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Soldiers Plea for Justice.

Comrade Lyman r. Toombs, Corpo-
raj, 129th y. Y, writing from Couders-
port. Pa. says his company was mus
tered into the service at Geneva. y. Y.
Aug -. 1852. and was mustered out at
the close OF the war. Il often read let
ters In The National Tribune from my
old comrades" adds Comrade Toombs.
and think of the hardships and trou-
bles we passed through. eating bareback
and sleeping on the ground. with the
long and tedious marches. carrying a
load heavy enough for a common mule
and receiving but SIS per month In
greenbacks. which was only equal to Sc
in gold. We were promised $13 in gold
and land warrant for $50 acres OF
land at our enlistment. We never re-
ceived our land warrant and were paid
in deprecated money. Those OF us that
are living are looked upon as Govern
ment paupers and imposters. Those who
served 30 days stand equal with those
who served three years. Some of my
neighbors who served one month and
we're never in a battle receive S24 per
month pension. while / get but $12 We
have been begging for a per diem pen
sion bill OF $40 per month for all men
who served three years. Our Govern
nent is abundantly able to pay that
amount. and we should have il. for IL
honestly belongs to US without the ask
ing. Where would the wealth OF this
land be had il not been for Us and our
sacrificese We have waited until our
, ranks are thin for what is our dues.
and many of US are living in poverS>.
broken down and not able 10 cope nth
the rising generation and foreign irIm-
grafton. | admire our President. and
think he should look into this pension
business and give il his careful atten-
ion and consideration. Should he Sc
cure our rights II certainly would be
great honor to him and TO the country
We served and saved"
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Followed Sharp Lightning Stroke.

AT the very moment a sharp stroke
IF lightning struck the earth inside the
prison stockade at Anderson lille the
Providence spring Of water burst
forth" according to a statement sent
70 The National Tribune by Comrade
II. n. Arnott, co. G.. 9Th w. Va. from
Spencer. w. Va. He says he was one
Of the lucky ones who were in that
beautiful land of vermin, naked men,
starving humanity and many other
troubles"
But il is all over now" he adds.
land may the Lord Of Heaven smile
upon US as q Nation and a people, as
He did In giving US that spring Of
water in AndersonviIle Prison. / was
there when the spring burst forth. and
saw it and drank of the water. There
was a heavy rainfall and thunderstorm
that day. The peals of thunder were
heavy and the lightning strokes sharp
and almost binding Following
stroke that struck the ground in an
instant came the clear, cool water
gushing from the ground. / believe III
was the work of the Great Giver of all
things
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The S1st Ill.

Editor National Tribune: / would
like to see sketch of my regiment,
the S1st ILL.,. in The National Tribune
r. J. Koonce, Granada. Colo.
The S1st Ill. was organized at Camp
Anna Aug. &c, 1862. and mustered out
Aug 5, 1865, with the recruits trans
ferred to the 5Sth Ill. Col. James j.
Dollins was killed at Vicksburg; Col
Franklin Campbell resigned. and
Lieut. Col. Andrew w. Rogers was in
command when the regiment was mus
tered out IL belonged to the Seven
teenth Corps. Army of the Tennessee,
and lost "a killed and 295 died from
National Tribune.
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that it will form clamps to clutch the
clothes by simply pressing them down
upon the line.
With all respect to Mr.. Barnette this
invention does not appeal to us, for two
reasons:
i. That the female mind is essentially
conservative and rejects new inventions.
The hardest customer that an inventor
mas to tackle with any labor-saving ap-
pllance Is woman. and especially il
MS invention involves any mechanical
knowledge. Ninety-nine women out Of
every hundred will continue for time
indefinite to prefer to fill their mouths
with clothespins rather than adopt even
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mately to ferry Pullman trains from
Key West to Havana.
The cOncrete-arch viaducts will be
the most difficult part of the work.
There are four Of these, aggregating
5.78 miles in length. They will be from
Long Key to COnch Key 10,500 feeD !;
across knights Key Channel 1880
feet); across MOser Key Channel T,S0O
feeD, and across Bahia Honda Channel
(4,950 feeD. The standard form of
construction to be used Is 50-foot REIN
forced concrete circular-arch spans and
piers, but in some places 60-foot spans
will be used. The water is from 10 to
30 feet deep in most places, and the
bottom is limestone; but as these waters
are frequently disturbed by severe and
sudden storms much difficulty Is looked
for In placing ne concrete. All ma
terial, including the broken stone for
the concrete, must be shipped by boat
from Miami.
The floating equipment engaged I'm
the construction work consists of six
tugs: one stern-wheel steamer; Is
barges, % by 100 feet; "a barges, 80 by
100 feet: II barges. 90 by 80 feet; one
sand dredge; one earth dredge, for fill
ing the concrete viaducts; eight barges,
40 by 20 feet, with concrete mixers and
hoists; eight pile-drivers; eight towing
launches; one dispatch-boat: four quar-
ter-boats, and 100 dingeys. This fleet
will be increased as the work pro-
crosses.
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ally, of the men who do the nIowfns
They infiict CHASTITY wounds upon the
trees which never can be healed and
frequently are fatal. A man with q
pillow cares mighty little for a fruit tree
and usually leaves q long array OF sor-
rowful hurts to mark his days work.
Arthur w. Ralph. Ukiah. CAL. seeks to
obviate this In a patent which he has
obtained for a roller to be placed on
the edge OF q harrow or other imple-
ment and bear OF its blows against a
tree. 1t Is q conical spindle with q
wheel large enough to reach the tree
and glide around 4.
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The depth of the water is from 20 to
40 feet.
With these harbOr facilities Key West
Will almost Immediately rank with New
Orleans, Mobile and Galveston as a
commercial port. The importance of
Key West as a southern naval base, and
the weekly presence Of United States
naval craft are in themselves a guaran-
" that the Government will maintain
good depth in the harbor and chan
neis, allowing the entry of vessels draw
ing much water.
Three years Is the time allowed for
the completion and actual operation of
rolling stock over the Key West extern
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May 5 the Automobile Club Of Amer
lea had great ''two-gailon fuel-effi-
cheney test" in which the vehicles came
upon the ground with empty tanks and
were each given two gallons of gasoline.
The first place was won by a -cylin-
der light runabout OF the air-cooled
type, which covered 81 miles upon it's
two gallons of fuel. 1t met with some
adverse conditions, and three days later
made another run with the same
amount of 95 miles.
The second place was won by a "a
horsepower touring car weighing 3,270
pounds. which covered 479 miles and
59.8 miles subsequently.
The third place was obtained by a "a
horsepower French machine. which car
ried five passengers and covered 46.44
miles.
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SuIfana Rcuni0n.

Editor National Tribune: / under
stand there will be a Reunion Of the
Inflated Suitana survivors held in the
State Of Ohio some time during the
present year. IL this is correct, will
you kindly advise at what point and
date of such meeting WIN. Dean,
Greenville. O.
The National Tribune is unable to
say when this Reunion will be held.
Will some comrade please write to Com
radP Dean
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Department Of New York.

The 10th Annual Encampment of the
department OF New York. G. A. r., will
De held at Saratoga Springs, June 20,
II and ~. A one-fare rate has been
made from all points In the State. The
headquarters OF the Department win he
established ct ths Eaft6d States Hotel
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He Felt the Sting Of Prison.

81 am in favor of the service pen
sion bill: also, the ex-prisoners' bill"
writes Comrade w. B. A. Carter, CO.
K, 36th Iowa, from Forest Grove. Ore.
Il was confined in Camp Ford nearly
10 months, and know something of
prison life and hardships. Cannot some
of the boys who were confined be in
duced to give US history of that place
in 1864-65?"
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Work of the Patent Office,

For the week ended May Is the Pat
ent Office issued 563 patents. seven de-
signs. 21S- trademarks. IL labels. six
prints and three reissues: making to-
tai OF S6s. OF these 513 patents and 285
trademarks went 10 citizens of the
United States and 81 patents and 10
trademarks TO citizens of foreign coun-
tries
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can De made, We mention one patent
fast week by Judson Cook, Of Phila-
aeipHla' "a, who thinks that he has
hit upon a shape that has advantages
over any previous dream Of bent wire.
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clothespins in the arduous weekly duty
OF hanging out the household wash will
welcome the piniess clothes-line which
Edward j. Barnette, Forest City, n. c.,
has invented. He proposes to wrap
around the main line a smaller wire
which is bent in such a skillful way
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-05-24
Dedication Of q Monament.

The Soldiers. Sailors and Pioneers
Monument Committee of Butler County.
Hamilton. O., will dedicate fine monu-
ment July 4, 1906, with military and
civic parade. on the site of Old Fort
Hamilton, o.
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Department Of Kansas.

The a5th Annual Encampment of the
Department of Kansas, G.. A r.. will
be held at Salina. beginning Tuesday.
June S. and lasting three days The
railroads will sell tickets at one fare
plus 50 cents.
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A RAILROAD OVER THE SEA.
An Enterprise Second I'm Magnitude ORl!
to the Panama Canal.

The road now building over the Flor
ida Keys is one of the greatest engi-
neering works of the century. 1t will
consist of more than five miles of tre-
mendous concrete arches and more
than SO of rock and earth embank-
ments, over which solid Pullman trains
will run into the city of Key West. The
average cost of construction will be
$4,000 a mile, and 1t is intended ulti-
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The Commissioner of Patents gives
notice that no cases will be docketed or
heard by the Commissioner or the AS
sistant Commissioner in the months of
July and August, 1906. except when re-
quired TO avoid irreparable injury
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SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work The Worlds Busy Brains Discovering, nventng and
Creating.

has recently defined as "organoleptic."
That is, the pleasant impression made
upon the senses has psyche illogical eff
feet upon the organs of digestion. There
fore we welcome Nancy E. Glenn, Enid,
Okla, into the list of woman inventors,
first, because ii tends to repel the inn
putation that women have no magma
ton or ingenuity; next. because the
machine for which she has received q
patent is intended to reduce the labor
of crimping pies, produce uniform
and agreeable ornamentation with the
least labor, and thereby increase the
rea diness with which pies are made and
their agreeable effect upon the innum-
cradle class of American pie-biters. Her
device is intended to neatly trim the
edges and crimp them with one COM
orehensive sweep of the fiour-dusted
lrm engaged in the housewifely duty
II pie manufacture.
Beet-TOpping Machines.
The rapid development of the sugar
beet industry in this country calls loud
" for something to do away with the
,ack-breaking work of topping beets,
and three patents were issued last week
10 inventors for machines for this work.
One was to Peter Brown, of Greeley.
Colo, whose device is a frame which
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has frame with seat supported adj
justably and a knife connected with the
frame and operated by means of n
treadle under the feet of the operator
Plnless ClOtheS-Line.
Everyone who has witnessed the spec
tacle OF woman with q towel over
her frowzy head, her shapely arms bare
to the elbow and her mouth full of
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Not that we expect any great good
viii come from the notice, but simply
to- complete the ingenious forms in
which so simple thing as a hair-pin
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Extensive docks and terminals will
be built in Key West. The present plans
include the construction OF one large
dry-dock and 10 wharves, each 500 feet
long and 100 feet wide, with basins 200
feet wide between. The great piers will
afford berths for 40 boats 400 feet long
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Shot Spreader.

The shotgun is a very large part OF
the South Carolinian's equipment, being
used for variety OF purposes, from
driving off birds that prey upon the
crops TO discouraging deprcdators upon
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ties patented last week and two rotary
engines. OF these there seems no end
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animal or fish trap which can be made
of any size and suitable for any class
of game.
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NOW WANT YOUR TESTIMONIAL ALSO, AND
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much more remarkable devices than
Mr.. Barnette's seems to be-
The next thing is that all careful
housewives wipe off their clothes-line
before they hang out their clothes. This
would seem impossible with Mr.. Bar
nette's device
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The thing that carries most sorrow to
the man who Is trying to develop a
young orchard or even an old orchard,
Is the carelessness, very stupid gener-
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sulky plan. with the knives rotated by
a sprOcket-chain device and striking
against cylinder to make the clipping.
Herbert V. Gould. PASSPORT, Mich,
obtained a patent for q device which
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family a lifetime.
With these famous sPerfect
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DIR. HAUx SPECTACLE CO.. Hank Bldg. ST. LOUIS, MO-
WANT AGENTS Also Ana :.y .a,
easily .seii senis1
IN homes N
With
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-05
VIGOROUS BALL,
First Class Negro Clubs Will
~ s5 35 Cross Bats Monday. Ks

z Did you ever see tWo8real good negro
baseball clubs play "a match game sit
even II you have TO walk. III 5ss Is
8 They do not pay near. as much after
ton to rules and regulations d as b they
;doftoS m,lscle and fvIgorG and bard work,
They do not q epe end u for sue cess upon
i"head work, 4, otherwise d known a 9
3trickery, IA much ms they do y pom 4 arm
work and log work. n nnd in this respect
they are perhapB somewhat In dyance,
on moral lines at least, OF their paales-
a pecuiiarity OF coloEed bnsebulI en-.
thusiasts Is that the root era g WAYS
root ngaInst the home team. This PEE
the custom 81 white ,,rootsrs that t9 e . 2
"a hite audience he 'hls ncflerl les, .wne J.
a 81 negro game u La on, M ords i 9 " ets ~ =
much arnusement as the diamond y, !.
M groas play nlghtyl good b9!i,.ai, !, I'M ~
as muscle and legs and good #hurran. . IL, y
te ak Tooa g oaS. taoss
Who pay the small gate fee may .,I, resy
upon an afternoon Of genuine iuI I'M, u ~.
Two good M grp clubs WI U come = !. W
gether at the Broad -Rtreet Park $, M on
ahead The CLUBS are the Aator!as.,,
Petersburg, The prIcs, g 4. y
is cents grand-atan nd ~ cents x g =
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EAGLES, . G oNVENT:IIO
Many Of the Richmond Aerie e
Z Go to MILWAUKEE,. s...s

The Virgins members OF the Fraternal
Order Of lEaElea expect to at tend the an;
nuai conventio Of the ord ar, which WIN
be held d & Iva 80. beginning tn
August g12th ab tut 500 strong ..l.i5. Z !.
Richmond Aerle. many 81 hon, will be
accompanied by their wives VII leave for
that oity at e r.. N. Au gust 2th.$ a tnong
the party whic Will 80 WI be the FOL Oh
lowing y, u Az I.i y. \,
sAfrs., Murphy; r. r. Fuller. special ZreRre-
sentative Of Dixie Aerie and Mrs uller
Manchester Aerio, and Mrs. oore 3 w z.
OF the ernnd Aees
wife, g. A.. Matske and wife. Il u H, Camp
bell, s.. s. Mex enney.@ Joseph 80 my.
Charles Hubbard 4, James Harris: George
William ;iiiin roller, Fritz Banb. \ Mere
3dith w. y Hinch ma Y. Boyden.
3hardt, Moore, George Butler 9, y. y
Dale Murra, Eugene 3 lottner. = II Cal !,
Rhan, i Joseph WeSt, t2.js ttoEd q anu anu
Horace Carter. III @8S
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y.,,ins NM Nm, s.t s,n,urtssoundins Tie Nor

\ yv,ttnk NUN steS stirroundihg The More
4 fotK rid vars hi ii riintite. 81 S
Tf,e 6ficefs from the i,tlohd Iorce C
ysf4 81 Tie seems ut once and y, y
Sthe crowd, ~ great deal " troiloie;
THOSE who left ~ tie gras ta ,1l
SsVofe cf,S their feet watching for w III
Wan expected Eto be n gene FIG itsS Thy ~
nnicctr,an Had 10 draw 4 thei cl lsDs % III
firht the crowd back K. R. III M
T,iii for oncis d was the RIG tnon ll
,,,ayers wfo started tho HE DIS
srrrncef,,, condjict #was due 70 the PEG PIG
INA yt,t Messed The gatne and who strgc'ds
,,,,ot, he fiel,d. q It was we'll that the3
4y,rr,,,sstand inhabitants We re 90 r enougi
: aay ,,ot toTltears tho glanguage Used w
sot,e 81 TIE citizens who poured INTO me ,
a' Manager C,ark ana hia tearns from y, Nor-l
+oik walked DYER near the clt pl,otise,
,s,,sra 4 5,bus as standing and w \ ~
sVer, then 3ecred those yflo f ll'l 9
no better fnnnners. s v 81 Y. mi \. ...s
g BOTH games sere exciting enough 1o.S
t,,c people. and a. crowd I, q the lkc g
swhici, i,as perhaps never efore been V. IN
rroad street Park vas pre- F M
Ehlrnchers were gcrowded he grnrrdsstant!d
5wis packed until there WASH a. seat scat
u Ia found and around the field hui IN
4dreds we're seated to look the gfryeat
struggle between the two i team 8.
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sou.I:TlH.IATLANTlC!' I LEAGUE |; |l'
/ (,,, an Z Cha II ton, 3.

G olumbia, g Charles to9fIi, g.
cHARLEsT 8 c..S 6.
lumba ottplayed Charlie tS every
MONT THIS az ornoon The game s.'7G was ,a9
without special feat lures, I, 3, ),
{4 Score: $3 . !. ~ VA Si7 8
3Col,,m bia % Oh o o D OF o. S n 8 Gs1
Batteries sayidg &c and Rel lnger;$AA sh y
ton ana Sweeney II 2 I'M mp ~
Ryan. # ~ Vi .'755 s
Macon, 4 Jacks onville 55555
KIN MACON, n q A. All gust Fox o-1day
won his eighth straight game. sh hut.
out Jacksonville in tho closing same q
the series, 3f
AZ Score: # = =. - -. 't -.
Macon q g g 20 2 . - = lil
Jacksonyille z. 4. % % 90 90 Q q o. 4s34
M Batteries: FOX and Robinson; Willis
and Shea Time, lis. Umpires. IcGra 81
and ryon. #
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COLONEL STILL THE
!. VICTOR in SECOND
He Had the Norfolkites Guessing
at Every Stage Of the
Game.

II was Colonel Still VINO held the Nor
fokites In the second game. The colo-
mel only allowed tireA hits. the third
ono coming In the ninth inning, He was
master Of the situation all the time and
pitched such ball az Will win In this
league every day In the week with q
good team behind him.
Only twenty-nlne men faced him. One
man WAS hit. CoRan threw two OF the
PLAYERS out at second and would have
gotten the other one had II not been
for the interference. y; /.
Seitz made the second extra man to
come into the batter's box, and Eeitz
died right at nome. for he had no right
TO fall In front OF the catcher and bother
the throw 10 second. Y Eight men ozoned
after the man from Kentucky had put
the peculiar twists In the ball.
!. ~ wv hAd him we would win this
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2o3s mast Franklin & treet Richmond; va,
President OF the lsltinR 81 racs'si "a
As gociatl lon, EiS5
.lV|'ARDAMAN|.. A|F:'T|'ER
NEGROES. I|||.|| A !.
Appeals to People to- Stop Edu-
eating Them Wants Law
.88sF5 inv ashington,
NV Asaociateyi PreYg,


NDW ORLEAN s. Augu st IAN appeal
by Governor Vardaman, OF Miasissi ppl,
sto the white voters to select leglslat tors
who Will stop granting approximations for
the education OF negro children In re-
ported from Brookhayen,S Miss, where
the Governor to-day addressed farmers
meeting. IS 81 81 4sS .s
Taking up the negro quest on In " ASH
Sington, Governor Vardamp n said there
is need OF q Jim Grow law Teserytng ceT7
tain seats for negroes In that city tte
said Sou thern Cong essmel. do not pro-
pose tho enactment Of ~ oi 2 law. Pc 1s
cause they are afraid Of crttioism. I. h4s
declared that, n ellosel. to represent AIS, I
would OFFER suci, q bill at least once a
year. he said that he would rather g
instrumental In securing the repeal I, q 3
the fifteenth amendment than e Wleaa
lths sceRtsE 0tE King EaWaga q EnG assas
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5W u, HelpSUs,

TO the Editor OF Il he Times Dtspatct 81,
ever generous, ever willing g lend e
helping hand to, charity N whatever y, !,
tthis. II ma ke + the fol flowing appeal and
beg that many will respond gen rousl,y
II The tMs' svlsitins district nurpos 81 thisi
city day from tSs s,a *
and repairing Their I, ,hs 1929 enc
now how to care properly for the patient.
are in desperate need of tund. y T rae,
tend si with typhoid and children's as
and 81 h9ndreds g Is es s;sn e ednr
fortabie, have % leave. hem literally
10 die for the lack Of milk eEEs Or meai.
cine. llt our TREASURY has noth1ng Y Win il!i
Yhoh ne of En- Wi wi
be : most Il grateful received and most
carefully used i.
Respectfully, y, 2, ]. ?, I, z, II
2o3 East FRANKLIN q treet, Richmond: Va,
President OF the listing Nuracs As-
;5 gociat1On, ss. sy3