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AROUND LOOKC More Reminiscensei Wheeler's Famor Atlanta J Dear Journal: Your asking me a - few days ago of some reminiscenses of Gen. Wheeler has brought back to me smch a flood of memories tf the old gang that I fear I shall bore you and yomr readers before I get them oup of my head. Wheeler's cavalry was not pretty to look at, and to see them on the march was to behold about as motley a crew as caa be imagined. Of uniforms there was scarcely any semblance, each man wearing what he had or could get:, and homespun jeans was the most predominant raiment. In arms and equipments there was also a gTeat variety, some carrying Enfield rifles, some Springfield muskets, a few carbines, and some old Mexican war Mississippi rifles. How the ordnance department ever kept ammunition ftr all these calibres has always been a mystery to me, but Ido not recall that we were ever short of powder or failed to burn it when there was occa sion. A great change in our arma ment, however, took place as the war progressed, and before its close Spen cer repeating carbines and Colt's re volvers became the general rule, -drawn, of course, from oui* usual source of supply, our prisoners and the well-filled wagons trains of the enemy. The horses were the property of the men, as were most of their eqaip nrents, and were good, bad or indiffer ent, according to tue purse or prowess of the owner. By the way, there was a decided feeling of comradeship be tween the horse and his rider. When on picket duty the horse was good company, and his companionship re lieved the tedium almost as much as a human comrade would have done. Sharing a common danger develops an affection between men and animals as well as between humans,- and this I suppose must account for my vivid recollections of the individual pecu liarities of many of the horses of our command. I could mention a score of them, but a ?few must suffice. CHARACTERISTICS OF HORSES. Dave Jennings, of Company D, rode a little clay-bank mare with scarcely any withers to speak of. and an Irish man of Company E rode an old hack high in front like a giraffe. No crup pers or breast straps could keep the saddles of either in position, and Dave frequently rode straddle of his ?arefs neck, while the Irishman sat complacently on his horse's ramp. There was John Hilton's horse "Blue Nose," whose chief merit consisted in being the "illegantest swimmer that ever was seen." We swam our horses across the Tennessee river onoe, and while only the head or noses of the others were visible "Blue Nose" pad dled majestically across with his back 11 and half his sides ont of the water. 11 And Morg Thompson's little squealing stallion, "Baffin/' that no amount of hard riding or short ration s could take j the sqnai oat of. Then there was y poor Jim Lowe's Canadian pacer, a i beautiful animal and very docile, and at first not at all gun-shy, but later became almost unmanageable under fire. We could account for the change | ] in no way hut by concluding that the intelligent creature had learned the dangerous difference between blank cartridges fired in preliminary drill, and the report of firearms accompanied by the whistling of bullets about his ears. And there was Jack Hanna's pacing roan, on whose back I one day took an equestrian portrait -of myself in six inches of mud. And last, but not least, I remember John Ingra sorrel of the cast iron month, that no bit or tackle that we could ever rig up would stop when once good started, rode this son of a gun once, and am not likely ever to forget the experi ence. There were three of us sitting quietly on the turn-pike between Nashville and Murfreesboro, when the first fours of a regiment of Federal cavalry rode into the pike from a cross road, not over one hundred yards from us. A volley followed, of course, and the horses jumped, mine about fifteen feet, I think, and another only far enough to set his rider gently on the ground. (He had been sitting side ways, an accouat of an affliction like Job is said to have suffered from.) Sorrel's head was turned towards the woods, and right through the timber he went like a cyclone. I didn't want to stop him, for my business just then was to get away just as fast and as far from that spot as possible. Bat I did j try to guide him, for I didn't want to 1 break his neck and mine against a t tree. A short distance ahead there \ was a fence, and another man had dis- i mounted and was throwing off the g rails. I yelled to him to get out of f the way, for I knew the fool horse f would jump over him or anything else s that happened to be in his road. He misunderstood me, I suppose, for the g only reply I got was to "go to hell." * He just barely had time to duck his a head when the horse cleared him, fence and all. 1I And while writing this of horses I ?UT MOUNTAIN s from a Member of LS Cavalry Corps. oumal. must not forget to mention the horse race wherein a one-eyed man rode a one-eyed horse, and both blind on the same side. Half way through the course the horse flew the track on the blind side, broke its neck against a pine tree and very nearly killed the rider. THE THREE MUSKETEERS. There were three choice spirits in our regiment that reminded one of Alexander Dumas' "Three Muske teers." As Dumas' three were really four, so our three had been five. But two had thrown their lives away, in a drunken brawl on Lookout Mountain and the other in charging the enemy's picket line alone, and trying single handed to capture or kill some of the sentinels. Poor fellows, they deserved better fates, especially the latter. He was a bright-faced, handsome boy about 18 years of age. He got back from his escapade into the Confederate lines with a bullet in his thigh which out the femoral artery, and from which he speedily bled to death. This left but three. They were not regularly detailed scouts, but there was scarcely ever a scouting party organiz ed that George and Bill and Ben were not selected. They were only boys in aee, the eldest not over 21 and the youngest barely 18, but they could ride anything that went on four legs, appeared almost utterly tireless and seemed not to know what fear meant. I think their courage was somewhat like that of a child who is indifferent to danger because it is incapable of comprehending its existence. George had been a circus rider, and I believe oould have ridden a horse standing on bis head. The last I saw of them was just ? preceding the battle of Ghiokamauga, and they were having more fun than a sage- full* of monkeys. They had Bcouted all over Lookout Mountain, sometimes under orders and with a definite object in view, but as often without aim or orders except to search' for adventures. They nominally be longed with a detachment commanded by Lieutenant William Pelham, but EIS they were a little impatient of re straint, hejjallowed the "three fools," as they were frequently called, to do pretty much as they pleased, knowing af course that they might be killed or 3*ptured, but believing the chances were largely in favor of their killing or sapturing some of the enemy. They were driven from the moun tain hy the advance of Rosecrans' ar my, but kept in front of it for two lays, often in speaking and generally in shooting distance. BILL'S CANNON. I have forgotten how the other two frere armed, but remember Bill carried ?vb.at he called a "cannon." He had short time before got himself into a bight place and lost his gun, and nearly everything else he had, being glad, as he expressed it, to get out irith his "hide and hishoss." Going to the ordnance wagon, he found an )ld Belgian rifle about six feet long, md with a bore nearly an inch in di imeter. It was really a powerful wea pon, and as the owner expressed it, ''could shoot a mile and cracked like i six-pounder." DISLODGING THE SHARPSHOOTERS '. One day a detachment of the regi ment was deployed as skirmishers, ind lying down behind a fence about 1,000 or 1,200 yards from the enemy's ine. Between the two fires was a rankeee sharpshooter, and he was naking it decidedly interesting to any me of our men that showed his head. Fie was out of range of our guns, and 3ill suggested that he turn loose his ordnance on him. As a preliminary and to determine he exact location of our enemy, Ben ook off his coat and put it on the end if his gun, then put his hat on top of r hat and carefully edged it up over the J eoce to represent a man cautiously j >eeping over. Thc dummy had ^ carcely cleared the top rail when ^ ?rack went the yankee's rifle and al- j no8t simultaneously Bill's artillery oared. When the smoke* cleared } iway we saw a bluecoat on the double [nick to get back into his own lines, j Che cannon evidently madeothe situa ion uncomfortable to him, to say the t east. HOW THE YANKIE GOT OVER THE j FENCE. i The same afternoon Bill's artillery i nade a little more fun for the "Three Musketeers." They were mounted ? his time, and picking their way to- c rard the enemy's line in search of nore adventures, when they met a ne ;ro. He was almost out of breath j rom running, and had in his hand a ( iddle, probably his most precious pos- t lession. 1 "Do, for God Almighty's sake, don't j ;o down dar, boss," he exclaimed. 'Dey is right down dar by the black- 1 mith's shop." a The boys knew exactly where the locksmith's shop was, and as there g Fas a lane extending about 200 yards 1 toward them and timber the balance ( the way, they smelt a chance of ha\ ing some more fun with Bill's cannoi So they deployed through the wood until they came opposite the mouth c the lane, when Bill dismounted an crawled on his hands and knees int the middle of the road. Sure enougl they were at the blacksmith's shoj There was a large oak tree about tw feet from a fence, and between th tree and the fence stood a blue coal Bill brought his ordnance to bear, an as Uncle Remus would say, "let hil have all dar was in her." There wasn't much time for laugt ing, but the way the fellow got ove that fence was too ludicrous for anj thing. He didn't climb over, nor tr to jump over, but literally fell ovei We. examined the ground the next da and found that Bill's artillery had tor about a square foot of the bark off th side of the tree next to where th yankee was standing. It was evi dently time for him to change his po sitien. THE LAST OP BILL AND THE CANNON Poor Bill's war career came to a: untimely close the next day. Th enemy's line was formed in an ope: field, while ours was back of a timber ed ridge. The tactics of on' thre adventurers was to dash up withii easy range of the enemy and fire, thei quickly wheel and ride back, bendinj low to esoape the volley they expecte< and generally got. A moore foolisl maneuver could scarcely have beei conceived, and why they were no killed seems almost a miracle to nu now. But ail things must have an end and so had this. They played thei little game one time too often. Qi last sortie they were allowed to get ai close as they desired, when suddenly they discovered the gleam of abou forty sabers, not in front of them, bu on their flank, and as near the Confed erato lines as they were. It was Gen eral Negley's escort sent to charge th< woods and stop the foolishness George and Ben rode safely out-, and incredible as it may appear, George carried ont with him one of the goner al's escort and landed him safe ii Dixie. But Bill, being only indiffer ently mounted, he and the cannon were lost. The next news we had ol him he was in a Federal prison nearlj 1,000 miles away. This left hut two of the five, and what became of them I never knew, but the changes were against theil having gone safely through the rest oi the war. As I told at the outset, Wheeler's cavalry were not a handsome lot. Neither were they popular with the farmers and country people, for they must needs have foraged or famished, since they enjoyed only a slight ac quaintance with the supply trains (except the enemy's,) and their meet ings with the commissary department were few and .far between. I know, too, it was said they had abnormally developed appetites for buttermilk, and that some of them were fond of corn licker. But I seriously doubt if General Wheeler, of the United States army, will ever have a command in his new Seid that he will be quite as proud of, or that he can as confidently rely upon when there is hard fighting and harder riding to do as upon the old ragged and reckless, desperate and rough ri ders that he formerly commanded. W. C. DODSON, Private Co. D.. 5l8t Ala. Cav. About Salt. A. little salt rubbed on the cups will take off tea stains. Put into whitewash it will make it stick better. As a tooth powder it will keep the teeth white and the gums hard and rosy. It is one of the best gargles for ?ore throat and a preventive of dipthe ria if taken in time. Use salt and irater to clean willow furniture; apply with brush and rub dry. Salt and ?rater held in the mouth after having \ tooth pulled will stop the bleeding. Prints rinsed with it in the water will lold their color and look brighter. Two teaspoonfuls in half ? pint of ;epid water is an emetic always on land, and is an antidote for poisoning 'rom nitrate of silver. Neuralgia of ;he feet and limbs can be cured by jathing night and morning with salt md water as hot as can be borne. When taken out. rub the feet briskly vith a coarse towel. Salt and water s one of the best remedies for sore jyes, and if applied in time will scat ter the inflammation. Silk handker chiefs and ribbons should be washed n salt water, and ironed wet, to ob tain the beBt results. Food would be nsipid and tasteless without it. Hemorrhages of the lungs or stom ich are promptly checked by small loses of salt. Pitts' Carminative is pleasant to ;he taste, acts promptly, and never 'ails to give satisfaction. It carries children over the critical time of ;eething, and is the friend of anxious nothers and puny children. A few loses will demonstrate its value. E. 5. Dorsey, Athens, Ga., writes: "I consider it the best medicine I lave ever used in my family. It does ill you claim for it, and even more." - Man believes himself always ;reater than he is, and is esteemed ess than he is worth. SUMMER IN THE SOUTH. Its Mountain Resorts to be in Oreater Demand Than Ever. Manufacturer's Record. The coming summer is likely to be marked by a decided increase in the patronage of the mountain resorts of the South. For more than half a cen tury the people of the South who have had the means and the leisure have been accustomed to divide their sum mers between the resorts of the North and some of the older ones. of the South. In former years there was a regular migration with the* on-coming of warm weather from the lowlands to the mountains. The plantation fami lies or the dwellers in cities of the plains made the pilgrimage, enlivened with the change to out-of-door life on the route, and spent at least a month in some retreat like that of the old Greenbrier White or some of the lesser resorts whose name is now only a memory. Wealthy families from New Orleans or Mobile traveled by steamboat and in their private equip ages overland to thc heights of the Appalachian range, and there remained until the on-coming pf cooler weather or continued their happy journey to Saratoga or one of the seaside resorts just in their beginnings. That was in the days before the railroads had made accessible and had aided in the devel opment of many resorts which now rank with the best that the North has or ever had. There are many distinct advantages possessed by these summer refugees. Though many of them have all the conveniences of table and appoint ments, they are still close to the wilderness of the woods. Within the walk of a well-arranged hotel are magnificent stretches of scenery, op portunities for sportsmen and tempta tions to the invalid to woo health in close communion with nature. The /inter migration from the North to Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Ala bama and Louisiana has become a permanent fact in American life; but the South is not only an immense sanitarium for the winter, but also for the whole year. From Mason and Dixon's line clear into Alabama and to Georgia the Appalachian range forms unending1 lines of beauty. Not as bold as the Rockies, nor as sharply defined, perhaps, as the New England Mount Washington, the ranges of the Blue Ridge are yet most pleasing in their changing color under different skies, their sweeping forms, and, as they rise to North Carolina, their com manding elevations. Comparatively few persons realize that in Western North Carolina there are forty-three mountains more than 6,000 feet high, towering above others ranging from 4,000 feet down, and one of the chief attractions about these mountains is that they have nothing of the worn appearance of the better-known peaks of the East, but are full of pleasant surprises and give opportunity for ever changing vistas to him who idles among them. Moreover, the Appalachian range is really an immense mineral fountain. Medicinal waters, soothing to sufferers from minor ills and curative of long standing diseases, either in the shape of a beverage or as a bath, gush f.om among the rocks at many points. The White Sulphur Springs in West Vir ginia, the Hot Springs, the Warm Springs, the Healing Springs in Bath county, the old Sweet Springs, Rock bridge Alum in Virginia, the Hot Springs of M orth Carolina and others at Liocolnton and Shelby, N. C., Sweet Water and Bowden, near At lanta, are a few of the iron, chaly beate or sulphur springs belonging to the Virginias, the Carolinas, Tennes see and Georgia, situated in healthy places and surrounded by picturesque views which are attracting every year a greater number of visitors than be fore. To most of these springs direct railroad connection is had with the cities of the North, West and farther South, and each year finds improve ments and additional attractions, none of which, however, mar thc beauties which have been created by nature. Typical of them all, perhaps, are those in the vicinity of Asheville, N. C. The development of that section as a health resort for both the summer and winter is largely due to the enter prise of the railroads and the delight of wealthy persons who have once visited it. The city of Asheville itself is a monument of the apprecia tion of the South as a sanitarium. Its population consists largely of tourists or of those persons who. once seeing it, have determined to make it their home for life. Nearby is the magnifi cent Biltmore estate, an attraction which casual visitors are permitted to enjoy. Then there is the Cloudland Hotel, on the top of Roan mountain, at an elevation of 6,400 feet, and com manding a view of 50,000 miles of territory in seven States-the two Virginias, two Carolinas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia. From this place there is an easy ac cess by an excellent mountain turn pike to other resorts, such as Eseeola Inn, at Linnville, and the acoomoda tions at Blowing Rock, where spring atmosphere seems to abide eternally. By another route one reacher Waynes ville, filled with the healing odors of the fir and presenting points of advan tage for observing magnificent views of cliff, valley and mountain stream, and the whole topped by Mount Mitch ell, Grandfather, Roan and Clingman's Peak. Across the border lies the Lookout mountain, overhanging Chat tanooga. Not far away is Chickamau ga, which seems destined to be the place of attraction for thousands of heartB, if not of feet, during the com ing summer. The very fact which has made Chickamauga a mobilization cen ter for armies of the United States is that which will indue 3 a large patron age of the Soutnern mountain resorts this year. No one can doubt that timidity on the part of many persons will lead them to select the mountains for their summer outing, instead of the seashore. The resorts all along tbej coast will probably have a good business, but they must share to a greater extent now than ever that business with the secure, health-giving, comfortable and picturesque resorts of the Appalach ians. During the summer of 1891, Mr. Chas. P. Johnson, a well known attor ney of Louisville, Ky., had a very severe attack of summer complaint. Quite a number of different remedies were tried, but failed to afford any relief. A friend who knew what was needed procured him a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrboa? Remedy, which quickly cured him and he thinks, saved his life. He says that there has not been a day since that time that he has not had this remedy in his household. He speaks of it in the highest praise and takes much pleasure in recom mending it whenever an opportunity is offered. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co.__ SUMMER GOODS AND FRUIT JARS. BUT A STEEL RANGE, ASBESTOS LINED. YOU save 50 cent- in fuel, and does not heat up your cook-room by 50 per cent, as much as the Cast Stove. Iron King and Elmo is the best cheap Stove you can buy. I have a large lot of nice DECORATED PLATEN of imported Goods, in va rions patterns, .that I am running off ar. Burgaiop, as I will not carry the pattern any longer. Now is your chance for nice Goods at a Bargain. 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