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grieve, too. I've been indulgent 10
him, and she will break her little
heart"
Yes, sir; but sir, won't she be an
cry when she finds out it's hoax ?'
asked Perkins.
"She shall never find it out" said
Raspberry, never. I'll tell her it was
false report. That was on the train.
but escaped"
Eyes. sir" said Perkins, doubtfully.
| and brushed his masters hair in a
thoughtful manner.
Remonstrance was in his eye, but Mr.
Raspberry cared nothing for that. He
had determined on his course of con-
duct.
That very day he went through lit
tie drama OF his own concoction. re-
ceived a letter. declared that urgent
business required his presence in an
other city, packed valise, wrapped
himself in a shawl, bid adieu to his
wife and jumped into cab at the door.
At midnight he was secretly assisted
to re-enter the house by back window.
and repaired to his dressing room Sc
cretly provisioned as for siege. with
potted meats, biscuit, canned fruits.
and other delicacies, by the active
Perkins.
There he remained for at least a
week before Perkins, glancing over the
morning paper, saw list of the killed
and wounded in great, black letters
on the front page, with Mr.. Royal Rasp-
berry's name at the head thereof.
Then Perkins heart quailed.
IT'S too bad for missus," he said. |
IF she is sorry 1t may half kill her, IL
she isn't she'll pay for 1t. I'll tell her,
and II go for IL, hope I'll find mas
ter with more hair to fix and less anx-
GUS to have 1t done various and becom-
ng"
Then Perkins took the paper and
walked into his lady's sitting room.
"Please'm." he said, I've got some
hing to tell you-dont be alarmed-it's
bout master"
"Oh, Perkinsp cried the lady. ooh,
Perkins! you've got the newspaper!
What is IL? OH OH ohp'
1T amt nothin' OF that natur.," said (
Master is alive and well,
nd upstairs. eating potted shad and
hackers"
when did he Gomez" asked the wife,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
when Indian summer Comes.

IL any hot days come along this
month or next loose-talking people call
them Indian summer" The Indian
summer is the summer Of all Saints
November u, and follows the setting
in of cold autumn weather, hard frosts
and the blight of flowers and foliage.
Its loneliness consists in the reminis-
cence, not the revival of the .ardor of
summer; 1t is pause while the grasp
of coming winter is stayed for a little
space, given to wistful regret and pen
sive retrospection amidst the dying
beauties of nature.-Boston Transcript
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
Found His Oyercoat

The train stopped in the great dark
station Of New England city and a
gentleman who had been doing dur
Ing the last hour Of his journey got up
In haste, seized his bag and hurried
out OF the car. In a moment he came
rushing back; he had forgotten his
overcoat, says the Youths Companion.
But no overcoat was there, for his son
had come along from the smoking car,
recognized 1t and carried it out
Where's my coat?" exclaimed the
owner, excitedly, diving under the seat
and knocking off his hat as he rose.
This is my seat! I'm sure | left il
here"
But the persons sitting near had JUST
entered the car and took no interest in
him; nobody answered. Out he hurried
and again missed his son, who had gone
into the station to inquire about tick
cts. He was sure his coat must be in
that car. There was nothing for it but
TO go back, and back he went.
Meanwhile lady attired in black.
with long Grape veil over her face.
entered the seat he had vacated and
sunk YEARLY back in the corner. her
veil over her face. in rushed the 49,
cited gentleman. The train was about
70 start and IL he was to find his coat
1t was now or never.
There 1t is" he cried in triumph
Il knew it was therer
He plunged forward and literally
grabbed at-the yelled lady. She
shrieked, he gasped an apology. the
train started and he plunged out of the
car.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
10 Mexican. Burned to Death As U.rs,,o.

News comes from Texcapa, Mexico.
small town inhabited by Indians and
Mastisos (half-breeds), that ten per-
sons were burned there as heretics bv
order of the auxiliary town Judge. The
judge claims he was acting according
to the will of God, manifested TO him
In an extraordinary vision, accom-
panied by certain indications of divine
wrath against beretics and people
leading immoral lives. The whole
population of Texcapa seems gone
mad: All believe the judge was COM
missioned by the Almighty and
the saints to destroy evil-doers. They
point to the pile of bones on which
they profess to see tremendously traced
outline forms of the saints who. on
advising the judge to burn the heretics
left their images. Twenty-one arrests
have been made.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
And They Never Go There.

Bessie-Mamma, there won't be aoy
apartment houses in heaven. will th.,.f
Her Mother-Why not dear?
Bessie-Cause. how could tLey run
'em without ianitorr.>
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
England Wants to Declare war ON China.

ST Petersburg: The Novoe Vremya
publishes dispatch from VladivostocI,
saying that the British squadron of
warships in the waters of the far east
has been concentrated at Fou-Chan
and adds: Great Britain in zealouslv
soaking preteXt for declaring war
upon China, in order to counteract the
successes of Russia and restore her
shattered prestige in the Pacific"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07

For three years suffered from Salt
Rheum. 1t covered my hands to such
an extent that l could not wash them.
Two bottles of Burdock Blood Bitters
cured me-" Libbie Young, Popes
Mills, st. Lawrence county, n. y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
GRAIN, ETC

+Detroit-Hay, No. timothy, s13 30 per ton
Potatoes. 20 &c per bu. Live Poultry chick
ems &c per 10; ducks. Sc; turkeys, &c. Eggs
slrlctiy fresh. l9c per doz. Butter, fresh dairy.
10 Jloc per 10; creamery, 22g25c.
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RASPBERRY'S RUSE.

O. see my friends
(W mourn for me aftel
!. ! !" !. ! /: J:
| 10 M/LlS / am dead woulC
TTky XTeSTM be the most charm
LAWFUL ing emotion l coulC
&IzfAN-V experience"
ANVNlE@ Mr.. Raspb e rr }
MWI M used often to say
| WIN AVN this to his valet and
WA IN the valet always
| answered:
La. sir. you
couldn't dc It, sir, you know;
because after folks is expired
why, they air removed from this here
vale OF tears. sir. l think-begging
pardon, sir-that 1t would be an un-
happiness"
NO, no, Perkins," said Mr.. Raspber-
ry; no, no, you don't understand these
inner feelings"
10 which the valet always replied:
NO, sir-probably not, sir"
This was before Mr.. Raspberry's we'd
ding and for year after this cere-
mony Perkins had heard nothing of the
formerly often expressed wish.
But one winter morning, as Mr.. Rasp-
perry read the account of a dreadful
raliroad accident he said again, as
though he had never left off:
How delightful it would be to see
ones friends mourn for oner'
This time Perkins answered:
But missus would take on So"
The very thing" said Mr.. r. per
klns' can you keep secret?"
lnwaluate," said Perkins, who was
prone to the use of words but vaguely
Observation-Disclosures"
Then, Perkins" said Mr.. Raspberry.
am going to meet with a railway ac-
cident."
"Gracious~ said Perkins.
Its all arranged" said Mr.. Rasp-
berry.
Dear me, sir, hope not, sir" said
I'm to be put at the head OF the list |
of killed." said Raspberry. "A reporter
know has promised to do it. On an |
average there's an accident once a |
~eek-the next one I'm to be in"
Beg pardon. sir, won't 1t be susin-
'ide?" asked Perkins.
don't mean to be killed." said
raspberry; "only reported So"
La! said Perkins, but poor young
nissus?"
The very thing" said Raspberry; IT
m much older than she is-twenty
ears" He was forty-five. "And /
hould like to see how she would mourn
or me after | am gone, IL it should be
ny fate to go first shall bid her adieu
s though going upon a journey, and
hen hide myself in these rooms of
line. When the accident occurs and
he sees the paper. I'll take care to be
hand. My nephew. julius, will
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07

There are over IL, 500 miners involved
In the strike in Pennsylvania.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
A GREAT EXPENSE
To Carry on an Almost Helpless Fight
AT Last the Fight is Over.
(Erem Me BattIe Creek Moon. J


Our representative called at 90 Rattle,
Creek Avenue, the residence of s |. Rob-
bins, and In an interview with him brought
out the following facts. Mr. Robbins tells
OF his wife's experience in a manner that
carries conviction with his words. He
says: am sorry my wife Is not at home
this L. NJ, but no one knows better than
l how she has suffered during past years.
For twenty years she has been afflicted
with the various forms of kidney com
plant and an enlargement of the liver
She was often confined to her bed for more
than two weeks at a time suffering untold
agony. She has doctored constantly. and
have paid out in doctors bills for her
alone as much as 5000 90, and then her re-
lief was only such that she would be able
TO be around for spell Some time ago
she felt the symptoms of another attack
coming on, such as pain in through the
Kidneys and back. | hardly know what
induced me TO get box of Doans Kidney
Pllls, Instead Of sending for the family
physician; however, | got some and She
commenced their use, 1t was a surprise
to US both to see their action; the attack
was warded off, and she continued taking
them with marked improvement each day
OIL their use. She is better now than she
has been in years, the pain in the back and
others in the kidneys have entirely gone.
Hardly day goes by that we do not men
ton the great good Doan's Kidney Pills
have done her. was always opposed to
patent medicines, but confess that nv
wlfe's experience with Doan's Kidney
Pills has done much to change my opin-
Ions, III it were not for those pills she
would not have been able to be out this
afternoon.
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers price. 80 cents. Mailed by Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y. sole agents
for the U. s. Remember the name, Doans.
and take no other.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07

There is a strong effort on foot
among the Latin American countries
OF Central and south America to COM
pine against European aggressions.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07

Two suburban trains on the Mis-
souri, Pacific road collided at St Louis.
killing both engineers, fatally iniur-
ing both firemen and slightly injuring
20 other people.
A Berlin dispatch says that japan
mas disbanded the Korean troops thew
had trained and that in accord with
Russias demands Japan will evacuate
Korea at the same time they leave the
Liao Tung peninsula
Henry billiard. Negro, was burned
at the stake in the public square at
Tyler, Tex. in the presence of 1000
citizens. He had outraged a Mrs.
Bell and then killed her and disem-
bowelled her. lie confessed the crime.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07

Romance has been elegantly defined
as the offspring Of fiction and love.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
Trademarks,

Examination and Advice as 10 Patentabiiity OF
inventory send for Inventors Guide or How 10 Get
sfatent' PATRICK o'TA22ELL wAsENoToN. :, q
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
REVIEW OF TRADE.

Duns says: The rapid recovery in cotton and
ana the rise IN sterling exchange to the point at
Wnlcn the last exports OF gold were made have
not increased confidence. There Is little bette r
demand Tor most manufactured products retail
distribution is fairly encouraging. and the clos
ing OF many works Is less significant at this
season than IL might be at others. IL is a time
OF waiting and uncertainty may naturally con-
tlnue Tor some weeks. Wheat has declined "a
mas corn, In spite of many adverse REPORTS
about winter wheat The present large shin
ments IRON other countries. the small Atlantic
exports and the large western receipts afTect
opinions on wheat more directly than ideas
about next year yield. Nerv large estimates
OF the corn crop have depre,sed prices Pork
and lard are not much changed though hog re-
celpts and packing are heavy. The larger de-
mand Tor manufactured products has held
prices OF cotton goods. and even advanced some
prints. The mills are said TO be carrying only
moderate stocks. More activity is also seen IN
iron and steel products. though Bessemer and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07
To My Joy

hocds Sarsapariila.overcame the effects
OF the grip, cured me Of dyspepsia, and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-11-07

o see my friends
mourn for me after
l am dead would
be the most charm :
ing emotion l could
experience"
Mr.. Raspb e TT y
used often to say
this to his valet.and
the valet always
answered:
La. sir, you
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-06-13

The Michigan Cavalry Brigade, composed
of the LIST, 9Th, 9th, 9TH regiments, under the
command of the gallant Custer, sustained
the heaviest loss at Gettysburg of any cav
airy brigade in that battle. The Colonel of
the 9Th Mich of this brigade, at Gettysburg
was Gen. Russell A. Alger.
Several fierce hand-to-hand contests &C.
CURED at Gettysburg, and in them our
| Western troops had their full share. In the
| first days fight the I'd Miss. took refuge in
| the railroad-cut near the Chambersburg
| Pike The men were protected by the en-
baukment, their colors waving defantly
above the edge of the cut. Gel. Dawes,
with the 9th Wis, charged across the field,
and after a fierce contest captured the en-
tire regiment. Col. Dawes, in his Service
with the 6th Wis. Vols" gives an account
of the fight for the rebel flag as follows: :
Capt. Eggleston, of Co. HI, sprang forward
to seize the colors and was MORALLY wound
ed. Private Anderson, of his company, to
avenge the death of his young comrade,
swung aloft his musket and with terrible
blow split the skull of the rebel who shot
young Eggleston. Lieut.. Remington was
severely wounded in the shoulder while
rushing for the colors. Into the deadly me-
lee came Corp1 Waller, who seized and held
the rebel flag"
In the bloody fight in the Wheatfield on
July 2, desperate hand-to-hand contest
occurred, in which the 4th Mich. figured
prominently. A Confederate officer seized
the flag of the 4th, and was shot by Col.
Jeffords, who in turn was bayoneted by
soldier and fell clinging to the colors. The
soldier who ran him through went down by
a bullet from Maj. Halls revolver. Inc
Ohio "Dutchmen of the Eleventh Corps
became engaged in hand-to-hand contest
with the Louisiana Tigers" when they got
among our guns on East Cemetery Hill on
the evening Of July 2.
The Michigan Brigade, in the cavalry
battle east of Gettysburg in the afternoon
of July 3, had hand-to-hand encounter
with the Confederate troopers under Gen.
Wade Hampton. 1t is described as follows
by Capt Miller, of the Sd Pa. Cav:
The LIST Mich, drawn up in close column
of squadrons, was ordered 10 charge Custer,
who was near, placed himself at the head,
and off they dashed. As the columns APP
preached each other, the pace of each in
creased, when suddenly crash like the
falling of timber betollened the crisis. So
sudden and violent was the collision that
many of the horses were turned end over
erd and crushed their riders beneath them.
The crashing of sabers, the firing of pistols,
the demands for surrender and cries OF the
combatanls, filled the air."
The West, and especially the Northwest,
certainly has reason to be proud OF the yalOr
of her soldiers on the memorable field of
Gettysburg, where the tide of rebel invasion
reached its hight. j. LUTZ, Fairfax,
MINI.
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"JOLLY FELLOWS" THESE

A Veteran Refutes One of the Characters
tic Lies About Good Treatment in Rebel
Prisons.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: i noticed
some statements in the ST. Louis Post Dis
patch about the jolly crowd of prisoners on
Belle Isle ] was one of the 5000 Jolly y
fellows there in August, September, and
part of October 1864. / had charge of
Squad 46, consisting of 100 men. 1t was
my duty to preserve order as well as L could,
receive and distribute the allowance of " the
abundance of good bread and beef" allotted
to my 100 men. With the exception of one
week during my entire visit 10 that noted
health resort, we had no meat of any kind,
except the little Berkshire pigs that grew
inside and fattened on the black beans or
peas with which our soup was seasoned. |
solemnly affirm that four ordinary wooden
pals filed with this soup was the greatest
quantity ever received at one time for feed
ing 100 men one day; sometimes two pals
had TO suffice.
In addition to this, we bad one pound of
cornbread 10 each man. The bran had not
been taken from the meal, and no salt in the
bread. The bread was baked in quick
oven; was nicely Drowned, as a rule, on top
and bottom The middle was raw.
1t soon became my duty TO take the sick
to Surgeons call, and from 10 to 10 from my
squad had to be taken out for treatment
each morning. Without rejecting on the
character or ability of the Surgeons in
charge, must say little benefit was received
from the visits TO the quinine tent. Many
of the sick were unable to walk, but usually
such were taken across the river to Rich
mond hospitals by boats to the opposite
shore, then in ambulances to the city.
One memorable day, when we had bat
tie raging fiercely on The north side of the
James, and near the city, as we thought the
ambulances, being on duty elsewhere, failed
TO take the sick from the island, who had
been left under a shed outside the Enclosure.
The next morning when / again took the
sick TO the shed for treatment, we found four
Of the poor fellows cold and stiff in DEATH
No mark was on them by which their iden-
tity could be determined. These were some
of the jolly fellows.
As to the one weeks exception I stated.
when speaking of meat rstions, / will say
that Wade Hamptons cavalry captured
2, 400 beef cattle from Grants herdsmen,
and for one week we had beef. All the
choice steaks were cut from the carcass. and
then the beef was boiled In large caldrons
and bones, meat, and soup given us-one
pail of this for 100 men. / can never for
get the scenes enacted around me while /
was trying 10 divide this small allowance
into 100 rations. The men gathered around
me, crowding and swearing at each other.
IL i had bone in the bucket. / would
scrape the meat all off it and make q ration
Of the bone, which contained some marrow
and other nutritive substances. On one
occasion / found a bone six inches long, full
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-06-13
A PARTING SHOT.
18th wis. Captain Protests Against the
Statement that the Regiment Was Not at


A nth wis. Captain Protests Against the
Statement that the Regiment Was Not at
Black River. %f
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Tn your
issue of May % Comrade James n. Russell
replies to Capt. James Lang; Co. G, 18th
Wis. / cannot let that answer stand with
out my solemn protest. Capt. Lang was not
far out of the way, and wish to add little
to it.
cannot but think that Comrade Russell
wishes little more credit than he is Justly
entitled to for his 21st and Odd Iowa. All
honor to the brayeIowa boys; they stood by US
in good form, but, comrade you must admit
there were other troops at Black River than
the Dist and Odd Iowa. The Second Brigade
joined in the pursuit of the rebels, and was
in the advance on the Notifications at Black
River Bridge, and at about o'clock of the
18th the enemy's pickets were driven in,
and the Second Brigade which was on the
extreme right of the line, pressed forward
two miles, the 11th Wis. and the Odd Iowa
in front.
Co. A, 18th Wis, Capt. D. E. Hough, was
in the advance rs skirmishers. They adj
yanced into c0rnfield, about $50 yards,
and line-of battle was formed near the fence.
The skirmishers, under Capt. HOugh, opened
was hardly done before n volley Of bullets
passed harmlessly over our heads. Several
OF the skirmishers were wounded, Capt
Hough, of Co. A, mortally.
At length the infantry were ordered TO
charge They rushed across the field, while
the enemy's fire swept through their ranks.
On they 90, the dead and dying strewing
the ground. When we reached within 30
wards of tho worka the rebels hroke and ran
and the next minute the works were ours.
The 18th Wis. was the first to leap into their
works and pursue the flying rebels. Their
retreat across Black River was cut Off A
few swan the river and escaped, but the
rest were soon compelled to surrender. The
18th alone took more prisoners than they
had men. The flag of the LIST Mo. was capt
ured by Private Roswell Clark, of Co. f.
and eight wounded.
Now, COmrade Russell, as my Captain was
wounded and died there, and is to day buried
there in an unknown grave, my First Lieu
tenant wounded and died of his wounds,
private killed and another wounded, can
truthfully say 1--WE were in it," The COM
rade might as well say the 11th were not in
the siege of Vicksburg and Mobile, where
we lost $50 men killed and wounded, as to
say we were not in the fight at Black River
Bridge. All that the old regiment asks is
credit for what it did, and wishes to take no
laurels from the brows of their noble COM
rades of other regiments. There was honor
enough for those who earned it, and God
knows there was fighting and privations
enough for the most fastidious.-C. F.
GREENING, Co. a, 18th Wis, Grand Meadow,
Mimi
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sUBSTANTIATED WORDS.
Don j. Adams Replies to the Criticisms o.
WilIiamrC G.. Sell.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
issue of May VIM. c. Sell, Company Clerk
says there was no such post, or any post al
all, Mt Las Cruces, n. NJ" in his comment on
1.-THE Fight at Doubtful Canyon" and fol
the purpose of substantiating the locations
in my article, submit the following from
record:
While Gen. James H. Carleton was in,com-
mand of the Department of New Mexico, in
1868 65, many of his general orders and
army supplies were issued from Fort Union,
~ M. / find from records, also, that there
was a post at Las Cruces, and the Chief Quar-
termaster for the Southern Division of New
Mexico had his Headquarters there.
II find, also, that Fort Seldom was located
10 miles above, on the Rio Grande, and COM
flissary and ordnance stores were kept there.
Midi James III. Whittlock was commanding
officer, and Capt. w. S. Ryerson Quartermas-
ter. i find that during the time stated Las
Cruces was occupied as post, and the fol-
lowing officers were in charge at various
times: Capts. Thayer Harrison, and Wal
than, also Mais McCeave and Whitlock
all of which report themselves as belonging
to the California Column.
find there were several engagements or
fights, rs they were commonly termed, with
the Indians; viz, two in Doubtful Canyon,
one at Apache Pass, ella River, Navajo
Springs, Florita Mountain, Old Fort Web
ster, Peno Alto, Adobe Walls, and several in
Cooks Canyon.
Forts were established at Bowie, Apache
Pass, Goodwin, Cummings, Cooks Canyon,
and Seldom, on the Rio Grande River.
/ submit portion of letter from men,
Der of Co. c, LIST Cal. Cav, and which is but
q sample of many more received by me in
contradiction of Mr.. Sell. He says:
doubt if that man Sell was in that country,
for Las Cruces was our supply post, and
Gen. j. III. Cartoons Headquarters were
there. The California supplies came over
land to Fort Union, N. NJ, and then down
to Las Cruces. My company &c, list Cal.
Cav was discharged there Sept. Z, 1864.
As for those places you mentioned in your
article, they are familiar to me, and / have
been at all of them."-DoN J. ADAMS, Su-
perior, Neb.