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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-09-29
Co. r Reunion.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The AS.
ISOLATION OF Co. +, SD Pa, held their Re.
union at Fern Brook Park, Luzerne Co,
Pa, Sept. 10, the Add anniversary of the
company's departure for the front. There
We're y members present, with their
families and friends, TO the number of
about 500. They had the tin plates and
tin cups, coffee. pork and beans and old
time camp fare. They meet and sit and
eat together thus once a year. After din
ner they have speaking. This year the
session was opened with prayer by Rev.
Goodrich. The first speaker was Mai. r.
NJ: Nicols. OF Wilkes Barre: recitation by
Miss Jeferies: then an address by Hon.
Henry w. Palmer, NJ c.. from the dis.
trict. There were about 100 old soldiers
present. The officers elected for the next
year are: Miles +. Newberry, President
Lester Race, Fice-President; o. l..
ROushey, Secretary and Treasurer. n w
TompsOn. Assistant Secretary and Treas.
urer.-O. l.. RoUsHEY.
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Reunion Of 9bth III.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The sur
ylving members of the 95th III. held their
39th Annual Reunion Sept. 3 at Nunda.
McHenry County, Ill. There were 1O,i
members registered. The w. II. G. Of
Nunda served an excellent dinner, after
which they marched to the Richmond
House lawn and were photographed in a
body. They then marched to the NJ. e.
Church, where an excellent program was
rendered occupying about two hours. The
following officers were elected for the en-
suing year: VIM. Andrews, President: +,
e. Cox, Secretary; Thos. Gilkerson, Treas
urer. They decided to hold the next Re-
union in the New Memorial Hall at Rock
ford. Sept. 4, 1905. All felt this was one
Of the best Reunions they ever had.-WM.
ANDREW9
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Department OF Nebraska. w.R.c.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The
Woman's Relief Corps of Nebraska ha.
not been saying much lately, but We have
been growing and doing well quietly. We
bad q large delegation at the National
Convention at Boston, and every one came
home more anxious than ever to do more
Corps work. All of our Corps, all over
the State, are doing well. Our Corps nj
Waverly, Mitchell. 1874, il doing good work.
Geary Corps, 55, at Juniata, held an
open meeting for children on June Is. and
it was a great success. After the nro.
gram they served good supper.
Farragut Corps, 10, OF Lincoln. has
also been making 6ne record. They are
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Service Pension.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Randolph
Post. 352, Randolph, Neb. at regular
meeting passed unanimously a resolution
indorsing a service pension of $12 month
for all Union soldiers Of the civil war who
served 30 days or more and Were honor
ably discharged, and pension of $12
month for the widows Of all such soldiers.
VIZ. Nj. TOTTEN, Commander; G. r.
CLARK. Adjutant.
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b1B u&sueIIu8 OF V0tet1nS Exp0cted by the
0mcers Of the Central Grand Army Associ-
alton. With Delegations Prom Many coun-
ties IN the Keystone State.
A red letter circular has been issued by
the officers of the Central Grand Army AS
ISOLATION, detailing arrangements for the
Reunion to be held at Lancaster, Pa, Oct.
IL. 1t is announced that large number
of Posts and delegations have promised
their presence. They will come from Ian
caster and adjoining and adjacent Conn
ties and from Philadelphia and other cities.
There will be dedication of the new G..
A. X. burial plot, a parade, campfire. ex-
cnrsions. addresses by Gen. Corbin and
other army officers. and by eminent orators
of the &. A. X. and others. The railroads
will give rate of two cents a mile, with
three days limit, and specially low hotel
rates have been arranged for.
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Il Was the ssth Ohio.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Allow me
to correct a mistake of John r. Palmer,
32d ILL.,. concerning the battle of Hatchie.
II was the 6Sth Ohio and 18th Mich, not
18th Ohio. He does not think thew were
seriously engaged We opened battle on
the right wing; took. or helped to take, 600
prisoners. Then the 18th, II am correct.
was ordered to charge across the bridge.
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l have used tobacco 40 years. Woman.s
Sanitarium. Des Moines, Iowa. antidora
cured me. Write them for free formula
comrades. Josiah Jones. q. A. r.
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Fortune Did Not Smile.
lChicago Daily !

tIhlcag0 Daily News.
MY face is my fortune, SIR" she said.
well" he replied. poverty is no dis
grace, but it's awfully inconvenient at
times"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08
Tornndo. Not CycIone.

Perhaps it might be well for US to
pay little more attention to the terms
used in meteorology. now that the
Government Weather Bureau and
other authorities are all the time max
ing us more familiar with that science.
One term that is constantly and per-
sistently misused is cyclone.
The universal notion is that the
storm that recently wrecked the city
Of Galveston was cyclone. The term
is also invariably applied TO the vio-
lent storms that sweep through the
West. Such storms are not cyclones,
but tornadoes. They are incidents Of
the cyclone, not the cyclone itself.
A cyclone is a large disc Of nearly
horizontally moving air, which eircu-
lates spirally around a central area.
1t may be twenty miles in diameter. or
1t may be 5000. A tornado is a vio-
lent disturbance of limited extent
within the cyclone. 1t is a narrow
column Of air varying in width from
twenty to 14O0 feet. which rotates
with immense rapidity round central
shaft, up which it also ascends with
almost equal rapidity.
A cyclone sometimes covers nearly
all the United States; a tornado sweeps
along a narrow path with frightful
velocity. leaving ruin and death wher-
ever it touches. The meteorologists
are all the time explaining the differ
ence between them, but we go on. just
the same, calling tornado a cyclone.
A tornado has its counterpart, in q
very simple, harmless way, in the lit
tie dust-whirl that every one has seen
on country road, or even in city
street, on a hot. still day The air i'm
mediately above the surface of the
ground becomes superheated with the
suns rays. and lies balanced there IN
der the heavier everything air. Sudden
ly something dsturbs the equilibrium
lit may be the fight of a bird or Of
an insect-when the hot and lighter
air escapes upward. being forced to
ascend by the descent Of the heavier
stratum.
The ascending current at once as.
sumes a whirling motion, for it draws
in more air at the bottom, and as these
lines of indraft fail to meet precisely
at the centre. but miss their aim to one
side or another, a whirl is established
AS the motion becomes brisk, dust par
ticles are gathered up by it, and thus
we have. in miniature, the tornado
that is the most TERRIBLE force in ma
ture. .......s.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

For want OF authoritative standards
in the United States it has been nee
essary for manufacturers and for the
Government itself TO send many deli
cate instruments to Germany TO be
tested and made accurate, states the
Chicago Tribune. This was not only
expensive and somewhat humiliating,
but It was a serious handicap to busi-
ness. American instruments were in
more or less disfayor abroad, because
it was said their exactness could not
be depended upon. Germany's stand
ardizing bureau has undoubtedly been
one Of the chief Causes Of the remark
able progress in manufacturing of that
country. England and France have
such bureaus, and it was high time
the United States was attending to
the matter. if it wished to keep pace
with modern science.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08
s9EEp oF AN eARTneuAkE.

Preliminary Tremors Travel at the Rate
of 345 Miles q Minute.
Speaking Of the Indian earthquakes
Of 1897, London scientist says the
vibrations travelled 10 Europe. where
they were recorded at very many sta
tions. and no doubt would have been
equally well recorded at any other
places on The surface Of Our world
had there been provided suitable In
struments. The preliminary tremors,
which are probably waves Of compress
sion. travelled through the world 70
reach Italy and other countries with
an average rate of 345 miles per
minute. or 90 kiIometers per second
rate which. it will be observed, Is
higher than that at which similar
movements can be transmitted
through glass or steel. The large
waves, which are probably quasielas-
tic gravitation waves. by travelling
over the surface Of the earth. reached
Europe at a rate Of 113 miles per min
ute, or 29S kilometers per seconds.
II Is likely that these latter disturb
ances reached stations in Europe by
travelling from their origin in two di-
rections round the world. AS an indi-
cation of this. we are told that at sev-
eral Of the European stations slight
unduIations are TO be seen ON the
seismograms at times we should ex-
pect TO find such markings. had they
travelled from India 10 Europe by the
longest possible route From the period
Of these waves. which is taken at
twenty-five seconds. and their velocity,
their length may be inferred. an esti-
mate of which is thirty-four miles
while their height, as deducted from
their length. and the maximum angle
of fitting, is estimated at twenty
inches.
The slowness Of the movement was
such that they could not be felt. while
the magnitude was such that the un
aided eye OF an observer would not
be able to recognize any differential
movements in his surroundings. The
largeness Of these disturbances ant
their great duration. extending oyel
several hours. preclude them from ths
category of tremors, vibrations OF mi
| croscisms.-Plttsb Dispatch.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08
oneer Nest-BuiIdIng.

Two OF the queerest nest-builders
in the world have their habitat in Cen
tral America. One Of them is a wren,
and the other is an oriole. First, as
to the wren. 1t selects a small tree
that has horizontal branches growing
close together. Across two of the
branches it lays sticks, and fastens
them to each other with fibre, until
ii has made a platform about six feet
in length by two feet in width. On
the end of the platform, nearest the
tree-trunk, it builds a great dome
shaped nest, at least foot in height,
the sides being formed Of interviewer
thorns.
Then ii constructs a crooked, tunnel
shaped passage-way from the nest to
the outer end of the platform, and in
the tunnel. at intervals. it builds little
thorn fences, leaving just room
enough for its body TO pass through,
A fence is also built at the outer end
of the tunnel, with little gateway in
the middle, and when the bird goes
out, it closes the gateway with thorns
so that its enemies cannot get in to de
your either eggs or nestlings. IN al
this elaborate work. it Is doing wha
it's protective instinct calls for
The orioles work is much less elab
crate. but equally ingenious. 1t Sc
lects a large banana leaf, ana witt
its bill for a needle. and some stronl
grass for thread, it sews the two edge
together, following the grain of th'
leaf close by one Of the veins; and i
does the work so neatly that it takei
close examination to find the stitches
In this cunningly devised pocket th'
bird builds a nest of soft grass or o
hair. and there lays her eggs ans
raises her little family, without fea
of discovery. Aassr ssa
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

The AIbatross is one of the few YES
sells aioat to-day that are properly
equipped for deep-sea exploration. She
has all the newest apparatus, incluo-
ing trawl nets that may be dragged
along the ocean floor at depth OF
three miles or more; huge tangles OF
raveled rope that gather up the star
fishes, sea urchins, corals, sea fans and
sponges from the DO tom, improved
instruments for determining depths
and the water temperature at any
level; and last, but not least, labora-
tory on board for the study Of the
curious creatures brought to the sur
face by the nets and other devices
There are tanks of alcohol, cases frll
Of jars and bottles for specimens
chemical conveniences, microscopes
and even a Photographic dark rooni-
in which pictures of interesting ami
mails may be developed.-Pearson's ;
Magazine
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

Miss Brown Is exceedingly fair.
Miss White Is as red as a berry,
Miss Black has a gray head Of hair,
Miss Graves is hirt ever merry;
Miss Lightbody weighs sixteen stone
Miss Rich scarce can muster a guinea,
Miss Hare wears a wig and has none,
And Miss Solomon is sad ninny
Miss Mildmay's a terrible scold,
Miss Doves ever cross and contrary
Miss Young is now grown very old
And Miss Heayiside's light as a iairyk
Miss Short Is at least FIVE feet ten,
Miss Mobiles OF humble extraction,
Miss Love has a hatred toward men.
While Miss Still IS forever IN action-
S~~s-
Miss Green Is a regular blue.
Miss Scarlet looks pale as a lily,
Miss Violet neer shrinks from onr view
And Miss Wiseman thinks all the men
silly
Miss Goodchild is naughty young Elf,
Miss Lyons from terror a fool
Miss Mee's not at all like myself, :
Miss Carpenter no one can rule!
Miss Wright she is constantly wrong,
Miss Tckell, alasl is not funny;
Miss Singer neer warbied a song,
And alasl poor Miss Cash has no money!
Miss Bateman would give all she's worth
Miss Merry Is shock'd at all mirth,
Miss Boxer the men don't find stnkingI
Miss Bliss does with sorrow o'ernow.
Miss Hope in despair seeks the tomb;
Miss Jov still anticipates woe,
And Miss Charity's never "at homep'
Miss Hamlet resides in a city,
The nerves Of Miss Standfast are shak-
en-;
Miss Pretiman's beau is not pretty, -
Miss Faithful her love has forsakeni
-Pick-MeU Up. j
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08
some Things You Can't Do.

You can't stand for five minutes
without moving if you are blindfolded.
You can't stand at the side Of a
room with both of your feet touching
the wainscoting lengthwlse.
You can't get out Of chair without
bending your body forward or putting
your feet under it; that is, If you are
sitting squarely on the chair and not
on the edge Of it.
You can't crush an egg when placed
lengthwise between your hands; that
is. If the egg is sound and has the
ordinary shell of a hens egg.
You can't break a match If the
match is laid across the nail Of the
middle finger Of either hand and
pressed upon by the first and third fin
gers Of that hand, despite its seeming
so easy at first.-American Boy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

II the development Of a child's habit
OF observation through parental as
sistance in acquiring knowledge of OBJ
jects could be accurately gauged in its
effect on making character, it would
probably be found that the infant
mind whose curiosity was satisfied
laid the foundation of success. while
the infant mind whose curiosity was
thwarted laid the foundation Of fail
ure, observes the Sunny South. 49,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

A Slater man tells a rat story which
be assures a reporter is absolutely
true:
Several days ago, John. the col
ored man employed by Hull & Ed
wards. butchers. went to the slaughter
house." said he. "and attempted TO
start a fire under the scalding vat.
For some unaccountable reason he
could get no draft through the chin
ney. IL developed later that on ac-
count Of the earth being warm under
the vat from previous fires. the rats,
which were known to be numerous
about the slaughter house. had taken
refuge under II. There was but one
way for them to get out and that was
TO come through the mouth Of the
furnace. AS they left the furnace
John got a stick and began slaughter
ing them. He succeeded in killing 104,
by actual count. and presume more
got away than were killed. SO many
had taken refuge under the vat that
the draft was cut of After they made
their exit no further trouble was ex-
perienced IN making the fire burn.
In addition the rats have been very
scarce round about the other slaugh-
ter houses since the rat killing bee. -
Kansas City Journal.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

my DEAR said Mr.. Waggc, "as I
came by Mrs. Gazzam's house just
now | saw Mrs. Gazzam in the Iarlor
kissing some one who was not her-er
was not Mr.. Gazzam"
"Oh, Henryr' gaspe1 Mrs. Wagge-
"Are you sure? Wei, did you ever?
Oh, myl But I've always suspected
Mrs Gazzam. She's much too sancti-
monious. you know. kissing why.
l must call up Mrs. Jorkins on the
telephone and tell her all about it.
kissing al don't suppose you could
see who it was. HenryE"
Eyes" said Wagge, Il could. quite
distinctly"
You could? Oh. Henry, who was
it? Anybody we know
oh yes. 1t was Mrs. Gazzam's
motherr' -
-bruteg'-Harper's Bazaar.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

The most frequent causes of wood
land fires in our State tNew York; are
the small fires started by farmers for
the purpose Of burning brush, logs
and stumps, in order to clear some
piece OF land. These are known To-
cally as fallow fires. and the opera
ton is generally alluded to as burning
'foller.n This work, as rule, is
earelessly done, and as the farmer
always selects a dry time in order to
get a good burn. as he terms II, the
fire escapes too frequently into the ad-
Joining forest. Having piled the
brush and logs into heaps for burn
ing. the farmer seldom employs any
extra help to guard against the es-
cape Of the fire. and so when a breeze
springs up, as is very apt to be the
case. he is unable to control the flames
or prevent them from being driven
into the adjoining woods. Too often
he is known to set fire to his brush
heaps and then 90 away to attend to
other work. leaving the FIRE un-
watched. Nearly all the burned areas
in the Adirondack region are due 10
the carelessneSs Of men employed in
these petty agricultural operations \
Report of Forest, Fish and Game Com
mission.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

The wonderful activity among writ
ers Of fiction now being displayed in
their efforts to write successful plays
has two estimable points which are
worth considering. One of these con
Germs the author; the other, the pub
lie. The first is financial; the second
is artistic. The novelists eagerness
to appear on the boards is found 10
the fact that the great majority Of
novels sell less than 2000 copies,
which. on an average, will yield the
author from $3.50 to $500. On the 9th
or hand, a play that is only moder-
ately successful win yield its author
almost at once $500 or $1,000. And
that is why all writers Of fiction seem
now bound on this road to speedy
riches. Many of them, however, take
the indirect course Of writing the
novel first. For this reason climaxes
are handled with more care. the dia-
logue is brighter, and incidents are
muitlpheu' sszzaGas1 1ssa ~
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

The citizens Of New Whatcom,
Washington. assert and publish to the
world that when Uncle Sam lately in
vited his children to stand up and be
counted. they. the said citizens. were
not counted accurately. The census
gave New Whatcom a population Of
less than 1000. The citizens. being
convinced that their numerousness
had been understated. appointed a COM
mittee. which employed enumera-
tors who counted citizens in New
Whatcom up to the number of 9135.
and swore to their count. New What
com, through its Commercial Club. is
diffusing the news that 1t is bigger
than Uncle Sam thinks. 1t is a pleas
ure to aid it in spreading word Of its
growth. and also the aews that by
act Of Legislature it is New Whatcom
no longer. but has dropped the New
from its name and is now plain What
CONF. S. Mattin, in Harper's Week
". go.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

One English humorist presents An
drew Carnegie with a new outlet for
his alleged forty-nine superfuous mil
lions. "You believe" says the humor-
lists, .that Anglo Amerlcanism is built
10 run the world. Instead Of fritter-
ing your money away in odd millions
plunge right of and build forty-nine
battleships to be at the joint disposal
Of England and America for philan-
thropIc and police purposes. So give
Anglo -saxonry control of the world,
and get yourself a glory and fame
which would put very much in the
shade Caesar, Shakespeare, and the
present Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. 1t is"
he adds, "quite simple. You have the
money. Waltz right in and scoop the
pool" The suggestion. ridiculous as
1t is, opens up unpleasant suggestions
Of the possible uses Of the colossal
private fortunes Of modern times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

In the economy of nature 1t is now
discovered that even avalanches are
blessings. They tend to equalize the
climate between the higher Alps and
the valley. and make Switzerland
more habitable. aeNng
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

A clergyman working in a large
town is almost certain to discover that
he is in a way looked upon as com
mon property. What he knows dis
tinctiyely as his parish bears but a
small proportion TO the field which,
reasonably or unreasonably, he will be
expected to occupy. He is presumed
to have a heart for everybody's woes,
to be a solvent for everybody's Prob
lens, to be treasury for everybody's
necessities, and a general bureau of
information. writes the Rev. DIR. G.
H. Parkhurst in the Philadelphia Sat
urday Evening Post. He is also sup
posed to be able to speak with equal
fecundity and effect on any occasion
that may offer and upon any theme
that the occasion may suggest, and to
be so charged with versatile stores of
fancy epigram and nonsense as to re
quire for the emergency only the easy
turning of the spigot.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

An ingenious Austrian proposes to
reach the North Pole in a submarine
boat sunk $50 feet below the surface.
Now, wouldn't that freeze youl
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

door. That, too, was locked. He
dashed at the stairs. A volcano Of
fire met him, smote him in the face
and hurled him backward.-The Cri-
terlon. aaHkMn1
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-11-08

Mr.. Carnegie may object to dying
rich. But he has made too many
friends to permit him through any
possible reverse Of fate TO die poor.