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\i*?nn\ n i (YW? M < >re Reiiiini.sct ilise Wheeler's I^aiiioi .1 (lanta . Doar Journal: Your asking me a few days api? of soon; roiuiniacenscs of '?en. Wheeler has brought back to me >?' h a Hood ol' memories sf the old gang that 1 fear I shall bore you and yonr reader? before I get thom out of my head. l" '?1er s cavalry was not pretty to look . and to see them on the march was to hold about as motley a crew .?> can Se imagined. Of uniforms there wa^ scarcely any jcinblancc, each man wearing what he had or could get. and homespun jeaus was the most predominant raiment. In arms and equipments there was UIHO a croat variety, some carrying linfield rifles, some Springfield muskets, a few carbines, and SOUK; old Mexican war Mississippi rifles. How the ordnance department ever kept ammunition for all these calibres has always been a mystery to mc, but I do 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'H re volvers became the general rule, drawn, of course, from our usual source of supply, our prisoners and thc well-filled wagons trains of the enemy. The horses were the property of the men, as were most of their equip ments, and were good, bad or indiffer ent, according to tnc purse or prowess of thc owner. My the way, there was a decided feeling of comradeship be tween the horse and his rider. When on picket doty thc horse was good eompany, and his companionship re lieved the tedium almost as much as a human comrade would have done. Sharing a common dauger develops an affection between men and animals as well as between humans, and this I suppose must account for my vivid j recollections of the individual pecu- ? IiaritieB of many of thc horses of our j command. I could mention a score of ! then, but a if cw must suffice. CHARACTERISTIC8 OF IIOB8EH. Dave Jennings, of Company]), rode a little clay-bank marc with scarcely any withers to speak of, and an irish man of Company K rode an old hack high in front like a giraffe. No crup pers or breast straps could keep the saddles of cither in position, and Dave frequently rode straddlo of his mare's neck, while the Irishman sat complacently on his horse's rump. There was John Hilton's horse "Blue Nose," whose chief merit consisted in being thc "illegantost swimmer that ever was seen." Wc swam our horses across the Tennessee river once, and while only the head or noses of tho others were visible "Blue Nose" pad dled majestically across with his back and half his sides out of the water. And Morg Thompson's little squealing stallion, "Ruffing' that no amount of hard riding or short rations could take the equal oat of. Then there was poor Jim Lowe's Canadian pacer, a beautiful animal and very docile, and at first not ab all gun-shy, but later became almost unmanageable under fire. We could account for thc change in no way but by concluding that thc intelligent creature had learned the dangerous difference between blank cartridges fired in preliminary drill, and the report of firearms accompanied by thc whistling of bullets about his ears. Aud 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 Ingram's Borrel of tho cast iron mouth, that no bit or tackle that wc could ever rig up would stop when once good started. I rode this son nf a ??n once, and ass not likely ever to forget the experi ence There were three of us silting quietly on the turn-pike between Nashville and Murfrccsboro, when the first fours of a regiment of Federal cavalry rode into the pike from across road, not over one hundred yards from U8. 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 account of an affliction like Job is said to have suffered from.) Sorrel's head was turned towards thc woods, and right through the timber he went ?ike 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 try to guide him, for I didn't want to break his neck and mine against a tree. A short distance ahead there was a fence, and another man had dis mounted and was throwing off the rails. I yelled to him to get out of the way, for I knew the fool horse would jump over him or anything else that happened to be in his road. He misunderstood me, I suppose, for the only reply I got was to "go to hell." / He just barely had time to duck his head when the horse cleared him, fenoe and all. And while writing this of horses I MT y ni i MT A i \] s I'roiii :? .\1 ember <>! is O?W?ilry Oorps. Journal. must not forget to mention the horse race wherein a one-eyed mau rode a one-eyed horse, and both blind on the same side. Half way through the course the borne Hew thc track on the blind side, broke its neck against a pine tree and very nearly killed th? rider. IHK I li KKK M I SK K i KEKS. There wen; three choice spirits in mir regiment that reminded one of Alexander Humas' "Three Muske teers. ' As Humas three were really lour, so ?mr three had been live. Hut two had thrown their lives away, in a drunken brawl on Lookout Mountain and the other in charging the enemy's picket linc alone, and trying single handed to capture or kill some of the sentinels. I'oor fcllowH, 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 thc Confederate lines with a bullet in his thigh which cut the femora! 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 Hill and Hen were not selected. They were only boys in aire, the eldest not over 21 and the youngest barely IK, but they could tide 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 could have ridden a horse standing on his head. The last I saw of them was just preceding the battle of Chiokamauga, and they were having more fun than a cage full of monkeys. They had scouted 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 a? they were a little impatient of re straint, hegallowod the "three fools," as they were frequently called, to do pretty much as they pleased, knowing of course that they might be killed or captured, but believing tho chances were largely in favor of their killing or capturing some of the enemy. They were driven from the moun tain by the advance of Rosecrans' ar my, but kept in front of it for two days, often in speaking and generally in shooting distance. BILL'S CANNON. I have forgotten how the other two wer" armed, but remember Bill oarried what he called a "cannon." He had short time before got himself into a tight place and lost his gun, and nearly everything else ho had, being glad, as he expressed it, to get out with his "hide and his hoss." Going to thc ordnance wagon, he found an old Belgian rifle about six feet long, and with a boro nearly an inch in di ameter. It was really a powerful wea ! pon, and as the owner expressed it, "could shoot a mile and cracked like ! a six - pounder. " niSLODOINO THE SH A II I'S HOOTERS. One day a detachment of tho regi ment was deployed as skirmishers, and lying down behind a fence about 1,000 or 1,200 yards from the enemy's line. Between the two fires was a yankcee sharpshooter, and he was making it decidedly interesting to any ooo of our men that showed his head. Ile was out of range of our guns, and Bill suggested that he turn loose his ordnance on bira. ?B a preliminary and to determine tho exact location of our enemy, Ben took off hiB coat and put it on the end of his gun, then put his hat on top of that and oarcfully edged it up over the fence to represent a man cautiously pooping ovor. Tho dummy had scaroely cleared the top rail when crack went the yankee's rifle and al most simultaneously Bill's artillery roared. When the smoke cleared away wo saw a bluecoat on the double quick to get back into his own lines. The cannon evidently madeHhe situa tion uncomfortable to him, to ssy the least. HOW TH* YANKIE GOT G VEE TH S FINGE. The same afternoon Bill's artillery made a little more fun for the "Three Musketeers." They were mounted this time, and picking their way to ward the enemy's line in search of more adventures, when they met a ne gro. He was almost out of breath from running, and had in his hand a fiddle, probably his most precious pos session. "Do, for God Almighty's sake, don't go down dar, boss," he exclaimed. "Dey is right down dar by the black smith's shop." The boys knew exactly where the blacksmith's shop was, and as there was a lane extending about 200 yards toward tItem ami limber thc balance of th?- way, they smelt a chance of hav ing .-?mie more fun with Hill's cannon. So they deployed through the woods until they came opposite the mouth of the lane, when Hill dismounted and crawled on bis hands and knees into thc middle of the road. Sure enough, they were at the blacksmith's shop. There was a large oak tree about two feet from a fence, and between the tree and the fence stood a blue cott. Hill brought his ordnance to bear, aud as I'ncle Hcmus would say, "let bim have all dar was in hor. " There wasn't much time for laugh ing, but thc way thc fellow got over that fence waH too ludicrous for any thing. He didn't climb over, nor try to jump over, but literally foll over. Wo examined the ground the next day and fourni that Hill's artillery had torn about a square foot of thc bark off thc side of thc tree next to where the yankee was standing. It waB evi dently time for him to change his po sition. THE I.ASI OK lill.t, AND THE CANNON. Poor Hill's war career came to au untimely close thc next day. The enemy's linc was formed in an open field, while ours was back of a timber ed ridge. The tactics of ou three adventurers was to dash up within easy range of the enemy and fire, then quickly wheel and ride back, bending low to CHoape the volley they expected and generally got. A moore foolish maneuver could scarcely have been conceived, and why they were not killed seems almost a miracle to me now. Hut all things must have an end, and so had this. They played their little game one time too often. On last sortie they were allowed to get as close as they desired, when suddenly they discovered tho gleam of about forty sabers, not in front of them, but on their flank, and as near thc Confed erate lines as they were. It was Gen eral Negley's escort sent to ohargc the woods and stop the foolishness. George and Hen rode safely out, and, incredible as it may appear, George carried out with him one of tho gener al's escort and landed him safe in Dixie. Hut Bill, being only indiffer ently mounted, he and the cannon were lost. The next news we had of him he was in a Federal prisou nearly 1,000 miles away. This left but two of the five, and what became of them I never knew, but the changes were against their having gone safely through thc rest of 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 thc 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 field that he will be quite as proud of, or that he can as confidently rely upon when there is hard fighting and bardei riding to do as upon the old ragged und reckless, desperate and rough ri ders that he formerly commanded. W. C. DODSON, Privato Co. D.. 51st Ala. Gav. About Nalt. A little salt rubbed on the cupt will take off tea stains. Put inte whitewash it will make itstiok better, As a tooth powder it will keep th? teeth white and tho gums hard and rosy. It is one of the best gargles foi sore throat and a preventive of dipthe ria if taken in time. Use salt and water to olean willow furniture; applj with brush and rub dry. Salt anc water hold in tho mouth af ter having a tooth pulled will stop the bleeding, Prints rinsed with it in the water wil hold their color and look brighter I Two teaspoonfuls in half a pint ol tepid water is an emetic always ot hand, and is an antidote for poisoning from nitrate of silver. Neuralgia o! the feet and. limbs can be cured b] bathing night and morning with sal and water 'bs hot as can he horne When taken out, rub the feet briskl; with a coarse towel. Salt and wate is one of the best remedies for sor eyes, and if applied in time will scat ter the inflammation. Silk bandker ohiefs and ribbons should be washei in salt water, and ironed wet, to oh tain the best results. Food would b insipid and tasteless without it. Hemorrhages of the lungs or stout aoh are promptly ohecked by sinai doses of salt. Pitts' Carminative is pleasant t the taste, acts promptly, and neve fails to give satisfaction. It earrie children over the critical time o teething, and is the friend of anxiou mothers and puny children. A fe] doses will demonstrate its value. ? H. Dorsey, Athens, Ga., writes! ; "I consider it the best medicine have ever used in my family. It doe all you claim for it, and even more.' ; - Man believes himself alway greater than he is, and is esteeme less than be is worth. S I'M MMR \N TT If' SOUTH. lt? .Mountain Resorts to ho in Greater Denium! Thou Ever. Manufacturer'& Record. The coming bummer iu likely to be marked by a decided increase in the patronage of the mouutain 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 thc 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, aud spent at ?east a month in some retreat like that of the old (ireenbrier 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 thc on-coming of cooler weather or continued their happy journey to Saratoga or one of thc seaside resorts just in their beginnings. That was in thc days before thc railroads had made accessible and had aided in the devel opment of many resorts which now rank with the best that thc 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 arc 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 Amerioan life; but the South is not only an immense sanitarium for the winter, but also for the whole year. From Mason and Dixon's lino clear into Alabama and to Georgia thc Appalachian range forms unending lines of beauty. Not as bold as the Kookies, nor as sharply defined, perhaps, as the New England Mount Washington, the ranges of the Blue Ridge are yet most pleasing io 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 ohief 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 ar. immense mineral fountain. Medicinal waters, soothing to sufferers from minor ?Hu ano* curativo ?f jone. ' 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 io West Vir ginia, the Hot Springs, the Warm Springs, the Healing Springs in Bath couuty. the old Sweet Springs, Rock bridge Alum in Virginia, the Hot Springs of North Carolina and others at Lincolnton and Shelby, N. C., Sweet Water and Bowden, near At lanta, ary a few of the iron, chaly beate or sulphur spriugs 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 i railroad connection is had with the I 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 iu the vicinity of Asheville, N. C. Thc 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 oasual 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 Linnvillc, and the aooomoda 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 hearts, if not of feet, during the com ing summer. The very faot 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 thej 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 oomplaint. 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 Diarrhoao Remedy, which quickly oured him and he thinks, saved bis 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._ 1 -*? I SUMMER GOODS AND FRUIT JARS. BUY A STEEL SANGE, ASBESTOS LIKED. YOU save 50 cent- in fuel, and doea not heat np your cook-room by r>o per cent, aa much aa the Cast Stove. iron King and Eimo ia the best cheap Stove you can buy. I have a large lot of Dice DECORATED PLATEN of Imported Goods, in va rions patterns,.that I am running off at Bargain?, aa I will not narry tho pattern any longer. Now ia your chance for nie? Goods at a Bargain. I am agent for the BRENNAN CANE MILL (eelf-oilirjR) and EVAPORA TORS and FURNACES, To save money buy a Cane Mill and make your own molasses. I can save von money hy yon having your SSvfiS STACKS for Engines made by me. I am still Buying Hides, Rags and Beeswax. GLASSWARE lower than you have ever bought. Give me a call. Respectfully, _ JOH? T. BURRISS. H0ESf HARROWS, CLUTIVATORS. TEE TERRELL, R?KAN, and EUREKA HARROWS. Take your choice, These are the leading grass-Miiers* brices reduced. Hoes. Absolutely perfect in shape of blade and handle. All superior steel. Bought in car lota. Our customers shall have the benefit. We have the Hoes and the prices. Sullivan Hardware Co. AN OPEN LETTER To MOTHERS. WE ARE ASSERTING IN THE COURTS'OUR BIGHT To THE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE WORD "CASTORIA," AND ?.PITCHER'S C ASTORIA," AS OUR TRADEMARK. /, DR. 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