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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07
A Good Story of His Frontier Life Be
fore the War.

fore the War.
FRANKFORT, KY, July 1910 the Ed
itor of the NeU York Tribune: A citi-
zen OF Frankfort, KY, formerly a Ser
geant in the Regular Army, told us a
few nights ago the following story of
HancOck's army life, which illustrates a
trait OF character with which more than
one private soldier in the war was fam
iliar:
II was stationed befOle the War;" he
began. at Fort LeayenswOrth, and was
on detached duty as orderly at the head
quarters of Gen. A. ]. Smith. Gen. Han
cock was also stationed at that post, be-
ing captain in the Sixth United States
Infantry under Harvey. My duty required
my constant attendance about head
quarters, and generally I lOitered in the
little yard i'm front of the building used
by Gen. Smith, which was directly upon
the street. Army officers frequently
passed by, and one day Capt. Hancock,
who was noted among the private SOL
dlers for his pOmpOus, arrogant, and
tyrannical bearing. came along the road
In front of the headquarters.
"As required by army regulations, 1
drew myself up in proper position and
made the customary military salute. He
paid no more attention to me or nv
salute than if had not been there at ali.
and went OIL his way. Later in the day
he returned, and as he passed by, feeling
somewhat nettled by his treatment Of
me before, didn't salute him. He had
passed me few steps when he turned
and said, in savage way, Orderly, do
you know your dutyP L think know it,
L replied. Then, sir, why didn't You
salute me as l passed. l told him |
didn't tender the salute because he failed,
as duty required, to return my salute
when he first came by. We had some
other words, when Gen. Smith, who. it
seems, was in the second story of the
house and had overheard our converse
ton, pOked his head out of the window
above us, and peremptOrily cried out.
ORDERLY Yes, sir You will pace that
1.-THE sentinePs beat] for half an hour,
and salute Capt. Hancock every time yOn
pass him, and Capt. Hancock will keep
his position and return your salute.
"And there" said the ex-sOldier, 81 was
kept by old A. j. pacing the beat for half
an hour. saluting Hancock every time
passed, and he had to stand there and
return my salute. And that" said the
veteran to Democrat, who stood by
to the conversation, sis your
candidate for the next president. He is
good enough and nice man among
officers, but he hasn't any use for the |
private soldier, unless he has changed |
his coat very much since l was i'm the |
army,"
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07
Important Testimony.

General Weaver, of Iowa, the Green.
back nominee for President has been
making speeches throughout the south
and in speech delivered at Montgomery
Alabama, which is partly reported i'm the
papers, he gives the following testimony
in regard to the practice of the Demo
cracy. counting out the men who have
been honestly chosen and putting i'm
men of their own party who have been
fairly beaten. 1t shows that the profess
sion of the party i'm their platform i'm
favor of free ballot is not in keeping
with their practice. The following ex-
tract is taken from the speech referred
to:
Il find it conceded everywhere i'm your
state that the Independent ticket will be
elected in August if the people have a
fair count. This and all other counties
an the black belt are overwhelmingly
against THE Democratic party, by more
than three to one; get I am told ON all
sides by most respectable persons that uou
uniformly count out By fraud the men
arhO aUere honestly chosen, and install in
office the candidates aUho are cOnfessedly
defeated. This is the end of all free
government. If you strike down a free
ballot in Alabama, you strike it down i'm
Iowa and New York, and in every other
state in the Union as well. l am on a
tour of observation through the south to
organize the Independent Greenback
party, which is Eyour only hope. The
hatred and bad blood existing between
the old parties is so great as to render
relief from that source hopeless. We
ask you to come with us and bury for
ever these sectional issues. When 90
north l intend to tell what have dis
covered here. would rather you would
send bullet through my body this in
slant, than that 1 should fail to warn
my cOuntrymen of the danger that
threatens our free institution from the
striking down of the free ballot i'm la
bama or elsewhere. Come with us, and
we pledge to you, over the grave of
buried sectional animOSities, free bal
lot, fair count, and equal rights for all
before the law.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07

HIS PAPER is on file with Smith & Smith
General Advertising Agents. 20 Cana
street, Grand Rapids, Mich, where advertising
co ltractS can he made -o
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07
The Great pain Ralia

Browns Household Panacea, which
lias wrought such won1ers. a purely
vegetable prepaI alton. 1t cures cramps
IN the limbs and stomach rheumatism,
oysentery, toOthache. sore throat. bilious
collie, colds, burns. sprains and bruises.
ana all kindred maladies. For internal
and external use. 1t has cured the above
complaints in thousands of cases. There
is no mistake about it, Try it. Sold every
where. Twenty-Five cents bottle.
13Sept-1y.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07
NetO 4dertiSe nlentS.
n SEW PICTORIAL BIBLE
Address for circulars. A. j. Holman s. a. Phii.
Elnlira COLLEGE,

rus college is thoroughly furnished for civ.
ing a superior education in Collegiate and Flee
tic Courses of Study, and also in Music and
Art. BY reason of its endowment its CHARGES
are usually moderate. Send for catalogue to
Rev A w COwleS ID. D.. Pres, Elmira NJ Y
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07
A Man of a Thousand,

A Co umptive cured-When death was hourly
Xpected, all remedies having failed, and DIR. ii.
James was experimenting with the many herbs of
Calcutta, he accidently made a preparation which
cured his only child of CONSUMPTION. His
child now In this country, and enjoying the best
OF health He has proved to the world that CON
SUMPTION can be positively and permanently
cured The Doctor now gives this recipe free. onIy
asking that each remit two three cent STAMPS TO
pay expenses. This herb also cures night sweats
nausea at the stomach. and Will break up a fresh
colo in twenty-four hours. Address CRADDOCK
q Co. 1882 Race street, Philadelphia, naming
tnls paper. A27sep1v
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07
MASON
AND
HANLIN
ORGANS.

upward. Also for cas-.
or S6.3S a quarter an,
free. Mason and Ham
mont st Boston; 46 I
Square) New York; go
cagO.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07

Rent paid two-and-a quar-
ter years buys one. Best
Cabinet or Parlor Organs
i'm the World; winners of
highest distinction at
every worlds fair for Is
years. Prices SOL, $57,
$66, $s4, sos, to $500 and
y payments, S. a mon tn
d upward. Catalogues
lin Organ Co, l54 Ire
EEast I4th St, (Uuion
Wabas b Avenue, Chi
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07

Inc railroad is constructed and i'm Operation
from from jackson to Gaylord, q distance of two
hundred and thirty-six miles, and will soon he
completed to the straits of Mackinac. a further
Instance OF about ffty-five miles,
particular attention is called to the large
tracts OF the best white and Norway pine tim
per along the line of the road, and upon the
.Ausable, Cheboygan, MuskegOn and and Man
istee rivers, the most important logging
streams in the state -'-sihs
Inc farming lands of the company include
some OF the most fertile and we'll watered
tia1 lands in the state. Especial atten-
ZION is called to the farming lands i'm Craw-
Iord, Otseg0 and Cheboygan counties. which
are nigh and rolling; timbered mainly with the
nnest hard maple; soil, black sandy loan, and
arDoundlng in springs of the purest wafer
IneSe counties are being rapidly settled. and
the numbering business in the vicinity will af
Iord TO farmers first rate market for pro-
duce for many years. ~
TERMS OF SALE
For pine Lands, one fourth down. and re-
malnder In three equal annual payments. with
iutereSt at seven per cent. For farming lands
10 settlers, Longer time will be given if desired
send for illustrated pamphlet, full of facts
and h.ureS, address,
U. NJ. BARNES, Land Commissioner.
anSinu. Mich
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-26

as a memento of the deceased, and believe
me your slave to command. My compll.
ments to your distressed orphans. Adieu 7
Attic breakfast table the other morning
Spikes fired that ancient joke at the land
lady about the propriety of forwarding a
specimen of her hash to the Navy Depart
ment with the recommendation that 1t was
the best thing known to repel boarders.
But the landlady quietly retorted Il
should advise Mr. Spikes to take the arti-
Gle himself, as | have no doubt the Depart
ment coald utilize him to good advantage.
For instance, if their cannon become burned
out MI. Spikes can be used with the best
results, for any one of his acquaintance
will cheerfully testify that he is a frst-
class bore"
An anecdote is told at the expense of the
late Violet educ, who, after having been
an attache of the Imperial Court, became
a Republican municipal Councillor, which
has been told Of other people before him.
One OF the amusements at Compeigne was
writing lot OF questions on cards, which
We're then shutlled together and drawn one
at time, to tax the wits of the COMPANY
in provoking off hand witty answers. The
Emperor happened, while playing at this
game, to draw the question, How would
you distinguish between truth and false
hood'?" make them go through the same
door, said Napoleon '@the lie would be
first through" At that moment the door
opened, and in came NJ. Violet le-Duc, fol-
lowed by Napoleon's faithful friend, D.
Conneau.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-26
OREGON.
The Chinese Case at Portland Officers
Elected = ChinaInaa knjurea-S salmon
Prospects-PrOduee Market.

The Chinese Case at Portland Officers
Elected = ChinaInaa injured salmon
Prospects-PrOduee Market.
PORTLAND, February 25th.-The last Leg
islature passed law prohibiting contractors
from employing Chinese ON any of the public
works of the State under severe penalty.
The Common Council of Portland also passed
an'ordinance prohibiting the employment of
Chinese on street improvements and other
public works of the city The contractors
brought suit in the State Circuit Court To
test the validity of the law. The case was
decided by Judge Beilinger in favor of the
constitutionality Of the LAW, and it was ap-
pealed to the Supreme Court Yesterdayt6e
Supreme Court reversed Judge Bellingers
decision. However, the Judges of the SD
prsme Court do not declare the law unceusti-
tutiona, but say that where the statute de-
clares that the employment of certain labor
ers on public works shall render null and
void he,contract Of the contractor with the
municipal corporation, such contract is for.
feited by the contractor ON the doing of an
unlawful act, and the corporation NAV disre-
gard the contract without resortine to a Court
OF equity to annul the contract.
At recent meeting of the Oregon Pioneer
and Historical Society the following officers
were elected: James w. Welch, President /.
Captain j. 81. ID. Gray, Vice President: S.
I. Mexican, Recording Secretary; A. Van
dusen, Treasurer w. Fl. Gray, Correspond
ing Secretary. Directors-E. A. Holden.
David ingalls, and DIR. A. C. Kinney.
A Chinaman was caught last evening under
caving bank. and received what was re-
sarded as fatal injuries.
It is predicted by many old fishermen that
the run of salmon for this season will be I'M
usually large. Cannery men, it is said, are
offered contracts on TaVorite brands fnr all
they can put up this season at prices far in
advance of the opening rates of last year.
The enhanced value of the material used in
canning demands a corresponding rise in
prices. This secured, and the final passage
OF the bill allowing drawback on tin, also.
the salmon industry ought this year 10 pay
good dividends on the amount of capital in
vested.
In the produce market thee is no change
locally. Business in breadstuffs is moder-
ately active at 81 90@1 92I with the barest
possibility of securing an advance of 1@2c
ON these figures on round lots of tirst-class
milling or shipping wheat.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-26
KeARNEY,s eALLoWs.


Thinking men are again beginning to
wonder if law-abiding citizens are the only
ones who have no rights in San Francisco.
Kearney and his turbulent crew can 90
every day to the sand lots, abuse reputable
people in the vilest language, then form
professions and march though the streets
bulldozng employers of Chinese labor, and
wind up with threatening to erect gal.
lows to hang their fellow-citizens upon
and these proceedings meet no remon-
STRANGE, or reproof, or expostulation,
whatever. These men are permitted to
threaten people openly; to talk about
murder and arson; to assert their
fright" to break the law; to do
anything short of firing houses, plundering
stores, and cutting throats; and it seems
60 be thought that they are in no way ex-
cseding their privileges. If San Francisco
has entirely lost her old spirit, and there.
fore submits to this infamous conduct, she
will assuredly have cause to repent her
supineness before long Such outrages
uyon law and order cannot be winked at
by great city without involving loss of
reputation and credit, and Kearneyism will
vet be found more disastrous than pesti-
lence, if this apathy lasts much longer.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-26
The zULUs EAT Some NEAT

1t was such q scene as [ am powerless to
describe. Each boy sat at the fire in front
of his own particular stick or ramrod, on
which ere the little knobs of meat but
beside each was pile of long strips about
an inch thick, and soma of them yard in
length. While his knobs were slowly
roasting the boy would take one of these
long strips. containing at least half pound
of meat, and, shedding one end in the flame,
would let it get toasted for few seconds !;
then he would place that end in his mouth,
and begin to chew it, placing the still I'M
cooked end in the fame, and at the same
time watching that the knobs ON his stick
did not get burned. For three hours or
more not boy moved from the fire, ex-
cept to cut up fresh supply Of meat or to
have drink OF water. All this time they
hardly spoke a word, so intent were theT
on gorging themselves but as the night
advanced they broke into low, monoto-
nous sort of humming chant, during which,
one after the other, they recounted some
delight at so much good food, the
Others all the while keeping up an accom-
panying chorus of the humnling chant. Oc-
cas;onally they would raise their voices
up to yell, and then sink them SO low as
to be almost inaudible. Woodward and
myself turned into our blankets, and were
soon lulled asleep by the monotonous but
not unpleasant.singing. All through the
night the boys alternately ate or sang, and
several times when | awoke l saw them
still hard at work chewing down the yards
of meat.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-26

1t is to be hoped that neither Of tie In
surance bills which have been made the
special order in the Senate Tor to-day, will
pass. 1t has been sufficiently demon
strated that they are in the main neither
more nor less than selfish schemes on the
part of certain rapacious local insurance
companies to monopolize the business in
this State by driving out their Eastern and
foreign competitors. II they could sue
coed in doing this they would at once raise
their own rates, and obEge the public with
an inferior class of insurance at a higher
price. The chief advocates of these highly
Objectionable bills are General ]. 2.
Houghton and Mr. G. 7. Hopkins. Both
of these enterprising and ingenious persons
have deluged the Legislature with the
thinnest kind OF sophistries, intended
to make it appear that they had only
the public good at heart. We
do not, however, believe that they
have made any converts to their Pc
culiar theories. The facts of the situation
are too much for them. Mr.. Hopkins, in
deed, had the faulty to. appeal to the Leg
islatHre on the ridiculous ground that it
would be 4 good thing to protect home
industry in insurance, by giving the
public less security, and charging more for
1T. The attempt to force such laws as
these through the Legislature, moreover
argues very low estimate both of tie in
teIligence and public spirit ofnembers, and
we should think self-respecting men would
be disposed to resent the assumption that
theycould be persuaded to letrsy their coz
stituents to the Philistines so easily. For
assuredly nothing less than such betrayal
Is contemplated by Messrs. Houghton and
Hopkins. Finding that the average insurer
has tolerably keen instinct for a safe
company, and that local companies with
all their eggs in one basket are conse-
quently at some disadvantage, these crafty
gentlemen have put their heads together
and undertaken to brighten their business
prospects by getting a law passed com
pelling the reluctant public to insure with
them. It is true that the idea savers Of
. medieval economics, but if it gould be put
in effect it would no doubt bring fish to the
nets of the local companies until the first
great fire occurred in San Francisco; and
tlren the local companies would probably
disappear, gently but finally. It is too
much to pay for the pleasure of feathering
the nests of Messrs Houghton an Hop
kins. The public have some and
interests, and IN their nancy .tfully
submit that these insurance.. ought to
be rejected, with more or less emphasis.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-26
SHERMAN AND B7fsToN.

So General 'Boynton is not to have the
pleasure of examining General Sherman
before Court-martial The Secretary of
War declines the proposition to submit the
matter in issue between them to such a
tribunal, observing very sensibly that the
Courts are quite competent to deal with If.
We do not think General Boynton has
done himself much credit by his action in
the premises. His persistent and some-
what 'impudent endeavor to prove that he
knew more than Sherman concerning the
march to the sea, was well calculated to
irritate that extremely nervous and irasci.
bic soldier, and if he expressed himself
more impetuously and sweepingly than he
should have done, the responsibility was
largely his tormentor's. The latter has
hung about him like a gad-ay for years, and
we do not wsader that General Sherman
has at leDgth lost his temper. It is quite
probable that Boynton is somewhat of a
fool, in fact, and his demand for Court
martial goes far to bear out that conject-
rra
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-26
FACTS AND FANOIBs.

The desire to be buried simply was strong
in the breast of the late Duke of Portland,
who directed not only that ''the expense
should be as small as possible consistent
with decency, but also that the attend
ance of relatives and others, except the
indispensable officers, should be dispensed
with"
Paris has been unusually troubled with
snow this winter, and NJ. de Sarcey, in
the XIXme Steele announces, as the result
of consultation with competent engineers,
that it is impracticable to cart away the
fallen nuisance. Traffic can be restored
only by sweeping the snow into ridges
along the cutters.
Mr.. Baxter, an English member of Par
lament, reminds his constituents that if
ownership of land was as simple as it
ought to be, there would be nothing to
prevent the transfer of land from being as
easy and inexpensive as the transfer Of a
ship. "It is SO now.in the United States
and in most European countries except our
own"
King Alfonso may see, in Prince Meter
nich's recently published :. Memoirs, that
Napoleon Bonaparte is quoted as saying /:
81 committed an enormous piece of folly
when / took an Austrian Archduchess to
wife" The same author represents the
Emperor as asserting that he lost 300, Geo
men in his Russian campaign, only 80, 000
of whom were Frenchmen.
The description Of the Thibetan tea
sounds uninviting. A whole cupful of
tea is put into three pints of water and
boiled with a spoonful of soda. 1t is then
'churned or milled with pound of fresh
butter and salt, and boiled and churned
again, and finally strained through cloth
till it resembles chocolate An English
man, after long and cold march, gave it
the negative praise of mot unpalatable. "
Mexican robbers are real hidalgos, and
always steal and murder like gentlemen,
being especially polite to the ladies whose
jew els they appropriate. A bandit chief,
after shooting gentleman dead because he
refused to give up the keys to his house,
addressed the. agonized widow thus, with
hat in hand: " Madame, we are gen.
tlemen, and never could be guilty of rude
ness to the fair. Pray accept this diamond
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-26

Mr.. Parks has shown, and we think con-
clusively, that the reclamation and debris
problems can be solved under this bill,
with certainty, for a total outlay of 81
100000. The means for promoting the
enterprise are to be drawn from an area
containing in round numbers 800, 600, 600 of
property, and its completion will bring
into existence new values % the amount of
at least $50, 900, 900 more The feasibility
of the undertaking is guaranteed by the
best engineering talent in the State. On
this point there is in fact no room for
doubt or controversy. As far as Sacra-
mento is concerned it will be productive of
the most positive benefits, and it will entail
no appreciate addition to the rate of tax
alton. The question OF what it will cost,
however, though easily answered, is really
not the most vital consideration. The
raain point is, how can we afford to do
without it 1t has been found that only in
this way can the debris evil he remedied and
reclamation be insured. To say that we
viii not adopt this way would therefore be
to say that we will not try to save our
selves from destruction by food, from COM
mercial ruin by the filling up OF the rivers.
The debris question is not one over which
we can afford to 90 to sleep. 1t threatens
us more and more every year. 1t swal-
lows up more lands, it raises the river beds
higher, it forces US TO build stronger leyees.
all the time We must therefore face tie
absolute nect ssity of deciding upon pos.
tive policy in regard to it. The farmers
cannot trust to litigation for salvation.
If they do their ranches may be buried
under twenty feet of sand before they can
get well into the Courts. There is need
for prompt and comprehensive action, and
this bill points out way to obtain the
remedies which all are seeking. Under it
the miners will be made to contribute their
just quota towards the settlement of the
) debris question. They will be held
responsible for the detention of the debris
in the mountains. The work, however,
will all go forward together, and so every
diminution of the central mischief will at
once be felt throughout the area involved
To oppose such measure at this juncture
is to oppose all remedial action, and only
enemies of the people can DO that deliber-
ately. There must be no difficulty in
guarding the proposed Drainage bill so
thoroughly as 80 protect all the interests
concerned, but it must be realized that the
undertaking is great and extensive one
that its success depends upon the harmony
and unity!with which it is carried out and
that it is quite impossible to obtain such
benefits as are here assured without max
ing some temporary sacrifices. On the
whole, with the amendments proposed, We
regard the Brown Drainage bill as safe
and salutary measure, and We trust that it
will be reported favorably by the commit
tee, and be adopted by both chambers of
! the Legislature