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The National tribune., 1901-02-28

Mr.. Benjamin Small-a large, portly,
goOd-looking nan. with touches OF gray in
his hair and whiskerS. and whose face iu-
dicated that he had not let anything in
life so far worry him seriousiy--was seat
ed in large hickory -bottomed rocking
chair, with n cob pipe in his mouth, and
holding an umbrella over his head, to
shield him from the night dSws, AID rock
ed and smoked leisurely. while arguing
with Washington Hartshorn, and superin-
tending couple of negro men, who were
fixing mp a shelter for the night. Near
him. in another rocking chair, also smok-
ing and holding an umbrella over her head,
sat his wife, a spare, hard-fcatured
woman, who devoted most of her atten-
tion to directing two ''likely" negresses.
with bandana turbans, who were cooking
supper. Opposite him, in an uncomforta-
BILE, split -bottOmed chair, sat Mr.. Wash
ington Hartshorn. who was of the hickory
lawyer and crossroads politician type, who
whitfield a stick and chewed plug tobacco
and expectorated tremendously. Near
him, on another hickory chair, sat his
wife, a thin, salow, peevish-looking
woman, with few teeth, and snulf-gourd
and stick, which she used industriously.
all it developed that Mr.. Small, who had
been with his wife at his other plantation.
had become alarmed Mt the advance of the
army, and started out provided to go into
hiding for day or two, until the army
had passed, and had unwilIingiy picked up
Hartshorn and his wife, who did not move
in the same social circle with them. This
was quite clear to anyone who looked on
the group. Wash Hartshorn felt his So
cial infcriOrity, but tried to make up for it
by continual assertive reminders to Mr..
The National tribune., 1901-02-28
THE VETERANS IN THE INAUGURAL
PARADE.

Gen. Il. V. Greene, Marshal of the In
aHgural Parade, assigned to the veterans
who should march in the Inaugural Pa
rade the third position in the First Grand
Division. That is, they were to take place
behind the Regular Army and Navy, and
the National Guard. Gen. d. f. Sicklcs.
who was assigned TO command the veter-
ans, protested, but was informed that the
place was the usual one.
Gen. Sickles was not satisfied, and
pressed the matter further. Saturday
evening a meeting was held, at which
Gen Sickles, who had come on from New
York for the purpose; Gen. X. c. Dyren-
forth, Commander-in-Chie of the Union
Veteran Union; Israel L. Stone, Com
nlander Of the Department of the Poto-
mac, G. A. r.; Col. Chamberlain, OF Gen.
Sickie'S staff; A. Noel Brakeman, Gen.
Greene's chief OF staff; Capt. Lee NJ.
Lipscomb, of the Spanish War Veterans,
and Auditor Ii. \. Castle were present,
1t was suggested at this meeting that
the veterans escort the President from
the White House TO the Capitol on the
morning of March 4, and that later in the
afternoon they be drawn mp in the Court
OF Honor, and that the President review
them there on his return, at the head of
the parade proper, from the ceremonies at
the Capitol. This met with general ia
yor, and as the President has approved,
this plan will probably be observed. Gen.
COrbin has been instructed by the Prcsi-
dent TO inform Gen. Greene that he de-
sired that the wishes of the veterans be
complied with in this connection.
MIR. EVANS has succeeded in stirring ND
q lively hornets nest among the Repub-
licans of Kentucky. DIR. J. Hunter Peake,
a Republican, and man and a surgeon of
high standing, was little while ago sum
marily removed. without explanation, by
Mr.. Evans from the Board of Examining
Surgeons and Democrat appointed in his
place. DIR. Peake cared comparatively lit
tie for the place, but very much about the
manner of his removal, and the Kentucky
Republicans were very much inccnsed
They have been having a hard, bitter fight
with the Democrats of their State, and il
was particularly CALLING to have the Ad-
ministration at Washington give them
such a hurtful blow. Neither Senator De
Doe, nor any of the other leading Repub-
licans knew of the contemplated removal,
and all were very indignant. 1t is nov
claimed Leslie Combs, Pension Agent nj
Lexington, KY. was wholly responsible
for having advised Evans to make the
change.
The National tribune., 1901-02-28

"Come. come. Sally" interposed her
peace-loying lord. Don't git yer dander
up that-a-way. Amt no occasion fer hit.
Wash Hartshorn likes { hear hisself talk.
He'd talk the years often cast-iron pot,
an when he's through hit don mount [
as much as last years pig-wecd. But he
hain't half as bad as his tongue. I'm
monty hongry, an supper's ready. Les
all set mp an eat. After supper well all
be in better humoT.'
The temptation of a very much better
meal than they were in the habit of having
made Mrs. SmalfS scorn endurable by the
EartshOrns. They were hardened TO that
sort of thing. The poor white in the South
was always q parasite on those who were
a little better off. and though he might at
times snarl and snap, he rather expected
contumcly and always came back for
more. IL was the usual thing on both
sides. There was a certain formal asser-
tion of position in the way the weli-to-do
tolerated their interiors, and the interiors
accepted this as a recognized part of the
general game.
81 and Shorty had listened to the row
with interest. IL was an insight into the
relations of the different strata of South
ern people to one another. The social at
mosphere was wholly different from that
in Indiana. The degradation. the ignor-
anee. the pretentious self-assertion, min
gled at the same breath with abject servil-
ity were as astonishing on one side, as the
naughty disdain, mingled with easy toler-
ance, was on the other. Deacon Klegg may
have despised some cheap, noisy, cross
roads demagog from the backwoods of
Posey County, but he would have either
treated him civilly as n man and an equal
or else ignored him altogether.
But the sight and smell of the food
heaped upon the improvised table interest
ed the boys more than philosophic refiec-
tions on the scheme of social relations.
The negreSses served out great dishes of
The National tribune., 1901-02-28
WHY NOT TUE CHURCHES

Just one thought for the benefit of those
mushy sentimentalists who are so anxious
tc have the Grand Army OF the Republic
and the United Confederate Veterans rush
into one another's arms. Why don't they
begin with getting the Northern and
Southern Churches to re-unite?
The great Methodist, Presbyterian and
Baptist Churches still maintain their sec
tional divisions, and steadily refuse to
come together into National organiza-
tons.
The Presbyterians OF the country have
repeatedly tried to get their Southern
brethren TO come into the same tabernacle
with them, but have been every time met
with the chill bluff from those south of
Masons d Dixon's Line, You have nailed
the Cross Of Christ TO the chariot wheels
of despotism," whatever that may mean.
'and We shall have nothing to do with
you"
The same ill-success has attended the
efforts of patriotic and Jealous Methodists
and Baptists to get their Southern breth
ren to come back into the fold and work
together as Christian brethren should. foI
the greater glory of God.
Such being the case with those who pro.
fess the gospel of Christianity, peace, for.
giyeness and brotherly love, as the highest
rule of their lives, what should be ex-
pected from those who represent the fight.
ing element Of the great struggle?
1t will be time enough when the South
ern Presbyterians, Methodists and Bap-
lists show spirit Of fraternity and re-
union with their Northern brethren for us
to consider Blue and Gray Reunions. and
not until then.
The National tribune., 1901-02-28

GREAT BRITAIN is still holding out for
us to trade something in Alaska for the
privilege of building much-needed canal,
with our own money, through territory
over which she has not the slightest con-
troll
The National tribune., 1901-02-28

people. Judge Tourgee is well known to
our readers as the author of "a Fools
Errand," Bricks Without Straw" and
many other popular works. In the Sum
merdale Brabble'' he sustains his reputa-
ton, and our readers have treat in store
for them
The National tribune., 1901-02-28
HON. aLBIovM. ToURGEa.

Next week we shall begin the publica-
ton of a brilliant serial story by Comrade
TOurgee entitled "The Summerdale Brab-
ble'' The story treats of American life
in the North and deals with lot of queer
The National tribune., 1901-02-28

THEY are finding the bones of animals
so feet long in South Dakota. These
must be the basis of Senator Pettigrew's
dreams of monsters.
The National tribune., 1901-02-28
To MIS-. Carrie Conster Nation:

o, woman, in our hours of ease.
Uncertain, coy and hard to please;
But on a Temperance crusade,
With hatchet for battle blade,
And forces gathered for a row,
Then a destroying angel thou.
The National tribune., 1901-02-28

PEssMIsTs who fear the American
fighting blood is dying out should have
been here last week at the meeting of the
Daughters of the Revolution.
The National tribune., 1901-02-28

THE German navy is to be supplied
with American meats. Nothing like them
to build up good fighting material
The National tribune., 1901-02-28

Uncle Ephraim's Skill as Woods Pilot-A
Camp of Remgees-v gorous Assertion OF
Constitutional Right-A Sayory Meal-The
Orders against Bringing Negroes Into Camp.
The National tribune., 1901-02-28

SOME of the ex-Confederates are urging
the President to go to Memphis in spite
OF the protests, and Secretary CorteIyou
replies automatically that the President
cannot make engagements so far ahead.
The Senate has authorized Senator Gal
Hnger to make his proposed investigation
OF special pension legislation. 1t will
probably amount TO about as much as his
investigation two years ago of the Pen.
sion Bureau, and the reasons the veter-
ans had for being dissatisfied with its
management. The Senator was not after
the truth then, nor is he after it now.
REPRESENTATIVE AMos CUMMINGS. Of
New York, has introduced a joint resoIu-
ton to allow a spot to be designated in
the city of Washington for the erection
OF monument to the late DR.. Benz. +.
Stephenson, the founder of the Grand
Army of the Republic. 1t is provided that
the statue shall not cost more than $1j 600
and be gift from the Grand Army of
the Republic to the people of the United
States.
The National tribune., 1901-02-28
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Copyrighted 1888. by the publishers of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1901-02-28
The NHTIOaHh TRIBUNE.

PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01
HE COULDN'T DO BOTH.
Had to Make n Choice Between Poll
tics and Religion for
Certainty.

4 well-known western representa-
tive in congress, pleading an engage
ment. left n small group of takers in
an uptown hotel lobby, and an elder
ly man, whom he had introduced to
the party, made bold to tell n story
about the departed, says Washington
exchange.
II have known him." he said, "ever
since he was a boy. and when he came
out OF college he was undecided wheth-
er to become n lawyer and politician or
go to theological seminary and be-
come a clergyman. He was fond of
politics, and thought that with little
law and more religion on the side he
might become great moral re-
former. You know that's the way most
all very young men feel when they un-
dertake politics for the first time
However, before he had had time to de-
termine finally what he would do. his
friends came after him to run for the
legislature, as he had the availability
and pretty fair amount Of cash. This
brought him face TO face with the
question he had been much disturbe
over, and he went to Judge Blank, a
veteran in politics, and man OF the
highest character, for assistance in
solving the problem. He stated his
case in full to the judge, and the grand
old man put his hand on the young
mans shoulder.
MY boy he said, as only he could
say it, it can't be politics and reli-
gion; it must be one or the other. You
can't fit yourself for Heaven and for
the legislature at the same time, and
there's no use trying. That is all ]
can say, and you will have to make
your own choice"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01

The Chicago Tribune, which has, for
several years. kept account of Amer.
lean benefactions to educational ins,i-
tutions. libraries, art museums and
galleries, charities and churches by
personal donations and bequests, re-
ports those of 1000 at SOC, ,2e4, ,o3o as
against s79.7io.956 last year. However.
as last year was record breaker, be-
ing about s5O.COO,c0O above the aver
age for the last decade, the falling off
this year is not surprising. The fig
ures indicate degree of private dona-
tions TO worthy objects vastly exceed.
ing those in any other country.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01
A RHYME OF RUMMAGE.
Metricni Mention OF the Wonderful
Variety of Articles on
Sale.

The rummage sale, the rummage
sale; all hail the festive rummage salel
The latest, greatest, paramountest
issue since the dinner pail;" the fad
thnt clears the attic out; and likewise
also clears the cellar, and swaps of
one mans scrap-heap for the dollars of
some other feller; the raging craze
that captivates all classes and soci-
cites, and finds n market for old junk;
II matters not how high it is. There's
nothing new beneath the sun, nor in
the modern rummage sale--it looks
as If the stock in trade were gathered
by Texas gale-and people crowd the
bargain rooms, all clamoring to buy
and pay, for superannuated trash that
other people throw away. Variety's
the essence of this social mercan-
tile endeavor, and what you can't find
at the sale you'll never find at all-no.
never. The list is all-embracing, rang
ing from a broken looking glass to
cooking stoves, can-openers, false hair
and candlesticks of brass; there's
stuffed canary birds, with half the
cotton stuff hanging out; bottles,
Bibles, boots and bonnets, leather belts
for lean and stout; neckties, picture
frames and gimlets, carpet stretchers,
petticoats; soup tureens and con-
cer,inas that won't play one-half their
notes; battered cuspidors and scissors,
spectacles. mismated socks; wash
boards, rat traps. stovepipe hats and
wornout collars by the box; old sus-
penders, flags and rip saws; watches
that have lost their wheels; earrings,
bootjacks, garters, razors, slippers,
minus toes and heels; breastpins, horse
whips, pickles, harness, swords with
blade and scabbard rusted; dishpans,
chromos, fountain pens with both pen
and fountain busted; every kind of
wooden, tin and crock'ry things to put
things in; tintypes of somebody's
grandma's long-forgotten kith and kin.
There's comedy and pathos in the
blending of this bric-a-brac; il wakens
trains Of memory, Of the faces, days
and years far back. Rare visions of
long bygone scenes most surely will
the heart regale, amid the rag-tag rel
les Of that latest craze, the rummage
sale.-New Haven Palladium.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01
ANCIENT POSTAL SERVICE.
Az 1t Existed Between Egypt and
babylon Thirty-FOur Gem
turtles Ago.

The great collection of earthen tab
let's found at Ell Amarna serves to give
an idea of the postal service between
Egypt and Babylon as it existed "a cen
turies ago, says the New York Journal
The date of these tablets is between
1900 and 1880 B. c. The transcriptiens
on them are in Babylonic Semitic,
which at that period was the diplomatic
language CT the east.
Most of them are reports from Egyp-
tian officials in the provinces and in
foreign lands. and are addressed to
Pharaoh. These clay tablets are no
bulkier than modern official letters. In
many cases the tablet was enclosed in
an earthen vessel or envelope which
was inscribed with the address and a
summary of the contents of the letter.
We may assume that these clay let
ters were handled much as modern
mails are handled. They were prob
ably carried in bags. Excellent post
roads connected Egypt with every part
of western Asia. and there were post
and relay stations for the kings mes
sengers, who probably also forwarded
private letters.
According to the FL Amarna tablets
Pharaoh was in correspondence with
Babylon and Assyria, Cappadocia, Pal
estine and Syria. The post roads fol-
lowed the old paths of war and COM
merce which had been trodden by cara
vans and armies through countless gen.
erations.
The Cnnaanites corresponded with
the Babylonians, as Hiram, king of
Tyre, did with Solomon. Long before
the lsraelites came to Canaan the land
was crossed and recrossed by post
roads.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01

Fifty years hence, the great men
OF the world will be numbered by
er.,, r,,, ,,rf fly thousands;
therefore, it is safe
to predict that the
young man of to-day has just as much
shance of gaining success in the fu-
Sure as had the man who lived so
years ago, says Chauncey VI. Depew,
IN Success. The world multiplies by
degrees, and so the people become
more numerous on the face of the
earth. Idle territories, that are bound
10 increase and progress, will become
the homes of this mass of human be-
ings. Theirs is the power TO create
great cities, to erect new metropolises
that will compete with each other
In the race for success. It looks as
II New York will be but one of n
ehrin OF great cities, in the years TO
eone. While its territory will grow
with the advanced transit system,
End while it will always remain the
beacon light of the hopeful American,
the great cities of the west and the
northwest will give their quota to
humanity, and their work of indus
trial advancement will result in states
that will stand close in line behind
New York. The boy Of to-day has
little to fear that the field is becom-
tng overcrowded in our own country.
1t Is just being opened. The only
thing that will be a menace to his
progress will be climatic conditions;
Tor. with the growth of time, the
country must expand from its tenn
perate sections to those of the arctic
regions. There are some who saw
Ahat, year by year, the terrors of the
north gradually diminish, that the old
world is passing through a certain
cycle, somewhere in the vast infini-
Sude OF space, that is making the tenn
Perature more genial and more even.
pf this be true, and we know not how
krue it may be, then the young men
ut to-day, and those who are yet to
Be born, have conditions to look for
ward to that are far more favorable
4han they were to those of the past
eanturies
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01

The other day there was published 0
little sketch in one of the papers about
r,. NJ, WIN newsboy who had
done his best in the
'e'S iiFe"- world, and after all
his trials had exclaimed: There amt
no good in nothin'." 1t was the despair
of childish pessimist, but in It's way
10 reflected some of the modern
thought. The man who tries and gets
tired. and then. because of his weari-
ness, upbraids all that therein is. fg-
ures rather largely in the literature
of the day. The great trouble with
him is that he mistakes his own tired
feeling for the general condition OF
humanity. He Is like person with
wrong eyes, who needs glasses in or
der to get correct perspective, truly
observes Webster Wallace, In the Sat-
urday Evening Post. His distorted
views he takes as real, and from them
argues that the world is not what IL
should be and that it is In great need
of the remedies which he would like TO
prescribe for its ailments. As q mat
ter of fact, the world is all right, and
the individual who thinks IL all wrong
will find, upon examining himself,
or, better still. having a doctor do It
for him, that his attitude of mind and
body needs to be brought into adjust
ment with the rest of humanity. The
man who enjoys life, who likes to meet
his fellow-beings and to participate in
the affairs of his district or his coun-
try, finds good in everything except
positive sin. The whole tone of the
successful life should be confidence.
hope, effort, striving. and constant op-
timism. The man who believes he 10
going to succeed and keeps that con-
viction clearly before him almost al
ways wins. 1t is true that occasional
dreamers fall in attempting too great
heights, but that no more disproves
the value of effort than the few trare-
dies of mountain climbers show that
there are no prosperous and happy vii
lagos along the montain sides. Pos.
sibly the most famous advice that En-
erson gave was to "hitch your wagon
to STAR And the idea holds good to-
day as well as it did 20 years ago. 1t
will last through all eternity. The man
who aims high and works hard and be-
lieves in himself is the one who is going
TO win In the face Of all conditions and
discouragements.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01

A Pound Gap (Va.) man lately sued
his wife for divorce. The lady hav-
ing bitten off one of the ears and a
finger of her liege lord, he became
alarmed lest she should increase her
carnivorous tastes to greater extent,
and sought separation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01

The wealthiest baby in the world is a
young gentleman named Brown. of
Newport, r. l., who has been existing
on this mundane sphere for the period
of nine months. His fortune, which
comes to him from his mother, is es-
timated at about 100000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01

In a recent decision of the Vermont
supreme court it was held that where
a railroad company sells q mileage
ticket and refuses to accept the ticket
the railroad company is liable for dam
ages.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01
Very Low Hunters rates via the
Glover Leaf route.
During tn. hunting season ia

During the huniing season, fall and
winter Of 1901, commencing Oct. l,
the Toledo, ST Lonis ami Western Rail-
road company will sell luuler's tickets
Ia point. in Ark =. / T., L3u. 10, Ky,
genn.. Miss. Ala, Mich aud Wis, good
for returning 20 davs from date of sale
at very low rate. For tickets ami fur
ther information apply TO tue nearest
agent, Cloy5r Leaf route.
" MorioT. Asst q A.
e ID Whitney, g. I II 2stf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01
Pity
aI1n
Beauty

The most beautiful thing in
the. world is the baby, all
dimples and Joy. The most
pitiful thing is that same baby,
thin and in pain. And the
mother does not know that. a
little fat makes all the differ
ence.
Dimples and JOY have gone,
and left hollows and fear; the
fat, that was comfort and
color and curve--all but pity
and love--is gone.
The little one gets no fat
from her food. There is some
thing wrong;itis either her food
or food-mill. She has had no
fat for weeks; is living on what
she had stored in that plump
little body of hers; and that is
gone. She is starving for fat;
it is death, be quick!
! SCOTS Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is the fat she can
take; it will save her.
n The genuine has this picture on
M6H II, take no other.
AzTM II You have not tried il. send
R&p for free sample. its agreeable
ftSV taste will surprise you.
H{b6 SCOTT g. BOVINE,
v1{&H Chemists,
~. fO9 Pearl ST., N. Y.
- &c. SOC. and SI.OO
GzEA24cS all druggists.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01

The very latest in New York swen
society is that carriage teams for use
by bridal parties must consist of one
white and one black horse. AS a re-
suit livery men are offering fancy
prices for well-matched pairs Of op-
posite colors.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01

A citizen of Paterson, y. j., killed a
cat that had disturbed his slumbers.
He was fined S. and costs, but has now
appealed. claiming he had a right to
murder the serenadcr. and that, even
if he hadn't the right, IS is too much
to pay for the life of a mere cat.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-02-01

A man imprisoned in Minneapolis on
charge OF murder has been allowed
TO convert his quarters into Turk.
ish parlor," with a carpet, carved
tables, costly vases and high-grade
pictures. The need of cells en- suite is
seriously felt by the states guest.