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The National tribune., 1891-02-05

was one OF this group We wera about half a
mile from the encmy's works, 10 40 open field !;
| n ravine was in our front, with tall weeds along
the little rill running through tho ravine.
| About o'clock p. N. the signal-gun was fired,
| and the skirmish-liue moved forward and firing
became general both 10 right, front and left.
| We moved on aud took the rebel skirmishers
out of their pits. There were nine with loaded
guns in one Of the pits which never fred shot,
but peaeeably, and apparently cheerfully, sur
rendered.
Some of the skirmish-line went on aud one
Of Co. F-W. 5. PattersOn-weut right up to
their works and demanded their surrender, but
they were too many for him and he was taken
prisoner and alterWard had an experience in
Andersonville. Why our line OF battle did not
come up TO our support / do mot know, but pre-
sumo were awaiting the movement Of some
other part OF the line; but about go p. IN. our
liuo Second BTig3de), commanded by Gen.
John q. Mitchell, came up with a WILL and in
a very short time we had Gen. GOvan and his
entire brigade prisoners Of war, and II fell TO
Co. Fs lot TO guard the prisoners. When going
back one Of the prisoners cried: Hurrah for
JEFF Davis and the Southern Confederacy."
Capt Stacy u. S. Army, Inspector of the Four
teenth Corps, came riding along with pistol in
hand, saying. "ShOw inc the man who did that
cheering" / said, "Oh! Captain, we can take
care OF him; " at which Gen. Goyan said: Men.
you are prisoners Of war, and il you want to be
treated as such, behave yourselves"
That night was one of watchfulneSs to Co. F.
Some Of the 18th Regulars were with US to
help, but were the best sleepers / ever saw.
The next day about 10 a. IN. We were relieved
OF our rebel Gen. Govan, his entire staff and
800 enlisted men. On going back 10 join our
command, Gen. q. II. Thomas said
Things are moving of admirably, and you
will find your brigade camped north Of Jones'
boro."
have been brief in this sketch but one
thing is certain, it was the united effort of all
true soldiers who brought about the glorious
results which closed the war, aud it will be by
the united effort of every true American citi-
zen 10 make this the best Government on
earth. Let US lift the banner high. and then
10 the object march, leaving behind record
that shall last as long as time. c. PATTEE-
SON, Captain, Co. I, 9Sth Ohio, Archer, D.
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Read Better than a Pension" on page S.
JONESBORO.
Troops that Captured GOfaH's Brigade and
Guarded Them Aftcruard.

Troops that Captured GO,aH's Brigade and
Guarded Them AitcrHard.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have read in
your valuable exponent Of the Union soldier Of
the various battles aud "reminiscences romanccs,
etc, Of the soldier Of the war Of the rebellion
with interest ! also like 10 hear from the
C6nicderatcs; but we are all aware that the true
history Of any war will never be fully told. /
do not pretend 10 know more about the war
than any other man, but do know more than
have time 10 spare 10 write il up. / was a
member Of Go. T. 9sth Ohio, Second Brigade,
Second Division, Fourteenth Corps
i would like 70 hear from rebel Gen Govan.
Oar first acquaintance with him came about in
this way: Thursday, Sept I, 1864, Cos A aud
i, 9-th Ohio, were on the skirmish-line in front
OF the angle northwest Of Jonesboro and west
Of the railroad. These were the skirmshers
for the Second Brigade, Second Division, Four
teenth Corps Atasignal, which was the firing
Of a certain battery, we were 10 move forward
Gen. John q. Mitchell gave me his neldglass 10
look over the ground, 50 / could have a better
idea Of what was TO be done. Maj. ID. Rotch
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Who Got Run nrerl

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / would like
10 ask through The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, if
any comrade can give me information about
the following case: On the march to the sea
and through the CaTOlinas drove a lead team
GA gun No. in DE Gress's battery. On the
night we reached Camden, S. C.. for some rca-
son our gun fell behind and our Orderly Ser
geant rode back and ordered US to close up.
We started up on brisk trOt, and as it was
quite dark and the road very sandy our gun
made but little noise, aud some unfortunate in
fantryman, in endeayoring TO cross the road.
was struck by the horse / rode aud knocked
down. ! could not see him, but felt the
shock and heard him cry out and my horses
hOOis strike his gun as we passed over him.
Eight horses aud our heavy gun passed over
him. but whether he was killed, crippled or
escaped l never knew. Can anyone tell me ?
Does any comrade know OF anyone being run
over at that time and place PIP. ID. SwICR, Co.
ii, lst III. l.. 4, Des Moines, Iowa.
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Inc, imparting strength to the whole
system in general. and TO the uterine
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guaranteed to give satisfaction an eUery
case. If it doesn't, your money is re-
turned.
Worlds Dispensary Medical AssOcia-
ton, Proprietors, Buffalo, n. Y.
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So Hell! Vel ~

That's the way YOU feel after one or two Of
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets have done their
work You feel well, instead Of bilious and
cOnstipated your sick headache dizziness
and indigestion are gone It's done mildly
and easily, too. You don't have to feel
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trouble with the huge, old-fashioned pin.
These are small, sugar coated, easiest TO
take. One little Pellets a laxative, three
TO four are cathartic. They regulate and
cleanse the liver, stomach and bowels
quickly, but thoroughly. they're the
cheapest pill, sold by druggists, because
you only pay for the good you get.
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Read Better than Pension . on page 5.
Another Perch Orchard BATTERY at Gettysburg

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: This is my first
effort at " Fighting Them Over" see in your
late editions 50 many batteries claim being in
the Peach Orchard at Gettysburg on July ?,
1868, that l have concluded our battery had
better make a claim or we will be crowded out,
and a5 this is the time to make the claim,
would most respectfully say Hampton's and
ThompsOn's consolidated batteries 90 and F.
Pa. L. A.. held or helped to hold that position
from 8 to S p. m. July 3 1863, and it was hot
enough there at that time for all Of US to re-
member il to the present time. We have mOnu-
ments there that places US on record, and the
amount of canister we sent their artillery and
the amount we received in return, will ever be
remember d by each member of our battery.
After retiring from that position the next day,
we helped check the charge of Pickett's Divis-
ion. being on the artillery line near where Gen.
Hancock was wOunded.-GEO. V. MARSHALL,
Hampton's Battery 81 Pa. L. A., Pittsburg,
Pa
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The hand Of time deals lightly with a
woman in perfect health. But all func-
tiOnal arrangements and disorders Pc
culiar TO women leave their mark. You
needn't have them. DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vOrite Prescription comes to your res
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them.
For periodical pains, prOlapsus and
other displacements, bearing-dOwn sem
satiOns, and all ''female complaints and
weaknesses" it is a positive remedy.
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Read Better than Pension - on page 5
PrOfane by Proxy.
IlL....... II LII

"John," said the Rev. Mr.. Goodman to his
hired man, are you Christian?"
"Why-er-nO, sir" replied John.
"Do you ever swear?"
"I-I'm sometimes little keerless like in
my talk"
al am sorry, John" replied Mr.. Goodman.
- But we will converse about this some other
time. / wish you would take this money
and settle this bill of 81 for thawing out a
water-pipe, and talk to the man in a careless
kind Of way as if it were your own BILL"
The National tribune., 1891-02-05

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Could you
please tell me what regiment or regiments
went from BroOme County. N. Y, to war Of
1872; what company went from Union, N. "?
Mrs. j. III. HOWE, 119 Brand street, Elmira,
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EDrroR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Without causing
YOU too much trouble. will you please give amount
Of cost Of the war during the year 1861; same
amount as given date, Jan. l. l59l) in article
Cost Of the War" ?-H. q. BOWMAN, 1889 Broad
way Cleveland, o.
The report of the Secretary Of the Treasury
of the disbursements for the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1862, has the following items:
War ........ 1891 sos fO7 SO
Navy Department .................-.. 2G65 III 90
Total. Si37 O36, 6S4 IS
To this should perhaps be added
Interest on public debt.............. sI3I9O32f IS
Total ... ..... $50 DIT COS 90
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
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A comrade "A years of age, with no bad hab-
its, and who is worth $4,000 desires to corre-
spond with a woman Of education and respecta-
bility between % and 50 years of age, with a
view to matrimony. Address, PostOffice Box
1903, Los Angeles, Cal
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well done, but was no more successful than the
charge made by the 9th and 18th Ohio and
Goth III. on the rebel works a Nickajack Greek,
July 4, 1861, nor the one made July 81 by the
men Of Leggetts Division, Seventeenth Corps,
on Bald Hill, near Atlanta. The brave men Of
Leggett's Division did their work in grand
style. They took the works and held them,
and thereby brought on the battle Of Atlanta.
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30 ORANGE STREET,

BROOKLYN, y. " February II, 1890
81 have used ALLCOCK's PoRoUs PLAsrEHs for
some years for myself and family, and as far as
able for the many sufferers who come to us for
assistance, and have found them IA genuine relief
for most Of the aches aud pains which flesh il heir
10. ! have used ALLCOCiIs Porous PLAsTERs for
all kinds Of lamencss aud acute pain, aud by fre-
quent apartments, find that they can control many
cases not noticed la your circulars.
" The above b. Tie only testimonial have ever
given Ia favor Of any plaster aud II my name has
been used 10 recommend any other IL is without
my Authority or sanction"
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The Rev. Mark Guy Pearse writes:

"BEDFORD PLACE, RUSSELL SQUARE,
LONDON, December 10, Isss
al think Il is only right that should tell Won Of
how much use hud ALLCOCK's PoROUs PLAsrEEs
la my family aud amongst those TO whom 1 have
recommended them. ] hnd them very breast
plate against colds and coughs"
Russell Sage, the well-known fnancier,
writes:
'506 Firth AVENUE,
NEW York CITY, December 20, 1890.
For the last twenty years have been using
AILCoCK's Porous PLAsTERs. They have repeat
eddy cured me Of rheumatic pains and pains Ia my
side aud back. Whenever 1 have IA cold one on
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/" My family are never without thenl.n
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Information Asked and Given.

A. Il. Fletcher of Beloit, Kan, wants to hear
Of a lost brother-Charles Henry Fletcher
who was q member Of either the 10Th or the
2lst Mass. He is said to have left Burlington,
Iowa, in 1866, Tor Blue Earth County, Mimi,
but has not been heard Of for some years.
Frank StaudifoFd, Of Whiting, Ind, says his
father Elijah Standiford was a member, be
thinks, Of the SD Ohio, and that he left his
home some Is years ago. Frank was then a
very small boy and has never heard Of his
father since, and is anxious to know if he is
alive and where he may be found.
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Read "Better than Pension " on page ..
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JupGE RuILpING.


Cor. FIFTH AVE. and SIXTEENTH STREET.
INV YORK, January IL. 1891.
About three weeks since while suffering from
a severe cold which had settled on my chest,
applied an ALLCoCK's Porous PLASTER. and in a
short time obtained relief
In my opinion. these plasteTs should be In
every household, for use Ia case of coughs colds,
sprains, bruises. pains of any kind 1 know
that in my the results have been entirely salts
factory aud beneficial.
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George d. Stanton, Adiutant, f. A. Brown
Post, 100. GAR, Fond du Lac, Wis, having
noticed that Harry b. O5good was at Zanes-
vile, o., Dec. 20, trying to reach his home in
Upper Sandusky, says this same man was in
Fond du Lac last Spring and told the same
story, with the exception that he said his father
was Baptist preacher who lives in Rock
ford, ILL.,, whom be had not seen for over 30
years, aud he was on his way there The
writer applied to the Postmaster at Rockford
and was informed that no such person had ever
resided in Rockford and they came TO the con-
clusion that OsgOod was crazy or a fraud. Other
comrades write The NATIONAL TRIBUNE like
communications regarding this man.
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Endorsement 10y character and standing of
those who recommend ACocs unquestionae
proof of merit
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Read Better than Pension " on pages.
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THE LOVERS LAMENT.

Your face is ike dropping flower,
Sweetheart
1 see you fading. hour by hour,
Sweetheart
Your rounded outlines waste away,
In vain i weep, in vain j pray,
What power Deaths cruel hand can stay2
Sweetheart! Sweetheart
y, nothing but DR.. Picrcc's EavOrite PrescriptiC
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Henry A. Mott, Jr., PHI. D., F. c. s., late
Government chemist, certifes:
My investigation OF ALLCOCK's Porous PLAs-
TIERS shows II To contain valuable aud essential
ingredients not found ia any other plaster. and
mud II superior 10 and more efficient than any
other plaster"
Marion Harland, on page 1O3 of her popu-
lar work, Common Sense for Maid, Wife,
and Mother" says:
" For the aching back AILCoCI's Porous PAS
TER j. an excellent comforter combining the SEN
saiion 81 the sustained pressure OF strong warm
hand with certain tonic qualities developed ia the
wearing. IL should be kept over the seat of the
uneasness for several daysin obstinate cases, for
perhaps "A fortnight"
w. j. Arkell, publisher of Judge and
Frank Leslies illustrated Newspaper, writes :
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Cost Of the War In 1861.

Read Better than a Pension on page 5.
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GrOWIs.
comments and Corrections.

Thomas J. Bradney, Co. j, 39th Ohio, Shell,
o., when Comrade Eckles makes the assertion
that the division to which he belonged made
the only successful charge on the Atlanta cam
paign, has to kick. He saw the charge at
Jonesboro, at a safe distance to the right and
rear. from the top of tall tree, his (Sixteenthl
corps not being engaged at that time. 1t was
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EDIroE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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CARDS.

YARDS Send &c. Stamp for sample Book % all the
Finest AMI Latest style Cards ISL We sell Geuu
Inc Cards not Trash. UNION CARD Co, Columbus, Ohio.
Mention the National Tribune.
The Coconino sun., 1891-06-27
GRAINS OF GOLD.

Whatever you dislike in another take
care to correct in yourself
Ability involves responsibility. Power,
to its last particle, is duty.
No man can be made rich with money
who would also he rich without it,
Gentleness makes children endurable,
women lovable, and men admirable.
Speaking i'll Of other people is only an
other way of Dragging on ourselves.
The surest way to make man mad
quick is to tell the truth about himself.
Sin is its own detective. No man can
escape him any more than he can escape
God.
Whenever you see drunken man it
ought to remind you that every boy in the
world is in danger.
The man who says in his heart, 81 will
try il a little way, and IL ! like it will go
on" will never get to heaven.
The use Of travelling is 10 regulate inn
agination by reality, and instead of think
ing how things may be, to see them as
they are.
You had better let thief come into
your home and carry of what he will,
than to let wicked thought come into
your heart and stay.
None are so fond of secrets as those who
do not mean to keep them; such persons
coset secrets as spendthrifts covet money,
for the purpose of circulation.
The Coconino sun., 1891-06-27
FIGS AND THISTLES.

You can't shut the devil up, but you can
shut him out.
We all hate the truth that hits us be-
tween the eyes.
The moment humility undertakes to
carry flag it kills itself.
Never put yourself In the power of a
man who will kick dog for fun
II you want to live long, don't try to
live more than one day at time.
The man who controls himself will also
control great many other people.
God has nowhere promised to feed the
man who will not take his coat off.
What do you suppose the angels think
of man who is doing his best TO die richl
The poor want money, and the rich
want to spend it, and that's what gives to
the world progress.
The soaring hawk has no ear for music
and rates the cry of the partridge above
the song of the nightingale.
II is hard to believe in the religion of @
man who always looks as though he hac
been throwing bootjacks at a cat.
There are hundreds of men who chew,
and smoke, who always howl when theft
wives want another feather ON their bon
nets.
1t is not those who have done the mosl
evil, but those who have resisted the most
truth, who are the wickedest in the sight
Of God.
The devil is never scared by handsome
Lible on a parlor- table. The bible thtt
makes him run is the one that is writes
in tho heart. The Rams Horn.
The Coconino sun., 1891-06-27
Origin Of "PIuck.S

The word pluck" affords an In
stance of the way in which slang
words in course of time become
adopted into current English. We
now meet with pluck and ''plucky"
as the recognized equivalent of
courage" and courageous. An en-
try in Sir Walter SCOTS journal shows
that in 1927 the word had not yet lost
its low character. He says (Vol. H.,
p. 30): Want Of that article black
guardly called pluck" Its origin is
obvious. From early times the heart
has been popularity regarded as the
seat of courage. Now, when butch
er lays open carcass he divides the
great vessels of the heart cuts through
the windpipe, and then plucks out
together the united heart and lungs
lights he calls them-and no terms
the united mass 1.-The pluck" ... ...
The Coconino sun., 1891-06-27
SITTER Rails.

1t has been found that one of the
most important elements in decreasing
train resistance and thus increasing
speed is In the improvement OF the
track by adopting sitter rails. This
has the effect of reducing the detection
or wave motion under each OF the
wheels, so that on the best roads where
the improved rails have been laid down
there is scarcely any oscillation and
there is very little difference in oscilla.
ton in riding on tangent or curve.
All the trials hitherto made show that
the train resistance decreases in exact
ly the proportion that the rail is stiff
ened II is claimed that with stiff
ened l05-pound rail nearly 200-horse
power a mile is saved on the fast eX-
press trains, as compared with worn
go or pound rails The oscillation
s.,h.a rioing on heavy rails at a speed
oil 20 miles an hour is less than that
OF 40 miles an hour on light rails.
There 10 considerable ground for the
belief that before long 100 miles an
hour can be safely covered by an cleo
trio locomotive on a track of l05-pound
rails.
The Coconino sun., 1891-06-27
MASCULINITIES.

There is nothing q man is SO proud of Us
a child that is sound asleep in bed.
] envy. no man who knows more than
myself, but pity those who know less.
It is hard to understand why playing
foot ball is considered easier than saving
wood.
The man most anxious to maintain his
rights become celebrated for circulating his
wrongs. -
A man never finds out how little he
knows until his children begin to ask him
questions.
BY the time man realizes that he is
a fool it is usually too late to realize on his
realization.
You may doubt a mans Christianity
who is always complaining of his dinner on
wash-days,
A man in Athens, Ga. owns an antiquity
in the form of a water bucket, hewn out
of the solid rock.
1t is more natural to a man to lie in bed
In the morning and wish he was rich than
Is is to get up and earn dollar.
The young man who thinks that he
could marry any girl he likes, is generally
young man who has never tried.
A contemporary says the most difficult
Surgical operation of all is to take the
cheek out of some of our young men.
1t was probably the man who married a
rich wife who first started the joke on the
difficulty of finding a woman's pocket.
II a man is neither very good or very
bad, it is very good evidence that he has
...A a..
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Hawaiian Kingdom.

The superintendent of the census
has furnished summary Of the popu-
latiop of the Hawaiian kingdom, CIV
ing total of 80, 046. The net increase
from 1884 to 1890 is 8, 46S. 1t is also
learned for the first time in the history
of the kingdom the native Hawaiians,
including all of either pure or mixed
blood, are an absolute minority of the
whole population. This is due partly
to the decrease of natives, who have
fallen off about eight per cent, but
still more to the increase of Hawaiian
born foreigners and foreign born, who
have gained over 5000. or about SO
per cent.
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He JUST STOOD AROUND.
And After An Was Over He Looked 70,
Another dd15.

He was q new member OF the FIRE
department in Pittsburg, writes Jack
Fuller Id the Arkansaw Traveller. He
had always felt an inclination from his
boytood Dip to ruin with the ma
chine, and at last the opportunity was
opened to him. Discipline, however,
was as yet something new to him. He
had not been accustomed to being
ordered, and did not fully appreciate
tile Importance OF a man strictly and
quickly obeying superior officer.
But he was all unconscious Of this
feeling himself. and was in a tremor of
delight when the first alarm OF fire
came, and he mounted the hose cart
and went whirling away. He stood
around kind OF useless-like while the
preliminary preparations were made
for the fight At last however, he
was called into action. The captain
called him, Get up the ladder there.
Jim, and help Burns with that hose;
take an ak and break in a window on
the third floor"
Jim started, but as he reached the
foot of the ladder he stopped; flood
of water was pouring down on the
pavement and everything was soaking
wet. He turned to the captain and
saidi
Say, Cap. I guess don't want to
go up there now"
why not?" asked the officer in sur
prise.
We'll, you see how wet everything
is, and 1 forgot to bring my rubber
boots"
lis that SOP too bad; you wait here
a few minutes and I'll drive to the sta
ton and get you an umbrella "
Jim waited, but the umbrella did
not come; another man Skinned up the
ladder, and when the fire was over Jim
was requested to try and get job in
the ribbon department OF some store
The Coconino sun., 1891-06-27
A Freak OF Lightning.

A curious freak OF lightning is re-
ported from Montana. George Walk
er, wife and baby were out riding, the
sky being lightly clouded, when he
was knocked from the buggy by bolt
of lightning, his face being horribly
disfgured, but he will recover. The
wife was not seriously hurt but a
clear impress of branch of tree was
made on her body while the baby was
not touched. The horse fell dead, as
did a COW fifteen feet away.