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He now sleeps all alone,
All alone where he fell,
For liberty n martyrs gone
He loved his country, oh, how well.

And when the day comes, as it will, when W
nave lald the last OF that noble band TO rest the
| We their families, will continue the work they he
gan by perpctuatine Memorial Day; for in s.
doing we Will honor our own beloved dead
Every member Of my own family with the ex
| ccpton OF one (and he was drafted) responded I,
| their country's call One iangushed in Ander
sonyille ii months; another, after all the horrors
| oil southern PRISONS went down with the Sultan;
while he was returning to Gods country
The Circle is simply the g. A. r. families. Will,
the WRG., more expansive receives all loya
women. | am glad that this is So Some of in,
most loyal hearts that beat to day beneath OLD
Glory belong 10 women who had no blood kin in
the war. through no fault of theirs. Should they
No! am glad the w r. c. receives them.
My idea OF the two Orders is. they should work
together, hand in hand, 10 brighten the remaining
days Of our boys, and help each other in eyerS
possible way in lifting up those who need our
assistance II any other spirit exists in any
member member OF either Order, they are unworthy a
The work OF the GA. Il. and the W. r. c. at our
beautiful Soldiers Orphans Home in Normal
q mean the e. A. r. and W re throupbout thr
Statc) is something of which they may well he
proud l refer TO the school of domestic science
instituted by them at their own expense 1t fills
long need You dear comrades cannot
realize what blessing it will prove in coming
years. An expert cook can command the highest
wages. The two Orders have by their kind Gift
made them apparently independent. able as il
were to cope with the greatest problem of life
1 wish all members of the GA r. were priyi-
legged to see how delightfully."- our Home is carried
on under the efficient management of Superin-
tcndent McCauley and his cstimable wife Ithave
Been a frequent visitor for some years and must
say the present incumbent is my ideal of a per
ture fits in admirably TO the arduous duties of the
matron. ''>
In conclusion, wish to say we, as a Circle are
not antag0niStlc to the ": re, but extend to you
increase in numbers till every loyal woman in
this vast land will have joined with us i'm one or
the other order under the most beautiful flag that
HoalS To The breeze to day in any country of tie
world, end at the same time the most iust-MRs
Ida WHITAKER, Normal, Ill.
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Big Drop in Bicycles.

For $500 to Sl2C0 you can now buy the same
class OF bicycles that are being widely adyer-
tiscd by several houses in Chicago and other
cites ut Sl5 OU to 5000.
For Sl3.I5 y0u can get high grade, ore-year
guaranteed 1900 gents or ladies' bicycle, the
e4tal OF bicycles sold everywhere ut S25 90 to
S40oo' ana Tor SlSOO you can get a genuine Elgin
King or Queen, the highest of high grade a igO
model, that retails everywhere ut 5000. Ship
ped anywhere i'll the United States on 10 days
free trial. No money until after received. For
full particulars, complete bicycle cat logue and
special price offerings, cut this notice out and
mail to SEARS, ROEBUCK Co., Chicago
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M
TO oawoans heart And what is st;ll plee sing and
convincing Nine u. Ribeut who LisccyeTed this great
secret sends free to who sufficient
quantity OF the hcauter 70 fhow her how easy is
attain beauty when you know the SIM truth and
right remedies. Mrs Bert KiIcy lCSWaId Ave Bellevue
ny. obtained free trial of Nine Ribauit this is
what she says OF It'll am perfectly delighted with the
result Ny complexion from the time little girl
was always source of vcxation and years
those horrid pimpes, bac,:hends other benishes
got worse and worse. When became q young lady in
long dresse, began TO think OF bsaux and parties
was many bitter dsa ppointment fOrne all because
my h1rrd, frec;lea and uDsishtly skin. The past
years have seen wonderful changes and all account
OF Ime Ribsult's compleN on beautifer have teau
ttG homo ard my husband fails 10 remark about
my clear and Charming complexion Every lady ought
to send at once and get "A free trial"
1t is not a face powder, cream cosmetic bleach.
contains OIL grease. paste chemicals or poisons of
any kind and Is absolutely pure.
Write to Nine. NJ. Rilault J9f Elsa Bldg Cincinnati
Ohio and she will mail free, prepaid plain sealed
wrapper free package OF her wonderful bcautifers
and you will always bless the day YOU wrots. DO nos
fail to write to-day.
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How any man may quickly cure himself after
years of suffering from nervous weakness, lost
vitality, varicocele. etc. and restore the organs
to strength and yigor. Simply send your name
and address TO DR. l. W. Knapn 1ij0 Hull Bldg,
Detroit. Mich. and nc will gladly send the free
receipt with full directions so that any man maj
easily cure himself Mt home This is certainly
a generous offer and the following extracts
ta ken from his daily mali show what men think
of his generosity.
Dear Sir:-PlcLse accept my sincere thanks
for yours of recent date. / have given your
treatment n thorough test and the benefit has
been extraordinary. 1t has completely braced
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Hook of Gold Niu.s rr,

A prominent Denver publisher who is familiar with
every phase of life In the Cripple Creek Colorado gold
camp has just pubiisheda volume which he STYLES U rim
Pile Creek Illustrated" The book cont: ms ne,ly 100
views OF the big gold mines OF the camp correct nup
and in fact world of in formation. EulI reports of ore
mined dividends pad etc ine edition issue
To Introduce his Dig illustrated weekly family uaper
founded S9Ol he will send you copy Cripple Creek
illustrated and his paper l3 weeks trial fox &c Clubs
of5, ST. Stamps taken Latest mining news aud western
stories Mention our paper when you write and adj
dress, Illustrated Weekly, Denver. Colorado
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Kansas Candidate for National President

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Abilene Post
department of Kansas at a meeting April %
passed resolutions strongly commencing Mrs
lda w Moore OF this city, for National President
OF The w R.C. In the position of President of the
Kansas Department, W.R.C. she ex hibited de,
gree OF tact and executive ability that left no doubt
o. her capacity for the higher postion-H a.
kEvE, Adiutant Abilene, Kan
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Department and Congressional News

ADDITIONAL BRANCH NATIONAL
MILITARY HOME.-On April 2S the Sen
ate passed the bill Is. 292S) for the establish
ment OF a branch of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Hot Springs.
;. d. The bill now goes to the House of
Representatives for concurrence.
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TWO GREAT ORDERS.
Woman's Relief Corps and Ladies of the
G. A. r,

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: In conversing
with members of both Orders | find the Order t6
which | belong, the Ladies of the GAR, is
generally misunderstood. We are not an Order
running counter 10 the ". re, but sisters work
ing in unison with them for the good we can do
the &. \. r., with this difference we are composed
entirely OF the blood relations of our boys in blue
The same blood that crimSOned the Southern
battlciclds flows through our veins Most of
us have father husband or brother sleeping in
that distant cline
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Missouri Union Ex-Prisouers

The Missouri Union Eek Prisoners of War will
hold their annual meeting at Springfield. Mo
May 10, commencing at p m. 1t is hoped the
comrades viii rally, as the officers want a full
turnout John 5. Ferguson. of Keokuk, Iowa, is
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BEAUTY SECRET
Remarkable Discovery Whereby Every
Lady May Now Attain the Per-
feet Bloom of Youth.
a FREE TRIAL PACKAGE TO ALL.

1t has remained for Gin cinnati woman to discover
the secret of perfect skin She has last found the
key to feminine beauty. All the signs and heartaches
over poor appearance may now lie banshed it is
within the Of every lady young middle aged to
have the cearest and most refined compexion SO dear
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me up. am inst ms vigorous as when boy and
you cannot reiize how happy I am"
Dear Sir Your Method worked beautifully
Results were exactly what / needed. Strength
and vignr have completely returned and is en-
tircly satisfactory"
Dear Sir:-Yours was received and had no
trouble i'll making use of the receipt rs directed
and can truthfuiiy say it isa boom to weak men
am gre 'tly improved in strength and vigor"
All correspondence is strictly confidential
mailed in plain sealed cnve,ope. The receipt
is free for the asking and lie wants every man
TO have il.
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! Loss of portions Of hand or foot: Rates
vary, according to extent OF amputation,
from So 10 $40.
From the above it will appear that an
exact comparison between the two systems
OF pensloning, under the laws requiring
service origin and the act Of June y. 1890.
can not be made with absolute accuracy.
Your committee believe that the passage Of
lle pending measure will insure to the
claimants greater certainty of right under
the act, as well as an equitable and con-
serYative increase in the ratings, without
the danger Of large increase in the ap-
propriatiOuS ~
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=. Resolve slowly, act swiftly" Take Hoods
Sarsaparilla and you will not make any mistake.
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Act Of June 81, 1890.

Maximum rate: e:..:............ -
Disability equivalent TO loss Of
hand or foot. ot.................. 10
Single hernia. 6
DouDle hernia. ..................
Deafness:
Total both ears. ars........... -
Nearly total. 10
Total of one ear and severe Of
other ear. .......... s
Severe of both cars. 6
Loss OF one eye... q
Loss of sight of one eye.... g
Anchylosis:
1,ibO".
49,
Shoulder. G
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PROPOSED BASIS OF RATING,

Your committee believe that this legisla-
ton Will give TO the soldier material bemc-
hts, and at the same time will be legislation
reasonably hope TO be enacted into Law.
still keeping in mind that the soldier who
can prove his disabilities to be of service
origin shall receive a rating higher than
one who has been unable TO prove the same
to be due 10 the service, or whose disa-
bllIties have been incurred since he left the
army.
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WIDOWS INCOME.


There has been much uncertainty with
reference to the consideration of the act al
June II, 1890, as to the provisions of said
act giving pension TO a widow without
other means Of support than her daily
labor.
On May IL, 1891, Commissioner Of Pen.
sions Greene Il. Raum issued ruling M
PAL, which reads as follows: ave-
"In considering the testimony aIJcginp
that the widow is without other means o}
support than her daily labor il is ur0,er
10 keep In view the fact that the siInnnrt
contemplated by this act includes hnth
shelter ard raiment for the widow ana
children OF the deceased soldier who are
dependent upon her. When it ia shown
that the income of the widow is inadcnHatn
for such support, and that she is dependent
for tile same upon her daily labor, fhe
pension should i. sf-ate,I. RS rs
bhd@' LIS construction of the ruling the
Pension Bureau granted TO a widow t,,tder
the act Of June y, 1880, having am income
OF from $3.50 to $500; ard this construction
OF the act obtained until September, 1891
when Commissioner Lochren held that tha
law should be applied with reasonable
ilDerallty, but not stretched beyond its fair
import; that strict construction of the ac,
required That widow shall be without any
means OF support than her daily labor vc,
that trIfiing income, less than the pension
provided Tor, should, perhaps, not be con
sldered as cutting off her right. nor shonid
house of moderate value, merely shelter.
ing the. widow and her family and produc-
ing no income cut her off from the pension
under that act" and since that time Tho
Commissioners of Pensions who have had
charge OF the execution Of this law. as well
as several Assistant Secretaries of The
Interior, have held that where the income
OF widow, from sources independent of
her daily labor, exceeded the amount which
tlie act oi june u, 1890, provided for a
widow pension should be denied. .
The present Commissioner of Pensions
In his testimony before the Senate Com,
mlttee on Pensions, stated that he favored
a provision by law increasing the maximum
amount which n widow might have as an
income and still be entitled TO a pension
under SAID act TO $3.50 per annum; and the
present Secretary and Assistant Secretary
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THE new PENSION BILL.
The Report of the Invalid Pensions Committee the Bill

10 smaller rating; and since the * acution
of that order many eases of soldiers have
| been rejected upon the ground that while
| admittedly they were suffering from dis
abilities which disabled them from the
| performance of manual labor, such dis
abilities, however, were not of such de
gree rs TO create an inability TO earn a sup
| port, under the provisions of Order No. 225.
| That revision of rates. however, was not
| complete, and to-day there are many sol
dierS living undiSturEed in their enjoyment
| Of the ratings under Order 164. while their
comrades not so fortunate have been re-
duced or denied pensions under Order 225.
| In other words, by reason of the conflict
| between Orders 164 and 225 and the adj
| miniStratiOn under each n gross inequality
| exists between the ratings of different sol
| diers for the same disability under the act
of June p, 1890.
| 1t is believed that if the proposed legis-
lation, as amended by your committee, be
comes law it will have the effect of equal
iZing the ratings of soldiers under the act
of June p, 1890, producing hereafter a
nearer approach TO uniformity in the en-
loyment of the privileges of said act be-
tween soldiers who applied under the pro-
visions of said act when if first became a
law and those who have applied since that
time.
AS TO the exact conditions between the
rating under the two orders, ii is difficult
TO state them with cNactneSS. Generally
speaking. it may be said that under Order
225 a soldier must have rating under the
general law OF at least SO per month to
entitle him, under the act of June p, 1890,
for the same disability. 10 a ratingof SO per
month. while rating of $50 under the
general law must be shown in order to
entitle claimant to a rating of S12 under
the act of June 27, 1890. See page "a.
Annual Report of the Commissioner of
Pensions for the last fiscal year. as follows:
ut therefore follows that where a dis
ability is shown that would entitle claim
ant 10 the $50 rate under the general law he
Is entitled to the maximum or S12 rate under
the act of June p. 1890"
We quote from page 80 Of the same re-
port, as follows:
TWO SYSTEMS OF PENSIONING COM
PARED. /
Table showing corresponding ratings
for same disabilities under the general law
and act of June 27, 1880.
The bases of ratings under the two laws |
are so widely different that it is impossible |
to fix parallel except in general way.
General tdW.
The bases for ratings under the general |
law are: |
% For minor disa bilties, an
- anchylosed wrist or ankle. SIS
(2) For incapacity to perform
manual labor, equivalent to loss
OF hand or foot. "a |
(9 For incapacity to perform any
manual labor. r................ 30
Act of June 27. 1890.
The basis of ratings under this act is in
capacity TO labor, joined with incapacity to |
earn support, and the grades of rating are |
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Act of June 27. 1890.
The basis of ratings under this act is in
capacity TO labor, joined with incapacity to
earn support, and the grades of rating are
dependent upon these two conditions.
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Your committee on pensions respectfully
presents this supplemental report, pursIi,
ant TO the instructions of the Encampment
we respectfully direct attention to section
~ oil the Revised Statutes of the United
States, which reads as follows:
The Commissioner of Pensions shall
perform, under the direction Of the Secretary
OF the Interior, such duties in the execution
oil pension and bounty law which NAV be
by the President"
Hcsotred, That this Encampment respect
Iuiiy represents to the President its earnest
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Indiana Notes.

vigo county's total assessment approx
mates $33, 000, 900. Mortgage exemptions to
the amount of $4,000 have been filed.
Seventeen carpenters employed by Con-
tractor Philip Patton, of Marion, went on
strike yesterday. The grievance is not
stated. A spread of the trouble is feared.
Scott Ray, colored, was arrested at JEFF
fersonville yesterday, charged with pass
ing counterfeit money, of which a large
amount is in circulation in Clark and Floyd
counties.
An agent of Wabash capitalists was in
Converse yesterday and secured from
neighboring farmers right of way for an
electric line projected from Rochester to
Kokomo, via Converse.
Delaware County Commissioners met at
Muncie yesterday and appointed super
visors for the special election to be held
next week on the question of voting
subsidy to the c., r. & NJ. Railroad
One hundred delegates, representing
lodges in the Rathbone Sisters, X. of p,
from Greene, Monroe, Lawrence, Martin,
Daviess, Knox and Sullivan counties, held
their tenth annual convention at Linton
yesterday.
Henry Horst, of Shelbyville, celebrated
his eighty-ninth birthday yesterday with
a family gathering. Mr.. Horst, who Is a
native of Hesse-Darmstadt, but has lived
many years in this country, has written
several books on the doctrines Of the Swe-
denborgian Church.
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circulation of all official Methodist news
papers. the profits and losses of the
church's book concerns during the past
four years and the salaries paid publish
ing agents and book agents was passed
and the report will be made in week.
1t was resolved 10 request every
Protestant pastor in the United States to
read 10 their congregations the bishops
address delivered TO the conference yester-
day and containing 5000 words. AT 1 d. m.
an adjournment was taken.
The members OF the Sunday School
Union and Tract Society inaugurated to-
night at Studebaker Hall the series of
great anniversaries that are to be held
here during the month under the auspices
OF the General Conference. Addresses were
delivered by Rev. j. w. BashfOrd, president
of the Ohio Wesleyan University. and by
Rev. s. p. Cadman. pastor of the Metro
politan Church. of New York. DR.. Jesse l..
Huribut. corresponding secretary of the
organization, presented report OF the So
ciety's work in the past four years. Ex-
Gov Robert E. Pattison, of Philadelphia.
presided at the meeting. He introduced
DR.. Bashford. who addressed the society on
THE Providential Place of the Sunday
School in North America" DR.. Bashford
spoke OF the worlds politics-of Russia
ambition to be the suzerain of the globe:
OF the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of China, and of the
great struggle among the powers for
spheres of control in and around the Pa
cifc
A negro bishop of unlimited authority and
widest Jurisdiction will be one of the crea-
lions of the Methodist General Conference
now in session at the Auditorium. He will
have all the rights and prerogatives Of any
member of the present board. DR.. John w.
Bowen, acting president OF Cannon Theo-
logical Seminary, Atlanta, Ca, who was
given a large complimentary votes in the
episcopal elections Of 1896, and was chosen
secretary of the committee on episcopacy
to-day, is slated for the place He viii be
the first negro bishop in the Methodist
Church
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diff1cuit process OF dismissal. which In
many cases would be the only alternative.
They endure 90 the end of the time limit
what they would not endure IL there was
not In prospect an early termination of the
relationships by the automatic machinery
which the time limit affords.
The most significant and exhaustive dis
cussion of the entire paper related 70 the
use and sale OF intoxicants- With the most
emphatic Endorsement OF the well-known
attitude of the church on the subject-t0tal
abstinence on the part of the individual
and absolute prohibition on the part OF the
state, the address, assuming there would
be no backward step on this, proceeded Ito
sdviSe our people TO cooperate In all meas
ures which seem TO them wisely adapted
10 save society from the manifold and
grievous evils resulting from intemperance.
The church will not abandon this position.
On the contrary. aroused by the agrees
cusable miscarriage Of the anti-canteen
law. and the new perils in which the Ma
ton is involving the new possessions, It
will summon and pledge all our ministers
and people TO a more determined struggle
against this enormous evil and urge each
to contribute thereto according TO his
judgment. his testimony. his example and
his ballot"
EVEN PROHIBS. APPLAUDED.
At this point there broke forth the wild
est and most enthusiastic applause ever
known on the floor Of the General Confer
ence. ana rarely surpassed IN any modern
political convention. The striking feature
OF this applause was that those who train
with the Prohibition party were apparently
as enthusiastic and sincere as the others.
though IL was intended as a sharp rebuke
10 their methods With them everybody is
a sinner who does not surrender his own
judgment to their dictation and train with
them In party. Later on, however, when
they read the eloquent utterance in cold
type and took it in its connection, they
were not half so enthusiastic. since IL con-
cedes that Methodists may be Prohibition
lists without making prohibition a party
measure or the sole basis of a party or
ganization. They will try to capture the
committee on temperance, which now con-
sists of one minister and one layman from
every conference guaranteeing an average
attendance of not less than 200. III the cap
turing scheme Is attempted II will be stout
ly resisted.
If the treatment of so-called higher crit
fcfsm by the address is any index TO the
action of the General Conference on the
question every thoughtful Christian, not
Methodists only, will have occasion to re-
joice. After a forceful and comprehensive
statement of what Methodists believe,
which was little else than a rendering of
the apostles creed into modern English.
the paper welcomes all light that science
and scholarship can throw upon the Bible.
not fearing the shaking of any fundamental
truth from either. Il. A. G..