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Where They Would Come From.

"Alas, Estelle," sighed Hubert, ~
fear we can never marry. / love you
devotedly, but could never think OF
asking you to share m ,,verty,"
"But, Hubert sail The dear girl
fondly, "poverty woU;d Le happiness il
we only were together. What do ]
care for wealth as long as have you
1 can do without luxurics if only ]
have your love. Bread and cheese and
kisses are enough for me. / ask fol
nothing more"
"Really?" he answered firmly, look
ing fondly down into her eyes.
"Really." she answered firmly, look.
ing up into his with a tender smile.
"Then, by Jinks," exclaimed Hubert
"I'll borrow dollar and get the license
this very afternoon. Your father ought
to be willing to stand the bread and
cheese and feel competent to provide
the kisses"
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lation. Man and his occupations laden
the air with countless and unclassilied
impurities. The generous, kindly rain
absorbs them, even as washerwoman
extracts the dirt from soiled clothes.
The ammoniacal exhalations, the gases
resultant from combustion and are all
quietly absorbed by brisk showers
People talk about "dry climate" but
it is snare and delusion. There is
nothing in it. A very dry climate
will never support large population,
for it would soon become so poisoned
that it would be fatal to the human
race.
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Lieutenant George Monroe had a
day off and went to Nantasket. On
the boat, with several friends, there
was talk about personal resem-
blances.
"Wohl l have been daken for Bis
mark, in Berlin" said a German
gentleman.
"Aussi, of a time in Paris, | was,
as the Count de Paris saluted, so like
him / resembled," said a teacher of
French.
"That's nothing" said George, ga
fellow came up and slapped me on the
back, right on Trenton street, the other
and cried out, "Great Caesar! is day,
that you ?"-Ex.
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Locating n Widow with a Coal Mine

Locating n Widow with Coal Mine.
He entered the Office of a capitalist
in Richmond the other day and quietly
inquired:
"IIOw much would a vein Of coal
half a mile long, a quarter, of mile
broad and fifty feet thick be worthP"
81 should say $4,000, but you want
more exact figures and will give me the
location l think 4 CAM"
"Oh, no, you can't colonel" inter-
'rupted the quiet man. II am going
to marry her myself as soon as the cars
can take me out there"
And he hustled out as If fearful that
the capitalist might locate the widow
and the spot.
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Who Made Conrrcssmeny

Once upon a time good man took
his little boy into the gallery Of the
house to show him the great men Of the
nation, when they listened eagerly to
the able effort made by one of them.
When he had finished the father turned
to the boy and put his hand on his
head.
"My son." he said, "an honest man
is the noblest work of Cod"
The boy looked into his fathers face
with his great earnest eyes.
"Papa," he inquired simply, swho
made COngressmen
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He Got the Testament.

"Well, old fellow, l hear that your
grandmother is dead" "Yes," replied
the old fellow, somewhat sadly, "she
died yesterday. 1t is the way Of the
world. We must all die some time, and
the old lady was well advanced in
years." "She left last will and testa-
ment of course? / have understood
she was very wealthy" "Oh, yes, she
left a will and testament" still more
sadly. Eyes" he replied, and the tears
began to stream down his cheeks, my
name was mentioned. I'm to have the
testament"
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"You know, my dear, l have often
said that like the rest of human kind
/ am only a poor, weak sinner" said
Mr.. Jones, as he was trying to excuse
himself to his wife. EYES," replied
she. "You have so. And / never in
my life saw anybody so anxious to
prove the truth of this statement as
you seem to be."-Merchant Trave-
Ter.
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what pretty children you have" /"
said the new minister to the proud
mother of three little ones. "Ah, my
little DEAR" said he, as he took a girl
Of B on his lap, "are you the oldest OF
the familyf"
"No, ma'am," responded the little
miss, with the usual accuracy of child
hood, "my pas older'n me" st. Paul
Herald.
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Out in Michigan the other day Mr.
Leizxkyshomssquarkinzysky met with
an accident, and the next mornings
papers printed his name correctly
And yet some people talk about the
mistakes of Observation-Disclosures
American.
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Smith-"My wife wants new dress
every day in the year." Jones-".She
must be awfully extravagant. Does
she not get it?" Smith-"No; that's
the reason she is compelled to want
it."-Binghamton Republican.
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De Baggs-"Here's another case Of
man eating four watermelons at one
sitting. ! don't believe in these gas
tronomic feats."
De Kaggs-"Don't eh? What
would you say if 1 brought you a
man who has eaten a peck of onions
at one meal ?"
De Baggs-"I wouldn't say any
thing. I'd run away philadelphia
Call.
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w. S. Gilber's last bong mo is goin
the rounds, He was replying to a
toast at banquet, and referred to the
salaries Of church dignitaries. "It is
easy enough" said he, "for a bishop
to be good for $4,000 a year. We
poor devils have to be good for
nothing. Most of us are."-Chicago
News.
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One of the candidates for mayor OF
Key West, Fla, is only twenty inches
high, and weighs but twenty-eight
and half pounds.-Transcript.
Might do for colt, but hardly big
enough for a Mayor one weuld sup.
pose.-Gazette.
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Bartholdi claims that he saw the
statue from distance of thirty miles
at sea. That is hardly possible, and
as he evidently saw something, it
must have been Cyrus w. Fields
opinion of himself taking a walk on
the Battery.-Puck.
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A Pittsburg doctor says that the
reason why no one ever sees profess.
ional tramp with a hard cold is
because they never wash their feet.
We don't wonder that they are avoid
ed by all respectable diseases.-Bur-
ling on Free Press.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17

The health-giving properties of rain
are not appreciated by the general pub
lic. Rain is essential to physical vigor
in localities that have an extensive popu-
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Theoretical Solialist-"Yes, gentle
men, l am heart and soul in favor of
an equal distribution of property"
Practical Socialist-"So am /, part
ner. Let's commence by dividing
your clothes. I'll take your coat an
you can keep the pants and vest."-
Rambler.
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Hotel proprietor-We don't allow
any games of chance here.
Gambler-This isn't game of
chance. My friend here has no
chance. Chicago Rambler.
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Jawkin-"That was rather sudden
death of old Skinfints. What was
the matter with him?"
"Hawkin-"Economy. The two
undertakers are running each other,
and funerals are away down in price.
Old Skinfint never missed q bargain
in his life.-Lowell Citizen.
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"Wbat is the power of socialism ?"
asks an inquirer. Lung power prin-
cipally, we believe, with spasmodic
ebullitions of dynamite.-New York
Graphic.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17

A correspondent asks: "Is it
wrong to cheat a lawyer?" First
cheat the lawyer and then we will
answer the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Telegraph.
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A fashion journal says there is a
knack in putting on gloves. Come
to think of it, that's so. You have to
get your hand in, as it were.-Wash-
ington Post.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17

Many a man who imagines that he
is big electric light finds out, to his
sorrow, that he is only little tallow
dip.-Baltimore American.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17

The New York Sun has an editor
in Congress, and an Anarchist paper
in that city has an editor in Jail.
Neither paper is Dragging about it.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17

That electric boy in California can
be utilized when he becomes few
years older by marrying him to an
electric bell.-Chicago Tribune.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17

A farmer anxiously inquiries what
will keep cider from working. Why
drink it, of course.-Boston Post.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17

Like hot weather, the smiles of a
lovely woman will at all times wilt a
mans choler.-Ex,
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Adam was the first Odd Fellow,
but the rib business made him Even.
Lowell Courier.
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Seems as if Hallowell, Me-, would
be good location for a telephone
company.-Commercial Bulletin.
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"What beautiful little dog you We
got there, Charlie-valuable breed,
isn't he"
"It isn't my dog-I thought it was
yours, and was just going to say the
same thing"
"Let's kick the miserable, NANCY,
blankety blanked cur into the street p
Life.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17

People who want the earth do not
cry to have it blown in their faces by
wind in dry time.-Boston Globe.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17
WIT AND HUM0R.

Strong wills should be broken gently
to poor relations.-New York Jour
nal.
Alpena weekly argus., 1886-11-17

Not exactly the square thing-the
"cart-wheel" silver dollar.-Lowell
Citizen.
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Flint & Pere Marquette R. R,
Time Table No. 8.

The shortest, quickest and most reliable route 10
and from Detroit Toledo, Cleveland. Cincinnati,
Saginaw and Bay City.
aoINo EAST, SOUTH AND WEST.
Leave Alpsna daily, except Sunday, by Apena
Bay City steamers, at a. m.
GOING soUTH-KAsT.
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Two heads ought to be better than
one. -Four lips are certainly better
than two.
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- caves st. Igpace at 90 A. NJ ar
Mixed traln t3e p. ~. Leaves Marquette 90
riV.s rsiys. IgSsssNt ~ IA -usee 55SPN.
casSsoross-ril M T. Cos boat SS with Mich itch
Ian CentrM . anu ,he s,soa, sdewheel steamers Of
roads, ana WIN ciavssnd h cam Navigation COM
nany for Detroit, cleveland An points IN ine
esst southeast and south The cs5saa .s''s lily
iseve ST. Iqnace Monday and sffyIusy fsy W., ihpIn
inc.' Thursday and saturday nights, 81 WITH boa,
lines for saut st. Marie, Chicago NJ -s;ress for
Hourhton. Hancock, Calumet, ETC., and S7s~s on
Chicago a Northwestern railway: ~...x
Standard Central time. sDaily. DAILY e>''p'
Sunday. tDaily, except Saturday.
A wATsON r. w. ALLEN,
n 9anT sup,t denr Pass. q T'kt Agt.
Marouette. Mich. Marquette, Mich.
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JAMES EAKIN,S, M. ID.

James Eakins, Physician, Surgeon md Ac'
coucheur, Graduate of Toronto University College
Toronto, Ontario. Residence: Mrs. Yandusens
first house west of Episcopal churchl, Washington
Ave, Alpena, Mich. Office Bostwick's Drug Store
772-m6
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DETROIT. NACKINAC & MARQUETTE R. R.

"AIackinaw Short Line"
mn, direct route between the East and the
lho oni' Upper Peninsula Of Michigan.
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MICHIGAN CENTRAL
ri Ni4p1r1 Falls Roxte.

Arrival and depart,
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Adrrrttsemfuts.


covered buggy, IN perfect order well
adapted for country use, and fitted with shafts
pole and shoe.
set second hand double harness,
set second hand single harness.
The well-known carriage hsrse "Lothair."
Also one thoroughbred Pedigreed milch COW
Jersey Durham--to calve in November. Apply
to GEO. Il. LUCE.
1-0 o~aE
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Grand Total

The Minister of Finance shall credit the
appropriations of the last biennial fiscal period all the
appropriated by the Act approved the 8h day of August
1884, and remaining unexpended March 31st 1886,
otherwise reapprOpated and such shall be deemed
longer available for the objects for which they orig
iualy appropriated.
SECTION g. The Minister of Finance shall continue to pay
the salaries appropriated by this Act the payments under
Civil List, Permanent Settlements Post Office Custom
House. pay of Physicians the compensation of soldiers and
consabe the compensation of school and the
expenses of the Bureau of Educao tie Board of
Health the expenses of the Fire Department. of the Supreme
Court and Circuit Courts Survey Department. Insane Asy
lum, General aid Queens Hospital Government Stocks
and the accrung thereon the support of prisoners
and the expenses of the Leper Settlements until the Both
day of June A D. 1888 unless appropriations made
before that date.
SECTION 4. The Minister of Finance shall
allow to be paid from the Treasury any money for objects
authorized by this law except such money may be
drawn under the provisions of Section Chapter 46 of
the laws of 1884, relating Postal Savings Bank for
any object herein authorized and above the
appropriated therefor
SECTION No person holding more than office for
which salaries provided shall be authorized to draw
than the salary of the highest grade of office held by him.
if the salary of any Office held by him shall two
thousand dollars per and he shall be entitled
other further compensation
SECTION 6. All and every for constructing
pairing Public Works. amounting to $500 CO. and for
furnishing material provisions and other supplies under the
appropriations of this Act shall be awarded only upon public
advertisement for tenders
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect and become law
from and after the date of its approval.
Approved this 14th day of October A. D. 1886.
kALAKAUA REX
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PACIFIC COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER, OCTOBER %, 1856.

Keeper of Fish Market and incdentals $1,000 90
Board of Genealogy of Hawaiian chiefs l25OO 90
New Kerosene Warehouse ..... ........--... 1920
Celebrating His Maiestvs 5Oth birthday $4,000
Hospital Fund ESTIMATED receips), all receipts to
be paid Queens Hospital ...-...-.... $4,000 90
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S. H. Meekapu .........
Salary of resident Physicians .............. 50,
Physician at Leper Settlement to reside there per
manently ....-.. .................- ......... 10,
Medicines to be distributed gratuitousy IS,
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OF the Latest STYLES, from the most Cele
brated Foundries Of the United St4tes'
and employing only Experienced
and Tasty Workmcn. are
prepared TO turn out
letter Heads.
Biz Heads,
CfrcuIarA.
Note Heads.
Statements,
Bills of E.Hdiag,
Contracts.
Mortgage Blanks,
Leases,
Shipping Contracts,
I'm Hawaiian & Engllfhi
Calendars.
Blank checks,
stock Certificates,
business Cards.
Meal Checks.
Hnk Tickets.
Bank checks
Orders.
Receipts,
Marriage Certificates.
Diplomas,
Catalogues,
B'ottInE Pads
And in fact everything which frst-class
office can do
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-12
PEARLS OF

ne who would avoid sin must not
stand at the door of temptation.
Ceremonies differ in every country, but
Iue pollteness is ever the same.
In things of the mind we look for no
sompulsion but that of lights nd reason.
The first ingredient in conversation is
ruth, the next good sense, the third good
numor, and the fourth wit.
What the sur is to nature, what God is
TO the stricken heart which knows how
TO lean upon him, are cheerful persons in
house and by the wayside.
Every man, however humble his status
Or feeble his powers, exercises some infu-
snce on those who are about him. for
good or evil.
Patience and strength are what we
need; an earnest use of what we have
now; and all the time an earnest discon-
tent until we come to what we ought to
De.
Experience keeps a dear school, but
Jools will learn in no other, and scarcely
n that; for it is true we may give advice,
out we cannot give conduct. Remember
his: they that will not be counselled can
not be helped. If you do not hear to
'eason, she will rap your knuckles.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-12
A Biz Ellis Fight for Life.

A monster elk was sighted in the Wind
River Mountains by a %i,unter, says the
Salt Lake Tribune, aad the hounds sent
after him. A long chase of two hours
ed down to the base of Sable Mountain,
one of the loftiesto Of the range, up which
The monarch of the forest aalted as his
inal refuge. The ascent was steep, but
lie hunter and his dogs followed. Soon
he elk was brought to bay. As the fore
most of the dogs sprang full at the throat,
the branching antlcrs were suddenly low
sred, the keen tines pierced from side to
side, and the stanch hound was thrown
high in air, and fell far down the steep
Incline. Nothing daunted, the remain
ing hound, too, made it's fierce spring,
and shared the fate OF its comrade. The
animal then rushed at the hunter, who
fred, but the next instant was whirled
aloft on the broad a~ntlers. His stont
onckskin hunting-shirt turned aside the
sharp prongs, but they had become fast
sned in the garment, and he bade fair to
30 thrashed to death. AS for a second
time the elk dashed him 70 earth he man
aged to catch hold off bush, and kept
his grasp long enough TO draw his revol-
yer and send d ball crashing through tia
brain Of his gallant foe.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-12

There are simple means by which the
lands may be kept i'll a presentable con-
aition, as the use of glycerine OF honey
liter washing them, and Il little bran or
patmeal TO be used sometimes instead Of
Oap. Wearing gloves when the work is
nugh on dirty is quite admissible. La
lies who have rough, coarse hands should
nb them with cold cream at night, and
MY wear loose gloves. Should the hands
ssconle hard and horny, treat them with
sumiecstone and lemon. Lemon is al
Rays good for the hands; it cleanses
hem as well as soap and makes them
loft.
You should clean the nails with a brush,
i necessary, but it is better to rub the
ingers and nails with the half Of a lemon,
Trusting the fingers into it and turning
Until the nails are perfectly clean. Lemon
viii likewise prevent the skin at the root
II the nails from growing upward. Use
old cream and gloves at night, which
will keep the nails soft and prevent them
rom cracking.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-12
A Convenient Article.

Fora sick room, the sand bag i~sinvalua.
BILE. Get some clean, fine sand: dry il
thoroughly in a kettle on the stove. Make
a bag about eight inches square, of fan.
mel, fill it with the dry sand; sew the
opening carefully together and cover
bag with cotton or linen. This will
the prevent the sand from sitting out,
and will also enable you to heat the
bag quickly placing it in the owe or even
on top the stove. After once using this
Won will w again attempt to warm the
feet Or hands of a sick person with a bot
tie of hot water or a brick. The sand
holds the heat a long time, and the bag
can be tucked up to the back without
hurting the invalid. It is a good plan to
make.two or three of the bags and keep
them on hand, ready for use at any time
7heL needed.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-12
Historic Rooms In Washtnoton


Washington is full of interesting old
'ooms, writes a correspondent of the Chi
;ago Nal. If one could hunt them all
Up and get their history it would make
me Of the most interesting little books to
De had. The room in which Henry Clay
lived and died, at the National hotel, is
Sept very much as it was when he occu-
oied it. There is an old-fashioned fire.
place IN the room, with a soapstonc top,
md pillars surmounted with brass orna-
nents, and the old-fashioned andirons
md fender are as they were the morning
he died. The same paper is on the wall,
md on the cracked window panes are
written the names of a score of people
who probably have long since died, as
he dates opposite their names are back
n the '40s and SOS. In the old capitol
here is a peculiarly shaped room at the
north of the supreme court chamber, which
was formerly the United States Senate
.hamber, which is famous for being the
place where Morse first successfully oper-
ited the telegraph. In this little room
ae had an operator whom he had trained
himself, a young man named SWeisinger.
The room is now a bare anti-room to the
supreme court chamber, and through it
regularly every morning and afternoon
The supreme court judges in their robes
pass to the bench. 1t was over a line
rom this room to a little outdoor station
1t BiadcEsburg, five miles away, that
Morse was first able to transmit a message.
The line was then being built on to Bal
;imorc, and on the day that the Demo-
cratic Convention that nominated James
K. Polk was being held this little room
was the scene of great excitement. The
Senators kept thronging in there, and the
loors were guarded to keep cut the crowd
Of people outside, anxious to learn the
hat William L. Marcy declined to be,
come a candidate for the Presidency.
When the message came over the wires
that he could be nominated, his first
words were: ssNo, no, will not take
IT, and Senators crowded about him,
trying to persuade him to change his
mind. Up stairs, over this room is along,
narrow, dimly lighted chamber, which
3nce was the finest room in the capitol.
That was before the wings were built,
and when the capitol consisted of what
is now little more than the base of the
dome. This room was Jefferson Davis's
committee room and the headquarters of
the Southern leaders in the Senate. On
The third floor of the old National hotel,
looking out on Sixth street, is the room
IN which John Wilkes Booth was making
is temporary home at the time he COM
mitted the terrible crime which gives his
name a place in history. It is a plain,
ordinary room, which is seldom used by
any guest who discovers its history.
The Opelousas courier., 1886-06-12
Ntck,,a,nes Among Generals.

The NeW Noon gives the following ac-
count of the nicknames which have been
given to prominent generals in the U. S.
Army.
General Grant was commonly known
over the watch fires in the Army of the
Potomac as ssOld United States from
the initials of his name; but sometimes
he was called a0ld Three Stars that
number indicating his rank as lieutenant
general. mcclellan was endeared to
his army as Little Mae Meade, who
wore s~pectacles, vas delighted to learn
that the soldiers had named him. -Four
eyed George for he knew that it was
not intended as a reproach. Burnside
the colonel of the First Rhode Island
Regiment, rose to the dignity Of ssRody"
when he became a general. Hooker never
liked the sobriquct of Fighting Joe,
though he always lived up to it during
his career in the field. Pope was saddled
with the title of tSaddle-bag john" in
memory Of his famous order about head
quarters being on horseback. His men
used to say that their headquarters moved
pretty rapidly at times. Sigel, the Ger
man general, was known in other corps as
sDutchy." Hancock 0 the brevet Of
Superb from a remark made BY Gen
eral Meade at Gettysburg, when the sec
ond corps replused Longstrect's men.
Humphrey, being 4 distinguished ergi-
neer, was invariably styled aOld Mathe-
matics.n The Pennsylvania reserves used
to call Crawford Physics he being q
surgeon 1t the beginning of his military
career. Logan, Nth his long black hair
and dark complcxioD. was "Black jack
with. his men. Sheridan, the cavalry
leader, was little Phil, " and Shcridan's
troops spoke Of him as ssOld Tecumseh. "
The sterling nature and steadfast purpose
Of Thomas earned for him the significant
and familiar name or .sOld Reliable
6G1C&1l1~1 4SDuNEt1 8cO0uAa ttAI AAO0A-
81, was called Fighting McCook.n The
New York city regiment in the Fifth
corps changed Sykss to "syksey.s Hal
lcck wa dcrisively nicknamed tOld
Braines, and Rosecrans had his name
shortened to Rosy Lew Wallace, the
well known writer, was tIouish, to the
soldiers under his command he was 9
great ~favoritc for his fighting qualities,
and the soldiers adopted that inappropri-
ate name for want Of d better. Kearney,
who had left an arm IN Mexico, was IN
variably known in the ranks as "One-
armed Phil Butler was styled COCK
eye for obvious reasons. Fitzpatrick
was nicknamed Kill while Custer was
called RingIets, On account Of bis long,
aowing curls md Vi the catalogue NIGH
be prolonged indefinitely.