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The National tribune., 1904-06-16

THE selection of Attorney General Phil
ander Chase Knox as Senator from Penn
sylvania TO succeed NJ. S. Quay comes as
surprise, and on the whole as an agreeable
surprise. Mr.. Knox is a man of the high
est ability, and has been a very active and
useful citizen, with a keen interest in public
affairs and long training in them. He will
make a valuable addition to the United
States Senate. The main objection made to
him is that he is too closely identified with
corporation interests, but he claims that
the practice of his profession has been
mostly outside of corporations, and that he
has had comparatively little to do with
trusts. lie also says that his leaving the
Cabinet. which it is understood will not be
until December. will have no effect upon
the Presidents Antitrust policy, since
that Is personal TO the President himself
and will be continued without reference 10
who constitutes his official family. The
main surprise comes from the choice no,
having ialien upon some one more closely
identified with the practical politics" OF
pennsylvania The friends of Mr. Dalzell
must be particularly disappointed because
they had strong hopes of the promotion OF
that valuable member of the House to the
Upper Chamber. 1t seems, however. that
In the list which was considered by the
powers that be. Mr.. DaIzells name was
third. being preceded by George T. Oliver
and Ex-senator Flynn. The appointment
of AttorneS-General Knox gives the west.
ern end of the State and Greater Pitts
burg Senator which was strongly de-
sired BY that section, and we are told that
the appointment, which expires March 3.
will be followed by the election of Mr..
Knox this Winter for the full term of six
~aars.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16
DoNvIa's LrFE-sAvINa GLOBE


The inventor received his idea from see-
ing an iron water tank afloat after a ter
rible wreck on a rocky coast, in which
he lost his entire family. After years of
work and experimentation Capt. Donvig
believes he has perfect life-saving appara-
tus.
The globe will accommodate 16 persons.
The apparatus is described as follows
The life-saving globe is constructed of
3-16 inch steel plates and has the form of
globe from which a segment is cut off,
the fat part forming the bottom, which
is double, the outside one being SIG inch
thick. 1t is furnished with the following
outfit: A fender Of 16-inch coil rope laid
around the largest part of the globe; an
chor with 100 fathoms Of ! 1-2 inch steel
wire rope; wooden grating on top of the
inner bottom; straps and loose reindeer
hair padding provided for 16 men: bilge
pump; closet bucket; rudder and tiller (of
steel) sails and oars.
Around the interior of the globe are a
series of lockers, which serve as seats for
the crew. In these lockers can be stored
IA cubic feet of provisions. In the space
between the double bottom $50 liters (14S
gallons) of fresh water can be stored.
Through the top of the globe a 12-inch
yentilating pipe can be raised from the in
side of the globe to the hight of five feet
above. and it can be lowered so that the
top is flush With the top Of the globe. This
pipe Is fitted with cover and packing In the
top for quick opening and closing for yen-
tilation when at sea.
In the upper part Of the globe manhoies
are fitted which can be opened and shut
from within. The surroundings can be
observed through the small glass lights
fitted in the sides.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

So FAR the lamentable condition of af
fairs in Colorado is strictly within the
police powers Of the State, and there is
no reason nor warrant for the President
interfering. The United States mails and
the free passage of the people are not be-
ing interfered with as they were by the
Debs insurrection. nor are the needs of
vast numbers of people, as in the Pennsyl-
vania coal strike. The President can only
send troops into the State upon the request
Of the Legislature, or between sessions by
the Governor.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

"Bub. better go back an drive up de
cows. Yer nanny wants yer" chorused
Skinny's companions.
You doing all de fghtin'? You putin
down de rebeilion?" roared Skinny. scarce
ly able to believe his ears. You call
rampagin over the country after butter
milk and pie fghtn'?''
I'VE took IL States away from them,
all the same, while you were trying to take
as many counties away from them here in
Virginia, said Pete. remembering what
the Adjutant had said.
That was because dere was nobody left
down there but women. All the men were
up here fiightin' US. You never come up
agin anything hard and solid, like we had
to-"
Didn't. eh!" yelled Pete. "Od Long
street came out there TO show Bragg
men how easy it was TO lick Yankees, just
as he'd been doing i'm the East He used
to play horse with you fellows, whenever
he needed a little exercise. He tried it on
us at Chickamauga. One afternoon we
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

These figures must be accepted with
many notifications. For example. Della
wares quota was largely furnished by
Pennsylvanians who could not get accept
ed in their own State. and therefore went
to Delaware. There were some Ohio regi-
ments and one or two from Pennsylvania.
in West Virginia service for the same
reason. and three or more Ohio regiments
in Kentucky service. A great number Of
Indianians also entered Kentucky regi-
ments. Several Ohio and Illinois regi
ments entered the service of Missouri.
Missouri's record is peculiar in many
ways. A very large proportion Of her
troops were not strictly Missourians. A
great many thousand enthusiastic young
Germans had settled in st. Louis. Han
nibal, ST. Joseph and other towns, and
had taken up farming lands in the State
in the years prior to the war. Many
thousand Northern people had also been
attracted to the State by the rich lands
offered for settlement by the Hannibal.
and st. Joseph. Missouri Pacific and other
railroads. These wentinto Missouri regi-
ments naturally. Quite number of Mis-
souri, regiments were made up almost
wholly of Germans. and some of the best
fighting was done by them. There was
another feature. Owing to the incessant
turmoil in Missouri until the end of the
war. it became necessary to enroll every
ablebodied man in the State. and place him
where he could be found. This will ac-
count for a good deal of Missouri's show
ing. The men had to be enrolled to keep
them from being taken up by the relentless
conscripters.
The District OF Columbia makes big
showing because men came from every
where to the District to get commissions
or to enlist. expecting they would in some
way obtain a preference over those from
remOter sections.
The rest of Mr.. Lees figures are simply
wild guesses, with the guesses as small as
possible for the Confederate troops and
as high for the Union. For instance: The
official figures give 21260S Union men cap
tured. and 476, 169 rebels. Instead Of %
75O Union soldiers dying in rebel PRISONS
there are three cemeteries alone at Flor
ence, Salisbury and Andersonville, which
aggregate 10000 graves. and the number
OF those in cemeteries near the 13 other
prisons would bring the aggregate up to
about II 900.
AS TO the figures Of the men engaged in
the different battles, these are simply con-
lectures. For example, we know pretty
well now that there were about 5000
Union soldiers and something over 10000
rebels engaged at Chickamauga. Gems.
Bragg and Longstreet's rolls show that
they brought into action at Chickamauga
over 200 organizations, and as, unlike the
Union regiments, rebel regiments We're
kept up to fair fighting strength by the re-
lentless and drastic conscription, there is
no escaping the conclusion that their regi-
ments must have averaged at least $50
men, which would make their total in the
neighbOrhood of 10000.
Who ever recognized" Mr. Cassenove
G. Lee as an authority should urge him
TO recognize" well-settled facts Of which
everybody but he seems to be aware.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16
IT LOOKS like a cold Snmma

IT LOOKS like cold Summer for the Re-
publican editors Of Missouri. They have
been industriously, and very properly, blow
ing the horn of Prosecutor Folk. who. Is
pretty certain to be the Democratic candi-
date for Governor of Missouri. Now what
can they say about him when the campaign
comes on. and they have to support candi-
date. against him? ,..~..,s. ss..e
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

show that nearly three-fourths of them
were native born. OF the remaining 5O0,-
600 very large proportion were as truly
American as If born here, since they had
been brought here as children, and grown
up in the country.
The figures as to the number of South
ern men in the Union army are exceeding
ly misleading. The actual enlistments
from the Southern States were as follows:
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

IT MUST be remembered that Theodore
Roosevelt went TO Chicago in 1884 with
George William Curtis and other Mug
wumps. in ardent support of the candidacy
of Senator George L. Edmunds. When the
nomination fell upon Blaine, however.
Roosevelt went loyalty to work in his sup
port, while Curtis, and many Of the other
Mugwumps drifted off after Cleveland.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16


Respective Eerits of the Eastern and Vest
ern Armies.
Unquestionably, the most pugnacious set
of little rascals that ever lived were the
drummers and buglers of the Army Of the
Potomac, i'll the later years of the war.
Some of them may have been mothers
darlinss at some time in their lives, but
1t was hard to believe it
Any conceivable mother would have
been as astonished at the way they had
turned out as an Internal old Domnick at
Matching ont brood of game cocks.
They We're Il cOrralling of the rrepressi-
Die little Arabs from every part of tho
East. Newsboys, bootblacks, errand boys,
messengers from Boston. New York
Philadelphia. Baltimore, Pittsburg. and
Buffalo; apprentices, water-bOys. helpers
'pickers." drivers, choreboys. and what
nots from glass-hOuses, rolling-mills,
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

REPRESENTATIVES Elmer j. Burkett, of
Nebraska. who has been unanimously in
dorsed by the Republican State COnven-
ton to succeed Senator Dietrich, was
started in his phenomenal rise by his earn
est advocacy of the Service Pension.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

If ENGLAND has refused to let the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet pass through the Oar
danelles to go East, she is better friend
to Russia than has been believed.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

SENATOR LODGE is threatened with poit-
ical overthrow on Canadian reciprocity.
1t has become sharply defined issue in
Massachusetts. and he has guessed wrong
as to which is the bigger crowd.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

WHISPERS are getting it worse in the
East than the Populists in 1896. The pub
lished portraits of the Russian Generals
show them all to be whiskered like the 1G
to 1 statesmen
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

PANAMA thinks she will guess again on
the currency question and not decide until
she has had another interview with the
Secretary of the Treasury. Wise Panama !.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

GEN KURoPATKIN is not telling us
nearly so much about what he proposes TO
do He is wisely waiting for the Japs TO
show him what he has got to do.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16

TALK about has-beens. does anybody
know where those erstwhile fountains of
news and Emperors of Finance, j. Pier
point Morgan and Chas. NJ. Schwab are
Summering this year?
The National tribune., 1904-06-16
WASHINGTON, D. c., JUNE 16, 1904.
once. s3o Pennsylvania Avenue n. w.

RUSSIA would be ripe now for a French
Revolution, if there were any middle class
to begin and carry on a revolution.
The National tribune., 1904-06-16
To be continued.)
A LIFE.SAVING GLOBE.
A New Apparatus Which Promises to Take
the Place Of the Life-Boat.

some very successful experiments with "A
life-saving globe. which it is thought will
be boon to all who go down to the sea
in ships.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-06-30
THE FIRE PICTURE TRICK.
To Perform It One Need Not Be W.T.
ard, But Some Care Must Be
Exercised.

This is a very pretty trick, espe-
cially if it is performed in darkened
room. You show your friends blank
sheet of paper (the room must be
light enough to let them see that 1t
is blank). Then you strike match.
blow it out, and touch the paper
with the glowing top of the match. A
spark travels over the paper, follow
ing a very crooked course, and finally
goes out. Then you open the shut
ters or turn up the lights, and, be-
hold, you see on the sheet of paper
a burnt picture or design, which has
been traced by the spark.
The secret of the trick is that the
paper, though it appears blank, has
really had the picture drawn on 1t
beforehand. 1t is not drawn with
pencil or pen and ink, but with a
fine brush, a pen or a pointed stick
dipped in strong solution of salt
peter. The paper should not be glazed.
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Cow as Critic of Fashions.

DR.. Edward Martin, who cares for the
public health in Philadelphia, owns a
beautiful little country home, situated
in valley on the banks of shady creek
near Wallingford, Pa One day last
summer he was entertaining a party of
little girls from Philadelphia, for DR..
Martin plays the host most delightfully."-
to children, of whom he is very fond,
and treats the tots with dignified air
of raillery, which delights them. On
this occasion one little miss was out
walking with the doctor and became
very much agitated at the manners of
q cow which regarded her with solemn
air of belligerency. 1T must be that
red dress you are wearing, Dorothy"
said the host, smilingly. Dorothy, the
COW doesn't like red very much"
"Well, l am surprised" replied the lit
tie girl. RI know that red is not quite
the fashion now, but l don't see how a
green old country COW would ever know
enough to know that"
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Billv-Goat in a Hospital.

Doctors and nurses in the receiving
ward of the Pennsylvania hospital in
Philadelphia were very much amazed
when Jack Mcclellan, a boy of H.,
walked in leading little billy-goat by
a string tied around it's neck. Jack ex-
planned that the goat had been suffer-
ing for some days past with an abscess
on the front leg, which had crippled
the limb so badly that it could hardly
walk, and asked the doctor in attend
ance if he could do something to re-
lieve the sufferings of his pet. The
goat was taken into the operating
room and laid on table, where 1t re-
uuired two doctors to hold it, while the
abscess was opened and cleansed by a
third member of the staff. The patient
experienced immediate relief from the
operation, and was led out by his
young master, who thanked the doe
tors warmly for their services.
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Frances Island Prison.

France still uses New Caledonia as
an inland prison for criminals. and re-
Gently a German mail ship arrived at
Brisbane with six French convicts who
had escaped from the penal settlement.
The men drifted for 46 days in an old
boat and landed in New Guinana, where
they were arrested. They were suffering
from the effects of exposure, and when
they recover they will be sent back to
Noumea, the capital of the island. New
Caledonia, which lies in the Pacific, is an
island a little bigger than Wales and
has population of some So 1000, of whom
$500 are convicts condemned to short
periods of imprisonment, while $500
are free, but are restricted as to rsi-
denc
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A MISUNDERSTANDING.

The little doll from China and the Nttls
china doll
Sat looking at each other in surprise:
''That you were made in China" said the
first, Il can't believe,
For. you see. you have such funny round
blue eyes,
''ButI am made Of china" said the naughty
little blonde;
II don't know why my word you choose
to doubt;
And as for eyes, if mine were slanted
watermelon seeds,
really think 10 rather do without
The little doll from China and the little
china doll
Sat looking at each other in despair
'Why, all the dolls in China are brunettes
like me- said one
ooh, no; china doll is always fair"
''But all the dolls In China have black hair
that's smooth and straight
you're wrong-a china dolly's hair is
curled."
And both were right, yet both were wrong;
because, you see, there are
So many kinds of china in the world!
--Eunice Ward in St. Nicholas.
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derstand. However, Major had good
time with them.
He was dressed in evening clothes
high collar and all-but instead of shoes
he wore soft white slippers.
He was very polite to each guest
who was introduced to him, shaking
hands first with the ladies and then
with the gentlemen. If he took par
ticular fancy to any lady he showed it
by throwing his arms around her neck
and gazing at her with tender eyes.
Presently he was asked to perform at
the piano. This he did, giving very
amusing imitation of Paderewski.
The guests applauded with great en-
thusiasm, and Major responded to their
encores with performance after per-
Torrance, until the piano at last got out
of tune.
Then he retired with the gentlemen
to the smoking-room, where he enjoyed
a cigarette-or seemed to!-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
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He Got Square,

A farmer once came into Connecticut
tavern with eggs to sell. The tra:.sac-
ton took place in the barroom of the es-
adjustment. The proprietor agreed to
take two dozen, and when the farmer
came to count over the contents of his
basket, he found that he had rs eggs.
The proprietor wanted the extra egg
thrown in for good measure. The farmer
didn't see it that way and they argued
the matter. At last the proprietor said
he'd take the Is eggs, give the man q
drink and call it square. The farmer
agreed, and pocketed his money. Nov,
what'll you have?" asked the proprietor.
The Yankee farmer was ready with Ills
reply. SHERRY and egg," said hs.-Ar-
gonaut.
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SOME VERY QUEER LAKES.
One Is of Pitch, Another Is Rose-Col'
ored and Third Has
Crust of Salt.

One of the most singular lakes in the
world is the celebrated Pitch lake of the
island of Trinidad. This lake spreads
over an area of SO acres, and its surface
is composed of one great floating mass
of asphaltum scanned with veins of clear
water. From it and similar lake in
Venezuela the worlds supply of asphalt
is drawn.
The Pitch lake is a hideous plaza
as far as smells are concerned, for the
air all about it is heavy with noxious
vapors, and from the center Of the
lake gushes a fountain of liquid asphalt
tum in which there float and break bub-
bles containing the most horrible gases.
The workmen 60 out on the surface OF
thislake and cut greatslabs of asphaltum,
which are carted away But the next
morning the hole they left is filled up
again with pitch which has risen during
the night, so that the supply seems to be
inexhaustible.
This curious lake was discovered by
Sir Walter Raleigh when he landed in
Trinidad in 1895, on his way to the
mouth of the Orinoco in search of Ell
Dorado.
Another strange lake is situated on
peninsula which juts out into the Cas-
plan sea. The whole surface Of this
lake is covered with crust of salt so
thick and strong that man can ride
across it on horseback with safety.
In central Asia, near the Caspian sea,
is lake of beautiful rose color, while
the banks are covered with salt crystals
as white at snow. From the waters
of this lake there arises flower-like odor.
The color and the odor are supposed to
be caused by vegetable matter in the
depths.
There used to be a curious lake on thu
top of the Volcano de Aqua, in Guata.
mala, $4,000 feet above the level of tho
sea. 1t was not fed by springs nor by
rivers, but was caused by accumulations,
of snow and rain-in fact, was an i'm
mense reservoir 1t lasted for centuries.
Then, one day, the sides of the lake
gave way, and down the waters rolled,
dealing death and destruction, and dig
ging a great barranca, or ravine, in the
mountain side, which is still visible.
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MOVES IN SWELL SOCIETY,".
Maj. Kelly, a Balloon of Note, Plays
the Piano and Eats Like
Real Gentleman.

We have in this country baboon
called Maj Kelly, who is so valuable
that his owner recently had his life in
sured for $4,000.
Maj. Kelly is called the "civilized ape
because he is quite remarkably accom-
plished.
It is said that not very long ago some
one who wished to give new kind of
party decided to ask Maj. Kelly to be
the guest of honor on that occasion.
Imagine the surprise of the guests
when they discovered the Maj. Kelly
they had been invited to meet was a
trained baboon. They saw him behave
himself as an intelligent, well-bred gen.
tleman.
EVERYBODY was sorry that his Ian
guage was one that they could not I'M
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THE FINISHED DRAWINGS.

Thin white wrapping paper is good
kind
The solution is colorless, and leaves
no stain, though the picture is really
there, drawn in saltpeter. Now, salt
peter, which is also called inter and
potassium nitrate, u.s. as you may
know, one of the ingredients of gun
powder, and it is used in making
powder for the same reason for which
we use it in this trick-because it
contains a great deal of oxygen and
is easily decomposed. When gunpow-
der explodes the oxygen from tho
saltpeter combines with, or burns, the
sulphur and charcoal. so that no air
is needed from outside. Just so the
saltpeter makes the paper easier to
light and burn along the lines of the
drawing. BY the way, these lines
should be, all connected. If a part of
the picture is entirely separate from
the rest, it will be cleft out In the
cold" OF course, you must apply the
match to one of the lines, which you
can do easily enough by moving it
across the paper near where you
know there are some lines, until the
spark catches.
And then don't throw the match
down carelessly, for it might set
something on fire, even without salt
peter. You cannot be too careful in
handling fire. The saltpeter solution
shOnld he very strOng-as strong as
you can make it.-Detroit Free Press.
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~. Here's proof.
Mrs. w. S. Marshall, R. F. D. No. l,
Dawson, Ca, says: my husbands
back and hips were so stiff and sore
that he could not get up from chair
without help. I got him a box of Doan's
Kidney Pills. He felt relief in three
days. One box cured him."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Marshall will
be mailed on application to any part Of
the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by
all dealers price so cents per box.
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Not Exactly.

'Would you IKE to be an actor like
me, my little fellow?"
"No. Not like you!"-Chicago Amer
lean.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-06-30
TIME TO ACT.
When the back aches and you ara

always tired
out, depress-
ed and nerv-
Gus when
sleep is dis
turbed by
pain and by
urinary ills,
it's time to
act. Thekid-
ueys are sick.
Doan's Kid
uey Pills
cure s lex
k i d n e rs
quickly and
permanent
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-06-30

Experience is a dear teacher tew some ,
becuz she hez tew be hired over an over
az in.-Four-Trac News.
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No Need to Borrow Trouble.

"Will you love me when I'm old?"
she whispered.
well wait till you are DID," he said
practically cts as much as can at
tend to just now to love you when you
are young "-Stray Stories.
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1t takes a woman to have her eyes
seem to melt with tenderness when she IL
crashing her teeth.-N. Y. Press.