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Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
WHAT SMILES CAN Do

When the morning is chilly and misty,
And clouds are gloomy and gray;
Then, hey for a smile!
And no for a smile
To brighten a rainy day.
When the morning is balmy and sunny
And fields and gardens are gay;
Then, hey for a smile!
And no for a smile
To gladden. a pleasant day.
And if it brings care and vexations,
And you would charm them away;
Then, hey for smile
And no for smilel
!. To make it a happy day.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

IGAI in science that have been made within
the last year or two is the fact that
a beam of light produces sound. A
beam of sunlight is thrown through lens on
glass vessel that contains lampblack, color
ed silk or worsted, or other substances A
disk having Sits or openings cut in it is
made to revolve swiftly in this beam of light
so as to cut it up, thus making alternate
flashes of light and shadow. On putting the
ear to the glass vessel, strange sounds are
heard SO long as the flashing beam is falling
on the vessel.
Recently a more wonderful discovery has
been made. beam of sunlight is made to
pass through the prism, SO to produce what
is called the solar spectrum or rainbow The
disk is turned, and the colored light of rhe
rainbow is made to break through it. Now
place the ear to the vessel containing the
silk, wool or other material. As the colored
lights of the spectrum fall upon it, sounds
wi;l be given by different parts of the spec
trum, and there viii be silence in other
For instance, if the vessel contains red
wcrsted, and the green light flashes upon
it. loud sounds will be given. Only feeble
sounds will be heard when the red and blue
parts of the rainbow fall upon the vessel,
and other colors make no sound at ALL Green
silk gives sound best in red light. Every kind
Of material gives more or less sound in differ
eat colors, and utters no sound in others.
Tho discovery is a strange one, and it is
thought more wonderful things will come
FROM it.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

~ NNIE JENNER, a seventeen-year-old
IA ] New Orleans girl, deserves chap
W ter for her plucky fight for a living.
Annie and two others, a crippled
girl of fifteen and boy of twelve, were left
orphans few months ago, with nothing but
little cottage near great railroad station
that they could call their own. Annie, as
head of the family, was deeply anxious to
keep the children together, and it was while
pondering the problem the suggestion came.
The crippled sister, whose fingers were skill
full and whose taste was good, was set at
work with old flower or fruit baskets orna-
menting them with pretty knots of ribbon, or
frightening them up with cheap dyes. Annie
filed the baskets with the daintiest and most
attractive of lunches, laid in the folds of
japanese napkin, with a tiny bouquet OF
flowers in the corner, and the little brother
sold them at the depot, baskets and all, to
the tired and hungry people on the through
trains What revelation those lunches were
to the travelling publicl The baskets sold so
rapidly that Willie could not carry enough
to supply the demand. First he had boy
to help him, then two boys, and now he
drives a pony and a pretty little road wagon,
and visits all the depots. Annie has help
in her kitchen, her sister has help about or
namenting the baskets, and the entire busi-
ness is growing SO rapluly Chat Chey VIII soon
have to move into larger quarters and have
more help. Isn't there hint in this story to
those girls who ask. "What shall l do to
make living"
The cenfding trust of little children in
their parents is one of the most beautiful
things in the world. but its manifestations
sometimes provoke smile. One day,
Broadway car ran into the rear end of an
express wagon with such force as to tip 1T
over completely. A little girl six years OF
AGE was on the seat with the driver. The
driver was pitched head-foremost upon the
sidewalk, but landed on his hands and knees,
and received only few slight bruises. The
child, who chung to the seat, fell underneath
the wagon, but fortunately the high seat pre-
vented the weight of the truck from falling
on her, and she was drawn from under the
wagon box uninjured. One of the bystand-
ers, as he helped to extricate her, asked if
she was hurt. "Oh, no." replied the little
girl. "my papa wouldn't let me get hurt"
While hunting in wild recess of the Rock
les in Colorado, hunter suddenly came upon
a beautiful glade or park, and was surprised
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
Two Of a Kind

Mrs Brown-"My baby is the prettiest in
the town."
Mrs. Blael-'Why, what coincidence! So
is mine!"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09
Light Produces Sound

me of the most wonderful discoveries
in science that have been made within
the last year or two is the fact that
a beam of light produces sound. A
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

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w go cumming for bluefsh. Between
Long Branch and Seabright is the
,hchoice place, although all the Jersey coast is
kgood for cumming. 1t is fine sport-when
Eou get used to it, which some fishermen never
4do Some people declare that it is as bad as
lever
As may be imagined, there are people who
}catch bueish for a living, and they troll or
Ause nets, but the sportsman will do nothing
kbut chum. He may not catch so many fish,
4 but he has more fun and great deal moro
|,exercise.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-09

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While hunting in wild recess of the Rock
les in Colorado, hunter suddenly came upon
a beautiful glade or park, and was surprised
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
willard. Brigade at Gettysburg.

Editor National Tribune: The history
OF the battle of Gettysburg, now run
ming in your valuable columns, recently
contained mistake that should be
corrected. The assault that repulsed
Confederate Gen. Barksdales Missis-
sippi brigade little after Z O'clock d.
m. on July 2, 1868, was made by the
Third Brigade. Third Division, Second
Corps, composed of the 111th, 125th
and 126th n. Y. The brigade was II,
command of Col. George Lamb willard.
of the 125th n. Y, and he was killed
while making the charge. In your pa
per this charge is credited to four 9TH
er regiments. which is wrong. / was
there as a member of the 125th N. Y,
and lost leg in the charge, and know
whereof / speak. In that one engage.
ment the brigade, composed of about
1000 men, lost in killed, wounded and
missing between 600 and 700. 1 do
not wish to minimize any credit that
may be due to the brigade mentioned
by your historian, but cold facts cannot
be disputed, and I simply desire to
place the credit where it belongs
Henry Wheeler, Co. d. 125th N. Y,
Troy, N. 7.
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
Who Wa. rh.. Confederate omcer.

Editor National Tribune: I want YOU
to help me ascertain the name and
rank of Confederate officer, a brave
but foolhardy fellow, who courted death
at 6 a. m. May 80, 1852, at the battle
of Bonneville, Miss. 1t was during Ell
liott's raid to the rear of the rebel
army, after the evacuation of Corinth
The I'd Iowa Cav. was facing east, and
the I'd Mich, under Col. Phil Sheridan,
was facing north, forming a right an
gle. McNeary's rebel cavalry was north
east of us. We were between Hardee's
and Van DOrn's Divisions.
At a. m. a Confederate officer,
middle-aged. with full black or dark
beard, wearing a military cape of dark
color, with black soft hat and military
piumes and cavalry boots. rode out to-
wards my line on a large dapple gray
horse, and drew rein within six rods
of my command. He sat there, looked
us over coolly and turned broadside to
us, with perfect Indifference. My Ser
geant. Theodore Siddenheim, a veteran
Prussian soldier, promptly drew a bead
on the enemy. but 1 ordered, Stop
that, Siddenheim."
He looked at me reproachfully and
shouldered his rifle. Then he suddenly
took aim again, and l commanded,
stop that. Siddenheim.'' and again he
put up his gun with reproachful look
at me.
The daredevil fellow then rode
away, and in few minutes Sheridan's
regiment opened fire on the ridge or
rise of ground where the McNeary reb-
els were, and we also moved on over
that ground. and the enemy retreated
rapidly. We saw them running away
as we reached the ridge where they
had been. l have wondered a thou
sand times every year who that fellow
could have been. Siddenheim asked
me why l ordered him to let the man
escape, and / said:
That's brave fellow, and 1 couldn't
bear to see him murdered IN cold
blood simply because he was unwise or
q fool for the time being"
Maybe he got some lead in actual
battle; but il he's still living I'd like
to know who he is or where he is
Peter tReily. Captain. Co. f, I'd Iowa
Cav, 210 A st. N. E.. Washington, d. c.
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
Wizards Brigade.

Editor National Tribune: In your
Charlottesville and Gettysburg article
you say, On the I'd of July, that Barks-
dale struck at Birney's flank. Now, he
may have intended to do so had not
Gen. Hancock led in person Col George
S. Wizards Third Brigade, Third Diyi-
sion, Second Corps. consisting of the
39th, 111th, 125th and 126th n. Y, to
checKmate him in the desperate fighting
which was raging around the position
of Sickles's Corps. Willard formed the
three regiments for charge placing
the "Garibaldi Guards ii. e.. 39th)
on his left to protect his flank. The
charge was successful. but the gallant
Willard fell dead at the moment of
victory. Barksdale was shot by Corp'l
Menah c. Van Lew, of Co. C, 126th N
Y, and died within our lines He was
buried July in front of Ziegler's
Grove. and on the cracker-bOx grave
marker was 1ettered. William Barks-
dale. M. c.. Mississippi" Co. C, 126th
n. Y, captured one brass piece OF artii-
lery, the capture Of which has been
credited to the l4th Conn, which is
wrong. While the regiments named
were driving Barksdale's Brigade from
the field the Garibaldi Guards were
asked to retake the guns of Watson's
Battery Il. 5th U. S. Art.,, which had
been captured by the 21st Miss. of
Barksdale's Brigade. Lieut.. Peoples.
of the battery, leading the battalion of
Garibaldfs Guards, under command of
Maj. Hugo Hildebrandt, rushed for
ward, and, driving the Missssippians
from the guns assisted the battery men.
turning them on the retreating John
nies.-Charles w. Dey, Co. c, 126th N
V Dixon, ILL.,
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
Doaxlnx n Carload or .Animun,t,on.

Editor National Tribune 5fCapt. Burt
is right about the burning of Columbia,
s. c. l was one of hiss bummers, de-
tailed from Co. F, 10th Ohio. / was
among the first soldiers who crossed
the river; went over in a pontoon boat
that stretched line to, lay the pom
toon bridge; went intos the city, and
saw some Johnnies dodging about;
requisitioned a sack of Eohf. a couple
of hams, and few necessaries of that
sort, and returned by hthe0 boat l had
crossed in. The cotton wasiiburning i'm
the streets when L went to the city.
Some time ago / sawJa statement of
Capt Burt's about setting fire to car
of ammunition at CheFaw,I where we
crossed the Cape Fear River. l know
about that, too. We We're out scouting,
about four miles from Cheraw. A car
was standing in the woods on a rail-
road track. Capt. Burt said TO me,
Mack, go down and see what is in the
car" l went down, inspected 1t, re-
turned and reported, ut Is loaded with
shells in one end and
boxed cartridges in the other end" He
ordered, go down and set 1t on fret"
went down and started a fire in the
middle of the car, set box of cart
ridges on the flame and 1T out l
hadn't retreated more than five rods
from the car when the whole thing
went. i dropped on the ground, lay
close; 1t blew the car, wheels and all,
clear off the track! l tell you the
splinters did hy!-William McGinnis,
2S5 Marian ST., McKee's Rocks, Pa.
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
LIFE IN LIBBY.
Some of the Recreation. of the ome

Some of the Recreations OF the Officers.
Editor National Tribune: see in The
National Tribune that you, Lieut.. For
tesque and others had called upon the
Pension Committees of both Houses of
Congress in support of the prisoners
pension bill, and 1 heartily approve
your action therein. Lieut.. Louis For
tesque and I spent five months together
in Libby, also Capt. B. F. Fisher, both
of the Signal Corps. Col. j. Warren
Keifer, now in Congress. would also
have been there if that devilish black
stallion he rode had not kicked a hole
thru the rebel line for him to escape
on the morning of June Is, 1863, at
Carriers woods. Col. Wilson, of another
Ohio regiment, was not SO successful,
and he and his whole command were
captured Lieut.. Fortesque was of a
poetic turn, and / think composed the
following poem, but 1 am not sure:
''Tell it not in empty numbers,
Prison life is but a dream;
'Tis but little that one slumbers,
Swarms of lice in every seam.
No, tits real and deadly earnest,
And exchange is not its goal;
Thou art exchanged and home return
ing,
Scarce is spoken OF soul.
Not enjoyment, but deep sorrow,
Is our destined end or way,
And to live that each tomorrow
Finds us yet another day.
Life is short and time is feeting.
And our hearts, tho stout and brave
While Commissioners are treating
We are dropping in the grave.
Captured on the field of battle,
Robbed of everything but life,
We've been treated more like cattle
Than the heroes of the strife,
Trust no rumor howe'er pleasant;
Let the dead past bury its dead;
Act-act in the living present,
Heart within and God o'erhead, -
Uncle Sam, be up and doing:
Free us from this awful fate;
Soon good regimen pursuing,
Wen regain our fighting weight.
Then filled with wrath and something
stronger,
When the volIeyed thunder rolls.
Rebel foes shall feel our anger,
And will quickly hunt their holes"
First Lieut. Wallace R3ndolph, 5th
u. S. Art, was a star member of the
theatrical and minstrel troupe that gave
exhibitions for the entertainment of
the prisoners, and they were equal, II
not superior. to some of our present
shows. the selections being all first
class as well as classic, and have some
of the programs yet in my possession.
these, with songs by Chaplain McCabe,
lectures by Majs. Henry Oath Ohio
Cav.), Harry White (67th Pa.), Albert
ID. Richardson, Gen. Neal Dow and
many others, furnished much entertain
ment for the prisoners, but many gave
way to melancholy, and with the priva-
tions endured finally ended in DEATH
c. e. Goldsborough. Hunterstown. Pa.
The National tribune., 1908-09-24

The brigade mentioned was COM
Manded by Gen. John c. Caldwell, and
consisted of the 5th n. IL, Col. Edward
E-.Cross; 7th n. Y, Capt Charles Bres-
fet- -sezce-fSssK-r-os,--- -k's-.sssis g. xszrfo-Ts
Gath N Y, Lieut.-Col. Nelson A. Miles,
and S1st Pa, Maj. Il. Boyd McKeen.
The brigade came upon the field at An
ffetam about 9:45 a. m, and formed on
the left of Meagher's Brigade, and then
began a cautious wheel to the right to
relieve the pressure on Meagher's Bri-
gade, which had fought the enemy gall
1antly and suffered severely. 1t moved
over the crest of a hill behind which
the enemy was posted, and received
and returned heavy fire. The enc
,uy's line was broken except on the ex-
treme right, where a sunken road
formed natural rife pit. Col. Barlow
quickly changed front with his CONSOLE
dated regiments, sending fearful emf
aade are into this sunken road, COM
PEELED the enemy to surrender, captured
800 men, eight commissioned officers
and two stand of colors.
The rest of the brigade advanced
steadily into the corn field, driving the
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
Dummy Soldiers Long Walk
(Chicago News.)

Walking day and night, without q
single stop. a dummy soldier is making
100000 steps every "a hours in an en-
durance test to determine the life of
several new cartridge belts which are
under consideration by the Board of Ord
nance and Fertilization of The Army.
The duTnmy's tour of duty is at the
Rock Island Ull.) Arsenal The dummy
is the size of an average soldier. BY
special riechanfcal apparatus 1t Is made
to walk, with the guidance of wire
cable. as tho on sentinel duty. in a cir
Gle in one end of hall. The mechanism
is such as to give the dummy the same
motion as would be experienced by the
average soldier in walking About the
waist of the figure are strapped the
various belts. one at a time, which are
being tested Each is filed with the
regulation cartridges, the principal test
being made with the sharp-nose bullets,
to determine how long it will take for
these to wear thru the pockets of the
belts.
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
- ADVANCED THRU CoRNFIELp DRIVING THE

when Col Barlow moved by the right
oblique to a hill about 800 yards dis
tant, where he attacked the enemy and
drove them. The Confederates made
an en0rt 10 brrak the fine In thc-cep-
ter. but Were again bloodily repulsed,
and the brigade moved forward, driv-
ing the enemy entirely out of the corn
field and thru the orchard beyond. Col
Barlow fell wounded by a canister in
the Roin. Gen. Richardson halted the
brigade, and drew it back to his line
about 10 o'clock p. m. where it lay
exposed to a heavy artillery fire. Gen
Richardson was mortally wounded
Gen. Meagher was wounded also, and
Gen. Caldwell assumed command OF
the division. The brigade lost A killed
2SS wounded and two missing The
severest loss fell upon the 5th n. H
and 7th n. Y. The 5th n. II. lost eight
killed and 102 wounded, while the 18th
n. Y. lost Is killed and 46 wounded
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
Sores Eminenty Worth Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

enemy before it. It encountered a
fierce fire of infantry, accompanied by
canister from two batteries The bri-
gade endured this fire with the greatest
steadiness, and Col. Cross. detecting a
movement of the enemy to turn the
left flank, led the 5th y. H. forward,
and after several severe volleys drove
the enemy back. The enemy was re-
inforced, and renewed the fight. when
the S1st Pa. went to the assistance of
the 5th N H and drove the enemy
back. The 5th n. II. captured the
colors of the 4th d. C. The enemy was
everywhere driven from the front,
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
CALDWELL'S BRIGADE AT ANTE.
TAM
Aggressive Fiehting-Heavy Losse,

Aggressive Fiehting-Heavy LOSSES.
Editor National Tribune: Will you
Kindly publish a sketch of the services
of the First Brigade, First Division.
Second Corps, at Antietam. I have
never seen any account of what the 5th
n. H. and other regiments of that bri-
gade did there.-J. C. s. Twitcheli
Captain, Co. II, 5th n. H, Williams
burg, Va.
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
DEAFNESS CURED
By New Discovery
81 have demon
stra { ted that
deafness can be
cured. DIR. Guy
clifford Powell.

The secret of how TO the mysterious and fnvs'
be nature forces for the of Deafness and Heac
Noises has last been discovered by the famous
Physician Scientist. DIR. Guy Clifford Powell Deaf
and Head Noises disappear if by magic under
the use of this new and wonderful discovery. He will
send all who suffer from Deafness and Head Noises
full Information how they can be cured. absolutely
free, no matter how long they have been deaf or
what caused their deafness This marvellous Treat
ment Is simple. natural and certain that you will
wonder why 1t not discovered before. Investi-
gators ns:onishcd, and cured patients themselves
marvel Mt the quick results. Any deaf person can
have full Information how to be cured quickly and
cured stay cured home without investing cent
Write today pr. Guy Clifford Powell. 1858 Bank
Bldg. Peora. ILL., and get full information OF this new
and wonderful discovery absolutely free.
The National tribune., 1908-09-24

Rest is a sealed mystery TO many
women. To be sure, with the Infinite
number of duties that they must attend
to thru the day. there Is little chance to
devote much time to its development
Yet the very fact that Intervals of doing
nothing are short and few is the more
reason that woman should know how
to get the most from. them.
Rest is not merely doing nothing
with the hands and keeping the feet
still. Almost the greater part of it is In
relaxing the nerves and mind. When
The National tribune., 1908-09-24

While ounces are at their best
ounce custard is i'm order. Rub the
fuZz off the fruit with a. coarse cloth.
Slice the ounces. saving seeds and cores.
and stew gently in water to cover until
very tender. Strain thru a jelly bag.
Measure out pint of Juice. add to it
FIVE ounces of sugar. boil and pour over
the yolks of 10 well-beaten eggs while
hot, stirring all the time. Pour back
iEto a hot bowl. set this in a dish of
boiling water and stir over the fire until
the custard begins to thicken. Pour
into glasses, chill and serve
The National tribune., 1908-09-24
Edwards Kidney Pills.

So positive in regard TO EDWARDS KID
NEY AND BLA ADDER PILLS that we will mail to
sufferers Of these complaints for Csc silver regular
Soc bor-once ony-that they may try them. Send
at once. Money back If not satisfied. l. E Edwards
Mfg Chemist Box A, SO Pascoag. r. l.
The daily sentinel., 1908-03-30
1T is THE GREATEST
OF ALL GREAT TRAGEDIES.

"Of all Shakespeare's historical
plays" says Coleridge, Antony and
Cleopatra" Is by far the most won
derful." He again says, assigning it
a place even higher than that of be-
ing the most wonderful of the his
torical plays, ''the highest praise, or
rather, form of praise, of this play.
which / can offer in my own mind,
is the doubt which the perusal al
ways occasions in me whether the
Antony and Cleopatra Is not, in all
exhibitions of a giant power in its
strength and vigor of maturity,
formidable rival of Macbeth, Lear,
Hamlet, and Othello." The epithet
wonderful" is unquestionably the
right one to apply to this drama. 1t
is too vast. too gorgeous, to be ap-
preached without some prostration
of the understanding. 1t pours such
flood on MONDAY splendor upon
our senses, that We cannot gaze upon
it steadily. We have read 1t again
and again; and the impression which
it leaves again and again Is that of
wonder"
A spectacular revival of this most
wonderful historical play will be
presented by Mr.. Charles B. Hanford
during the present season. AS Marc
Antony, he offers a worthy sequel to
his performance of the same char
acter in Julius Caesar" which will
be of great interest to the student
and equally interesting and enter
tanning to the theatregoer who pa
tronizes the theatre for an evenings
entertainment only. The Antony of
this play must be recorded as anoth-
er addition of his successes in the
great characters of Shakespeare
Cleopatra, that rare Egyptian Queen,
who pursed up the heart of Marc
Antony at their first meeting upon
the river of Cydnus; whom every
thing becomes to chide, to laugh, to
weep" will be in the hands of that
excellent actress, Miss Alice Wilson.
A gorgeous setting of Egyptian
and Roman scenery. a ballet of dane
ing girls and chorus of youth and
beauty. beautifully and character
istically costumed, pictures and
pleasing electric effects of the many
features introduced to add to the
interest and realism of the play.
On Monday. April 6, an oppor-
tunity will be afforded to see Mr..
Hanford's presentation of Antony
and Cleopatra" at the Park opera
house.