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Seven years ago the State Of Illinois granted
10 the Physicians Institute of Chicago charter.
There was need Of something above the ordi-
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something more than any one specialist or any
number OF specialists acting independently
could do, so the State itself, under the powers
granted 1t by Its general laws, gave the power to
the Physicians Institute TO furnish to tho sick
such help as would make them well and strong.
Ever since Its establishment this Institute has
endeayored in every possible way to carry out
the original purposes of its establishment undee
the benencicnt laws Of the State.
Three years ago, the Physicians Institute,
realizing the value of electricity In the treatment
Of certain phases of disease, created under tbs
superintendent Of Its staff of specialists an
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you should write to-day for this free Supreme
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at 1892 Masonic Temple, Chicago, Ills.
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PASSING 1T ON.

By Mary l.. Manning, Los Gatos, Cal.
In our National Gods acre"
All lfe's battles fought and won,
Side by side In dreamlesS quiet,
Sleep the boys Of siXty-one.
There among them lies my father,
And | know his honOred grave,
Lovingly is declied with garlands.
BY the hands of comrades brave.
Proudly waves the flag above them,
Brightly shines forth blood bought stars,
And the breczes unfurl gladly,
Dear Old GlOry's crimson bars
When Memorial Day draws sadly
Ger my California home,
Choicest flowers | gather gladly
For some stranger soldiers tomb.
Passing, thus, the kindness onward,
HonOrng someone's silent dead
Placing wreathes of fragrant blossoms
On some soldiers silent bed.
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PARsoN BRowNLow's DAUGHTER.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The following
poem was written by John Boyle. Captain,
Co. ID. Goth Pa, while In camp at White Oak
Church, Va, in 1863. shortly after the
Brownlow episode in Knoxville, Tenn. Brown.
low was q prisoner in his own house and BE
put the old flag out on his porch, and rebeI
squad was sent TO take the flag down. His
daughter wrapped the flag around her and
dared them, with revolver in hand. to couch
it.-Corp1 b. t. Johns, Co. A, 49th Pa.
When treason loosed the dogs of war,
And gave the land to slaughter,
70 stay its wrath, and curb its rage
Rose ParsOn BrOwnlows daughter.
Like one inspired from Heaven she stood,
While passion ragged around her,
And dared the miscreant band which stroye
To rend the flag which wound her.
''Touch It who dares." she boldly cried
While from her dark eyes flashing,
Streamed glints of wrath as fly the sparks
From swords In battle claShing.
Touch 1t who dares and he shall rue
His traitor burthened folly,
This barking steel shall let its soul
Seek shcol with yoley.
This flag is sacred, born of men
Whose virtues live In story,
Who bore 1t safe through many n fight.
With undminished glory;
And it has made you what you are,
people great and glorious
Loved, feared, revercd by all the world,
Ger every foe victorious.
what sudden madness fires your brain,
What demon does possess you?
What providence has seized your frame
TO torture and distress you?
Oh. men, If men you be nj ali,
Awake from your deusiOn;
You've all to lose and naught to gain,
Through this insane confusion.
what! can no words Of mine have weight
To turn you from pursuing
The course that leads along the brink
OF nfdmy and ruin?
FalSe-heartcd ones, and towards all,
scOrn you and diSpise you;
Bright paragons of ciiivalry,
The name of men bellies you.
And, unprotected though 1 be,
I'll guard this starry token
Until the cord which holds my soul
Unto my frame is broken"
Awed by her actions and her words
The thOughtless crowd like tory
RecOilcd, retreated from the spot,
And left her i'll her glory.
Unto her form Old Glory chung,
In its Wnsulicd splcndor
As if 'twere conscious of the stand
Made by its brave defender;
The very air seemed fragrant with
A heavenly Inspiration,
And haloed round like the light
Around the fair creation.
Long may she flourish in the land
In an exalted station,
And with her sire be treasured with
The jewels of the Nation,
And when in death her eyelids close,
May fame upon times pages
Record her name and deeds with those
Which speak to after ages.
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Not a Liberal Decision,
Dunkirk CN. " Daily Herald.

II. Clay Evans, Commissioner of Pen
sions, has given Harry J. Gibbs an in
crease Of pension Of 81 per month. Mr..
Gibbs was drawing a pension of $40 per
month for wound received in battle. Two
years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis,
from which he has since been totally dis
sbled 1t is beyond the power of human
skill to demonstrate that this disease was
not the result of his wound and exposure
during his term of service. But this man
who has been so highly Landed for keeping
disabled veterans from victimizing the
Government, and who has been mentioned
for place paying $4,000 year to com
pensate him for being asked TO get out of
the Pension Bureau, has rendered a deci-
sion providing that an old soldier, totally
disabled and requiring constant care, is
only entitled to an addition of So per
month. This is neither right nor Just.
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FAIR OUR COUNTRY.
BY Julius Muncie Turner, Flora. III.

BY Julius Muncie Turner, Flora, Ill.
Fair are the hills of this land of our
fathers, rr
Grand her mountains, her valleys and
piaitiH' All
Fruitful the fields in all her domains;
Beautiful her lakes so clear and placid,
Sparkling the springs and silvery the
streams;
Glorious her scenes the mind so enrap-
lures,
Like the spell of vision appearing in
dreams.
Fair is the name of this country of ours
Grand is the work our fathers have
wrought;
NObler still the Union unsevered,
Enduring the fame our valor hath
brought
Glorious that flag, our National ensign.
Token of freedom, hope of the op-
pressed,
Embellshed with stars to guide and on
tighten,
Protection it gives the weak and dis
tressed.
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THE CHARGE.
BY c. f. McGra ".

Elk bayonets" came the command,
Sharp and stern, along the line,
While in the sun the bright steel shines;
With tirm-set face, they take their stand.
solid wall Of shining steel,
Waiting sternly at their post
To hurl themselves upon the host
Whose fire is sweeping DER the field.
Above the lannon's awful roar,
"FOrward-chargen' the order came
The line springs forward through the fame
While men are falling by the score.
"ClOse up! Forward" every man,
cheer, that glittering line of steel
Rushes onward, Ger the field,
Some to ne'er return again.
Madly onward, through the smoke,
Through the screeching shot and shell,
The jaws Of DEATH of fiery hell,
And still the line remains unbroke
Forward Charge!" again is heard,
Up the rise of ground at last,
Where the cnemy's guns are massed
"O.d Glory forever Is the word.
crash of steel the echo woke,
They meet and struggle hand to hand
Right DER the earthwOrks, that gallant
band
They charge.-the enemy's front has broke.
Up to those guns which belched forth death
Thinning their ranks. as on they came
Dying the sward with crimson stain,
Those heroes feel the guns hot breath.
At the head of their column through the
smoke
The tattercd Stars and Stripes still fly
Waving proudly meath the sky
As through the battery's line they broke.
Now hurled backward on each gun,
In forced retreat, the enemy fly,
Their Silenced guns give no reply
Their deadly work of death Is done
And through the somber battle smoke,
The veterans raise the flag on high,
A mighty cheer wells to the sky,
cheer, by many, left unspOke.
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A CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY.

have berries grapes and peaches year DID, fresh
when picked. used the California Cold Process
Do not heat Or seal the fruit just put up cold keeps
perfectly fresh and costs almost nothing; put up
bushel In ten minutes. Last year sold directions to
10 families in one week; anyone will pay
dollar for directions when they the beautiful sam
pies of fruit. As there are many people poor like
myself, consider it my duty to give my experience
TO SUCH and feel confident anyone can make or
two hundred dollars round home in n few days. l
will mail sample of fruit and full directions any of
your readers for nineteen 90 two cent stamps which
is only the actual cost of the samples, postage etc
FRANCIS CAsEY, .St. Louis Mo.
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friends and will order the whiskey regularly
and in this way they will be amply rewarded
for making this most liberal free offer Doc
tors prescribe it. The most fastidiOus drink
it. The best Judges adopt it, 1t is a gen
ulne treat on tire sideboard and a tonic by
the sick bed. No such whiskey Is known out
side the stOrehouses OF the famous Malcolm
Distilleries and should De In every home
Send your name ana address to the NAL
colin Dlstilseries Co., 81 RObey and Madison
SITS, Chicago, Ill. The above offer is gem
uine. They ask 10 questions or references
OF any kind; all who write will be given
quart bottle of Miss Chicago Rye or Bour-
bon Whiskey which ever you prefer, abso-
lutely free, all charges prepaid. Remember
this offer Is only open for those who will
buy Miss Chicago Whiskey by the gallon In
case the free quart proves satisfactory.
Write today. We want every lover OF good
whiskey TO give 1t q trial.
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WHY WE KEEP MEMORIAL DAY.
By 3. II. Trip, Marcus. Iowa.

II you ask me for the reason,
Why we gather here today,
| will answer It's the season
We have chosen when to lay
Flowers above the comrades sleeping,
In remembrance of the times
They In battle lines went sweeping
Up against the rebel lines
Memory spans the years that iengthen
Far between this day and then;
Lengthening years but seem to strengthen
Bonds that were cemented when
Helrs red mouth with all its tcrrOrs
Poured deaths torrents DER the plain;
PlOwed our lines with deadly burrows,
Heaped the slain like swaths of grain
Though the clouds above were pouring
Storms Of sleet and snow or rain
And the black-mOuthed guns were roaring
AS they bclclcd forth death and pain
Yet they halted not, till freedom
ReiSned where e'er Old Glory waves,
And throughout our wide dominion
Men no more are held as slaves.
This Is why we scatter flowers
Ger the sleeping comrades here,
In remembrance of the hours
Now to every cOmrade dear;
And to teach the lesson holy,
Patriotism's lesson grand
Could the comrades speak who're sleeping
This would be their last command.
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MUSTERED OUT.


BETHELL.-At Willis, Mich. April l. George 6
Bethel, Co. ii, Eth Ohio Cav. Enlisted in October
1862 dcharged in October, 1865. lie to Willis as
ticket agent for the Wabash r. Il. Co. about 20 years
ago. lie leaves widow and five children.
DUNTON.-At kemper Military School. BoOnyille
Mo-, April 2S Mai. Warren II. DuntOn, aged Sc years
In 1861 he enlisted in Co. +, 9Th VT. and was eece
Sergeant and III short time rose 10 the rank Of Major
Of this regiment He served in the Army of the POo-
mac, and was engaged in - important battles. Nal
Dunton was mustered ont III 1866, and after was
commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Regular Army
and rose 10 the rank of Major In that branch lie was
retired In ISIS For the past three years Mai Dunton
Kemper Military School ut Boonvlle. He was n
ThiTty-second Degree Mason
GRIM.-At Washington, Pa, April q, of pneumonia.
DIR. VIM. L. Grim, aged 81. He served three wears in
Cos. and d. 18th Pa. (''Anderson'y Cav. He leaves
n widow and four sons.
FARGD.-At Clarendon NY. Nov g. 1901 AImon
II. Fargo aged a. He enlisted in Co. D. l5lst " Y
1852; disabled the first Summer, but served as
wagOnmaSter to the close of the war After returning
home he pursued farming until five years ago when
falling health compelled him to retire from active
service. He was a member of Cady Post Albion N y
He is survived by his widow, one daughter Ida l.
and son, Bertrand A., of the Regular Army now
in the Philippine Islands.
WEST.-At Savannah, No., April TO- Geo West Co
b, 43d Mo-, aged g. He receveda pension OF So He
is survived by five sons and three daughters.
WILLIAMS.-At Kansas City, No. March o. Lieut.
ThOs ]. Williams, Co. a, ll2th Ill, aged IS years
WOOD-At Savannah, NO., April II, w H. s
Wood, Co X, 36th Mo-, aged s. He was member of
Peabody Post, Al. He leaves widow.
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"0LD GLORY"
Mrs. ]. o. Warner, Renssclaerviile, n. Y.

Hrs. ]. o. Warner, Renssclaerviile, n.
Old Glory floats above us, boys,
Let 1t wave, let 1t wave!
Emblem of our Union, boys,
Let il wave, let 1t wavel
All the crowns there be on earth
Own not Kingdoms half its worth,
Let 1t wave, let 1t wave.
Old GlOry's stars are shining, boys,
Let it wave, let it wave.
With the light of freedom, boys,
Lee 1t wave, let 1t wavei
Piercing through Oppression's gloom,
Driving serfdOm to Its tomb,
Let it wave, let 1t wave!
Old Glory leads to conquer, boys,
Let it wave, let 1t wavel
But Its rule IS clever, boys,
Let it wave, let it wave,
Eastern isles, like western lands,
Justice find through its demands,
Let it wave, let it wave!
Old Glory. now and ever, boys,
Let it wave, let 1t wave!
While Time speeds its cycle, boys,
Let 1t wave, let 1t wayei
Bearing on its spangled crest
Love of millions 1t has bleSt,
Let 1t wave, let 1t wave.
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ADDRESS.

Colorado Springs, Colo.
Memorial Hail, Chicago,
Ill.
Louisville. Ky.
Lansing. Mich.
New brunswick, N. j.
Buffalo. n. Y.
Portland, Ore.
Philadelphia. Pa,
Springfield, S. D.
Nelson, Wis.
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PENSION BLANKS.
Official Forms for Use OF At
torneys and Agents at Low
Prices.

We are prepared to furnish the follow
ing blank forms upon application:
1. Declaration for Invalid Pension, Act
of June 81, 1890.
2. Declaration for Guardian of Chill
dren Under 16 Years of Age
3. Declaration for Original Pension Of
a Widow.
4. Declaration for Restoration to the
Rolls.
5. Power of Attorney.
8. Articles of Agreement.
Z. Declaration for Increase of Invalid
Pension.
s. Declaration for Original Invalid Pen
sion, under Act of July II, 1862
8. Declaration for Dependent Mothers
Pension, Act of June 81, 1890.
10. Declaration for Dependent Fathers
Pension, Act of June 81, 1890.
IL. Power of Attorney and Articles OK
Agreement combined.
II. Declaration for q Rerating of an In
valid Pension.
Pension, Act of June 81, 1890, and May 8,
1900.
A. Declaration for Widows Claim fer
Pension, Act of June 81, 1890, and May 8.
1900.
10. Large General Affidavits.
16. Small General Affidayits.
II. Physicians Afidavits.
10. Accrued Widows.
In ordering, please order by number.
These blanks are all according to the
form authorized by the Commissioner Of
Pensions, and are printed on good paper.
They will be sent by mail to any ad-
dress, postpaid, at the rate of 10 cents
per dozen. 60 cents per 100, or IS per
LOCO, assorted. Lots of 1000 or more by
express.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Washington ID. O.
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" rfteE.
This is to certify that / am n years old;
that live in Nebraska. in the town of Aurora;
that | commenced to lose my sight over one
year ago from cataracts on both eyes. COM
menced treatment under DIR. w. o. Coffee for
the cure of cataracts by Absorption. | have
carried on this treatment for nearly five
months and yesterday he turned me off as
perfectly cured.
| can see perfectly as / ever did, can
thread a needle without glasses; and / want
TO say to anyone afflicted with any disease of
the eyes. or blindness. that DR.. Coffees new
ABSORPTION method does cure them end that
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his terms are very moderate"
DIR. Coffee's book-a veritable
encyclopedia. tells how he
cures every eye trouble-cata-
ractS, weak or Watery eyes,
graduated lids, failing sight,
ScumS or blindness, complete
. paralysis of the optic nerve
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DEPARTMENT ENCAMPMENTS.
DATE.
June 10 to l2.
May 20 to22...

May 20 To o..
June il-l2
May II % ....
June 36-27 49,.
June TO o.,
June l-6......
June IL to 10.
June lib 49,.
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BY Mary L. Manning, Los Gatos, Cal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-08
OUR PENSION SYSTEM.
Commissioner Ware Presents Hid
Annual Report-Nearly 1,O0O,-
900 Names ON List

Washington, Sept. 29.-The annual
report of the commissioner of pen
sions, Eugene F. Ware, shows that the
number of names on the pension rolls
still is under the million mark, despite
a net gain of 5,732 pensioners since
1898. The total enrolment july /,
last, was e99,446, against 997, 1855 last
year. The total comprises 73s, s09
soldiers and 260,637 widows and de-
pendents. The aggregate includes
4.695 pensioners outside the United
States.
The number of death notices of old
soldiers, not now in service, received
by the bureau during the year was
50.12s, but only 27,043 of them were
pensioners. The report says that the
death rate among the pensioners for
the coming year will be about 10000,
and the losses to the rolls from other
causes will be about $1,000
The total amount paid for pensions
during the fiscal year was 137,504,-
26S, and the yearly cost of opera ting
and maintaining the bureau and the
agencies, outside of the payment of
pensions proper, aggregates $780,
500. The pension system. says the
report, since the beginning of the gov
eminent has cost $2,e92. sos, 019. exclu-
.sive of the establishment of the SOL
oilers homes, The pension disburse-
ments by the United States from July
1, 1890, to June 30. 1865, were 500 49,
444.
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A HARD STRUGGLE.

When you have a bad back, a back
that's lame, weak or aching it's hard
struggle sometimes to find relief and
cure, but it's harder struggle when
the dangers beset you of urinary dis
orders, too frequent urination, reten-
ton of the urine with all the subse-
quent pains, annoyances and suffering.
There are many medicines that relieve
these conditions, but you want a rem
edy-a cure. Read this statement; it
tells of a cure that lasted.
Veteran Josiah Heller, place of resi-
dence FOG South Walnut St., Urbana,
ILL.,, says: I'm the fall of 1889 pro-
cured Doan's Kidney Pills at Cunning
hams drug store in Champaign and
after taking the remedy conscientious
~ made public statement of the
results. told how Doan's' Kidney Pills
relieved me of kidney trouble, disposed
of my lame back and the pains across
my loins beneath the shoulder blades,
etc. During the interval which has
elapsed I have had occasion at times
to resort to Doan's Kidney Pills when
I noticed warnings of another attack
and on each and every occasion the re-
suit obtained was just as satisfactory
as when the Pills were first brought
to my notice. At this time I just as
emphatically endorse the preparation
as did several years ago.
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr. Heller will
be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price so cents per
hov
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-08
MONUMENT DEDICATED.
Memorial to Nancy Hanks Lincoln
=. Unveiled 1T Lincoln City, Ind, in
g. Presence Of Big Crowd. .

Lincoln City, Ind, Oct. "A monu-
ment to. Nancy Hanks Lincoln was
dedicated here Wednesday and not
withstanding the disagreeable wealth
err the largest crowd that ever gath
cred in the county witnessed the cere-
monies.
Gen. John G. Black, of Chicago, de-
lvered the Grafton and Gov. Durbin ac-
cepted the monument.
Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks
were married in Kentucky June H.,
1906. The bride was % years old.
She was tall, her skin was dark and
she had dark brown hair and gray
eyes. Her face was sharp and angu-
lar, with an expression of melan-
choly. In disposition she was anna
Die and cheerful, and she had received
some education. After her marriage
she taught her husband to read and
write. The exact time of the arrival
of Thomas Lincoln with his family
in Spencer county, Ind, is in doubt.
1t was about October IS, 1917. A
year later great many people of
the settlement were afflicted with a
disease that was called milk sick"
With this Nancy Hanks died. The
husband, Thomas Lincoln, performed
the duties of undertaken and sexton.
He hewed from the forest the rude
boards with which he made a coffin.
Into it the frail body was tenderly
placed and carried upon his back to
scantily covered knoll an eighth of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-08
TOO WET FOR CROPS.
weather of Past Week Delays Ma
turing of Fall-Sown GRAIN Al
though Aiding PlowlnR.

Washington, Oct. 1.-The weather
bureaus weekly summary of crop
conditions is as follows: +,
"As a whole the week was very
wet in the districts west of the
Rocky mountains with temperatures
generally above normal, except over
the middle Rocky mountain slope,
where it was moderately cool.
While the excessive rains interrupt
ed farm work and delayed the matur-
ing of late crops, they proved ia
vorable for termination of fall-sown
grain and placed the soil in fine con-
dition for blowing and seeding. No
damage resulted from frosts, which
were confined to the central and
northern Rocky mountain districts
and extreme north Pacific coast re-
gions. The general conditions on the
Pacific coast were favorable, al
though rain is needed in eastern Ore
gon.
"The weather has been very unfa-
vorable for maturing late corn in the
central valleys and lake region, espe-
cially over the northern portion of
these districts, and the reports indi-
cate that corn in shock has been con-
siderably damaged by dampness and
mold over a wide area, and that
much of the crop in the upper lake
region and Missouri valley will not
be marketable.
''But little, if any, change in the
apple situation is indicated, the crop