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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-08-27
New Ligh. on the Star of Bethlehem.
Literary Digest.)

The countless literary finds made of late,
especially in Egypt, that pertain to the
period of the NewTestament writings,
have often surprised scholars by furnish
ing data in perplexing Biblical problems.
One of the latest contributions of this
sort comes in special pamphlet from the
pen of Baron f. Won Aefele c'Die .kuga-
ben der Berliner Planetentofel. Z. S2I9),"
which throws new light on the Star of
Bethlehem" The leading facts are as
follows:
Kepler, on the basis of his discovery of
the course of the planets, made the dis
coyery that after the year Z Il. G. there
occurred the rare conjunctio maxima of
the constellation of Jupiter and Saturn
the sign of the Ram. The leading star
of this constellation, Jupiter, he declared
to have been the Star of Bethlehem. This
claim secured all the more recognition
by the further discovery that the tradi-
tional chronology of the New Testament
as worked out by Dionysius, was incor-
rect, and that Herod tie Great had died
in the fifth year before Christ, so that
Christ would then have been born L. G.
at latest. The suggestion of Kepler. new
ertheless, met with good deal of doubt.
the story of the star being considered ra-
Their in the light of a myth than of histor-
zeal fact.
Recently, however, there has been dis
covered in Egypt and brought to Berlin
a list of the positions of the planets from
the year II Il. C. to 10 4. ID. In this list
this conjunctio maxima, which the mathe-
NAUTICAL calculations of Kepler had worked
out, is mentioned as a fact, and is describ-
ed with all possible details as phenome-
non that had on this occasion appeared
for the first time since the days of Alex
ander the Great. A demOtic description
accompanies this papyrus table, which
agrees throughout with the main facts as
reported in the second chapter of Mat
thew. In fact, the agreement is surpris-
ing in its extent. 1t is said. for example
that the star stood" over Bethlehem
statement which commentators. and among
them the latest, Holtzmann, declare to be
poetical; but in this Egyptian account ii
appears that the expression stood is the
astronomical technical term used to desig
nate the conjunctio. maxima of Jupiter
that occurred on the Goth Of December
6 y. C.. This latter fact explains, too, why
the primitive Church appointed December
as the Christmas month; not because this
or that Roman or Greek divinity had been
celebrated on that day, and his service
was adopted by the Christian Church
but because the early Christians knew
that Christ was born in December.
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ryville just 10 days after leaving Mattoon.
PROFESSIONALLY we were badly used up
at Perryville, where we suddenly and fully
realized that war is horrible. In the very
beginning of the battle we were furiously
assaulted by Hardee's veteran troops and
routed. Gems. Terrill and Jackson be-
ing killed. OF the combats on other
parts of the field l know very little. hav-
ing had enough to engage my attention
in my immediate front. flank, and rear.
of my own company eight were killed and
ID wounded, my only brother being one of
the killed. Before going into the battle.
the weather being excessively dry and
warm, we Invested ourselves of our ban-
kets and blouses. The Johnnies got
them, | presume, as we did not stop to
argue the right of possession.
On the 9th we buried our dead, and on
the 10th we marched over the battlefield
and on toward Brags's retiring army.
That night we slept in snow three inches
deep, having no blankets, coats. or tents
for observation-disclosures PETRY, Co. G,
l23d ILL.,, Robinson, III.
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MUSTERED OUT.

BEsT.-At Heuvelton y. V. AnS. :, John II. Best,
Co. f, I'D n. Y. lie leaves widow and three chill
BowERs.-At Plymouth, Wis, Aug. IL. Henry H.
Bowers Co. b, 9Th WIS, aged 20. lie is survived by
widow and six children.
BURNs.-At Marineti. Wis, Aug. Is. George Thomas
Burns, eth Wis ComraGe Burns City Treasurer
of Escanaba, Mich.
CoRBETT.-At Canisteo. " Y. Geo IT, Corbett. Co.
Nov s. 1865.
DoNNELLY.-At Kahoka, No. Aug IL, William
Lewis DOnneily, Co. G, sth ILL., Cav. aged IS Comrade
Donney born in Butler County Ohio but early IL
life moved TO Illinois, and after the close CT the
Missouri The funeral was under the auspices of VIM.
Mckee Post, lie.
FAIRBRoTHER-At wyoconda NO.. July 81,
Phiio Fa'rSrother, I'd No: Cav C0mrafe Fairbrother
sided in Clark County since 1854 lie was Vice-Presi-
dent of the Farmers and Traders Bank of wyoconda-
HARRIS.-At C:;nisteo, y. ". June g. Comrade
Harris, Co; II. Hist y. Y Enlisted september, 1858;
discharged IsG5.
KRAMLING.-At Kahoka, NO., July q, John NJ
kramlins, Co. a, I'd Mo Cav. aged 80 Comrads
kramlins enlisted in September 1851 and until
February. ls'-j. He was member OF Wm- Mckes
Post and one of Kahoka's most prominent citizens.
LoWREY..At Newbnry. o.. Aug. l, Edward B.
Lowrev, Co. T., 9Th y. Y. II. \. ComTade Lowrey
horn Richmond o. April L. 1910; enlisted March a.
s reenllsted in March. 1851 discharged at the close
of the WAR He leaves widow and three children,
two girls and boy. His home was in Mentor, Ohio,
where he was buried.
,raw, Co. I, s'th " y. Enlisted Oct l6, ls6l; dis
charged May 26, 1s62-
ley. Co /. 81 \. Y. Enlisted Dec q, 1851; mustered
out July s, 1865.
REGAN.-At Brunswick, Me- John Regain, aged 81.
Comride Began had lived In brunswick, Me for the
past five years, and about week before his death was
taken TO the almsbouse, where he died. He was born
In England. and before coming to America served in
the British army and during the civil war served in
Rhode Island regiment. The funeral was conducted
by Vincent Mountiort Post.
SMITH.-At Wurtsboro, y. ", JAN II, George W.
Smith, Co. X, 18th N Y Cav aged IL Comrade Smith
served years He had been in feeble health for
number of years, caused by exposure incident TO army
life. He leaves widow.
SOW iRDS.-At Crown City, Ohio. Aug Is, John
Stewards. Co. ID, 9Th w. Va aged 20 Comrade Stewards
enlisted Aug TO- 1861 and in all the hard fighting
of the Eastern Army, serving until the close OF the
war. He Past Commander of George Cook Post
He was carried 10 his last resting place by six of his
old comrades. A widow and two daughters survive.
VAN HOUTEN.-At Canisteo y. ", Aug. 2, Ralph
VanHouten, Co. II. llst N. Y. Enlisted August, 1852;
discharged December, 1868.
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The Origin of Coffee.

CThomas Il. Dawley, jr., in Success.
As to the history of coffee, the legend
runs that it was first found growing wild
in Arabia. Hadji Omar, dervish, dis
covered it in 1888, Gil years ago. He was
dying of hunger in the wilderness, when,
finding some small round berries, he tried
to eat them, but they We're bitter. He
tried roasting them, and these lie finally
STEPPED in some water held in the the hol-
low of his hand. and found the decocton as
refreshing as if he had partaken of solid
food. He hurried back to Mocha, from
which he had been banished, and inviting
the wise men to partake of his discovery,
they were so well pleased with it that they
made him saint.
The story is told that coffee was intro
duced into the West Indies, in 1928, by
Chirac, French physician, who gave a
Norman gentleman by the name of De
Clieux, a captain of infantry Oh his way
to Martinique, single plant. The sea
voyage was a stormy one, the vessel was
driven out of her course, and drinking wa
ter became so scarce that it was distrib-
uted in rations. De Clieux, with an af-
lection for his coffee plant, divided his por-
ton of water with it, and succeeded in
bringing it to Martinique, although weak
not in hopeless condition. There he
fence of thOrns, and watched it daily
until the end of the year, when he gath
cred two pounds of coffee, which he dis
tributed among the inhabitants of the
island to be planted by them. From Mar
Unique coffee trees in turn were sent to
Santo Domingo, GuadalOupe, and other
neighboring islands.
The coffee tree is an evergreen shrub
growing in it natural state. to a hight
of IA to IS feet. It.is usually kept trim
med, however, for convenience in picking
the berries, which grow along the branches
close to the leaves and resemble in shape
and color ordinary cherries. The tree can
not be grown above the frost line, neither
can it be successfully grown in the tropics
The most successful climate for production
is that found at an altitude of about 4,OOC
feet. Anything much above this is in
danger of frost. which is fatal to the tree
and, when coffee is grown much below
this, it requires artificial shade, which ma.
terially increases the cost of production
and does not produce as marketable Der.
ries. 1t is owing to this particular re,
quirement that coffee has never been sue
cessfully produced in the United States.
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Although my partner in the brewery
business, Mr.. Porter Wili, was very
good brewer, and produced a very fair ar
ticle of beer, our efforts were financially
far from successful. The influx of popula-
ton into the ella Valley, anXiously expect
ed by all and predicted by many, failed to
materialize so that we found it frequently
difficult to dispose of a single brew of 90
gallons a week. l had therefore much
leisure time on my hands, and made ire
uuent excursions into the surrounding re-
gions Being in the country of the Flmas
and Maricopas, whittier no Apache dared
10 penetrate, travelling was perfectly safe,
so that l often pursued my explorations
entirely alone Sometimes l would engage
a Pima Indian as guide over the tortuous
mountain trails.
PosToN'S FOLLY.
One of the most prominent Landmarks
near Florence is located between two and
three miles northwest of the town, on the
opposite side of the ella River. 1t IS
now generally known as "Poston Butte,
from its association with n scheme OF Hon.
Chas. D. Poston This remarkable. some
what cratic man, died about year ago
In a lone cabin near Phoenix, Ariz, at
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showed talent and industry. He had the
fair of finance. AT ~ h was a director
of the road. His reports to the Govern
ment attracted the attention of Eishne-
sradski. then Minister of Finance. He
was invited to enter the Department OF
Finance; few years later he was made
Chief. 1t is simple biography, as you see
almost American in its direct simplicity
it was brain and work that made him what
he is.
He has the confidence Of the Gar, the
confidence of the people, the confidence of
Europe-and over 20 degrees of latitude
lie is working for peace, thrift, progress,
and the betterment of the average man.
He hides in the dark, letting his acts speak
for him. He has never been a victim of
'audacious eloQuence," but has been con-
tent to repose Fin the modesty of fearful
duty" In a few years We shall know him
better.
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GOING THE GRAND ROUNDS.
Discontinue of the oncer of the Day

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Some
months ago an amusing story, Getting
even with the Major" appeared in The
National Tribune, and when l read it l
Immediately thought of another, "a COM
panion piece" which l send 20 herewith.
Once upon a time, when the weather
was cold, my command was encamped on
Elk Creek, Mo. Between shutdown and
dark the Officer of the Day, a pompous,
arrogant Captain, visited the picket-post.
The countersign not yet having been given
to the guards, the sentry very respectfully
presented arms, instead of hating the Of
ficer and demanding the watchwOrd. Said
the Captain: is that the way you receive
the Officer Of the Day?" When the picket
attempted to explain, saying the counter
sign was rot yet out, the officer said: Not
another word, sir. l ought to arrest you"
The sentry said nothing more, notwith-
standing the Captain berated him out
rageously. He, however, thought much,
the result being a determination to get
even with the inconsiderate Officer of the
Day.
Some 10 or 10 minutes after the officer
had resumed his grand rounds" the Ser
geant came with the cOunterSign, and
moved the picket down to the margin of
the creek, at the crossing. The erratic
road entered the creek about 80 PAGES
above, followed the channel down stream,
and came out where the sentry was post
ed, the water being nearly three feet deep.
About midnight the lone sentry heard the
Grand Rounds" coming, and prepared to
receive the Officer of the Day according
to the rules and regulations of war.
When the Captain, riding through the wa
ter, had reached n point some 80 PAGES
distant, sharp, clear voice cried:
Halt! Who comes thereT
"The Officer of the Day with the Grand
Rounds"
"Dismount, Officer of the Day, advance
and give the countersign."
Let me ride out of the water before
dismount."
"Dsmount where you are, Officer of the
Day, advance and give the countersign.
Seeing the sentry's gun had the accurate
range, and hearing an ominOus click, :"
the Captain of the "Grand Rounds" dis
creetly dismounted, waded to the shore,
and duly gave the countersign. When he
identified the faithful and memorable guar
dian, his feelings, as the nOyelists say,
may be better imagined than described.
The sentinel had achieved glorious vic
tory.-WM. j. HOWE, Co. d, 10th Iowa,
Fairfield, Mo.
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MARCHED FROM HOME TOT BATTLEFIELD.
The 18th III. Received It's Baptism of Fire
at Ferryville.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The
123d ILL., was organized at Nation, ILL.,,
and mustered into the service Sept. 6,
1862, Col. James Monroe in command. On
the 10Th we took passage on freight cars
for Louisville, KY, where we were as
signed to Terrill's Brigade, Jackson's Di-
vision, McCook's Corps. On Oct ! we
moved out to participate in what is known
as the Kentucky Campaign, Buell. and
Bragg being the star actors.
Our opportunities for drill had been ex-
ceedingly limited, the officers, excepting
the Colonel, being no more familiar with
the "School of the Soldier" than the en-
listed men. Col. Monroe had seen some
service as Major of the 7th III.
On Oct. S, scarcely knowing how to load
our gus. We went into the battle of Per
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-08-27
A Forfeiture of surg.us de White.
Vance Thompson, in "Success.'O

A shrewd man is Sergius de White. Min
lister of Commerce and Finance under the
white, mild, benefcent Gar!
what manner of man is he?" you ask
me.
l do not know; l have never seen him.
1 know, as all the world does, that he is n
quiet, housekeeping man who hides in the
dark and lets his deeds speak for him.
He sent me his photograph and slim,
cynical note when l asked him, by letter,
to tell me what kind of man he was when
he smoked his pipe and toasted his slippers
before his domestic fire. His good friend
Raffalovich is equally reticent. Yet Raj
falovich, who is the agent of Russian
finance here in Paris, knows De Witte as
we'll q dare say as if he had gone through
him with a lighted candle. Certain things
he told me, as we watched the day die in
his tall library in the Rue des Ecuries
d'Artois. Sergius de White is the son of
German immigrants into Russia. That
worked against him in the beginning He
was not of the race, he was not of the no.
bility, and he was not of the people. His
folks were poor. His early life was spent
among many hardships. He was obliged
to borrow the books that gave him his first
insight to knowledge, and, like our own
Lincoln, he returned them in a rather worn
condition. At first q chance to attend
school was denied him and he taught him.
self the first rudiments of his own reader
and of little French reader which he
found in a garbage heap. His superiors
tried to "force him into the peasantry," as
his friends put it. Often l,is books were
confiscated He was shut in a dark room
so that he could not study, but even then
his mind was building with TIE knowledge
that he had gained. Quiet, modest, but
forcible, his rise came slowly but surely.
As he once said, "Only death can steal a
mans BRAIN" He secured position in
the freight department of a Southern
Rassiaa Rsi!S9aA Slowly Ss eSsRt W. he
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1THE NATIONAL WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY a.

thousands of needles had to come out, had
to be picked out one by one, each single
operation lifting the skin nearly an inch
high.
Although l had missed the Court pro-
ceedings in the case of the Territory VS..
Duffield during that session, l came in
later on when the grand dramatic finale"
of the case passed upon the boards ESQ to
speak, of the First Judicial District of
Arizona. But of this later.
A MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.
About this time the mysterious disap-
pearance of a man well known and uni
versally liked by all the Americans in
the valley created great sensation,
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AN UNCOMFORTABLE BED

AN BED.
Then i lay me down. But only for a
second. Immediately l made masterful
jump, as if bitten by million tarantulas.
For you must know that this silyery cac-
tus carries at the ends of its innumerab!e
branches equally inntmerable clusters of
the finest needle-like prickles, from a half
inch to one and half inches long These
clusters of bristles the cactus sheds dur
ing the Winter months, before clothing it.
self anew with another edition in the
Spring time, when the new and fresh
needles glisten with a silvery sheen, which
circumstance gave this Yucca its adjec-
tive 1t had been my ill-luck to stumble
upon q tree of mature age, upon whose
many shielded crops of clusters l had
prepared or attempted to prepare my bed.
AS l had lain down carelessly and
heavily without the least suspicion of
lurking danger, l had received the full
benefit of the penetration and adhesiveness
of several thousand sharp needles. which
even penetrated the light saddle blanket
and any Summer clothing. (They can PEN
citrate shoe leather.) l will not attempt to
describe my sufferings during that night
and the next day when began my return
walk to Florence. say walk, because to
ride was ont of the question. 1 could not
have sat on feather pillow. When /
reached the town l was completely ex-
hausted and in high fever. Still, these
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c. D. PENNEBAKER. JOHN PAUL JONES
PENNEBAKER & JONES,
Attorneys and Counselors,
WASHINGTON,
1881 F STREET

Special attention to adjustment of accounts Of civil
war Volunteer Officers
We think very rev officers were properly paid.
Widows (even if remarred), other heirs snti-
tied. Write for details.
We are especially anxious to communicate with ON
Tor their heirs who ~ were not paid for recruiting
services for services rendered prior to muster In;
e. who were denied bounty by reason Of promotion,
49, who dismissed from the service; az who were
denied travel pay by of resignation for personal
reasons or convenience; (5) who were not mustered
and paid because command was below minimum num-
Der and 90 who lost U. s. pay by OF state pay
ment-
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number of people killed in the years 1856
to 1862, made according to a record kept
by Hermann Gutenberg, a civil and min.
ing engineer, which enumerates 425 per.
sons, being Mt that period about one-half
of the American population. My own
data give the number of murdered men
women and children during the years
1869, 1870 and 1S717at 223.
Although was, during the period of the
above detailed murders, safe from Indian
attacks, had other troubles. AS already
stated, our business proved to be q faI
from remunerative undertaking.
Therefore, when, towards the middle OF
March, a communication of the recently
established school L board at Tucson
reached me containing the inquiry if ]
were willing and ready to become the
teacher of the first public school in thai
town, which now had become an incorpo
rated city, 1 answered IN the affirmative
My new duties were to begin on April
Before leaving Florence / paid visit t.
Ruggles. In ORDER to guard my part
offered to give to him wild ant
Ruggles jointly quit claim deed to ev
erything absolutely that belonged to the
brewery-the lot which we never really
owned, the buildings, barrels, hoops
bungs, bung- holes, ETC., provided that he
gave Will a deed to one-half of the lot
and acknowledged him, said Will, as full
partner and owner of one-lalf of all rea
estate, utensils, material, etc
| In this manner l stepped out Of the
brewery business, very much poorer IN
pocket than l had entered it, but great
deal richer in experience.
sit was later ascertained that it was
reinforced by Indians from Es-ki-men- zin's
band, supposed to be under friendly
agency control at old Fort Grant
: Go be continued.)
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-13
Merchandise for the Orient

The steamer China sailed yesterday for Hong
kong via Honolulu and Yokohama with an as
sorted merchandise cargo valued at $22e OoT
exclusive of treasure, and distributed as fol-
lows: For Honolulu. S1IT4: Japan S73 $50:
China. $114,62T: Philippine Islands $37 s54 F:
East Indies. $1f5I; Korea, $553 The leading
exports were as follows:
To Japan-J00 bbls -four. 6S21 lbs ugar 33l 1
cs assorted canned goods, pkgs fresh fruits.
% whisky. 515 gals wine. 1116 lbs meals
1916 lbs ] dried fruit, 1130 lbs raisins o3i
lbs cheese 1862 lbs butter. 44O2 lbs ham and
bacon. 102 bales hay. COO lbs abalone meat 3
pkgs groceries and provisions. 1850 lbs oats
240 lbs bread. 20 cs liquors. 3i2 lbs coffee 600
lbs lard, 1870 lbs hops. 101 cs table preparations.
143 rolls cs leather, 80 TASKS quicksilver [
pkSs machinery cs rubber goods, 20 reels
wire rope. Sc pkgs bicycles and sundries s cs
blasting caps, 20 steel 26 pxgs electrical sup
plies. 81 bales cotton, 1000 lbs tanbark, 46
Varnish
2457 canned goods 279 pkgs fresh fruits
II. 900 lbs bread eco lbs 10 pkRs dried fruit
$50 lbs raisins. 1894 lbs ham and bacon 6el6
lbs cheese. 16.S3S lbs dried fish. 1852 lbs choco-
late. 16C0 lbs sugar. 26S gals wine, 40 pkgs
peas $3.50 lbs ginseng. 1880 lbs meals 14o cs
table preparations. 30 pkgs groceries and pro-
visions. GAO lbs oats. 500 lbs tapioca $50 lbs
lard. 1000 lbs salt. 26 cs pepper 5000 lbs rice
245 casks beer 2Sc0 lbs pearl barley, 1S5 cs
cigarettes. 20 pkgs bicycles and sundries. cs
shoes. 104l lbs shot 26 bxs soap. rolls leather.
pkEs electrical supplies, 46 pl1gs machinery
336. $50 lbs pig lead. IL cs cartridges
To Philippine Islands-17. 400 lbs lard 1710
canned goods. All lbs ham, 1880 lbs glu-
cose, 2550 crts potatoes. 35 cs table prepara-