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in the cradle of the deep" at early dawn we

in the cradle Of the deep" at early dawn we
sang
A life on the ocean wave
home on the rolling Deep"
ate few bard-tacks, and composed ourselves
as best we could. Thus passed two more days
and nights, and on awaking July 8 we found
ourselves at anchor off the lighthouse at the en-
trance to
MATAGORDA BAY,
and as we were informed that we would remain
thus for several hours, the majority of the men
INDUCED in briny bath. A few of the more
ventUresOme mounted the rigging and plunged
head first from the yard-arms into the water.
About o'clock the ships steamed into the bay
and up to Indianola. The piers being DESTROYED
the ships dropped anchor in deep water and
we discmbarked in lighters. finally wading out
to an inEospitable shore, which seemed to roll
and rock so that the boys could stand only with
great difficulty. This rolling sensation soon
passed away and we marched out of town, past
the Courthouse, and camped for supper The
supply of fresh water being limited we had
scanty coffee, and at s o'clock commenced a
march the severity of which the stoutest of US
alone were able to stand and not one of us
ever experienced before. Ny pen is unequal to
the task of pcturing it. None but a master
hand could paint it. Dantes hell would have
been paradise in comparison One dollar per
drop would have been cheap for water. 1t was
10 miieS, 50 tue pulue Salu, 10 OreeN Lake,
small body of fresh water, and from the bay to
that lake there was nothing but desert will
derness of alkali dust; not n hill, not a hollow
nothing but level dirt. The intention of Gen.
Which was to reach the lake under cover of
night, so as to avoid the heat of day. Our guide
through dense ignorance or gross carelessness
became confused and lost; many of us protested
that we were playing "ring around the rosy"
but to no purpose Our guide was hopelessly be-
wildered. A dense saline fog settled down upon
us which, together with the swarms of mus
kctos, added misery to orr axieties. At about
l a. IN. we found ourselves but two miles from our
starting point. and at least Is miles from where
we should have been at that hour. Our can
teens, half empty at starting, were now quite
empty. Scarcely one man in 80 had drink of
water left. Up to this time the suffering had
been little, owing to the fact that frequent halts
had been made the water had held out, and
the men were fresh to start with; but now every
advantage was lost. There was nothing but
despair and the heroic courage born of despera-
ton. Up to this time there had be no strag-
CLING, but no sooner were we upon the right
road than the weaker began to drop out, at
first to rest at last to cease the struggle. Thus
the situation grew worse and worse as the
night wore away,-a night that all felt would
be the last for many and too short for all.
To be continued
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CONDENSED LETTERS.

Fl. A. Morse, Co. F, I'd VT, St. Paul. Mimi,
says that Carleton omits to give credit to
the old Vermont brigade for the part it took at
Marye's flights.
A. Hubb, Co. H, 5th Mimi, Mounds, No.,
agrees with Comrade HI. p. Walker, of Fort
Dodge, Iowa, in regard to Reunion of the old
Second Brigade, and suggests either Rock
Island or Quincy, ILL.,, as the place to hold the
meeting
George B. Morgan, Co. E, 23d N. Y, Wav-
erly, n. Y, writes that the 23d N. Y. was en-
camped on the Potomac at Acquia Creek, dur
ing the Charlottesville fight, and was not
engaged at all (as stated by Carleton - in a
recent issue of THE TRIBUNE) 1t was in the
First Brigade, Fourteenth Division, Fourteenth
Corps.
Thomas Paley, Co. K, s7th Pa, Muddy Creek
Forks, Pa, denies that Griiiin's battery drove
his regiment from behind the stone fence to
Winchester, as stated by c. E. Goldsbaugh in
TRIBUNE OF Dec. 1S, bat that the move was
ordered by Gen. Niroy. He also denies that
the S7th surrendered as a regiment, ON that
occasion.
Isaac Goodrich, Co. K, 3ith Ind, Goodrich,
Pa, corroborates in every respect the eommu-
nicatiOn regarding the battle of Port Gibson,
written by COmrade Martin, in THE TRIBUNE.
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"The Slough Of Despondencyn

in which you are waliowing on account Of
some of those diseases peculiar to you, madame,
and which have robbed you of the rosy hue of
health, and made life q burden TO you yon can
easily get out of. DIR. Picrces "Favorite Pre-
scription" will free you from all such troubles,
aud soon recall the rosc-tint of health to your
check, and the elasticity to your step. 1t is
a most perfect specific for all the weaknesses
and irregularities peculiar to your Sex. 1t
cures liberation, dispIace;nenta, internal
fever" bearing-down sensations, removes the
tendency to canccrous affections, and corrects
all unnatural discharged. By druggists.
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To Ston an Obstinate Cough.

A new medical book mentions 132 cough
remedies. Only three are needed. Which three
That's what troubles. doctors. But the three
combined in the "Thoro" Cough Medicine sue
ceed where others fail Read this: Enclosed
is So. Please send me the worth of it in your
Cough Medicine. My mother has nursed in
this city [Syracuse, N. VI about Is years for
the best physicians here, and she will be SO
years old next Spring, and she says she has
never known a Cough Medicine equal to it."
This old lady is a stranger to us; her testimony
is especially valuable because Of her great ex-
perience and opportunity to compare the
"Thoro" with other Cough Medicines. We
have sent the letter to THE TRIBUNE. "Thoro"
moderates cough, soothes irritation, loosens
phlegm, and cleanses and heals both lungs and
throat. Sent by express on receipt of price,
81 per bottle; 6 bottles, So. Special rates to
the trade. The "Thoro" Company, 1924 North
Tenth Street, Philadelphia Pa.
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a Safeguard.

The fatal rapidity with which slight
Colds and Coughs frequently develop
into the gravest maladies of the throat
and lungs, is consideration which should
Impel every prndent person to keep at
hand, as q household remedy, bottle Of
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL.
Nothing else gives such immediate relief
and works so sure cure in all affections
of this class. That eminent physician,
Prof. Z. Sweetzer, of the Maine Medical
School, Brunswick, Me-, says
"Mcdical science has produced no other auo-
dyne expectorant so good as AYERS CHERRY
PECToEAL. II is invaluable for diseases of the
throat and lungs"
The same opinion Is expressed BY the
.well-l.nown DR.. L. j. Addison, of Chicago,
H., who says
81 have never found, IN thirty-fve years OF
continuous study and practice of medicine, any
preparation of so great value as AYERS GERRY
PICTORIAL, for treatment of diseases of tho
throat and lungs. 1t not only breaks up colds
and cures severe coughs, but is more effective
than anything else in relieving even the most
serious bronchial and pulmonary affections"
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Catarrh Cured.

A clergyman, after suffering number of
years from that loathsonae disease, Catarrh,
after trying every known remedy without sue
cess, ut last found a prescription which COM
pletcly cured and saved him from death: Any
sufferer from this dreadful disease sending q
selfaddressed stamped envelope to DR.. j. A..
Lawrence, 1919 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y, will
receive the recipe free Of charge
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Ex-Soidier-"Y Yes, it is very remarkable
thing; spent so many years in the field, that it
is now utterly impossible for me to get good
nights rest in bed. Time ard again 1 have
got up, gone ont in the-back yard, wrapped my
self in my blanket and slept like top until
morning"
x-Policeman-"My case exactly. When
/ want good nights rest have to put on my
old uniform and lay down on my front door
step"
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The 12Sth n. Y.

To THE EDITOR: Where are the members of
the 128th N. Y? Is there not one to write a
word of praise for it? 1t seems in its three
years service in the campaigns on the Missis-
sppi and Red Rivers, IN the Shenandoah Val
ley and Sherman's march to the sea, it must
have done some deeds worthy of mention. Let
some of the 12Sth speak to THE TRIBUNE
VIM. L. HAMILTON, Co. b, 128th N. Y, Hustled,
Duchess Co, n. Y.
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was at "Davis's Mills" Probably printers
error.l There were no colored troops on the
train. / sincerely thank him for calling my
attention to this subject, and shall be very glad
to correspond with him or any of the old crew
of the !" fort on wheels. "A r. PREsCerT, Lieu
tenant, Bissell's Engineers, Postvillc, Iowa.
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An Extended Popularity. BROWNS BRoN-
CHIAL TRoCHEs have been before the public many
years. For relieving Coughs and Throat troubles
they superior to all other articles. Sold oIy
hOres.
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"Rough on Pain Plaster. = Poroused,
strengthening, for Backache, Pains in the
Chest, Rheumatism, 25c. Druggists or mail.
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Their Similar Exnerienees.

Ny husband writes LADY, is three times the
man since using Wells Health Renewer."
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Prevalence of Kidney Complaint in America
Buchu-paiba" is quick, complete cure. 81
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Night swoats. f0rcr. ohilis. r,olario, dy1f,eP-
sia cured by Wells Health ReGewer." 81.
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LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY !

For tickets or further information of the above Lottery
address HOWELL CARTER. COyinGtoR, lay.
Amounts of IS and upwards by express at my EXPENSE
Mention The National Tribune
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

Rough ON Itch" cures humors, eruptions,
ring worm, letter, salt rheum, frosted feet,
chil5lains.
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AYERS
Cherry Pectoral

Is not new claimant for popular conf
dence, but medicine which is to-day
saving the lives of the third generation
who have come into being since it was
first offered to the public.
There is not household in which this
Invaluable remedy has once been in
troduced where its use has ever been
abandoned, and there is not person
who has ever given it proper trial
for any throat or lung disease suseep-
tible of cure, who has not been made
well by it.
AYERS CHERRY PECTORAL has,
in nuInberlcss instances, cured obstinate
cases of chronic Bronchitis, Larnygitis,
and even acute Pneumonia, and has
saved many patients in the earlier stages
of Pulmonary Consumption. 1t is q
medicine that only requires TO be taken in
small doses, is pleasant to the taste, and is
needed in every house where there are
children, rs there is nothing so good as
AYERS CHERRY PICTORIAL for treat
ment of Group and Whooping Cough.
These are ali plain facts, which can be
verified by anybody, and should be re-
h,-n nx-ar,-bnI,,
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- . Instructor and $50 pieces Violin Music By
NEksE ~ mail soc. Silver Steel sioliu
= : !s:ngs, se:9 ( By mai 2, ats.
"a Violin SsItai6 Given Away. ANY one can ges
free Send stamp for catalogue; everything te ris.Si
Iinc end Watches, Magic Lanterns. ReyOyers. wv.
BATES Co., Importers, lU6 Sudbury St., E0so AI:sS.
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1t was called Fortress Monroe from 1919 to 1892
7. II. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant-General.
Congress ought to pass the bill introduced
last session and make the Lieutenant General
General, as he fairly and honestly won the
distinction, not only at the head of his gal
liant cavalrymen, Over and over again-at Five
Forks, at Apprenticeship by his impetuosity
and successful success, on every field where en-
ragged
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-10-01
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Cooking Recipes.

Corn CAKEs.-One pint OF Indian
meal, one pint OF flour, a pinch OF salt
and two heaping teaspoonfuls OF bak-
ing powder well mixed together. Rub
in thoroughly two tablespoonful OF
lard, add three eggs well beaten, and
use fresh milk enough to make into Il
very soft batter. Bake quickly III
cups or gem pans.
PARsNIP FRITTERs.-Add to three
grated parsnips three beaten eggs, one
cup of cream, and piece of butter as
large as an English walnut, one tea
spoonful of salt and three tablespoon
fuls of flour. Fry as pancakes and
sprinkle pepper on each. They will be
found to resemble fried oysters in taste
even more than satisfy.
Rhubarb may be baked as well as
stewed. The usual way is to skin the
stalks, cut them into inch lengths, put
them into a stone jar with plenty OF
sugar, but no water, and a few slices
OF lemon, and bake until the stalk is
tender and clear.
TEA CAKES FOR CHILDREN.-Takea
biscuit dough of one pint OF flour, one
and half tablespoonful of baking
powder, half a teaspoonful of salt and
full tablespoonful each ofbutter and
lard. Rub the shortening into the
flour, having first thoroughly mixed in
the salt and baking powder. Use
enough new milk to make into a soft
dough. Roll it out very thin and
sprinkle on cup OF coffee crushed SUI
gar, we'll mixed with a small teaspoon
ful of cinnamon. Then rollit up tight
lv and cut it across into slices from
three-ouarters to an inch thick. Lay
them upon biscuit pan and bake
quickly.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-10-01
Breeding for Sex.

New York Times: The subject of
breeding for sex has long evoked con-
sideration and discussion among breed
ers of valuable animals. Many the
cries have been laid downby supposed
experts and Psychologists, but every
one in turn has failed when put to the
test of practice. When the Jersey cat
tie first became prominent as a sub
ject for speculative enterprise, and the
value of heifers became much greater
than that of bulls, much attention
was given to this question. But still
it remains in doubt, excepting
so far that a known and well
established fact seems to point to a
probability that the difference in sex Is
a development OF the original effect OF
evolution from an uncertain to fixed
condition of animal life, which has be-
come self-supporting by virtue ola law
which is as mysterious to the human
mind as is the first origin of life. And
this fact which seems to point in this
direction is this: That when animals
are in an impoverished condition of
existence and are poorly supplied with
cy is to a decrease of progeny by the
birth of a large proportion OF males,
and under contrary circumstances
the female preponderate. So that
when life is difficult there is q
smaller production, and when it is
easy the progeny increases. Further,
it has been found that when the males
are old and therefore scarce, and the
females young and vigorous, the pre-
ponderanoe of births is OF the male
gender, and that when the males are
young and the females old the female
births preponderate. 1t is perceived
that this tends to an equalization Of
production with the means OF increase
of support and an even distribution
of the race Scores of examples OF
this claw of persistence" in animal
life are mentioned in various works on
the subject, and although they are ex=
ceptions the law seems to be sufficient
ly operative and well established.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-10-01
The Family of q Farmer.

Visited lately the family OF farm
er friend, and found a happy place.
The father and mother, bright with
health, and managing all with an ease
and regularity only paralleled by the
steady true-going of the family clock
in it's tall case in the hall. A grand
mother impressed me as the founder
of all this skill, competence and COM
fort. Her sons manner to her indi-
Gated a gratitude and generation which
warmed my heart. l felt a flood OF
reverence nyselfin looking at her ca I'M,
serene, motherly face, about which
evidently trials had laid siege but with
out marring it's lines. We speak of
angel-faces among the young, but it is
only after all the trials of a life have re-
fined the lineaments that the pure sill
yer of a noble nature shines fully out.
One thing distressed-me the
thoughtlessness of the young. They
know nothing of the long endurance OF
trials that has made the rgrandmoth-
er so quiet, so meek, SO pale, and SO
tolerant of all their words and deeds;
and they are often bitterly cruel with
out intending it. | could not leave
without first having a talk with the
gay and happy children-a talk which
filled some of them with surprise and
their eyes with tears. There is moth
ing more beautiful than serene old age,
unless it be the sight ofjoyous children
ever showing respect and affection to
the gray hairs and easing their way to
the tomb. We owe it to the aged to
show them by Difference and attention
that although the struggle of life is
over with them their feelings and opin-
ions are still held in respect:-New
York Tribune.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-10-01
How to Improve the Cows.

1t is stated on good authority, that
there are now nearly or quite Is, OOO,-
900 mich COWS in the whole country
kept for dairy purposes. II we deduct
one-third, say 5000, 900. Of these COWS
for what might properly be called
culls, we should then have 10, 600, 900
COWS that are paying their owners q
fair compensation for their care and
keeping, and could these selected COWS
have all the best of feed that the
whole number now has, with more
careful attention to their comfort dur
ing the entire year, probably their in
come would very nearly equal that OF
the whole number, as now cared for.
If we could 60 one step farther, and Sc
lect 100000 Of the very choicest
cows, now in the hands of the dairy
farmers, and have them bred to- the
best selected dairy bulls, of the Ayr
shire, Short-Horn, Devon, Jersey, Hol-
stein, Guernsey, or either ofthe Polled
breeds, saving the best heller calves, a
still more uniform and better grade of
dairy COWS could chad, than are now
bred in the haphazard way of breed
ing by too many breeders of dairy
stock. Gentleman.
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and health should not be bred from at

and health should not be bred from at
all, as the offspring is liable to be weak
and comparatively worthless.
For any of the small breeds, such as
Hamburgs, Leghorns, Spanish Games
and Polish, if they have plenty of ex-
erclse one male can attend to from IL
to Is, and sometimes even more than
that number, owing, of course, to the
activity of the male bird; but the same
birds confined to limited quarters with
no special provision for exercice, g
to 10 would be enough. For Brah-
mas, Cochins, Plymouth Rocks, Wy
andottes, Langshans, French Fowls,
Dorkings, etc, from to 12 when at
liberty, and from to when restrict
ed A little experience will soon teach
one as to what would be about right,
and care should be taken if cock is
young and vigorous to give him plenty
of hens, so that he may not worry or
injure them by too frequent attention,
which is often the case, and eggs from
such hens will hatch no better than
will those from hens when there are too
many associated with one cock.
These two extremes must be carefully
guarded against if good results are ex-
pected or looked for, When choosing
a sire always be sure that he is relia-
BILE, and if not in any way related to
the female so much the better. The
progeny from birds bred too closely in
thisrespect rarely prove SO satisfactory
as those obtained from stock not i'll
any way akin,
The cock should always possess con-
stitutional vigor, superior form, STAN
ina and color The better he is in all
these respects TIN greater the chance
that his character will be impressed
upon his descendants,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-10-01
Milk and Butter.

There is considerable inquiry as to
how much milk on the average will
produce a pound of butter. 1t de-
ponds largely on the breed and the
feed of the COW. There are reports
from various quarters and of various
breeds. A mixed herd of cows at a
creamery at Bradford, Pa, found that
it required % pounds of milk for a
pound of butter. Fourteen grade
Short thorn COWS in the same time pro-
duced a pound of butter from 2O1-2
pounds of milk. Fourteen Holstein
cows at the same time and place, pro-
duced the pound from "A 1-2 pounds OF
milk. And eleven grade Jerseys in the
same time averaged a pound OF butter
from II pounds of milk. This shows
a decided triumph of the Jersey. The
proprietor of that farm and creamery
made every effort in the improvement
of his COWS for milk and cream, and he
found he gradually decreased the
amount of milk as follows: In 1882,
with an average of $50 COWS, it re-
auired 20 pounds OF milk for a pound
of butter; in 1883, with LOO COWS,
21 pounds of milk made a pound of
butter, and in the season of 1884 20 1-2
pounds of milk made a pound of but
ter, and he expected to still further
lessen the quantity required.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-10-01
Does Habit Make Decency in Dress.

What is it that constitutes decency
in dress? Clearly nothing but habit:
The custom of the particular society
or subject matter concerned-ln ordin-
airy language, convention. This seems
strange to some people; but it is most
certainly true that there is no absolute
rule as to what drapery is or is not de-
cent. Even In the same society the
conditions vary enormously. Use and
custom alone determine the becoming.
A Turkish lady is shocked if a strange
man sees her without yashmak and
a monstrous bundle of wraps. So
conventional is this covering OF the
face that q Mussulman peasant Wom-
an surprised in the field will often veil
it with her only petticoat,
Travellers tell us that a Well-bred
African woman bushes to be seen for
thefrst time in clothes. The unusual
use of clothing appears to her scarcely
decent. Custom, habit, and conven-
ton decide the matter among our
selves, A pure cottage girl in Come
mara, who sleeps In a room with men
and never owned stockings, would
feel uneasy in the ball dress of a Prin-
cess. The Princess would almost suffer
death rather than share her cottage
for q week. If the daughters of Leoni-
das went to q drawing-room at Buck
ingham Palace in their Spartan tunes,
they would probably cause as great a
flutter as they would feel themselves.
No one would expect hospital nurse
RI do what hundreds IF innocent girls
do in a pantomine; but the danseuse,
again, would hardly submit to the un-
sparing revelations Of a surgicalward.
Honi soft is the sole and paramount
rule; but then this depends on certain
conventional practices beingrespected,
London Times.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-10-01
Hospitality and Home Keeping.

"Our homes are hardly our own till
we share them" Who does not cele-
brate the taking possession OF a new
dwelling by calling his friends together
to rejoice with him in it's beauty and
comfort, as if no mere material fires
were enough for a true housewarming
without that glow and radiance which,
shining from sympathetic hearts and
eyes, WHITES every nook and corner OF
the new habitation, and transforms
what was mere carpenters and ma
sons work into that heavens vesti-
bule, home. in which the happy own
ers feel themselves at once master and
servants, priests and hosts. always
busy, and yet infinitely at rests Hos
pitality is one of the primal instincts
of man. Nor is it only an instinct. 1t
is virtue, and sometimes a very lofty
one. 1t is most touching among the
poor, most graceful in the rich, and
most difficult in the middle classes. To
receive guests has been the pride ofthe
English noble, the religion of the Arab,
the amusement of the country squire,
the sign of brotherhood among pio-
neers, the polite show of the Chinese,
the Joy of children, the delight and ter
ror of young wives, and the duty, per-
formed with a varying mixture Of
pleasure and fatigue, of the average
American. If there are any thoughts
by which the pleasure can he made
more and the fatigue less to our own
countrymen, and especially country
women, for it is upon these that the
care and labor chiefly come, let us con-
slider them.-Mary E. Dewey, in Good
Housekeeping,