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Affairs in fhe Old World.

The British Parliament reassembled last
week after the Whitsuntide receSs-Minis-
ter Lowell has denied the report that he in
tended 10 resign his post as American minis
ter TO Great Britain - The PHILADELPHIA
cricketers recently defeated the gentlemen Of
Ireland team at Dablin.-It is proposed to do
away with the Swiss legation in Washington
The Grand Lodge of Masons in London has
adopted resolutions Of regret at the recent anti
Masonic encyclical Of the Pope.-The London
Globe severely criticises England's policy in
Ireland Measures have been asked for in
the House Of Commons to protect the British
public against American bogus butter.-Gen.
Gordon is still at Khartoam.
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TIMELY TOPICS.
Letters From Our Subscribers ON Various Sub
jects.
Stop This FO0lishness!

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
/ have been subscriber to your valuable
paper for more than year, and think it the
best paper ever published for the benefit of the
soldier. Of late have been very much pleased
with the manner in which you have been
probing the Pension Office, and in this con-
nection / wish to call attention to the case of
Benz. Miller, who lives near our village and
says he was a member of company ], I'd West
Virginia cavalry, was captured during the war,
and served thirteen months in Andersonville.
For disease, &C., he asked long ago for pen
sion, and his claim is No. 1853, $50. He says
that the Pension Office notified him in Febru-
airy, 1883, that his case, with papers, had been
placed in the hands of special examiner at CO.
lumbus, 0. The Pension Office again, in March,
1884, notified him that special examiner would
call on him in few days. All this has been
done, but no examiner has appeared. We do
not wish to draw any hasty conclusion, but we
do most emphatieally think that much injustice
is being done the men who saved this Nation
from its foes. Why does not our Commissioner
of Pensions attend TO such claims? Why are
100000 claims allowed TO remain pigeon holed
in that great Office, unattended to, while the
appll cants-many, at least-are furnishing in
the very country they sacrificed health and
limbs to save? We who stood shoulder to
shoulder through that fearful ordeal of the
civil war and closed on the colors, as the ad-
vancing line melted away, know what it cost
to save this Nation; but since the Nation has
been saved, and the smoke of battle has cleared
away, how completely the soldier has been
pushed aside The bondhoder was paid his
money in full, interest included, and no hon
est soldier objected to it; yet Congress has so
far failed even to equalize bounties. 1t does
not look after the interest of the soldier as
well as it did the bondholders' 1t is all wrong
The men who fought the battles have since the
war helped to pay the national debt, aud in
no small share contributed to the Development
prosperity and wealth OF the country Our
great West of to-day is largely the creation of
the armies that were disbanded at the close of
the rebellion. Why, then, have not the SOL
diers' claims to justice least received atten-
ton.
Say to Comrade Dudley that he must attend
to the duties of his Office better: that he must
rid his files of those 100000 claims and decide
upon them at once. He is responsible for his
subordinates, and he must have the work more
thoroughly done 1t is plain that there is
something wrong in that office.
THEo. d. NEIGHBoR.
NFwrnNFPSToyvN n
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He Wanss that HlstorE.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Do any of the boys of battery Fl, 1st Ohio
Light artillery, take or read THE TRIBUNE?
wish could meet them, but permit me to call
them up through your columns. They were
from Toledo. Marietta and Antioch, Ohio, and
some from other places. The last time I met
the battery they were in " IA fort near
Petersburg, Wand in General Sedgwicks 9Th
corps. While / was on the way up and down
with the armies of the East wrote history of
the campaign that covers hundreds of pages,
and history of battery FL especially, and since
the war some of the company borrowed it from
me and cannot find it anywhere. Now, boys,
want that history; if you will hunt it up
viii soon get each of you a copy. At one
time Comrade w. E. Parmlee wrote me for
any facts or data, and may have sent the same
to him, but | think not. I have written him
at Toledo, Ohio; but no answer. / do not know
where to address him. If l could find that
history / could most wildly answer several
questions already published in THE TRIBUNE.
J. c. COVERT,
LIE Roy KAN. Battery II, LIST Ohio Art.
EComrade Covert is informed, in reply TO other
questions in his letter-first, that he should APP
ply to the State campaign committees in regard
to speech; and, second, that he should write to
General Newton, Chief of Engineer Corps,
Washington, ID. c., in regard to maps-ED.l
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The 18th Illinois Infantry as Printer Boys.
10 the Editor NArroNAr. TRrnuNE:

Noticing the items in your paper in refer
ence to the soldier papers published during the
civil war, sendtyou the following The 10Th
illinois infantry published at Elizabethtown,
KY November 10, 1861 the first number of
the Zouare Gazette. 1t was a large sheet, and
was printed with the material and on the press
formerly belonging to the local paper of that
place. Copies were issued several weeks be-
fore the regiment moved ON to Bacon Creek
The staff Were: VIM. B. Redfeld and Lieuten-
ant Lyman Bridges, editors; Lieutenant VIM
Qninton, publisher. The compositors were
VIM. J. Ramage, company C; J. A. Haynie.
company D; L. III. Dawson, company L E.
Archibald, company u; while the pressman
was Charles H.. Wright, company K, with
w. III. Christian, company K, as roller boy
AT Athens, Ala, in May, 1862 the same
crowd got out an edition Of the Union Herald
and two weeks afterwards published another
Union Herald at Fayetteville. Tenn. Some of
us tried to get out another edition at Dalton,
Ga, in May, 1863, but Sherman was i'll such
hurry for us to get on that he stopped the
press WM. ]. RAMAGE,
Co. C, 18th ILL., VOL Inf.
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"Throm phrsIe to The nors ),

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lnclosed you will please find the sum of $40 for
ten new subscriptions to your paper. THE TRIBUNE
home of every ex-soldier as well for his bows that
are growing up as for himself Wishing your
paper the great success that such paper merits
and promising you my hearty assistance am
John Ferguson, IBERIA Mo-
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KNOXVILLE, TENN.

double-headed eagle, with wings outspread may be
seen In almost every drug store in New York ty. 1t
The trademark OF the Graefenberg Company II is
found the outside wrappers of the Graeenberg Pills
and Graefenberg Catholiconthe pills are standard
remedy for bilious disorders, and the Catoeon is
old and we-known remedy for all complaints to which
women are subject.
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What are the desirable qualities in whisker
dyer 1t must be convenient to use, easy TO
apply, impossible TO rub off, elegant in appear
ance, aud cheap in price. Buckingham's Dye
for the Whiskers unites in itself all these
merits. Try it,
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from ule Chdft0no0pa 7Enacs
huge dry-land terrapin was captured on a
mountain near RinggoId, Ca. few DAYS since.
by little boy named Lewis Henslee. The
following WAS cut on his shell: Company X.
Ohio Veteran Volunteers, March is, 1851 AT
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PUBLISHED THIS MONTH";
THE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR,
Pictorial History Of The Great Conflict l86l65, Containing
Over LOCO ElgaVlg

taken the batHefdds the thrilling
sin
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illustrations eiaten
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must confess that the Waterbury watch you
sent me most agreeable surprise. 1t is both
pretty and an accurate tme-keeper. Accept my
thanks.-John III. Condee, Schaghticoke, II. Y.
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Stephen N. Caldwell, Edwin NJ Lewis. and
George Deb. Keim have been appointed to be
receivers of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
road.
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DOVER EGG-BEATER.

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DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
A Very Dull Week---The Mexican
Pension Bill.

The Senate was not in session during Wednes-
day, Thursday and Saturday, of last week, and
at its session on Friday no business of import
lance was transacted.
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What tie Soldier Wants.

NEwcoMERsTowN, o.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23

Very few congressman entertain" IN
the sense in which he term is used, says
a Washington letter David Davis, who
was six years in the Senate and fifteen
years on the supreme bench, always lived
at a second-class hotel here and saved
money on his salary. He is severa. times
millionaire, and for many years before
he left Washington he had no family.
He was beyond doubt, considering his
great wealth, the closest man ever III
public life. He would dispute with the
woman at the pie stand in the hall of
the Senate over the price of an apple.
During the last session of his presidency
of the Senate, however, he branched out
little, and every Saturday night have a
big dinner at Wclckers' How he must
have groancd in secret over this great ex-
penditure! Another very close man in
the Senate was poor, great big, baby
naturcd, swcet-tempered AIcCreary, of
Kentucky. now dead. He LIVED in the
cheapest place he could find i'll George
town, three or four miles distant from
the capitol, and had a pass on tic street
cars On the occasion of late session
of the Senate, when the street cars had
stopped, be would walk tho whole dis
lance at any time between II o'clock and
daybreak, no matter how the weathe
was, rather than pay fifty cents for car
rage For luncheon he would eat a
stick of candy, unless some one asked
him to join in something more substan-
tial in the Senate restaurant. At such
times his appetite was most healthy.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23
WORDS OF WISDOM.

He Who foresccs calamities suffers them
twice over.
Little things console us because little
things affiict.
Nothing can constitute good breeding
that has not good nature FOR its founda-
ton.
Old truths are always new 20 us II
they come with the smell of heaven upon
them.
Moderation is the silken string run
ming through the pearl chain of al.
virtues.
Dost thou love life, then do not
squander time, for that is the stuff life Is
made of.
IT'S a strange truth that only in the
agony of parting do we look into the
depths of love.
Nothing has ever remained of any
revolution but what was ripe in the
conscience of the masses.
Maintain dignity without the appear
ance OF pride; manner is something to
everybody, and e.crything to some.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23
AnrInInu to tllc Police.

The captain of police at the Central
station had call the other day from a
banker, who came to give away suspi-
cious character.
ssHow long have you noticed him
around ~ asked the captain.
About three days"
"How is he dressed 2"
'.In a brown suit. Looks quite re-
spectacle.
lis lie quiet or talkative Z"
Very talkative."
And you believe he isa character who
should be watched ~
:" certainly do.
What lay do you think he is on
That is, what do you suspect him of n
Why, he is the president of newly
discovered Nevada silver mine, and here
for the purpose of selling shares. Yes,
sir. his actions have convinced me that
he ought to be Swallowed whenever ne
leaves his hotel ~ Detroit Free Press.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23
AnecdO,e Of zach Chandler.

Zach Chandler had a deal of dry
humor. He was once narrating an
electioneering visit to the western reserve
of Ohio.
AT place called Akron" said he,
q some fellow stole my hat while | was
speaking, and left me a dilapidated
specimen of head-covering. Then lost
my gold headed cane, which / had had
for twenty years. But, worst of all,
while was at Chardon, lost my
character. 1t was rather curious, too. |
shouldn't have found it out, if John
Beatty hadn't told me.
"You see, / was speaking there IN the
open air, and the wind troubled me by
blowing the little pieces of paper on
which my notes were. So / took my
iack-knife and laid it down on the paper
to prevent this And what do you think
That is strong temperance commu-
nifty; and there talked for two hours,
with the back of that knife toward the
audience, with a corkscrew in plain
sight-and it showed that it had been
used. too!
Knight get back my hat, and, possibly
some one will repent and return my cane /;
but my character in that community IS
gone forever
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23
A singers Noble Deed.

Mile. Anne Dronsert, promising
pupil Of the conscrvatoirc, was Suing
one morning at her window, III the rue
Sertier, when a poor woman came along
the street singing in low and broken
voice In the hopes of earning few sous.
Her glance was directed pitifully toward
the houses on either side, but the Nin'
dows all remained closed, and the mucn-
needed help came not. She turned sor-
rowfnlly away TO try her fortune IN an
other quarter, but the aching limbs re-
fused to carry her further, and the poor
wretch sank down on the pavement. IL
was but the wrik of moment Tor Anne
Dronsert to fly down the stairs TO the
succor of her unfortunate sister, TO ralse
her from the ground and. 10 read starvation
plainly written o. her wan features.
Money she had n ne To give-her own
studies an the necessities of daily lie
absorbed the whole of her little plttance
but she took the woman's hand IN hers
and with the full free of her young
voice woke the echoes of the street with
one of the airs which had so often won
the admiration of the professors at the
Conservative Like magic the WINDOWS
on all sides flew open, and at the con-
clusion of the ,ng a saower OF SILVER
pieces rained down until at last the poor
woman was sent on her way with sum
of seventy francs in her pocket. It reads
almost like tale of Ouida's, but 1t is
true story for all that, and when the
name of Dronsert becomes as famous as
that of Nilsson or Tietjens this little act
of charity may. perhaps, comment itself
to the army of her admirers and bog
raphers.-St. Louis Globe Democrat -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23
1ninesc Cavalry.

A correspondent of the London Tee
graph describes body of Chinese troops
in q way that Is III give Europeans add
tional respect for the armies of the Celes-
fials. Arrived ut Hangchow the first
object which met my eyes was a body OF
Chinese soldiers, evidently lately con-
centrated. They consisted Of the three
arms, and, although somewhat rough IN
appearance, proved to be uncommonly
notwithstanding fellows upon near
inspection. A squadron of horse was
crossing the bridge at the moment when
my boat came to an anchor, and as they
went by i could hut notice that they
were well mounted, that they rode well,
that they were armed with breach-load-
ing carbines and lances, and that they
were fairly well llled j. European
fashion. had no opportunity of seeing
them maneuver, but the march past was
good-quite equal. s.y, to + ordinary
marching Of a Fr'sch aa-slry regiment
though not perhaps $" 'mart as that OF
an English or German squadron. 1t
would have comp>ei vary favorably.
with sotnia of Coax: cks. The bridg
being low ] was alb. to st good view
of the men, and ! Nc ged them to b.
mainly Tartars and Southern Cinnamon at
any rate. They wore blue and white
uniform, were warmly clad, for it was
cold, and seemed well fed and very
iolly
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23

A party of four persons were travelling
on the Hudson River road one summer.
In seat was a young lady and young
gentleman who had been very attentive
to her. In the seat behind them sat
their friends, one of whom was a sport
i've young lady, fond of practical jokes
and rather defiant of public opinion. As
the train dashed through short and
very dark tunnel she leaned over and
imprinted d resonant kiss on the young
lady in front of her. A scream followed
and laughter came from the darkness all
over the car. As the train ran into day
light the insulted young lady turned on
her innocent escort, and with swapping
eyes and flaming cheeks said:
How dare you insult me in this man
ner r.
II assure you,m he said, stammering
in confusion at the strangeness of his
position, that have done nothing.
q Nothing p she repeated, and burst
into tears
The passengers now ceased laughing
and looked at the unfortunate young
fellow Indignantly. After further pro-
tests, which were not needed, he went to
the smokipg-car. The sportive young
lady wrote d note the next day and ex-
planned matters. The young couple
were reconciled, married, aud the other
yofng lady was not invited to their
Wedding.
An annoying pFa1 III joke was
played on q bashful young man who was
accompanying 3 young lady on journey.
While going through a tunnel friend
knocked on the bashful young mans hat.
need his fagers through his hAl-.
Used the back Of his own hand and
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23
Can Man Hibernate !

We often hear of persons falling into
a coma, all the faculties being suspended
and the patient looking perfectly healthy
after days and weeks without food
There is no reason why the highest of
mammals should not be open to similar
possibilities as the lower In fact, there
is. a case onsrecord of undoubted hiber-
nation. 1t occurred some years ago in
India. A native fakir boosted that he
had this happy faculty that only certain
lower animals possessed, and offered for
a considerable sum to make the expert
ment. A number of officers and scien-
tific men undertook to take charge of the
experiment. The man prepared himself
by placing something in his throat, and
was actually buried alive, and kept there
under guard for several months. At
the end of the time the experimenters dug
up the body, expecting to find it dead,
but found it perfectly fresh, and when
the object was taken from his throat the
native recovered and in few hours was
as we'll as ever He merely claimed that
he was enabled by force of will to cause
an almost total suspension of all the
faculties, so much so at least that there
was no waste, no drawing upon the sys-
tenn, and consequently no need of fuel or
food What is the secret Well, that's
hard to answer 1t is like great many
problems-we know it and there our
knowledge ends. PHILADELPHIA Times.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23
why His Beard Did Not GROW.

The New Orleans Times Democrat saws
the following story comes well authenti-
Gated from Trenton, Tenn There was
young man in town who had long passed
the period of maturity, and who had not
a sign of a beard on any portion of his
face. One day he noticed small lump
on his neck, few.inches below his chin.
At first repaid little attention to it. The
lump commenced growing, however.
until finally it was larger than a large
walnut, and closely resembIed a wen.
The young man went to physician and
asked him to relieve him of the disigrlr-
ing growth The doctor concluded to
try to remove it with knife. On making
an incision the doctors knifeencOuntered
spongy substance, which on exanina-
ton proved to be nothing less than a
closely matted and coiled mass Of hair.
1t seems that the beard which should
have been spread over the young mans
face had concentrated in this one spot
and grown beneath theslxin. The hair
was removed and the opening soon
healed, and the strank6 development
became unnoticeable
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23

then slapped his own face violeDs
Every one In the car looked in that az.
ton when the light came, and the f6s
was apparently the most surprised q !
The mussed-up appearance and conhS.
of the astonished victim convinced /
spectators that he had tried to sss
kiss and had been slapped. The y@,
lady understood the situation !
blushed painfully. The friends got J
at the same station, rough-and- tunla
followed, and the practical joker :
whipped. Springfield Ne,oS.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-23
How MANY Know

Says Bill Arp in the Atlanta Constitat.
ton. / know a young man who was poor
and smart, and n friend sent him to one
of the schools up North. and he stayed
two years and came back as mining en-
gineer and badge builder, and last year
he planned sad built cotton factory,
and is getting large salary. What &
grand opening there is in this region foi
boys who have mechanical ccnir q.
have a fancy for minerals or mining
How many college boys arc there in this
State who can tell yon wLas KIND OF ma.
tive timber will bear the heaviest bur
dens, or why you take white oak for ono
part of a wagon and ash for another, OF
what timber will last longest under water
and what out of watcrs How many
know sandstone from limestone or iron
from manganese How many know how
TO cut raftcr or brace without a pat.
terng How many know which turns the
faster, the top of the wheel or the bot.
tom. as the wagon moves along the
grounds How many know how steel is
made and how snake can climb tree.