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sHERIDAN,s MEMOIRS.
The Preface 10 His Story of His own Part in the
Great Civil War.


The preface to Gen. Sheridans Memoirs has
been made public, and is as follows:
When, yielding to the solicitations of my friends,
finally decided to write these memoirs the great
est difficulty which confronted me that of re-
counting my share in the many notable events of
the last three decades in which / played part
without entering too fully into the history of these
years, and at the same time without giving my
own acts an unmerited prominence. To what eX-
tent Il have overcome the difficulty must leave
the reader TO judge.
In offering this record. penned by my own hand
ofthe events of my life and of nay participation in
our great struggle for National existence, human
10 literary merit; the importance of the subject
matter of my narrative is my only claim on the
readers attention.
Respectfully dedicatng this work to my COM
rades-in-arms during the of the rebellion, l
leave 1t as heritage TO my children and as source
OF information for the future historian.
ISignedl T. II. SHERIDAN.
NoNQUrTr, MASS, Aug ., 1888.
Col S. E. Blount, Gen. Sheridan's Chief Aid
de-camp, in transmitting the manuscript of the
preface to the publishers, wrote under date of
Nonquitt, Aug. 8, as follows:
incIose herewith the preface for Gen. Sheridans 3
Memoirs, dated Nonquitt Mass, Aug. 2, 1888 The
General gave II his last attention, and finally re-
yised and signed it on that day, although it was
first drafted in Washington May l3, when he fin
ished revising the complete manuscript of the
work. The copy inclose was made by me from
the original, bearing the Generals own signature,
which original Col. Sheridan has permitted me to
retain,
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FOR THE LADIES.

Shawl pIaids in soft mixtures Of color will be
favorite travelling gowns and also for shopping
purposes
The most stylish travelling and dust eIoaks
seen this season have the round cape collar which
makes hood when gathered with a cord about
the edge.
Violet and green are among the favorite COM
binations for Fall millinery, when fruits, grains
and grasses are to be more generally used than
Summer blossoms.
The picture girl affects for early Fall wear a
large round hat of fine black milan faced with vel
vet, family tip-tilted at side and wound about
with scarf Of Brussels or Spanish net whose ends
fall straight down to her waist.
Roman silks and ribbons have again come into
the market, and will be worn girdle sashes the
coming season. making an effective relief in color
to the somberness of a neutral costume. For chill
dren, worn with white gowns they very attract
i've.
the haying season gentleman during a short drive
counted nine young women driving two-horst
mowers and IL managing horse-rakes.
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Conrade Albert Harrell Adjutant Of Upton
Post no &. GAR, Pueblo Colo, sends the
following warning to GAR. people: James w.
King, who says he belonged t0Co. H. l4th Ind,
and claims 70 he q member Of Lincoln Post,
No J. Department OF Kansas, has been
Tictimizing the members Of the GAR in Col
0radO on tile strength Of being a member Of
that Post. the Post Commander Of which classes
him as o frst-cias5 fraud, he having beat the
members o. Upton Post. No. G, Pueblo, cut Of
50, and has borrowed money from a comrade
of Reno Post * Denver, which he refuses to
pay. lie has also run bills in Denver on the
fact Of being the comrades friend and has
played the part ofaa frst-class fraud and dead
beat wherever lie has been. This is TO warn
all comrades and old soldiers against him and
70 advise them 20 give him wide berth.
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A MIND OVERTHROW.
Sad Instances of Eccentricity on the Part of Mrs
Stowe.

Sad Instances Of Eceentricity on the Part Of Mrs.
Stone.
Harriet Beecher Stowe has been removed
from her longtime residence at Hartford to q
farmhouse near Sag Harbor, l.. l. Her health
has become alarmingly bad and this decline is
accompanied by mental eecentricity. Always
original and characteristic, she has now become
so peculiar that her relatives deem it best to
keep her in retirement for awhile. That she
will recover from her physical illness is not
doomed likely, but her immediate demise is
not looked for. The decrepitude of old age has
come upon her. She is stopping at the resi-
dence of Capt. Lewis Corwin, an acquaintance
of half a lifetime and brother of one of the
late Henry Ward Beecher's stalwart parish
toner's.
She is almost rs years old. Until few years
ago she retained her mental power to a sur
prising degree, but latterly it has declined, and
now she is little like her former self. An over
estimate of her famous book, Uncle Toms
Cabin" has grown upon her, until she is unde-
niably possessed of delusions. Her principal
hallucination is that Uncle Toms Cabin was
as diyinely inspired work as the Bible; that
she was merely medium through which God
expressed his condemnation of human slavery.
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Two IlescFters.


Union soldier By the name Of John Herhst
was captured and imprisoned IT Audersonville
To escape the almost certain death in that no
tori0us prIsoa pen be ealisted in the Confcd-
crate army, intending 10 escape and join his
fellows. Hc was captured by the Union forces,
and after service 3 second time was dishonora.
bly, discharged, aud died OF disease contracted
il the service. Congress saw iit 10 pension his
widow who IS poor aud IL need. President
Cleveland vetoed the bill on the high patriotic
ground that the soldier at one tine deserted.
He has been largely appl8uGed for the act by
certain class; bat they fail to mention that
tie President turned right about from his prn-
eiple and appointed i. C. Armstrong 10 the
important pos; 0f Indian Inspector. This man
Armstrong was also reported deserter from the
Union army. lie was . voluntary deserter, y
says a writer, Immediately after the hattie OF
Bull Run, and served in the rebel army until
the close Of the war" Does the President pun
ish Herhsts widow because her husband re-
turned 10 his duty in the ranks Of the Union
army2 IL not, why does he heap honors on
Armstrong;
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CurjoDs qbings About Eggs.

Ali the world and his cosmopolitan wife and
family like new-laid eggs Nor do We depre-
cate their taste; on the contrary, we share it,
The relish Of eggs is honorable, and to prefer
them fresh evinces due appreciation of the
fitness Of things" Tradition runneth not
back to the time when eggs in this condition
were of evil repute, although the use of the
stale variety as a missile has never been popu-
lar with the recipients. Probably the antedi-
Iuvians were fond of eggs for we are given TO
understand that they feasted high; and what
would a banquet be without g the fruit Of the
hem
That the Egyptians were fond of eggs is
beyond peradventure, for one of our archgolo-
gists brought home with him from Egypt some
dozens which had been at least 5000 years in
the catacombs, having been placed there for
the accommodation of the mummies in case
they should wake up and feel peekish. These
eggs, cackled over by the hens that fourished
in the time of the carly Pharaohs-laid prob
ably before the children of Israel made their
exodus by way Of the Red Sea-we have seen,
and many Of them are as perfect externally as
if they had been bought in market yesterday
but although Egyptian wheat Of the same date
is said to have terminated and reproduced it
/ self, we are not aware that any Of the eggs ol
/ that ilk have been set upon and hatched.
The Chinese are the greatest egg eaters in
| the world, They raise more poultry than al
| the other nations Of the earth taken together
/ and have way Of keeping eggs for 40 years OF
/ more in q sound condition. The older the eggs
/ the more valuable they are; and it is trich
| Of the Chinese grocer to ring in fresh eggs or
his customers whenever he can get chance Il
| cheat them in that way.
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Yast Imnrorement in moraIs.

We find people talking about political cor
ruption as though it were new thing. The
historians, on the contrary. can point TO no
period and no country IN which politics were
not corrupt. We lament the prevalence Of
vice; but the time was and within hundred
years, too, when vice was fashionable and pop
uIar, not execrated.
OF Charles James Fox, one Of the ablest
men in England a hundred years ago, it was
truly remarked that he affected nothing but
vice, and that he had the ambition to surpass
all men in that particular as we'll as in others.
lie last 100000 in gambling before he was 81
years Old and lived in open and notorious
vice. But this did not affect his standing in
society in the least. It did not prevent his
being the first man in the House of Commons,
nor bar his entrance into the Cabinet, nor
lose him the regard of the most yirtuous of his
contemporaries.
The progress Of decency, too, has been most
remarkable. Eighty years ago passages were
printed in popular books and respectable news
papers, nay, read aloud in respectable families,
the publication of which would now subject
the publisher to prosecution. We are not sure
that poor Richards Almanac would now be
permitted TO be sold, so Incredibly indecent are
are some of its articles But it was house.
hold book a hundred years ago.
We might continue the enumeration, and
show that in every respect man is better, and
better of, now than ever he was before Read the
memoirs, biographies, letters, newspapers, al
manacs and popular books Of the last century,
if you would appreciate properly the much
calumniated Ninetcenth.-N. I. Ledger
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PERSONS AND THINGS.

AT the camp-meeting in Douglas, Mass the
other day arose and said that lie was a re-
Gently escaped convict from the Rhode Island State
Prison that he had determined to lead better life
and that beginning he should go back to the
prison and serve the remainder of his term. The
prison Chaplain present and heard him, and
knowing something of human nature, helped the
convict in his good resolution by teIcphoning for
officers and capturing him before he weakened
- Cornell University has examined the records
of its athletes and finds that athletics kept within
reasonable bounds not in conflict with the ed
ucational purposes of the University. Oarsmen
average 20 per cent, ball-payers 70 per cent and
track athletes 20 per cent. in scholarship for the
year
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California Land Frauds.

J.W. Whitson, Co. E. 18th Iowa, Selma, Colo,
writes to denOunce the frauds in California
lands that are being advertised i'll many papers.
Ho is especially denunciatory of one which
offers to sell lands in ShelbyviIle, Fresno Co.
While there is much good land in Fresno
County, there is great deal that is worthless.
In one instance lady who had invested all her
money in land and in her passage to Shelby
vile, arrived there without a cent, and the
charitable people of the neighborhood had to
make up purse to send her back home. He
does not wish that any of the comrades should
be defrauded by this suspicious advertisement.
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Letter from Chairman Briggs in regard L
Michigan monuments

LeIEeF If0-l NlaIFLlaN BIlgGs ID TcgaTl %
Michigan monuments:
GREED RAPIDS, MICH, Aug. 6, 1888.
O B. CrRTEs Detroit, Mich.
DEAREgR Replying 10 yours of yesterday would
say that according TO the contracts. all mont
meuts for aiichiEsn regiments were to be in place
ready Tor dedication Sept. TO- Isss. One Of the
parties having tc largest amount Of work viii not
bc on tiu1es VIII require an additional 81 days az
least complete his work. Tis viii take Us 70
Oct EG 1885, or say Oct J5 as the earliest date
when thc B.f2ll5 gan monuments can be dedicated.
50 soon as i can be possibly known that the rlonu-
neuls Will be ready at a given date the fact Will
he published 70 the world and aIrang gements made
accordingly for their dedication. Assurances have
been givea by railroad officials for a very low rate
pf fare ard special trains from. say, Detroit and
Grand Rapids. Yours tg1ly.
GEORGE q. BRIGGS. Chairman.
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Generosity.

A young gentleman recently found himself
in the company of three young ladies, and gen.
erously divided an orange between them.
You will rob yourself" exclaimed one of
the damsels.
Not at all" replied the innocent {" have
three or four more in my pockts"
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A Nice Legal Question.

Magistrate Ito Uncle Rastus, who has been
unfortunate AGAIN. name prisoner?
Uncle Rastus-Must Civ my name, sab?
Magistrate Certainly.
Uncle Rastus-Well, now, yo honah, done
understan' frum a lawyer dat nobody am COM
PEELED to say nofIin wot has or tendency TO con-
vict hsself.
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The Unlucky Child of Culture.

Mrs. FaneuiI Hall (of Boston)-Dear me,
John, don't know what to do to cure our
Erasmus from running away and going fishing
on Sunday.
Mr. f. H.-Take away his spectacles every
Saturday night; then he can't see to dig bait.
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Where They Differed.

"Tll never take trip across the ocean, re-
marked Mrs. Dusenberry. I am afraid OF
ingdrowned."
"HTmph !" " growled Mr.. Dusenberry. That's
where you differ from Noah"
How so?"
"He went to sea to avoid being drowned"
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Derivation Of the Name.

Morton is a local name, from the parish of
Morton, in Nithsdale, Dumfrieshire, Scotland,
Nor, in the Gaelic. signifed big, great; and ton
is from dun, "a hill Morton, the big or great
hill-Americal Notes ard Queries.
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6 Sheridan,s Rid. ,,

f. L. Prang & Co., the noted chrome artists,
of Boston, have gotten out an excellent picture
of Gen. Sheridan's Ride to Cedar Creek on the
18th of October, 1864 The picture represents
the General at the time the line ef battle has
been reformed, and Sheridan, carrying the
headquarters Gag, and followed by his staff, is
riding down the line to encourage the men to
renew the battle. The picture has received
high commendation from soldiers and artists,
and has been especially approved by the sur
vivors of the great victory who witnessed the
scene that it represents. The picture is one of
Prang's series Of acrid war pictures.
Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but use DR..
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Unlimited Cake and Pie.

LiJt.I
Bobby was admiring thefat boy at the dino
museum.
Mamma" he said, what kind mother he
must haye!n
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HUMoR.
Two OF a Kind.

Buyer-How much are those trousers, Mr..
Solomons?
Mr.. s-vell, mein freund, We are yust giyin'
dose pants away
Buyer -Thanks-thanks! I'll
take this pair.
Exit rapidly with trousers.l
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EDIT2R NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In one Of your
late issHes ] saw an item stating that Gen.
Clinton b. Fisk. candidate for President on the
Prohibition ticket was brave soldier Ia the
army during the rebellion, and he 50 states in
his speeches. Now, ] would like to have TRE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE look up his record as a
soldier, for ] am certain be was never in the
field either as a soldier or al otIicer he was
Colonel Of tie 33d No. though he never went
out with the boys, but staid in s.. Il5Dis-H
d.. 6EAMAN, sI3 GeEIol Avenue. Chieago III.
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TO De coniin,ted.I
G.A.R. Map Of WISCONSIN.

Col E. b. Gray, Past Adjutant- General,
GAR, and now Assistant Adjutant General
an admirable map of theSState of Wisconsin,
which shows the location of ali the Posts by
numbers and the inspection districts, which
are numbered and colored. The Department
Commander viii appoint an Assistant Inspector
for each of these inspection districts. end by
that means it is expected TO be able to infuse
greater activity into the administration of the
districts and the Posts. The map-is highly
executed aud is very creditable to Col. Gray.
- 6 I,-:,-4a nrt: :.
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Pure Blood

Is absolutely necessary IN order have perfect heIth
Hoods Sarsapara is the great blood purifier Quickly
conquering scroala. salt rheum and all othsr snsid-
Gus enemies which attack the blood ana undermine hs
health, It also builds up the whole system cures ays-
Fepsia, headache, and overcorues thar tired feeling
I have been troubled by scr0faIaus affection all M
life It Is Of the marked recoectians Of uy boy
hood days, ard for several years has rendered me unable
% labor much. ] think Hoods Sarslp1Tllls Nhlch
have been usns at intervals for teu years the best
thing have ever taken am so. and ug general
health is better than ever" IT, D. AHe1Ir Warren " II
q" / have taken two bottles Of Hoods SaFsapariua
for salt rheum and dyspepsia with which was tr7u-
bied very much. After taking this medicine I ana
feeling As veil as ever" G. ". R1sz PotssviIIe Pa.
n. 3. Ifyou want a good medicine get
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold By al druggists 81 six for e. Prepared only b.
c. HOOD & Co, Apothecaries Lowell Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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inferior to those who came 90 years ago. They
are not as intelligent, as industrious nor well
able to take care of themselves. The cause of
their coming is advertising in all languages
and the cheapening of rates"
EDUCATION THE REMEDY.
"What is the leading object of your organi-
cation, Mr.. Powderly?"
"The Knights of Labor have for their object
the protection of labor. We would educate the
workman so that he can become partner with
his employer, showing the profits of his labor
on a basis of cooperation. These contract la
borers can never be educated"
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Hoods Sarsaparilla
100 Doses One Dollar

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~ PATTERNS. for making Rugs Tidies
l----s>~--<N Gaps, MiEteus. etc. Machine seat By
@z.SIr mail for 81. Send for .ata reduCed
GC price list. Z. ROSS & Co, To-
Iedo, Ohja.
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Nothing Sharp to Cut With
TtJJyrra

Judgei
Young father-Blamed if I know what's the
matter with the baby, Doc, but she cries all the
time"
teeth
Young father-"I don't believe it, Doc; she
amt had knife or anything sharp TO play
with since she was born"
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At tile Theater.
T.T7tdds ]

Oldboy Ito man who is standing up and OBJ
structing his view of the stage)-"Sit down
sir! You are not Opaque"
Stranger" No, sor; Oi'm O'Reilly."
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Campaign supplies. Write for free Price
List to L. a. Armstrong, Detroit Mich.
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For fever and ague and niasmatic diseases
Ayers Ague Cure Is positive remedy.
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Ladies, why not vote for President? This is
your chance. See Sunset" for particulars.
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- - cHEcK gYsTEM.

BIT. BoWdeTIy continued - had occasion q
short time ago to take trip on the Pennsyl-
vania Road between Philadelphia and New
York. I found a lot Of Italian laborers work
ing on the road who were identified simply by
brass checks bearing numbers attached to q
leather belt at the back Of their trousers. When
you called them bytheir names they did not
know what their names were. The number on
their checks coTrcsp0Hded to a number on the
pay-b0ok, and If they lost the check it was
case of no check, no pay. 1 haye heard that
agents Of the road frequently stole the checks
and cheated these poor creatures Of their pay.
- would have every mau WhO becomes an
american citizen speak the English tongue.
lie should be able TO read and understand the
Declaration Of Independence and the Constitu-
ton. l should have our American Consuls
abroad examine into the character Of every one
who comes here, and make every emigraut file
an application some time before he comes for
1 the purpose Of this examination. The Pardee
4 Company in Pennsylvania is responsible for q
number of these Hungarians. Their en-
( pi0yecs do not know how TO read, and cannot
deciphcr the words danger at the heads or
I hazardous places in the Mines and often work
! to their deaths and cause tile deaths OF others.
/ Their morals are loose, and they become more
+ SO the longer they stay. They work under the
4 lash like horses The contract system has been
the cause OF demoralizing the American work
/ iHgman. There are now 100000 Of men un-
employed IN the United States. The man who
/ brings over contract laborers should be dealt
severely with. He makes S., 600, and can easily
afford to pay q, 900 fine. As q rule, the class Of
/ Hungarians aud Italians who come over here
by contract are very undesirable. My father
was an immigrant. He came over with shill.
ing in his pocket, but he raised a family of II
and did something for his country. Men who
come to stay aud earn their livinas ere vel
coined by US But uDlesss "a man comes of hii
own free will 7ge don't want him. As far as
I ..ale Chinese are concerned, the Knights o.
Labor do not encourage them. We object II
them. Still we have some Chinese knights o.
Labor. There are six or seven in this city
But they are civilized, educated and become
un-Chincse. The class who come as rule, are
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EAur Mama On 3 iis. I & as 9 q @ Floral CaI @ Iag 5
B5okof gU Cards. &e 1Oe. BRADLEY CO. North Haven, c.
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TA0ICO Send cents tstampsl for sample copy large
IHDlLO I6-page paper and bulb 'BABY's BREATH," :"
mailed free. HOCSEEEEPER, Minneapolis. MIMI
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Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but use DR..
sage's Catarrh Remedy.
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UTANTED-Lady agents for A. Skirt and Bustle
w combined. also 3" Hose supporters latest I'M
prOvements. GaeshUFg ILL agent made s9S IN 10 days
Ladies' supply Co. 2s7 Washington ST, Chicago, III.
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