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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-22

4 ]. H., Toolsboro, Iowa.-It IL oHicially
held that the fee of an attorney In the
| collection of accrued pension for the wild
| Ow or child under 16 of a deceased in
valid pensioner may be any reasonable
SUN agreed upon by the parties. Ten per
1 cent. of the amount collected is not an
unusual charge, and may in fact amount
i to a very small sum. In the classes Of
pension claims in which an attorneys fec
of as much as $25 is authorized, it Is
necessary that articles of agreement be
| filed in duplicate. with the Commissioners
| OF Pensions, setting out the amount of fee
| agreed upon: otherwise, the fee allowed
| will be only $40. For headstone for the
grave of deceased soldier of the war Of
| the rebellion, apply to the "Quartermas-
| ter-General, u. S. A, Washington, d. c."
| j. T. f., La Junta, Colo.-f the sol
dier's condition from causes for which he
is pepsioned under the general pension
tain amount of aid and attendance from
| another person, he is probably entitled to
the rate of $50 per month under the pro-
| visions of the act of July IA, 1892.
New Canaan, Conn.-The privilege Of
veteraniziag by reenlistment in the or.
sanization in which they were serving was
extended only to those who had less than
one year remaining of the three years
term for which they had enlisted. In case
the soldier was by mistake allowed to vet
eranize without his coming under this
class at the time, it is uniformly held that
the veteran bounty cannot be allowed.
The soldier was undoubtedly entitled to
be discharged at the end of his original
three years term and could not properly
have been held for the term for which he
had through error been allowed to reen-
list.
A Subscriber.-If a widow pensioner
leaves no child under 16, then the per-
son who bore the expenses of last illness
aud burial the pensioner leaving INSULT
Gent assets may obtain reimbursement
from the accrued pension. The cause or
manner of the widows death is of no
consequence.
J. A. N, Salem, N Y.-If a disease
found on medical examination is thought
to enter materially into the disabled con-
dition of the pension applicant, it is con-
sidered if a claim is or has been made
thereon. In cases filed under the act of
June p, 1890. the applicant is requested
TO make formal application thereon if he
has not done so.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-22
VIII Give New Steel Bridge for a Wooden
Bridge so Years Old.
CThe indianapolis News.)


The old black walnut bridge which
spans Pine Greek in Warren County,
near Covington, Ind, built SO long ago
that no one seems to know wien it was
erected, is doubtless the most valuable
wooden bridge in Indiana. 1t was built
at least so years ago by the County Com
missioners, when black walnut timber
was common in this section. 1t is be-
tween $50 and 200 feet long, and the tim
her in it is worth from $4,000 to $751;
900.
Lumber men and bridge companies
have several times tried to get posses
sion of the structure. The bridge COM
panies have offered to replace it with an
iron or steel bridge, taking the walnut
lumber as pay for the new bridge. The
Commissioners think that on this basis
the companies would have much the best
of the deal, and they have declined to
make the trade.
The structure stands on strong abut-
ments of stone and the walnut timber in
1t is as good today as when the bridge
was put up.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-22
Spider Life,

In late interesting account of spider
life, DR.. Dailinger describes the ruthless
destruction by the ichneumon fiy and nv
certain wasps. The young of some wasps
can live only on live spiders, and the
mother wasp, therefore, renders the spi-
ders powerless by her sting-after which
they can live a mOnth-and then deposits
them in the cocoon where she has placed
her egg. 0nahatching out, the wasp grub
feeds on the bodies of the living spiders.
Another wasp deposits her egg in tile body
OF the spider, which is then buried alive
and is fed upon by the wasp grub.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-22

"Widowhood makes a woman unset
fish"
"Why so?"
Because she ceases to look out for
/ number one and begins to look out for
number two.'@Town and Country.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-22
In Defence of the Righteous.

u IttSUUrg BuIIetln.J
Mother-iou naughty boyl You've
been fighting.
Little Son-No, mother. &
"How did your clothes get torn and
your face get scratched?"
Il was trying to keep bad boy from
hurting a good little boy"
THAT was noble. Who was the good
little boy
'Me"
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-22

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. This
signature <RNW y on every box, sc.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-22

1t was bright reformer who said:
1--WE want good men, and we want 'em
bad!'-Baltimore News.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-22
To whichp Gen. Sherman replied:

To whictp Gen. Sherman replied:
"Chatta6SeShee River. Oct. 4, 1864;
'Gen. Day&:1
81 want Your division up towards
Marietta, joining on to Gen. Stanley on
his left. Y2dP trains win be safe. for Xii.
patrick Is on To Your left: still, You should
leave guard with them. Howard's
troops are h0W passing up to Smyrna.
want as strong force mp to the left Of
kenesaw as Possible tonight. Hood is at
Dallas; hisl c3$alry is on our road and e.
fiOtt is aftef kshem.
tsIii wv. T. SHERMAN,
s,ioi "MaJor-General."
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AWIh the WESTERN
a >4RMY~
zksyBs ~ Hoods Return Stroke.
Hoods Return Stroke.
By GEN. GREEN B. RAum.

,ers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
and Messrs. Hill and Nelson Fosterl
former members of Congress, are her
now, and will go to meet Wright at Rome
and then go back to Madison and Mi
ledgeville.
Great efforts are being made to rein
force Hoods army, and to break up IN!
railroads, and l should have at once /:
good reserve force at Nashville. 1t woult
have bad effect, if were forced to sent
back any considerable part of my army t,
guard roads. so as to weaken me to al
extent that l could not act Extensively i
the occa sion calls fer it.
"W. II. SHERMAN,
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Wonderful Anime Railway.

A wonderful mountain railway is
being constructed at present in the
Tyrol, and when completed next sum-
mer it will be the steepest line in
the world. The railway, which will
be two and a half kilometers II
length, will join the village of Kali
tern to the summit of the Col de
Mendel at a height of 1850 feet.
This distance will be covered in ex-
actly p minutes, while by road it
takes four hours to reach the ton.
The force is electricity, and the cog
(middle) rail system has been en-
ployed. The maximum grade is 81
in 100, surprising that of the Stanser-
horn line, which formerly held the
European record. The coaches will
hold so persons and baggage, and
special precautions have BEEN taken
to enable the tourist to view the
wonderful scenery through which
the line p1sses. NJ. Strubb, Swiss
engineer of Clarens, is carrying on
this remarkable enterprise.
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A Mean InsinuatlOn.

The commencement exercises OF
the high school had passed off with
entire success. and at the request OF
the principal the diplomas of the
school had been delivered by Col
Wye, president of the school board
worthy but somewhat pompous
citizen, to whom nothing had ever
happened to shake his high opinion
of himself.
At the close of the proceedings the
principal, with the praiseworthy pur
pose of saying something compli
mentary to his eminent colaborer il
the cause of education, took occasion
to observe:
"You acquitted yourself finely, col
onel. Your remarks were wei
chosen"
sWell chosen!" echoed the colonel
turning red. II want you to un
derstand, sir, that those remarks
were not chosen at all. Every wore
I uttered was original, sir!"-Iouth':
Companion.
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AN EDISON FAILURE.
Once He Designed an Invention
That Didn't Work.
Automatic Horse Feeder Was Operate
ed just Once, with Results That
Discouraged the Wizard
and His Factotum.

''The world has seen a variety of
achievements wrought by man, but no
other has made such strides toward
ress, toward the advancement Of the
whole world, as the application of
electricity"
Thus spoke Lord Kelvin, and in JUS
tice he might have supplemented the
same by stating that the Yankee wiz
ard, Thomas a. Edison, has ever been
the leader in the advance guard which
has with such signal success explored
that mystical electrical field. How
ever, the public prints have long been
surfeited with stories of Edison's bril-
liant coups; and here, for variety's
sake, is given the record of failure.
When Edison first established his
laboratory and electrical works over
in New Jersey, he had in his employ an
Irishman named Barney Gilhooly.
Barney was engineer and fireman-in
short, he was general utility man
around the entire Edison plant. He
lived back of the meadows, some four
miles from the factory. and it was his
custom to drive daily back and forth.
Now, like all the rest of mankind,
Barney liked to sleep in the morning
as long as possible, and he conjured
his brain as to how to feed his horse
in the morning without personal
visit to the barn. Finally he enlist
ed the services of his illustrious EN-
ployer, explaining that it would be
a great convenience if by some button
/ and wire arrangement the morning ra-
ton of oats could be doled out to the
horse. In that way he claimed that
when he had prepared and eaten his
own breakfast Dobbin also would be
ready for the road.
Mr.. Edison readily grasped the idea,
says the New York Times, and that
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

A damaged footballer has just been
fitted at London hospital with q eel.
luloid nose.
The value of the exports of animals
and animal products for the year end
ed June 30, 1902, amounted to the large
sum of s244, 733, o62.
Prof. Lawrence Bruner, state eth
nologist at the University of Nebraska,
has a collection of $4,000 grasshoppers,
among which are to be found 10000
distinct species.
Becquerel has shown that radium
emits cathode rays moving at veloc-
ity of over 120, 900 miles per second. A
particle travelling with this velocity,
and starting from the earth, would
reach the moon in two seconds.
The German Ornithoaogical society
has been conducting experiments with
pigeons, and finds that when liberated
at height of 5000 feet down to as lit
tie as 1900 feet, they drop rapidly to
a much lowerregion of the atmosphere.
At the end of 1901 the number of
sailing vessels flying the British flag
| was 1927; of steamers there were s, 147.
Leaving sailing vessels out of account
it is estimated by various well-in-
! formed officials of shipowners' socie-
ties that out of these S,147 steamers
about 6,947 were tramps and only 1900
were liners.
A German ornithologist points out
that the diminution in the number Of
song birds in his country is not caused
entirely by the Italians who slaughter
the migratory birds in winter by whole
sale. Much is also due to the depreda-
tions of cats and to the disappearance
of shrubbery in which the birds could
hatch their eggs.
Nearly all the important manufac-
lures entering into the export trade of
the United States show an increase in
1902, the chief exceptions being iron
and steel and refined mineral oil. Irsn
| and steel manufactures show q de-
crease of over four and one-half mil
lion dollars, and mineral oils reduc-
ton of four millions. Copper manu-
| features showed the largest gain.
$12,OOO,OOO.
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RULES WHITE HOUSE
Col. symons Chosen to Fill Impor-
tant Social Post.
Military ALL to President Roosevelt
AID Master Of Ceremonies--:VEas
Appointed to West PotAt
from Michigan.

The most picturesque Office Of our
entire military establishment, in times
Of peace, is that just conferred by the
president upon Maj. Thomas w.
Symons, corps of the engineers, United
States army. The prosaic title, ~"In
charge of public buildings and grounds
in the District of Columbia" which this
officer will bear after May l, is no in
dex to the courtly socialprestige that
he viii lenjoy. He will serve as master
of white house ceremonies and as mil
itary aid to the president. Were our UNI
ostentatious government a monarchy
he would have the title of lord cham
berlain."
Next to the president himself he will
be the most conspicuous figure at the
white house levees. Respondent in
full-dress uniform and, with glisten-
ing dress sword at his side, his station,
during all such brilliant events will be
In the blue parlor Immediately at the
presidents left. Here he will formally
present to the chief executive the long
lines of guests. He will officiate as
stage manager, SO to speak, in all OF the
official and social dramas enacted with
in the presidential mansion. The mu-
sic, the decorations, the comfort of the
guests-all will fall within his super.
vision. He will have all of the prac-
teal responsibilities of the proprietor
of q big hotel and the manager of a
play combined.
AS military aid to the president"
Maj. Symons will personally accom-
pany President Roosevelt on all of his
journeys of an official nature. During
thesreview of troops or Of professions
he will stand at the presidents side ar
rayed in full dress uniform. Hence his
office will bring him into the most in
innate personal contact with the chief
executive and will demand relations of
. very confidential kind. Therefore.
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astonishes his fellow veterans at the
GA. r. campfires and the young people
at the old-time country dances where
he performs.
His repertory includes all the old
time favorites, such as ''The Arkansaw
Traveller" "Turkey in the Straw" "Old
Dan Tucker" FISHERS Hornpipe'' and
"Pop, Goes the Weasel" In addition to
his musical accomplishments Riley
dances lively jigs with all the nimble
grace of an Irishman, and, though Is,
he challenges any man.in Pennsylvania
over so to a jig-dancing contest.
"And I'll do me own fiddlin', sure"
says Riley, for he can fiddle and at the
same time dance to his own music.
Riley is native of Lancaster county.
He served in the First Pennsylvania re-
serves and in the Two Hundred and
Third Pennsylvania volunteers and was
twice dangerously wounded in battle.
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appointment to this Office is left to the
president personally, g..
Maj. Symons will be the disbursing
officer of the white house and to him
will be intrusted the lump sum which
congress annually appropriates for the
repair and maintenance of the man.
sion. Every year this allowance diff
fers according to special demands. But
Maj. Symons will handle larger sums
than those put in the keeping of his
predecessors, inasmuch as the recent
rehabilitation of the mansion, which
became necessary in order to give the
presidential family ample sleeping
room and the nations guests the COM
mon comforts to which they are enti-
tied in any gentleman's house, in
cTeases the cost of lighting and heat
ing.
Maj. Symons is 81 years old. He was
born in Keesville, n. Y, within few
miles of Lake Champlain, but was APP
pointed to West Point from Michigan.
He is shining example of the good
augury of school leadership, says the
Detroit Free Press. He'was brilliant
studentsat West Point, being graduated
at the head of his class in 1874. Preci-
sion was his strong point from the
start, end with such a temperament
naturally followed mathe matical gen.
ius. Leaving the military academy a
lieutenant in the corps of engineers,
he served at e'torpedo and engineer
school at Willet's Point until 1876.
There he was detailed for duty in the
western surveys, becoming chief engi-
neer in the department of the Column
bia three years later. He explored the
wiIds of Washington. located military
posts, built roads ard placated angry
savages. AS did the mar he now comes
to serve, he lived a strenuous life in the
great west, and, like him, wrote a book
on what he saw. During President
Cleveland's first administration he had
charge of the water supply, sewerage,
pavements, streets, roads, bridges,
lighting and car lines of the national
capital. Then he took charge of the
river and harbor work in Oregon.
Washington, Idaho and Montana.
Eight years ago he took up the same
important task about Buffalo, where
he has since been stationed. During
the past four years he has been lectur-
ing on engineering at Cornell. He
made an exhaustive study of the prob
lens of the proposed canal to connect
the great lakes with New York harbor,
and his report thereon won his ap-
pointment to the New York canal adj
visory board.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Want of care does us more damage
than want of knowledge.-Chicago
Journal. 'S1t. ~ 49,.
AS an all-around optimist Cupid is
pretty near the real thing.-Chicago
Daily News.
Some people who give with one hand,
shake the fist of the other hand
Atchison Globe.
Reason Enough.-Friend-"Why did
you refuse that handsome young wild
ower?" Miss Mainchance-"He hasn't
any relatives that can send his chill
dren ton. Y. Weekly.
A Mighty Observation-Disclosures
THAT piece of machinery is too heavy
for yhorse to draw. 1t weighs ton y
Merchant-"What has he been used to
drawing?" Truckman-"Tons of coal. )"
Town Topics.
AS She Understood It.-She-"George
Washington must have had remark
able memory" He-''Why do you
think that?" She-''I have seen SO
many monuments erected to tide
trOlt Free Press.
Modern Realism.-Modern Author
Switch is the photograph I took to
Mrs. Forundred's reception" His
Wife-"This is the one." Modern Au-
thor-"Very we'll. Tell my secretary
to copy it off and send it to the High
tone Magazine. I promised them a
new society novel this week."-N. Y.
Weekly.
Stupid Man.-She lover 'phone)-
''Those wrappers spoke of are more
expensive than I thought-$S.9S and
$10.98. One is made of French flannel
and the other of lady's cloth, but
they're both pretty" He-"But which
is the more expensive?" She-"Why
the $10.9s one, of course. 6tupid!"-
Philadelphia Press.
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CHARLES W. FULTON.
Elected Unlted states Senator fF0n
Oregon After . Hot Flpht ol
Several Months.

Charles W. Fulton won remark
able fight when he finally secured
the Oregon senatorship. The contest
was carried through the entire SEES
sion of the legislature and was won
on the forty-fifth consecutive ballot,
taken just before the hour Of adj
journment at midnight. Politically,
Mr.. Fulton has been true blue, never
failing to support the party nom
inees. fractional differences have ct
times split the party wide open, but
the Clatsop statesman, after the bat
tie in convention, has always been
found working in the interests Of the
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City Of Chicago.)
worked as shipping clerk. He was
next employed by Stewart, -Aldrich &
Co. as salesman. In 1880 he entered
the service of the w. NJ. Hoyt com.
pany, and by untiring and efficient
work finally became a director and
partner in the hrm.
On the night 1T the great fire in
1871 Mr.. Stewart was the last person
to cross the Rush street bridge. He
drove across the structure in a bug
gy, hauling the books of his employ
ers which he had saved from the
flames.
In 1874 Mr.. Stewart was one of the
organizers of the First Illinois regi-.
ment and captain of company 4. In
1882 Mayor Harrison appointed him
a member of the board of education
and he served in that capacity six
years.
As successor to +. N. Jameson
Mr.. Stewart was elected a member
of the national republican committee
in 1900 and was associated with Mark
Hanna, Henry c. Payne, Harry New
and r. C. Kerens in the financial
management of the campaign OF
that year. ....
Two years ago Mr.. Stewart was
mentioned for the mayoral nomina-
ton, but did not sanction the use OF
his name in that connection.
Mr.. Stewart married Nellie Pull
man in 1879. Two children add to
the happiness of the Stewart home
at 1871 Lincoln Park boulevard.
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very day, accompanied by an assist
ant, he repaired to Barney's place and
installed an electrical appliance which
he anticipated would fill the bill. 1t
was so arranged that if the oats were
placed in a receptacle at the top of
. chute, the pressing of button at
the house would put machinery in mo-
ton to do the rest.
And so 1t came to pass that on the
morning of the automatic oatfeeder's
debut Barney pushed the magical but
ton, serene in the belief that the Wiz
Yards mechanism would fulfill its mis-
sion.
But, alas! the best laid plans of cleo
tricians, ,astwell as those of other folk,
aft gang aglee." Dobbin had not
been initiated into the mysteries of
the new-fangled arrangement, and, in
still watches of the morning. when he
was dreaming of the millennium
of automobilism and blue grass
pastures, . the internal creaking
of wires, followed by an avalanche
Of oats, convinced the good steed that
the hour of fate had struck. In fact,
he was so frightened he reared back
with violence and crashed through the
side of the barn; and when inquiring
Barney arrived on the scene Dobbin
was complacently picking up apples
under tree in the garden.
Since that memorable morning Mr..
Edison's automatic feeder has never
been operated, and Barney is still
feeding his horse in the old-fashioned
way.
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JONAH KUNIO KALAN1ANAOIAA.
Hawaiian Delegate in Congress. Better
known az Prince Cupid)
ems of large trunks and solemn fun
kies. His purpose is to have regal
court which will perpetuate some of
the old-time glories of Hawaiian mon
archy and thus call attention to one Of
the last of the royal line.
The prince will have private secre-
tary, of course. He will also have, it is
said, royal retinue of gentlemen and
ladies In waiting.
He has already planned many recep-
tons and feasts in Hawaiian style. It
is expected, therefore, that Prince Gu
pid and his court will prove as great
an attraction to Washington society
as were Minister Wu's receptions when
he and his wife first came to the cap
ital from China.
It is understood that the Hawaiian
legislature will appropriate SO, 900 per
year for the purpose Of keeping up
Prince Cupid's royal encourage.
The social status Of this dusky scion
of royalty is already agitating Wash
ton society, says the New York World.
Will the matrons and maids who rule
the roost, so to speak, take this royal
game seriously?
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WAS BORN m CHICAGO.
0faene stewart. Republican Ca.di.
date for Mayor, IL : True ssa
the Windy City.

Graeme Stewart, republican NOM
inee for mayor, is q native of Chicago
and is 40 years old. He was born
August 80, 1853, at Franklin and Nom
roe streets. He received his educa-
ton in the Skinner school, then at
Aberdeen and jackson streets; the
University of Chicago and Dyren-
furth's Handle Schulz, which stood
at Randolph street and Fifth avenue,
then Wells street.
His first employment was as err
rand boy for G. W. Flanders 4 Co..
for which firm he subsequently
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! LIVELY OLD SOLDIER.
IL O Double Fiddler and Ready 70
Meet Any Man Over 50 In Jig
DANCING Content.

John Il. Riley, of York, Pa, veteran
of the civil war, is amusing himself by
devoting the declining years of his life
to music. As q trick violinist he sur
prises his friends. One of his feats is
to play on the violin and violoncello
simultaneously and to keep time on
the cymbals, operated by the right
foot. With! this and other tricks Riley