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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-12-30
GEN. MEADE.
Word to Those Who Criticized His Caui!o- After
Gettysburg.


Gettysburg.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t is quite
improbable that Carleton" the author of
Saving the Nation" intended 10 do an in
Justice 10 the memory Of Gen. Meade when he
used the following languages:
Gen Meade Is a true patriot. lie took command
of the army at Frederick three days before Geitys
burg. Under him the army fought the great
decisive hattie of The war, eyermore turning point
in history. lie has rendered efficient service.
True, Inc did not strike blow which he might have
given alter that battle, but he has built up the
army.
When, how and where could that blow have
been struck without great danger of losing all
the advantage gained by the battle of Gettys-
burgy Was il Seminary Ridge OF WilliamspOrt.
where many people think Meade could have
captured or bagged" the whole of Lee army?
Certainly 10000 veteran soldiers are not easily
captured when prepared for the attack. as that
army was az those two places, especially under
such leader as Gen. Ice, and the line of retreat
well secured. At those two places successful
blow can only be a superstition; aud that sup
position, may be, that Mcades army would
have been hurled back 10 Baltimore or Wash
ington by the recoil of the blow.
lie built up the army by not striking when
the chances were against him. But at what
other time aud place could the blow have been
struck? Gen. Mead was moving toward Rich
mOnd as fast as his army could move and be, at
the same time, prepared for offensive move
ments. But at the very time when the blow
could have been struck with a fair prospect of
being effective, one half Of the effective force
he had, or could reasonably expect in such
case, was scattered East and West. The Eleventh
and Twelfth Corps went 10 Chattanooga 10 help
Gen. Grant and the Army of the West. Many
regiments and batteries went 10 New York TO
save that city and others from being destroyed
by mobs i understood at the time these regi-
mcnts aud batteries that went East for that pur-
pose numbered AZ. / have no official figures.
But the result was the same, it paralyzed Gen.
Meades army for any offensive movements for
the Fall Of 1863.
True, Longstreet went West when Lee and
Davis knew that Northern mobs would deplete
Meades army as much as the misfortune at
Chickamauga. j am not saying it was not the
best policy 10 reinforce Gen. Grant instead of
Gen. Meade, if both armies could not act in the
offensive. Gen. Meade has long since been
mustered out, but little more light from some
Of his critics would be acceptable TO his friends
r SHARPE Waterford, Pa.
1.-The cOmrade is in error as to the time when
LonGstreet was sent from Lee to Bragg Long
streets Corps fought at Chickamauga, aud il
was this reinforcement that gave Bragg the
pTeponderance of numbers and enabled him 10
resist the advance OF Rosecrans from Chatta-
nOoga The Eleventh and Twelfth Corps, under
Hooker, did not go West till after Chickamauga
had been fought.-ED. NATIONAL TRIBUNEl
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The Dead at Belmont.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: In regard to
the burial Of the Union dead at the battle Of Bel
mont, Mo-, Nov. 2, 1861 believe not single
one Of them was buried by Union soldiers.
occupied the hospital nearest the field. dressed
the first wound Of the battle and dressed the
last on the field by any Federal Surgeon.
Our rear had passed on the retreat and the
Confederatcs advanced before / finished dress
ing the last wound. / then made my escape.
! was with the flag of truce next day looking
for Lieut.. Shipley, of Co. A, 9th Ill. found
him MORALLY wounded, and brought him back
with me, but he died before reaching Cairo.
saw the rebels burying our dead in common
trenches. IL would be impossible 10 find the
remains Of any particular soldier.--E III. Bow
MAN, Surgeon, 9th ILL.,, Andalusia, Ill.
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A VOICE FROM VIRGINIA.
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Aprl z, 1873

Mr. r. K IIELPHENsTINE
SIR: Some ten months ago my eldest daugh-
ter was suffering from a violent attack of rheu-
matism, and was confined TO her room for three
months, during which time she had the atten-
ton of two Of our best physicians. They did
everything in their power TO relieve her, but
all TO no avail. was advised to try " Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy" and to my utter surprise
the first few doses acted like magic. She con-
tinued taking it. The fourth bottle effected
perfect cure. You are at liberty TO use this as
You see fit, and to refer TO me any time.
Yours truly, JOHN SARGENT, JR.
Write for free 40 page pamphlet to K. K.
Helphenstine, Washington, d. G.
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Some Fresh Conundrums.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: Did Gen.
Sherman get peaeeable possession of the north
end of Mission Ridge or did he have to fight for
il? Was il day or night wien he occupied it ?
Did Sherman do any fighting after crossing his
pontOon bridge. and before he got to the top OF
the Ridge? Was there any artillery firing
from the opposite side of the river from Mission
Ridge the day the Ridge was taken2 What was
the distance from Fort Wood to Gen. Bragg's
headquarters on the top of Mission Ridger-
GEORGE L. SMITH, Goth Ohio battery, Avon,
Ohm
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-12-30

Over 500 now agents, located in almost every
State and Territory, have been made for Tan
sill's Punch sc. Cigar during the past three
months. Live dealers are making their rent
in this wonderful cigar. Apply at once to r.
w. Tansill & CO., Chicago, and secure the agency
for your town before Ii Ia too late.
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What necnmn Of HIml

During the late war, about Jan. 20, 1864,
Andrew j. Dickson, member OF Go. A, Goth
Ind, disappeared and has never been heard Of
since. DE was last seen At New Orleans. His
mother, Mary Il. Towsen, No. l42 South East
street, Indianapolis, Ind, wants TO find some
one who knows what became OF him.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-12-30

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FINE PICTURES
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan
and Logan
For Subscribers to The National
Tribune.
Tribune.

We have received so many inquiries rom our readers
where they could obtain good portraits OF the old
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and yet sell at price which would place them within the
reach Of all. Wehaye published fOurS0 rIO Grant,
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We the t,iesgReR Baks and Bankers '0iU pa az Prfzss
drG az the Louisiana Sats Lotteries Which man 30 Drst-
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DEMANDED That the presence Of Generals Beau
lLHiLNiOLil regard and Early who are in charge
of the drawings is guarantee of absolute fairness and
integrity thai the chances all equal and that
possibly divine what numbers will draw Prize All
parties therefore advertising guarantee Prizes IN this
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ments, swinder5 and only aim TO deceive and de-
fraud the unWary.
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I'VE DO hereby eeriify that zoe supervise the ar
engagements for all the Monthly and Ssmi-AnnaaI
Dra1Cings Of The LOltisianG State Lottery Com
PGay and ~ person manage and control The Dra0-
'hgs Themselves and that the same are conducted
ruth honesty, fairness. and IN good faith tOOard al
parties, aud nee authorize the Company % use this
certlfcqLe. NTH ftc-smiles Of our Signatures at
tgched, ia its adUgytiseDleats1
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n INPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION,
" OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED.
Louisiana State Lottery CGmDany

Incorporated IN 1863 for % years BY the Legislatures
Tor Educational and Charitable parpOses-With capital
OF s001JJto which reserve fund OF $780, 0J mas
since been added.
by an overwhelming popular vote its franchise vas
made par, of the present state Constitution adopted De-
cember "a. A. ID. 1879.
The 0y Lottery eUe- rotea on and endorsed 5 ne psoDs
Of any State. -
Haerer scales or pos,ponss
Its Grand single Number Drawings take
place monthly, aud the Semi-annuaI Draw
Ihgs regularly every six months June and
Beccmbcr.J
A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY To WIN A
FORTUNE. FIRST GRAND DRAWING, CLASS A.
IN TIE ACADEMY OF MUSIC, NEW ORLEANS.
TUESDAY, January IN, 1SSS-2O0ih Monthly
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STILL ANOTHER DEFER.

STILL ANOTHER OFFER
ANY one who present asubscriber the paper and
will send subscriber receive postage paid any
of the pictures that he choose. II he sends two
subscribers will send him any of the pictures that
he may choose and for three subscribers We will
send all three OF the pictures the old subscriber who
secures them for This is chance OF getting these
fine pictures by merely asking ones OsubsCrbs
for The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-22
FRAUD BUTTER.
Are the Various limitations OF; and Substi-
tutes for, Butter Healthy:

Are the Various limitations of: and Substi-
tutes for, Butter Healthy:
In answer to the foregoing question
we have so say that we do not believe
that raw pork or beef al is healthy
human food. Milk anG butter from the
COW is natural food, so designed by
the economy of nature; raw animal oil
is not. The neutral Gil of the hog,
used in butterine, is not lard, as many
suppose. 1t is rendered by being
warmed up to from 112 degrees to 12O
degrees, just little above blood heat.
in order to obtain fiavorless oil called
neutral" But people must not be-
lieve that they are eating pure hog oil
in butterine. The greed of manufact-
urers and the struggle of competition
is driving the butterine maker to all
sorts of shifts, devices and substitutes,
and evidence is rapidly accommodating
that the carcasses of hogs that
have died with cholera in various
places in the West are being rem
dered into neutral oil for the butter
inc makers of Chicago. All kinds of
filthy fats can be dcodOrized by the use
of acids. and mixed with thirty per
cent. of good butter, made into good
article of butterine. The Senate Com
mittee on Public Health, of the New
York Legislature in 1884, thoroughly
investigated the healthfulness of imi-
tation butter, and they reported that it
was deleterious to public health. The
very fact that the manufacturer de-
ponds on deception and fraud to induce
the consumer in the end to buy it,
shuts him out from all right to be be-
lieved in anything he says concerning
it. He starts in on fraud at the outset.
and we may fairly expect that he will
keep it up in any form necessary to y
of his profit. If he can
make more money by deodorizing the
fat of cholera hogs than he can BY
using the clean leaf fat of the hog,
what is to hinder? He depends on
lie to sell butterine by calling it butter.
Will he then scruple to call filthy,
fat pure butter? Not much.
Imitation butter "can be made of any
animal or vegetable oil, no matter in
what condition or from whence OBJ
says Mr.. Salmon, of New
York, land I leave it to you to decide
you would consider it whole
some or safe article of food to give to
your children. "-Hoard's DairymGn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-22

The question of insanity and its
greater or less prevalence to-day as
compared with former times appears
to be far from settlement. The fact
that eases which were considered hope
less fifty years ago arc now often cured
means that persons who would have
died under the treatment then without
the knowledge ever becoming general
that their complaints were OF the brain
rather than the body are now added to
the table of statistics as lunatics. The
great increase in the number and per-
lection of asylums also swells the num-
Der of the recorded insane and aids in
complicating any attempt to judge
whether the brain troubles are really,
as it is often asserted, on the increase
among civilized nations.-PMladelphia
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-22
THE DAIRY.

Keep . record Of the milk from
each cow and IL you make butter, test
the quality of her milk, that an est.
mate may be made Of her yearly prod
uct, and discard all that fall below two
hundred pounds. 1t 10 possible
Ho0rd's Dairyman.
"A good. well-fed cow. says the
Dairyn,an. will put ten dollars worth
of manure on the four acres of land it
takes to keep her for year, on most
farms. Putting that amount Of fertil-
izer on the soil of fairly good farm
soon makes it produce so that one cow
can not eat the product of four acres.
and the result is more mouths to feed,
more milk, and larger crops.
The only salt fit for butter is that
which water entirely dissolves. If
coarse and flinty, it will cut the grain
of butter, and there not being moisture
enough to dissolve all of the crystals,
they must remain. Salt should dis
solve into the butter, not be worked
into it; should be stirred in, not rolled
in, or squeezed in, and then given time
for it to dissolve before the final work
lnT.-N. i. 1T1Ounc.
1t is stated that French farmers
have succeeded in preserving ensilage
for green soiling in the open air. It
consists of stacking exclusively green
fodder on bed Of rough stones, on a
dry place, and covering the mass with
the weight of ton or ton and half
to the yard. In silos, it will be remem-
bered. the outer crust, of varying thick
ness, is unfit for food. In this open air
system the crust is much thicker -
Western Rural.
The butterine men claim to be
benefactors of the poor man in furnish
ing him a wholesome. nutritious and
cheap substitute for butter. As mat
ter of fact they furnish cheaply made
imitation which is fraudulently sold to
him as genuine, and at the price of
genuine dairy, or creamery butter, and
which in its composition may and
often does, contain Ingredients wholly
unfit to be taken into the human
stomach. -Rural Ne,o Yorker.
TO detect oleomargarine or lard
butter, put of butter, known to be pure,
lump half as large as hickory nut
into an iron spoon, table size, and hold
it over the gas-jet or hot fire. 1t will
melt, bubble up and froth and run over.
Hold it until it burns up, carefully
noting its actions. Then compare it
with bogus butter, and note how differ
ent this last behaves and how wholly
different the residuum is acted upon by
the heat. 1t will simply melt. sputter
and not "act'' like pure butter. This
test. brought out by the health officer
of Cleveland, is pronounced infallible
by all who have tried it.-St. Louis Re
publican.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-22
THE MAELsTRom.
The Awful whirlwind Simply Danserea

The Awful WhlFlW1nd Simply . Dangerous
Current.
When I was boy, twenty-five OF
thirty years ago, I used to read in my
geography, with . kind Of shudder.
of an awful whirlpool, called the
Maelstrom, off the coast of Norway,
which sucked in vessels that came any
where in its neighborhood, and out of
whose mysterious center nothing could
escape alive. What is the reality on
which this story was founded? DR.. C.
c. Tiffany takes pains to tell US in .
recent account of a trip to Tromso.
This: at is the one humbug of Nor
way. 1t is simply a dangerous cur
rent at the south end of the LOffoden
Islands, between the islets of Mos
kenaes and Veroe. When the wind
blows from certain quarters, particu-
larly from the northwest, and meets
the returning tide in the strait, the
whole sea between Moskenaes and
V1roe is thrown into such agitation
that no ship could live in it. In calm
weather, however, it is crossed in safe
ty three-quarters of an hour before
flood-tide. What gives it the name
and appearance of a whirlpool is that
the set of the tide is changed at its diff
ferent stages by the narrow limits
within which it acts. Its movement is
at first toward southeast; then, after
flood-tide, it turns from south toward
the southwest, and finally toward the
northwest; so that it takes twelve hours
to complete the circle of its movements.
Rather slow motion for such fast char
acter as whirlpool" -E. IngersoH, in
Rarper's Young People.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-22
Food and Conscience.

Never go to bed in any danger of be.
ing hungry. People are kept awake by
hunger quite as much as by bad con.
science. Remembering that sleeps the
essential force which the whole
scheme starts, decline tea or cot.
fee within the last six hours before go.
ing to bed. If the women-kind insist,
You may have your milk and water at
the tea-table colored with tea; but the
less the better. Avoid all mathematics
or intricate study of any sort in the last
six hours. This is tie stuff dreams are
made of, and and hot heads, and the
nuisances of waking hours. Keep your
cause the work of life is infinite, you
can not do the whole of it in any limit
ed period of time, and that, therefore,
you may just as well leave off in one
place rs another:-Ed,ca,a Ereren Halo.
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THE EARTH'S CHANGES.
Why Our Globes Coat Is Perpetually Get
ting Too Ri: For 1t.

Why Our Globes Coat is Perpetually Get.
ting Too Big For 1t.
Our world is growing old and grow.
ing cold, and as it wakes older and
colder it shrinks and shrinks, and
shakes and quivers. SO that its coat is
perpetually getting 4 little too big for
it, and has to be taken in at the seams
from time to time. The taking in is
done by the simple and primitive meth
cd of making a bullying tuck. The
Alps are situated just above seam. and
are themselves one of the huge bullying
tucks in question.
According to Prof. Helm, the folding
of the crust has been so enormous
that points originally far apart have
been brought seventy-fo ur miles nearer
one another than they were at the be-
ginning of the movement of pressure.
In fact. Switzerland must have been
originally quite large country, with
some natural pretentions to be regarded
in the light of first-rate European
power; but its outside has been folded
over and over SO often that there is
now very little of it left upon the sur.
face. What it once possessed in area il
has nowadays to take o1t in elevation
only.
Prof. Judd has well shown how great
is the amount of wear and tear to which
mountains are thus subjected, and how
enormous is the loss of material they
undergo in the case of the extinct vol
cano of Null. which rose during the not
very remote Miocene period to height
above the sea level. 1t had diameter
of thirty miles at its base, and its great
cone rose gigantic like that of Etna, OF
of Fusi on japanese fan. far into the
sky. unseen by any eye save that of the
half-human, ape-likc creatures, whose
rude. fire-marked flint fakes the Able
Bourgeois has dis-entombed from con-
temporary strata in the North of France
Since the Miocene days, rain and frost,
and wind and weather have wreaked
their will unchecked upon the poor. old,
broken-down, ruined volcano, till now,
in its feeble old age, its youthful fires
long since extinguished. it stands mere
worn stump, consisting of few scat.
tered hills, none of which exceeds three
thousand feet in height above sea
level. All the rest-cone and ashes,
lava and debris-has been washed away
by the pitiless rain, or split and de-
strOyed by the powerful ice wedges,
leaving only the central core of harder
matter, with a few outlying weather
beaten patches of solid basalt and vol
ca1ic cOnSlOmerate. Golden Ddys.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-01-22
THE INDIAN QUESTION.


How . Noble Red Han Settled It - Hla
Own Satisfaction.
A tall and commanding-looking In.
dian from the Canadian side, having q
big back load of door-mats ON his back.
was tramping up Randolph street yes
terday when o man in . saloon beck
oned him in. The red mans face
lighted up with . "ten-cents apiece"
smile of satisfaction as he walked in.
There were three men present, and
they seemed to be in hilarious state.
'See here, old copper-face," said
one. as he shut and locked the door,
"I'm down on Injuns first, last and all
the time. They shot an uncle of mine.
and I've sworn revenge. Maybe you
are ready to take the all-firedst licking
redskin ever got!"
"Huw replied the Indian as he looked
from one to the other.
"And the Intervals varmints scalped
and roasted my grandmotherr' put in
the second white man. II don't care
particularly about the old lady, but it's
the principle of the thing look at.
I've got to have Injun bloodr"
"Huw said the Indian as he seemed
to catch on.
"And l." put in the third man. ''am
down on Injuns in general way.
After these other two fellers have got
through with you propose to walk on
the mangled remains. Let the perform
ance now begin"
1t begun. People who looked in at
the windows could see nothing. Peo-
pie who got look through the open
door saw hats, doormats, saw-dust and
chairs lowering in the air. but not for
long. In about three minutes the red
man stalked forth. somewhat frustrated
and little bit way-worn, but he had
not lost a drop of blood nor door
mat.
Inside the saloon all was peaceful and
serene. The man whose uncle was shot
was lying under table; the one whose
grandmother was shot seemed trying
awful hard to remember how the affair
began, and the one who went in on
general principles was looking out of
two black eyes at a ruined nose.
'.Hur' called the Indian, as he was
ready to move on.
But no one hewed.-Detroit Free
Press.