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day added much to our fires and our

day added much to our fires and our
comfort.
One morning, upon examining the
pockets of an infantryman of my hun
dred who had just died, | had the won
derful luck to find q silver quarter. l
hurried off to tell Andrews of our I'M
expected good fortune. By an effort he
succeeded in calming himself to the point
OF receiving the news with philosophic
GOODNESS, and we went into Committee
of the Whole upon the state of our
stomachs, to consider how the money
could be spent to the best advantage.
at the south side of the Stockade on
the outside of the timbers was a sutler
shop, kept by rebel, and commune
eating with the prison by hole two or
three fees square, cut through the logs.
The dead line was broken at this point,
so as to permit prisoners to come up to
the hole to trade. The articles for sale
were corn meal and bread, -four and
wheat bread, meat, beans, molasses,
honey, sweet potatoes, etc.
l went down to the place, carefully
inspected the stock, priced everything
there, and studied the relative food value
of each. l came back, reported my OBJ
servations and conclusions to Andrews,
and then staid at the tent while he went
on similar GRAND. The consideration
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the ei nclhi up ana ran down 10 the Guerre,
delivering two heavy broadsides When
within 100 yards. During this cowardlv
firing, Capt. Porter, one of the bravest
men hat ever trod a ships deck. was
cart fn3 cMu by cantrvss- s2rr2t. ,q,..i his
remains, instead OF being inferred with
military honors, according 20 the usage
of war, were barbarously thrown over
board by the victors in plain view of the
land.
Two years after this rough experience
David ID. Porter entered the American
Navy as Midshipman, and as Lieuten-
ent, 10 years later, we find him actively
engaged IN all our naval operations on the
coast OF Mexico, and adding new Iuster TO a
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Statement showing the whole number
of Federals and Confederates captured,
(less the number paroled on the ield)
the number who died while prisoners
and the percentage Of deaths, 1861
1865:
FEDERALs
| Died las shown by prison and hos
| pital records on file) 3O,674
| Percentage of deaths =. 1875
CONFEDERATEs.
-
Percentage OF deaths -. 11.76S
In the detailed statement prepared
for Congress dated March 1, 1869, the
whole number of deaths given as shown
by Prisoner of War records was 26, 328,
but since that date evidence of 1928
additional deaths has been obtained
from the captured Confederate records,
making a total of 1886, as above
shown.
"This is believed to be many thou
sands less than the actual number of
Federal prisoners who died in Confed-
crate prisons, as we have no records from
those at Montgomery, Ala; Mobile, Ala;
Millen, Ga; Marietta, Ga; Atlanta, Ga;
Charleston, S. c., and others. The
records of Florence, S. c., and Salisbury,
n. c., are very incomplete.
1t also appears from Confederate
inspection reports of Confederate prisons
that large percentage of the deaths
occurred in prison quarters, without the
care or knowledge of the Surgeon. For
the month of December, 1864, alone,
the Confederate burial report at Sails
bury, N. c., show that out of lilo
deaths, 223, or 20 per cent, died in
prison quarters, and are not accounted
for in the report of the Surgeon, and
therefore not taken into consideration in
the above report, as the only records of
said prisons on file with one exception)
are the Hospital records"
Calculating the percentage of deaths
on this basis would give the number of
deaths at 81, 445, and the percentage of
deaths at 20023."
End of the letters from the War Depart
ment.
If we assume that the Governments
records of Florence are correct, it will
be apparent that one man in every three
died there, since, while there might have
been as high as 10000 at one time in
the prison, during the last three months
of its existence, l am quite sure that the
number did not exceed 1000.
This would make the mortality much
greater than at Andersonville, which it
undoubtedly was, since the physical con-
dition of the prisoners confined there
had been greatly depressed by their
long confinement, while the bulk of the
prisoners at Andersonville were those
who had been brought thither directly
from the field.
l think also that all who experienced
confinement in the two places are united
in pronouncing Florence to be, on the
whole, much the worse place and more
fatal to life.
The medicines furnished the sick were
quite simple in nature, and mainly COM
posed of indigenous substances. All
the remedies were quite good in their
way, and would have benefited the
patients had they been accompanied by
proper shelter, food, and clothing.
Finding that the doctors issued red
pepper and an imitation of sweet oil,
made from peanuts, for certain diseases,
l reported to them IN imaginary COM
rade in my tent, whose symptoms indi-
Gated those remedies, and succeeded in !
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HOW great matter little fire kindleth."
a change ia the editorship of a nolitica,
organ was the org n of movement that
brought about the greatest event in the
political or economic history OF the coun-
try.
Almost upon the ashes Of the house on
u street where Mr.. Ritchie used TO quicken
ms faclle pen, the editorial rooms and the
publishing house of The National Tribune
Tor several years were located.
~ one time Mr.. Richie lived in the
ohdeil house, on la Fayette Square, which
was afterwards also occupied by a defen-
der OF the Union, Gideon Welles, when
secretary OF the Navy. The student of
political economy must come 10 the CON
clusion that there is destiny that shapes
our ends.
To he enst;un.d
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TO CURE NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA.
To Gain Flesh, to Sleep Well, to Know
What Appetite and Good Digestion
Mean, Make Test OF Stuarrs
Dyspepsia Tablets.
Interesting Experience of an Indianapolis
Gentleman.

Interesting Experience of an Indianapolis
Gentleman.
No trouble is more common or more mis-
understood than nervous dyspepsia. People
having it think that their nerves are to
blame, and are surprised that they are not
cured by nerve medicine and spring rene
dies. The real seat of the mischief is lost
sight of; the stomach Is the organ to be
looked after.
Nervous dyspeptics often do not have any
pain whatever in the stomach, nor perhaps
any of the usual symptoms of stomach weak
ness. Nervous dyspepsia shows itself not In
the stomach so much as in nearly every
other organ; in some cases the heart palpi-
tates and is irregular; in others the kidneys
are affected; in others the bowels are con-
stipated, with headaches; still Others a.s
troubled with loss of flesh and appetite,
with accumulation Of gas, sour risings and
heartburn
Mr.. A. W. Sharper, of No. 81 Prospect ST.,
Indianapolis, Ind, writes as follows: "a
motive of pure gratitude prompts me to writs
these few lines regarding the new and valu-
able medicine, Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets.
have been q sufferer from nervous dyspepsia
for the last four years; have used various
patent medicines and other remedies without
any favorable result. They sometimes gave
temporary relief until the effects of the medl-
cine wore off. l attributed this to my seden-
tary habits, being book-keeper with little
physical exercise, but am glad to state that
the tablets have overcome all these obstacles,
for l have gained in flesh, sleep better and
am better in every way. The above is writ
ten not for notoriety, but is based on actual
fact"
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| of the matter was continued during the
day and night, and the next morning.
we determined upon investing our q
cents in sweet potatoes, as we could gel
nearly half-bushel Of them, which wa:
"more film at the price," to use the
words of Dickens's Fat Boy, than any.
thing else offered US.
We bought the potatoes, carried them
home in our blanket, buried them in the
bottom of our tent, to keep them from
being stolen, and restricted ourselves to
two per day until we had eaten them
all.
The rebels did something more to-
wards properly caring for the sick than
at Andersonville. A hospital was estab-
lished in the northwestern corner Of the
Stockade, and separated from the rest Of
the camp by line Of police, composed
of our own men.
In this space several large sheds were
erected of that rude architecture COM
mon to the coarser sort of buildings in
the South. There was not a nail or a
bolt used in their entire construction.
Forked posts at the ends and sides sup
ported poles upon which were laid the
long "shakes," or split shingles, forming
the roofs, and which were held in place
by other poles laid upon them. The
sides and ends were inclosed by similar
"shakes," and altogether they formed
quite a fair protection against the
weather. Beds of pine leaves were pro-
vided for the sick, and some coverlets,
which our Sanitary Commission had been
allowed to send through. But nothing
was done to battle or cleanse them, nor
indeed were any of the commonest sug-
gestions for the improvement of the con-
dition of the sick put into execution.
Men who had laid in their mud novels
until they had become helpless and hope
less,wer admitted to the hospital, usually
only to die.
The diseases were different in charac-
ter from those which swept off the pris-
oners at -Andersonville. There they
were mostly of the digestive organs;
here of the respiratory. Unless the vic
tim was comrade, no one specially
needed his condition. Lung diseases and
low fevers ravaged the camp, existing
all the time in more or less virulent
condition, according to the changes Of
the weather, and occasionally raging in
destructive epidemics / am unable to
speak with any degree of defniteness as
to the death rate, since had ceased to
interest myself about the number dying
each day.
l had now been a prisoner year,
and had become so torpid and stupefed,
mentally and physically, that I cared
comparatively little for anything save
the rations of food and of fuel.
The difference of a few spoonfuls of
meal or large splinter of wood in the
daily issues to me were of more actual
than the increase or decrease
of the death rate by half score or
more.
At Andersonville I frequently took
the trouble to count the number of dead
and living, but all curiosity of this kind
had now died out. Nor can | find that
else is in possession of much
more than my own information on the
subject. Inquiry at the War Depart
ment ELECTED the following letters:
"Ihe prison records of Florence, S.
e., have never come to light, and there
fore the number Of prisoners confined
there could not be ascertained from the
records on file in this office; nor do
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A gentleman calling at hotel left his
umbrella in the stand in the hall with the
inscription attached TO it: This umbrella
belongs 10 "a man who can deal a blow of
$50 pound weight. l shall be back in 10
minutes"
On returning TO seek his propertv he
found in It's place a card inscribed This
card has been left by n man who can run
II miles an hour. l shall not come back
for long time"
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TEN WEEKS For TEN cEMTsI

Strange as u may appear, thpt big anily paper the
Illustrated Weekly Ssr'tinfi, of DENY i, Colorado
bounded 1890 Viii be nj weeks on iril for ioc :
clubs SIX 50c II fot 81 cciti oifer solely 10 intro
duce the paper. Gold Rugs ROCKY Noun am
gems are given free as pr niDns. Latest mining
news ana illustrations OF gram scenery each ;
also, true stories of love, WIZ aa,l adventure Adj
dress as above and mention THE NATION Il TRIBUNE
Write oday, postage stamps taken.
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Lincoln Memorial! assoct,,ion.

Sters are Icing taken at Denver TO in
corporate the Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Assoc alton for the purpose Of erecting a
suitable monument to tire martyred Presi-
dent in Colorado. The ste selected is the
summit OF Mount Lookout in TIE Arkansas
Valley. William Harbottle, of the Soldiers
and Sailors Home, Monte Vista, and OTHER
veterans, were instrumental in starting the
movement. Congress VIII be petitoncd to
grant the Association the site selected.
Matilda--Have you spoken to papa7
Bertlc-Ges; | asked him throuph tho
telephone, and nc answered, 81 don't know
who you are, but it's all right"
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No school-teachcr need be without that
very necessary item in her equipment in
future. 1t is an American movement
brought at last within reach Of all. 1t is
stem-winder and stem-setter, and is given
away as premium for a small club of yearly
subscribers to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
See the supplement
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All Ills SUI III NilO
Mexican Navy, sent
him To sea in the
Guerre, a p gun
brig, having a COM
plement Of 169 Off
GERS and men, and
commanded by his
nephew, an enter
prising officer but II
years Of age, who,
like his uncle, had
been in the Ameri-
can service.
The Guerre sailed
from Vera Cruz,
April II, 1927, and
a few weeks there
after fell in with q
Spanish frigate.
fully manned and
carrying Gi guns.
Finding il inipossi-
bic 20 get away from
the frigatc, Capt.
Porter reSolutely
gave battle and
maintained the I'M
equal fight for
nearly four hours,
not striking his coli
ors until the brig
was filled with the
dead and dying and
her spars and sails
were so torn TO
pieces as TO make
her utterly unman-
ageable.
AS soon as the
Spaniards saw tho
Mexican flag come
down, they put
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EDITORIAL EoTE. Mount Vernon the
home CT the Father Of His Country, and it's
ira itiors, with gli,npses at the career of
Wash ngton, form an attractive chapter of
h storic Homes Of Washington " in next
issue
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better sure than sorry. Guard against
the substitution OF inferior wares for good
ones by examining your purchases before
you leave the store
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Respectfully yours,
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diseases by addressing Stuart Co., Marshall,
Mich.
All druggists sell full sized packages at 80
cents.
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(Signed
Jan. 4.

Note.-Readers of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE who are interested will receive
copy of DIR. Hunters book free, by ap-
plying to him as above.
The record-union., 1898-05-25
AN UNANswERABLE ARGUMENT

The Record Union" the other day
in referring to the appeal Of the Cham
Der of Commerce concerning the clear
pure water proposition, said that the
be made of the subterranean supply
now, because it may be many years be-
fore the waters of the State are so low
as in this year. 1t is therefore the
very best time of all others to make
the test as to the capacity of the deep
driven cased wells to supply the city.
But while this is obvious to all intel
Hgences there is another consideration
that is equally as forcibIe, namely, that
it is worth all and more than the test
will cost to get the driven well question
of the subterranean supply are in err
ror. Those who oppose them and con-
tend that the water is neither potable
nor sufficient in quantity ought to favor
the test suggested by the Chamber Of
Commerce in order to floor the clear
water people.
1t will set that whole matter at rest
to have it demonstrated that the water
is neither fit for use nor sufficient in
quantity. Ten thousand dollars would
not equal the value of having the dem
onstration made. The opponents of the
east side proposition ought therefore to
hail with delight the suggestion to prove
that the clear water people are in error;
ought to be exceeding glad Of the op-
portunity to crush out once and for all
these people who insist that a better
source of supply of better water lies
at our eastern gate and that it is
ample for the city's needs.
The record-union., 1898-05-25
RETRIBUTION.

Professor Goldwin Smith, the eminent
critic and philosopher, says that these
old accounts TO Spain's discredit should
not be brought up now, after the lapse
of hundreds of years. Indeed, and why
not? Why not, when it can be shown
that Spanish policy has not changed
one whit in the matter of the treatment
of peoples conquered and subjugated by
the sword? It is to-day what it was
when Ponce de Leon worked horrors on
human beings, the very reading of the
accounts of which makes the blood chill
about the heart to this hour. True
there has been a change in methods
The rack, thumb screw, torture by fire
and hot pincers, dismemberment, dis
embowelment and beheading, have gone
out But the pith Of the policy remains,
as seen in the infamous order Of Wey-
Ier to starve the reconcentrados, to rot
them in the cutters of the towns and
cities, and dump their bodies into
bitches for the dogs to scratch forth.
Political prisons are still full, torture is
not abandoned, though it is a bit more
refined in its application. The Montreal
Witness" puts the whole matter into
graceful and notably trenchant Eng
lish truth when it says:
The isles of the West Indies, sat
urated with the blood of the most inno-
cent, peaceful people that then dwelt
on earth, have produced a harvest for
the mills Of God that grind slowly, but
grind exceeding small
Arise! ye Goths, and glut your ire.
That Spanish misrule has never
abated except with complete loss of the
territories she tyrannized over is, we
suppose, not to be considered. Neither
should the crimes of ancient Rome be
brought up against her when the Bar
barians fell upon her in the days of her
luxury and corruption. But for the pun
ishment Of these nations which have
emulated Roman vices, the Goth sur
wives. In far away times he came from
the forests of Europe, beyond the Alps.
To-day he comes from the forests of
America beyond the Atlantic. His
mission is the same now as then. All
dynastic continental Europe is shaking
with terror of him, for even statesmen,
so called have studied history and have
caught the clue to its philosophy. Indi-
viduals often seem in this age to escape
the punishment of their misdeeds; ma
tions have but one life, and their ret
ribution never fails. How would it fare
with the Anglo-Saxon race If all its past
sins were visited on the head of this
generation?
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A GREAT ADVANCE.

In adopting an all-night and every
night schedule for street lighting the
City Board of Trustees has acted wise
~, and deserves all commendation The
partial or moonlight schedule of old was
not only inadequate to the needs of the
people, but it was uncertain and fuc-
tuating, as much had to be left to per-
sonal judgment Of employees of the con-
tracing company as to when to turn on
the lights and when to omit lighting
the electric lamps. In a city the streets
of which are so shaded as are those of
Sacramento a moonlight schedule often
left one side of the streets in deep gloom
even when the moon shone brightest
The difference between the all-night
and the moonlight schedule was but
trifling, and when the protection of
light is taken into account it sinks into
insignificance. The Trustees have done
weIl. They have not only come up
abreast with modern progress and civ
ilization in adopting the continuous
schedule, but they have secured the
lowest rate for street lighting Sacra-
mento has ever enjoyed. When it is
recalled that this city has paid as high
as S21 a, lamp, and that it now secures
the highest. best form of street lighting,
with the most improved arc lamps
known. for So Is, the change is a fit
subject for public congratulation.
The record-union., 1898-05-25
R.eaI Estate Transfers.

The following real estate transactions
have been recorded since our last re-
port:
c. w. Clarke and Frederick Cox to
John B. Foster-Lot 10, block 40, lot
II, block 45 and lot 5. block Al, Fair
Oaks City.
John B. Foster to J. E. Ralston-Lot
2. block 8, Fair Oaks Addition No. /.
L. H. Frank to George w. Frank
6O2 acres in section 30, township
5 north, range 6 east.
L. H. Frank to Effie r. Maxfield-ooo
acres in section 80. township north,
range 6 east.
David Johnston to Alfred ]. Johnston
North 100 feet lot l, and G ana
Eleventh and Twelfth streets; 500.
Frank d. Myers to Andrew b. Peter
son-Lot 15, block N, Highland Park
Tract.
Fannie w. and j. W. Mills to Maggie
Murray-West half lot 3, G and H and
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth
streets.
Albert Root ct ux to Maude B. Greene
West half lot 4, K and L and Twenty
eighth and Twentyninth streets; 800.
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health was unwarranted and insulting.
But if the entire medical faculty is in
error, if science is wholly at fault, if
demonstration is a cheat and a lie, it
remains that the world outside Of Sac
ramento will not, cannot be convinced
that it is cleanly or healthful to use for
domestic purposes a water supply such
as is presented offensIvely to all the
senses but one.
Let it be understood from. this time
forward that if the river water is good
enough for Sacramento so, too, are the
old sewers and the old High School
building; while as for the new water
main, it can wait until there can be sent
through it water that will not foul it
and make it a stinkpOt, disease breed
ing and a reproach to a cleanly people.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

PURSUANT TO AN ORDER OF THE
Board of Trustees of the State Normal
School of San Diego, California, notice IS
hereby gydepm ~ that Sbeaed br nti Pr9P99a m O'clock
a. m. of June "a, 1898, for furnishing the
materials and performing the labor ne.
cessary for the erection and completion or
the central portion of the San Diego State
Normal School Building.
Separate proposals will be received ana
separate contracts made for furnishing
the materials and performing the labor
necessary for each of the following parts
of said building, to wit: |. For the
ma sonry work, including all brick con-
crete and cement work, and all necessary
excavations and filling; 2. For the iron
work; g. For the carpenter, plasterlng
electric and glazing work; 4. For the
plumbing and gasftting work; 5. For the
timing and galvanized iron work; 6. For
painting and vanishing.
No proposal will be considered unless
accompanied with bond of such pro-
poser, equal to 10 per cent. of his proposal,
with at least two good and sufficient sure,
ties, conditioned that If his proposal snail
be accepted he will duly enter into q
proper contract.
Each proposal must be made on blanks
furnished for that purpose, and, together
with the aforementioned bond, enclosed
in a sealed envelope, addressed to the
Trustees State. Normal School of San
Diego, with an Endorsement thereon show
ing what portion of the building is COW
cred by the inclosed proposal, and delv.
cred to the Merchants National Bank Of
San Diego, California, before 10 O'CLOCK
a. M of June a, 1898.
Said proposals will be publicly opened
and contracts based thereon will be made
on June "A. 1898, at 10 o'clock a: m, at
room 80, Fisher Opera-house Block, in
San Diego, California
The contractors to whom contracts are
awarded will be required to file with said
board a good and sufficient bond to the
amount of 25 per cent. of the contract
price for the faithful and proper perform
ance of his contract.
The plans and specifications of said
building can be seen during business hours
at the office Of Hebbard & Gill, Archi-
tects, Grant Building, San Diego. Cali
fornia.
The Board of Trustees reserves the right
to reject any or all proposals made.
State Normal School of San Diego, Cali
fornia. BY w R. GUY,
President Board Trustees.
Attest: Robert G. Jones. Secretary.