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Cr.nip.pa end Cr,nin.mns Bush diI
While listening . ~
And when he j1nItor and his re.1r
tons took Their leave. Grandpoppy RE
carried > new p'Pe End ; large BE- -
smoking tobacco; Grzndmomuy r. >
package a tea. and Ein<ham enough
Tor three old-fashione1 aprons: Poppy
Pie : cane with hor-es shoe for ;
head. MDmmy Pie |. handsome B.bIc
and TIE baby Berry re iar ~ ounce
preserves and = blue s1rin-on-0n- side
and silk-on-the-0rher 1ir.r;bbon: Gus
fnrd Pie red necktie and book f0r
boTs. full 81 pictures Gineyra Aver
eta doll with golden hair. bottle 81
cologne. and box Of end -; and the
habv : rattle and : zltf1-perrha dog
that farkei when you squeezed IL. And
the next d.. - Americas : rnrkrt-
icr il one Had and : piece q mince
pie n tie other. danced wiltlf for The
iifrie-h time around The table - which
the presents we're spre1t ou-. ~ sho =
"a. triumphantIy: HI granny ho'
granny We did Get some .; a. wai1-
abiiesf Things an rf's VERY onW1lu-
abiIeSt fo;ks. indeed Pears Ike 0ie
SUNDAY C. lo<ke< been IT. min n lef'
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be knowed 80 was : soin' dar % sup
!. Shonldn't wonder heney.r sid
\ Grandm0mmy Pie dat - SAINT,
/ ca he knows mos ebberything. He I
4 gathered = pow fnl lot 0t wisdom tn
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The early part 81 COO aie<cenee j. Oft
en- trying time 70 the feeble invalid
The r. ends abort ron have heretofore
been 80 quiet and anxious ard re2r<rL
fearing You were slipping away from
them into the sha lows 81 the great N
known. that now. The crisis past. their
lirht -henr,einess. the hustle and talk
their slight relaxing Of attenrion. Is loo
sudden change and seems ~ your fee
BE and weakened sens much Ike care
lessness. Indifference and lick a heart
The only trouble i. the do no- quite
comprehend how iee5.e and IL and
nervous ron Still are
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lescence that patient who has hereto
fore been quiet - un,i~e. grows al =
once --rouchy' and hard 90 suit The
nerves were q trs- perhaps Too weak
70 rebel: now they are jaird and sore.
ana no one but those ~h0 have h2d ex-
perience can understand how trilin< >
thing vii hurt and jangle them.
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l rarher feeble mother in the rrFing after
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a ever. waiting With cheerful patience
for spring u come axain.
Ana W. this irv before Christmas IL
wL;ch I ur;te tker hai laurhed ana
l.uvheI.
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morning. and when the dark came they
urere nrrrIv tired ont. having worked
hnr.l. 90 Ana sar down il I hal:-circle
around rhe stove 10 warm themselves
awl.ll fe ore going 70 I'D. But even
tAen Americns could not remain quiet.
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20 granny. teil u bout dat arole sun
N dav-C lo-hes wot-s drnv ober de ruds
ter-nirhr vii reindeer-h0sses. X
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rirrIef Berry.
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war ~. ~ from de uar-down rniIs 10
"a. w.v-un one<y' Cn..ari went On:
:. don b-ii.ve no sch thin, lis on
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vicious Young sinner Spose ebbry-
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xhrrz N sid the .-,rit.S0us r0unr sin.
me- -hakinr his head doubtsuliy.
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dey ain u.in dem wings de- toIe- Nm
~, i4-t like dew wos fans an slides en-
down IL ' inter der Isrs. An dat's ds tins
dex's ~ IA der picsh,rres took. spusc
- t.re now.
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an, 49,. pe.co.k-tedders. % dat dem q
q reinleer-bo..es I'm &c al roun' IN 4
dark ~ Nassa Santv Clans Re steer
dem r~;n'ieer-bos-ez 70 " tors II 4
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n 49, r,.mbr.ne. ~, S.Trr cans
y 800. Iown d-m rbimhIev- Ven Az
i ~ ,nnf h;ss.is - wen ter ainrr
{; IT, ~. 1hr;~F nus nresents iown MA
Y, rope. and he ribs az ualuabilest u !,
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4 VI III onwaiuabileSt folks',
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- hor belonging 70 John r Ellis.
who lives near Efna. Tomnkins County.
n. n. managed 70 ct into stable The
other day. where. tndinx : coz tied
fat. X z0rci u with IN tusks - 81
rionsls IL. Il bed % death
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The late Mrs. Samuel Russell q
Niddletown. Conn. willed the Russell
Free Library 80. 90; the Domestic
Missionary Society. 5000; The Aner.-
can Bible Society. n. 900; he American
Tract Society, u. 900; the State Indus
trial School for Girls. $1,000: the Md
dletown Charitable Society. 500; =
Lnke's Home. 500. tbe Indian Hi.
Cemetery Association. 40. and the
rest Of the estate. about $1,000 70 H.
diviirals Nxx H1rsr Register.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
SKETCH OF CONGRESSMAN LYNCH.

Congressman Lynch makes an interesting
figure i'll politics as the sole representative of
his race in the House Of Representatives. The
last colored men in the House were Messrs
Cain and Rainey both of South Carolina. who
sat i'll the Forty-fif Congress, and the latter
of whom was unseated just before the end of
his term. Mr.. Lynch has an intelligent and
rather striking face. lie is mulatto of light
coffee color, and his face and hcad-but for the
color of his skin and rather prominent check
bones-are the face and head of Caucasian
He has broad and wcll-developed forehead
large and expressive eyes, and heavy black
moustachc, and crisp wavy hair. His address
is pleasant and his speech is always correct
AS writer and speaker he is considerably
above the congressional average.
Considering the disadvantages under which
he began life, Mr.. Lynch must be regarded as
the war broke out did not learn to read until
he was thirteen years old; did not learn to
write until he was seventeen; was Speaker of
the Mississippi House when he was twenty
three; became of the legal age to be elected to
Congress -twenty-five-onC month after he
was nominated for the first time and Just two
months before he was elected, and after having
been four times candidate for COngreSs-being
twice returned elected, once counted out and
kept out by the Democrats and now counted
out but seated by the Republicans-is only
thirty-four years of age. lie was employed at
seventeen as a waitcr-bOy in a photograph gal
lery i'll Natchez, and while doing this work
acquired the art of taking pictures. After two
years he took charge of gallery rs practical
photographer, and managed it for several years
Since 1S69-that is to say, since he was twenty
one years old-he has been actively engaged in
politics, but has had other occupations, and has
accumulated some property. HeOwns and sue
ccssfully manages plantation of 1S0 acres near
Natchez. He says, with some pride that he
has tried to be saving, and mentions as an
example of the puerile arguments with which
the Democrats have endcavored to win away
negro voters from him, that they have charged
him with being "stingy," and he did not give
enough money away" and alleged as his par
ticular crime that he has saved SIS, 900 out of
the $4,000 he has drawn in congressional
salaries.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

the House for pensiOning prisoners of war who
were confined ii confederate military prisons
during the late war, as follows:
Whereas in May, 1853, the cartel was sus-
pended, and many officers, soldiers, and sailors
OF the Federal army and navy were confined
IN so-cailcd confederate prisons for an unusual
length Of time, suffering great hardships and
contracting disease hard to prove under exist
ing pension laws Therefore
BE it ea0cted, DC, That the Secretary of the
Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to place on the pcnsion-roll the names
of such officers, soldiers, sailors, and marines
who, while i'll the service of the United States
and while in tho line OF their duty, were taken
prisoners OF war and as such confined in So
called confederate prisons, between the 1st Of
May, 1868, and the 1st of May, 1860, as follows:
Al who were prisoners of war two months and
less than six menths, One-half pension: those
who were prisoners OF war six months and less
than twelve months, thrce-fourths pension
and all such as were prisoners of war twelve
months and more than twelve months, total
pension. And, furthermore, such surviving
prisoners of war shall receive two dollars day
for each and every days confinement in said
confederate military prisons: Pr0rjded, That
such pension shall in each case begin from the
date of the passage OF this act, and shall be paid
at the same time and In the same manner as
other pensions are now paid AHd pr0rided fur
her, That this act shall not entitle any person
to draw more than one pension, but that such
survivors of the sO-Called confederate military
prisons as are entitled and are receiving PEN
sion at the time of the passage of this act shall
he entitled to the increase of their pension
which this act may grant them.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13
OUR SOLDIERS COLUMN.
IN WHICH THE "BOYS" TALK ON VAR
IOUS TOPICS.
Oar Campaign in the Interests Of the Hen Who
Saved the Natioa-What Gnc-Armcd Vet
eran Has to Say "A Tenter With
The National Tribune.
TuE BrsT SOLDIERS PAPER IN THE WORLD.

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and fought over every foot of the distance of
one hundred and thirty-six miles, they would
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THE SOLDIERS, EoME INVESTIGA-


The Senate Military Committee has adopted
the report of the subcommittee on the investi-
CATION of the Soldiers Home, and agreed to a
bill for the government of the Home. The re-
port has been submitted to the Senate, and the
bill introduced. The report is very volumin-
Gus, reviewing the establishment and history
of the Home, and containing all the laws that
have been passed relating to it. 1t sustains
the charges made against the management. 1t
speaks Of abuses in the way of extravaganza in
the use of the funds for building, furniture
and in other directions and recommends
changes in the institution. The committee
say the continuous and regular furnishing of
vegetables and fruits from the institution to
two of the three members of the board of COM
missioners (thc surgeon general and commits
Sary-general), gave rise to considerable scan
dal, which should have been avoided; and the
furnishing of flowers from the Home to these
officers at regular and stated periods when
there was an entire absence of the same at the
hospital was in the opinion of the committee,
an abuse in the management which should not
have occurred" 1t is recommended that a
band be employed to furnish music to the in
mates, and that other features, tending to make
the Home pleasant and attractive, be added
The report takes the ground that the Home is
for the benefit of the inmates, and that all its
resources should be devoted to them, and the
place made as attractive as possible. !
The bill provides that the governor shall be
taken from the army retired list, and adds the
inspector-general and quartermaster-genera of
bn 70 Lo Of
also provides for other reforms and changes
which the committee deem necessary. The
report also recommends that $4,000 be appro-
priated to employ clerks and take such other
steps as may be necessary to obtain for the
Home the money Ga MILAN dollars or so) lying
in the Treasury, and which accumulated there
some years ago, but which the institution has
never been able to get.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

THE CLERICAL FORCE IN THE PENSION OFFICE.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
see by your issue of the 29th of April that
Congress will pass the bill to increase the cleri-
cal force in the Pension Office. This announce
ment has no doubt buoyed up the spirits Of
thousands Of the invalid ex-soldiers who have
been waiting year after year for the final de-
cision of their several claims, and the heart of
many widow, too, who has had to toll early
and late to prevent her becoming pauper for
the want of her just dues from the Government.
/ wonder that Congress has delayed the passage
OF such just bill for SO long time, well know
ing what must be the condition of thousands Of
the Union ex-soldiers, and the widows and
children of thousands more. If the pension
claimants were to ask Congress to pass bill
allowing them $312.50" per day, 1 should not
wonder at the delay in its passage. feel quite
confident that Senator Beck would not vote for
such bill. Well, the honorable Senator never
had chance to know the suffering of a poor
soldier, as he was drafted to serve in the army
of Home Guards"
JONATHAN c. MOORE,
Co. c., 24th y. J. V.
The National tribune., 1882-05-13

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