The National tribune., 1895-07-25
CONVERSATION CLUB.
Interesting Chat and Animated Discussion
on Numerous subjects.
A VOICE FROM IDAHO.


VOICE FROM IDAHO.
DEAR C. C. FRIENDS: / have long been an
interested but silent c. C., and cannot remem-
Der when The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has not
been a welcome visitor in home. L look
/ forward with pleasure TO its arrival each week,
and / enjoy reading the c. c. so much.
| Yet j wish our members would continue to
write those short spicy letters, brimiul of wit,
mirth, and good humor; or Of pleasant excur-
sions walks, rambles through shady lanes or
Florida woods
Why not more of you write and tell us about
your homes and surroundings
AS for myself, have happy home with my
parents on pleasant island in the Payette
/ River, where at will 20 horseback riding. fish
| ing, and boating. The latter is my chief en-
| joyment, and being a skillfnl oarsman never
4 fear to cross the river, however swift and deep
| il may be.
1t is my delight TO mount q fiery, high-spir-
ited little pony. and gallop about the valley
when il is cool and pleasant sometimes with
! friend and more often alone.
There is always a large variety OF FISH to be
caught in this river almost any time of the
| year. Mountain trout OF the incest are
caught near the head of the Payette; salmon
trout carp and other fish are found farther
down the river
But whether am engaged in any Of these
| pleasures or on my way TO Sunday-school and
church OF a bright Sunday morning, often
find myself wondering what other members of
this grand Order are doing, and wish that
many OF them might join me in my pleasures.
would like 10 exchange postal autographs
with c. c. members; also, correspond with
members living in the East and South.
Anna Mae jackson, Falk's Store, Idaho.
STRANGE HoosIER NAMES.
Loyal HOME WORKERS: In reply to Miss
Ellen Barker Wildwood. o.. will say that
among my acquaintance persons by the
names OF Merry, Worthy, Tenant. Hole Pine
Trees, Kettle Hatcher, Stern, aud Elbow which
have always seemed 10 me TO be rather curious
names
] have no aversion whatever TO old maids
Indeed. if there is any woman j respect more
than Others ii is the one who rather than marry
man not her equal, or approximating it, has
RETAINED from marrying at all. When may we
expect that chapter old maids? Let US have
it by all means.
served a short time during the late sun
pleasantness," am a member Of the GAL and
;. OF v, and ask TO be enrolled a member of
the c. c. shall try very hard to be present at
the Reunion at Louisrille in September.
i. J.Dunn, Eliottstown, Ill
PASSING IN REVIEW.
The box of lovely mountain laurel from Media
Plympton was long fresh and beautiful on the
Editors table.
Buella Martin, Pekin. Ind, would like the
address OF Helen Huntington
Edith Dickey and Matte Elliott, Secretary
and Treasurer, Department OF Indiana WRC.
gave up their contemplated trip to Denver, be-
cause Of the pressing work of compiling quar-
terly reports. They anxiously look ing for
ward TO The fifth annual Reunion. They hope
arrangements may be made by which the
J.. II. VS. may attend the W.RC reception.
No doubt this viii be done.
q O. Coleman defiance n th;nke n wopId
be nice TO have name cards with the corners
ornamented with IL. II. w. "Pro Patria."
and bunch OF forget-me- nots, and wants to
know what others think about it.
w. G. FARLEY, Day, Kan. who served four
years in Go. J. 54th H., would like TO hear
from old soldiers in southern Missouri or north
ern Arkansas.
Marshal Is. Fales, Cincinnati o., takes ex-
ception TO a remark made by Rev. johnson
Myers, Pastor of the Ninth Street Baptist
Church. at the funeral of a comrade. that the
flag had never yet saved any body. lie thinks
that it saved this Nation. Perhaps, however,
the preacher referred to salvation to come.
SOME SECRETS SUGGEST
DEAR l.. H. W.: In his reply to Helen Hunt
ington, q. u. Coke states that all armies are
secret societies, as they have their secret work
and secret signs. passwords countersigns
The comparison is poor one. In contest
such as the Revolution civil war the army
~ bRhtlng Ief noble pufpose-the perfecting
Of the Union and the peace and happiness Of
the whole people
1t is common interest and for the benefit
| Of tho entire Nation.
There is then a foe TO fght and some secret
! planning is required i'm order to defeat the
enemy. But now, when the peace of our coun-
/ try is established, why should secret work be
necessary? ii the secret societies are such an
important factor in the elevation of humanity
why not do their good work openly, that the
| world may witness it2
Are they ashamed Of the good done by their
society, that they should wish to keep it secret
| Are good works aud virtuous deeds so strictly
! kept9
1t is not so il is only the evil deeds of its
members that it wishes TO cover mp and screen
from the public view. That is why the secret
society is such monster because il corrupts
our courts and our society by keeping secret
the dark deeds and even the foul crimes of its
members, thus averting the lawful punishment
which their conduct demands.
Indeed, i was not aware that all churches
held secret sessions. But do know that the
church OF which ] am a member ha. no secret
sessions. and my Bible in no single instance in
siructs us To do underhand work, or have secret
A meetlngs.