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Show The One Who Trlct. Yea, I loe lliu little winner with the imtlnl and tho murk; We linn Kulnnl the prize he (ought for, Ho I Jo)IHM im it link Hvury one will haute to praise him, He In on the honor Hit, Ivan lender thought, my dnrllnKB, 1 or tliu onu who tried and mimed. One? Ah, met They count hy thousands 1hoe who lm not Knlned the rnce. ThniiRli tin') dlil their heat nnd fairest. HttltlnK for tho winner's place. Only few enn renrh tho laurel, SUM) nee their i tinners lilt by; I'M' n tender thought m darlings, I'or tho earnest bnm! who try 'Tin tho trlng Hint Is noble; - If jou'ro niudo of sterner stuff Thnn the laggards who nio daunted When the bit of toad Is rough All will tirnlse tho hnpio wlnnem, Hut, when thi'j hae hurtled by, I've a song to rheer my darlings, The great cornuiii) who lr Margaret i: Bingster. Told at Regimental Reunions. "Down nt tho reunion of our regiment regi-ment at Now Philadelphia, Ohio, two weeks ago," said tho Sergeant, "I met n good man of Dan McC'ook's men, and each one told Botno story of tho Colonel Henry Conkelton of Company Compa-ny O, Plfty-flfth Ohio, was tho best wrestlor, with ono exception, In tho brigade. The exception was a man named Nelson, who was tho champion. cham-pion. Conkelton, however, was matched against all tho wrestlers In the brigade, and ho was alwajB tho winner oxcept whon our own boys had hot too much money on tho other rutin. "Col. McCook was greatly Intorosted In nthlotlcs, and when the wrestling matches occurred near his quarters was always an Interested spectator. At tho end ho always Invited tho wrestlers In to tako n drink, and Conkelton Con-kelton admits that when ho thirsted for n drink ho would Invclglo somo other thirsty man Into n wrestling match, go down to Col. Dan's headquarters, head-quarters, and wreHtlo simply for tho, drinks that tho Colonel was suro Tt glvo them. "Although Conkelton handled himself him-self well In ttny kind of n scrap ho kept out ot controurstes and personal per-sonal encounters On ono occasion, howocr, ho came upon a large, strong mnn bullying n small man who had not fully recoered from n slego In the hospital. Tho largo man Insisted on fighting, when Conkelton Inter-voncd, Inter-voncd, explaining that ho was mersc to fighting, but ho would not seo n boy or nn old man abused, nnd If Jack persisted ho would havo to lick him Jack persisted aud Conkelton proceeded proceed-ed to dress him down and was finishing finish-ing tho Job In great shape when Col McCook rodo up Ho was very angry nnd ordered both arrested. Tin little lit-tle fellow In whoso Interest Conkelton Conkel-ton had Intervened explained tho matter mat-ter and tho Colonel sent for Conkelton Conkel-ton and told him he did right " At tho New rhilndclphla reunion John Smith told or an udventuro at lookout Mountain Tho skirmishers wero being shelled by tho enemy's artillery and whcnoer they woro warned hy their lookout posted In ad-anco ad-anco would Jump behind trees or Into holes which they had dug In the ground. Just as the slgnul was given to tako shelter, Smith matlo a dash for his treo, but anothor man Jumped In ahead of him. flrumbllng nnd swearing swear-ing Smith Jumped into n holo Just In tlmo to escape tho broadside ot shot and shell, A heavy cannon ball struck Smith's treo near the roots and crushed It over on tho mnn who had taken shelter shel-ter behind It Then Smith felt glad that tho othor man had Insisted on taking his placo behind tho treo As tho regiment was ordered forward at onco he did not know what becamo of tho mnn who stolo his tree. Thereupon There-upon Murtln 1'rcttymnn of Company K, proscnt at tho reunion, said ho was tho man who stolo tho treo and was crushed under It. Ho escaped with a fow bruises and Ihcd to meet Smith forty-two enrs later nt n regimental reunion. Chicago Inter Ocean Soldier's Marvelous Record, Tho oldest man In tho Denier Grand Arm) parnde, on tho occasion or tho recent nntlonnl encampment, was William It. Taj lor, better known tuoio thnn fifty jears was a resident of La Crosse, Wis, Mr. Ta1or was bom May 10, 1S0C. Ho Is In full possession of his faculties facul-ties stands as straight and marches ns Until) as a joiing, well-trained regttlnr He walked three miles to Join tho Wisconsin delegation nnd thon marched nearly thieo mllos before be-fore passing tho reviewing oinccr No mau In tho lino mado a mora soldierly appoarance Ho did not seem greatly fatigued at tho end ut tho day's work All of this for a man not far from ICO jearu of ago scms qulto marvelous. marvel-ous. Ho has tho promise of a good many moro joars, Judging from his appearance and the condition of his health, which ho says was neer better. bet-ter. Mr. Tolor engaged In fighting Indians In-dians in tho Northwest previous to tho lllack Hawk war, In which ho sorved as a volunteer. At one tlmo during that war ho served briefly un dor CapL Abrahum Uncoln. While In tho regular army ho serv-od serv-od at Tort Crawford when that post wns commanded by Qcn "Znch" Taylor, Tay-lor, Ho also served In tho Mexican war under Ccn. Taj lor. Very soon nftor tho civil war began he enlisted In the Fourteenth Wlscon sin, sorvlng four years, nnd wns with his regiment In all of tho battles In which It was engaged. During the war he fought lu battles wliero Oln. (Irnnt was tho commandor, among them Stiiloh. For n brief tlmo in tho Mexican war his command was nttached to a brigade bri-gade commanded by Gen. Franklin Pierce, and at another time a brlgado commanded by Col. Jefferson Davis, from which It will bo seen that thlt man, still up-to-dato, nnd apparently in tho full vigor of life, was n uniformed uni-formed servant under tho command of (Ho officers who subsequently served as presidents Taylor, I'lcrco, Lincoln Lin-coln nnd Grant, presidents of tho United States, and Jefferson Dals, president of tho southern confederacy. confeder-acy. What other llWng or dend soldier sol-dier has such n record? Llout.-Col. J. A. Watrous. U. S. A. His Large Army of Ghosts. Otto of tho lending Irishmen of Hos-ton Hos-ton lias as a standard Joko his first 'picket duty In tho civil war. Unfortunately, Un-fortunately, tho church) ard was tho place designated for him to bo un guard Hob could not overcome tho Idea. Instilled In him from Infancy, .nbout ghosts frequenting this plnco, so It was not long before ho saw them on nil sides of him From a brave soldier he Instantly became the slave of rear. . Drenched with cold perspiration, ho called faintly to tho corpornl of the guard, who was stationed within hearing hear-ing distance. Tho latter wns friendly to Rob, so, on hearing his story, Instantly In-stantly relieved him Although tho corpornl promised not to glo Hob away, on second consideration ho deemed the story too good to keep, and told It next day to tho hoys In camp. It reached tho captain of Dob's company, who, looking upon It In a serious light, reported It to tho colonel The colonel sent for Hob, and nc- 'coslid him thus "Well. Dob, Is It true that the eneni) could havo easily taken the post where )ou wero stationed sta-tioned last evening because of )our cowardice'" "A ilhll a bit could they hao taken the post colonel," replied Dob, "for 1 had 100,0(10 ghosts on my right and left llnnk and 200,000 lu the center to prevent them Why, colonel, with mo commanding the ghostly lorces 1 could have marched to Richmond and taken the city." Dob was acquitted of cownrdlco by the smiling colonel. Oldest Civil War Veteran. Denver can bonst of having among Its icsldents the oldest survivor or -tho civil war, the )otmgest soldier to enlist In tho union army when that gnat struggle was on, and, to com plete tho two, tho joitngcst soldier tc recctvo a medal of horor The oldest soldier Is "Uncle Dllly' Ta);or, 99 )ears of age, and still read) to fight for tho Hag, If needed J A. Howlnud, tho )oungcst to en list, was only n little past 12 )ears old when he wns accepted for Bervlce. and Hurry J l'arks was tho )oungcst soldier to receive a medal or honor, being awarded It for distinguished gallantry at tho ago of 10 "Undo Dill)" Ta)lor was born In Scotland nnd has alwn)s been a mill-tnr mill-tnr mnn. He Joined the Ilrltlsh urmy ut tho ago of 18 Served In tho Dlack Hnwk Indian war of 1S31 32, and In tho Mexican wnr or 1845, nnd In tho civil wnr. He Is n noted character In Wltcomln, nB ho lived thoro ED years Two years ago ho eaino to Denver. Tho youngest soldier, Mr Howland was n prisoner In Llbby prison and has tho honor of being the first charter char-ter member of n G. A, R, post In Indianapolis. In-dianapolis. Mr. Parks was a member or Co. A, 9th N. Y. cavnlr) : captain or battery A, Colorado volunteer artillery in tho Spanish-American war Now York-World. York-World. Army of Tennessee. At tho final business meeting of tho Society of tho Army of Tennessee at Clnclnnntl Gen G. M. Dodgo presided. Gon. O. O. Howard, tho last commander command-er ot tho Army of Tennessee, was present. Gen. Fred D. Grant and his son, Lieut. U. S. Grant III wero also present. Tho following ofllcors wero elected for tho ensuing year1 President, Presi-dent, Gen Granvlllo M. Dodgo; lco presidents, Gen. Fred D. Grnnt, Col W. L. Hnrnum. Captain Gcorgo H Richmond, Major A. Sablno, Capt. J C. Ranks, Mrs. James A. Soxton, Major Leo Rnsslour, Copt. W, L. Cadlo, Capt. It. M. Campboll, Gen. James a Wilson, Wil-son, Cnpt. T W StovcnB, Capt. K. It Sopcrj corresponding secretary, Major W. II. Chambcrlln; treasurer, Major Augustus Vandyke; recording secretary, secre-tary, Col. Cornelius Cndlo. Council DlufTs, Iowa, was selected as the placo for tho noxt mooting. Profxdlty of Commanders. Spooking of swearing In tho army, Stonownll Jackson of tho Confederate Army and Gon. Howard or tho Union forces were praying Christians, and never sworo, though Kllpatrlck, Dion-ker Dion-ker and Custer mndo tho nlr bluo in the hent of battle. Rlcnkcr was In Howard's Eleventh Corps. Tho boys called It the Y. M. C A Corps. At tho tattle of Chancel lorsvllle, whon tho Kloventh was being driven back, Tilonkcr charged his brl gado or Germans right by Howard, using such unprintable worda as "Olv 'em blank, boys!" "That's right, boys!" shouted How-urJ, How-urJ, "Glvo It to 'cm as nienkor sn)sl" Tho Sunday Magazine. |