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and the Federal force found here and
at Talley's, mile farther west. was
the 18th Corps. under Gen. O. o. How
ard. Gen. Fitz Lee, with cavalry scouts.
had advanced until he had a view of the
position OF Howard's corps 0he 18th of
Hooker's army and found them unsus-
picious of attack.
x =
Reaching the Orange plank road. Gen.
jackson himself rode with Fitz Lee to
reconnoiter the position of Howard, and
then sent the Stonewall Brigade of Vir-
ginia troops. under Brig. Gen. Paxton. to
hold the point where the Germanna plank
road obliquely enters the Orange road.
Leading the main column Of his force
farther on the Block road to the old turn
pike. the head of the column turned
sharply eastward toward Chancellors-
willie.
About mile had been passed. when
jackson halted and began the disposition
Of his forces to attack Howard. Rodes'
division, at the head of the column, was
thrown into line of battle, with Coll
stons forming the second line and A. P.
Hills the third. while the artillery. UNI
der Col. Staieton Crutchfield. moved
in column on the road or was parked
in a field on the right. The well trained
s,kirmishers of Rodes' division under
Maj. Eugene Blackford. were thrown to
the front.
1t must have been between 5 and 6
o'clock in the evening, Saturday. May 2,
when these dispositions were completed
Upon his stout-built. long-paced little sor-
rel. Gen. Jackson sat. with visor low
over his eyes and lips compressed. and
with his watch in his hand. Upon his
right sat Gen. Robert E. Rodes, the very
picture of a soldier, and every inch all
that he appeared. Upon the right Of
Rodes sat Maj. Blackford.
"Are you ready. Gen. Rodes?" said
Jackson
the advance.
You can go forward them" said Jack
son.
a nod from Rodes was order enough
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sleeping at the foot of tree covered
only with his army cloak.
X
As aroused the sleeper he slowly
sat up on the ground and said: "Ah. cap
tain, you have returned, have you? Come
here and tell me what you have learned
on the right Laying his hand on me. he
drew me down by his side. and, passing
his arm around my shoulder, he drew
me near to him in fatherly way that
told of his warm and kindly heart.
When l had related such Information
as / had secured for him he thanked me
for accomplishing his commission, and
then said he regretted that the young men
about Gen. jackson had not relieved him
Of annoyance by finding battery of the
enemy which had harassed our advance,
adding that the young men of that day
were not equal to what they were when
he was a young man. Seeing immediately
that he was jesting and disposed to rally
me. as he often did young officers,
broke away from the hold on me which
he tried to retain, and, as he laughed
heartily through the stiffness of the
night, I went off to make a bed Of my
saddle blanket and. with my head in my
saddle near my horses feet, was soon
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HP RESIDENT TAFT is constellation

"P RESIDENT TAFT is conscientious
golfer, and he often brings out q.
point with golf story
The speaker, a western representative,
smiled and resumed:
Once, when l had failed in an ovsr-
ambitious undertaking. President Taft
told me / reminded him of Bunker.
Bunker, he explained, was playing golf
on new course. AS he prepared to tee
off. he said to his caddy:
This seems very easy hole to ma
l should say a drive and a putt would be
about right for this hole, Ell. caddy?"
Yes, sir. said the caddy, ii you're in
good form, sir
But Bunker wasn't In good FORM His
drive sent up a half ton OF earth, and the
ball rolled about three yards.
Now. sir said his caddy, now for 4
good putt
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BATTLES and leaders Or the CIVIL NlAR}KKKHz
STONEWALL JACKSONS LAST BATTLE.

wrapped in the heavy slumber of a
wearied soldier.
ened by the chill of the early morning
hours, and, turning over, caught
glimpse of a little flame on the slope
above me-. and sitting up to see what 1,
meant. l saw, bending over scant fire
of twigs, two men seated on old cracker
boxes and warming their hands over the
little fire. / had but to rub my eyes and
collect my wits to recognize the figures
of Robert f. Lee and StoneWan Jackson
Who can tell the story of that quiet coun-
Gil of war between two sleeping armies ?
Nothing remains on record to tell OF
plans discussed. and dangers weighed,
and a great purpose formed. but the story
of the great day SO soon to follow.
It was broad daylight. and the thick
beams of yellow sunlight came through
the pine branches, when some one touch
ed me rudely with his foot, saying: Get
up, Smith, the general wants you!' AS
l leaped to my feet the rhythmic click OF
canteens of marching infantry caught my
ear. Already in motion! What could it
mean?
In a moment I was mounted and at the
side of the general, who sat on his horse
by the roadside, as the long line of our
troops cheerily, but in silence as directed,
poured down the Furnace road. His
cap was pulled low over his eyes, and.
looking up from under the visor, with
lips compressed, indicating the firm pur-
pose within, he nodded to me. and In brief
and rapid utterance, without a super
fuous word, as though all were distinct
ly formed in his mind and beyond ques-
ton, he gave me orders for our wagon
and ambulance trains. My orders having
been delivered and the trains set in mo-
ton, l returned to the site of our nights
bivouac, to find that Gen. Jackson and
his staff had followed the marching col
umn.
Slow and tedious is the advance of
mounted officer who has to pass in mar
row wood roads through dense thickets
the packed column of marching infantry.
to be recognized all along the line and
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division, with Barksdale's brigade. to
hold the old lines from Hamilton Cross
ing along the rear of Fredericksburg.
BY the light of a brilliant moon at
midnight, that passed into an early
dawn of dense mist, the troops were
moved out of sight of the enemy and
about IL am. of Friday, May l.. they
reached Anderson's position, confronting
Rockers advance from Characteristic,
near the Tabernacle Church, on the Plank
road. To meet the Army of the Poto-
mas. under Hooker, Gen. Lee had of all
arms about 10000 men.
At the Tabernacle Church, about four
miles east of Charlottesville, the OPP
posing forces met and brisk skirmish-
ing began. On Friday Jackson. reaching
Anderson's position, took command Of the
Confederate advance and urged on his
skirmish line under Brig. Gen. Ramseur
with great vigor. How the muskets rat
tied along a front of mile or two, across
the unfenced fields and through the wood
lands! What spirit was impaired to the
line and what cheers rolled along its
length when Jackson, and then Lee him.
self. appeared riding abreast of the line
along the Plank road! Slowly but stead
lily the line advanced. until at nighfall
all Federal pickets and skirmishers were
driven back upon the body of Rockers
force at Charlottesville.
Here we reached a point. a mile and
a half from Hooker's lines where
road turns down to the left and here
at the fork of the roads Gen. Lee and
Gen. Jackson spent the night. resting on
the pine straw, curtained only by the
close shadow of the pine forest. A little
after nightfall I was sent by Gen. Lee
upon an errand to Gen. A. p. Hill. on the
stone turnpike mile or two north. and.
returning some time later with informa-
tion of matters on our right, found Gen.
Jackson retired to rest and Gen. Lee
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Untitled.

HENRY e. D1XEY at q supper at Del
4 monico's condemned a Broadway
production wherein the hero's part was
i'll cast.
"Footlite is good actor said Mr.
Dixey, land in this part he does his best.
but, by Jove. doesn't he remind you of q
man trying to play a Tschatkovsky SYM.
phony on Q typewriter
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Influence of Gardening as an Exercise.

carried on at the Blow School, loth
street northeast. and at 18th street
northeast; also at the Sumner School I'm
the northwest Last year the Peoples
Gardens Association co-operated in start
ing children's gardens at the Georgetown
end of the speedway. where 200 were In
active operation. Upward Of $50 large
gardens were established at Rosedale in
the northeast. and twenty at Friendship
House in the southeast, and more ground
and money is urgently needed. Ii does
not appear possible to do too much along
these lines. as ii is the most important
part OF child's education, and the
greater the opportunities for children to
use some of their energies in gardening
the less will be the need for reform
schools and prisons.
ARTHUR SMITH,
Garden Manager the Peoples Gardeaa
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Dr. Harvey Black. Here We found q
tent prepared. and after midnight the
left arm was amputated near the
shoulder and a ball taken from the
right hand.
All night long it was mine to watch
by the sufferer and keep him warmly
wrapped and undisturbed in his sleep.
At 9 am. on the next day MAY 81.
when he aroused, cannon firing again
filled the air. and all the Sunday
through the fierce battle ragged, Gen.
]. E. B. Stuart commanding the Con-
federates In Jackson's place. A dis
patch was sent to the commanding
general to announce formally his dis
ability-tidings Gen. Lee had received
during the night with profound grief.
There came back the following note:
General: I have just received your
note informing me that you were wounded
] cannot express my regret at the occur
renee. Could I have directed events i
should have chosen. for the good Of the
country, to have been disabled in your
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Selfish Man.

NT INCLE JOE CANNON, in a recent
~ interview in Danville, was talking
about the so-called hardships OF the Gus
toms laws.
After all, considering the splendid rev.
enue they bring in. these laws indict very
slight hardships," he said. 1.-The trouble
is we look at hardships selfishly.''
He smiled
"A man." he said. will growl a lot
about having his rest disturbed by q
baby, but he doesn't make complaint
when it's too much lobster and cham
payne that keeps him awake"
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good-naturedly chaffed by many a gay
spirited fellow: Say. here's one of Old
Jacks little boys: let him by, boys!" in
the most patronizing tone. Have a
good breakfast this morning. sonny?'
Better hurry up or you'll catch it for
getting behind" Tell Old Jack we're
all a'comin." Don't let him begin the
fuss till we get thar And SO on, until
about 3 pm, after a ride Of ten miles
OF tortuous road. / found the general
seated on a stump by the Brock road,
writing this dispatch:
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7 daybreak on the
morning of the 10Th
Of April, 1863,
sleeping in our
I e n t s at corps
headquarters, near
Hamiltons Cross
ing, Va, we were
aroused by Maj.
Samuel Hale of
Early's staff, with
the stirring news
Federal troops were
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for Blackford, and then suddenly the
woods rang with the bugle call, and back
came the responses from bugles on the
right and left, and the long line of skir-
mishers. through the wild thicket of un-
dergrowth, sprang eagerly to their work.
followed promptly by the quick steps OF
the line of battle For a moment all the
troops seemed buried in the depths of
the gloomy forest. and then suddenly the
echoes walked and swept the country for
miles, never failing until heard at the
headquarters of Hooker at Chancellors-
ville-the wild rebel yelr' of the long
Confederate lines.
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Near 3 pm,
May 2, 1858.

Near pm,
May 2, 1858.
General:
The enemy has made a stand at
Chancellor's which is about two miles
from Charlottesville. l hope as soon
as practicable to attack.
] trust that an ever kind Providence
will bless US with great success.
Respectfully,
T. J. Jackson.
Gen. r. f. Lee. Lieut.. Gen.
The leading division Is up, and the
next two appear to be we'll closed.
T. J. ].
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Never was assault delivered with grand
err enthusiasm "Old Jack was there
upon the road in their midst: there could
be no mistake and no failure.
Alas. for Howard and his Uniformed
lines, and his brigades with guns stacked,
and officers at dinner or asleep under the
trees, and butchers deep in the blood of
beeves. Scattered through field and forest,
his men were preparing their evening
meal A little show Of earthwork facing
the south was quickly taken by us in
reverse from the west. Flying battalions
are not flying buttresses for an army's
stability.
Across Ta1ley's fields the rout begins
Over at Hawkins Hill. on the north Of
the road, Carl Schurz makes a stand.
soon to be driven into the same hopeless
panic BY the quiet Wilderness Church
in the vale, leaving wounded and dead
everywhere, by Melzi Chancellors, on
into the deep thicket again. the Confed-
crate lines pressed forward-now broken
and all disaligned by the density of bush
that tears the clothes away; now hating
to load and deliver volley upon some
regiment or fragment of the enemy that
will not move as fast as others. Thus
the attack upon Hookers flank was
grand success, beyond the most sanguine
expectation.
The writer of this narrative. an aid
de-camp Of JacksOns, was ordered to re-
main at the point where the advance be-
gan, to be center Of communication be-
tween the general and the cavalry on
the TANKS, and to deliver orders to de-
tachments Of artillery still moving up
from the rear. A fine black charger with
elegant trappings, deserted by his owner
and found tied to a. tree became mine
only for that short and eventful night
fall and about pm in the twilight,
thus comfortably mounted I gathered my
couriers about me and went forward to
find Gen. Jackson.
The storm of battle had swept far on
to east and become more and more
faint to the ear, until silence came with
night over the fields and woods. AS l
rode along that Old turnpike, passing
scattered fragments of Confederates look
ing for their regiments, parties of pris-
oners concentrating upon guards. wound
ed men by the roadside and under the
trees at Talley's and Chancellor's I had
reached an open field on the right. a mile
west of Charlottesville, when in the
dusky twilight 1 saw horsemen near an
old cabin in the field.
Turning toward them, found Rodes
and his STAFF engaged in gathering the
broken and scattered troops that had
swept the two miles Of battlefield. Gen
Jackson Is just ahead on the road. cap
tain." said Rodes; tell him 1 will be
here at this cabin If I am wanted"
had not gone a hundred yards before
1 heard firing. shot or two. and then a
company volley upon the right of the
road, and another upon the left. A few
moments farther on I met Capt. Murray
Taylor, an aid of A. p. Hills, with It'd
ings that jackson and Hill were wounded.
and some around them killed, by the fire
Of their own men.
Squirting my horse into sweeping gal
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THE Battle of Chance1-

THE Battle of Chancel-
1 louisville, May "a, 1868,
"Stonewall' Jackson's Last
Battle, Was One of the Most
Important Battles of the Civil
War, Made So Largely by
Jackson's Successful and
Wholly unsupported Flank
Movement Against the Right
Wing of the Union Army
the nth Corps Under Com
mand Of Maj. Gen. 90.
Howard Conducted From
Early Morning Until Late
Afternoon of the Opening
Day of the Actual Battle
With 10000 Men Jackson
Made This Wide Detour, and
How, at the End of 1t, He
Fell Upon the Unsuspecting
Union Troops, Capt. Smith
Tells in the Article-In De-
scribing the Struggle to Carry
His Wounded Chief Off the
Field and Within His Own
Lines Capt. Smith Tells of
a Terrific Artillery Fire That
He and His Companions Had
to Endure-It Was This Ar
tillery Fire Which Served to
Check the Advance of Jack
sons Men After He Had
Fallen, and Gave the Union
Leaders an Opportunity to
Rally Their Shattered Troops.
By the Rev. James Power Smith,
aptain and Assistant Adjutant General on ii
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stead i congratulate you upon the vic
tory which Is due 10 your skill and energy.
Most truly yours. X. r. LEE. General"
When this dispatch was handed to me
at the tent, and l read it aloud. Gen.
Jackson turned his face away and said.
Gen. Lee is very kind, but he should
give the praise to God"
On Monday the general was carried in
an ambulance, by way Of Spottsylvania
Court House. to most comfortable lodg-
ing at Chambers. near Guinea's Station.
on the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac railroad. And here our chief
sank, day by day. with symptoms OF
pneumonia and some pains OF pleurisy.
until at 3:15 pm. on the quiet Sabbath
afternoon, May, 10, 1863, he raised him
self from his bed, saying. mo. no. let N
pass over the river and rest under the
shade Of the trees: and, falling again
to his pillow. he passed away. over the
river. where, in a land where warfare
is not known or feared, he rests forever
under the trees"
Copyright, 1911, by the Century Compalyl
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Mai. Gen. q. y. Howard.
conn nnder Of the l1ta
Corps, Army Of the Pot0-
mac, trying to rally the
men Of the 11th Corps
routed by JacksOn's flank
attack. The presence of
Howard helped materially
To check the rout and re-
form the shattered Union
lines.
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The place mentioned as Chancellor
was also known as DowdalTs Tavern. 1t
was the farm of the Rev. Melzi Chancel
Tor. two miles west Of Charlottesville,
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In England the principals of these
schools report that while boys devote only
half the time to actual indoor study as
those attending the ordinary primary
schools yet the boys in the reform schools
pass through the grades very much quick
er. and. besides. the foundation of a sound
mind in . sound body is at the same time
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By the Rev. James Power Smith,

Captain and Assistant Adjutant General on the
Staf of Gen. Jackson
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lop. 1 soon passed the Confederate line of
battle, and, some three or four rods on
i'm front, found the generals horse beside
a pine sapling on the left, and rod be-
yond little party of men caring for a
wounded officer
The story of the sad event is briefly
told, and, in essentials. very much as 1t
came to me from the lips of the wounded
general himself. and in everything con-
firmed and completed by those who were
eyewtnesses and near companions.
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sleeping at the foot of a tree covered
only with his army cloak.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-01-13
DEMOCRACY UNMASKED.

The democratic members Of the Ma
tional House of Representatives ap-
proach the political fesh-pots Of the
next session, with a smacking of lips
and side-long glance at THE INTER-
ESTs. AS the coming of democracy
into power draws near democratic de-
sire for legislative freedom and hon
esty grows less. Champ Clark and his
"unterrified" followers are suddenly
possessed of an overwhelming desire
to see the Speaker and the majority
organization retain their perstine pow,
er and glory.
On a question of curtailing the Spea.
ker's power by appealing from Uncle
.Joe's decision on a motion recently
practically the entire democratic mem
zhership voted solid!y for Cannon This
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A GOOD THING.

Presdent-elect Horton of the Com
mercial club touches the right spot
when he says Chautauqua is the big
gest single asset Devils Lake posses
ses. He realizes how critical the COM
ing season will be in the continued
growth of this project. Either Chau-
tauQua will go on advancing this year
in spite of adverse conditions, OF 1t
will sink so low that several years of
work and no end of advertising will be
needed to revive
Now is the time for Devils Lake to
get solidly behind a project that
means. money to- every man, woman
and child in the city, let alone the re-
creation, education, and entertainment
which can not be estimated In dol
lars and cents but are worth much in
happiness, progress, and good health.
Let no man lag back when this pro:
position Of subscribing to- furnish a
better, cheaper, and more satisfactory
year than ever before.
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HYEAND Makes HIT

Word from Bismarck, just receFWsd
through local parties vito visited at
the capital during the preliminary
steps Of organizing ting legislature;
states that Representative Frank Fly
land has made splenda0 impression
among his legislative colleagues and
will undoubtedly be given iInpo1tant
committee assignments. Rep: HEland
Joined the prugressives in the organ.
izatdon of tire house ana is in line, for
the. best tire progresszves can give.
Ramsey county made splendid choice
in electing Hyland to- the legislature
and his WORK, we believe; will show fol-
Itself during the coming session Rep
Hy1and has shown his good political
Judgment as. well as his desire. to stand
for clean politics by joining. the pro
gressive forces.
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was the Identical motion carried &
gainst Cannon last year with greaa
whooping and v1rtuous sesf-praise on
the part of Champ Clark ami his Co
horts. Why the change? why do we
see Champ Clark arraying himself
with Uncle Joe and his followers jeer.
ing at the insurgents who have fought
Cannon? Because in a few short
months Clark win stand In the shoes
of Uncle Joe. The democratic organ
ization will control the machinery of
the house. Democratoe bosses will
WELD the whip and direct the steam
roller. It will be different then from
when Cannon was in the chair: Oh,
yes, very, very different. You see the
other fellows will be under the steam
roller and the dems will be handling
the steering wheel. Quite a different
proposition.
1t was all very we'll In the winter
time" of republican rule to shout a.
gainst the power of the speaker and
Champ was some shouter In those
days. But now, No not now. Not
While Champ is Champ and it is no
longer necessary to play politics and
pit the other fellow in the hole.
Champ has a few ideas of his own in
"e~"rd TO the power of the speaker
when Champ is going to be speaker.
Thus democracy shows itself I'M
masked and already an enemy of pro
sressive ideas. The democratic Or
SANITATION is for progress when PRO
gross is good battle cry and the flesh
pots are far away. 1t is a different
story when the fieshpots are near. To
the citizen who wants true progress
the conclusion is being forced home
day by day that the only real hone of
better political conditions lies in the
republican progressive movement.
This movement has stood the test of
adversely and is now proving itself
under the weight of the responsible
ty of power both in state and nation.
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M, fHE N An.


The Search aeht is an advoeats of
progressive politics, progressive Ielsis.
lation and progressive administered ions
Itsdoes not necessarily follow that IL
believes the better element among the,
stalwarts are not in favor Of the SANG
ideas, nor, does it follow that every
man that iss labeAed insurgents or pro-.
gressive can be absolutely relied on Or
trusted. Men. must BE judged BY what
they do and low, and when they do It. /
TIE present legislative assembly win
he judged in that manner after 1t sad.
5eurns and the people have time To
''sun up" the resalts:-Fsspg0 Search
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