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The National tribune., 1883-08-23
VIM. c. LITTLEFIELD,
ELDoN, Iowa. Co. B, l4th Iowa inf.
The Capture Of Fort De Rasser.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

have just been reading Cemrade Trips
account OF the capture of Fort De Russey, in
TIE TRIBUNE Of August 2. He says !" he
always understood that Admiral Porter's gun
boats had considerable to do with its capture
Having been one of :" A. g. Smiths guerrillas,' -
/ remember something about it. Porters fleet
did not get up until after the fort had been
captured. On the next day, March is, Porter
tried one Of his heavy guns on the plating OF
the fort, and it shiyered the ball to atoms
coming near killing one Of our boys who was
getting water about half a mile to the left Of
the fort.s l think the Thirty second Iowa
could tell Conrade Trip TO dot who captured
the fort The Sixteenth Corps finds no fault
with the fighting qualities of the Nineteenth
Corps, but still We think things might have
been different had our General A. g. Smith
commanded the whole business
WM. L. WHEELER
Co. Z, SD Wis. V. l., 10th A. c.
SHCpIERE, WIS.
The National tribune., 1883-08-23

suffered TO drift down the river. As seen from
the transports mile or more above, the burn
ing tug presented a most beautiful sight. and
attracted the attention of everybody. As she
drifted farther away from us, the reflected
line of light which rested on the placid bosom
of the river seemed pillar of FIRE, which grew
brighter with the falling darkness, until she
rounded the bend in the river toward Fort
Pillow and came within the range of the Con-
federate gunners. Some few shots were fired,
but the light soon dwindled away. and quiet
was restored. The occurrence was the theme
of talk that evening" and thousands of con-
lectures as to whether it was VI accident or
otherwise arose. I do not recolleet of ever
having heard the true story of that burning
tug, and believe it would make good reading
for the boys who saw it, as well as your readers
generally. W. s. MEEK.
MARTINS FERRY, o.
The National tribune., 1883-08-23

/ see in THE TRIBUNE of the 9th, com
munication from NJ. NJ Clothier, Sixth Massa-
chusetts cavalry, and one from Comrade A.
Cochoran, One Hundred and Nineteenth
Illinois, in regard TO the Yellow Bayou affair
Comrade Clothier says General A. j. Smith
came cut to US on his brown PAGER. Now, Com
rade Clothier, General Smith rode a bright
bay PAGER. You might as well tell the Sixteenth
Army Corps that General Smith had a long
black beard, as TO tell them he rode brown
PAGER Now, Comrade Cochoran, you say the
One Hundred and Nineteenth Illinois belonged
to the First brigade, First division, Sixteenth
Army Corps. Ii you We're IN the One Hundred
and Nineteenth Illinois you were in the First
brigade, Third division, Sixteenth Army Corps
Thos. j. Kinney commanding. the regiment
and VIM. T. Lynch, Fifty eighth Illinois, COM
manding the brigade. q. W. McKINsEY,
KoKoM0, IND. 9th Ind. battery
The National tribune., 1883-08-23
The AMIR of PotosI. 10.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
| notice that in your $ Chronology" you state
that the attack Potosi, 80, August 10, 1861
made by the Missouri home guards That is
mistake. Ii was the second Missouri Y. L., under
Colonel Shafer, and detachment of the Twenty
fourth regiment of Illinois volunteers. pres
ent at that affair and captured rebel flag a
donbe-barreled shotgun, rifle, revolver, sash,
and Sl4000 in Missouri state money which
handed to the colonel of our command. L was
promised u reward, but never received any.
MAURICE g. NATHAN,
BLOOMINGTON, ILL. Co. g, 9th Regt, III. v. I.
The National tribune., 1883-08-23

of the Thirteenth, and was afterwards colonel
of the Twenty-fifth Michigan. He served on
the staff of General Garfield in the spring of
1862. Respectfully, ID. w. O. ONEIL.
RICH HILL Ill.
(He islieutenant-colonel, Seventeenth United
States infantry.-ED.
The National tribune., 1883-08-23

whenever an officer showed himself At last,
the noise attracted the attention of the COM
handing officer, and as the joke was known
throughout the camp he was soon acquainted
with the particulars, much to his disgust The
rest of the mutton IN was condemned, and that
official use. w. S. MEEK.
MARTINS FERRY o.
The National tribune., 1883-08-23
what Bcca,ue OF the 18th Hichlrap,s Colonel,

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
should like to hear what became OF Orlando
- Moore. who went out in February. 1852
from Kalamazoo, Mich, as licut1nan: colonel
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
To the BOYs.

Boys should never 60 through life salts
fed to be always borrowing other peoples
brains. There is always something waiting
to be found out An apple dropped at the
feet of Newton, and he took it as an invita-
ton to study the forces of nature, and
thereby discovered the law of gravitation
Every boy should think some thought, or do
some good deed that shall live after him. A
farmers boy should discover for himself
what timber will bear the most weight, what
is the most elastic, what will last longest in
the water, what out of the water, what is
the best time to cut down trees for fire
wood How many kinds of oaks grow in
your region, and what is each specially
good for2 How does bird fly without
moving wing or featherp How does a
snake climb a tree or brick wall Is
there difference between deer's track
and hogs track2 What is it2 How
often does deer shed his horns, and what
becomes of them In building chimney,
which should be the largest, the throat or
the funnel Should it be wider at the top,
or drawn in 7 The boys see many horses
Did they ever see white colt Do they
know how old the twig must be to bear
peaches, and how old the vine is when
grapes first hang upon it There is bird
in the forest which never builds a nest, but
lays her eggs in the nests of other birds
Can the boys tell what bird it is Do they
know what hop-vine always winds with
the course of the sun, but bean always
winds the other wsyY DO they know that
when horse crops grass he eats back
towards him but COW eats outward from
her, because she has no teeth upon her up
per Jaw, and has to gum it 2-Chdterbor.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07

Can man reach and pass the age of one
hundred years is a question concerning
which Psychologists have different opinions.
Button was the first one in France to raise
the question Of the extreme limit of human
life. In his opinion man, becoming adult
at sixteen, ought to live six times that age,
or to ninety.six years. Having been called
upon to account for the phenomenal ages
attributed by the Bible to the Patriarchs,
he risked the following as an explanation !:
" Before the flood the earth was less solid,
less compact than it is now. The law OF
gravitation had acted for only a little time !;
the productions of the globe had less cor.
sistency, and the body of man, being more
supple, was more susceptible of extension,
Being able to grow for a longer time il
should, in consequence, live for longer
time than now" The German Heusler has
suggested on the same point that the all
clients did not divide time the same as We
do. Previous to the age of Abraham, the
year, among some people of the east, was
only three months, or season so that
they had year of spring, one of summer,
one of fall and one of winter. The year
was extended so as to consist of eight
months after Abraham ar d of twelve months
after Joseph. Voltaire rejected the longev.
ity assigned to the patriarchs of the Bible,
but accepted without question the stories
of the great ages attained by some men in
India, where he says, at is not rare 10 see
old men of one hundred and twenty years, "
The eminent French psychologist, Flourens,
fixing the complete development of man al
twenty years, teaches that he should live
five times as long as it takes him to be-
come an adult. According to this author,
the moment of completed development
may be recognized by the fact of the juno
tion of the bones with their apopyses. This
junction takes place in horses at five years,
and the horse does not live beyond twenty
five years with the OK at four years, and
it does not live over twenty years with the
cat at eighteen months, and that animal
rarely lives over ten years. When it is ei.
fected at twenty years, he only exception
ally lives beyond one hundred years. The
same Psychologist admits, however, that
human life may be exceptionally prolonged
under certain conditions of comfort, sobri-
ETY., freedom from care, regularity of habits,
and observance of the rules of hygiene and
he terminates his uninteresting study of the
last point with the aphorism, Man kills
himself rather than dies. "--Popular Science
1TontLI,y
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
For the Vermont Waterman
Seeds OF Discomfort.

Since Santa Claus made his annual holi.
day visit, most persons have formed some
good resolutions to keep, or to break, in
1888 Now, before we choose our spring
garden seeds, even before we open our
hearts to the sacred prayers and fast OF
Lent, can we do better than to examine
well the leaves and border-beds Of these
same hearts of ours ? What happiness
and blessing of blessings to the possessor
and to all passsrsby is a heart so kept that
the Light of the Son, lovingly, reveals the
flowers and fruits of right thinking and
right living The oldest and most COM
mon weed, which spoils a good heart is dis
content. This singing thistle, ever spread
ing its roots and scattering its seeds, will,
like the aesthetic sunhower, thrive and -four.
ish wherever it has a chance; in city, town,
or country. 1t grows like the proverbial
mustard, crowding worse than burdocks.
No beauty or peace long neighbor with IT,
We have seen it-over our neighbours wall.
Have we ever seen it at its ugliest it was
when compared with its sweet cousin, con
tent. No heart can be right nourishing
discomfort. And weed is soon starved
out. Let us count up our blessings and
give them their proper places. Should they
seem few, hope is always helped, and faith
blossoms into joy. Better to tend and water
with many tears slips of these than to allow
asingle seed of discomfort to root
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
Not Caught that Time,

Years ago, when all classes in Scotland
drank often and deeply, parish schoolmas-
ter was charged with habitusl drunkenness.
The Presbytery met to try him, and one the
school-boys was called to prove the allega-
ton. The first question asked was, When
you attended the school did you notice that
the master had habit of going into closet
which opened out of the school-room "
" Yes, | did," answered the boy. "Did he
frequently enter into this closet :" "Yes,
SIR" Have you ever been in this closet p
9" Yes, SIR" "Do you remember what it
contained :" "Yes, SIR" snow tell us
what you saw in it," "There were good
many bottles, and they were all arranged on
shelves" "Very good. And when the
master entered had you the curiosity to look
at what he was doing :" eyes and the
other boys used to look in after the master,
and see him there" /" You did Well, now,
tell us what you saw the master do on those
occasions" He was handling bottles. u
Handling bottles Very good. And can
you tell us what the bottles contained p
Yes, SIR" "Well, now, Just tell these
gentlemen what the bottles contained
:" Yes, sir. 1t was ink, sir; they were ink.
bottles "-Selecfed.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
H2IlSl32 ~
The Bad and Worthless

are never initiated or counterfeited. This is es-
pecially true Of family medicine, and it is a
positive proof that the remedy initiated is of the
highest value. As soon as it had been tested and
proved by the whole world that Hop Bitters was
the purest, best and most valuable family medi-
cine on earth, many limitations sprung up and be-
gan to steal the notices in which the press and
the people OF the country had expressed the mer-
its OF II. B., and in every way trying to induce
suffering invads to use their stuff instead, ex.
pecting to make money on the credit and good
name of II. B. Many others started nostrums
put up in similar style to II. b. with variously
devised names in which the word Hop or
Hops were used in a way to induce people to
believe that they were Hop Bitters. All such
pretended remedies or cures, no matter whet
their style or name is, and especially those with
the word Hop" or Hops " in their name or in
any way connected with them or their name, are
limitations or counterfeits. Beware of them.
Touch none of them Use nothing but genuine
Hop Btters with bunch or cluster of green Hops
on the white label. Trust nothing else. Drug
gists and dealers are warned against dealing in
limitations or cOuutprfeita
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
How To Observe.

The first step towards knowing how to OBJ
serve is to find out how remiss one usually
is in this line. Copy as carefully as you
can word or two in some complex charac.
ter which you do not know, such as the Ar
able or the Sanscrit. Be sure that you have
an exact reproduction of the headline which
you have chosen then take it TO some one
who is familiar with the language of the
writing. Unless you are far more accu-
rate observer than most men are, your friend
will have to show you that you have per-
versely exaggerated the non-essential forms
and slurred over the essential. Or you can
test yourself in hundred different ways.
You remarked upon the beauty of the
church.building which you passed yester.
day. Can you tell how many pillars clus-
tered about its porch ? Did you note
whether they we're of the Ionic or of the
Corinthian order 7 Then, that strangely
spelled word which you encountered in your
magazine reading last week,--are you able
to-day TO write its spelling off.hand, and to
give its meaning and proper pronunciation
You have been reading day after day of the
doings of the British in Egypt; could you
draw, on the printed map, a diagram of the
reported movements of both armies, or even
indicate the present position of the British
NHen you nave lounu OUT now careless you
are in your reading of the the things which
exist and the deeds which are done around
ysu, you will be the better prepared to train
yourself to habits Of systematic observation.
AT frst,--nay, all through your course OF
training,-you. will have to look out for
trap at every step of the path you must be
perpetually calling the mind to attention.
Knowing that you are liable to be content
with vague impressions and a general surface
knowledge, you must determine to scruti-
nize everything strictly, almost painfully.
When you seem to yourself to have noted
all that is to be noted, stop and ask yourself,
What II | am asked about this OF that de-
tail ? You must continually looking out for
what the old logicians called the di6erentia
of the thing,-the something which distin-
guishes it from every other thing of the
same kind. When you have found that,
you will generally have found all that il
worth knowing about that thing, Sunday.
School Times
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
The Tiresidf.
WHAT rs TIME.

asked an aged man, man OF cares
wrnkled and curved, and white with hoarv hairs;
"Tine is the warp OF life" he said, "oh tell
The young, the fair, the gay, to weave II we'll"
asked the ancient, venerable dead,
sages who wrote and warriors who bledi
From the cold grave hollow murmur nowedi
"Tlme sowed the seed we reap in this abode"
asked dying sinner, ere the tide
OF life had left his veins. " TimeW he replied'
1--WE lost II. All the treasure" and he died
asked the golden sun and silver spheres
Those bright ohronomaters OF days and years
They answered. " Time Ia but meteors glare
And babe us for eternity prepare,
l asked the seasons in their annual round
And they replied (no oracle more wlse)'
"'Ti. folly's blank and VISIONS highest price,
asked spirit lost, but oh the shrek
That pierced my soul. shudder while speak
1t cried "a particle, sps'k, mite
or endless years duration infinite"
OF thing inanlmate, my dial |
Consulted. and II made me this reply
"Time Ia the season fair Of living well,
The path to glory or the path of hell"
asked my Bible, and methnks it said'
"Tlme Ia the present hour, the past is aedi
Live live to-day tomorrow never yet
On any human being ever rose or set"
asked old Father Time himself at last
But in moment he few swiftly past
HIS chariot was a cloud the yowless wind
His noseless steeds which left no trace behind
l asked the mighty angel who shall stand
One foot on sea and one on solid land.
By heaven (" he cried, "I swear the mysterys Ger
Time was" he cried, but Time shall be no more"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
Hear what one member of the profession
testifies regarding the scientific prep
aratiOn of "A brother member,


MIR. DAwLEf mas been III the drug business in
the city of Providence twenty-five years rs clerk
and proprietor in good standing, and knows
whereof he atirns. go ED.
Mr. n soy.. &, For MANY voara have er,rorod
,,sai,. a; ,ios ,,i,I, ,.ho, 10 ,onoroti,, oot,o3
rt,~,,,,,o;isu yvl,ou ers, o,to,l,eI ,,oy co,,nod
" w NJ '.,i ,,,il 40, ati, a ,a, ,,,,iJ
w, nn, ,,,a' ,,o,,,, ~ ,i,o hodoiothos so ovor,,-
a,a,;o,, ,,aa ,ha a,n,,,, endnrnd alusys NO.
,iood Tho, hofnro thsse attacls came ON nv MA
zoos 'yora a,rcc,od before thore wonld he onv
n,i, In mo imbs or any swelling Of Joints or
iin,hs ,ha co,or ~ tho secret,ons from The kiJ-
,e,s would be very lark and the odor strong and
foYor,sh mo Loot ottoc, ,vas verv severo ahor,
a,.,, ,.,ara a,o a,d I ,yas conane5 "a tIe house
sa,.a, 49, a,,I ,yos nnoble In attend 10 bnsi.
go t., ,,,nan ,,on,hs nrri,, ,ho ti,no 7 ,ras
nora,a, -, t,onno a,,d ,ho ,i,no - mo- oo,,,l
,oan,o ,e,',,i,''oi ,or Of ,h has, ino;ors ',,",
- 49, t.. - - -, 80 80 49,, -
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
A BRAVE LADY.
She Endures the Pain of a Severe Surgical
Operation without Taking ChIoroform.


Mrs. Shoemaker OF Creek Locks, Ulster Co,
n. Y, had the misfortune 10 entirely lose the
sight of one of her eyes, through an accident, and
endured painful inflammatory action therein for
two long years; the other eye finally becoming
alphabetically affected, her general health
seriously suffering; indeed she was mere wreck,
a walking skeleton. In this terrible strait she
consulted DR., David Kennedy, of Rondout N Y,
who told her at once that the injured eye must be
removed. She quietly but firmly said GAN
right, Doctor, but don't give me chloroform.
Let my husband sit by my side during the opera
ton, and will neither cry out nor stir" The
work was done, and the poor woman kept her
word. Talk of soldierly couragel This showed
greater pluck than it takes to face a hundred
guns To restore her general health and give
tone and strength to the system DR.. Kennedy
then gave the " Favorite Remedy" which clssnsed
the blood and impaired new life to the long suf-
ferng woman. She rapidly gained health and
strength, and is now well. The Favorite Rem
edy" is a priceless blessing to women. No family
should be without it. Your druggist has it, n
not, send to Dr. David Kennedy Rondout, New
York
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
What Is Life 7

The mere lapse of years is not life. To
eat and drink and sleep; to be exposed TO
the darkness and the light; to pace around
in the mill of habit, and turn the wheel of
wealth to make reason our book-keeper, and
turn thought into an implement of trade
that is not life. In all this but poor frac-
tion OF the consciousness of humanity is
awakened, and the sanctties slumber which
make 1t worth while to be. knowledge,
truth, love, beauty, goodness, faith, alone
can give vitality TO the mechanism of OK.
istence; the laugh Of mirth that vibrates
through the heart, the tears that freshen
the dry wastes within, the music that brings
childhood back, the prayer that calls the
future near, the doubt which makes us
mediate, the death which startles us with
mystery, the hardship which forces us to
struggle, the anxiety that ends in trust are
the true nourishment OF our natural being,
-Mariineau.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07

DR.. RICHARDSON regards the bicycle, and
the tricycle. as well, as valuable allies in
temperance work. IL has been found that
without total abstinence no great feats on
either of these perambulators can be accom-
plished. Mr.. Marriott, who recently made
one hundred and eighty miles in twenty
four hours, gives his testimony 70 this fact
and states that if he had used stimulants he
must necessarily have broken down. 1t is
worth notice also that at all the club enter
tainments of the bicyclists nothing stronger
than tea and coffee is provided.-Signal.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
Inexcusable Rudeness.

A great number of smokers seem to have
lost sight of politeness Their smoking
makes them rude. Why should a smoker
blow his smoke in my face, or allow the
dust of his weed to get in my eyes. Why
should he think it not indecent to frequently
expectorate in my presence | have as
much right to scatter fine strong pepper and
half-blind the passers-by or my companions
in railway carriage. | might answer il
pleased me, and they must put up with it
Men have no more right to smoke in public
than have to scatter pepper. Our pleasures
ought not to be at the expense of another
all public smokers, however, break this law
and give great offense to that part of the
public who hate the most distant fumes OF
tobacco London Freeman.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07
Tom Thumb.

Tom Thumb celebrated his forty.sixth
birthday on January 4th in Chicago. lie
said that when first exhibited by Barnum
he was only five years old, and so light that
a strong man could hold him on the palm of
the hand. A fashionable overcost of those
days WAS like the ulster of the present, and
had large side pockets with flaps over them.
Barnum wore one OF these" Tom relates,
"and could get in one of the pockets, and
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07

A YOUNG man was found in the Mersey
river, England, drowned. On paper found
in his pocket was written A wasted life
Do not ask anything about me. Drink was
the cause Let me die; let me rot" Within
week, the coroner received over two hun
bred letters from fathers and mothers al
over England, asking for description Of
the young man.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07

THE United States expends annually for
intoxicating drinks four hundred times as
much as all its churches of all denomina-
tons give for Christian work in foreign
lands S600,000,000 against 81 100000. The
total annual contribution of all the churches
in the United States for home and foreign
missions is S5000000 That is less than
our drink bill for three days.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-07

A MINISTER writes of recent pastorate
"Scme OF my church members paid twenty
five or thirty dollars year for tobacco and
three dollars a year for preaching, and
some not more than two dollars. In all my
efforts to prevail on such to give up the
practice, failed, and felt like one anciently,
saying, Ephram is joined to his idols, let
him alone.'" Comment is unnecessary.