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ing; 100 enlisted men killed, 9i5 wounded
and 49, missing, making its total loss ,629.
On the forenoon of the 18th the Third
Division moved to the left to the support of
the divisions of Wood and Davis, and Brad
ley's Brigade charged the enemy and drove
him some distance, reCapturing the 9Th Ind.
battery and a large number OF prisoners
from Hoods Division. The morning Of the
Goth found the division assembled on the
extreme right, but was hurried, brigade ut
a time, to the left, to aid the oyerpOWered
troops there. Two brigades, led by Sheridan
in person, rushed into the thick Of the fight
in Davis's front, but were driven back about
800 yards after desperate resistance. They
rallied and drove the rebels back some dis
lance, capturing q number Of prisoners and
the flag of the 9th Ala. They were not
supported, however, and were driven back
again, with the loss, among others, Of Gen.
Lytle, who commanded one of the brigades.
The division was reformed on a ridge in
rear of the battle, and il was then discovered
that it was cut Off from the army. 1t made
a wide detour to get around the rebel flank,
and succeeded in reaching Gen. Thomas's
left about $50 .. m. The division lost Is
officers and 1875 men killed, 50 officers and
s5i men wounded, and IL officers and 264
men missing. Total, 1866.
The present for duty, equipt," strength
of the corps Sept. 10 was s33 officers and
1889 men. Its total losses in the battle
were 40 officers and 37i men killed, i64
officers and 2535 men wounded, and So
officers and LIP men missing Total loss,
1857, or about ons-third.
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OUR DAILY talk.


Aaron-Say aT'-un 10 as in faro, not Ahr'-un.
Abattoir-Say a-bat- wor' Doth as as in man,
not a'-bat-oir.
Abdomen-say abdomen Gong o., not abb
dOmen.
Accept-Say ak sept, not ek-sept.
Acclimate-Say a-klf nate first o short;
and second a long, not ak'-limate,, as Is gen.
orally heard.
Acousties-Say a-kow'-stiks "a short, as in
nam, not a. kOo'-sti
Adept-Both Webster and Worcester say that
both the noun and adjective should have the
accent on the second syllable, but the usage Is
to make q distinction between the two by ae-
eeuting the noun on the first and the adjective
on the second syllable, and this usage will un-
doubleday prevail, since this distinction is be-
coming general with all two-syllabIe nouns,
adjectiyes and verbs. / think that 10 will only
DO q short time when we shall hear good speak
ers accenting such verbs as canvass and menace
ON the last syllable. Webster gives partial
recognition to diferentiating between the
noun and verb cement by accensing the noun
on the first and the verb on the second syllable.
Adonis-sly a-dO'-nis Qong and o., not
adon-is.
Adriatic-say ad-ri-st-ik. Webster makes
tho first a short, and Worcester makes it long,
so you can take your choice.
Advertise-Say ad-ver-tize'. Webster puts
the acceu. on the third syllable in this word
aud It's deTivatiyes-ad veFtising and advertise
ment-but Worcester puts it On the first SO that
either is correct.
Aerate-Say a'e-rate, all the vOWsls long.
Afghanistau Say af- gan-is- tan, not af-gan-
ist'-an. Webster marks the as the same as in
father and arm. Worcester the same as in
man. LippineOtt gives the same marking as
Webster, but the general usage is to make the
as short The sulix "stan" is a Persian
word, meaning Gland " or country" and il
is always accented, as in Turkestan', BelOo-
chistan'. Hindustan', etc.
Again-Say a-gen' Qong a, short 81,
Aggrandisemont-Say a-srand' -iz-ment Jail
the yowols short, not az gran dizs -ment
Abide Camp-Say a-du-kong' "a long, u
short, ong nasal, not aid-du.kamp.
Ailanthus-Say a-lan'-tns first long, Sec
ond short, not a-lan'-thus.
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LET THEM SHOW 1T.

Certainly, If the people are being bur
dened with taxes 10 pay pensions" there
would be no difficulty in finding the items
TO Justify this assertion.
The Governments revenues schedule has
about 1900 different items 1t ought 10 be
very easy TO find among these number
which have a direct reference TO pensions.
There should be no trouble in showing that
such and such items were put on the tax
list because it was necessary TO have the
income 10 meet the disbursements Of tie
Pension Bureau.
But such is not the case. No man in the
interest Of the veterans ever asked for the
imposition Of single duty or tax now on that
schedule. All the delegations which have
ever visited Washington aud laborod with
Congressman for modification Of various
features OF internal aud external revenue
have been entirely silent a. 10 the relations
Of those features 10 pension disbuIse-
mentA They have wanted the duties and
tarcs increased or decreased for purely
business reasons, and their arguments
have been solely as 10 how the changes
would benefit their own special interests
OF the country nj large Congress has changed
the rates solely with reference TO those rea-
sons The veteran, his widow and orphans
have not heen thought Of IN lhat connection.
Il was only after the business men from The
cities the manufacturers from the towns
the miners from The mountains, the farmer.
from the fields, the fruit growers from the
Pacific coast and Florida, the planters from
Louisiana and South Carolina, had been
listened 10 and their wishes gratiled, that
1 Congress turned It's attention to distributing
the money received from the revenue col
lected in accordance with these meni
wishes and for the enhancement Of theil
prosperity. Then the veteran was listened
] 10
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Let every reader examine the address slip
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GERMANY has her Grand Army, too. 1t
is made Of the men who went through the
Faneo-Prussian and previous wars, and
contains $4,000 members. 1t has joined in
an earnest petition 10 the Government to
increase the pensions Of private soldiers and
non-commissioned officers who arc now in
the civil service. In order to accept these
places they had TO give mp part OF their
pension money, and the pay is so small that
they cannot live decently upon It. Probably
there are Just as mean collaborating papers
in Berlin as in New York, and they denounce
the petitioners as bounty, Jumpers " sub
stitutes" and scaiawags" who never were
within q hundred leagues of the French
frontier, or heard French musket fire.
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THE SILENT ARMY.

Writing to thank us for our advocacy Of
Justice 70 the class Of veterans whom he rep
rcsents. Comrade A. G. r. Brown, President
Of the Silent Army Of Deaf Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines, says, with reference TO Senate
B u 10. III, now on the House Calendar.
When Il 8 considered that but per cent, Hs n
shown by actual count 81 the 100 that would he
Effected by this b.ll have any regular employment
and those ouly at the most mesger wngos aud that
over 20 per cent, have none Whatever, because lie
nature ~ their disability bars them out OF all occu.
pHiioRs be Il professional. commercial or az COM
iRborer, there can bee no doubt that their dis.
ability l total the HTiotest seuse 81 the word aud
that u should hoe placed on par with other total
disabilities in the matter 81 rating
This is taking alone the practical bread and J,,f.
Ter view 81 the question, aud leaving out Of sight
the total deprivation 81 those social intellectual
moral and religious pleasures and privileges il.ut
alone make lie advantageous 10 ourselves or use
FOL 10 others
Among the 1000 toially-deaf comrades Of The
Silent Army those Who before their disability
hnd progressed 10 a total degree. have held honor.
alis ano NEGATIVE place judges. lawyer piiy-
siciHus, dentists, preachers. teachers engineers
civil aud msohanioail fBasler mechanics conduct
or, merohnris surveyors, sbipmRsters auction
Gers. commercial iravTiers, etc. embracing nearl,
OIL the learned professions and skilled artzanships
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il unique in It's way, being the well-told
actual experiences Of private soldier in
much Of The very hardest fighting in the
war
Every veteran, especially Of the Army Of
the Potomac, wants a copy Of the book, aud
also every man and woman whose father
served Ia that army. Il will 20 like hot
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We want a good live coInrade in every
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A BURsrED soRrEREss.


The miraclo-working profession has always
been one OF the most profitable that could be
followed among the Indians as among other
ignorant people. The fellow who pretended
that he had pull with the Great Spirit which
enabled him to turn out wonders in job lots
and By retail never lacked fresh veuisOn for
his dinner, or plenty Of robes 10 make his couch
downy. But, like other vocations ia which
men try 10 get the bulge on tho community, il
has its dangers and disadvantages. This Mrs.
Eagls Horn, squaw who lately resided on
Wounded Knee Creek, S. D., has painfully
realized. She set up in business as 4 miracle
worker and thrived at Il. She did not pretend
to cure cancer or consumption, OF soft corns or
make hair grow on polls that nature had
peeled. Indians don't bother much about such
things. She struck something much more
taking. She said she could make the Indian
bullet-proOf and exempt from almost every
other kind Of hurt. This was real cunning.
10 would fll a long felt want An Indian ia
almost always up 10 something that he ought
to be shot for, and he has As strong dislike to
bullets as any white man. As it is the rule
that not one bullet in several hundred hits
anybody, Mrs. Eagle Horn felt that she had a
big average in her favor. She made many con-
vorts, and among them a particularly bad IN
dian named P0rcupine. As Poreupine contem-
plated little business trip 10 the white settle
ment5 to lay in his Winter stock Of sea- IS and
cattle, he had strong reasons for wanting 10
have his red hide made impezyious to lead.
Mrs. E. Horn worked him up to such conf
GeEce in her charms-Rot personal but magi-
eal-that he finally resolved TO give an exit
bitiOn Of his invulnsrability by Sighting the
whole tribe 1t fair distance. Mrs. Eagle
Horn seems to have been calculating upon
the VIGOROUSLY bad workmanship Of the
Indians, but as Porcupine was mounting his
pony bis pistol went or and the bullet made q
bad wound. in his bow legs. His satanic
majesty was Immediately TO pay in that neigh
borhood, and Mrs. Eagle Horn took of over the
rolling plains with gang Of yelling redskins
after her, tbrsSing for her hearts blood. At
latest accounts she had distanced them and dis
appeared from public view. She will probably
turn up in some Of our cities as "Great In
dian Queen and Most Wonderful Doctress of
the Age" with purely vegetable remedies to
cure every disease that affiicts mankind.
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sPIRIrUAL PREssURE oN A JuRY.

The fertile soil OF Kansas does not conhne
itself to producing an average of % bushels Of
wheat to The acre or cornstalks big enough for
schooner masts. New ideas seem tospruut there
as politically as the cereals Tho most recent
il new way OF getting rid of tina: judicial
nuisance. hung jury" Judge Balderson, of
Wichita. in the Sunfower State is entitled to
the credit of this method of speeding Justice
and saving the taxpayers the expense Of sec
ond trial. He waited until o'clock in the
morning for the jury to agree, and then had
the Baiiif bring in q minister. The reverend
gentleman began regular religious services,
the jury joining in singing the opening
hymn. After prayer, the Rev. Mr.. Harmon
delivered an excellent discourse, au hour long.
on the Immortality Of the soul. lie then made
a closing prayer, aud the jury reached a YER
diet Of guilty" on tho first ballot after the
benediction. This method seems admirable in
every way. IL is much better than those COM
monty resorted to by Sheriffs and Judges. of
shutting the jury up in a cold room, or deny
ing them newspapers. tobacco. food, ETC., in
order to secure verdict. a good sermon, with
The National tribune., 1890-12-25

tOWEom y0u want to send a beautiful Christ
mas p-esg4t2 Then send 81 10 the Ma
TIoAAL TRIBUNE, Washington, ID. C., iur a
Cop5 50. sicAnan'a Dishes beautiful book
bound n ariium, containing recipes for lhe.r
faYorlie dishes boy more than 200 notable
women 81 the day, with fac s.milas OF their
autographs Exact fac-simile are given Of
The rel prs furnished ly NM. Harrison and
MIR. Gen. Sheridan. This makes 1t a fpl,n
did au .0-inh album. as well as o unique
cook book. Every lady IN the land-yorng
OF olo-Wili value such book above any
0thes .ha. can be SEM her.
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THE PENALTY OF ooNCEIT.

Another distinguished publicman has paid
sad penalty for his towering selfconceit
Like the late J. Davis, Of Mississippi, Hon.
S. Bull, Of South Dakota, labored under the
hallucination that be was bigger man than
the whole United States
Delusions Of this kind usually get a man
into trouble, and the trouble is proportioned
TO the extent Of the delusion. Men who
think they are bigger than their church,
their party, their neighborhood or even their
wives generally come TO grief It's not rare
that gentlemen of the cowboy persuasion,
when filed with extract Of Kansas sod-corn,
make great and fatal mistake in imagining
that they are bigger than some quite insig-
nifeant frontier town. Quite a number OF
wcllpOpulated grayeyards attest TO the
deadly nature of this mistake.
The two recently deceased statesmen
Hon. J. Davis, Of Mississippi, and Hon. S.
Bull, Of South Dakota-had many points m
common. Both were fluent chin-wOrkers,
both had talents fer stump speaking, both
were thoroughly INSCRIPTIONS in the arts
used to attain their ends, both had fine
genius for duping people into becoming fol-
lowers, and both, without any real, solid,
genuine ability, were eaten up by a cousum-
ing idea Of their own importance. Davis
worked on a larger stage than Mr. Bull but
his methods were essentially the same as his
copper-colored compeer, and he looked to
the same end. Mr. s. Bnll hoped 10 establish
an aboriginal Southern Confcderacy in the
Black Hills, Of which hewould be the Grand
High Muk-a-Mull, with power to do just as
he pleased. All he wanted was to be let
al0nen by Uncle Sans soldiers and the
white people. whom he raided for beef and
scalps. Like ] Davis he prated glibly about
his principles" and remained suileD, malig-
nant, yiperish and "unrcconstructed TO
the last.
Had Messrs. Davis and Bull escaped the
attack Of the big-head which led them TO
believe that they could whip the whole
United States, they might have lived happy,
useful lives and died generally lamented,
with funerals in which the best citizens
would have followed the hearses TO the
cemeteries in carriages, and resolutions be
passed everywhere lamenting their deaths
as the inscrutable acts Of an all-wise Provi-
dence, and extolling them as upright citi-
zens, kind husbands, indulgent fathers and
steadfast friends.
Instead, people generally breathe great
sigh Of relief to know that they are at last
gone where they, with the rest Of the wicked,
must cease from troubling SO that the conn
try can be at rest.
II is great Qualification TO know that
neither Of them has left any successor capa-
bic Of following in their footsteps They are
both dead-yery dead-and this leads us to
consider The great blessings that death some
times confes upon the world.
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A. o. HoUsToN, Medical Lake, Wash,
who claims 10 be one Of the originators OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic, writes to
us to urge that steps be taken TO have a
Grand Amy Week at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago. He thinks that there should be
fully 100000 veterans at Chicago, all in
uniform and armed. lie believes that the
Government should afford substantial en-
oonragement and assistance TO this project,
and even going so far as TO furnish arms,
uniforms and rations. 1t would fulfill the
dream Of his life TO see The old boys once
more in uniform, armed, and doing military
duty.
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+" REAL RUSSIA.
BY AUGUSTUS BUnL, grhe oannoneor.

llna De- a most interesting account OF expe-
rielcl- and observations ia Russia, by the tai
eHied AlthOr Of The Cannoneers Storg.n
be Was Jon a time ia Russia, engaged in rail-
TOad building mingled intimately with the
people. aua we need not tell cur readers that
he kept lis eyes open got down 10 bottom
iaCis all the Time, and Is able 70 tell what
be saw ald experienced IN clear captiyat-
lnR way. u Is without doubt one 81 The
most valuable studies Of Russia ever made,
nnd VIII b. read with interest ~ everybody
twill hclilustIated by photographs secured
on the ground. We shall begin It's publica-
tor La.n q few weass
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A eoap cnRIsIMAs Pl.EsENr

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do Chusimaa present for a boy. None
better sells the story OF what a real boy
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the ORD mary Boys Books" Nothing Of
more fascinating interesi 10 healthy, vigorous
boys has "FcI been written. Send 81 so 10
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TIE main fight now is TO keep the pen
sion legislation gained. The pension-haters
are determined 10 reduce the whole pension
system. They would, If they could, repeal
the Disability Bin at once, and cut down
the disbursements Of the Pension Bureau to
what they were 10 years ago, or even less.
They are confident Of being able TO rob the
comrades of most that they have gained by
persistent effort in the last few years. We
must unite in solid ranks TO thwart them in
this design, as well as TO gain what is yet
due the veterans. Never was there greater
need Of all comrades standing firmly To-
getber,
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appropriate singing and prayer, IS seldom out
Of place. and perhaps never in jury room,
and it will pass the time much more edify-
ingly than jurors usually DO in the hours that
they wrangle over verdict.
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THERE are about 1000 articles on the
revenue schedule. Ask the pension-hater
to point out one that was put or is kept there
to pay pensions.
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Outside Watcher-What's de matter, Pete
Wat 70 yo' didn't get no ehiekeusf Want
dey none in dsr?
Pete-Nope. Da amt no chance TO- POI
man. Dem chickens roost too high. spec
it's do fleets Of do Mckinley bill.
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II 10 a duty yOa QUE to your comrades 10 get at
least one Hsg subscriber for THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE
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"Wao is there to mourn for Sitting Bull :"
Not one.
The National tribune., 1890-12-25

PAENELL seems to DO pretty definitely out
side the breastworks."
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rsrls-8 a. s s-norOs fosr 0rnrz As sroorDsss n.rrra
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Second Brigade.

Col. BEESARD LAIBOLDT.
18th H., Col. Wallace W. Barrett.
I'D H.. Col. James J.. Jnquesa.
~ Mo-, Mai. Arnold Beck.
18TH No.. Col. Joseph Conrad.
LIST DO. l.. A, Battery G.. Lieut.. GusiGYus Sc