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PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Sug-
gestions Made.

IAN communications for this column should
be ACCOMPANIED by the true name and correct
address of the inquirer. The reply. however,
will be marked as may be desired. No attention
will be given To anonymous inquiries: Ii no re-
ply is printed within three weeks, write again.
JEP Whitinsville Mass.-In Pen sion
Bureau parlance, the granting of a rerating
of pension would be reissue" as would
also the issuing of a new certificate to cor
rect an error i'm the pensioners name or
the name of his disability; granting of
pension under another law for a period
antedating the commencement of pension
being drawn by the pensioneT would be
called " supplemental; the transferring of
a pens;oner back TO the law under which
he formerly drew pens on would he re-
newal' the allowance of pension due a
second pensioner or claimant up to the
date of his death, made payable to his
widow or children, would be called "ac-
crued pension; increase of pension on
disability not covered by the pension Ger
tificate is additional" pens on; ''restora-
ton" signifies replacing on the rolls of a
pensioner who has been dropped.
IL. C.. Lawrence, kant is held by the
last Administration that reasonable dis
ablement under the act of June 81, 1890,
differs materially from reasonable dis
ablement under the general law. This
view is sustained by the present Admins
tration, Notwithstanding that as a matter
of fact there is absolutely no difference in
substance between the act of June 81,
1899, and the general law as to pensionable
disablcment. The maintenance of the
fiction that there is difference seems to
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Reunions.

Lewis Brooks, Secretary, 1926 Wentworth
Ave, Chicago, announces that Reunion
OF the SD H., CogswelPs battery, and Capt.
Ford'S cavalry, known as Cushman's Bri-
gade, will be held at Streator, Ill, May 10
and II.
A small band of veterans of the Mozart
Regiment Goth n. Y met in South Boston,
Mass, recently as the guests of Fred. G..
Floyd, President of the Regimental Asso-
citation. Commissary- Sergeant Austin T.
Sylvester stated that the song John
Browns Body" which became so popular
during the war, was composed by MEM
berS of the regiment while quartered at
Fort Warren. Among the speakers were
Lieut.. Baliou, Serg'ts Fletcher, Floyd,
Braslin, Harrington, Guild, Buckley, Corp1
Lang, and Comrade Nathan Gray. The
original Mozart Regiment was composed OF
four companies FRI n Massachusetts, f0uf
from New York, and two from Pennsylvania.
During its service of four years six other
New York regiments were consolidated
with it and on its rolls are borne the names
of over 1900 officers and men, Its loss in
killed or mOrtally wounded was 238; only
one New York regiment sustained greater
loss, and but IL in the whole UniOn-army.
1t claims 81 battles and skirmiShes. 1t is
the only regiment that formed an aSsocia-
ton before leaving the service, and in
and officers elected. The parent society IS
in New York City, with branches at Boston,
Philadelphia and Washington.
A meeting of the 4th Ohio Cav survivors
will be held in Cincinnati during the
National Encampment. w. E. Hively, Co.
III, 4th Ohio Cav, 1903 st. Charles ST., ST.
Louis, Mo-, requests that members send
names and addresses.
FulleT'S Ohio Brigade, composed of the
9th, 39th, 43d and 63d Ohio, will hold its
annual Reunion at Mt. Vernon, o., dur
ing the State GAR. Encampment, june
IA, Is and Is. Capt. NJ. NJ. Murphy, Mt.
Vernon, is Secretary.
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Arrangements have been made for re-
ceiving and extending the courtesies of tho
city TO all visiting women'S associations
and TO give them the proper protection dur
ing their visit. This work has been gladly
assumed by "a Committee composed OF the
most distinguished women of the city Of
Cincinnati, who have associated with them
the representatives of all women's associa-
tons OF the GAR, whose pleasure il will
be TO extend such courtesies as will mako
the visiting ladies most pleasant and
profitable soiourn in our midst The high
appreciation for the noble work among
the veterans, soldiers, and other families
OF the women's associations, prompt the
General Committee to make unusual ef-
forts in entertaining the women of these
associations.
The coiored veterans will be looked after
with the same care and appreciation for
their valor as their visiting white brothers,
and special committee has been ap-
pointed to see 10 IL that the Inequalities Of
Cincinnati are fully extended to them. It
is desired that every coiored veteran whose
intention it is to- visit Cincinnati viii
send his name Immediately to Committee
on Colored Veterans, care of p. o. Box 800,
Cincinnati, o.
10 is the desire and expectation of tho
Citizens Committee to provide n program
OF entertainments and attractive festivi-
ties exceeding in originality of design and
completeness of detail anything heretofore
attempted at a Grand Army Reunion.
While they will esteem il an honor to well
come and entertain the distinguished Off
Gals and delegates of the Grand Army to
the best of their ability, the private sol
der who comes to revive the memories and
renew the fraternal ties of 1851 to 1865
shall have the time of his life. Each old
soldier and each member of his family ac-
cOmpanying him will receive cards of adj
mission to all entertainments.
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1.-THE NICK OLE CIME.n

That phrase, " in the nick of time, 4" has
become current to express the very acme
OF timeliness. A reprieve for the con-
demned ON the scaffold; the restoration to
life OF body seemingly drowned; the OPP
perfume grasp of the hand to the man slip
ping into an Alpine crevasse; these and
scores OF other instances occur to the mind
in illustration of help that comes pat to the
need, as an actor responds to his cue
just as timely to many a sufferer from dis
eases roofing in the blood, has been the
help and healing OF Ayers Sarsaparilla; a
hand outstretched to save; a reprieve from
death at the eleventh hour. Send for
Ayers CurebOOk and read the "story of
cures told by the cured" This book con-
tains 100 pages, thirteen half-tone portraits,
and is bound in Royal Holland. Sent free
on request nv J. C. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
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j. T. j., Marshall, Mo.-A rejected claim
for increase OF pension on account of pen
stoned disability may be appealed or other
wise contested within three months after
the rejection.
G. b., Rockwoods, Ill.-A pension claim
ant may not change his attorney at will.
He may appoint a new attorney only when
his former attorney has forfeited his at
tOrneyship under the rules of the Pension
Bureau. 1t is not known what, if any,
general pension legislation is likely to be
enacted by the present Congress.
T. r., Upper Tygart, Ky.-An appeal to
the Secretary of the Interior from the re-
lection of a pension claim by the Pension
Bureau may be in the form of letter,
first describing the case, then reciting the
facts and grounds upon which it is be-
ieved the rejection should be reversed.
c. c., Hartford, Ky.-There is no United
States law exempting from taxation prop
erty bought with pension or other money
derived from the Government as compen-
Sation for military or naval service.
III. r., Whitehall, N. Y.-For the sue
ceSsful prosecution of a widows claim for
pension under the general law the at
torney's fee may not legally exceed S25,
of the pension money through the United
States Pension Agent. If the claim be
under the act of June q, 1890, the fee may
not exceed $40.
J. NJ. S., Bloomingdale, Ind.-The in
Quiry of a member of Congress as to the
status of a pension claim in the Pension
Bureau does not operate as cause for the
dismissal of the attorney of record from the
case by the Pension Bureau, unless it
appears that the attorney requested or
suggested the inquiry made.
c. S. F., LaCroSs, Wis.-The Auditor
for the War Department, Washington, ID.
c., has charge of all matters relative to
pay and bounties for military service in
the late war. The attorney referred to is
believed to be in good standing.
p. b., Columbus City, Iowa.-The act of
Aug. q, 1888, increased the rate of pension
for total deafness from S13 to $50, and
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last two added to the roster are Charles NJ.
Fisher Corps, Milton, and William ID. Price
Corps, Schaller.
Gen. James Shields Relief Corps, Justin.
Wis, leads the Patriotic Woman's Organi-
cations of Taylor County, numbering Sc
members and q record of IL years faithful
service.
Datur E. Coons Corps, San Diego Cal,
has q membership of 100, and their ability
as workers is shown in the fact that in
the last six months they have paid for a
$500 piano through socials and entertain
ments.
Thirty little tots from the Children's
Home, Columbus, O., contributed to the
entertainment of the veterans of Wells Post
at recent Campfire, and each child went
away happy in a box OF candy.
Stannard Corps, Burlington, VT, is en-
Gagged in preparations for entertaining 18th
annual Convention, WR.C., which meets
with the Grand Army Encampment, June
SO.
The Journal of Fifth Annual Convention,
Department of Oklahoma, W.R.C., is credit
able to Past President Olive M. Laux and
her associates, who closed their year with
record of 81 Corps, 377 members and a
summary of about $3.50 expended for relief
or turned over to Posts.
One hundred thou sand school children in
Chicago are singing Gen. Theodore F.
Browns song, Salute the Old Defender, !"
which National President Sarah I. Martin
recommends to Relief Corps everywhere.
Joe Hooker Relief Corps, Hutchinson,
Kan, have passed the hundred mark in
membership, and they now ask the coming
Convention to consider their candidate,
Julia Campbell, who has done much to
build up the Corps, for the office of Depart
ment President.
The Spring floods in Ohio have made the
relief work of the Corps OF that State very
large for the season. particularly in Dayton,
Mt. Vernon and other towns on the tribu-
taries of the Ohio River.
Many OF the Relief Corps are engaged in
identifying the soldier lots in the ceme-
teries, so as to have a succession of bloom
ingplants throughout the growing season.
The last returns from New Hampshire are
as follows Number of Corps, II; member
ship, 1898; persons assisted, POS; expended
for relief. $4,000; turned over to Posts,
S333.7S. Contributions to the Soldiers
Home Hospital continue.
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No wonder so many sales
girls and factory girls and housewives SUI.
fer from indigestion and constipation and
bilious troubles. No,wonder they are SUBJ
ject to the diseases of the delicate special
organism of their sex. II The wonder Is
rather that they can stand it as well as
they do.
But "a poor weak WOMAN" as she is
termed, will endure bravely and patiently
agonies which a strong man would give
way under The fact is women are more
patient than they ought to be under such
troubles
Every woman ought to know that she
may obtain the most eminent medical ad.
vice free Of charge and in absolute conf.
dence and privacy by writing to DR.. r. v.
Pierce, chief consulting physician of the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, of
Buffalo. N. Y. Occupying this position for
thirty years he has had wider practical
experience in the treatment of women's
diseases than any other physician in this
country. His medicines are world famous
for their astonishing efficacy.
The most perfect remedy ever devised for
weak and delicate women is Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. His Golden Med.
ical Discovery" is the on, permanent di.
gestive and nutrient tonic The two med.
icines taken alternately, form the most
perfect and successful course of treat
nent ever prescribed for female troubles
complicated with sluggish, overweight,
nervous, diseased constitution. In severe
constipation Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
should be occasionally taken with the
others. They never grippe.
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membership during the past quarter, All
Camps are in a healthy 4ondition, and the
future of the Order in Abe State seems
very bright indeed. Col Feder says: ''Ihe
crisis is passed. Tie decrease has been
stopped, and we may look for rapid re-
cruiting. Our foundation is good Every
brother certainly knows of one eligible
young man: then let hin work to secure
New camps have been mustered at Ton
gonoxie, Americas and Goffeyville, while
suspended Camps at Perry, o. T., Man
kato, Goodland. and Clay Center, Kan,
have been reinstated. Two applications
for charters have been approved by Col.
FEEDER, and other Camps are being recruited.
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An association to be known as the Sol
diers and Sailors League has been formed
in jackson County, o., 'for the purpose
of uniting all honorably discharged veter-
ans of the war into business compact,
such as will insure to them and their
families proper and reasonable pensions,
and to insist upon such legislation as will
neither impOverish the Government we
saved nor enrich the soldiers and sailors
who upheld the dignity of the Nation and
flag" III. c. Miller is President
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Civil Service Changes,

1t is expected that in few days the
President will issue an order restoring the
offices of Chiefs and Assistant Chiefs Of
Divisions and messengers and assistant
messengers in the Executive Departments
and many outside Offices to the status
they held before President Cleveland in
cluded them in the classified service. II
this is done all the Offices named will be
put in the class exempted from examina-
ton and the appointments to them left in
the hands of the heads OF the respective
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Hou | Made $3.50 a Month.

have been selling Dishwashers and Household
Speciales for the past two years, but until began
selling the Mound City Dishwasher only made fair
salary and in the past three months I have made
more money selling this washer which has all the
latest improvements than did in six months before
selling the other dishwashers If you only take two
orders day you make 500 month, but it is easy
to average five more daily. The business is e1-
ceedingly pleasant and the work Is light Ladies can
do as wen as men. No experience is needed. Any
body can do it. Write to the Mound City Dshwasher
Co., st Louis, Mo-, for particulars q. A. l.
Mention The National Tribune
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No Puzzle Al Au-Tbe m

NO I'UZZIe Al AII.-The many, al
most wonderful, cures effected by the
use of DIR. PETERS BLOOD VITALIZER in
cases where everything else failed, need
not puzzle the public. They are the nat
ural results of the curative powers of that
old Swiss herb remedy, the outcome of
brains, experience and honesty. Persons
purchasing DIR. PETERS BLOOD VITAL
IzER will do well to observe if the regis
tered number at the top of carton of
every bottle of the BLOOD VITALIzER is in
tact. They will further note that this is no
drugstore medicine, but that it is sold ex-
clusively by special local agents. or by the
manufacturer, DR.. P. Fahrney, Chicago, Ill.
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Don't Fire for Fun.
Springfield Union.l

ISpTtnaTtetd Uflt0n.I
The cost of single shot from one of the
13-inch guns on the battleship Massa-
chusetts is $3.50. No wonder war with
modern guns is expensive.
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Pension Resolutions.

Bartlett Logan Post, 6, Department OF
California and Navada, Los Angeles, Cal.
In resolutions recently passed ask that the
support of all veterans be withdrawn from
the different publications of Harper s
Bros. The resolutions state that in the
issues OF Jan. 20 and Feb. 10, 1898, Harper s
Weekly did caricature in a shameful man
ner the Union veterans, designating them
denounced as fragrant outrage on the
survivors of the late war, who are part of
the noble, patriotic army and navy that
fought to maintain National honor and
save the Union and it's glorious flag from
disruption and degradation.
G. A. Zachary Post, TO- Department OF
Kentucky, Somerset, has adopted resolu-
tons asking the repeal of the limitation Of
claims law and the enactment of legisla-
ton which Will give each soldier pension
from the date his disability was incurred.
The support OF every GAR. comrade is
asked in this matter. The resolution is
signed by Commander c. II. Love, Adjt A.
o. Ham and Chap. Jesse Wilder.
Hesclutions favoring service pension OF
S12 per month were adopted unanimously
by Wainwright Post, Y, Department of
Texas, Alvin, Tex. III. l.. Barker is Com
John Buckcr Post 20, Department of
Oregon, has adopted resolutions asking
Congress to protect them from the pension
haters by enacting legislation which will
make it a misdemeanor for any person to
make any false statement derOgatory to the
character Of any soldier or sailor or any
witness who has testified in his behalf i'm
pension matters. The veterans further
ask that when a pensioner has teen drop
ped on account of his disability having
ceased to be of a pensionable degree, when
application is filed for renewal, alleging
the return of the disability, and the same
is supported by the affidavits of two prac-
ticing physicians, it shall be the duty of
the Commissioner OF Pensions to immedi-
ately order a new examination and decide
according to the facts. The Post also de-
mands that pensioners be furnished with a
copy of communications which affect their
claims, with the name of party making the
same. 1t is asked that penalty re at
p. Spencer is Commander and Thomas B.
Denslow Adiutant.
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THE GRIND HRMY.
What Veterans Are Doing for the
Good of the Order.

Commander A. III. Evans, of the Depart
ment OF Iowa, calls upon the comrades of
that State to properly observe Memorial
Day. He points to the fact that in recent
years the children and youth of the land
have taken a great interest and advises
that they be encouraged, as nothing can
more favOrably impress upon the present
generation the lesson of patriotism than
participation with the veterans of 51'65
in the exercises appropriate to the day.
L. +. Parker, Special Aid in Charge of
Patriotic Exercises, has prepared a circu-
gated
Referring to the need of activity and
earneStness in the ranks of the Grand
Army, Commander Evans says: There
has not been time since the war that
called more loudly upon the old soldier
pies of Fraternity Charity, and Loyalty.
That old flag which was carried through
the bloody civil war at last with victory
crOwning its folds, finds now not only the
boys in Hue but they who wore the
gray, ready to defend it against common
enemy if that dire necessity should arise.
The Grand Army has been a powerful
stimulus in promoting patriotism in the
land, because its members realize the cost
of freedom and also that eternal vigilance
is the price of liberty
'Iet the membership of all Posts OF this
Department be vigilant in maintaining
their organizations and especially in re-
storing to comradeship those who have
been suspended, and in gathering in those
who have never united with the Order. 1t
is gratifying to know that there IS still
activity in many Posts. That others may
be stimulated in their work, / will state
that gains for the past year in some of the
Posts have been from 40 to 142 per cent.
Both large and small are represented"
Maris PIERCE, Secretary of the Executive
having charge of the arrange
ments for the Annual Encampment at
Sioux City, announces that Gen. Hancock
Post, %, will present a silk flag valued at
$50 to the Post having the largest number
in the street parade. A $50 flag will also
be presented the Post making the best APP
pearance with not less than Is men.
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a New ASsoci,t;o,

There Is danger in impure blood. There is
safety and health in Hoods Sarsaparila.
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Girls who
have to stand
on their feet
III ost of the
time work as
h ard a S any
ay-laborer yet
they do not get
what is rightly
calledexercise.
Close, confn-
ing, indoor &C.
cupation gives
no exhiliration
to the nervousl
s y s t e IN n or
active circula-
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oNliNS NAA Viz -
ton to the blood 1t
wears, tears and drags a
woman's life away. ' The
whole physical syste m
grows sluggish and torpid
aindar Il
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-05

while beyond there is sudden drop with
fine sea room from ono to 2oN fathoms
deep, aside OF mile from the point.
Maya is marked by a lighthouse, visible
a long distance at sea. and the poiut "
properly fortified would guard the bay
thoroughly. for II is only three or four
miles across, and the batteries command
the whole entrance. The new batteries,
which II was the purpose OF the fleet to
reduce. were located on Gorda Point. which
is on the westward side OF the bay. just
about at the instep of the foot. These
batteries, IL they had been completed,
would have been serious impeachment to
the capture of Matanzas, as they command
the bay az point where II is considera-
bly, less than two miles wide.
There are other Notifications. Morillo
castle. directly opposite to Gorda Point,
San Severtno. on the same side with Gorda
and Just outside OF the city. and Penas
Atlas Fort on the southeast front OF the
bay Matanzos, Itself way up at the toe,
was we'll out Of the line os the fire 1t is
divided into three sections by the two
rivers very much as Chicago Is split up.
Pueblo Nueso corresponding to the South
side, Matanzss to the West side. and ver-
SALES TO the North Side OF Chicago Some
day, when Cuba has been made free, Ma
tanzas will he summer resort, for be-
tween the city and Maya Point are the eel
ebrated caves OF Bellamar, opening iuto
the bay. There used TO be ns hotel
there but the insurgents took a notion TO
burn II up one night, and succeeded SO
admirably that there is not now nothing
left OF IT, but when peace come American
tc;irists will undoubtedly flock into tia
beautiful bay. not only 10 visit the caves,
but 10 see the two spots ut which the
American navy directed It's first Are since
the war of the rebellion. Matnnzas bay
is peculiar owing to the fact that warships
car sail up IT, and have deep water within
a mile Of the city. SO tina 1t will be per-
fectly feasible to comnani the town when
L is desired &c make landing there.