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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-03
MRS. ABIGAIL FILLMORE.


This, to one of her tastes and habits. was a
great deprivation.
Mr.. Fillmore asked for an appropriation by
Congress, which was granted. The library at
the White House was thus inaugurated. We
are told that in this room Mrs. Fillmore sur
rounded herself with little home comforts
Here, her daughter had her piano, harp and
guitar. They received the informal visits Of
the friends they loved: and. for them, the
real enjoyment and pleasure of the White
House was within this room.
She was always present at public receptions
and state dinners, when her health would
permit, and, probably, at no time during the
Administration was she so happy as on the Sd
of March, 1853, when the official term was
ended. A journey had been planned through
the Southern States, but few days previous
to the day set for their departure she was
taken suddenly i'll and died at Wizards
Hotel in March, 1853.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-03

10 seemed tub be gittin' srlong rite well likkin
de hull passed. oh dem. wen Sarjins Bracenozs.
who wux SaIjint OBJ dc Gyard came rnnnin' up
tub quiet t'iugs. Misiuh Jo'd raider lick
Ssrjint Bracenoze suy day dan tszmstes, %
be dropped de uddsrs an wzded intuh hin.
De teamsters all forgib Mistuh 10 sx soon 20
dey see him punch Bracenoze, an begun cheer
in him on
Hit tux de Ossifer of de Gy ard. wild de hull
Oh de second relief, tuh git Misinh 10 tuh Dc
gyard- house.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-03
Good Watch and Chain Free.
Description of the Watch and What is Said of 1t.
Tested i. With Other Wa, ches.
GIBBONS, NEB., April 30. Is

GIBBONS NEB., April 20, 1897.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Received
the watch 20. f." and am well pleased
with it. 1t runs fine. / have tested it with
other watches, and can say that it is very
accurate, as well as a very handsome, time
piece. 1 thank you very much.
Yours truly, w. ID. SCHARFF.
OF Good Style and Keeps Accurate Time
WEsTFIELD MASS, April 80, 1897.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The watch
and chain you sent me / received promptly
and in good order In appearances it is .
good style watch, and it keeps as accurate
time as the best of them.
Yours, ETC., A. W. BURROWS.
Was offered Good Price for 1t.
SMITHS VALLEY, N. Y. May, 1897.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The watch
came all right. 1t is good one. / was
offered S. for it the day after / received it,
but it was not for SALE as l intend to keep
it in memory of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Long may it prosper.
Respectfully yours,
CHARLES B. WEEKS.
Easy for Everyone to Get IL.
PLYMOUTH, ARK, April 80, 1897.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Received
my watch in good order. am very well
pleased with it. Don't understand why
anyone reading your offer should neglect to
get up the small club of three and thus get
this watch.
Yours truly, FRANKLIN WRIGHT.
It Is Dandy.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Watch re-
- -. dr. thon
the price of three subscriptions.
C. A. RAMsDILL.
In Is Better Than Recommended.
CONWAY, ARK, May 1, 1897.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The watch
is rery satisfactory; much better than az
pected. 1t is all, and more, than you recon-
mended it TO be.
Yours, ETC., S. p. BECK.
Runs with a S35 Watch.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Your paper
and watch received The watch keeps good
time. 1t is better than / expected. 1t runs
and keeps time with any $335 watch. Thank
ing you for it, / remain, yours truly-W. A.
APPLEBY, Dover Plains, N. Y.
1t PIeases a New Yorker.
NEW YORK CITY, n. Y, April 2. 1897.
Publishers NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
1t gives me great pleasure to acknowledge
the receipt OF the book and watch which You
sent me as premium for club of new sub
scribers. / have in mind a few more think
| can get nsxt week. Can assure you l viii
do all I can for the soldiers friend, The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
With best wishes for your future success
/ am, very respectfully, JOS SWIFT.
Washington, D. c.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-03

He suttinly got gobs and heaps of hit the
fust time / see him try hit on.
Hit WIZ sum days alter Fence Rail Peie'd
brung in the flask oh apple-brandy. Mistuh
Jo'd buried hit undeh de tent till be wanted
hit.
Nothin had happened fur seberul days, an
de camp wuz tormeniIngly quiet. De sun WIZ
briln' hot. an de men wux layin' round usin'
up cherry speck of shade dey could 6nd. WIS
tryin' tub keteh a little sleep. / needed erbout
Is honahs sleep ebbery dag then. Now kin
git erlong on IA or Is.
Suddenly dere wnz de xwfuiIest racket down
by der wagons. latin an yellin' and cheerin'.
riz up an went down dab. / found Mistuh
10 full up tub his neck, holdin' dress parade
Of de cooks an teamsters. Sumwhar he'd
found an ole Rebolushionary coSt hat big
red sash. an sword ez Icing ez soy the. He'd
glib the company ffer and drummer enuf OBJ
de apple-jack tuh make 'am feel funny an
reddy fur anything, and dey wuz maxim de
music.
Dis transfers WIZ in de front ranks. wild DER
whips at "cahy aims" aud the cooks in de
rear. each man wild log iron spoon, which he
carried like musket.
Right dress!" he yelled. Holy smoke,
what line! A corkscrew's u straight edge TO
it. Pm Altered tub ordeh Open ranks lest
you tie yourselves in q dubble-knot. Parade
rest Troop. beat off"
Aud tho fife and drum went from right to left
playing:
De cook is n coward.
De teamster'sa blow hard.
Desc straight Jacks I've told ye,
Tar and feather EN- well,
An send 'em all tub hell.
Fnrt dew tonW a ROl(ler.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-03
Prompfness Necessary.

Inasmuch have been able to arrange for but linn
tied number of SETS advise those wishing take advan
tage of this opportunity to send the So deposit and
have the books shipped and the subscriptions may be gath
cred at their leisure The only limit place upon the
transaction that those who get the books send at
least five subscribers at 81 each per month
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-03
Fur dey's too wufiess to soldi'

~
Den Mistuh Jo commanded:
''Teamsters tub de front and centeh. bubble
quick. Report"
An one alter annuder dey sung out:
"Regimental headquarters: OH-swing mnle
sprained nigh wheel mule stringhalted; front
Inch pin gone; tire often hind wheel. Not q
drink left in de Msjahs whisky kag. All de
rest present or accounted for"
Company A-Bofe lead mules foundered By
eatin' de Captains gum boots, an de Fust Loo
tenants umbrell All de rest present OF ac-
counted fur"
Company B-Mules cbawed up de Vaughn
tung for dessert to DER dinneh of cottonwoo
poles. All dc rest present or accounted fur"
Company C-Mules on strike ergin' haulin'
so much as-cOvered ham an bolony sas-
sidge fur de ossifers, an 50 little bareback an
pork fur de men. Ali de rest present ac:
counted fur" *,
Company D-The burned thieves OBJ de
company hsb stole de hull company Vaughn
and team, except one single tree an pa'ar OBJ
trace chains. All de rest present or accounted
fur"
Company E-De soprano mule OBJ de lead
an heavy bass mule OBJ de swing bofe lost deir
voices on account OBJ gttin der feet wet in de
Chickahominy. Dey're at present unable to
appear in the ebening concerts. Ali de rest
present accounted fur"
Company F-De brash Second Lootenant
wuz fool enuf to cuss the nigh wheel mule tub
his face an den walk around behind him.
De doctors at de hospitls say de LootenAnt
nebber will be able to come back TO de COM
pany. All de rest present or accounted fur"
Company G-MHles broke in q yar.i an ct
de straw often sum beebiyes. Mules look like
dey had de smallpox. Bees seem tub be feelln'
well. All de rest present or accounted fur"
Company H-Mules bab ct all de Vaughn
except de tires, AN are now sharpenin' DER teef
OIL dom. All de rest present accounted fur"
Company Had all lady mules III de COM
pany team. troop OBJ cavalry HOSES cum
erlong, and de team elOped wild dem. All de
rest present accounted fur"
Company X the mules, - the
company, the regiment, the
army, the war. All the rest present or
accounted fur"
Den Mistuh 10 commanded:
Gentlemen, engineers OBJ de baggage train,
chambermaids tub de mules, advance an
salute yo' commander. Eve got heah sum Oh
dc finest ole apple-jack ebber made in de rebel
State OBJ Virginny. | intended tub treat 20,
but OH refekshun saw dat it would be a crime
tub waste sich good likker on crowd OBJ vaga-
bonds dat ID nebber drunk anything betteh dan
new sod corn in ali DER lives. So I'll jest
swaler his all myself. an den I'll know hits
gone whar hitll be appreciated. Tub console
yo' I'll pnrseed tnh lick de hull caboodIe OBJ yo'.
beginnn' wild de headquarters teamster, an
takin' yo' III de ordeh OBJ 80 rank down tub de
measly skunk wat drives Co. KS Vaughn"
Wild dat he cmptied de bottle OBJ apple jack
at one long swig, an flung hit at Bill Wigginss
head.
Den dere wuz a suckus. tell yo'. an Mistuh
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-03
Wanted An Idea : Ss :s$ 6. :' ss's:

WNte JOHN WEDDERBURN & CO., Patent Attor-
neys. Washington. ID. c. for their 81 SO prize oReR
and new List Of one thousand inventions wanted.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-03

It is said Of Mr. Fillmore's devotion to his
wife that he carefully preserved every line
she ever wrote to him, and that he could
never destroy even the little notes she sent
him on business to his Office
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-06-03

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, Washington, D. c.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18
The Coyotes Were Too Cute.

An amusing incident occurred the
other day on the Lemon farm. nea,
Garfield. Wash. Burt Lemon and a?
cmployc OF the farm were blowing,
when they came across three young
coyote pups, which had not yet opened
their eyes. While they were eXamin
ing them the old ones appeared, and
approac ached to within fifty yards. Mr..
Lemon went TO the house for gun and
a sack. and placed the young ones in
the sack, which was tied up and left in
the field until time to go in from work
The old coyotes kept respectful dis,
tance from the rifle, but hovered
around. Several turns of the field were
made with the plow, and finally, when
the men came in sight of where they
had left the sack containing the Young
coyotes, they saw one of the old ones
with the sack. puppies and all, streak
ing it over the hill, and that WAS the
last seen of them.-Spokane (Wash.)
Review
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18

and a social leader among his cvmpan;
ions.
Could he not get at the oil, He
scratched his head and thought harder.
Then his thinking gave brilliant re-
suit. lie had 4 tail-wha use waS he
making of it? This tail WIS IN oppor-
tulity, and he had been wasting it,
but now he could Use it.
Immediately he inserted ;hc lohg tail
as far rs it would 20 inro .hc narrow
reck , The bottle :ipi. soaked it thor
oughly i'll oil. Then he Withdrew It and
licked Ice Ill carefully froin off il. Af-
ter that he repeated the same process
as often as he felt hungry. a little judi
ciously selected wood provided the nee
csSary solid element in this diet. He
became fat and sleek and leader
among rats.
One day he was taking II copious
meal of oil when he realized that ae
had forgotten his hereditary caution,
and that man WIS watching him.
The man showed no sign of attacking
him, but rather a pleased curiosity. and
the rat therefore stayed. The result of
this meeting was that in time the rat
got into the habit of taking his meals
in the presence of the workmen, and
that TO have killed so clever Il creature
would have been regarded as crime.
He lei 4 happy life. and died of oil and
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18
A Rat OF Taste and Talent.

A story is told of a recently deceased
rat who obtained oil from narrow
necked bottle by dipping his tail therein.
Then he licked the oil from his long and
well-oiled tail and wayed fat. The
truth of the story is certified 10y rcputa.
BILE men. and is contained in Stories OF
Animal Sagacity," Il book published by
:. w. Partridge x Co. of London.
The rat had the misfortune to be born
in 4 machine shop. where only metal
WAS used. and there was. consequently.
little good food for his kind. He was
brought up in prnury hy his parents.
and after he WIS old enough to look out
for himself. gained Il prccarious livcli-
hood by looking for scraps of food acc.-
Iental!y left around.
1t happened that the men always KEEP
Il bottle of oil uncorked. and faStene,q
by Il wire 10 a certain part of the ma 4
Ginery. Ii was in constant use. OnY
evening the thoughtful rat betook him
self 10 study of this bottle. 1t lay
open temptingly before him. lis con-
tents would make him fat and shiny,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18
THE BATTLE-FJEIlDS.
OLD SOLDIERS TALK OVER
ARMY EXPERIENCES
The Blue and the Gray Review Incl
dents of the Late War, and in a
Graphic and Interesting Manner
Tell of Camp, March and Battle.
The Old Mans Sacrifice.

ne Olu Man = SaCcihCc.
81 don't know his name" remarked
the man who wore the blue on many a
hot Southern field in the '60s, "but
| do know that he was made of the
very best stuff that Il hero is made of.
| met him just after the battle of Get
tysburg, before we got the smoke of
powder out of our eyes. Somehow
found myself with a slight flesh wound
over in the Confederate lines just at
the tag end of the battle. The dead
and wounded were lying all about me.
Suddenly | heard somebody near me
cry out Justify:
$50 it, boys, go it. Give the Yanks
plenty of ammunition
81 looked around, and 10 my amaze
ment, the voice WAS that of an old
man. fully G5. lying a little to my
right. He Wore the gray, and both of
his legs had been completely shattered
by shell, but he didn't seem to know
it. and smiled hopefully as he called
repeatedly to some of his tagging COM
rades TO keep up the fire until the very
last. Presently along came the sur
geOn of the regiment, looking after the
wounded. He was Il courteous, kindly,
knightly, Southern gentleman.
"'Why, old fellow, what are you do
ing here? he said in Il CHEEKY voice to
my old man. You are entirely too old
to be in service. How does this hap
pen:'
"'fm old, but never shirked.' an
swered the old man with spirit, and
then he stopped TO yell again to his
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18
Cats Like OYSTERS.

''The greatest epicures in the matter
of oysters that l ever knew Of" said
Jack the oySterman, ''are couple of
cats. pets about the house. They are
passionately fond Of oysters and
guess each one Of them could eat a
rouple of dozen day il they got the
chance. a pecularity about them is
that they wouldn't think of eating an
oyster unless they got it on the half
shell. l might offer them hundred
shclled in a dish. but they'd turn up
their noses and walk away. Its funny,
but here's another thing that shows the
Sagacity of an oyster-eating cat; and
cats by the way. when they take to
oysters at all. simply go wild over them.
A friend of mine has young Maltese
cat that eats oysters like tiend. Once
a week the family has oysters, and that
cat seems 10 know just when the oyS-
ters are coming. for it goes across the
street 10 the market and watches fol
the oysterman TO start cut with the oys-
ters for its masters house. Then the
cat runs along after him, jumping mp
at the kettle and going through all sorts
of crazy antics, until the house is
reached. The servant girl has TO give
the cat Il dozen or more oysters before
il is satisfied. ."-Philadelphia Record.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18
A Discarded Lover.

President Kruger. it seems. is n man
Of sentiment. J. Scott MOntagu. men,
her of parliament. now on visit to
South Africa. throws some light on this
side of the ShreWd Beers character in
Il letter 10 a country newspaper of the
west of England: president Kruger
he writes. said to Il friend of mine the
other day: IN times of peace we might
grant certain privileges TO Uitlandersi
bur in times of storm and stress, never
Yesterday | had an interview at Pre-
toria with President Kruger. The
President talked for Il moment or two
about the Transvaal. and one incident
occurred which | think am justified in
relating. The TranSvaal. said the
President. was like pretty girl with
many lovers. each one wanting to mar
ry her or get kiss. ] suggested, in re-
ply. that the damScl was not free. but
thai she was engaged TO England, and
the first and only legitimate lover was
the only one who ought to he consid-
cred in her eyes. The President
shrugged his shoulders and made re-
ply TO the e!fec; that the lover had be-
hayed very badly, and had alienated
her goodwill"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18
Grants Headquarters Mess.

\ cold lunch was then eaten OF 4
pine table in the dining-room of the de-
serted house. Later in the afternoon
our tents arrived and were pitched near
the house. and Il little before dark the
mess sat down to dinner. The table
had been laid under the fly of IL large
tent of the pattern known as the hos
pital tent" Perhaps no headquarters
of Il general in supreme command of
great armies ever presented so demo
cratic an appearance. All the officers
of the aft dined at the table with their
chief. and the style of conversation was
as familiar as that which occurs in the
household of any private family. Moth
ing could have been more inforIial or
unconventional than the manner in
which the mess WAS conducted. The
staff officers came to the table and left
it at such times as their duties per-
mitted. sometimes lingering over IL meal
TO indulge i'll conversation. ut other
times remaining only TO take Il few
mouthfuls in all haste before starting
out upon the lines. The chief ate less
and talked less than any other member
of the staff. and partOok only of the
plainest food.-"Campaigning with
Grant" by Gen. Horace Porter. in the
Century.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18
WORLDS IVORY DEPOT.
A City Where TusFs Are Assemble,

A City Where TusIts Are Assembled
AGgregating an Enormous Weight.
The city of Anvers. in Belgium. is
great depot for African ivory. The
November sale, the fourth of last year.
assembled tusks weighing about 123,-
! 200 pounds. Among them was one TO-
markable pair weighing about 33G
pounds. In asserting tusks, those are
considered the choicest which permit
of the making of billiard balls from
the largest part of the tusk. Among
the tusks most sought for, which must
weigh from about 40 to 100 pounds,
the most esteemed are the class called
by the English bangles which are
sound, round and glossy. and serve the
natives for rings and bracelets for arms
and ankles.
Started but five years ago. the ivory
business of Anvers is now the most
important in the world The sale fol
1895 amounted TO nearly 6OO.OnC
pounds, of which over 455.061 pounds
came from the Congo Free State. Some
days before the sale at Anvers the pc.
riodical collection is shown to inter-
cSted dealers. Most of this ivory comes.
as above stated. from the Belgian Con
go, though large quantities are shipped
from there that Emin Pasha and Lup-
ton Bcy had gathered In the Soudan.
The average annual consumption of
ivory from 1880 to 1898 was not ia,
from $1,000 pounds. of which Amer
lea took nearly 100000. At Anvers.
the worlds ivory market. the product
is worth about S1.65 pound.
Is the elephant being extermina ted:
Yes Is nothing being done to pre-
serve ii: Yes. in the Congo Mt least
BY official decree 1t is forbidden to
hunt the elephant outside certain pre-
scribed seasons. This prohibition Is adj
dressed to the native chiefs of Euro
pean districts. Moreover. these chiefs
and their deputies alone have the right
TO hunt the elephant, and besides. each
chief must pay Il tax equivalent To half
the ivory taken by him or his people.
Furthermore. it is discussed whether
in the Congo country. there should not
be established some elephant farms tc
perpetuate the elephant in the same
way the English are fostering the Os-
tiich in Egypt.-Paris L'Illustration
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18

'Pleasc, Dan'pa, will 90 tell me- asked Il
small but thoughtful youth,
'Why Is a little hatchet called a symbol of
the truth?''
"Why. don you know said grandpa. Lit
Tie Bobby shook his head,
81 tooly don't he answered. 'Then you
ought to- grandpa said.
"All ready" he continued, taking Bobby on
his knee,
Its going to be a story, and you're wide
awake, l see.
Once on a time a little boy of just about
your lift
Received little hatchet from his father
for a gift"
"Oh, what funny present." thoughtful
Bobby cried. ''Suppose
That boy had chopped his fingers off and
bloodled all his clothes;
l dess his foolish papa then would cry lot.
Why didn't that boys mamma take the
hatchet right away"
..Perhays she didn't know it, grandpa
laughed: ''at any rate
Next morning bright and early rose that
little boy elate,
10 try his little hatchet; in his fathers gar
den he
Displayed his skill by cutting down favor
!te cherry tree.
"a cherry tree:" cried Bobby. "Weren't
any woods around:
Why, cherries are the coolest things to eat
! ever found;
l dess that little fellow wasn't smart bit.
like me
Say. Dan'pn! Do you fink I'd kill a lovely
CHERRY tree:"
"Of course you wouldn't. Bobby; you're too
fond Of things to eat;
But, Just for fun, suppose yuu did. and then
had cblnced 10 meet
Your father ip the garden, and he StcrnIy
asked you who
Cut down his fayorjte cherry tree. Now, tell
me what you'd do"
well. Dan'pa. let me fink. If cut down
his cherry tree
And papa came and caught lie with the
hatohet. wouldn't he
Know certain sure did it? If told story,
why
He'd whip me twice as hard, you know, for
telling him lie.
But II looked real sorry and didn't skip,
and said.
Dear pop. forgive poor Bobby, who cut
down your tree instead
OF getting stM amy any whipping wouldn't papa say.
Because you didn't tell a lie. no whipping
will be done!
"Ahem!" said Grandpa. startled by the wis
dom of the tot.
''That's Just the thing that happened in the
story. Now You trot
Away to bed, and say your prayers before
you close your eyes.
And dream about the whirpings bad boys
get for telling lies"
Detroit Free Press
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-02-18
No Gentleman,

I'VE have met the enemy. and they
are ours" is the historic saying of an
American naval commander. but the
following anecdote from the Florida
sun shows that it is possible to meet
the enemy and not know whose we are
At the second battle of Bull Run 4
Michigan regiment, in making Il change
of position. came upon Confederate
soldier sitting aStride of Il Federal. who
was lying on his back. Each had a
firm hold of the other. and neither
could break the hold. AS the troops
came up, the ''reb' was taken in, and
rs the "Yank' rose to his feet he was
asked how he had got into such Il fix.
"Why, captured the johnny he re.
piled.
"Then how did he come to be on topT
"That's what makes me so madr
shouted the bluecoat 'He captured me
the same time | did him, and then he
wouldn't toss up to see who had the
bulge! He's no gentleman-no, sir, he
ain'tr