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OUR BOOKS.
A comrade in Center Isle, N. Y, writes

A comrade In Center Lisle, n. Y, writes'
In your offer OF "swinton's History of the Army
Of the Potomac" and THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for
So. or the Antietam and Fredericksburg campaign
and THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for SLIGO. do you pay
the postage or not? How many pages does each
book contain, and 10 what corps did the author Of
the latter work belongf
In answer we would say that Swintonis
History of the Army of the Potomac" is q
large volume of 600 pages, illustrated with
maps and pictures. As there are very many
of them in the country, the comrade can
probably see q copy in his neighborhoOd or
at the nearest public library. The Antietam
and Fredericksburg book contains 22S pages,
and the author, Gen. F. W. Palfrey, went
out as Colonel of the Goth Mass, which be-
longed to the Third Brigade, Second Division,
Second Corps. We pay the postage on the
books
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DID YOU EVER NOTICEs

Did you ever notice
That the man who sneers at a soldier
having contracted rheumatism by four years
camping and marching in the snow and
rain-in the swamps Of the Chickahominy
and the Mississippi, never goes out of a
threatening morning without his umbrella
and overshoes?
Did you ever notice
That If he gets sprinkle of rain upon
him he vows that he has caught his death
of cold" and has to have hot drinks and
changed clothing 10 counteract the ILL
efTectsP
Did you ever notice
That the man who makes light Of the
dangers Of battle is liable to get frantic If a
badly-pitched baseball comes in his direction,
and is wild to get out of the way of run
away horse?
Did you ever notice
That the fiercest man against pensions is al
ways one who was strong young man during
the war, and should have gone to the front,
but did not on some thin plea that his
father "needed help in his business" or his
mother was not in good health and he didn't
think he ought to leave her?
1t does not require strong powers Of obser-
Walton TO notice these things, and whatsoever
chooses to can see them for himself.
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WINTER Is COMING.

Now from every fourth man and every
other woman that passes us on the street
comes an odor of camphor that trails after
them like a tail to a kite. There is not
an epidemic of headache in the community
these people have been getting out their
cold weather garments. Now the most fire.
quent companion of the father Of family
on his homeward journey is a joint of stove
pipe, and look Of determination and anx-
iety. Now the mother of the family is red
eyed and fearful over chimneys that draw
the wrong way, and fill her best rooms
with smoke and her gentle soul with grief
Now the sweet maidens are finding that the
front-gate and the doorstep are getting too
chilly even for the warmest lovemaking,
and are meditating over parlor campaigns.
Now their brothers, wearying at last of base
ball discussions, are bordering whether o
debating club or singing school offers prom
Use of most amusement for the next few
months. In short, as these signs indicate
Winter is at hand, the long evenings are
already here, and the man who has not sup
piled himself with good entertaining reading
matter by subscribing for The NATIONAL
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THE GAR. WATCH.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has had spien-
did success in sending out its watches. 1t
has distributed thousands throughout the
country, and in no case have they failed to
give the highest satisfaction. Indeed they
cannot do otherwise, for we guarantee them,
and will refund the money if upon exam
inatiOn the watch is not satisfactory. Any
one who receives watch from us which
does not do its work, should at once notify
US, and if after few days trial it does not
come up to the mark it should be sent back
to us at once, and another will be sent in
its place. In spite of all care in testing and
inspecting, imperfect watches may occasion
ally slip in, where thousands are sent out,
but these should occasion only temporary
annoyance, for perfect ones will be at once
sent to replace them.
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HEMAs A BUSINESS MAN.

A brisk man in gray cut-away walked into
Washington barber-shop the other day.
whats the price of an easy shaver" he
asked crisply.
Fifteen cents, sab take seat, sah," re-
sponded the obsequous gentleman by the chair.
"You have hair-restorer, cosmetic, brilliant
inc for the mustach, bay-rum, anti-dandruff
lotion, and capillary balm, chi asked the man
in the gray cut-away, checking of each item
on his fingers.
eyes sab, all Of 'em, sab. Take seat, sab"
Every good. There's Is cents for your shave
and 10 cents moro for your commission on your
drugs, / don't want any of 'em, and 1 don't
want to hear a word about 'em. Nor do ]
want to be informed that it's q fine day, and
unless we have rain soon there'n be dry spell.
/ want an easy shave in silence"
He got it. Though he seemed several times
on the point of bursting, the barber controlled
himself until the customer had gone out. Then
he bent over the chair, razor in hand, and rap
idly enunciated:
Hair in'-thin-on-top, sah-bettah
try - of - ouah- Sampson-Hair-
Observation-Disclosures e-on-yo-mustach
sab ?--bettah-have-some ,-sah-bay-rum-
and-egg-shampoo, sab, better-haye-its sab
-hair-very- dirty-on-top, sah."-
When he seemed to feel relieved, and settled
down to discussion of Kelly's pitching with
the man at the next chair.
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"DUDE" is a word that changes meaning
with different localities as easily rs tariff
reform or regulating the liquor business ="
does. In New York and Boston no one is a
dude who don't carry big, natural wood
stick with gnarled face carved on it, and
who don't wear a single eye-glass. Out in
Wyoming man is dude" who wears a
paper collar and uses tooth brush, while in
the lowlands of Arkansas man is dude
who takes quinine for the shakes instead
of the common febrifuge of dogwOod bark
tanzy and sorghum whisky.
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the Marshall House, in Alexandria, when Col.
Ellsworth was killed. He was placed on picket
that night, and was one of the first to be on
the outposts Of the Army Of the Potomac. He
participated in the battle of Bull Run, and was
afterward on special duty.
He was elected Recorder of the city Of Jack
son for four terms-1963 to 1865; established
the Jackson Daily Citizen in 1865, and has owned
and edited that paper ever since. He was a
Presidential elector in 1872; was elected Mayor
of Jackson in 1876 and reelected in 1877. He
was appointed in 1873 as Abide Camp on the
staff of Gov Croswell, with the rank of Colonel.
He was elected to the 49th Congress in 1884,
running largely ahead of his ticket.
During his service in Congress he has been
faithful in the discharge of his duties, and
especially warm friend Of the soldiers.
During his stay in Washington he was daily
visitor to the Pension Department, endeayoring
to secure the adjustment of the claims of his
soldier constituents. He was remarkably sue
eessful, and the large number Of claims allowed
through his efforts is a source of pride to him.
He has served the soldiers with zeal and
fidelity.
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RECOLLECTIONS OF GEN. GRANT.
BY His SOn---COl. +. D. Grant.

We take pleasure in announcing 10 our
readers the early appearance of a series of
articles from the pen of Col. Fred Grant,
who writes his recollections Of the Vicks-
burg Campaign. He accompanied his father
on that memorable campaign through all its
weary marches, desperate battles and the
long siege which eliminated July 4, 1868.
ii is wonderfully interesting, full of the
adventures of boy who was thrown into
the midst Of wonderful scenes filed with
untold dangers and novel horrors TO the
mind Of youth just from the quiet circle
OF the home fireside.
Col Grant tells many things interesting
and significant for mature readers, while TO
the boys his narrative viii prove thrilling
beyond description here. While the story
is plain history Of what he saw and heard
al his fathers headquarters and on the bat
tlefeld and bivouac, ii reads like romance,
more entertaining than anything from the
pen Of Peter Farley OF Capt Wayne Reade.
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THE appeal which we publish elsewhere
for contributions toward building a monu-
ment to Gen. George Sykes should, as it
undoubtedly will, meet with a liberal and
generous response. Gen. Sykes was man
full Of admirable qualities, and none know
this any better than the men whom he led
to battle. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE will
be glad to receive and publish all reports
of money contributed.
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THE ELECTIONS.

Not enough is known as we 20 TO press of
the result Of the elections TO say anything
in regard to them with certainty.
Everywhere the canvasses for Congress
men have been animated, but as rule local
and personal issues have counted far more
than is usual in campaigns Of this kind
Candidates have run more upon their records,
and upon their personal attitude TO certain
questions, local and National, and less upon
their party affiliations than ever before.
The ex-soldiers have been more of an in
dependent factor in this campaign than ever
before. Acting under the advice Of THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, they have in many
Districts united without distinction of party
and made their influence felt upon all the
candidates. Undoubtedly many OF those
elected owe their election TO the solidarity
Of the sOldier-vote in their favor, and con-
versely many Of those defeated in ccnven-
ton and at the polls can attribute their de-
feat sOley to their unfriendliness and tricki-
ness to the soldier. So that, whether the
Democrats maintain their majority in the
House OF whether the Republicans gain
control Of it, one thing is quite certain, and
that is that the next Congress will
contain many more pronounced friends
Of the soldiers than are in the pres
ent one. A substantial moral gain has
undoubtedly been made in this one too, for
the experience Of the members Of the present
House this Fall, while among their constitu-
ents has given them some very useful infor-
nation in regard to the power and earnest
ness of the Soldier element" Those who
have heretofore juggled and tricked with
the soldier-issue, making promises that they
never intended TO carry ont, and feeding the
soldiers on windy rhetoric and barren, fruit
less compliments, have found that this course
is attended with the greatest danger, and
that their political lives depend upon their
substantial performances of the pledges
made to the soldiers. We look for this tc
bear good fruit this Winter.
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE feels proud Of
the important share it has had in bringing
about this result IT has been alone in urg.
ing the soldiers everywhere TO unite and
throw their influence solidly in favor Of the
men who would pledge themselves TO be.
friend them, and whose character gave
assurance that these promises would bt
carried out. In doing this il has incurred
the hostility Of some partizan papers
Democratic, Republican, Greenbacker and
rOhibition-whichlo loudly inveighed against
bringing in outside issues" TO injure theil
candidates. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, how
ever, has disregarded these assaults and
firmly maintained its position, as it always
has when fighting the battles of the soldier
and it feels jubilant over the result Of it
. /
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nearly one man in every five was hit AT
Chickamauga Rosecrans had 5000 men on
the field. he lost 1,6s7 killed, and 1884
wounded, making 11,Os1 altogether That
is, one man in every Eve was seriously
struck, and one in every 80 was killed. The
ratio of losses at Gettysburg and in the Will
derness campaign cannot be ascertained with
so near an approach to exactness, but they
were as great in proportion as in the en-
gagements we have cited.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE should be put
into the hands of every young man and
woman in the country, that he and she may
learn from its columns how much the pres
ervation of this country's institutions has
cost in blood and suffering, and the price
that those who fought its battles through
to final victory paid for the prosperity which
all enjoy now.
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GEN. GRANTS MEMOIRS.

The second volume of the Personal Memoirs
of Gen. U. S. Grant, published by Webster s.
Co., is at length issued and ready for delivery.
Many Of our readers have been supplied with
copies of volume one by THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE, and we are prepared to furnish them vol
ume two upon the same terms. Volume two is
trihe larger than the first, and is bound in
the same style. The press work and binding,
however, of the second volume is rather better,
owing to less haste in execution than in the
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for the two. We send either volume upon
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work
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A WAR LIBRARY
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Comprising The National Tribune
for One Year and The Century
Magazine for Three Years.

by an arrangement with the publishers Of
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ting al the numbers of that magazine which
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SOLDIERS IN CONGRESS.
COL. JAMES o'DONNELL.

The Third District Of Michigan has a most
worthy representative in the person Of Col.
James O'Donnell. He was born in Norwalk,
Conn, March %, 1870 In 1913 his parents re-
moved to Jackson, Mich, where the subject Of
this sketch has grown up and still lives. He
enjoyed but very limited educational adj
vantages, but after commencing to learn the
printers trade, in 1855, made up this deficiency
by study after working hours.
At the breaking out Of the war he enlisted
"a private in the 1st Mich, Col. o. B. Wilcox,
and served out his time. This regiment made
the first advance into Virginia, and he was near
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EARTHNLDa.

who designed and built the grand statue,
is well known in the United States. He
visited America about ten years ago and q
bronze statue of Lafayette made by him
adOrns Union Square, New Yssk city. NJ.
Bartholdi is fifty years old, and was born
at Colmar. He has received high honors
In France. His colossal "Lion Of Belfort"
is almost as well known as his Liberty"
Several monuments at COlmar are by his
hand, and amongst his more prominent
statues exhibited within the past few
years are those of Champolllon and
Grihaauva1
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Another Contributor.
GEN. w. w. BELKNAP.

We take pleasure in announcing another
addition to our brilliant galaxy of contribu-
tors. Gen. w. w. Bel1nap, formerly Colonel
of the 18th Iowa, later commander of the
Third Brigade, Fourth Division, Seventeenth
Corps, and Secretary of War under President
Grant, has consented to make a contribution
TO the columns Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
His subject win be some episode in the his
tory Of the Army of the Tennessee, with
which he served from Donelson TO Wash
ington.
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GEN. BLACK has recently issued several
orders, which viii greatly simplify
the methods Of the Pension Office, and &C
celerate the dispatch of business. The time
now taken to get claim through the Office
is very much shorter than when Gen. Black
entered upon the discharge of his duties.
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WORLDS CYCLOPEDIA.

We have secured a new supply of this most
excellent work, which is in itself small Ii
brary. IL contains wealth of information
which cannot be thoroughly realized until the
book is inspected. 1t will be sent to any per-
son sending Us club Of six new subscribers,
and will be sent in conjunction with TIE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE for one year for SLIGO.
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war comes, Of Russia and France being in
active alliance against England and Turkey
with Austrian sympathies strongly against
Russia, and Germany and Italy neutral.
These are the most natural lines for alliances,
for they are in the direction of the main
interests of the respective Nations
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C., NOVEMBER A. 1856.
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.

TIE 9TH IEDLAEA.-A lDeH writtca sketch
Of its service. By Col. d. B. Mcconnell,
LOgdns2OrT, Ind.
EgTE CAVALRY At NASHVILLE.-An
interesting contribution on this subject. by
Capt r. c. RGnLin 7th Ohio Car.
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DIR. OTTo ARENDr, the leader of the Silver
Party in the German Parliament, is sure
that the way to destroy England's CONNER
cial supremacy Is for Germany, France and
the United States to form a silver union,
which will at once take away the trade of
the silver countries from England and hand
it over to them. "Snver," he says, els the
Achilles-heei of England
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PARTICULAR REQUEST.

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AT last there seems to be symptom that
the statute for protecting American labor
against importation from pauper-stricken
countries shall no longer be q dead letter.
The Riverside Oswego Mills, of Providence.
one of the largest wooden factories in the
country, has been sued for $4,000 penalties
for importing AZ laborers into the country.
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IN SPITE of the addition to the population
and wealth of the country, the Canadians
object to their land being made harbor Of
refuge for Doodle Aldermen and defaulting
cashiers, and they viii offer q treaty to put
stop to it.
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THE French Government takes every oc-
casion to renew its assurances that the Re-
public's policy is peace, but at the same time
it is improving the rifles in the hands of its
infantry at o cost of S2O,OOO,OOO
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Miss KATE FIELD has engagements to
lecture for the benefit of GAR. Posts at
Akron and Youngstown, o. Comrades there
will find her a wonderfully attractive and
entertaining woman.
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A Sure Cure.

Old Mrs. Bentley see. John, that this new
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Old Mr.. Bently--So I've heerd.
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THE new Public Printer-Benedict, of
Buffalo-has signalized his advent into Office
by the discharge of several hundred en-
ployes Among these are large number Of
ex-soldiers. The Veterans Rights Union
has called his attention to the fact that this
is violation of the law, and his reply is
anxiously awaited.
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THE number OF pension certificates issued
during the month of October, 1856, was as
follows: Original, 1858; increase, 2, $50; Re-
issue. GIG; restoration, 147; duplicate, 81 (;
accrued, 22S; arrears, IL; Act of March 3,
1883, II; Order of April 3, 1884, 80; Order
of Oct z, 1885, "a; Act of Aug A, 1856, 81 |;
supplemental certificates, Act Of Aug. 4,
1856, $40; total, 1926.
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A DISPATCH from Washington begins:
"An ex-Corporal of the Marine Corps, who
resigned in 1892" So they let Corporals
resign nowadays, do they? They didn't
use to. All that they could DO then was to
be resigned-resigned to meekly bear all the
taunts and gibes that whole line of camp
guards who did not want to stand" could
think up and hurI at his unofTending head.
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THE most hateful chestnut to the man
who should have gone to the front in 1863.
but did not, is any mention of soldiers
services.
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TABLE OF PENSION RarEs

We have carefully prepared table Of PEN
sion rates compiled from official sources, which
ability. 1t is printed on heavy paper. and will
be sent to any address on receipt Of is cents.
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THE RED ACORN.

This most interesting and ably-written
work, by John McElroy, is now having a very
large sale, and the new edition will soon be
exhausted. Send 81 to THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE and secure q CODY
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THE Presidents vetoes of the pension bills
proved a heavy load for his friends to carry
during the campaign just ended.