The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-03-07


group of friends, the dear G. g.
They came from many States and places
u seemed as il knew their faces.
Some faces have a card,
And SO TO name them not hard.
We talked and laughed with one another,
Almost tBe same IS sister and brother;
We talked and read Of books aud flowers,
Until we reached the midnight hours
Then talked of all our heroes brave,
OF many dear and houored grave;
We solved those puzzles hard and long,
And ended with good war song.
But ., imagine my dismay,
When, turning, they had gone away.
There i an end TO every dream,
Ana mine is ended so 'iwould seem,
Edith J.. Miller NeisisvIIe, WIS.
AN EX-CONFED's LITTLE SISTER.
DEAR c. G: VIII you admit the little sister OF an
: -Confed," p member Of Stonewall Jackson,s
Corps, rs a member of your circle? II So VIII
promise TO be loyal TO you and our country.
have lots Of Confederate money and postage stamps
II any of the C. q. viii write 10 me ana wlsh a Dill
OF stamp a curiosity, and viii send 10 cents IN
stamps, to prepay registered letter viii be Peased
70 forward TO you To the ufsl 40 VIII SEM SIVO
bill each.-Iliza jackson, CurisLiansburgt Va.
OUR BOOK CIRCLE.
CAS- man thiuzeth in his heart so is he" five
read novels We tnIu5S novels; else why read liemy
For my reading I select history. travel, biography
and the ike; also, humorous books, as DIR. Rattle
head Lie and Adventures Of an Arkansas DOC
tor, " " alilugs Of a Wife" etc, and Bill Nyes
" Baled Hay, ETC. Who of the C. c. read humoT-
Gus books? They have their value, since by read
ing them we may laugh ana grow lat. -. W.
EuyeaTt, BellWOUd, Neb.
have been reading for over two years the history
Of Abraham Lincoln and his Times, written by ms
Private Secretaries Hay and Nicuiai aud published
ia the Century A0gGSsHe am deeply interested,
aud wish every youth in America would read the
life Of this great and good man, the most re-
BOWned OF hs time how many think of him as
do? How many are reading the life OF Lincoln p
CHARLES l. Straight, lO5 High St, Pswiucket, * L.
NOi long go one Of the c. G. asked about the
home 81 j. ~. Whittier, the poet. His OLD home IS
ia AGesbury, Mass. An old-tashloned, low-roo!ed
the IteASaUt pretty
surroundings a small stream of water close by.
Not many houses about there lie has home IN
Danyers also about 10 miles from here though We
never seen that. he stays part OF the time sum
mers think al the Old homestead. Yes, Matte,
the CycioFaGna OF the battle Of Gettysburg Is won
uefIuli 4 We seen u three times IN Boston mere
i another on exhibition now-battle OF bunker
HiIl.-Annie L. Williams
During the Fail term we studied literature, and
was 50 fascinated that | sorry when we nm
ished. imagine Annie Andrews Is a lover of
history; u that j. true, would ike to become &C
quainted with her, / am reading Prescotts works
al present. ana and u very lnteTestlngi also, de-
Todotuss History of Egypt; his style Is delight
iul. Scott Is my favOrite novelist, and henll-
worth " nay fayorite novel. / enjoy Carlyles
works, bus do not admire his character. Para
disc Lost" can only be appreciated by careful
study. l admire Helen Hunt Jackson among
American writers, but our great national pride Is
our illustrated magazines The CeaitIFUIs ms favor
ite-Ada NJ Burke. Cedar Falls, Iowa.
find novel reading to be beneficial 10 this extent:
about one-tenth novel TO nlne-tenths history
poetry, etc. A novel once IN awhile will give Us
a change, and we can always learn something If
supply the moral to ourselves. Did the great
men and women of to-day build themselves up by
reading novels? l think not 4 careful study OF
good and noble books helped them 10 climb the
ladder OF iane.-hliiard knowles farmer boy,
Spencer. Iowa.
Do not the c. c. think as I do, that the best lit
eTary work Of to-day Is comprised within the pages
OF our magazines HGf4eT'S ScrbneT'S, The Century,
and atlantic contain every number the best col
lection Of articles comprising fiction travel, de-
scTiption, criticism, history ana personal reminis-
FRF.a-G - NTH hest
thought On economic questions: and the reprints
from British Inagazines.-G. VI. Edmonson, Mani
lou Springs, Colo.
Favolits authors of the c. c.: BY favorites are
George Eliot and Victor Hugo. How many have
read Robert Elsmere,' by Mrs. Humphrey Ward?
Ada II Client Brookside Colo Bu!wer's great
story, The Last Days of Pompeii,' can recon-
mend 10 the G. c. as profitable and interesting.
l5uTns's poems do not lke.-EliR Price, Trenton,
Mo. do not agree with Agnes Walkers estimate
OF Marion Har!and's works; TO me The Hidden
Path" is disgusting. +. p. Roe and Bertha Clay
are fayoTIte story writers of mine.-Louisa Allen,
Grand Forks, Oak. l admire TenByson'S poems,
Jean Ingclow aud Mrs. Browning. all of which
TOO Little read What do the c. C. think of Victor
Hugo's Les Miserables Alice N. Gilbert, Ches-
ter Hill, o.
The Curious Corner.
ANSWERS IN questions will not be published with
IN two or three weeks after questions appear. So
all viii have chance to send replies aud receive
honorable mention with the number answered.
Astoria, Ore, has been called the "Yenice of
The Nile has no tributaries for 500 miles from
Its mouth aad as u flows through hot country il
loses by evaporation and irrigation. The Missis-
siplh mas nanE large tributaries Its entire length
1t VIII hs readily seen why one grows smaller and
the other larger as the delta Is reached
The Hudson Bay Co. Is the eldest incorporated
business concern. and has been Ia active operation
% years.
OF Vice Presidents Of the United States. George
Clinton, Eibridge Gerry, William Z. King, Henry
Wilson and Thomas A. Hendricks died 10 office :
Aaron Burr tried for treason; Richard NJ
johnson WAS not elected by The people; John c.
Calhoun resigned 10 take seat ia the Senate and
Lafayette Foster was Nice-President after Andrew
! johnson succeeded Lincoln. New York has fur
nished three Fice-Presidents, and Indiana two.
/. When WIS the first Colonial Assembly ?-Nelia
! u. Hampton Mt Victory, o.
2 How many Popes reigned while ST. Peters
was buidng?-J. +. Waffle, Sharon Center, O.
3. VINO originated the term The Almighty Dol
lar? Eva l.. Crate, Oceanside, Cal.
4. Who was Pastor of the first church at Boston
/ Edith =. Miller, Nei!lsville Wis.
5. Nheuand where was Illuminating gas first used
for street purposes ?-H. B. Curtis, New Carlisle,
! Ind.
6. On what battlefield OF the world were the most
men engaged2-Chas. W. Cast. Clinton Iowa.
z. What Is the correct quotation of when
Greek, p aud 50 on?-Herbert Mccormick, Ransom,
Ill.
BIBLE BRIGADE.
Temperance is used by Paul reasoning with Felix
and has wife; also IN addressing the Galatians and
by Peter in admonishing the Christansi four times
in all.
The first auaesthetic was used when God caused
deep sleep to fan upon Adam and took from his
side a rib to make Eve.
Methusaiah was Isl years old when his first son
was born, so ne probably was something Of bach.
/ elor before he married
Hazael King, Of Damascus, reigned 46 years.
Sodom and Gomorrah were known as the Cities
1 Of the Plain They were destroyed by fire. and
their sites are supposed to be covered by the Dead
/ Sea.
Concerning proper names in the Bible beginning
with v, correspondent says il is Douays lransla
ton that gives three but the common English yer.
sion five, viz; Faiezatha, Yaniah Yashni WASN'T
and Vophsi.
l. Who was the first Christian martyr, with date
1 of martyrdom2 Who the first Of Great Britain
with date Arthur o. Sisson.
.. What is the myrtle tree mentioned in the
! Bible, and its peculiariGes Dora Z. Brand La
| Porte. Ind.
/ 8. Where does the Bible speak Of churning?-S
/ D. Hill Indian Orchard, Neb.
BRAIN-RACKERS.