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The daily tribune., 1903-03-14

Henry Orth, the genial and little
fat man, manager of the Colorado
Agricultural College Glee Club, Band
and Orchestra, comprising about
thirty i've people, was in the city yes
terday afternoon arranging date for
the appearance in this city of his or
ganization. which last year was here
and gave such an excellent entertain
ment. The date has been set for
April 18th, under the auspices of the
high school.
The daily tribune., 1903-03-14

Woman cook wanted at the Cali
fornia Restaurant.
The daily tribune., 1903-03-14

Phil Griffith, DR.. Cummings, John
Bald, r. NJ Howells, A. f. Barry and
B. Ulrich attended Masonic lodge in
Coal Greek last night. Work in the
third degree A nice banquet was
served and all the visitors report a
good time.
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A little class ad iu The Tribune
will bring results. Try it. Only "a
cents for fifteen words one week
The daily tribune., 1903-03-14

EOR SALE-A good heavy work team of
L mares, weight about 1900, in prime condi-
ton Apply to Ira Burroughs west Florence
sB-Il
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WANTED-Good girl for general housework.
" Wages $500. 506 K. 2ud St, phone Red
iol. 'g15
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WANTED--A gentle buggy horse for his feed
lice. s7l2
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FOR SALE

DOR SALE One Yellow Roller singer, cage
Il and bird, $500; one female genu ne Ger
man Graves Lmet (bird aud cage) s1.25. In
quire Of Mrs. James Duncans, No. 3O6 West
Fourth St. '7-l2
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WANTED-A middle aged lady or good girl
w Will pay good wo9es, or il anyone wants
good home in exchange for their services, /
can accommodate them Call at this office.
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Love is unequally
yok ed with sickness.
Labor is lightened by
love. but love cannot
tighten pain or relieve
it. Many a man looks
ON at his wife's suffering
willing to do anything
to aid her and able to do
nothing.
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DOR SALE-HousehoId furniture of all
u kinds Parties going away. inquire at
40S Maple av enue. sillb
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fNO Rents 3 room furnished house. close in.
Mer. Co. III lis
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TO RENT

VNO EENT-Two rooms furnished for light
L housekeeping on Pixies Peak avenue. II 3.
Andrews. I Andrews block. s1-l2
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SEVERE ATTACK OF GRIP

DOR SALE room house, 3l9 West Fourth
IL st. Apply to Elias Voter. s7.l2
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Classified Advertisements.
WANTED

WANTED-To exchange painting or paper
w hanging for cash, groceries, furniture.
horse, COW. chickens anything we can use.
Big Painters and Paper Hangers, ST. Elmo
Hotel, Florence. s0-l6
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Methodist.

w. H. HAUPT. Rector.
The National tribune., 1903-07-09
A Confederate Monitor.

The laundering of the British Monitor
Scorpion off Georges Shoals, while being
towed to st. John, n. B., to be broken
up for old iron, revives the memory of
an incident of the war The Scorpion and
her sister monitor, the Wivern, were built
at Liverpool for the Confederate Navy,
and in May, 1863, had been nearly com
pleted and the officers were selected for
them and sent out to England. Owing to
wreck they did not reach England until
August, and in the meanwhile our agents
had reported the matter to Washington,
and Secretary Seward sent such an ener-
getic protest to England that it was de-
cided that the vessels should be trans
ferred TO firm of French bankers I'M
der the preteXt that they were intended
for the service of the Khedive of Egypt.
Secretary Seward notified the French and
English Governments that if the monitors
We're delivered to the Confederacy il
would be considered an act of war, and
finally the British Government contis-
Gated them and took them for its own
service, and paid the Confcderacy the
cost of construction. The vessels were of a
very superior order of architecture, and
intended to combine the good points OF
both the Merrimac and the Monitor. OF
late years the Scorpion has been used by
the other British vessels as a target, and
was consequently in very badly battered
condition. The New Orleans Association
Of Confederate Veterans started a move.
ment to buy the Scorpion for a relic. bu,
it had not developed very far when the
wreck occurred.
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we piled too, and were ready for the next
chapter, which was opened by general
charge by the rebs and closed by n
yolley from our side. Both sides now took
n breathing spell. My tent mate made a
quart of coffee which, with part of a
hardtack and half dozen persimmons,
was our first and only bite that day. Ra-
tions were due that morning, but it was
five days before any were issued. Some
body still owes me five days rations. But
to get back to the fight: some 20 of our
company, with the Orderly-Sergeant to
command us, got position a little to the
right of the pike, and were there when
Sheridan came, and soon we charged the
rebel line, and they did the running, while
we did the yelling. While loading my gun,
standing partly behind fence, l saw
slivers fly, and sat down feeling as if l
was short Of leg. But found the rail
had checked the ball, SO it only keeled me
over. l staid there that night, giving aid
to wounded, and next morning hobbled
back to the old camp. and found casual.
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Comrade J. e. Harding, winner, reports
as follows: Born at Lewiston, Me-, 1877.
In 1856 my father moved to Wellsburg,
Va, now West Virginia. In August, 1S62,
l enlisted in Co. X, 18th w. Va. The
regiment was sent out to Clarksburg, w.
Va, and from there we went to Buck
haw and Beverly, and finally, on Dec. %,
of that year, arrived at Winchester, va.
where we were in Gen. Milroy's command
all Winter, doing some hard picket duty IN
very cold and disagreeable weather. Con
tinuing at or near Winchester, under Mil
roy, until Spring and early Summer of
1863 We were in the three days lighting
in and around that place. when the ad-
vance of Lees army on its way INTO
Maryland and Pennsylvania struck Gen.
Milroy's little army of 1000 men. Our
gallant resistance against such odds and
final retreat into Maryland and Pennsyl-
aynia are matters of history. After Lees
retreat back into Virginia our regiment
was stationed at Harper's Ferry, and we
spent the Winter of 1863 in that vicinity
scouting up the Valley and doing picket
duty without any actual fighting again un-
til the Spring of 1864. when we were in
Gen. Sigel's little army which started up
the Valley expecting to meet only the Or
binary Confederate forces. Reaching
New Market, he found considerable force
there of the enemy, whom he attacked and
was defeated by them. Gen. Sigel was re-
lieved of his command, and Gen. Hunter
put in his place. OF Gen. Hunters ia
nous raid up the Valley, fighting the bat
ties of Piedmont and Lynchburg. his re
treat across West Virginia to the Ohio
River. l have already written. Getting
back into the Valley. Hunters command
was in time to follow up Early on his re-
treat from Washington. Our regiment
was in the battle of Smokers Ford. then
at Winchester. July "a. where our forces,
under Gen Crook. were driven back by
Early's command This battle was my
last one Our company was out on skIrm-
ish line when our forces retreated sud
denly. We were cut off by a body of the
enemy's cavalry riding in between us and
our forces who gobbled up our struggling
line of skirmishers in quick order. be
lieve this was the tghtest place that l
was in during the war. In front the Con-
federate SkirmiShers. closely followed by
the enemy's regular line of battle, between
us and our retreating forces in the dis
tance and riding out of the woods on our
flank cnme a large body of Confederate
The National tribune., 1903-07-09

A weak heart affects all other organs
of the body by depriving them of nourish.
ment; thus the stomach, lungs. kidneys or
other parts may be so affected as to lead
the sufferer and his physician to mistake
the symptoms for the disease. Sharp,
piercing. cutting pains in the left side or
shoulder; palpitation or fluttering, beating
and pounding of the heart: choking or
smothering sensations; gasping for
breath, feeling that death is near
these are some of the agonieS that heart
disease inflicts upon its victims.
Wasting diseases come from weak heart
action, retarded circulation, imperfect di-
gestion and impoverishment of the blood
The thin, pale blood can no longer nourish
tho body, the nerve force is exhausted and
the strength fails.
The blood affects the condition of the
nerves and brain as well as the muscles
and tissue. If it be deficient in quality
or lacking in quantity it cannot sustain
these parts. Rich. red vitalizing blood is
absolutely essential to good health. Are
you letting yourself run down? Are you
losing that snap and vigor that are the
mark of endurance? Then stop the ex-
cessive waste of the system, add strength
and tone to the exhausted nerves and re-
build the wornout tissues with DIR. Miles
Heart Cure. 1t is the great heart and
blood tonic.
DIR. Miles New Heart Cure is the great
blood builder. 1t stimulates the action Of
the stomach and digestive organs to get
all the nourishment out of the food you
eat. 1t makes pure. rich, red blood II
strengthens. regulates and controls tho
hearts action. giving it fresh power to
send the new blood coursing through your
veins on its health-giving mission Il
acts on the nervous system which con-
trols all the processes of the body. toning
it up to n sound and vigorous action.
DIR. Miles Heart Cure brings back
quick relief. Its success has demonstrated
| that heart disease is durable. Try it at
our risk. Like all of DR.. Miles Rene
dies it is sold on positive guarantee that
the first bottle will benefit or money will
be refunded Write for free Book on Dis
eases of the Heart and Nerves
DIR. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart. Ind.
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ITO be continued.)
1.-The Petersburg Express.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I have
noticed in several issues of your paper
considerable Inwarranted discussion in re-
gard to the old piece of ordnance called
The Petersburg Express" which figured
so conspIcuously on our siege line in front
of that city. during its investment. In
your issue of June 25, under the head of
picket Shots" Comrade o. d. Fries,
Battery NJ. I'd Pa. II. A, is quoted as say
ing as follows: ''As to the Petersburg
Express l agree with COmrade Mont
gomery, of the 18th Ohio, Cav. The 'Ex-
fute the statements made by the two Com
rades named. The original. real Peters
burg Express" was a big 13-inch mortar,
weighing 1900 pounds, which occupied
the right of our siege line. near the Appo-
mattOx River, and was in charge of the
list Conn. II. A. 1t was used as signal
gun, the understanding among our artil-
lerymen being that a general cannonade
all along the line would be the order when
its thunderous tone was heard. From the
report of Col. Henry L. Abbot, command
ing LIST Conn. III. A., of operations from
June to October. 1864, l quote as follows:
The only novelty in the service of the
siege artillery requiring special notice has
been the method of mounting the 13-in.
mortar, the extreme weight of which Q7,-
600 pOunds) renders it unmanageable.
Maj. Gen. Butler conceived the idea of
serving it upon railroad car, and ordered
one made as an experiment. The first car
broke under the shock; second, prepared
by the engineers in charge of the military
railroad, answered its purpose admirably.
1t consisted of an ordinary truck car.
strengthened by additional beams tied
strongly by iron rods and covered by iron
plating. Fired with IA pounds of powder,
the mortar recOiled upon the car less than
two feet, and upon the track some 10 or
IL feet. 1t was a decided success" The
paper from which l quote this-The Hart
ford Times of Sept. %, 1902-says, in
car. was used in the siege of Petersburg.
Express"
l would further state for the inform
alton of Comrades Fries and Montgomery
that this mortar is now on the grounds of
our State Capitol, at Hartford, where it
was unvailed and dedicated Sept. %, 1902,
with due patriotic spirit. There was an
immense concourse of people present, and
big parade took place, composed of the
1st Regiment C. N. G.. Governors Foot
Guards. Connecticut National Reserve,
and Civil war veterans, representing the
several regiments which went out from the
State. who marched to the music of many
inspiring bands. The occasion was one
long to be remembered by the participants
| can send Comrade Fries a copy of The
Hartford Times of that date, containing
an excellent picture of the old genuine
Petersburg Express if he so desires.
which paper gives an elaborate account of
the exercises attending the unvailing and
dedication.-HIRAM Y. PECK, Co. a, 10th
Conn, New Haven, Conn.
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Bedford County pa, Veteran Association.

The Bedford County Pa) Veteran As.
sembled at Six Mile Run, Pa, June 16,
indorsed The National Tribune service
pension bill. The resolution was intro
duced by Capt. Josiah Hissong, Co. H.
55th Pa, and was unanimously passed
The Bedford County Association is one of
the largest soldiers organizations in the
State of Pennsylvania, and it's annual
meetings are always enjoyable affairs.
This year 6,OOO people We're present. A
rades, and about 1900 of their friends.
Others brought their own dinners, and did
not partake of the free refreshments.
The National tribune., 1903-07-09
Magazines and Notes.

The Reader, published at New York, is
an unusually interesting magazine fol
in bright criticisms and estimates of the
value of works, and has other features Of
interest.
The great gathering of teachers in Bos
ton this month is the occasion of an article
in the July New England Magazine by one
in authority, Prescott f. Hall, giving the
history of the National Educational Asso
ciation." 1t is very fully illustrated.
McClure's Magazine for July has the
second installment of the great serial
''My Friend Prospero," by Henry Har
land. 1t has also an article on "Phila
delphia, Corrupt and Contented."
The complete novel in Lippincott fol
July is '"The Pretenders," by Ina Brevoort
Roberts
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ped and fred few shots at him. When
we got back to the road oar horses were
gone and the rebels We're close after us.
shouting and calling Halt We ran into
an old field that had grown up to weeds
and lay down to keep from getting hit, eS-
pecting the rebels would come and get us.
Pretty soon Il regiment of cavalry i'll column
of fours rode past within 10 feet of us
and quite a number sang out There lays
a couple of dead Yanks.' One of them
rode out of ranks. and said he was going
to see if We had any revolvers. His Cap
tain ordered him back into ranks, and said
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Very Likely.
(Cmar CotN

Romantic Young Lady spending Sum-
mer on farm: "Just hear how those old
trees in the orchard moan and groan in
the storm, like the crying of lost soulr'
Small Boy: "Well, l guess you'd make
worse racket IL you were as full of
green apples as they are!'
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lady is the daughter of Arthur W. Becker,
an esteemed citizen. The grandfather. ].
Becker, had five boys. and his father
Jacob had four male heirs. The father
of Jacob Becker had no sisters and no
daughters, and none of his sons had any
daughters"
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Only One Girl in 40 Years.

1.-THE family Of Beckers in my city,"
said Mr.. G. J. Thomas, of st. Louis, at
the Riggs House, 'has lately rejoiced over
the birth of baby girl, whose coming
marks the advent of the first female child
in that family for 140 years. This young
The National tribune., 1903-07-09
News From Winners.

ties to be Adjutant killed and one dead of
our company and 13 wounded, three of
which died soon after. The other three
companies each lost from II to IL killed
and wounded. On Dec. 1 went with Sixth
Corps to City Point via Washington, but
were sent to HarrisOn's Landing. where
the rest of regiment lay. and went into
Winter quarters. May l took the place
Of negro troops at City Point. and l was
detailed as Acting Sergeant. with 1S men.
in Provost Marshars office. Our regiment
was discharged June %. 1860. Went to
Michigan, January 1866. EARNED and
worked in lumber woods and mills ~
years. Was in Indiana three years, and
in PENNSYLVANIA and Ohio oil fields. rig
building, but for the last seven years have
been in the chicken business, as was
not able to do hard work. Received pen
sion of Sc under act of 1890, increased to
IS in Cleveland's last term. Hope that
You will succeed in getting the SD service
bill passed. as there are but few who
served 80 days or four years but need the
extra. two. four. or six dollars. If you
have another contest, many here will send
in as Hilfords and my winnings has raised
quite an excitement in our town"
Comrade ]. ]. Flora. birmingham. Kan.
reports as follows: 1.-The draft for 5000 re-
to thank you. l was much surprised to
find that I made so close a guess. Some
of our family have been in q number OF
your contests. but this is the first tine any
of us have been among the winners.
was born. 1912. in Washington County.
Md: was raised on n farm. Enlisted IN
1862 in Co. II. 9th Md. Saw some very
hard fighting. Among battles we engaged
in was Mine Run. Winchester. 1863 and
in 1864. All the fighting that the Sixth
Corps was engaged in-Wilderness.
Spotsylvania. Po River. Cold Harbor,
around Petersburg. Then to the Shenan-
doah Valley with Gen. Sheridan. In the
battles of Winchester. Fishers Hill and
Cedar Creek. After that back to Peters
burg Our corps took a prominent rart in
the capture of Petersburg: in the pursuit
of Lees army to Sailors Creek. where we
fought our last battle. | am rather proud
of my record as soldier. as l never miss
ed a fight that the 9th Nd. had. and the
history of that regiment is Il good one.
The most dangerous place that ever | got
into was the Wilderness. Men died there
very fast on our part of the Inc on the
9th day of May. 1864. S OF after the
close of the war ! Went TO Ohio where
remained till 1877. Came to Kansas in
that year. where j have been ever since.
Farming in n small way has been my oc-
cupation in Kansas"
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ToRAL AGREES TO SURRENDER.

On the 18th another interview took
place, during which Gen. Toral agreed to
surrender, upon the basis of his army, the
Fourth Army Corps, being returned 20
Spain, the capitulation embracing all of
Eastern Cuba, east Of a line passing from
Asseraderos on the south to Sagua de
Tanamo on the north, via Palma Soriano.
1t was agreed that Commissioners should
meet during the afternoon to arrange
definitely the terms of surrender, and ap-
pointed Maj.-Gens. Wheeler and Lawton
and Lieut.. Miley to represent the United
States.
The Spanish Commissioners raised
many points and were especially desirous
of retaining their arms. The discussion
lasted until late at night and was renewed
render finally agreed upon included about
10000 Spanish troops in the city and as
many more in the surrendered district.
There were included also n small gunbOat
and about 200 seamen, together with five
merchantships in the harbOr. One of these
vessels, the Mexico, had been used as a
war vessel and had four guns mounted on
it.
1t was arranged that the formal sur
render should take place between the lines
on the morning of July II, each army be-
ing represented by 100 armed men. At the
time appointed, 1 appeared at the place
general officers and their staff, and 100
troopers of the I'd Cav. under Capt. Lloyd
NJ. Brett. Gen. TOral also arrived with a
number Of his officers and 100 Infantry.
We met midway between the representa-
tives OF our two armies, and the Spanish
Commander formally cOnsummated the
surrender OF the city Of Santiago and the
The National tribune., 1903-07-09
TIE FORCES ENGAGED.


After deducting the detachments re-
tanned at Siboney and Daiquiri to render
those depots secure from attack; organi-
cations held to protect our flanks; others
acting as escorts and guards to light bat
teries; the members of the HOSPITAL
Corps; guards left in charge of blanket
rolls, which the intense heat caused the
men to cast aside before entering battles;
Orderlies, etc, it is doubtful if we had
more than 1900 men on the firing line
on July /, when fhe, battle was fiercest
and when the important and strong posi-
tions and San Juan Hill were captured.
A few Cubans assisted in the attack on
Ell Caney and fought valiantly, but their
numbers were too small to change mate
rally the strength as indicated above.
The enemy confronted us with num-
bers about equal to our own, they fought
obstinately in strong and intrenched no.
stions, and the results obtained clearly
indicate the intrepid gallantry of the com
pany officers and men and the benefits de-
rived from the careful training and in
structions given our troops during recent
years, in rifle practice and other battle
exercises.
Our losses in all these battles embracing
the actions at San Juan Hill, Ell Caney
and Aguadores July l and and the ac-
tions around Santiago July 10 and 12
were: killed, % officers and 222 enlisted
men; wounded, % officers and 1888 en-
| listed men.
On the night o. July the Spanish gar
rlson OF Santiago was reinforced by
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-04-27
roncarr,nr the Letter 'CY."

A writer In Science denies that the
letter ''y" is a lineal descendant from
the Roman "Y," which in the time OF
Cicero was borrowed from the Greek
alphabet to represent upsilon in the
translation of Greek names. The lat
ter is only used, he says, as vowel to
transliterate upsilon In loan words ell
Their direct from the Greek or indirect
" through Latin or French. In great
majority of cases the English "y' is a
semiconsonant corresponding in value
with the continental IS" Along with
the other Roman letters, 'y" was
adopted by the Anglo-Saxons from the
Latin alphabet, with q value approx
mating to that of 81" In fact, he
claims that there is not a lineal de-
scendant of the Anglo-Saxon ''y' now
in existence. The letter ''y' in modern
English words is, curiously enough, he
claims, not ~" at all, but lineal de
scendant Of the Anglo-Saxon "g,
which was the Roman &c" evolved by
the Romans out of an earlier &C."
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alexandria Gazette.
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 81, 1908.
HOW F1ies Are Able to Taste.


The proboscis of the fly and the
tongues Of bees and ants are furnished
with numerous delicate hairs set in mi
mute pits. These are perhaps connected
with the organ Of taste; but, though
the exact locality Of this sense In IN
sects is uncertain, we know that the
groups of cells In the tongues OF am
mails called taste bulbs form In part
the ends of the organ Of taste. Ihese
vary in number, increasing In the hgn,
er animals. They are very close anu
exceedingly numerous in man. Wilt
the tongue of even the COW mas solne
$4,000 taste bulbs.
II would be interesting to Kho"
whether each special taste excites
special group of nerves and that only
thus corresponding to the auditory
nerves. These taste bulbs were dis
covered in 1867. Each one consists OF
two kinds of cells, one set forming an
outer protective covering, through an
opening in which project from I'VE 10
ten of the true taste cells. Though I'M
portant, they are not apparently an es-
sential part Of the organ, for birds ana
REPTILES have none, but neither have
they n keen sense Of taste, except per-
hans the parrot Chambers Journal.