davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
Words OF Praise.

Editor National Tribune: I have Just
read publishers Announcement" IN
your issue of Feb. 8, and am prompted
to extend my most hearty Endorsement
OF all said relative to The National
Tribune's past and entire faith In that
said Of fits future.
AS memory serves me, the first copy
ever saw, to know Of its character,
| was shown me by Maj. George B. Fox,
of 18th Ohio, think, In 1873. Dollars
then, as now, were not unduly plenti-
gladly exchanged, and The National
Tribune became a welcome visitor in
my home. l have from that time, with
| brief exception, been a reader Of The
National Tribune.
In all the years I can hardly recall
an issue that in some one or more of
it's columns I did not find something Of
What, then, it has been to me I appre-
bend it has been to each and every one
OF it's subscribers. To the boys in blue
it has been indeed Our Tribune, in the
full significance of that word, always
and ever caring "for him who has borne
the battle and for his widow and or
phans" as no other paper has. In this
assertion I speak advisedly and with
out the least derogation as to other
excellent veterans papers that have
been born, run for season and ceased.
l hope to be able to continue, in my
own or In another's name my subscrip-
ton as long as I live. / let one COM
ro6 h
tanned him for a subscriber. Present
copies as they come to hand read, put
them in my pocket and take them each
week to comrade, late of Illinois cav
airy, who is confined to his home and
will SO remain his few days on earth,
and turn them over to him to read and
pass on to another in similar condition.
hope to live long time. / hope The
National Tribune may outliye the last
veteran of the rebellion, doing good in
future AS in the past-John T. Booth,
NJ. D., Sergeant, Co. C, 35th Ohio, Gin
cinnati, 0.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
Loss OF the Gen. Lyon.

Editor National Tribune: Have you
an account of the burning of the trans
port Gen. Lyon. off Hatteras, In the
month of March, 1865? 1 was an eye
witness to it. being on board the Gen.
Sedgwick. 1 was mustered out at Cox's
Bridge, ~. c., and returned to Whining
ton, N. c. There was on board of the
Gen. Lyon veteran regiment who were
returning home from Gen. Sherman's
army. l think 1t was the Seth ILL.,, but
I have forgotten. I never saw any ac-
count of it, and would like to see 1T
published in your very valuable paper,
if possible. We lost our Chief Engi-
neer, Frank Skinner. overheard in try
ing to save some Of the poor fellows who
were on her, and all the rest went
down with her. either burned or
drowned. She was supposed to have
caught fire in the lamp room.-George
w. Martin, Co. A, 4Sth n. Y, 305 Stone
Ave-, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Has any of our readers material from
which to write the account the COM
rade desires ?-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
The 18th Ill. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please pub
lish short history of the 4th Ill. Cav
Eli Smith, Glenwood, Ore.
The 4th Ill. Cav. was organized at
Ottawa from Sept. 26, 1861. and finally
consolidated into a battalion of five COM
panies in 1865, when it was consolidat-
ed with the 18th Ill. Cav. Col. Theophi-
les L. Dickey was discharged and sue
ceeded by Col. Martin R. NJ Wallace,
who was mustered out. and the bat
TALON was under the command of Mai.
Anthony 7. Search when mustered out.
1t belonged to the Sixteenth Corps,
Army Of the Tennessee, and lost 81
killed and 1877 died from disease.-Ed-
itor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19

me letters from people who had tried
and worn innumerable trusses all their
after few short months, they were en-
tireiy cured by his treatment
There are in this ROOM" said the doc
tor. the records of a hundred thousand
actual cures. and you cannot blame me
III feel degree OF pride when i con-
slider them. You will admit that these
letters prove conclusively that my dis
covery Is sure cure for rupture They
prove that my method cures the old as
standing. complicated. irreducible rup-
lures as surely as the little ones, and
can show you multitude OF letters from
wrote me that their case had been pro-
noInred lncurable. You are welcome to
publish All ! have told you, to tell any
send my treatment for trial to any rup-
ture sufferer. without a cent Of cost to
The reporter came away with a feel
ing akin to awe. Here Is a man who
had undoubtedly made the most won
derful discovery in the annals OF modern
medicine. Without a doubt he has dis
covered the means to surely cure a dis
ease which for hundreds OF years was
DeIeved to be fncurable. and in his !. m
pie: kindly way he Is devoting his life tor
relieve and cure all who are afiictesS
with rupture He has prepared a booh.
which should be in the hands OF eyeryl
rnpure sufferer, at enormous cost t-Sl
himself. and yet he is giving 1t aways
write for it. In addition. he is sendin z,
his wonderful treatment for trial TO any
rupture Sufferer who wants to try l..
without charging them a cent or laying
them under any obligation
Every reader of this paper should
write to DR.. Rice ut once. AS read I'm
one Of the letters he showed me, There
Is undoubtedly balm in Adams for the
ruptured: and an honest conscientious,
God-fearing doctor. who is devoting his
life and the benefit Of his discoveries to
mankind"
1t will not cost you anything to get
the advice and help Of this wonderful
Rupture Healer. All you have 10 do is
to write him. and he VIII send You his
book on rupture entirely free of charge
It tells you all you want to know about
rupture: how to care for your rupture;
how to avoid fits many dangers and,
above ALL how to absolutely cure YOUR
self In your own home: and in addition,
he will send you the means of cure so
that you can try IL and use IL yourself
without anv expense to YOU
You should not delay but write to him
at once. and he will give YOU the means
TO cure your rupture for all time, so that
YOU VIII never again have to wear a
truss or support. but will be able to for
get you ever had rupture. SmnIy ad-
dress DR.. W. S. Rice, 108 Main ST.,
Adams. NJ Y.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
HE HEALS
THE RUPTURED
New York State Doctor has Discovered q Wonderful
Yst Simple Means BY Which Any Rsptursd
Person Can Cure Themselves at Homs.
GIVES IT FREE TO THE RuPTuRED.
s No Sends the Means Of Cure for Trial, Without
Cent Of Cost.

Rupture suffering and truss wearing
banishcd forever" This is the promise
held out to every rupture sufferer by a
doctor and scientist in n little town in
New York State, who has discovered n
wonderful. Yet simple cure for rupture
that any one can use at home, without
operation, without the use OF dangerous
drugs, without pain. without loss of time
ana without detention from business.
The fame OF this wonderful treatment
mas spread everywhere. Physicians, sur
geons and scientists are all marveling at
us great curative powers. Rupture suf-
irrcTs All over the world are giving
thanks To it's discoverer, who is Dr. W. S.
Rice. Adams, " Y
One hundred thousand people have al
ready cured themselves by following the
doctors advice. and it Is confidently as
nave investigated that such q thing as
incurablc rupture is thing of the past
SO startling were the reports that
were being effected that a reporter jour-
neyed TO Adams to interview DIR. Rice.
lie found the doctor a tall, well-built,
wholc-souled man of intense earnestness
fired with the ambition to cure every
rupture sufferer in the land, and abso-
lutely confident that he had found a
Really" the doctor said, in reply to
my first question. there is nothing won
derful about this discovery of mine that
people are making such a fuss about. 1t
Is simple, natural cure. safe, painless
and absolutely sure. Any one can use it
III lHelT OWN nome, without any loss OF
time or interference with their work
But let me show you actually what my
method has DONE" the doctor said, as he
led the reporter to his record room and
showed him file after file Of letters, all
testifying to the wonderful cures his dis
covery had effected for them.
The doctor showed me letters from
people who had been ruptured upwards
of so and 60 years. He showed me let
ters from old men and women so and 80
years old, who told how their remaining
days on earth had been freed from suf-
fering and how their life had undoubted-
ly been heightened by his discovery He
showed me letters from fathers and
mothers. telling how their little ones.
even down to infants but a few weeks
old, had likewise been cured. He showed
me letters from people who had been
through the horrors of strangulated rup-
ture and whose lives had only been saved
by an instant surgical operation, and yet
as soon as they adopted his treatment
their snfferinRs ended and they were
permanently cured: In fact. he showed
me letters from all sorts and conditions
Of people in. all walks of life-doctors
physicians, c1ergvmen. lawyers and other
professional and business men. AS well
as farmers, teamsters. blackmfths and
others who work hard and whose cure
was all the more wonderful. He showed
The National tribune., 1906-04-19

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history Of the I1th Mo. Cav
William Houston, Co. B, 18th Mo. Cav.
Pickering, Mo.
The 18th Mo. Cav. was organized at
Benton Barracks and st. Joseph from
March %, 1863, and mustered out July
27, 1866. Col. William d. Wood was
brevetted Brigadier-General. and
Lieut.-Co1. James F. Dwight was in
command when the regiment was mus
tered out. 1t belonged to the cavalry
of the Trans Mississippi Armies, and
lost 80 killed and 1876 died from dis
ease.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
Gems. Mower and Sweeny.

Editor National Tribune: Please
print short sketches of the lives of
Gems. Mower and Sweeny.-A. =. Chew
Herrin. Ill.
Gen. Joseph Anthony Mower was
born in Vermont, and enlisted from
Connecticut in the United States En-
gineers March 20, 1847. He became a
Second Lieutenant in the Ist L. S. June
Is. 1855. and was a Captain when the
war broke out. He received the ap-
pointment of Colonel Of the 18th Mo.
May 3, 1862, and then was commits
stoned a Brigadier-General He was
pr omoted to Major-General Aug. L.
| 1864, and was brevetted a Major for
Pennington; Lieutenant Colonel for
Iuka; Colonel for Jackson, Miss; Brig
adier-General for Fort de Russy, and
Major-General for the passage Of the
Saikehatchie. At the conclusion of the
var he became Colonel Of the Sd IT, s.,
and died Jan. 6, 1870.
Thomas William Sweeny was born in
Ireland, and entered the army from
| New York Nov %, 1916. as q Second
| Lieutenant In the I'd n. Y. After serv-
ing through the Mexican War and los
ing an arm he was given q commission
as Second Lieutenant in the Regular
Army. and at the outbreak of the war
| was a Captain in the I'd l.. S. He was
appointed a Brigadicr- General of Mis-
souri, Volunteers May 20, 1861. and rem
dered splendid assistance to Gen. Lyon
a, Wilson's Creek and elsewhere. He
| then became Colonel of the sgd ILL.,,
and was promoted to Brigadier-Gen-
eral of Volunteers, Nov. %, 1862. He
commanded a division in the Army of
the Tennessee. and was mustered out
OF the volunteer service Aug. "a, 1865.
becoming Major In the Regular Army.
He was dismissed Dec. 20, 1865; rein
stated Nov. 8. 1866, and retired with
! the rank of Brigadier-General, May IL,
| 1S70.-Editor National Tribune
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
HIS HEAD BLOWN OFF.
A Former Wearer Of the Gray Tells Of
the Tragic Death of q COmrade During
a Desperate Charge On the Union Lines
mt Malvern Hill.

Corp1 Eugene O'Connor, 8th Ga, G..
q. A, sends from Atlanta, Ga, an ac-
count of a tragic wartime happening.
II IS as follows:
With more than 40 years between
him and the events Of Malvern Hill.
Capt. Warren Mosely. Confederate
army, was standing on the curbstone
yesterday, brooding over the death OF
q soldier in gray. wondering who ii was
who stood foremost i'm charge OF a
Louisiana brigade with fixed bayonet
advancing up the hill and across a
clover patch. when shell from a gun
boat I'm the bay took off his head and
spattered his brains and blood all about
the uniform of Capt Mosely, himself
advancing through the thick rain OF
shot with his Georgia brigade.
Il turned suddenly at the terrible
conclusion caused by the proximity OF
the shells sra:l OF DEATH" said Can't
Mosely, speaking Of the incident, land
saw that man standing headless, with
bayonet drawn rs In the charge, his
blood squirting high in the air from the
Jugular vein, and il seemed to me m
hour before he reeled and fell still
holding on To his gun. To me that wa.
one Of the most horrible sights of the
period. / went back and looked at him
after the fight to assure myself that Il
was not dream of frenzy in those ex.
citing moments. He was there as
had seen him fall. and more than 4C
years have passed with that picture
forever impressed on my memory"
Capt. Mosely was thus relating thi.
story on the street corner to an inter.
ested party OF gentlemen. He said he
had long tried 10 learn who the private
was, but while he was talking he had
not noted that a listener in this group
long since the events of the civil wa,
gray-haired man, himself man OF
those strenuous times, now growing
pale and tremuious as the grim tale
was reeled off. This listener then asked
where the Louisiana brigade had en-
tered the fight. and when Capt Mosely
went over this part of the story again
little chapter adding another event
to the stories Of the sos was closed,
The National tribune., 1906-04-19

THAT was my brother" said the pale
man. and the one described the affair
with such precision as to convince the
other that they had the Identical incl
dent fastened in their minds. The in
terested and sadGened speaker was r.
w. Jemison, and it was his brothers
blood that had been mingled with Capt.
Mosely's on the uniform of the latter
at Malvern Hill when the one was
killed and the other was badly wound
ed in. the rain of shells. Both Capt.
Mosely and Mr.. Jennison have been citi-
zens of Macon many years, but they had
not known all of this one of the many
unWritten tragedies of the civil war
The National tribune., 1906-04-19


Editor National Tribune: For several
years / was compelled to do without
your most excellent journal. but re-
newed my subscription last September
and felt I must express my apprecia-
ton OF its weekly visits. advise every
soldier not receiving it to subscribe at
once, and will do all can to increase
its circulation, feeling sure that by SO
doing / am doing a valuable service to
my comrades. You are certainly rem
dering valuable service to the "old
boys" and deserve their gratitude and
that OF their children as weli.-L. s.
Kilborn, Commander. VIM. b. Archer
Post. 119, Department of Illinois, and
PRECEDENT Wilder's Brigade Reunion AS.
ISOLATION. Marshall, III.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
ATTENTION, COMRADES,
Life of VIM. Mckinley.


of
that 1t other
in
Of of
National Capitol the
other is
in
We
Nation e
TRIBUNE, Washington D. c.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
Wants Old Songs.

w. II. H. Benfield. White River, Ariz.,
would like very much the words of the
rebel song, Red. White and Blue" and
to the song beginning ION the banks OF
the Potomac stands an army SO grand:
their object Is to subjugate Dixie's fair
land" These songs were very popular
some 43 years ago among the Johnnies
down in Tennessee, and their ladies.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19

A meeting was held in the Court House
al Valparaiso. Ind, OF veteran soldiers
widows and sons Of veterans to take
action with regard to the bill before
Congress to place all officers of the
war above the rank Of Major upon the
retired list at three-Quarters pay. The
meeting adopted resolutions strongly
opposing such law, because 1t would
be injustice to officers Of lower rank
and to thousands OF deserving soldiers
and their widows. who are receiving q
mere pittance OF from Sc to So q month
The resolutions declared the sense OF
the meeting to be that every honorably-
discharged soldier and sailor and their
widows should receive a pension OF not
less than $12 q month; also, opposing
special pensions. asking for a land
grant OF 100 acres and approving the
service pension bill
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
The 1SOth Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: would like
very much to see a short history of the
1SOth Ohio In The National Tribune
Levi M. Stamp, Salem, o.
The 180th Ohio was organized at
Camp Chase In September, 1864, for
one year. and mustered out July IL,
1866. The Colonel was Willard Warner,
who was brevetted a Brigadier-General.
1t belonged to Ruger's Division of the
Twenty-third Corps, Army of the Ohio,
and lost six killed and IS died from dis
ease.-EditOr National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
Information Wanted.

Comrade Charles s. Houghton, Of
LeOminster. Mass, would like to hear
from any cOmrade who knows of his
father and his death. His name was
William A. Houghton, Co. c, LIST Mass.
ii. 4.
The National tribune., 1906-04-19
The list Pa. Reserve Cav. and the sth
Ia. Cav.

The LIST Pa. Reserve Cav. and the Sth
Editor National Tribune: Please pub
lish short sketches OF the LIST Pa. Cav.
and Sth Pa. Cav, and oblige-R. NJ.
Stevenson. Chathams Run, Pa.
The 1st Pa. Cav. was organized at
Harrisburg from Aug. S, 1861. con-
solidated into a battalion OF five COM
panies Sept. 9, 1864, and then CONSOLE
dated with the 9Th and 18th Pa. Cav.
to form the I'd Provisional Pa. Cav.
The first Colonel was George d. Bayard,
of the Regular Army, who was pro-
NOTED to Brigadier-General and sue
ceeded by Col. Owen Jones, who re-
signed and was succeeded by Col. John
P, Taylor, who was promoted to BrIga-
dier-General Maj. Hampton S. Thomas
was in command when the regiment
was consolidated. The regiment be-
longed to Gregg's Division. Cavalry Of
the Army Of the Potomac, and lost Sc
killed and los died from disease.
The Sth Pa. Cav. was organized at
Philadelphia from August, 1861, and
consolidated with the 10th Pa. Cav,
July "a, 1865. The first Colonel was
d. Mem. Gregg. OF the Regular Army.
who was promoted to Brigadier- General
and succeeded by Col. Pennock Iuey,
who was brevetted Brigadier-General.
Lieut.-Col. William d. Corrie was in
command when the regiment was con-
solidated. 1t belonged to Greggs Divi-
sion, Cavalry of the Army of the Poto-
mac.and lost 50 killed and l2S died
from disease.-Editor National Tribune.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-18
Culture of Roses.

Roses are great eaters. If you would have
perfect flowers in profusion, It is impera-
lively necessary that you feed your plants
well.
Nothing in the line Of fertilizer suits them
so well as old. thoroughly rotted COW ma
nure. That which is black and crumbles
readily under the application of the hoe is
the IDEAL food for this plant. 1t should he
used in liberal quantities and worked into
the soil well. Fresh manure should never
be used, except as a mulch.
Where manure from the COW stable can
not be obtained, guano or bonemeal can be
substituted with good results. The dealer
Of whom you purchase these fertilizers will
tell you how much to use, as he under
stands the strength OF the grade he ham
dies. Those who live in the city WILL as a
general thing. find It necessary to depend
upon one or the other Of these fertilizers
for rose food.
Roses grown for the market in the open
ground ought. II possible, to be planted
while dormant. To lift plant after growth
begins is TO give 1t a check so severe that
It will be long time in recovering from it.
Therefore. planting early In spring. before
growth begins, OF In autumn. after II ceases,
Is advised.
towering sorts and the hybrid perpetuals
1 consider autumn planting preferable. The
very tender kinds can be held In reserve for
| spring planting.--American Homes and Gar
deus.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-18
A PICTURESQUE "WHITE CITY"
Features of Life in AIgeciras, where
the Moroccan Conference
Holds Forth.

Life at Algecras has recently been
sketched by NJ. Galtier. correspondent of
lie Temps, Paris who says: isolated. sit
uated In the extreme south of Spain, in a
country almost without communications,
piled up in travellers Mediterranean
hotel, the delegates give the impression of
passengers bound on long voyage Their
life in common IL worth remarking. This
diplomatic boat may become the theater of
a hundred varied acts. The city, with it's
houses of brilliant white. daubed with
lime, somewhat recalls Capri The houses
are only one story, except a few modern
constructions, but the generality Of the ma
tive habitations offers the image OF a city
which had retired TO take a siesta and COW
cred itself with a coarse white sheet"
A curious custom prevails in this quaint
city. Andalusan women gather at the win
dows. or, rather, behind them and. thus
concealed, receive the visits of their ad-
mirers.
At night silence does not envelop Alge-
ciras. The "sereno" watches and cries
every two hours. with melodious notes, the
time OF night. The serene holds in one
hand pike. in the other a lantern. His
duty II TO see that houses are closed and TO
protect the slumber OF the inhabitants.
larry armed, he troubles the peace OF the
city by his strident cries, rather than pro-
tects its peace. The people, however, in
Alogciras, as in Seoul seem content with
this symbol Of protection.
The women OF Andaiusiai 1t is no fable,
the beauty for which they are renowned.
They are coquettes but instinctively and
frankly so. Hats are unknown, and their
manner of arranging their couture a dream.
You may see a head occasionally covered
by mantilla, but usually a rose a bunch
of geranlums or spray of jasmine is the
only head dress. The eyes are brilliant as
black diamonds, the eyelashes long, thick
and slightly curved upward.
Andalusian women are fond of compli-
nen;s and do not shudder at the most
highly drawn. The Spanish language pos
sesses some that are incompatible. Behold!
The Andalusian gallant. 10 some beautiful
woman whom he is seeking I'm marriage,
may offer such incense.
Bonita sea tn madre.' Blessed be thy
mother! Happy country, where even be-
fore marriage you bless your mother-ln-
Law.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-18
JUDGE SUTTON KNEW BETTER
Could Not BE Fooled by Burgess Into
ExcUsinE school JanitOr
from Jury.

Secretary Burgess of the Board Of f1du-
cation admits he lost out in an effort to
Induce George W. Stone, janitor Of the
Windsor school. from jury duty next week
Since the present cold snap set in an
epidemic OF disability has taken place
among the janitors and the secretary has
been rather hard pressed to keep men
busy at the furnaces, Said he:
II told the Judge the removal of Stone
might endanger tho lives and health Of
several hundred school children by requir-
ing the use Of an inexperienced man at
the heating apparatus, but his honor
merely looked at me and grinned OF
course didn't tell him the Windsor school
is warmed by hot air and not by steam, and
would have preferred him TO think we
had boilers there and needed an expert
engineer. He seemed TO see through my
omission, however, and merely grinned and
said a substitute for Stone could be Sc
cured from among any dozen idle men. ]
could not arouse his sympathies worth a
darn and had to give II up"