The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-12-09
THE KING-pAw.

/ Il called HsiRg- idU business sheet, aud contains
trade prices and all manner of commercial inicli-
] ccnce The second editiqp, which comes out dur
lng The forenoon, also printed upon yellow paper,
IL devoted 10 official announcements and general
news The third edition, which appears late in the
afternoon, Is printed on red paper, and bears the
name 81 IfiaaiI' country sheet. il consists OF
extracts from the earliest edition and l. largely
subscribed for in the provinces. The number OF
copies printed daily varies between 1900 and H.
4 OOO.-JOhn lioskins. jr.
WHAT'S IN NAMEY
FRIENDS or TEE CrUB: I also read ozro DE
Lanes letter on What's ia a name" and VIII give
the q. G. my ideas the subject As FOR old-fash-
ioncd names they are all the rage. And know some
Mary AIMS Who are great deal prctticrnnh smarter
! than some bearing fhese uew-iangied names. OF
course WHOM we hear persons name, n IL suits
ns. we imagine The person pretty fnot The reverse
4 But we know all persons do not illnk alike, ana
while one would think a name pretty, another
would pronounce d decidedly ugly. know giTl
named Annie Louise. Now, did not know that
girl 1 would say her name was not pretty la the
least but the glr s SO lovely that her name sounds
pretty 60 all who know her. also know eirl
named Gay. One TO hear her name would imagine
hcrto he lively witty and merry but she Is neither;
! she Is quiet and old-fashioncd. But also Know
] persons whose names suit them exactly. For in
stance, know an Ava She is larry child with
long golden curls. blue eyes aud iay-llkc fornl
do not think Mr.. DE Lane ought 10 be proud OF ms
cognomen, for in my estimation iii decidedly bad
i would imagine him a perfect Blnebeard. But
enough OF names. am a soldiers daughter and
constant reader OF the dear old IEIBUHE.-6face,
! Box 81, dc Witt, Ncb
/ FRIENDS OF THE CIrB: Our Temperance order
/ is growing rapidly, and we have organized Friend
ship Council, No. 2, ~ o. of r., at West Decatur
| Pa, with IS members. We also have bright pros
poets of forming Councils la New York. Ohio, Kan
sas Missouri aud Indiana. with letters pouring IN
every day with names signed 10 our pledge. FRIENDS
does this look though the largest part oil our e
/ q. believe agree with the statement OF the
/ Cowboy? We have adopted very handsome
1 badge, aud those who would like to have one can
| send me Is cents in stamps and will forward IT,
so many wish 10 know the object Of our Order,
but u will take mp too much space 10 tell all Wish
hints ..ag a AAr,l.
TO all that iutoxicate" should n0t hesitate one
moment, but send their name nj oncc-W. A. sig
! fried, Mauch Chunk. PA.
CLUB WHISPERS
| Sir Matter Scott is my favorite author, and think
Napoleon the first greatest military character Ia the
/ Morld.-I. NJ, Mccall, Cole Camp. Mo.
Favorite author, Charles Dickens; greatest Cen
Ind
Media Plympton. West Decatur. Pa, woald like
the names and addresses of Soldiers Orphans
Homes IN all the States sent The TRIBUNE for pub
| LEGATION. Who VIII send them?
Sadie L. Mortimer should send contributions or
II Truth Seeker" will read Acts 2O:7 and 2
Cor, 2 IS much light will be thrown on Tie subject.
Amy one who would exchange materials for max
1 ing feather and fancy work for patterns Tor toy
animals and useful garments should addEcss Airs.
| y. G. Nay, Lock Box 1872 South Wndham. Me.
| / agree with Miss Annie Everhart. l. there any
| thing in a name? 4 say not ! have known great
many persons with pretty names who were them
selves just be opposite. II we wait for our name
!
is the person behind the name that counts. Mary
Ann is great deal better Than Pearl in my esiima-
ton. The latter Is too soft / agree with Nellie
| Norton on Prohibition.-R- III. Jaqulth, = OF ",
Americas. Kan.
take pleasure in joining the circle am a sol
der's wife We live on the frontier; il is a very
romantic life. My husband. Sergt Geo w Espey,
served three years IN Co. ID, 59h Ohio Third Bri-
gade, Third Division. Fourth Corps, Army. Of the
| CONFERENCE.-The. Geo w. Espey, Ashland. Kan.
i agree with Annie EverhaIt. If we keep our
records clean, as John u. Cough says, names
will be rcspecied-T ). Southwiek, New Berlin,
NY.
Can any one tell me where and how ] can pro-
copy Of the report of the National Geological
Survey FOR los5 also how can procure copy oil
the report of Smithsonian observation-disclosures Nc
/ Feelv, Morrstown, Ind.
I'd Wallace and Linnie Van Docsen express
'Gypsy's Warning" viii return something
Iltue M. Thomas, lpara, III.
/ stand by Neliie Norton. and believe in prohibi-
ton inside the Republican parity. b. Misehart,
Newton. @.
Nellie Norton expresses my yews.-C. II. Daniels.
:. Of ", Youngstown, -.
VIII some one please send TO my address the
Longest verse ia the Bible-isdith Cutting, Attle-
boro Falls, Mass
win somebody inform me who the drunken
officer was at the battle OF Germantown, Oct. 4.
/ 777?--Nora NJ. Prcis. West CaTollion. o.
would like 90 know what General the eve
preceding a battle Of the civil war when asked il
he would rather he the author Of Grays EleFy than
win the battle on the morrow, replid, No; for
need battles more than poems. Della l.. Conklin,
/
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Library for L.. = cent prior TO lel0 or one Of
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stamp not Ia any collection, 70 for unused old
style postal card.-HarTy Fox Murdocksvie Pa.
Letters with boys girls living in the earthquake
disirct.-BeIt Fernier. Shiloh. o. Letters.-Maud
Curtis and Blanch Evans, Belfast, Me. Microscope
for Indian relics, album for fossils, gold pen for
! sea shelis.-Jasper Browa. Norway. Iowa. Present
| of a cream-wlnie crocheted silk hood lined and
he saf AN ffBf,,
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/ Margaret Mcconnell. Suspension Bridge, \. Y.
Letters-Alay Roger, llliopolis H. songs aud postal
autographs.-1yc y. Howell Frankfort III. Let
tiers and postal aulographs.-Meda J. Racket,
4 West Town, Ny Songs and letters-AleN koontz,
lGtah Wash. Ter. Prize Tor best postal autograph by
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graphs and letters with brunei girls.-J. II. Smith
Rock Lane. Ind. Revolver for Youths Companion,
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and photographs with young ladics.-lIenry Fra
kcr, Dcnner, Mo. Handsome Xmas book for em-
br0idered painted pieces best collection oi
crazy patches by Dec. 20.-Anna l.. Knight, - Sec
ond street. Albany, NY Photographs Tor best piece
ofshcci muso.-S w. La Rock. ~ Manitoba avenue,
ST. Paul, MINI. LetteIs-lmmct Searcy, War
trace, Tenn. -Four songs for best postal autograph.
IS. T. Drskcl Garfield Ky. Cabinet photograph
for best postal autograph prize for best collection
81 ADVERTISING cards 10y Dec. lO-Lcna A. Maitson
/ NiClsburg Mich Patterns for "a great variety o
fancy articles valued al four for IS cents for any
thing of that price useful for n young lady. A
pretty card viii be sent 10 the first who writes
Allie T.. Noy, Box lsg, Nindham. Me. Specimen;
for anything: write first. H. Henry, BOnapaTte
Iowa, Box 227. Directions for knitting rosc-lca
border aud crochcting clOyeT-lea,f edging 10 al
sending two cents postage.-l2va B. HOrril, Frank
fort, III.
The Curious Corner.
ANSWERS 20 questions viii not be published with
IA two three weeks after questions appear :,
all will have "a chance to send replies, aud receive
4 honorable mention with number answered.
Euclid is sometimes called the Father Of Maihe
MATES.
George Fox founded the order Of Friends, o.
Quazers. la 1924.
New Orleans Is called the Crescent City becaus
j is built around the convex side OF the Mississippi
| River.
A band Il maranders in the American Revolution
mostly refugees who adhered 10 the British, Mer
first called Cowboys.
Henry Percy, llarl Of Northumberland. was tn
sou of Henry Of Alnwick and Mary, daughter oftlI
ILarl Of Lancaster.
, The an o. July, 1896 is commemorative for TIA
death Of two eK-Presidents-Ihomas jefferson ani
John Adams Virginia furnished the most Presi
dents.
D. What two battles Were fought with Mexic
that thc Americans lost the same amount la kille
: aud wounded-Wm. J.. Pierce, Ementon, Pa.
, 2. When was Illinois FIRST admitted into ia
/ DniOn2 3 When Ohio fret settled ?-Samue
: ;. Dickson, Tyrone Pa.
4. When was the old Liberty Bell cracked P
Florence H. McMaster. Clifford IN.
= .. Nh ~ WAS hugar-cane tirst cultivated in ia
I United StGtes2-Sarah l.. Driskcl Garfield, Ky.
o BIBLE BRIGADE
4 In the Second Epistle Of John, 18th verse,
q speaks OF writing with pen aud ink;
d The ninth chapter 81 Daniel, which speaks Of ?
weeks, Is AP0calypttc revealing what shout
II take place AT the crucii Non of Christ. The ?
weeks begin from the 10Th Of ArlaxcrNes DAM.
uses week. day, time, hall time, and on 10 sig