Nebraska Newspapers

    BED CLOUD'S WAR 1ESSACE
The Farnoui Old Chief Fledge * His People
Against Spain.
LOYAL vYpWJS FROM A SIOUX WARRICR
flrnila Wnnl to theGrcnt White
fr'Mthrr , that the Oallala Will
"Rally Mtannil the Flag"
Mud Io Some Scalping.
( Copyright. Has , the 8. R. McClure Co. )
Word ha * been lent to me here , tt Pine
nidce. S. V. , that the Great Father was
about to BO on the warpath. I have been
skrd what the chief * of the red men would
do. were the soldiers to be withdrawn from
the government forts In the west. As my
test answer , I tend this picture a white'
man has taken of me , wrapped In the flag.
The utars and' stripes are as dear to me as
though my skin were not red.
As for m > self , I have not thought of going
to war since I clgned a treaty of peace In
1868. I am an old man now , scarcely able to
see. Mr memory falls me. The tepee Is
better for me than the warpath. But If I
were young' enough , and the Great Father
went on the warpath , I would surely call my
young men together and lead a hand of
Ogallallas against the Great Father's ene-
rol , were they Spaniards or what not. So
mr young men would go , now , today , were
they called upon. It Is our country and our
flag. We would gladly flght for It. The
Sioux are as good fighters now as they were
twenty years ago except the old men , like
tne.
tne.My ecn , Jack Red Cloud , I see near me ,
and my young kinsman , Raymond Smith ,
who writes down my thoughts In English.
They are e , trope and brave and can flght ATM
i
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RED CLOUD IN WHITE MAN'S DRESS , j
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In white men's clothes. So could all my
braves. But not against the flag. i
My people know little about the talk of a I
war with Spain. Many of them have beard J
nothing at all about It. They have planned 1 J
no raid in ccso the troops are withdrawn
from the posts nearby. 1
When the Sioux go to war they do not
look about them to consider how many eneI I
"mles they have to contend with. What they I
think of Is only their wrongs and that they t
must fight , and. If need be , die In battle ,
rather than suffer longer. My people have ,
not been uaed to consider consequences.
They think of all white men as belonging to
and being part' of the Great Father's governj j
ment. We ask for fair and friendly treat
ment from that government. When I was
in Washington , the Great Father's big city ,
last Bummer , I went .before his senate com
mittee and asked for justice. They said the
.Sioux should have. Justice. That our griev
ances should be Investigated. This has not
yet been .done. But I amcure the Great
.Father's cars are not deaf to the cry of his
red children.
The Great Bear Coat ( General Miles ) , raid
we should have army officers for cur agents
for five yeara only , and then should have
civil agents again. I mean fire years from
the time of the Sioux uprising in 1883 and
1830.
1830.Red
( Red Cloud's behavior at the time at the
Wounded Knee battle , and all through that
Ijfit Sioux trouble , was conspicuously gallant
and loyal. He risked his life at Wounded
Knee to induce the hostlles to come quietly
into the agency. When , thirty years ago , at
the head of several thousand Sioux war-
I RED CLOUD WRAPPED IN THE STARS AND STRIPES , RED CLOUD'S SQUAW
AND HIS INTERPRETER , MR , R. B. SMITH.
rlore. Red Cloud signed a treaty of peace
with the whl'.e man , the QroU Father trailed
him , and , relying on that treaty , abandoned
Fort C. F. Smith and Fort Phil Kearney.
Red Cloud Is the grand old man of the
Sioux , the greatest living ngbtlne red man.
Interpreter. )
Mllea U a great chief. He has fought the
chiefs of the red men In years long past ,
nd he knows us. He know * ho need not
hesitate to withdraw the army officers now
noting AS Indian sgeata wbeu venlhe Great
Father net-as them. Tier * are regular army
posts at Fort Meade and Fort Sully , In South
Dakota. Several years ago there w s talk
that Fort Sully would be abandoned. Were
the troops removed there would be no danger
for the whites , r have not heard of any
soldiers golns can to fhe Great Father's
aid from here. My people know the country
is thickly settled. The white men are as
the blades of grat on the prairie. We
know thtl we do not coed to fight to ob
tain our rights. The white man will play
fair. The Great Father will right our wrings
Bad agents , like McQllllcMddy , who attacked
tne not long ago , are our worse grievance.
The future of my people U In the Lands
ct the young men. They are in charge now.
Many or them have been educated. Raymond.
Smith is our chief coui.sel. He has asked
me to go with my squaw and my ton. Jack , to
ths Om&ha exposition. He eaya Kicking
Dear and Short Bull and their families will
go and the family of Sitting Bull. I want
to go. I want to meet the big chiefs of the
white men , and get them to ut their in
fluence at Washington in our behalf. Per-
hopa we may go once more to Washington
and adt the help ot the Great Father. When
the two young men took this picture the
sun was hot in our eyes. We have only
friendship tor the Grut Father in our
bearU.
Ta postmaster at Fine Bid * * agency waa
In tfco oflc * of the arat when t called tkir *
tor the flag the Great rather aent to me.
I took it la my home and bointed It on a
suff T hid elected with great care. It
floated ovrrma and mine until It was worn
out I wrote and arked tb Great Father
then for another flag ; but he ha not sent
U. So T got this one from a friend. Not
far from here lira a great Sioux chief who
was burled with the flag wrapped about htm.
Once when I feared trouble with an agent ,
who sent the Indian police after me , I
walked unarmed and of my own accord to
the agency. Out first I had Old Glory hauled
up to the top of the staff. I knew , I might
die that day ; and I wanted to have the Great
Father's flag flying over my bouse if I did.
That agent published a rtatement not long
since In the white men's newspapers that
he pulled my nose. He did not lay bands
on me. Ho Jo known to bo a.llar.
RED CLOUD ,
( Through His Interpreter. )
GOSSIP AIIOfT XOTKD PEOPLE.
The late Admiral Popoff of the Russian
navy was responsible for the construction of
the useless circular tubs , mounted with
heavy artillery , .which 'Russia built a few
years ago. His death recalls a story of the
era of good feeling between Russia and
France some time ago. Two Englishmen In a
Paris cafe ordered a bottle ot champagne.
The waiter unwired It , and left it for a
momeut. "Take care , " said one of the Eng
lishmen , "It will pop off. " The last words
were heard by some Frenchmen sitting near.
"A > b , Popoff ! " they cried , embracing each
other ; "vivo la Rustle ! "
Rev. Frank B. Vrooman , late of Chicago ,
who , after being charged wl'h heresy In : he
local presbytery , became assistant pastor ot
to People's church , leaving because bis
salary was not forthcoming \ now prejlJent
of a big Klondike compa-jy. He recently
reached Seattle , having pooled Itsues with
Captain Jack Crawford , tne poet scout , and
extensive steam dredge placer mining opera
tions are planned. The ex-prsaoher's cnmptny
secured 100 ot the discarded government rein
deer , and also rejoices In a government mall
contract. Mrs. Vrooman Is to accompany her
husband to Alaska.
Dr. George W. Massamore of Baltimore ,
who has just died , was one of the best known
numismatists In the country , and owned a
costly collection of coins aad medals. In
1S81 he was elected a member of the .Numis
matic and Archaeological Society of New
York , and continued a member until his
death. iHe waa also an enthusiastic stamp
and autograph collector. 'His autograph col
lection contained the signatures ot Washing
ton , Jefferscn. Jackson aad other men famous
In American history. In 18S2 Dr. Massamore
married the widow of William Henry Hard-
Ing. Mrs. Massamore , three sons and one
daughter survive him.
George C. Gorham , ex-secretary of the
United States senate , has completed his
biography of Edwin 'M. Stanton , on which
ho has been engaged for some years. The
great secretary's only son , Lewis H. Stanton -
ton , Is practicing law in New Orleans. One
of the daughters Is married to an army offi
cer and stationed somewhere In the wept ,
The other daughter is married and living in
an eastern state. The family placed all of
Mr. Stanton'e correspondence and private
papers and other biographical material In
Mr. Gorham'e hands , and he has also had
access to the archives of the War depart
mcnt and the records of the rebellion. Thi
biography will bo published In two volumes
of 500 or COO pages each.
Prof. Frederick Starr of the Unlverrlty ot
Chicago , who has just returned from an ex
ploilng trip through Mexico , says that thi
trip wns one of the most exciting that hai
ever fallen to the lot ot the anthropologist.
He had to fall back on governmental author-
ity and other diplomatic agencies. He ly
succeeded in getting what he was after. le
secured the measurements of several hundred -
dred Otoml and other Indians and established
beyond a doubt that the Otoml , reputed to
be pygmies , are not in reality such. Among
the meat important results of the trip was a
complete collection of objects Illustrating the
folklore of Mexico. He was unable to com
plete the journey outlined , and will return
la December to finish the work.
Judge Dlllard ' C. Donncihue , who has just
died at Gre'enclstlc , Ind. , was a noted aboll-
tlonUt and had much to do with shaping
the action of the Indiana delegation in favor
of nominating Lincoln at the Chicago con
vention In 1860. "His chief public service , "
rays the Indianapolis News , "waa fata ma-
sln in 1SC3 to the republic of Haytl In con
nection wltih President Lincoln's scheme of
colcnlzlrg the emancipated nesro slaice.
After the firit year of the war Mr. Don no-
hue , who had for several years be n the law
partner of John P. Usher , then secretary ot
the interior , was frequently In Washington ,
and t/hra / bad god opportunity of meeting
and exchanging views with Prceldent Lin
coln , ot whom be waa a close and warm
,
friend. Reporis fcad reached Vashlngton
that all was net ucll In Haytl. where Lin-I !
coin had tejn Instrumental in Reading a I
colony of 600 negroes , and he wanted a ian
to go at once to that cructry. T6e appolat-
tneKt waj made as indicated. "
Vice President Garret Augustus Hctart
went In'o the senate restaurant at Wash *
Ington th otber day. "How d'ye do , El-
Hut ! " said the rice president. "Fine ; how
ore you , Gus ? " replied Elliott Danforth ,
chairman of the democratic atzte csrnmlttee ;
of New York , Mr. Danforth nus at lunch-
con with Senator Murphy end other New
Tork demoswtij , rebates the New York iiu. I
How did it come about that the republican I
vice ' president and the chairman cf New ; !
York'p Brradzed democratic state organlzi- I
lion were en such familiar term ] ? Why , I
they were bojs together , reboot companions
and juvenile fishermen In old Mlddteburg ,
fflicy years ago. When Mr , Hot-art wca t
uomln-ited by the republican national csnvfa-i
tlon for vice president at SU LouU in 1S96
Mr. Danfbrth , although on the opposite Ue
ot the political fence , sent him a warm da !
pitch ot congratulation. Then Mr. Dinforth
went to Chicago and took part k > the Bryea
convention. He returned to hU hcme in J
Chccango county , waa elected chairman of 2 I
the democratic ctdte committee which was I
to ctrry on the flght for Bryan and Sewall
and incidentally Tom Watson , and prffldcl
'
it Bryaa'a dttuccstratlon In Madbon Square
" garden , when the Nebraskan fint catered
"the enemy's country. " After Itiat Dan-
forth buckled down to defeat McKinley and
hla boyhood friend. Hobart. in New York
state. When It waa all over Danforth cent
quickly hla warmest congratulations to nutie.
bart hta old school fellow and tubing l d
compcoloo and so Mr. Hcbart and Mr. iinthe
forth were delighted to meet again ths otber
day Us taa senate rcatduidnt at Washington.
"CATB" AS A WAR REPORTER
George Alfred Towniend Belalcs His
Experience at the Frost.
MGHTY STRUGGLES FOR NEWS SCOOPS
Ambition and Common 9enn < * Fol
lowed br Hard Work nve Him the
Kxclnwlve Printing of the
Bnttle ot Fire forks.
I am one of the survivors among the re
porters or correspondents ot our great civil
war , wrltej Gexge Alfred Tonend \ ( "Gain" )
In the Boston > Globe. A few others remain ,
such as Edmond C. Stedman , Henry Vlllard ,
Junlus Browne , Ueccge W. Smalley and Na
thaniel Paige.
My experience as a reporter la the camps
of the civil war left on my memory a very
signal belief that the government naa ill-
Incited by the preea and the precs much in
ferior to the organized government In doing
its duty.
At the commcocemcDt of the war I * ao
city editor ot the Philadelphia Press. I en
tered Baltimore right after the troops oc
cupied U , and waa in Washington with the
first soldiery appearing. I then spent a lit
tle while in McCIellan's camps in Virginia
and , after his crmy established its base OD
the Pamimky river , I went llirough the cam
paign to Richmond and brought three full
pages ot reports from those great battles to
the New York Herald.
We had not la those days access to the
telegraph and the government disseminated
i most of the telegraph Information , either
I directly or through the Associated Press.
The coosequenco ought to have been that
the newspapcn could take their time cad do
good work , having to use the malls , which
permitted of manuscript "copy" belos fur
nished to the newspapers , and this Is always
better written than telegraphic "copy. "
The great historians have vied with each
other in Itielr accounts of battles which
can seldom be written from any stogie
standpoint , but require the assembling ot
widely distributed observations with ac
counts of the personages and the divisions
of tbo army which bear Important parts.
The reports from the Crimea , by W. H.
Rueeell , which all came by mall and were
written with a certain time and preparation ,
are still considered modelo of battle reportIng -
Ing , In this telegraphic age.
FRAGMENTARY WORK.
I WES but 21 years old when. I brought
back the account of the battles whhli terwa
mlnated McCIellan's Peninsula history. I
was then employed by the New York Herald ,
which hired a reporter for each division ID
the service. Some of these men were regular
city reporters. Others were volunteers with
more genius to see war cs a novelty than to
describe It. A large proportion of these corth
respondents were obtained for their cheapap
ncea. Many of them ttiqught their whole
duty was to go around and write up lists
of the killed , wounded aad missing. Hence
the three pages with which I returned to
New York were everybody's ccntributloria
and I had myself but a scant notion of the
skeleton and sequence of these great engage
ment * > from Mechanlcsvllle to Malvcrn Hills.
Wheel I was passed on. board the .hospital
steamboat Daniel Webster to go down the
James river I was for the first time Im
pressed with a high aod perfect organiza
tion by the sanitary commission , whose
agents were women. Their complete service
to the crowded sick and wounded on that
boat made the ragged volunteer plight of
the army look embryonic. Indeed , the call-
tag of volunteers with volunteer ofttccM into
the service must be followed bya leng per
iod of Incoherence , faction , waste and de-
feat.
If there \vas anything ta my report of
value to the public It wa due to my dav-
lng the time to write on my way tack to
New York , which occupied two days , and
alter 1 reached New York I continued to
write In the newspaper office until a late
Lour in the morning. I subsequently wrote
another account for a paper called the Sun
day Mercury of the name events , which al
lowed imo further time and the aid of xvliat
Information came to New York afterward
by telegraph , and .this second account was
received -wltn general favor. I remember
that I wae paid $75 for it , A sum at ( hat
time considered large , for our salaries on
t.he . Herald were only $20 a 'week and neces ;
tary expecses.
Early news , which Is more desirable in
the press than careful dews , will always
operate agalrat high class newspaper work
from the seat of > war unlera < lt can be cor
rected by the government in some way.
Too many reporters in one army from the
same newspaper confuse each other and lead
to the same disorder -wblch lhas up Co the
present time marked tie reportlce of affairs
in Cuba.
I slept In the same bed Tor two or three
days with Henry J. Raymond , the editor
and proprietor of the New York Times , who
had reported a part of the Italian war.
Raymond was an admirable composer ot
plain descriptive matter , having been
educated in a college and practiced at re
porting the larger events in a great city.
The publisher ot tie Now York Tribune ,
'wCilch ' employed tilra fa his brighter youth ,
told me that the Tribune attained Its first
decided increase in circulation by Ray-
mood's reporting for It an important murder
trial In Brooklyn.
A HIGHLY-PRIZED NEWSPAPER.
We slept t Mlcble's farm house
among the camps of McCIellan. I had
been particularly lucky In getting the
Richmond newspapers nearly every day.
their Issue , to be forwarded to ( New !
York , and often McCIellan himself had to
read the contents of these . newspapers _ . . when
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republlflhed In the northern city.
On one occasion I ihad obtained a Richmond
mend newspaper a-ad carried it ro } elf nearly
thirty mllca the same afternoon to the mall
at our base ot supplies. 'It came to be
known to MoClellan that tnta newspaper
had gone from his camp , and lie bad. cne
pursued to the Wilte House and brought :
back the same night to camp , wliere I arrived
near midnight , and I was detained nearly
tweaty- four hours , uotll certain officers of
good feelings Interceded for me , and I was
restored to my functions. After that I got (
these newspapers za before , but always took
them to heidquailters first , " where they were
Inspected and passed over to me with thanks ,
S.to
anJ "then w re cent -nith very little dciay to
Ntfw York.
The acquaintance I thus made with General : -
oral Marcy. who WES McClellan'a chief of
stafi , and with the great officers of his _
headquarters of far more use to me
than any evasions of the military rules j
could have been , and thus I saw that tin i
army correspondents ought to be In fealty j
Uo the head of the army and work with j
and for it instead of the guerrilla pita 1
which was encouraged by the newspaper
managements.
Frederick Hildson was then the managing
editor ot the Herald , and ho lays. In his
Elfclstory of the prejp , that Beamett's paper
spent 1100,000 reporting- the civil war , a SJTU
cot considerable for a war four yearn leag
cal covering the whole continent , but in
cb-1tnat * * ? newspapers had compaiatlvely
Incomes. The war. indeed , by Itiat
Plying readers both in the armies and at
home , established the American press on Its
tuliicquent ' wealthy basis.
IziHenry Vlliard sent me a contribution for
the "Army Correspondents Memorial" cbout
two year * ago , and in his letter expressed '
lhe vlew which i myself had formed , that
the newspaper vork Jn the civil war v.cs
lar below tbe quality denimded by sura aIn
Kreat opportunity.
The mania for Instant , partial and In-
diaferlor news was set by tbe Herald In the
c'vil ' war. The present crop of sencatlcaal
PiPern which report the Cuban -war In
headline ? mtber thn in substantial mat-
ter have imitated the Herald of a generation
aK ° .
A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT.
I aext went out with General Pope's army
and reported the battle of Ced-ar mountain ,
where I bad a variety of adventures and vac
allowed to go over Ui9 field the morning
after tbo battle and even into the rebel
lines by the courtesy of Geenral Stewart ,
whom I met at a truce on tbe field ot bit- >
tie. I trade an exact map of this important
|
action * which wu bloody In itself and was
the beglcblng of that series of great move- I
ments by which Lee and Jackson attacked
Fope la lh rear , fought the second battle
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of Bull Run and ma'de their Invasion ot
Maryland. With this IMP I went to New
York , -writing all tbo way , ed when I not
to the office I feuM'I'ftnothir reporter ot
tnoro age and pretcMl had seat In a pre
vtoua nrap , which .bore not the slightest
refercr.ce to the acttki1 topography. This
map had already Beta ! engraved and ap
peared In tbe lieraA"ln | iplte ot my pro
test , while mine was never published at all.
The occurrence giVf'rae such contempt
for the New York tMtHod ot editing war
news that I gave tip jay , position , and , being
111 from the effects of Chlckahomlny fever , I
went to Europe ndold not return to tbe
army again until Gram's final movements In
trent ot Pctersbunr taithe spring ot 1S65 ,
where I represented , thV New York World.
In the meantime tfie'iovernment bad ob
tained the moral forctf ° Ho exercise some dls-
clpilac over the prccsobi Its o mp , greatly
to the benefit of the press as well as to the
Rovemment.
Th-it jealousy which had existed against
the Individual correspondents making any
reputation for themrelvcs and depriving
them of the use of their signatures at the
Publication Qfflce had been revolutionized
by General Hooker's compelling each cor
respondent to use his name In order that
ho might have some responsibility.
I had pushed my pen as I "had pushed my
horse , and the latter died during the day
where I had left him. At night I exchanged
boats at Fortress MM roe for Baltimore and
was up betimes , 'writing again.
CLOSE CONNECTIONS.
The boat was late and In these days the
morning train was on6 of only two or three
going through "to New York , so tbat the
captain told me he did not believe I could
make the connection.
As the boat swung in by the pier I threw
my bag ashore nrvl Jumped after it and got
th ottly cab on the wharf and barely made
the train at the President street station ,
wherein I commenced to write again.
When ! reached WJlmlngton , Del. , we had
news not only ct the capture ot Petersburg
but of Richmond. I thought to myself that
I had made a mess of It and that I ought
to be at least In Richmond , the great object
of so long a war act ! the seat ot tbe In
surgent government !
My only consolation was that I possessed
all the matter that'I could possibly TV rite
well and my labor was to write -well In
stead of Jotting down fragments like burst
ing shells ; to give a symmetrical account of
the turning battle In tiat great war.
Sometime In the afternoon I reached New
York and there seemed a tacit approval of
my course , though In newspaper offices one
does not iet much approbation .when he has
brought In a big thing which may turn out
somewhat to hla own advantage. All scorned
ea quiet there , coctissted to the great events
I 'had come through only the previous morn
ing , that I took a rather sick reflection upon
my ndveature.
However , when the account came out the
next day with my name at the ecd of It It
was received with universal satisfaction , not
only In New York , but over the whole
country , and for the first time I emerged
from absolute olscurlty. Oue peraonal
effort at the right tlaio ii'ad brought me a
career. '
It turnsd out to be the only account of
the battle of Five I7ork3 written , and was
approved by Sheridan In some of his later
writings : as an Instance of Intelligence
quickly applied to an Instantaneous outline
from the general's own lips.
After that I had the tacit authority to gc , '
The World , not having aoy great amount
of money to expend , kept only a few corre
spondents In the fleld There were perhaps
three cc four in the whole Army of the
Potomac for that qap erj and. Instead of tak
ing their time in tabulating lists of wounded
and reporting events over a minor area , they
were free to ream ? atrwlll aad thus take a
comprehensive view of army operations. Dut
the long Inactlvcoce-T , In the ' .vlntrr camps
bad given a lassitude to even these few
writers who now arose late and did only cer
| tain perfunctory work.
Having had a hearty distaste for the de-
tachej , half-hcspltablerb'xlstence of a civilian
| in the army , I wa ? dHrous o ! retting hold
of something Important enough to acquit me
of my commission" " by a special effort. 1
therefore reasonedithaitbo , coming cf Sheri
dan with a large ferret to Grant'n army meant
ft general forwardmovement and I left the
camp of General Wright , where my prede
cessor had lived ; and1rode to tbe.far left
of the army truaijng.fp luck snd eotne llttli
provision of food , to&fp me alive. In this
way I followed * * Sheridan's advance move
ment on the left 'until , almost alone , I
stcuck the last great event of the war previ
ous to Appcmatox , namely the battle ot
Five Forks ,
This I now relate as something of A cri
terion for future army reporting.
TAKING A LONG CHANCE.
I had ridden some two days In tbo direc
tion ot Sheridan , who separated himself from
Grant's army with the Intention of turning
the clgt : flank of General Lee. The second
olc.CH I cltpt with cne of iny old achool-
masters , a surgeon of a Pennsylvania brigade
or division.
As Sheridan went along he had several
petty actions which supplied the surgeons
with many amputating cases. In the sound
of ea-ns cuttlnp off men's limbs I went to
sleep. The next day heavy volley flrlagwas
heard on our far left and I advanced to Din *
wlddle Court House , about clx miles In the
rear of the battle , near which I found
General Cluster , who told me that I had
better go on , as heridan Intended to clean
up Leo as he had destroyed Early at Win-
cheater.
In tbe early night , hi the silent woods , I
saw the gleam ot bayonets end Eat on my
yhorse and counted several thousand rebel
prisoners , the largest fruit I had ever seen
of battle In the Eastern army. This con
vinced me that some great affair had taken
place and I went on through the woods to
a Methodist church which had been turned
Into a haipital , and there I determined tbe
locality by looking into the bible at the
altar and found that U was Gravelly Run
church.
The great flght was already over at the
Five'Forks , and , though my horse was nearly
bdead , I kept along through scattered lights
where tbe dead were being burled In the *
fields until I reached , near midnight , a
clearing In the wood where were numerous
officers. One of these I knew , General Cbam-
berlaln of Maine , who told me that Sheridan
had that , day relieved General Warren from
command of the Fifth corps. He introduced
me to the new commander , General Griffin ,
who Introduced me to Forayth of Sheridan's
etaff.
Sheridan was crouching down upon the
ground at tbe foot of a tree eating ! his mid
night lunch. When Forsyth introduced me
I said to Sheridan :
"General , I have seen your prlsonero and
know you have gained a great victory. If
ayou will give me some account of the battle
I will net out from here and ride back to
the military railroad tonight and go on to
New York. "
Not with reluctance , nor yet with elation ,
Sberlfian produced a map of white lines
running through a brown background and
he showed me where , we were at tbe Flvo
Forks. He then , fie9rlbed the Fifth corps
coming up to hlmat.hli request. I asked
him the number pf , " men in that Infantry
corps. He said : , .
You must not publish thi * , but for your
own Information I ujll tell you. It waa
about 10,000 men. | ,
Sheridan then described to me the move
ment of this corjMJu echelon. He was
1 i
PIMPLES
'My wife liaduUepIes- her face , but
Ebo ba < been ultipir-CASCAKETS ana they
have ull dlsappeurod.i \ bad been troubled
with constipation for gpme time , but after tok-
ins toe tlrst CascareV I liavo bud no trouble
with this aliment. Wr cannot speak too lilgh-
ly of Cascarets. " ITBED WAKTMAN ,
CTW Oermantown Ave. . I'hllftdclphla , Pa ,
Pleauot , Palatable. fotcDt , Tute Good. Do
Good. Never Slekao. Weaken , or Gripe , ttc. lie , 50c.
. . . CUIII CONSTIPATION.
atwOic tum * , CM M ; , CM * * * UMlml , * twk. SU
ru.
I-TI-UC
evened to explain wfcat * c loa meant. '
Ke related sow a Is cavalry had been dli-
mounted to kold tr * rebels rliht until thli
Infantry oerpa had swung against their rear
like great barn doors and encloaed them.
Our conversation waa ai mild aa If , after
funeral , the general was1 giving me th
biography of the dtceasid. No other per
sona Interfered. I suppoao our conversation
lasted b lf an hour. I took a very few
notes , trusting to my head , which became
so full of matter that It seemed to be as
big as a balloon. He gave me the name
of the buttle as Five Forks Instead ot
Gravelly Run.
A TEMPTATION RESISTED.
After I felt that I had taken as much of
Sheridan's time In such a crisis a I had
any rigbt to , I made some Inquiries of the
generals surrounding him and then , with a
mixture of enterprise and foreboding , I
started back seveiui miles to Gravelly Run
church , where I gave a soldier a dollar to
feed my horse with his own provision.
The horse would not eat and would hardly
drink. He did not look aa if he could carry
me back twenty odd miles to Humphery'a
railroad station , where the only train In
twenty-four hours started out every mornIng -
Ing at G o'clock to reach City Point , on the
James river , where the one steamer per diem
started out at 9 o'clock for Fortrces Monroe.
I had to make this ride alone and mean
time the roar of battle waa taking place
between me and City Point.
Not knowing the direct road t had to rldo
out of my way to Dlnwlddle court bouse
again , whtro I found a few teamsters sleep
ing around cheerful blazing fires.
Here I reflected that I was getting $30 a
week , or about $4 a day. and that instead
ot being captured or stalled on the road I
had better lay down with the teamsters and
sleep. That would have made me twenty-
four hours late to get through to New
York.
S3 I turned my back on these pleasant
fires and went through the team-mired road
and the deep woods , my horse palpably stag
gering under me.
The heavy battle in the vicinity ot Peters
burg seemed , at times as th : road made a
turn , to come right across my way and the
usual visions of going to Llbby prison or
being phot down by etragglers served to
waken me.
Two or three times I passed solitary army
teams floundering through the mud. Toward
dawn I found another correspondent going
down the same road and doubted Whether
he had not come with an account of Five
Forks. On sounding him , however , I found
that the only battl * h knew about wai
Minor action ot two days before , which ho
wae taking hi * Urn * to carry to the far.
Oetwetti 8 and I'o'clock Itf the morning t
reached the railroad station where my two
confreres were comfortably sleeping In a
houto , although durltis ; the morning the
works of PKersburg hid been tormrd only
a few miles In front ot them. Thry con *
sldered that It WM too late to report the
matter for Jh'at day's bout. There I left
my horse and got on the s)6w ) military train
seated , I think , on the top ot k freight ear
which waa full ot Injured mtn.
My first step wa * to jot down names and
particulars from Shcrldtn's account.
I was in considerable distress ot mind at
leaving Petersburg at the moment our army
had taken It , after thirteen months of alege.
The battle I had brought sromed unimpor
tant compared to this great sequel. Dut 1
reasoned that I wat not paid to aee things
so much as to relate ( hem , and that 1 had
already as much good matter as I could pos
sibly write out on my way to New York.
With some difficulty' I obtained a pass to go
on the boat at City Point , paying my ex
penses of course. I Immediately began to
write the story of Five Forks , although there
was hardly a place on the boat where one
could put down bis paper. They were con
tinually setting the dining table for relays
of passengers.
wherever I pleased and In my own way and *
I at once returned to Richmond , where I
rematacJ until Lincoln's assassination ,
welch happened very soca , and I then came
back to Washington at once in time to go
Into the unraveling ot the conspiracy.
Thus , in two weeks or so , by hitting the
great events , I hid a penepil newspaper celeb
rity and WAS reported to be an Englishman
who had been brought over to do this kind
of writing.
It Is to be observed that nearly all this
work was done by the mal ! train and not
by telegraph. When Booth was captured I
did telegraph the whole story , several
columns long , which is Incorporated In La
Fayctte Itakcr's book without Any other
description ot that event by himself.
ADVICE TO REPORTERS.
The lesson ot this episode Is not to wrlto
anything uatll you have got it ; not to be
halted ) when you have got a good thing
by some other better things that happen
on the way ; not to merge the buttle cor
respondent In the mere telegrapher ; to give
as far as possible a finished character to
your report ; to remember that the literary
treatment of a'great event I * due both to the
event and the narro'tor ; to come as fast
A TO HUMANITY
Ohioan Invents a Device That Is a Sore Cure for All Nervous Diseases , Rheumatism , Weakness ,
and All Forms of Constitutional Sickness. Those Who Have Used it Declare it to be the Most
Remarkable Invigorant Ever Produced for Man , Woman or Child.
A quick-witted Individual from Toledo ,
Ohio , has patented and placed on the mar
ket. * a bath cabinet that will b ? of great In
terest to the sick and debilitated. It Is a
sealed compartment Inwhich ono comfort
ably rests on a chair and , with only the
head ) outside , may have all the Invigorat
ing , cleansing and purifying effects of the
most luxurious Turkish bath , with none of
Its dangers. Inconveniences or. enervating
Influences.
I
'
SHOWING CABINET IX USE.
A ell knomn physician in Hudson , Mich. ,
C ! . H. Colbath , M. D. , gave up his practice
to sell these bath cabinets' , feeling that they
were to a very large extent all that his pa
tients need have to get well. Another phy
sician of Llgonlcr , Indt Dr. F. W. Black ,
has followed Dr. Colbath's example , and
he , too , devotes all his time to selling the
bath caMneU. Many remarkable letters
have been. ' written to th ? Inventors from
those -who have used the cabinet , one of
which , referring to
INFLAMMATORY RHEUUATISM ,
will be interesting- thosa who suffer with
this dreaded malady.
Miss Nellie B. Hewitt. Coneadea , Alle-
gany county , N. Y. , writes : "My mother
was prostrated with Inflammatory rheuma
tism when your cabinet came , one week
ngo. Today she Is around the house , the
swellings In her hand and arm gone , and Is
getting- perfectly well. Our doctor was very
much astonished , and says he will recom
mend tnc cabinet. " Quite a number of
others wrlto In a similar strain , and there
seems to bo no doubt but what the long-
sought-for means of curing rheumatism ,
Brlght's disease- and all urinary affections
has been found. Others wrlto of various
benefits , one of the principal ones referring
to the bath cabinet as
A FLESH IlKDUCEU.
It " is Important to note that the Inventors :
of "the cabinet guarantee that flesh will be
reduced at the rate of five pounds per week
if the baths are taken regularly. That la ,
of course , a good scientific reason -why the
cabinet accomplishes the fact of reducing
flesh , and these points are well brought out
in a very Instructive little book issued by
tbe Inventors. As a moans to
CUBE SKIJf DISEASES
the cabinet Is unquestionably the 'finest
thing in the world. Peoole who have been
testing patent medicines , cprlng- tonics and
blood purifiers should get into a vapor bath ,
cabinet , and it won't be long1 before they
'have a pkln as smooth , c'car and glossy as
the most fastidious could1 desire. The great I
feature of this bath cabinet Is the fact that |
it opens tbe several million pores all over
tbe body , stimulates the sweat glands and
thti < ) all the Impure salt ? , acids and mois
ture in the system are liberated in a nat
ural manner , instead of overworking the
lungs , kidneys , bladder and the liver. At
tached to the bath , if desired , is a
COMPLEXION STEAMER.
In ( which the face may foe Riven the game
vapor treatment as the body. This pro
ducts the most wonderfully brilliant results
and will undoubtedly be popular with the
ladles. Whatever -will hasten perspiration ,
every one knows will prove a benefit. Turk
ish baths , massage , hot drinks , stimulants
and hot foot baths , with quinine doses In
ternally , are all known to the majority of
people as beneficial , but the best of thess
methoda becomes crude and Insignificant
when compared with the convenient and
marvelounly curative power of the cabinet
bath as referred to above. The cabinet Is
known as the
\E\V IMPROVED THERXAb VAPOR
OATH CABIXET
wnj patented In October. 1696 , by Mollen-
kopp & McCreary , Toledo , O. , who are it *
sole manufacturers.
A pleasant feature of the cabinet Is that
it is BO constructed that it may be folded
rou ran from th * K n ot wisr , fcul ot
quirt th ? character of the report aay ISHt
Mill * drlblrti like dropping gudgeons Into *
frying I > n : finally , to co-operate with thst
uthorltlci In tht army Instead ot being
guerrilla reporter.
The speech of Senator Proctor In that >
senate ovA Its success to hid having pro
ceeded exactly as I tad thlrty-thrro yewrs *
before. Ho went to Cub * and rtttd * hlsn
Inquiries hi Havani , nd formed the ac
quaintances there who could assl.it his ? ox-
currlon Into the open country with their"
recommendations. Ho not only i w what
wat to be seen , but had time for reflec
tion. Ho then rbtit his mouth and came *
back to Washington with his report In hid *
head , and he took reasonable time to absorb
serb and reUtc It with respect to .his per
ponul character and the Intellectual ex
pectations of the public. Ho then got th
first page- and spread hti report consec- ,
lively out. so that from beginning to c * a
It had proportion , Interval , clfarnwsv ,
plcturesqucnrsa and all the main facts.
There was no discounting the Influence ofct
his report when he read It from his man * -
scrlpt.
Tlip llnrirnln Habit.
A man Is responsible for the statement
that the bargain habit Is quite as strongtrr
fastened on the roan no It over was omj
the meat Indefatlgahlo woman hunter after-
cbeip gex > 5s. Tne man la even worse trmat
the woman , for he Is looking for a trcn
gift , for nhlch. strange as It may seem , h i
will indirectly pay liberally and the * ; :
chuckle at his good fortim ? . The one thing , ,
It seema , which the male bargain hunter-
Is devoted to Is theater tickets. There 1st * ,
no inconvenience to which he will not g n
and nothing he will not tpcnd if he oaau
get theater tlcketo for nothing. The par
ticular man about whom the story U told
was a dealer In "clgara and things. " And.
oh , he would like to have theater ticket *
given htm. The man who tells the storjr
was at one time able to nccommoJato hlia.t
with two eeats , fairly good seats In the
parquet , and for nothing. The man WM *
delighted. He was so pleated that he then"
and there font the donor a present from ,
his shop of at least $10 worth of "clgaran
and things. "
The Boston Lyric Optra company , whir *
played to light business here , has been Im
mensely successful In DIM ton , where tbo
organization is a favorite one. H opened
there Monday night to standing room.
flat In small space and put behind a doef.
out of the wuy. People building housts
may thus dispense with the costly baiati
room , OH the bath cabinet can be used la >
any room in the house. For the sick room
KB advantages nro at once apparent. The.
cabinet Is airtight and waterproof , so thai *
the vapor cannot possibly escape Into ther >
room. The cabinet is amply large enoughs
to comfortably hold an adult.
There have been so-called bath cabinets'1
on the market for yeara , and have sold ]
not upon their merits , but because ther *
was an urgent demand for such a bath *
The New Improved Cabinet , made by the )
Toledo firm. Is the only practical ortlola of
the kind. Is strongly and handsomely made *
and Its manufacturers.
GUARANTEE RESULTS. ' ' '
They assert , positively , and their stats *
ments are backed up by en array of tstis >
many from persons ol infiuenca In thelrTsiu
cpectlve towns , that their cabinet will cur *
nervous debility , clear the skin , purify th ;
blood , cure rheumatism ( they offer $ oO r
ward for a rase that cannot be
cures women's trouble ? , nlglit sweats ,
romnta , and all diseases of th nerve *
blood. It
WILL CURES It HARD COLD
with one bath , and for such a purpose It 1
really a household necessity. It la ,
course , the finest and most luxurious
beneficial bath Imaginable , but its
value lies In Its marvelous power to drav
out of the system the Impurities that ca
dheose , and for this reasonis / really a ,
send to ( humanity.
( HOW TO GET OXB.
Readers who ar sick or suffering ( rod
any of the diseases referred to above bouli
have one ot the remarkable cabinets. Th <
price is wonderfully low. Space will nw
permit of a detailed description of the cab
In el. but It will bear out the most exactlni
demand for practicability and cur tlvi
properties. Writs to Mollenkopp & Mel
Creary , 124 , E26 and C2S Summit street. To *
ledo , Ohio , and ask ) thorn to send you thelk-
pamphlets and circular * describingthell
Improved Thermal Vapor Bath Cabinet *
The regular price of the cabinet is K , and )
It would be difficult Indeed to Imagine ]
where one could Invest tbat amount of
money in anything else that can promise )
so much real Ken ulna health , vigor and ro
bust strength. Write today for full IB *
formation , or , better stia , order a cabins *
Tou won't be disappointed , as the maker * }
guarantee everything1 they ship. Their ref
erences are the Toledo Savings ) Bank A
Trust Co. , any express company , mercantile
agencies , or any businew firm In Tole"
Do not fall to send for booklet , as U
prove very interesting , reading.
WINE Or CARDUI
LOOK OUT FOR THE SIGNALS.
There are some danger signals tbat demand tbe attention of women. Devia
tion from tbe tegular menstrual habit ; monthly pains in tbe beadback , sides or
abdomen ; flooding ; bearing down pains ; constant tired , languid feeling , or
leucorrboeal discharge , or vaginal inflammation , are warnings nature gives to
women. Disease usually starts with some one of these symptoms , They show
something to be wrong with tbat delicate feminine organism. It can be corrected
easily at the start , but if neglected put off a few weeks or months endless suf
fering will result. Most women know tbat the best-way to stop such troubles is
to get Wine of Cardul , that wonderful cure for female diseases , which has attracted
so much attention. Wine of Cardui goes to the root of all this trouble , in tbe
afflicted organs themselves. It makes those organs healthy , and gives them
needed tone and strength. It is surprising how
LADIES' ADVISORY DEPARTMEHT. quickly and thoroughly it does this important
eltl For directions advice ta , sdoreMi cues requiring tpa work. Tbe treatment is very simple , and is used
tons. LaMuAC " in tbe privacy of your own home.
Tfc * ChaltaBW _
CbsituooOt Tecs.
Ask your druggist for
TOMPKINSVILLE , Ky , Oct 31st
I suffered for ten years with Inflammation and falling of
tbe womb , and at tbe monthly period tbe pain was very severe.
When I sent to you for the medicine last spring , I could not
stand on my feet more than three minutes at a time. I used
four bottles of the Wine of Cardui and some Black-Draught ,
and have gained fifteen pounds , and feel better than I have in
twenty years-
MRS. M. L. ADAMS
CHICAGO , DL. Sept. 16th.
My wife , by your advice , has used five bottles of McEIree's
Wine of Cardul 1 can say it has cured her leucorrhota , and \
there is now no mucous discharge of any kind. She has recom
mended tt to several of her afflicted friends , and they have used
U with equally favorable results.
J. E , HASCHKE.
OF CARDUI