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ent, and the Captain generally loaded this duty
upon the LieutenaBts, turn about" If he did
show up he would 90 back TO bed and snooze
for an boar while the cook was getting break
fast. If one 0f the men did that, he would soon
be proDenadipg with a rail on his shoulder or
standing Oh a barrel with a stick or bayonet
tied in bis mouth.
% think that's a fust rate notion to mount
the guards said ST to Shorty as they sat on a
rail by the fire making coffee and frying bacon
81 Ifll be 50 much better n wail;in' back N
forrard on the bea s. Wonder i they'll give US
HOSES or mules TO ride"
"Pd like to know what put that idee into
yer head" said Shorty.
Why, didn't the Ord'ly say last night there
ID be guard -mountin' at 9 O'Clock this mornin'? !?
] s'posed that fer a man 10 be mounted meant
6traddiin' a hOss or Smother kind of an ami
mil"
"Aint We never goin' to larn nuthin'." said
Shorty, with "a laugh. Guard -mountin' don't
mean fer the men to git on hOsses. It's only
the name they gives it in the Army Reggea-
tions Dunno why they calls it that nless it's
cause. the guards has TO mount any body that
tries 10 pass 'thout the countersign. But don't
ye fool yerself with thinkin' yer goin' TO git TO
ride. Wei keep pluegin' along afOOt on guard
or anywhere else, same's we have all the time"
Thus rudely was shattered another of 81
Klcgg's bright illusions.
The iwhole regiment turned out TO witness
the cercmony of guard mounting. 1t was the
first titnc the exigoncies of the campaign had
permitted the 2O0th Indiana to do this in regu-
lation style. The Adiutant was the most i'm
portant parsonage, and stood so straight that he
narrowly escaped falling over back In
order 10 guard against making mess of it, he
had spent bali the night rehearsing the various
commands in his tent. Thus prepared he
managed TO get through il in very fair shape
The next thing on the program for the day
was the inspection. The boys had been indus
triOusy engaged III cleaning up their muskets
and aecOuterments, and putting their scanty
wardrobes ia prcsentable condition. In arrang-
ing his knapslck for the Coonel's eye each
man csfcfGlly laid clean shirt, if he had one,
on tho top. The garments that were not clean
he either slowed away in the tent or put at
the bottom OF the knapsack. In this he was
actuated by the same principle that prompts
the thrifty farmer 20 put the biggest apples aud
Strawberries at the top of his measure.
The clothing of the regiment was already in
an advanced stage Of Generalization. 1t was of
the "shoddy" sort, that good hard wind would
almost blow to pieces.
Corporal Klegg was anxious that not only his
person, but all his belongings should make as
good an appearance as possible. He put on the
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the foot of the company, while Shorty, on ac-
count of his hight, was well up toward the
head. 81 almost tainted when he saw the Colo
mel stop in front of his "pard and make an
examination of his fat looking knapsack. Mil
itary official dignity gave way when the re-
moVal of the single garment exposed the stutf-
ing Of hay. The officers burst into laugh at
the unexpected revelation, while the boys on
either side almost exploded in their enjoyment
of ShOrtvs discontinue
Captain" said the Colonel, with as much
sternnesS as he could command, "aS soon as
your company is dismissed detail a guard to
take charge of this man. Have him take the
hay ont of his knapsack and FIJI it with stones
and see that it is filed fuW Have this man
put it on and march him up and down the COM
pany street till church call, and then take him
TO hear the Chaplain. He needs to be preached
10. Perhaps between the knapsack drill and
the Chaplain, we can straighten him out"
Corporal Klceg heard all this, and he wished
the ground might open and swallow him.
These stripes is gone this time, sure!" he said
to himself, as he looked at the chevrons on his
arm. But there's no use givin' yourself away,
ST." he continued, in his mental soliloquy.
"Brace up, N mebbe the Colonel III skip ye."
81 had been badly shaken up by the Colonel's
episode with Shorty, but by great effort he
gathered himself together and was at his best,
externally, when the Colonel reached him,
though his thoughts were in a raging cOndi-
tiOn. His face was clean and rosy, and his
general makeup was rs good as could be cX-
pected under the circumstances.
The Colonel had always remembered 81 as
the soldier he had promoted to be Corporal
for his gallantTy in the little skirmish a few
days before. AS he came up he greeted the
Corporal with a smile and nod Of recognition.
He was evidently pleased at his tidy appear
ance. He cast glance at the vOluptuous
En4 ely ay,1G bnor IF IN Ciply nv
down into his shoes
But the fates smiled on 81 that day. The
Colonel turned to the Captain and told him
that Corporal Klegg was the model soldier
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it was a great joke on Shorty to be caught in

it was great joke on Shorty to be caught in
his own trap.
Shorty took his medicine like man, march
ing up and down the row of tents bravely and
patiently, unheeding the gibes and jeers of his
hard hearted comrades.
The bugle sounded the call for religious sery-
ices. Shorty not in frame of mind that
fitted him for devout worship. In fact, few in
the regiment had greater need of the regener-
ating influence. He had never been inside of
a church but two or three times in his life and
he really felt that to be compelled to 20 and
listen to the Chaplains sermon was the hardest
part of the double punishment the Colonel had
inflicted upon him.
The companies were all marched to wooded
knoll just outside the camp. Shorty went by
himself, save the companionship of the guard,
with fixed bayonet. He had been permitted to
leave his knapsack behind. He was taken to a
point near the Chaplain, that he might get the
full benefit of the preachers words.
Under the spreading trees, whose foliage was
brilliant with the hues of Autumn, in the mel
low sunshine of that October day the men
seated themselves upon the ground to hear the
Gospel preached. The Chaplain in his best
uniform, stood and prayed fervently for Divine
guidance and protection and blessing, while
the soldiers listened, with heads reverently
bowed. Then he gave out the familiar Meth
odist hymn,
Am I a soldier of the cross"
and all joined in the old tune "Balerma." their
voices swelling in mighty chorus. As they
sang,
Are there no foes for me to face?"
/ ere came to the minds of many practical
application of tho words, in view of the long
and fruitless chase after the rebels, in which
they had been engaged for nearly month.
The Chaplain had formerly been an old
fashioned Methodist circuit-rider in Indiana.
He was full of fiery zeal, and portrayed the
terrors of eternal punishment so vividly that
his hearers could almost feel the heat of the
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and ragged clothes "Purty hard TO make a
decent show with them things!"
Wait minute" said Shorty, an I'll show
ye little trick"
Taking his poncho under his arm. Shorty
went to the rear of the camp, where the mules
were feeding, and presently returned with a
bunch of hay.
what ye goin' to do with that?" asked 81.
"You jest do s / tell We, and don't ask no
questions. Cram some o this hay into yer
knapsack m fill 'er up n then put shirt or
suthin', the best We kin find on top N the
Colonel II think she's full O. clothes right from
the laundry. I'm goin' to fix mine that way"
shorty, you're trump!" said 81 approv-
ingly THAT II be a bully scheme"
1t required but a few minutes to carry out
the plan. The hay was stuffed into the KNAPP
sacks, and all vagrant spears were carefully
tucked in. Then garment, folded so as to
conceal its worst features, was nicely spread
over the hay, the flaps were closed and buckied,
and the young HooSiers were ready for inspec-
tiOn.
"S'posen the Colonel sh'd take a notion to go
pokin' down into them knapsacks," said ST !;
don't ye think it d be purity cold weather for
us?"
"Pr'aps it mout," answered Shorty "but
we've got ter take the chances. He's got seven
or eight hundred knapsacks to inspect, n
don't b'leve he'll stick his nose down into very
many on 'em!"
At the appointed time the battalion was
formed and the inspection was gone through
with in good style. The Colonel and the field
and staff officers escorted by the Captain Of
each successive company moved grandly be-
tween the ranks, their swords dangling around
and getting mixed up with their legs The sol
dierS stood facing inward like so many wooden
men, with their open knapsacks lying upon the
ground at their feet. The Colonel looked
sharply right and left, stopping now and then
to commend a soldier whose traps were in
particularly good condition. or to go for" an
other whose slouchy appearance betOkened
untidy habits. If button was missing, or a
shoe united his eye was keen to detect it, and a
word Of reproof was administered to the delin-
quent.
As the Colonel started doVn the line of Com
pauy @ 81 watched him out of the corners of his
eyes with 10 little anxiety. His heart thumped
as he saw him occasionally stOOp and tumble
over the contents of a knapsack, evidently
to test the truth of Longfellow's declaration
that things are not what they seem" What
if the Colonel should go down into the bowels
of Sis knapsack ST fairly shuddered at the
thought.
81, being the shortest of the Corporas, was at
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What Free Trade is Doing for England.

= The greatest poverty exists in England
among the working people, and many thou
sands are unemployed and on the verge of
starvation. Last week the seamen at London
marched from the dock and made demOnstra-
tion against the Government for not taking
steps towards relieving trade of its depression.
They carried great number of banners some
of which bore the inscriptions: British work
iDgmen are starving that foreigners may live"
:" British labor is sacrificed in the interest of
foreign labor" etc The procession attracted
much attention, and the streets through which
it passed were filled with people.
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sCRoFULoUs HUNoR IN THE BLOOD.
SEE AS WELL AS HE EVER DID.
Dyspepsia

Dyspepsia is caused by careesness in diet high living
eating rapidly, rich food Oyertaxng the stomach
with indgcstible food, etc. Constipation, headache
heartburn stomach distress after eating intness
dizziness, and capricOus appetite OF the many
distressing symptoms Persons troubled with dyspepsia
miserable hopeless confused and depressed in mind
very irritable, laDguid and dTOwsy. Dyspepsia requires
careful, persistent attention, and remedy throw of
the and up the digestive organs till they per-
form their duties willingly. Hoods Sarsaparilla has
proven just the remedy ia hundreds of cases
Hoods Sarsaparilla GOd-send to me, for it
cured of dyspepsia and liver mpltnt with which
had suffered 20 years" ]. B. HORSBECK South Falls
burg, \. Y,
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That Tired Feeling

Which is distressing and often unaccountable the
Spring months is entirely by Hoods Saapa-
mia 1t gives strength and vigOr in place of weakness
and anguor rouses the torpid liver braces up the nerves.
and clears the mind
take Hoods SarsaParilla for a Spring medicine, and
find 1t just thething 1t tones up nay system and makes
me feel like different My wife takes it for dys-
pepsa, and She derives great benefit from It." FRANK
c. TURNER, Hook and Ladder No. l. Friend Street Bos-
ton, Mass.
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what few stray books and fugitive well worn
newspapers there were in camp, mending their
clothes, sleeping and some Of them, we are
panied TO add in playing eucher, old sledge
and other sinful games. Dress parade closed
the day that had brought welcome rest TO the
way-worn soldiers of the 200th Indiana.
shorty" said ST. after they had gone to bed
that night, ~ sh'd be mighty sorry if I'd ha
got up that knapsack trick this mornin', cause
you got left on it so bad"
There's good many things" replied Shorty,
that's all right when We don't git ketched. 1t
worked tip-top with you, 81, N Pm glad Of it.
But put ye up to it, n | shouldn't never got
over it if the Colonel had caught We, on account
of them stripes on yer arm. He'd ha' snatched
'em baldheaded, sure's yer born. You're my
pard, N I'm jest as proud of 'em as you be yer
self I'm only a privit, n they can't REFUGE
me any lower! Besides, | low it saryed me
right, IN dom keer fer the knapsack drill, so
| didn't git yoL into a scrape"
The National tribune., 1886-03-18
The Chinese Problem.

At session last week at San Jose, Cal, of
the Anti-Ghinese Convention, ex-senator Sar-
gent delivered long speech i'll support of the
resolution asking the passage of Senator
MitchelPs bill or of one of the bills introduced
in the House of Representatives by Messrs.
Morrow, FELTON, and Henley. He strongly dis
countenanced bOycOtting the Chinese or the
whites who dealt with them. and urged that
the Whole question be left to Congress to pass
such Is bill us would meet the desired end.
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of Company @. 81 was the happiest man
in the universe at that precise moment. II
was not on account of the compliment the
Colonel had paid him, but because his KNAPP
sack had escaped critical inspection of its
contents
The inspection over, Company @ marched
back to its quarters and was dismissed. Poor
Shorty was soon tramping to and fro under
guard, humping his back TO ease the load that
had been put upon it, 81 was very sorry for
him, and at the same time felt glow of pleasure
at the thought that it was not his own KNAPP
sack instead of Shorty's that the Colonel had
examined. He could not help feeling, too, tha.
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PuGiEies the Siood

81 had been troubled with hives and pimples for
time Other remedies having failed advised to try
Hoods Sarsaparilla. have taken two bottles, and am
entirely cured. think Hoods SaTsapara has equal
blood-purifer." EFFIE NJ. PETRIE, Portsmouth,
Ohio.
Last Spring troubled with bols, caused by my
blood being of order Two bottles of Hoods Srpa
rilla cured me, and 1 recommend it 10 others" J.
SCHoCH, PEORIA Ill.
81 have taken Hoods Sarsapara for dyspepsia which
have had for the last nine years suffering terri
bly,. 1t has entirely cured me-" Mrs. A. NORTON,
ChiCOpee, Mass
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Hoods Sarsagariiia

Is prepared from Sarsaparilla, Dandelion Mandrake
Dock Ppsssewa Juniper Berries and other we'll known
and valuable vegetable remedies The combination, pro-
portion and preparation peculiar TO Hoods Sarsa
para giving it curative not possessed by other
medicines 1t effects remarkable cures where others
fail.
81 troubled with bois having several of them at
time. After suffering about all / could bear took
Hoods Sarsapara. which entirely cured me. cheer
fully recommend Hoods sarsaparilla to all like afflicted
being they will find permanent relief" E. n.
NIGHTINGALE, Quincy, Mass
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Spring Medicine
What Everybody Needs

Everybody needs and should take good Spring medi>
cine. for two reasons:
ls The body is now more susceptible 10 benefit from
medicine than at any other season.
2d, The impurities which have accumulated in the
blood should be expelled and the system given tone and
strength, before the Prosrang effects Of warm weather
are felt
Hoods Saraparilla Is the best Spring medicine n
purifes the blood. 1t sliarpens the appetite.
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March April May

Your blood may be full of impurities but Hoods Sar
sapara will thoroughly cleanse enrich and valize it.
The most Of scrOfula salt rheu boils pm
ples,in fact all affections arising from impure blood,
yield to Hoods Sarsapara the great blood purifier. 1t
also dyspepsia, biliousne sick headache, kidney
and liver complaints sharpens the appetite and builds
up the whole system.
Henry Biggs Campbell Street. Kansas City, had scrof-
ulous all his body for Is years Hoods sarsa
parilla completely cured him.
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FOR THE LADIES

Can anybody tell why a woman always laughs
while she Is being weighed, while Il man, during
the performance has serious, if not anxious
countenance LINN (NaSS.) Hen
"A young colored woman called upon a Lin
colnton Gal Judge recently, and asked for n mar
The National tribune., 1886-03-18

DIR. Perce's " Favorite Prescription perfect
ly and permanently cures those diseases pecu-
liar to females. Ii is tonic and nervine, efiec-
tually allaying and curing those sickenng SEN
sations that affect the stomach and heart
through reflex action. The backache and
dragging down " sensations all disappear un-
der the strengthening effects of this great re-
storative BY druggists.
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just One Side TO the Tonic.
Philadelphia Call

"What time did you get home from the club
last night Bromley?"
AT 3 in the morning"
Awakening your wife, no doubt2"
"Yes Darringer That's my usual luck,
you know"
"What did you say?"
81 didn't say anything. There wasn't any
thing left 10 say after she was through"
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Are the months in which to purify your blood and for
this purpose there is medicine equal to Hoods Sarsa
parilla 1t puries valizes, and enriches the blood
removing ell trace of scrofua other disease. It
ates appetite and mparts strength and vigor to
the whole body is the ideal Spring medicine. Try it
this
"When L began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla I was
dizzy in the morning had headache, and appetite;
but can hardly get enough cooked TO eat" EMMA
SHEPARD Coral Street, Worcester, Mass.
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Must he Isei.

DIR. T0USGs PATENT ELECTRIC BELTS A
sure cure for Nervous Debility, Loss of Vigor,
Weak back, Weakness of Body aud Mind, &c.
Write ior pamphlet free. Dr. N. I. Young, 260
Hudson ST., n Y.
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ScrofuIa

No disease is so generally distributed among popu-
atiOn ScrOfua. II is liable any time the slight
est prOvOcaton, to develop itself in unexpected
form. Consumption and many other diseases out
grOwths of this imruTiy. No remedy has been
cessul Hoods Sarsaparill in thoroughly cleansing
the blood and eradicang every form Of ScTOla from
the human system. Read the following:
" take great pleasure in telling what Hoods Sarsapa-
ra has done for my little boy. Six months ago ulcers
began to his right eye. The doctors said ths
cause was
sCROFULoUs HUNoR IN THE BLOOD.
After time ne could open his eye all; the humor
grew worse, and his face became Then his left eye
began be affected and thought he would he entirely
blind bought bottle Of Hoods SaTsaparila just for
trial What nay surprise, before the bottle all
gone his face had all healed up and ne could open his
eye just little Bit something he had done for four
months. He continued to take it, and happy say
can now
SEE AS WELL AS HE EVER DID.
He has left of the shade which he his eyes so
long feel that if it had been for Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla my child would have been blind. 1 ind
words to praise it enough My boy is six years old,
and in general health better than he has been
in his life before. Every word here is true" MRS A.
W. LEONARD, MiddiebOr0, Mass.
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fame and smell the fumes of birthstone that
are popularity believed to roll out increasingly
from the mouth of the bottomless pit. 1t
ought to have had sautary effect upon Shorty,
but it is greatly to be feared that he steeled his
stubborn heart against all that the Chaplain
said.
1t was always difficult not to feel that there
was something contradictory and anomalous
about religious services in the army. Grim
visaged, hideous war, and all its attendant
circumstances, seemed so utterly at variance
with the principles of the Billie and the teach
ings of Him who was meek and lowly, that few
soldiers had philosophy enough to reconcile
them.
The soldiers spent the afternoon in reading
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Hard ON the Blind.

Old Mr.. Bartly-I see that a complete Bible
for the blind costs $50.
Old Mrs. Bartly tshocked) Twenty five dol
lars An yet people that have got their eye
slgbt can buy bible as low as fifty cents.
There Christian religion for youl
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Young men middle-aged ones, suffering
from nervous debility and kindred weaknesses.
should send 10 cents in stamps for illustrated
book suggesting sure means of cure. Address
Worlds Dispcnsary Medical Association, 663
Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
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Hoods Sarsapariila

Sold By Druggists q six for s. Prepared only by @
1. HOOD & Co, Apothecaries Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-04-27
ACTIVE SILVER MEN.

The Tribune says: Silver men
have an organization which is
known as the National Bi-Metallic
Coinage Association, with head
quarters at Washington, which
they are using as means Of
reaching voters in the East to in
huence public opinion in their
favor. Senator Jones of Nevada
is President. The Secretary is NJ.
n. Slater. He was here recently
and said: I'VE have one prime
object to secure-free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver, the same as
gold, We have no war to make on
gold; we believe we can educate
the people to the belief IN a bi-me.
tallic standard, and that then our
object will be accomplished. We
advocate free coinage as the thing
most likely to bring about oi-metal-
ism at once. Secretary Manning is
not correct in his view-the sus-
pension Of silver coinage as me-
cessars te.sforce foreign nations
into the bl-metallic conference.
We are sending literature into all
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-04-27

the Eastern States to inform the
people on the silver question.
They write to us daily that they
can get only one side of the silver
question and want to hear both
sides Silver clubs are springing
up in the East. There is strong
one at New Haven and all through
the interior of New York they
have been started.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-04-27
OPERA HOUSE NOTICE.
yS,HE CARSON OPERA HOUSE

YYHHE CARSON OPERA HOUSE
Il Association VII o;Fer for sale all
buildings on the Og+r: 7Tnuse block in
Carson City, Nevad"..., ling the OPP
era House, and will also receive bids
for moving the Opera House off said
block, until Saturday, May Isl, 1856
Full particulars as to the sale of build
ings or moving Opera House can be had
upon application to D. A. Bender, Pres.
or Trenmor Coffin, Treasurer OF the As
ISOLATION. Bids, as to the Opera House.
to be made in writing and left with
Geo. w. Richards, Secretary.
The Opera House Association reserves
the right to reject any and all bids to
remove Opera House, or an offer to pur-
chase any building.
CARSON OPERA House ASSOCIATION.
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