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The National tribune., 1909-12-23
The Battle of Cold HarbOr.

James McCarty, Sandy Hill, n. Y,
formerly on Gen. Marston's staff, says
that the criticism of Charles Porter
that the battle of Cold Harbor was the
worst planned of the war does not go
far enough. 1t was a battle without a
plan. Gen. Grant says in his Memoirs
that he regretted having ordered the
charge in which 10000 brave men on
our side fell in less than 20 minutes.
There was no possible chance under the
conditions that the Confederates could
have lost 800 men in the fight The
same criticism is true of the assault on
the heavy breastworks at Petersburg.
Sheridan says that he leaves the ques-
ton of the wisdom of ordering the
charge to the future historian.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
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by One Who Had It

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edy after remedy, and doctor after doc
tor, but such relief as l received was
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The National tribune., 1909-12-23
The 9Th Wis. Was There.

Jeremiah Sheldon, Fort Montgomery,
N. Y, wants to inform the comrades
and some other regiments that the 5th
Wis. was around generally and did
some things as well as they. His regi-
ment led the charge on Marye's Hights
and his company entered the charge
with 4! and came out with 81, and as
the result of his participation he was
treated to ride in the ambulance. He
feels proud also of the 9Th Me-. which
the 5th Wis. was always proud to lead
-Dr follow
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
PENSIONS, PAY, BOUNTY

Bureau
1864 by Milo
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
Reeds Bridge.

Addison Tanquary. seth ILL.,, Spar
land, ILL.,, says that Comrade Braley is
wrong in saying that Reeds Bridge was
not burnt before the battle of Chicka-
mauga. History says that Dan Nc
Cooks Brigade was sent on the evening
of Sept. Is to Reeds Bridge and burnt
it, and stayed near the place all night
and the next morning and opened the
battle. Comrade Tanquary was there,
and knows that Cos. I and B Of his
regiment were on picket duty that
night. The next morning they had
quite q skirmish, in which Co. B lost
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
ADDRESSES WANTED

WANTED-wm any member or the o.,
reg N Y State Militia, who knew Timothy
Skeuy OF Co: F. please send their name to
6riinothy skeily, SSs E. 18th St., New York
City?
WANTED-The addresses of survivors of Co.
A, lst La Cav, and Co. II, I'd La Cav de-
tached, NJ v Bannon, Co. n. National Mill
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
\ March Thru the CarOlinas

Z. b. Fisher, Sergeant, 23d Mo-,
Florence Kan, corrects Comrade Cline
as to the time of leaving Savannah.
Comrade Fisher had charge of a de-
tail of q men guarding the water
works at Savannah, from which duty
they We're relieved Jan. Is. 1865, and
on or about the 10th or 18th went to
Jasper Springs, camping there two
days. Then they went to Sisters Fer
ry, where they remained until the
morning of Feb. 2, when they crossed
the Savannah River into South Caro-
lima He remembers that part well, as
he said - South Carolina" when he
first set foot on her soil. After that
they waded rivers and swamps and
made corduroy roads all the time. They
left Fayetteville about March IS. 1t
was raining and dark, and Gen. Baird
had dismounted and was sitting on the
bank of the creek, when an orderly
came riding back and said: Where in
- is old Baird2" Gen. Baird an
swered: Here l am, sitting looking at
the ground" After crossing the creek
they went into camp on low ground,
where they had to break off pine
boughs to make beds. They reached
Goldsboro after the Bentonville fight,
and left Goldsboro April TO- After the
surrender of Johnston the army
marched to Washington, and his regi-
ment was finally mustered out at Lou
isville.
The Hist y. Y.
Capt. VIM. Merrill. Santa Clara, Cal,
says that Capt. Baldwin did not COM
mand the 141st n. Y. from the Atlanta
campaign thru Georgia and the Caro-
linas. Capt Baldwin was detailed for
duty in Elmira, n. Y, soon after the
battle of Peach Tree Creek leaving
Capt. Merrill in command, which he.
held all thru the Sherman movements
until the surrender Lieu5.-Col. jas.
c. Beecher commanded after Col. Hath
way resigned, and vas succeeded by
John W. Divinny, who ''esiSne1 June ],
1863, and was succeeded by Col. Logic,
who commanded the regiment all thru
the Atlanta campaign up TO the battle
of Peach Tree Creek. where he wos
killed and Lieut.-Col. A. J. McNett lost
his right arm. Maj. Clanharty was
shot thru the thigh, and Adi't Sawyer
was shot thru both thighs leaving
Capts. Merrill and Baldwin. who were
detailed and ordered on duty irn,ne-
diately after the battle. which left Mer-
rill in command, which he held up to
Raleigh, n. c.. where Col. McITett
Joined the regiment after Lees surren-
der. Capt. Merrill was brevctted Ma
jor by President johnson to cover the
time he was in command of the rcgi-
ment.
The National tribune., 1909-12-23

Please your wife! Stop growing
Old 30 fast! Make your mus
taehe a rich brown or black with
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
18th Ind. at the Stone Wall.

at the stone wall, Wnen Col. CdrrOll
rode up, and being informed that the
enemy in front were not returning our
fire, but there was some firing on our
left flank, he ordered the firing to cease.
The 7th w. Va. was then brought
from our right and formed facing north,
from whence the firing came, and gall
lantly drove the enemy from the stone
wall from which they were firing. The
9TH W. Va. remained at that point, fac
ing the north, until next morning. The
18th Ind. came up on the line of the
. stone wall a short distance north of
where the markers were located. The
walnut tree that stood on the line of
the 14th Ind. for more than 25 years
after the battle, and the only tree along
the line, was at the center of the right
wing of the regiment when the regi-
nnent arrived at the stone wall, and it
was at that point that Col. Carroll came
on the line. 1 remember this very dis
tinctly, for the reason that my proper
place on the line was at the center of
the right wing of the regiment, and on
the morning of the Sd / was congratu-
lating myself that / could be in the
shade of that tree, and yet be at my
proper place on the line. But early on
the morning of the Sd an order came to
us to move to the right short distance,
SO as to give room for the 7th W. Va.
On our left, and the line was moved to
walnut tree still being on the line of
the 14th Ind, but near the left of the
regiment. The regiment remained On
this last line until July S.
! have not been on the battlefield
since the markers for the 7th w. Va.
were located, and do not know where
they were placed, but the right of the
9TH W. Va. should be at the left of the
14th Ind. Capt David f. BEEN, of the
14th Ind, with assistance of Col
Bachelor, located the markers of the
18th Ind, and il was done correctly.
In the article of Oct. 81 there is a
criticism of Mai. William Houghton, in
regard TO CAPT Ricketts,. l do not re-
call Maj. HoughtOn's letter published in
Mr.. Buell's book, THE Cannoneer," but
assuming II to read as Mr.. Sweetland
says it would not indicate that Capt.
Ricketts, was away from his battery, as
the 14th Ind. was within few feet OF
his guns before they made the charge
Maj. Wm. Houghton is the very soul OF
honor, truthful, gallant and courageous
and whatever he said is true. The ] 4th
Ind. soldiers believe that the country
furnished no more gallant or efficien,
officer than Capt. Ricketts,, and Maj
Houghton would not for a moment
think otherwise.
AS some of the correspondents claim
that Carrolfs Brigade did not arrive al
Cemetery Hill until after the repuIse
of the enemy, IT might be instructive Ia
them to read Capt. Ricketts's report OF
the part his battery took in the battle
Ricke.ts's Report.
He says: "At about p. m. a heavy
column of the enemy charged on my
battery, and succeeded in capturing and
spiking my left piece. The cannoneers
The National tribune., 1909-12-23

,W'ANTED-About 30 or 35 years ago there
lVed In some mining locality in or near Pitts
Durg, "a, family named Benton Mr. BEN
TONS daughter (whose name was Lizziel mar
rled an ex-soldier named Asel HyseI, (aIias
Shas. Jones)- now deceased. late a private in
GO. Z, 5th Regt Iowa Inf Vols. Lizzie Is now
entitled to a widows pension, IL living and un-
married and not divorced; otherwise, the last
Mire OF the soldier Is entitled to pension Mr
Hysell and Mr.. Benton were both coal miners
Any information of Lizzie Benton HyseIl will
De thankfully received by soldiers widow
Address Sarah Hysell. Box i64, Middleport, o.
WANTEp-The addresses Of comrades of Co.
=. 1sth Ill. Vols, who remember L. D. May
hush' OF above company. Mrs. A. E. Gale
more, Walnut Ridge, Ark
WANTED-The address of q soldier of q
New YORK regiment by the name of Ruben
Rinesmith. John Chamberlin. Aulroy, Pa
WANTED-INFoRMATI lady brought
up by Louisa Firder desires to learn of her
relatives Anyone knowing in Indiana and
IN 1854 or since John Toliver, Ruben Toliver
Nancy Ioliver. or Amos Wilson, or any OF
tneir relatives, please write to George n
Maxwell, 4oi N. Main St, ROCKFORD, Colo
The National tribune., 1909-12-23
Ricke.ts's Report.

He says: 'At about 8 D. m. a heavy
column of the enemy charged on my
battery, and succeeded in capturing and
spiking my left piece. The cannoneers
Fought them hand-to-hand with hand
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sWWaTaA FOR Tt1E PI.M >
- M
ND1STQKMKNrSVlIzg -
94@a1

using a disk. Of course, there may
be some instances where light horses
will have the advantage, as, for in
stance, when drawing a harrow or
weeder. But the number of instances
when the light horses of the farm
will do work as well as heavy horses
are comparatively few. Very much
will depend upon the kind of land
and upon the nature of the farming
that is being carried on, but on nearly
all kinds of soils good strong horses
will be found preferable to those of
light weights. On clay farms 1t is
simply indispensable to keep horses
able to do work that calls for much
strength to do it properly. This ques-
ton is sufficiently important to en-
gage the attention of those who ap-
~parently have not thought Of it, or
having thought of it have not been
duly Influenced by its great impor-
tance.-Weekly Witness.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-11-03
False Pride.

Wilbur Wright was discussing the
splendid work of the Wright aero
planes at Rheims last month.
my pupils" he said, Laughing
didn't have to display the false PRIDE
of old Jack Rogers Of Dayton.
1--WE c had a walking race from
Pleasant Hill through West Union,
Milton and Trotwood to Dayton. Jack
Rogers in his prime had walked well,
but he was now getting on. He
shouldn't have entered. Before West
Union was reached Jack began to lag,
and at Trotwood he was very far be-
hind indeed.
"The Trotwood boys logged along
beside the old man. They urged him
on warmly. .
eco it, they said. Step out!
You've still got a chance, Jack. Put
some ginger into it and you'll win
yet
Jack frowned and waved the boys
aside. He said haughtily as he
plodded on:
"'Git out! Git away! I don't be-
long to that squad in front. I'm the
first of another relay behind. -
Washington Star.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

There is a divine depth in silence.
Robertson.
In all things let reason be your
guide.-Solon.
A mar is an indulgent censor to
himself.-Latin.
Sorrows remembered sweeten pres
ent joy.-Pollok.
Let us have faith that right makes
might.-Lincoln..
Circumstances! I make circum-
stances.-Napoleon.
Necessity is stronger than human
nature.-Dionysius.
Striking manners are bad manners.
The Rev. Robert Hall.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but
industry all easy.-Franklin.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord and
He will sustain thee.-The Psalmlst.
Censure is the tax a man pays to
the public for being eminent.-SWift.
When you have written a wrathful
letter-put it in the stove.-Lincoln.
There are pleasures in madness
known only to madmen.-Dr. John-
son..
Idleness is more an infrmity OF the
mind than the body.-Le Rochetou-
calf.
It's usually the man who seeks to
do others that gets stung.-Sllent
Partner.
God has given US tongues thai we
may say something pleasant to our
fellow men.-Heine.
He who has to swallow his own
words has plenty of food for thought.
Florida Times-Union.
The surest proof of being endowed
with noble qualities is to be free from
envy.-La Rochefoucalt.
He who has conferred a kindness
should be silent; he who has received
one should speak Of it.-Seneca.
7 would rather be able to appre-
ciate things I cannot have than to
have things I am not able to appre-
ciate.-Anon.
He only is advancing in life whose
heart is getting softer, whose blood
warmer, whose brain quicker, whose
spirit is entering into living peace
Ruskin.
The mar who regards suffering as
the greatest evil in the world cannot
be brave; even so he who sees the
highest bliss in satisfying his appetite
cannot be temperate.-Cicero.
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Worlds Busiest
) Region. I


About the busiest industrial region
on earth is the lowland of England
from Lancashire and the Mersey Riv-
er on the west to Newcastle-on-Tyne
In the northwest. Here are scores OF
cities and towns, the home of the
textile industries, the potteries, the
great shops busy with iron and steel
and other raw materials, manufac-
turing goods of high value for a mar
ket as wide as the earth. Over all
this lowland hangs a black pail OF
soft coal smoke, the landscape stud
ded with the tall spouting chimneys.
For all this endless activity in RAN
ufacture is wholly due to the location
in these lowlands of f%abulously rich
deposits of coal. Coal for a century
and a half has been a magical bank
account in Great Britain, bringing in
to existence these great artisan popu-
lations, making demands on every
continent for the metals and timber
and textile fbers for the busy mills,
and then calling on the farms and
ranges of America, the Argentine and
other new lands, for the bread and
meat to feed these industrial millions.
Of all this textile territoy, Manches-
ter is the central market and clearing
house. In the Manchester exchange
1T towns are represented, eleven OF
them having a population of 100000
or over.-The World To-day.
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About Butter.Makinc,

A lady who seems to know a good
deal about practical dairy matters
contributes the following items to the
Farm Journal: ..i
Sprinkle the salt in the butter and
let it stand one-half hour and then
work.
You will find all the salt dissolved
and the butter will be moist and have
plenty of grain:
Many people work butter too much.
1t should be pressed together. Never
use a rubbing motion.
If worked as soon as sailed the but
ter will be dry, as all the water will
be worked out, will consequently
weigh less and the flavor will not be
SO fine.
If butter is to be used at once one
washing is sufficient; if it is to be
kept a long time wash two OF three
times.
Never churn until the last added
cream has been mixed tWenty-four
hours in winter.
Churn in a room as near sixty de-
grees as possible. Never in a very
hot or a very cold Never fill
the churn more than half full.
Never attempt to churn without
using a thermometer.
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Soils Are Improving.

Declaring that the worlds soils are
to-day a greater storehouse of fertil-
ity than they v e we're, Professor
Milton Whitney, chief of the Soils Bu-
reau in the Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington. D. c., in a bulletin
just issued, takes a stand in direct
opposition to the view of many writ
ers that soils are gradually wearing
out.
Professor Whitney states that a
study of the record for the last forty
years will show that the average Of
crops is increasing, particularly in
the older States, where the soil has
been worked the longest. There has
been, he states, a increase of two
bushels in the average yield of wheat
per acre in the last forty years, al
though the yield of cornhas decreased
one-half a bushel.
"The soils Of New England have
materially increased in yields of corn
and wheat during forty years." says
the professor, "but, what is more
startling, they r producing consid-
erably heavier yields than the soils of
the Mississippi River States"
He adds that an examination, of the
records shows that the leading Euro
pean nations are not only producing
greater crops now than at an earlier
period, but the crops are larger than
those produced by the comparatively
new soils of the United States.
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Bee Scouts.

Swarms Of bees are sometimes cons
pelled TO take refuge in remarkaple
shelters. A peculiar and instructive
instance was observed by the writer
in the spring of 1908. The swarm
flew over a large vineyard which con-
tanned few buildings. One OF these
buildings was constructed of hollow
concrete blocks. The swarm flew
directly toward a small hole in one or
the blocks and disappeared in the in
terror. No doubt tho swarm mad
rested on a tree or shrub on the pre-
ceding day and had sent out scouts
to seek a home.
The ;couts found the little hole
leading into the great cavity Of the
concrete block and reported their dis
covery to their comrades. This case
furnishes indisputable proof that
swarming bees really send out scouts,
as they are believed to d., for the
little hole could not have been dis
covered in the rapid and lofty flight
of the swarm.-Scientific American.
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Grass Fed Reef.

Professor Humford in referring to
his six months observations while in
Argentina, South America, says that
very fine herds Of cattle are produced
in Argentina without a mouthful of
grain. These cattle are fed simply
grass and alfalfa and were never in a
stable. He saw breeding cattle in
extra fine flesh on alfalfa pasture.
Grass fed mutton has gone from
Argentina to London market too fat
to sell. On one ranch Of 100000
acres there are 1850 cattle, 10000
sheep and 1000 horses-all market
fat without a pound of grain. Most
of the cattle. country is fiat and level
and the climate is ideal for growing,
as billiards. and severe weather are
unknown.
Argentina IS a real competitor Of
the United States and has during the
past three years shipped considerable
more beef to Great Britain than has
our own country. The beef car be
delivered in London from Argentina
as cheaply as it can from Chicago.
Our beef growers have not awak-
ened to the dangerous competition Of
the South American country, but the
facts are indisputable. Our great
ranges have practically disappeared
and new methods of beef raising are
coming into practice. But still bet
ter methods must be adopted, else it
will be impossible for our farmers to
raise cattle probably on our high
priced lands in competition with our
southern competitors.
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PATENTS :s's 49, e; CO. g: :. s'is:
The southerner and Corn.

The Southerner feeds himself, his
pigs and his progeny upon corn. He
slept In his frontiersman's cabin
upon a mattress made Of the husks.
To-day he contributes some OF ita
pith to the manufacture of guncotton
with which to blow the enemy to
Beelzebub, and some more OF 1t to the
manufacture of cellulose to pack be-
hind the armor of his country's bait
tleships to prevent them from sink
ing when %projectiles pierce their,
plates. He p~lants>corn as early IN the
springtime as the season will permit:
and gets up at dawn to go into the
fields and tickle its. spreading rootG
with a double-shove1 plow. In mid
winter he smokes his corncob pipe be-
fore a corncob fire. Looking intota
bed of glowing embers, through a
blue haze of the smoke OF incense.
burned to Mondamin, he returns
thanks for the cornmeal in the cup
board and dreams happily OF the
"ros'n ear" of the golden summer TO
come. His appreciation Of the value
of Indian corn is high. His affection
for it in its various forms is abiding.
Louisville ,Courier-Journal.
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American vs.. European Guns.

The weapons of Continental Eu-
rope, England and America are all
constructed on similar lines. of iden"
teal quality of steel and wood, have
the same systems Of choking and bor-
ing and the character Of workmanship
is not essentially different.
There are minor variations, OF
course, dictated by taste and habit.
Europe tends to multiplicity Of lock"
ing devices. America to simplicity.
But the one American rotary bolt is
stronger and more lasting than the
quintuale fastening Of foreign arms.
American and English guns are alike
noted for their perfection of balance,
beauty of outline and severe SIMPLE
ity of scroll engraving.
Continental! Europe tends to for
idity of ornamentation with the most
artistic pictorial effects in engraving
and wood cutting. Personally, I pre-
fer the pictorial in ornamentation,
but that is merely a matter of taste.
One thing the. American manufac-
turer can and does do, he can give
you as much gun for 500 as Europe
can for 5000. Grade for grade, it
will be found on examination that
there is very little to choose between
an American gun costing $50 and an
imported arm at 500. If money is
no object, then exercise your fancy
in absolute confidence that a beauti-
full and satisfactory arm car be OBJ
tanned either at home or abroad
Charles Askins, il Outing.
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Hog Feeding Test.

One of the State experiment sta.
lions has made a careful test in feed.
ing hogs certain foods, and gives the
results in the following summary.
1. That 1t required eighteen per
cent. more barley by weight than corn
to produce the same gain in feeding
pigs when both grains were fed in the
proportion of four parts of grain to
one of shorts by weight. =.
2. That it is profitable to feed bar
ley to hogs if pork is selling at an
average price.
8. That the carcasse Of the pigs
fed barley and shorts showed a great
er distribution of lean and firmer flesh
than the carcasses Of pigs fed corn
and shorts.
4. That pgis fed on corn and
shorts will dress a higher per cent.
than pigs fed on barley and shorts.
S. That cross bred Yorkshire
Berkshires made more grain than the
other cross brcds or pure breds used
in this trial.
Another test at feeding other foods
is given as follows: .....'..
/. We can conclude from the re.
suits Of this trial that ground reject
ed wheat is capable of producing good
gains when fed to swine in connection
with shorts.
q. In comparison with corn it re.
quires S.9 per cent. more rejected
wheat than corn to produce the same
gains. ,ar
8. The quality Of pork produced is
even better than that produced by
corn. lao"
4. If pork is selling for a reason
able price a fairly good price may be
expected from feeding the rejected
wheat to swine.