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The National tribune., 1901-09-26
Depends Upon the Meaning.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In an
swer to the question as to which is cor
rect. THE United States is, or the United
States are | wish to state that either
form is correct. according to its meaning.
if properly written. If you are speaking
of the Nation and not of the separate
States Example No. u, then United
States" is the subject. as it is used as
the name of this Government and is a
proper noun; therefore, a singular verb
would be required.
If you are speaking of the separate
States Example No. q, then states"
is the subject and united is an adjec-
tive modifying States, and not Il part Of
the subject; therefore, it requires plural
verb.
Example No. 1.-The United States is
strong.
Example No 2.-The united states
are strong.
1t is not a question of the number Of
States but a question as to whether
singular or plural verb is required. Ii
the subject is singular the verb must be
singular, and if the subject is plural the
verb must be plural United States"
should not be begun with capitals unless
it is used as proper noun. as in Elk l.
Ii taken separately, as in Elk. ,, it is
simply Il common noun, not capitalized,
and plural in number.-K. A. SHAW,
Chillicothe, Mo.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
With Can I.vnr, in Missouri

Comrade Henry Hitler. Co. X, list Kan,
of Atchison, Kan. has been reading with
interest Robert Morris Peck's Rough
Riding" He writes that he belonged to
Gen. Lyons command, and that he met
him on the Grand River in Missouri, with
his Regulars. The General spoke to the
regiment and told the men Of their mis-
sion. During the speech a soldier of Co.
G. stabbed another member of the same
company. infiicting fatal injuries. The
murderer's name was Cole, and his victim
was Private Shines. a court-martial was
held by order of Gen. Lyon, and Cole was
convicted and sentenced to be shot. Fiji
teen men of the LIST Kan. formed the fir
ing squad. During the few months that
the LIST Kan. was with Gen. Lyon, Com
rade Hitler never heard word about tbs
General not treating his men right.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
Anarchy.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Anarchy
is abroad in the land. Why? Wrongs are
the result of the violation of law; and vio-
lation of law is anarchy. One wrong leads
to another. For example the wrong OF
slavery produced the great rebellion, and
this in turn has led to further injustice
to the black man. This being true, let
me ask: Does not the fact that great
wrongs-such as slavery, the rebellion,
injustice to the black man, lynching, and
the like-have been too often excused or
justified by individuals, the press, writer's
of history and other literature, incite and
cause the commission of other wrongs?
think so.
Let me illustrate. Everybody and ey-
erything that can be raked up, except the
real culprits, are blamed, in one way or
another, with causing the great rebellion
by some of the recent historical writers,
and, indeed, by others further back. The
real orlginatOrs and promoters of that re-
bellion are excused or justified, either di-
rectly or indirectly, for the great crime.
We are asked, by some writers, to believe
that 1t was but quarrel between the
North and the South, over the meaning
of the Constitution or how il was made,
or something of that kind-perhaps the
so-cal!ed doctrine of State rights or State
sOvereignty-that no one could prevent,
tudl IL Udu 10 De, as InOuBH IHdt excused
or justified the rebellion and made pa
triots of all who battled ON either side.
The youth OF our schools are seldom
taught that the rebellion was wrong, was
wicked, was crime. On the contrary, in
some places they are taught that it was
right, and the leaders of it are exalted
as patriots. In other communities, when
they are questioned as to the wrong of the
rebellion, in many cases the answer is
about as follows: Il don't know much
about it. From the history that | studied,
it appears that one side was about as
much to blame as the other. / can't tell
from it which side was right nor which
wrong"
No wonder that there is so little respect
for law, that Anarchy shows its Shiny
head and assassinates our beloved Presi-
dent-when the rebellion and other great
| wrongs are excused or justified, when his.
| torians and other writers falsify history,
either ignorantly or wilfully, and the
youth of our land are taught in that way.
Such teachings do not tend to make good
citizens.-RoBERT KIssICK, Oskaloosa
Iowa.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
The Average American is Well Fed.

The family of the average American
lives on scale and daily diet which
would be regarded in Europe as lavish,
such one as can be afforded there only
by the rich. His table is spread with
abundance, not only with articles of do
nestle production. but of imported food
stuffs. For example, his family consumes
annually 1,250 pounds of wheat -four, and
900 pounds of oat and corn meal, $50
pounds of meat, or about two pounds per
day; $50 pounds of potatoes, 100 pounds
of butter, and 300 pounds of sugar. He
is the greatest coffee drinker on earth,
one pound week being required for his
family's consumption. OF tea, however,
he uses little, five pounds per year suf-
fcing for his needs. His table costs him
SIG per month. He eats three meals per-
day, taking his dinner at noon He re-
tires between 9 and 10 at night, and rises
at in the morning.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

CoMMANDER-IN-C CHIEF RAssIEUR con-
cluded at Cleveland a most satisfactory
administration of the affairs of the Grand
Army of the Republic. He was all that
his most ardent friends had promised for
him. He showed himself earnestly in
sympathy with all the aims, objects, and
feelings of the Order; he went every
where, got thoroughly in touch with the
veterans, and spoke their minds with
force, eloquence, and freedom. His high
est ambition was TO be their true repre-
sentative and spokesman. He produced
the best impression on all, wherever he
went, and left the fires burning brighter
than when he entered upon his high posi-
ton. His management of the business af-
fairs of the Order was wisely economical
and prudent, and altogether the year was
one for which he, his friends, and the vet
Grams can be justly proud.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

IT is proposed to divide the locomotive,
BY putting the boiler and fire-box on two
six-wheeied trucks in front, and the en-
CINE in the tender. This will give the
whole 10 feet in width for the boiler, and
by making it of the water-tube type used
for torpedo boats, give fully three times
the present heating surface of the largest
locomotives. 1t is also proposed to make
the engines independent, like steamer en-
gines. The locomotive has to make lively
progress 10 compete with the marine en-
gines, but it seems to be in the bumor
TO do il
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
An Army Bible,

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the
early part of 1864. while advancing in
line of battle where the bodies of our
dead comrades were lying. l noticed BIZ
Bile on the ground under my feet. | quickly
put it in my pocket and when time per-
mitted found on the fly leaf these words
written:
.Wikison D. Perrin. From his mother,
to her Bold Soldier Boy Jan. IS. 1854"
There is also written these words: My
son. if sinners entice thee to sin consent
thou not."-Proy.
l think Comrade Perrin was killed or
wounded, l know not which; but | have
the Bible in my possession, which, on pay
ment of postage, will mail to whoever L
find most entitled to receive it.-HoMER
PECK. All Ottawa street. lansing, Mlch.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
Hazen's Division at Fort mcAllister.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In the is
sue of Aug 20, in the Isl Klegg" story,
giving an account of the taking of Fort
McAllister by the Second Division, Fiji
teenth Corps Hazen's Divison), you
name all the regiments belonging to that
division except three. Those are the 55th
ILL.,, 18th Ill. and 57th Ohio, all of which
belonged to the First Brigade, Second Di-
vision, Fifteenth Corps, and that day were
in reserve, supporting the 9th Mo-, Both
Ohio and 10th ILL.,, all of the First Bri-
gade. l don't see how "Si'' or Shorty
should have missed them, as they were
as good foragers as there were in Sher-
mans army.-JAcoB FINK, Co. D, 55th
H., Jackson Building, Chicago, Ill.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

CoMRADE T. NJ. STERRETT, of st.
Louis, proved an admirable selection for
Adjutant-General. A good business man
to start with, he is an old-time Grand
Army man, and from long service in va
rious responsible positions, was well &C
quainted with the rules, practices, and the
comrades of the great Order. He was an
invaluable assistant to the Commander
in-Chief, and greatly increased the wide
circle of his own personal friends.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
A Lost Medal

William T. Hill, Willard, Mo-. has e
silver star badge on which is engraved
the name William II. Lee, Co. f, 5th
Ohio The names of the following bat
ties also appear on the badge: Port Re
public, June 8, 1862; Antietam, Sept. II,
1862; Dumfries, Dec. p or u, 1852; Win
chester, March %, 1852; Charlottesville,
-, 1868.
Comrade Hill will return the badge to
the owner or to members of his family.
By the way, Comrade Hill has quite
war record He enlisted in 'G1, and
served nearly four years, the first six
months under Col. J. W. McClurg. after
war,IS Governor of Missouri
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
in BATTLE LINE.
Bv CAPT. FREE S. BoWLEY.

Our readers will look forward with
iively anticipation to the appearance of
a new story from Capt. Free S. Bowiey,
the gallant and talented author of 1.-The
Boy Lieutenant"
Capt Bowley's new story. which will
begin in an early issue of The National
Tribune, is entitled In Battle Line" and
tells in the authors thrilling style the
trials and achievements of certain com
rades of a Massachusetts regiment in the
war of the rebellion.
Its climax is at Gettysburg in the line
that stood SO manfully and hurled back
Pickett's valiant charge at the 'high-
water mark of the rebellion"
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
Col. Ahhntt.s Rexim.nt

A. G. Burn, Co. d, 7th n. H., Hills
boro Bridge, N. H., writes to correct an
error in recent issue of The National
Tribune. The author of a Fighting
Them Over" story stated that Col. ABB
bolt, of the Sd N. H., commanded his bri-
gade. Comrade Burn was in Col Abb
bolts regiment. the 7th N. H., not the Sd
N. II. In closing his letter, Comrade
Burn says: 81 have been reader of
The National Tribune since 1880, and
could not get along without it. 1t is truly
the soldiers freind.n
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
A Veterans Sons in the Philippines.

Comrade Benjamin G. McWilliams,
1910 Main street, Fort Scott, Kan, who
served in Co. T, 10th Pa. Cav, and was
IA months in rebel prisons, has twin sons,
Samuel and William, in the army in the
Philippines. They enlisted in the I'd Mo.
when the war with Spain broke out, and
after being discharged from that regiment
in 1899 re-enlisted in the 23d United
States. Both boys are making fine rec
ord in the army. William has been ap-
pointed special police in the Jolo Islands,
and his twin brother has been recommend
ed for second heutenancy.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
THE DEADLY MUsKETo.

BY a series of wonderful experiments,
which, by the way, have exhibited as
much daring Us was ever required on the
field of battle, the doctors in Cuba have
demonstrated that the really dangerous
animals of the world are not centipedes,
cobras, rattlesnakes, lions, tigers, pan
theirs. etc, but female mosquitoes. Their
terrible bites kill more people every year
than all the venomous reptiles and raw
enous wild beasts. incidentally. this is
point against the vegetarians. Those op-
ponents of flesh diet insist that if men
and women would abstain from animal
food they would all become as gentle as
the lambs which crop the fragrant mead.
But the mosquito is the most consnmmate
of yegetarians. His machinery is all
built for the purpose of sucking the juices
of plants. Probably not one mosquito in
a million gets the wine of life in the shape
of human blood But they are all fend-
ishly hungry for it all the same, and no
matter how many generations have fed
exclusively upon the lilies of the field,
they become instinctively ravenous for
something better the instant a man ven
lures into their ncighborhoOd. They do
not care what his physical condition may
be, and gorge themselves as readily from
one dying with yellow fever as from
healthy specimen. Then they attack the
next man. and fill him with the germs OBJ
tanned from the first. The doctors have
maintained nursery of this class of mos
quitoes in Cuba, and carefully watched
them. After letting them bite yellow
fever patients they have called for vol
unteers to be bitten, and in every case
yellow fever has resulted. Several very
valuable lives have been CALAMITY sacri-
feed to science in this way. Now the
doctors are Offering 500 each to Cubans
to let themselves be bitten, and their of
fee is crowded with those eager for the
bonus. The Cuban accepts yellow fever
as Northern people do bad coids-among
the ineyitables of lifc-and 500 is great
deal of money to them.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

The poisoning of the bullets and the
shooting through the handkerchief all
point to a plot and to accomplices. They
are things that the assassin, to all APP
pearances, could not have thought out for
himself. They indicate a great deal of
preparation and schooling by superior
mind to his.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

Every time the wrctch's name appears
in print. every detail of preparations for
the trial and of the trial itself, will be
meat and drink for the Anarchists. 1t
will give them what their diseased souls
thirst for:
Advertisement.
Publicity,
Importance.
1t enables little handful of sOulless
villains to parade in the center of the
stage before S0,000000 Americans, and
this fills them with a ghoulish pride that
win stimulate them to hunt around for
another crack Drained scoundrel to emu
late the exploit
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
PORT HUDSON:
A Renaissance of the Civil War.
By Col. Prentiss Ingraham

This is tribute by a gallant Confed-
crate officer, who was among the defend
ers of Port Hudson, to the brave boys
in blue who besieged that place, and par
ticularly to those who formed the cele-
brated Forlorn Hope. 1t will appear in
an early number of The National Tri-
bune.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY had his life in
sured for $751; 600, not a cent more. OF
this $4,000 was in the New York Life,
and the other SIT, 600 in smaller compa-
MES. The income from this and from
some other property will give Mrs. McKin-
ley about $1,000 a year, to which Con-
gross is expected to add the usual pension
of $4,000
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

Mrs. Lizabeth A. Turner. Past National
President w. r. c., and one of the
modest workers in the organization, has
retired from her private business, and
changed her residence from Boston to 46
Camp street. New Britain, Conn. She
wants all her friends to take note of this
change Of residence.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

THE Iowa women are going to make a
strong effort this Winter to secure suf-
frage. They have come very near it at
past sessions of the Legislature, and they
believe they will now succeed. Iowa
would seem a good place for woman suf-
frage. Nowhere are the women of more
uniform high intelligence and character
than in Iowa.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

THE steel strike threw $4,000 men out
of work for two and half months. As
their earnings averaged $500 n day, the
total loss to them and their families was
about 100000. Ambitious demagogs
are very costly luxuries, but some people
do not know how to get along without
hon
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

AFTER the State of New York has cleo
trocuted the assassin, what have we
gained?
Absolutely nothing but the removal of
one wretched tool of the Anarchists.
1t is like sponging off one drop Of
venom from the serpent's fangs.
The venom is there yet; the fang is
there yet; the serpent is there yet.
The only remedy is to kill the serpent
itself.
AS long as Anarchy is allowed to breed
and disseminate its foul teachings,
wretches will rise to put those teachings
into practice.
We have never conceded for an instant
that liberty of speech permitted men to
teach or newspapers to advocate arson,
robbery, rape, or cognate crimes.
Why should we permit to be publicly
taught the murder of those whom the peo-
pie select for their servants, representa-
tiyes and officials?
Anarchism must be exterminated.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

If 1T shall be definitely determined that
fine bullets were poisoned it can hardly
increase the detestation and horror in
which the Anarchists are now held. Their
wickedness is so cold-blooded and pur-
peseless that it exhausts human capacity
for fierce loathing.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

THE yirginians are afraid to let the
public know how their Governors have
spent the contingent fund. Well, they
may at least be proud Of the fact that
they are ashamed of it.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

The ex-Chief Clerk of the Patent Of
fee has returned the SS0.25 he was ac-
cused Of stealing. So far as we can hear
there is not the slightest fear Of this sort
of thing becoming epidemic.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26
AFIELD WITH CRoCKER'S BRIGADE.

By David II. Strain. Co. B. 18th Iowa.
This is simple narrative of the every
day doings of this famous brigade, which
was composed of some Of the best fight
ing regiments in the magnificent Army of
the Tennessee
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

THEY are now trying to locate the orisi-
nal Garden of Eden in Ohio. The apples
out there are tempting enough just now to
make q man believe ii.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

If, AS the Anarchists claim, men and
women would do right without any law,
why do their brightest lights signalize
themselves by committing foul. nnpro-
voked, and absolutely purposeless muir
1arSJ
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

THERE certainly ought to be found in
the laws Furnishing accessories to crime
some warrant for holding the noted An
archists who have been arrested.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

For the sake of decency and human
ity let us have this wretched assassin
disposed of as quickly and with as little
publicity as the forms of law will per-
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

THIS makes three assassinations of
Presidents inside of sc years. That is,
one President killed in every y years.
We certainly cannot stand this sort of
thing, no matter what it costs to stop it.
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

WAS there ever anything more brazenly
fmpudent than Emma Goldnlan's claim
for the utmost protection from the laws
Eho is trying to subyert?
The National tribune., 1901-09-26

We want only the most infnitesimal
part of the long -drawn-out, noisome pa
rade of the Guiteau trial.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-29
Declined the Job
in JOCular WaY.

WASHINGTON, Apr. ga government
position has been refused. A few days
ago the Treasury Department asked the
civil service commission for an eligible
for appointment to place as fireman in
the Treasury building. The commission
certified a man living at the barracks,
near San Francisco, as eligible for ap-
pointment.
Mr.. Allies, the Assistant Secretary OF
the Treasury, notified him by wire. Sat
urday reply came back from the pros
pective fireman saying that he would
not care to come unless the Government
betrayed his travelling expenses to the
national capital, matter OF $75. The
Secretary replied that there was no fund
from which his transportation could be
paid. He was asked to answer this.
Today q telegram came from the far West
stating that the eligible had carefully
considered the matter OF $720-a-year job
at the national capital which he had been
urged to accept" and he had conclud-
ed that he could not accept the place un-
less the Department was prepared to
to "throw in his board" AS the De-
partment has no fund from which to pay
the board of the firemen the counter
nroposition will have to be rejected.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-29
A Bright New Comet
Has Appeared.

A comet was reported as seen at
Queenstown, April end, Cape of Good
Hope. April 25th, and Yorks obserya-
tory, April 9th, at 20 minutes before
sun rise.
April 20 to 22nd, great change took
place in our Earth atmosphere, with
Aoeds, on the Ohio river.
The Earth's motion placed the new
moon over the setting sun, in line with
its solar rays, and pleades. The solar
rays of light may travel through some
gases, perhaps carbon, and coming in
contact with our atmosphere, create a
disturbance: Planetary gases, or at
mosphere may link together. The earth
with the sun, and the sun with CEN
trail sun.
If the solar rays. travel tn -ough space
TO pleads over, pleades atmosphere,
and it should be track OF meteors, and
comets, il would be as we'll to follow
that line until September next.
From April to September, q comet
may be moving towards the sun, in such
a position, that it may not be seen at
a given point. and the time, April to
September, is equal to time, OF duration
from September TO January, see comet
reports, of 1880.
The comets peculiar motion, would be
accounted for, if following, currants OF
Planetary atmospheres, in link with
one another.
The year 1901 is favorable for the ap.
pearance of a comet or 8 howers of stars
see the reports of the year S45--l6S0-
ls5S-lss9 to 1901 or 1902 based upon
the ll-12-and 50 periods Of comets,
and showers Of stars.
Z. L. WETMoRR.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-29
She Changed Her Mind
and Would not Marry.

ALLIANCE, O., April 29.-"No you have
deceived me, and will not marry you.
Standing before a minister with the
man she had looked upon as her future
husband, Mrs. Jennie Kline, an Alliance
widow, made this sensational declara-
ton Sunday, Reverend NJ. Anderson,
the minister who was about to say the
words that would have made her the
wife OF George F. Sickinger, stopped in
surprise.
Mrs. Kline is a dressmaker and has
two children. Sickinger's home is in
Mansfield, and Mrs. Kline went there
to have the ceremony performed. A
woman in the employ OF the preacher
who was to marry them, knew slckinger
and when the two came to the house,
called Mrs. Kline into rear room and
told her he had been married and di.
vorced four times. Mrs. Kline returned
to the parlor and told Sickinger what
she knew.
Mrs. Kline said upon her return TO
Alliance that she had met Sickinger
through a matrimonial bureau, and,
when he proposed by letter, she had
accepted him.
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-04-29
Krs. Nation Natural
She Scraps in Jail.

WICHITA, Kas., April 29.-Mrs. Garry
Nation is spending today in the rotary
cell OF the County Jail here for insubor-
dination and fighting with her fellow
prisoner, Mrs. Lucy Wilhert.
The rotary lie the same as dungeon,
and she will get nothing but bread and
water while being confined there.
Mrs. Nation and Mrs. Wiihert, one Of
her assistants in the saloon-smashine
crusade, were placed in the same cell in
the County Jail Wednesday, both hav-
ing refused to accept bond.
Mrs. Nation has accused Mrs. Wilhert
OF being two-faced, and slapped her.
Mrs. Wilhert came back with blow on
Mrs. Nations nose, and a general fight
between the two women ensued. Sheriff
Simmons was forced to go into the cell
and separate them.
Mrs. Simmons, wife of the Sheriff,
then went to Mrs. Nation and tried to
calm her, the saloon being in
terrible rage and talking so she could be
heard half block.
Mrs. Nation called Mrs. Simmons
names. When il was found tie saloon
smasher would not be quiet, she was
taken to the rotary, where bad prisoners
are kept, and there she remains.
Sheriff Simmons said he did all he
could to pacify her, but found that il
slae was left in the cell with the other
prisoners more fighting would ensue,
so he would keep her in the rotary until
she had cooled down, and then she
would be given a cell by herself.
WICHITA, Kan, April 29.-Mrs, Carrie
Nation received elegram that her
brother at Louisburg. Kansas, was dead
and she was permitted TO go at once
without bond. II is said the case
against her in this county will be drop
ped.