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The National tribune., 1901-04-04

emn row beside the priest; the priest, in
a robe of white lace over a black gown, a
great black cross on the chasubie on his
back, intones prayers. and incense floats
through the church. Two or three violets
held in the chubby fingers of beadey-
eyed baby scent little part of the church
with Natures Easter incense that out
side is rising from the good earth and
from the quickening of the trees and
flowers.
The priest comes outside of the chan
eel rail, lifts a crucifiX up before the
knceling men and women, and the pro-
cession to carry the host from the altar
is formed. First comes a boy in purple
robes, q silver-braided circlet in his
black hair. He swings a big clacker-the
bell is not used in the Good Friday ser
vices-and clears the way, announcing
the coming of the priest with the host.
After him comes the little crucifer with
the silver cross ghnting in the glad
Spring sunshine that comes trickling
through the narrow windows on this
mournful scene. After the crucifer come
candle-boys and censor-boys. and then
four purple-robed men, who bear a can
Opy under which the priest walks, inton-
ing prayers all the while. Other purple
robed men, with silver circlets, follow in
the rear of the procession. The host is left
at the end of the church and the priest
under his canopy returns to the chancel.
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81 AND 'sS.


IAN original poem read at the Encampmeni
ut Santa Cruz, Cali
On the rolling tides of memory comes to me
vision grand,
Sbimmering over hills and valleys, from the
fading battle-lahd;
Rising higher-coming nearer Till il seems
but scarce day
Since the gathering hosts assembled-and the
armies marched away.
Comrades Of the grand old Army to US all a
vision comes;
Again we hear the old-time music, with the
rolling Of the drums!
Dense columns marching to the South; war.
horses loudly neigh
Bright sabers clank-Duycnets glcam and
we hear the Dugles play.
We rallied from the coast of Maine, and
from Pacifc's golden shore
When Lincoln called for yoiunteers-tWo mil
million men or more!
And soon the cannons' thunder, from rise to
set of sun,
Feaicd out the thrilling stcry-the Nations
fght was on!
Tlici;ly rolled the clouds OF war, and fierce
the bloody fray,
And blood and limbs and cannon balls in
dread confusion lay.
For four long years the conflict ragged, as It
rolled from sea to sea,
Till victory crowned "Old Glory''-with four
million slaves set free!
Comrades. that steady tramp that shook the
hills and crims0ned sea and iund-
Sounding from the Northern Lakes to the
iisnss Of the Rio Grande,
Falls now with feeble echo, that seems I'M
like their martial tread:
For the boys who marched in 81 are ail
grown old-or dead!
Five hundred thousand Union men-gend the
story beyond the seal
FlYa hundred Thousand brave men dled-and
they died for you and me.
Some salk k down by the waysidc. and on
hundred fields they fell,
As they marched down through Dixie, into
the hungry jaws Of he'll.
Some fell on the field of Shiloh. and on the
nights Of steep Marye,
While some died giorlousy on the march
with Sherman to the sea.
Fifty Thousand died In prisons, whose re-
lease the fate of war denied,
Who died as loyal soldiers die-and God alone
fnows how they died.
Thousands fell at Gettysburg, death crown
Ing valiant deed,
NIL shouts heard high DER battling hosts,
and the laundering guns of Meade.
And in The gloomy Wilderness blood loYed
like rain and rili
And tie and was draped with mourning at
Antictam and Malvern Hill.
Then, when we think Of Cuba, and the men
who led the way,
And hear the roar of Dewey's guns in far
Manila Bay,
And see our armies marching-men from
North and South are there
Tis hard to keep from shouting as We throw
our hats in airl
Oh, twas worth a lifelong Journey on land
or ocean tide
To see Miles. our gallant General, with Joe
Wheeler by his side.
North and South, and on foreign shorea
where Coumbia's SONS have bled-
Cheers for our soldiers liying-tears for our
soldiers dead.
Dur comrades died, but the Nation lives, Der
valley, plain, and crag.
Dur people are nll united-wlth One Coun-
try and One Flagi
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thoroughly cleaning the hides, commenced
with the brains and worked them till
thoroughly dry and pliable; then they were
ready for use. While the tanning was be-
ing done twofof our number were 10 miles
away feeding our horses and mules on
fresh grass. On going to our slaughter
pen we found it occupied by wolves, and
other wild animals. We went into the
slaughtering and tanning business again.
When through with this job We moved
up in beaver meadow and eamped. We
found particles of gold along the base of
the mountains and spent q week hunting
and searching for the yellow metal.
We discovered a pass TO the southeast.
We left the place, Travelled that course for
number of days, until we came to a fer
tile prairie with springs of pure. soft
water. We camped to recuperate general
ly.
One day while out 1 became separated
from my partners and was riding quietly
along when l espied something at a dis
tance which looked strange. l advanced
with caution. All at once it raised on
his feet. 1t was very large bear. l was
not 10 rods from him. As he raised his
head 1 fired. He brushed his head with
his paw and started, for me. 1 wheeled
my horse (or he wheeled himself) and fed
soon found gained but little. l urged
my horse all l dared TO, -sn account of
the rough going. On coming to clump of
trees / rode up to one with large limbs
about eight feet from the ground and was
soon mounted on a limb with my gun and
ammunition. q told my horse to go, and
go he did. sat down on big limb, tied
myself to the body of the tree, for was
weak, and afraid I might fall. Bruin was
waiting for me to come down, but 1 was
not inclined so to do. The bear was a
large grizzly. He came up to the foot
of the tree and raised his forefeet up
against it, growing fiercely. My revolver
had seven balls. / dropped them into his
but made badlooking face. I then
loaded my rifle and waited for him to re-
turn for more pills. He soon returned.
I dropped one from my rife into his
mouth and he lay down, kicked little |,
and was still. After resting awhile |
blew my whistle as loud as I could and |
listened for an answer but none came. |
blew my whistle again and heard faint |
answer. l lay down by bruin to rest.
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PERSONAL.

Col. Augustus w. Corliss, I'd U. S., who
was retired for age last week, had 9
rather unusual experience. He entered
the army in 1862 as Major of the Rhode
Island Cavalry, and then became Lieu
tenant Colonel of the I'd r. I. Cav. After
ward he enlisted in the 18th U. s., be
came Orderly Sergeant, and then Second
Lieutenant. and rose through all the ranks
to Colonel.
Lieut-Col Sumner II. Lincoln, who sue.
ceeds to the CoIonelcy of the I'd U. S., en-.
tered the army in 1861 as private in the
LIST VT. He then became First Lieuten-
ant and Adjutant, Major and Lieutenant.
Colonel Of the 9Th VT, and upon being
mustered out entered the Regular Army
as Second Lieutenant.
Maj. John G. Leefe, who succeeds to
the -Colonelcy of the 2d U. S.,
entered the Army in 1862 as First Lieu
tenant in the 162d \; T., and rose to be
brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. He entered
the Regular Army in 1866 as First Lieu
tenant, 10Th y. S.
Gen. j. z. Weaver, eN-Representative in
Congress, and once the Greenback candi-
date for President OF the United States,
has been elected Mayor of Colfax, la.
Col. VIM. Edgar Rogers, of Jersey City,
n. j., a former Colonel of the 4th n. j.
n. c., and veteran of the rebellion,
has been appointed Assistant Attorney
to the Spanish Claims Commission, very
lucrative position. This was Attorney
General Griggs's last appointment.
Hon. Joe Hooker, Post Cameron, No.,
has unanimously passed resolutions COM
mending Representative Calderhead for
his action in calling the attention of
tho Secretary of the Interior to the NAL
administration of the Pension Bureau by
its officers and clerks to the detriment Of
the long waiting claimants.
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"Sec. 2305. The time which the home
stead settler has served In the Army,
Navy, or Marine Corps shall be deducted
from the time heretofore required to per
feet title, or IL discharged on account Of
wounds received or disability incurred In
the line OF duty. then the term of enlist
ment shall be deducted from the time
heretofore required to perfect title, with
out reference to the length Of time he
may have served; but no patent shall is
sue to any homestead settler who has
not resided upon, improved and cultivated
his homestead for a period of at least one
year after he shall have commenced his
improvements; Provided, That in every
case in which settler on the public land
of the United States under the homestead
laws died while actually engaged in the
Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the
United States as private soldier, officer,
seaman, or marine during the war with
Spain or the Philippine insurrection, his
widow, If unmarried, or in case of her
death or marriage, then his minor or
phan children or his or their legal repre-
sentatiyes, may proceed forthwith to make
hnal proof upon the land so held by the
deceased soldier and settler. and that the
death of such soldier while so engaged
in the service of the United States shap
in the administration of the homestead
laws, be construed to be equivalent to a
performance of all the requirements as to
icSluthSt anu CuitlNdtlOu LOT the IUll ne-
riod of live years, and shall entitle his
widow, if unmarried, or in case of her
death or marriage, then his minor orphan
children or his or their legal representa-
hyes, TO make final proof upon and receive
Government patent for said land: and that
upon proof produced to the officers of
the proper local Land Office by the widow,
if unmarried or in case of ker death or
marriage, then his minor orphan children
or his or their legal representatives. that
the applicant for patent is the widow, if
unmarried, or in case of her death or mar
rage, his orphan children or his or their
legal representatives, and that such sol
der, sailor, or marine died while in the
service of the United States as herein
before described, the patent for such land
shall ISSUE"
The case Of B. " Cummins, of King
fisher, Okla, is before the Postoffce De-
partment, and will be settled this week.
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In THE EARLY DAYS.
Hunting and Travelling In the Early SOS
over Now Civilized Country.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: On May
8, 1850, / left Vermont to do a job of
carpenter work for a friend in Wisconsin.
On arriving there he was not ready, so
l went on to Portage City, where | got
work. While there / became acquainted
with three young men who were planning
d trip West. Being of a rowing disposi-
our plans for trip to the Upper Missouri
River, each to have a horse of his own.
We bought fourmule team and q
'prairie schooner" which we provisioned
TO last us three months. Our wagon was
arranged for two to sleep in at a time;
two were to stand guard.
We started July 4. 1850; crossed the
Wisconsin River that day and camped the
first night of our journey. 1t took us
three days to make 20 miles; then we found
better going, and could make Is miles
easily.
On arriving at the Mississippi River
a raft Of logs. gathered aion. the bank bank
Of the river. The next day a steamer
came up. We hailed it and after much
bantering were towed over.
We then struck nearly a northwest
course and kept that course as nearly as
we could on account OF streams, until we
arrived at the Missouri River. There
was no way of crossing. We camped
then, and after dark we discovered light
east of US. Two took lantern and a dog
we had three with us-and went to a
farm shanty. The squatter was kind and
obiiging and invited US to stay with him
till morning, when he would help US cross.
This he did, and would take nothing but
salt. We gave him about six quarts, and
he said it was more than his family had
had for year. He said he would like
to go with us.
We all started q northwest course We
found plenty Of small game of all kinds.
On nearing the mountains we saw a horse
feeding alone. Our friend rode after and
lassoed him.
Our friend accompanied us two days
The National tribune., 1901-04-04
THE LITTLE WHITE CATHEDRAL.

THE LITTLE WHITE CATHEDRAL.
for hours on the church steps, and on the
fiat gravestones on the terrace in front
of the church. The day was perfectly
quiet, not a shop was kept open, every
body was in church or idling in the sun
in the plaza or swarming about the
church doors. If one desired to 90 into
the church he had to stumble over the
kneeling figures of the worshipers There
being no aisles and no seats, the worship
ers kneel, stand or sit on whatever part
of the floor they choose. On the cross I'D
by the altar hung the Christ figure nailed
through the hands and feet In the CEN
ter of the church the great white coffin
stood ready for the image when it should
be taken down to await the resurrection
services of Easter Sunday.
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bier carefully. The heavy burden is laid
thereon, the cloth is taken away for a
moment, and a terrible, agonized, suffer-
ing Christ face is seen. Pillows are ad-
Justed under the head. The cloth ia
lifted again, showing the bloody limbs:
women creep forward, kiss the feet, and
pray, and the cloth is replaced. Many
women creep to the bier, and little girls,
noisy-footed urchins and bent old men.
all come to kiss the feet. The women
continually readjust their rebosas, shad-
owing themselves more deeply, and stay
at the feet, praying continually
Workmen come, and the cross Is put
mp. Men bend under its weight as
they bear it through the church to the
altar. 1t is slowly rnised, men stagger-
ing and sweating under its burden, There
are hoary, old, bent men and iusty youths
raising 1t. One is reminded of Rubens's
picture or the elevation of the cross and
OF the weary figure Of Christ toiling un-
der its heaviness
When the cross is raised the purple
robed men come down into the nave of
the church and bid all worshipers to
leave. The women at the feet of the
Christ figure are allowed to stay to finish
their prayers. As the people leave they
turn to one side. where on the floor lies
a great silver tray, into which they drop
pennies. Over it hangs an Ecce Homo.
and as they drop their money, a man OF
purple robes and silver circlet swings
forward q little white token, to which
they touch their lips and then leave the
church shadows and enter into the brill
liant sunshine of the April day.
The morning Of Good Friday Thus ends
at noon, an intensely interesting morning.
To one who watches men and their faiths
II Is curious and pathetic to see the sim.
pie but infinitely sorrowful story Of the
crucihxion as accepted by these Mexican
peasants. The Oberammergau spirit is
there. They are patient and dogged. sub
missiye, but dennonstratiys peasants Iiv.
ing over the crucifx.on.
For the most part the people at this
service were poor and hardworking. Oc-
cesionaily one would see the weil-to-do.
ano sometimes slim young girl or sub
stantiai matron, whose lace mantiIla
Swallowed face unmarked by the lines
of exposure and work, but almost all who
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CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

Capt. Geo. A. Deane, Roxbury, Mass,
Is making short stay in Washington.
He served in the LIST Mass, 9th n. Y,
and 9th U. s. Cav, and was in the war
mason and builder.
The reports have been to the effect that
there is strong friction between Secretary
Hitchcock and Land Commissioner Binger
Herman, but it is not settled which shall
retire from office.
Fourth Assistant General
Bristow's scalp has been sought for by
powerful Republicans, but 1t is believed
that they will not get it, for awhile, at
least.
The President will make several set
speeches at designated points on his tour
to the Pacific, but none from rear plat
forms. No travelling will be done on Sun
day.
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knelt there, and it was so with the men,
class.
The babies were all shabby and all de-
y1dt. One group, consisting of 4 slim.
big-eyed girl, not more than 10 years old,
a three-year-old sister clutching at her
knees, and q baby against her shoulder
wrapped in her rebosa. was most faith
full in her prayers. She would slip into
the three -year-old on its knees, and pray
until the baby got too restless, then out
the door the three would go, to return
in a quarter of an hour or so, each time
the little mother folding the baby in her
rebosa and putting the three year-old
into as reverent position as its chubbi-
ness permitted.
In the afternoon the church was crowd
The National tribune., 1901-04-04
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Two of my comrades soon came in sight.
Didn't we have q time? We took bruin'ss
pelt and went to camp.
After resting there about three weeks
we started east After 10 days travel wst
struck an old trail out, and in due times
reached our starting place safe and sound.
HORACE d. ROBBINS, Abronia, Mich.
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Mrs. Crawford latter their first auarren
1t was all your blame Mamma always
said l was the one girl in a million.
Crawford-A fellow can't play against
such luck as that. Look what q chance I
had to be happy for life. and to think
that an old million-to-one shot had to
come along and beat me out.
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THE MEXICAN AT HIS PRAYERS.
There he leaves the canopy, goes to the
Virgins shrine, reads a few prayers,
and then, with his acolytes, leaves the
| church. When the priest is gone the last
candle is put out, the tall sheaves of yuc-
| ca lilies are stripped from the altar, all
the lace trappings and candle-sticks are
| taken away, and the altar is left entirely
| bare and desolate.
But though the priest, the candles and
| lilies are all gone, the mornings worship
is not ended for the faithful crowd kneel-
ing on the floors. There is a little stir
and whispering, and they begin to say
their stations. Groups OF black-robed
women go from one holy picture to an
other with their prayers. Each group
seems to follow some central figure, who
says or reads the prayers, while the 9TH
ers cross themselves. Sometimes a man
will say his stations with one of the wom-
en- groups, but there are groups Of men
following after the women have done. As
the men say their stations they often
stoop to kiss the floor under the pictures
of Christ's journey with the cross. The
men also cross themselves most carefully
and deyoutly, the women seem more care
less in these signs, but there are multi
tudes OF women praying and only one or
two groups OF men.
While the whispering, shutting crowds
are moving about the dim old church floor
and the church is filled with prayers, the
purple-robed men are going in and out
of side door. They bring in a great
glass case and a heavy pole, under which
they stagger, and cross-piece. Then
five men come in, carrying a stretcher
holding burden covered with 4 thin,
white cloth, and revealing the outlines of
human figure. They stand holding the
stretcher while the supports are made
ready. The scene seems too pitifully re-
aiistic to the stranger, when an old crone
hobbies forward, lifts the white cloth and
kisses the feet of the burden that the men
bear. An elaborate bier of white-and-
gold is next brought in; woman in mel
aucholy black robes, with a scarlet sea-
pula on her bosom, comes and dusts the
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-28

Senator Heitfield of Idaho is a
noted collector of rare editions. He is
the possessor of more curious and in
teresting books centuries old than any
other man in the Senate.
"A new song on the Kansas City
market is entitled, "All Honor to Ad-
miral Schley." The cover design is a
picture of the battle of Santiago bay,
and under it is the inscription: "Puz-
zle picture-find SIMPSONS ship
An elaborate monument to Kosci-
usko is to be erected in I<osciusko
Park, Milwaukee. The monument will
be q feet high, and will stand in the
center of a little lake. N Drod, the
artist, says it will cost about $4,000
Empress Eugene has left Loadon
for Paris. She is looking wan and
gray. There was not vestige left of
the beauty that Fascinated Napoleon.
While the ex-Empress was riding I'M
noticed to the station the crowd not far
away was cheering. the Prince of
Wales.
BY all odds the quietest man in the
United States Senate is Mr.. Simon of
Oregon, who never makes a speech or
enters into debate. He is the Smallest
man physically in that august body, is
always found in his seat, spends his
time reading or writing ana always
votes with the Republican leaders.
There will be established in honor
of the memory of Gen. Frederick:
Townsend Ward, leader of the ever
victorious" army of China, who was
killed near Ming Pc, October 1862, a
Chinese library in the Essex Institute
in Salem, Mass. 1t is the first of its
kind in America. Gen. Ward was born
In Salem in 1884, fought with the
French in the Crimea, with Garibaldi
in South America and, later, the vic
torious army in China, which Chinese
Gordon afterward commanded.