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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line
Information Asked aud Given.

WHlGHT, LI b era /
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writes II will say TO
comrades who want 10
locate that the members
ofLiberal Post, 205, viii
be glad to have them
settle here. There is
plenty Of Government
land in the Neutral
Strip. or Beaver County,
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bushels Of wheat were
raised to the acre in the
last two years.
w. ii. Wendall. Co.
b, 22d I'LL, Ludlow,
Mo-, writes: " In July,
1864, we were mustered
out Of service at Spring
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WAS MILES A TRAIToR7
A Rhode Island CaTaIrymAn Gives q Good Account
OF the Harper's Ferry Affair.
FDr1oR NATIoNAI TprpuxE.

ESIRING to h sv Q
another shot at the
Harper's Ferry affair, l
send the following. /
have read with much
interest the various
communications in re-
ply TO J. f W., as 10
whether Col. Miles was
in fault, and agree
mainly with Briscoo
Ge0dheart. / disagree
with him, however, as
to the praeticability of
the infantry escaping
after the enemy had oc-
cupied Maryland
flights. John II. Dyes
letter was also interest
ing, but has some errors.
Gen. White was not
court-martialed for not
suporseding Col. Miles
His reasons for not as
suming the command at
HsrpeT's Ferry were
very creditable.
Volume XIX, Part 4,
Series /, Of the Official
Records, contains a full
acrount of the Harpers
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success-another has only hopes"
Don't take IL for granted that all patent
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years Of uninterrupted success aud the tenE Of
thousands OF cured and happy mon and women.
place Dr. Pieree's Golden Medical Discovery
aud DR. Plerccs EaVorite Prescription on the
side OF the comparison 10 which they belong.
And there isn't State or Territory, nO-nOr
hardly country in the world. whether its peo.
pie realize ID or not, but have men aud women
ia them thHtre happier because Of their dis.
covery aud their Effects.
Think ol this la health. Think Of Il in sick.
ness. And then think whether you can afford
10 make the trial III the makers can afford q
take the risk 10 give your money back, AS they
do, il they do not benefit or ours you.
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dyspepsia, duIiness, blues. opium habit cured by
Dr. Miles Nervins. Samples free AZ druggists. by
mail loo MILES MED. Co. ELKaARr, IsD.
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Mos, children Are.

Z" My mamma won't let me have everything
want" complained little May 10 little
Frances.
+" You'll have 10 be strict with your mamma, "
replied Frances am"
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
Nhat0ur Veterans Hare to Say About
Their Old Campaigns
ANOTHER GOOD BATTERY.
An Organization thGt DID splendid Service In the
Western Armek.
EDTroR NATIoNAL TEIBUNE:

ARTERY I, ID III. i. A.
was recruited by Chas,
w. Keith. OF Joliet, in
the Fall Of 1861. The
battery was mustered
into service Dec, 81, 1861,
at Camp Butler, with the
following officers; Chas.
wv. Keith, Captain Ghas.
MI. Barnett, Senior First
Lieutenant; Henry B.
Plant, Junior First Lieu
tenant Alonzo w. Coe,
Senior Second Lieuten-
'Rnt.
Feb. z, 1862, the bat
terry was sent to Cairo,
H., and assigned to Gen.
Bufard's Division, and
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MISSIONARY RIDGE.

Another ComrAae TestIIles that the Army or the
Cumberland was Not DemoralIzed.
Enron NATIONAL TRIRuSE:
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Commrnt on Prison LIFs.

Edgar @. Petty, Co. K, 9th ". Y. Art, 500
Warren street, Syracuse, N. Y, says that be
fully cOncurs with Frank Tallman in his &C.
count of prison life. The writer was captured
at the battle of Monocacy. July 9, 1864, con-
fined in prison and treated any way but we'll.
While in Danville, he remembers seeing the
guards inside Of the prison peel an apple and
then throw the Feelings among crowd of half
starved prisoners, and, from the manner in
which the prisoners fought and scrambled for
them, seemed TO amuse the guards very much.
Once in 10 days q halEbarrel of bacon was dis
tributed among GOO prisoners, which served
merely as an aggravation. COmrade Petty
says that il they treated their prisoners WELL
how is it they made them drink the water from
the Dan River. which was so warm and dirty
that one could not see the bottom of the cup
containing it. when within six. rods of their
prison a large hogshead of cool spring water
was running TO waste. After robbing them Of
all the clothes they had when il began to get
cold, q sign WAS stuck up, stating that they
would not be exchanged that Winter. aud they
had better send home for blankets The writer
says as they had never been allowed to receive
a letter. how could they expect to receive
blankets, and so lie did not send for any. The
rebels Dragged that they were killing more
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LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
the Two Cannon Captured at the era.
ven House.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
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The Battle Of Prairie Grove.

W. g Pierce, Co. B, goth Wis, Deloralns
Agency, Winnipeg. Manitoba, has received q
number Of letters from the 10Th Iowa boys,
which show what desperate fight they had
at Prairie Grove. Dec. z, 1862. They had run
into the JOhnnies at the end of a forced march
Of 40 miles. which lasted from Wednesday as
p. m. until Sunday at 8 a. M, and being a
little tired and cross as 40 cats will explain the
fact that they meant someone should suffer for
their misery, even if they got hurt also.
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Here Is Another One.

Jackson Bunch, Co. II, Goth u g., and Co. @,
9th Ind. Cav, having seen the many claims as
to who was the youngest soldier, says that he
enlisted in the 9th Ind. Cav. in September,
1863, and served twoyears and one month, aud
then enlisted in the goth U. s. and served three
years, making five years and one month before
he was21 years Of age. Most Of his service was
in Dakota Territory with the Indiana He
would like to hear from Co. G, 9th Ind.
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ronneefIcut ClaIms the Honor.

W. P. Jones, Sergeant, Go. II, 1st Conn. Fl. A.,
352 Adelphi street. Brooklyn, N. Y, having
seen the claim Of the 1st Mass. to the honor of
being the first regiment mustered into tho
United States service for three years, says that
the 4th Conn, afterward changed into the 1st
Conn. III. A., was the first being mustered into
the service May p, 1861. A New Jersey regi-
ment was mustered into the service the same
day, only half hour later.
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James H. Mott, Co. K, 10th Ohio, Fort Reeov-
cry, o., was surprised to read Comrade Muir
phys article about the capture OF the guns at
the Craven House. as he does not see how any
man in the battle could dispute as to what
troops captured the guns. The writer's bril-
gade was supporting the White Star Division,
and when the latter came within 200 yards of
the rebel breastworks, it looked az if business
had been too pressing for them, and when
Whitakers Brigade came up the White Stars
were lying on the ground behind rocks, etc.
Whitaker's men passed through and gave the
rebs yolley, which threw them into confusion,
aud they fell rapidly back to their second line
Of works, and Whitaker's men rushed up and
took their artillery. Whitaker's men followed
for a while, but the General being afraid of
running into trap ordered them to halt. They
left nearly 100 men near the battery. The
White Stars followed after they had passed
through them. The writer was detailed to
help run the guns back to the foot Of the
mountain. Gen. Geary directly after the bat
tie claimed that he had captured the artillery,
but Gen. Whitaker told him plainly who did
the taking of the guns, and showed him whose
men were lying dead where the battery had
stood. The writer does not know who put the
flag on the point.
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or WITH q Museum Exhibition Case.

Mention Ths National Trnun
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-24
Lananese Women.

1t would be hard to say how Christian.
ity-in-name. as we usually have it, could
improve the conduct or character of the
Japanese women, who seem always to
have been very good Christians without
knowing it, if we are to believe Miss
Bacon. Perhaps the answer to the con-
undrum is that Christianity is not pri-
ma-ily purifying force, but is first an
enlightening force; that its ideal is
virtue, not innocence-Gethsema not
Eden. The harmlessness of the dove
will not avail without the wisdom Of the
serpent; the impulse of our faith is to-
ward consciousness, knowledge. No
doubt this is what the Japanese feel in
1t; probably it is what makes them will
ing to change their civilization for ours.
They really seem race Of better and
sweeter nature than ourselves: unless
their witnesses misreport Il they are
gentler, kinder, even truer, we are
naturally.
But something seems lacking to them,
and they look toward US for it; they
fancy spiritual possibilities on the plane
which we tell them is above theirs. The
fine perfection of their art is stunted
beauty; it has never the infinite reach
Of the Greek; the loveliness of their
lives is childlike; it has not the celestial
aspiration of the Hebrew; and no doubt
they feel this as clearly as they perceive
the difference between us and our ideals.
William Dean Howells in Harper's.
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Make Your Mouth Water |
One Method of Making Money.

A man who had only few hundred
dollars left out of fortune called one
day at banking house and asked to see
the manager, who was man of con-
servative mind and fully acquainted
with the best and most profitable invest
ments.
Throwing down his roll of banknotes
he said: "Invest this for me. Use your
pleasure with it. I'm going to the coun-
try for the remainder of the summer.
will leave my address with you, and
you can let me know what you do with
it,"
The man walked out and was not seen
again for many months. His money was
iudiciously invested on his carte blanche
order and began to accumulate. The
house duly informed him, according tc
its business methods, of his good luck,
but nothing was heard from him person
ally for some time.
Some months afterwards he presented
himself at the banking house, rosy
health beaming in his face, well dressed
and portly. The manager failed tc
recognize him at first, but when his
memory was refreshed he recalled the
circumstances of the case.
Now, this was an example of a man
who more than doubled his savings BY
simply taking the advice Of an ex-
perienced and reliable man. And this is
not solitary case. Ii is one of many
such that happen every day throughout
the length and breadth of our land
Henry Clews in Ladies' Home Journal.
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Mortifring for the Girl.

The late Emperor William objected to
the banker Bleichroeder, and it was
only by dint of the pressure exercised
upon his venerable majesty by Bismarck
that Bleichroeder and his daughter were
very reluctantly invited to court balls.
Once his guests the old monarch de-
termined that the banker and Miss
Bleichroeder should be Hospitality treat
ed, and, finding that the youns lady
lacked partners and was left to sit out
all the dances, he himself in person
ordered every young officer whom he
met in the ballroom to invite her to
dance.
Much to their annoyance the gilded
youths of the guard were forced to obey.
They did so after their own fashion,
however, and marching up to the lady
one after another they exclaimed in far
from engaging or sffable tones, "Most
gracious fraulein, by the commands of
his imperial and royal majesty invite
you to dance with me-" The poor girls
modification may be more easily i'm
agined than -described.-San Francisco
ArgOnaut.
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Serving and Cooking Foods.

Cookery" says Yuan Mel, sis like
matrimony. Two things served together
should match. Clear should go with
clear, thick with thick, hard with hard
and soft with soft. have known peo-
pie mix grated lobster with birds nest,
and mint with chicken or porkr
This, he observes. is an arrangement
in which one does all the monopolizing
and the other all the yielding.
Foods of heavy flavor should be
served separately. Such are crab or lob
ster, samhe ia delicious kind of white
salmon), beef and mutton. These. we are
told, should be eaten alone, without anv
Rdjunct.
The fire should be carefully attended
70. For frying or baking a military
fire viii be required. For stewing or
boiling. ''civll" fire. Such is one of the
quaint idioms of the Chinese language
Temple Bar.
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believe it was real, don't your"
Gnf oarra XUA eL.o-1In1f ISU
Birds and the Statue OF Liberty LighA
A A...I. H. cAon.-,a.

Birds and the Statue Of Liberty LighA
A few evenings ago took the steamer,
with party of naturalists, to Bedloe's
island, as the electric lights at the top of
the statue are known to attract multi
tudes of birds every spring and fall.
There had been cold weather for few
days before. and millions of birds were
hurrying south. We obtained permit,
and went up to the topmost gallery Of
the statue and waited. The night had
not far advanced when all the heavens
seemed to become full of wings, which
produced a tempest of whirring sound.
Then came the calls of the leaders, and
they rang out so clearly that they could
be heard for half mile through the
storm. The responses were fainter than
the signaling cries, but they were quite
definite. The object of the calls, OF
course, was to keep the hocks together,
for, as could be seen through strong
glasses, birds of hundred species were
driving along on the breast of the storm.
All that came near the statue hovered
around the light in large circles, but
some of them struck against the bronze
or stone. There were sandpipers of
every kind, ''peeting, peetlng' as they
went; golden wings and other wood
peckers, with their loud and rather
hoarse cries; warblers Of every kind
and their signaling ran through wide
zamut of sounds-thrushes, robins,
meadow larks, nuthatchers and congre-
cations of boboIinks that filed the air
with hurricanes Of lovely music as they
swept by. Sometimes a huge black
cloud passed along. and the glasses
showed that they wers blackbirds, but
they did not chatter as they DO on the
edge of the forest.
The leaders made all the noise and
preserved order. know not how many
5ocks went by Of teal, wood duck black
duck, mergansers. curlew, snipe, ployer,
pewees, Phoebe birds and what not. but
aone could mistake the kinghshers as
they went, with their scolcing laughter,
through the dark.
We caught score o- 50 OF the birds
in nsis and IN our hats, and kept them
till ne morning. after which we r.
leased them. And al through the night
bats chased and fezsted upon the SHY
moths that gathered around me spikes
q electric fame.
A large number of birds lay dead
upon the grass in the morning. having
struck the stzsne.-HaTpeE's Weekly.
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VARIOUS VERSES.



Mr.. A. Gay Youngman, Of Columbus, Sun
layed here with friends.-Lancaster Gazette.
He Sundayed there, we must presume,
Because he wanted quiet,
And dinner-ed there because he liked
The Lancasterian diet.
He may have paper-ed there awhile,
Or yellow cover booked it.
Or marveled, after he had meal-ed.
How well the people cooked 1t.
Perhaps he hammock-ed in the shade,
And just cigar-ed little,
And puffed the smoke into the air,
And ouspidor-ed the spittle.
Or maybe he'd sweetheart there
And afternoon-ed about her,
And vowed that ne'er till he was graved
Could he get on without her.
Perhaps her mother at that point
Came in and mother-in-law-edh him;
Perhaps her father carriaged up
In style and overawed him
Perhaps, however, they were not
Disturbed in either fashion;
They may have parlor-ed it alone,
And rocking chair-ed their passion.
Perhaps he supper-ed with his dear.
Then hurried to the station,
And trained and street-car-ed to his hom'
In great exhilaration.
-oriIlia Patriot.
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WANDERING BILL NYE.
HE sAuNTERs THROUGH OHIO AND
PENNSYLVANIA.

Findlay as q Gas Center-Doing Good to
n Janitor I'm MeadVille-A Letter from
Sir Edwin Betraying Unrequited At
fectIon and q Sunny Disposition.
ICopyright. 1891, by Edgar w. Nye.l
On THE ROAD IN THE POLITICALLY
MONTH OF NOVEMBER. {
1t is at this season that the bright red
and blue three sheet posters of my mann
moth aggregation called 1.-The Twins of
Genius" may be seen on the parched and
chapped bill board of the one night
stand, vying with the startling an
nouncement that William Mckinley,
Jr., and Governor Campbell will speak
on the same evening in the same town
on the living issues of the day. Every
where through the merry month of No
vember in the middle states the de-
lighted eye is greeted with these glow
ing statements regarding approaching
enjoyment and entertainment for man
and beast. The man is, of course, the
one who thinks as we do; the beast Ia
the voter on the other side.
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Pooketbook, i'm Le,,.r Ho,.,

From time to time Docketbooks ars
found in the pillar boxes. Pickpockets
have taken this way of returning to theil
owners whom they hsve robbed the valu-
able contents Of pocketbooks. generally
papers, which are Of no use TO any one
but the owner. The thieves in this WA
get nd of articles which might lesd Il
their conviction. and at the same tim,
Rssuage the losses of the pocketbook.
In some measure. They of course nav,
no time TO do up a package, but dro'
the articles into the most conveniea'
boxes. London Tit-Bits.
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Before the Fire.

The wintry air seems full Of snow,
The leaden clouds are hanging low,
The frozen ground
Reverberates beneath your tread,
The bare boughs creak above your head
A dismal sound.
November now is almost here
November, chill and dark and drear;
And soon the snow
VIII heap itself up, drift on drift,
And into every Granny sift,
While fierce winds blow.
Well, never mind; the glowing coal
Within the CRATE will cheer your soul.
And send thrill
OF joy all through you till dismay
Ensues at thought of how you'll pay
The coal mans bill.
-Somerville Journal
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Her Reason

She speaks about my new silk hat,
And says it's not on straight;
She hints about my awkward pose
Until | grow irate:
She says my trousers are too short,
And puts me in state
She glances at nd wiry hair,
And thinks it might be brushed;
She says that when tied my tie,
/ must have been quite rushed;
And talks about the way sit.
Until feel quite crushed.
And yet am not vexed with her,
could not be, you know,
For when ask her why it Is,
She makes so hard my row,
Ny pretty critic, smiles and says:
Because love you So"
Tom Mason in Clothier and Furnisher.
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An Expert.

An Expert.
There was tremendous crowd In front
of the clothing store. A large glass jar
had been placed on a pedestal inside the
window and this placard conspicuously
affixed thereto:
-..sss'.ss.s'ssss.ss's' s''s''s.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS WILL BR
GIVEN TO ANYBODY WHO
CAN GUESS THE NUM-
BER OF BEANS N
THIS JAR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 's''sss''s.sssssss
A violent commotion on the outskirts Of
the crowd attracted the attention of those
near the window, and somebody called out:
"Wh hats the matters"
''This is fair and square contest"
yelled man in reply, "but we don't want
no expert on beans guessin on that jar, by
jucksl We've been hustlin Boston man
out of this crowdP'-Chicago Tribune
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The Baby "JOke."

<,eby choked in his sleep one day,
Only harmless choke, 'twould seem;
But Marjorie settled it, in her way,
II 'spect," she said, ''he swallowed {,
dream
Ladies' Home Journal
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EiCkle Rose.

Rose kissed me today,
Who will kiss her tomorrow
That's always the way
When she kisses today,
ask with dismay,
Not unmiXed with sorrow;
Rose kissed me today,
Who will kiss her tomorrow
Harvard Lampoon.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-24
Saponica Center. La.

The foregoing letter would show that
Sir Edwin, although he has been basely
deserted for baking powder man who
parts his hair on the back of his neck
and drspes it over the top of his head,
has bright and sunny nature which is
worth more than all that earth can give.
would rather have a sunny disposition
with everything that heart could wish
than to be wealthy with panied look
on my face and soul that had to have
a paper weight on it every time breeze
sprang up.
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It Was Not Put Up,

At II o'clock the other night I passed
down Twenty-third street just as a police
man was routing forlorn looking chap
out of public stairway, where he had
been taking a nap. The man had nothing
to say for two or three minutes as we
walked along together, but he finally
hunched up his shoulders, shivered in a
vigorous manner and said:
"You saw it all, didn't your"
eyes"
"Saw him slam me around, knock my
head against the wall and club me over
the back?"
eyes"
believe it was real, don't your
"Of course. Why shouldn't II"
"Well, didn't know but what you'd
think, when 1 came to ask you for ten
cents to get bed with, that the officer and
had put up job to make a nickel apiece
out of your'-New York Evening World.
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Dread,

She is painting, she is painting,
And her friends grow pale and thin
For fear she'll send them
Hollyhocks,
Or mullen stalks,
Or jabberwocks
On painted plaques
When Christmas time comes in.
Buffalo Enquirer.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-24
FIGHTING THE STOVE.

ton Harrison's 'Fleur de Hundred" said she
could never be mine till had made a home
for her in the Land of flowers" and who,
three weeks after my departure, transferred
her affections to a baking powder drummer.
And when l have read your weekly letter the
world seems brighter, my mothers little let
ters seem hopeful and helpful as she meant
them TO be, the flea sleep with seems gentler,
the people on the streets seem to grow genial
and cordial, the resources of this great land
seem easier OF attainment, and l go to sleep
happier and hopeful for the future because
have my mother and Bou. Truly yours,
SIR EDWIN ARNOLD, JR.,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-11-24

And when Saturday night comes and sit in
my bare little room with only big, round half
dollar left for the coming week after paying
my board and washwoman-and big, round
lump is in my throat-I read your letter and it
helps me to forget that l left my home in
Brockton, Mass. and fifteen dollars a week at
making shoes. to come here and sell shoes to
other men because my sweetheart, who had
seen the play Alabama" and read Mrs. Bur-