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The National tribune., 1902-06-05
Both We're Elegant Liars.

Wherever he is placed the native of the
Emerald Isle has a ready wit. Not long
ago when a First Lieutenant was pro-
NOTED he warned his succeeding officer of
several of the men who We're in the habit
OF asking for leave Of absence without
having valid excuses. This company is
composed largely of men from the Emer-
aid Isle. and the officer; must be ever on
the alert to catch up with them. Lieut..
NJ had been i'll command only few
Gays when On" Of the men applied to him
for leave of absence, stating that his wife
had written saying she was sick and wish
cd him to come home. Lieut.. M, re-
Numbering his warning. resolved to be
very cautious. Turning over the papers as
If searching for letter. he said: 80 your
wife is sick? Now. Pat, l. myself have
had letter from her. and she tells me
not to let you go home, as you get drunk,
EIeak up the furniture and treat here
shamefuIy. So l don't think l shall let
you CO.
Pat saIuted and started to leave the
rooE,. hut oil reaching the door turned and
said. ''Sir. may spake to yoll-nOt as an
oGicer-but as mon to monT'
Eyes. Pat. What is it:'
well, sir. what l was afther sayin' is
this remarked Pat, going close to the
Lieutenant and lowering his voice, '.that
You and I are two of the most Elegant
liars that the Lord ever made-Pm not
married NOM
The National tribune., 1902-06-05

In all parts OF the country men and women,
doctors and surgeons, cIergymen and educa-
tors arc wondering at the remarkable cures
made by Prof Thomas A. Adkin. discoverer
of the Adkin yitaopathic treatment.
Professor Adkin hea:s not by drugs. nor
| by Christian Science. nor by Osteopathy, nor
by Hypnotism, nor by Divine Healing, but
by subtle psychic force of nature in COM
| bination with certain vital magnetic RENE
dies which contain the very clements of life
and health
A reporter recently talked with Professor
Adkin and was asked to invite all readers
of this paper who are sick or who are wor-
ried by the ills Of those dear to them to
write to him for assistance. .'Some people
have declared said Professor Adkin. that
my powers are of God; they call me a
Divine Heaer-a man Of mysterious powers.
This is not so. l cure because ] understand
nature-because l use 4 subtle force of
nature to build up the system and restore
health. But mt the same time / believe that
the Creator would not have given me the
opportunity to make the discoveries 1 have
made nor the ability to develop them IL He
had not intended that / should use them for
the good of humanity. l therefore feel that
1t is my duty to give the benefit Of the
scieIc:: I practice to all who "a suffering.
want you 10 tell your readers that they
can write TO in the strictest confidence
II they are troubled with any kind Of dis
ease and will thoroughly diagnose their
eases and prescribe Il simple home treatment
which l positively guarantee to effect 4
complete cure absolutely free of charge. l
care not how serious their cases. nor
how hopeless they may seem: I want them
to write me and let make them well. L
feel that this is my ,ife's work.
So great Is the sensation wrought in the
medical world by the wonderful cures per-
formed by Professor Adkin that several pro-
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
Unexplained Energy.
Uondon Trades Journals Review.)

(LOndOn Trades Journals Reyiew.)
The new chemical elements of the last
few years have impressed US with their
suggestions of secrets yet to be revealed.
n French writer notes that the rare met
ais from uranium orcs-proIonium, rad
ium and actinium, discovered in 1898 and
1SD-have startled us with properties
that appear to be opposed to existing ply
steal and chemical theories, and probably
open the way to 4 new era in the history
of science. They seem to Great energy
from nothing. Without perceptible loss
of outside aid. they produce light and
electricity. and their emission of Bee
qEerel rays-which resemble Roentgen
rays and were first noticed in 1896 in
urahium-is 100000 times greater than
that of uranium. The self-luminosity of
radium, sufficient to show writing is not
scnsibly diminished ut the end of the
year. The new metals impart fluorescence
to the diamond, alkaline substances. pa
per, etc, and their salts have powerful
chemical action-convcrting oxygen into
ozone, discoloring glass and porcelain,
energetically affecting photographic plates
and attacking the skin and destroying the
termination of seeds. These are effects Of
radiation.
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY 1902

petition against Mobile instead. Gen.
Grant believed that a successful campaign
with States west of the Mississippi would
contribute little or nothing to the over
throw of the Confederacy. His idea was
| that the armies of Lee and Johnston were
the true detectives of the Union forces.
Gen. Grants plan was to keep the Mis-
sissippi River open. and thereby cut off
communication between Texas. Arkansas
and southwest Missouri with the Cnnfcd-
crate armies east of the river. ard for the
National Government to concentrate its
whole power against the Confederate arm
les south of the Potomac and east of the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. With the
view of CARRYING out this plan Gen. Grant
Immediately after the defeat of Bragg
army urged upon Gen. Halleck the cap
turc OF Mobile by combined movement
of his own forces with those by Gen.
Banks. but he was ovcrIuled, and the dis
astrouS western Louisiana and Texas cam
paign was the result This campaign end
ed in serious disaster to Gen. Banks's
army. and almost in the loss of the gun
boat feet which was cooperating with
Gen. Banks. After the fleet passed up
Red River that stream fell rapidly. and
was so shallow Mt the rapids that the YES
sells could not pass over, and their rescue
was accomplished only by the ccnstrnc-
ton of Il dam in the river TO increase the
depth of water. Smith and Mower bore
n conspicuous part in the Red River cam
paign. and added greatly to their military
fame Mt the battle of Grand EcOrc. April
8. where they defeated the enemy in
great battle. capturing Sc cannon and
1000 prisoners and saving Gen. Banks's
army.
THE DECISIVE YEAR OF THE WAR.
The civil war had now ragged for three
years. Great progress had been made in
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
THE LAZY WALL=EYE."
Why tits a Dainty on the Table and Tyrant
IN the Water

A king on the table and a churl in the
water is the wall-eyed pike. though why
so noble Il fish in flesh should be so I'M.
worthy of respect in freedom no man Can
say.
The pike has appetite and sufficient
courage TO pursue smaller fishes. 1t has
great strength and is swift. 1t is formida.
bly, armed and safe from attack once il
has attained good size. 1t inhabits
cold, deep water. which should give it 4
disposition to resist capture.
Bass or muskallonge taken from the
same lake or stream will fight until the
anglers wrist aches and his temper is
wrecked, but the wall-eye, once it has
surged hungriy ut the lure and the barb
has been driven in deeply. apparently
cares nothing about its future and is will
ing to go wherever the line directs. rs
utter lack of pugnacity makes it despised
by fishermen, otherwise its size. beauty
and delicateness would make it prize
worthy of any rod.
The wall-eyed pike, so called from its
round, staring eyes. set far up in its
shovel head. will eat when hungry any
thing that it can bite and it is generally
hungry. 1t is active enough in pursuit OF
prey, but is otherwise disinclined to exer-
ton.
1t is never seen rushing hither and yon
or leaping from the water in pure joy of
motion. 1t does not travel far. but selects
in youth some part of the lake and sticks
to it in Summer and Winter unless driven
elsewhere by lack Of food. Travelling
means work, and it dislkes to move.
For this reason a pike which has been
hooked and not landed. or has been mere
ly graZcd by the barb. may generally be
taken in the same place at the same time
on the day after. If it has been hooked and
not landed. the escape is due generally
to some accident, not to any effort of its
own. The line may become entangled,
or cut on {; rock, or the hook hold may
be slight.
This fish has one characteristic not
shared by any other. Often when it is
struck and the angler reeIsSin he will find
the line come easily and slackly as il
there We're nothing on it. The pike in
reality is swimming toward him as il
anxious to surrender and have done with
the matter.
1t may make a slight furry when with
in yard of the beat. but most often it
will only half turn, putting just little
of its weight on the line, then submit to
being lifted by the dipnet with scarce
waggle of its broad tail. It's long face has
Il sort Of vacuous grin. as if to say that
it would as soon be landed as nos.
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
American "Prudishness."
Century,

In the face of foreign criticism, and in
the face of ones own dismay at existing
conditions with regard to divorce. we still
sympathize with the retort administered
to an alien critic of our people, who had
declared in private conversation that
America seemed to be afflicted with the
disease of prudishness. The answer was
somewhat in these words (the incident oc-
cured several years ago.: Yes, probably
it is true that Americans are prudish. but
considering the revelations that have re-
Gently taken place concerning certain cir
cles in London, and considering the condi-
ton of good part of the Partisan stage
and of French literature. /. for one, am
willing that we should pay that price for
the knowledge that on the whole Ameri-
cans are the decentest people, in regard
to the relations of the sexes, on the face
of the globe"
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
Cancer
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Discovery Positively Curcs the Dre ad-
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This treatment has completely cured hum
dreds of cases pronounced by noted physi-
clans and surgeons hopeless aud fatal.
j. +. BENEDICT, prominent merchant Of
Macon, Ohio says: "Dr. Curry's Cancer
Cure removed In days n bad cancer ON my
lip which promptly hea:ed with hardly
perceptible scar. Write him."
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face."
Mrs. Mary r. LITTLE, of Linco.nton. v. G.,
writes: 'In II days your reatment cured
me OF breast cancer II inches In circumfer-
enee. How thankful l am
For full information and convincing testi
mOnials free, write today to DR.. Curry Can
Ger Cure Co., Cox 6IS, Lebanon, Ohio.
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
First American Earthquake on Record.

The fourth book printed in European
language upon the Western Hemisphere
was issued in the City of Mexico in 1911,
and gave an account of the terrible earth
quake which occurred in Guatemala by
which many persons lost their lives.
Among those who persisted WAS the wife
of the Governor, the famous Don Pedro
Alvarado. who was one Of the chief lieu
tenants of CortcZ in the conquest of Mex
leo, 20 years before the event described
The book was printed in the Spanish Ian
guage.
The National tribune., 1902-06-05

staff. provost guard, etc, were in the
front yard.
My staff at that time consisted of
First Lieut.. NJ. Nicholson. Acting Assist
ant Adjutant General; Capt. WIN. w. Nc
Cannon. 1nspcctorGeneral;C Capt. Samuel
Roper, Picket Officer: Lieut.. Harry NJ.
Kenderdinc. Quartermastcr; Lieut.. James
Il. Graham. Provost Marshal; Maj. Buel,
Brigade Surgeon.
ALWAYS READY.
They were all competent and efficient
officers and enthusiastic in keeping our
brigade up to the highest standard. 1t
was the study at headquarters to have the
brigade at all times III such condition that
it could move at a moments notice. And
in this there was complete cooperation in
every regiment. The weekly reSimental
inspections were never omitted. Every
soldier and his equipment was examined;
if anything was lacking it was immediate
ly supplied. The guns and accouterments
were kept in perfect condition; the proper
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
Her First Visit.

''This is where the laws are made" said
Mr.. Mcbride to his wife, as he showed
her Congress at work.
And which is the framing depart
ment?' asked Mrs. Mcbride.
Her husband looked puzzled.
Il read in the papers that laws were
framed in Washington, you KNOW" she
explained
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
olightly Arbitrary.

'Nn man. said the politician, SHOULD
he allowed to vote unless he can read and
write"
That is quite true" answered Senator
Sorghum. Indeed. should carry the
qualification still further and say that no.
body shall vote who doesn't read and write
what we tell him e"
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
BATTLE OF MANILA.

At Santiago out of 0474 shots fired
from guns Of large and small caliber there
were 124 hits. The OquendO was hit 81
times, the Viscaya % times, the Maria
Teresa % times, the Colon g times. The
sufficient.
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
The Cost of Naval Battles.

The following statistics of the battles OF
Manila and of Santiago are from the re-
PORTS of American naval officers filtered
through European channels. The ammu-
milton expended. etc, was as follows: =
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
The Speed of Modern Steamships.
!. BArrLEsHIPs,

The following recent statistics regarding
modern steamships of various classes have
n special interest at this time:
The National tribune., 1902-06-05
a. AWzM the WESTERN
s0A. eARMI~
@SaEfs@5a Preparations for the Campaign of 1864.
Preparations for the Campaign Of 1864.
By GEN. GREEN B. RAUM.

conrrrbtes 1901 by the publishers NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-15
LEFT A CONVENT.
Why a Visitation Nun Returned to
the World.

In an interesting letter in THE Pass
ing of Old Van Ness Mansion in Wash
ington' from the Boston Herald's reg
ular correspondent, we find the follow
ing:
zone of the most dramatic incidents
connected with the Van Ness mansion
had to do with a young lady named
Anna G. Wright. who. being d nun in
the Convent of the Visitation in
Georgetown, where she was known as
Sister Gertrude ran away and sought
refuge with Marcia Van Ness. her cou-
sin. Having returned to wicked, but
attractive world in this interesting
manner. she became one of the gayest
women in Washington society. 1t was
understood during her lifetime that she
had written book exposing the inner
life Of the convent which would be
published after her death, but it never
appeared
The detection of Sister Gertrude
Whyte (not Wright from the Vista
tion convent in Georgetown is told in
"A Story of Courage, the annals of
the Visitation convent of Georgetown.
prepared from the manuscript records
by the late George Parsons Lathrop
and Rose Hawthorne LathrOp.
Sister Gertrude had become disSatis-
fed with her life in the Visitation con-
Sub-prioress and directress of studies,
simply because the nuns would not
give up their rule for that of another
order which she thought better adapt
ed for schools. She left the convent alb
ruptly one day-it is the easiest thing
in the world to get out of the convent
and repaired to the Van Ness mansion.
She had not sought a dispensation
from her vows. nor given anyone a
hint of her intention: so that her ac-
ton grieved and shocked the commun-
fly in which she had spent many years
and Catholics generally.
But it seems unlikely that she showed
hostility TO the convent. for old pu-
pills visited her i'm her new life and
when she was advanced in years. she
called at the Baltimore convent of the
Visitation, where she was most affec-
tionately received. and assured that
there was place for her there or in
Georgetown, if She would return. She
seemed much moved and asked for
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-15
JAPANESE DAY OF PENTEcosT.
Fidelity of a People to Faith Despite
the Want of Priests.

A writer in lions Herald (MethOulsU
declares that Japan is presently eN-
periencing the greatest rellglouS
awakening that has ever come TO the
country since the Roman CathollcS
had their .Dav in Penticost,' nearly 300
years ago" The fidelity Of the Japan
ese TO the faith of that Pentecostal
dav. despite the want of priests, Is an
old and inspiring story; but a mis-
sionary to Japan. writing in the Illus
trated Catholic Missions, tells 1t anew
and with fresh interest We quote:
IF Japan has excited the admiration
of the whole world by her facility in
appropriating our civilization; by her
promptitude last year in coming to the
aid of the Christians who were pelng
massacred by the Chinese; by the cor
dial hospitality offered IN her own
country to the foreign troops wounded
in the war; by her courage and mill
tarv skill in 1894 in waging war, In
which she was victorious in every en-
counter. against China, whose popu-
lation is tenfold her own,-she must be
admired no less for her love of truth
and her constancy- in clinging to the
nrecious treasure of the true faith once
II has been recognized. She offers the
solitary example of nation whose
numerous Christians preserved, Win
out a single priest, and with admirable
constancy. the use of baptism and be-
lief in the principal dogmas OF Chrls-
tianitv. in spite of uninterrupted per-
secutions for a space of 800 years
The devotion to our Blessed Lady,
which had not once been interrupted,
led them at length to rediscover the
tr.ne church. TO which they had ever
been united in heart. And before trust
ing to the first Europeans who came to
speak to them Of religion, they put
10 the latter three questions which
would infallibly enable them to dis
tinguish between the ministers OF truth
and those of error: Are you married.
DO YOU know the Pope, and what IS
his name?' DO you know Holy Nary
A people so intelligent and capable of
such sublime fidelity certainly deserve
that we should interest ourselves
warmly in their conversion, whether
by aims or by prayers.
1t is a pity that the work of evan
selizing this noble people should be
retarded by want of money Yet the
progress of the Church is sure, if slow
simultaneously with the above named
journal for instance, comes the Cey-
ION Catholic Messenger, with this tes-
timony:
Last week there We're several Jap
aneSe nuns, members OF Ihe consre-
cation of St Joseph of Cluny, VINO
were returning from France, where
they had made their novitiate. These
ladies were thoroughly conversant with
European customs and had made them
their own A Marist father, who was
a fellow passenger with them, was
struck by the religious and varied tone
of their conversation. This priest had
lately been to the Holy Land, and
spoke about the Arab nuns who are
doing such good work in Jerusalem.
The Catholic Church is surely the
great protectress of womankind. No
matter what the color, all women have
equal rights within her pale
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-15
Anti-Jesuit Law in ENGLAND

They have an anti-Jesuit law in Eng
land. y clergyman of the Protestant
Alliance. which is organized English
Apaism, recently applied to one of
the metropolitan magistrates for sum-
monses against. three gentlemen for be
coming Jesuits within the United
Kingdom under an old statute Of
George ". which. makes it a misde-
meanor to become a Jesuit The magis-
trate refused the summOnses, on the
ground that the statute was practi-
cally obsolete; whereupon the P A.
clergyman apepaled to the kings
bench. a higher court, and was sus-
tanned This is curious and funny
Nothing viii, of course, come of it,
unless it be the repeal Of the foolish
and bigoted statute of George ". But
it has this bearing, it shows the deep
rooted animus in the English mind
in the time of George " against the
faith. and the vast change which has
taken place since that time. for the
p. a. clergyman's action was simply
bit of ridiculous atavism. whose only
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-15
A NEW SCIENCE.
Catechetics to Meet the Demands and
Needs of Our Time.

There is a new science commanding
the attention of the Catholic people
who are interested in the advancement
of their faith. 1t is the science OF
Catechetics. Mrs. L. NJ. Baird writes,
in the Catholic World Magazine Tor
February, of the methods of this new
science in the article entitled The sue
cessful Catechist." Mrs. Baird has not
only been a successful teacher in the
public schools of the country, but she
has devoted great deal of her time
Ia the formulation of methods of i'm
parting instructions in the schools, and
particularly among the sisterhoods OF
the country, at the various institutes
that have been given during the last
ten years.
..Our horizon has widened and we
recognize that the trained catechlst is
as necessary in the Sunday school as
the trained teacher in the school room,
or the trained nurse at the bedside. AS
much more necessary as spiritual wei
fare is more than material welfare.
Simple faith, learned at the moth
er's knee. beautiful, holy, necessary as
il was and is. is not meeting all the
demands of our age and time.
THE child today must go out for
tilted with a living, loving, intellectual
faith. He is not facing persecution,
exile or death, but a danger graver
than any of these. the fatal disease of
unbelief which permeates a compulsory
education system, and is eXhaled by
pulpit and press, by college president
and business man, by the shopmate at
the counter and the laborer in the
street; a danger as grave as it is in
sidious
I'm the intellectual world we count
that teacher successful whose students
pass the yearly examinations and who
show in future years that they built
upon a firm foundation.
I'm the spiritual world he is the sue
cessful catechist whose children carry
from the Sunday school the germs of
knowledge that have reached the heart
and the conscience as well as the in
tellect, and that have created the de-
sire to know more in order to behave
better 1t is not SO much that chill
dren should know what they do not
know, as that they should behave as
they do not behave
The knowledge. of course. is nee
essary, and the catechisms are not all
at fault. We must know the nomen-
clature of our subject What then?
Simply this: the successful catechist
goes before his class prepared to
question the lesson into the childs
mind and then to question it out
again.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-02-15
The Date of Easter

Easter Sunday in 1902 is coming un-
usually early-March 3Oth. AS the date
of Easter regulates that of all the NOV
able feasts of the year, then. they, too,
viii fall early. Thus, Ash Wednesday
occurred Feb. 18th; Ascension day oc-
ours May Sth; Penticost ten days later.
and Corpus Christi May 18th. 1t will
thus be seen that some three weeks
before midsummer a greater of the
ecclesiasi-year in respect at least of
the important feasts, will have passed.
1t will be difficult to have flowers for
Holy Week and Easter, but little
forethought will solve the problem. For
the benefit of those who are interested
in such things. we subJv1n the dates OF
Easter for the next ten years:
1902, March 3Oth; 1908, April 18th;
1904, April 3rd; 1905, April 23rd; 1906,
April 18th; 1907. March 31st; 1908, April
18th; 1909, April 11th; 1910, March 2fth;
1911, April 18th.
Easter Sunday is always the first
Sunday after the fourteenth day of the
celendar moon, which fourteenth day.
falls on or next after the 21st day of
March, according to the rules laid
down for the construction of the calen-
dar, so that if the fourteenth day hap
pens on Sunday, Easter day is the Sun
daV after