The National tribune., 1885-06-04

The black people enjoy themselves better by them
selves. correspond with a black boy at Washing
| nor do think any boy would. Would correspond
with boys girls 16. Son of 10th N y. IL. A. vet
eran.-Wii T. Smith. Box 3, Pine Lake, n. \.
believe in all refined social pleasures whether
Il be dancing. skating boating, driving, or fashion
| able customs, properly regulated. do not believe
| any man III respectable bal room ever entertains
| improper thoughts concerning his partner Am
| surprised If should have been thus expressed by
| any one in the Club Correspondents solicited
| Homer Corse, Newport VT.
| You ought TO see us-how we all watch for THE
! TRIBUNE on Thursdays. You would know we are
true soldiers children. Papa was one of the
| youngest soldiers in the war. He was 10 years, .
months and l5days when he eniisted-Marsin Bat
| tie, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Tribune Exchange.
Letters from daughters of veterans 10th Pa. or
, Both L. S. c. T., fathers command.-Celia Linton.
| Tongancxie, Kan.
Date OF the latest snow storm in Wisconsin in the
Spring of lSsi.-klla Way. Unity. Wis
Letter from Comradc Seymour, 3lth, II he re-
| members Levi l.. Smith. wounded in the foot at
! Champions IIill.-Bertha Nation, Urbana, Kan.
Correspondents by young man who thinks IN
| ventions cheaper labor-tieo. 5. A Adams, " Or
cester, Mass.
" Bonnie Annie Laurie" and The Swanee
| Rivcr."-Florence L. Hill. SchuyIkl Pa.
Letter from Madge Lakewood by School
ma'am of I9.'-yictor Il. Devine, Haddam City,
Kan.
Letters from the sons and daughters Of Co. X:
18th Mich. veteran, by young man who ~ Supposed
| TO slang and tobacco but doesn't mind bangs
Wanted" The Drunkard's Dying Child We
Shall Know Each Other There" and Ellsworth S
Avcugcrs."-iittie E. Caldwell Claremont, Mimi
TO the first one sending the words of Just Be-
fore the Battle" will send petriiied wood and
pressed Kansas fiowers.-Della e. Ulstt, Russell,
Kan.
Specimens exchanged for books goods, or Curl
osties.-May NJ. Lyon 18th Iowa Cav. Girli Pierce
| vile, Iowa.
| Can anyone send me the song composed by Col.
! Halpiu miles o Reilly, beginnings
| Musha, Glory TO God, for the news you have sent
! In your own purity phist, Mr.. President LInkin
! james Burns box 40, Lew London, q.
Will some son of a veteran send me full intorma,
ton concerning the organization of a Camp"-Cars
| IL. Funk, Apple River, ILL.,
Am an amateur printer, son of an sth n. y. cav
alryman, and will seR samples of cards on receipt
| OF two-cent stamp-W. l.. Asmus, box 90, Mariila,
NY.
Would hear from Mrs F. Hanson Fergus Falls,
MIMI, and others-Loweli (son of vetl 1872 sth
street, n. w, Washington ID. G.
DO not want to do a wholesale business, " but
would like letters.-Jessie Reynolds, Chase. Mich.
Will send directions in making postal albums TO
all who send cards-Samue Brown Edna, Kan.
| Correspondence in English, German, or Scandi-
navian.-Chas Lowater, Rock Elm, Wis,
/ Letters from sons or daughters OF luSd Ia. SOL
| diers-Otis Rupert, ST. Petersburg, Pa.
| Wanted-"Th Last Grand Charge and CORE
| spodents.-Chaunccy Thayer. Sturgeon Bay, Wis.
Correspondents from the State of Oregon who
will describe the couniry-Frank Bartlett, Lowell,
| Mass
Cards and letters exchanged with soldiers fami.
lies by one who believes in this motto
| ION the broad highway of action
| FRIENDS OF worth tar ana lew.
| But when one has proved her friendship,
| Cling TO her who clings TO you"
| -0rvill f. Cherry, box liz, Kcnawce, Ill.
Florida curiosities for crazyquilt pieces and the
words of :" The New Church Organ" Young ALI
| gators exchanged for Guinea pigs.-Veda Maxwell
| t35d Ill. girll box %, Eusts. Florida.
Any one wanting TO sell view camera box, with
lenses, plate holder tripod, and all in good shape
| will communicate with George E. Carnahan Cam
1 ton, Mo
| Florida curosities for crazy pieces-Cwendoln
| Fairchild box ~. Eustis. Fla.
Would like correspondents upon the subject of
| fiowers-M Rose Jansen, daughter OF a Captain of
| Co. A, 9th ILL.,. pal 5. 9th St, Quincy. III.
The Curious Corner.
ANSWERS to questions will not be published with
in two or three weeks after questions appear. So
all will have chance to send replies, and receive
| honorable mention with number answered.
PATIENT CLEANERS.
John Hopkins ir New Hartford IL, Z; Chas
Day, Silvcrion, Colo, 10; Ella Evans. Clcarnont,
Mo, 4; Birdie L. Carter, Kenosha. Wis; Carrie
Davis: Medic, Mimi, S; Abra 9. BoiinGer; st Paris.
O.; Ellie l.. Ycoman, Rensselaer, Ind. IL: Carrie
Williams, GAINESVILLE o. IL; AyHh c. Jones, Lynn
vile; Ind, 8; Dayton Siim.on, Mahalasvillc, Ind,
?; NJ Ivy Goodell, Mansfield, ILL.,, Z; jamie f.
Scarles. Evansville. Wis, 3.
The Harrison campaign was known as 1.-THE
Hard-Cider Campaign" The Democrats had taunt-
ed the Wings with tho slurs that Gen. Harrison
lived in log cabin and drank hard cider. and was
too common a man for President. The Wings
the point and made the log cabin and hard cider
their rayng cries for stirring campaign that car
ried the votes with ii and elected their candidate for
President. But the excitement was too much for
The old soldier of almost 90 and he died month
after his Inauguration.
Old John Brown, whose soul goes marching on
nj every Camp fire. stopped and kissed slave child
on his way 10 his execution ut Harpers Ferry, Va.
He was the Elijah of the American reformation.
The early history OF coal Is obscure. 1t WAS
known. but seems to lave been little used by the
ancenis The first mention in English official rec
ords dates with the year $50 when u loads of
. fossil fuci" were furnished the Abbey at Peter
borough. Evidence exists pointing to its By the
kritons prior TO the Roman conquest. early in the
Christian
The firing by South Carolina troops on Fort
Sumter WAS the first gun of the war, Gen. &. 4.
Beauregard commanding.
Gen. Wolf commanded the British troops. and his
men had been suffering from sickness when they
| marched against Montcs,lm, the French com
mander, at Quebec when Wolf was killed. Mont
calm died of his wounds the next day.
The Corlis engine exhibited at the Centennial
Exhibition At Philadelphia is the largest built
| and kept all the machinery in motion. a locomo
tive is building at Taiizc Works. weighing 65 900
| pounds with 10 wheels yard iii diameter.
Gen Wayne was called Mad Anthony" for his
brilliant gencralshp in the campaign against the
Indians in the Northwest Territory, Of which Ohio
Michigan, and Indiana were then part. His cam
| paign eliminated in the battle of Fallen Timbers,
near where the Maunice River, Northwestern Ohio,
| empties into Lake Erie, where signal victory
|
| Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph and il
! was a noble one He preferred TO have il recorded
that he had been patron of education rather than
that he had been President of the United States.
The cpitaph reads: Here lies buried Thomas JEFF
ferson. author Of the Declaration of American In
| dependence; of the Statute of Virginia for Relig-
ious Freedom and the Father of the University of
Virginia"
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were the two
Presidents who died on the 1th of July 50 years
after they signed the Declaration OF Independence,
whose fruits they lived to enjoy"
"Stonewall" jackson was severely wounded In
| the arm. in the surprise and charge made by the
Sth Pa. Cav, commanded by Col. Pcnnock Huey
! at the battle OF Charlottesville MAY 9 1863 and
died May TO- of pneumonia, at Guinea Station, near
| Richmond. When he fell from his horse lie was
caught by Capt Wormlcy, 20 whom he said, "All
my wounds are by my own men" From THE
| Life of Stonewall Jackson by Virgnan.
The first mint in the United States was estab.
lishcd at Philadelphia. by act Of April =, 1892 The
| machinery and metal first imported The
first issue of copper cents in 793 III 1874 silver
dollars were coined in 1873. gold eagles. Steam
power not introduced until 1916.
Gen. jackson WAS known AS Sharp Knife by
| the Indians. To him. also. s attributed the saying
To the yictors belong the spoils" 1t was, how
ever. William l.. Marcy, who. in a speech before
nothing wrong in tie rule that to the vicors belong
| the spells of the enemy"
noted FederaliSt said Of President Madison.
He cannot be kicked into fight" because Of his
pacific policy prior to the war of 1872
| Commander Buchanan was in command OF the
| Merrmac during her stay at Hampton Roads in
| 1852. until March ., after which Commander Tat
nall held command until she was destroyed
In the reign OF George HI June H. 1772 Sir James
| Wallace informed Abraham Whipple that he should
be hung at the yard-arm for burning His Majesty's
| vessel the Gaspee. whcrcupon Abraham Whipple
replied: Sir, always catch a man before you hang
| him" he famous Revolutionary patriot
| and after his seafaring days were over became an
| Ohio pioneer, dying at Marietta in 1910