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The National tribune., 1891-12-03

HS Miased bis Opportunity. Don't Mi5s Yours
fa Reader. The majority neglect their opportunities
and from that Causs i've IN poverty and die N O6scly
Narrowing despair t8 ths lot OF they look back
lost forever lost opportunity Life T. passuEi Roacd
out 30 up and doing Improve opportunity r sccuTt
that the Goddess OF Fortune 9r7a golden opportunity
each person period Of life; embrace the chance
ss pour her riches; m % DO and sho departs
o. return How shall y0u End the 60LnET opportunity IN
vesgato chance that worthy. and % fair prom.
$50, that 81 what al sucsssI do. Ner8 j. 0rrngtuu
~ snch O. nos often within bErasr q lah0-inT Da1pis
Improved t viii 90 least grand On IFS. Tit
GOLDES opportunity inr many t. here Money 90 made
RAPIDLY nouurauly lstri1us
All IuHcHu d. to work and I've home whercger
Escn beginners easily earning from - f0
per day G1u DO well yO Will work hard 5ui
indus1Usy and y0u increase ypHr income 1an
You give sp1ro time only, Ell your time work
Easy % learn Capital NOS required Wo you AN
comparatively now and really wonderful W0iustruct and
show you how, free. Faaro unknown among workers
No room % explain hero Wrt0 and 0arn al free y rot1r
mail UHwiss q delay Address at once.
m. Kallett Il Co.. BoS 1S8zs Portland Maine
Mn,,ttnr Tha National I.rrhnnn
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The BIae aud the Gray.

Her eyes were blue and his eyes were gray,
Gray challenged Blue, and Blue entered the fray.
Hitherto Gray had fought for the rights Of his State
70 fight for the Union ~ Lass WAS his faie.
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IN THE FAR SOUTH.
Ship Island at the Time GEN Buffers Army Gar.
rlsOHed that Place.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

HIP Island is a bank OF
white sand in the Gulf
Of Mexico, on the coast
Of the State of Missis-
sippi. 1t is separated
from the mainland
by Mississippi Sound,
across which the eye
can dimly discern the
Iow-lying coast, mostly
covered with gree n
trees.
The island Is abont
seven miles long and
from q mile 10 a mile
and a half wide. Upon
the eastern end is a
struggling growth OF
pitch-pine trees Of a
few acres in extent.
The remainder OF the
island Is simply white
sand, its shore lin 0
changing in contour
with every high tide
and great storm; its
surface consisting OF
level sea-beach and
The National tribune., 1891-12-03

HERE sec III s 10 nc
conflicting opinions re-
garding the death Of
Gen. FarBswOrth 1t
Gettysburg, July 3,
1903. ] will endeavor
.tomakeit plain 10 every
one that he never came
TO his death other than
bv tho enemy's bullets.
10 fully explain the
situation. il will be noc-
rssarv 10 begin with
June IS. 1868. On that
dsv near Frederick,
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He was One Of Ihem.

Z. Reiff. Co. X, 9TH Mimi, Sherwood. o.,
having seen q communication from W. A. Dodd,
asking ii any Of the survivors Of the Indian
expedition under Sibley are subscribers Of
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, writes to say that
he was ono Of the old boys who helped TO exc
cute a band Of 3 Indians at Mankato, Mimi, in
the Winter Of 1863. He would like TO know if
there are any Of the Bloody 9Th MINI. still liv-
ing; and if so, be would be glad to hear from
thQm
The National tribune., 1891-12-03

Major General commanding TO say that the dispo-
siton yOu have made Of your corps has been with
a view 10 n front attack by the enemy.
IL lac should throw himself upon your flank, he
wishes you 10 examine the ground aud determine
upon the positions you viii take ia that event IN
order thut you may he prepared for him in what
ever direction he advances.
lie suggests that you have heavy reserves well
iH hand 90 meet this contingency. The right OF
your line does not appear 20 be strong enough No
artificial dcfenses worth naming have been thrown
up, aud there Rrpenrs 10 be scarcity Of troops at
that point, and they not, in the Generals opinion,
as iuyoraby posted as Il might he.
We have good reason 10 suppose that fhe enemy
is moving 10 our right Please advance your
pickcs for The purpose Of observation s. far as
may be safe, IA order 10 obtain timely information
81 their approach JAMES IL. Van ALLEN,
Brigader- General aud e-Camp.
A large majority Of your soldier readers be-
liCye that nothing written upon the disaster Of
the Eleventh Corps az Chancell orsville can make
il SO plain as TO where the fault was, as the
above order of Gen. Hooker, written eight
hours and half before Jackson's attack began.
II the order Is read IN connection with sketch
such as Capt. Moutlorts.-W. GEORGE, Warren
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FIGHTING THEM OVER.
What0ur Veterans Have 10 Say About
Their Old Campaigns
FARNswoRTH's DEATH.

Vermont COmrade Gives a Graphic Account OF
Ills Last Hours.
EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
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rolling sand-dunes, leveled here ana piled up
again there, the sport Of every wind.
During the protracted h cas- of the Summer
months, the eye is wearied by the unchanging
glare Of hot sun overhead, burning white sand
underfoot, and sea all around, with no green
thing 10 relieve the dazzling mOnOtOny. A
cool aud refreshing sea breeze coming each day
about four o'clock in the afternoon, affords
partial relief, but tho drawing Of nights sa-
Bile curtain" is tho only phenomenon that
brings real comfort, and never is earth's roc
turnal drapery more grateful than 10 painting
humanity upon Ship Island. A more dreary
aud desolate place could hardly be chosen for
the habitation Of man.
Upon this desert island was the rendezvous of
Buffers army in the Spring Of 1862. This point
was chosen not for its attTactiveness as Sum
mer resort, hut because OF its value as a base Of
supplies aud the key TO the Gulf ports Of reb-
edOm. Upon the western end Of the island
was Fort Massachusetts,. Near by was the
wharf upon which was landed the varied car
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Lived Like yahobs, Wore or Less.

George Davis, LIST Mich. s. S., Grand Rapids.
Mich, was one of the guards at Camp Douglass
during the years 1S636l. While he was
there the prisoners drew soft bread aud the
headquarters of beef, and plenty of them, aud
the Union men drew the lorequarters and hard
bread. lie can vouch for this statement, and
he thinks the rebs had better stop bowling
about bad treatment IN Union prisons.
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MpIron NATIoNAL TRInrNE:

liiAD2tAETiES
ARMY or THE IOTONAC.
lnANCsLIOHsVIILE. VA,
Nav ., lsGS; 900 "a. m.
. Mai. Gen. SLoCUM and
Mnj.-Gen. Howard:
rn. Tfrp,fa1 lv Tho
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
lie Wants This Knoun.

William F. Allender, now OF Waterville,
Wash, says no enlisted as Fourth Corporal in
Capt. L. Carmchaeps Co. e, Stewards indie
pendent Battalion Ill. Cav, July 10, lS6i, at
Metropolis, Massae County. III. He was pro-
NOTED Sept. ,, 1562, to First Lieutenant, Co G,
9TH Tenn. Cav. lie was mustered out as pa
rolled prisoner Of war at Annapolis. Md, Mar.
/, 1866. ComTade Allender was born in Davis
County, Ind.
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HERE seems to be
The National tribune., 1891-12-03

Nd. there was concentrated some 600 cavalry
who had been operating IN the deienses OF
Washington, under the immediate command Of
Gen Slall Gen. Pleasonton had been appointed
Chief OF Cavalry. Army Of the Potomac, and
under ai- orders the cavalry was consolidated
into divisions and brigadcs.
, 1891-08-28

ut is not likely that another compe,
tition will ever be tried for the produc.
ton of designs for United States coins
said Assistant Director of the Mint Pres
ton THE one just ended WAS toe
wretched a failure. Doubtless it was
the first contest of the sort ever opened
by any government to the public at
large. The result is not very fattering
to the boosted artistic development of
this country, inasmuch as only two of
the 800 suggestions submitted were coed
enough to receive honorable mention.
So the affair has been handed over to the
engraving force of the Philadelphia
mint, which will produce the dies re-
quired according to such patterns as its
own sense of the beautiful suggests"
The designs for Uncle Sans coins
hitherto have been produced at the
money making establishment at Phila-
delphia, where the dies for all the minis
are turned out. Anticipating IA severe
popular criticism, the chief engraver
will do his utmost to render the five
INT pictures called for as unexcep-
tional as possible, esthetically speaking.
There must be n substitute of some kind,
representing Liberty, for the schoolmarm
on h dollar, the reverse of which re-
quires n better type of bird than the
present buzzard.
Also the unprepossessing female, seated
upon a cotton bale, is to be removed
from the half dollar, quarter and dime.
Plaster casts of the patterns evolved will
be submitted for approval to the director
of the mint and the secretary of the
treasury, and as soon as they have been
pronounced satisfactory dies will be
made and small change of new and love
ly mold will thereafter jingle in the
pockets of the people.
No alteration is to be made in the gold
coins, because they are really exquisite
now, and could hardly be improved upon.
1t is realized that the money Of a nation
is expressive of its art culture. There
fore, lest posterity imagine the present
generation to have been barbarous, 1t is
desirable that our silver pieces should be
as handsome as may be.-Washington
Letter.
, 1891-08-28
wnAT EouR CENTS WON'T DO.
Distressing Adventures of "A shopper Re-
duced to the Credit System.

Distressing Adventures of a shopper Re-
duced to the Credit System.
did you ever happen to find your
self thrown upon the cold world with
only four cent | N your pocketT said a
merry looking lady, one of a group on
the piazza of a summer hotel.
moi Well, l have, and 1 do assure
you it is not enough. Absolute poverty
would be bliss in comparison. l con-
slider it the most aggravating sum one
can possibly be possessed of.
'One hot day l started out to do
some shopping, and after taking my
seat in the elevated it occurred to me
to look into the state of my finances,
when to my utter astonishment and
disgust l saw just four cents rafting
around in a melancholy way in the bot
ON of my satchel-my purse was con
spicuous by its absence.
81 found consolation in the c. o. D.
system of delivery, and reflected with
gratitude that l was sure of getting
home, rs / had purchased two tickets
on my way down town.
but you could never guess the mum
Der Of things ! wanted to buy that day
which could not be sent home G. o. d.
My eye for bargains was unusually
keen or there never had been such
tempting displays of sidewalk wares.
After | had put my hand into my
pocket about n dozen times in search
of the purse | had neglected to bring
l brought myself down to the realities
of the situation, ceased trying to make
impossible purchases and began to cast
about me to see how l could best dis
pose of that Our cents. 1t was too
mean n sum to carry. There wasn't a
blind beggar selling lead pencils or an
old woman with n tin cup and u music
box that had lost its voice to be seen.
81 was so thirsty, and soda water
and California pears were five cents.
Apricots were either three cents each
or two for five.
why did not buy one for three
centsl Why, bless you'll | was too big
a capitalist to make so small n pur-
chase. | had four cents and | wanted
to spend all or none.
Tho situation was becoming tragi-
cal, when | remembered that Biddy
wanted n particular kind of twig broom
for the kitchen that cost just four
cents.
"Moral-'Put money in thy purse
and then don't forget it"-New York
Herald.
, 1891-08-28
Had His Own wife Elected.

"One of the Henry Joneses, of Chi,
cago, is n leading light in an Ash
land venue church," said a gentle
man ut the Palmer House. Last
Sunday he acted rs usher in place
of the regular Incumbent, who was
away. 1t is therefore not surpris-
ing that shortly after the beginning of
service he ushered two ladies to a rented
but unoccupied pew. Nor when the
lessee came half an hour later and spy
ing his pew occupied, was any surprise
occasioned among those in the rear OF
the church to hear him instruct the act
ing usher to Just the intruders. The
lessee had frequently done so on former
occasions, despite his chronic hardness.
There being nothing to do but obey,
the acting usher walked down the aisle
and in his politest manner fired the two
ladies. Very much bewildered, they
followed him to the vestibule. whittier
the lessee had gone.
What do you mean, sir, by calling
us out here during the serviceT the
younger of the two ladies demanded.
That gentleman, the lessee, told
me to do So Mr.. Jones meekIy replied.
"'Whatl' exclaimed the elderly lady,
pointing to the lessee, who was reading
a paper pending the election of the
supposed intruders. He told you to
put us out2 Why, sir, hat man is my
husband
'"The husband, who is n bit near
sighted, hastened to explain, and so did
Mr.. Jones. The ladies consented to
accept the explanations, but just the
same Mr.. Jones travelled in the adjoin-
ing aisle the next Sunday.-Chicago
Post.
, 1891-08-28
Improvement of the rheater.

Error long disabled the theater from
offering pleasures which might be en-
joyed with self respect, but it is inter
estingly noticeable that of late the the
alter has been somewhat better advised,
and at the moment the newsstand has
begun to topple IN the edge of the pit
the drama has been trying to climb out
of it. The theater is still very coarse,
very shameless, but we think it has
really some impulses to purge and live
clearly, which ought to be encouraged
by all who know its vast influence.
AS we have often said, it addresses
the weaker intelligences, and not the
cultivated, except on rare occasions.
But apparently the newsstand also ad-
dresses the weaker intelligences, and
the acted fiction has been growing NOR
ally better, while the printed fiction
has been growing morally worse, till
now there is much less to choose be-
tween them than there once was.
William Dean Howells in Harper's
, 1891-08-28

pie earlier han they can legitimately be
looked for, and that consequently some
disappointment may be experienced be-
cause of delay in their arrival As yet
only wheat has begun to be reaped. In
dian corn is not ripe, nor even quite out
of danger, although every day of this hot,
dry weather is an immense factor in its
favor, and cotton picking will not COM
mence till next month. When, too,
every one OF these great staples has been
harvested, it has to be collected and
shipped to the scaports of the country,
transported across the ocean, and paid for
by the foreign purchaser. The process is
slow, and it requires months Tor its COM
p~letion, and its results will be correspond
inCly slow in making their appearance"
, 1891-08-28
wow BUT SIRE.

Mathew Marshall, the financial writer
of the New York Sun, talks quite instruct
lively Of the prevailing financial outlook.
While the feeling is becoming better in all
quarters, still we cannot look for any sud
den improvement. He goes on to say:
When the bank statement came out on
Saturday. showing a decrease of about
81, 900. 900 in specie and legal tenders, it
had a markedly injurious influence uDon
the prices of stocks. What little tend
cncy there had been to a rise disappeared
and In its place ensued a decided depres-
sion. Everybody knew, or ought to know,
that the crops, upon which 50 magnificent
hopes have been built for months past,
cannot be brought to market without the
agency OF ready money, and hat this
centre will have to supply a good part of
1t this year, as it has supplied it in years
gone by, and yet the very first indication
that the machinery for its distribution has
begun to move Vas interrupted as a token
of impending d~isasteri An omelelte cam
not be made without breaking eggs, and
flour crop are going to bring to us a
stream of gold from Europe we must first
start them on their errand.
The explanation of the irrational phr-
nomcnon of Saturday is, | take it, the
habit of stock spectators 10 keep their
eyes fixed upon the possible supply Of
loJnable money, and to sell, or at least to
refrain from buying. whenever that sup
ply threatens to become less liberal than
it has been. A loss OF 81. 900, 900 of re-
serve by the hanks means to them a cur
tailment of considerably more than 81.
OU0, 900 of floating funds, and a cores
pJnding curtailment of their facilities fol-
carrying stocks. OF course, they know
their business, and il they do not, | am
the least competent man IN the world To
teach them. Only | cannot help pointing
out the anomaly of a fall in stocks pro-
duced By the commencement of the very
process which has all along been vauntcd
as sure to produce a rise,
Il observe, too, expressions Of an ap-
prehension that the European demand
for our grain. by stimulating speculation
in it may put the price of II up SO high
as to prevent its export, and thu defeat
the beneficial results which have been ex-
pocted from our abundant harvests. |
entertain no very lofty esteem for specu.
lators as a class, but i cannot think that
they will strive to do more than ge. the
most they can for the grain they buy.
As Adam Smith has well observed, tn,
mercantile value Of any commodity il
fixed by the higgling Of the market. Tb,
seller asks one price and the buyer Offer
another, and they finally trade upon term
mutually satisfactory, if they trade at all
Besides, in the case of our grain. Their
is too much of it, and too many peoplt
have it for sale, for it all to be bought vi
and held back by a few spectators.
.'Oo the other hand there is DANCE
that the benefits winch the crops ar,
to bring us may be expected by many PEG
, 1891-08-28

A new use has been found for tubes
produced by the Mannesmann process.
AT the funeral of Count o Moltke
the troops were equipped for the first
time with lances the shafts of which,
instead of being of wood, as usual,
were formed of very thin steel tubing,
made at the Mannesmann works. The
new process enables tubes to be rolled
to such a degree of thinness that the
shafts are actually lighter than wood,
while at the same time possessing much
greater elasticity and strength.
The only drawback appears to be the
less secure grip which the metal surface
offers as compared with wood; but this
can be overcome, it is said, by winding
n thin strip of textile material around
the shaft at the point where it is
grasped. As soon us the question OF
price is satisfactorily settled, the sub
stitution of steel for wood will prob
ably be carried out throughout the
army.-Ironmonger.
, 1891-08-28
Begged the Dead Mans Pardon

A curious scene was witnessed at the
funeral of David Ruben, n prominent
pawnbroker. Ruben started in business
five years ago with A. Kline. Business
falling off last winter the firm dissolved.
A few week. later Kline rented quarters
next to the old place and startedin oppo-
sition to Ruben, and went around ask
ing the latter's customers for their bust
ness. This 30 preyed On Ruben's mind
that he was taken sick and died of ty-
phoid fever, and his funeral took place
from an un~dertaker's establishment.
When the friends were all assembled, to
the surprise of everybody Kline walked
into the room, and advancing to the cot,
fin huInbly begged the pardon of the
dead man for the injury he had done
him. Those present were deeply affect
ed.-Helena Cor. st. Louis Republic.
, 1891-08-28

5000
Those who saw the emperor's luggage
brought ashore at Port Victoria will re-
member the iron safe which formed part
Of it. In this safe was the large collec-
ton OF jeweled snuff boxes, silver ciga-
rette cases, diamond breastpins, signet
rings, ETC., which the kaiser brought
with him for distribution among the
members of the queens household and
many other officials with whom he was
brought in contact during his visit.
These assorted gifts, which have been
cased up by the emperor during the past
two years literally by the gross, rave
now been duly distributed, and have
probably-for such is human nature
caused more heartburning and disap-
pointment.than delight.
Large as the stock was, it did not
prove quite large enough, and several
members of the kaiser's suite were en-
gagged for some time at the West End in
buying a further assortment of trinkets
to serve as presents from the kaiser.
The German Orders which the latter has
distributed were brought over in a sep
arate case, and in n quantity which re-
calls the incident of the Russian baron
in "Ninicha. "-London Figaro.
, 1891-08-28

A special from Richmond, Ind, says:
'Some months ago Samuel Nuttiug, of
this city, was run down by IA switch en-
gine and instantly killed. He had no
relatives here, but had n sister some.
where in the west, of whom nothing had
been heard for years. Yesterday Post
master Jenkinson received n letter from
the sister, who lives near Davenport, la.
asking for information as to her brother.
and stating that she had dreamed thai
her brother had been killed in an acct
dent and had felt worried over the mat
ter, so she determined to write and learl
if something had happened to him. Par
~ticulars were sent to her today of tn
death of her brother"
, 1891-08-28

OF the many disasters with which man.
kind has been visited, one OF the worst is
that class of ailments which originating
simply with inactivity of the kidneys and
bladder, causes such frIghtful loss of life.
Under the appalling category come
Bright's disease. diabetes. gravel, ordinary
nephitis and catarrah oil the bladder. No
class of organic maladies, against which
medical skill is pitted, so often battles the
expert practitioner aud sets his skill at
nauRht. Easy Is it. however, to arrest
these dire ailments at the start. The
d,uretic action of Hostetter's Stomach
Rittcrs is just sufficient to set the bladder
and kidneys at work, preserve or rescue
them from fatal inactivity without ex.
citing them. The unmedicsted stimulants
Of commerce excite without either
Strengthening or regulating. Hostetter',
Stomach Bitters does both. 1t is unfail
ing for malaria, dyspepsia, debility
rheumatism, liver comblsint and consti
nation.