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A PECULIAR FACT.
Thousands of People Have Dyspepsia in Its
Worst Form and Do Not Know 1t.

weak stomach is the cause of about
nine-tenths of all disease, yet in most cases
the wrong thing is treated and the true
cause overlooked.
This is because weak digestion produces
symptoms resembling nearly every disease
because it weakeus and disturbs the action of
every nerve and organ in the body; poor
digestion causes heart trouble, kidney
troubles, lung weakness and especially ner-
vous break down or nervous prostration, the
nerves cannot stand the wear and tear unless
generously fed by well digested, wholesome
food
Keep the digestion good and no one need
fear the approach of disease
Mrs H. NJ Lee, of Rochester, N Y,
writes: For the sake of suffering humanity
| want to say that from a child | had a very
weak stomach, threw up my food very often
after eating and after a few years nervous
dyspepsia resulted and for more than twenty
years have suffered inexpressibly.
| tried many physicians and advertised
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Gus dyspepsia, and not until l commenced
taking Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets last Sep
tember, six months ago, have | been free from
suffering caused by the condition of my
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l have recommended Stuart's Dyspepsia
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to help the weak stomach to promptly and
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All druggists sell Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
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anyone suffering from nervous dyspepsia,
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Send TO Stuart Co., Marshall, Mich. for little
book describing cause and cure of stomach
troubles giving symptoms and treatment Of
the various forms of indigestion.
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THE PEA RIDGE BATTLE.
An 18th Ind. Man Declares That Sigel Did
Not Take Command.

Not Take Command.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l want to
answer w. L. Milyard, Co A, 25th H., who
said Pea Ridge, Ark, was his first battle of
the war; that it is fact that Gen. Curtis got
all the glory as the hero of Pea Ridge, when
had it not been for Gen Sigels taking COM
mand the last day and gaining the victory for
US we should all have gone to prison.
Comrade Miyard may think what he has
written is so, but he has failed to hit very
many facts at ALL The first day the Pea
Ridge battle was fought by Gen. Sigel as his
division was several miles south of the main
army. They fought on retreat, and fell back
to the main lines that lay Oh the bluffs of
Sugar Creek.
This was on March 6, 1862 During the
night the rebels got in our rear. Sigel was
held in reserve all day of the 7th. The last
llay of the battle we had ali concentrated
farther over to the right, just south of the
Elk Horn Tavern. Curtis did not turn the
command over to Gen. Sigel, who commanded
his own division.
Take the history of the battle of Pea Ridge,
and see if we We're whipped on either day.
AS far as our division was concerned we were
not whipped. w. l.. LANGLEY. Co. III, 18th
Ind, Hindsboro, Ill
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ID IN JOHN DROWN . IARTG.
tirely occupied by the workshops and
Offices of the National Armory, and had
an iron railing across its entrance. In
the old Arsenal building, there were
usually stored from 100000 to 100000
stand of arms. The knowledge of this
had doubtless determined the point at
which the first blow of the liberators
was to be struck.
The forces with which Brown made
his attack consisted of II white and
five colored men, though it is said that
others who escaped assisted outside, by
cutting the telegraph wires and tearing
up the railroad track.
The entrance of this petty army into
Harper's Ferry on Sunday evening, Oct.
II, seems to have been effected without
creating alarm. They first rapidly ex-
tinguished the lights of the town; then
took possession of the Armory buildings,
which were only guarded by three watch
men, whom, without meeting resistance
or exciting alarm, they seized and locked
up in the guard-house. 1t is probable
that they were aided, or, at least, guided,
by friendly negroes belonging in the
village.
At halfpast ten, the watchman at the
Potomac bridge was seized and secured.
At midnight, his successor arriving, was
hailed by Browns sentinels, but ran, one
shot being fired at him from the bridge.
He gave the alarm, but still nothing
| stirred.
At quarter-past one, the western
train arrived, and its conductor found
the bridge guarded by armed men. He
and others attempted to walk across, but
were turned back by presented rifles
| One man. a negro, was shot in the back,
and died next morning. The passengers
| took refuge in the hotel, and remained
there several hours; the conductor prop
erly refusing to pass the train over,
though permitted, at 3 o'clock, to
| do so.
MIDNIGHT VISIT.
A little after midnight, the house of
Col. Washington was visited by six of
Browns men under Capt. Stevens, who
captured the Colonel, seized his arms,
horses, etc, and, liberated his slaves.
On their return. Stevens and party
visited the house of Mr. Alstadtt and his
son, whom they captured, and freed
their slaves. These, with each male citi-
zen as he appeared in the street, were
confined in the Afaory until they num-
bered between I4G and so. Brown.
informed his prisoners that they could
be liberated on condition of writing to
their friends to send negro apiece as
ransom.
At daylight, r'tl1e train proceeded,
Brown walking over the bridge with the
conductor. Whenever anyone asked the
object of their captors, the uniform
answer was, "To' flee the slaves" and
when one of the workmen, seeing an
armed guard at the Arsenal gate, asked
by what authority they had taken pos
session of the. public property, he was
answered: !" BY the authority Of God AL
mighty"
u, hc ro1f;n,,efA
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Your health
For the whole
Coming season may
Depend upon purifying
Your blood now.
During the Winter
Months impurities
Have accumulated
In the blood and
It has become
Impoverished, impure
And depleted.
In this condition
You will be an
Easy prey to disease.
A good Spring
Medicine is needed.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Is what the millions
Take in Spring.
1t purifies, enriches
And vitalizes the
Blood, creates an
Appetite, cures
That Tired Feeling.
1t drives out
All those impurities
Which manifest
Themselves in boils,
Pimples and Hnmors.
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OF JOHN BROWNS ATTACK.
He told his landlord that they had
been farming in western New York,
but had been discouraged by losing two
or three years crops by frost, and they
were now looking for a milder climate,
in location adapted to wool-growing,
etc.
After looking about Harper's Ferry
for several days, they found, five or six
miles from that village, a large farm,
with three unoccupied houses, the owner,
DR.. Booth Kennedy, having died the
last Spring. These houses they rented for
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At RESACA.
a Communication Indorsing the Narrative of
Comrade Greenman.

4 Communication IndOrsinE the Narrative OF
Comrade Greenman.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The article
of Comrade Greennan, Doth Conn, in the
issue of Feb 10th, relative to the performance
of the Third Division, Twentieth Corps. at
Resaca, Ca, on the afternoon of May 18th,
1864 was very refreshing That comrade
was undoubtedly there. and knows something
of what he has to say. His statements are
substantially correct, and if the history of
that event does not bear them out, it is
simply defective.
Those who were there and We're not ratified,
know well that the Third Brigade was pres
ent, and that it was through the joint action
OF the three brigades that those four cannon
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CHARGING At VIcKSBURG.

Participant Tells About the Storming
Party of May 22, 1868.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have seen
number of articles written in the last few
weeks in regard to the charge at Vicksburg
May %, 1863, and would like to tell as it
comes afresh to mind how we lay in line-of-
battle expecting the command Forward,
double-quick.
Our regiment had sustained heavy loss on
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Ito be coniinued.)

EDITORIAL NOTE.-The dramatic close of
John Browns career, his trial and execution,
will be told in the authors masterful style
In the next installment of "The American
Conflict"
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Wdeawake dealers consult the wishes
OF customers. and do not oIer s' something
Just as good" when you ask for an adver-
tiSed article.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY

who had been absent on secret Journey
to the North, suspected that one of bis
party was a traitor, and that he must
strike premat'reI or not at all.
But the women who had been with
them at the Kennedy farm-the wives
or daughters of one or another of the
party-had already been quietly sent
away; and the. singular complexion of
their household had undoubtedly begun
to excite curiosity, if not alarm, among
their neighbors. ~
On Saturday, 1.-The 18th, a council was
held. and plan of operations discussed.
On Sunday evening, another council was
held, and the progam of the chief unani-
mously approved. He closed it with
these words:
"And now, gentlemen, let me press
this one thing on your minds. You all
know how dear life is to you, and how
dear your lives are to your friends; and,
in remembering that, consider that the
lives of others are as dear to them as
yours are to you. Do not, therefore,
take life Of anyone if you can possibly
avoid it; but, if it is necessary to take
life in order to save your own, then make
sure work of it."
SEEING HARPER's FERRY.
Harper's Ferry was then a village of
some 5000 inhabitants, lying ON the
Virginia side of the Potomac, and on
either side of its principal tributary,
the Shenandoah, which here enters it
from the south. Its site is q mere nest
or cup among high, steep mountains; the
passage Of the united rivers through the
Blue Ridge at this point having been
pronounced by Jefferson spectacle
which one might we'll cross the Atlantic
to witness and enjoy. Here the Balti-
more 81 Ohio Railroad crosses the Poto-
mac; and the rich Valley of the Shenan-
doah is traversed, for considerable dis
tance hence, by the Winchester & Har-
per's Ferry Railroad.
Washington is 81 miles distant by
turnpike; Baltimore 80 miles by rail-
road. Modest as the village then was,
space had been with difficulty found for
its habitations, some of which were
perched upon ground 400 feet above the
surface of the stream.
One of its very few streets was en-
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TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY

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druggists refund the money if it fails to cure.
25c. The genuine has l.. B. O. on each tablet
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A NEW CONSTITUTION.

A secret convention, called by Brown,
and attended only by such whites and
blacks as he believed in thorough sym-
pathy with his views, had assembled in
q negro church at Chatham, Canada
West, May s, 1858; at which Conven-
ton Provisional Constitution and
Ordinances for the people of the United
States had been adopted. 1t was, of
course, drafted by Brown, and was
essentially an embodiment Of bis politi-
cal views. The nature Of this Constitu-
tion is sufficiently exhibited in the fol-
lowing extracts:
PREAMBLE--W Whereas, Slavery, through
out ITS entire existence in the United States
Is none other than the most barbarous. un-
provoked and unjustifable war of Que por-
tion Of its citizens against another portion
the only conditions Of which are perpetual
imprisonment and hopeless seryitudc, or alb
solute determination, in utter disregard and
violation of those eternal and self-evident
truths set forth in our Declaration of Inde-
pendence:
Therefore, We, the citizens of the United
States, and the opposed people, who, by a
yecent decision of the Supreme Court, are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-30
VOLUNTEERS BOIsTEROUs.
Tear Down Smokestacks Erected by
Mr.. Green of Topeka for His
Cookery.

VIM. Green and Charles Wolff of To-
peka, who have the contract for feeding
the Kansas troops at Leavenworth, are
having more trouble. A night or two ago
some of the volunteers attacked the
kitchen and destroyed the smokestacks-
A Leavenworth paper, in speaking OF the
trouble, says:
Contractor Green, who arrived from
Topeka last night, went Immediately 70
the camp on hearing of the destruction.
When seen on his return he said that the
damage did not. amount to anything and
could be repaired for a few dollars
He said that he knew of reason why
the soldiers should attack the property of
the firm, heretofore there has been no
complaint made by the boys of the food
furnished them by the firm and 1t was
trying its best to please the men.
HE said that last night after the affair
occurred he understood there was some
complaint among a few of the men, who
said that they wanted the money which
was being paid by the government for
tract. This amount is p cents. The sol
dieTs said they would take the money and
feed themselves.
Before the destruction of the chimneys
baIIing each other around the part of the
camp where the cooking department of
the contractors is located The soldiers
got nearer and nearer and finally began
kitchen belonging to the firm. Then
party of them holder than the rest,
climbed up on the kitchen shed and began
tearing down the pipes. They stopped
after having demolished two of them, and
before the officers came from headquar-
tiers they were all back in their tents.
Mr.. Green said the Colonel Fitch knew
nothing of the matter until 1t was all over,
nor, in fact, did any of the officers, and
all were very sorry that the affair had
hammered -
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KEY DIES IN MEXICO.
Grandson of Author of 0Star Spangled
Banner" Expires in Poverty.

Ell Paso, Nov. 30.-News reached here
today of the death on November "a at
the City of Mexico of Clarence Key of
Baltimore, grandson of Francis Scott
Key, author of Star Spangled Banner"
His death occurred under distressing
circumstances. Key had resided in the
City of Mexico two years. He was an
apt Spanish scholar and supported him
self and wife by making translations
and by giving lessons in Spanish and
English. He formerly resided at Santa
Fe, N. M. where he was a land and
title attorney, and an expert in old
Spanish land titles.
Keys health had been failing for
a year, and ten days ago he fell on the
street and was severely injured. AS a.
consequence he was compelled to give
up his occupation. He had saved no
money and found himself in destitute
circumstances. His wife was in delicate
health and unable to do anything to
alleviate their condition. A hotelkeeper
seized their baggage to satisfy a debt
and their sufferings during the last
days OF Keys life would doubtless
have been extreme had not the Ameri-
can colony learned that the grandson
of the author of Star Spangled Ban
ner" was in want.
A sum sufficient for the time being to
provide every comfort for Key and his
wife was raised by subscription Key,
however, grew worse and the report
reached here today that he breathed his
last November "a.
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BLOODY ENDING
To a Meeting of a Republican
Club In Chicago.
Factions Clash Over Possession
Of the Hall.
ONE MAN SHOT DEAD.
Others Wounded, Including a
Policeman.
Nobody Arrested Except the
JanitOr Who is Wounded.
NE MAN SHOT DEAD.

Chicago, Nov. 30.-An effort to break
up the annual meeting of the Eighteenth
Ward Republican club at Briclxlayers'
hail at Peoria and West Monroe streets
last evening resulted in the death of one
of the attacking party and the wounding
of several of those who participated in
the fight.
The dead:
CHARLES LATTIGER. a brdcklayer,
instantly killed.
The wounded:
William Mahoney, policeman of the
Desplaines street station, shot In both
arms, will recover.
John w. Landers, Iaborer, finger shot
off
John Prince, janitor of the building.
shot in the left leg, serious.
The club held it's annual election last
night and there was much rivalry be-
tween factions headed by Coroner
Berse and John Rogers, an ex-member
of the city council, over the officers
The Berse faction gained possession
of Bricklayers' hall. Rogers follow
ers met in another hall and marched in
a body to Bricklayers' hall. The great
err number of them remained in the
ucks, William Hanon, George Callahan
and few others entered the hall
Stories differ as to what followed,
but the Berse faction in the hall and the
two police officers who were stationed
at the door of the room in which the
meeting was being held assert that the
men of the Rogers faction came nois-
lily up stairs, having revolvers in their
hands. officer Mahoney commanded
them to halt, but they paid no atten-
ton to him and just as they reached
the door some one fired a shot. In
stantIy pistols were drawn on every
side and the firing was promiscuous.
Coroner Berse was one of the first to
fire when the trouble started. Almost
at the first shot Lattimer threw up his
hands and rolled down the stairway
dead.
His companions continued the fight
only a short time, and then they fed
down the stairway. At the first shot
a crowd of the Berse faction came pour
ing from the hall intent upon attacking
the intruders but the fight was over in
an instant and the Rogers sympathizers
were gone.
The story told by the Rogers crowd is
that Lattimer knocked on the door and
demanded admission. He attempted to
force his way in, was shot down. and
the fight followed.
at the door of the hall, coming from
Desplaines street station, which is only
a short distance away. Prince, the
janitor was put under arrest, it being
charged that he had connived at the
attack. When it was found, however,
! that he was wounded in the leg he was
| sent home After the excitement had
| died away the Berse faction re-en-
tered the hall, called the convention to
| order and elected the club officers with
| out further diStur banCe.
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the frame Of the boy outgrew the vital
organs, particularly the heart, and that
death Aresulted because the heart could
not supply the abnormally growing
body.
About three months ago he began to
grow so fast that it was noticeable. In
that short length of time he added three
full inches to his height, and at the
time of his death he was feet 10 inches
tail, a man in size, with the face of a
child. But while the boys frame was
expanding and growing, his internal
organs, and particularly his heart, did
not keep up with the strain. The heart
made a strong effort to do its work.
and its action was so violent that it
could be heard beating from a distance
of several feet. His seat at school was
near his teachers desk, but the audible
Mckee, his teacher, that she had his
heart beating so worried Miss Maggie
desk moved to another part Of the
room.
A few days before his death the boy
complained of pains in his head and
heart, and DR.. J. NJ. Buckers was called
DR.. Buckers saw that it was an extra
ordinary case, and he called DR.. J. NJ.
Robertson. Both physicians gave it as
their opinion that death resulted from a
too rapid growth, the heart being I'M
equal to the task of keeping up so rapid-
" developing body. This is one of
the very few cases of the kind known to
the medical profession.
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Hall Game Discusses the Dark
Side of Chicago.
Also Pays a Tribute to the
Ctty's intellectual Women
PRAISES HULL HOUSE
Declares Miss Adams Insti-
tuition is Most Complete.
Did Not Come to America For
Money Returns.

Chicago, Nov. sO-A few hours before
leaving for Cincinnati at $50 o'clock last
evening Hall Game visited Hull House. He
spent nearly two hours there, going
through every department and conversing
at length with Miss Jane Adams He
told her she was at the head of the most
complete settlement in the world, Oxford
House Of London not excepted.
Hull House." said the author, who
makes it his boast that he has studied
settlements in every country in Europe,
includes more under one roof than any
settlement in the world, and if one can
judge by observation it is ideal for the
purposes for which it is intended. In
the first place, it is homeIize, and in the
second it teaches the poor how they can
make the most of their housing facilities
and their food supply.
Miss Adams won my 6incereSt admir-
alton. She is abreast in the study of the
economics of her labor with her co-Work-
ers the world over.
In the short time I spent in the district
was impressed with the absence of one
obstacle against which older cities must
struggle in conquering the slums. The
streets are broad, which means plenty of
air and little chance for criminals to find
lurking places. Whitechapel, ShOreditch
and Soho in London, have been made ten
times worse by their alleyways and mar
row streets than by their population"
New York and will sail for England about
10
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through this continent at lightning speed
has its occasional pains and penalties. But
also and not the least Of them has been
that of meeting face to face the friends
whom his books and his plays have won
for him.
This pleasure have enjoyed in, Chi
cago in great measure, and shall always
remember this city of the west as a place
where I have many friends and generous
upholders. The recollection of their cor
dial welcome will remain with me
stimulus and an inspiration.
1T is a cause of great regret to me
that cannot stay long enough in Chicago
to make some cursoTry study Of phases Of
one never knows what lies on the fore
head of the future. and shall cherish the
hope that time and opportunity will allow
me to come back. But even if that should
never occur, I shall still hope to send you
in the time to come some more of my
spiritual children, some that you have not
yet seen. and some that are still unborn,
and in that hope will now say with many
thanks and much gratitude, not 'Good-by,'
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GOLD KING MARRIEs.
Frank Phiscator Elopes With Farm
er's Daughter to st. Joseph.

st. Joseph. Mich. Nov. S0.-Frank
Phiscator, the KIondike gold king, and
Miss Nellie Boyd, a farmers daughter
were married last night at o'clock at
Hotel Whitcomb. The couple, accom-
panied by four friends, drove here from
Baroda and few minutes messengers
were sent for the county clerk and cler-
gyman.
Rev. James Hamilton performed the
ceremony. This over, two hours were
spent at champagne supper, which
had been hurriedly prepared. AT IL
o'clock the bridal party returned to Ba-
roda to advise the parents of the bride
of what had taken place. Then they
took a south bound train for an extend
ed trip. Phiscator fairly threw money
away in the hotel.
The bride is about five years his jun
Tor and is the daughter of a prosperous
farmer Phiscator was recently d.
vorced from his first wife, who is now in
California with her children.
Mr. PhiscatOr went to the Klondike
three years ago and returned a year ago
this fall with a, large amount of money
and the owner of two claims, one of
which was sold last winter for 81, 333, 900
Upon their return the couple will re-
side in st. Joseph.