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The Navy Bill.

In reporting to the House last week the
substitute for the Navy personnel bill, the
result OF long agitation and prolonged
struggle between the line and staff. the
House Committee ON Naval Affairs points
out that the substitute is Identical with a.
former bill except it abolishes relative rank
in the staff, extends the provision as to
retirement of the line officers who served
in the civil war to all naval officers who
have SO served, and sections have been
added recognizing the Construction Corps
and the Marine Corps, and establishing a
commissioned grade for deserving warrant
officers.
The report says: while this is not q
war measure and was not devised to meet
the present emergency, yet it is believed
its Immediate passage will do much to
stimulate to heroic endeavOr and to valiant
achievement the brave officers and brave
men OF the American Navy all Of whom
Will hail It's passage as not only remedy
for existing troubles and defects in the
organization of our naval personnel but also
as u true and substantial appreciation of
the deeds of the defenders of our national
honor upon the sea-" The bill will cause
an increase of $500, 900 of expense under
the head of pay of the Navy.
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Ladies'l Aid Society.

The Ladies' Aid Society of Kansas at its
recent Convention elected the following
officers:
Pres, Mrs. Dory Rogers, Emporia: v. P,
Mrs. DemOrst Jones, Pittsburg; Chap, Mrs
Cove, Girard; Chief of Staff, Miss Pearl
Lilly, Chanute;l mastering and Installing
Officer, Mrs. Swisher, Gypsum; ms, Mrs.
Outcalt, Burlington. Council, Miss Hin
Wichita; Mrs. Bryan, Reading Treas, Ida
Sellick, Emporia; Organist, Mrs. Benjamin,
Lawrence; Delegate at Largo to National
Encampment, Miss Amy Papes, Wichita:
Alternate, Miss May Summers, Wichita:
Delegate, Mrs. Blackman, Pittsburg: Alter
nate, Mrs. Harris, Girard.
The body Of loyal young women form .
society auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans.
In the Kansas Division they have accom-
plished much good. Their membership 10
increasing and it is hoped that before an
other year not Sons of Veterans Camp in
the State will be without an Aid.
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CHAPTER X.

DRILLING-THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOL
DIERING-DIFFICULTY OF REDUCING
ALL MEN TO THE SAME LEVEL.
The bright, sunny April days tha
followed were filled with hard work al
the camp. After many preliminaries had
been gone through with, the duties of the
new soldiers became routine.
At daybreak each morning everyone
was awakened by the three shrieks Of
the fife which introduced the reveille
and which Walter and Karl, who
sighed. like the sluggard,
'Ye have walked me too soon;
Let me slumber again.
thought the most hideous composition
ever performed by musical instrument.
Then came hurried toilets, and forma-
ton in line for roll-call, the incentive
to promptness in this respect being that
the boy who was not in ranks when the
calling began paid for bis negligence by
several hours at hard labor at cleaning
up the camp" police duty as it
was termed. The curt sharpness
of address in the roll-call suggested
rather irritatingly to Walter the loss
of all individuality, except such as
belongs to one of a mas. of units in
great aggregation. At the time Of
his enlistment people were beginning
fo address him as Mister" and though
this was mostly confined to those
of whom he made purchases, it had none
the less a sweet SAVIOR in his boyish
nostrils. But no one called him so now.
No one gave by it the grateful recogni-
tion that he was on the verge of that
glorious manhood in which he had heard
Riekelieu say there is no such word as
fail. Nor did his reduction to a
lower level stop there. His given
name-like those of all the others
was a superfuity in the eyes of his
Orderly-Sergeant and superior officers,
and was never mentioned. Further, he
took place among his fellows-not &C
cording to his intelligence or good con-
duct-but in the alphabetical order of
his name. The roll-call ran like this:
Aldrich y; Alexander" "Ander-
son = First; Aederson = Second y;
Anderson = Third y; Armitage
Armstrong Baker,; Barney" -;
Beardsley"; "Bratton -; Brent
man y; Bronson y; a Brewer -; and so
on through the alphabet.
Then came the march to breakfast and
a meal of the coarse viands | have before
described, but which grew more appetiz-
ing with each days life in the open
air.
Soon the roll of the drum summoned
the Orderly-Sergeants OF the companies
TO bring their ailing to the Surgeons
tent for examination and treatment.
Fortunately there were as yet few of
these. By the time the sick were dis
posed of the drum ratified again to an
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money for such an emergency as now con-
fronted this Government. cit is" said he
the most patriotic and least expensive
scheme of securing money in a time like
this known to man." The people would
be glad TO make such a loan to the Gov
eminent, for it would be truly a popular
loan.
In section Is OF the bill the stamp taxes
provided for were made effective on the
first day of June" This was amended so
as to read the fifteenth day of June"
A bill was passed providing that officers
in the Regular Army shall be eligible to
stah appointments in the volunteer army;
that Governors, with the consent of the
PRESIDENT, may appoint officers o tho
Regular Army in the grades of field officers.
and that the President may appoint officers
OF the Regular Army in the grade offield
officers in organizations of the volunteer
army IN the District of Columbia end In
dian Territory.
In the Senate, on May 10, Mr.. McLaurin
delivered an elaborate speech on the wal
revenue measure. Concerning the pro-
posed issue of bonds, he said there was an
influence at work in this country more
powerful than the President, more potent
than Congress. 1t was the silent, secret
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Civil Service Amendment.

amendment to the Civil Service rules:
Rule THE term of eligibility shall be
one year from the date on which the name
of the eligible is entered upon the register:
Provided, that in case a person whose
name is upon any register shall be muster
ed into the military or naval service of the
United States at time when the United
States may be engaged in hostlities with
an enemy, the period of eligibility of such
person shall, under such conditions as the
Civil Service Commission may prescribe,
be considered as suspended during the time
such eligible may be serving in the Army
or Navy of the United States"
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influence of the money power which was
endeavoring to force an issue of bonds. Once
the Senate, the forum of the people, yields
to this clamOr, Mr.. McLaurin declared and
becomes entangled in the meshes of the
money octopus, the people will suffer,
indeed.
Mr.. McLaurin defended the bill as re-
ported by the majority of the Finance Com
mittee, and hoped that with the possible
exception of the stamp act, which he
deemed necessary, the bill would pass as
reported. He strongly urged the adoption
OF the proposed issue OF legal-tender notes.
The Committee amendments relating to
marine, inland, fire, casualty, fidelity and
guarantee insurance were agreed to-
In the House the arbitration bill was
passed as amended and passed by the
Senate. Yeas, 219; nays, A.
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ing to Hardee. This was another inno-
walton on Walters preconceptions of war
He was astonished that men, rushing
from the plow and the anvil to the field
OF battle" (to repeat the old figure of
speech which had burned itself into his
memory,) should be arrested in their
fierce career to spend days in learning
that in shouldering arms the left arm
must be thrown smartly across the
breast TO grasp the piece at the first
band, and lift it up SO that it can be
caught at the lower part of the lock-
guard by the thumb and fingers of the
right hand, or that a gun must always
be loaded in nine motions, each made
! with stiff precision, and when the
hammer is returned it must be forced
back by the little finger of the right
hand only-no more, no less. Indeed,
one day he ventured to say confidenti-
ally to Karl:
81 suppose this mystic number of
nine in loading our guns has close
connection with the sacredness of the
Constitution. Perhaps it is something
like those pious old Crusaders who
waved their swords three times-once in
the name of the Father, once for the
Son, and once for the Holy Ghost-be-
fore cutting an infdePs head off,
Wonder if a rebel would be killed
legally, if we shot him after only six or
eight motions in getting the cartridge
into the gum"
"Vell," responded Karl, even gets
in front of one drinks shoots first and
counts afterwards"
"That wouldn't be polite" said Wal
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to an insane, idiotic, or permanently -
less child of a deceased soldier who i -
the age of Is years, but provides on
the continuance OF pension her 81
granted or hereafter to be granted to ss5e
minor child under the age of Is year.
widow on its account. Mr.. Davis G
cludes: at is clear that the helpless e.
of deceased soldier is not entitlea 8
pension under the proviso of section
of June q, 1890, being over Is years d
at the date of filing the widows ga
under that act
In the case of John III. Meeke-
claimant was formerly pensioned az
section 2, act of June 81, 1890, at z
month. and on Oct 2, 1895, was 8
dropped on the ground that his serv -
civilian employee of the Navy Depa -.
during the war of the rebellion was
pensiOnable service under the proyis oas
said section Appeal was taken Ser
1897 The decision saws the Navy / ~
ment has no record of the enlistm &c
service OF this appellant during the var
the rebellion. Decisions are quo 81
show that the rulings have been tina D.
officers and enlisted men in the m iIi5.
or naval service were included with 1
provisions of and entitled to the BEN
section ?. The decision in this c
states that appellant was employ
pilot on the United States gunbOatS i
and Tempest, but that he never eIiist.
nor was mustered into the United az
service. His service as such pilot =
reasonable one under the prOvi:
he section
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he'd be a moighty full-breasted man i
his head wuz only turned the ither way
"Take the position of sojer, repsytec
Oh, but Oh moight as we'll have spoken
to a craven image. His big jaw dropped
a little lower, his tongue hung out fur.
ther an his dull eyes began to water
That wuz all the sign he showed Of
havin' heard ME. Thin me timpel
failed me, an Oh caught hold of him.
Oh shut his jaws up SO sharp that he
almost bit his tongue off; Oh put his
hales close togither an turned his toes
out, slapped his hands down by his side
wild his fingers closed, Strengthened his
lump on his back. Now, me foine
fellow seq Oh, we just stay that way till
We learn the position of a sojer.' Then
Oh whit off to Headquarters and the
Colonel got to talkin' to me, other things
came up, an it was fully an hour afore
Oh REMEMBERED Stock agin. Thin Oh
hurried back, and sure enuf there he
waz standin' just as Oh left him. He
samed to think Old kill him intoirely
if he moved a muscle, but he looked
terrible tired, an Oh had to turn away
me face to kape from laughin', but Oh
told him to 60 to his quarters, Old ex-
cuse him from drill the rest of the day."
Despite the Sergeant's depreciating
criticism the company was making rapid
progress In acquiring the manuvers.
The majority of the boys were-like
Walter and Karl-young, intelligent,
and willing, and were learning very fast.
The greater part of the trouble was from
a small fraction who were either too dull
or too careless to learn, and in this frac-
ton must be included "Peory" and his
gang, who asserted a sovereign contempt
for drill, and shirked it whenever posi-
BILE.
"No sense in all this facing and
'dressin',' an right wheelin'," said
"Peory";; "when it comes to fghtin' you
kin count on US every time, but we're
not a-goin' to help to wear out all the
prairie sod in this section by trampin'
over it all day.
One day a sensation was created by
the arrival Of number Of long, heavy
boxes in camp, and the announcement
that they were the guns and would be
Immediately issued to the companies.
All were anxious to see the weapons
with which they were to reduce rebel
lious hordes to obedience. Not little
disappointment was expressed and felt
when they were found to be coarse, cum
brous, old-fashioned muskets, with the
barrels painted dark brown and the
locks altered from flint to percussion.
Then came little reaction, as the boys re-
that they were at least good,
serviceable arm, and probably as good
as the Government, in its present straits,
could furnish.
"Arrah, homes" said O'Neil cheer
fully, IS not The gun, but the spirit
of the man behind it, that makes all the
difference the wurrld. If our mus
kets don't carry as far as those Of the
rebels all we've got to do is to get
little closer to them than they are to us
when we shoot"
Drilling in the manual Of arms now
took precedence of manuvers in the
i" school of the company" and the hours
of daylight were spent in teaching and
learning the complicated musket accord
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PENSION DECISIONS.
Cases Disposed of by Assistant
Secretary Davis.

In the case of the minor child Of Abram
Deffendal Co. I, fi3d Ind, action OF the
Bureau was affirmed. The ground of re-
lection was that the minor child was over
l6 years of age at the date the widow fled
her claim under the act Of June q, 1890
The widow filed her declaration Jan. 10,
1892 at which time claimant was p years
of age. and, the decision of the Assistant
Secretary says, he was consequently not
included as one of the minor children
and entitled 10 pension. He had never
been granted a pension, neither had the
widow been granted a pension on his account
while ne was under the age of IS years, and
no right to pension had accrued to him
during his minority. In the case OF 9
minors of William F. Petit IS p. D., 306)
the Department held that the third section
of the act of June q, 1890, makes no grant
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out this mornin' for little drill all by
ourselves, hopin' that Oh might straighten
him out so as he'd be able to keep up
wild the rest.
"Take the position of sojer, sed Oh,
but he stud starin' at me wild his mouth
open, wan shoulder this way an wan
that way; his fate as woide apart as the
points Of pair of compasses, an a
hump on his back loike q knapsack-
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EDITORIAL NOTE.-The experiences Of the
Pile of Infantrymen will appeal not only
to those veterans who third of century
ago saw the same life, but to the young
patriots of today who have enlisted to
fight for the Nation. Interesting and event.
full indeed were the adventures of the File
Of Infantrymen.
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nounoe the time for guard-mounting.
Fac orderly-Serceant called out the
me- Am he lad detailed for guard.
as trough with, the indefatigable
drum nded the signal for drill, and
OF BOX up the task to which he had
beer' - ned, of instructing the men in
tie aea inplisaments Of soldier, with
hisr .lenergy and Feasibility. Soon he
had -.irly begun the work C training the
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The Wrong Kind.

tIHutdnnpcttS JOuTndtI
SIT all came about" the father-in-law
explained to the policeman, "by some Of
desc fresh young niggahs throwin shoes
at de bride, sah."
"Wel," said the policeman, ''that's GUS
tomary."
Not boss shoes, il amt
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E. E. Marvin, Tescott, Kan, would like
some comrade to send him the poem, "G.A.R.
Badge" 1t begins: "They pinned upon a
veterans breast star"
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.

AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. By Ma ef.,s
Lucette Ryley. Published by DllrE
ham, New York.
PEDIGREE IN PAWN. By areeF
Henry Vesey. Published by DilIin h
New York.
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Written for The National Tribune.
THE DOOM OF SPAIN.
BY RAYMOND EVANS, NEWARK, o.

Comes cry from out the silence
From the dungeon-from the grave
From forgotten fields of battle
From the clOiSter-from the wave:-
Ever fraught with CLEANS prophetic,
Rising TO us from the dust,
Comes d solemn call for vengeance,
For atOnement stern and Just.
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A HOSPITAL Cor.

A
a of
could taln
n of
hospital the
of
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Tremble, then, thou proud Castilian,
Woe to thee and to thy pridei
LO! the blood that calls for vengeance
Surely shall be satisfied!
Hank! That cry from out the silence
IT'S thy prophecy OF banei
Hark. myriad spirit voices
Heralding the fall of Spaini
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TWO ODD GIRLS. By John A. Tetsas
Published by Dillingham;, New Yorz
WITH GIVES OF GOLD. By sy
Athey and A. Herbert Bowers. Pts-
Ished by Dillingham;, New York
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From the dark Peruvian mountains,
Where the Incas bled and dice, -
From the land where Montezuma
Fell to safe Castilian PRIDE
From the marshy meads of Holland -
From the islands of the sea-
Full three hundred years uprising,
Has been heard that selfsame pleai
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The guards dropped the muzzles of
their guns to "charge bayonets"
The order Forward, March !" was
given and the wretched Morgan was
marched at the point of the bayonet
down the long avenue of derisive faces,
and away out Of sight upon the prairie,
where he was at last released.
10 La
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And again a cry for vengeancei
From the Pearl of southern seas,
From a placid island harbOr
In the sunny Antilles,
Comes a cry but newly risen
o, We children of the West,
TITS the blood of kindred calling
Lo, their spirits will not rest!
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The Home Supreme.

= An exchange truthfully says that
the home is the most vital of all in
situations. as it is the oldest. All in
situations have changed; government
have changed their structure, religion
has changed it's creeds, it's, forms of
worship, its methods of work; but the
home today in all that'is essential to
1t Is what it was when Abraham and
Sarah kept house in tent-nue hus-
band, one wife and the children
gathered at their knees. 1t would be
better that the United States should
be severed into as many nationalities
as there are separate states aud every
state separated, into rs many COM
munlties as there aar separate coun-
ties, every county into as many sep,
arate organizations as there are sep
arate towns, than that the home in
America should be destroyed; for let
the nation live and the home be cor
rupted, and the nation goes down
into death from which there can be
no resurrection; but let, the homes
live in America, and out Of a dis
membered and broken republic a
new nation would grow up, fed by
the home. 90
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EASTWARD THROUGH
THE ROCKIES >---EHMzESS-

The traveller, tourist or business
man IS wise when he selects the RE
Grandc Western Railway "Great Snlt
Lake Route" for his route to the East.
1t Is the only trauscontlnental line
passing directly through Salt Lake
City, and in addition to the glimpse
it affords of the Temple City. the
Great Salt Lake and picturesque
Salt Lake and Utah Valley, it affords
the choice of three distinct routes
through the mountains and the most
magnificent scenery in the world.
On all classes OF tickets stopovers
are granted at Ogden. Salt Lake
City, Glenwood Springs, Leadville.
Colorado Springs, Denver and other
points of interest. Double daily
train service and through PuIlman
and Tourist sleening cars between
San Francisco and Denver. Tourist
cars through to Omaha, Chicago and
Boston.
For illustrated pamphlets descrit
tive of the aGreat Salt Lake Route
write to +. A. WADLEIGH, General
Passenger Agent. Salt Luke City.
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The reason why ships are not
struck by lightning is attributed by
German authorities to the general
use which is now made of wire rope
for rigging purposes, as well az 10 the
fact that the bulls Of ships are usually
constructed Of iron or steel. Thus
the whole chip forms an excellent and
continuous conductor. by means Of
which tho electricity ID led away into
tho ocean before 1t has time to do any
serious damage.
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SALMAGUNDl.

Huntington gave Mcmillan l vote
ID Sadler 10. ., ,,........... 4. ....,..
4 full line of gents furnishing
pods Mt Alexauder's. X
What beautiful line Of overcoats
Jack and other dress suits can be
und at Alcxander's. Il
The latest figures in this office puts
Rdler 3S votes ahead of Mcmillan.
bis will be increased considerably
hen all the returns are in.
Mr.. Mitchell address tomorrow
light, Wednesday, 1880, will be a re.
Prt of his trip to California, as a
Plegate to the annual meeting of the
church.
Will David of Troop NJ passed
Fough to- his home in Carson on No
today. He has been visiting his
fandfather in Nebraska :, the; past
Eo weeks,
,f,S 81 .Ts,..
The Republicans have been crow
Pc over the election. sof-.M en- illan,
ut it now seems more than probable
bat sadler will win the Gopefnor.i
pip by a narrow margin. He.laughss
est who laughs last. ....,:,
While you.are loog4ng for O change.
The weathet. examine the latest
atterns in wall paper at the Poatof-
ce. All goods first class and at the
PWest living prices. Gall in and OK.
4nlne my stock. NJ trouble to show
pods. L.. N. .SuEawood.. -
The dowager empress OK China wa8
Crn a slave, and she owes her power
nmarily to her beauty, which al.
|ays wins when united with a little
amption, 1t has always been co..
pun Cleopatra down, and 30 it win
F@ be while the old world wags.
Mr. Penrod got in from Bryan pre-
net last evening. This precinct
pted unanimously for US last Tues
" Had there been couple hun.
rod more like it in the State we
|0uId have got thore In good shape.
Judge TALBOT held a short session.
The District Court this mofnin8
DO sentenced Arthur Kinney to
wen months in the penitentiary for
'anding q horse belonging to John
DWELL The young man showed con.
aerable feeling and made an earnest
ga Ter bimself. He declared to the
curt that no one but himself was
0picated in. the offense and that he
S ready and willing to take his
unishment.
senator Stewart in a telegram to
y Associated Press yesterday claim.
lme election OF thirty Silver men,
NO Democrats and thirteen Republic
'O'' He claims that as he was en-
O'sed by the Silver party State con-.
0nhon that all the Silver men will
spport him for reelection. In I'D.
aOn to this he claims that the Dem
sa's will undoubtedly act with the
u'er party. The Senator seems to
on top in the legislature.
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Dave Casper Inn Just received =
new lot of samp 90 Of Fall and
Winter Clothing which win be made
10 order from $3.50 up.
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F. J. CHENEY & co,
Toledo, Ohio,

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believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions, and fnan-
cIally able to carry out any obliga-
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and mucous surfaces Of the system.
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls family Pills are the best.