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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-08-04
A CHRISTMAS ROAST.
All Sorts Of Experiences in Trying to Get
Good Dinner

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / wish to
tell of a Christmas dinner We had. but
failed to enjoy. In the Spring of Go we
were in camp at Brownsville Station,
Ark, dismonnted, when an order
came for all dismounted cavalry
out; two of the best regiments to be
mounted, equipped and retained in service.
We moved by train to Little Rock, piled
of the cars, and marched up the river to
Lewisburg. relieved the ID Ark. Cav,
mounted their horses, and were kept on
the rolls. From there we were scattered
all over the State. Co. A, to which l be-
TO GAINESVILLE, johnson Co, and when
Winter came on We built Winter quarters.
Clarksviile is seven miles from the river,
and We had to keep a guard at the landing
on the river to guard the forage and Com
missary stores put of for our company.
A fisherman lived at the landing. His
name was Flick. Now for the Christmas
dinner. On Christmas Eve six or eight of
us decided to see what we could secure
for our Christmas dinner. The guard
knowing our purpose, let us slip our horses
out, and away We went 10 the landing
1t was a dark night. The company cook
was to be up and have a good fire on the
furnace. with the promise that we would
not disappOint him with the material for
a good dinner. We hunted along the short
OF the river. and found a large string OF
fish staked in the water We raised IN.
FISH. and / spied small flock of geese auf
charged them with saber drawn. and wa.
putting one old gray goose down to it's bes
speed-with its wings spread-when
came into some scattered hay, and lust n,
j was about to come right out, point and
parry on his gOOseship. my foot struck
something and went sprawling, but gath
cred myself up in two times and one mo
ton. was soon in the brush, in conceal
ment, and the air became clogged arount
there with words by the guard, who was
curled up in that hay asleep. faithful,
watching the hay and corn We finall,
got together. and when we got back Il
camp We had good string Of fish, /:
chickens. and two turkeys. We fount
Carter, the cook. with a big FIRE, cleaned
our game, and crawled in for the rest OF
the night. About o'clock everything wa,
lighted up and we found our cookhouse IN
flames. We worked hard till morning, Il
save our quarters. by carrying water and
keeping things wet near the burning build
ing. We not only lost all our game, but
Ill OF our bareback and the slaves were
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Five Women Watched.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In you,
issue Of Feb. IL, is the story of man
who witnessed the battle of Mobile bay
and the reduction of Forts Powell, Gaines
and Morgan. l. too, saw it. l have q
daughter in New York State who was
born at Fort Morgan. l lived there one
year. My husband was in the battle OF
Shiloh; he belonged to the 21st Ala.
was in that war from first to last. NV
husband was the man who piloted the men
from Fort Powell before they blew it up
lived on the mainland then, and when we
knew the battle was going to be four other
ladies and | climbed on the salt works and
watched the fight. have seen all the war
want to see. l went to Mobile in 1883
and came away in 1866. think am the
only woman in Maine who saw that battle
saw it all wanted to-
Not many people were down there from
Maine; mostly they were from the West
My husband was New York man. /
slept In the Fort four months. I saw q
good many blockade runners 20 by in the
night.-EAHY NJ. GRATRIx, Arson, IL.
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A Great Invention.

John A Stransky. Of Pukwana, s. d..
has received a patent for a new smoke.
less gunpowder that will reyolutionize the
powder business and make the inventor
rich. He says it can be made for seven
cents per pound, and one pound will 20
as far as two pounds of black powder.
and one and one-half of the best smoke.
less powder. There is but a light report
made and the recoil or kick is not notice
able. The powder is smokeless and can
be made in any kitchen. Mr.. Stransky
wants a few agents to introduce this pow
der. He has agents who are making as
high as $3.50 per month. Write for free
particulars.
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Swinton's History.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Your crftl-
cism of Swinton was just. and 10 the point.
He seems inclined to admit the truth Of
the rebel reports of the number of their
men killed, wounded and prisoners in bat
tie, when from Bull Run to Appomattox
they habitually underestimate their
losses. That seemed a settled policy with
them. His statement Of Lees losses at
the Wilderness is certainly wild. Shaler's
Second Brigade, First Division, Sixth
Corps. to which my regiment-the LIST u.
s. Chasseurs-belonged, went into action
on the second day of the battle-May 6.
We were on the right wing and were halted
on the battle-ground Of the 9Th. There l saw
several wagon loads of rifles piled around
two large trees, and was informed that
they had been placed there by 1000 rebel
prisoners taken the day before, and no
doubt many more were taken during the
promiscuous fighting through five miles OF
timber.
Swinton showed partially by saying, in
effect, that the rebel infantry were superior
to ours. calling them Lees matches In
fantry." Where the races are the same,
it is we'll known that the most intelligent
men make the best soldiers. The Confed-
crates averaged far below our men in that
respect, but we must concede them superb
fighting qualities. though not superior to
those of the Yanks-E. CROCKETT.
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Bad Case Of GRADUATED Lids Cured BY Prof.
H. T. Schlegers Magic Eye Lotion.

known pastor Of Ovid, Pa, was cured of q
case OF graduated eyelids that had resisted
for years all attempts OF doctors TO cure. Mr..
George w. Byers, Greensboro KY, was cured
OF ulcers and wild hairs with this lotion after
all other remedies had failed. Dora Casey,
Chicago. was cured OF granulated lids for
which doctors treated her for FIVE months
stead. but failed to cure. DR.. ]. w. Angel
OF Iowa. one OF the Oldest and best-known
doctors in the west, suffered with granulated
lids for seven years. He tried every remedy,
but failed to cure until he used Prof. Schleg-
els eye lotion and one bottle gave him more
relief than all the remedies he ever tried.
DIR. ]. o. Gabler Of Peoria. Ill.,, suffered from
childhood with granulated lids and was cured
In A month with this famous lotion. G..
klopfer, the well-known florist Of Peoria, H.,
suffered for years with weak. watery and
sore eyes and spent hundreds OF dollars with
doctors. One bottle OF Prof Schlegers Magic
Eye Lotion cured him. Ii stops pain In
stantly. 1t contains cocaine nor other
harmful drugs and Ii cures every case OF
sore or weak eyes and cures to stay cured.
The Professor Is very glad to send q free
package OF his remedy to anyone who suf-
fers with their eyes. Write to-day TO Prof.
III. T. Schlegel, $50 Mackinaw Bldg, Chicago.
H.. and be cured.
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-. REQTALS AND "REMINISCENCES.
Stories Emneny Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

burned off the pork barrel and the pork
stood ranked up, black ah, well smoked.
Next morning one of the guards from the
landing, by the name of Delebar, came up
to camp on the warpath, to find out who
stole his fish. He had bought the fish
from Flick. expecting to bring them up to
camp and sell them to the boys at a good
profit. He could not find anyone who
knew anything about them. If Cor"rade
Delebar will come out here l will do my
best to give him a good mess of fish from
the Solomon River.-C. E. CRAMMER, Co
A, tn Iowa Cav.
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sissippi," by Capt. Edwin r. Neal, 10th
LII. Cav. We all remember the 10th LII.
Cav. | have an especially pleasant recol-
lection of that regiment. l was a MEM
Der, pro tenn, for four days-July 8 to ..
Mo-, to Cassville, Mo-, by way of Mount
Vernon, to join my company, which was
stationed at the time in Cassville / had
been sick in the post hospital at Spring
field for some time, and was thought to be
well enough, and l wanted to join my
company in Cassville. l was kindly fur
nished a horse and rations by the 10th Ill.
Cav. and went with the regiment. / was
yet too sick, as the march proved, and L
remember the kindness of the boys. I
much regret that l can not now remember
the company i was with"
Mary Warren, a soldiers widow, ITO
North Washington ave., Battle Greek,
Mich, would like to hear from comrades
of Co. l, 21st Ind. Cav, recruited at New
Orleans in 1872
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CARRIED FLAG UP MISSIONARY RIDGE.
An SOth Ohio comrade Tells This Story.
Probably the Oldest Color Bearer Alive.

Probably the Oldest cslor -Bearef AIive.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The fol-
lowing is a brief narrative of the part
taken by the SOth Ohio lbeing part OF
the Third Brigade of E. Smiths Division.
Fifteenth Corps in the battle OF Mission.
ary Ridge. In reply to .. {. kinney, OF
Co. l. 10th Iowa. / wish to say that l was
the Color-bearer of the SOth Ohio, and was
q member of Co G. l carried the Stars
and Stripes up Missionary Ridge on that
eventful Nov. q. 1868. James Burton
carried the regimental colors on the same
day, but he was shot before we were near
the summit, and when he dropped he feil
over against me. We started into that
battle with a full color-guard and came
out with one color-bearer killed, one
myself-wounded. and all the color
guards either killed, wounded or captured.
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DEFENSE OF KNOXVILLE.

Comrade Frank II. Hoag, Co. E, Goth
Mich, writes from Michigan: Il have
been very much interested in THE High
fanders and Longstreet," and i'm WAS Also
Present." by Comrade Wright of the Doth
Mass. Now, let me try to tell you in my
poor way just who were in the fort at the
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the Man Of IukA.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
last issue in May you published history
of the 9th Iowa. l was in the ranks on
that Sept. ID, 1862, at Iuka, Miss. In
justice 20 one now dead, who was the whole
thing there, l think you should have men
toned his name-Our Col. Charles Leo
pold Mathies. brigadiered for gallantry on
that bloody field. He was all we saw, all
we heard. If ever the right man was in
right place at the right time 'Duchey," as
we afterward lovingly called him. was. We
did not love him before that: but there
we found we had leader. When we con-
trasted him with other Generals and Col
onels. we were proud of him. Why, you
could hear him holler seven miles and a
half He and one of ROsecrans's staff Off
GERS. who wore buckskin clothes, were the
stars that day. Our Colonel, his hat off,
MS horse on run, and he trying to get
through our lines to lead us! Prices's
three lines from 100 to 300 yards ahead.
ON wooded hill, so that the rear lines
fired over the front lines! If ever regi-
ment run into trap We were the fellows
mere, mere The l!th Ohio Battery was ST.
fenced and wiped off the earth The
stand we made, Of 40 minutes, let Stan
ley form and get up batteries, and
get ready to renew the battle. Dark
ness came on and both armies Law on
the ground. But Price had enough. and
when light came we saw his trains Keeling
off for Bonneville and Tupelo, his dead
and wounded left on the field. Now. if
We had deer instead of lion to lead
us We would have been forced back onto
Stanley-and he in the road. not in line
OF battle, would have given way. and
Prices army would have been the victors
would have eaten Stanley and us up.
Then where would have been Grant? So.
you see. that you unwittingly did not name
the greatest man on Iuka's bloody field,
Brig. Gen. c. l.. Mathies. a Dutchman'
tie was said to have been the irst man
to offer his services to Governor Kirk
wood. He would have gone as a private.
but went in the three months service AS
Captain of the Burlington Blues. No
wonder we love "Old Duchey." He made
heroes OF us. The papers said that the
noble 9th Iowa. under the gallant Mathies
covered themselves with glory. 1t makes
me proud to say that the next dav he
gave me left-handed compliment. He
said: 'DOdgey, they say that YOU cussed
as bad as I did?' Now, if YOU think !
am liar, call up my Captain. ". G.
Pennywitt. of the Agricultural DeDart.
ment. or Capt. A. NJ. Garfield. All tb:s
9th Iowa. w. ~
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That Monroe station Ambush.

Comrade John Soldner, Co. H. 10th ILL.,,
writes from Wisconsin: Let us 60
back to your issue of July 16, 1903, page
$. In your comments on an article in the
Kansas City Journal, in regard to the
First Battle in Missouri. you were partly
correct and partly wrong.
Il was mixed up in that scrimmage.
You are right as to the object to be at
tained-to break up Harris's guerrilla
camp. We left the station of Monroe. as
stated, July 8. 1861, and marched south,
over the prairie. about p. III. Near
timber, at the last farmhouse on the
prairie, we observed farmer. in his shirt
sleeves, sitting on the fence, watching our
column. On our getting nearer to the house
he had disappeared. Just before reaching
the house the column was halted and six
fankers were thrown out on each side of
the rOad-to the distance of about a quar-
ter of a mile-and the column moved on.
Il was one of the fiankers. being No.
=. and On the extreme ri ght. Upon the adj
vance entering the timber shot was fired,
as stated. wounding Capt. McAllister and
two soldiers. The signal was given for
the column to halt. Now. the five flank
erS to left of my post had advanced a
short distance into cornfield, while had
Just reached the corner of the fence.
George DOrle and Matthew Chambers
were Nos. and 5. In few minutes /
saw man. in shirt sleeves. running to-
ward me. from the head of the column. and
about 90 yards from me he stopped be-
hind thick growth of sprouts, so that l
could not see what he intended to do. Ut
seems he had not noticed me.) 1t was but
a minute till he fired his gun at Chambers;
then turned at right angles and started
west. through the bushes. l was ready for
him, brought up my little brass-bound L.
:. rifle and fired. 1t seemed that l had
not hit him: but it turned out afterward
that hit him in the right side just above
the hip. Chambers and Dorle came rum
ming to see what the trouble was, and we
followed some distance into the brush:
but. not knowing how many more there
might be. we soon gave it up. The farmer
ran about quarter of a mile and dropped
beside wood road where his family, re-
turning home couple hours later found
him. This one farmer was all the ambush
there was. / saw no captured horses. The
column countermarched to the farmers
rye field. which had just been cut The
shocks OF rye made us fine beds. The next
morning we started back to Monroe. and
found things as stated in your comments. T"
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Comrade o. w. Owen. Wayne City
ILL.,. writes: What can you tell me abou
n s. bill / have? 1t is dated 1918: wa
issued by Manufacturers Bank of Chill
licothe?"
Comrade J. J. Simmons, Co. 1, 3Sth Ind.
writes from California: Conrad,
Straw. 9th Pa. Cav. says there were onl,
two regiments from Pennsylvania at Perry
vile, ky.-9th Cav. and 10Th Emf. NJ,
recollection is that the 18th Pa. was there
in Starkweather's Brigade, of Rousseau's
Division"
Comrade T. c. Murphy. 31st ILL.,, writes
to amend Capt. Belknap's directions fol
roast shoat The Captain says: Be sure
the shoat is dead; then put him into the
kettle, etc. 1t seems to me that would be
rather dirty roast poke My way is
First catch and kill the pig. then skin him
and take out all the in'ards. Wash the
pig clean: put in all the vans the bake
oven will hold; cover with good hot Goals
and keep your eyes on that kettle until you
get your plate full. Now, Captain, how
did you get that commissary? In the
Army Of the Tennessee it was claimed that
the commissary was for the sick or for
snake bites"
Comrade Geoge c. Round, Manassas
Picket Post writes from Manassas, Va.
IAN interesting relic has been found on
Co. b, 15Oth Rgt. Pa. " Can any reader
give me the address of that comrade or
his friends?'
Comrade c. f. Mears. Corporal, Co. D,
I'd Wis Cav, writes from Osceola, Wis.
Myself and other former members Of Co.
ID, I'd Wis. Cav. here took much interest in
reading the articles on West of the Mis-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
BALLOON RACE ENDS
IN TOTAL FAILURE,
Aeronaut Tomlinson's Stock of Provisions
Gives Out and Hunger Drives
Him to the Earth,

Wyoming, Ill, Aug. 30.-From the ex-
perlence of Prof. George E. Tomlinson.
who tried to reach the Washington
monument in a balloon that was released
on the worlds fair grounds. it would
seem that a kitchen garden attachment
is almost as essential to the modern air
ship as dingible steering apparatus.
Prof. Tomlinson had been in the air
tWenty-fOur hours when he passed over
Wyoming about supper time He was
hungry, his supply Of prepared provisions
was gone, and he had no raw material.
SO the professor determined to alight
and alight he did, in Il pasture seven
miles from town.
There he learned for the first time that
Prof. Carl Meyer of Franklin, n. Y.
who had started out with him in the race
to Washington, had all but sulked at the
ST. remaining in the air only two hours
and descending near st. Charles. Mo-
Later the aerOnaut dickered with a son
of the soil, who hauled his airship to this
town.
He spent the night at an inn, and then
shipped his balloon to ST. Louis, to which
city he himself rode, being careful to &C.
cupy coach next to the dining car.
st. Louis, Mo-, Aug. 30.-Prof George
Z. TomlinsOn, who started out to- race
Prof. Carl Meyer in a balloon from the
worlds fair grounds to Washington, D.
G., has returned to this city. The con-
test will be continued until November i
when the cash prizes of $4,000 will be
awarded. Tomlinson has a distance of
200 miles to his credit, which may be
beaten by another aeronaut.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
Science of Modern AGver Using.

After the advertising man has been
chosen, the scope Of his work decided
upon, and his status in the business or
ganization determined, how shall we go
about this work? First, its field very
thoroughly. He should not only know all
the details of the machinery built by his
concern. but he should also know how
they compare with similar features of
competitors goods. He should know in
what kind of plants his goods are used,
and he should know at what seasons such
plants plan improvements and in what
part Of the country these plants are 10
Gated. He should know who buys the
goods and who tells the buyer what to
buy. and who tells this man what to tell
tie buyer. What manner of men are
these what are their habits of thought
and observation. what will interest them
most. and how best can they be reached?
All of these are very interesting and very
important questions. anu in their partial
solution lies the reason why the man
that has grown up with the business fire.
Quen1ly does much better advertising for
q machinery hOuse than can possibly be
done by the professional advertising ex-
pert. The men he appeals TO are usually
busy men and men of sense. First of al
they want a good. clear picture of the
machinery and some Indication of it,
capacity. The rest must be a truthful
message. briefly told. without either
startling or humorous effects. or anything
that smacks of the catchpenny.-
neering Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
dies SAVING CHILD.
In Resouing Boy from Dangerous
Position, James Duffy Loses
His Life.
THE LAD ESCAPES UNFRAMED.
Victim Was Thirty Years Of Age and
Lived at Center-Crushed Be-
meath Heavy Wheels.

Appleton, Wis, Aug. 30.-[Special. I
James Duffy of Center, a man of about
80 years of age, lost his life yesterday
at Hample's Corners, trying to remove a
boy of ) years of age from a dangerous
position between a separator and a water
wagon. Duffy belonged to a threshing
crew in the employ of Batzler Brothers,
who were moving their apparatus along
the country road.
Attached to the traction engine, came
the separator and then the water wagon.
Duffy was riding on the former and
noticed the lad run in between the two
and catch on the pole of the wagon.
Knowing the boy was in danger, he
crawled down over the rear of the sep
arator and as he was lifting him out
stumbled and the wheel Of the wagon
ran over him, breaking his skull. He
died instantly. He managed, however,
to throw the child out of danger before
he went down, and the lad escaped with
out q scratch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-09-02
REBELS ARE CAPTURED,
The President of Uruguay Is Too Smar
for the Revolutionary
Expedition.

, Buenos Ayres, Aug. 29.-Troops of the
government of Uruguay have surprised
a Uruguayan insurrectionary force mum
bering $50 men, fully armed and
equipped. under Col Pampiiion, on a
steamer on the Uruguayan coast, but III
Argentine territory.
President OrdOnez Of Uruguay had
been warned that preparations were be-
ing made for an insurrectonary eXpedi-
ton and dispatched two forces with
armed vessels to watch for it.
! At night the government troops at
tackled the rebels with a continuous and
merciless fire. Many of the latter swan
ashore, but eight, badly wounded, were
captured The fate of the others is not
known.
Vessel Is Captured.
The insurrectionary vessel was also
captured and with it considerable guam
tity of telegraph apparatus.
Diplomatic relations between Argentine
and Uruguay have become much strained
owing to this incident.
Paraguayan revolutionary vessels are
extremely active. They are carrying men,
horses and arms and are searching all
passenger boats.
An Argentine warship yesterday threat
ened to fire on the revolutionary squadron
if it intercepted vessels flying the flag OF
the Argentine Republic.
Peru Hopes to Escape War.
Lima, Peru, Aug. 29-Jose Pardo, whe
was elected president of Peru last June
will be ina ,urated September "A. Elk
element over the political situation is
leSsening. 1t is known that former Pres
ident Pierola, DR.. Durand and the people
are opposed to a revolution.
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Religion Applied.

A small 4-year-old IS at the present
time being dutifuily instructed by. her
mother in the rudimentary doctrines,
mysteries and hopelessly puzzling ethics
of religion. The youthful devotee listens
with rapt attention, but subsequent APP
plication of these teachings is decidedly
startling.
A few days ago, when, with infinite
righteousness. she was printing letter to
her fond and adoring grandmother. she
wound up her epistle as follows: That's
.,n- must stop now. For Jesus sake.
Amen"
Not long after her mother heard her
talking away at Il great rate to her dol
lies, lavishing a notable amount of at
tention upon the coal-black ''Dinah.'
that, ragged. battered. and altogether
dsreputable rs she is. is nevertheless
the pride of the child's heart.
1t SO happened that, following the little
ones epistolary effort, her mother had
expatiated at length upon the necessity
of her being a good girl under all circum-
stances and of loving Jesus above father
mother, or any one III the world.
There came a piping baby voice from
the nursery. Mother" it called. what
do you think? l have changed Dinah's
namer'
What is it, sweetheart?' her mother
called back.
And then. like bomb. came the jubi-
liant announcement: I've named her
Jesus Fullerv'-Harper's Weekly.