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Personal.

Mrs. Sue G. Porter Carpenter. the adopted
daughter of Admiral William ID. Porter, writes
that she was surprised TO read that she was in
destitute circumstances, and says the case was
misrepresented by the writer Of the article.
He collected the facts from papers and letters
in her possession, and took the unwarranted
liberty of disappearing her circumstances and
asking assistance for her from the veterans.
She desires to say that she is not in need of
aid.
w. J. CrOsley, Co. G., 3lth Ohio. and 36th
Ohio, SpringbOrO, o., thinks that he had a more
varied experience in the last war than most
others. He enlisted at Dayton, in February,
1861, and was in the army about Is months
He was in Winter quarters at Charleston, W.
Va, 80 days; was drilled in both infantry and
cavalry tactics; was in both mounted and foot
infantry; went on the Lynchburg raid, under
Gems. Crook and Hunter, and this took up two
months After this he soldered with Sheridan
in the Shenandoah, being in the Valley from
July to December, 1864 marching and fighting
from first to last. Then he went into Winter
quarters at Beverly, VIVA. One cold morning
III January, 1865, the enemy captured the gar
rison, $50 men in ALL aud took them to Rich
mOnd and lodged them in Libby. The march
TO that place was fearful experience; many
were killed and all crippled. He was exchanged
IN February, and furloughed for 80 days At
ter this he reported TO his regiment, was taken
with the measles and sent to the hospital. Soon
after that he got his discharge.
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Random Shots,

James n. McMaster, Co. G, 9th Ohio Cav,
Demos. Ohio, says that in November, 1868,
Burnside marched against Longstreet on the
way to Knoxville, and opposed him with such
vigOr that he moved with great caution, and
several bloody engagements took place. Burn
side fell back into the works at Knoxville
and his troops were ill-prepared for long
siege, as many of the soldiers had not even
sufficient clothing 10 cover them. The food
the men lived on for the greater part of the
time was of the poorest character. At one
time parched corn was the substitute for coffee
and the grounds were afterwards baked aud
made into Il kind of cake. When Longstreet
found he could not starye the Federals out, he
ordered an assault, but was bloOdily repulsed.
Nearly thousand COnfederates lay upon tho
field, while our loss was very slight. The
approach of Sherman sent LOngstreet back into
Virginia a-whirling
j. w. Chamberlin, Tiflin, Ohio. having seen
communication from Gen. Thomas NJ Harris,
who commanded the West Virginia Brigade,
Turner's Division, Twenty fourth Corps, would
like the Generals pOstOtlice address.
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Two Good Regiments.

George w. Staplin, Co. c, 18th ILL.,. Ellis,
Kan, has waited for some member of his regi-
ment to explain how it was dubbed the PiOus
18TH" Some of the boys had an idea that this
nickname was chargeable to the gallant Colo
mel, George G. Rogers, who was the devil in q
fight but not worth much at running prayer
meeting. But the Rogers family furnished a
Chaplain as we'll as a Colonel the Rev b. F.
Rogers, who looked to the spiritual welfare of
the regiment, and was possessed of pugilistic
propensities. At the battle of the Hatchie, the
18th had formed in line across the bridge,
which n rebel battery was shelling They were
ordered to take the battery by Gen. Hurlbut
The fighting Colonel started with his pious fol-
lowers and contracted to do the job with the
assistance of the Chaplain. They finished it
up in shape. The Colonel was struck with
spent ball, when within a short distance of the
battery, as they were advancing at double
quick, AID the JOhnnies were retreating. The
Chaplain rode up and down close in the rear
with hat in hand shouting, Give them h,
boys" And the advice was followed, for the
battery and many prisoners were taken.
w. H. llsley, Co. Ill, 9th ILL.,, Pastor Presby-
terrain Church, Macon. ILL.,, having seen a state
meut that the 9th Iowa lost the greatest num-
Der of men at Shiloh, desires to say that the
Report OF the Adjutant- General of Illinois, in
speaking of this regiment in that battle, SAYS:
The regiment went into the field with SIS
men, and sustained a loss of 81 killed, 800
wounded, and five prisoners; and of these
prisoners three were wounded, thus making a
total loss of killed, wounded and prisoners
unparalleled i'll the history of the war;"
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Very Much.

For the complexion use Ayers sarsaparilla.
1t brings blooming health to wan checks.
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'NPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION
OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED
Louisiana State LOTTERY Comm,

porated by the legislature for Educational af
oIatIllOie purposes It's franchise made a pars ~ -
pdsehL state Constitution in 1879 by OyerRelmii
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All We're In II.


VIM. III. Cook, Co. f. 10th Mimi, Bazaar,
Kan, answering ID. Nj. Price, 18th Mo- Cav, as
to what troops captured four guns during the
first days fight ut Nashville, just before sun
down, says they were not dismounted cavalry,
AS he was in the charge and helped turn the
cannon upon the rebels. They were some of
A. J. Smiths Guerrillas who took the guns, and
the cavalry To their right was an Illinois regi-
ment.
Fred Meyer, Co. f. 9th ILL., Cav, Greedy,
Neb., says that the 9th, 9TH and 9th Ill. Cav,
and I'd Iowa Cav, of Hatchs Brigade, took
the guns ut Nashville. Hatch. in riding by,
called to the boys in Co. f, 9th H. Cav, to turn
those guns on the rebels. Hatch knew that
the boys could handle tho guns. as they had
used four l2.pound howtzers before the regi-
ment re-enlisted in 1868 The writer was one
of the boys that turned aud fired the guns.
still At 10.
III. Cordes, Co. G, 18th IT, s., Millersburg Pa,
says his recollection of the charge at Jonesboro
differs materially from that of some of the
other comrades, as does the report of Gen. Car
lin. The Regular Brigade charged the rebel
works between the railroad and the angle. The
writer's regiment struck the rebel works at the
left of the angle. lie reached the rebel works,
and many others with him. He was there
knocked down by IA shot that took off his arm
lie reiterated from the works. and had gone
back some distance when he passed through
the ranks of the 18th N. Y. Zouaves one of
whom remarked: SECT back over the hill, and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-21

According to official statements re
lating to the Russian founding hos
pitfalls at st. Petersburg and Moscow
about 1000, 900 newly born children
have been given over to them during
the last hundred years, most of them
illegitimate. Of this large number
nearly 800, 900 have died In the first
months or first year of their existencei
The well known authority On stats
tics Alexander Won Oettingen, who
in his mora! statisticsr has treated 81
cher Kindermord auf Staatskosten"
c'chronic infanticide at the cost of the
state.'o It is now asserted that the
Russian government intends to carry
out q radical reorganization Of both
hospitals. Probably, says our St Pc
tersburg correspondent, a number Of
smaller founding hopitals will be e.
tablished in the provinces to take the
place Of the two large central hospi.
tails, which now receive about 30, OOC
infants annually.-London News
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a suTTERFLv's SOUL


Saved BY the Irish.
II paid visit to Ireland few years
ago, remarked Judge Noonan, Of the
Planters house newsstand, land lingo
ing up through Galway I had to make
use of jaunting car. The driver, Z
thorough specimen Of the peasantry.
full Of native wit and shrewdness,
had in some way discovered that !
was from America and after eying me
keenly for q time, asked: It's from
America yez are
II acknowledged that such was TIE
case, and after short silence, he ask
ed again: How are the Oirish gettim
along over thaireG
Bad, said /. very bad. They are
by far the worst citizens we have.
They are worse there than at home
even
HE regarded me with a queer
twinkle in his eye, and queried: DC
you know phwat I think would be-
come of your country If it WASN'T
for the Oirishr
well, / had not thought re
piled, but l am curious to know your
opinion
HE leaned over, and, lowering hi.
voice almost to whisper, he said: ]
think it would be for rint. ISL
Louis Republic.
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introduced In style.

Mrs. Lvermore humorously tells
this about herself:
She went to q town in Maine to de-
liver a lecture. A young minister,
who felt greatly his importance in
having to introduce 30 large light.
announced her in these words:
ladies and gentlemen, you have
all heard Of the iuustrious man across
the water, so beloved by his people,
and who is known by the sobriquet OF
the Grand Old Man. now have the
pleasure of introducing to you lady
beloved in Boston and known there as
the Grand Old Womanr"-Lewiston
Journal.
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There has been considerable discus
sion as to the benefits to be derived
from drawing as taught in the public
schools. Free hand drawing as well
as mechanical, where instruments are
used, is unquestionably advantageous,
for while the practical man may find
but little use for that branch Of draw
inc in active pursuits, yet the hand
has been taught to do the bidding OF
the mind and the transition from free
hand to mechanical drawing is thus
rendered much easier Of accomplish
ment. Practice makes perfect, and !
consider that the continuance OF free
hand drawing in the course OF study
Of the public schools is Q wise deci'
sion.-St. Louis Globe Democrat
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1890-06-21

The simple and obvious device Of
packing fish in ice for transportation
in hot weather was first used in Amer.
lea in the forties. From this country
it spread to Europe and is now in gen.
eral use in all civilized lands. The
practice has been common in Chins
from early times. In book published
in Nuremberg in 1850, Erasmus Fran.
discus refers to the Chinese custom
and recommends its adoption in Eu-
rope, but his advice was unheeded
and it was left for q smart Yankee to
rediscover the simple expedient nearly
two centuries later.-Deutsche Fis
cherei Zeitung.
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A Fiery Plant.

The fraxinella, or, as it used to be
called, false dittany, has q peculiar
property seldom noted except by those
who make a particular study Of plants
The whole plant emits an odor Of
lemon peel and when bruised it has Q
strong balsamic smell. This scent Il
strongest in the pedicles Of the flow.
ers, which are covered with glands OF
q rusty red color, exuding viscid
juice or resin, which exales in vapoi
and on q dark night may be seen tc
take fire. The fraxinella has q strong
and agreeable perfume and may b
easily cultivated in any ordinary gar
den soil.-Home Journal.
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DIRECTORS:

Ion, O. b. Bishop. hon. H. WAterhouse
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1890-01-03

JOSE S. DECosD. J. F. HANSON.
The delegates next visited the Metropolitan
Museum of Art were entertained at grand
reception by the Union League club, and fin
shed the day with an informal gathering.
And all this was but the inception Of their
"laborsH in New York. While all the dele
gates attract attention, special interest is
shown in Senior Lafayette r. Pereira, of
Brazil, for obvious reasons; and it is pecu-
liarly interesting fact that all the delegates
now represent republics, though Mt the open
ing of the conference this gentleman repre-
sented al empire. That an almost bloodless
revolution should occur in the largest nation
geographically, on the western continent
while this conference is in session may be re-
garded as a good omen 1t turns out that
there was some blood shed in the Brazilian
revolution, but no more than in many little
riot in some countries in time of peace.
Senores II. Guzman, of Nicaragua; NJ.
Aragon, OF Costa Rica; F. Cruz, of Guate-
mala j. Zelaya of Honduras; J. Arrietta
Rosa and J. Castellanos of San Salvador,
and their alternates also occupy double rela-
tions, as it were, of great interest; for since
their arrival III the United States the move
lnent for Il union Of Central America into
one federal republic has advanced rapidly.
Senior Manuel Qnintana, delegate from the
Argentine Republic, is tho object also of
special interest, as his nation is practically the
United States reproduced, as far south Of the
equator as its older sister is north Of it. And it
is a coincidence worth noting that he looks
wonderfully like first class senator at Wash
ington. Senor Jose S. Decond, of Paraguay,
has moro Of the typical Spanish American
air and bearing, as has Senior Rogue sainz
Pima, the second delegate from the Argentine
Renuhlir Other notah1a de1apntns are Ss-
nores Carlos Martinez Silva and Climaco Cal
deron, and it is instructive and interesting to
compare their features with those Of such
man as John F. Hanson, of Georgia, for in
stance-tho solid and extremely North Amer.
lean looking United States delegate
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DEER LODGE, MONTANA, JANUARY g. 1890.

in the house Of representatives, and when the
revolutionists had measurabiy succeeded,
brought forward his once famous plan for
"Pannma congress-" The matter is now
such "dead politics" that it is not easy to ln-
derstand why his scheme was so savngely at-
tackled or SO warmly defended. 1t was ahar-
doned more because the new nations soon fell
into revolutionary conditions than for any
other reason. Leaying aside all such inau-
ences as race and climate, the Spanisll-Amer
lean republics all suffered from one difficulty
which the United States escaped by sort of
accident; they We're originally integral or
unitary republics, while the United States
was federal from the start
The thirteen colonies formed a confedera-
ton; the thirteen states had we'll organized
governments before they formed the present
Union. The trainers of the constitution had
only to divest the states of Il few powers to
construct central government, and in all
other respects the states went on as before.
In Mexico, for instance, on the ott-r hand,
the states did not exist; they were merely
divisions or departments, ruled at will by the
central power. The new republic had to Gre
ate states and develop them, and sad work
it made of it in most cases. There was, for
this and many other reasons, a long era of
disturbance III most of the new republics
Soon after tho civil war in the United
States most of the Spanish American states
passed through their last convulsions and Ell
tered on m era Of stability and rapid progress.
American statesmen soon realized this fnct,
and Secretary Blaine, in the short Garfield
administration, revived the Panama con-
gress" scheme, but soon put it in Il much
more practicable shape.
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CAMP DESOLATION, uERSClIEL ISLAND



On tho fifth day the lookout reported
small break in the ice TO the westward The
inclosins walls of ice soon gave way little
the wind came from the east, aud ramming
was once more practicable Every foot Of
advance counted, as the wind now niued, and
by the close of the fifth day the Thetis was
once more in open water The wind held
from the east for month, and thereafter
there was again abundant room along the
Shore Lieut.. Commander Stocktons report
adds much to our knowledge of the northern
shore.
Despite the cheer of warm summer and
the consequent vegetation, a gloomy SILENCE
reigns along tho shore of northern Alaska
From Point Barrow eastward there is not a
sign of human habitation. The navigators
had gone beyond the regions occupied by
man. 1t sounds strange to hear of the north
ward journeys of the Esquimaux, yet they
only visit that region in summer, and then
for but short time. There is very
seldom any game there. On the south
ern end of Hersche Island tho Thetis'
crew found a wooden Esqumaux hut made
of driftwood which had drfted down tho
Mackenzie aud across to the island, showing
that the natives visit that distant point
in summer. In it was nn Esquimaux skull,
to emphasize the dreariness of the place, but
no signs of life or recent hnbitation Posi-
bly, the skull was that of n solitary, driven
thither and compelled to linger and die alone
in n rude hut of his own construction.
From missionaries and native, farther
south it was learned that Lord Lonslale had
really made the journey down the Macken-
zie and actoss Alaska as related but it is not
thought that he reached Banks land. He
thought himself farther north thar ho really
waS
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TuErls AND rELrGA IN THE lcE.

IRON ne San francisco Examiner.
the Investigator, commanded BY Coliinson and
Mcclure, entered the Arctic by way Of
behring strait, being in search Of Sir John
Franklin. They went within sixty miles Of
the western terminus Of Barrow strait and
there Mcclure was caught in the ice and re
mainetl III the Arctic more than three wears
escapin., finally ~ way Of Mackenzie river,
Lieut.. Commander Stockton was charged
with the duty OF constructing u relief station
ut Point Barrow and hooking after a fleet pl
six whalers Which sailed eastward from Point
Barrow on tie 12l ot July On the Still Of
August the Thetis followed them, sailing
through what the natives call 'sTha Sea Nf
Perpetual Ice" Four Of the whaicrs turned
back from the mouth Of Mackenzie river
They and the Thetis found abundant sea
room along the coast, and the narigators
saw the ice pack far to the north OF them for
the most part, there being no foes to impede
their progress. The summer was very warm
and the previous winter had been unusually
mild willie long continued southerly winds
had driven the ice pack long way off shore.
The Thetis delayed little too long, iIowcyor
the northern point on her return
The wind suddenly turned 10 nor,herlr
driving the ice pack down upon the coast,
and the 1hetis was soon shut i'll. Here and
there openings showed i'll the ice, and when
ever possible tile vessel forced through
them AT one time she was made fast tu Il
foo about ten miles long and seventy feet
thick and moved with it as it was slowly
driven by tito wind. After two days i'm
prisonncnt in one place the commander de
cidetl on the plan (Which seems hopeless to u
landsmanj of ramnling a way through the ice
to an open space near though the ice was
forty feet thick.
The bow of the Thetis is plated heavily
with iron, backed by eight feet Of solid wood
In ramming the stem cuts into the ice few
feet; then the momentum carries the bow
upon the ice, and the vessels weight breaks
off the loosened portion. 1t is simply slow
chipping off of the foe, and two hours nrc
required to advance the length Of the ship.
II the pack once closes in on the vessel ram
ming is inpracticable, On the third day Of
this perilous passage through ice and open
scracks' the pack closed in firmly on tho
Thetis, and she was apparently q doomed YES.
sci. She is strongly constructed, but no yes
sci can be built capable of withstanding such
,pncSas of ifn
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The Advance on Fort Fisher.

In a speech delivered by Gen. Curtis
at reunion OF the One Hundred and Sew
enteenth New York regiment he gave
brief account of his advance at Fort Fisher,
Jan. Is, 1865 He said: "With the One
Hundred and Seventeenth in the place
Of honor on the right, the assault was made
in series of advances in thin line, SO they
would not catch the balls. After the army
had advanced certain distance, the infantry
tConfederate) was called out on tho parapets.
Then we knew it meant business, and then
came rest from these successive advances
We were nearer the fort than an army had
ever been before We were within the plane
OF the fire Of artillery, and there we stopped
for breath in place of comparative safety.
Every man and officer hugged the earth.
Soon the advance was within tho plane of
I; fire. seeking for apertures which our artillery
!. hnd made, and with axes making other aper-
lures II tho enemy made mistake, it was
that they did not mount the parnpet and club
us down with muskets.n-George l.. Kilmer
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INDUST RIAL VILLAGES.

Efforts to Re-estnbiish These Much Need
cd Communities in England.
The society for promoting the growth Of
industrial villages las set before itself an OBJ
ject with which it is impossible not to svmpa-
thze. The aggregation Of men i'll towns and
cities has been historically the condition of
some Of the greatest and proutlcst achieve.
nlents which huinun society can boast. But
although Urban life has its advantages and
is in its measure essential to the corporate
we'll being, it has its disadvantages also and
very grievous these disadvantages are. TIE
benefits are obyio
1t needs no comprehensive survey or elabo-
rate statistics TO prove that the near neigh
borhood Of Il town enables its lcnZeilS to co
operate for their mutual advantage in Il way
quite impossible 10 thodwclcrs in rural dis,
tricts. This is obvious to the most casual OBJ
servution and it has been so clearly seen by
Englishmcn within the last half century that
perfect rush has set in of the rural porula-
ton into towns, with tho result that, while
these latter have grown with unexampled rn
pidity and attained unprecedented proper
tions, many country districts have been al
most denuded OF inhabitants, and villages,
with their domestic industries and institu-
tions, hare pcrsEe,i i'll the shadow Of colossal
neighbors.
This wholesale obliterltion of the village
type has undoubtedly involved n serious loss
to tho community, perhaps even Il national
loss AT any rate tho sentiment cannot be
mistaken which has led Sir George Campbell
and his associates to cast about for the means
Of restoring the deserted village, and recall
Ing public attention to the possibilities Of
benefit to town and country alike in the pro-
vision of an outlet within our own borders
for that most miserable and most dangerous
Of all social growths-a surplus town popu-
lation.
The diffusion of sound yicws, and still moro
tho establishment of sound practice, i'll such a
matter must be work of time, nnd it may
well be that tho formulated programme of
the society will be subject to considerable
modification in the light of experience, but
we are glad to learn that they have met with
some measure Of encouragement.
Among the instances which are mentioned
the following is peculiarly satisfactory: A
West End firm of bootmakers has for some
tme past given to any of their older hands
the privilege of living in the country, and
having boxes of materials sent to them peri
odically, which they return filled with the
manufactured article. The firm pay London
wages and tho men pay the carriage of the
goods, reaping the benefit Of lower rents,
fresh air and healthy surroundings of their
rural cottage life.-London Lancet.