The National tribune., 1888-07-26

planted and with care will endure cultivation.
would like very much for some ,t one 10 give
description The wild flowers Of the Western States.
Ida L Brand Canton, w. Va.
CLUB WHISPERS
live In southwestern Nebaska l own $50
acres Of land, live in sod hot@e and am oach-
elor. do my own cooking and washing, and
would say that / do not go one cent on the b. u.
organization; neither do think our friend, j. IL
Howe would, If he had 20 keep hacheior's hall"
Would like 10 correspond with soldiers daughters
from is to %. My latch-striBg hangs on the out
side. Call and see me.-U. S. Grant Fierling, Box
| 81, Estell, Ncb.
] received my c. G. badge some time ago, and
think it very pretty; would not part with it for
anything. Have any OF the c. c. had their pictures
! painted by Miss Smith? If So will they please
/ write TO me and send her address. / hope the
/ friends of the c. &. enjoyed themselves on the
Fourth as much as did. / attended a barbecue
1 about eight miles from home sumptuous dinner
/ was served. and we Toasted on watermelons and
/ pesches-Lois T. jackson, Chapel Hill, Tex
Would like to thank the dear old veterans and
4 wives through THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, for their
kindness in sending their photos TO help MI up
my G. c. album. 1t would have been very hard to
decide who would gain the prize as there were SO
many dear kind faces TO select from but nearly All
wished 10 exchange. and was pleased that could
1 do so. Wish / could hand my album 10 each one
/ OF you 10 look over; know you would ENJOY H.
Again, many, many thanks from the little mount
ain girl.-Meds Plympton, West Decatur, Pa
| Mary F. Boutwell, takes this means of informing
her c. C. friends whose letters to her are still
answered that she would gladly answer each one,
/ but is unable 10 do now. She has been ALL
] ing Tor some lfiie, ana now Is SO pFOstEatc0 ny
the death Of her dear father, which occurred July
T. that she Is untitled for letter writing at present
Please remember her in her sorrow and affection
/ Address z. @. Box $50, Gaysvilie, Vt.
! j agree with Ruth killam that the majority OF
1 mankind do right simply because there is a law
foTbidding them to do wrong, and if they violate
that law they viii be punished accordingly and II
all laws abolished and all restraint taken
off the masses cur country would soon be IN a
1 state Of anarchy.-Homer MeFeeley, Nashville
Ind.
TO Ruth BIcKillam would say the belief Of do.
/ ing good forced by the threatening destruction OF
| punishment Is a popular faliacy. But for myself
| / of the impression that a fellow feeling
makes woudrous kind" and is not prompted 10y
4 q vision Of reward Good acts and charitable deeds
are always commendable, and should be part OF
our personal regime. Sympathy for fellow man Is
universal, aud in several parts of the habitabie
earth where sloepticsm reigns supreme, they emu,
late good deeds. Moreover, there are nlyriads o.
people who do good by stealth, and blush TO find
| it fame" Surely. may all assume virtue
1 we have il not.-John James.
TO ExCHANGE-wANTED.
To Exchange. Curiesities from the Atlantic
Ocean for Indian relics-R T. Towns, Stanford
Conn. One hundred quotations, with authors
names for photographs ofthe G. C.-IGlla McNamar
cents for best ofTer.-B. Z. Henshaw, Ulysses
Kan Photograph album for best photograph o.
young lady by Aug. 10; six-keyed piccoio for bes
1 photographs OF young genueman,-lfVIn Holmes
] Stafford Springs, Conn. Pair of young raccoon!
for best of'er.-John Scheel, Empors, Kan. Liz
ards HOLSTERS, etc. preserved Ia oil for COINS. Els
/ worth Hill, johnson, Vt Gems of Art and
Poetry" for best postal autograph; novel fol
second best; exchange with alb /. Webb
! ElrOy, Wis. A Taylor & Huntington stereoscope
60 views, cost S24, good for Campfres, for hes
| ofer.-E W. Bagshaw, Everett, Mo. Printing
press for telegraph instruments. NJ. Mariatt
West Lafayette, o. Specimens Of stone, wood, etc.
/ for the same, from every State and Territory
Ferniey ID. Smith, Lowman n. Y. Flower seed
! or plants for the o Florida curiosities.-
1 Bertha Benston Conway Iowa A violin and pail
of nckel-plated rolier-skates for band instrument
Frank Brnndage New London, o. Capturing
! L. H. e ufaa
4 Leo Wagner, Hiilsboro, Iowa: Autographs viii
the G. C.-Carrie J. Deever, Moxahala, o. Priz'
for best essay on any subject by Sept ! 1855
Blanche DippeTy, Van Vert, o. Prize for hes
! photograph by Aug. llama p. Arnold, Ron
dout. \. Y. Flower seeds and house plants 70
house plants-cactus preferred.-lda Brand, Can
ton, W. Va.
Wanted: Address of the party having Confed
crate money for sale.-S r. Hare, Elk Lick, Pa
Some G. J.. S. 9. member to write description o
the society FOR the @ C.. give price Of text books
Ollie II. Latin, Nelson Matteson, Flint, Mich
All to know my address is Putnam, Conn.-Elme
| G. Wood All 10 write me who would pay a reason
able price for sample pattern crochet spider-we
lace trimming and insertion.-Mrs q. Y. Thomas
Box 906 Leagenworth Kan. All to know my ad
dress is Island Station Colo, mot Islam. Add
Dudley To know the names Of the Governors
all the Ststes except Illinois, Indiana, Missouri ant
Texas; also. the names Of the Justices of the Su
preme Court; also, the names OF United States Sen
/ ators from Oregon, Colorado, Maine, Wisconsin
Michigan, Delaware, Rhode Island Louisiana an
Alabama. /. Smith, Cereal Springs, Ill. a c.
postal autograph. that / may see how they ar
made.-A. Ella Morse, Odell, Ill. Address of Ed
Randolph who called some time since for CORE
spondence-B. i. Randolph, Box 300. Milan, {
= Postal autographs with zee. eva T. Pryor Is
Westminster street, Providence. r. l.; Anna Good
art, Olney, III. mot Nebr8Ska); Charles Thorn
bonneville, Neb lpTize for best letter from LADY,
Lois J. jackson, Chapel Hill. Tex; S. Feronic
Adamson, Corning. o. Hattie 3. Speers. Hawley
Pa; Eta Ii BoGert, Exeter. ia; Blanche DIT
perry, Van Vert, o.; Julia Williams, Hawkeys
I Neb., A." poor, lonely girl"
Wanted-Sougs: 8 Father Will Settle the Bill,
/ Nn Ia q WefpDnH We Lao )
! gin."-BerthR PARCEL, Wixom, Mich $ Goo6
: Night" viii forward postage-C. L. Ellsworth
Letters with the c. c.: Eta AIcKinnie, Belle Wi
4 kersou Toblusport, Ind; Allie Shourd, RockpoT
I Iudi Charles Benston Conway, Iowa "a farms
= bOy1; Bert Clark, Port Hudson, Mich; Mary Va
/, I Devort West Hayden, o.; Bertha Lakue, Lake
:" view Mich; Bert Clark. Marietta, Mich, ale
photographs with young ladies.
With ladies y 10 90 by soldier-E W BaI
: shaw, Box -, Everett, Mo. With young ladies'
Maurice d. Higgins. Keystone o. With gentle
men 20 10 25--Ethei Rochester and Golde Rim
Olney i'll. With soldiers n Northwestern kansa
: ID. X Witter, Council Bluffs. Iowa. With col
Z respondents in southwestern Colorado or wesfei
: kansas-AIina L. Soule, Pickreli, Neb. Wat
: young under 20-Nettie Hogeman, Milton
= Neb. With daughters, wives sisters of 5th Ten
Al'td Inf. S6th Ohio and Co. H. 23d Ohio veteran
Mrs @. W. Ramage, jennings, Cacasien, L
Win G. G. friends who cultivate dowers.-BertE
J Benston, Conway, Iowa.
a The Curious Corner.
!. ANSWERS 20 questions will not be published wit
? ia two three weeks after questions appear.
= all will have a chance 10 send replies and recei'
? honorable mention with the number answered.
u Gen. Grant, about May 1864 after the battle
= tie Wilderness, when sharply criticized for wh
p was called q useless sacrifice OF men, wrote:
propose to fight it cut on this line IL it takes
. Summer"
u Slavery was abolished among the Quakers
= PENIS Colony is ISL and in 1850 united Pennsy
wanna provided Tor general emancipation, extern
, / ing over 10 years Ia 1880 there were but 3 737
- claim their freedom.
% The Acla PatJiicG Of ancient Rome was the fI
- / newspaper published la Europe.
~ The Etcsan winds the northeast trade win
e that blow for about six weeks la the Summer ov
= Z the countries adjacent TO the Mediterranean Sc
cooling the tenn perature aud promoting vegetalio
y Niger election " - held the last Wednesday
= May ia Massachusetts, so-calied because on tii
- day ll750j law passed prohibiting slavery
= / the Commonwealth.
a Printing was introduced into England in l474
: Eight States were named from their princiu
g I rivers viz Delaware, Ohio, Tennessee Nilsson
= Mississippi. Colorado Connecticut Arkansas
- I. What noted woman and under what crcuI
y stances, exclaimed, "Ah, Liberty how many Grim
are committed ia thy name Albert Barton, B
~ Vernon. Wis.
T. 2 Where and when were handkerchiefs i
ls manufactured John A. SoIiday, jr.
e 3. What city IL called the City of the Vic
Crown ANNA V. De Luu.
l. Who invented the Washboard f-Crace s. Ri
sell, ROdmHn. Iowa.
8. When and by whom was the FIRE engine
vented Eva y. Crate Oeeauside Cal.