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The National tribune., 1898-03-31

and fratricidal strife may at once burst
forth in our midst"
These hints and covert menaces were
destined to receive a prompt and tragl-
cal exploitation.
The Presidents call was issued on the
morning of the 9th, and oil the evening
of the 18th several companies from
PENNSYLVANIA had reached Washington
and reported for duty. In the afternoon
of the 18th the 9th Mass.-the first full
regiment that responded to the call
started from Boston by rail, leaving the
4th all but ready to follow.
On the 18th more Pennsylvania vol.
unteers. including an artillery company,
reported at Washington, having that
day passed through Baltimore-maugre
the Governors and Mayors proclama-
tons aforesaid without objection or
impeachment.
The 9th Mass, l 900 strong, enjoyed
that day magnificent ovation in New
York, and passed on southwark at night,
reaching Baltimore by train about noon
on the 18th, utterly unsuspecting and
unprepared for the reception that awaited
them.
But the Secessionists of Baltimore
! had been intensely excited on the 18th
by the arrival Of emissaries from
Charlestown, Va, instructed to exac
not only pledges, but guarantees from
the managers of the Baltimore Il Ohio
Railroad that no Federal troops should
be permitted to pass over their mair
! line, and that no munitions should be
removed thereon from the Federal Ar
senal at Harper's Ferry. In case o
their refusal their great bridge ovel
the Potomac at that point should b.
blown up.
Hereupon an immense meeting o.
"The National Volunteer Association
was held at evening in Monument
Square, I. Parkin Scott presiding; ne
with Wilson c.. n. Carr and William
Burns president of said Association
being the speakers.
! All these were rank Disunionists, and
the Association was organized in the IN
terest of Secession. None of the speaker;
directly advocated attacks on the North
ern troops about to pass through the city
but each was open in his hostility to
coercion" and ardently exhorted his
hearers to organize, arm, and drill, tor
the conflict now inevitable. Carr said
do not care how many Federal troops are
sent TO Washington; they will soon find
themselves surrounded by such an army from
Virginia and Maryland that escape to their
homes will be impossible; and when the
70. 600 who are intended to invade the South
shall have polluted that soil with their touch,
the South will exterminate and sweep them
from the earth. Frantic cheering and yell
ing
The meeting broke up with stentorian
cheers for the South and for Presl-
dent Davis.
To add fuel to the raging flames, news
arrived next morning that Lieut.. Jones,
who was in charge of the Federal Ar
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4 FILE Of INFAuTRYWEn.
"For Three Years During the War-At Home in Shelter
Tent, and Abroad with 81 Three Days Rations
and Forty Rounds of Ammunition"
By JOHN McELROY.

Madison street toward the west side OF
the city, where the latter lived upon a
little by-street with his young wife and
infant child. He wanted to learn from
Bronson's own lips something more de-
finite of the convictions upon which he
seemed founded as upon rock.
The great artery of civic life was
crowded with people, swarming into it
from the hive-like buildings and the side
streets, on their way home from work.
They were learning the news but gradu-
ally. Masses were collected around the
newspaper bulletin boards or where some
man standing on box read the news
aloud.
The newsboys were laboring hard to
keep pace with the ravenous demand.
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They 10 longer clamored at the public
to buv their papers, but at the clerks in
the newspaper counting-rooms for more
rapid supply From all the press-rooms
came the roll and clack Of yhnder
presses, running at the highest rate OF
speed on extra editions.
The most of those who were already
in possession of the news seemed stun
ned-occasionally almost crnshed-but
were slowly coming out Of this mood
into one of swelling anger and defiance.
"You hear mutterings Of the coming
storm" said Bronson. "To-morrow we
shall have the whirlwind and the lhun-
der-bolts"
81 hardly see that" said Armiiage.
"That is because your sight is thick
ened and confused by the atmosphere in
which you live, replied Bronson. $50
/ long as YOU get your political ideas from
the fellows who spend their evenings in
the 'Belyidere playing seven-up for the
beer just 50 long will you fail to have
correct notions Of what the people of
this country feel, and how they will act. :"
As is usual with boys entering upon
| that vealy stage when they consider in
| diligence In the minor vices sure test
of generous, manly natures, Armltage
fired up at this sighting allusion to those
whose company he sought when lie per-
mitted himself any hours of relaxation.
lie answered, as hotly as his respect for
Bronson would allow:
." For the life of me, / can't under
stand what mans drinking glass of
beer or playing game Of cards occasion
ally has to do with the question. This
Governments neither Methodist
church nor Good Templar's Lodge,
and man who takes his drinks now
and then stands about as good show
it seems to me-of having correct
notions and ideas, as one who only drinks
cold water, and who sings psalms through
his nose. In fact, | think his liberality
rather shows that he has the better un-
derstanding."
There you 90 off on the wrong tack
that they all take" said Bronson, good
bumoredlv. What | meant to say
and what | want you to understands
that while haunting saloons and street
corners does not necessarily make man
incapable Of forming correct ideas of
political matters, all those who are so in
capable of forming such correct ideas
almost invariably haunt saloons and
street corners. Do you appreciate the
distinction?"
Yes, | can see it, by making an
effort But | don't see how you are
going to find out what people generally
think, unless you listen to what they say
on the street corners, and i'll the saloons
and other places where they gather to-
gether."
You make your mistakes by assum-
ing that all the people in the country
Or even representatives of all the
people-are to he found there. The
truth is, that not one in 80 men ever
raises his voice in such places. The
chances are that every one of the 40
other men-of whom you never hear
is superior in intelligence and influence
to this brawler, who is az noisy as a
Summer locust, and frequently of as
little Importance"
We'll, anyway, their votes are just
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VETERANS IN THE CITY

S. F. Hildebrahd, f59th Pa, Apollo, Pa.
Comrade HiidebFanda had an unusual ex-
per ence. He was a boy Of IS when the
l3Sth Pa. was raiseda but managed to get
accepted. They were needing soldiers
badly then, and did not inquire too closely
as to a strong healthy boys age when he
seemed anxioustto enlist. The 139th Pa
went straight to the. 'front.' and soon be
came known as bne of the hardest fighting
regiments in the Sixth Corps. 1t was one
of the 900 fighting regiments" and lost
1873 per cent. Of lis enrolment killed, and
almost 80 per cent. killed and wounded
Comrade Hildebrand went through the
whole experience, never missing fight or
taking dose of quinine. But the moment
that she found he was firmly in The service
his mother began active efforts to get him
out. She refunded the instalimcnt of
bounty which he received, and kept her
Representatives and Senators stirring
Finally, after the war was over, and IA
days before the regiment was mustered
out, Comrade Hildebrand was ordered to- be
discharged, and the order said that, the
enlistment having been fraudulent" the
soldier must be discharged This cut him
out of all pay, bounty, and other allow
anceS. He wants TO have the record
slaughtered up by Congress.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE wAsHNGT6N c. THURSDAY MARCH 81 1895

about Indiana, troops, even after Col.
Bissell had denounced him for a liar, and
had challenged him to fight duel. The
whole thing is stupid falsehood. As if
a mans bravery depended upon which
side of the Ohio River he was born.
What nonsense ="
"And Dick Morgan says" continued
Armitage, anxious to discharge his mind
of the full cargo of Southern vaporings
it had received" Dick Morgan says
that there has never been anything done
in this country that gave it any credit,
except what was done by Southerners.
That it was Southern men who did all
the hard fighting in the Revolution.
That in the War of 1872 the whole bur
| den of the struggle fell on the South ;
that the New England Yankees would
not fight at all. They were mad
because their chance to make few
dollars in the way of trade was taken
away from them, and they plotted with the
enemy continually, and if they had had
spunk enough they would have gone
over to the British. body and breeches !;
that it was only fear of the vengeance of
the Southern people that kept them
back.
In the Mexican War they did not
do any better; they wouldn't send any
men to the war themselves, and they
prayed day and night for the defeat of
those that the other States sent; there
was only one thing that they were more
anxious for than to make dollar by
sharp practice, and that was to dod ge a
fight
"You have the Southern litany won
derfully pat. The lingo of treason
seems as easy to learn as that of pro.
family or blackguardism," said Bronson
with tinge of scorn in his tone. He
added with gentle seriousness:
"This is all gross perversion of the
facts, Walter, as you will discover when
you read more of the history of our
/, country. Then you will learn that the
heat and burden Of the Revolution was
borne in almost equal proportions by
Massachusetts, New York and Virginia.
The public men of those Provinces fur
| nished the statecraft and wisdom, and
the stout-hearted yeomanry the enduring
courage that carried the country tri-
umphantly through the terrible struggle
Of those eight long years.
"The Quakers of Pennsylvania were
too selfish and timorous; the mass of
North Carolinians too ignorant and apa-
thetic; the sham aristocrats of South
Carolina too mercenary and time-serv-
ing to be of any help in the struggle.
They were lightweight to carry, in
fact, and their waywardness, slackness,
and even open1opposition to the cause OF
freedom made, the work of the other
colonies much harder than it would
otherwise have been.
{" In the War Of 1872" continued
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EDITORIAL NoTG.-The farther this dra-
matte, true to life story of the war pro-
crosses, the more entertaining will it be-
come. 1t is narrative for old and young.
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

\SN sI/ IL Ism much trouble
A4| for a really healthy man
TO be good humored.
Jollity and exhuberant health are a pro-
verbal combination. The hearty man who
Is always laughing doesnt have any trouble
with his digestion. 1t has been said that
laughing makes people healthy. The truth
IS that health makes people laugh
II IS impossible 10 estimate the ire
Inendous influence of health upon human
character. A man with a headache will
not be IN happy, conten,ed frame of
mind. A man who suffers from a weak
stomach and All impaired digestion will sit
and grumble through the best meal ever
prepared A bilious man who is not a
bore, is deserving of place in a museum
A nervous man who is not petulent and
fault-hnding is a curiosity All these con-
ditions lead to grave diseases, when the
victim becomes not only disagreeable, but
dependent we'll A wise wife will real
ize that while the old saying that mans
heart is in his stomach" is not literally
true, it is fact that his stomach sweetens
or sours his character according as it is
healthy or unhealthy. DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery Is the best of medicines
for the conditions described 1t makes
the weak stomach strong, the impaired
digestion perfect, invigorates the liver,
puri6es and enriches the blood and tones
the nerves. 1t tears down half dead, inert
tissues and replaces them with the firm
muscular tissues of health. 1t builds new
and healthy nerve hbres and brain cells.
1t dissIpates nervousness and melancholy
and iniparts mental elasticity and courage
1t is the best of all known medicines for
nervous disorders
Through your skiiifui treatment am once
Candy. Logan Co Nebr "a suffered for years
and could not find relief until commenced
taking your Golden Medical Discovery suf-
which resulted in irritation of the prostate and
inflammation Of the bladder ] had only taken
one bottle when | found great relief The medi-
cine has effected permanent cure"
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

IN APRIL Is, PRESIDENT
q Lincoln called for $4,000 men to
~ protect Washington and assert
the National authority. The Governors
of all the Slave States refused to furnish
their quotas. After giving and discuss
ing the answers of various Governors,
Mr.. Greeley comes to that of the Cover
nor of Maryland, and says:
Gov. Hicks, of Maryland, made at
first no direct, but several indirect, re-
sponses to the Presidents call. He is
sued, on the 18th, Proclamation, as
surfing the people of Maryland of his de-
sire to preserve "the honor and integrity
of the S.ate," and to maintain within
her limits, that peace SO earnestly de-
sired by all good citizens"
He exhorted them to "abstan from
all heated controversy upon the subject"
and pledged them that call powers vested
in the Governor will be strenuously ex-
erted to preserve the peace and maintain
inviolable the honor and integrity of
Maryland adding his assurance that
ono troops will be sent from Maryland,
unless it may be for the defense OF the
National Capital that being the I'M
mediate end for which the President had
required them. Finally, this model
Southern Unionist apprised them that
"The people of this State will, i'll a
short time, have the opportunity afforded
them, in special election for Members
of the Congress of the United States, to
express their devotion to the Union, or
their desire to see it broken up"
In other words, Maryland might at
any time relieve herself of all her en-
gagements and obligations to her sister
States in the Union by giving a Dis
union majority on her vote for Members
of Congress. Surely, no Secesslonist
could 90 further or ask more than that.
Yet this was the response of the onl y
Governor of Slave State who had
claimed votes for his party in the late
Presidential canvass on the ground OF
its especial and unfinching devotion to
the Union, the Constitution, and the
enforcement Of the laws"
MAYOR BROWNS LETTER.
Mayor Brown, of Baltimore, being
thoroughly in the confidence as we'll as
the interest Of the Disunionists, was but
too happy to indorse and reiterate these
sentiments. In proclamation of even
date with the foregoing he "heartily
concurs in the Governors views afore-
said, "and will earnestly cooperate with
his efforts to maintain peace and order
in the city Of Baltimore but he more
especially approves and takes delight in
the Governors assurance that no troops
shall be sent from Maryland to the soil
Of any other State"
Of course, he responds to the Gov
ernor's suggestion that at the approach
ing election the people of Maryland may
vote themselves out of the Union if a
majority see fit to do so. He is sure
that if the Governors counsels shall be
needed the storm of war which threat
ems the country will, at least, pass over
our beloved State and leave it unframed,
but if they shall be disregarded a fearful
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

EDITORIAL NOTE.-The next installment
will be devoted to a narrative of the cir
cumstances by which Maryland was kept
in the Union.
The National tribune., 1898-03-31

FoR COUGHS, ASTHMA AND THROAT DIS
ORDERS, Browns Bronchial Troches " are
an effectual remedy. Sold only III boxes.
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Energetic Protest.

o. F. Mattce Post, No. 119, Department of
Wisconsin,-H. p. Whipple, Commander, H.
c. Cruger, Adiutant, of Waterloo Wis, has
passed stirring resolutions in defense of the
old pensioners. and denouncing newspapers
and individuals maligning them.
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
1.-THE AMERICAN
CONFLICT"
Leading Incidents and Episodes
of the War of the Rebellion.
By HORACE GREELEY.
THE BALTIMORE RIOT.

Maryland Temporarily Joins the South
ern Confederacy-Bloody Assault
Upon Union Troops Passing Through
Baltimore -Sanguinary Experience
of the 9Th Mass. Washington Cut
Off From the North.
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A Wisconsin Boy soldier.

w. III. Sullivan, Hancock, Wis, was a
"young 'un." He enlisted in Co. d, 10th
Wis, at the age of Is years. He was born
in May, 1913.
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Bronson, cry little in the
land cam gu of ,ody to be proud
Of On land whole war was a
series of aHaua There was the
most wre aa 8sd cement at Wash
ington. As 6, nation that poor
old wits rslased iuii, at Detroit, had
Of the dc 4r ION II was the arrival
Of the forces With demand to
surrender he ,,iaca bis was Of piece
with all the rest. Unsupported detach-
ments were sent out, apparently only to
be taken prisoners by the British, or
massacred by the Indians.
Washington was given up to be burned
by an insignificantly small squad of
British, and there was hardly a mistake
that dunderheads could make in carry
ing on a war, that our fellows did not
make. The only thing that saved us
was that the British were nearly as bad
as our own fellows. The battle of New
Orleans was one Of their plumbers, and
what made it worse was that it was
fought two weeks after peace had been
agreed upon
Walter was astounded to see all the
finery and glamour torn so rudely from
what spread-eaglesm in print and on
the stump had made him believe was
one of the most glorious epochs in
American history. He was only able
to gasp out:
"But didn't we do anything credit
able in that war;"
go, yes, many things. Being Ameri-
cans, we could not help that. Even
SPAWN Drained rulers could not prevent
American skill and courage from win
ming some credit in the conflict. But
the principal part Of it was won by the
very Yankees whom Dick Morgan and
other Southerners despise 50 heartily.
The Yankee sailors Of the frigates
United States, Constitution, Enterprise,
Wasp, and Commodore Perry's fleet
won brilliant laurels, and these, with
the victories at New Orleans and at the
Thames, enabled us to balance up the
books, after fashion, and make draw
game of the war;
The National tribune., 1898-03-31
CHAPTER II.

MORE OF "NKY'S PECULIARITIES.
WAR IN THE AIR-THE RIGHT SIDE
AND THE wRONG-wALTER ABSORBS
SOME NEW IDEAS THAT MATERIALLY
AFFECT HIS FUTURE COURSE.
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to- be copfiuuedo
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1898-12-30
Bismarck's Home Life.

There was nothing artificial in Bis
marck's home life, but simple habits,
dignified daily work and interests made
agreeable. Nor was the chancellor all
of ''iron." His manners were eminently
high-bred, gentle and charming. His
children worshiped him, his servants
and his dogs loved him, the least distin-
guished guest in his house remembered
his courteous recognition, and that
without ostentation.
He never withheld respect where 1t
was due, and in this connection an Incl
dent, from the London Globe, is apro-
pos: =
Shortly after the conclusion Of the
campaign against Austria, Bismarck
was in the habit, once a week, Of calling
together his whole household for pray
ers and for listening to his explanations
Of some portion of Scripture.
1t happened one evening that a colpor-
teur Of the British and Foreign Bible
Society was visiting the castle, and Bis
marck heard Of his presence.
1t was the evening of the Bible class.
Bismarck, as soon as the household had
assembled, made this announcement:
"There Is brother here this evening,
Bible colporteur, who knows far more
about these things than do. 1 beg him
to come forward and conduct the meet
ing"
The colporteur did so, Bismarck TAX
ing humble part in the worship, and
being an attentive listener to the colpor-
teur's exhortation.
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the lane below the woods when he rec
objected that pail Of milk that he had
hidden in the hollow log twenty years
before.
"I wonder If the pail can be there
yet" he said to himself, and smiled at
the thought "I'N see.'
He remembered the spot as distinctly
as though he had but left the day be-
fore. He went to the blasted trunk.
kicked away the stones and moss and
twigs and looked down. Yes, it was
there; but in it nothing. He lifted out
the old tin pail, its sides all full Of
holes eaten by time and rust and con-
tinued on up the road.
81 shall knock at the kitchen door,"
he said to himself; land when mother
answers shall say: Here is the milk ;"
And William Whittlesy laughed aloud.
The house appeared unchanged. To
be sure there were honeysuckles grow
ing up the back porch that had not been
there went he went away, but twenty
years is sufficient time for honeysuckles
to live and die.
William Whittlesy ascended the steps
quietly and knocked at the door. 1t
was opened by a kind-eyed old lady.
William thrust forward the rusty, bat
tered pail and said, Mother, here's the
milk" The woman looked at him with
wonder in her eyes. "Won't-won't-
you come in?" she said.
William entered the room. 1t was the
same old kitchen he had known when
but boy. And there by the fireplace
sat a man, feeble, and wrinkled and
gray. "Father, have come back" cried
William Whittlesy. The old man turned
in his chair and gazed at the stranger,
unknowing.
"Don't you see who / amp cried the
long-lost. 81 am William. l have come
back. I went away twenty years
ago"
A peculiar light came into the eyes
Of the woman, who, during the strang-
er's appeal to the old man by the fire.
place, had stood still. at the end of the
table with one hand on her hip.
T-I-I-understand now," she said.
William looked his thanks in his eyes.
He was about to close his arms about
the old lady's face when she waved
him back. 81 understand" she went
on. "Arter you went away your mother
died, and in 'beout year your pa mar
ried me. Then when he died l mar
ried George there, an we've been livin'
on tn OF place ever sence. So yew
see we amt your folks arter all, though
likely ez not yew may have some legal
connection with us"
-
reeled. He staggered to the door-sob-
bing, with his head bowed upon his
breast, he walked slowly down the old
country road. And that night he went
back to the West.-Detroit Free Press.
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Red Hair.

A writer IN an English weekly Jour-
nal says that it is a curious fact that
red-haired people are far less apt to
go bald than those with other colored
hair. The average crop on the head
Of a red-haired person Is only twenty
nine thousand two hundred hairs Or
binary dark hair is far finer, and over
three dark hairs take up the space Of
one red one: one hundred and five
thousand are about the average. But
fair-haired people are still better off;
one hundred and forty thousand to
one hundred and sixty thousand are
quite a common number of hairs on the
scalp of fair-haired man or woman.
A curious calculation has been made to
the effect that the hairs on the head of
a fair-haired person, if they could be
plated together. would sustain a
weight of something like eighty tons,
equalling that Of five hundred people.
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Joke on the Rev. DIR. Henson.

The Rev. DR.. P. s. Henson, that old
time enemy Of the rum traffic and
genial pastor of the South Park Bap-
fist Church, tells the following good
story on himself:
DR.. Hanson was going home from the
ministers meeting the other morning
on an Indiana avenue car. The car
was full of passengers, not seat re-
naming unoccupied. At 22d street a
man got on the car and proceeded to
demonstrate that he had a good d-sized
jag aboard. He swung on the strap
and made periodical jabs at bird on a
woman's hat. Then he lurched for
ward with a wild whoop and threw
his arm around fat woman's neck
He tramped on the corns of six people,
who gazed at him in unspeakable indig-
nation. AT last DR.. Henson rose, pluck
ed the fellow by the sleeve and said:
'sHere, my man, take this seat"
"Hic, thanks awfully. Hic with a
knowing wink, been there yourself,
hic, amt you. ardy'-Chicago Inter
Ocean.