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The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-07
QUEEN ESTHER CHAPTER.

An Important Meeting Held Last Evening
and Important Business Transacted.
Queen Esther Chapter, Order of the East
ern Star, held an important meeting last
evening. Six new members were initiated
and four applications for membership
were received. An invitation was extended
to Woonsocket Chapter, No. 2, to visit
Queen Esther Chapter at their next meet
ing next week. After the meeting suberb
joyed.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-07

After using n ten cent trial size OF Ely's
Cream Balm you will be sure to buy the 30
cent stze. Cream Balm has no equal In cur.
ing catarrh aud cold In the head. Ask your
druggist for n or send 10 cents To us.
ELY Bros, So Warren ST., N.l.Cify.
suffered from Catarrh three years; n got
so bad could not work; used two bottles
of Ely's Cream Balm and am entirely well;
would not be without it.-A. G.. clark, Ai
shawmut avenue, Boston.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-07
CITIZENS DEMOCRATIC RALLY

Foresters' Hall FILLED with An Intelligent
Audience to Greet Candidates.
The greeting extended last evening at
Foresters' Hall, Lonsdale avenue, to the
candidates on the Citizens Democratic
ticket was warm one, and one that will
have a decided bearing upon the results OF
today's election. The hall was filed, every
seat being occupied and number OF inter-
ested spectators standing In the rear OF the
hall during the remarks OF the speakers.
The audience was not composed OF Q lot OF
boys nor of the usual rabble which Is at
tracted by the announcement OF such q
gathering.
I On the contrary the audience was COM
posed Of the intelligent and thinking citi-
lzens Of the Fifth Ward who are ready and
Willing to support those men for repre-
bsentatives who will advocate honest meas
ures, and who will divorce themselves
qfrom self and party lines In the advocacy
|bf measures for the common good. The
bpeeches of the candidates and others,
were tempered with malice towards none,
|fbut with the desire to place themselves
1quarely and fairly upon the platform of
HE day. 1t was said by the Republicans
hkhat the meeting would be failure, but
Hhose who wished for such an outcome
were sadly disappointed.
strong Arguments Advanced.
rhe candidates and speakers of the
| evening were trifie late in arriving, but
lhe time was well taken up by Q clean
Ind forcible argument by James r. MUIR
bhy, Esq. Robert r. Mcclure, chairman
h the Democratic City Committee, called
he meeting TO order and introduced ex-
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-07

st. Louis. April 1.-The Republicans
carried the city. their mayoralty candi-
by q plurality OF 1000. With the excep-
ton OF four members Of the house Of
delegates the entire Republican ticket
vent through.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-07

on, why will you let that invalid friend
suffer that Hop Bitters will so certainly cure
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-07

Advertise your wants in the rHisUxr.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-07

On all lines crossing the Atlantic, at lowest
prices. Foreign money bought, sold
or exchanged.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

General R. M. Knox, of the R. M
 Knox Co, has returned from the Eastern markets. after purchasing large stock of goods. A good joke IS going the rounds on the General. It is said that while in St. Louis cloak factory one of the salesmen brought pretty young lady for ward and fitted a number of cloaks tq her handsome figure with such success that the General was induc- qd to buy enough c.oaks to last his Establishment for the next four years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

To the St. Louis Exposition, Sep- tember Stn. to October 23rd., the Gotton Belt Route will sell tickets from Pine Bluff 10 St. Louis and re- turn at one and one-third fare, $15.48. Tickets on sale Sept. and 9, and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter, to and including Oct. q, 1897. Return limit days from date of sale.-H. Bringman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

The GRAPHIC is not now nor never has been a calamity howler,'' and now that prosperity is headed to- ward Pine Bluff, we are determined to get our share of it. The reading public would therefore do well to keep an eye on the great and glor- ious." If there's any news agoin the GRAPHIC gets it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Cornersville, Ark was troubled tired feeling; and boils broke out all over my body. l procured a bot tie of Hoods Sarsaparilla and be- gan taking it, and in short time the boils disappeared and 1 was feeling much better. ". $. Dodds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

% Mr. E. ". Freeman has leased tine building known as the Hudson Warehouse and will at once engage M the brokerage and commission Business under the firm name of E. ". Freeman & Co. The firm will earry a complete stock of grain. ieedstuffs and provisions, and we
 wish them success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Tickets over the Cotton Belt Route to the St. Louis Fair Oct. 4 to 3, from Pine Bluff to St. Louis and return at one fare, $1I.6l. Tick cts on sale Oct. 3 to s inclusive. Re- turn limit Oct. II, 1897.
 H. Bringman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Mir. F. B.s Gregg, of Little Rock, will spend today in the city, the guest of his "best girl'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

-tFfiday and Saturday, those ex- ceedingly dry and hot days, did great damage to the cotton crops.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

THE WHOLE system feels the
 effect of Hoods Sarsaparilla-stom~ ach, liver, kidneys, heart, nerves are strengthened and SUSTAsNEDs
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Mrs. F. E. Renfrow, who for a Meek or more has been the guest Of fher parents, Mir. and Mrs. R. H. N.
 Mills, will leave Monday for her home at Renner, Texas. .-...
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

See Bnck's handsome steel ranges at Smith & Owens. 1t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

A. J. Mitchell keeps constantly on hand a largeassortment of the finest nd best candies to he found on the arket. dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Mrs. Maggie Hill is at home again after visit to the Nashville Centen- hial, and to friends in Georgia~a@--.-as-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

MT. V. 0. Alexander will lead the Y. NJ. C. A. meeting at the Institute this afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Call and see Bucks new stoves and steel ranges at Smith X Owens. It
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Mr. ". A. Austin has returned from Warner, but leaves Monday for New Orleans on legal business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

W. ]. Savage, Of Stuttgart, paid our town business trip. yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Mr. John F. Gillespie left Friday for the northern markets, to pur- chase goods for his firm. ....usu.u.....
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

MT. !. K. Young, of Camden, is in the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

IA car load of Bucks celebrated cook and heating stoves at extreme ,lg low prices at Smith & Owens.
 1t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Mrs. ]. ]. Kress, of Texarkana, is at the Truloek. l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Mr.AJohn L. Mills is spending Sun day iu this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Friday was the warmest day il the month of August.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29
PINE BLUFF DAILY GRAPHIC.
PINE BLUFF. ARK. AUG. %, 1887
CITY ITEMS.

MT. J. W. Jones, of English, was in the city yesterday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

MT. L. W. Clements, of Swan Lake was in the city Saturday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Services will be held at Trinity Episcopal church today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills 25c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

x..~s~to1. $. Nj. Taylor came up from
 Warner last evening, saA4ass%sA
The National tribune., 1897-11-25
PROSPECTUS
of The
National Tribune.

This paper has a very large
circulation, but it has set about
doubling it.
With perfect confidence that
it can hold the increase during
many years, it is satisfied to
more than sacrifice the profits
Of the present year.
With this end in view, its
premium offers this year are
almost unexampled for liber-
ality.
Following will be found a
brief prospectus of THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE for I897-I898:
First of all, the great subjects of living
interest, like the Cuban Question and Alaska
Gold Fields, rs they come up, are treated
| with fullness and accuracy found in no
other paper. We publish at the Capital Of
| the Nation, the very fountain source for
news and information.
| New pension rulings (of great importance
| y
| in this paper. Keep posted. 1t may put
money in thy purse" All the old features
and departments of the paper will be kept up
and improved.
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has the most
distinguished contributors of any paper in
| the country. 1t is now publishing
Gen. Sherman's Memoirs. Written by
| himself
Andersonville: A Story of Southern
Prisons.
| Where the Laurel Blooms. By John
McElroy
Fighting Them Over. Short true stories
| of the war contributed by soldiers
Battleields and Monuments. By Kate
B. Sherwood
Uncle SNOWFALL. Pussonal Rekollek-
shuns of an Army Cook. The war viewed
/ from the rear.
Napoleon and His Marshals. Spleen
didly illustrated
Historic Homes of Washington. By
| Mary S. Lockwood.
ST Klegg as Veteran. His expert
ence in the Atlanta Campaign and on the
| March TO the Sea.
During the Autumn, Winter and coming
year, it will publish
The Truth OF history. This will be the
actual history of the war, drawn from official
sources, told in an interesting way, and set in
opposition to a full presentation of the rebei
side of the story.
"Three Months in the Confederacy."
By Col Freemantle, of the British Army
The Brady War-Views. From photo
graphs taken during the War.
Life of Private in the Rebel Army.
By j. p. Cannon, Nj. ID.
The Santa Fe Trail in the Old Days,
and A Journey to the Manitoba Coun-
try in l849, both by Gen. John Pope,
u. S. A.
F. Smith & Co. Sketch of the War.
By the SoldierAuthor, Albion W. Tourgee
Among the Wild Beasts. A Series Of
| Hunting Stories. By DR.. j. III. Porter.
"reminiscences of Gettysburg. By JAS
Fulton, NJ. ID.
War Events in East Tennessee. By
| W. f. Doyle.
Sabers Again to the Front. By Birney
Mclean
And many other attractions, arrangements
| for which are in progress.
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Poniatowski, was formed to cover this dis
orderly retreat As NAPOLEON gave his di-
rectionS to each, he said To- POniatOwski:
Prince, you will defend the suburbs of
the south"
"Sire," he replied, 81 have but few fol
lowers left" He had but acc left out Of
all the brave Poles he led two days before
into battle.
What then" added Napoleon, you Will
defend it with what you have"
"Ah, SIRE replied the exhausted, but
still unconqucred cheftain, eve are all
ready t. die for your Majesty"
POniatowski struggled bravely to arrest
the victorious allies. until he heard the
premature explosion that sent the bridge
into the air; and then he drew his sword
saying to the officers around him:
Gentlemen, it now hehcoves US to die
with honor" With his little band around
him, he dashed on ii column OF the enemy
that crossed his path, and though severely
wounded, fought his way through to the
Pleisse, n small stream he must cross he
fore he reached the Elster. Dismounting
from his horse, he passed it on foot, hut
finding he was fanting through fatigue
and loss of blood, he attempted to mount
another.
With difficulty vaulting TO the saddle, he
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his funeral procession, and eIegiac strains
from a thousand tr,impets were breatbed
over his grave. But amid all this impos-
ing mOcRery the noble hearted Pole was
not without some sincere nlOuTners. His
few remaining followers who had battled by
his side to the last, pressed in silence
around the coffin, and with tears stream
ing down their faces, reached out their
hands to touch the pail.
There lay the Prince they had loved, the
leader they had followed, the last of the
royal line, and the only hope of Poland,
cold and stiff in death. All, the tears of
those rough warriors were worth more than
all the pomD and magnifcence imperial
pride had gathered around that bier, and
h0nOred the patriot for whom they were
shed more than royal eGiogies or splendid
pageantS.
"Poniatowsk," said Napoleon, "was a
noble character, full Of honor and bravery
"a short but comprehensive eulogium.
a skillful commander, a bold warrior and
true friend; wise in counsel, of pure patri-
Otism and unsullied honor, he was beloved
by his friends and mOurned by his enemies
He had redeemed all the fOIlieS OF his weak
relative Stanislaus, and proved that he
was worthy to sit on the throne of Poland.
To be continued
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spurred boldly into the Elster. His good
steed bore him safely across, but as he
was struggling up the opposite bank, the
earth gave way under his feet, and he fell
back on his rider, and Poniatowski dis
appeared in the water and never rose
again. Weary, wounded and bleeding, this
last calamity vas too much for his strength
and he had done rs he said, died with
honor"
The allies celebrated his funeral with
great magnificencc, and those kings who
nad criven his family from the throne
buried his capital in ashes, plundered and
divided his country, rs il il were common
booty, now gathered in solemn pCmp
around his coffin.
Countless banners dropped mournfullv
over the fallen chief mighty armies formed
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when darkness separated the combatants,
both armies sank down exhausted; and
silence, solemn and awful, fell over the
bloody field.
Napoleon was beaten, and soon gave
orders 10 retreat. All night long the weary
thousands went pouring over the bridge
and when daylight Gawned, the allies be
held with JOY the retiring masses of the
enemy. a general movement en- Ieipsic
Immediately followed, and the victorious
columns went rushing with shouts to the
attack.
All was uproar and confusion. Artillery
infantry, cavalry, ammunition and bag
gage wagons, and ChariOts, were crowded
and rolled together, and went streaming
over the only remaining bridge. A rear
uard under Macedonia Id, Iauriston and
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1.-THE cANN0NEER.
BY AUGUSTUS BUELL..
Story of a Private Soldier. Fully Illustrated

He CANNONEER" IS A WON
derful book of nearly 400 pages,
such as very rarely appears in
literature. 1t is one that appeals
directly to the popular heart-to
all who love and admire courage,
loyalty, and devoted service. The
author was a volunteer. but early
in his service was transferred TO
one of the finest batteries in the
Regular Army, and which did
some of the very hardest fighting
in the War of the Rebellion. From
Antietam TO Appomattox it was
constantly engaged, and nearly
always in the very forefront of
battle. It's terrible fighting at
Antietam, Gettysburg, and Be-
thesda Church was unprecedented
in the history of light artillery.
The attention is caught at the
very first and held to the end. The
men-Generals, battery officers
and privates-whom he describes
are pictured so admirably that
ends, and the reader gets breath.
mp and march are wonderfully true
breast of every old soldier.
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:: Present subscribers easily secure the eight
books by getting up club Of eight Each Of these
eight subscribers will receive two books and the club
raiser will receive eight being entitled to one a
premium, for each subscription sent in.
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THE field, DUNGEON,
AND ESCAPE,
BY ALBERT D. RICHARDSON
The wcll-known correspondent.
SPl2Pdidly Illustrated. care2 6yPe. 5l2 PAGES.

cry FEW, IF ANY, OF THE ROMANTIC
histories of any episode in the war of the
rebellion have enjoyed greater favor than
Richardson's account of The Field, the
Dungeon, and the Escape. The author was
war correspondent sent. first to observe
the uprising against the Government, and,
finally, to join the army Mt the front. He
was with Lyon, Sigel, Hunter, Pope, FREE
mont, Hallecl<, Grant, and Rosecrans by
turns, and witnessed Wilson's Creek, Fort
DonelsOn, Shiloh, the advance on Corinth,
siege of Ficksburg and many other i'm
pOrtant battles and operations.
Our author found his way TO the dungeon
as the result of thrilling and disastrous
effort to pass the batteries at Vicksburg on
board OF transport loaded with provisions
and forage
Next we have the journey to Richmond,
the life at Libby Prison, Castle Thunder,
and Salisbury and finally after fifteen
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kNDERSONvILLE:
Private Soldiers Experience During Fifteen Months in
Richmond Andersonyie Savannah Mlen,
BlackShear and Florence

BY JOHN McELROY, Late of Co. L, 18th III. Ca

HAVE READY VOL. /. OF ANDERSONVILLE
the most graphic story of life in rebel prisons
written. 1t is large volume and its appearance is
peculiarly Opportune at this time, because this volume
brings the story up to the point reached by the work
now running serial in weekly nsalments in THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE. New subscribers therefore who
receive this volume may read it and continue the story
in the paper week by week.
1T is impossible, briefly 10 give adequate descrip-
ton OF the scope and character of this immortal chapter
in the history OF the civil 1t deals with great
subject and little understood because tragedy
enacted behind the scenes obscured by the smoke of
battle in fn MT While the public was kept daily informed
of march and siege and desperate attack and repuse
liking the attention upon the everchangng panorama
active warfare, the voice of heroes dying in prison
was lost No news came from the herded like
beyond the mountains of the South. The Nation knew
little of the horrors behind the Stockade
The author of Andersonville has told n thrilling
story. III il has horrors they not Of his invention
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Illustrated With Portraits and Wood Cuts; $50 Pages

HIS is, UNDOUBTEDLY, THE MOST THRILLING
book of the great civil No single war story
wildly presents so many of the hidden underground
elements OF the struggle against rebellion as this From
beginning to end the readers attention never wearies
and he rises from the perus feeling almost as if he had
again lived through those terrible days The Adventures
traversed the Conedeacy in all directions; some persisted
as spies all suffered terribly and the wonder is that
any escaped alive
The events narrated in the story of this expedition
are unparalleled either in ancient or modern warfare
No writer of would dare invent the capture
OF crowded railroad train in the midst of enemy
camp by a band OF twenty unarmed soldiers who had
Journed hundreds OF miles from their own lines The
subsequent escape OF part of the band by Selling
an armed guard almost i'll sight of regiment of foes
the whole breadth OF the Coniederacy different directions
while the sad tragedy that at Atlanta is freshly
red by the Inhabitants of that beautiful city after the
ty years.
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81 KLECC.

His Transformation from Raw Recruit to a Veteran
Most Entertaining Book Ever Printed Large Type Pages
Frotusely Illustrated by the Inimitale Coffin
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THE BOY SPY IN dixie,
Service Under the Shadow of the Scaffold.
By j. o. KERBEY.
Fully Illustrated by the Surprising Coffin Lar
type; 3S4

HE MYSTERY WHICH ENSHROUDS
the life of a spy is one of the never-fading
charms of the stories of war. Stories OF
such adventures have the same fascination
which attend the exploits of freebOoters,s
the daring of navigators in unknown seas
and the doings of hunters in untrodden
wilds
The author began his work with the
birth of the Southern Confederacy at
Montgomery. There and at Richmond he,
saw jeff Davis and other rebel leaders
almost daily, and equally almost daily
was in sight of his own scaffold, in the
event of a betrayal of his identity. He
was with Bragg at Pensacola Beauregard
at Manassas, secured information Of the
greatest value, and had a thousand start
ling adventures.
Having escaped all these desperate
chances and saved his neck, the Boy
Genes have past, gives to US thrilling story
n g
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HE TRANSFORMATION of more
than 1000, 600 young, brave, enthu-
siastic but wholly undisciplined
American Boys into hardy, season
ed veterans, the equals Of which
the world never saw, is always 4
story of the most fascinating in
terest.
1t was process full of the most
terrible earnestness to every boy
who underwent it, yet its most try
ing incidents frequently abounded
in the most ludicrous features, at
which no one Laughed more heartily
than the boy himself after nc
graduated in the grand school of
actual war.
No account Of these experiences
has ever approached the widespread
popular favor extended to 81
Klegg and Shorty" as published
in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE a
dozen years ago.
These sketches have been laughed
at and cried over i'll 10000 homes
fveterans, in Post rooms, at camp
fires, and wherever the survivors OF
The National tribune., 1897-11-25

q f ALL THE GREAT CAVALRY OPERATIONS OF
the war, two raids have the most surprising fasc-
nation for the popular mind These were Col Benz
y II. Grerson's amazing swoop through the interior
of Mississippi, from La Grange in that State, to
Baton Rouge La, and Gen. John II. Norgan's sensa-
tonal gaop through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio
which ended in his utter discontinue and mprison-
ment i'll the Ohio Penitentiary
Both these great performances took place within
a few weeks of another, nut differed markedly
III their history. Grersons Raid was eminently sue
cesslu and helped Gen Grant greatly his campaign
against VIcksburg In every way it was one of the
greatest achievements of the kind the history of war
Morgan's Raid great failure and embarrassed
Bragg in his operations.
This is the first time that all the facts concerning
these two stirring events have been gathered together
-oflclal publications, and presented convenient
Everybody has constantly heard of Grersons Raid "
but this is the first time that all the information con-
culled together and presented in one handy volume
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ADVENTURES OF ALI WILSON.
BY JOHN III. CALEB WILSON,
One of the Engine Thieves"


HIS STORY IS A WAR CLASSIC. WILSON WAS
one of the most daring spirits engaged upon the
perous raid which has been described in another
book entitled Capturing Locomotive" Wilson'S
story however, does not the same field as that
written by his comrade, PiteDger. The charm and
principal part of his narrative consists in his account
OF ms escape from prison in company with a COM
panion with whom he made his way southwark hun
dreds OF miles to the Gulf of Mexico
The picture he gives of life within the rebel lines
his adventures III his voyage down the river in an old
boat has all that wonderful charm which invests tales
OF daring and trying circumstance in all ages
Ihe Southern rivers We're teemng with water-moc-
casins and algators the woods alive with blood
hounds. They dared not trust any white man. and in
ed the blacks were tmid, poor and ignorant.
verance when they finally assured that they were
ne Union nag Is told with patho that would be mpos
Dt experienced the sensations of the moment This book
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TWO GREAT RAIDS,
CrierSonS Successful SWOop Through Mssissipp.
John Morgan Sensational Gaop Through and
Capture Imprisonment, Escape, and Death

BY the Actual Participants the Great Events
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