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The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18
OUR CONSCIENCE FUND.
II was Started with "a Dollar In the
Year 1911.

u was Started with "a Dollar In the
Year 1871.
"ln the year 1871" says II. Il. Arm
strong In Alnslee's Magazine, "an
anonymous citizen OF New York sent
dollar to the treasury department at
Washington with un avowal that he
had defrauded the government and
wanted to make restoration. A dollar
meant something to Uncle Sam in
those necessitous days when the coun-
try verged on war with Great Britain,
ana 1t was a patriotic as well as a pen
itcnt act. The contributor was the
FOUNDER or the conscience fund, and
probably he died IN the odor OF sane
tity.
During the preceding thirty-hve
years OF the life Of the republic no one
had despoiled the government. or the
private conscience was callous. This
New York man, indeed, seems to have
been the one blemish on golden era
OF national virtues. for fifty years were
10 elapse before there was an addition
to the fund.
"ln 1861. just after Sumter was fred
on, the sum of $4,000 in bonds was re.
ceived by the treasury department.
with letter explaining that sorely
tried conscience could no longer en-
dure Its burden Of guilt. The plain in
ference was that the sender. realizing
the United States would need a mint
Of money to carry on the war, judged
1t not to be a time to defer repentance
Think OF the bounty Jumpers who prof
tied by his contributions.
1T was really useful to the country
In another way. The conscience fund.
which had langulshed for want OF
shining example, now became active.
1t has been quoted pretty steadily ever
since. At the present time it amounts
TO more than $300,O Indeed, restitu-
tion is getting to be the fashion. and
the time may come when no one will
take advantage OF the government or
do SO only with the Iaudable design OF
swelling the conscience fund when any
emergency coufronts Uncle Sam."
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18
lternni Love Of the whale.

Bther member of the animal king
Displays more materual affection
he whale. especially II it, calf ~
Rned. The harpooner never throws
Drpoon into the little nhe with the
Fention OF killing if. for II thiS is
\ be mother will Instantly forsakc
alive and struggling, however
bn can he easily enticed toward
|oat 10 meet It's fate. Knowing
|he whale fishermen always strike
If possible and thus often make
fes that could no. he effected un-
ther circumstances
soon as the dan becomes aware
slaring OF her Young 81 g rus'es
d ii, encourages Ii 10 swim away
wen assists 1t hy taking II under
n. She seems to lose all regard
1r own safety and boldly attacks
oat containing the whalemen or
about 1t totally regardless Of
lrpoons that are hurled at her and
her flesh.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18
,opie Who Did Nos Kan.

,opIe Who Did Not KIN.
N inhabitants of the Canary Is
1.-The Guanches. were. II Is sup
but the mountain shepherds OF
kerged world. Though 80 strong
&Ily, the Guanches were never
very gentle race. They rare
Se war on one another. and when
&lropeans fell into their hands
+ Id not Kin them. hut sent them
4 sheep in the mountains. So
rere the birds In this happy land
then the Spaniarls first landed
Ame and fed out Of their hands.
lin an animal degraded a man.
3htcber was u reprieved criminal
bitcast and lived apart. he and
kistants being supported by the
No woman was allowed to APP
the shamblcs, and In such hOr-
hs killing held by these giants
bo man could be ennobIcd until
L publicly declared that he had
|en guilty OF killing any animal.
en- a goat. Their standard Of
~ was high. Robbery was al
bnknown among them.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18
:. SuDerstitIOn.

II , ,raneHe n
'"r ayhou oustlvely Of dragon fiieS
ns0rn 1a says in his book, "A
1 Miscellany" of the dragon
dead" -. .,o,,d mama
Bmno' or ghost dragon fiy'' the
rnaI.tombo i,v does not refer to
lance o of the insect. but to
[,ae belief that certain dragon
r,ddcn by the dead used as
|steeds. n,...
| l,dnight of the fifteenth day OF
P"ranth month-the time Of the
-. the Bon-the dragon flies
~ corry the hotoke-sama. the
Irits of the ancestors, who
|,.,t their former homes. There
Irinc the Buddhist All Souls
ore forbidden to molest any
e,os especially dragon flies
:. bonpen to enter the family
'supposcd relation OF dragon
no supernatural world helps to
IN old folk saying, still current
to the effect that the
ho cotches dragon flies will
htoln knowledge.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18
pranks of kHtuFP

(doWcr Of q remarkable character
|red in S!cil on April 81. 1871. On
porninG of hat day every exposed
within NJ extensive district was
covered with a gray water
,, being esHDarated. left II deposit
y a quart of al inch In thick
II was Termiucd That this solid
ff must az" conn, from Mount
. Il is ruin that vast quanti-
= solid ~aQces are constantly
~ III" >ghcrc Tie sunsets
yer III" Il are reddcr to this
~ acco of III" dusl from the
ny 'ruI ln "A the strait Of Sunda
aao, .r1 las bot yet entirely
d.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18

r..dcrIck stopped Dueling.
4 frederick the Great ascended
ssisn throne, fatal duels among
verc of daily occurrence. He
N nut an end to the practice,
did-for n time; as long as he
IN fact. He Issued an edict
x officer fighting a duel and
bc would be shot or hanged.
zoacers appealed to him to be
to try to slay each other.
4 m two conditions. that he (the
hould chose the ground and be
ot the encounter. Accepted.
lrirk chose the ground, attended
eet" and took his seat behind
] new gibbet hc had erected In
4 the occasion, The combatants
Irhed his majesty. saw the glib
lame puzzled and embarrassed.
II may this mean. your gracious
@ they ventured TO ask.
|eans this" was the suaye reply
lhe man who survives will he
as high as Haman on that glib
2 was no duel.-l'all Mall Ga
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18
Her Accent.

French Professor-Ah yes, mademoi-
selle. You spick ze French wizout Ze
least accent.
Miss Breezy Real kind of you to say
so. but do really?
"Oh, yes! Zat ees, wizout re least
French accent
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18

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The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18
Cons alAfencY.

They had been married but two
months He came home one evening
To find his wife In tears. She had
found an old scraphook Of his in
which were pasted some poems he had
written 10 some one else and published
In the college papers. II thought. she
said. you had never loved any one hu1
me-" And he promptly reassured her
that she had thought truly, and burned
up his old scraphook In the furnace
in the basement.
And the next day he found that she
had distributed on the mantel and the
dresser not less than five photographs
OF as many former heaux OF hers and
invited two OF them who were in town
to dinner the next Sunday.-St. Louis
Mirror.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18
Fair Er rcEt1.

Uncle Benjamin What yoh e,b me
foah nah hoss:
Eastus- 9Th yoh load oh hay;
dat's fair farcan.
Uncle Benjamin Yoh glib me load
oh hay? I'm what dyoh expect Ahli
do wild the lay an no hoss'to eat it!
Rastus--Ah'll len yoh the hoss till
he's got it eat up.-Ncw York Times
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18

Brine springs flow under the town or
Norwich. England. They have been
there for centuries and were used Tor
the production of salt long before the
Christian era. -....
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-18
mot Like Other Men"

You'll have hard time find
ing better baking powder
than Schilling's Best-and you
won't find it.
There are cheaper" ones
by the score.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-07-23
Lamoilla County Medical
Association.

AT meeting of the LamollIe County Medical
Association the following regulations were
adopted:
In order that our fees for services may con-
form to those of the Vermont State Medical So
ciety, on and after Jan. l. 1902, our minimum
fees shall he as follows:
l.-Ordinary visits within one mile of our
offices, $l.00. For each additional mile or frac-
ton thereof the sum of % cents will be added.
2.-Fees Tor office consultations, fractures and
surgical cases to remain as heretofore. Mini
mum fee for confinement cases $1,000.
3.--For calls received between 9 p. M, and
a. M, surgical and confinement cases except
ed, a double fes will be charged.
Al called in while passing a house, the
charge shall be $l.0O for that call. For subse.
quent visits during the same illness the charge
Shall be the full fee rates.
SIN critical medical cases when detained
hey ond the usual length of time $l.00 extra will
be charged for each hour so detained
6.-While it is not intended to do an Injustice
to any one, people who habltually and willfully
neglect to pay their physicians viii be placed on
the associations cash customer list ana any
member who attends such people without re-
ceiving cash for each visit when made will be
liable to expulsion from the association.
I've the undersigned pledge ourselves to
observe tne foregoing regulations &C. G. Rub
lee, NJ. D., K. p. Bigelow, M. D., w. w. Genge,
M. D., A. j. Valleau, NJ. D., J. c. Morgan. NJ.
D., j. w. Robbins, NJ. D., II. W. Barrows, NJ.
d., G. L. Goodwin, NJ. D., G. i. Woodward. M.
W. T. Slayton, NJ. D., q. L. Bates, NJ. D., O. 8.
Leach, Nj. D., Il. W. Maurice, M. D., j. H.
Bean. NJ. D., d Ane Fosburg, NJ. D., Geo. II.
Newton, M. ID.
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through the crumblng soil and fell in
to the river the work had to be done
over again. The bridge crossing the
river had been burned just in time to
prevent a dash of Confederate cavalry
into town the day of the surprise, but
now we needed it again, and timber for
it had to be cut within easy range of
the enemy's guns.
Oh, there was plenty of work for ev-
erybody-eXcept the cavalry. We in
dulged in an occasional reconnaissance
just to let the enemy know we hadn't
left town. but hoped he had. For the
rest of the time, however, we enjoyed
more leiCure than we could have had at
home. 1t became tiresome; then it be-
came absolutely wearing.
After the works on both sides had
been making faces at each other for
several weeks, and great lot Of pow
Ger had been burned without hurting
many people, and thousands Of men had
been kept awake at night when they
wanted to be asleep, the word was pass
ed through our camp one evening that
General Longstreet was to be made to
feel very sick next morning and that
we were to assist at the operation. Be
tween dark and dawn the bridge was
secretly repaired. right under the en-
emy's military nose. The most diff
cult part of the work, that of repairing
the frame, was done silently. Then an
army of cOntrabands went down in
couples, each couple carrying young
pine log to be used as planking. When
these had been laid other cOntrabands
packed the cracks with straw, and Still
others carried out bags and boxes of
dirt and streWed over all, so the bridge
should be noiseless under football Of
man and horse. Eight hundred Afri-
cans were kept awake all night by that
job, and | do not believe the occasion
would have been favorable in Which to
interview them on the blessings of
freedom. Just before dawn several
companies of our regiment passed over
and learned that the enemy had not
expected them Close behind came a
large body of infantry, which prolonged
the surprise we had caused and prepar-
ed to make it permanent. Then some
of our light artillery took a hand. We
struck the enemy's line near its center
and behaved so disagreebIy to the John
MES that General Longstreet took them
back to General Lee.
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at my left, but not a trooper could !
see. l began to SILVER and recall ghost
stories. / don't believe in ghosts, you
know, but the dim light and mysterious
noises made me think of them in spite
of myself. Finally | got right on the
bank of the brook and looked over
Then / was more surprised than scared.
for | could make out three horses with
out riders and something that looked
like tent, but all in the water. i
made bold to challenge, but there wa
no reply. Then | became so eXciteC
that ! thought | might as well be sho
as die through bursting a blood vessel
so ! got some matches out of my jack
ct, struck a light and made a little G"c
of dry leaves and twigs, and what d.
you suppose | saw? An ammunition
wagon lying on its side and three Of its
four horses partly hitched. Apparently
it had fallen from the bridge, which
was very narrow and had no rail. II
was the rattle Of the chains of the har.
ness that made the noise you and | and
the other fellow had mistaken for thu
clank of saber scabbards. But wasn't
l provoked with myself for having
been frightened"
''No worse, III bet, than I en- at hav-
ing been scared back to camp by such
a bogy."
81 felt so ashamed" continued Brain
ard, that l really wished there might
be soldiers somewhere in the neigh
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had become weary Of us and had aban
doncd the vicinity we all went back
to- camp and began to do our spring
housekeeping. This work was great
" needed. for only the make believe
sick men had occupied the camp in
the last fortnight and they made the
place look like a lot of houses that
had been abandoned to tramps. In
deed, in later days I've been compelled
to believe that the war was the origin
Of the great army of uamps that has
invested and infested the country ever
since 1865.
After careful inspection our colonel
decided that the best way to have a
clean camp was to make a new one, sc
he formally asked for ground for the
purpose, but the general said that all
the troops at the post would have 10
make new camps elsewhere very soon,
for since our trouble with Longstreet
the war department had determined
that the post was not worth the cost
of holding it. Further, General Hal
leck, the presidents right hand mill
tary adviser, declared that he could
not understand why the post was ever
occupied.
When this information reached us
NIL Of us were amazed and Disguised.
We had gone out almost a year before
to help save the Union. We had spent
all our time and suffered innumerable
discomforts, privations and fears. Now
according to the highest authorities,
we might as we'll have remained al
home. Cloyae, Brainard and / held
an Indignation meeting over it, and
Cloyne moved formally that we join
the Mick McTwyny gang and assist
big Pat Callahan in cursing the govern
ment, but Brainard objected, saying
that governments, being human, had
to learn some things by experience.
and as on general principles | always
sided with Brainard, Cloyne's resolu.
ton was voted down by a two-thirds
majority.
Meanwhile preparations for evacuat'
ing the post had been made. The
heavy artillery was removed, one regi'
ment after another followed it, and
finally there came an early July morn
ing when we were informed we were
to pack our own effects at once and be
ready to abandon camp.
TContinued next week
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left. We felt so secure in our superior
strength that the right, left and cen.
ter were isolated commands rather
than parts of line. | started an hour OF
two after dark and was told that anoth
err man who had been sent on the same
errand returned with the report thai
there was Confederate cavalry in the
woods. | had been selected because
had fast horse which ought to be able
to dash through any ordinary line be
fore an alarm could be given, and the
chances Of single rider being fired
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had gone back to his old familiar
hunting grounds. Nobody meant to
speak unkinJ lily, but all were glad that
he was gone, and we said so with as
much intensity as was in us. We took
the road at once not to delay his de
parture, but just to see how he had left
things. We did not at all approve of
what we saw; neither did the natives
The woods and fields We're scarited
with miles upon miles Of bitches and
embellishments. Among the natives the
conclusion seemed to be that if they
were to have their forests snorn and
their land turned upside down it didn't
much matter who might DO it-Yauk or
Johnny.
Free colorcd people who lived outside
the lines had grievances too. They had
been able to hide some cows pigs,
chickens AMI turkeys from occasional
Union soldiers who proWlad about
alone, but against few thousand hun
cry men who were fully informed on
the spcretiye ways Of the African it
was useless to contend. They followed
US when we returned to camp and he
came Part of the colony of which Pos
sum Ben was q bright and shining
lignt.
For some weeks after Longotroets
departure we spent most Of our tEpe in
the field. The general commanding pre-
ferred that Longstreet should have as
few excuses as possible for coming
back again on the plea Of looking for
forage, so he proceeded to take up 20
miles Of railroad track on each of the
two roads leading from our post. 1t
was a tedious job, but as we troopers
had little to do but look on and occa-
sionally be killed while repelling in
quisitive Johnnies we rather enjoyed it.
A large force of infantry and light ar
tillery was with us. So We're some
hundreds of contrabands, and while
we kept the enemy on the river too
miserable to come across in body and
visit us the contrabands raised the
rails, loaded them on platform cars and
burned the ties. We worried General
Lees overburdened heart a good deal
for two or three weeks, but that was
one of the jobs for which we had en-
listed. We made so many feints at at
tempting to cross the stream and adj
vance in force on Richmond from the
south that he had to send some of his
men down TO watch us.
We worried the natives too. Our
horses ate all the grass, hay and fod-
der that LongsTeets men had left, and
the assurance that the owners would
be paid could they prove that they were
good Union men did not seem to COM
fort the said owners a bit. They did
not doubt that our officers told them
the truth, but-there were some stub
born facts In the way of their getting
their pay after peace should be de-
clared. A one legged farmer with a
military look and pair Of crutches
was a picture of agony while his barns
were being emptied and his stacks
melted away. His wife went stark
crazy over what seemed the impending
starvation of her family.
Immediately after beholding such ex-
periences or hearing of them a mar
who had any heart under his JACKIE
would a little rather be shot than not
so after hearing that demented won
ans rawlings l was delighted to be as
signed to very dangerous duty. II
was to carry a dispatch to the genera
commanding a brigade on our extreme
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CHAPTER XVI.
enNLE- NEW -NEIGun0Rs.

f.lI [rss 14-fa5,
N -. VA to plcErt station
T@L@.@,% l9 where had charge oi
8( tN#.2 IN SIX men an on co'oted
a a)11 $r woman Dent, twisted,
W\TI "A. " p2rSpirin& ana wild
c,<sJy 2 eyed. VINO cAe.aLhed'
LAJ 'HooI LaWd, boss,
dey's two strings OF
FeD So.'rs ODER ydnaer bcy'S so I0hg
Cat yoa CAT SIC neither rod Oh EN-.
4Ae o.d woman seemed SO earnest
that | was half inclined to believe her,
SO / asked, where are Laey, aanty!
How lar:
''Jes h"E3A' &c woods boss. Dey
jos. million" Of en-
knr" "s road Tor mil'S beyond the
station. Il WAS so straight lLat man
could see long way ahead. l had
horse fast enough TO get me out Of
trouble should suddenly find myself
within rifle range, and ne needed e&-
efciSe' SO ! mounted ana &ahopeu OUT
10 recohholt2i. passed. Jhe WOODS
without seeing any one ana from
Httie NH could see tlat Iuefe was no
one III the ueius beyond so returned
10 the Slauoh ana FeDukeu tne Ola
woman iof lying
III true as oe BIble' DoSS' WhuL
tole you, she FepIIeu earnestly Dey
Uun tuck my TWO shotes long wa EN-.
Aou tlhh tC5e ole eyes cayht see!
las T, uey Elm DAT
AS 1t was about time Tor US TO be re-
AeVed l told her to so back nome ana
take another LOOK ana return.
few hours after we reached camp
we were startled by the busle blowing
boots and saddles" the most per
elnpJoly alarm known III tue cavalry
service. AS we hurried to the stables
we heard the Tong ron sounded III
the infantry camp near us by the
time the assembly SOUNDED the Woru
had gone through camp that tie out
posts on every road, on a circuit OF ten
or more miles, mad been driven IN OF
captured.
AS we rode out at trot we could see
infantry moving into the works on ey-
cry side, light batteries taking posi-
tons behind breastworks and men at
the heavy guns in the forts, while to-
ward a series of roads different from
that which we were approaching anoth-
er cavalry regiment was moving. In the
town we divided so as to reconnoiter
three roads to find out who and where
the enemy was. 1t did not take long
to get the desired information. \ Con
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CHAPTER XVII.

I am Tod JnlI Gen0H-
al LOngstraet is Il gen.
tlenlan Of fine sensi-
bilities, l am very glad
he did not hear the eN-
pressions of delight
with which the Thir-
ty-eighth received the
announcement that he