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not been discontinued
under tho Tnft admlnls-
From some of tho com
Unit have been mudo on
these "long haul rides"
it would appear that tho
public believes tlmt t he-
army ouiccrs never wero
given an oppoi (unity ptlor
to tho Uoosovelt ndmlnls-
tratlon to show what they
could do In tho way of
covering loug dis
tances In nulck
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iitountliiR ii hiri lie Blurted nontheast to tho
wllderneHH to took death In tho face.
Illn untrue took hlin eloo to tho nccno of
tin Cimter nwiHttaere whero limn than two
weeks before 5.000 Slonv had Kathored for the
klllliiK lie traveled only at nli;tit and nil day
Ioiik he lay hidden In tho timber or In tho
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Two hotirH after muiKet on tho Heeond nlKht
ho left IiIh dny'H hldliiK plneo and set his
course Kouthwnid uIoiir a rmiRii of low hills
lie turned aside to skill a bit or timber and
as he ennio to tho edno of the trees his mount
showed symptoms or uneasiness.
Hell dropped from his horso and stole for-
ward. He saw not more than 100 ynrds ahead
of him a war pint) of fully f0 Indians making
prep.natlons to camp for the night. They had
come apparently from a direction opposllo to
Hint taken by the courier for he had not
crossed their trull He stole back remounted
anil in lule n detour passing tho Indian on
i-nnipmcnt on the light and without awakening
their suspicions.
Notwithstanding (he lough nattao of tho
country thiough which he was passing and tho
necessity of sparing his horse Hell inndo 10
miles In that second night's rldo. When It
was within two hours or sunrise he struck a
small creek with n bottom of sand mid peb-
bles He knew that If the war party which
he had passed the night befoie should llud his
trail that It would bo followed and that tho
leds would not spare their ponies In the at-
tempt to overtake tho wilderness messenger
Koritwo miles Hell led his hoist) down the
bed of the clock thus completely obliterating
his trail but bo knew that the hoof minks
showing where he had taken to the water wero
telltale witnesses of his sublet fugc
He reached a part of tho cieek wheie Iho
banks wero heavily overgrow u with hushes Ho
pushid the green growth aside from right to
left and sent bis horse thiough Then he cov-
this was not n cavalry
achievement It Is not used
for purposes of comparv
son. Touching the per-
formance however tho
ullltary writer says that
excepting tho ass thuro
Is perhaps no cieatuie on
earth so stubbornly endur-
ing as the broncho."
Col. Dodge does not
think that If tests woro
made thcic would bo much
difference between tho
niroids which Kngllsh
and Amerlenn soldiers
would register. He says
that n composite picture
uiiide of ft00 ltrltlsh and
of Coo American Hoopers
would show that tho three
Hues which establish the
"seat" of tli rider nro
practically the snnio and
that upon this and tho
proper cnte ot tho horso
depend largely Iho mnt-
leiB of distance accomplished and speed
' maintained.
One of the longest and most perilous
rldis ever made by an American soldier was that or n
private in V Company of tho Seventh Infantry.
Knrly In July In the ear 1S70 the forces of (Jen. Terry
wero In the Held nt tho junction of the lllg Hoin and
Vellowstono rivers In the Tetrltorj or Montana. Only ten
days beforo On. Custer anil his squadrons of the Seventh
cavalry bad perished at the hands of the Sioux under
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X-PRESD:r KOOSEVCLT
haB had the same opportunities to test the en-
durance ol cavnliy horses as has the small
regulnr force of tho 1'nlted States.
Tho long level stretches of tho plains uni
tho activity of the marauding Indian mounted
on his tireless broncho havo been this condi-
tions which gave to Uncle Sam's cavalrymen
his matchless chances for long forced mount-
ed marches. Col. Theodoro Ayrault Dodge U.
S. A. collected the of
ficial records of long dis-
tance cavalry rides and
lias made thm public In n
book so that they may be
compared with tho per-
formance's of tho soldier
horsemen of other nations.
Col. Dodgo declares spe-
cifically that he has re-
jected all "hearsay rides
of which there Is no end"
and has accepted only
thoso proved by official re-
ports. Col. Dodgo says
Hint Capt. S. h Fountain.
United States cnvnlry In
the year 1891 with n de-
tachment or his troop
rode &4 miles In eight
hours. This record la
vouched for nnd it Is bet-
ter thnn that once mado by
the Nntnl Mounted Hides
by about four hours the
dlatnnco being within ono
mile of that mado In South
Africa. For actual speed
this forced mnrch stands
perhaps at tho head of tho
American army record
though other rides hnvo
been moro remarkable.
In tho year 1879 when tho Utes succeeded
In getting some United States troops Into what
was  af tjjrwnrd known as Tliornbur.g'H "rat
hole" .several mounted courier) succeeded In
slipping through tho circling lino of savages.
All of them reached Morrltt's column 170 miles
distant in less than 24 hours. Tho exact time
was not tuken for aH Col Dodgo puts it "res-
cue was of moro Importance- than records."
It must bo understood ot cirsc that all
these Amorlcan ridoB woro inndo without
changing horses. Tho steed at tho start wna
tho steed at tho finish. The best rider accord-
ing to cavalry oxperts. Is not tho man who
takes a flve-bnrred gato or who can rldo stand-
lug but tho man who by instinct feels tho
condition of bis horso and though getting tho
most out of the animal knows best how to
conserve his strength.
Gen. Lawton In tho year 1870 rodo from
Ited Cloud ngency Nebraska to Sidney In tho
snmo state a dlstunco of 125 miles in -C hours.
He was carrying Important dispatches for Gen.
Crook and though tho road was bad his mount
wus in good' condition when Lnvvton looking
five yenrs older thnn ho did tho day before
handed aver hU bundle of papers to tho black-
benrded general.
Gen. Merrltt hns n forced march record that
has no American parallel when tho conditions
of his Journey nro considered. Ho was ordered
in tho fall of 1879 to the relief of Payno's
command which was surrounded by hostile In-
dians. Merrltt's command consisted of four
troops of cavalry hut nt tho last moment ho
was ordered to add to his forco u battalion of
Infantry. Tho "dough boys' wero loaded Into
array wagons drnvvn by mules and with tho
cnvalry at tho Hanks tho relief column stnrted.
Tho dl8tnnco to ho tiavorscd wus 170 nilles
nnd it was mnde notwithstanding the handi-
cap of tho wagons nnd trails that wero muddy
nd sandy by turns In Just CO hours. At tho
.ud of tho march tho troopers went Into tho
tight and in tho entire command not ono horso
: howed a lamo leg or a saddle sore.
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Four troopers of
the Fourth cavalry
who had volunteered
for the particular
service wero sent
In tho summer of
1870 from Fort Har
ney to Fort Warner
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THT PY&AMIO ORLL AT VAT SVYEK s?&
were told to make tho best time possible with-
out killing their horses. Tho men wero on
their jnottle. They niado the lUulance no miles
U0 miles of tho way being through 4ooso eand
in 22 hours tho actual marching titno betng 18
hours and 30 minutes. At Fort Warner they
rested one day and returned to Harney on tho
same horses n. tiio uniform rato of CO miles a
day. Capt. Edward G. Fochet started at mid-
night for tho relief ot tho Indian scqilts who
hnd been sent out to arrest Sitting Hull and
who nfter killing that chief were beleaguered
In a small hut by his followers. Fechct took
un ambulance wagon nnd a Hotchklss gun with
him. Tho gun carriage brokedown and hu
was compelled to fnstcu tho trail of the piece
to the tailboard of tho ambulance and thus
drag It along. Notwithstanding this handicap
ho mnde tho llrst 4G miles In less than seven
hours. Ho fought nnd drove off tho young
Sioux bucks then scouted tho country for ten
miles gave his troopers somo breakfast and
returned to tho fort. Fourteen hours wero
consumed in covering 90 miles of ground.
Tho cnvnlry horses of tho American army
havo undergone theso endurance and speed
tests cnrrylng weights of moro thnn 200 pounds
mid without any training other than that re-
ceived In tho ordinary courso or frontier
scouting and dally drill evolutions. Tho great-
est military rldo record as It appears on pa-
pur is that of tho Austrian Count Stuhrcnberg
who rodo ono horsn 350 miles In 71 hours.
Tho nnlinnl however carried ouly tho count's
weight 128 pounds; It had been specially
trained for months to undergo tho enduranco
test nnd during tho whole tlmo of tho rldo It
was kept up on stimulants. Tho horso died
within 21 hours after the completion of Us
tnsk. Col. Dodgo In his summary of remark-
nblo rldos tolls of a professional express rider
whom ho personally know who for many
months curried mall from Kl I'aso to Chilian-
hau through a hostile Apacho country. This
man on ono horse n broncho regularly mado
.'100 inllos in GO hours ami then resting his
mount for four days mud.: the return trip. As
Sitting Hull. A detachment ot
troops pushing forward in search
"" "" of the "yellow-haired white chief"
had found the mutilated bodies of
tho slnln with tho little heaps of
empty cnrtildges at their sides telling mutely
tho story of a desperately heroic defense. Tho
detachment had Joined T-orry and tho story ot
tho" Custer -massacro wus tobl.
Tho whole country to tho northeast nnd
the south was swarming with tho Sioux not
yet sated with slaughter. To tho southeast
200 miles away nenr the headquarters ot the
Powder river In tho Territory of Wyoming
lay tho command of Gen. Crook It was Im-
peratively necessary that tho situation ot nr-
fairs just south ot the Yellowstone should bo
made known to the general commanding tho
southeastern forces. 
Hetween Terry and Crook was nu unbroken
wilderness Inhabited only by wild animals and
wilder men. With Terry's column wero six
tiled scouts and plainsmen. They knew ovcry
Inch of tho country ovcry trail every hiding
plnco 'in the mountain spurs and every patch
of timber on the plains. To those men wero
Intrusted the dispatches of the commanding
officer with Instructions to carry them south-
eastward to tho camp of Crook. The scouts
started on their Journey. Iusldo of eight hours
all of them woro back and tho report to Terry
was that no man could attempt tho Join ney to
Powder river and live.
In F Company of tho Seventh Infantry wns
a private named James Hell Ho hnd acquired
si knowledge of tho country In tho campaigns
in which ho had served usulust tho Sioux. Ills
knowledge uowovor was hut n tltho of that
held by tho plainsmen nnd his acipialntnnco
with tho ways ot tho Indians was as nothing
to theirs yet I'rlvatv James Hell went to Gen.
Terry's headquarters and volunteered to carry
tho dispatches through tho heart ot tho hos-
tile country and to deliver them to Gen. Crook
or else It It must bo to forfeit his life.
Terry iiBked tho mnn If ho knew fully tho
danger of the undertaking. Hell's answer was;
"Tho Bcouts camo bnck." In tho four words
ho expressed the whole thing for the scouts
never beforo had turned In their trncks.
Private Dell took his rations a full supply
of ammunition his rlllo and his revolver and
crcd tho inaiks of the passage as well as ha
could and finally crawled up on tho bnnk him-
self covering his own trail.
Ho found a hiding place for the day In a
rnvino about 300 yards from tho bnnk ot tho
creek nnd after feeding his horse and eating
liTs own breakfast ho put till thought ot sleep
u8Jde.nwd-c!imhlitKsU)-n lillltop hu watched tho
vicinity of tho crcflc.
Hell believed that the reds could not hnvo
found his trull It thf-y had found It at ull un-
til near sunrise and hu know that It they fol-
lowed hlin It would take them tho better part
of tho day to reach his hiding plnco nnd that
by that tlmo his hoi so would bo fresh und
their horses Jaded.
At three o'clock In the afternoon ho saw
something thnt set his heart beating bravo
mnn though ho wns. The war party was
breaking through the Underbrush on tho bnnk
of tho creek nnd Hell knew that his trail had
been followed and thnt he had but a moment's
time to save his lite nnd his message).
Ho ran down tho slope vaulted on to his
horse and shot out Into tho open around tho
bnso of tho hill.
Tho reds chnspd tho courier for Ilvo miles
firing now and again but ho distanced them
and nftor two moro nights of peril ho gave
Terry's message Into tho hands of Crook.
James Hell was given n medal of honor
nnd for Ilvo yenrs he wns a messenger In the
headcpinrters of tho department of tho Inket
In Chicago. Few people realized thut tho quiet
unassuming "errand ninn" In tho Pullman
building wns tho cornier who had taken on
himself a mission that tried plainsmen hail
not dared to attompt to fulfill.
The Home.
Home and home life miiHt never become
commonplace. Tim llttlo sui prises tho ro
tiinnibrnnces of tho bhthday the unexpected
treat the plensuro earned for ono by tho sac
rillco of another all theso belong under mil
head of spiritual exorcises. Nor Is thero anj
seems of our llfo which so demands such ex
erclso ns this familiar scono ot home which
hns to b resot ovoiy day.--lCdwail &tfrttl
Hale.
GUILLOTINE
GUILLOTINING OF PARIS PATBI
CIDE PRESENTS A DRAMATIC
SPECTACLE.
TROOPS LINE THE STREETS
Execution Had More Resemblance to
Clever Disappearing Lady In Music
Hall Than to Real Tranedy
Executioner Perfect In Duty.
l'.iils The Fiench mind being jn
euilnentlv loglcnl. there Is a dci.n
for n change in the method of c
lilting death sentences. The law pii
vldes that they f porfoiini'd in n p 1
He place
In prnctlic no member of the p
He strlttly speaking saw auythlnp i
the lecvnt guillotining the only v
witnesses being I BO Journalists a
loicn mounted gendarmes and .0
policemen.
The dllllcull of Itndltig a plan tor
tin) guillotine since l.u Itoipii '
prison was pulled down nl ways b m
been preferred ih an excuse for tho
practical abolition of capital punl.l
lni'iit which Pails enjoyed or sufTcrnl
III the last decade.
That this ililllcult no longer el i
was shown Avheu the guillotine wis
erected In the middle or the ynrd (
Saute prison.
Opposite the wall are tho ground"
or a huge unoccupied convent so thin
nothing overlooked ithciMt TJie oni
drawback was -l bat there was.no dour
to the piison on this side and then
fore tho loiiilenined leaving by a doir
In Saute stieel at right angles with
the lloulevard iugo wns drlvi n
some seventy juids along this strei
nnd then IG0 to tho place of death
Homo 1200 soldiers wero on thus
bailing every load around tho prihiin
They ussured Unit no one uppronchut
except thoso possessing pollco pnsseN
About 3:40 u. m Hxccutloncr Di lb
lei's men begun electing the gullli)
tine. Without tlio'Wimd or n liumnui
and without n spoken word ot coil
iiiniid the mnchine wnn put togetlii
by the light of u candle dickering In
an old-tlino lantern.
Tho lantern only was used whin
Delbler wished to test by n water
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Aids Seized Cloak and Veil.
level thnt everything was exac
Within nu hour ono of his nsslstnnl
extinguished the light and nil was
ready. The knife won run up to tho
top hut no test diop was mnde so
coulldent was Delbler In his men-ihtt
tho mnchine.
Tho dawn of u' summer dny le-
vealed tho maroon colored "wood of
justice." Its position among trees
robbed it of much of Its terrors.
Shortly It was fully daylight. The?
prison vnn came round tho corner up
the boulevard and stopped opposite
tho guillotine. Two men let down tho
bnck which formed steps from the
vehicle down which camo llrst the
prison governor theji a. priest nnd
then a figure which' might havo been
Lazarus coming from tho grave It.
had Its hands fastened behind l'n
back and n loose covering hanging
from its shoulders. Tho body wa .
linked except for linen trousers Ovei
tho fnco hung a black veil thin
enough to allow tho features to b
visible.
Tho code preset lues that patricide
must bo taken n tho scurf old wbn
hare feet and veiled head.
Due hew In the condemned was 2s
years old but tho livid fnco mlgur
have beon that of u man any ago ovi
GO. It wns tho fnco of a man without
tho consciousness or feeling of nnv
kind a man for whom the blttc.nchH
of death already had passed
Delbler's aids holzcil .the cloak and
veil and comluc.tw! .(bo 'condemned
three paces between the vnn nnd tho
machine laid hlin In place und tho
knlfo roll. The bod was pushed into
a basket.
Within lit seconds from tho tlnu
tho prison van stopped tho knife bail
fallen.
Snn Francisco. A huge stiff collar
nearly cost tho llfu ir Kdwtvrd Later! I
of this city it out un artery In bin
neck while hu wus playing baseball.