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The National tribune., 1898-03-03

SHORTY ADMON1SHES THE ORDERLY.
doing hard labor for the next 30 DAYS. and BY
that time We'll likely have a good deal el~e
to think about. Let's report at Headquar-
tiers, and then take Dad over and show him
our new house"
Yes, Pm dying to see it, said the Deacon.
and to git somewhere that | kin sit down
in peace and quietness. Seems to me |
| haven't had a moments rest for years, and
I'm as nigh tuckered out as ever wuz in nv
lifen
At the Army Headquarters was crowd
of officers, mounted and dismounted Aids
were arriving and departing and there was a
furOre when some General commanding a corps
or division came or went, which impressed
the father greatly. 81 and Shorty stood at
attention" and respectfully saluted as the
officers passed, and the Deacon tried awk-
wardly, but his best, to initiate their example.
Two or three spruce young Orderlies ATTEMPT
ed to guy him, but this thing came to a sud
den stop when Shorty took one of them
quietly by the ear and said in low voice:
Don't be brash, bub. If you only knOwed
it, you're givin' your measure for first-class,
custom made lckin' and I'm the artist to do
the job. That old mans my chum's father,
and won't allow no funny business round
where / am"
We WIZ ordered to report to Gen. Rose
Grams, said ST to the Orderly on duty before
the tent.
"What are you to report for?" asked a
memb2r OF the staff, standing near. The
General Is very busy now, and can see no
one. Who ordered you to report?"
The General himself" said 81.
The sound OF his voice reached Cen Rose
Grams. inside, and busy as he was arrested
his attention. With the kindly thoughtful
ness that so endeared him To his soldiers he
instantly remembered his promise, dropped
his pen, and came to the door.
| ordered these men to report.'' he said
to the Aid Bring me that checkerboard
which lies on my table,
The Aid did so. Gen. Rosecrans noticed
the father, and as usual. saw the opportunity
of doing kindly, gracious thing.
You have found your son, / see," he
SAID to him. Sorry that you had so much
trouble. That's fine son you have. One of
the very best soldiers in my army. l con-
gratulate you upon him. Boys. here is your
board and men, | may drop in some even
ing and see you play a game. I'll be care
full to clean my feet, this time"
81 and Shorty got very red in the face at
this allusion, and began to stammer excuses.
The General playlully pinched Sis ear and
said
Go to your quarters now, you young
rascal. and take your father with you.
hope he'll have very pleasant time while
he is in camp"
They saluted and turned away too full for
utterance. After they had gone little dis
lance the Deacon remarked, as if commun-
ing with himself
:" And that is Gen. ROsecrans Awful nice
man. INCEST man / ever saw Greatest Cen
eral in the world. Won't this be something
to tell Marian and the girls. And the men
down at the store. I'd We come down here
40 times jest to We seen him and talked
with him. What'd last night in the guard
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

SPAIN is living on the military glory
of 400 years ago. From 1890 to 1860
the Spanish infantry was the finest in
the world, and conquered everywhere.
Tie Spanish ships were the most power
full and adventurous naval forces on the
seas. Then her decline began. The
Dutch fishermen and traders began whip
ping the Spaniards at sea, and were soon
followed by the English. The Dutch sue.
ceeded in standing off the Incompatible
Spanish infantry, and presently the
French began to get the upper hand
Soon everybody was whipping the
Spaniards. Corruption, misgovernment
and civil broils completed the National
downfall. BY the end of the Thirty
Years War, in 1913, Spain had ceased
to be a power in European matters
and was the football Of other Nations
England had to constantly intervene
to keep France off her. After more
than 100 years of this, Napoleon rose
: up, and annexed Spain to his Empire
England again went to her rescue, and
after the bloody Peninsular War, sue
ceeded in driving the French out o.
the Peninsula. This was done by
British troops, who constantly inveighed
against the worthlessness on the field O.
battle of their Spanish allies. They
were only good for guerrilla fight
ing. Spain's American colonies tool
advantage of this to break away. They
did not put up much Of a fight, but
poor as it was, Spain was unable to re
conquer any of them. She showed tn,
same incapacity that she has shown il
Cuba. The Spanish army and nav
are simply incapable, and have beer
for 300 years, of making a good, re
spectacle fight against even small
power.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03
NO ACTUAL WAR POSSIBLE.


1t is preposterous to think that there
shall be such thing as actual war with
Spain. Spain has not really fought
anybody for 800 years. The official
corruption has been so great and all
pervading that she has never been able
to bring the power of the country tc
bear upon any National object. The
Dutch, English, French and Germans
have taken turns whipping her, by sea
and land, and nowhere and at no time
in the last three centuries have Spanish
armies or Spanish ships given good
account of themselves in any conflicts
with civilized powers. The Spanish
Government is, and always has been,
since the days of Philip H., horde of
rapacous, INSCRIPTIONS -grabbers,
and a regiment cannot be moved or a
ship leave port until somebody has filled
his pockets. The result is that the
country has been in a condition of
HOPELESS bankruptcy, from which the
efforts of such good, patriotic men as
have risen from time to time have been
vain to rescue it. There have frequently
been good and able Spanish naval and
military commanders, but their efforts to
really accomplish something with the
forces under their command have been
so persistently thwarted by the incurable
corruption that more than one of them
have been driven to suicide.
The so,called war against Cuba and
the Philippines has so drained her re-
sources that Spain has not dollar in
the Treasury, and her credit is so ex-
hausted that no one will lend her. She
has ordered vessels built in England
which she cannot pay for, and which the
builders wisely refuse to let her have
until she pays spot cash.
The utmost that we have to fear is
some spasmodic effort to satisfy Spanish
pride before yielding to the inevitable.
Were our ports not put in state of
defense we might fear that some adj
venturous Spanish Captain would seek to
gain applause at home by dash at one
Of them, and giving it an hour or
twos destructive Smelling as a Span
ish Admiral did to Valparaiso in
1866. The Administration has had
this contingency in view, and taken
efficient measures against it. 1t is
probable that some Spanish Captain
or Captains may seek Il conflict with
our cruisers or battleships We can
confidently rely upon the historic gal
lantry of our officers and sailors to
carry us VIGOROUSLY through such an
event.
The war" will be very short
lived, and its prospect need not shake
the nerves of the most timid.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

house felerss likely to be a ructionary lot
o ROSTERS Awful sorry you got i'll among
'em. Was they very bad ?'
''Well, | should say. When was chucked
in they wuz havin' a regular prize fight,
'cordin' to rules, as to whether Rousseau or
Negley wuz the best General The Rousseau
man got licked, and then the other Rousseau
men wuZzent satisfied, and proposed TO lick
all the Negey men in the guard house; but
the Sheridan men interfered, and made the
Rousseau men cool down Then they turned
their attention to me. They raised row
about Il citizen being put in among them. 1t
was a disgrace. The guard-house was ohly in
tended for soldiers and gentlemen, and no
place for condemned civilians. Then some
one said that | had been arrested as Knight
o. the Golden Circle on my way to Bragg,
with information from the Inianny Knights
Another insisted that he knowed me,
and that | wuz Vallandgham himself,
brought down there to be sent through the
lines. Then | thought sure they'd kill me
on the spot. begged and pied and denied.
Finally, they organized a court-martial to try
me for my life. They had an awful tonguey
feller that acted rs Prosecutn' Attorney, and
the way he blackguarded me was shame.
He said that traitor was wrote in every Iini-
ment o my face; that / WIZ dyed-in- the
wool butternut, and that the bag I'd brung
along with me contained the must-r- rolls of
100000 Iniannians who'd bin swore in to
fight for jeff Davis.
The Teller that they appinted to defend
me admitted the truth of all that the other
feller'd said. He said that no one could look
in my Southern Injianny face without SEEM
Secession, treason and nigger-lovin' wrote
there in big letters. He could only ask the
honorable court for mercy instid o. Justice,
and that / be shot instid O. hung, as | de-
served
when they asked me what I'd got to say
i'll my own defense / told 'em the truth, and
said that | come down here to visit my SON.
who they all knowed-they must know ST
Klegg, o. the 200th Injianny Volunteers, who
was an officer, and had a house with tin
root.
Then they all got up and yelled. They
said they knowed 81 Klegg only too well; that
he wuz the meanest, orneriest soler i'll the
army, and that he looked just like me. They
had him in the guard-house now. He'd bin
put i'll for stealth a hoe-cake from a blind
niger halfway back to Nashville durin' the
battle.
They brought up the dirtiest, scaliest
lookin' man in the guard house, and said that
was 81 Klegg, and that he resembled me SO
The National tribune., 1898-03-03
THERE is not man living to-day, who

THERE is not man living to-day, who
served honestly and faithfully through
the war, who is not physically the worse
for it. 1t was simply a physical impossi-
bility for man to go through the ter
rife strains which his service involved
without receiving an injury which will
manifest itself sooner or later as bis
powers begin to fail. He has less
powers Of resistance to disease than he
wonld have had had he stayed at home
and taken care of himself.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

DR.. MUMFoRD, publisher of the
Kansas City Times, is a nephew of that
Mumford whom Gen. Butler hung at
New Orleans, for tearing down the
American Flag. He is taking revenge
now by publishing especially mean and
vindctive cartoons against veterans and
pensioners.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

For the week ending Feb. 26, Com
missioner Evans made 906 original al
Iowances. For the same week last year,
Commissioner Murphy made 1,22S, and
for the corresponding week in 1892,
Commissioner Raum made $500.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

THE men who are shouting pension
frauds" are invariably those who were
too cowardly and selfish to go to the
front during the war, or their sons, or
young men who have no idea of the
magnitude of the war, and self-sacrifce
necessary to save the Nation.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

house amount to, after all? A man must eN-
pect some trouble occasionally. Wouldn't
have no fun if he didn't. Say, ST, you re-
member Old Susy's chestnut colt?"
g Yes, " answered ST.
II thought he had in him the maxim o.
the finest horse in Posey County"
Yes" said ST.
"Well, he's turnin' out even better'n
thought he would. Shouldn't wonder if he
could trot down somewhere nigh $40"
lyon don't say so ?"
Yes, indeed. You used to want that
colt mighty bad ST."
8 | remember that did, Pap"
''Well, ST, III give you that colt, and take
good care o him till you come home, for
that e'er checker-board."
The National tribune., 1898-03-03
pensioners.

REV. SAM JONES insists that there
were only 100000 men in the rebel
army. We sincerely hope that Mr.
Jones knows more about the Bible than
he does of the history of the war.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

THE Pennsylvania National Guard is
in readiness for war with Spain. Penn
sylvania could whip Spain single-handed
and alone, if the JOB were let out to her.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03
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Deaths in a massachusetts Post.

Reynolds Post, IS, Weymouth. Mass,
has lost the following comrades by death:
Charles S. Redmond, Co. y, I'D Mass;
Edwin Thomas, Co. c, 4th Mass. III. a. /;
Harvey T. Raymond, Co. +, 35th Mass;
Warren w. Pope, Co III. 18th Mass; j.
Stanley Mears, Co. b, 18th Mass; John W.
Hart, Co. f, Sd Mass. I'll. ~, and George w.
French, Co. III, 18th Mass. The average
age at death was 81 years.
Deaths ia the Quincy soldiers Home.
f. L. Higgins, Adjutant of the Soldiers
Home, Quincy, H., sends the following list
of deaths in the Home during the month
of December; Chas. Eichler, Co. III, 4th
H. Cav; j. w Smith, Co. FL, 15tst Ind;
Henry t. Porter, Adiutan mt, 18th ILL.,; A. j.
Allen, Serg't-Maior, 49ih n. Y; Fred k
Miller. Co. c, doth H.; Charles Chield, Co.
E, 18th H.; L. w. Reece, Co. F, 18th H.;
Frederick Steeg, Co. F, 1Cth I'll. Cav;
Charles w. Wright, Sth Ill. Cav; VIII am
Barron, Co. f, lst III. Cav; Kaspar Sting,
Co +, Goth HI; john Bennett, Co E, 10Th
H.. James Burns, u. 5. Navy: Geo. Fors
man, Co. L, Isl U. s. Art. (Alex.); Joseph
Rinker, Co. ID, 10th III.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

Commander L. ID. Potter, Pulaski, n. Y,
reports the follow ng deaths in j. Is. Butler
Post, III: Frank IL. Mahaffy, 193d \. Y;
William Wightmal 9th \. Y. Cav: John
Nicholson, 1lIth N. Y; George S. Filkins,
1l0th n. Y.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

See page IL, Supplement-.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
JOHN McELRoY, ROBERT W. sHoPPELL,
BYRON ANDREWS.

WASHINGTON, D. C., MARCH 3. 1898.
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

rk1ssae AZ mAs.Neron eos1oes As sEoONOoss MsTTsa:
The National tribune., 1898-03-03

The "war" will be very short
lived, and its prospect need not shake
the nerves of the most timid.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-05

The republican leaders of Koot-
enai had only one hope when they
entered this campaign-that there
would be sufficient reaction from
the land slide of two years ago to
make a show for the pie" that had
Deen dealt out to the faithful, and
they are "whistling" now to keep
up the courage of their following,
in fear lest the vote should be dis
appointing.
Here is a case in point: The re-
publican organ in its last issue
says: "In Harrison it is certain
that the republican majority will
equal the entire vote of Bonner's
Ferry"
The Righteousness of this state
ment is best understood when it is
stated, that the registration of Bon
ner's Ferry will exceed the registra-
ton of Harrison. Sheriff Pease
informs us that they had only 173
votes registered a few days ago and
that they hoped to register $50. At
the time Harrison had 173 register
ed, Bonner's Ferry had over 300.
Not only that but the silver'candi-
dates claim they will carry Harri-
son, the republican stronghold of
the county.
Another ease in point is Bonner's
Ferry, The republican organ has
given out that Bonner's Ferry
would give the republican ticket
100 votes. This is too absurd even
for a common campaign josh. The
republican ticket will not get half
that many votes in Bonner's Ferry.
The truth about Bonner's Ferry
is this: We have gained 100 votes
since last election, and when the
votes are counted, it will be found
that the Silver ticket has gained
more votes than the repub lican
ticket. The Kootenai Valley can
be depended upon for an average
majority of 200 for the silver ticket,
and we know whereof we speak. 1t
is likely to exceed that figure.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-05
A Prominent Physician.

A prominent New York physician
in discussing the merits of Ripans
Tabules with a brother NJ. d. said {:
"Several years ago L asserted that
if one wished to become a philan-
thopist, and do a beneficent deed
one that would help the whole hu-
man race-nothing could be better
than to procure the Roosevelt Hos
pital prescription, 7VAich is the basis
oftkS Ribans Ta6UleS, and cause it to
be put up in the form of a ketchup
and distributed among the poor. ="
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-05

Hon. w. ]. MCCLURE is known
throughout Koctenai county as an
honorable, upright gentleman. The
funds of Kootenai county will be
in safe hands under his admins
tration of the Office. He is honest,
conservative, competent, having
every qualification.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-05

The largest retail drug store in
America is that of Hegeman & Co.
on Broadway in New York CITY.
A reporter who went there to learn
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-05
An Elderly Lady.

An elderly lady living at Fordham
Heights, a part of New York City,
and who was known to be a warm
advocate of Ripans Tabules for any
case of liver trouble or indigestion,
said to areporter who visited her for
the purpose of learning the particu-
lars of her case: Il had always
employed physician and did SO on
the last occasion had for one, but
at that time obtained no beneficial
results. l had never had any faith
in patent medicines, but having seen
Ripans Tabules recommended ve-y
highly in the New York He,aH CON
cluded to give them a trial, and
found they were just what my case
demanded L have never employed
physician since, and that means a
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-05

how Ripans Tab
ules We're selling
bought a fve-cent
carton and asked (:
do you have
NC h c all for
these ?"
He was referred
to agentleman who
proved to be the
head of the depart
ment. He said
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-05

The sale of Ripans Tabules il
constant and is Increasing, du,
especially to the influential characte
of the testimonials in the daily press
and growing out of these, through
the recommendation of friend t,
friend. Satisfaction with them i
very general. When once they ar,
begun l notice that a permanen
customer for them is made. This,
believe, is through their intrinsi,
merit, which proves the bona fid
character of the advertising. Ithinl
. them specially useful in the genera
run Of stomach troubles"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-05

saving of 81 a call.
A dollars worth Of
R ipans Tabules
lasts me a month,
and l would not be
without them now
if it were my last
dollar. " At the
time of this inter-
view there were
present two daugh-
tiers who specially
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-05

OBJECTED to their mother giving
testimonial which should parade her
name in the newspapers, but to do
this the elder lady argued There
may be other cases just like mine,
and l am sure l take great pleasure
in recommending the Tabules to any
one afflicted as l was. If the telling
about my case in the papers enables
some other person similarly affected
to be as greatly benefited as 1 have
been, Isee oobiection The daugh-
ters, knowing how earnestly she felt
about the benefit she had received,
decided she was quite right.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-07-26
PLANTATIONS IN JAMAICA.

The largest fruit plantation In the
world are in Jamaica. says the Buffalo
Evening Times. They are owned and
operated by an American company, the
area of whose fruit farm is a 900 acres.
They own $4,000 acres and the other
5000 acres are held by them under
lease. The principal crops are bananas
and cocoanuts, and last year they ship
ped 10000 punches of bananas and
3 900 .OGO cocoanuts. besides other fruits
IL steamers belonging to the company.
Near Olden, on the Ozark mountains,
in Southern Missouri, there is one OF
the largest and finest fruit farms in the
world. II consists of 1900 acres of land,
owned by a syndicate formed of the
of the Missouri Horticultural
Society, and on which are planted 6l,-
600 peach, $4,000 apple and 1000 pear
trees, with 40 acres in small fruits.
There is an orchard at Santa Babara.
in California, belonging to Elwood
Cooper, Of an area of | 200 acres, con-
tanning 10000 olive trees, 5000 English
walnut trees, $500 japanese persim-
mon trees, 10000 almond trees and
about 1900 other nut and fruit trees.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-07-26
RUSSIA WANTS ALASKA.

The Grand Duke Paul, of Russia, Is
said to be at the head of political
party that aims to recover Alaska from
the United States. Little was cared
for or ever thought of Alaska in St. Pc
tersburg until the startling news about
Klondike burst upon the Russians.
That an empire containing an I'M
known amount Of gold should have
been sold, or rather. given away, for
s7,000,OO0 is said to have made many OF
the Russians regret their bargain.
Grand Duke Paul is said TO be looking
up the records of the deal very thor
oughly, hoping TO find a flaw in the
transaction upon which TO base claim
The report probably has some fouada,
ton, but not enough to cause any
alarm. Although the completion of the
Siberian railroad, which will be in
1905, will make Russia a leading power
on the Pacific, the United States ha!
nothing to fear from her in regard Il
our land of the frozen gold
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1898-07-26
DOWN A HATCH.
4 Trooper on the Peru Has "a
Dangerous Fall.

Private Ferry, of Troop l.. United
States Cavalry, was struck by sling
OF boxes on board the Peru yesterday
morning and hurled down the hatch
way to the third deck a distance of
about twenty-five feet. He landed on
his side. A sergeant and Several men
working in the hold were soon by his
side. Their first conclusion was that
the man was dead. He was carefully
removed to the ships hospital aft and
gwen medical assistance promptly. DIR.
Cooper responded at once to tele-
phone call, and, upon his recommended
ton, the sufferer was removed TO the
Queens hospital 1t was then thought
that the spine was injured and that
there were perhaps internal ruptures.
Last night the hospital surgeons
made announcement that Ferry would
survive. II was found that there was
a confusion of the spine. but the chord
was not injured. There was no sign
Of paralysis. After most careful eX-
animation the surgeons state that there
are no serious internal injuries. The
man Is suffering greatly from the ter
rible shock and from number of Sc
we're bruises. He may be out before
the expedition sails.