The National tribune., 1884-02-14

mother struggling to keep her little household
together accompanied by little of the sunshine
of this outer world viii cause the removal OF some
OF the shadows that have become apparently per-
manent Here is a field in which woman's tact
and power perform labor of love whose In
huence VIII be unbounded.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
When our dear boys and girls write to THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE of the army services of
their soldier fathers, they should write the
name of the company before that of the regi-
ment In fiting the number of a regiment
they shoul' use figures; but in writing their
age number of years of service, &C., they
should spel out the number in full.
Kansas: Heard spells the past of hearing, and
herd spells herd flock
One OF our bright Western boys writes good
hand and spells well but he uses capitals when they
are entirely out of place Note the following rules
for capitals:
The first word of every letter and sentence,
should begin with capital.
The names of the months and the days of the
week should begin with capital.
The first word after a period, and after every
Interrogation or exclamation, should begin with
capital.
Almighty, Lord Holy Spirit. Messiah &c. should
| begin with a capital
All proper names as the names of persons, places
streets lakes, rivers mountains ships, regiments
! &c. should begin with capital
! The first word of every quotation in direct
form, and the first word of every line of poetry
should begin with capital.
! The pronoun I and the interjection o should
always begin with capital.
81 never ;Snew any man in my life who could not
bear another's misiortunes perfectly ike Chris
tian.n-Pope.
Some one asked in the last TRIBUNE for Miss AL
colts address Her address was Concord, Mass,
and thinkoshe is still there have number OF
| her works; and / take the 81. Nicholas, and she
writes for that Ny papa soldier in the 18th
! Indiana We take THE TRIBUSE; have taken 1t a
long time.-Clandeni Bishop. Red Oaks, Iowa
VIII some one give me cure for catarrh in the
| head. have been troubled number Of years. I
am an ex-soldier. information Thankfully re-
eeiyed.-Chas. II. Schuck, Tyler Post, No. 80. Cum
/ berland, Nd.
Pioneer: You can take tar spots from wash goods
/ by rubbing them with the yolk Of an egg.
| Economy: To restore the top of a kerosenel lamp,
wet plaster OF paris and use as cement.
Mrs L. t. Woods, writing from Eldorado Kan,
| says she Is astonished at the ways that present
/ themselves to accomplish the objects of getting
/ money for relief work Mrs. Woods who is secre-
taTy of the Corps, has presented handsome quilt
to be sold at coming fair delayed by scarletf fever
/ epidemic.
Our good friends, and especially the children,
whose letters do not appear promptly, must not De
! discouraged. Their communications cheer the
editor, and we shall find room for ali by and by.
In a late number of THE TRIBUNE O woman asks
| If habitual orunkard would be admitted to the
| G. A. X. hope not for have never heard of o
place vet suitable for that kind of man. [ honor
/ every decent man who has been a soldier but q
| drunkard, never. There is altogether too much
money going into the rumscIlers' tills and hate
/ them all. Upon the whole, dispise the drinker
than the seller; for the seller does it for gain
whereas the drinker loses all and gains nothing
/ Mrs. III. e. Farkhurst. West Chelmsford, Mass.
F-o-u-r spells four, number, and fore is the
to spell anything at the front. the fore foot
| OF horse, or the fore front OF battle.
j. * K, Linwood, Mo-: Your tribute to loyal
! women of the received and shall find a place
| in an early number.
Reader: Tay-Ho is large stage-coach, which
has four wheels, seats inside, facing one another,
and seats top upon the front of which the driver
Is seated 1t is an imposing vehicle, drawn by
four. six eight horses, often with gay trappings
and u this country is used for large pleasure parties
IL took its name from tally-ho,i the cry given
To the hounds in the English fox chase, to which
large parties frequently repaired in the coach, &
| foctInan, seated beside the driver provided with
| approaching q town.
VIII some of the boys and girls of TIE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE tell wherein this sentence is incorectly
written as TO the use of capitals a Famous sayinc
OF gen. Grant when He Took command of All the
armies Was: - Win fight it Out on this line If i
Takes All summer
Several correspondents: Regiment spells
regiment and not r-i-,s-i- -l-e-I-t. Spell although
with one instead of two
Soldier Boy: Do not say II can't see bnt one,
DC. You should say . / see but one;
can't see one" When you use but after cant i
destroys your meaning as il is old rule tha
two negatives make one affirmative.
Our little friend who writes iron, White yTate
does not give his State. There is a White Wate
posf-oice "a A,al,ana. one In Indiana, one in Iowa
one IN Michigan one in Minnesota, onein Missouri
one in Ohio and one in Wisconsin So our iittl
friends viii see the importance of always giyin;
their State rs well as town.
The Vetcra1l's Aduocate is a wide awake Gran,
ARMY paper which had its birth with the new yea
| IL Concord, n. H. We trust the New Hampshire Re
lief Corps viii appreciate the importance OF enlist
ing the Veteran actively In support of the goo
cause.
4 comrade from Missouri writes that by Al sineii
lar coincidence Mrs. Sherwood's Thanksgiving
story portrayed the sad experience of his brigi
young daughter, and that her Christmas stor
embraced the names of his two younger daughters
Bessie and Edith. Our friend has had many trou
bles since going West. but he must keep soldier
heart. and all may yet be well.
Our Weekly Experience Meeting.
SHE GAVE HER ALL-oUR YOUNG RECRUITS
DEcArUR, ILL, December, 1888
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
4 late number OF TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE bring
back the past fresh 10 nay memory ] am a Ion
widow since that cruel war. 1t took from me M
husband and son. Aiy son died at Andersonyill
with many other darling boys My husband wa
killed at Atlanta Ga, but it was noble death
: De died for good cause. lived in the sace {
= rebels Tor four long years IN Kentucky, and kno'
ali about them. was N reach OF one battlefield
! mile away. The wounded had all my care. Ina
fourteen OF the boys taken to my house who stage
there for six weeks, and then joined their reg
Illents. have forgotten almost all their names on
left 10 nurse them was George Spade, as good
boy ever lived If any of that party are iiyin
!, would like to hear from them They ali liked m
and called me grandma. To this day detest til
name OF rebel. OsE WHO GAVE ILL.
4 OUR YOUNG RECRUITS.
! "That man is little to be envied whose patrio
ism would not gain force upon the plain of Mar;
/ ton, or whose piety would not grow warne
; among the ruins of Ithaca. a."-Johnsoa.
To the Editor NATIONAL TuTgtyNE.
Z ! am the son of John Evans, No &c River av,
= nue.. He takes THE NATIoSAL TRIBUNE, and sa,
: II IS the most Interesting paper he read, as
{. brings up thoughts of old times when lie end |,
: : comrades did not know what it was 10 have
J. square meal. If you can find spare corner in III
TRIBUNE please put in the story in verse of Coul
: Zowaski. think this man truly noble
i ALLEGHASY CITY. PA. L. REED EVANS.
= COUNT zowAsKI.
y IAN old man named Zowaski. ninety-two yea
Of age, and native of Poland, before Russia blot,
r that country from the map of Europe was aPresta
i iew days ago by the town authorities of Frede
Il lex, Md, and sentenced to thirty days imprso
= ment for being tramp This unfortunate nll
~ belonged 10 the Polish nobility with the til
~ of count; served under Napoleon on the boot
d fields OF Austerlitz and Leipsig and was in The d
.d astrous retreat from Moscow where 80 900 solde
were frozen to death in single night. He partiC
,e pated also in the unsuccessful attempt against Il
g. government of Prussia in 184S and to I'll
ID country with Carl SchurZ IN 1851. AT the age
10 | seventy. he volunteered in Pennsylvania res
A. nent and served in the Federal army in our cir
J. war, under General Sigel.
Lone. seated in the dim, gray light
n- Look On him, through his prison bars
To This veteran of the long gone wars
al | This with honest battle searsi