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THE GRAND ARMY.
What Veterans Are Doing
for the Good Of the Order.
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA.

Everything indicates that the coming
Department Encampment, which will be
held in San Diego the first week in May
will be largely attended. Excursion rates
have been secured both by rail and steam
ship. If the proposition of the latter is ac-
cepted, the steamer on which representa-
tives from the northern part OF the state
will travel leaves San Francisco on FIJI
day, April 2S, arriving in San Diego some
time the following Sunday. The Encamp-
ment will be opened at p. m. on Mon
day, and probably continue until ihurs
day. Returning, the steamer VIII SAIL
from San Diego on Friday.
Candidates TO succeed Department Com
mander Sol Cahen are becoming su'ii.
ciently numerous to induce the BELIEF
that the contest for Department honors
will be exciting. Those prominently
named are Comrades A. F. Dill, OF San
Diego: A. c. Shafer, of Los Angeles, ana
A. j. Bell, of Ventura. The prevailing
impression is that the honors this year
will go to the southern part OF the STATE,
as the last five Department Commanders
have hailed from the northern portion.
The comrades and citizens OF San Dlego
are making extensive preparations, ana a
cordial welcome with generous hospitality
will be extended to all visitors on TINS the
first occasion of a Grand Army Encamp-
ment in that southern city.
The bill transferring the veterans
Home at YOuntville to the State authoIi l.
ties is in the hands of Gov. Gage. Al
present the Home is filled to its capacity
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Ladies' of The G.. Ar.

National Press Correspondent EImira
Springer, Chicago, H., writes: The Order
is gaining in membership, over 500 new
names having been added since last Sep
tember National President Agnes Wins
low, accompanied by her Secretary, Miss
Esher, recently visited Philadelphia TO
make preparations for the coming Con
vention.
Mrs Winslow is charter member OF
the first Circle ever formed, and has al
ways been an active and tireIess worker,
and much Of its late success is due to her
personal popularity and the high esteem
i'm which she is held by its members. Her
large acquaintance in the different States
has stimulated the old Circles to new
efforts, and has had the effect Of building
up new ones which are strong, vigorous,
and full Of zeal for their beloved organi-
zation.
THE news from the West is Of the most
gratifying character. Montana, il is con
fidently believed, will have a Department
before the year rolls round. Illinois is in
"A most fourishing condition. Minnesota
is another State that may be proud OF its
record. The growth OF the Society in that
State is phenomenal. This State is the
home Of our former National President,
Flora NJ. Dayy, one OF the best officers the
ladies' of the G.. 4. r. has ever placed in
the Presidents chair. Like our present
President, she was faithful and energetic,
and, without a thought OF self, gave all
her time To the work OF advancing the in
terests OF the Order. The future Of the
Ladies Of the GAR. was never brighter
than at the present time
The National Correspondent also sends
an account OF a pleasant Joint inStalla-
tion Of officers by T.. j. Jenkins Post,
452, and Col. Gallugan Circle, 20, GeneseO,
III. John w. Withrow is the new Com
mander, and Mrs. Bernicc ii. VOss is
President. About $50 members Of the two
societies were present.
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Japan's Fighting Crabs.

Perhaps the most savage specimen of
the crab species is found in Japan. He
seems to think Of nothing but fighting, to
delight in nothing half so much. The
minute he spies another of his kind he
scrapes his claws together in rage, chal-
lenging him to the combat. Not Il moment
is wasted in preliminaries, but at ii they
go. hammer and tongs. 1t sounds like
stones grinding against each other as
their claws rattle against the hard shells.
The sand flies as the warriors push each
other hither and thither until at last one
of them stretches himself out in the sun,
tired to death But he does not beg for
mercy or attempt to run away, only feebly
rubbing his claws together in defiance of
the foe. That foe comes closer and with
his claws trembling with Joy at his vic
tory, the conqueror catches hold of one
claw of the vanquished crab, twists it
until it comes off and bears away the
palpitating limb as a trophy of his
prowess. Such is battle between war
rior crabs.
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UNION VETERANS UNION.
National Headquarters Report Encouraging
Re.u'ts in Many Departments.

Kansas is growing into magnificent
Department. New Commands are or
ganiZing from week to week. The same
may he said Of Oregon and South Dakota.
OF the Eastern Departments, the Depart
ment of Maine has grown most rapidly in
the last month.
All men who were at the front and who
have difficulty in getting proper recog
milton by the Government should Join the
Union Veterans Union and be properly
looked after and have their claims brought
vigorously to the attention of the Govern
ment.
The Union Veterans Union is organized
i'm the sole interest of the true veteran of
the war OF the rebellion, and all comrades
will unite and take an active part in
every election to see that no man comes
to Congress, or can be selected for any
prominent position, unless he is Il practi-
cal friend of the Union soldier.
New Commands should be organized in
every Assembly District in every State of
the Union. charter costs but SO, and
the yearly dues are nominal.
The members of the Union Veterans
Union in Iowa are giving particular con-
sideraton 10 the question OF the selection
of a proper man and good and tried friend
of the Union soldier, to take the seat
from that great soldier State in the
Senate of the United States, on the 4th
day Of March, 1901. The comrades will
have their eyes open toward the con-
struction of the Legislature, which is to
elect the next Senator
The u. v Z. is, SO to speak, the teeth
and claws Of the GAR; that is to say, il
acts, politically, for the benefit of ali the
Union veterans of the war of the rebellion
irrespective of particular organization.
The Union Veterans Union demands,
for the benefit of all the veterans, the
election, next Winter, to the Senate of the
United States of Union soldier from the
great soldier State. of Iowa. But the sol
dier must be pledged to the cause of the
Union veteran. 1t is singular but none
the less true, that, II, all these years,
Iowa has never yet been represented in
the Senate by a man who served an hour
in the Army in the field; now is the time
to remedy this absurdity.
u. V. u. men are mostly GAR. men
as well: and the u. V. U. works along
adjunctiyely with the GAR. The u. V.
U. takes an active. part. in elections, with
view to the interest OF the Union SOL
dier. All GAR men who were at the
front should be u. V. U. men also; so
that they can make their strength felt at
the DOl1S @ ID.
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woman's Veteran Relief Union.

Editor National Tribune: On account of
the extensive circulation of your most ex
cellent and truly soldier paper, we desire
to use its columns to reach the new Com
mands of Union Veterans Union, and call
their attention to the Woman's Veteran
X elief Union.
Eligibility of the W V. r. U. is based
on the service rendered to our beloved
country from 1861 to 1865 by kinsman of
the lady who is to be admitted. The
Order is an independent auxiliary. 1t is
governed entirely by its own officers and
laws enacted by it's own members, which,
when rightly interpreted, compels cheer
ful CO operation as well as voluntary as
sistance in every trial and duty, and re-
quires only due courtesy toward the
Union and a recognition by the Command
of the Union as an independent auxiliary
body. Adjutants OF all U. V. u. Com
mands are requested to communicate with
Ada B. johnson, National President, Bing.
hamton, N. Y, and receive copy OF the
Constitution of the Order.--Alrs. Anna r..
Taneyhill, Correspondent for National
Headquarters, W. V. Il. u, Akron, o.
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without receiving any pension as WIDOW.
OF course, this has reference only to pen
sion under the general law, which re-
quires that the soldiers death be proven
To be due to the service and line of duty.
T. p KIN the absence of official
record evidence, the Pension Bureau and
Interior Department are usually insist mt
upon the evidence of witnesses as to
time, place, and circumstances of incur
renee of wound or injury, in order that
line of duty may be clearly shown. An
inquiry by a member of Congress may
secure for you an official statement as to
the status of your claim in the PENSION
Bureau. year and half is not long
time to wait official action, especially If
the claim is under the general law and
has been on file some years, and so will
involve considerable amount of money
on the first payment.
V. j. NJ, Missouri.-The GOvernm ent
has not, to the knowledge of the editor of
this column, ever prosecuted a person for
false swearing against a penSiOner or pen
sion claimant. Section 1892, Revised
Statutes, providing penalty by fine not
exceeding 81, 600 and imprisonment for not
more than five years, for perjury, seems
to cover the case. Probably, too, the in
jured person has "A right To damages
action in the State courts under
State laws.
L. A. NJ, Chester, n. J.-InvalId pen
sion under the general law commences
from date of filing application in all cases
filed since June 3Gth, 1850. Invalid pen
sion under the act of 1890 commences
from the date of filing of the application,
from the filing of the last application;
usually, If previous applications have
been rejected. The act of June q, 1880,
is not the general law or ''old law as to
pensions. The general law as to pen
sions arising from service since March 4,
1851, was originally the act of July IA,
1862, now embodied in the Revised Stat
ltes, Section 1862, and following sections.
W. r. r., WOrthington, Ind.-1f you are
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Sons at Veterans.

prosperous little Camp Of the Ohio Di-
vision is Capt. r.. l.. Taggart, 1O6, of East
Palestine, 0. This Camp was organized
over year ago, and has now about 80
members, while new names are being
added To the roll at each meeting. II is
named in honor Of Capt. Taggart, Co. C.,
i04th Ohio, who raised a company near
East Palestine. On Union Defenders
Day the members turned out in a body &c
hear Rev. Corl, Past Chaplain of the Ohio
Department, GAR.
The 14th annual Encampment of the
Kansas Division will be held in Hutch
inson Kan, April 20, q and 28.
The National tribune., 1899-03-02
Hoaroke Association.

The 37th annual Reunion of the Roam
oke Association, at Boston, was at
tended by aEcut 40 members of the so
ciety. Capt William h. Richardson pre-
sided. Old officers were unanimously re-
elected, as follows: Pres, Capt. VIM. +.
Richardson; First Y. p, Capt. Chas. B
Amory; Second V. F., Capt. Samuel j.
Ellis; Treas, Col. Geo. ". Mason; Sec,
Capt. James Thompson; Chaplain and
Historian Geo S. Ball
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for the most beautiful and unique book
published, devoted exclusively to Flower
Seeds at the lowest prices consistent with
honest quality, and SO arranged that the
most inexperienced amateur can make a
selection without consulting "A botanical
dictionary, to S. Y. Haines & Co., Mime
apoliS, Mimi.
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Neb.,. May 10, 1893, being at that time
less than IS years old. Young Beachly
comes of good fighting stock His father
entered the Union army, July ], 1861, as
Captain, Co. II, 10Th Ind. After serving
IS months he was promoted Surgeon,
and assigned to the 22d Ind, in which he
served until the close of the war The
paternal great-grandfather of young
Beachly served seven years in the Revo-
lutionary army, and his maternal great
grandfather was I'm the War Of 1872 and the
principal campaigns of the Indian war in
Ohio and Indiana
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VyANTED-By William III. AmdOn, Montesano,
w Chehas Co., Wash. During December, 1861, or
January 1862, while acting Orderly Sergeant in co.
l., 1ilth Pa, at Camp Ere, contracted pneumonia.
While in camp slept outside with one Mr.. Bre-,t.
During January was sent home 10 Haytield -1ax-
ford Co, Pa Being still sick wher. the regn left
for Baltimore the regiuenIa csticers advi,ed to
stay home. and ne-er able 10 join il again.
Ny original pension applied for about lSS2 1885,
still pending Any comrade knowing the trul ulhfulness
of my regarding sickness III Camp Erie will
confer savor by writing my lungs, liver and
kidneys still ailing. 9l0-6t
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The illustration from photograph which presented scene
the like of which docs fall within the
nabitan The photograph taken the second
morning great blizzard showing the Capitol in the dis
fance TRB building the left Although
now-pows work for days. the electric street rail
way tracks the still covered under
the icy blanket
There storms between them the coolest weather
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guaranteed or money returned. Manufactured and sold
by tie kOkomo Pharmacy Co only. Samples Free.
3S15 w. Walnut street, Kokomo, Indiana.
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when writing to advertisers in this paper.
They want you to do So aud it will insure
dcavor to keep our columns free from decep-
tiOn and fraud.
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NEBRASr1'S YOUNG SOLDIER.

Less Than 10 Years Old, and Enlisted In
spanish- A m erican War.
Nebraska claims the honor of furnish
ing the youngest soldier in the Spanish
American war. He is Herbert Harris
Beachly, son of COmrade n. j. Beachly,
of Lincoln, Neb. He was born in Lincoln
June 1, 1888. and enlisted in Co. F, I'd
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National Bureau estabhedn 8the thermom-
falling degrees Then the snowfall
gale The official report showed the total
depth inches the level but the wind piled into
drifts making effective railroad blockade
DAYS during which arrived and none
Washington Ii phenomenon not often witnessed even
the norherly sections OF the country
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VIZ ANTED-By Mary Luce, Box 64e, Nantucket
w Mass, the name and address OF anyone VINO
was aboard, knew James H. Luce when in service
the u. ) >. Lafayette; enlisted Feb. Is, 1864
second-cass fireman discharged Feb. Is, 1865,
the mouth of the Red River. 9l43t
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QUILT PATTERNS.

We want every quilter 10
have our book of 500 de-
signs. containing the pretli-
est, quearest, scaTcest, most
gro;t sqie patterns from old
log cabin 10 stars and OuZZle
des ions All sent pcstp lid
for five % stamps cor silver
d m' +; 3 for 25c LADIES'
AFT CO. 2O3 Pine ST.,
II OF, St. Louis, No.
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WANTED-ADDRESSEI

"ANTED-To correspond with some comrade
w who was captured In the battle at Atlanta, Ga
July q, 1864; taken AndersOnville prison then
back to point of exchange, Atlauta In September
October same year. Address j. j. Moreheld Cor
teZ, MonteZuma Co, Colo. 9ljAt
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A bill has been introduced in the Mis-
souri, Legislature by Hon. Homer Hall,
son of Judge Advocate Hall, prohibiting
the wearing of the GAR. button by any
person not a member OF the Order.
w. IL. L. Wallace Post, Ell Dorado,
Kan., at recent meeting appointed Com
mander A. d. Pattee, Adj't w. l.. Riley,
and Comrade A. f. Myers committee to
draft resolutions on the death of Com
mander in-Chief Sexton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
INDIAN SNAKE DANCES.
Customs Are Prohibited. But # k Impossible to Always
 Prevent Them.


 In speaking of the missionary work needed for the Indians in the west student of the Indian school at Carlisle thus describes the snake dance: s@The Moqui snake dance is held once every year, and in the summer only. These dances are held on the top of high mesa, where the villages are situated. The dance I saw took place at Oriba, 30 miles from Keams Canyon, A. T. One could hardly believe that the snake dancers held those rattlesnakes in their mouths unless he saw it himself, but I can assert that such thing is true. When the,snake dancer finishes his per- formanee with a reptile he puts it on the ground, and, as was standing near, one of them made straight for me. Of course ran; so did those who stood near me, but one of the snake dancers saw it and picked it up as you would gentle eat.
 These men don't care, however, to pick up a snake when it is in a coil, They put their sacred meal, as they call if, on the snakes, and brush them gently with the soft end of their feathers until the rattlesnalles start to run, then catch them.
 These dances in the desert are meant as prayers for rain, addressed to the gods in the under world, to whom the snakes are believed to act as messen- gers When the dance ends the snakes are reverently restored to liberty, in trusted with the moquf-prayers to the gods. After the dance that day it rained hard, and the people would naturally believe that the snake dance had brought the storm.
 "At Ponca, 0. T, a sun dance was held, and in their excitement the Pom eas cut holes in their flesh, through which they introduced thongs and fas- tened these to saplings, until, pulling at them, each dancer fainted or fell from exhaustion. White Weather, a noted ehieftain, was overcome by the heat, and died from its effects. He came fron Nebraska with about 50 of his people visit the Poncas.
 ''The Messiah dance, the sun dance and the war dance are prohibited but agents find it difficult to prevent their occurrence. They are most demoraliz- ing. An agent imprisoned 300 Indians who contrary to his orders, persisted in the ghost dance. After religious serv- ice all the chiefs spoke, and these were some of their words: I trust the Christian people. We have talked to the Great Spirit. I don't know something true, but just worship. see the earth and the trees and the sky and know somebody must have made them. We don't know about it, but you know about the Christ We wish you to tell the Great Spirit for us, for you are more His children, and He listens more to you. We want the women to come up to their white sisters and learn the right. We are like in the dark, but these words are light to us-good words. We want church. We give you place. IN. Y. Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

unjust and unlawful. She insists that the woman as we'll as the man, married or otherwise, should, and legally is, qualified to choose such employment as she likes and is capable of filling, and any legislation which disqualifies her to do this is class legislation, and so illegal. She insists that the old adage that woman's place is the home" is a back number; that woman must do her part in the support of the home as we'll as the man, and that she alone is called upon to say whether she chooses to make her part that of servant girl or something higher. She broadly intimates that any man who would sentence woman to drudgery in the home is ia mean, contemptible thing" whether he be a member of the school board or not.
 But the strongest argument which she presents for the retention of mar ried women as teachers in the Chicago schools is when she asks:
 "If am forced to quit teaching what will become of my husband?"
 We venture to say that that is a poser for Dr. Andrews and his associates of the board of education. It is putting this important question in new and puzzling light. So long as the woman alone was concerned it did not so much matter whether she was allowed to teach or not, but the case is different when we consider the awful possibili- ties of hungry husband. We beseech the honorable members of the board of education to consider this question of awhat will become of the husbands" carefully before the veteran married Iady teachers of the Chicago public schools are discharged.
 WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-02-05
TWO FAMOUS BROTHERS.
The Rise, Career and End of Two ''Bad Men'' of the West
 ern Frontier.

"One of the leading papers of New York printed story a few days ago." remarked an old reporter, telling how the typical bad man of the frontier has gradually become extinct. It was very interesting, and mentioned num- Der of noted desperadoes, among others the famous Mclaughlin brothers, killed in Arizona in 1889.' happen to know a good deal about these brothers, and they were really very remarkable people. They differed in one important particular from all other western celeb rities-they didn't exist No, Pm not joking. They were unveiled in about 1878 for the edifcation of the numerous 'tenderfeet' who were thronging into the Colorado silver district. In those days stories of frontier adventure were in great demand, and the noted des- peradoes of the region were used as central figures in hundreds of purely imaginative yarns spun by enthusiastic reporters. The only trouble about it was that the desperadoes themselves would occasionally kick, so it occurred to a well-knoWn scribbler named Billy Taylor, to manufacture a couple of real bad men about whom he could romance with safety. Accordingly he created the Mclaughlin brothers, and, just is he expected, they were taken up by the papers far and wide, and their exploits soon became the talk of the west. Fay Tor presently acquired wide reputa- ton for nerve by the fearless manner in which he roasted these dangerous men, particularly the younger brother, Silas Mclaughlin, who butchered nine cowboys at Santa Fe because one of them stepped on his foot. 'Red-handed miscreant,' .dastardly assassin and 'rope-ripe ruffian' were some of the pet names he applied to him, in spite of the warnings of admiring friends. Event ually the brothers became so firmly es- tablished in the public mind that any doubt as to their actuality would have been secuted, and to this day you can find scores of men all over the frontier who will swear that they have met and conversed with them. I don't know how the story of their death originated, but dare say some oldtimer concluded that the joke had gone about far enough, and killed them on the same principle that Ceryantes finished off Don Quixote, "-New Orleans Times Democrat.
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unteer regiment.
 In way these men might be classed as veterans of these regiments, be- cause the volunteer regiment and the national guard regiment is practically identical. But their claims are made with an intent to deceive, and for the purpose of reaping a little honor to which they are not entitled Not all of the national guard veterans are in the habit of thus detracting from the honor due the men who really en- listed in the government service.
 One can hear on the streets almost any day conversations something like the following:
 "So you have been soldering some? What regiment were you in?"
 ..Yes; I'm veteran of the"
 Did your regiment go to the front this last summer2''
 "oh, yes; fought at Santiago, you know"
 What part of the fight was you in ?n
 Well you see my service in the regi- ment dates back several years, and I was out before the call for troops came, and couldn't very well join again at that time, so didn't see the fight my self. But my regiment was there all right"