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line before deciding upon retreat. All
bridges over the Obion were de-
stroyed. but a swift dart eluded pur-
suit. and after an all-night struggle
/ in mud and ice water-30 men
hitched TO each gun-the river was
crossed.
A : they marched. across their front
swept a Federal force. convinced
that Forrest would try to escape.
Instead of that. he sprang TO the at
tack and won. hut in the very mo-
ment of victory 1000 Yankees crept
up ard ieaped at his back. Even so.
he managed TO escare fought A run
ming fight for eight miles. and made
the river crossing.
For II DAYS he had averaged 20
miles day through rain and snow,
fighting continually; he had killed ana
wounded 500 and made as many prls'
onerS. besides capturing millions IN
supplies: more than this. he had pre-
vented reinforcnments from going to
R,secrans H. Nashville and forced
Grant to fall back from Ntcksburg.
What was sauce for the goose was
sauce for the gander. figured Rose
cvars. and d1shinc Col. Abel Streighi.
with 1000 picked men. was told to
ride to Rome Ga. 10 destroy nrsenals.
supply depots and railroads 50 that
Brarr in Chattanooga. would he cut
on frnm nil communication with At
ianta and Virginia.
Gen. Grenville Dodge and 1900 men
were assig ned tn mask the departure.
hut Forrest with his uncanny gift OF
.Iivination refused to be deceived. and
after actually forcing poor Dodge to
founder ABOUT helplcssly by hewiloar-
Ing thrustw and feints. rushed In par.
suit Of Streight at the head OF i,sso
riders.
Night and day they .spnrred on.
careless of roads. for the fate -sof
Brass's army auivered in the balanee.
AMI at dawn on April 30 their prey
was o,erhau!ed Four days they
fought, and clear across Alabama the
battle ragged Streight turning no
strike savaceiy and then racing on.
Forrest hanging 10 his heels with
hound like t"nacity. food and sleep
forgotten.
Al sunrise on Nav Forrest came
to the Coosa with only 500 men. With
out q cha nee to get fresh horses or
supplies~-for Streight swept clean as
~ ran--more than half OF the South.
erners had fallen by the way. their
mounts exhausted
1ron.framed indomitable. Forrest
drove his faithful few into the stream.
and an hour later they led fat on
Strcightx still smoking breakfast #
Eighteen miles from Rome the
quarry turned for last stand. but
Forrest boldly demanded surrender
after Grazing his usual impression of
superior numbers, and although
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Of Forrest to South Like That of Bruce to Scotland

Out Of 1t came a cOmmlssion a.
lieutenant general, and full comma M
OF ALI the cavalry In Alabama, Ms
stssippi and East Louisiana-great
honors. but empty, for all about him
were hopelessness and disintegration.
With all Of his old IRE. however,
Forrest turned fugitives into defend.
ers. racing from point 10 point, until
Sherman. far away In the Carolfnss.
made angry inquiry az to why the
devil" wasn't hunted down and killed.
When Gen. Wilson set out In March.
riding deep into Alabama at the head
OF 10000 cavalry. superbly mounted
and equipped. II seemed certain that
Shermanis pious wish was TO BE-
gratifed. Not all of Forests wild
daring could avail against such oysr-
whelming odds, and each new day
saw him beaten back. until at last
his force dwindied to 1900 ragged,
starving men.
Time after time his capture seemed
certain. Once he was cut CT from
his command and entirely surrounded.
his sword broken and the hammer
hacked from his pistol. but he lifted
his wounded horse over a wagon a nd
escaped. Wilson was confident thst
he had him at Selma, but. WHEN am.
found a gap in the ring OF besiegers
and slipped away. beaten but free.
Even as he prepared 10 resume tn.
struggle. word came of Appomattox.
followed by reports Of the fall Of
Mobile and Johnston's surrender. and
when Federal commissioner sent
word on May 9 that he was en-
powered to execute paroles, Forrest
bowed his head and shesthed his
sword.
No man had been more furious and
implacahle I'm war, yet not even
Robert Z. Lee was nobier In his &C.
ceptance Of defeat. or In his call for a
peace imprisoned by bitterness and
hate.
Addressing his soldiers for the last
time Forrest said: Il have never. on
the field OF battle. sent YOU where !
was unwilling to 90 myself. nor would
/ now advise you TO course which
felt myself unwilling 10 pursue. You
have bAen good soldiers: you can b.
good Citizens
fCoDyrixht 1921
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| leading 1900 wild riders on the frs
| Of those raids that were 10 maxi
| him famous. Reaching Murfreesbor'
! In the gray of a day. his favorit'
| hour. he struck the sleeping towf
| like "A tornado, capturing Gen Crit
! tenden and his staff aud hundreds o
| prisoners before resistance coult
| form.
Even then he remained outnum
hered. but depioyinc his troops il
such manner az TO create an effect
of thousands. he boldly demanded
surrender TO prevent the unneces.
gary effusion Of blood" II was u
phrase supplied him by his adjutant
and Forrest loved il with an almost
childish JOY in it's bombust.
More than l,10A Federals gave III
their arms. together with supplies val
ued at $500. 000 but while the South
ernerS rejoiced word came that Gen
Nelson was dashing down from Nash
vile with : 500 men
Calmly stepping into wood, so as
to give him free passage. Forrest cut
in behind. smashed ut Nashville IN
nj Gov Andrew Johnson shook the
heavens with his angry alarm. and
then evaded Nelson for a second time
burning bridges. destroying railroads
and capturing outposts and supplies
on his leisurely retreat
Again when Buell. fell hack 10
Louisville. Forrest harried his line
OF march. Ski,lfuily herding him into
position aftep position where Bra Il
could have. struck with every cec-
lainty soi victory, but the. oPport
mites We're not taken
Later he Planned The capture OF
Nashville. but Bragg- called him ~
AS the attack was about To he de-
livered. and even rs Forrest chafcsl
Bragg ordered him tn invade West
Tennessee. IL was n country thick
with Union troops His own force
was 10 be g.lo6 men. poorly mounted
and half equipped. But after one
bitter. despairing protest. Forrest
ciamped his iron jaw and set forth
on the desperate adventure.
Crossing The Tennessee In a leaky
fiat boat. ba soon came into contact
with Col Robert C. incersoll.. and
captured the colonel. two guns. any
number OF rifles and very neccs-
sary quantity of supplies. This done.
ne presented himself before the city
Of Jackson and went through all the
motions OF preparing for an assault
In force.
Having thus given the garrison Of
10000 soldiers something Ia arouse
and ma iniain interest. he slipped
away under cover OF notwithstanding
"a few men behind TO heat drums and
hiow bagieS--and proceeded In cap
lure towns. troops and supplies at
his leisure
Even when the army in Jackson
finally w0ke Mp. Forrest merely kept
on, raIding clear 10 the Kentucky
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when the man with the xpectacies
ordered the chauffeur TO stop The
car drew up Just In front OF a police
man. The man with the spectacies
leaned out OF the open window OF the
car and asked the policeman IL he had
u match. The policeman smilingly
gave him n package OF matches. the
man lighted clgaret and the taxi
sped on until another policeman was
the car and asked for a direction. His
victim sat silently beside him. afraid
To call for help. while the bogus de-
tective seemed quite calm, Arriving
at their destination he ordered the
architect TO pay the fare and accom-.
panied him into the bank. where he
was to receive $4,000. They had
reached the cashiers window. when
one OF the directors Of the hank, who
knew the architect. stepped forward
and spoke Ia him. The architect cried
out:
This man Is a criminal; Say. me
Save me-"
hut the excitement, was too much
for the architect. lie collapsed and
In the general confusion the bogus
detective disappeared. after no had
thrown away his wellkn0wn green
spectacles. a. II to leave his card for
the investigating authorities.
THE case stirred up an unheard.ot
sensation In Budapest, TIE news
papers published columns about the
most recent exploit OF the Man With
the Green Spectacles. rebukink the
police. who seemingly were helpless In
the pursuit Of this notorious criminal.
" no directly challenged them with his
incredible boidness
Who can describe the a.Aakement
and Indignation when, three DAYS
later, one Of the icadias Ridancst
daiiies published the following letter
putporttnx To have coma troM the
Man With the Green Spectacies;
Dear Editor, ENCLOSED please md
the Key OF xoltan kartok's safe. which
he handed over Ia ne on the occasion
OF my attempted robbery. l do not
wish 10 cause him any mors sMhar-
tassntent, a. I had no Intention to rob
him. Was simply Interested In cer.
tain psychological studies. which !
will puhlish In due time. 40 for the
police. they are indeed stupid. have
~ many times exposed myself 10 ar
test that | cant understand why they
ever l viii have completed my on
reriments aud thea viii place MNsslf
al the d,snosat ut the authorities IN
ehae they should wish ta prosecute me.
tsisaedl "rHE MAN WITH TNE
'dRt.EN enEt'rACt.uA, "
There oouid he no doubt 49, % the
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| Streight wanted to fight. his discour.
aged officers forced capitulation, and
| .466 men laid down their arms, an
advs nee detachment of 900 surrender
ing later.
NOW the color and glow OF Forrest
begins TO be transferred to q
larger. canvas. In September of this
year Of 1863 Rosecrans moved agains,
Bragg. and as the Southern general
gave way. evacuating Chattanooga
Forrest covered the retreat.
So events moved forward to the
slaughter-house OF ckamauga. whe re
the Southern charge cut Rosecrans
larger army in half. only hon.lke
Thomas averting complete disaster by
his granite stand on the left.
BY now Jefferson Davis had come
to realize that war was more than a
mere matter of books. and suddenly
Forrest found himself a ma jor genera
and transferred TO North Mississippi.
with authority to raise u new com
msrd.
No sooner had he gathered a nu-
cieus than Sherman launched the
first OF those devastating sweeps that
were 10 make him the scourye OF the
South. He himself was to move from
Nicksburg With 10000 men. while Gen.
Sooy Smith. with 1000 cavalry. was
to come down from Memphis. the
two forces uniting at Meridian.
] Forrest. instantly divinins the plan.
realized the imposxfbiiity OF CHECK
jung Sherman and turned attention 20
Smith. bnsily ENGAGED in ia wing tie
country waste as he marched. What
did IL matter that he had but $500
troopers 10 hurl against a picked
'epp,snand that c.tNusrbsred him
.thrce % ore! -
&C dawn On ,sPebeuary 20 he
struck the astounded smith with all
the force Of bstteriny ram. be.
wildering him with Ahsik attacks and
smashing him with frontal assaults
that invariably found the weakest
places In the Tine
For three DAVIS the running battle
RACED. Smith and his demora lixssi
troops surrenderinE position after
position. but on the :.d he managed
tn form his men in what seemed an
impresnable line Charge after
charge was beaten back. and Forrest
was callea upon TO endure the an.
guish Of seeing his young brother
fail With . bulie, through the throat.
His cry OF pain rang high above
the noise OF conflict There was a
moment when ne Graded the hfeiess
body in hi" arms and kissed the cold
iips Of his Bea1amin). and then he
lea ped TO the attack.
His horse MAS shot under him. an.
other fell all bullet. riddie<i. but
straight through the Federal army
he CO.. n bloody way. and sunset saw
s'mh.'s army IN panic stricken re-
trAaf TO Memphis
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long. inquiring look from behind the
green hpeeiacIss he wore; then he
rose. took his hat and followed the de.
tsctivs without utterIng word.
All the way down IN police head.
quarters he remained silent, now and
then faint smile playing around his
lips. a. IL he we're broodIHg over some
strange idea. When he was led before
the police captain. however. he broke
his silence. b nd without waiting for "a
single question. he began 10 tell his
story. the most remarkable IN the
criminal annals Of the last decade:
Nm need 10 question me. "a pis in"
he ss!d. II am the Man with the
Green Epec'a1i.s' you have been seek.
ipz these three months past. com.
mitted the boid.up in Columbus street.
robbed the apartment OF Countess
AlnsssY. planned ~ bomb the mu.
milton factory in Csepei You viii find
sill the details written down In the
ms nussr1pi of my next book about
Criminal psyrhoiogy. scheduled 10
appear around Christmas. ! was forced
10 commit or 1T least 10 stt~mpi all
these crimes, because this seemed ~
me the only way 10 study the pEy'
choioEy ~ criminal. You cannot
gather reliable scientific data without
direct experiments. This wss the req
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and night riding. regardless of storm.
| hunger or exhaustion, and catapult
| assaults that employed every man, re.
| jecting the established theory OF re.
serves.
His Scatter out. Scatter OUT" put
an end 10 the stupid business of mass
attacks on strong positions, just as
his practice Of d.smountinx cavalry
Cit down an sit at 'em"'--waS an in
tu.tive appreciation Of the truth that
horses were without other military
value than quick transportation to the
field.
Never at any time was he i'm com.
ma nd of more than five thousand men
--oftencr 1t was "A third Of that mum.
her-yet panic.Strickcn Federal gen.
erals regularly estimated Forests
army" at $4,000.
Boldly dividing a small force SO as
TO attack on four sides. throwing his
artillery into the skirmish line. beat
ing drums at widely separated points.
filling a thicket with logs mounted on
wagon frames. marching detach.
ment round and round n hill, he was a
master ut creating the illusion OF
mighty array. and it became his rou-
sine to demoTaliZe vastly superior
forces or compel the surrender OF gar
risons tw.ce as large as his own small
band.
And always he was at the head Of
"very charge. searching for the weak
~oint in the enemy line, alert for the
'~uc:al moment when victory hangs
IN the balance.
War" said Forrest means night
in. an fghtin' means KILN" His
Damascus blade was ever ground
10 razor edge. open defiance "f mill.
tRry etiquette, for even as he put his
own lie on the hazard of every
| charge so did he insist that the foe
man must do likewise.
! From the first he was either ix-
! nored or minimized. and. as his genius
still persisted in blazing high. there
! were open attempts TO destroy him
that only ended when he faced Bragg
| in his tent at Chickamauga and beat
| him down with words that had the
| scourge OF whips.
However cheaply the Southern lead.
ers may have valued Forrest in the
| first years. Northern generals made up
! for the failure BY their appreciatNe
| curses.
Grant. compelled 10 aba ndon his
| first campaign against Vicksburg ig.
ANONYMOUSLY falling back after months
| nf elaborate preparation. could not
| suppress, his admiration Of the brit
. liantly effective fashion in which For.
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TIDES 20 FEET HIGH.

DuGET SOE&D. the ma ny hrs he'd
Inlet ~ the J'arihc Gcesu. i, one
~ tie most picturesque bodiss NJ
water IN this country. Its shores
o'rcs dsHsejS wsss,osd. have bssn De
iJdhn fDF the most paTt by tiis iu,n,
betDlsns 81, bUt the gtight,Stin ing
snopnisins offset ihis loss ana snnrd
wonderful bsrkgfound TO The
sp-Ags. Although the Rst4fsi beau.
lea ask fasDy. tbs bsschsfous waters
~ tbs Narrow. y eDD,Fscted part Df
me AopH6 wbDh opens farther south
into quiet bsys snd the ports ~
Olympia ana sbeID1n. sIs fesFe1 by
OF who are acquainted win that Ia,
esIity. This tides ire extreme snd
:bsiT ebb sns now cs1sss \ rush Ut
Estsr through tbs ksTrows
twenty-five Or 30 miles shove the
hsff0ws, in the upper reaches NJ
ihe SOUND, tbs tides sttsiH height
~ ~ fsrt ~ more viewed IRON
ins shore. wbioh IL generally pre-
pit0Us, the s1Fging ~ The water
~ abe TIDE seiE IN 10 nsFBin"snit
bAt tbis IL the snsne ~ many ttsE
s6ies whlcn oecuf ssrh year. Ire
Bsndons nhiripools sIs foTmed 10
ins slender Dssssss and rarely hsvs
To~bosit and sDch small cfsn 80
fspec vines stripped In the swiFIins
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SHREWD INDIAN BUFFALO.

THE tame haNase u India 10 saA III
he unusually intelligent. eetwMA,
standing its rough and stapia,lNuAng
exterior, An American scisntiss. who
made the passage up the Rrahmapu,
ira River relates an instance ef cAlcu,
ia'ien on the part et these creatures
such a. must have been amaaias ~
witness
While the scientist aud his party
were waltins the arrival et q steamer
"oMihs down the rNsC they Ns>>ams
Interested Ia the behavior W a herd W
haHaioes helanatas ~ . Neishh>vlus
Nll,ase, u Was observed that each
MatNIns s@W aCtecA, the whsNis
herd swami aCrAAs the rt>sI fs~M the
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By EMERY DERf.

~ X that Eeptember afternoon
whHb 50 abruptly suspe nnsd
the rerna rksble career Of Dr,
JgnaZ Korni.. famous Euoa'
pest nerve specialist and ply.
ehoanaIyft, his 1uxurioDsiY furnished
0fyices we're fiied with patients wait.
ing 20 be received by the dIsiing uished
physician Among them were mem.
hers of the best society rich sristo,
Gratis. captains Of industry. fsmous
artists and well known writers, and ~
they disz ppes REQ. one after the other.
behind the cushioned door leading 10
the Coctor's consulting room. IL "as
Ike d slowly moving procession u
prominent Hun2arisns. IL Was par
ilcDtsFby firing day for Or. K0rnis and
be waE rather fstigUed when he re,
eSlved the Last NJ his patients. YEARLY
addressing - him the usual intr0duc.
tory questions
Your name and profession pies SER
The patient. Il tail, husky fellow.
opened his 3sckss. barring silver
bs9ge pinned 20 his waistcpst. and an.
swsre6.
II sFn John Szsbo - the detective
force. ! have orders 10 brinz sou 10
kesHays Fters"
Fof = rnomeD. DIR. Eornis cas-, .
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Puzzlins Questions
in Natural History.

How do birds soar without moving
their wings? How do birds sink
at will under water without moving
either wings or feet? These two aues-
tons have been discussed for many
years by naturalists. who do not. how
ever. profess to answer them.
Concerning the first. one AUTHORITY.
Gatke, states that longcontinued
observations have convinced him that
birds must be endowed with q certain
capacity for soaring or floating in the
air which il independent OF the use
OF their external instruments OF flight.
As a striking and indisputable ex.
ample Of soaring without wing
strokes and without the help Of a
favoring wind. he cites the ooservs.
ton with respect to a common buzz
lard. which when the observation he
gar was at an elevation OF about sea
feet. The watcher purposefuliy con;
fined his attention 10 one bird. With
out any motion OF its wings, the bril-
mounted higher and higher. When il
reached an elevation OF about 40 fee;
il made one o. more strokes with It's
wings and scared upward without fur
Their wing movement.
There was a very light wind-in'
fact. almost no wind a, sll-and a
light stratum Of white cirrus clouds
the direction OF the axis of its body.
or even its hosixohtsf position the Bird
scared vertically upward and Sscoa
reached = height OF al least i,oea
feet and. continuing in its upward
course. fnauy disappeared from view
in the MONDAY sky, in company with
20 or 80 other birds Of the sane
species.
Equally dhtcuis Of explanation. as
this authority thinks. is the power
possessed by toons. yreoes, cormoT.
ants and similar birds. 81 iuamersinS
themselves gradually In water wi,h.
OUT diving. All these birds ficat upon
the water 50 lightly As 90 make bat
a slight depression in IL. How. then
are they able 20 sink at will.
The fact Of their 80 doing !s vel
known TO all competent Observers.
Ordinarily the bird sinks 20 avoid m
enemy. hut Gstke saw d cormoraut'
power for another purpcse. To catch
some Of the swallows that were skin
ming over the pond the ccrmorart
immersed itself until only its head ~
manned above the surface. The svSh
lows. suspectinS nothing. treQusrSN
came close 70 IL. and when the COY
ncrant thought II could reach ore
Of them. IL protruied its neck ard
made \ snap az it, After four Or ave
unsuccessful attempts. il caught "ns
~ the birds aud swallowed ,t. The-
il immersed lie hsiy as NefSce srd
continued its hunt
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THERE are Saison1us hsh ss well
as poi@,n1i1h faDiiiss. bui The
t,os son IN not communicated by biting,
On the eontfsTy, tbs hsh puDctuts
lhsir victims win sDinss, A study
~ the dors4i m spine III The splny
d0gf fsyssis q groove containing u
gis aduIdr structure which discha fgs s
secretion through u long itudinal pit.
Further investigation disrIosss the
presence III a more compile. gisD nd an
The dOfssi mn spines Of the Port Jack
sD1 shark. THE essininst ion Ut the
fossil ma sDinss II this family ~
hthss Tsvssis the ssisisnes of rough
s,Bfses win either medium ~ lateral
VIZ no uiaf structures. The surface III
the spine IL oiiIsi wlss fosetkd with
enamel which shows tossss 0I ridges
running IN longitudinal dbs"'io0
THE venom ~ tho ~ssVsr prohuasa
intense sn1 sE0nizins psin,
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rest destroyed all lines Of communi.
cation.
Sherman. checkmated at every turn
and aroused to profane fury by raid
after raid. ISSUED orders to follow
Forie est To the death. IL IL costs 10000
lives and breakS the Treasury" the
only result being new disasters.
II was soon after Shiloh. that For.
rest slipped across the Tennessee.
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opposite ssIe the N1lss c>NnSVAsgsS'
IN advance followed ~ tire Svc~s ~rs
their calves ~ ssStr ssAes rasy go
tered the water Aesut AAG q m'ss ~
the stream 90 the srpssi's NAaA ssd
the MvNns current washed them AS~"
t. The ,l,AAsS where tAsy aNslrsA -
laaa. TAlx was a. iSsi,Stsos a e~sAs'
taIien III LlSssarS sN1 pN'~vS ~ ~
current a. lSuA have eesR mats -
ANY eE~alaCr. taeluAsss RNsa
New the INe< at tbs lNNaS u 49,
NISsad but, lAegS Wax tss,Iea fes1gns
sr>,.anl Nn tRs NlNeg tNsNA ths spss,S',
pretsl1~l tNe sWtM NkSf tN~N Ast
s~sV hsd ina Max S~SsN tAese ~aS .
NsN tNl, few esiaa -. ~ lSst sst
.SSNNss thsl AlSAIA,
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water. Even large sieafnboais ctFak
sud gfosn under the strain ~ breast
iny fhssS twisting surrs0is The
tosF - the tides when running Al
fuiI resembles lhs disis ~ bo1m Of the