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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-03-12
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FOUND ON A BATTLEFIELD.
Two Photographs Taken from the KRtpsack or I
Dead Soldier.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In converse
ton with .. S. Kinnear Go. c, SD Pa,
few days since. he related an incident
Of the battlefield near Boydton plank road,
Va, Of seeing man killed, and picking from
las knapsack, that had been torn by shell
(which also killed the soldier. an envelope and
letter; he brought the photos unmOunted. "a
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-03-12
Why Don't They Krltel

John s. Booth Co O. 1Iith N. Y, Glen Elder,
Kan, would like 10 hear from some of the mem
bers Of his regiment who were in Fort Seward,
s. C., in 1854
J.F. BistIine, Pickert, n. D., Co. NJ, 7th Pa.
Cav, wants the boys of his regiment to wake
up. They should not be ashamed of their
record, and they can tell lots of interesting
things.
John J. sturman, Edmond, Oklahoma Ter,
wonders why the old boys Of Co. f, 4Jh Iowa,
do not write more to The NATIONAL tribune.
Il. j. Wright, Normal H., Co. Z, 3Sth H.,
has seen nothing from the old 3Sth lately. 1t
was at Chickamauga, and lost heavily. On the
first day Mai. Gilmore was killed, as good a
soldier as ever wore tho blue. He wants to
hear from some Of the Old boys.
They Are Lonely.
Mrs. NJ. Mackey, Brenueman, Pa, wishes 20
adopt soldiers daughter of 10 or L. years.
She can give the best of references, and wants
someone TO tell her Of such child.
John Heron, Robinson Creek, Ill.,, wishes to
correspond with some soldiers widow or daugh-
ter with view 10 matrimOny. He is 40 years
old, and is drawing pension.
Who Took lti
Frank II. Foote, Port Gibson, Miss. thinks
Charles w. Ware, Of the S9th H., in his article
about the capture OF Fort Gregg is correct As far
as his claim thaL MS reSlMthtaI nag was the
FIRST that was planted on the ramparts Of Fort
Gregg. His description was in keeping with
the writer's recollection Of the affair.
Otis T.. Henry, Co. II, Il6th Ohio, Maple
Grove, Mimi. says that Fort Gregg was the
worst taken fort OF the war, and any regiment
that did not take it is out Of luck. Ho did not
take it until the morning Of April 5, but planted
his little flag there then. He was shot in the
afternoon of the ID, about 100 yards from the
fort, or he would have had his flag there first
From the number Of regiments that took the
fort. the few Johnnies inside must have been
aWfully hard-wOrlsed men.
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The Forces Al Knoxville.

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04


summer morning you will see the girl.
bachelor starting out from the farm
house where she is rusticating with her
gun and fishrod in hand and book
under one arm on her way 10 the boat,
which sue has chartered for the sum-
mer. From her side will swing a bas-
ket of eatables and strapped across her
shoulders will be gentIemanly canteen
of water.
If you will take the trouble to wstcb
her you will see that she taxes a short
cut through the woods. stopping only
long enough to take a peep into the
birds nest to see how the young robins
are getting along and to bid good NOR
row to the sparrow who has built down
in raspberry hedge aud who is frIghten-
ed all day long lest some one should dis
cover the secret of her nest.
But the girl bachelor does not harm
her bird friends. She burries along,
stopping again perhaps to fill leaf
with ripe berries or to gather few
early apples from tree that overbangs
the fence of some friendly neighbor.
Having reached the little rowboat.
which is all her own, she packs the
luncheon carefully away in the box at
one end of the boat, puts the gun where
it will keep dry and not do any harm
until 1t ia wanted. hangs the fshrod
over one side of the boat. letting the
line trail into the water with aliurlng
bait. and then the girl-bachelor fixes the
boateushions so that they exactly 1T
her back, leans back upon them. opens
her book, and prepares for a lovely
long day of absolutely sweet do-notning-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
The Rev. Mr.. weems' Revenge.

An interesting character in Ameri-
can history is the Rev. Mason l..
Weems. pastor of Pohick Church and
biographer of George Washington. He
was something Of romancer, aud to
bis powers of invention we owe some
very interesting stories of the child
hood of the Father of His Country.
The most familiar and celebrated of
these anecdotes is the one which tells
how little George hacked his fathers
favorite cherry tree, and when taken
to task about it nobly replied:
Il can't tell lie. pa; you know I
can't tell lie. ! did cut it with my
Ratchet"
At one time Mr.. Weems was Ell.
gagged as a colporteur. An incident
which occurred during this time shows
that he had a good deal of human
nature and, despite his cloth. exhibited
on occasion something of the old
Adam. 1t seems that one of his Gus.
toners. to whom lie had sold a Bible.
demanded receipt for the money
paid for the copy of the Holy Writ.
Mr.. Weems construed this demand as
an insult. He gave the receipt, but in
so doing he contrived to avenge his
wounded feelings. The event occurred
IN the season of ths summer solstice,
and the receipt read as follows:
'RecslYed. On tho longest day of the
year, treN the most particular man in
the gagla, Eha SMALLEST possible pEIee
~ IE!a. 1ssl a ssas sYss RsA4sasaH-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

It is we'll known that at the southern
extremity of Patagonia the huanacas
have a dying place-n spot to which all
the individuals inhabiting the sur
rounding plains repair at the approach
of death to deposit tueir bones.
Darwin and Fitzroy first recorded
this strange instinct in their personal
narratives and their observations have
since been fully confirmed by others.
The best known of these dying or
burial places is on the banks of the
Santa Cruz and Gallegos rivers, where
the river valleys are covered with
dense primeval lhickets of bushes aud
trees of stuntcd growth. There the
ground is covered with bones Of count
less dead generations.
The animals" saws Darwin. lin
most cases must have crawied before
dying, beneath and among the bushes"
A strange Instinct in 4 creature so
prominently social in its habits. a
dweller all his life long on the open.
barren plateaus and mountain sides.
What a subject for painter! The
gray wilderness of dwarf thorn trees.
aged and grotesque and scanty leaved.
hohrished for thousand years on the
bones that whiten the stony ground at
their roots; the interior lit family with
the rays of the departing sun, chill and
gray, and silent and motionless-the
huanacos' Golthotha.
In the long centuries stretching back
into the dim Unreasonable past, so
many of this race have journeyed
hither from the mountains and the
plain to suffer the sharp pang of death,
that. to the Imagination, something of
it all seems to have passed into that
hushed and mOurnful nature. And
now. once more. the latest pilgrim has
come, all his little strength spent in
his struggles to penetrate the close
thicket, looking old and gaunt and
ghostly in the twilight. with long,
ragged hair. staring into the gloom out
of death-dimmed sunkeu eyes.
One artist we have who might show
it to us on canvas, who would be able
to catch the feeling of such a scene
of that mysterious, passionless tragedy
of nature-tIIe painter. mean, of The
Prodigar' and The Lioness defending
Her Cubs"
To his account of the animals dying
place and instinct Darwin adds:
Il do not at all understand the
reason of this, but may observe that
the wounded huanacos at the Santa
Cruz invariably walked toward the
river. "-LOpgDlan's Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

even while admitting that she does not
fiud mems society unpleasant. say that
she prefers her own company to that OF
any mans society she has ever enjoyed.
II she has a soft spot away. down in the
Utmost depths Of her tender little heart
for Charlie. whom she left behind In the
hot city. she viii from time TO timp seek
an opportunity to gaze ct bis portrait.
and with sigh acknowledge that alb
sence does indeed make the heart grow
foBder. -, i -. ID
this summer. Oh. no, indeed. The
seashore has been unusually gifted with
beaux this year. mich to the delight OF
the maidens whose GUNNER lot has been
cast beside the old ocean. During the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
NARY AN ARMY WORM.
The Old Farmer Was No Raw Recruit II
He Was HOMEGROWN.

He was n gay young officer and
Uncle Sam was in great luck to have
such n nice hired man. says the N. Y.
Evening World The car was crowded
and he had to set his bright. new uni
form right down beside dingy, old
farmer looking chap.
well, my avuncular relative" said
he, speaking up so that the passengers
might have a chance to join in the
laugh. what promise does he of whom
one touch makes us all akin hold forth
touching the particular of fariuaceous
cereals?n
The passengers-those who under.
stood him and those who didn't
snickered.
.'How's the wheat crop. eh9" replied
the diugy parsonage. "Fust rate, fust
rate"
is that which fell alike by the way
side. into barren places and upon good
ground completely subterranean?"
The passengers all laughed.
us the seed all under ground. ehg"
said the countryman. Sure; all the
seedin's done and things are sproutfn'."
Has your retina been impressed by
any members of the advance guard OF
the cantharis vittata"
The passengers giggled.
Seen any potato bugs. eh?" said
the rustic. You bet; seen lots Of
potato bugs. but nary an army worm.
Mop" said the gay young officer
hastily. heading of an incipient laugh.
"and why is the army worm no longer
with you?"
Well" said the old professor from
the Podunk Agricultural college. Il
heard that most of 'em had been jagged
for duplicating their pay accounts
The passengers roared.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
| Feeling forced 70 .Ay something.

Feeling forced 70 SAY somethins. /
asked
.'Hase You many boarders at this hol-
idsy season."
''Only fourteen" she replied, sand
they are children whose parents live far
away. Poor little onesr' and the set
lines of the nuns stern face softened
into tenderness as she spoke. 1--WE do
our best to make them happy, but
naturally they feel lonely. Whe have
generally fifty or sixty young girls here,
besides the day scholars"
"a great responsibility" remarked
"Very great indeed!" and she sighed.
"almost terrible. So much OF a wo-
mans after-life depends on the early
training she receives. We do all we can,
aud yet in some cases our utmost efforts
are in vain; evil creeps In, we know not
how,-some unsupported fault spells u
character that we judged to be admira.
BILE, and we are often disappointed in oui
most promising pupils. Alas! there /,
nothing entirely without blemish in this
world"
Thus talking, she showed me into a
small, comfortable looking room, lined
with books and softly carpeted.
"This is one of our libraries" she ex-
planned. 1.-THE Countess will receive you
here, as other visitors might dis
turb You in the drawing-room. Pardon
me-" and her steady gaze had sometbinr
of compassion in it, "but you do no,
look well. Can / send you some wine?'
] declined this offer with many ex.
pressions of gratitude, and assured hei
was perfectly well. She hesitated, aut
at last said anxiously-
81 trust You were not offended at my
remark concerning Nina Romani's mar
riage with you? l fear l was too
hasty?"
Not so, madame" I answered, with
all the earnestness l felt. "Nothing Il
more pleasant to me than frank opin.
ion frankly spoken. / have been so &C
customed to deception" Here / broke
off and added hastily, "Pray do not
think me capable Of judging you
wrongly"
She seemed relieved, and smiling tina
shadowy, fitting smile Of hers, sh,
said
mo doubt you are impatient, Signor;
Nina shall come to you directly" ant
Surely she was good woman,
thought, and vaguely wondered abou'
her past history,-that past which SHIT
had buried forever under mountain o.
prayers. What had she been like wheI
Young,-before she had shut herself
within the convent walls,-before She
had set the crucifix like seal on he:
heart? Had she ever trapped man.
soul and strangled 1t with lies? / fanciet
mother look was too pure and candid
yet who could tell? Were not Nina.
eyes trained TO appear as the ugh the.
held the very soul of truth?
A few minutes passed. heo~t -
fresh voices OF children singing In the
next room
"D'ou Went le petit Gesu?
&c JOLT bouton de rose
Qui horit, enfant Cheri,
Sur 10 cRur de notre mere Marie"
Then came a soft rustic of silken gar
nents, the door opened and my wife en-
tered.
(To BE CONTINUED
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

not she! A pity it Is that Christ did not
leave us some injunction as to what was
to be done with such women-not the
penitent Magdalene, but the creatures
whose mouths are full of lies even when
they pretend to pray-they who would
be capable Of trying to tempt the priest
who comes to receive their last confessions
they who would even act out a sham
repentance OH their death beds in order
to look well What can be done with
devils such as these? Much has been
said latterlY of the wrongs perpe-
trated on women by men; will no
one take up the other side of the
question? We, the stronger sex,
are weak in thiS-we are too chivalrous.
When a woman filings herself on our
mercy, we spare her and are silent Tor
lures will not wiring her secrets out of
US; something holds us back from betray-
ing her. l know not what it can be-
perhaps il is the memory of our mothers.
Whatever it is, it is certain that many
man allows himself TO be disgraced rather
than he will disgrace woman. But
time is at hand when this foolish chivalry
Of ours will die out On changera tout
celia! When once our heavy masculine
brains shall have grasped the novel idea
that woman has by her own wish and
choice resigned all claim on our respect
or forbearance, We shall have our re-
venge. We are slow 70 change the tradi-
tions of our forefathers, but no doubt we
shall soon manage to Quench THE last
spark of knightlY reverence left in US for
the female sex, as this is evidently the
point the women desire TO bring US to. We
shall meet them on that low platform OF
the equality" they seek for, and we
shall treat them with the unhesitating
and regardless familiarity they so earn
estly invite!
Absorbed in thought, / knew not when
the service ended. A hand touched me,
and looking up saw Mere Marguerite,
who whispered
"Follow me, il you please"
rose and obeyed her mechanically,
Outside the chapel door she said
iiPFsy excuse ne for hpfryiHg you,
bal stFsheefs sss net permitted % sec
The hass Ind edsfgefs pssiins ess"
] begt5. saa sslssa % ksttss Der.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
Thinks So.

is going to be independent, alone. and
bohemian for the remaining two months.
This is supposing that the girl bachel-
ors year begins the list Of September.
which. indeed, it does. For the LIST Of
September she returns TO the city. looks
up an apartment for herself and her
chum-if she has one-aud makes her
plans for the winter campaign.
But now she is away for the summer.
and is enjoying two long months Of
bachelor hood in girl-bacheIor's way.
which means that she is unhampercd by
frills, furbelows, conventionalIties, or
the presence of a man. When she
packed up her trunk for the summer
outing she put into 1t several suits of
flannel that would be suitable for noun
tain wear, for boating, or for ramb!es in
the woods; then after she had added
such toilet accessories as she would al
low herself, she filled up the trunk, the
trunk-tray, and the lid thereof with
sketching materials, several writing
pads, and novels. including Tolstofs
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW

ABSENCE MARES THE HEART GROW
FONbER."
works. She merely reads TolstOi be.
cause she finds in him large and rare
freedom from conventionalities which
suit her tastes entirely. And so she
takes him along, intending to skim over
the bad parts and read the good ones in
order 10 establish herself firmly in the
views which she already holds regarding
men, women. and things.
Thus beautifully equipped with all
things necessary for the happiness of
any human being possessed with the
spirit which any girl-bachelor enjoys.
this frm-hearled. manly girl sallies forth
with her trunk, if not in hand. at least
upon her hack, looking for nice cool
shady place. not very far from the city.
A long railroad ride she can not afford,
and besides she wishes to be near town,
so that she can run in occasionally 10
hear q Thomas concert, enjoy an even
ing in the roof garden, or see the fire.
works at Manhattan:
Having found just the place which
she wants she assures herself that the
board will be fairly good and then she
SCOUTS around the country in search of
q creek and boat, also gun and fish
ing tackle. If you will take the trouble
to drive out into the country early any
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
Woman's Impulse.

Once upon time a Boston lady
playing chess with her husband sud-
denly perceived that her opponent was
about to take her queen off the board.
Selling the threatened piece. she fed
with it out of doors. and. seating her
self on the steps. refused to give it Up.
The New Haven woman who grabbed
u compromising letter IN a divorce
case 10 open court and tore it into
fragments was. ike her Boston
example, only womaniy, for all women
srs bslieYad to net from impalss,
Their IliaitIda and thelf tmpaIsaa are
ibsls s,reagess peIe!s,-~&sBara Al
ysrtasF.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

moved, their dark branches quiyered,
and the grasses lifted up their green
iilliputian sword-blades Bells.-and such
bells! tongues of melody that stormed
the air with sweetest eloquence,-round,
rainbow bubbles of music that burst
upon the wind, and dispersed in delicate
broken echoes.
'PesDs Oh esFth, goodwill! 10 men.
Pessa-en~ ~ earth - Rgaa - VII - taz
eeRp hsE stsaea e SCI sEsE-aed sFeF
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
GIRLS AS BACHELORS.
Nc.PLAcEs FULL OF FAIR
YOUNG CREATURES.
Masculine Attendance Something That
Can Be Done without IL One but
Thinks So.

ct no one suppose
that when the girl
bachelor goes away
for the summer she
is going to greatly
alter her mode Of
living. She does
not intend TO do
anything of tb e
sort. She has been
independent. b o :
bemian. and alone
for ten months in
the wear. and she
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

WITH "JEEMs" AWAY BEHIND hER
Does the bachelor ever feel the
lack Of q male companion to share this
sweet comfort with berf IL she does
she makes no moan. Having boon her
own best fellow. for the last season. at
Ieast, she feels perfectly capable OF
helps Ger own beat !sllDy f0FsyermoEs.
Aud II sas ia llss most o! ias gil.s
asasslsH yea sss asys sssa ias Sal,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

Narway ID waslihiaf In nlukel arss
than any alass RaFopaas ssgaspP, kat
only $50 Aissa so ssH ssFsiss,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
DYING HUANAcOS.

As Instinct that Makes them Seek Com
mon Resting Place for their Bones.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04

N Il Il X i N Is Z n 9
fscre, I drove in 1t
a very little way to-
wards the city. I
bade the driver to
stop at the corner
of the winding road
that led to the Villa
Romani. and there
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-04
BY MARIE. CoRELLl.
CHAPTER XVI.

~NTERING the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-30
Without q Newspaper.

Nothing presents sadder com.
mentary upon the present condition
of society than the large number Of
families, bot h in town and country,
but more especially the latter, that
do not subscribe for paper of any
kind. How many families are thus
growing up utterly ignorant of what
is transpirlng in the world around
them-ignoran ofthe mighty events
of the day. But who can tell of the
injury inflicted upon the rising gener-
alton; those who are to take our place
at no distant day-growing up with.
out any knowledge of the present or
study of the past this ignorance,
too, being imbued into them by the
sanction of those who should. and
doubtless do know better, did they
only think OF the injurious effect of
their insane course.
Let the head of the family think
of this, and place in the hands OF
those for whom he is responsible. the
means of acquiring some knowledge
of the moving panorama in which
we act our different parts.-Ex.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-30
AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS.

ersonneI of the Military Force of
the Colony of Victoria.
The military forces of the Colony
W Victoria consists of a permanent
tpree of militia and volunteers. with
beadquarter staff and seperate staff
Establishments for the Militia. the
Mounted Rifles, the Rifle Volunteers.
ne Cadet Corpse, the engineers and
me Artillery. The Militia Cavalry
muster seventy-one troopers; the
Volunteer Horse Artillery, sixty :
the Field Artillery, 269 men (three
batteries and headquarters) the
Garrison Artillery, 723, with bat
teries at Geolong, Port Philip, North
Melbourne. Williamstown, HarbOr
Trust, Port Fairy, Warrnambool and
Puhiand the Gictorian Engineers,
9Th submarine mining and field
+ / iI'e6aspanies. 1888; The Victorian Rifles,
1908; the Nountee Rifles. !. 900 the
Victorian Rangers. 857 the Ambu
lance Corpse. 40; the C0mmlssariate
and Transport Corpse, "a /; the Medi-
cal Staff. 16; and there is a reserve
of officers. So with unattached
officers, and 18 unattached medical
officers, making total of 5.594. The
artillery possess 1T guns of different
| kinds.
The Victorian Mounted Rifles are
Il regiment that was raised in 1885 al
the request of the government. i
is l 200 strong. but it is to be increased
to 1900, divided into two battalions
The force is extremely popular, anC
there is never any lack of recruits
from all parts of the colony it Is sai(
to be the best equipped mounted in
fantry corpse in the British Empire
The service is purely voluntary
each man finding his own horse ant
saddle, while government finds nj
equipment. Each effective earns E
for his company, which is funded an,
devoted to company expenditure f0
military duty. The uniform is plaiI
and serviceable, of K hakee. with Grim
son facings and brown leather ap
pOintments. the uniform of all rank
being assimilated AS much as possibl
in order to avoid officers being picke
off.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-01-30
viii 5000 Years Old.

A last will and testament over 5000
years old has recently beel found in
Egypt. The testator. Sekiah.
executed il in his own handwriting
in favor of his brother. a priest of
Osiris. The property disposed of
was to go to Sekiah's daughter upon
the brothers death, the internal svi.
dence of the document plainly show
ing that even in those da>s the
Egyptian recognized woman's right
to own, administer and dispose OF
property.-St. Louis Republic.