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 MARRIED.

ToMLIN-O'NEAL-At At the residence of the brides parents, No. Il23 West Barraque street, on Thursday, De cember g, 1897, MR. w. D. ToMLIN to Miss MAMIE O'NEAL, Rev. Davis, of Redfield, officiating.
 The ceremony was witnessed by q large number of friends and relatives of the contracting parties.
 The bride is most popular young lady, highly esteemed by her friends and aequaintanees, while the bride groom is a sterling young business man in the employ of the ". s. Beard Furniture Co.
 The GRAPHIC extends it's congratu- lations and good wishes.
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A FORGERY.
Bogus Check Passed on IT. Honnet Dry Goods, CO.,,
 Wednesday Night. &


 Wednesday night white mn giving his name as Erwin and rep.. resenting himself to yhe An employe of the Fordyce Lumber Co, cal1q at the Honnet Dry Goods Co.,, a1d presented check of the Fordyoe Lumber Co.,, on the Bank of Fordyce in the sum of $28.
 The check was cashed and Erwin made several purchases in tho store and left. The check twas ,de. posited in tho bank here, and when it reached the Fordyce Lumber Co., ! it was declared a fraudulent check. The officers here have heen notified Of the forgery and it is thought the| man will soon be brought to justice.
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attractive

are exceedingly attractive and artistic.
 In fact all the teachers have been very successful in their endeaYors to beautify the rooms for Xmas. And the spirit of praise infused into the pupils is an excellent result of the exercises.
 On account of the dampness of the ground the celebration of Arbor Day and the planting of trees was postponed till after the 1st of January.
 Exercises were had also at the First Ward school and the teachers there, Misses Bloom and Hogg, have been very successful in arranging attractive and prettily decorated rooms.
 At the close of the exercises all the schools dismissed till Monday, January 3rd, 1898.
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A COWARDLY TRICK.
Some One Cuts Mir. Geo. Lindsay's Harness to Pieces While He
 Is at the Institute.

Last night Mir Geo. Lindsay, wife and daughter, Miss Mary, went to the Merrill Institute to hear r. Hop kinson Smiths lecture. They hitch ed their surrey near the Institute. On returning to the vehicle about half past ten o'clock Mir. Lindsay found that some miscreant had cut his harness into shreds. The trick WAS q mean and cowardly one and if if was q Christmas prank the per petrator should be. lodged behind a rexa bg should he be apprehe ld-
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CHRISTMAS SERVICES.
To Be Held at Churches in tho
 City Tomorrow.

The Episcopal church has been beautifully decorated with greens and foliage for the service on Christmas day. Especially prepar- ed music will be rendered by the vested choir. The service will be held at 10.30 .. m., the rector, Rev. c. Gordon Smeade preaching D Christmas sermon.
 The annual Xmas tree for the Sunday school will be given tonight (Fricay) at the church at 7:l5.
 The Baptist Sunday school will be given a Christmas tree at the church Tuesday evening.
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NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Japanese minister had con- ference with Secretary Sherman yesterday anent Hawaii. Japan wants specific guarantees that her rights in Hawaii shall be safe guar ded,
 A couple of American sailors have been murdered in Japan, and steps are being taken to see that the murderers are punished.
 War Depar tment officials are pre- pairing to carry relief to the Klon- dike miners. Reindeer will be brought from Norway.
 A delegation of Cherokee Indians is in Washington to prevent the i'm mediate dissolution of the tribal courts.
 It is claimed that the Loud bill will save the Postoffice Department $10, 1000, 900 annually.
 
 The estate of the late A. M. Billings, of Chicago, invoices $1 ,000, GOO. His widow renounces the provisions of the will and takes her dover under the law.
 The schooner J. M. Haskell has left her pier at New York with a cargo for the Cuban insurgents. She is now regarded as the most successful of the fiibnstering craft.
 The latest phase of the Chinese situation is the circumstance that Rusia appears to have a steady pull with the Mongolians, and is displae- ing all other natioualities. The Japanese are at a loss to keep up with the everehanging situation. America will take no other part in this business than to safeguard the interests of her people at the treaty ports.
 Cuban patriots at New York en- deavor to justify the killing of Col. Ruiz.
 Insurgents have been busy lately burning cornfelds and otherwise winning glorious victories.
 Corner stone of a monument to the late Senator z. B. Vance was laid at AshYille, N. c.
 Railroad construction during 1897 has been only 1864 miles.
 Judge Clark at Chattanooga has decided the railway tax case, and the decesion has been mailed to Nash vile. The decesion is against the State. That means a loss of about $100,0 900 of revenue to the State. Gov. Taylor may include some reference to the subject in his call for an extra session. oThe Chadler, Ok, postmaster was held up by couple Of masked rob- bers who got about $700.
 There is likely to be a tragedy or two growing out of Gen. Clay's wife quitting her husband. Her family and others have already engaged in a number of sklrmishes.
 
 Operatives at Fall River have about decided to go on strike, but there is difference of judgment as to when the strike should be inaugu- rated.
 Work on the new Arkansas rail- road from Gaines Landinig, on the Mississippi river in Chicot county, to Hamburg, will soon commence.
 Two workmen warmed some dyn- amite before fire, and now they are dead.
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AN o,PossuM SUPPER.

Capt. Bob Adams rendered an an- nual o'possum supper to q number Of his friends in this city last night. The o'possums were prepared by MT Sol Wormser and the spread was laid at that restaurant. The party feasted on 'possum meat in old fashioned style. Capt. Bob is an entertainer of the old school and gave a feast that was greatly enjoy. ed by the guests.
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NO FAITH CURE.
ABOUT sTUARTs DYSPEPSIA TAB
 LETS.
They Cure Stomach Troubles and Indi- gestion Anyway, !" neither You Have Faith in Them or Not

gestion Anyway, neither You Have
 Faith in Them or Not.
 All physicians agree that the ele- ment of faith has a great deal to do in the cure of disease.
 Firm belief and confidence in a family physician or the same con fidence and faith in a patent medicine have produced remarkable cures in all ages.
 This is especially true in nervous troubles and no field offers so pro- life q harvest for the quael and charlatau, as the disease arising from q weak or run down nervous system.
 Nevertheless, the most common of all diseases, indigestion and stomach troubles, which in turn cause ner- vous diseases, heart troubles, con sumption and loss of flesh, requires something besides faith to cure.
 Mere faith will not digest your food for you, will not give. you an appetite, will not inereaee your flesh and strengthen your nerves and heart, but Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will do these things, because lHHA t3t titt GlbtAI!atS jt digestion, they contain the juices, acids and peptones necessary to the digestion and assimilation of all wholesome food.
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets will digest food if placed in a jar or bot tie in water heated to 9S degrees, and they will do it much more effectively when taken into the stomach after meals, whether you have faith that they will or not.
 They inyigorate the stomach, make pure blood and strong nerves, in the only way that nature can do it, and that is, from plenty of wholesome food well digested. 1t is not what we eat, but what we digest, that does us good.
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold by druggists at 10 cents for full sized package.
 Little book on cause and cure of stomach troubles mailed free by ad- dressing Stuart Co.,, Marshall, Mich.
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NlVEN'S COURT.

in Niven'sJourt yesterday the caGs of the Brockway Planting Co. vs. Felix Thompson was being trieds The case was n civil suit brought .to replevin certain stpefst tgoRcd by the defendant. A crop grown on 50 acres of land and some mules is. the subject of the controversy.
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Don't Tobacco Spit and smoko Your Life
 Away

If you want to quit tobacco using easily and forever, be made well, strong, magnetic, full of new life and vigor. take No-To-Bac, the wonder worker that makes weak men strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days. Over 400, GOO cured. Buy No-Fo-Bac from your own druggist, who will guarantee a cure. Booklet and sam pie mailed free. Ad. Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York. 12-30deod
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Y .yon want te spend Christmas day prs fitably and pleasantly, go to church in the morning and read Bob Taylor's tales and lectures in the af- ternoon and evening.
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 A Housel,ofd Neceee,tv

Gascarets Candy Cathartic, the most wonderful medical discoverv
 the age, pIeasent and refrcshiIfx the taste, act gently and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleus{ ing the entire system, dispel colds, cure headache, fever, hnbitual conaf1s patton and biliousness. Please buy and try n box of c. c. G. to-day: 10. B, 20 cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure by all druggists. 12-3Oeod
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The white rabbits in the Second avenue show window of the mann
 moth clothing house of I. Dreyfus are attracting the attention of the curiosity seekers who pass the plece.. The window is an attractive ~ d-: ton to the other pretty windows of this establishment.
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ArtIsts' Faiin. es.

''Do not, let mo beg of you, be afraid of so called failures, said a well known artist addressing bis class "They are only stepping stones to success, the premiums we all must pay for experi- ence. may say, without vanity, that have heen fairly successful in my pro fession, and yet to one canvas that suc- ceeded there have been as many as 40 which l havo scraped down with my palette knife i'll disgust. Even if stu dent never succeeds, his very failures may be noble
 It is not only to art that this exhorta. tion might apply. In every career, in every walk in life. the same point of view should be taken. Failures are not failures really-they are lessons; they are stepping stones. They should not be associated for moment with despend. ency or hopelessness. Just as child tumbles and picks himself up as mat ter of course and runs gayly on, so should we children of a larger growth regard the ups and downs of life, never losing courage, however often we tum- ble. Young people especially should be taught that it is not always success Co succeed and that disappointments should be taken philosophically. The idea of booby prize in games is good one, There are many prizes in life for those who apparently fail, and even iu worldly matters the last shall be firsA and the first shall be last in nine caeas out of ten. New York Tribune
 Effective.
 Well, ssru the prosperous looking man, ssI will not affirm that the Gushe CT spring water is lm for all bodily ills, but this will say Kat 1t has re- moved trouble under wheh had suf' fered nearly all my life.
 He referred to d monetary difficulty, but he did uot think it necessary to @ into particulars Boston Transcript.
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Mrs. J. ". Baird left yesterday for her home in Nashville, whereshe will spend the holidays with her parents.
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Mir. Herbert Strange left yesterday for his home at Beebc, where he will spend the holidays. He was accom- panied by his sister. Mrs. Harry Hol- derness.
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Shoe Department.

Composite" shoes are he best for wet weather wearIron Clad school shoes are shoes that won't rip.
 Beautiful line of mantel orna- ments, vaces, water jugs, etc. in real Bisque.
 Latest novelties in Xmas purses, chatelaines, pocket books, belts, etc. ColIarettes in crepe Lisse cheffon lace and. feather.
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Down sofa pillows in Of 50 4o09 9s silk and tapestry GOV. 9l Ju lU1l'lJ
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Suggestions for Holiday Gifts. Thousands of Pretty, Sensible and Useful |
 Articles For Xmas Presents. az sH
..IHoliday Gloves.

'Trefousse' this Is the latest novelty in kid gloves, they come in on ar all light shades dark binding ,M./n and stitching,3 and , b.:ttGisa Mousquetaire gloves.for evening and party wear, cream x nT0an m black, 12 X l6 button /.1iI Il 1.IllI itHStnS .....,.................. Our leading brands Foster, Paul x Co. $ kid gloves in black and colors William, $l.00; Fowler. $1.50; Fosterina, $175.
 Misses and childrens kid m gloves sizes 1 to 6, per pair..... ,IlIl Ladies black silk mittens will go at
 50c, 75c, SI.OO, $1. 50
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............................. ...Congregation 15 Benediction. Dr. J. L. Caldw well. Is March Marathon, by J. H......
 ..,...........Wa Wallie-Mrs. Langford.
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ruary, 1865. The writer being member of
Co. and present when the regiment was
organized and mustered into the service for
three years, or during the war, he knows it
was on Dec. 25, 1863, at Camp Caine, III.
Casper KnObel, 2069 East Cumberland
street, Philadelphia, wants to sell his copy
of the Pursuit and Capture of Jefferson
Davis" He would like to hear, by mail.
from anyone who will give good price for
it.
Capt. W. r. Reese, late of the Confederate
army, Mount Pleasant, Tenn, has in his DOS
session handsome sword, claimed to have
been taken from the body of the Lieutenant-
Colonel, 22d Ohio, who was killed at Kene-
saw Mountain, in June, 1864 If the reIa-
tives of the Colonel will communicate with
Capt. Reese, they will be able to procure the
sword from him.
Matt F. Kippax, Columbia, Tenn, wants
by mail, the song Cay and Happy" which
was sung at the beginning of the war.
John Hodgden, 1877 Prospect street, New
Haven, Conn.,, wants to hear from q man
named Crompton, sentenced to be shot and
reprieved by President Lincoln. He has
forgotten his full name He resided in West
Virginia at the time. Hodgden was de-
tailed in the squad to shoot him.
Mrs. A. d. Mayfeld, Box IL, Port Angeles.
Wash, wants the song beginning, speak
of the boys of Michigan"
John W. Yates, Chetopa, Kan, has q
leather pOcketbook, found on the field of
Tupelo, July ID, 1864. 1t has on it the
name of Capt. N. F. Davis, Co. I, Faulkner
Regiment of Kentucky cavalry.
Frederick Roth, 18th Iowa, Fort Madison,
Iowa, has copies of a paper of ITO, which
he will send to any address for IL cents.
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A Rand Of GOOd FipI,fQrs.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t is little
strange that those who were once members
of the 11th No. Cav. keep so quiet. Ger
tainly they are not all dead. Scarcely q
number of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE but
what mention is made of some Missouri regi-
ment This regiment was made up of good
material about half of it was recruited and
organized at St. Joseph; the other half in
the southwestern portion of the State, and
organized at Benton Barracks. w. d. Wood,
of ST. Louis, was the Colonel, and John w.
Stephens of the same city, was the Lieuten-
ant-Colonel. Maj. L. c. Pace was from st.
Joseph. l do not know from what part of
the State Maj. Brown hailed.
The last engagement this regiment took
part in was fought about the latter part of
August, 1864, on the prairie about 10 miles
south of DuvalPs Bluff, Ark. Here this
regiment, the 9Th Mo. Cav, and a portion of
the 9Th Iowa Cav, met Gen. 10 Shelby's
Brigade, about 1000 strong. Our brigade
had in line about l 500 sabers, and was COM
manded by Col. Geiger, of the Sth.
The fight commenced about 3 o'clock in
the afternoon, and continued to about 5
o'clock, when we drew off, leaving the Con-
federates in possession OF the field, and re-
turned to Dnvall's Bluff The regiment lost
several men killed and some wounded. Maj.
Pace was wounded in the arm. In this
engagement the regiment was commanded
by Col. Stephens. No effort is here made
to give anything like a write-up of this little
engagement.
Several years ago Col. Geiger died Mt his
home in Springfield, Mo. A few weeks ago
Gen. Shelby died at his home in that State.
The regiment was mustered out at Green
vile. La, July 25, 1861. H. Coon, Co.
A, 18th Mo. Cav, Snohomisl, Wash.
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THAT HISTORIC TREE.
A COmrade Who Thinks 1t Was Made Int
Furniture.


Furniture.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: AS doubt
several times has been cast upon the Apo
mattox apple tree, it is time someone who is
able to prove the existence of that same tree
gave such reasonable evidence as would
satisfy all that it had real land still has)
existence.
believe the wood was made into furniture,
which is now in Philadelphia. In answer to
Comrade Kitchin's query as to what became
OF the tree between the time he broke off the
limb and his second visit to the spot where
he picked up the chips 1 would acq uaInt
him of the fact that certain Union General
had the tree cut down and shipped to Phila-
delphia, his home.
While it was awaiting such shipment, the
body and large limbs-about an eighth of a
cord cut about four feet long-was left in my
charge for nearly six hours at the said Cen
erals Headquarters. While thus in my
charge, took my knife, and from small
piece which was split off while taking the
large sticks from the wagon to the tent
where it was placed, made a small model
of book, and cut the name Grant on one
side and Lee on the other. / now have this
model attached to my watch chain.
believe the tree was a crab-apple, or some
thing of that kind, growing wild. 1t was
about 10 inches in diameter. AS to there
being tree under which Gen. Lee was rest
ing when Gen. Grant met him, and what be-
came of it am quite satisfied as to the fact.
Perhaps the owner of the furniture will now
speak,. II. WEATHERBE, 9th Wis, 81
Langley Ave-, Toronto Canada.
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BREAKING THEM IN.
The 4Sth III. Went to War Amid Varying
Emotions and Circumstances.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: About the
middle of August, 1861, John Bryner, of
Peoria, ILL.,, assisted by ID. b. Miles and
others, began to recruit regiment under
the call for 300,0 600 men for three years, or
during the war. They soon succeeded in
getting the requisite number, and the follow
ing companies were soon under discipline
in camp of instruction, Camp Lyon, Peoria !:
Co. A, Capt, Cromwell; Co. b. Capt. Joseph
B. Miles; Co. c, Capt. Thrush; Co d, Capt.
Townsend; Co. E, Capt S. r. Baker; Co. F,
Capt. -; Co. G, Capt. Hartman Andrews ;
Co. III, Capt. Gordon; Co. ], Capt. Jackman ;
Co. K, Capt. Deford.
The regiment was known as the 47th Ill.
The field and staff officers were Col. John
Bryner, Lieut.-Col. ID. Il. Miles, Maj. Thrush,
Surg. q. l.. Lucas, Adi't Chester Andrews,
Quartermaster VIM. Stewart.
There We're few three-mOntbs men In the
regiment, principally pon-commissioned 9th
GERS, as they were supposed to be posted as TO
all The rudiments of war, and were looked up
to by the rest of us as oracles as regarded
military matters. They were not slow IN
impressing upon our minds the fact that
they knew it ALL"
The only arms in camp. except the officers
side-arms, were two old, rusty flnt-locks
used by the sentries at the gate, who aimed
to impress visitors with their dignity and
soldierly bearing.
The camp guards were armed with formi-
dable clubs, and it appeared to be the main
object of those not on duty to slip by these
queer-looking sentinels and their deadly !"
weapons of offense and defense.
l call to mind a young boy not yet out of
his teens, who thought that to let anyone es-
cape would result in court-martial and in
slant death. He was on guard at one time,
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ACROSS THE OCCOQUAN.
How Raider Stuart Dodged an Ambush
and Laid Waste the Country.

How Raider Stuart Dodged an Ambush
and Laid Waste the Country.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your in
teresting issue of the 4th inst is letter written
during January, 1868, at Fairfax Station, Va,
under the heading of " Message from the
Past" The old and faded letter of 81 years
ago will read like message of the past y to
the few survivors of the 125th Pa and of
Geary's White Star Division There was
vein of grim humor in that raid across the
Occoquan in January, 1863 which is not dis
closed in the letter itself
Part of Stuart's cavalry had crossed to
the north side of the Rappahannock, and was
| rading toward Fairfax Courthouse, and aim
ing to destroy the Orange & Alexandria Rail-
road. Stuart struck the I'd Pa Cav. and
some infantry near Dumfries, and routed
them Gen. Thos. l.. Kane's Brigade. of
Geary's Division, had been in camp for sew
eral weeks at Fairfax Station, and when
Stuart's raid was in full operation the bril-
gade was hastily dispatched toward Dumfries.
On the same sunny afternoon it crossed the
OccOquan at Wolf Run Shoals, and at dark
went into bivouac Oh both sides of the road,
In the woods few miles south of Dumfries.
The men were not permitted to make fires
for coffee, and the utmost silence enioned.
in the belief that the Confederate cavalry
would come that way and walk into the am
bush set for it, Though the day was warm
and bright, the night was cold and uncom-
Portable, and the men suffered greatly because
OF the want Of fire and their being forbidden
to stir around for any purpose
Daylight came, but no enemy had walked
into The trap, and the troops faced about and
marched back to their camp in the woods
about Fairfax Station. During our absence.
however, the Confederate cavalry had been
there.
While we were crossing the Occoquan
southwards to waylay them that night, they
were crossing the river higher up, going
northwards towards Fairfax Station and
Fairfax Courthouse. A few men had been
left in the camp and at the Station. While
we were waiting for the Confederate cavalry
to fall into our carefully prepared ambush,
they were busy destroying portion of the
Orange & Alexandria Railroad, gathering up
and conveying off such stores as they found
at Fairfax Station, burning buildings and
cars. and capturing and carrying off stuff and
men from our camp
In other words, the boot was on the other
leg when they got through with it. On the
way south some of Gen. Kanes staff took q
couple of old wagons which they found at
farmhouse, placed a couple of logs on them
resembling pieces of artillery, and ran them
out into an open place on the hills overlook
ing the Occoquan River as "quakers," to
deceive the enemy, if any of his scouts
should be in the neighborhood. If they were
seen by the Confederates going north, they
made no difference in their plans.-JoHN II.
KEATLEY, Co. A, 125th Pa, st. Paul, Mimi.
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and agony which we endured that day.
Our shoulders were terribly CALLED, but we
had our arms.
1t was we'll for us that we did not know
at the time that they were more destructive
at the breech than at the muzzle. They
were an arm of the old Belgian style, and,
instead of using the ordinary percussion cap.
were provided with fuse and arrangement
similar to the old fintlock of Revolutionary
times.
1t would be well to say here that before
we were brought into an engagement we re-
ceived Enfield rifled muskets.-SAMUEL
KLEFFMAN, Co. G, 47th Ill.
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A Worthy Act

Thomas NJ. Reed, Co. A, 18th Mass, East
Providence, K. L., referring to the story Of
Capt. Adams receiving a medal of honor for
picking up battle-Aag when the color
bearer fell, says he knows of others
who did the same thing. At the second
battle of Rull Run, Capt. Lewis n Tucker,
Co. A, 18th Mass, when the colors were shot
down, threw down his gun and picked up
the colors and shouted, Come on, boys |;
follow me-" The writer jumped forward to
do so and received a ball in the neck He
thinks Tucker ought to have a medal, for
Drawer man never lived.