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..I,1l trv.' said the voice from within.

I 9Th try" said the voice from within.
The door was opened, and closed as
soon as we entered. Our guide ex-
planned our mission, and when the
woman said that she chad mos nothin'
to eat in de house, he explained that
we were provided with rations ina small
way This information took load off
LIS mind-she was middle-aged and
a very black woman-for she consented
to keep us. and after shaking hands and
wishing us God speed, our old guide left
us.
From Liz we learned that the Confed-
crate cavalry had been ''gallopin' round
right smart all day." and she further in
formed us that she had 'heard ez how
de Yankees wuz seed down Harrison
Landing way jes' afoah dak las night"
We shared with Liz our supply of
cooked food, and then crept up into the
loft and lar down on the blankets she had
spread for us. We might have slept on
for four and twenty hours had sc rot
been aroused about the middle of the
afternoon by the tramping of horses,
the familiar clatter of scabbards, and the
hoarse voices of men. / looked out
through the chinks and saw about dozen
Confederates, the leader of whom was
talking to our frightened hostess.
81 Amt seed no Yanks, seed no nav
thin" Liz protested again and again.
With an indescribable sense of relief, /
saw the horseman ride away, and as
soon as the sound of the tramping died
out Howard and left the loft.
As the woman's husband, whom we
hoped to have had for a guide, did not
put in an appearance by dark, we
thanked Liz for her kindness and start
ed off again. 1t was pitch dark, with
snow and sleet driving down from the
north, but we had faith in that Provi-
dence who had so far guided us Alright.
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iamsburg or Fortress Monroe Our wet
ting in the swamp soaked the hard,
ccrn bread till it changed into cold
mush; but we ate it with greed and spar
ingly
We wrung out our clothes and tramped
around on little isSnd SO az to keep
warm till they dried. With pieces Of
string, brought with us for the purpose,
we fastened the tapping soles to our
boots, and taking advantage of the
daylight we made our way without an
other dripping to the eastern edge OF the
swamp. BY moving constantly we kept
from freezing. and we wore alternately
the old overcoat Howard had brought
with him.
AS soon as it was dark, we moved on
again, still keeping the north star TO
the left About ten O'Clock we saw a
light ahead. and on a nearer approach
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every meal on the way. We parted at
Lexington and | went directly home.
After greeting my happy parents, hur-
ried over to the Widow Brent's, where
my reception filled to overlooking the
cup of my joy,
The next day Carrie and ] drove to
Camp Dick Robinson, where we found
Frank in his old quarters. Poor fellow,
he coughed necessarily and he was
wasted to a shadow
When assured him that he was now
on the footing Of every other prisoner
OF war, he embraced me and wept like a
child.
Finding him in the mood TO accept
advice, | spoke Of his illness and the eff
feet good nursing at home would have
on him, and the result was that he con-
sented to take the oath Of allegiance
He was taken home, but within the
year be was sleeping in the old cemetery
beside his father
The foregoing is al o. my story. I'M
less, might add, that when my leave
expired returned 20 my regiment |
fought on till the close Of the war. and
then returned with Colonel's commits
sion and an empty sleeve.
am married to Frank Brents sister.
II was agreed quietly between my vito
and myself that | should have the nam
ing of the first child soon expected, and
she of the second. "1he first" CHANGED
to be twins. They are young men now
but often, as we knelt over the crib in
which Joe johnson and sherman slept
so quietly, tears would we'll up from our
full hearts, and, kissing each other and
the babies, we would whisper:
allow sweet thing it is for brothers
70 dwell together in peace"
THE END.
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Unnecessary here TO detail all that
was done that day, but it can best be
explained by the dispatch sent to Car
RE and her mother at Nieholasyille that
afternoon:
"IIoward Scott and are free. Heed
no alarming dispatches. The President
has ordered that all the criminal
charges against Frank Brent be re-
moved and his sentence set aside"
With our pay and thirty days leave of
absence for each. Howard and started
or Kentucky, doing full Justice to
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HOW ZULU WOMEN SEW.
Their Noodles Are Widely Different from
Those Used "a Civilized Countries.

Those Used ia Civilized Countries.
The skill Of the Zulu Of South Africa
in sewing fur is household word in
South Africa, and none Of the other
tribes can compete with them. The
needle employed is widely different
from that used by the American needle
woman. In the first place, it has no
eye: in the second. it is like skewer,
pointed at one end and thick at the
other. The Zulu woman is never without
them, and carries them in m elaborate
ly-decorated sheath Of raw hide. The
thread is not Of cotton. but is made Of
the siuews of various animals the best
being made from the sinews in the neck
of a giraffe. 1t is stiff, inelastic, with a
great tendency to "kink" and tangle
itself up with any thing near 1t. Be-
fore being used it is STEPPED in hot
water until il is quito soft and is then
beaten between two smooth stones,
which causes it to separate into fila
ments, which can thus be obtained Of
any strength and thickness. Thus. the
seamstress has considerable amount
of labor before she commences with the
real work in band. This done, she
squats on the ground for no native
stands to work or do any thing else.
who can possibly help III and. taking
her needle, bores two holes in the
edges of the rug or garment on which
she is working The thread is then
pushed through with the butt OF the
needle, drawn tight and two more holes
are made with like result, the skeweI
progressing very slowly compared with
an American necdlewoman, but fast
enough for a country where time is OF
no value whatever The skin upon
which the seamstress is working is
damped with water before she com.
mences: and as the damp thread and
hide dry out it brings the work very
closely together This is carefully at
tended to, and tho work is not allowed
to get dry until finished, when the
seamstress lays it fiat upon the ground,
pulling it this way and that, and mix
ing and arranging the hair for several
hours, until, the skin being generally
dry, it is impossible to find the Joint or
hem with the naked eye when looking
at the fur side of the garment The
stitches are very small, and, when dry,
lie very fat. and a number of curious
designs are worked ont in various skins,
which, when finished, look like the
perfect skin Of a single animal, which
must have been the Joseph of the ami
NAL tribe, to judge from the colors in
its coat l should imagine that an
hours work of a modern sewing-machine
would be about equal in bulk to the
work Of two hundred Zulu women for
the same time; but their work would be
done with a degree of efficacy no ma
chine can ever approach.-Ladies' Home
Ionrnal
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WILLIAM SON.
WEST RANDOLPH, VT,

ard 'ee it and get a list of persons using it in
his town AK them about it and you will
IN! 10 other stove ]. II. Lamson also keeps
~ hrGs st stock of Parloi and Coal StOve',
~ ware Hardware, etr., ct :. in thi, part OF
he slate aud will not be undersold.
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CHAPTER XIV.

In anticipation Of our escape, we had
stinted ourselves for days, so that we
might have corn bread to eat on the
Wav. for we did not expect to find
friends nor a good place for foraging
between the Chickahominy and Will
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He-Give me kiss.
She-You should be ashamed of your
self.
Ashamed of what?''
''of asking for a kiss when you have
such a chance to take one."-Texss
Siftings.
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sent fat" Many Of then are.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-12-11
PERSONAL.

Hon. Andrew G. Curtin, the War Governor of
Pennsylvania, was taken III while visiting New
York last week, and was confined to his room for
several days. He recovered sufficiently TO go to
Philadelphia on Dec. 4. but he is still quite feeble
The old War Governor is advanced in years. but
until quite recently has enjoyed good health. He
has abandoned politics entirely.
Lieut. Charles ID. Rhodes 9th U. g. Cav, was
married in Washington to Miss May CounseIman
on Tuesday, Dee 2. Lieut.. Rhodes is a West Point
graduate, and ID is understood that their honey
moon will be spent In trip to the Black Hills in
Wyoming where the 9th Cav. has been ordered
Lieut.. Rhodes has given up the leave which was
obtained for this particular object and has asked
leave to join his regiment, thinking they were
likely to have 'seriHnmage" with the Indians
This shows the proper kind of metal for youngsters
la the Army.
Our able and energetic eomrade, Capt @. A.
Powers, President Of the Service Pension Associa-
tion Terre Haute, Ind. is ono of the leading
spirits in the Farmers Alliance Congress now In
session at Ocala, Fla Whatever Capt Powers
goes at he puts his whole soul and a great deal OF
brains into. and no is a tower Of strength to the
Alliance.
Mrs. George A. Custer. the widow Of the dashing
cavalry leader and Indian fighter who was killed
by the Sioux Indians on the Little Big Horn during
the seventies has been drawing 5000 per annum
pension since her husbands death. She now pro-
poses to apply to have her pension doubled ANT. a
bill to accomplish thu desired object has been in
lEOdueed in Congress.
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THE BERTNG SEA CONTROVERSY.

The English papers are much stirred up by
the Presidents firm insistence upon our
rights in Boring Sea, and they are comment
ing rather angrily upon that passage of the
message which reads:
The difference between the two Governments
touching the furscal question in the Deriug Sea il
not yet adjusted, 0s viii be seen by the correspond.
euce which viii soon be laid before Congress. The
offer to submit the question 10 arbitration as pro-
posed by Her Majesty's Government has not been
accepted, for the reason that the form Of subnis-
sion proposed is not thought TO be calculated TO
assure conclusion satisfactory TO either party II
IL sincerely hoped that before the opening Of an
other sealing season some arrangement may be
effected which viii assure 20 the United States
property right derived from Russin. which las not
been, not disregarded by any Nation FOR more
than 50 years preceding the outbreak Of the exist
ing trouble.
They very rightly understand that this
means direct assertion Of the entire Ameri-
can claim 10 sovereignty over the whole Of
the sea coded by Russia and they reply that
Great Britain will not admit anything
beyond the three-mile limit and that the
British vessels which disregard our prohibi-
tions viii be protected in doing 50. This
joins the issue squarely, as these expressions
are evidently inspired by the Government
In the minds OF the American people, with
out regard TO party, the position assumed
by the President is entirely correct, and
must be maintained. We cannot and should
not abrogate one iota Of the rights over the
sea which we acquired from Russia, and
which were conceded by all the maritime
Nations Of the world for more than three
quarters Of a century. II is not at all proba-
bic that anything win come Of this more
direful than British bluster 10 conciliate
the poachers on the Pacific Coast Of the
/ Dominion.
Our Government has made fair PROPOSE
ton TO submit the question TO the judg-
ment Of disinterested Nations. 1t is right
in every step that has been taken by this or
the preceding Administ ration. Wedo not
however as President Harrison intimates
propose TO enter upon this arbitration with
a concession Of anything inimical TO our
complete police control Of all the waters
lying within our boundaries, as defined by
the Russian treaty Of cession.
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THE country is beginning to suspect that
the same kind Of able liars who are writing
down the pension system are writing up the
Indian scare. 1t looks as if a lot of report
ers had been sent into the Indian country
with instructions to make the most Of the
threatened outbreak, no matter what the
real facts were, just as a gang Of pencil
showers are ordered by their employers to
make howl against pensions, without any
regard to what may be the truth. Unlike
pensions, however, there has been some real
reason for alarm about an outbreak among
the Indians, who have been gOaded to des-
peration by the failure of the Government
to keep its promises and supply them with
food. 1t is admitted, even in the Interior
Department, that they have not been given
the beef and other supplies to which they
are entitled, and that many are in half
starving condition. The fault for this is
laid at the doors of Congress, which has not
made the necessary appropriations. THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE has not much use for
an Indian, and believes that it would be
better all around if a large proportion of
them were under the sod Of the prairies and
valleys; but, all the same, when they are sol
emnly promised certain things by treaties,
those things should be given them exactly
as promised, and it is hardly to be wondered
at if they get angry and threaten trouble
when they are denied or put of. 1t looks
now as if they would be given the food they
are entitled to- their immediate wants be
satisfied, and the trouble blow over without
any loss of life.
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RENEW IN TIME.

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pear IN every number Of TIE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE that subscribers should not run
The risk Of missing single issue, and should
therefore be very careful 10 renew in time.
Let every reader examine the address slim
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THEN AND NOW.

The Secretary Of the Treasury-than
whom there can be no higher authority in
the country-fxes the expenditures for PEN
sion purposes for the fiscal year, which ends
with next June, at $l33OOO,OOO, and for the
succeeding year at Sl35,263 Os5. OF these
two amounts fully S7O,OOG,OOO will be used
to pay long-due debt Of the Government
in shape Of arrears Of pensions.
The soldier-hatiBg papers would make the
country believe that an expenditure Of
Sl35,OOO,00O a year is totally unprecedent-
ed disbursement TO any class of our people,
and that it must eventuate in banllrupting
the Treasury. This is in face Of the fact
known TO every one who cares 10 inquire,
that within the 16 months Immediately fol-
lowing the incoming Of the present Admin
istration, over S246,OOO,0OO were distributed
to the bondholders of the country in the
shape Of principal, interest and bonus.
But let us see how this annual sum Of
Sl35000,00O compares with the annual ex-
penditures to bondholders in certain years,
when the country was vastly less able TO pay
than it is at present
IT is impossible to adequately describe the
exhausted financial condition Of the country
in the fouryears Immediately succeeding the
war. Billions Of property had been de-
stroyed billions more had been wasted by
being turned from productive 10 destructive
purposes. fthe young, stalwart men who
should have been the active producers Of
wealth more than 100000 had heen killed
on the field Of battle OF had died, and per-
haps another 100000 had been disabled
The population Of the country was scarcely
half what il is now, with one-quarter Of its
present wealth. Yet in seven years the
money-lenders who had loaned an amount
that represented on a gold basis but 81, $685.
627,29G, drew from the tax-ridden people the
following amounts IN gold:
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THE KILLING OF GIN. nARRUNDIA.

TIE KILLING OF GIN. BAIRUNDIA.
The Administration has acted with COM
mendable promptitude in recalling Minister
Miner for his part in the murder of Gen.
Barrundia. 1t seems strange that a man
accredited torepresent US in a foreign country
had so little of the spirit that such a repre-
sentative should have as to authorize the
violation of the protection afforded by our
flag Minister Miner thinks that his course
was warranted by international law, but
Secretary Blaine shows him clearly that this
was not the case. If there had been doubt
in Mr.. MINERS mind he should have re-
solved it in favor Of the flag and the man
who had sought its protection. The country
would have been ahundredfOld more lenient
to an error of judgment in that direction
than the other way. The publication Of
the threats Of the Guatemalan officials afford
no justification whatever. In spite Of their
buster they would have been very careful
not to proceed to the extremity Of using
force to gain possession of their victim.
Inscriptions as Central American officials
may be, they are not going to actually fire
on our flag They know too well what that
means. The correspondence is now in the
hands of Congress, and we can be certain
that the matter is far from being ended by
the recall of Minister Miner. In some way
it must be demonstrated to the Guatemalan
officials that their high-handed act was an
intolerablo afront to our Nation, which
must be thoroughly atoned for.
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The Atlanta Consultation equals the New
York papers as a good, all-rOund, Off hand
liar in regard to pensions. Speaking of
them, il says:
Now in view of Secretary Windows admission
that the end of the present fiscal year will see the
Government without a dollar in the Treasury the
situation begins to look serious.
What Secretary Window actually does
say on page vii of his report is:
The total estimated revenues Of the fiscal year
1891 will be Sl72,GCOOOO, and the total estimated
expenditures 100000. leaving available sur
plus Of So OOO, 900. as shown above.
But, then, little lie of $52O0O,OOO is
nothing to q sOldier-hating paper when
discussing pensions.
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IT was an unpleasant dose, and Germany
made many WY faces over il, but she has at
last gulped il down, and formally acknowl-
edged the Republic Of Brazil. Undoubtedly
it would have given Germany much pleas
urc TO have sent her navy 10 assist in the
restoration Of Dom Pedro TO his throne, had
such a course been practicable, but il be-
came quite clear that the Brazilians were
entirely done with monarchy, and that any
movement for its restoration would have
feeble support among them. This, and the
fact that the United States would have 10
be counted in in the event Of interference,
has induced Germany 10 resist the tempta-
ton 90 increase her prestige and extend her
commerce by a vigorous policy toward Brazil.
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LOUISIANA COnstables do not seem of the
same type of elderly and generally amiable
servers of writs and processes that they are
in other parts of the country. An attempt
at Oak Ridge, La, to take away two men
whom Constable had arrested resulted in
the death of the two prisoners and two Of
the would-be reseuers, while the Constable
came out unframed. lie ought to be pro-
moted.
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