The National tribune., 1889-02-14

field, Prague &ei SIS cents as follows: Z. Nesier-
field. North and Ida WesteTtield. Charles Lilly and
Mcora Riggs: GeItie Beuais Viola Del. 10 cents;
Michigan friend. p cents Anna Arnold, Rondout.
n. Y, 10 cents Geo. Smith, Garden City, Kan, 40
cents Mrs. Chauncey Getman, Waterloo. n l.,
lNho used 90 live in Homer, and knew Oracle
Owen, says she patient little iuvaiIdl, % cents
two pairs miitens from little daughter % Fes-
Gran, Buffalo, n. Y. which will sell Tor 40 Genus
sure; Edw. Pike, Ipswich, Mass, 10 cents we
have between S3I and $50. Need about Ss1-Annle
i. Williams Treasurer Chnir Fund, Saugus' MASS
WORDS OF CONSOLATION.
FRIENDS OF THE c. c.: To those who are in deep
sorrow and affection over the loss OF Their Gear
ones, let this be bit Of advice from T. u aFleho:
If the way be one of trials, weary not;
III it's of sore denial, weary mott
If it now be one of weeping,
There will come joyous greeting,
When the harvest are reaping, weary not.
Iftemptations oyerta1e you, weary not
Jesus never will forsake you, weary not
He viii leave you never never,
From his loving arms 10 sever;
Glory 10 the Lord forever. weary not.
Anna Goodart 0lney Ill.
VETERAN IN A CAVE.
DEAR c. c.: VIII you allow an old vet to enter
your domain II so, / should like to enlist for
three years, unless sooner discharged know but
little of the outside world, except what learn
1 from THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. / have long since
placed myself on the retired list and taken up my
home in cave, the world forgetting aud by the
world forgot Aiy Is in the bluffs OF the grand
old Mississippi River with ceiling sides and floors
of solid rock. / have three chambers: one use
for kitchen, one for bedroom, and one for a
stting-room and library. This room is regular
old curiosity shop. and is filed with odd and quaint
specimens Of the forest. have visitors, and IN
Winter l go in my hole, like grounding, 10 re-
main very close until Springtme. My only COM
panions during the long Winter months are my
rusty old books and The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. But
I in Spring and Summer l think my mansion the
most delightful spot on earth. Thousands of song
birds come to make my retreat one of perpetual
music, while widhowers of every hue and shade
spring up all sides aud fill the air with the most
delicious odor. My bed is composed of buffalo
robes with pillows made of deeTskns, stuffed with
Mississippi moss. while my chairs are made OF Will
lows and hickory sprouts, and my couch OF the
I same, upholstered with coonskins nave Two
doors from my cave to the outside world. One
i opens ont the broad Mississippi, where spend
much Of my time in angling for the funny tribe on
] Summer evenings, and watch one of the grandest
sights Of this Western country-a Mississippi sun.
set; the other opens in dry gulch the side OF
: tbe bluff / will not write more until am mus
tered in, and then, if admitted, will give the C. Q.
/ young ladies a few items cookery and fancy
needlework and other incidents of hermit life in
q cave. r. Miller, Sayerton, BIo.
TO ExCHANGE-WANTED
! To Exchange: Type for best offer; rubber name
stamp and fancy ink for best etteT.-M. Harmer
Hargrove, Browns Mills, n. J. Piceaio for best
Offer stone with hundred garuets for best offer
William A. LivermOre, Box I27, Gardiner, Me.
1 Stevens breech-loading rife for breech- loadlng
/ shotgun. Robert Hill, Rrayfeld. Ill. Gold hunt
inE-case watch for pretest piece Of lace; solid gold
ring for next so prettiestS. Partridge, Fruitland,
/ best cabinet photograph.-Frede Cope, Santiago,
Iowa. Fifty Spencerian pens, No. /, for best col
/ lection iorelgn stamps by MaTeh autographs
! with All--N- HI. Nandoran Elkhart Ind. Anes s
Mastery OF the Pen for crazy patchwork.-C. b.
/ Loundsbury, Stamford, Conn; Sarah Reynolds,
] Great Bend, Pa. . Modjeska Waltz " for Bicycle
/ Gailop."-Lulu n. Spore, 227 South Main street,
/ Decatur, III. Gold ring for violin accordion
/ A Stalker, Rome, Pa Nickel without cents for
! best oder.-David Z. Porter, West Burke, Vt.
Stuffed bird for handsomest photograph,-John w.
/ Flaheriy, Storrs, Conn. Malarial and neuralgia
prescription for every book worth dollar.CJohn
Irwin PerryVile, O. Cabinet curiosity for 100 U. s.
1 stamps Is or more varieties.-Claude Range Tren-
ton, Mo. Holly scrolI-saw for best otfer.-Floreuce
4 Subway, Cresco. Iowa. Hand painted crazy
work and hat lining for stamps write for partieu-
lars-M Flora Wartield, Seneca Castle, n. Y. Cro-
Chef lace patterns for flower seed.-Sarah Spangle,
MorristoWn, East Tenn. Friendship cards with all
the c. C.-Mamie COnkiin, Farmingdale L. l.,
NY
Letters: With the musical c. C.-Franoes E Ha-
gar, teacher 10. Madalin, n. Y. With the @. G.
] Lizzie s. Meey, Swedesboro, n. j.. Norah
! Coehrane, Box IS, Pleasant Hope, Mo-; Hat
! tie II. Price Ebenezer. East Tenn; w. NJ. Bart
! leit. Box 81. Demster, n. Y; Omer s. WhiteInan.
/ Kingston, Ind; Charles S. Carney Indiana. Pa.
/ With lovers OF music; autographs exchanged
| Gertrude A. Bemis Viola, Ind. With c. C. girls
/ Laura Graham. member Good Templars Odeboth,
| Iowa With gentlemen.-M. A. Dolin, Box g,
Greenup, KY; &. w. Day, Box "A; Iva Harrison,
Box "A, Day, Pa; Love Montrose, Grace Darling,
Virginia City, III; Vera Wycliffe. Grace Garnett,
Hazel Thornton. Virginia City, ILL.,; Lolita Kune,
| Rosa Cox Leesburg o. Book-keepers preferred
! With c. G.: Named Tyler.-Minnie Tyler. Clayton,
Mich; Patrick Frizel, Frostburg Pa. With Annie
1 Williams and girls IS, my age.-GeoTgia Wood
| bury, jamestown, Oak; James C. Morgan, Canton
W. Va. With 5. of V and ID. of W. A. Meet
roy, corner Maryland and st. Joseph avenues
Evansville. Ind. With S. Of V. East, also ID
of Wanna Mendenhal Lock Box 81 Pasadena
| Cal. With Good Templar G. C.'s and Capt Will
| Sheahan.-EI V. Maull, IS Irving Ave. Bridge
ton, n. J. Letters and postal photographs with
1 sons and daughters of veterans.-Henry Buchen
Cascade. Wis; Helen F. Mayo. Salmon Falls, n
| II. With a lady of 25.-S. II. SAitZ Richmond o.
| veteran 18TH Ohio. With ladies.-D n. Simons
| Chilhowee Mo-, veteran; Guy Schuyler, 0beC
| Z. Smith, Stewardson. H.; must be under l6; Ed
| Woner Nobe Walls. Boat ThoTnbuTy, Graysville
| Ind; Clyde Il. Raymond, Pittsfeld, Ill.
/ Prizes offered: For prettiest drawn, painted. OF
written postal autograph; exchange with all
/ Mollie Bohau, Box 100, Dakota City, Iowa; to
know why Wesls Alma, Alya Dowell and Elmer
Duncan do not send autographs. Ten songs fol
each collection Of silk, satin velvet; two novels
/ for best; four samples lace for every dozen but
/ tons; would like Media Clayton's address, posta
returned me.-Carrie z. Dixon, Waterforford, o
/ Prize for best each Of postal autographs. scrap
book clippings and @. c. lclters-L- G. Carrico Co
ID, LIST Mo- Cav, Ottervile, Ill. De Witt Talmagei
book. Pathway Of Life" at publishers price
| send stamp for particulars.-Chas EnyeaTt, Bell
. wood, Neb To the lady an autograph album ant
gentleman necztie for largest collection of song
| by March IL A. Morrison. Peasantville, Pa
Five dollars for largest collection of stamps, AM
! kind, by March l.-Lida +. Harvey, Plattsburg
Mo Prize for best collection Of postmarks.-Clari
A. Barlow, Box 81, New Canaan, Conn. For home
lest photograph. daughter of veteran, by Marcel
: /; also iandsoInest.-Emma L. Savage. Waitsfeid
VT.
Wanted: Postal autograph. with quotation, from
each G. O.; my cabinet for best by May l-Alict
Day Box III. Mt. Grab o. Letters from Waite
Campbell, Alfred l. Earlcourt and Charles MeVay
-EInma Cunning ham, Bruceton Mills, w. Va II
. thank those who responded to requests; Flora Us
a mond TO know 1 have not walked for two years
the G. G. to send me ribbon scraps for @. G. eush
: ion; Eva Pryor and Annie i. Williams TO writ
: me-Lena b. Suter, Mann's Choice Pa. c. c. girl
20 send photographs to a veterans New Years al
bum, prize for best; give name. age and address,
{ OF Sego, Box q, Morris, N. Y, widower, will
| peculiar taste. To thank Kate Brownlee Sherwoo
for the poem entitled Sightless Scars" it is til
principle not the man, the Blue Coat" represents
Joe Hicks, Co. g. 18th Ohio, Louisville, KY. T
know IL it will pay young man who.wants bust
! ness education ostudy Latin.-OmerS. Whiteman
! / Kingston. Ind. Stamp photographs from 9. O.
first and second prizes for best-Hattie A Barlow
| Box 81. New Canaan, Conn. Congratulations Z
! Viola Muzzal Klinefelter, Welcome to Floy Burk.-
Washington's Birthday Essay; to know if Liili
. / X. Arnold ever visited here.-Edwyn X. LercI
: Erie, Pa.
Postal autographs with the G. C.-Anna NJ
Combs, HanOveTtOn o.; Cora Cochrane, Box 81
Pleasant Hope NO; Florence Subway, Cresc,
| Iowa; Mollie 4. Kelsey Box Dbl, Malvern, Iowa
| Lillian V. Qugley. Box 33I, Minneapolis, Mimi
= Sarah Rose. Box s., Florisant, Colo. With Ami
h n Williams, Lydia E. Day, Eva I. Pryor, Min
= Ballou Cena 9. Poe and Vermont G. C.-Emma
d Savage, Waitsfeid, vi. Wanicd, THERE'S
:. Sweet Spot In Ireland."-William S. Smith, Bi
Plain, ..
The Curious Corner.
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