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rs THEY VIEW IT.
Veterans Opinions of the Pension
Question.

Bill Nelson. Color Sergeant, Co. c, 10th
Iowa, Randolph, Iowa: Publish the pen
sion rolls; it will be a roll Of honor, and no
man who served his country. faithfully
until honOrably discharged need be afraid
Then publish list of men who "hefo' de
wah, sah," were educated at the Nation S
expense, fed from the public crib, took the
oath of allegiance, and afterwards turned
traitors. Publish list of these who have
come back to the public crib and are trying
to kick away the men who saved the Ma
ton. Then figure what these traitors cost
the country in blood and suffering. and
leave the verdict to the coming genera
tons"
g. W., Co. B, 5th Iowa, Newton, Iowa,
thinks the way to avoid the abuse now
being heaped on the old veterans would
be to pass a service pension bill giving
each honorably discharged soldier S12 per
month and, in addition, one cent per
month for every day he was in the service.
He advocates a like plan for pensioning
widows.
G. W. Mcbride, Co C, DIST, and Co. C,
128th Ind, Washington, Ind: | am in
favor of service pension bill. Do away
with high pensions for officers ana pay the
old crippled veterans what is Justly theirs.
William r. Mabry, Grain Valley, Mo-,
writes that he favors the per diem pen
sion. He would stop big pension to Off
GERS, and give to those who did hard fight
ing and are now drawing very small PEN
sion, and in many cases none.
J. w. Homer, Co. C., Goth Ohio, Louis
vile, Kan, wants the line drawn between
the veterans who volunteered and those
who went as substitutes. He says that he
knows of instances where the substitute
deceived deeds to real estate valued at
So 900. Often as high as ST 600 or even
$4,000 cash was given by the man who
sent substitute. I
Willis Dobson, Co. B, 50th Ind, Saline,
Mo-. favors a per diem bill. He would give
SIS per month to every soldier who served 80
days. Comrade DobSon gave four years OF
faithful service to his country.
T.. C. Kitchen, Surgeon, 155th Pa, Brum-
fieldville, Pa, thinks one cause of the at
tacks upon the old soldiers is that thoes
now filling editorial chairs have little re-
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not have gone to the trouble of loading
US upon the cars and hauling US 100
miles in the direction of city which
had come into the hands of our men.
1t has been asserted by many writer's
that the negros had some occult means
of diffusing important news among the
mass of their people, probably by RELAYS
of swift runners who travelled at night,
going % or 80 miles and back before
morning. Very astonishing stories are
told of things communicated in this way
across the length or breadth of the Con-
federacy.
1t is said that our officers in the
blockading feet in the gulf heard from
the negros in advance of the publica-
ton in the rebel papers of the issuance
of the Proclamation of Emancipation,
and of several of our most important
victories. The incident given above
prepares me to believe all that has been
told of the perfection to which the
negros had brought their grapevine
telegraph" as it was jocularly termed.
The rebels believed something of it,
too. In spite of their rigorous patrol,
an institution dating long before the
war, and the severe punishments visited
upon snegros found off their masters
premises without a pass, none of them
entertained doubt that the young
negro men were in the habit of making
long, mysterious journeys at night.
which had other motives than love-mak-
ing or Misunderstanding.
Occasionally young man would get
caught 80 or 70 miles from his
"quarters," while on some errand of his
own, the nature of which no punish
ment could make him divulge. His
master would be satisfied that he did not
intend running away, because he was
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e. A-.hHLSTORlC HOMES OF
'-.Zzs-z ~. q. WASHINGTON
- ssEf6 sSsGrssY Noted Men and Women Who Have,
W NLsEE aa sE ssssSse,;, Inhabited Them,
- sr NARY S LOCKWOOD.
Br NARY S. LOCKWOOD.

lodge of an intended palace, that was to
have been built on 18th street, between
Pennsylvania avenue and l. street. The
grounds were to occupy the whole square.
Mr.. Pollock had predicated all his schemes
upon obtaining an immense fortune from
England, which never came. He sickened
and died, and his property was sold for
his debts. When the foundation for the
Observatory was laid his bones were scat
tered 10 the four winds OF heaven.
AS Observatory Hill has undergone many
changes in title, il may be interesting to
the reader to note some OF the many le-
Cends that gave rise 10 its different names.
Tradition says that on the top of this hill
stood the royal wiGwam of the Indian chief,
who called the braves together in council,
and here they smoked the peace breathing
calumet. Here was the grand council
house and cemetery; hence the name of
Grave Yard Hill.
DIR. Bruh, the first practitioner of den
tisry in the Federal metropolis, in the
year 1910, built upon the southwest side,
near the River, a lofty wooden tower, upon
the top OF which he placed a windmill,
which he had invented and patented,
calling it horizontal windmill
Thus the hill adjoining was known as
Windmill Hill'' until the year 1914, when
the District militia had a practice and
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A Few PERTINENT REMARKS.

those cruel allies of the rebellion not to
know and feel the merit of such action.
THAT suits me-" said a long Missourian
who had brother languishing in Anderson
vile.
do you reckon you know bloodhound
when you see one ?" called out teamster-
81 reckon 1 know a dog, and nary ono
will get away from me-"
Thousands of dogs were killed on that
march. No one can tell what proportion Of
the number were bloOdhounds.
There were many stirring incidents in con-
nection with the dog crusade. Riding one
dav at the head of our pontoon-train, / heard
screams from the far side of a pine grove
some distance from the roadside. Thinking
a tragedy was occurring l put spurs to my
horse and was soon at the back door of a large
log-cabin, sheltered by the grove mentioned
On the steps of the cabin stood tall, red
haired specimen of the Georgia woman her
long, red hair was floating in the wind, her
arms were appraised, and she was screaming
at the top of her voice.
Not far from her, peering under the cabin,
stood an officer whom / recognized as one
who had been pointed out to me as the Sur
geon of q Kansas battery. In his hand swung
an immense old-pattern dragon pistol. Be-
"whang J" went the old weapon, and from
under the cabin came the ''kye-yies" of o
dying Georgia canine.
Instantly the screams subsidized, and the
torrents of profanity that came forth instead
from that woman would have frightened any
one but jayhawker from dog killing there
after on that march.
But a few days later, I think near Burton
Station, again saw the doctor. This time at
little frame cabin by the roadside. He was
in the midst of a group of soldiers, and was
having an animated talk with tall, gray
haired Georgia patriarch. / could see tho
doctor was after dog meat. As rode up T
heard him ask:
"Why do you keep such gang of dogs?D
ITO protect my meat" said the old man,
"Who takes your meat?"
"The niggers," replied the old man.
"Why don't you feed your niggers?" asked
the doctor.
'Oh, do. 'Taint my niggers; hits my
neighbors' niggers."
While the parley was being held the soldiers
had been busy bayoneting several dogs, and
finally, as the interview was drawn to a close,
the bang of musket told the last story of
one obdurate dog who had crawled under the
cabin out of bayOnet reach, and the last of the
''meat protectors had gone to his long
home.-JoHN N. MORTON, Quartermaster-
Sergeant, 1st Mo- Eng'rs, Hamilton, o.
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alization of what the war was. He says
that the pension roll is large; it would not
be Just to the soldiers were this not so.
Charles Discher, Adjutant, writes that
John Hauff Post, 900, Haricon. Wis, at a
recent meeting, voted unanimously in
favor of the per diem pension bill. Most OF
its members served from three to four
years, saw hard fighting and endured the
hardships of the march. Few of them
draw pensions.
j. q. Marshall Madison, Ind, thinks all
pensions paid to those who served in the
Regular Army and all private pensions
should be classed separately from those
paid volunteers. This, he thinks, would
show that the soldiers Of the civil war are
not receiving so much money as is gem
orally believed. He also favors paying all
pensions for 20 years in advance.
John w. Langfitt, Taylorstown, Pa,
favOrs paying all pensions 20 years in adj
vance and doing away with the present
expensive system of maintaining the PEN
sion Bureau.
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lors, military attaches, naval attaches,
Diplomatic attaches, translatOrs and inter
prefers of legations.
Ambassador is term applied to the
highest class of Diplomatic representa-
tives.
In an official sense it designates only
one who is accredited by one potentate to
another, and who represents the sove-
reign himself while Ministers and Enjoys
represent only the state and not the per
son of the highest magnate. The Queen OF
England, for instance, sends Ambassadors
to sOvereignS and only Ministers Pienl-
pOtentiary to the United States.
Ambassadors Extraordinary are sent on
special missions, and occupy more exalted
positions than Ambassadors Resident II
is the custom of nations to appoint and
exchange Diplomatic agents of equal grade.
The date of the Diplomats credentials
regulates the order of individual prece-
dence at Washington. The senior, under
these regulations, is known as the Dean,
or Doyen. of the Diplomatic Corps. Upon
all official or ceremonial occasions the
Dean is the leader of the brilliant array
and presents his colleagues.
1t is customary for the President to en-
terrain the chief members and ladies OF
the Corps at IA reception and at State
dinner once during the season. This is IN
recognition of the sOvereignS they repre-
sent, and not to the Ministers personally.
All questions of diplomacy must first go
to the Secretar. OF State. Count MoustieT,
the French Minister, put forward the claim
Of personal intercourse with the PTesi-
dent, but Washington was inexorable,
and all correspondence was conducted
through the usual channel, the chief OF
foreign affairs.
In the early days of the Republic the
foreign Diplomats exerted wonderful in
fuence in shaping public affairs. 1t was
of much more importance that our foreign
policy be looked after than the domestic.
Within three months after the Declaration
of independence was promulgated, negOti-
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ANDERSONVILLE.
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the middle of the night boys listening a
while with strained ears, would say:
"Now, if ever heard musketry firing
in my life, that'sa heavy skirmish-line
at work, and sharply too, and not more
than three miles away, neither
Then another would say: "I don't
want to ever get out of here if that don't
sound just as the skirmishing at Chan
cellorsville did the first day to US. We
we're lying down about four miles off,
when it began pattering just as that is
doing now" And so Oh.
One night about nine or ten, there
came two short, sharp peals of thunder,
that sounded precisely like the reports
of rifed fieldpieces. We sprang up in
frenzy of excitement, and shouted as
if our Threats would split. But the next
peal went off in the usual rumble, and
our excitement had to subside.
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FREE TO EVERY READER!
EXPERIMENTING CANNES
ALI Dogs Were Bloodhounds OF
Sherman's March to the Sea.

EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / wish to
call attention to an incident that have never
seen alluded to in any paper on the war. j
refer to move made by the men of Shez-
mans army to exterminate bloodhounds o.
the march to the sea.
While the army was drawn out IN line OF
march at Atlanta that beautiful November
morning, halted for some cause, word passed
among the men that orders had been issued
to shoot all bloodhounds met on the march
Whether such an order was ever formally
issued / never knew, but such an order did
not have to be read to each man of Sherman's
army to be comprehended. Too many OF the
BOYS in blue had felt the merciless tangs OF
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CHAPTER XIII.

The Old Braddock House-An Historical
Council-Richard Henry Lee-Braddoch S
Contempt for Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures Rock-Home OF
John Lucas-House Built by Charles w.
Goldsborough-Obser Hill-lndian
Burning Ground-John Pollock Camp
Hul7-Lorenzo Dow-CharacteristcA nec-
dote-St. AIMS Infant Asylum-Count
Charles de OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF
Henry Stephen Fox-Gen- John Mason.
EarIv in 1855 Gen. Braddock landed in
Alexandria with 1900 English Regulars,
and. on the 18th of that month, met the
Governors of the Colonies in what is
known, to day, as the old Braddock House.
The room is now exhibited 10 visitors
where this council was held, and where
the decision was made that Gen. Braddock
was TO lead the main army against Fort
DuqueSne.
At was during Braddock's stay here that
Richard Henry Lee "a young man - years
old raised company OF volunteers IN
Westmoreland was chosen Captain, and
marched To Alexandria to offer his services
TO Gen. Braddock. The General, however,
declined the offer, with an ul-concealed
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O. Fl. Kimball, New York City: Honest
Americans will not fail to see that the SOL
dier-haters hope to fix upon McKinley's
Administration the odium of a pensioner-
hunting and harassing TRADE for political
purposes. 1t is asserted that there are 80, goo
pension attorneys. If they are all as good
men and Americans as those whom have
met, wishthere were 2G0, goo of them. The
pension attorneys have done good work
more eheaply than any set OF educated
men in America. They have been indis-
pensable to the old veteran in his fight
against his subtle and numerous foes.
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ITO be continued

r. c. Rice, 125th Ohio, Warren, O., thinks
soldiers who have filed their claims under
the act of June q, 1890, have been given
preference over those whose claims are
based on a specific contract with the Gov
eminent. elf you are manned the Gov
eminent will compensate with pension as
far as possible" l read that nearly 200, 600
OF these old claims still await adjudication.
know one claimant, a physical wreck,
shot to pieces in battle, who filed his claim
at the close of the war, now cropping around
on clutches. and his pension yet to be
heard from.
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l'iptr AahyStcum) He saws:
decaying
unhealthy districts
audt the Urine and
relieves the
The Kidneys may the straners of the human system
from the Blood various po
onous substances Acid urates Lates etc and cast
them the Urine II this is DONE these
poisonous deposited in the joints and muscles ana
diseases the kdneyS
and Bladder Bgh Disease Pain in Back Doy Blood Disorders
other maladies.
mankind Diseases OF the Kidneys
and hence the discovery the
suffering humanity, and medcal conpouhu
i at ov yer les than 30 days
Hon. r. c. Wood prominent lawyer Lowell Indiana,
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Kidney and Bladder disease, by Alkayis.
He gratefully writes as follows:
Il AM now 50 years old and have used various
kinds OF medicines. For the past ten years
have suffered from rheumatism. and have sui
fered from kidney and bladder trouble for the
past five wears. / have been ireated by sli our
home physicians and by three different spec-
ialists besides having used various St,-cailed
specifics without receiving the least benefit.
NV bladder trouble became so troublesome
that had to get up from five TO twelve times
during the night to urinaie. In fnct, i was III
misery the whole time and was becoming very
respondent 1" " have now used Aikayis
and am better than have been for five years.
know Alkavis will cure bladder and kidney
trouble, and can most heartily recommend u
to all sufferers " d IL is the cheapest and
best treatment ever used. feel so grateful to
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Natures Cure for the Kidneys and Bladder
RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS.

received that feel it to to write you
Youar at a
wonderful grand. good IL powerful
Youw be in Wishing
succe Most respectfully yours G WOop
~ Attorney at Law and Notary Public.
The American physician, Dr. j. NJ Thomas reports
promptly effectively cured four well marked cases OF
Bght's among his patients, and writes: 49,
tested value of the Kaa shrub IN
the remarkable and satisfactory
this Remedy Jonesyil La DR. Cyper
of c. Pchard, of Phelps New
Aisavs with remarkable
cr Inflammation OF Kidneys
der Ataxa
Rev. Moore, d. d. Of Washington, D. e. Editor or the
wonderful curative effects
cured him after OF suffering
Bladder disease and Rheumatism
Of Clarendon Arkansas tesihS TO his cure OF
Brehs Disease wonderful power OF Akavis He writes:
credit whom credit is due In February 1884 ws
with
friend
whicl and as
wela / haveb five years
Rev A. c. Darling North Constana Oswego, Co. New York.
had
night promptly and he writes he sleeps AL
hf H.
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likely going in the wrong direction, but
beyond this nothing could be ascer-
tanned.
1t was common belief among over
seers, when they saw an active, healthy
young +" buck" sleepy and languid
about his work, that he had spent the
night ON one of these excursions.
(TO be cOntinued)
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CHAPTER XIV.

The Diplomatic Corps Customs of Nations.
Questions of Diplomacy-F French Honor
to Washington-A Glance at Diplomatic
Social History.
The residences of the Diplomatic Corps
are among the finest in the city A few
words as TO the personnel of the Corps. IL
consists OF ENJOYS Extraordinary and
Ministers Plenipotentiary Ministers Resi-
dent, Charges d. Affaires, First Secretaries.
General Secretaries. Counsell0rs. Chanccl-
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EDITORIAL HoTE.-En Entertaining descrip-
ions OF the handsome Foreign Legation
houses In Washington, with Diplomatic
FeMihlscences, viii be found in the next L.
stanment of Historic Homes"
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Ganges river, East India, and probably was used
for centuries by the natives before its eytraordi-
nary properties became known to civilization
through Christian missionaries. In This respect
it resembles tho discovery Of Guinine from the
Peruvian bark, made known by the Indians to
the early Jesuit missionaries in South America,
and by them brought to civilized man. We have
previously quoted DR.. Archibald Hodgson. the
great authority on these diseases in which he
describes the sufferings OF both Hindoos and
white missionaries and soldiers on these low,
marshy sWamps and inngleS on the GangeS.
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Many ladies also join in testifying to the
wonderful curative powers of Alkav1s In kidney
and allied diseases, and other oubesome sffiic-
tions peculiar to womanhood. which cannot
with propriety be described here. Among these
may be inclnded Mrs Susan b. Castle, Poesten-
kill. \. Y: Mrs James Young, of Kent. o.: Mrs.
Alice Evans of Baltimore. Md; Mrs. Mary A. ay-
man. of Neel wa; Mrs. Sarah Wink. Edinboro,
Pa and Mrs. l.. f. Copeland, Elk River, MIMI
While Alkavis is well-known in Europe,
its only importers in this country so far are
The Church Kidney Cure Company, OF no. 409
Fourth Avenue. New York City. They are
so anxious to introduce AIkayiS and prove
its great value that they will send free one
Large Case of Alkavis, prepaid by mail, to
Every Reader Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUSE,
WHO suffers from any form Of Kidney or I
Disease, Rheumatism. Cystitis. Gravel, Femal
larities, DropSy, or other affection due to
Kidneys or Urinary Organs All readers OF tn
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See what we have for you, ladies' in the way
Of o watch. It is described in another place.
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AVID URIC ACID OR RHE
THE WONDERFUL KAVA-KAVA SHRUB.


In informed OF the discovery OF IN
Kaya-Kaya Shrub new product wonderful
curing KavaKava Shrub boanss call
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EXPRESSION OF contempt lor
"provincials." Capt. Lee, with
his men, marched home
again.
The battle of Fort Duquesne
had not then been fought,
and Lieut.. Washington had
not then been called upon to
cover the retreat OF the Eng
fish Regulars with the Viz
ginian ''provincials that was
a little later on. :,
in the latter part OF April
the British General was ready
for the forward march. Wash
ngton was one OF his Alds de-
Camp.
At this time the Potomac
River ran very near the old
Braddock house; so near THAT
an underground causeway
had been cut from the cellar
under the hotel 10 the river.
The horses for this expedl-
ton had been secretly hidden
away in this cellar-the stalls
can be seen there to-day.
From this hiding place they
were taken through the cause
way and placed upon barges.
The troops also embarked.
These barges sailed up thu
Potomac until they came
nearly opposite TO what is
now the foot of 18th street
Between oath and 18th streets
stands a great rock, or
bowlder, at the time reach
ing out into water Il or IA
feet deep. 1t is known as
Braddock $ Rock, or Big Rock,
and stands out like a great
square buttreSs. The barges
touched at this rock and
upon it the troops were
landed.
The filling up Of the POI
tomac fats has taken the
river a long distance from
this historic old rock; but
there it is, a monument 10
the changes a hundred and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1898-06-28
Farmer Hopkins Evidence.
HE TELLS ABOUT The SUFFERING OF HIS
DAUGHTER.
Victim of Nervous ProstratiOn and Neuralgia,
Saved After Her Physician Abandoned Hope.
From The Republican, Columbus, Ind.

While in the neighborhood of Rugby,
Indiana, recently, a reporter was told that
Miss Clara Hopkins, daughter of Mr.. Dennis
Hopkins. prominent farmer Of Bartbo-
lomew County, had been the subject of
remarkable Transformation. The reporter
decided to investigate and learn the par
ticulars He was driven TO Mr.. Hopkins
splendid country home, where he had an
interesting conversation with that gentleman
regarding the illness ofhis only daughter.
Z" You have been correctly Informed, said
Mr.. Hopkins, 6 for Clara has indeed had a
severe siege. She tried DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People and they did her more
good than all other medicines together that she
ever took. A few boxes of that medicine
accomplished the cure of a case in few
months which had balfled physicians for
years.
"About three years ago her health began
to fail. The doctor who attended her said this
was caused by weak digestion. This produced
nervousness, which was accompanied by neu-
ralgic troubles, which at first was located in
the nerves about the heart. OF course this
was dangerous location for any such trouble,
aud she rapidly grew worse. notwithstanding
that the physician was treating her. This
continued till year ago last November, at
which time she was almost constantly confined
to her bed,
S"The neuralgia became gradually worse,
and finally she was n confirmed victim to ii.
Nervous prostration set in, and she was
soon all run down. Her blood was impure