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WAR SI W. C. Dodson Tells oJ Cavi Editor Atlanta Journal : In responding to your invitation to write something more about Wheeler's cavalry, I wish to say that the sub ject is by no means exhausted, but I had hoped that others of the old gang would take up the task. Many there are more competent and worthy, but it is only just to myself to say that none can love more the men, their cause and its memories than I. In reading of battles, sieges, marches, hardships, etc., the averace reader may be unduly impressed with the horrors of war, and is apt to con- i elude tbRt it is all tragedy, with no ' place for comedy, but comedy plays its part, and the average soldier is much more inclined to mirth than mourning. Of course the hardships and sufferings of our army wero great, but Johnny lieb wasted but little time in ubcIcss repining and was usually able to ex- 1 tract some diversion from nearly every situation, and as a rule was equally ready for a tight or a frolic. Having in my previous communica tious told about some of the fighting we did, suppose I now vary the mono tony and tell about some of the fun ; we had. I would forget the darker side of the picture if I could, but am j fond of dwelling upon the lighter side. Most of your readers have probably heard of the great sham battle of Johnstone's army on the retreat from ]> ilton, but an amusing incident con Ucuted therewith I have never yet seen published. There was present tho wife of General ilardee, and a number of handsomo and accomplished ladies from Mobile. Among tho lat- j tor was one having a decided partiaii ty for a certain major, who was an ac- j tive participant in the forefront of the battle. She presently became uneasy '. at the apparent dangerous position of j her sweetheart, and in her excitement exclaimed, "Oh, just look at the Ma jor! Oh, the Major oug.it not to be there!" A ragged old cavalryman standing near, and who was probably more fa miliar with the major's fighting re cord than his fair champion, felt call ed on to reply: "Don't you bo uneasy, Miss, if 'twas a sure enough fight the Major wouldn't be nowhere near lhar." The young lady's indignation and disgust can better be imagined than described, and if a look could have killed, th'i.e would have been a dead cavalryman then and there. After the battle of Chickamauga our division (Martin's) was sent wtyh Longstreet on hisKnoxvillecampaign, and remained with him until both men and horses were worn to a frazzle. Early in 1861 we were ordered to Oxford, Ala., to recruit. This sec tion had suffered comparatively little from the ravages of war, forage and food were plenty, and after our severe wiuter campaign in East Tennessee seemed verily a land of milk and hon ey. Many ladies visited the camp almost daily, and picnics and parties were the order of the day. The cavalryman's favorite ?port was horse racing, but there the monotony was varied. We were encamped in Ghoooloco valley, in which lived *'Unele" Taylor Do Arm an, the breed er of a famou j strain of game chick ens, and cock fighting soon beoame as popular as horse raoing had been. The contagion spread until the officers became infeetcd, and then as usual.it was the Alabama brigade on the one aide and Georgia brigade on the other. The Alabamians had decidedly the ad vantage, in not only being able to get the best of "Uncle" Taylor's cocks, but also in having his friend, Bill: Taylor, a uotei' heeler, to handle the j birds in the pit. The result .vas that 1 Alabama soon had money to burn,] while Georgia went dead broke. Col. I Crews, commanding the Georgia bri- j gadc, and his men were blue, while General (uow Senator) Morgan and his ! Alabamians were exultant; and to make it worse the Alabamians were disposed to "rub it in" by tantalizing the Georgians on every occasion. At this stage of the game Crews went to Columb *, and after consider able delay and expense, secured a coop of fighting chickens of a celebra ted Georgia strain, and another big main was arranged. The Georgians who were able sent home for more funds, others borrowed from friends, and big money, such as it was, de pended upon the issue of this final battle. Tho Alabamians had *n old gray fcock they nick-named "Brahma" be .ca"<*c he looked like a Shanghai. But the.v?a a fighter from away back and iiD'tiuj* battle he killed eight of his opponi r.t* in succession. In the ninth r > ind. he was pitted against the best of the batch of Crew's Columbus chickens, und broke the latter's leg in/the lirai shuffle he made. The ' Georgians were now in despair, but as ORIES. ? F\iii With Wheeler's airy. it is frequently the unexpected that I happens, so it ?van in this case. As I old Brahma leisurely reached over to i give his fallen foe one more peck, the I latter sprung at him and with one I sound leg struck the steel gaff nearly I through his enemy's head. Brahma ! fell back with a disgraceful squawk, 1 and the battle was ended. The Georgians were almost wild, : while the Alabaruians were corres pondingly depressed, and to make the tragedy complete, General Morgan drew his knife and cut Brahma's head off?remarking, with more human na ture than justice : "I always thought you were a dunghill and now I know it." As previously stated, our usual sport was horse riding, and many and exciting were the races we had. In the best of these Georgia and Alaba ma were arrayed on opposite sides. Toward the last the contest was nar rowed down to two horses?"Crow hop" and "Claybank." "Crowhop" was a Yankee horse, captured by a member of the Sixth Georgia regi ment, and took his namo from being "string-halted" which made him jerk up one hind foot in rather a peculiar fashion. "Claybank" belonged to a man in my regiment?l'if*y-first Ali bama, l'artisan Hangers, and obvious ly took his name from his color. "Crowhop" was fast: could in fact outrun anything in cither the Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky or Tennessee bri gades, provided he could bo kept on the course, hut he had a way of flying the track, sometimes even after he had the racu practically won. In the* last race between these two consider able money was up, but the Georgians didn't back their representative with their usual enthusiasm. Just before the horses started, Licutenaut Hodo, of the Sixth Geor gia, after excitedly asking on which side of the track Crowhop was to run, made haste to the end of the course and proceeded to climb a tree. This was after we had crossed the Savan nah river, following Sherman in his in-famous march to the sea, and on each side of the race course were a number of South Carolina militia. They were, of courso, amazed at Ho do's action, and inquired its meaning. He said: "Boys, there's going to bo a cyclone here pretty soon, and I am fixing to stand from under." The race course was a straight one, and the judges stood on either sido, at the end, each holding a fence rail, by which to sight which horse passed out first. Presently the horses came thunder ing down the homo stretch, Crowhop about a hurfdred yards ahead, his jock ey leaning back and riding easy, while Claybank trailed in the rear, his rider applying whip and spur. Just as he appeared an easy winner, Crowhop flew the track, and the pre dicted cyclone came to pass promptly on time. Heran between one of the judges and his fence rail, knocked both down, jumped into the midst of the militia, and those he didn't tram ple he stampeded, ^Yhilc this was goiug on of course Claybank was get ting in his work, and went under the string or rather inside of the rail, away ahead, much to the joy of the Alabamians and the discomfiture of the Georgia contingent. But the Alabamians' victory was shortlived, for Claybauk was soon to meet his Waterloo, and lose his race and his life at thesamo time. After Savannah was captured the commaud had a few days' respite be fore the beginning of the end. Of course, we were never long in a place until sport was inaugurated and Geor gia, smarting under her defeat, ban tered Alabama for another race. This time Crowhop, being iu disgiace, was relegated to the rear, and a big sorrel horse trotted out iu his stead to con test the honors with Claybank. Xow, Claybank was a fast horse for his day and time, and was fairly well trained to run on a straight track. But he, like Crowhop, was not with out an infirmity, being blind in one eye. This probably woulo have made but little difference if his rider had had two eyes, but he was ridden by a one-eyed man, and both horse and man were blind on the same side. To make tho comedy of errors com plete, there was a rather sharp curve in the track, and it on the blind side. So here came the one-eyed horso and his one-eyed rider, lickety-split, and when they camo to the curve in tho track they, just kept straight on, till Claybank brought up at>inst a pine tree on the blind sido and broke his neck, while the rider took a flying leap, frog fashion, and landed 15 feet further on. This was about the last of the races of which I have knowledge. It left Georgia flushed with victory, and t I Alabama with empty pockets and a dead horse. Soon after the end came. Johnston surrendered, General Wheeler was captured and sent North, along with Mr. Davis and family, tho dashing cavalryman acting en route as nurse for "Baby Winnie," who was in after years to immortalize the name of "the daughter of the Confederacy." Tragedy at iast roigned supreme. (Private) W. C. Dodson. GENERAL JOE WHEELER. San Francisco Post. Strikingly interesting stories are told about this small, grim, nervous, soft-voiced, 'dashing soldier. Some are matters of history. The "Bed Book of Michigan" tells this story at the general's expense. It in an inci dent connected with the repulse of the Confederates at Strawberry Plains, August 24, 1864. Eight men of the Tenth Michigan cavalry had been de tailed to defend McMilligan's ford on the Holsten. One of the men disap peared, leaving seven, and among this number was a great, husky, giant named Griggs, the farrier of Company B. These sevau men actually kept the Confederate Brigade from crossing the ford for three hours Jaud a half. The fighting was severe. Finally the big farrier "van wounded, and the Confed erates, by swimming the river above and below, succeeded in capturing the whole party. General Wheeler was filled with ad miration at their valor, and at once paroled a man to stay and take care of Griggs. Then he said to the wounded farrier: "Well, my man, how many men had you?" "Seven, sir," answered Griggs. "My poor fellow, don't you know you are badly wounded? You had better tell the truth. You may not live long." "I'm telling the truth, sir," said the indiguant soldier. ''We had only seven inen." "Well, what did you expect to do?" ahked the general with a laugh. "To keep you from crossing, sir." The general was still more amused. ""Why didn't you do it?" he asked. "Well, 6ir, you Bee, sir, we did un til you hit me, and that weakened our forces so much that you were too many for us." General Wheeler, more amused than ever, inquired of another prisoner, who happened to be a horse farrier, too: "Are all the Tenth Miohigan like you fellows?" "Oh, no," said the man; "we are the poorest of the lot. We are mostly horse farriers and blacksmiths, and not mudh aoeustomed to fighting." Gen. Wheeler has a largely develop ed vein of poetry in his composition. Some of his reports, when he was a general of oavalry in the Confederate army are unique in this reepect. In line of communication he had captur ed and burned the tin-clad gun boats of the Sedelle. In his reportjWheeler wrote: "Abngside the blazing and crack ling transports she beoame a cinder upon the waters which only an hour before bad walked so proudly like a thing of life." His report of his raid on the Se quatchio valley in September, 1863, is one of the most remarkable war docu ment! ever published. He wrote : "As jocund day began to stand tip toe on the mountain tops on either side, and the sunbeams to oast their golden radiance upon the fields of that fertile valley, as if to oheer the weary soldiers for the brilliant achievements before them, a column of the enemy was encountered, and no sooner seen than the notes of the general's bugle sounded the chargo, and each horse man, instinct with new life, rushed forward to the attack." His escapes from death during the civil war were almost miraculous. From first to last he had sixteen hors es killed under him in battle, "besides a great number wounded," as he once told General Mahone. Thirty-two of his staff officers were either kill-d or wounded while riding beside him at the front. He was three times wound ed himself. In an engagement near Nashville, nfter Bragg'a defeat in 1862, his horse was torn to pieces by a~ exploding shell, his aid was killed aud himself paiufully wou led. He climbed on another horse, i .ured an other aid and continued at the head of his troops. The career of General Wheeler has been oue loug romance. He is a West Point graduate, served in New Mexico us a lieutenant of cavalry in the regular army, resigned to enter tho Confederate army, rose to the rank of senior cavalry general of its armies, was appointed professor of philosophy in Louisiana State Univer sity, has been a lawyer ani a planter ara was a member of Congress for 10 years. His soldiers never lost a battle while he was in command. He nevor gave an order to "go forward," but always yelled in his squeaky little voioe, "Come on !" When he was in Con gress ho employed as high fas five stenographers to answer correspond CDce aoJ take his speeches. When he couldn't speak on the floor of the house, he would get "leave to print" in The Record. Ha precipitated a great row by having half a volume of statis tics printed in the Congressional Re cord. One of the stories told about him is characteristic of the man : Once during one of his Congression al campaigns he was traveling through a remote corner of Alabama, and over- | took a mail carrier groaning under the weight of an enormous sack of stuff. He invited the man to ride besides him. "Why don't you have a horse? ' asked the general. "I have had three at different times," replied the carrier, "but they all died. The work was too heavy." "You mean that the burdens of the mails was too great?" "Yes, that's just it. There's a darned fool of a representative from this district who sends out such a lot of truck that the mails are loaded all the time. This bag is full of such stuff?seeds and such." "How much money would buy you a horse?" asked the general, feeling in his pocket. "I oouldc't get a good one for less than $30," was the reply. Fighting Joe counted out $30. "That will buy you a horse," he said. "But I'm not a darned fool, my good fellow." The man gazed at the money and could not find a word to say before the general drove off. When the war with Spain was about to be declared the question of appoint ing Joe Wheeler to a reasonable com mand was taken up by President Mc Kinley and his friends. Among those whose advice was asked was the late Senator Cushman K. Davis, of Minne sota. "What is your judgment, Senator, j on the appointment of Gen. Wheel er?" asked the president- of Davis one day, when a number of old soldiers, j among them Hawley of Connecticut, : Shoup of Idaho, Henderson of Idaho and others were present. "I think it would be one of the best appointments you could make, Mr. President," replied Davis, frank ly, "I am a living witness of Wheel I er's grit and persistence. During the rebellion he chased me like the very devil through about five States." 4 - ? I ?~ Correct Again. We agree with Brother Wilson, of the Press and Banner in tho following conclusion drawn from actual exper ience: " 'A herd of Angoras will olean out all the noxious weeds, bushes, briars and such plants as are troublesome and put the land in fine condition for a crop.'?Cotton Plant. "That is the way some people have of slandering the goat family. Some body is always talking of 'noxious weeds,' tin cans, dry leaves, or some equally undesirable food, as being the delight of goats. This editor onoe had some experience with goats. He had read some letters of Mr. J. W. Watts, say twenty years ago, and straightway bought an Angora billy, and a whole gang of the ordinary herd. We expected to see the noxious weeds and other nuisancer. disappear in a jiffy. "Our testimony would be that a goat is a sensible animal that loves to eat nice things. That variety with which we experimented put off pick ing out noxious weeds as long a* there was anything half fit to eat in the pasture. As a scavenger the goat is a failure, unless he be reduced to star vation and then we have doubts as to his consenting to dine on pine need les, tin cans, or noxious weeds."? Press and Banner. AT THE TOP, It is a laudable ambition to reach the top of the ladder of success. But many a man who reaches the topmost rung finds his position a torment instead of a triumph. He has j0QLfk\ sacrificed Ii i s %B health to success. ^?%mm ^/Cy? ^ A man can suc- Vjk ceed and be Jfl BfcT?fe?^ strong if he AM . - \ heeds Nature's gm flnfivassV warnings. When JSS^H there is inditres- gjtjBjr jHj tion, loss of ap- pjHB jHHBHaB T petite, ringing in BB flj tho ears, dizzi- \ f H | ucss, spots be- IS B H g fore the eyes or | ?H LwflB&a palpitation of the vlv^^KBk heart ; any or all j \ HBj tjjfll of these symptoms I point to weakness and ?5HmB loss of nutrition. 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I have taken three bottles and am convinced it has In ray case accomplished a permanent cure. X can conscientiously recommend it to the thou sands of dyspeptics throughout the land." The " Common Sense Medical Adviser,"* icoS large pages in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to Sty expense of mailing only. Address r. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. Fishing in the -Yellowstone. People returning from the west fre quently have some wonderful stories to relate of how they caught trout in the Yellowstone Park, and, without ohanging their seat, lifted the fish oat of the stream of cold water over into a boiling spring, and cooked it without removing it from the hook. These stories are all very well in their way, but when told in the manner above outlined, one can safely pat them down as yarns without the slightest foundation in fact. To catch a fish in a stream of cold water, and lift it over into a spring of boiling water is one of the many curious things that ?re possible only in the Yellowstone Park, but, should the person so doing attempt to draw the ?sh out of the boiling spring, the head would pull off the thoroughly boiled and perfectly soft body, and he would thus lose the fish. The most wonderful phenomena of this sort in the Yellowstone Park is one that thus far escaped those who are fond of telling big fish yarns, mainly for the reason that the locality lies outside the beaten track of travel and visitors, and can only be reached after considerable difficulty. At the point in question, a stream of clear, cold water flows through tho park re ceiving in its course the scalding hot waters of one of the numerens boiling springs of that region. This boiling water, as it reaches the oold stream, flows for a considerable distance, along one bank before the waters final ly mingle and become one in tempera ture. Into this spring of boiling water, insects, bugs, toads, grasshoppers, and the like are continually dropping, and thus losing their lives, and all such insects are, as a matter of course, yrcpt into the cold water stream. Now in the cold water of this stream a number of hungry trout are continu ally skirmishing along the edge of the hot water, taking good care not to venture too cIokc, for the purpose of snappingpp and devouring the insects brought down by the hot water, and whioh happen to float over into the cold water, or near enough the border for the trout to pick them up, so that it is possible 'for a fisherman sitting on the bank, to catch a trout, with hook and line, draw him two feet from where he took the hook, and boil him good and done, all in the same stream, and without ever lifting the fish from the water. 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