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At Breen's Rialto Cafe.

Oyster soup will be served as free lunch
tonight Plenty for everybody.
Grand Army beau soup on Monday morn
ing.
Meals served at all hours
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It's Queer How Quick
Pan-Tina cures coughs and colds 25c At
Gruhler Bros, drug store.
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New Magon.

Whaty Pan-Tina for coughs and colds Al
Gruhler Bros, drug store,
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"IG to /"

If you want fine wedding cake, let Otto
make it for you.
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DON'T FAIL
90 CALL ON US FOR LAMPS.

You will declare our S8C
Vase Lamp to be worth SI.25.
You can have them while they
last at SO cents.
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Umbrellas recovered while you wait at
Brumm's.
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Hot Tamales tonight.
Hot lunch ON Monday morning.
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BruIuIn's
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Medals of Honor.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / see IN
your paper accounts of medals OF honor
given to those who performed deeds of yaior
for the preservation of this glorious Govern
ment, the grandest on the globe. 1 also no.
ticed during the last Congress resolution
to give medals to those who went out In '6S,
called Emergency Men; and 90 out of every
100 never saw rebel with gun IN his
hand.
Now, Mr. Editor, I have no objections TO
all this, but if this grand and glorious Gov
eminent is going to decorate the boys who
wore the blue with captured cannon, let 1t
commence at those who stood the test from
first to last.
Yes, Mr.. Editor, decorate those who wens
out IN 81, served two and one-half years,
then veteranized, and served to the close at
Appomattox. 1t seems to me that those
who wore the extra stripe on their sleeve
should be decorated first.
| hope those interested will advocate tina
matter through the columns of The Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE, and when Congress meets
again, with Maj. Mckinley, soldier and
soldiers friend, in the White House, ask, and
it will be given.-WM. A. MULLEN, Co. A
18th Pa, Parkwood, Pa.
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FREE CURE FOR men.
A Michigan Man Offers to Send His Discov-
cry Free.
Claims to be a Benefactor to Weakened
Mankind,

A citizen OF Kalamazoo, Mich, believes he has
solved the problem 10 whether life is worth the
struggle. In his own particular case. there ID
doubt but hat he is glad to be alive and the seoxss
of it he agrees to send free TO any man who will
take the trouble to write for it. From his state
ment seems that for many years he suffered with
extreme nervousness brought by circumstances
that happened before reaching age when men
are supposed to know what they doing and TO
measure the consequence thereof.
Like many others, he tried the various remedies
offered by specialists for the treatment of weakness
peculiar to men. and ft was this experience thas
drove him to little study and research for his own
benefit. He asserts that his wenty years suffering,
both mentally and physically, was turned TO
bounded Joy in a single night through a rare COM
bnation of medicines that literally made him
young again. 1t is the prescription OF this discov
cry that bis enthusiasm leads him to offer free to
any man, young or old, who feels that his animar
ton or the fire of ambition. has left him and needs
something that will only brace him up and en-
able him be prepared for any undertaking which
may present itself, but will restore TO original
strength and vigor. There is question but
what in his individual case, the results juss
as described and IL seems quite probable that
almost any man who believes himself to be weak
may profit by sending for this free prescriptions.
Many people wonder how he can afford TO send
this prescription free bat it costs him but little 70
do so and he feels a philanthropc interest in CIV
ing weak men an opportunity to cure themselves.
A request 10 III. G. Odds, Box Ills, Kalamazoo.
Mich for his free prescription will be promptly
and privately complied with.
Mention The National Tribune.
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threw my blanket down upon these sharp
rock knives and walked diagOnally across 1t,
then stood upon one foot, danced little, and
by dextrous movement lit in the air for q
second, and then threw it down again thus
continued until / got over the bad places near
Boonsboro and Middletown. Sore feet had
for o month or more, but some lucky fellows
had new shoes issued to them, and out OF
about 500 pairs of uppers | secured far
protection for my much-abused feet
! don't write this to pose as martyr ior
the Union, but just to give some these young
fellows little linking Of what We young
fellows stepped into when we held up our
hands and before God said we would sup
port and defend the Constitution OF these
United S ates, render obedience to our supe-
rior officers, and give up our lives If need De
for our countrys good. This and more:
am now over SO years old, an Invalid IN
body, yet do not regret that this dear lana
had the benefit of the best four years OF my
life. Young men, learn to love your couh-
try's institutions, and volunteer, II need De,
to save it from foes either at home OF
abroad.-WM c. REITF, Co. H. 9lst Ia.
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There were some fifty or more of the crowd,
and they had surrounded large, slalwart
young man Of manly bearing, dressed in the
garb OF railroad engineer. They were
making ommous gestures and hostile demon
situations toward the man, and were loud in
their threats OF Hang him!" Lynch
him I" Shoot the A bolitionist!n They all
yelled at the same time.
The man stood up, facing his would-be
eXecutioners, aud avowed his Union senti-
ments, and declared that he himself was
Southerner, born on slave territory, and had
voted at the Presidential election for Bell
and Everett, but he was strenuously opposed
10 secession.
The mob would have dispatched him in a
short time, but two or three of them, more
sober than the rest, got him aboard the train,
now ready TO start. We all headed north as
fast as steam could drive the wheels.
However, there were one or two persons
that were IN the mob who went on the same
train and kept watch on the engineer. 1t
was found out by the conductor that he had
general pass over most all the railroads
leading south, which was signed by the
presidents and other officials of the roads
When we reached Chester, just on the line
between North Carolina and South Carolina
there was another delay of several hours, in
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almost IA per cent, were killed. Its lsss
was heavier than any other Ohio regiment
The cloth Pa.
This regiment was organized at Camp
Curtin in September, 1884, from recruits
from the Counties of Columbia, Dauphin,
Potter, Schuylkill Center, Nj film, and Brad
ford. The officers of the organization were:
Colonel, VIM. Sergeant; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
Edward l.. Whitman; Major, Henry Z. Mum
son. 1t was ordered TO JOIN the Army or
the Potomac soon after its organization, and
was assigned to the Third Brigade, Second
Division. Fifth Corps. Its first engagement
was at Hatcher's Run, on Oct. %, 1864. Its
loss there was very light. 1t took a proml-
nent part in the Belleville Raid, and de-
stroyed large part of the tracks OF the
Weldon Railroad, and the station-houses
along the route. 1t took part IN the battle
of Dabney's Mills, and the loss sustained by
the organization there was very heavy. Ths
regiment LOST 50 killed and lis wounded at
the battle of Grayelly Run. Among those
killed was their gallant Colonel, VIM. Scr
geant, Adj't Sehiesinger, and Capt. John N.
Hughes. After the death of the Colonel,
Edward Whitman assumed command, and
was afterward commissioned as Colonel. IL
also took part in the battles of Five Forks,
and was at the surrender OF Lee at Apo
mattox Courthouse.
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consequence of misconceptions. before We

consequence of misconnections, before We
could 20 farther.
While waiting at the hotel it was Observed
that the engineer was being watched very
closely. There were patrols out on the
streets at all hours of the night, and every
one rot known 10 them was deemed TO De
an Abelitiosist
About 10 o'clock at night, as the time
drew near to board the train. some tour OF
five of the patrols entered the hotel, ana
one, who appeared to be the Captain, ap
preached the engineer and demanded MS
business aud his papers, if he had any.
The engineer informed them that ne was
Union mana Virginan By birth; had
voed the Union ticket, and was unaiteraply
opposed to Secession. He showed them MS
papers-passes and vouchers.
The patrol seemed to be partially satls-
fed. They did not all di>perse ana leave
The hotel, but hung around in little squads,
keeping sharp lookout on the engineer.
When the passengers started Tor the tram
the engineer passed out of the door INTO Inc
rect, where he was at once beSet by num-
bred or more OF the citizens and patrol, All
yelling and hootng like demons, all crying
out 10 hang the spy. They were closing In
on the engineer. and would have soon dis
patch, d HIM, bui tue instinct of self-preserva-
ton lent HIM strength, and he began IN
fuuous manner to deal sieuge-hammer blows
with his ponderous fists right and left. The
mob gave back, The engineer starting on the
run Tor the train. A score OF bullets loi-
lowed him.
Then commenced race for life, but his
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strength seemed to fail him, for before he
could get in the cars he was surrounded
again and dragged to the ground. A rope
was produced by some of the patrol and
placed around his neck, with dozen or
more of men and boys pulling for tele-
graph pole close by.
Just then three or four stout men belong
ing to the train rushed in and cutting he
rope loose from the mans neck, lifted him
high over the heads of the mob, got him on
the train, and started north at the rate of 40
miles an hour. Thus the man was again
free from his tormentors.
As was on the same car made inquiry
of the engineer how it was he incurred the
displeasure of the hot-headed Southerners.
He informed me he had made bold to avow
his sentiments as Union man and de-
nounced the act of Secession as worse than
suicide
We parted company at Greensboro, he
continuing his journey north and / switch
ing off to visit relatives and friends.
About five years alter the occurrence
met the engineer in Western town. We
Immediately recognized each other. We sat
down and talked over the thrilling expert
ence we had at Chester, S. CD. MENDEN-
HALL, Co. Ii, 18th ILL.,, Dallas City, Ill.
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ILLINOIS FLAG HOISTED.
1t Was on Columbia's City Hail. When the
18th Iowa's Flew from the State house,

IT Was on Columbia's City Hall, When the
18th Iowa's Flew from the State House.
FDITon NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
paper dated April 8 / see an article from
Lieut-Col. J. c. Kennedy, 18th Iowa, bear
ing upon the capture of Columbia, ;. o., Feb
II. 1865.
Why he should give all the credit to his
regiment in the affair is somewhat mys-
terv. He could have mentioned Go. Z, ga
H., Capt. TIP Richardson, as being one OF
the commands, without detractiug the least
from his regiments merits in the enterprise
The flag of the 32d III. was hoisted over Inc
City Hall almost simultaneously with tha1
of the 18th over the State House.
When the 32d emerged from the pine TIM
Der opposite the city in plain view, the sharp
shooters were delivering few scattering
shots from the opposite shore, and MADE II
very tcklish work forming the regiment on
the guides.
| was right guide of the regiment while
forming, and several bullets spat close 10
our ears. and two men were wounded. Inc
32a was the nearest to Columbia, right IN
front on those bold hills. The 1st MINI.
battery was placed in position, under OIL
rection of Gen. Belknap, who was looking
at Wade HamptoB's cavalry through MS
fieldglass To the best of my recollection
he was not more than so PAGES from The rgh'
of the 32d III. He turned his glass up me
river and saw the skirmish-llne OF the IL
teenth Corps advancing. With some lmpa,
thence he hurried the detachments forward
under the command of Col. Kennedy.
described in former article how Gen
Belknap threw up his cap when he saw the
Stars and Stripes ascend over those two
buildings. F. Y. Hedley, living at the pres
ent time at Bunker Hill, H., brought OFT a
Confederate flag a trophy on this occasion
Hedley was Adjutant of the 32d Ill. Sinre
the close of the war he has written a book
SHERMAN and His Campaigns Through
Georgia." which the General graciously IN
dorsed. This Endorsement, over his own
signature, including. the capture OF Column
bia, S. c., Feb II, is a substantlation OF this
statement.
l was in Columbia when the city was
burning, and helped some of the citizens
carry their effects out of the path oil the
flames, not knowing, perhaps, but that they
We're innocent as to the cause of the great
conflict. r. PALMER. First Lieutenant
Co. II, 32d H., Normal, Ill.
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Harvest Excursions.

In order to give everyone an opportunity to
see the grand crops in the Western States, and
enable the intending settler to secure home,
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul R'y has
arranged to run a series of harvest excursions
to South and North Dakota and to other States
in the West, Northwest and Southwest on the
following dates: July 81, August and IL,
September !, 49, 30, and October and 90, at the
low rate of two dollars more than ONE FARE
for the round trip. Tickets will be good for
return OH any Tuesday or Friday within
twenty one days from date of sale. For rates,
time Of trains, aud further details apply to any
coupon ticket agent in the East South, or
address John R. Pott, District Passenger Agent,
Williamsport, Pa.
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ALABAMA'S SONS FOUGHT.
Comrade Gardner Has Something to Say
About Comrade VENTS Story.

Comrade Gardner Has Something to Say
About Comrade VENTS Story.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrade
E. J. Wentz's article Run Out of Camp"
reminds me of the comrades story which
was published in your paper some years
back, when it was claimed that two New
Hampshire soldiers biuffed off Shermans
Bummers. / should like Comrade Wen,z's
story better il / could believe that he was at
or in Fitzpatrick's surprise fight on the 10th
of March, 1865, in North Carolina.
There was but one small brigade in that
combat, and it was composed of the 5th KY,
9Th Ohio and LIST Ala. The brigade was
commanded by Brevet Brig.-Gen. Geo. +.
Spencer, Colonel, LIST Ala. He and his staff
were in the same house with Fitzpatrick
while the fight was going on. There they
stayed until the rebs were put to flight by the
5th KY. and LIST Ala. and part of the 5,h
Ohio part OF the last named did make
for a swamp when they first rose from sleep
just at daybreak. There was about one
battalion of dismounted cavalry mled
nearby. Alter the rebs were whipped some
of them came up in time to strike n few
blows in the right flank. Gen. Wade Hamp-
| toms command was not alone at this time.
| Gen. Wheeler's command was there and so
was Buffers.
i have talked this thing over time and
again with ex-rebels who were there, that
belonged Wheeler's command. When the
| dismounted cavalry came out of the swamp
they thought it was the Fourteenth Corps,
as it was next to the cayalry's right at that
| time. Comrade WentZ must have been with
the dismOHnted men at the start, for know
that the 9th Ohio Cav. was not there, and
that the 9Th Ala. (rebeD Cav. was not
there. But the 1st Ala. Federal and the LIST
Ala. Confederate Cav. were both on hand.
j. II. GARDNER, Co. /, LIST Ala. Cav.
| (Union), Double Springs, Ala.
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: conducted myself South; for many per-
sons who unsuspectingly were making their
annual Winter tour in the South, and who
were supposed to be tinctured with Adolf
tionisrn. had been turned back to Winter In
the North.
From some other hints that were dropped
by my commission men in st. Louis, took
the precaution to have letter of introduce
tion and recommendation to influential per-
sons In Memphis.
Taking passage on large New Orleans
steamer / headed down the river, and In
due time was landed at Memphis. On this
boat. as on the former, the all-absorbing
theme was politics. The farther South we
went. tie more vehement were the outbursts
OF the fire-eating element of the Southerners.
We landed at Memphis about o'clock at
night. and some of lis who had been brought
in sympathy with each other on the trip, on
account of the Union sentiments we enter
tained, found a stopping-place at the Union
Hotel. 1t was here first heard that stir
ring negro plantation melody called Dixie"
as ii was being rendered in the Opera House
that evening.
The next day called on the commission
men to whom j had been referred by the
81. Louis party. The men paid me in South
Carolina Taper money, which appeared to
command premium among the Southern
business men. / perhaps would have been
pretty roughly treated here had it not been
for my letters of introduction and of recon-
mendati0n. Every person hailing from the
North was suspected, and watched closely.
1t was here parted company with some
very good men, who, seeing the situation of
affairs, went up by rail into Kentucky.
Tol-irr tho Chattanoopa Railroad / started
for my destination, via Atlanta, Augusta,
Columbia. and on up to Greensboro, \. c..
] acted cautiously and kept quiet in my con-
versation, especially ON the subject of poll
tics. although Oh several occasions ] sided
with The more sober-minded ones among the
planters and informed them that if they
would stay in the Union their wrongs would
surely be righted.
At Columbia The Secesh fever was boiling
over. There was a company of State militia
drilling on the public square-real Southern
bloods They were finely uniformed, win
white kid gloves and muskets polished
brightly, and altogether they looked as
though they had just been taken out of a
new bandbox. They had got themselves on
the outside Of as much sod-corn whisky as
they could walk with. From the tenor o.
their talk and the amount of swagger IN.
dulged in. the - Yanks, Abolitionists and
all, were to be wiped from the face of the
,arth in very short time.
As the train here did not make immediate
connections going north, delay of tive
hours or more was caused before i could re
eume nv Journey. While waiting for the
train took walk about town TO see wha
was going on. Observing lot Of men anC
boys IN the public square, l approached.
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From Bryan's Home.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: AS have
been subscriber to THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE for the last 10 or II years, and intend
to be as long as l can raise the dollar to pay
for it, for it is the only true friend the
boys have, one that has stood 10y us, |
wish every old veteran would take it, and
then we would stand shoulder to shoulder as
we did from 81 to '65.
Now, boys, l want to talk politics a little.
You will see by the heading of this that l
am In the home of the nominee of the POpo-
cratic party, but can tell you we are going
to vote Just as we shot. We know what ii
means to vote for the party that is doing all
it can to down us.
Now, boys, go to work for VIM. Mckinley
The old bays in Nebraska mean business
and will send in big majority for McKin
lev. Push along the Service Pension
MILES w. KNAPP, Adjutant, Prosser Post
2S6. Prosser, Neb.
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In Nebraska.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l have re-
enlisted in the service for Mckinley, Protec-
ton and Sound Money, and my paper is
considered hard fighter. While l think
that Mckinley will carry the State by a good
majority, we are going to have q lively fight
for it, All the boys like to read THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE. and my copy is circulated
freely among them. Your criticism of the
PopOcratic platform and candidates was
great Keep up your lick.-C. l.. FOWLER,
Steele City Neb
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EXPLOSION AT CHERAW.
staff officer Tells of the Terrible Experience
There.

There.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / have
somewhat different recollection Of how that
explosion occurred at Cheraw, n. g., told OF
recently. There was deep ravine between
the town. When our pontoon bridge was
laid across the river the rebels, before leav-
ing, threw lot of powder and shells into
this ravine to prevent its falling into our
hands. In doing so they scattered consider
able of the powder.
While our troops were massed near the
bridge waiting to cross they built fires for
cooking, and these fires started the trains of
powder that led 10 the vast quantity hidden
from view in the ravine.
The explosion was terrific, damaging
many houses and injuring some OF the eth
zens, as well as killing some of our troops
nearer bv The Third Brigade, Fourth Di-
vision, Fifteenth Corps, Col. Hurlbut, 57th
H., commanding, had charge of the town,
with Headquarters in a hotel near the center.
The writer of this then Acting Assistant
InspectOr-General of the brigade, was III a
large room upstairs, standing with his back
TO the wall on the side toward the explosion.
1t seemed for an instant that the side OF the
house was coming right in on him.
There was a rebel hospital, and the sick
and wounded were greatly alarmed, but
were assured by our officers that they
would not be disturbed. Our brigade was
| the last to cross the river, and covered the
taking up of the bridge and escorted it for
ward to its place in the line OF march.
There were several large warehouses in
| Cheraw filled with all kinds of stores and
cotton brought up the river from the coast
for safety. These the writer was ordered to
destroy, and in this way he found out how
difficult it is to Durn bailed cotton, much OF
which was piled up in vacant lots. This
work was done just before we abandoned
the town.-V. P.TwoMBLY Captain, I'd Iowa
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What Our Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns.
sFCESSIONISM RAN RIOT.
What a Comrade Saw on Trip through
the South in 1850.


the South in 1860.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Twelve
DAYS after the ever-memorable election In
1860, which placed Abraham Lincoln in the
Pre- -idential chair, | took passage on Mis-
sissippi steamer, at a small town in Illinois,
for st. Louis ard trip through the sunny
South. The trip was purely for business.
| reached St. Louis in due time, and as
had some money owing me there from COM
mission merchants, it caused a delay of "a
hours or more. j little thought, when |
started, that politics had reached such a
fever-heat as was demonstrated on the pas
sage down the river. On the boat, at the
hotels and in most of the public places
nothing was talked about, thought OF, or
ed on but Abe Lincoln, Secession, Dis
union. All the swagger and braggadOcio of
the Southerners that could be brought to
bear was Numbered forth from morning to
might.
could get little money in St. Louis that
was passabie in the South. However, my
men gave me checks on commission men in
Memphis, and cautioned me to beware how
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.Don't Tobacco-Spit Smoke Your Life
Away"

Name of the little book just received-tells
about Notobac. the wonderful, harmless eco
nomcal cure for chewing, smoking, cigsret. or
snuff habit. You run no physical or financial
risk, for Notobac is absolutely guaranteed to
cure or money refunded. Your druggists got
it or will get it, Write for the book-mailed
free. The STERLING REMEDY Co., Box 3, In-
diana Mineral Springs Ind. Agents wanted.