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Stories Eminenty Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

captain of ship. and died less than
two years ago at the Home for Retired
Sailors, New York Harbor. Capt Dow
died 10 years earlier. First Lieut.. Ed
ward Wiggin is living at Augusta, Me-,
where he has been for some years Sec
rotary of the State of Maine Board of
Education. First Lieut.. Samuel Thurs
ton resides in Portland, Me. First
Lieut.. James w. Burke is an extensive
farmer in Lee. Me-, and was for two
terms Commissioner of Penobscor
County. Second Lieut. Marshall Nc
Kusick resides in Calais, Me-, where he
has been Mayor of that city and mem
Der of the State Legislature. Second
Lieut.. Elias d. Libby resides in st. Paul.
Mimi. where he has been prominent in
the militia of the State and as MEM
Der of the staff of Governor Merriam.
Second Lieuts. Orville w. Merrill. Will
liam III. Gallison and John G. Deane
have been dead for some years.-Cas-
sius c. Roberts. 10th Me-. 1st Me. H. A,
S79 Willard avenue, Chicago, ILL.,
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The LIST Ky. Bull Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Late in
July, 1861, while the 1st Ky. was PEREZ
grinating up and down the Kanawha
Valley, Co. / was sent out on a forag-
ing expedition after cattle, for beef, UNI
der Capt. Thomas Cox. They wan
dered some distance into the interior
before finding sufficient supply to suit
them. When they had at last rounded
up a goodly herd, they headed towards
camp in high glee. Being footsore and
legweary, they conceived the brilliant
idea of getting a ride, each man select
ing a cow or an OK. which he mounted
and rode merrily along, singing songs
and having a high old time. They
dubbed themselves the "1st Ky. Bull
Cavalry" Right in the midst of their
hilarity, while song and joke were rum
ming the highest they were bounced
upon by some rebel cavalry and or
dered to dismount and fall into line.
They were then ordered to stack arms
right observation-disclosures They
soon found themselves in prison No. 1
of Libby's overflow, Richmond, Va.
where 1 happened to be boarding at
that time. They and / were sent IN
November to Tuscaloosa, Ala, for three
months, and then to Salisbury, n. c.
for three months longer, SO / got very
well acquainted with them. IL any OF
your readers can give me any informa-
ton concerning any of those boys,
should be very much obliged IL they
would drop me a few lines, especially
about Gordon Calvert. with whom 1 be-
came very intimately acQuainted.-E.
r. Reed, Co. H, I'd Wis, 1912 Spaight
ST. Madison, Wis
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Tcrrill's Brigade Mt PerryviIle.

Editor National Tribune: The writer
hereSy expresses his gratitude for your
tribute to the raw troops" of Terrilrs
Brigade at PerryvilIe. Most historical
penmen of the past seemed imbued with
the idea that those who were under fire
for the first time that day made no
stand. The survivors of the Thirty
third Brigade, knowing that even vet
eran troops could not have held the po-
stion, have chafed under the unjust
criticism, and it brings moisture to
their old eyes to read your words of ap-
probation of what they did.
The writer was private in Co. F,
1O5th Ohio. 1t has never been clear to
his mind why we were rushed-"by the
right f1ank'-up into that tornado of
lead and iron sweeping that knoll. to
save Parsons Battery (planted in ad-
vance,, when nearly every man in the
battery had been killed or wounded
Jackson, our division commander lying
dead near the guns-and Cheatham's
Confederate veterans, in overwhelming
| numbers, charging up the slope, firing
as they came. 1t was useless to stay
there and be annhilated. They were or
dered to fall back, and did so.
In your statement that ''Terrill tried
his best to rally them on the batteries,
but fell MORALLY wounded" you do not
say all that might be said. Gen. Ter
rill did rally quite portion of his bril-
gade. the men obeying readily. but after
brief firing by his "forlorn hope" he
again gave the order to fall back 1t
was the fortune of the writer to walk
just behind Terrill-who, with an Aid,
had lost their horses, and were also
on foot-till. falling in with a detach-
ment of the 105th led by Capt Riker,
we took up a position in support of a
battery. remaining there till after mid
night. when we moved back to nearly
our former position I'm line, expecting
to renew the fight at daylight 1t was
while standing by this battery and
watching It's operations that Terrill was
struck in the breast by a piece Of the
enemy's shell, dying very soon after
In very few, if any. battles did troops
suffer a greater proportionate (nearly
40 per cent? loss than those engaged at
Perryville, and the hearts OF all sur
vivors surely warns to you when you
say: There is no occasion for any de-
Tense of the subordinate officers and
soldiers. The world has never seen
more desperate fighting than they did
whenever they came in contact with the
enemy. The terrific losses which
were only sustained by meeting and re-
pulsfng the repeated assaults. show this
incontestably. Americans never
fought better. ON both sides, than in this
sanguinary little struggle '-Chas. X.
Radcliffe, ASP 25th ST.. Detroit, Mich
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A MinIater Raises n Row.

Rev. F. w. Emerson, OF Yates Cen
ter. Kan, raised quite a storm in the
National Temperance Convention by
charging the Kansas G.. A X. with be-
ing inimicai TO prohibition. He said
mat they were no more TO be respected
than the most degraded because of their
opposition to something so vital to civic
progress. Mr.. Emerson's statements
were Immediately resented by a number
or veterans present, led by A. b. Adell.
or Soldier Township, who said that he
mad known the old soldiers of Shawnee
County for 40 years, and had been with
them in all sorts of gatherings. He
knew OF no order OF men who were
more morally upright and conscientious
than they. The reverend gentleman's
statement was an uncalled-for Islander.
Other comrades made equally energetic
protests, and Mr.. Emerson finally Sc
cured the floor to explain that he did
not refer to all old soldiers. but only to
those who were in a sunken moral con-
dition.
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The 10th Mich. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the 10th Mich. Cav
/ have been a reader of The Nationa
Tribune for about eight years.-Rober
Cordell, Cleveland, o.
The 10th Mich. Cav. was organized a.
Grand Rapids from September, 1868
and was mustered out Nov. II, 1865
Col. Thaddeus FOote was discharged
July Is. 1864; Col. Luther s. Trowbridg.
was brevetted Brigadier-General June
Is, 1865. and mustered out Sept. /
1865, and Col. Israel G. Smith was II
command OF the regiment at the time o.
its muster-out. 1t belonged to Cox!
Division. Twenty-third Corps, and los
81 killed and 240 from disease, etc
Editor National Tribune
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HON. b. h. DOVENER.
And the First District OF West vi

Editor National Tribune: The Con-
gressional Convention meets on June 10,
and the soldier element hopes that the
gallant Capt. Dovener will be renomi-
mated. He has been very faithful dur
ing his many terms Of service, and Is
highly deserving OF continuance in Of
flee. as 1t Is conceded that no other
member OF Congress from this State
ever obtained for his constituents no
many benefits as he has. and 1t is felt
that should he be not renominated the
usual Republican majority will be les
sened. Honesty and industry are the
chief requisites, and In these Capt Dow
ener cannot be excelled by any one who
might be opposed to him.-A National
Tribune subscriber for 26 years, Clarks-
burg, w. Va.
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Editor National Tribune: In 1862.
when Co. E, 127th ILL.,, was mustered
into the service, Andrew Goldsberry,
Robert Marsden, Eugene Fowler,
Brainard Wheeler and Charles H.
Beach formed mess. They served
through the entire Vicksburg cam
paign, the Atlanta campaign. went with
Sherman to the sea and finally were
mustered out after the Review at
Washington at the close of the war, the
original mess remaining unchanged
during the three years Of service. To-
day all are living and in fair health.
The 127th was in the First Brigade,
Second Division, Fifteenth Corps.
think that this is an almost exceptional
record considering that in the Atlanta
campaign they were under fire los
days. NJ. Beach, St. Joseph, Mo.
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The Ath Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short sketch of the saith Ohio.-Capt.
T. Fl. Bowdle, Lima, o.
The saith Ohio was organized at Camp
Dennison in October, 1861, and was mus
tered out Aug. Is. 1865. Col Thomas
kilby Smith was promoted to Brigadier-
General Aug. II. 1863. Lieut.-Col Israel
T. Moore was in command when the
regiment was mustered out It belong
ed to Blair's Division, Fifteenth Corps,
and lost 81 killed and 146 from disease,
etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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One Of the Best Battery Commanders
the Army of the Potomac.

Editor National Tribune: An inter-
esting communication in The National
Tribune from COmrade H. A. Vail some
months since, relating to Col. Freeman
McGilvery and the 9Th Me. Battery. has
elcitSd no response from any member
Of that organization. Having been
connected with the same command and
intimately acquainted with Col Nc
Gilvery, his personal history, also the
record of bis battery, also the first com
his honor. / feel justified in answering
the call of Comrade Vail and writing a
few paragraphs in his memory and that
of the splendid body of men which he
organized and inspired with his own
heroic spirit.
Col. McGilvery was most success
full master of a ship before the war. and
sailed to ports in all parts of the world.
He commenced before the mast, but
being most ambitious and studious. he
The National tribune., 1906-06-14
heath of Gen. Nelson.

Editor National Tribune: Your ac-
count of the death of Gen. Nelson in
The National Tribune is the best and
truest one / have ever seen in a news
paper, and / thank you for 1t. 1t gave
great satisfaction to the veterans OF
Nelson's old Division living around here.
They all think that he was one Of the
best and bravest of men. and the lapse
OF years does not seem to abate their
fond admiration for his heroic charac-
ter.-A. N. Ellis, Medical Director. De.
partment Of Kentucky. G. A. R.. Mays.
vile, KY.
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General Orders. No. 8, from Walter
E. Jacobs, Commodore commanding. ap-
peal to the shipmates all over the coun-
try to At once indicate whether they
want to meet with the G. A. r. at Min
neapolis and take advantage OF tho re.
duced transportation. and other privi-
leges, or would rather hold their Con-
vention in some Eastern city.
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The G. A. r. Post OF priests at Notre
Dame. Ind, held appropriate Memorial
Day exercises in Washington Hall Of the
University. The Governors Proclama-
ton was read by Patrick Mailoy: e. p.
Burke told OF Father Corby at Gettys-
burg; @. A. FarabauEh read Lincoln's
gettysburg Address. and Col. William
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HOynes. Dean OF the Law Faculty, d
nvered the address.


I. N. Skillman, Mount Healthy. O.,
wants to call the attention of all the
ex-prisoners to the important bill now
pending before Congress in their behalf,
and to ask them to write to their mem
bers to give 1t earnest support.
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Decorating the Grave Of q Confederate.

On the afternoon Of Memorial Day
the comrades Of A. L. Brown Post, Chill
licothe. O., decorated the grave of M.
c. Hopewell. who during his lifetime in
Chillicothe made 1t his duty to decorate
the graves Of Union soldiers every Me.
mortal Day. He served In the Confed-
crate army during the war, but he was
a very good friend Of A. L. Brown Post
and Of every comrade.
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Desecratlng MemOrial DAY,

Buell. Post. 178. Marietta. O.; has
adopted strong resolutions protesting
against the dissertation OF Memorial Day
by games and sports and asking for leg
islati0n to prevent &c.
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Encampment Of New Jer.ey

The Annual Encami0nept Of the De
partment Of New Jersey, G A. r., will
be held at Paterson on Thursday ant
Friday, June IA and Is.
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II shall never forget the emotions of
my first few minutes on that tremen-
dous animal. and though 1 smiled
sweetly, l felt as though I was on a
acknowledged whirlwind on a mission
of death and destruction to all dear
things on earth. / do not remember a
sitter, straighter solitary horseman,'
even In Jamess novels, than / was as
we ambled down Massachusetts, Ave-
nue.. trying to PIP; out the soft spots,
the horse as sprightly and as playful
as q kitten and my trousers shrinking
into knee breeches as / rode and
prayed and suffered. Ahead Of me /
could see on each side OF me the crowds
of people still coming out to camp. but
! never saw them as they passed me-
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02
The Engagement Ring

INSTEAD of the uncomfortable dia-
mond solitaire, the engaged girl has
II won a pretty independence in the
matter of what the token of her be-
trothal shall be.
Birthstones are wonderfully popular
for engagement ri gs ana the gold
"Mizpah" bracelets CHE kind that fasten
on FOR keeps" and have to be igno-
miniously file off If the engagement is
broken) are about equally popular, the
bracelets probably best liked of all to-
kens for those engagements which must
necessarily be a matter of years, and
are consequently not announced at once.
Perhaps he prettiest of all betrothal
gifts, though. was a ring-not a usual
ring, by any odds, but circlet of dia-
monds, the stone set between two mere
rims of gold
And one girl, who vas in business, hit
upon a clever way OF wearing a ring
without letting IL tell the tale IL usually
does. The only man had a replica of his
seal ring made for neT to wear on her
little finger.
little while before the wedding, when
her engagement was made public, she
put the other beautiful ring he had
given her on the important fourth finger.
But the little finger ring, she said. was
the real ring.
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What Are You Going to Make Of Your Daughter

Then why do you play?" quericd the
girl, with youths bluntness.
why, my dear" exclaimed the other,
plaintively. Il have To do something to
Kill time"
The woman was not eXcusable, OF
course, but back of her inability 10 find
what was worth while in her daily life
lay a lamentable want of early training.
A girl need not be given a trade or
worse for having one, even If she never
uses it for making money; but she does
need an occupation and an absorbing in
terest or interests.
She may get married-a gOodly num-
Der of girls do-and it is just as well TO
be prepared fer 4. She need not stitch
all her hypothetical husbands shirt
bands, nor fill a chest with household
(who, nevertheless, lived and died
spinsteD; but she won't be any the
worse off for knowing how TO make
bread and cut out baby's petticoat
She may have to start out unexpected
ly to earn her own living. Plenty of
women do. OF course, # She has some,
great talent-the voice of an Eames, the
pen OF a De Stael t. genius of a Bern
hardt-then the way is clear. But, on
the other hand. she may be Just an aver
age woman. with warm heart and a
mead that's bit faulty; and i'm do her
no harm If she can cast accounts ac-
curately, run sewing machine, write
good note and say what she wants to
say in way 10 make people under
stand
If your daughter has a particular bent.
cultivate it as far as lies within you,
but not TO the extent Of excluding other
things. Nature doesn't often do thiubs
unthinkingly, and you may depend upon
II that 10 sally or Jennie shows a mark
ed aptitude with paint brush or a pair
of SCISSORS OF frying pan. that knack
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rs a pretty important matter, this
nttlng girl for the niche she has
Il to fill in this world, yet it's one that
the average parent is apt to glide
over.
From the time a man-chnd first lies
in his cradle, on through the various
stages of block building and kite flying,
one question is kept ever uppermost IN
his parents mind concerning him. What
is he going to do?-What will he be?
And the daughter-"Oh. girls are diff
ferent," said one mother vaguely when
the above question was put TO her. But
why?
A girl has her place in life as surely
as a man, Not as a bread-winner, pos
sibly-perhaps, even, not as the head of
a, family-but still a place. and she
A young girl who had grown up in
household where every one was busy
and where interests common and indi-
Niuual were plentiful was invited to
spend several weeks in n mountain ho-
tel, as the guest OF a wealthy woman
little past middle age.
on the morning after her arrival the
lady suggested that they should go into
one of the parlors and play cards with
some other women who We're there The
girl assented pleasantly enough, but
when the suggestion was repeated that
afternoon, and again in the evening, and
still again the next day, and the one
following, she WaXed TebelliOus.
There were beautiful walks and drives
around the hotel; there were wide piaz-
zas where often interesting people gath
cred; there was library well stocked
with books. The elder woman had trav-
eled. She was well educated, intelli-
gent, apparently. yet she ignored those
card table. which she admitted bored
her.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02
By Dorothy Tnke.

ME summer is nearly spent. and
autumn Will soon be upon us.
II In few weeks the schools and
colleges Will have opened, and
the young girl deep in her studies.
will have little time to devote to the
renovating of her bedroom Now is
the time. For every sound, healthy
girl should take an Interest in her
room. and do what she can herself TO
improve it,
There are so very many things that
capable girl can do, in fact, she can
90 almost everything She can paint
ne woodwork, stain the floor. make
me rugs, paint the furniture, make
the curtains, the tablecloth, the bu-
rsau scarf and the bedspread. She
eau build book shelves and window
she puts her mind to IT, Althougb
TO do these things necessarily taEes
SINE, still the girl who makes Tor her
self pretty and original room win
be more than repaid for her labors
] shall not attempt, "a this article,
TO give very definite ideas or color
for a girl to think these out for 6pyI
self Every girl has a certain amount
Of originality born in her With some
this shows itself sooner or later. in
were writing an advertisement when
] say, beware OF Imitation" but il
Is very necessary that we guard
against this, for. II is so easy just to
copy our neighbors. and oftentimes
ws do IL quite unconsciously.
rs, sInsps 'hts E'fr We 90 not neea 70
bedroom papa u T. ucI prettier after
Il has been 40 year or two, for ii has
faded and the colurs nave been soften-
ed. White woodwork I would always
recommend for a young girls bedroom.
II the room has this already, another
coat viii be the most that IL needs but
II the woodwork Is light oak and we
wish TO have II white we must cut the
Varnish by applying strong solution OF
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ammonia. after which It must be rub
bed down with pumice stone, then
painted. This would need either two or
three coats.
The furniture could also be painted
white. If new furniture has to be
bought, old bureaus, washstands, ETC.,
can be picked up for two or three dol
lars each at secondhand stor $, which,
when painted up, look as good as new.
The white bureau in the illustration is
pretty one, and the oval frame above II
has a delightfully."- old-world air about II.
The seat shown was made from an old
bureau. The upper drawers were taken
away, the top was cut to form the seat
and the sides were partly cut away l
consider this an exceedingly clever way
of making use OF an old bureau, Tor IL is
useful both as a seat and receptacle,
besides being an Improvement to a
The book shelf shown is simple and
easily made, and such a bookcase is
always useful. especially for the girl
The bedroom Illustration shows a pref
small windows in the room. This room
is papered with a soft gray paper
which resembles note paper IL is trim
med with a border having little clusters
ribbon. The furniture in this room is
mahogany. The rug shown Is round,
plated me-, like those our grandmoth-
ers made. These are quite easy TO make,
and can either be made from pieces
from the ragbag or from unbleached
muslin, which can be dyed at home, or
from denim The material must be cut
INTO strips from half an inch to an inch
and a half wide, according TO the thick
ness Of the material IL is best not to
haze the strips very long, as they tangle
and fray; but they should be about a
yard or so In length, and can be Joined
as you go along. The rug shown is made
of pink denim. Pretty effects can be
made by using two strips of one shade
and ore strip OF darker shade Dr
some harmonZing color. The rags can
be plated just as they are very quick
ly. but II is best 10 turn In the edges as
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you plat, to insure smooth and finished
work.
Another use old ress can be put to is
to have them woven into rag-carpet
rugs; but care should be taken in sew
ing the rags together to have pretty
color harmonies. Another economical
way of covering floors is to have old
carpets rewoven.
A prettily draped dressing table adds
much to the daintiness of a room; and
these can be made at very moderate
cost as the cheapest sort of a table an
swers the purpose. They can be draped
with swiss or some such white material,
over a colored lining, or with cretonne
or chintz.
A very pretty workable can be made
from two potato baskets. First, nall the
two baskets firmly together, end to
end Line the upper basket with denim.
Get a round board, two inches bigger
in diameter than the top of the basket
for the lid; cover the outside of this ia
BILE with figured cretonne. To do this,
pleat the cretonne to the top of the bas-
ket with brass nails, after having made
a hem for the bottom. The table should
either have a ribbon or strip of the Gre
tonne caught around the middle. The
lid should be covered on the top with
cretorne and underneath with denim to
match the rest. Pincushions and Mt
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viii surely be called into use before she
is dead.
It's Just as well, however. not TO for
get 10 teach her at the same time to
put her stocks and belts on carefully,
ana TO keep her mind informed as TO
what's going on.
Make Of your daughter first of all a
Woman--not a butterfly, nor a drudge,
nor an echo, nor grenadier but real
true womanly woman.
Teach her tact If you can-it's a pre-
cious possession; discretiou-shell need
II; self control, and the capacity for
meeting emergencies. Then 80 II she
wants career, help her to Il. IL she
wants a home, help her to that like
wise, and show her how to build ner
home and guard IL successfully.
when yOS have dCHc this, you have
made Of her Z. self-respecting, healthy
minded Individual, ready and willing 10
do her share In the worlds work.
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tings should be made and sewn to the
inside Such a workable, besides be-
ing dainty and pretty, is very useful, as
there is plenty of room TO keep the sew
ing itself, as well as the wherewithal
for sewing, and it is very light and can
be easily moved from room TO room.
drawers and cubbyhoies in the bottom
OF closets for shoes are only a few of
the things that a girl who is handy
with tools can do; but l am convinced
that the girl who once makes a few
successful things for her room will be
so fascinated by the work that she will
be led to do more and more.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-02
To Avoid Rust Marks

7 MEN suits nave way OF show
ing an ugly little rust mark on
- the top of the shoulders. did YOU
ever look inside for the cause? II YOU
did, most probably you found the shout
ders marked with plenty of it, got-and
here's whole story In a nutshr ll-tTum
tine CUathauEer upon which you W. care
fully kept IL whenever your suit has
been out Of use.
Coathangers should always be COW
cred before they are used for white or
delicate colored things. Lituc BAGS Of
silk or linen or dimty can be drawn
over the long sides and held in place by
narrow gibbons, tied into pretty bows.
And then, even If the weather Is damp
enough 20 make everything rust. the
brunt OF II won't come upon your very
replaced thing.