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ed us the ditch with the dirt thrown
around it, forming an embankmcnt. and
the place where the house stood in the
rear of it. which the enemy had burned
in order to prevent its protecting our
infantry and artillery. A certificate was
given to the owner, stating the necessi-
tyi for the burning, together with the
valuation of the building, that he might
be reimbursed by the Confederate Gov
ernment.
"Snwyer's Lane"
1t is fair to assume that this was
never done, for Confederate shin-plas-
ter was not worth much even then
The remains of few bricks of the
chimney of the old house still lay on
the ground. Upon the battlefield cot
ton, sweet potatoes and peanuts are
now growing and we each took some
as a memento of 45 years ana seven
months ago. Nearly half a century has
passed since the Lieutenant and the
drummer boy We're upon this battle
field. Frank had brought his kodak
with him, and he took several snap
shots of us. in one of which we includ-
ed the old negro woman and her boy
Bullets and shells are still picked up
on the field. and the boy gave US a
grapeshot, doubtless thrown by the
Confederate guns Of Capt. McComas,
who was killed in the fight. We went
over the entire field and down Sawyer :
Lane and TO the road in the rear there
of, down which the enemy retreated,
thinking we were the advance of Burn
sides army.
Roanoke Island.
The next day we landed at the little
village of Manteo, on the north end of
the Roanoke Island, at night. This,
now thriving village of about 400
inhabitants, is now incorporated. Court
is held there. Roanoke Island has three
villages, Manteo. Skyco and Wanchese
Roanoke Island is a historical place.
Here, in 1887, Virginia Dare was born.
She was the first white child born in
America. Her monument, erected by
the North Carolina Historical Society,
can still be seen. In 1884 Sir Walter
Raleigh, under a charter obtained by
him from Queen Elizabeth, dispatched
the Amidas and Rarlowe expedition 10
Roanoke Island, where the first Eng
lish settlement was made. Fort Raleigh
built at that time, can still be seen.
We put up at the Tranquil House,
kept by Asa Evans, who informed Us
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that he was on picket duty at the time
we destroyed the village of Winton. As
our time was limited and we were still
10 do" the Dismal Swamp Canal, we
hired team and drove to the remains
OF Fort Defiance, situated about two
miles from Manteo, thus approaching
IT from the rear and along the road by
which the enemy retreated to Nags
Head. We soon came to what was left
of the three-gun battery, which had
been erected across the road, forming
a half moon or circle The road or
narrow causeway, flanked on each side
by marshes and bitches and which
formed the center of our charge. is no
longer there, the road having been cut
thru or dug away, and the dirt used to
fill up the marsh. ditch and road. Part
Of the moat or ditch of the fort is still
there, but much of it has been washed
away and destroyed by wind, storm
and time. AS it was a bright, clear
moonlight night, we walked down TO
where the road makes a bend past the
fort, and where the regiment received
its first fire in its desperate charge. In
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Over lOI Years Old.

Isaac Woolf, Sergeant, Co b, I'd Ohio
cav, Medford. Ore, thinks he can go
Comrade Charles A. Chase one better
on that little matter of his mother-in-
laws age. While the comrades moth
er has done well to keep on climbing
the ladder of life till she has reached
the 9Sth round, Comrade John M. Rem
fo's has shown even more enterprise.
for she has now reached the 1O4th, and
is going right on. She lives with one
of her sons in Camden, Mo-, and en-
joys fair health, being able to wait on
herself as general thing.
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battle. but it resulted in the capture of
WintOn, at the head of the Chowan
River; Plymouth, at the mouth of the
Roanoke River; Washington, at the
head of the Pamlico River, and the
evacuation of Norfolk, which was oc-
cupied by the Seventh Corps, com
manded by Gen. Wool Such were the
important results of this battle, in
which the Zouaves made a charge upon
the enemy's infantry and artillery, los
ing more men than all the rest of our
troops. After passing the court house,
and when within about three miles of
the battlefield. we stopped, and saw an
old man by the name of Simons, to
whom we had been directed. We
pumped him. but he could tell US no
more than that a part of the works
and the ditch into which / had dragged
Lieut.. Bartholomew could still be seen.
As we neared the battle-ground we no
ticed negro shanty that was not there
at the time of the battle. The enemy
had taken the fence rails along the
Camden Court House road, thrown
them into the ditch and set them on
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Taft and Scott.

Comrade c. III. Morris, of Grafton.
w. va, predicts that Mr.. Taft will be
the next President and Senator Nathan
Scott, of West Virginia. the Vice Presi-
dent, with Folk as the Democratic can
dldate. This will be so he says, be-
cause the common people want these
men, and the common people are now
the power behind the throne, and oc-
cupy the very front seats.
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Present Appearance of the Canal.

South Mills was destroyed by fire
about II years ago, and a new settle
ment has arisen. One can still see,
however. the old tavern on the banks
of the canal, together with a few old
houses that were there during the war
We were very much disappointed at the
appearance of the canal from what it
was at the time the regiment went thru
IL, with the exception of few miles
of il. just as the steamboat leaves the
Pasaquotank River and enters it. Part
Of this for about five miles is some
what like it was 45 years ago, but il
has since been widened, deepened and
Strengthened and the trees cut down
along its banks, sometimes for the dis
tance of a mile. In fact, it is now al
most an entirely new Dismal Swamp
Canal. This has been so ever since the
year 1896, when the property was ac-
quircd under foreclosure proceedings by
capitalists from Baltimore, who there
upon enlarged it. and so it kas been i'm
proved from time to time by the Lake
Drummond Canal & Water COMPANY,
which took its name from the big lake
in the middle of the swamp, and by
other corporations. There are now
many landings where large warehouses
have been erected for the housing and
transportation of cotton, lumber and
other merchandise.
One of the OIesf Waterways.
Space will not permit me to go into
any further details as to the present
appearance of this old canal, which is
one Of the oldest artificial waterways
in the United States. 1t was planned by
George Washington, and chartered by
the Legislatures of Virginia and North
Carolina as far back as 1887. When
the celebrated Irish poet, Tom Moore,
visited America, and while here in the
Dismal Swamp, he wrote that beautiful
ballad, entitled '"I'he Lake of the Dis
NAL Swamp" founded upon the legend
Of young man who lost his mind upon
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Two Iron Rrir,idc.

Il. X. Reed, Co. II. I'd Wis. Madison.
IS agree with Comlade Dow in his
statement with regard to the two Iron
Brleades in the Army of the Potomac,
one OF which was composed of Hatch's
Red Legs and other New York regi-
ments and the other the Iron Brigad,
OF the West, made up of the 2d. 9th
ana Ith Wis, 18th Ind. and Battery z.
4th U. s. Art. known as Gibbons Bri-
Sade. Mcclellan gave the Western bri-
Sade the name of IRON Brigade after
Ahtletam, where they won their SPURS
Comrade Reed pays The National Trib-
uhe a very pretty compliment by liken-
ing IL 10 the ear of a mother, into
which the comrades pour all their
childish grievances.
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Stories Eminenty Worth Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle

fire. They called it the roasted ditch
and stated that this was done to pre-
vent us making a shelter of them for
our line of attack. In this shanty or
hut lives an old negro and his wife and
their boy We saw the old negro wo-
man. who took us over the field, show
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Cure for Liquor and Tobacco Habit.

The Kansas Anti-Liquor. Society is mailing
Tree recipe for the cure of the liquor habit
II can be given secretly in food. Also one
Tor the tobacco habit that can be given So
cretiy; The only request they make is that
you DO not sell recipes, bur give copies Ia
friends. Address, with stamp. Kansas Anti
Liquor Society, 2S2 Gray Building, Kansas
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MUSTERED OUT.

McCLAIN.-At Boon, Mich, Nov IS,
Armene K. McClain, aged &c years.
Comrade McClain served four years in
the Sth Mich, and was a member of
Boyd Post, 461, G. A r., Boon, Mich.
He leaves a widow.
KESTER.-At his home in Abba.
Iowa, Nov. II, S. NJ. Kester, aged 81
years. leaving widow a son and a
daughter. Comrade KeSter was n faith
ful soldier, serving in Co. H, 1st Iowa
cav, an efficient and Jealous officer of
the G. A. r. and a useful citizen
PARKS.-At his home, 315 N Tn.
dependence ST, Enid. Okla No,, 70
1907, Gilbert Martin Parks. who was
porn In OHIO July 10, 1S45. He served
IN the 4th Ohio from 1861 to 1855. he
came prominent and useful citizen of
Kansas and of Oklahoma, having ably
hlled many responsible positions in each
of those States. The position in which
he felt most honored and deepest in
terest was that of Department Conn
mander, G. a. r., of Oklahoma. to
which he was elected in 1905.
SHAW.-At Greenwich, n. Y. Nov
20 1917, Luther Shaw. who served in
Battery E, 5th Mass. L. A.
In MemOriam.
At a regular meeting of the Gen.
Beale Command, U. V. u, held in To-
gus, Me-, Oct. 8, resolutions We're adopt
ed deploring the death of Comrade An
drew Doherity. an active member of
the Command since 1898. 1t was also
resolved to tender the sympathy of the
Command to the comrades family. TO
drape the charta~ Mourning FOR 20
Gays am - page of the
this memorial
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Monroe) from Roanoke Island. via the
Currituck Sound and Dismal Swamp
Canal. Col. Hawkins, with his com
mand of gallant Zouaves, are the first
to open communication between Gems
Wool and Burnside BY this move
ment we can dispense with all seaward
transportation and forward supplies
etc, in safe and rapid manner to our
troops in that vicinity"
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AT dinner recently. when the salad
course arrived, a pretty dish was
brought on the table. 1t proved to be
cheese balls. made of cream cheese and
nuts nodded the size of butter balls,
with wooden toothpicks stuck into each
ball, and each toothpick tied with little
bows of green ribbon and placed so
that the little bows stood erect. The
toothpicks were to be used as handles,
making them easy to handle and pretty
to look at
The National tribune., 1907-12-26

Wash a quart of cranberries, put
them, still wet, into double boiler and
cook until very soft Squeeze thru a
jelly bag, return to the fire and sweeten
abundantly.
When the sugar has melted pour into
a mold wet with cold water, and set
aside to form. The jelly should be stiff
enough to turn out and retain its
shape.
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For crullers, cream a half pound of
butter with three-quarters of a pound
of powdered sugar, and, when soft and
light, add six eggs, we'll beaten, a half
teaSpoonful each of cinnamon and nut
meg and enough flour to make a dough
that can be rolled out.
Roll very thin and cut into circles
Drop carefully into very hot, deep fat
fry to golden brown and drain in a
heated colender. Sprinkle with pow
dered sugar.
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Welch rarebit: One cup hot milk,
one-quarter pound grated cheese, one
half teaspoonful salt, one-quarter tea
spoonful mustard. one teaspoonful flour,
one teaspoonful butter, one egg, dash
of cayenne pepper. Put the milk to
heat Mix the grated cheese, flour,
mustard, salt, pepper and egg (well
beaten) in the pan, add the hot milk
little at time and stir constantly.
Cook until smooth and creamy. Serve
hot on warm toast.
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From their infancy Japanese boys
have one special precept instilled into
their minds. 1t is: See no evil; hear
no evil; speak no evil" And to keep
it fresh in the youngsters memory the
potters make groups of three monkeys
Illustrating the saying in pantomime.
One has his eyes covered with his
hands, another stops his ears with his
fingers, and the third lays a restraining
hand over his mouth. Models of these
sage monkeys are sold in the shops.
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Here is a recipe fc' mince meat said
to be $50 years old and very fine: Peel
and chop five pounds of firm apples;
boil two pounds of lean beef and chop
fine; chop pound of beef suet to a
coarse powder, rejecting all bits of
fiber; seed and cut into halves two
pounds of raisins; wash carefully two
pounds of cleaned currants; stem and
wash also carefully, one pound of sui
tana raisins; shred into small bits three
quarters of pound of citron; mix two
tablespoOnfus each of mace and Gin
namon, a teaspoonful of ground nut
meg. a tablespoonful each of allspice'
and cloves, and a tablespoonful of salt
Put together all the ingredients, in
Guiding the spices. and add two and
half pounds of brown sugar, quart of
sherry and a pint of good brandy.
Pack down in a stone crock and
leave for several weeks before using.
Line pie plates with puff pastry, fill
with the mincemeat, cover with a lat
tice-work made of strips of the pastry
and bake in hot oven.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-10-14

transatlantic voyage, $3.50 nautical
miles per hour, and the longest daily
run, GIT nautical miles. Translated
into land miles her speed average for
the run was 27.60 miles an hour Her
achievement is triumph for British
shipbuilding and sailors and may mark
the passing Of the old fashioned re,
ciprocating engine and the beginning
Of the universal installation of the
turbines. which have made it possible
for this ship to carry all records by
the board.
Her arrival was greeted with the
hoarse salute Of many steam craft, to
which she responded with the hoarse
roar of her own siren.
New Records Made by Lusitania.
The records which she has broken
were that held by Kaiser Wilhelm II.
of the North German Lloyd line, which
crossed from New York to Plymouth
at an average speed of 1888 knots, as
compared with the Lusitania's 1899;
that held by the Hamburg-American
liner Deutschland of days, II hours
and 81 minutes from Cherbourg to
New York; that held by the Cunard
liner Lucania. which crossed from
Queenstown to New York in 5 days, z
hours and % minutes. Besides the
Lusitania has broken her own record
Of days and 81 minutes made on her
maiden trip from Queenstown.
The Lusitania In her daily runs ex-
ceeded on two days the record of COL
knots previously held by the Deutsch-
land.
The new Cunarder is the first -four
day boat" to enter New York harbor,
having completed the passage in less
than five days, shortening the record,
held by the Lucania, by more than
eleven hours.
During the voyage 1928 firemen, un-
der orders to work to their limit, fed
the furnaces between $50 and 1000
tons of picked British navy Welsh
coal each day in order that the Gu
harder might become the first four.
day ship to cross the Atlantic.
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MRS. CHADWICK DYING,
End Expected to Occur Within a Few
Hours.

Columbus, o., Oct Mrs. Cassie
Chadwick. whose financial transac.
lions landed her in the penitentiary
is dying. She became worse during
the day and the day physician, DR..
Garrett, administered strychnine hypo.
dermfcally to keep her alive. She has
been in semi-conscious state for
some hours and is believed to be near
the end Her son Emil of Cleveland
has been telegraphed to come here as
soon as he can get here and her sis
tiers, Mrs. S. M. Young and Mrs. Yves.
ton of Cleveland, have also been mott
fled Of her condition. The doctors say
that she apparently can live for a few
hours or at most few days. Every
precaution has been taken to prolong
her life as long as possible.
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FIGHT FLAMES IN MlD0CEAN
steamer Narrowly Escapes Destruc-
ton bv Fire.

New York, Oct 1.-THE Austrian
steamer Giulia, which arrived during
the day from Trieste with 763 passen-
gers, had a narrow escape from de-
struct1on by fire in midocean during
Violent storm on Oct. 8. The crew
fought the flames all day before they
were extinguished, while the panic
stricken passengers prayed for help.
The Giulia left Trieste Sept. IA,
calling at Patras and Almeria After
passing Gibraltar Sept 25 the steamer
encountered stormy weather, with
heavy seas. At daylight on the morn
ing of Oct. 3, while about 700 miles
west Of the Azore islands, one of the
crew discovered fire in the cargo at
the bottom Of No. 2 hold. The wind
was blowing violently from the south
west and the Giulia was laboring heav-
lily. Captain Cherubini ordered part
OF the cargo broken out and water
was turned into the hold, but the fire
stubbornly resisted the efforts of the
crew.
In the meantime the passengers, of
whom there were twenty-seven in the
cabin and 736 in the steerage, learned
OF the danger. Many of them fell on
their knees in prayer, while others
became hysterical, adding to the cares
of the harrassed officers and crew
When every effort was necessary to
save the ship and her big company
The ships boats were prepared to
meet any emergency, but after the
hold had been flooded and part of the
cargo thrown overheard the fire was
extinguished about o'clock in the
afternoon.
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These specialties were woven into
laughable plot. Ryan's daughter
in the play, Mary Ellen Ryan, writes
love letter to McKenna's son,
which falls into the hands of the
senior McKenna instead of getting
into the hands of the Junior. The
senior McKenna Immediately thinks
that Mrs. Ryan is in love with him
and proceeds to fix himself up and
begin filtration with Ryan's wife,
much to her annoyance. In the
three acts there is much merriment
caused by McKenna trying to make
love to Mrs. Ryan, Mrs. Ryan try
ing to avoid him, and Mr.. Ryan
feeling that his wife is guilty, tries
to trap them.
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In an Auto From Cr00kston,

DR.. G.. A. Morley of C1ookston, a
specialist in the treatment of eve,
ear, nose and throat, spent last night
in this city, in company with Mrs.
Morley.
The doctor has the distinction of
being the first autoist who has ever
came over from the Red River Val
ley country to the pine land by
modern methods of travel. The
doctor owns fine automobile, and
he made the entire trip from Crooks
ton to Bemidji in his machine. "
In company with Mrs. Morley, the
doctor left Crookston at9 o'clock
yesterday morning. He went to
GENTLY and from there to Mcintosh:
thence toFo;stoa and eventually
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Pretty Dry Cork.

Chas. Decker, exalted ruler of
Bemidji Lodge, No. 1852, B. P. o.
E., has received a tracer of the
whereabouts of one Martin Linden,
who was the official representative
of the Bemidji lodge at the institut-
ing of the new Fergus Falls lodge.
Yesterday, Mr.. Decker received a
champagne cork-bone dry, and
all in" Twas tied to a postal
card, and Linden's initials were
inscribed thereon.
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BREAKS ALL RECORDS
Steamer Lusitania Now Undis-
puted Queen Of the Sea.
FIRST "F0UR.DAY" VESSEL

Crosses Atlantic in Considerably Less
Than Five Days; Also Makes New
Records for Average Hourly Speed
and the Longest Daily Run.
New York, Oct. l. -Four days, 10
hours and 81 minutes out from
Queenstown, with every transatlantic
speed record in her possession, the
majestic Cunard liner Lusitania swept
by Sandy Hook lightship at LII a. m
and after pause of the bar to await
daylight steamed slowly up the har.
Dor to receive the recognition of her
right to the title of queen OF the sea.
Three records were written down in
her log book, two of them wrested
from her great German rivals and one
from the swift Lucania of her own
line. They were the shortest time
from any European port to New York,
the fastest average speed for any
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SKIFF DESTROYED BY FIRE
Four Of the Seven Occupants Lose
Their Lives.

Keypolt, N. j., Oct. -Four young
men, all residents of Perth Amboy,
were drowned in Baritan bay, off this
place. They were members of a party
of seven who left Perth Amboy in a
surf skiff to visit Keyport. The boat
caught fire and the occupants, being
unable otherwise to put out the flames,
overturned the skiff. Subsequently
four of them persisted, three being
saved in an exhausted condition by a
passing steamer after having chung to
the overturned boat for more than two
hours. Those who we're lost we're:
Harry Baxter, Edward Olsen, Floyd
Mc1ose and Charles Wicksburg.
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BY ABOUT SEVEN HOURS.
Lusitania Promises to Beat Her For
mer Ret ,rd.

mer Rec ,rd.
New York, Oct. with every
transatlantic speed record broken the
peerless Lusitania should arrive at
Sandy Hook lightship at ITO p. M,
just days, II hours and As minutes
actual running time from Daunts
rock, off Queenstown. Thus if the
swift turbiner maintains the speed
average which she has kept up so far
she will he the first so-called -four
day boat" that ever crossed the At.
lantic ocean, for she will have COW
cred the distance of 2,7S2 nautical
miles from Daunts rock to Sandy
Hook lightship in six hours less time
than five days. This breaks her own
westbound record, made on her maid
en- trip, by more than seven hours and
places all speed records to the credit
of the British builders and the COM
mander of the new giant steamer.
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PROOF OF Her INNOCENCE
Mrs.. Hartje Declares Husband Has
Made Many Offers to Settle.

Pittsburg, Oct. .-"I am happy in
the thought that nothing can ever
force me to live with Augustus Hartje
again. Does he expect me, innocent
as am, to admit that I am guilty?
would not think of such thing If
he were ready to give me every dollar
Of his fortune. Mr.. Hartje has made
me four different offers Of settlement
since have been at Ligonier. The
last one was positive offer of 100000
year for the rest of my life"
These words are credited in an al
legged personal interview to Mrs. Mar.
Scott Hartje, one of the principals in
the Hartje divorce case. The inter-
view published here is alleged to have
been obtained at Ligonier, Pa, where
Mrs. Hartje has been living during
the summer. John M. Freeman, coun-
sci for Mrs. Hartje, said he knew of no
interview and had authorized none.
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USELESS IN BAD WEATHER
British Army Airship DismantIed Dur
ing a Storm.

London, Oct. THE British army
airship, which has been lying on the
grounds of the Crystal palace since its
cruise over London Saturday last, un-
able to ascend again on account of
rain and adverse winds, was slightly
damaged during a gale, necessitating
her dismantlin5. Great disappOint-
ment is expressed at it's inability to
return to Aldershot through the air,
but the experience of the week has
shown that such airships are useful
only when the weather conditions are
favorable.
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Completed Job This Time.

Brentwood, Wis, Oct. 1: The post
office safe here was blown open by
robbers and about $4O0 in stamps
taken. Twenty-Five dollars was also
taken from the LOOMS store till in the
same building. This is the second
time the robbers have visited this
postoftice in few months. The last
time they were scared away in the
midst of the Job, 49,. .ns--.5.