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A Queer Character.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Re,
Gently one of the oldest members of the
GA. X. departed this life in Fillmore, Mo
/ had known him for over 30 years. He
was born April Is, 1894, in town of Nor
mandy, France. His name was Hypolite
Pelkeire, but was better known as Paul
Pelky. His family was exiled from France
when Paul was in his 18th year He
landed at Quebec with his parents and some
relations AT II years of age he fell deeply
in love with young exile from France His
father objected so strongly, that Paul left
his home never to return. He went 10
OgGensburg, \. Y, and roamed from place
to place. He was at the battle of Lundy's
Lane, June 25, 1914. He joined band of
Indians and traders and came To New York.
From there he went to New Orleans. La.
where he remained some time and was next
found with Joseph Roridoux in St Louis.
Mo. Here he became an Indian trader and
had several narrow escapes during the
Black Hawk war.
Pelkeire went with Robidoux to the
Black Snake Hills.
In 1S45 he built two-story house on
what is now I'd street, st. Joseph, Mo.
using the lower one as shop. During
that Winter Paul died" and was placed in
his coffin. In going down the steps one of
the pall-bearers slipped, as also did the coffin.
and all went to the bottom of the stairs.
The casket burst open, and after Paul had
ifeed hinlseH ne uttefed IeW swear words
and walked upstairs to his room
Paul went to the Mexican war as a wagon
repairer; was wounded three times i'm one
battle. While riding from the battlefield
the caisson was overturned, breaking his
leg below the knee.
On March 20, 1862. he enlisted i'm the
Union army, and was mustered out April
>, 1853: on account OF wounds and physical
disability. He was brave to rashness. and
did not know fear. He worshiped the sun
and moon. His hatred of churches was
intense, and he had firm belief in witch
craft. POWELL, Co. d, 1st Mo. Eng'r's,
Maysville, Mo.
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The I'd Neb.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please
answer the following questions: How
many regiments We're mustered into service
IN the civil war that were never engaged in
battle? "
Second. Was the 2d Neb. ever engaged,
and how many killed and wounded in said
regiment during civil war;. H. LUKE.
18th Iowa. Lincoln, Neb
II. There We're about 2.1OO regiments
mustered into the United States service. 1t
would be impossible for us to say how MANY
never We're in an engagement, but the num-
Der would be comparatively small.
2. We presume that our CORRESPONDENT
means the ID Neb. Cav, as VIC can find no
record of an infantry regiment of that
number. The I'd Ncb. Cav. served nine
months from Oct. %, 1862. 1t has am
official RI Jrd of an engagement at the
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Signal Corps.

The oath Annual Reunion of the United
States Veteran Signal Corps Association
was held in Philadelphia during GA r.
Encampment, and was an enjoyable occa-
sion to all of the 120 members present. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: Pres, Thos. NJ. Sewell, New
Athens, O.; v. P.'s, Oscar C. Calkins,
Charles F. Currie, Evan Russell; Sec.-
Treas, Chas. DIV. Marcy 155 Frank
lin street, Boston, Mass; Asst Sec
Treas, James H. Kelly, IT'S Hamilton
street, Albany, n. Y; Historian, j. Willard
Brown; Q. NJ, Fred ID. Hills; Chap, Alex.
Ashley.
The 25th Annual Reunion TO be held
with the GAR. Encampment at Chicago.
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YESTERDAYS
In WASHINGTON.
Pen Pictures of Celebrities of
the Past Generation.
BY MARY S. LOCKWOOD.

Copyrighted, 1899, by The NATIONAL TRIBU NE
WHO WROTE LAUGH, AND THE WORLD
LAUGHS WITH YOU:
A picturesque parsonage one meets
occasionally on the streets of Washing
ton is Col. John A. Joyce. He has a most
striking personality-tall. erect, white
flowing hair reaching to the shoulders
astrikingiy-handsome face, Chesterfield
manner, pleasant word for everybody,
and always ready with some pleasant
reminiscence to relate.
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Col. Joyce lives in Georgetown. On
the corner of Thirty-second and u streets.
West Washington, D. c., stands large
double brick mansion. 1t is situated on
Georgetown flights, and is $50 feet above
the level OF the Potomac. 1T sits amid
cedars, pines, naples, vines, and flowers.
The house was built by Col. Scott, of South
Carolina. When the civil war broke out
he, with his family, went South and left
the property in the hands OF Josiah Dent,
late Commissioner of the District In
1863 and 1864 this house became the home
of Gen. Halleck. When he retired from
the command Of the army, Gen. Grant, with
his family and staff, took possession of the
mansion, and the General lived there until
the rebellion was over. For the last 20
years it has been occupied by Col. Joyce
and family.
When | was visiting the historic homes
of the District gathering material for the
preparation of my book, Mrs. John A.
Logan and ] made visit to this house
In passing through the different rooms
We saw in the daughters room a picture
of Ella Wheeler Wilcox. turned to Mrs.
Joyce, and said: "Do tell me the true in
wardness of the origin of that poem, Laugh,
and the World Laughs With You?'"
Mrs. Joyce smiled, and answered:
Mr.. Joyce sent me that poem before
We were married. / pasted it onto nv
fan and carried il until it was yellow with
age. That is my part of the history"
Mr.. joyce afterward related this in
incident: When | was d student in college
l occasionally wrote fugitive poems and
sent them to Prentiss, Of the Louisville
COurierJ ourndL, which he accepted and
paid for In the early days of the war nv
regiment was stationed at Louisville. |
one day called at the Journal office 10 nav
my respects 10 Mr.. Prentiss and thank him
for his courtesy TO me.
Il was then a Sergeant in the army.
After my call was made. ] arose to leave.
and he asked me to stay and 90 with him
to the hotel to meet some gentlemen, and
lunch with them. ! did so. When the
lunch was about over the conversation
drifted 10 inspiration in writing or writing
to order, or whether one must always wait
for the divine afIiatus.' Differences of
opinion obtained. | was handed a scrap
of paper and asked by Prentiss to write
something. This poem of Laugh, and
the World Laughs With You was the
result" /"
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The Washington Humane Society for
mally expressed its regret that the feelings
Of humane people were allowed TO be shock
ed by the use of docked horses to draw the
carriage in which Admiral Dewey rode.
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LOVE AND LAUGHTER.

Laugh, and the world laughs with YOU.
Weep. and you weep alone;
This grand old earth must borrow its mirth
II has trouble enough of its own
Sing. and the hills will answer.
Sigh, il is lost on the air;
1he echoes bound TO joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
BE glad, and Your friends are many.
BE sad, and you lose them all;
insee are none TO decline your nectared
wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train:
But, one by one, We must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of main
Feast, and your halls are crowded:
Fast, and the world goes by;
Succeed and give, twill help you live:
But no one can help you die.
Rejoice, and men will seek Won:
Grieve, and they turn and go
ihey want full measure for all your pleas
ure,
But they do not want your Woe.
Col. Joyce added: when l read at the
breakfast table the death of Vanderbilt I
wrote on the margin Of my morning paper:
There's No Pocket in a Shroud."
The following is that poem:
You must leave your many millions
-, And the gay and festive crowd;
Though you roll in royal billions,
There's no pocket in a shroud
netner pauper, prince, or peasant
Whether rich, or poor, or proud
Remember that there isn't
Any pocket IN a shroud
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Pawnee Reservation, where it lost 1 killed
and wounded; at White Stone Hill, 2
killed and wounded. and again in the
same place, where it lost 4 killed.-EDITOR
NATIONAL TRIBUNE
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Veterans in the City.

Henry T. Howe, 37th N. Y, and 18th
Kan, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Comrade
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You'll have all this world of glory,
With record long and loud,
And name in song and story,
But no pocket in shroud.

$50 be generous with your riches
Neither vain, nor cold, nor proud
And you'll gain the golden inches
In cline without cloud
About Ella Wheeler Wilcox Col. joyce
said: 81 believe she is thoroughly honest
in her thought that she is the author of that
poem. There are other instances on record
Of such mistakes having been made. Some
time she had read my poem, and it had
found a lodgment in her brain; years after
ward it came back to her as a memory,
and she thought it inspiration. That is
my explanation of the whole matter"
Col. Joyce does not in controversy for
get the gallantry due lady in all he has
to say OF Mrs. Wilcox. He says she has
greatly enriched the world of literature
through her gift of poesy. and he thinks
she has written many things which sur
pass Solitude"
Since the interviewer has given new
spirit TO this controversy, and Mrs Wilcox
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! Il Hangs
| OIl-.....A

II il was only health, we
might let it cling.
But if is a cough. One cold
no sooner passes of before
another comes. But it's the
same old cough all the time.
And it's the same old story,
too. There Is first the cold,
then the cough, then pneu-
monia or consumption with the
long sickness, and life tremb-
ling in the balance.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-14
JAPANESE ARRAI,>ID.
kahuku Rioters Appear Beiors
Judge WilsuN

The Fix Kahuku Japanosr who Ga.
charged with murder and being acoes-
sories to murder, were arralgned be-
fore Judge Wilcox yesterday morning
Attorney General Cooper was assistea
by w. o. Smith in the prosecution. and
A. G. NJ Robertson appeared for thu
defendants.
Chas. l.. Kiesel, luna on the plan
tatiOn, was the first witness. He Is on
Of the most important Of the prosecu-
tons witnesses, and his testimony oC-
Cupied some time He positively lden-
tined the japanese who rode the horso
and gave the commands. lie also testi-
fled In regard TO the commencing Of thD
riot but was unable to identify any OF
ia" other japanese.
one Of the wounded Chinese was also
put on the stand. lie testified in re-
gard 10 the manner in which he had
been stabbed. and identified one OF the
defendant Japs as being the wielder Of
the weapon.
The case occupied the whole day and
was even then not finished. There wa
large crowd Of laps and Chincs"
present throughout the day. The ma
ter will come up again today
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-14
4 NOTE ON HAWAII.

Mr. W. j.. Marvin In The Review Of
Reviews gives an excellent and fair
account OF the Malay" in Hawaii.
But he does not correctly state some
ton. lie says, las far back as 1851 the
native monarchy had become so com
plctcly conquered by the frank, fair,
tactful measures OF the American resi-
dents that on its own initiative It
sought formal absorption Of Hawaii by
the United States"
While annexation was sought At that
time, II was not movement by the
native people, and was consented to by
the King and chiefs in order to pre-
vent serious troubles. It Is not. there
fore, a correct statement OF the case
Had there been general conviction
Of the need OF annexation, It would
have been accomplished many years
ago. The King and chiefs WERE not
willing to abdicate simply because il
was the ultimate tate or inc Islands t'
become American territory,
It would be a curious speculation to
define the condition OF the Islands, II
they had been annexed in 1851 aud
American law had prevailed here
There Is no reason to believe that the
Ns.atIcs would have been excluded, be-
cause at that time until the Pacific
Coast demanded 1t, men OF all nations
were welcome to the States, whore Ia
Dor was needed in order to dcvelon
their great resources.
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LEARNING SOMETHING.

over twenty-five years ago daring
farmer in the State OF Delaware ven
mrcd to abandon the ancient practice
Of raising wheat and corn on his
land, and in their places cultivated the
tomato plant As usual, his neighbors
laughed at him, Then he put in his
barn small and imperfect canning
lie sold his product to the
groceries, His neighbors
looked on with interest as he increas-
ed his crop from year to year. And
then one by one began to follow his
example. None OF them had any use
" that time Tor scientific men, 80 they
made blunders, got poor crops, sent
out imperfect goods, but AZ the same
time learned something,
Last month there was q meeting In
Dover, OF the tomato farmers, and
dealers in the product, II was stated
that there would be 10000 acres OF
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afapfs.y b.ga plssasna r.yefsr
sfH IsiIBh
laheaH sslI 1f bIs osb yauIilsu
Amefaah history tbat R vss'd b. a
a1nFp.,lBHH uus. oHIF b. aHaa b. -.
tonne wuH r1nspi. 80as steuts
An al1arab.s pstra.i ~ lanoaIn
.dup.Ida." u' tGs portrait PAINTED b.
.r1EsNaI aud uJN lu the roooglyu
room of fha White Iouss. may b. s.-sr
.u tb' afi room - ths Pa,bc Hard.
ware Company d. with portraits o.
Grant and Mckinley are - b. p,aor
IA the Honolulu Library. That Of LA
coin represents him In h. bos' day
tefor" the burden Of the civil var haa
almos. bent he frame. u would D.
htting 20 place beneath n. these ~or.l-
uf recantation pronounced on b-rhaif ~
The British nation.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-14
Coast Correspondent.

Owing 10 the interest now taken IN
the Hawaiian Islands, especially by
residents Of the Pacific Coast, and the
Importance OF their commercial rela-
tons with the United States, the San
Jose Mercury has secured a special
correspondent who will keep ITS read
ers fully informed as to all matters Of
interest that may occur. II. T.. Booth
by, who will represent the Mercury.
Is well known in San Jose. He Is 4
bright writer and close observer and
his letters will undoubtedly prove OF
great interest, says the San Jose Mer-
curry. Mr.. Boothby arrived in HilO
recently on a sailing vessel.
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Have Their { liuicr.

\ new army order provides tina
when volunteer organizations serving
in Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and tn
Philippine Islands, receive orders ~
proceed to the United States for mus
ter out OF service, officers end enlisted
men Of such organizations whose SER
vice has been honest and faithful, who
desire 70 remain IN those Islands, may
be discharged by Commanding Gener-
ais OF Departments upon written APP
plications approved by their respective
Company and Reglmental Command
.crs. Officers and soldiers discharged
under this order will be- onutled 10
travel allowances Tor the land traycl
involved from the place Of their dis
charge to the place Of their enlistment
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IMMIGRATION LABOR

The government presented 20 ,le
Planters Association, yesterday, the
question OF labor immigration. wiki
the statement that some policy re-
gardIng It must be adopted.
The effect Of japanese immigration
on the civilization OF these Islands was
not discussed, because no one wanted
to discuss 1t in view OF our Industrial
Interests, We need labor and must
have II, II II can be- had Whether
II Is wise or not to Increase our plan
lalIous and create 4 demand for many
more Asiatic laburcrs Is No longer an
open question, The plantations are
underway the capital subscribed, and
q failure to obtain ,aborcrs would be
simply disastrous
Afr,r this demand for many more
noorcrs has been created. ana must
be met. the proposition 90 prevent the
Immigration Of more laburers seems TO
como tup late. The moment that the
Increase Of tho plantations began the
government should have made and oN-
ecuted its policy, and this policy would
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THE WEDDING or MILLIONAIRES

Many thousands, perhaps millions Of
people were cnyIous when they read Of
the presentation Of $4,000 900 by WILL
lam r. Vanderbilt to his son on the
day OF his marriage to Mis- Fair. At
the happening Of such an event the
crowd, If it looks at the picture in the
Bible OF the came struggling at the
eye of the needle. drawn in bold
gtrOkes BY the hand Of the Master,
turns the face of the picture to the
wall and says: THE picture Of a
dreamer"
But 1t is the error Of the enyIous
that they fail to see the aggrayating
limitations that are upon the power OF
mOney-almOst wicked limitations up
on that power. 1t is written that ship
wrecked sailors with gold in their
chests cannot buy water and food on
their desolate island. And the mil
lionaires cannot buy, with their gold,
hos things which will make them
happy.
The NanIcrbIlls Illustrate this alb
jest failure Of the money power, The
older Vanderbilt, the Commodore, "
with bis Vast fortune. gave himself to
horses and poker" Day after day he
sat, for an hour. after drive behind
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-14
THE SUGAR QUESTION.
Result Of the Commissioners Invest
cation in Germany.

Result Of the Commissioners Invest
cation in Germany.
LONDON. April l.-Tho Berlin cor
respondent Of the STANDARD says: Rob
nrt p. Porter, before leaving, told mo
n few results OF his latest researches.
German beet sugar. he finds, cannot be
manufactured under 2 cents pound
The cost of production Il therefore the
same ns cone sugar IN Cuba. " the
prNcers OF England md the United
states could IN induced 70 nromo'" the
sale NJ cane sugar In pr"fornn"" n beet
the consumrtion and production OF N"
former would rise considerably, and
tbIs would contribute more 10 the so'u-
tIon NJ the bounty question than pro
lorgod negotiations.
Those varlnus rPasons. together with
tho increasing production ~ cane
sugar IN Cnhn. viii for"" ~" sugar
.rroducrng countries 10 deol anew with
tho unhearablo bounty HucstIon.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-14
LiNCOLN'S DEATH.

On this iAiriy-iOurtL anniversary Oi
the day on which Abraham Lincoln
was murdered b. is surely wise 90 re-
cali for a moment the character Of a
man who, owing to circumstances, was
one Of the most remarkable In the his
tory Of America. and Of the world
placed in the same position, have DIS
played the same qualities OF hca | and
heart Il was his good fortune to have
had this opportunity to show That he
had the best powers Of human nature
organized in him, and did his duty
well in the management Of great ma
tional affairs,
As the years pass, We see more clear
ly than his contemporaries did, that he
power of seeing that he was chosen to
execute. not his own will, but the will
OF the people. So he said of his ad-
mlnlstration that IL was, "Of the peo-
pie for the people and by the people
lie was, like all well balanced men,
a many sided man. lie refused to Is
ne the emancipation proclamation, UNI
I'll the people, and not the cranks, de-
mandod II. Secretary Chase said that
he read a chapter OF ARENAS Wards
quaint humOr to his Cabinet before dis
IcusFing the proclamation. lie was the
Commander IN Chief OF an army OF hall
q million Of men, and yet he patiently
waited his turn at McClellan's head
quarters in order to talk with his In
icrlOr IN rank and said: II will hold
McClellan's horses II he will bring III
success" When the AbolltiOnIsts In.
suited him, he replied: Il say in rcla-
ton to tho principle that all men
are created free and equal, lot II be
as nearly reached as possible. II We
cannot give freedom to every creature
let us do nothing TO Impose slavery
on any other creature" When he APP
olnted Hooker to the command Of the
army, he wrote to him that although
Lc, Hooker, had said that the army
and the government needed q dIcta-
tor" an insulting comment on Lin
coins conduct, he stIll placed him AT
the head of the army, and said II he
would only be successful, the dictator
ship would take care OF Itself.
once he opposed public opinion by
urging during the war that the South
should be paid for It's slaves II they
were made free. But an angry North
and an indignant South, fighting
against Invasion, as It believed, de-
clined this just and generous PROPOSE
ton,
Only man ~ this kind, forcing "a
himself the respect Of the world, could
have compelled q Journal Ike Punch
read IN an English households, TO yo'
UNFAIRLY stand before the world, In
abasement charge itself with reckless
'yinperation, and confess It's iniquily
before men,
ny THE act Of humiliation, II con
yerted the contempt Of the English
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-14
Nahiku Incorporates.

Articles OF incorporation OF the Ma
hiku Sugar Co. were filed yesterday
afternoon. As stated before, the cap
ltal stock Is $4,000. OF which $4,000
has been paid in. The officers are:
President, A. Hooking: vice prGsi-
dent. T.. G. winston; secretary, Harry
Armitage: treasurer, Jas. +. Morgan,
auditor. n. G. Austin. The officers. to-
gether with Frank Hustace and J. a,
Magoon constitute the board OF direct
ors. The work will bo pushed immed-
lately. The homcsteaders have already
started operations.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-04-14
Hood. DILL, are the only pills 10 take
ci '"o With Hood. Safsapafills.

tomato plants under cultivation this
year in the state, and that the farm
ers would accept the price 800 per
ton offered by the large canning es-
Establishments
For some years the farmers OF Del
aware, like our own planters, staked
their prosperity upJr the single peach
crop The soil and climate was most
favorable for producing g. Il paid.
SO they put all their eggs In one bas.
ke' The late Governor Biggs who in
PRODUCED the peach industry cultivated
10000 trees. i was assumed, as usual
that the prosperity Of the business
could only be affected by the cold. And
when the peach blight appeared the
farmers talked about IL. but did moth.
ne. Like our labor question. II was
difficult to handle" 50 II was pu'
aside The blight extended, and tho
farmers began to grOan, but CONTINUED
20 extend their orchards. And the
plight extended with them. For many
years the investments in peach orch,
ards paid dividends Of 30 per cent ant
even 100 per cont.
As the profits Of peach cultivation
declined. owing to the plant disease
and the occasional cold spells, the
farmers were driven TO other indus.
tries. The cultivation Of the tomato
is one Of them. Their industries arc
now being diversified.