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The National tribune., 1900-08-30
AS TO COL. JENNISON.
Some Disagreement With the Statements OF
Comrade Peck.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: see in a
recent issue an article, "On the Border"
wherein Comrade Peck tries to correct an
article written by another CH. III. Moore,
ID. d., and at the same time is at fault
himself.
Now, If my memory serves me, Col.
Jennison was not cashiered rs Colonel of
the 7th Kan. Cav, but resigned, more
through political reasons than anything
else. The trouble was some one wanted
his place. AS to the 7th in general, they
were no worse than lots of other regi-
ments. That story the comrade says he
received from one Of the 18th L don't be-
lieye. There were some pretty 'tough"
stories told about Jennison, but l think
he would have drawn the line when it
came to cutting off ears of defenseless
prisoners. The greatest mistake he makes
is speaking of Jennison as Colonel of the
10th Kan. Cav. If l remember rightly,
Col. Davis commanded us and Samuel
Walker, of Lawrence, Kan, was our
Lieutenant Colonel. l think Kansas did
her duty as well as any other State in the
Union, and her record proves this. Col.
Jennison, l am informed by pretty good
authority, was in Joplin, No., for a short
time after the war, but finally moved to
Denver, Col, where he died. l forgot to
say that Jennison was Colonel of the 18th,
which was raised in 1868, and it did fine
service afterwards, particularly on the
Price raid in '64.-ROBERT BAYLES, Co.
d, 10th Kan. Cav, Harvey, Ill.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

BosToN's experiment with municipal
ownership has ended in signal failure
About two years ago Mayor Josiah Quincy
aroused general interest by embarking the
city in various enterprises which he
claimed could be conducted successfully on
the socialistic principle. He established
a municipal carpenter and repair shop, ice
plant, printing office, etc. Last January
his successor, practical business man,
began quiet investigation of the results
He found that, in spite of what was
claimed to be rigid civil service examina-
ton, each had been made nest of po-
ltical drones, whose work cost the city
several times what the same results could
be obtained for by contract. The ice
plant was the worst. The city paid about
$50 ton for ice, which the local dealers
would be glad to furnish at from 50 to
So. One electrical job cost S4,754, where
it could have been done for 81 ,52S. Work
on an armory that should have cost 81. 600
cost $G.T00. So it went on, everywhere,
and between 100000 and 100000 yeas
has already been saved the city by shut
ting down and selling off the extravagant
municipal plants.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
WORK OF THE PENSION BUREAU.

The work of the Pension Bureau fol
the week ended Aug 1S fell off somewhat
from that for the previous week. The
grand total of certificates was 2,299, as
against 2,46S for the week ended Aug
II, decrease of 169:
The original allowances fell from !, ,12t
to 9S1, decrease of las. The bigges
drop was in the allowances under the act
Of June 81, 1890, which fell from 5S3 tc
424, a decrease of $50.
An average allowance Of 9S1 originals
a week would make 81, OH in a year. The
total for last year was 40,G45.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
. CONICAL CAVE DWELLINGS.
An Extraordinary Survival From Almost Pre-
historic Times.

Prof. J. r. S. Sterrett describes in the
September Century region of Cappadocla
in which, rs he believes, the inhabitants
have been cave-dwellers for nearly 1000
years. Many of them live in cones of stone
that have been left by the washing away
of the surrounding earth.
The hight of the cones varies greatly,
ranging perhaps from 80 to 300 feet. The
process of disintegration still continues,
and in many cones the exterior wall has
been worn away to such an extent that
the chambers are laid bare. Such exposed
chambers, if they lie fairly to the sun, are
used fer drying grapes, apricots, and other
fl nit, as they are safe against invasion by
animals. Often the cones are almost per-
feet in shape, and originally all of them
were crowned by caps of lava. which We're
the primal cause of the cone formation.
The caps maintain their position because
they form one integral conglomerate mass
with the cone.
Sometimes the doorway gives entrance
direct from the ground, but in many cones
the entrance is high above the ground, in
which case ingreSS is attained by means of
two parallel rows of holes cut at regular
intervals, so that one may climb to the
door with hands and feet. Sometimes
there are no visible means of reaching the
entrance, but this is apparent rather than
actual, for the process of diSintegration
constantly decreases the circumference of
inc cones, ana tne OTiSllidl Iduuer -llOieS
have disappeared. If we enter the door
way of any of these cone-dwellings, we
find ourselves within spacious chamber,
about whose walls inches and shelves for
the storage of small household effects have
been cut into the stone. The stairways
leading to the upper stories are like wells
OF round chimneys, and once ascended to
an upper story by means of ladder-holes
precisely like those which gave access to
the front entrance. The floors between
the stories were usually thick enough to
withstand any weight that might be put
upon them, but occasionally the excava-
tors miscalculated the thickness of the
floor, with the result of making one lofty
chamber instead of two. l counted as
many as nine stories in one cone, but most
have only two, three or four stories. One
can easily count the stories from the out
side by means of the windows. Great num-
bers of the cone-dwellings are used to-day
as doye-cotes.
A due proportion of the cones were re-
served for the worship of some god, wheth-
er pagan or Christian. The period to
which these belong is revealed by the imi-
tated architecture. A cone with portico
and Doric columns belongs clearly to the
period when Greek civilization was domi-
nant. An interior with pscudo-arches be-
longs to the Grcco-Roman period. An in
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
Grants Reticence Hid Great shrewdness and
Common sense.
Hon. j. D. Coz in SeriBner's.

Grant was always disposed to work
with the tools he had, and through his
whole military career showed himself
ayerse to meddling much with the organi-
zation of his army. He had strong likes
and dlslikes, but was very reticent of his
expression of them. He would quietly
take advantage of vacancies or of circum-
stances to put men where he wanted them,
but very rarely made sweeping reorgan-
izatlon. If anyone crossed him or became
antagonistic without open insubordination,
he would bear with it till an opportunity
came to get rid of the offender He hated
verbal quarreling, never used violent lam
guage, but formed his judgments and
bided his time for acting on them. This
sometimes looked like lack Of frankness,
ana there were times when a warm but
honest alteration would have cleared the
air and removed Observation-Disclosures. 1t
was really due to q sort of ShynesS which
was curiously blended with remarkable
faith in himself. From behind his wall of
taciturnity he was on the alert to see what
was within sight, and to form opinions of
men and things that rooted fast and be.
came part Of his mental constitution. He
sometimes unbent and would talk with ap-
parent freedom and ease; but, so far as 7
observed, it was in the way of narrative
or anecdote, and almost never in the form
OF discussion or comparison Of views. It
used to be said that during the Vicksburg
campaign he liked to have Sherman and
Mcpherson meet at his tent, and would
manage to set them to discussing the mill
tary situation. Sherman would be bril-
liant and trenchant; Mcpherson would be
politely critical and intellectual; Rawlins
would break in occasionally with some
blunt and vigorous opinion of his own
Grant sat impossible and dumb in his
camp-chair, smoking; but the lively discus
sion stimulated his strong common-sense
and gave him more assured confidence in
the judgments and conclusions he reached.
He sometimes enjoyed, with a spice of
real humor, the mistaken assumption Of
fluent men that reticent ones lack brains.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
THURSDAY,

IT is taken for granted that the Con-
gressional apportionment under the pres
ent census will be at the rate Of 100000
people to Representative. This, which
is more than six times the ratio in the
First Congress, when the Constitution pro-
vided for one Representative for every
10000 people, will make the House num-
Der about 375, instead of 357, as at pres
ent. New York City will gain three Rep
resentatives, Chicago three, and other
large cities in proportion. The present
ratio is one Representative to 173,901 peo-
pie. The only State not concerned about
the result is Nevada, which will retain
her one Representative, no matter if the
ratio be made 100000.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
ARTICLES FORTHCOMING.
GEN. SHERIDAN WITH THE ARMY OF
THE CUMBERLAND.

We have an admirable contribution un'
der this title from the able pen of Capt
Henry A. Castle, Past Commander of the
Department of Minnesota, G.. 4. R., and
now Sixth Auditor of the Treasury. 1t
Is more than a well-written narrative of
Gen. Sheridan's brilliant career in the
Army of the Cumberland. 1t embraces a
critical study of his conduct at the battle
been so much discussion. 1t will appear
In an early issue of THE NATIONAL TRIB-
CNE.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

Electricity makes fun of those writers
who see an clectrically-driyen ship as a
probability in the near future, and ridi-
cules their arithmetic. The engines and
coal required to drive big steamship
across the Atlantic weigh about 10000
tons. To get the some power out of
Storage battery it and the motors would
weigh $4,000 tons, or about as much as
five ships could carry.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

THE religious condition of China is of
the very worst. Both Taoism and Bud
dhism are rapidly losing their hold even
upon the commoncst people, owing to the
ignorance, lustfnl ayarice, and degraded
character Of the priests. TAese care only
to enuecze as much money as possible out
OF the people to spend in debauchery. No
new temples are being built, and the old
ones are falling into decay. Most Of the
priests-especially the Taoists-are mere
ly conjurcrs, fortune teliers, and sellers
OF charms, spells and incantations. The
educated class profess Confucianism,
which is merely an ethical philosophy of
no binding force, and which they put on
or off as suits their purposes.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

THE strongest testimony TO the wisdom
of the Chinese Exclusion Law is furnished
by Leung Koh, Of Phoenix, Ariz, who
claims TO have 10000 Boxers organized
among the Chinese in the United States,
and that they have subscribed and sent
TO China about $2O,OOO,O0O in aid of the
present uprising. Leung Koh is proba,
bly, pretty brilliant liar, but at the same
time there is probably much truth in what
he says. If the Exclusion Law had not
been passed We should have now millions
OF Chinese in the United States, instead
Of the hundreds OF thousands already here.
somebody should caution Mr.. Lcung Koh
as to the wisdom OF not talking too much.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

terror which initiates the characteristic
Byzantine church is clearly of Christian
origin, though its date may he Il matter
OF dispute. The interior walls of the BY
zantine churches are still covered with
frescos, which of course are more or less
obliterated. Among them are found not
merely portraits of Greek saints, each with
the characteristic nimbus, but even preten-
tious paintings embracing large number
OF ngures- Some of these paintings are
ancient in style, others more modern,
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

1T is suggested that descendant OF
the Ming dynasty be discovered and put
on the throne OF China. The Ming dy,
nasty was founded in 1858 by Chu-Yuen
Chang, Buddhist monk of mean birth
who successfully led the native Chinese
in rebellion against their Mongolian con.
luerors. He and his descendants ruled
the country for 21G years-or until 164i-
when the Tartars overthrow the Mings,
and established the present, OF king
dynasty.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

Gov.-GEN. Wood has solved the vexed
marriage question in Cuba by putting it
on absolutely the same basis as in the
United States. That is, marriage is le-
gal when performed by civil Magistrate,
but priests are authorized to perform the
ceremony. When the priests had the mar
riage ceremony completely in their own
hands, as is the case in all Latin coun-
to extort money from the people. One of
the great reforms in France was to COM
pei all the marriages to be conducted first
the union the priests and the parties can
do as they please about other ceremonies.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

The Vice-President has always been a
very tame sort of a bird. Even the most
that John c. Calhoun could get out of il
was a frst-class society row. John Quin.
cy Adams termed the Vice-President "his
superfluity" But il Teddy Roosevelt
does not find a way to infuse a great deal
of vim into that piece of political bric-a-
brac, most people will be much disap-
pointed
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
AGAINST THE TIDE AT SHILOH,
BY GEORGE D. cARRINGToN.

This is the story of the part taken by
The 11th Ill. in the attempt to stay the
rebels on the first day. The regiment was
not surprised, but was ready in line when
the masses of the enemy appeared, and
made grand fight during those terrible
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

President Angel, of the Michigan Uni
versity, ex-Minister to China, is strongly
III favor of maintaining the integrity OF
the Empire, if it can be done, but protec'
ton must be guaranteed to every for,
eisner in Pe-King, even if it is necessary
to destroy the Empire to secure it.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
SHALL WE TAKE A PART OF cttINA7


exaion the
Out the travail Empire mustue
quenees of the utmost Importance to civilization and humanity
oneha entire world the Orient
as from the bsinniD f time bd @ ntrI h history of tbe Nations
became largely by controlling the trade of the western
eming Of
the discovery
of the Cape Good and the Spanish French Dutch and
m cities their because cheaper and easier to
by the around the Good Hope than by
the wide deserts.
This explanation necessary how vitality important
always the civilized world This the control of
KINGDOMS for which b had bn strinr f ni and rose 70 e rank Of
Indies
this
continent was due to efforts the French and English find
other Iudon Millions
counted lives expended the searching the Northwest
which and
ie than they could go by the south of Africa
of
by thousands miles Russia thousands
miles of watey waste they from Great Britain Germany and France
they are our neNtdo nnshbsJns o miles across the Pacific from San
Francisco One the crises the worlds arrived and brings
70 China and tho fotd ws aimed in tb ptiii 70 % m fnnv and
nite But what has ppia
may efshness corruption rapaty dy
China the foundations the Empire that it
falling into cures Our pOnd eminenty coreet
bolster the Imperial Governmento help tide the
civilization If this
possible
virtue in it, will profit this 1t will understand its
of failing act up to its responsibilities therefore be treated
i
n e 0'nef powers anu III s way promote our aanes h"' h " "
develop governing
there absolutely being able
establish the Imperial authority 1t may be that the Tartar dynasty
vnIity
be dmeber China the interest Of civilization and u
to
Wretched be all
points
nched by other Nations who their
The
up for
of of
market
make this
and whatever direction develop be their this
greatfe
possible
restoring peace
future
this should
thing China
commanding position
promptly, boldly
look into the future 1t such
or Frances spans Englands If had withheld
that oreyc lost to
that viii help conserving
to vigorously
in
i 0
Never since the rebellion there need of entire
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

NORTH CAROLINA proposes to govern
hereafter without the consent of 100000
of the governed. AS these 100000 dis
franchiscd negroes represent about o0O.-
600 people, nearly one-third of the pop'l-
lation of the State will have absolutely
no say in the conduct of its affairs.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
A Chinese "sHaar Word >,

The Celestial prides himself on being
the white mans superior in many woys:
but in none more than in the matter of
controlling his temper. Certainly in the
yelling of passion he stands without
rival; yet even John Chinaman cannot
completely hide his feelings, even in COM
mon matters. For instance, he loathes
the foreign devil" and that loathins
sometimes finds vent in his mutterins
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

ONE Of the most ferocious of Anti For
eigner leaders in China is supposed to be
a retired laundryman, who took back with
him from the United States bale of au.
tographs of customers who promised to
"pay next timc."
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

TIE Anti-Imperialists have brought n
measure of qualification by their meeting
at Indianapolis. They have made the mis-
take of coming out of the woods to be
counted, and letting the public see how
surprisingly few and inconsequential they
are
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

terms Of contempt for the European. So
PAD was he IN this respect at one time,
indeed, that in Article 81 of the treaty
signed on Nov. 8, 1858, it was agreed
That henceforth the character T. shall
not be applied to the Government or Chi
nese subjects of her Britannia Majesty in
any official document issued by the Chi
nese authorities, either in the Capital or
in the provinces" Needless to say, since
the Boxer IrouS,e this clause has been vio-
lated time and again.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
FIRM ON THE FIGHTING LINE.
BY COL. C. d. WESTRROoK,

This graphic narrative of the gallant
stand made by the 120th n. Y on the sec,
ond day ct Gettysburg, as told by their
Colonel, will be sure to interest many
more than those who were of them or near
them during those terrible hours. Some
previously unrecorded history is here set
forth.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

ST AND SHORTY AT THE NATIONAL EN-
CAMPMENT.
81 Klegg and his partner, Shorty, hav-
ing gone to the National Encampment at
Chicago, where there will be Reunion Of
the survivors of the 200th Ind. at Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE headquarters, at the
Palmer House, the account of their adven-
They will meet host of friends at Chi
cago. and will have time for nothing else
than hospitality.
The National tribune., 1900-08-30

THE Chinese have always been governed
by foreigners. Why not by white men and
Christians, instead of by sayages from the
deserts of Mongolia?
The National tribune., 1900-08-30
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD.
Saturday Night Sleeping Car for Deer parl

saturday NlSnG sleeping Cdr lOr Deer far <.
Commencing Saturday, July "A, and
continuing every Saturday night thereaf-
ter until further notice, the Baltimore &c
Ohio Railroad will run a special sleeping
car to Deer Park. The car will be ready
for occupancy at 1880 p. M. and leave
Washington ITO a. m, arriving Deer
Park 7:26 a. NJ, Sunday. Returning,
sleeper will be ready for occupancy at
Deer Park at 900 p. m, and will be at
tached to train No. 4, leaving Deer Park
12:54 a. m., arriving Washington Gal
i. m.
AGAINST the fine products of American
farms
The German Kaiser viciously dis
courses,
But stamps fat falsehood on all his
alarms,
By giving his men our meats and our
horses.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-17
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITIES.

Chambers's Journal: One almost for
gets how long ago it is since the muzzling
order was first issued; but shortly after
the inception of that order a housemaid
attached to a foreign legation took a
pug dog, also attached" to the same
legation, out for walk. She was stopped
by a constable, who asked her why the
dog was not wearing a muzzle. The
housemaid replied that the dog did not
possess muzzle, because it was a diplo-
matte dog. The constable responded that
the dog was pug, and that he was not
a fool. The constable took the name and
address of the housemaid. A few days
later summons arrived at the legation.
The housemaid did not present herself
at the court, and the magistrate imposed
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-17

ted States government, but 1t would
amount to no more than, If as much as,
would follow the prolongation of the in
surrection. In the latter case the power
OF recuperation will have been much ex-
hausted. while in the former the expend-
iture will lend itself to the material res
toratiOn Of industrial and commercial en-
terprises.
I am convinced from my experience in
the Malay peninsula that under just rule
the trade of the Philippines will rapidly
expand and the islands will become self
supporting. In such case the importa-
tion Of the whole of the machinery of
government according to modern meth
DDS is to be avoided. This is the mistake
that the French and Germans made. The
idea should be as far as possible to rule
the people and conserve native ways
thus gradually preparing the Filipinos
for government of higher type. I feel
confident that this task is one which the
American people are fully able and thor
oughly competent to undertake. sG5tu.
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-17
TALK ON SPIRIT DELUSIONS
By Camille Flammarion.

have not repudiated spiritualism
lightly.
A serious man, naturally, always dis
likes to admit that he has been mistaken
all his life. AS is we'll known, have
been one of the stoutest apostles of spir-
itualism.
/ always believed I was having regular
intercourse with the other world. Cali
leO's spirit never failed to come to me
when summoned. His revelations about
the appearance and manners of the in
habitants of other planets were incor-
porated in my writings always with the
utmost confidence till modern instru-
ments discovered five satellites of Jupi-
ter and nine of Saturn, whereas what I
believed was the spirit of Galileo always
affirmed to me that Jupiter had four
moons and Saturn eight.
At first ] felt sure the astronomers
must be mistaken, but now I have seen
with my own eyes.
Therefore, as it is inadmissible that
real spirits could err or Jest, evidently
my intercourse with Galileo was a long
delusion [ acknowledge 1t frankly and
without shame. because I have acted in
good faith in this matter and refuse to
lend support to error.
You must understand, however, that
Daily inter mountain., 1900-03-17

do not renounce all belief in spiritual
manifestations, the existence of which
has been proved beyond doubt. have
simply reached the conclusion that such
manifestations can not be attributed to
the spirits of dead people.
I explain them by our power to throw
a part of our spirit outside of ourselves.
This exteriorized spirit undoubtedly Is
emitting sounds and otherwise affect
ing matter.
see additional proof that the phe-
nom:na so far ascribed to the dead really
emanate from psychic force projected by
the living. In fact, the so-called revela-
tions always are confined to things
known, suspected or desired by somebody
present. Likewise when music is heard,
it is always a strain previously stored in
the brain cells Of some person present at