Evening Star Newspaper, October 29, 1898, Page 20

ALASKAN FARMING -- Efforts Being M to Betier the Condition of Affairs. STUDYING CLIMATE AND RESOURCES Large Tracts of Land Are Suitable for Cultivation. = ee RAVENOUS MOSQUITOES Written fer The Evening Star, Hi MOST INTER | esting trave has lately from our arc sessions is Dr ter Evans, seme age commissioned jer special act Congress to the climate, s economic p' Alaska. Unc s anxious i lish experi mer farms in the territoi the population how to cuitiv food ard better their ndition r digestive sys Dr. Evans his time, been prospecting for end hes had many novei ex- nmer was spent in a tent along Cook’s Inlet, where was found more land capable of cultivation than elsewhere in the coast regicn. at part of the time his vole companion was Special Agent Bail, sent this yea~ to establish weather bureau Stations in the territery. In the futur these new stations will make uniform joeasurements of rainfall, temperature and Parometer and report them to Sitka, now the headquarters of the weather bure: rew ar stem. Hitherto oltic © climate of Alaska have ul data as tot been greater part of the doctor's camping ne at Kussilof, considerably north on re iS lo salmon can- where 20) men, mesily Ch Swede: wegians and Americans congvegace du: fish rise the en- at There w nerly an In- ement here, but two years ago it rely wiped out by an epidemi din sight of Dr. Eva: voleanoes, Illiamna, edoubt and Chinabora, the last named on island to the south. lllamna was smok- during the whole of the summer, dur- ing which time the doctor e xperienced sev- eral very violent earthquakes, one causing a tidal wave on the inlet. He Jearned that earthquakes are prevalent in the region very summer, the three volcanoes visible bei the inc % only a part of a chain reaching to tof t Aleutian archipelago and luding a dozen or more smoking craters. Bloodthirsty ) Ong nitoen. Dr. Evans took some to the insect L oA jaborate tes as pulation of the regions vis- | complete collection representing brought home and submit- pert entomologist. Insect life be extremely umerous in but not in species. Mosquitoes rrywhere and have cha cter- s which may well imbue the hearts of with envy The in at it is common in win- them emerge from the bark of after the snow from upon it has yUt indoor: They are also swarms ng about, as if he of rs. But story th ted t was specime ng, on € mosquit ng hither o hurled by tong mu to ency as well as The tor reports that pa he shared one tent with <n, and a da hunter ef THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1898-24 PAGES. educated in agriculture. otter hunting is that few nati canneries, w leads Dr. Ev enue open eultu Th: to civilizati with t by improvem: e superior rac’ ir clothing The fact that sea rapidly on the decline, and are being employed in the here Chinese are preferred, to believe that there is no to the Alaskans except agri- t these natives are susceptible n and elevation’ by contact , he says, is shown ents which are taking place in s und houses. They take read-* iv ily to tools’in the training schools. Agricuiturai Resources. Dr. Evans believes that much of the agricultural activity of Norway, Sweden, Finiand, Scotiand, Iceland and the Orkney Islands may portions of tepography, are similar. be successfully reproduced in Alaska. The climates, soils, ete., of all the regions named The southwestern portion will offer good facilities for stock raising. The cnly drawback will be the providing of winter fe ». In summer there are vast areas here of grass nearly as high as a n’s head. In the interior the winters colder and the summers hotter. In the lower Yukon region many gardens have raised iurthy Ca m9) pow an 0 garden Dawson, in he white potatoe: n established, especially by The commercial companies zood vegetables along the er east than Circle City and nadian boundary. Two years ands of turnips were raised by near Circle City. A large vege- has been established opposite the Klondike region. Alaskans now live mostly on turnips, cabbages, lettuce, pease, fishes and rutabagas, as far as vegeta- are concerned. The natives raise lit- tle else than potatoes, rutabagas, turnips and sometimes onions. They gather sal- monberries, huckleberries, cranberries, cur- rants and raspberries and preserve them in veal oil. The Thlinkets cultivate a plant which thi bulbs and gri ‘all “Koo,” dry its underground ind them into powder for mak- ing a sort of cake. They also eat the roots of the wild parsnip weed and drink a sort of tea made from the leaves of another wild plant. They also relish skunk cab- bage, among other weeds, as a pot herb. The leaf stocks of the plant “heracleum lanatum” are peeled and chewed at irregu- lar intervals, la ig the place of our pea- nuts or foods eaten more for pleasure than nutrition. Unless this luxury is well peel- mouth becomes very sore from the which m. A is know from a mari After storms tities are co highly esieen is similar “laver” used root of skunk cabbage also has utation as the buckbe use of nativ ty dimi whites, a prepar suppl and thi hi derstand tha’ oil the doctor says cover the en- very popular food of the na- nas “thlakusk.” It is made ne alga which grows on kelp. cr very high tides large quan- oilected and preserved. It is med for sorders, and to the ‘slokan”” or in the north of Ireland. The a high rep- ine well as iS belie that the by the Alaskans has since the advent of flour, sugar and other domestic medic Dr. Eva pla nishe The 1 food materials of the latter now ement the native diet of fish. | meat. San Francisco, of @ great market for all Alas-| ave not been educated to un- t seed taken from a warm c! mate to a cold gives bad results, because the period of vegetation is greatly prolong- ed. Yet peopie continue to buy it in this way and become discouraged because it is not successful. The natural. timber ot Alaska, the doctor says, is sufficient to sup- ply the territory for all time to come, if broperly managed. The native grasses are especiaily valuable. Under Cultivation. Dr. Evans found the areas als un- der cultivatic Barcens raising the earlier and hardier v € 1 able Let celery, turniy berb ana hor: ‘The supply of enough to sa In Cook’ the natives a © said to 1 I ars ago. oats, rye, potatoes on confired mostly to kitchen tuce, radishes, enions, pe cauliflower, a rarsnips, car- snap-beans, cabbage, rhu- h were seen flourishing. f potatoes, howeve tisfy the deman Ds, » is seldom and it is a tion whether they ever mature in Alas- s Inlet and on Kadish Island re growing a small round po- 2e the same now as u hundred During the sian occupation uckwheat were grown to a considerable extent, but there are now of the p p 0 iminary « ley and fl Evans broug with him. lent. tioned, sue the throughout t It was dens everywhere sent inhabitants. Xx were grown this summer. 7 ar Sitka. sam traces of them in the fields Yet in several | ‘dens oats, bar- Dr. home excei- men- now pur- agriculture The gar- appear neglected. Those xperimental ga ht specimens of these he barley is especially grown, with the othe he Alaskans methods of he whole territory z of the whites are often no better than those hey Wersre- | of the ratives. A cro: ce planted with r waited ¢ great y is allowed to care for itself. had fastened | The result is usually a large and luxuriant to his hand and then hal crop of weeds. When Russia owned Alas- a of @ live stock was introduced in some parts. > insect’s atten ne small cattle of the Kenai peninsula, end ¥ j where one of the experimental farms will become aware of | be lecated, are called Russian or Siberian any absence of his hindmost extirer, cate A small island of tie Chernabura er he had pumped away a goo? | gy Ss wetl stocked with pigs, but in pod and left it | 1827 they were all engulfed by a tidal wave nto “the flocr. | folowing a volcanic eruption on Unimak vading in gore, |istand, St ing is row limited al- Yet at nearly every me pigs and poultry are seen. pt in sume places. Upon the at Kadiak and Prince Wil- s springing up a prom- 2 grotesque ed wh The le passing turn. tsion was a j n or of ral ’ fn of en rs who « x rdinary luck. After the | es. pt tnd deerrated with rugs | masks nduiged fafitastic amo: ist clieved in by these rther facts cont ‘port came to Siuka Yakutat were titions The cov- the repo vat stationed at Sitka and purried uy coast. They discovered that tives had caught the object of their . arrangements made to t The sight of the gun- : put an end to the fesiivi the es are in uncommon dr s Sa n Alaska with what k i's _clubs"—slender, grow to be eight feet i with long and sharp atives also beat themselves S au external treatment for Experimental Farms. ‘The experimental farms which the gov. 0 be located at the place last ‘ r camped orth of Cook's be 1 in the in- These reservations have Made exempt Here ob- whites as the as ignorant of th. agri- curces of the t the summer up along the the thermometer was rees. When th ther ations are w nder way m_of their discoveries as to the ss of the climate will attract to thes regions many people who think they are year round. The present large to Alaskz Ss a resuit of scovered mines, is expected r. says, to result in the discover: and development of the other rich re- sources known to exi: he development the extens' quartz-ledges, as well as he copper, coal and other valuable de posits, will result in a permanent popula- tion. Food for these people, with few ex- ceptions, must all be shipped a thousand miles or more, uffless the Alaskans are itve animal re the wh sheep and t | the coast flecas of + foxes are be- I propa wht there ed for their Persens wishing to enter this indus- may rent at. island from the Treasury artment. The leasing $100 a year, each island must be da keep, food to last over winter. During the demestication the foxes e ied fis corn meal. They burrow beneath th and trees ani buildings on quired for s jerman cary in the fresh i furnish food for Carved rom the Cox: ‘John Hari of a rattles ‘This is an d need no housing eech island, howev toring food and © ring s. bably be introduced » will pr water lakes cf this region to the foxes. The other na- are fast decreasing. These e-tailed deer, mocse, mour Ss. About the lakes behind ceding grounds of vast Hi WATKINS, JR. ~— Epitaph and Died. ntl died here from the Hix ler-Je mon bite ak inscription on a beech tree standing onéthe Knobs, in Monroe township, back lowed There the of Je! the w a is ATS Ago, was little ¢ bush was th turkey court. He a rifle, Harmon kill to prepare carved the tree, with obliterated him on the mon’s body rted by the tree and there it All Wa The Star's columns are dail He Dia From Punch. ffersonytlle. nseription. deer was the A date once fol- but it is now indistinct. strange story connected with An old resident relates it. . when that section of Indiana nd when the heavy ne dwelling place of the wild und rattlesnake, John Har- to Charlestown ‘to attend armed with an old-fash- A rattler bit’ Harmon's leg. ed the reptile. Then he began for death. It was he who words in lighter lines on the request beneath, long since the tree's growth, to bury spot. A few days later Har- was founc A grave was dug ‘an be seen today.” ington an Audience. Wanted Help and Situations” carefully read by thousands xplored, Fifteen cents pays for fifteen words. ee HOW SERGEANT RAND BECAME A PRIVATE; A Tale of Self-Sacrifice and Heroism in the Wer of the Rebellion. Whitten for The Evening Star. While the papers and magazines of today are filled with the exploits of our noble sailors and soldiers, of their specific acts of heroism and of their deeds of daring, I ‘am reminded of the career of a soldier who was an actor in the great war of the re- bellion, whose heroic deeds are recorded in the War Department and were executed on the field before a majority of the present heroes were born, What I shall write is of my own personal knowledge, although it would require a book to tell of interesting incidents that have been related of him during his eight years of army service by officers who serv-. ed with him during the war and years after the war. These reminiscences will be in- teresting to the boys now in the service and to the lads who are to make up the Grand Army and who are to fight the bat- tles of the future. In the fall of 1861 our regiment, the 12th New York Volunteers, was quartered on Upton's Hill, about two miles this side of Camp Alger, near Falls Church, Va. We had passed through the Bull Run campaign and all that had followed it up to that time, and we were making ready for the peninsular campaign which was to come. Our regiment, from losses incident to the service, had fallen much below the mini- mum, and it was decided by the govern- ment to consolidate the 12th New York Militia with us. This necessitated the res- ignation of all surplus officers in each regi- ment and the reduction to the ranks of all surplus non-commissioned officers as the occasion demanded. This was a dreadful blow to these faith- ful soldiers, but it had to be done. No one but a soldier who has been a non-commis- sioned officer can appreciate what a reduc- tion to the ranks means. After the 12th Militia had arrrived on the hill and the list of reductions was being Prepared, there were many sad and heavy hearts hanging in the balance. No one knew where the ax would fall and no non- commissioned officer felt secure. But sol- diers will talk, and around the camp fire at the i pros and cons were night Tv however, one serg: deci on nd that was Sergt. C. F. Rand of Com- pany K. From his entry into the service he had been favorite in the regiment. He was always jolly, always a friend ready > the part of the oppressed, always ad a kind word for those in trouble, and there was no catastrophe from which he ud not extract some good. He had made himself famous in his first battle. For his distinguished gallantry he had won the friendshlp and admiration of every of- ficer, from the general of brigade down to the rank and file. Hence it was that these soldiers in their starlight discussions unan- imously decided that he was absolutely safe. No one wes jealous of him, no one grumbled or complained because he was granted more privileges than any other en- listed man in the army. Although he was only a sergeant of infantry, yet he was permitted to keep a servant: he was also allowed to keep a horse. He had the coun- tersign whenever he wanted it and was ad- mitted into the regimental officers’ mess, and no distinction was made on account of his lack of rank. Was it any wonder that they thought him safe from reduction? The company officers had been ordered to designate and hand in the names of the un- fertunates in their respective compaate: This had been a severe trial to the officers Capt. Root of Company K couid not make up his miad until the last minute whicn one of his sergeants to sacrifice. All had good records, all kad been tried by fire in a terrible battle, and all had exhibited their valor. But the stern realities of war de- manded it, and with a heavy heart he made a selection. The next day at dress parade the dread news was to be promulgated. It was long after taps that Sergt. Raad, on that eventful night, called at the quar ters of Capt. Root He stated that he want- ef to ask a gre favor, which, as the se- avel will sho writer, who w this point ret vas granted him. The s in the captain’s tent, at ed, and a long conversat as held between the two, after Sergt. Rand returned to his tent. it was then that a compact of secrecy was made which was kept by the captain until Serg: Rand had fallen in battle and had been e1- roneously listed among the dead, when the secret was revealed, It appears that his request was to see the list, and nh He saw the name of Sergt. T. checked with red ink. There was r: selected for the sacrifice. At grand rounds an hour later the sergeant of the guard reported to the field officer of the day that shortly after mid- night Sergt. Rand had been halted at post 1; that he approached leading his horse; had correctly given the countersign. He weuld give no further account of himself, then rode off; he thought he had taken the Leng bridge read. When he left camp he was dressed in h regulation uniform. When he returned the no help for it; he had been t morning his chevrons and stripe: 1 sappared; he was the uniform of a private soldier. The guard noticed the change and commented upon it, and to their questions concerning the absence of hiss he jokingiy replied that the wind had blown them off. It was not necessary to parade to know which sergi uy Ko had been reduced. To a hundred inquiries that morning as to how he hap- pened to be reduced his universal answer was that better men than he were to be re- duced. It was sufficient that the captain and himself knew where the stripes had gone. It was six months later, when Private Rand was supposed to be among the 1 in action, that Sergeant T. first learne the sacrifice that had been made for him. Captain Root related to his brother officers that when Sergeant Rand found that Ser- geant 'T. was to be reduced he was very much exercised, and remarked that that was too cruel; that he was the last man in the regiment that should have been select- ed. Sergeant T. had told him that very day that he expected the ax to fall on him, as he was the least able to bear it. “Cap- tain,” said he, “that man has dependents upon him and the few extra dollars a month mean a great deal to him. It will entail great suffering.” Then, turning to the offi- cer, he said: “Captain Root, I can manage to get along better than he can on a re- duced salary, and 1 would like your permis- sion to have that name restored. Check my name." As he said this he took the pen and checked it himself. Thus he re- duced himself to the ranks, five months after he had won for most distinguished gallantry in battle a congressional medal of honor. He did not consider his sacrifice worth mentioning. I never heard him men- tion the occurrence, and I know of no one else who ever did. ‘So this will be original news to many of his old comrades. Although he was now a private soldier, it was particularly noticed that he was never called upon for guard duty or to do the "t Mean to Lose That. “Miffins, t he bookkeeper tells me that you have lost the key of the safe, and he ca jot get at the books,” “Yes, sir, one of them. You gave me two, you remem.» “Yes, accident. “Oh sir, T er.” I had duplicates made in case of And the other? took care of that. I waseafraid I might lose one of them, you know.” “And is th “Yes, sir. danger of it beii sirl” ¢ other all right?” 1 put it where there was no ng lost. 1t is in the safe, duty of a private soldier. His privileges were not curtailed. He kept his dignity, his horse, his servant and his mess. . The colonel had assigned him as marker, or right general guide. This was only tem- porary, for he was detafled to report to Major “Meyer, chief signal officer of the army, for instruction in the s'gnal service. When he returned to the regiment he was ned with a signal gun and a magazine filled with countersign rockets. It is only fair to say that when he sur- rendered his non-commission he had noth- ing in view except to serve faithfully in the Tanks as a private soldier. I will not enter into details In this letter as to his later record, as 1 wish to relate an instance during his boyhood days that will be particularly interesting to boys. 1 will, however, state that after the occur- rence mentioned he received honors from two governors of the state of New York and from three Presidents of the United States. One President, Mr. Lincoln, twice personally honored him. We were children together, attended the same school until, at the age of sixteen, he became uneasy and longed to see what the world was made of. He ventured out from the maternal nest to try his wings, and they carried him to far-off New Orica in that day a twelve days’ journey from St. Louis. In the former city he secured a po- sition of river news reporter on the Pica- yune. His duties consisted of reporting arrivals and departures of vessels and of distinguished personages, and it was this duty that brought bim to his first trouble, —_—S———s ee eee which was caused by his inexperience as a reporter. General William Walker! of Nicaragua fame arrived on the steamer Daniel Web- ster, in charge of the,,United States mar- shal. This was an event. The boy, anx- ious to be the first to, repert (there were no extras in those days), ran to the ottice and wrote on the bulletin board with chalk in big letters, “General Walker, the little great filibuster chief, ‘has ‘arrived, and is 2 prisoner at the St. Louis Hotel!” The next morning, When. the boy went to the office, the local ‘editgr placed in his hand to read a challenge to mortal combat from the adjutant general of General Walker, for the gross jnsult to his master the day before. Here was a dilemma. What was to be done?’ The boy, in his fear lest his innocent friend would be Killed, hastened to the hotel, ready to make all kinds of apologies. He found General Walker and began to tell him how It hap- pened. The general had not yet heard that he had been insulted, and questioned ihe boy as to what he had written, and while he was explaining as best he could the colonel came into the room, when General Walker remarked, “That {s probably the man you want to see.” The colonel was a man of powerful frame, and as he looked down upon the boy, who stood there “at attention,” in a roundabout Jacket, with his cap swinging in his hand, asked in loud tones what he wanted. Ie stated that he had come to apologize for what he had written about Genaral_ Walk- er. He explained that the editor did not know what was on the board, that he had meant no offense when he wrote it. and that he, the colonel, had challenged an in- nocent man. “Then,” said the man of ter- rible deeds, “you confess that you alone are responsible for this insult?” “Yes, sir, I am,” he responded, and his eyes sought the floor, not daring to raise them until he should know his fate. The man eyed the boy closely, noticing the changing color. He saw the terrible commotion that was passing through his mind. He then took ponsible and you will have to fight me.” For a mo- ment the boy was in mental agony. He thought of his home, of his mother, who was a widow, and he her only son: how she would feel when she heard that he had been killed, what would she do with- out him. He made another desperate at- tempt to arrange matters, but the great man raised his hand as if to push him away, and said: “That will do.”” The boy's feet began to get cold and his head hot. A dead silence pervaded the room. A moment later he raised his head; he looked his antagonist straight in the eye, there was no sympathy, no mercy there. Then drawing himself up to his full height, while outwardly there appeared no emotion, apparently every nerve in his body was as quiet and peaceful as when six weeks before he had recited his last lesson—twenty verses in the New ‘lestament in the home Sunday school, he said: Colonel Thompson, I know nothing about dueling, I never saw a duel. I know noth- ing of the use of deadly weapons, but if you will give me twenty-four hours to prac tice, I will be ready to meet either of you. Loud boisterous laughter greeted this re- mark, which extended to the general's room. The strong man reached down and seized him by the hand and led him by force into the presence of the general and several visitors who were with him. “Here,” said he, “is a gamey Ittle cuss who offers to fight me if I will give him twenty-four hours to practice.” More loud laughter followed, then followed a flood of questions, who he was, where he came from, etc., but he answered them not a word; his lps were sealed. He was too much in earnest to be trifled with. His smothered excitement began to react, anit the moment the iron grasp was released he left the room. They, however, related the incident in the hotel atid in the clubs, and {t was repeatedly told about town, but he would not get over his bitterness to- ward those two men. ;He refused to dine with them or have anything whatever to do with them. Four years had passed after this inci- dent had occurred. The horizon was red with war. It was in April, 1861, he re- turned from the south, when we together became soldiers and together we marched side by side in the war. At Blackburn's Ford, Va., I saw him when he refused to retreat with his command when ordered to do so. The order was given on account ot the deadly range of the enemy's artillery, which was masked on the banks of Bull run. Infantry, also masked, poured in a deadly fire. He would not move until the entire bat- talion of 500 men had been swept in disor- der from the field. He seemed not to no- tice the dead and wounded, he was obliv- jous to his surroundings, but yet held his ground with an old Harper’s Ferry musket that had been changed from a flint lock. The ground was plowed in all directions by shell and solid shot. The only injury he received was from flying dirt and stones, The enemy at this time seemed to pity him, and finally refused to fire on him. Even then he would not fall back, but worked his way across a de>p ne, where he found the command of Capt. Barnum, later Gen. H. A. Barnum, who Were on their faces firing. not being able to rise to their knees to load, but turning on their backs for that purpose. H= crept up to them on his knees, joined the line and fought with it to the end of the en- gagement. This gallantry won him the medal of honor. 1 was with him in every battle from Bull Run to the seven days’ battle before Rich- mond. By my side at Gaines’ Mills he fell, a musket ball crushing through his body, mashing his xight shoulder to jelly. I saw to uis fect, the life blood spurting is eyes and ears. I saw him seize a clod of earth and cram it into his wound trying to stanch the flow. Later I hea him refuse to ride in an ambulance, sayin “That wagon is needed for those who car't walk.” 1 saw him the next morning after the battle, without coat or hat. the bal- arce of his clothing a mass of congealed blood. His trousers rattled as he walked, So stiffened were they with his life's blood, his face and hands white as snow. He was lcoking for a surgecn to amputate his arm. { offered him a seat on a camp chest. He said: “No; if I sit down I am afraid I can't get up.” I offered him a tin cup of coffee: he could not take it; his left hand was holding up his shattered right arm. As T put the cup to his lips 1 noticed the hlood trickle from the corners of his mouth. When I asked the cause he gave me a characteristic answer: “I guess I must have swallowed a_ bullet.” He was later taken to Savage Station, where his right shoulder joint and six inches of the shaft of the arm were removed. Portions of shat- tered shoulder bone and fragments of his clothing were taken out through his back, the buliet having passed through his lung. The night after the operation he was placed in a tent near the railroad track. Nine had been placed there at sundown. At sunrise seven had to be removed to the trenches. The vacancies were immediately filled. One was a confederate major named Lamar. from Alabama. They soon hecame friends, both too weak to stand; yet thero they lay, side by side, the blue and the gray, drinking from the same canteen. Some years ago he gave me a description of the battle of Savage's Station, which 1 shall ever remember. This battle occurred the second day after he had been operated upon. He was now on his back; the cperation hid floored him. He and his rebel friend were discussing the pros and cons of the approaching battle, preparations for which they could plainly hear from within the tent. The tramp of marching battalions, the time-keeping of the drummer, the various commands of the officers, the bugle calls-of distant organiza- tions, the jingle of the sabers of the cav- ulry, the trot of the platoons as they chang- ¢d their positions, the crunching of the heavy wheels of the artillery as they drew themselves into position. The terrible clang of preparation was too much for these two soldiers to bear. The southerner had crawl- ed outside the tent. He wauld have helped his friend, but his strength was no: suffi- clent, so he sent help to aid him, and soon they were both side by side near the rail- road track, eagerly watching for ths com- ing fray. My friend was extremely anx- fous to see if his regiment was in it. It was not, for it was Sedgwick’s division, with Osborn's artillery, followed by }ettit’s and Hazzard’s batteries. He could read all this by their colors. Between them they had secured a hardtack box and had them- selves bolstered up so they could o\erlook the scene. They had not long to wai. The picket and skirmish line had found the en- emy and in five minutes the battle was on. Hazzard opened with his six guns. They were so near that they could hear tke cap- tain as he numbered the guns to fire, the infantry of Burns’ brigade in the front, with the Ist Minnesota on their left. In a few minutes everything was engaged, and for a while {t seemed as if the whole world had gone to destruction. These two sol- diers as the tide of battle ebbed and Jowed in each other's favor cheered with cll the voice they had left. The excitement was intense. The battle was anybody's for a while. The game of war was now :n ths balance. The swaying forward, the surg- ing backward of the armies made their pulses beat either fast or slow. In the heat of the contest, while each was claiming with faint heart victory for his side, there came above the terrible din the shrill sound of a bugle. A shout, ever to be remembered, followed it, and ‘down came the Irish brigade of Sumner's corps, and, with measured tread, halted immed ately in front, not ten rods away. My friend attempted to cheer, but his voice was gone; nis cup was full. I remember he choked a little when he related this incident to me; how excited he was; how Burnside and Sedgwick, although pressed by the en- emy to the last degree, yet held their own and had not lost fifteen rods. Again the bugle sounded, he could real the notes. It said in ringing tones that the rear of battle could not down “Atten- tion, Irish brigade! Fix bayonets! For- ward, double-quick, march!” He related how the beares of an old green flag, with many tatters in it, In the center of which Was a harp, literally mopped the ground with It every few steps as if in defiance at Donnybrook Fair. The battle front now changed. The Irish charge did the work when it was most needed. The eneny gave way and fell tack. The contest passed on out of view. and only the remains were left. dead and wounded men, dead and wounded horses and the general debris of a deserted battle- field. The battle was finally won, but it nearly cost Rand's life. While attempting to help himself back tnto the tent secondary hem- orrhage set in, and he was unconscious be- fore it was arrested. When the surgeon in charge, Dr. John Swinburne of Albany, who had operated cn the boy, arrived, he Was nearly exsanguinated. ‘The surgeon was obliged to remcve the silverawires with which his wound had been sewed for the entire six inches, the length of the bore taken from his shoulder down. While this Was being done his pulse was at low ebb, his tongue dry. He looked up at the sur- geon and in a gentle voice said: “Doctor, is this the end?" “I hope not,’’ was the answer, “but I must hurry and find the artery that is causing so much trouble.” Still the work went on in silence. A min- ute later he said: “Doctor, I think you had better get a candle, it is getting too dark to see very well, and if you will be kind enough to raise the corner of the tent it won't be so stuffy.” The work went on; he had closed his eyes. In a few minutes he opened them and remarked: “Doctor, I feel as if I was suspended in the air. I am certain that I have got to go. If I do, I wish you would write to my mother and tell her that it was the charge of the Irish Brigade that killed me.” The doctor did write her the particulars at the time, and after the death of his mother, in 1882, the letter was found among her effects.» The son had never seen it, and had forgotten he had ever sent such a mes- sage. The suject had never been men- tioned between mother and son. McClellan had left 2,500 of his wounded at Savage's station, where, being in the enemy's country, they were picked up by Stonewall Jackson and made prisoners. Rand among them. This soldier was never able to serious side of anything, of hi ee the nd always spoke sufferings more as a joke than oth- erwise. I will instance one incident which he related in an amusing way of his prison experience. He was taken on a gravel train from Savage's station to Richmond. He id he did not expect any care, as the enemy had 27,000 of their own sick and ounded to look after, so, as bandages were out of the question, he dressed his own wounds with the Richmond “Whig.” He sald he managed the shoulder all right, but had trouble in fixing his back. The bullet had gone through him on the tw and made a hole as largé as a silver dollar next to his spine, so he was obliged to make a pad of newspaper and have him- self let down so the wound would rest on the pad, and not on the bare floor. He ex- plained that he had to throw away his trousers, and afterward his shirt and un- dershirt. He said he did not need them, as the weather was hot (July, 1862). His bat- tle now was with the flies. “He said he once made a sortie on a new colony with a spoonful of turpentine. He only tried it once. He sold his shoes to the confederate guard for $9, confederate money, and pur- chasing eighteen loaves of bread, divided sixteen among those around him. Later he sold his socks for $1, and gave that for extra allowance of soup, taking the | cup for his portion. He now had one gar- ment left. In this condition he remained while a prisoner, and was carried through Richmond in daylight, in an old furniture cart, to the train, and thence to City Point. In due time he was exchanged and sent to the hospital, 44th and Pine streets, Philadelphia, where he rapidly recovered and was soon able to walk, and here he met his fate. A beautiful young Sister of Charity was specially detailed to look af- ter him. She nursed him tenderly, bathed his face, cut up his food and placed it in his mouth, dressed his wounds, smoothed H und won his heart. ving the arm’ q ast in 1870 he er- tered the Georgetown University, received the degree of M.D., and practiced his profession up to four years ago, when he was obliged to give it up, owing to inces- sant pain arising from his old weun¢ No one ever heard him complain. immedi: fering is To those word and are numerous, ¥ tory. Maj. George Truesdell, of the District, and Col. James A. Bates, now one of the ors, were officcrs in his regiment, and all three fell in the same battle—Truesdell shot through the boc Bates lost a leg and Rand had his should? torn to pieces. It is not an uncommon sight to see these three veterans in soctal confab on the street. Truesdell and Rand were taken to Libby on the same train. My playmate in childhood, my school- mate in youth, my comrade and tent mate on the field, my companion and true friend in later life, will, I trust. pardon this little fragment of his history being made public, for I am sure it will interest his many friends, who would never have known had I not assumed the responsibility of writing. JOHN B. FOOTE, Late Lieutenant of Company K, 12th Regiment, New York Volunteer: oe A Floating Snail. From the Philadelphia Press. There is a small snail which fs so fond of the sea that it never comes to land, and it builds such a capital boat for itself and its eggs that while large ships are sinking and steamers are unable to face the storm it tosses about in perfect safety. The little snail is of a violet color and is therefore called Ianthina. It has a smaii shell and there projects from the under part of the body a long, tongue-like piece of flesh. This is the raft, and it is built upon most scientific principles, tor it has compart- ments in it for air. It is broad and the air compartments are underneath, so that it cannot capsize. Moreover, the snail knows how to stow away its cargo, for the oldest eggs and those which hatch the soonest are placed in the center and the lightest and newest on the sides of the raft. The Ianthina fills its own air compartments by getting a glob- ule of air underneath its head, the body is then curved downward beneath the raft, and, the head being tilted on one side, the air rushes in and fills the spaces. It féeds on a beautiful little jelly fish, which has a flat, raft-like form with a pretty little sail upon it, and they congregate in multitudes when the sea is calm. Sometimes specimens are washed upon the northwestern coast of France, and when they are handled they give out a violet dye. SS Cheap Publicity. For fifteen cents you can let every one in Washington know by a Star want ad. that you want a situation or want a cook. SS One Kind of Cure. From the Chicago Record. “Did your hay fever get better in a three weeks’ trip?” “It had to; I ran out of money.” oe A Golfing Expedient. Frem Harper's Bazar. His te family alone know what his suf- it He cannot hide outside he Ss a good a pleasant His frients very few know his his from them. ex-Commissloner Caddies are very scarce at Lonelyhurst, so Jones and his wife have found it most convenient to have a versatile and obliging cook. ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following {i lst of advertised letters re- maining in the Washington (D. C.) Pest-otlice Sat- SF. October 29, 189s. o obtain any ‘of thes ald for not Advertised Lett Hed for within two (2 be sept to the Dead Letter Office. se lett “s LADIES’ LIST. Abbort, Mand Miss Ambrecht, Louise Mre der, Harry Mrs Allen, Nora Miss Alsep. 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