably is the longest fence in the
world and has taken years in building.
The plan is to protect the fiocks and herds
of the Gros Ventres and Assniboines
from intrusion, as well as to keep them
from straying.
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Russian Students.

A Russian named Ivanhoff has written
book on the students of the University
of Moscow. He asserts that most of them
are dOlts and good-for- nothings. The av-
erage amount each one has to spend ia
SIS month; IL per cent. have no income
at all. and depend on charity or helm
themselves along by giving lessons at 81 50
a month, or reading proofs in printing Of.
fees. or serving as choristers In the the.
alters,
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chirping sparrows hoped upon and all
over him, even to his horns. Finally, lit
tie English cock-sparrow perched on q
lifted horn of the great American buffalo.
Joaquin Miller in Sunset Magazine.
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for me, for q few days. but they found
him such devil to fight that, after he
had nearly crippled several of the boys,
they threw up the job and turned him
back into the herd.
CTo be continued.l
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Makes Heart Beat Again in
woman's Body.
RESCUED FROM THE GRAVE
Dead and Lsss but Blood Made 10 Flow Through Veins Once
More BY Strange Mans Mysterious Centred
Over Disease and Death.



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~ MGON-B0SS and
%&k,>I MULE:MEC114lWC
Incidents Of My Experience and Observation in the Late Civil
War.
War;.
By R. m. PECK.

Copyright, 1904, by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE COMPANY
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WITHOUT USELESS DRUGS AND
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hinder
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son.
On the return trip we found that both
len sufficiently SO that we could easily
ford them and dispense with the ferryboat
which, with detail of soldiers, / towed
back up to its old place in Grand River
at Fort Gibson.
AS I crossed the river with my train
at the ford where the team Of the negro
regiment had been drowned, the wagon and
dead mules were visible above water. anil
some of the black soldiers swan ont Tn
it, and fished out the bodies of the driver
Zone OF whose feet was found to be fast
in the stirrups), and the two darky SOL
diers who had drowned in the wagon.
These were drawn ashore by ropes. The
swimmers then attached one end of stout
rope to the team. carried the other end
ashore. and party Of men soon pulled
the team of dead mules and wagon TO the
edge of the water where the carcasses
were stripped OF the harness and allowed
to float down the river, and the wagon
was pulled up onto dry ground, another
set of mules put into the harness and the
wagon taken away. carrying the bodies of
the drowned negroes.
Taking my teams out to the hayfield.
again resumed the hayhauling. Blunt's
little army was again Dispersed some re-
manning at Fort Gibson. some going to
Fort Smith and other points. the General
with an escort hying himself TO Kansas
presumably to enjoy the fluctuations and
congra tulations Of his fellow citizens ON
his recent victory.
HERD OF CoNTRABAND HORSES.
mules and ponies had been gathered nm
in the vicinity of tine battlefield Mt Honey
Springs. which had been ordered TO tak
charge of. but as had no available men
TO look after them, they were left in care
of some soldiers till we got back to Fort
Gibson, where what was left of them
were turned over to me-
AS usual. all the best animals had been
sneaked off by officers and soldiers who had
opportunities for smuggling them away.
and only the scrubs were transferred TO
me for Uncle Sam. There was one ex
ception, large, finely-built six-year-old
mustang stallion, which / modestly con-
cludcd to appropriate to my own use.
wondering why the jayhawkers had left
SO good-looking an animal; but when
threw. rope on him found ont the rea-
son-he was so wild and vicious that no
one cared to break him.
AS l was very busy about then, and
could not we'll take time to break a wild
horse, offered to pay one Of my rough
riding negro teamsters $40 to ride him
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woRLD.s FA1R ST. LOUIS,

Louisville and Nashville RaiIroad.
II you are going to'the Worlds Fair you,
want tho best route. The l.. & N. Ia tho
shortest. quickest and best line. Three
trains daily. Through Pullman Sleeping.
Cars and Dining Cars. Low Rate Tickets
sold daily. Get rates from your local agent
and ask for tickets via L. & N. sropoysa,
ALLOWED AT MAMMOTH cAvR.
All kinds Of information furnished on ap-
pucadon to j. @. HoLLENBEOR,
Dist. Pess. Agent Atlanta, Ga.
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r. mountain near Elko. New.
there is an incxhaustiblc supply of
pur" soap. One may enter the mine
with a butchers knife and cut as large
a piece as he wants. 1t is beautifully
mottlcd and on being exposed to the
air hardcns somewhat The mountain
Of clay is Of fine texture and it con
toiao &oracic acid, soda and boratc OF
lime.
Us color is given it by the iron and
other minerals In its natural state it
is rather strong in alkali and removes
ink and other stains readily At one
time II was used in all OF the lavato.
rios on the Pullman cars. but as soon
as his fact became generally known
lhc cakes were carried away by tray.
cler as souvenirs The railroad com.
pan could not supply the demand. so
it vas forced to discontinue It's use.--,
Detroit Frec Press.
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A ROMAN MANAGERS" WOES,
Spent 100000 on Gadiatorial "Pro.
ducticn" and All Went Wronu.

Symmachus, last of the great
noDles OF Rome, who, blinded by tradi-
tlon, thought to revive the glories of
his beloved city by reviving it's shame,
graphically describes the anxieties of
the preparations for one OF these col.
ossal shows on which he is said to
nave spent what would be about So
OOO pounds sterling OF our money.
He began year in advance. Hors-
es, hears, lions, Scotch dogs, croc-
odileS, chariot-drivers, hunters, actors
and the best gladiatOrs were recruited
from all parts. But when the time
drew near nothing was ready. Only a
Jew of the animals had come. and
these were half dead of hunger and
fatigue. The bears had not arrived
and there was no news of the lions.
Al the eleventh hour the crocodiles
reached Rome. but refused to cat and
had to be killed all at once in order
that they might not die Of hunger
IT. was even worse with the gladia.
tors who were intended to provide. as
in all these beast shows, the crown
ing entertainment Twenty-nine OF
inc Saxon caDtives, whom Symmach-
MS had chosen on account OF the we'll
known Valor of their race. strangled
one another in prison rather than
hSht TO the death for the amusement
Of their conqucrors.
And Symmachus. with all his real
elevation of mind. was moved to moth
ing but disgust by their sublime
choice! Rome in her greatest days
gloricd in these shows. How could
man be patriot who set mis- face
against customs which followed the
Roman eagles round The world?--
Countess Martinengo in Contem.
porary Review.
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

MANS first victory is over self; his
second overselfshness.
Rulers always hate and suspect
the next in succession-Tacitus
The wonderful thing about man is
his power to become.--E, 1. Bosworth.
Evil never tempted man whom it
found judicicusly employed.-S Spur
geon.
A man who does not know how to
learn from his mistakes, turns the
best schoclmaster out of his life
Beecher.
Religion unfeignedly loved perfect
eth mans abilities unto all kinds of
virtuous services in the common
wealth.-Richard Hooker.
When one is sad or out CT sorts for
any cause whatever, there is no reme-
dy so infailiblc as trying to make
somebody else happy. w. Carney.
Where there is no mother there can
be no child. Their duties are recip-
rocal; and if they are badly fulfilled
on one side, they will be neglected on
the other.-Rousseau
They who are not prepared for this
ordnance cannot be fit for death or
heaven; nay, acceptable prayer cannot
De onered without something CT n SIM
llar preparation of heart.-Thomas
Scott.
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MAKING MILK PALATA8LE,
Some Valuable and Practical Suqqes.
tions to Amateur Nurses.

S'''e Vd'uapIe ana PRACTICAL Sugges-
tions to Amateur Nurses.
Many patients when ordered Il milk
! diet positively state that they cannot
! endure the taste Of milk. that it al
ways nauScatcs them. or that it makes
them bilious and produces headache.
ihe objection TO the taste can always
be overcome, and by a little tact and
| perseverance there are few persons
| VINO cannot digest more or less ex-
elusive milk diet for 4 few days or
weeks if the milk is properly given.
Their previous unfavorable experience
IS probably duo 10 having q large dose
0i uhdiiutcd milk which soured cuag.
u'atcd and was rejected exciting all
the di@tastc which they have treasured
against it,
Wacn the milk diet IS necessary.
such patients should commence with
tcaspoonful or two at time. repeat,
ing IL once in ten or fifteen minutes.
If thc milk is taken very slowly into
the stomach and mingled on the way
with saliva, like other food, eaten
rather than drunk, ii is impossible
to form the large tough curds that it
does when poured down by the tum.
hIerfUt like dose of di8agrccable
salts. In this manHcr by degrees the
patient will he convinced OF his abil.
i,y to retain it and then the quantity
may be increased.
Sometimes patients dislike the taste
OF raw milk or tire Of it, This may be
easily overcome by nayoriug it in a
variety OF ways. A few tca4poonluls
of black coffee is one Of the best
means al hand. Very weak ten may
he preferred. Caramel or ginger is
an0ther excellent havoring substance
which may be literally used. Some
patients may take little chocolate
or cocoa nibs infusion with their glass
OF milk. Others prefer the addition
of common salt or a little black pep.
per
None nj the additions materially af.
feet tho nutritive value oG milk and
the variety OF taste which may be Sc
cured with these different fkivoring
substances will invariably overcome
all prcJudiccN. Housckcepcr
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WAR WITH BAD NAMES.
Experience Appears to indicate That
They Will Have Bad Luck.


If one should be SO bold as to char
acteriHe the auperstitious sailor as
silly he would at once declare that
there is sufficient reason for his be-
lief and would proceed to prove that
war vessels named after stinging and
ven0mous things have been unlucky
and that the country should not be so
Indifferent TO the men who follow "a
life on 5hc ocean wave" as to organize
mesquite fleet.
1hat SNAKE is regarded as an un-
fortunate name FOR vessel is shown
by the TACT that two Of that name have
been lost, one in 1871 and the other in
1877; but no vessel bearing that name
IS now known to exist. Serpent.
which is only a substitute name for
Snake. is an unlucky one also, for the
one wrecked in 1892 was the fourth
British war vessel of that uame to
meet the Same fate. Viper has been
an unlucky name in the British navy.
The first one was wrecked in 1880. but
the admiralty would not swCrvc, and
so kept the name on the list. each vrs-
sci meeting it's doom, and the fourth
was lost only recently. The French
navy has also been umlucky with YES
sells 80 named. The Viper. used in the
British service after she became a
prize from the French was lost in
i1@@. The second was lost year later
tn" third in t797 and the fourth was
recently lost in a collision off Guern-
scy.
The Cobra, another British war yes
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an overfed people, as there seems
very little reason to doubt. the Jap
anose are certainly an underfed one
III military. naval and civil life. and
ought to follow dietetic western meth.
DDS besides those which they have SO
successfully adopted. They seem. for
one thing, according to the universal
testimony of foreigners, to be inordi-
nately fond of sweet confections and
Mckshaws Of all sorts. which depart
as far as possible from the kind of
nourlShment which western people
generally consider hearty food.
variety, besides abundance of food,
is essential TO health and growth. The
more nearly man is omnivcrous, the
more nearly does he reach the best
be abused, but variety can never be.
The Japanese lack variety in their
rood. and it is to be suspected the
ability for indulgence in abundance.
Thlngs may be different, however,
with them in these respects when con-
unental expansion leads to the nc.
qulremCnt of now tastes in food and
ability to crafty them The Japan.
eSe have had much to do in achieving
In so years what it has taken other
peoples hundreds to accomplish.
However relatively small in person
the Japanese people may be- they are
evidently endowed with an intelli.
gence and character worthy of their
great traditions. The world has rare
~ before seen these two elements
combined actuating masses so great
as theirs, never before, save under the
spur. like theirs. of an all pervading
ana Dropulsive national idea The
spectacle OF the Roman standing on
spear, amidst doubtful battle, whilst
ms priest announced his life's sacri
nee by plunging alone into the enc
mys ranks, to appease gods adverse
to victory for his side, appealed to the
Roman mind as 1t appeals to ours, as
an exhibition of brave devotion. even
II too theatrical; but it is not intrinsi.
cally eCualed by that of the men. in
their coolness Of resolve, uninspired
by the heat of conflict. to whom the
Japanese Admiral, Kamimura, conf
IDENTIFY said, when they were depart
ing with fireships to block the channel
to Port Arthur, that they must die to
man. but not before they had full
filled their mission.
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ne RvOUSMESS AND
WEAKNESS CURED
BY PE-RU.MA.

Miss Sadie Robinson, 4 Rand street, Mai
den, Mass, writes:
a year ago as an excellent remedy for tho
troubles peculiar to our sex, and as found
that all that was said of this medicine was
true, am pleased to endorse it.
81 began to lse tt about seueIa
months ago tor 1rodhcneS8 and nes.U-
0ttsheSs, caused from oreriUO1'E and
SieePesSneSs, aud found that In %
JetU d1yS began to DrOU strOsLg, 1,su
appetite Increased aud L beGu,s to
sleep better, consequently my rey'v-
0ttsness passed GtC1y and the tuenh,-
ness tN The peLUfc Orndns 5000 dis-
appeared and have been 1UeLL a1,dJ
strong eueF sftce.O
Address DR.. S. b. Hartman. Presdent OF
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, o.,
for free medical advice. All correspond,
ence strictly confidential.
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The Climate of Manchuria.

The st. Jamcs's Gazette says: "fhe
rainy season in southern Manchuria is
not so bad as it has been represented
to be. Residents of long experience
state that while there are days in
which heavy falls OF rain take place,
there are not many consecutive days
in which torrential rains arc expert
enced. When a really heavy downpour
OF rain of some hours duration oc-
ours 1T is almost invariably followed
by three or four weeks of splendid,
dry, bracing weather. There Is no
finer summer climate in the world
that that of southern Manchuria. The
temperature in the shade is seldom
above 88 degrees"