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sufferers from this perEicous nabit VIII Do we'll wfita
o. Dr.. GarSa, OF gsaiHey, Mich, who has q gorii-
vide reputation for the cures he has made urng The
past twelve years The nam points % be coulItl net
are the present SKATE 81 health, Ten 9Th Of u and
present aDIeuat Of drug ed per week Sauis2ejum
leading physicians and representative and women
cured
Mention The National Tribune
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Who We're Theyl

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In February, 1865, lieutenant and seven
men at Chesterfield, and a sergeant and eight
men near FeatherviEle, Sc members of Sher-
mans army, were fdtnd dead, shot by order of
Wade Hampton, and each marked with strip
of paper, on which was written, Death to
Foragers." These brutal murders have been
mentioned in one or two histories of the war,
but neither the names of the victims, their
regiments, nor, indeed, any facts by which
saw the bodies when buried, and has often
wondered who these men were who gave their
lives in defense of the right, while their MUIR
derer is rewarded with honors and offices by
the country he sought to destroy, Cannot
some reader of THE TRIBUNE give the facts in
the case?
JOE L. CASPER,
Goth Regt Ind Vols
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MANHOOD .: s:1s: . . s.:..5 6. :i:; E
cav lost manhood etc viii send gou part2e lars OF a
simple and CERTAIN means Of SELF cure free OF charge
Send your address to Z. c. EoNLEis, MOoDCSs CoNS
Mention The National Tribune
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INDIANAPUIIsa IND.
There is no record on file to show to what
commands these men belonged. Can any Of
our readers answer ED
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LopQfelloW Colorado Springs, COlo.-The proceed
ings in case OF the eomrade who joined the Post
a transfer card, as communicated by you, were
regular.
J. IT, b.. Lyndon Ill The laws of the Post
Office Department require that rent OF boxes in a
post-ofiice be paid IN adrGnce If 10 IS not paid
the postmaster put the party's mail in the
general delivery and can rent the box to another
person. 2 The matter Is one within the discretion
of the postmaster. He can, If he chooses. allow
another postmaster to assist him in his duties if
the latter is properly sworn Sc.
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w. r.. Kansas CITY, Move DO not know. Write
ton, ID. c., and he inform you whether there IS
any further prize money coming to you or put
the claim in the hands Of a reliable attorney. We
have heard it stated that prize money was dis
tributed by sitting it through a ladder All that
fell through went to the officers, and that which
stuck to the rounds went to the sailors
The National tribune., 1884-05-08

J. F. Uelisburg, n Y.-Service in and hon
orable discharge from the army does not alone
secure citizenship. An alien Of legal age, who
enlist5 in the regular or volunteer army navy,
and is honorably discharged thersfrOnl, may be
admitted to citizenship upon his simple petition
and satisfactory proof Of years residence prior
TO application accompanying same with proof of
good character and honorable discharge from ser
vice.
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j. ". H. luscaiil.s Iolga asks if Il soldier who
went home on veteran furlough and contracted
smallpox, which developed thirteen days after
reaching home. has u claim against the Govern
ment for the expenses of his illness, &c. Aaslesr.
No. There Is provision of law under which
such claim can be entertained.
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Ell Dr., Piftston, Pa; J. 4. IT,. Warner. n r.
and others-You failed 70 comply with rules.
(See notice at head of column If you viii again
state your questions and sign your name thereto
we will endeavor to enlighten you.
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j. B., Hendon, Ohio, asks how often q PEN
sioner should be examined. who has gun-shOt
wound injury. and drawing a pension. in
SVer He viii not be examined At all unless he files
an application for increase Of pension. Biennial
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T. ". r., Princeton IU.-The arrears OF pension
having been paid there IS no further claim. The
amount allowed Is discretionary with the Pension
Office. and rule. that Office VIII not disturb its
former action IN any unless il can be clearly
demonstrated by medical evidence that former
ratings manifestly unjust The arrears
granted in the claim mentioned by you was liberal
compared with others that We know of. Claims
for re-ratings are rarely allowed il is usually
held that the original allowance was just and
proper. Probably no pensioner was ever satisfied
with the amount Of arrears given him.
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IA IT,, South Lyon, Mich-yYe fail to see how
we can explain the law in regard to the three
months pay proper to make it clearer than Is con-
tanned in the copy of the act which we published
in our issue of April a under reply 10 n. E, &c.
1t says: III volunteer officers below the rank Of
brgadier-gener,i A." &c W no were in service March
8 1860 and who served continuously thereafter 70
April 10, 1853 or a later date. If any such have
not been paid they have a claim.
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tate or put in banS?' AnstUer The real estate can
be attached as also can the funds in the bank TO
the credit Of the pensioner. In either case the
pension money has lost its identity, and it becomes
estate subject to legal process the same as if de-
rived from any source whatever. We have an
swered tins question many times before.
s. F., FrGnklin Grove W.-whole ttofall pension
for an enlisted man is S.; half pension is oue-haf
that amount, SIC. The ratings in q pension claim
are made by the medical referee or his assistants.
j. B. c.. Bingham, Pa, wants TO know how much
il costs per day to the Pension Office, inclu-
ing all the salaries from the Commissioner down,
and all incidental expenses We cannot at pres
ent state the amount At some future time we viii
publish an article on the subject.
Y.EW, st. Paul, Minn-The instructions of the
Commissioner of Pensions to the examining sur
geons are that he may inform the claimant of
the result of the examination to whether not,
IN his judgment, there IS any penSOnable disability
but III should ne communicate his opinion
touching the degree of dsabty-that is to say. the
surgeon must not state his rating to the claimant"
In claim where only 3 Is allowed, such rating Is
based upon the report of the examining surgeons,
who report that claimant Is disabled for manual
laborto the extent of one-fourth of total The duties
OF pension detectives Tor special examiners so
called appear to be confined, in some cases, to
endeavorng to ascertain II there IS not some ground
upon which the claim can be rejected.
w. r. b., Naples, " T., asks: 1. If a soldier
drawing pension for gys@-ahot wound. loss of
arm or leg dies from otf- not in the least
connected with the wound, cam MS widow draw 6
pension? . Can a widow draw u pension II her
marriage was after his discharge from the army !?
AisSJger. L. See reply to j. H. w, this column. 2
Yes date of marriage has nothing whatever TO do
with the question.
J. S. p, Hutchinson Kan.-The steamer Sultana
blew up April 81 1860, about seven miles above
Memphis There about :, 100 soldiers on
board who We're on their way home from rebel
prisons of whom / 400 were scalded TO death or
drowned, and 200 were rescued, most of whom
were more or less injured. This was one of the
saddest events of the war.
Mrs @. G., East Sagina,e Eich-The origin OF the
peculiar custom of Easter eggs is somewhat OBJ
soure. In the earlier history of France and England
many Easter games and sports common,
among which was the custom of making presents OF
coored eggs, called paseh pace eggs, which were
deliberately ornamented, and in n royal roll OF tho
time of Edward /, preserved in the tower appears
entry of lsd for 400 eggs TO be used for this pur-
pose. Colored eggs were used by the children in
a sort of game, which consisted of testing the
strength of the egg Shells and this practice Is still
continued in most Christian countries.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05

down the values of the American
manufactures at home and abroad.
1t has depleted the return of Ameri-
can agricultural industry followed by
our people. 1t costs the people five
times more than it produces to the
treasury, obstructS the process of
production and wastes the fruits of
labor. 1t promotes fraud, fosters
smuggling, enriches dishonest officials
and bankrupts honest merchants. We
demand that all custom house taxa
ton be only tor revenue.
Resolved, That the continued re-
SlStance of the tariff monopoliSts who
control the republican party to this
demand of justice by the people, has
raised the issue to position of the
first Importance in the coming cam
paign, and that We renew and reiter-
ate the purpose of the democratic
party to urge a reform of the
the system of customs house taxation
byImoderate, reasonable and well con-
sidered steps, until restored to its con-
stitutional basis, as means to raise
revenue for the support of the gov
eminent only, and is no longer prosti-
tuted to the unjust end of fostering
the wealth of favored class at the
expense of the producers of the coun-
try. There has been, hitherto. annu-
ally extorted from their earnings
more than $100,0OO,000 in excess of
the public service, and hundreds of
millions besides to subsidies to enrich
a favored few.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05
FROM KYLE.

KYLE, May 30.-The public exami-
nation of Kyle Seminary will begin
on the 9th of June. The session will
close with literary exercises and a
musical concert on Thursday after
noon and night. The presidents
levee will occur at his boarding house
on Friday night, the 18th of June.
Principal w. NJ. Jordan invites all
friends of the institution to be pres
ent.
KYLE, June 2.-Mr. w. f. Roach,
one of our leading young business
men, and an agent of the Texas EX-
press company, was this evening unit
ed in marriage to Miss Leila 7. Alex
ander. Rev. j. j. A. Roach officiated.
The happy couple lett Immediately
on a bridal tour through northern
Texas, taking with them the best
wishes of their many friends. May
their lives be long and pleasant.
Farmers are now very busy cutting
oats and hay. The oat crop was not
so badly damaged by the rust as was
at first suspected.
A meeting of the citizens of Kyle
was held at the Commercial hutel this
evening for the purpose of opening
more direct route to Blanco City.
Mayor l.. Nance was elected chair
man of the meeting. About $1,000
were subscribed and the road will be
Immediately opened, which will be a
big thing for Kyle.
Business of every kind is picking
up, and new firms are moving in al
most daj1v
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MRS: DAVIS BOUQUE.
A Letter of Denial from the Ex-ChIef

A Letter of Denial from the Ex-ChIef of
the Confederacy.
MOBILE, ALA, May 27.-A further
proof of the falsehood of the story of
the coming duel in Indiana, between
John Spies and Col Mcclure, of Mo-
bile, relative to the bouquet Spies
said Mrs. Davis presented him at the
time of the capture of Jeff Davis,
comes in the shape of a communica-
ton under date of May "a, from the
Mobile Register. This shows that
aside from the fact that Col. Mcclure,
one of the alleged principles in the
coming duel, has been dead three
years, the facts as stated concerning
this bouquet could not have occurred.
Of this Mr.. Davis writes:
the story is an utter falseheod, and to
this general statement add a specific
denial. From none of our captors
were such courteous attentions re-
ceived as to have induced my wife to
present him boquet in recognition,
nor if it had been otherwise, were the
circumstances such as would have en-
abled her to procure one? 1t is false
that copies of the two papers in which
the story was first published were,
with the article marked, received by
Mrs. Davis" my wife. The first
knowledge of the publication was de-
rived from the enclosed slip
taken from a Chicago newspa-
per, and therefore most In
tensely false, as the statement that
Mrs. Davis placed the papers in the
hands of a friend of the family for the
implied purpose of being indicated
by him. In a long life of extensive
social intercourse, she has never re-
quired such defense as is suggested,
but if she had ever found It necessary,
neither in the past nor in thejpresent,
would she have called on any other
than her husband so to defend her.
Respectfully yours,
TEEEEPSnN DAUTc
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, Strahorn s. Co., Chicago. Mr.. E. w
Moore accompanied them.
Yesterday evening a very heavy
rain fall did more damage than any
this year.
The Jacksboro stage which should
have left this morning, could not get
over the creek west of the town US
the bridge was gone.
SAN ANTONIO, May 31.-R. L.
Buror to-day dropped dead of heart
disease.
The New Braunfels shooting club
will come to San Antonio tomorrow
to engage in the annual prize shooting
with the San Antonio (German) club.
Two new divorce suits were filed
to-day.
SAN ANTONIO, June 2.-The BODY
of an unknown man was found dead
to-day near the Sunset railway. The
head was beat in. 1t is ascertained
he had runaway of team OF mules
who dragged him to death.
Street car No. 2, Avenue G, line. iran
over and killed two-year-old child of
a French woman, Saturday night.
Driver Hangmans by name was ar
rested and is still in Jail. The verdict
of the jury thows the blame on the
driver.
San Antonio Schuetzen Verein got
away with the New Braunfels club
yesterday, at annual prize shooting
here yesterday. New Braunfels only
winning one prize.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05
FROM BURNETT.

BURNET, June 2.-The Colorado
and Llano rivers are still on grand
boom; no mail to or from western
points for several days. The court
has adJourned after quite an extended
session.
The initial copy of newspaper, the
Llano Citizen, made its appearance
here Saturday, this issue being pub
lishPd in Burnet. =
L. S. Bridges, of Mason, Texas, Is In
the city, ON his way home from an
eastern trip.
Seventy-four thousand pounds of
wool was shipped over the Austin s.
Northwestern railroad from here to-
day.
A social hop was held at the opera
house Friday night, and an enjoyable
evening passed.
A report is in circulation that the
town of Menardville is almost wholly
flooded, the San Saba river being
higher than ever before known.
Mr.. T. w. Mcknight, formerly of
Lampasas, has located here, and is
] handling the keys of the telegraph
Office.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05
IRISH REVOLUTIONISTS.

New YORK, May 31.-Rossa says:
We have got England at last. 1t
will not be long before she will be on
her knees. Last nights explosion was
only the beginning of her troubles.
Patrick Joyce, secretary of the Irish
revolutionary brotherhood. says last
nights work ought to convince Eng.
land that we are in earnest. The
Scotland Yard was attacked because
it is there all the plots against Ire
land were Matched; besides it is the
headquarters of Fred Jarvis, one of
the inspectors, who came to this coun-
try year ago, and with the conni-
Matt O'Brien, friend of Nc
D9rmotJs, into the New York
post Office to pry into the correspon-
dence of Irishmen. The explosion
shows how useless such tactics are
when we can blow the very head
quarters of the English detectives up
under their noses. The other explos-
ions were notifications to the land
lords and aristocrats in the building
attacked to retire from the positions
they occupy. You need not be sur
pr1sed to hear of greater ones before
many days. Fred Jarvis had better
mind himself, and Gladstone too. 1t
is the most complete piece of work 1
ever heard of. The men engaged in
it deserve great credit"
"Will the reward of 10000 offered
by the government lead to ther betray-
al ?" was asked.
The day of McDermotts
is gone by. The men who
managed last nights explosions
cannot be betrayed. The English
government cannot stop our warfare.
If they want US to stop, let them stop
Gladstone's prosecutions of the Irish"
was the reply.
Capt. J. J. Coleman, who managed
the Mansion house explosion, and es-
capped, says: alt was fine piece of
work. I'll warrant you there is some
dismay in London, and Gladstone is
quaking in his boots. This is not the
end of the business. Wait few days
and you will hear more. L have been
expecting these explosions for over a
week"
During the day new subscriptions
to a large amount were received at
Rossa's Office. Martin Furlong, of
Donegal, Penn, sent one hundred dol
lars and a message of exultation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05
MRS. PEARL DAVIS.
Her Spirit Leaves Its Earthly Tenement
and Wings Its flight to God.

Her Spirit Leaves Its Earthly Tenement
and Wings Its lF1ight to God.
About eight months ago Mrs. Pear
Davis, little more than a bride, came
to Austin, from the state of her child
hood, in the hopes of recovering her
threatened health. Strange shadows
had crept over her features, and her
fond husband had read in them warn
ings of the dread outcome. at last it
became evident to all that
the young and loving wife, intelligent,
refined, cultured and beautiful
woman, was a creature not long for
earth. The gaunt spectre, Consump-
ton, placed his fleshless finger
upon her cheek, and in her eyes and
on her chest, and her cheeks grew
pale and wan, her eyes began to glow
with an unnatural light, and her never
too strong voice grew faint; until
Sunday morn, while others were
vending their way to the house of
God, those watching at the bedside Of
the patient sufferer saw that she, toe,
was preparing to join in the worship
of her God; not in one of his earthly
temples, but in that "house not made
with hands," And as the young life
passed out, there seemed standing in
the tear-dimmed eyes of her husband.
and her only living relatiye-a sister
and in the eyes of all those gathered
round, the simple question, why"
And the sunshine, which came peep
ing in through the half closed win
dows, seemed to answer:
"For her heart was rose
And her soul was a star"
The funeral cortege formed at Mrs.
McKay's, and proceed to the church
where Rev. DIR. Murphy OBLIGATED,
thence to the grave.
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Gone to New York.

PITTsBURG. May 3d.. Watson
oil broker. whose account was over,
drawn $97,O 900 from the Penn bank
left suddenly for New York this
evening with his wife. A detective
has been shadowing his house for sew
eral days. kilograms have been sent
east to arrest him for conspiracy
There is great excitement. Other
arrests are expected. Search is being
made for about $4,000 in securities
sent east Friday or Saturday.
and of which there is no trace
Attorneys are examining big box Of
papers found in the bank, which may
throw some light on the oil specula.
lions of the; bank, andsexplain many
things which were much talked OF
mysteries at the time. Nearly all the
assets Of Mr.. Riddle, which are availa
BILE, were disposed of weeks ago. Those
turned over were those on which
money could not be speedily OBJ
tanned.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05
RIDDLES EXPLANATION,

PITTsBURG, Pa, June PRESIDENT
Riddle this morning made statement
of the affairs of the Penn bank, and
the causes which led to the collapse,
He charges the bank directors
with being concerned in the oil pool
which wrecked the bank and tells
how the failure was brought about.
He recites facts to show how the posi-
ton of the presidency was forced on
him, and how it was soon Dissolved
loans on the collateral exceeded the
collateral at the low prices then rul-
ing. He complained to cashier
Reiber and to the vice-president
to have these accounts nude up, and
told them he did not see what he
could do unlesss by personal exertion
to get lot of people to buy enough
oil to put prices up, and buy enough
on the banks account to make good
their accounts. 81 told Mr.. Reiber,
said he, "and l told part of
the board, viz: T. B. Laughlin
and J. V. Brown, A. M. Cavitt and
Major Swearingen, of my intention,
and told all of them that 1 would not
then, nor at any time, buy single
barrel for myself. / had only wish to
make up these accounts. I went east
and the board knew the nature
of my errand and had lot
of people to buy there and lot here
to buy. May I'd lerge lot of oil was
purchased and the price advanced. In
| the midst of this l was again taken
sick. That was the time these &C
counts mentioned in the papers az
! fictitious accounts were made.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05
FROM LAMPASAS.

LAMPAsAs, May 30-Billy Scott, an
attache of the variety theatre in this
city, after being drunk for more than
week, and three unsuccessful at
tempts, finally succeeded in commit
ting suicide this morning by poison
ing.
Hon. Henry Exall is still being
urged by his friends from this con-
gresslonal district, as a suitable can
didate for the Chicago convention.
Rain fell here last night and is
threatening this evening.
The weather is very warm.
Wool comes in lively, and visitors
are numerous to the springs.
LAMPAsAs, May 31.-Rev. r. Ii. II.
Burnet, of the Methodist church to-
day sold fifty lots located near the
Centenary college, which is going to
be erected at once. These lots were
sold at different prices and to various
individuals. The commencement of
this mammoth college gives Lampasas
another boom, as over three hundred
scholars are already enrolled and 9TH
ers will come from different parts of
the state to our favorite water resort
to attend school aud for health.
Wool is coming in fast and every
warehouse Is crowded.
Another train is to be put on be-
tween Temple and this place, which
will facilitate travel.
The people of this section are op-
posed to a convention for the purpose
of nominating judge and state sena-
tor, for the reason that the district is
so Overwhelmingly democratic that
there is no necessity for nominations,
as the democrats are sure to be elected.
Rain again yesterday; weather.
That congenial spirit, Mr.. ]. III.
Trezevent, of New Orleans and Mr..
Lewis Wood and bride are spending
their honeymoon at the Park Hotel.
LAMPAsAs, June 2.-After several
weeks of almost incessant raining the
weather is now settled and farmers
will soon be up with their work.
In response to a heavy petition,
signed by citizens and all the bar,
Judge Blackburne has decided to hold
no court this term, and all cases are
continued over till next term of court.
The grand jury will sit to investigate
such cases as may be brought before
them.
Mr.. VIM. Hurley, one of the Oldest
citizens died to-day, after long and
painful illness.
The town still continues to boom.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05
FROM SALADO.

SALADo, May 30.-The ( eople Of the
surrounding country have spent a
pleasant week. The commencement
exercises of the school here have just
closed. The pupils in the music and
elocution classes have convinced the
large audiences present at the exer-
cises that their labors of the past nine
months have not been in vain. The
music class; under charge OF Messrs.
Cook and Gates, and the elocution
class, under the dite;tiol of Miss Sub
lett, have shown the teachers to be-
worthy of the trust placed in them.
The students in ali the other depart
melts have also acquitted themselves
with credit.
The young pc pie of Salado went on
picnic excursion yesterday upon the
Lampasas river, and had delight
full tim.
The excessive rains have retarded
the work of farmers, and increases
the growth of weeds in Bell county
to such an extent that agricultural af-
fairs present gloomy outlook at
DreSnnt