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Victims to stomach. liver aud kidney
troubles as well as women, and all feel the
results in loss Of appetite, poisons in the
blood, backache, nervousness, headache
and tired, istless, rundown feeling. But
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W. Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He says:
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man when be is all run down, and don't
care whether he lives or dies. It did more
to give me my strength and good appetite
than anything Icould take. Only so cents,
1T Vaughan's Pharmacy. Every bottle
guaranteed.
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Working Night and DaY

The busiest and mightiest little thing
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of health, that changes weakness into
strength, listlessness into energy. brain-fag
into mental power. They're wonderful in
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Say that you saw a man stricken with
paralysis" says the Manayunk Philosopher,
"and people win pity him; but state that
you saw him paralyzed and he gets no
sympathy"
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said; THE good win OF the veterans
was manifested wherever went.
There was not a ripple against me
wherever I met them. The only oppo-
sition was led by Washington attor-
neys, whose attempts to influence the
encampment were a failure from be-
ginning to end. l am much gratified
at the outcome of the encampm ent, so
far as the Pension Office is concerned,
and l am feeling very comfortable over
the fact that. after SO much threatened
trouble for me at Philadelphia, / have
returned to Washington, not only un-
scathed, but witha strong endorsement
of my official acts. 1 have performed
my full duty conscientiously both to
the government and to the pensioners,
and | say again that am highly graft
fed that the veterans have acknowleig.
cd my good faith in the administration
Of my Office"
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Req Hot From the Gnn

Was the bali that hit g. B. Steadn,an OF
Newark, Mich. in the Civil War. It
caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment
helped for 20 years. Then Bucklsn's Arnica
salve cured him. Cures Cuts, Bruises,
Burns, Boils. Felons, Corns, Skin Eruptions.
Best Pile cure on earth. 25 cts. q bog.
Cure guaranteed. Sold at vaughan's Phar-
macy. W t8stse
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)MMISMO " N II Ii
Evans has been
holding a con.
.inuous reception
to G. A. r. men
ever since be re.
turn d from the
enca N p m 9 n {.
Speaking Of his
experience at the
encampment he
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Mrs. Henpeck-"You heartless wreichl
My contempt for you is too deep for words
Henpeck Thank goodness for that
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Patron" "confound i'll you've cut me.
That comes Of heavy drinking" convivial
Barber-sYes, tdoes make the skin tender.h
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Old Reader-Almost any kind Of goods
win make bandage for your dogs head.
Mnzzlin' is recommended.
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"This Is dead easy remarked the would
be snicide as he swallowed dose OF prussic
acid. .5ssf
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Its singular" commented the literary
hack, "that never get up in the world
though I'm constantly exchanging lore for
hire"
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It's worth . BAG Of gold.n This applies
with special f6soe to Hoods SarsspnriIla,
Amsrios's Grsatest Medicine.
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When fellows countenancs falls there
might be said to be q drop in his face value.
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Tardanier Stands.

.J..rdanier Stands.
HalI Stands, Hanging Hat
AA' Racks.
Easles in Bamboo, Oak and
- White.
y M irrors for Mantels and
:. 4EA Parlors.
Ebony and Oak Book
IL Racks.
.Dugs in all sizes of Smyrna
N and goat skin.
Ctands-Card, Umbrella and
- Parlo1.
nttomans and small articles
" for ornamentation.
New Novelties in Furniture.
Window Shades. Carpets by
sampleS
The above articles, and many
more at
J. H. EMERSON'S,
Middletown, Delaware
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Even pale ale vim make . fellows moss
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The War Department wishes it
known that it will forward packages
Of books and papers to soldiers in the
Philippines, free of charge. IL they are
sent to either Mai. Long. United States
Quartermaster, San Francisco, CAL, or
Col. Jones. United States Quartermas-
ter, New York City. These packages
may be for general distribution or adj
dressed to any organization, just as the
donators may please.
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President Mckinley and Secretary
Rot are both pleased at the rapidity
with which the recruiting Of the new
regiments for the Philippines is going
on. Although number Of the re-.
cruiting offices in various sections
have inst opened. reports to- the War
Derartment show that half of the ten
regiments are already enlisted. The
official order FOR recruiting two colored
regiments, which win be the last of the
volunteers, was issued Saturday after.
noon.
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Z y Il
Senator Bevsridse, Of Indiana, who
recently returned from the Philippines,
where he made an exhaustive, personal
Investigation of affairs. was warmly
welcomed Ey President Mckinley, to
whom he made very full statement,
during conferences covering consider
able portion Of three consecutive days.
Senator Bsysridge declined to make
statement for publication at this time,
concerning what he told the President,
bat 1t js7known that the President COD
siders the Information brought him to
be important, and that much of it is
Of what Prof. Scburmau
had already told him.
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The association of Spanish War
Veterans, whose first encampmsnt has
just closed, elected President McKin.
ley as their 6rst honorary member.
Gen. ]. W. Ksifer. Commander-in.
Chief, and Miss Helen Gould, Sponsor.
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d s-
Brigadier General 0venshine, late
Commander Of the Second Brigade of
Lawton's division, Eighth Army Corps,
Is Is IL II Washington on sick- leave. Ha
said Of his Philippine service: 81 had
in my brigade the Wyoming, North
Dakota and Idaho regiments of vOlun-
teers, and the 14th Infantry of Regu-
lars, and was. in the southern part of
Luzon with Lswton, about six weeks.
We captured everything we went after
and held every city we took. Gen.
OvenshiAe says be thinks the next cam
paign will wind up the rebellion. OF
the mems rations he said: "We had
the best Australian beef and mutton,
even better than you get in Washing
ton. Our other supplies were equally
as good, and there was no complaint -
and of another story. wildly published,
be said: "As to the reports of Filipino
soldiers mutilating cur dead, and eur
soldiers mutilatipg the enemy for re.
venge. ! never saw single case of
any kind of mutilation and don't be.
heye there was any with 4aw;oh's
commsnd.n
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WHSHINGF6N LETTER.
From our special Correspondent.

a,haa1al1Ial,....< oMMfsSI NER
The National tribune., 1899-02-16

Walter Armitage and David Bronson
Chicago newspaper compositions; Patrick
O'Neil, an ex-Sergeant of ReCu larS, given to
apt remarks and brave deeds; Karl Brent
man, a lovable German youth, all enlist
after the Fall of Fort Sumter. One Stock,
a phlegmatic young man, who, despite
his stupid appearance, is Quick-witted
and an excellent marksman, is in the
regiment, and becomes one of the group OF
friends. A set of toughs, one "Peory
among them, also enlist and prove cow
ards from the first. "inky," an office
boy, becomes an artiiieryman. whose
dashing work secures him speedy pro-
motion. Dick Morgan, a compoSitor, who
enters the rebel army, is met by the
comrades at various times. The File
soon get promotion, O'Neil becoming a
Lieutenant. Kari falls madly in love with
bewitching, fiery, contrary rebel girl.
They are with the amy operating against
Vicksburg, and in the preceding chapter
participate at Chickasaw Bayou where
Stock is shot. and the File do not see him
again when the army falls back. When
Col. Eilet, commanding the Queen of the
West ram, runs among the rebel boats in
the river to sink the vessel City of VickS-
burg, O'Neil, fearing for the fate of his
comrades, who are on board, sets off to
find them as the Queen steams back and
is captured by several rebels. He recog
nizes former II, gular Army officer in the
General commanding the rebe! forces into
whose camp he is taken. The General
tries to win O'Neil over to the rebel side.
O'Neil agrees, insincerely, of course to
change his allegiance, and listens to a
plan by which a Union force may be
captured. ONeil finds Stock prisoner,
and at the rebel hospital. They escape.
The National tribune., 1899-02-16

C. l.. Ward, 9Th and 10th Wis. batteries,
Roseburg, Ore. C0mrade Ward was a gold
and silver miner before and since the
war, but is now SO disabled by rupture
that he is una bic to work. All his efforts
to get the Pension Bureau to adIudicate
h = case have been futile, though he has
had the active support Of Sena or Shoup
Commissioner Binger and Representatiye s
fr0u Oregon and Idaho. He is now in
" ashinglon to fight the thing through.
Like all men OF his profession, Comrade
" ard has had great vicissitudes of fortune,
sometimes being well off and in little
while wiihout enou h for grub stake. y
He had some lively experiences with the
Indians, and was once captured by them
and Stripped nearly naked and compelled
to make his way back to civil cation bare
footed, travelling over 100 miles through
IA desert infested with thorns and prickly-
pears. AT the time his increasing dis
abilities prevented his continuing work
ne h I'd eight or ten good mines, but he h S
lost ne rly all of them. owing to his m
ability to do the work required By law.
He had father in the 18Th Wis. who was
taken prisoner at Shiloh, and kept till
The National tribune., 1899-02-16
CHAPTER LVIII.

it is time that we inquire into the fate oil
Bronson and Karl. They escaped I'M
hurt when the Queen OF the West ran the
batteries on the I'd of February. After
lying several days at the foot of the hill
the ram started down the river in search
OF new exploits. A wolf bursting through
the doors OF Sheepfold would be no
worse apparitiOn to the trembling flock
than was her appearance 10 the unarmed
fleet plying on the 400 miles of the Missis-
sIppi between Vicksburg and Port Hud-
son and the tributaries.
1t had been believed that the batteries
at these two places so effectuaily pro
tected the river between them from the
incursions of the National vessels that
the rebel boats went about their bust
ness with the most absolute feeling of
safety. As there was no way of COM
municating the fact of the presence of a
Yankee gunboat in these waters, the
FIRST intimatiOn they had of it was when
the queen came up alongside and de-
manded their surrender. In this way she
captured and destroyed several boats of
much Importance TO the rebels, and great
cargos OF military supplies they could i'll
afford TO lose. Her foray on the water had
ali the characteristics of a cavalry raid on
Land
The little city of Natchez had sunk into
profound slumber-the slumber thatwould
come TO the people of a drowsy Southern
town after they talked and listene ed
themselves into WEAKNESS over the daily
recurring subject of the depravity of the
sNauths the Understandable heroism of the
oouth, the inevitableness OF nation OF
gentlemen" defeating "iow -down money
grabbers," and the 'sassiness" OF the
ringers. Even the officers and soldiers
On the camp, that lay on the bluff lust
back Of the town, had become fatigued i'm
tnen efforts to get up satisfactory ca
The National tribune., 1899-02-16
OUR WAR BOOKS.

We send with each subscription to TIKI
NATIONAL TRIBUNE for one year any two
of the following volumes. They are sub.
stantially bound In leatherette and we'll
printed on good paper. 4
The list is as follows:
The CannOneer, 3s4 pages. By Au.
gustus c. Buell.. hlrie
Capturing ~, Locomotive, 1884
pages. BY Rev. VIM, Pi,tengar.
The Boy Spy in Dixie. by J.
%. Kerbey. IaA
Further Adventures Of the
Boy Spy. By j. O. Kerbey.
ST klegg; 800, pages; illustrated by
Coffin. n5
Further Mi~liaps to ST and
shorty, 44S pages. BY John McElroy.
The Great Rebellion, Vol. L
512 pages. By j. r. Headley.
The Great RebelliOn, VOL II, GIG
pages; both illustrated.
The. Adventures of AIf Will
son, 25G pages. BY himself
Personal History OF u. 8.
Grant. 630 pages BY Albert D. Rich
ardson
The Secret Service, 1893 pages.
By Gen. Lafayette C. Baker.
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Some time ago a well known business man
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his wife, and he never knew whit eur d him of
the habit. He ddeniy evineed such u dislike
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young MAN just Il He was u cigarette fiend,
inh ling the deadly fumes almost constantly,
and he too; was male sick of the ''weed.'
III is mother enjoys quiet laugh to herself, at
the manner in which th,. young man lis of
how he came to tn Conclusion that cigarettes
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The remedy is odoriess and tasteess, can be-
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AS we are by nature subject tn many dis
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If a peculiar pain attacks you, try to
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The da acts as a mechanical irritant to
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either bring the Army near him or carry
him in safety to the Union lines.
This he did until, within a few months
Lee surrendered and the war closed. In
his youth and inexperience Geissingel
was ignorant of the necessity OF his being
regularly mustered out OF the service;
hence did not after that seek to return to
his regiment. While in one way it has
no direct bearing on this case, we deem
it well to say that Geissinger'S father and
three of his brothers served in the Union
army, and were honorably discharged,
except two Of his brothers, who were killed
In battle.
Finally, your committee finds that Jas.
Geissinger was patriotic youth, dill
gent, faithful, conscientious soldier; that
he Imperfect his life in his attempt to re-
join his command, and made every reason
able effort TO complete his full term oil en-
liStment, and we therefore recommend
that the bill do pass with the following
amendment:
Add after the word "Infantry," in line
seven, the following
provided, That no pay, bounty u or
other emOluments shall become due or
payable by virtue of the passage of this
act"
Talbert, of South Carolina, made a
vicious attempt to defeat the bill, but it
was laid aside with favorable recon-
mendatiOn.
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leaving the NatcheZ people with a new
theme Of interest for future discussion,
and sending the prisoners up the river on
one Of the captured boats, the Queen pur-
sued her raid down stream until she came
to the mouth of Red River which was
next in Importance to the Mississippi, to
the Confederacy.
1T was a fruitful source OF supplies, and
If the boats plying upon its waters could
be captured and destroyed it would cripple
the rebels very materially. The gallant
commander turned his PROV up the turbid
red waters, and. at every landing found
stores of provisions i'm readiness for trans
portation TO the armies at Vicksburg and
Port II hudson, and still farther 10 the east
ward. The flames, hungrier even than
armed men, Toasted iuxuriously upon
these, and millions of dollars disappea red
in clouds OF fame and smoke DAVIS
were spent on the work of destruction
and on one of them a steamer was seen
| coming, unconscious of the presence of a
foe.
Before she got near she discovered the
true character OF the Queen, and turned to
| fly. She was pursued: a well directed
shot tore away her pilot house when she
surrendered. She was the Era No. 5.
| loaded with pork and corn for the rebel
| army at Port Hudson. Her engines were
| repaired and she was taken along by the
Queen as Il tender.
The ascent OF the narrow, tortuouS river
was continued. The turns i'm the rivers
course are so many and abrupt that Il
! days course would take il no farther int
| the country than a man could walk by
going across the bends. The bars were
| numerous and as no pilots could be pro-
| cured the one on the Era was compelled
20 do service, with guard OF two sta
| toned with him with instructions TO shoot
| him down at the first evidence of trcach
cry.
/ In rounding bend The Queen came
upon heavy battery commanding the
stream. IL was the afterwards famous
! Fort De 1sussy. She opened upon il and
steamed towards it For few minutes
her magnificent audacity promised 90 be
J successful The rebels could Ec seen
streaming out Of the fort in panic. and
the fire OF the guns almost ceased The
| Queen rode calamity on until she was
within 300 yards OF the rebel works Great
c iumbiads, painted a brilliant red,
ya@ned grimIY in the em6rasures, but
were silent The few of the garrison who
still remained were looking wonderingly
cut OF the portfolios
We've got de fort" said Karl i'm an
ecstasy, throwing down the sponge staff
with which he had been swabbing one of
the howitzers on the hurricane deck, that
he might clap his hands.
Yes, ! guess it S ours" said Bronson,