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Show I ' tV V " , ' C" , yi Old Age. late! Ah! nothing Is too late rill the tired heart shall cease to palpitate. Cto learned Greek at eighty; Sophocles Wrote his grand Oedipus, and Simonides Bore off the prize of verse from his compeers, When each had numbered more than four score years; and ten, And Theophrastus at four-scoHad but begun his "Characters of Men." with the nightChaucer, at Woodstock, ingales. At sixty wrote the "Canterbury Tales. Ooethe, at Weimar, tolling to the last. Completed "Faust" when eighty years were past. What, then? Shall we sit idly down and say Xhe night hath come; it is no longer day? The night hath not yet come; we are not quite Cut off from labor by the failing light; Something remains for us to do or dare, Even the oldest trees some fruit may It too re bear. For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in And The another dress; as the evening twilight fades away, sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. . Henry W. Longfellow, Bouton's Battery. At an artillery review la SL Louis is February, 1862, Oen. Halleck stated that he considered Boutons Battery the finest battery he had ever seen in sny service either in Europe or America. At a review of troops at College Hill, Miss., in December, 1862, Gen. Sherman stated that, at the commencement of the war he had felt great concern regarding what we should do for field artillery, as it had always been considered in the old regular army that the three years' service was necessary to make good and efficient artillerymen, but In Europe five to seven years, but that Bouton's Battery, though hardly yet a year In the service, he considered equal In efficiency to any battery In any service. Although Boutons Battery was organized In Chicago, it had men from several of the Northwestern states, quite a number from Ohio and from the sawmills and lumber regions of Wisconsin, and It is likely that a finer body of men from an athletic and physical point of view were never embraced in an organization of the same number. CapL Edward Bouton recruited this battery largely at his own expense, so that even when it was mustered Into the United States service It had cost the state of Illinois but $13.53 per man, at a time when It was costing the state an average of $154 per capita to put soldiers In the field. The battery consisting of an aggregate of 154 men, proceeded to St. Louis In January, 1862, where It procured six fine new James rifles, caliber 3.80, throwing projectiles weighing fourteen pounds. At this time the government was purchasing from 500 to 1,200 horses per day, at St. Louis, and was getting splendid animals from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois ant Indiana. Bouton obtained permission from CapL Parsons, the purchasing quartermaster, to take his pick from these horses they were Inspected and accepted, and he selected from three to ten a day, until he had procured 128 an! mall. Four guns and their caissons, requiring eight teams, of six horses each, were supplied wifi, bright bays, and the remaining two guns and their caissons with Jet black horses. These teams were perfectly matched, and any pair of them would be likely to attract attention If driven through any city attaehed to a carriage. The battery wagon, forge, ambulances and baggage wagons were furnished with equally fine animals. . From the first organization of the battery, the officers, under CapL Boo ton's direction, applied themselves diligently to drilling the men, so that when the battery was brought Into active service In the field, the men bad acquired a great degree of perfection In drill and discipline, and were well prepared to attain the high reputation for efficiency for which they became noted. In over four years' service, this battery never failed to win favort able mention on many a field, particularly distinguishing Itself at Shiloh, Nashville and Franklin. At the battle of Nashville Boutons Battery was attached to Hatch's division of cavalry, which constituted the extreme right of the Union forces. In the night soma 600 men hoisted one of the guns up the almost perpendicular face of a high hill well In the rear of the left of the rebel army, and at daylight fired the signal slot for the commencement of the attack on the rebel position. This battery participated In seven Imteen great battles and forty-siportant skirmishes that were officially reported and probaMy a hundred minor skirmishes that were never reported. They were with the extreme advance In the pursuit of Hood's army, after Nashville, and In that pursuit went Into action on an average of six times a day for ten days. Among which was o very hard fight at Duck river, lasting sevsrsl hours. There was a flood rise of fourteen feet In this river onl Hood had to abandon nearly all of his wagons and artillery, and supposed he was clear of the Union batteries as well, but Bouton's Battery took their ammunition chests across the river on rafts hastily constructed, principally from the beds of abandoned rebel army wagons, swam their horses across, nd, splicing their prolongs, dragged the guns through fourteen to eighteen feet of water, and In 4wo hours were Pounding sway at Hood's forces again. This battery not only never lost a tun, but with the exception of 8hl!oh, u hard-fough- x and perhaps two other Instances, where the entire line fell back, they never receded from a position they had taken. Their guns were especially adapted to throwing canister; each charge of canister weighed four teen pounds, contained 240 projectiles and when they would double-sho- t, and for a short time could fire six rounds per minute, or 2,880 missiles from each gun; 17,280 from the entire six guns per minute, which no force could withstand. Boutons Battery was noted throughout the army for rapidity of fire and accuracy of aim. Gen. Hatch used to say that Boutons Battery could shoot prairie chickens on the wing. On one occasion during the Nash villa campaign, in a hard fight between Nashville and Duck river, Boutons Battery not only silenced a rebel battery, but drove the man entirely away from it, and went with their own limbers and took the guns and carried them off. Two of the guns proved to be James rifles that had been captured from Wfeterhouses Bat tery at Shiloh. So tar as known, this was the only Instance during the war of ons battery capturing anothers battery and actually carrying off Its guns. A high testimonial of the character of the men composing Boutons Batof the tery is the fact that fifty-threenlisted men were promoted to he commissioned officers during their terms of enllstmenL Los Angeles Times. hard-presse- d e ' To Department Commanders. Allan C. Bakewell, national patriotic Instructor of the Grand Army of the Republic, has Issued the following letter to the department commanders: Dear Sir and Comrade As you are undoubtedly aware, the National Encampment assembled at Denver adopted amendments to rules and regulations whereby patriotic education is to be governed. The rules now provide for the appointment by the commander in chief of a national patriotic instructor, and by department commanders of department patriotic Instructors, who, by virtue of their office, will be members of the Council of Administration. In view of the importance of this department of Grand Army work. Its acknowledged benefit to the country in whose Interests every soldier and patriot deems It his duty and privV lege to serve, and which, through the grand results attained, reflects credit and renown upon the order. It la urgently requested of you that the appointment for your department be promptly made and that the appointee be Instructed to report his acceptance to these headquarters. It will he of great benefit to the cause of which we are all so justly proud If the comrade appointed shall be of those who have ability and physical strength to take up this sea rice with deep interest and energy, and It Is earnestly requested that the appointments shall be made only of those who will accept the same for the sole purpose aiding patriotic Instruction. The rank of the department patriotic instructor will be designated by an official badge with a silver eagle upon the strap, and be will be entitled to a commission Issued from your headquarters. These Instructors will be privileged, when advised from the headquarters of the method, to appoint, with your approval, district aides, whose rank will be designated by one gilt bar on the badge strap. Full Instructions to department in structors will be Issued from these headquarters, and blank forms for reports, etc., to be made annually, will be furnished from national Had Tomb Ready Many Ysara. Gen. Daniel W. Benham, U. 8. A., retired, who died at Tiffin, Ohio, recently, was burled at Arlington cemetery under peculiar circumstances. His tomb bas stood for some time where be now rests, In the officers section, a tew yards to the left of the main west gate, as one enters the cemetery. This tomb was designed. Inscribed and erected under the personal direction of Gen. Benbamt The epitaph was written by him and carved on the granite under his supervl ston. There are many "tombstones" In Arlington cemetery which have never, so to speak, been occupied. Many officers of the army and navy have selected the sites for their graves, and some have caused to be erected over these sites "tombstones," duly inscribed with the exception of the date of death. Gen. Benhsra two or three years ago caused such a monument to be erected over a grave which he had elected. It Is Inscribed as follows: in Memory of DANIEL W. ItfcNIUM, H Army, Brigadier tieneral U. IH37, S), Hum . Died Itfl wu a S""d eltlirn, a brave nldlar and a profemwd ChrlMlan. Ilia earthly hattlm all fought to a cloae, he rente hare In paere un-dthe nhade and eoll of Arlington until euch time aa reveilia ehall sound for the dead, ar Dog Want After Pumpkin, "Coalll," a clever dog belonging to Charlie Cahill of Bath, Me., left home for several hours the other day. When he returned late In the afternoon he was tugging a big pumpkin along with him. National League News. Marvin Hart has received word from Tommy Ryan that he had signed a There is a possibility that an American polo team will go to England next year to try to recapture the American Polo Cup. Hurllngham has held the cup for nineteeu years, and lovers of the game in this country have been anxious to get it back ever since. Capt. Henry C. (Hank) Haff, who sailed the cup defenders Defender and Vigilant In the international races for the Americas cup some years ago, and who has been in failing health for some time past, Is now an inmate of the German Hospital in New York. The veteran yachtsman is somewhat Improved in health, but is still far from well, add It Is feared he will not soon be able to resume his usual activities. The Eastern Yacht Club of Boston bas received a cable from the Kaiser-llche- r Yacht Club of Kiel saying that the German emperor has formally approved its plan to establish an international perpetual challenge trophy for small yachts, to be competed for by boats representing Germany and the United States, and that a letter from the club will be sent regarding a challenge with a boat of its special class of about twenty-tw- o feet rating. H. J. Handy of the Central Y. M. C. A. broke thirteen world's and five American records In the Evanston (111.) Y. M. C. A. tank Nov. 22. Handy did not break any records until the 240 yard mark was passed, but after that every record up to 600 yards was smashed, with the exception of the 300 yard mark, which the "brown watr devil" failed to lower by one-fift- h of a second. Of the world's records broken, all save the 360 yard mark and the 540 were held by Joey Nuttall, and were made in London, England, Sept. 6, 1886. The 360 yard record was held by George Read and was made at Sydney, Australia, on April 12, 1901. The 540 yards was held by Howard F. Brewer and was made In Chicago Feb. 22, 1902. Of the American records broken, the 300 and 440 were held by C. M. Daniels of the were New York Athletic club and made at New York City Feb. 13, 1904, and March 19, 1904, respectively. The The Giants will next spring open at home April 7 against Yale. seventy-weekcontract to tour the Third baseman Mowery has assured world. This means that the two will not only go on the stage, but, as Ryan President Herrmann that he has no tntentlon of making himself an outputs i(, will "meet all comers." knocked out Jack law. Honey Meilody President Drey fuss of the Pittsburg OKeefe at Spokane, Wash., in the fourteenth round, after a hard battle, club, declares there will be no merger between the National and American in which O'Keefe showed much cleverness. His blow 8, however, did not possess the steam of those delivered by Meilody, Football. The atheltic board of the University of Nebraska bas taken up a request of Kansas for a resumption of athletic relations, broken off two years ago, by appointing a committee to confer with a like committee from Kansas. The gross receipts from Minnesota's football games for the season amount to $44,096. Of this $5,000 will be added to the athletic clubhouse fund. The game receipts from the Wisconsin alone amounted to nearly $28,000. of the series of footThe twenty-firs- t ball matches which the New Zealand team Is playing in the united kingdom was played Nov. 25 at Dublin. The score was: New Zealand, 15; Ireland, 0. The New Zealanders have won every match so far. Football games Nov. 25: West Michigan, 75; Oberlln, 0. Minnesota, 72; Northwestern, 6. Chicago Freshmen, 15; Illinois Freshmen, 6. Beloit, 42; Knox, 5. Nebraska, 43; Doane, 6. Indiana Wabash, 62; Depauw, 0, Freshmen, 46; Franklin, 0. Kansas, 17, Kansas Aggies, 0. Ohio State, 15; Wooster, 0. Morlngside, 0; Iowa State Normal, 0. Central (Kentucky), 12; Kentucky State, 11. East Yale, 6; Harvard, 0. Penn, Dartmouth, 24; 23; Columbia,. 0. Brown, 6. Carlisle, 11; Wash. &. Jeff., 0. West Point, 17; Syracuse, 0. Annapolis, 12; Virginia Poly, 6. Lafayette, 55; Lehigh, 0. ' f The new manager of Dubuque, Monte McFarland, has signed F. L, Fleming, a promising young pitcher, who made a great record with th independent club at Paxton this year. Mr. B. F. Klnsella has bought up the controlling interest In the Spring field club for a sum said to be $5,000 from Secretary H. P, Jones and Treasurer J. E, George, and these men, formerly In control, have stepped down and out. Klnsella will be president of the association next year and a new board of directors will he chosen. Davenport has picked up a new outfielder In Lawrence McGonnlgal. He has never played professionally, but made a good showing with Bradford and Tuscola Independent teams. He was recommended by pitcher Joe Scott of the Davenport team. Harry Harrod, who was utility outfielder tot Davenport last season, signed a contract this week. He may he used on third base. leagues. Tommy Leach wants to remain In the outfield, but Barney Dreyfuss wants "Tommy, the Wee, to cover third base again. has Commission The National awarded player Bennett of Nashville, claimed by the SL Louis and Seattle slubs to the latter club. A St. Louis story Is to the effect that "catcher Grady may be traded to Pittsburg in order to break up the cliques In the Cardinals' ranks." Frank Selee, compelled to remain In Colorado for his health, will next season put in his time managing the Pueblo club of the Western League. American Association Affairs. Manager Clarke of the Plttsburgs Is of the opinion that either Pittsburg Pitcher Howard Camnlts has reor Chicago could have defeated the signed with Toledo. Athletics for the world's champion-snip- . The St. Paul club has drafted R. XL Parkins from Marshaltown, la. Walter Justls, an Indian pitcher, Harry Wolverton threatens to jump e to the Independent League has signed with Kansas City for 1906. Columbus reports contracts with on account of a fine Imposed on him by the Boston Club management Charles Berger, Fred Lush, D. Schrt-ve- r and W. H. Raftls. when he stayed away from the team for some time to attend the funeral of Manager, Clymer of Columbus, has his mother. signed for a trial third baseman William Pugh of Wllkesbarre. American Leagua Notes. Clymer, Pickering and Berger are The New York club has signed the only A. A. Champa who have pitcher Frank Hahn, late of Cincin- signed for another year with Columbus. nati. Clark Griffith has decided upon BirThe Louisville club reports conmingham, Ala., as the place for the tracts with A1 Shaw, H. Stoner, XL B. Kenna, W. Hallman, O. Woodruff and Highlanders spring training. John Ganzels release will be bought L Quinlan. M. J. Kelley will be succeeded at by the Browns management, if he will consent to go to SL Louis. first base on the St. Paul base ball William Keeler will return to Har- club next season by Tom Jones of the vard In the early spring to give In- St. Louis Browns structions in the art of sticking. Barry McCormick, second baseman Lee Tannehill's fate with the Chi- of the Milwaukee baseball team, hai cago Americans Is In the balance. He taken a position as cigar agent for a is a grand fielder, hut can't hit a little Chicago firm. blL Southern Sayings The SL Louis club has purchased Nashville has released R. Bchwlnck. from San Francisco outfielder George ' Pitcher Theodore Breltensteln has Hildebrand, once given a trial by with New Orleans. Brooklyn. Tri-Stat- -- , Baseball, An eight town baseball league, to be known aa the Nebraska State league of baseball clubs, la being or- - DR. 8ELW0NK. . C. Vanderbilt, and a Winner of Many Blue Ribbons Owned by Reginald and 600 were held by E. Carroll Schaefer and made at Philadelphia Dec. 9 and 11, 1901. respectively. The 600 yard mark was held by Howard F. Brewer and was made at Chicago Feb. 400 19, 1902. Trotting. following Including the gahlzed, towns: Grand Island, Hastings, Fremont, Norfolk, Mahoo, Crete, Kearney and Columbus. Connie Mack seems to be doing some comprehensive scheming to strengthen the champion Athletics. The Detroit club has signed catcher Charles Schmidt, the Missouri Valley graduate who made good with Min- C. K. G. Billings string of eighteen harness horses brought $46,270 at the neapolis last season; also pitcher! Old Glory sale at Madison Square Charles McCafferty of the Evansville team. Garden. , The baseball world may again have trotlers acquired recThirty-fou- r the opportunity of seeing what Amos or the better ords of 2:10 past season, and ten of them were bred west of Russle, formerly the star twlrler of the Mississippi river, while the Blres the New York National League team, of Blx others were either bred or have can do In the pitchers box. Russle will seek a place with one of the been owned there. In the Three I." League It he teams champion Cresceus, the world's can get It. was record 2:0214, stallion, trotting William Hanlon, a well known ball sold at auction for $21,000 to M. W. In the middle West and on the player the at of Minn., Minneapolis, Savage died at his home at Los Angeles coast, Mr. York auction. recent New Savage la the owner of Dan Batch and of consumption, which he contracted Directum. George II. Ketcham of To- while a member of the Chicago NaHanlon was team. ledo, Ohio, was the former owner of tional League wonCresceus. Until Lou Dillon made her known In Chicago as "the hitless was a he to that the fact Read-vinder," owing unbeaten record of 2:00 flat at failure at bat while on the team, alMass., on August 24, 1903, was the acknowledged leader of though his fielding was of a sensational order. the trotting turf. The first of a series of new schedules tor the season of 1906 has been Boxing. drawn up by Secretary Thumler at Fitzslmmons-O'Brlecontest Bloomington and submitted to the The will be held at Mechanics pavilion, managers of the eight associations 8an Francisco, on Wednesday, Dec. 20. comprising the Three Eyes league. This announcement of the date Is au- This first schedule calls for 140 games, Instead of 126, as has been the case thorized by Promoter Coffroth. It Is probable that Young Erne of In past seasons. It proposes to open S It on Philadelphia and Charlie Neary of Mil- the campaign May and to close waukee will be matched by the Mil- 8epL 23. waukee Boxing club for Dec. 8. Erne - e, Cres-ceu- B n s and Neary will wants ccepL Sam Berger, the heavyweight, met with a painful accident while akatlng at Mechanics' pavilion, San Francisco. He was hurried to the hospital, where an operation was performed to stop the flow of blood, as he had broken a blood vessel. He came through the operation In good shape. catch-weight- The shipment of the thoroughbred racing stock of the J. B. Haggln Rancho del Paso from San Francisco to the New York sale waa unprecedented Forty-eigh- t cars tn Its magnitude. were required and the shipment installions and (40 cluded twenty-twbrood mares. o Outfielder of the Athletic American tleagua Club. Edward Conahan, who umpired In New York State League last season, has been added to the American League staff for next year. Those who assigned Conroy to New York's center field seem to forget that Frank Delehanty Is still in the running. This young man cannot be overlooked If there Is anything In a name. There are three Hugheses In the American League Tom, of the Washington club; hts brother Ed of Boston, and Tom, the second of Chicago. All The newcomer three are pitchers. was drafted from Topeka. ' Jesse Burkett says he has an offer from Patsey Donovan, who is to man-Ig- e e the proposed Pittsburg League club, which will he. It is said, e owner of backed by W. Kerr, the Pittsburg National club. Manager Ed Barrow of Toronto, has Informed the Detroit scribes that pitcher McCafferty of Evansville, and catcher Schmidt of Minneapolis, are promising youngsters, who will surely make good for Detroit next season. Charles McIntyre has been released by the Montgomery club. The Atlanta club has drafted Paul S. Curtis from Sedalla and EL B. Dunlap from the Meridian club. The Shreveport club has drafted Robert Byrne from Springfield, 111., Cbarlea Frits from Columbia, 8. C, and William Sorrell from the Houston club. Edward V. O'Connor, manager of the Mobile Cotton Statea League is negotiating for the Shreveport Southern League club, and franchise. CapL Crawford wants $13,500 for his Shreveport property. In Toledo, where Robert Gilks la wintering, the report has been spread and la believed that the former Shreveport manager will be at tha Memphis helm In 1906. Manager Frank of New Orleans, ta In favor of Vicksburg being placed tn tie circuit If a change Is contemplated for the reason, he says, that Vick burg la in direct line of travel for all clubs traveling from Memphis to New Orleans and back. Three-I- . Lsague. Teorla has signed George Hughes, late second baseman of Dubuque. Jack Dowell, the new pitcher secured for Decatur, looks to be a find. He made a great record for Mattoon this year. President Holland has been notified of a protest by Toronto In the esse of Arthur Owens, recently signed by DavenporL Peter Coovcr of Galena, will probably play right field for Decatur In place of Manager McFarland, who goes to Dubuque next season. There Is a chance that shortstop Bryette and third baseman Ptrtell will not be with Decatur next season, and it will be necessary to find good then to take their places. Wsstsrn League. Thomas Reynolds has signed with the Tri-Stat- one-ttm- Denver. Charles E. Pair, W. Wilson and R. Reynolds have signed St. J seph contract s. Sioux City hts announced contracts with Joe Willis, J. Bar to, J. Havlland and Conrad Collins. Robert Carter, Lewis Womble, II. G. McNecly, F. J. Pat and A. Fenton have signed with Omaha. The Omaha clnb hat drafted George Perrin from Beloit; Denver has drafted short stop Jimmy Smith front ShreveporL The Dcs Moines club has given William McOUvrsy, known as Hayes, bln release from reservation In accord-iwith an agreement 11. m ante-seaso- n |