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SILVER LOCK? G-allaiit Deeds of J?m Yes jtfeiv Yoi Gen. George Sears Greene, who died | at Morristown, N.J., recently in his V8th year, belonged distinctly to a by gone era. While many of his con temporaries on the Virginia and Ten nessee battlefields have been actively campaigning from 1865 up to the present day, this representative of the old army and of the armies of 1861 was compelled by age to put away the sword more than a generation ago. When he waved it in front of his thin but' intrepid line on Culp's Hill, Gettysburg, in 1863, he was 62 years old, or within two years of the retiriog age for army officers. Strange as it may seem to readers unfamiliar with the subject, the case of Gen: Greene is but one'of many in the annals of the American soldier. 'The present commanding general of the United States army, Gen. Nelson A. Miles, fought his first battle almost ! 38 years ago, but he is to-day the .youngest of the most distinguished survivors of the civil war now in har ness. Brooke, Merritt, Shafter, Mer riam, Otis and Henry will reach the age limit ahead of Miles. Lee and ! Wilson are his seniors, and so is Wheeler, who is a marvel of activity at 62. When the army was marshalled for the war with Spain, all the major generals of the line, except Wade, and not fewer than a hundred"isubordinate officer0 were older than Miles. Threescore years or an age approach ing it is a common one for American leaders. When Winfield Scott stood upon the dome of the capital of Cha pnltepec, directing his battalions in the attack on the City of Mexico, he could look back 34 years to the day of his first battle wound*. And Gen. Zachary Taylor, who initiated the Mexican war with all-the fiery ardor of youth; was 62 when he crossed the Rio Grande at the head of the Ameri can army, marching to Buena Vista and Monterey. And it was only last year that the world applauded the . Spectacle of Dewey, in his 61st year, smashing Spanish sovereignty in the Philippines, but he was simply bring ing to fruit, late in life, lessons that he had learned back in the sixties, sailing under Farragut, then a veteran of more than threescore, having a record of almost 50 years of active warfare behind him. Readers of history know that these martial veterans have not played the role of conservative counsellors merely ?while younger men bore the brunt of battle. Farragut was 63 when he was lashed to the shrouds at the battle of Mobile Bay. Juniors about him shouted warnings that the flagship was leading the line of vesselt to a nest of submarine torpedoes, but with an excusable oath, considering what it has done for the American navy, the gray-headedjadmiral cried out: "Damn the torpedoes! Go ahead!" And the old hero didn't stop with mere words, I but immediately drove his wooden flagship upon the low forward deck of the ram Tennessee in an effort to sink her with superior weight, although he knew that his own vessel must go down in the general wreck. In the same spirit Gen. Zachary 'Taylor acted when his juniors appeal ed to him to fall back at Buena Vista, for the safety of his army. "No," said he firmly, "I'll never pass my wounded alive." He stayed on the ?hard-fought field and was rewarded the next morning by seeing that the Mexicans had retreated in a rout, al though they outnumbered his troops four to one. Scott displayed equally aggressive vigor when the American army lay in front of the forbidden heights of Cha pultepec. After meeting with f. bloody reception at Molinos del Rey he asked the younger generals about him to suggest a plan for the capture of the City of Mexico, which lay beyond the heights. All of them said that the army should go around Chapultepec "avoid" it was the military term-and approach the city from the west side. After each had spoken and given his reasons Scott ended the council by saying: "Gentlemen, we will first storm Chapidtepec, then look to thc city gates on the west side." Chapul tepec was stormed and won and thc city fell without any defense of its gates worthy the name. Confederate veterans are familiar with the episode in the Wilderness when Robert E. Lee, then approaching threescore, wished to lead a charge of the Texan brigade. Albert Sidney Johnston, the brilliant soldier upon whom the south rested her high hopes in the beginning, was 5!' when killed at Shiloh in the heat of a charge. This Johnston, had he lived, might have become the general-in-chief of the Confederate army, and at the close of the war would have been (52 years old. Joseph E. Johnston was 58 when he fought thc last battle in the Carolinas, and Lee was the sanio agc at Appomattox. It is interesting to contrast thc ages of thc distinguished leaders in > IN BATTLE. ericaii Officers XJp in irs. .k Sun. the civil war. Gray hairs were on the side of the Confederates in those commanders who fought brilliant cam paigns. When the conflict began Grant was 39, Burnside 37, McClellan, 35; Sherman, 40; Meade, 46; Hooker, 46; Thomas, 45; Rosecrans, 42; Buell, 43; Sheridan, 30. Of the foremost southerners Lee was 54; A. Sidney Johnston, 5S; Joseph E. Johnston; 54: Stonewall Jackson, 37; Longstreet, 40;-Beauregard, 44; Bragg, 46; Hood, 31; A. P.Hill, 36; J. E. B. Stuart, 28; Forrest, 40. The crime of being a young man was not lightly passed over in Washington, surely, for it was held that Sheridan was too youthful to be appointed colonel of a cavalry regiment when he was 31. Miles re ceived the same sort of a rebuff at the Boston State house when he asked to be commissioned captain of a hundred patriots who had elected him their leader at the age of 21. Young men were coming to the front in 1S65 be cause of the immense armies in the field and the lack of trained old heads to take the lead. For that reason the highest battlefield valor has been as sociated with names like Sheridan, Custer, Kilpatrick, Wilson, the fiery Cleburne, and John B. Gordon, who were all under the average age for commissioned officers as it stood in the last year of the war. But long before that gray locks of fighting warriors had been conspicu ous on scores of bloody battlefields, and the bullets of Yankees and Con federates spared them not. Gen. Leonidas Polk, the ex-bishop, known as the surpliced Warrior of the south, was killed in the defense of Atlanta at the age of 58; Mansfield, in his 60th year, fell at Antietam while deploy ing his army corps, regiment by regi ment, for a grand charge, and Gen. Wadsworth was 57 when he leaped his horse over the Confederate works at the battle of the Wilderness, and fell dead within the enemy's lines. But the oldest hero of them all was Gen. Sumner, who led the fighting Second corps of the Army of the Potomac when he was 66 years of age. The nickname given to Sumner on account of his fiery ardor in battle. "Old Bull of the Woods," had reference to his impetuosity when the hour came to charge. That Dewey had many gray-haired compeers in the battles against Spain is shown by the long list of veterans who made history for the army at Santiago. First to fall was Col. Wikoff, a soldier who had held a com mission in the regular establishment for more than 47 years. By Wikoff's side almost, when killed, was the second io command of the First bri gade, Col. Worth, with nearly 40 years of servi je to his credit. Worth fell within a few feet of his dead chief. Next in rank came Lieut. Col. Liscum, who at that momeut was climbing the rough hillside at thc head of his negro regiment. That young staff officer, Charles E. Tay man, mentioned in the official reports as the breathless messenger sent by <j?u. Kent to summon the Seventy first to the front, awed his breathless ness to a race after Liscum to tell him that the command of the brigade de volved upon him. Liscum was 58 and hadn't much the start of Tayman at the bank of thc river, but the young ster nearly gave out before he could deliver the message. Almost instant ly the old man disappeared into the tall grass, wounded; but gray hairs were still in evidence on that part of the field. Major Ellis and Major Auman of the Thirteenth charging abreast of Liscum's colored troops, were war veterans hard crowding three score. They went down before San Juan block house was reached. Then Col. Ewers, of the Ninth, a gray-beard who had fought in that regiment un der Grant as far back as 1862, took command of the victorious line. Meanwhile, just to the right of Wikoff's brigade, Hawkins, a soldier who began his career in 1852, was leading on thc Sixth and Sixteenth, under Egbert and Theaker, graybeards, who were to fall outside the breast works. Hawkins crossed the trenches and was shot the next day while re pelling the Spanish counter-assault. Next to Hawkins, Wheeler was the oldest man on thc firing line, and how valiantly he battled until the victory was won has been told. It should be noted that with one exception every regiment, battalion and squadron of the regular engaged at San Juan went into action lcd by a veteran of 1H61, and the 10 generals and field ofticeis who were victims of Spanish bullets in that battle were close to 60, while some, notably Haw kins, had passed the threescore mark by a couple of years. - Among the attractions of thc I'ar i s exhibition of I'.tOO is a huge tel escope, by means of which thc moon will appear at a disiaacc of but 38 miles. Lieutenant (?ener?is C. S. A. It was stated sonic time ago that Gen. Joseph Wheeler was made a Lieutenant General in the Confederate service, but we arc told by a corres pondent that the statement was in correct, and that the chances are that Wheeler was not the youngest General in the Confederate service: that he was born in 188b and must be about the age of M. C. Butler, and that T. M. Logan, of the Hampton Le gion, must be younger than either Wheeler or Butler. A list of the Lieutenant Generals in the Confede rate Army prepared by the War Re cords office at Washington, gives the following facts on the subject, show ng the State from which the Lieu tenant Generals were appointed, the date of appointment, the date of con firmation by the Senate ind the date on which they took rank : James Longstreet. Alabama, ap pointed October ll, 1862, confirmed October ll, 1862, took'rank October 9, 1862. E. Kirby Smith, Florida, appoint?d October ll. 1862, confirmed October ll, 1862, took rank October 9, 1862, promoted General Provisional Army Confederate States February 19, 1S64. Leonidas Polk, Louisiana, appoint ed October ll, 1S62, confirmed Octo ber ll, 1S62, took rank October 10, 1862 ; killed June 14, 1864. Theophilus H. Holmes, North Car olina, appointed October 13. 1862, confirmed October 13, 1S62. took rank October 10, 1S62. William J. Hardee, Georgia, ap pointed October ll, 1862. confirmed October ll, 1862, took rank October 10, 1862 ; accepted commission No vember 23, 1862. T. J. Jackson, Virginia, appointed October ll, 1862, confirmed October 11, 1862, took rank October 10, 1852 ; died May 10,1863. C J. C. Pemberton. Virgini , appoint ed October 13, 1862, confirmed Octo ber 13, 1862, took rank October 10, 1862 ; resigned May 18, 1S64. Richard S. Ewell, Virginia, appoint ed May 23, 1862, confirmed February 2, 1864, took rank May 23, 1863. A. P. Hill, Virginia, appointed May 23.1862, confirmed January 15, 1864, took rank May 24, 1863. D. H. Hill, North Carolina, ap pointed July ll, 1862, took rank July ll, 1863 ; President declined to nom inate. John B. Hood, Texas, appointed February ll, 1864, confirmed Februa ry ll, 1864, took rank September 20, 1863. Richard Taylor, Louisiana, appoint ed May 16, 1864, confirmed May 16, 1864, took rank April 8, 1S64. Stephen D. Lee, South Carolina, (under Act of February 17,1S64 ;) ap pointed June 23, 1864, confirmed Feb ruary 14, BB65, took rank June 23, 1864, accepted appointment July 19, 1864 ; confirmation reconsidered Feb ruary 16, 1865. S. B. Buckner, Kentucky, appoint ed September 20. 1S64, confirmed Jan uary 12, 1S05, took rank September 20, 1864. Wade Hampton, South Carolina, appointed February 15. 1865. confirm ed February 15. 1865, took raak Feb ruary 14, 1865. . N. B. Forrest, Tennessee, appoint ed March 2, 1865, confirmed March 2. 1865, took rank February 2S, 1S65. Jubal A. Early, Virginia,appointed May 31, 1864, confirmed May 31. 1864, took rank May 31, 1864. R. H. Anderson, South Carolina, appointed June 1, 1864, confirmed June 1, 1864, took rank May 31,1864. A. P. Stewart, Tennessee, appoint ed June 23, 1864. confirmed February 20, 1865, took rank June 23, ISb-i. Stephen D. Lee, South Carolina, ap pointed March 16, 1865, confirmed March 16, 1865, took rank June 23. 1864. The last four on the list, to wit : Forrest, Early, Anderson, Stewart and Stephen D. Lee, were appointed with temporary rank under the Act approv ed May 31, 1864. And this list, so far as the report of the War Records office shows, includes the?names of all the Lieutenant Generals who served in the Confederate armies. In the sketch of (Jen. Wheeler's career, printed in the last edition of. the Con gressional Directory, it is stated that he "was successively promoted to thc command of a regiment, brigade, di vision and army corps, and in 1862 was assigned to the command of the army corps of cavalry of the Western Army, continuing in that position till thc war closed," and on May ll, 1864, became the "senior cavalry general of thc Confederate armies." We have no wish to discredit Cen. Wheeler's services during thc Confederate war, and particularly because of his splen did work during the recent war with Spain ; but it is a little strange that the War Records office should have discovered no signs of him in thc Confederate records of Lieutenant Generals up to within three weeks of thc surrender of Lee's army at Ap pomattox, and within about six weeks of thc surrender of thc Western army at (?recnsboro. As Schlcy wigwagged to Sampson at Santiago, there is "Glory enough for all of us." in thc achievements of thc Confederate ar-1 mies : but as our correspondent sug gests : "Wc might as well have h is to- I ry true."-Xturs ami Courier. The Wild Caine of Cuba. While Cuba offers such a haven to the invalid, it ia a paradise for the sportsman, wild game and fish of all kinds being abundant. Parties of meu on horseback, with their packs of hounds, hunt the fleet footed deer. When they arrive in the locality which the. game frequent, the huutcrs, as with us, station them selves in the paths where the deer are likely to pass and the dogs are turned loose. It is a common thing for a small party to kill eight or ten deer in a day. When night falls and the men are through with the chase, surround ed by their trophies of the day's sport, they spend the evening with pipes and eales at the campfire, later to swing their hammocks from the neigh boring boughs, and, free from care and troubles and amidst the moonlight and shadows and scent of luxuriant flowers, to sleep that sleep that gives health and life. The wild boar i? plentiful, and some times, if cornered, dangerous, especial ly the old master of the herd, called "un solitario," which will tear a dog to pieces or make a green hunter climb a tree, but the Cuban easily kills him with a machete. The island, boar sometimes weighs 200 or 300 pounds, and has huge tusks, often five or six inches in length. The meat of thc female is much relished by the na tives. Wild dogs and cats, wild cat tle, horses and jackasses abound. But the jutia, peculiar only to Cuba, which looks like a cross between a squirrel with a rat's tail and a ra.bbit, and which lives in the trees and feeds on nuts and leaves, is the great delight of the Cuban. Fowls are in great numbers. Wild guinea hens and turkeys are found in flocks of from 25 to 100. The whistle of the quail and the flutter of the pheasant and perdiz are heard on all sides in the rural and mountain re gions. Ducks in abundance come over from Florida in the winter and return with the spring. Wild pigeons, with their white tops and bodies of blue, larger sometimes than the do mestic bird, offer, in hunting, the greatest sport to men who will be re strained within reason. In the early mornings the pigeons generally go to feed on the mangle berries when ripe, and which grow by the sea or neat some swamp place. I have known of a party of three persons to kill 1,500 of the pigeons within a few hours. Robiches, tojosas and guanaros are found in the thick woods. Mocking and blue birds, orioles, turpials, negri tos, parrots and a thousand of song sters and birds of brilliant plumage flit from tree to tree. The waters about Cuba, at night strangely phosphorescent, are marvel lous in their transparency. Objects can be seen in a depth of eighty or ninety feet and the endless variety of botanical and animal life in the depths afford great pleasure for those who love the realm of nature's mysterious lore, Brown lichen, great white coral trees, and the numberless shells, with fish whose bright colors emulating the tints of precious stones and the hues of the rainbow, darting hither and thither, combine to form a most en chanting aquarium of nature. Thc naturalist, Poey, says there arc Gil distinct species of fish in thc j Cuban waters. Among those that de j light the sportsman are the red snap per, lista, manta, gallego, cobera, su rela and gar fish. Thc sien-, which weigh from forty to sixty pounds, is extremely game, as is the ronco, so called because it snores when brought out of thc water. For heavy sport, fishing for sharks, which arc good for nothing, or the gusa, which weighs from 400 to GOO pounds, and is excel lent eating, offer abundant exercise. It is a daily occurrence to see schools of fish, numbering from hundreds to many thousands, each fish weighing from one to four pounds, swimming around the bays and harbors waiting for a bait. Any American who enjoys good fishing can find his fondest dreams more than satisfied in Cuba. Delicious shrimps, crabs, and lob sters, oysters and clams abound. The lobsters have no claws and weigh from two to eight pounds. They are caught at night in shallow places along the sandy beach, a torch, harpoon and net being the necessary outfit. Some of thc rivers abound in alligators, but few hunt them.-John T. Hyatt, Jr., in Field and Stream. - -*mmm+-m mm* ? - - Thc millions of steel pens used in the world are all made by very few finns. Three arc in this country, three in Great Britain, and one each in France, Germany and Italy ; and all these manufacturers purchase thc raw material, which is sheet-steel finely rolled, from a single establishment in Sheffield, Frig. To make this crude stuff into a finished pen, it has to be passed through 14 different processes. after which each pen is examined and tested by an expert. . t . ^ - The "angry tree" attains a height t?f from 1" to 2.") feet. Tt is found in California. Nevada and Arizona. Il' disturbed hy contact ur moved by the wind, il manifests signs ul' vexation, rufiiing its leaves like the hairs of an angry cat ami emitting sickening odor. Lovers Fight a Fatal Duel. ENDICOTT, NEU., March S.-As the sequel of a fatal duel over a youDg "lady, Burt Grandy was chased through the forests of this county by i Sheriff's posse and bloodhounds and finally kill ed himself. Clyde Cole's body lies at the undertaker's establishment, and a distracted young woman is raving in her room, temporarily bereft of reason by the bloody tragedy enacted in her presence. Those involved arc among the best families of the State. The two young men who last night engaged in the struggle to the death were intimate friends. For a year they have been paying attention to pretty Gertie Hickey, the belle of the village. The jealousy was intense, but no threats have been made, and no one expected the courtship to end in tragedy. Last night at the Endi cott Public School a.church entertain ment was held. All three participa ted, and the two young men hurried from the temporary stage to the door to beg the privilege of escorting Miss Rickey home. Both spoke at once, but the girl ac cepted Cole. Grandy was persistent and begged that he be permitted to ac company them. His"offer was reject ed. The couple walked a few blocks to thc girl's home. At the gate stood Grandy in a rage. The disappointed lover demanded of the girl whom she loved best of the two. She hesitated and Cole disengaged himself and step ped forward. Seeing trouble brewing the girl step ped between the two rivals. Again Grandy demanded that she make a choice. Hoping to settle the difficul ty, the girl declared her love for Cole. Instantly Grandy drew a resolver. The girl sprang between the men, but Cole jumped forward and grabbed the wea pon. Then a wild struggle for the possession of the pistol occurred. After 10 minutes Grandy wrenched himself loose, still grasping the wea pon, and aimed at his rival. Again the girl sprang forward and interposed her body to shield her lover. Then the infuriated man pushed the weapon beneath the girl's shoulder and fired at Cole. He dropped dead. Then the girl denounced the mur derer, who turned and fled into the woods. Ail day he was pursued by a posse led by bloodhounds. Finally his body was found in a pasture six miles from Endicott. A bullet hole in his skull and a revolver lying by his side told the story. Losing hope of escape and overcome with remorse, he had taken his life with the revolver with which he bad slain his friend. The young girl's reason is threatened. -St. Louis Republic. Didn't Understand Banking. Old Abraham Billings is a well known original character in southwest Georgia. He once moved to a new town, where a bank was established on a small scale, and having saved up $5 in the course of a year deposited it in the bank. The next day he was seen hovering around to see if the bank was still there with his 85, when someone call ed his attention to its closed doors, whereupon was the sign : "Bank Closed; Legal Holiday.'' J le sat down on the bank steps, dis consolate. "Consam 'em!-' he said, "tlie durncd cashier's done got a legal holiday an' gone off ter spen' my $5 ! Ff I'd jest ha' listened ter reason I'd ha' buried it som ers, but T never did lia' no business sence!"-A flo uta Con . s f il ut ion . - "Marie, I thought your doctor told vou that you were not strong, enough to ride a bike?" "Y.?s : but I went to another doctor." When death comes to the door of a strong, rugged, healthy constitution he finds it closed. He is always sneaking .%% around look W?f ing for open ly ings through which he can f invade happy homes and leave them forlorn and desolate. H e looks for weak places and broken doors which can be easily battered dawn. When a man's vigor and energy begin to weaken and be come uncertain, then the door to His vitalitygrows shaky and there is an opening for thc grim visitor to enter. lt is commonly said thal people die of this or that particular disease. Thc truth is they die of constitutional weakness. If more people realized this they would understand why the great "(?olden Medi cal Discovery" invented by Dr. K. V. Pierce of buffalo, iv Y., cures so many cases of lingering coughs, throat, bronchial, and kindred affections of the air passages. Il gives thorough abundant constitutional vitality. It prives Hie digestive and blood making organs, where consumption usually begins, power to do their work completely sb that no poisonous dregs can get into the circulation lo fasten on the lungs and vital tissues. "I have been troubled with bronchitis for several years." writes Mrs. Orlin O'Hara, of Irergtis Kails. Minti. (Box 114) .. [11 the lirst place I hail sore throat : doctored with different doctors ??nd took various medicines, but got no l isting relief We made up our min is to try the medicine advertised as Dr. Pierce's 1*.olden Medical piscovery. Arter I had taken one lx?ttlc. we thought we could see a little change. We sent and p>l another lottie ol'the ;<'.ol<len Medi cal I i.is?ovcry-' and also une ot' '"Favorite Pre scription;' I tonk them alternately, and in a lew da vs I began !?> ..><?<. that I was better tor certain; I took cii?ht bottles of- iholden Medical Discovery-' and two ul ' Favorite Prescription,; Mild; really. '. have not li ll as wei! in years. I sleep bette! than I have in twenty-years " Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad viser, a liv?) page illustrated hook, will he sen! f:i >- In- the World's Dispensary Medi ca! Association tot ?i one cent stamps, to pay tin- cost o! mailing utily, ur a more sub stantial cloth bound volume foi 31 stamps. 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