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Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
Gentleman Jacks Death

the force of the explosion was spent Gen
tleman Jack was found crushed beneath the
weight of a huge boulder. Prompt assist
ance was rendered, and at first they deemed
him dead. Finally strained respiration was
discovered and eagerly the miners gathered
about him as he lay prone on the ground.
Painfully, yet in a measure sweetly
spoken, they came: our Father which art
in heaven, hallOwed be Thy name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will b. done in earth,
as it is in heaven. Give us this day our
daily bread. And forgive US our trespasses,
as we forgive them who trespass against
us, and lead us not into temptation; but
deliver US from evil, for Thine is the king
dom, the power and the glory for ever and
ever"
The last word was uttered in the faintest
whisper, No amer was necessary, for in a
moment Gentleman Jack was dead.
He lies buried on a green hillside in the
strange land of his adoption, but his death
caused his former companions to realize
that a hero had lived in their midst.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

lSS&Jl tea on the Island or LuZon, on
- Manila bay, and has a popu-
latiOn of some 300, 600 people, di-
vided as follows. Natives, 225, 1000; Chi
nese, 5000, and others, principally Amer
leans 5000.
1t is a quaint, Did fashioned city, built
upon tn" northeastern shore Of the bay,
which is nearly round and about twenty
four miles across.
The houses are principally built of man
ufactured stone and are one, two and three
story structures. The walls are from two
to four feet thick and built to Withstand
the earthquakes and do. e., the less Sc
we're ones. The streets are tolerab.y
straight and from thirty to sixty feet wide,
with the majority of them about thirty-fv"
feet.
The city is lighted very poorly with cleo
trio lights. There is a street car line, the
cars being drawn by small ponies. The
telephone system is poor. Manila has a
very good waterwOrks system, presented to
The municipality by a Filipino who has de-
parted this life, the condition of the gift
being that the poor people should always
have water free, and public hydrants arr
accordingly well distributed about the city.
The Pasig river courses through the city
from the northeast to the southwest. Be
low the first bridge, above the mouth OF
the river, at the famous bridge of Spain
the river is wide and deep and is constantly
crowded with commercial boats of all de-
scriptions. II is a sight worth a long jour
4 ney to see.
The churches and cathedrals are a marked
feature of Manila. Their grandeur and in
many instances elegance is a wonder ana
surprise to the stranger. And the bells
the beautiful bells" the devotion of the
people their music fOretells. Those VIII.
do not like them think they are something
awful" Feast days, and there are many
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

lEI who eat fruits need fewer Stimu-
~ lants. There are many who sim
f4B96I ply cannot combine the two to-
- gether. | knew of a dipsomaniac
who would drink anything rather than water.
she required something which would bite
and sting and she would take red ink or
IN fact almost anything that was acrid.
And so some fruits-at the outset, perhaps,
uuripe fruits-might help to remove any
unnatural desire for drink.
Fruits have always been agreed to be "A
valuable cure for invalids suffering from
almost every kind of disease. Mr.. Albert
Urcadbent, an authority on the apple, for
Instance, says:
witt rare exceptions, apples are good
for those disposed to govt and sluggish liver
and for these who follow a s,dentary life.
Two or three eaten at night, uncooked or
baked. correct constipation. The juice of
apples without sugar will often reduce
uridity of the stomach, becoming changed
INTO alkaline corrcctives and thus curing
sour fermentation. Where unswectened
cider is used as a common beverage, stone
or calculus is unknown, but how much bet
ter the fresh, ripe fruit must be-
Oranges, again, are used as a cure for
Influenza, especially in Florida. which is,
OF course, lHe SdIutu Ol oranges Nearly
every fruit will purify the blood, partly be
cause of the soft water (Which takes W
more material in the SYSTEM and partly be.
cause Of its salts. Lemon is famous for
this reason.
But such fruits are by no means rich in
Ir,t id. Somewhat richer, though overes-
timated in this respect, are figs and prunes
ana raisins, which are among the best cures
for constipation. The banana abOunds i'm
atty and 0 " material, but we have eXag-
grrated notions Of its powers. 1t seems
that the daily allowance of this fruit to
workmen in tropical America is six pounds.
1t must possess some other useful elements
besides proteid to give it its staying power.
But nuts are the prOtcid kings among
fruits. 1t is on them that the apes main.
tain much of their vigOr. Let us look at
the almond for a moment. 1t can be thor
Cughly masticated CT else pounded or mile l.
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1890 @'N' 49,
purely gratuitous on his part, as his dress,
manner and speech proclaimed him a s'ran-
ger to the west.
He went about the rough work Of the
camp herOically, relates the Detroit Free
Press, keeping aloof from its dissipation
and debasing influences, and at the same
time maintaining absolute silence concern
ing his former life. The appellatiun by
which he was known throughout the camp
was applied in the first instance in a spirit
Of derision, but finally as the heroic quail
ties of the frail eastern chap became ap-
parent, the miners, uncouth and irrtspJnsi-
BILE as they were, became impressed, and
Gentleman Jack, working IL silence, excited
their rude admiration.
They were engaged in blasting rock one
day. Perhaps the newcomer was slow, or
else someone Numbered. In any event when
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

\NILA, says Justicia, published in
that city, is the capital of the
Philippine islands and is situa-
ted OF the island of Luzon, on
Manila bay, and has a pOpu-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21

INTLEMAN JACK, the miners
called him. He drifted into a
Nevada mining camp one day and
vaguely stated that he was from
the east. That information was
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-21
September 81, 1902.

Is generally found that those
who eat fruits need fewer stimu-
lants. There are many who sim
ply cannot combine the two to-
gether. | knew of a dipsomaniac
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IS 1T AN EPIDEMIC?
Vital Statistics Show an Alarming In.
crease in an Already Prevailing
Disease-Are ANY Exempt?

At no time in the history of disease has
there been such an alarming increase in
the number of cases Of any particular NAL
ady as in that of kidney and bladder trou-
bles now preying upon the people Of this
country.
Today we see n relative. friend or an
acquaintance apparently well and in few
days We may be grieved TO learn of their
serious illness or sudden death. caused by
that fatal type of kidney trouble-Brigkfs
disease.
Kidney trouble often becomes advanced
into acute stages before the afflicted is
aware of its presence; that is why we read
of so many sudden deaths Of prominent
business and professional men. physicians
and others. They have neglected to stop
the leak i'll time.
While scientists are puzzling their
brains to find out the cause. each individ-
ual can, by little precaution. avoid the
chances of contracting dreaded and dan
gerOus kidney trouble, or eradicate it COM
pletely from their system il already af-
flicted. Many precious lives might have
been, and many more can yet be saved, by.
paying attention to the kidneys.
1t is the mission of The National Trib-
une to benefit its readers at every oppor-
tunity and therefore we advise all who
have any symptoms of kidney or bladder
trouble to write today to DR.. Kilmer s.
Co, BinghRmton, y. Y. for free sample
bottle of Swamp Root, the celebrated spe-
cific which is having such n great demand
and remarkable success in the cure of the
most distressing kidney and bladder trou-
bles. With the sample bottle of Swamp
Root will also be sent free pamphlet and
treatise of valuable information. Don't
make any mistake. but remember the
name, Swamp-Root DR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, and the address, Binghamton, y.
Y, on every bottle.
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A BOY SOLDIER.
Pathetic Incident of the Battlefield of Chan
cellorsyille Told by an ex-Confederats.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: There lay
dying Oh the battlefield of Charlottesville,
Va. on May 3. 1863, about 100 or 80
yards south of the Chancellor House, and
on the right of the old pike, looking south
from the Chancellor House, n boy of some
10 or IL Summers, belonging to the Union
army. This boy was shot, by shell, /
think, and was left on the field after the
Union forces were forced back and as the
command to which the writer belonged
took possession of the vacated field his
attention was attracted through the
Shrieks, prayers and appeals of this boy,
that he went to him, and at once was at
tracted by his youthful appearance and
shocked at his awful condition. We asked
him how it happened that he was in the
army, as he looked so young. He replied,
SAYING he disobeyed his dear mother. He
also said that he had to die without ever
seeing her again, and i'll the hands of his
captorS. Oh, how he prayed to God for
forgiveness and for his mothers forgive
ness. We asked him, so much were we
in his welfare. as well as being
greatly affected by his prayers and suffer-
ings. if there was anything we could do
for him. He asked for water. We took
his canteen to Il spring near by and re-
turned it, filed with water. and gave it to
him. Oh! how thirsty he was. apparently
all. ! was not surprised at this,
as it is characteristic of wounded men to
be thirsty. The suns rays were beating
upon his brow, and | arranged him
shade, as well as arranging his head on
an improvised pillow, as the circumstances
and time would permit.
He had upon his person n watch and
chain, and j said to him: "As you know
that you are going to die, won't you give
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me your wateh?" He replied, NO" His
it was the last thing his mother, includ-
ing a kiss, gave him, and he wanted to
keep it as long as he lived This sufficed,
so far as l was concerned but / did as
sist in concealing the chain from view,
fearing some other ''reb." might not be SO
generous as ! had been.
! took his name, and the name of his
mother, and their postofice address, prom
Using to write his mother if an opportunity
ever presented itself; but two years later,
when | was captured at Fort Gregg, lost
in the excitement my knapsack, contain
ing my PORTFOLIO in which the addresses
were, and as time wore on forgot them.
if | remembered them at all, at the close
of the war. | have an indistnct recollec-
ton that his name was Hall, and he was
from the State of Indiana, but of this
am not sure. He must have been MORALLY
wounded about 9 or 10 o'clock on the
morning of the Sd, and presumably just
where he lay, and we trust some of your
many readers can tell more about this
boy, who undoubtedly died where he lay.
but not before we were ordered to move.
consequently the writer could not be with
him and administer to his wants in his
last moments. The writer will appreciate
any information as to this dear boy if any
one, and there ought to be some of his
comrades yet living, can recollect the
circumstances. The writer would like his
mother, If living, to know how her dear
boy prayed before he died.-GEo. w. KEN
NEEDY, Rice's Battery, McIntOsh's Battal-
ion, Third Corps, A. n. ", New Market,
Va
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the Suffers. Officers advised the Sutler
not to let the men have any more. This
angered the Reserves. Soon the tent pins
Of the Suffers tent began TO fly out; the
tent collapsed. The boys went under and
soon came out with quantities of such
articles as they could lay their hands on.
One of them had a pair of boots under
one arm and ginger cakes in both hands.
Another had a cheese under one arm,
from which the boys began to help them
selves. The last l saw the fellow had the
rim.
When the Sutler saw that he was
doomed, he rolled out a barrel of whisky.
The boys knocked in the head. A few
only who We're near the barrel could get
any. Those who had their cups full could
not get away. The surging went on till
the barrel WIS pushed over and the whisky
spilled on the ground, which had recently
frozen in rutS and foot marks. from which
the boys began to try to get their share.
Such a noise and commotion you never
heard except from these Pennsylvanians.
The long roll was sounded and the Buck
tails and Reserves We're gathered together
and marched toward Fairfax Court
House,. c. HASKELL, Sergeant, Co. f,
18th VT, DenisOn, Tex.
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|C1OIiny7 II
D'V Win JOhr\ltO1\@
Conempoaneous Account of the Operations Against Sherman
From a Conederates Diary.
By W. A. JOHNSON, Co. D, I'd S. c.

Our men are not uneasy over the success
of Sherman in crossing over the river at
Broxton's Bridge
Feb. 4.-Aroused at u midnight Or
dered to move at once. but did not move
until day light. Our line on the Sake
hatchie is to be given up. We marched
very fast, in order to reach a road leading
out of these swamps to prevent the Yam
KEGS from cutting us off. We marched
within four miles of Ashepoo Ferry, a
crossing on the Ashepoo River, but had
to retrace our steps and march four miles
back TO the Blue House. The enemy are
across or are crossing the river at all
points. and our brigade seems to be alone
and almost surrounded, or else we are
hiding cut to let the enemy pass.
Feb. 5.-Contrary to expectations, we
did not move today. 1t being Sunday, we
had preaching Text: 9th verse Amos, Sd
chapter. Tolcrable sermon.
Feb. 6.-Aroused this a. m. to go to
Whitehall Station, on the road to Branch
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The 7th ". Va. Cav.

B. F. Hairless. Co. B, 7th w. Va. Cav,
Mount Hope, w. Va, writes: my regi-
ment, the Sth w. Va. Inf, afterwards
the 18th w. Va. Cav, served with Gen.
Fremont. Our brigade commander was a
Frenchman, Gen. Cluseret. After Gen.
Fremont was relieved we served under
Gen. Pope. My regiment was in the bat
tie of Cross Keys, June s, 1862 l was
on the slirmish line that morning, and
fired the first shot; Gen. Cluseret was
standing by me at the time. My regiment
was also at Second Bull Run. Later we
served in Gen. Milroy's Brigade My regi-
ment, the 9Th w. Va. Cav, and the 9Th
w. Va. Cav, served under Gen. w. w.
Averell two years."
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Brothers in a Massachusetts Battery.

Jonas Shackley. Corporal, 9th Battery
Mass, L. A, 8 Hall place, West Quincy,
Mass, writes that that organization had
the following sets of brothers: Alton, j.
III. and j. B.; Brown. L. A. and W. w;
Hathaway. VIM, jr., ]. X. and J. F..
Lapham, w II. II. and f. A; Morri-
son, j. w. and J. j.; Pattison,
w. B. and l.. E.; Peacock, w. II. and
Jacob; Shaw, i. f. and Geo; Shackley
Jonas and ID. X; Smith, b. II. and f. f. /;
Trip, j. A. and G. NJ; West, Benz. and
Il. W; Washburn, L. A. and f. p; Mems
ing, Thos. and John. Twenty-Five men
under IA names. James Winters and Al
bert Winters. father and son, also served
in this organization.
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Raiding a Suffers Tent.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: At the
time this incident occurred headquarters
of the Second Vermont Brigade were at
Fairfax Station. Col. Blunt, 18th Vt,
commanding. Gen. Stoughton was still a
prisoner. i was present the day the
Pennsylvania Reserves and Bucktails IN
loaded from tho cars and stacked arms,
being detailed on fatigue duty with a
squad of the 10th VT.
Some of the Bucktails, rs soon as they
broke ranks. began to look around for
wet goods" which they soon found at
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SCATTERING.

W. s. DObson, Audubon, Tex. has n
medal issued to p. MCGEE, Co. d, 45th
Pa, which he will be glad to restore to
the owner or members of his family.
c. W. Gagely, New Castle. Pa, has for
warded to The National Tribune the dis
charge of John II. Lawson, First Lieu
tenant 13Sth Z. S. G.. 7. The owner can
secure the discharge by writing the Ma
tional Tribune.
ThOs. S. Vawter. Rexville, Ind. claims
for Gadis Post POI, the honor of having
one of the youngest soldiers of the civil
war, James Hyatt, Co. f. SD Ind, who
enlisted in 1862. when only IA years old.
He was mustered out with his regiment at
the close of the war.
Charles r. Brooks. Rhinelander. Wis,
would like some survivor of the 18th Wis.
to send to him history of that regiment,
giving engagements in which it partici-
pated and the losses.
Ebenezer S. Eline, Cos. NJ and L, 9th
W. Va, Blackburn, w. Va. writes that
he has been 4 subscriber of The National
Tribune for seven years and is very much
interested in the serials and and also in
the Fighting Them Over columns. He
favors the pension bill introduced by Con-
gresham w. w Skies. of Ohio.
+. y. Wagner, Warrensburg, Mo-,
writes that he is opposed to admitting eX
Confederates to National Homes, and also
to building Homes for them.
A. A. Middleswart. Constitution, Ohio
writes of n project to erect n memorial
hall at Marietta, Ohio. the first perma-
nent settlement in that State.
+. w. Call. 18th Me, and a member of
Meade Post 40. PASSPORT Me-, writes: II
would share the last loaf of bread with n
Johnny just as freely as we used to share
our sugar and coffee in the SOS, but l DO
not believe in admitting eX-COnfederates
to National homes. while thousands of our
own soldiers remain outside and suffer
for the necessaries of life. Let charity be-
gin at home"
Ira s. Owens, Corporal, Co. c, 18th
Ohio, advocates a bill increasing the pen
sion of all widows of soldiers of the civil
war to SO per month. regardless of in
come or date of marriage.
Geo. Mayors. Co. A. Doth Ind, claims
for Farragut-Thomas Post s. Department
Of Missouri. Kansas City, Mo-, the honor
of having the youngest soldier of the civil
war. Comrade Gilbert Van Zandt, 10Th
Ohio. who was born Dec. 20. 1851. enlist
ed Aug. q, 1862; discharged June ., 1865.
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THE GOVERNOR OF INDIANA.

II. G. Thompson, Co. D. 18th Ind, Sa-
lem, Ind, claims for his company 16 pairs
of brothers. -Four were killed in action !;
six were wounded, two losing an ARM
three were taken prisoners, and for 13
months were confined at Camp Tyler, Tex.
One of these brothers, Hon. w. L. Dur
bin, is now Governor of Indiana.
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BROTHERS IN AN IOWA COMPANY.

Lot Abraham, Co. D, 4th Iowa Cav,
organization had the following sets of
brothers: Four Bebbs, four Mauldings,
three JOhnsOns, two Bartons, two Cures,
two Dayises, two Hathaways, two
Housels, two Hainses, two Oggs, two
Pickles, two Rumbles. two WOrths. two
Willefords, two Westfalls, two STAINS
berrys.
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lookout MOUNTAIN.

VIM. L. Patterson. 121 Milling avenue,
Baltimore, Md, writes that in The Ma
tiOnal Tribune of April II appears the
statement that the 18th Pa. followed the
29th Pa. up Lookout Mountain, Nov. "a,
1863. The regiment was not the 18th Pa,
but the 111th Pa.
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MONITORS AT CAIRO.
81 AND SHORTY.

A. Mccormick, Co. G, 9th Kan. Cav.
Beaumont, Cal. writes: 'In the Picket
Shots of April IL David Weekley, of
Minnesota, writes that 81 and Shorty
should have furlOugh. l think they
would rather stay just where they are
and fight the rebels for n while longer as
them 90 on; it is 4 good story and a very
long one. If the boys want a furlough
they will ask for it."
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pRoTHERs IN az ILLINOIS coMPANY.

Cyrus Criley, Co. A, S0th ILL.,, Swan
wick, ILL.,, writes that 10 pairs of broth
ers served in that organization, as fol-
lows: Manns, Crileys, Browns, Brad
shaws. Bryants, Childers, Jeringans, John
sons NIillerS Smells.
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]. V. Pownall, 1st Sergt, Co. E, Doth
Ind. Fulton, Ind. says that his company
had 20 pairs of brothers and one set of
three