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The National tribune., 1906-02-22

guest, most of them sent only hand
some flowers. The jewels beggar Col
conda's mines. The present of little
Cuba is among the richest, a single
string of pearls that will fiji closely
about the throat. costing $4,000. This
Is the only National present made by
direct vote OF the representatives of the
people. The china that came TO this
happy couple would grace the table of
King and he would think himself rich
IN its possession. They got Il check for
10000 from the President. and about
everything that Will furnish Il house,
but no house. Somebody ought to have
given them house, for III Washington
the Longworth's live in rented house
and not so very big at that
few presents of magnificent cost
were received from well-up people who
had not been invited and these were
followed by letters from the donors
asking invita- tiOnS. These presents
were sent back to the donors just as
quick as possible
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The 50th Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: 1 would
like to see q short sketch of the 50th
Ohio in the soldiers friend.-James
Beers. Waynesyille, Ill.
The 50th Ohio was organized at
Camp Dennison IN August, 1862, and
mustered out June 26, 1865. The first
Colonel was Jonah r. Taylor, who re-
signed. Col. SilaS A. Strickland was
i'll command when the regiment was
mustered out and brevetted q Brig
adier-General. Lieut.-Col. George r.
Elstner was killed before Atlanta. The
50th Ohio belonged 10 Hascalls Divi-
sion of the Twenty-third Corps, Army
of the Ohio, and lost 76 killed in bat
tie and 134 died from disease.-Editor
National Tribune
The National tribune., 1906-02-22
Opening of the Mississippi.

Editor National Tribune: I wish to
let you know how much l enjoy your
Opening of the Mississippi much OF
which 1 am familiar with. The clear
ness with which you describe matters
is very pleasing to the common SOL
diers, as it seems to be given from their
point of view. and not from an officer
standing on high ground away above
them.-H. z. Brewster, Marlboro. y. H.
The National tribune., 1906-02-22
A Business Opportunity,

(Translated for Tales from Familie
Journal)
Rachel-Here is your ring, Solomon.
can never marry you, for love an
other.
Solomon-Yere iss de man you lofe?
Heavens! You won't kill him, will
you?"
No. but I will sell him de ring
sheep"
The National tribune., 1906-02-22
NOTE.
by the Editor Of The National Tribune.

The reports of Gen. Franklin, COM
manding the forces at West Point in
May, 1862, and of Gen. John Newton,
who commanded the Third Brigade,
which bore the principal part OF the
action, differ materially from Gen.
Hoods account of the engagement. Gen.
Franklin says: -- t..-
MY ignorance of the topography Of
the place of landing, and the fact that
the enemys cavalry and infantry were
The National tribune., 1906-02-22

CUPPOSE you knew man who had
been Deaf for twenty years!
~ Suppose you met him today.
and found he could hear every
whisper you spoke to him!
Suppose you enquired about him.
and found that he was one of the most
reliable, and responsible. citizens of
Louisville, whose word could be abso-
lutely trusted.
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Gen. Newton's Report.

After reciting the circumstances at
tending the opening of the engagement,
Gen. Newton says:
THE troops engaged on our side were
the 31st and 32d n. Y. six companies
of the 18th \. Y, three companies OF
27th y. Y. the 95th Pa, six companies
OF the 1St y. j.. and the 5th Me.
''All the troops engaged behaved with
great steadiness, and 1 will only par
ticularize the 31st y. Y, Col. Calvin f.
Pratt, and the 32d n. y. Col. ROderick
Matheson. who suffered the severest
losses. The 3lst charged the enemy in
the woods, and drove them before them
until they gained an advantageous po-
sition. which, supported by the 1st n.
J., under the command of Lieut.-Col.
McAllister, they heroically maintained
until the end of the action against
greatly superior numbers of the enemy.
The 32d n. Y. made a brilliant advance,
driving superior forces with the bayo-
net for a considerable distance through
the woods. until their progress was ar
rested by the enemys reserves and
battery Of artillery, when they retired
slowly and in good order to their posi-
ton. 1 may add that the 18th y. Y,
Col. W. II. Young, advanced firmly up
on the enemy. received several volleys
at close range, and, singular to state,
without losing man or without firing
a shot in return. The steady advance
of this regiment on my left, supported
By the 5th Me. Col. Jackson, was of
great service. The 95th Pa, Col. Cos
line commanding, behaved very well,
bringing on the action with the enemy
and keeping him well occupied.
Our loss in the action was 200 killed,
wounded and missing; that of the enc
my 1 have no means OF ascertaining.
am under great obligations to Col. A.
T. A. TOrbert, of the 1st \. J., General
Officer of the Day. for reinfOrcements
which he brought up from time to time
during the day, and to Capt. Plat, who
commanded the battalion OF artillery
engaged. for his efficient services
ITO be continued.)
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port the reserves, and after a hard fight
were driven in good order To the edge
OF the wood.
The line was then formed with six
companies of the 18th y. Y. under
command of Col. Young; the 5th Me,
under Col Jackson: the 31st y. Y, un-
del Col. G. II. Pratt, and was afterward
reinforced by six companies Of the 1st
ard four of the I'd y. J.. under com
mand of Lieut.-Col. McAllister, 1st y.
test, the position Of the morning was
the line was considerably advanced in
front of its first position.
''At this time the action had virtually
ceased. The enemy had placed Il bat
terry of three pieces on the river on our
extreme left. This fired a few shots at
cur transports and gunbOats, and a few
shots from the latter soon quieted il.
No other attack was made. At o'clock
I placed the troops of Col. Taylor's Bri-
gade, consisting of four New Jersey
regiments, in the position held by the
four regiments previously engaged, with
orders to find out during the night the
position Of the enemy, and if possible
to push farther to the front He per-
formed his work well, though without
an engagement, and occupied Il posi-
ton two miles in advance early next
morning. BY means of the signals the
EunboatS were requested to shell the
woods on our left, and did very efii-
Cient service, making some very effec-
tive shots at a distance of more than
two miles"
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Medical Advice Free

on this trouble. It's just the help You
need. He'll tell you without any charge
and have clear, distinct, perfect hearing.
Answer the questions, yes no, write
your name and address plainly on the
dotted lines, cut out the Free Medical
Advice Coupon and mail 1t at once to
Deafness Specialist SprOuIe, to II
Trade Building. Boston.
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= EAD
NOISES
How to Cure Buzzing, Ringing
Sounds in the Ears.

Do you have buzz
Zing, rim ging noises
in your head and
ears? Is there a
swapping in your
ears when you blow
your nose? Then you
have Catarrh in your
ear passages. and
your EuStachian
TubeS-the passages
from the throat to
the ears-are closing
up. You may have
no discharge from
the nose or throat
but the disease is
reaching the delicate
inner parts of the
ear. Those Irritating
The National tribune., 1906-02-22
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noises show how dangerous the trouble
is becoming. AS they grow worse they
sometimes worry people into nervous
prostration and insanity. There's one
thing certain-Head and Ear noises are
often the fOrerunners of loss of hearing.
Neglect the trouble in your ear passages
and deafness Is too likely 10 result.
Get rid of your head noises now and
forever. They can be cured. Write to-
day to Deafness Specialist Sproule the
q tri1.
The National tribune., 1906-02-22
The Brides Appearance.

1t is quite proverbial that bride
never looks so well on her wedding
day as at any other time. In this
Princess Alice" has broken the record
She always makes a picture of youth
and joyousness, and in her wedding
gown was sunshine goddess. AS
mere beauty goes Miss Roosevelt could
not be 1ss~>a - eAs. Rut tha purity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-05

bells and fiagmen there would be no need
for locomotives to whistle upon approaching
crossings. The old style system of signal
ing by whistle to warn the public of the
approach of a train is dangerously untrust-
worthy. The only safe method is by an
electric gong which rings automatically
upon the approach of a train. That makes
a noise at the crossing itself. where it should
sound. and not at a distance, perhaps to be
carried off by the wind muffied by trees.
The fact that few complaints have come
from the people regarding the whistle nui-
sance is no criterion of the public sufferings
from this cause. The people have endured
the whistles because they have in very
many cases had an idea that they were I'M
avofdable and that the police could not pre-
vent them. That this is a mistake is shown
by the orders of the Commissioners to the
police to assume the responsibility of de-
tecting violations and Furnishing those guilty
of them. 1t is not impossible, and hardly to
be regarded as difficult, for policemen to
learn the number name of an engineer or
fireman who persists in footing his whistle;
and with any degree of cooperation by the
railroad companies, which have expressed
their desire to put stop to the nuisance, it
should readily be abated.
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Collars.

Some finical persons declare that a clean
collar is the hall mark of responsibility.
Broader minds lean to the view that mo ~
can soil his collar without losing his v,rt,,a
II is matter of temperament OF means
and. as in the case of Pittshurgians. Of
geography. 1t Is also matter OF occu-
patton. A clerk in a quiet dry goods store
may keep his necxwear unsuIlted from
morning until night while a stevedore ~
he wore collar. would probably within
an hour after the whistle-blow:ng be lost
beyond redemption according to the doc
trlne OF the haberdashery purists.
Some men hold to the clsan-coliar vfsv
regardless of occupation, place or cir
cumstances, and to live up to this standard
of exterior responsibility certain Glasses
are obliged to adopt that modern device.
the celluloid neckband. which. according to
the advertisements, can be cleaned with q
single dab of a moist cloth and always
looks fresh and fair. And yet, with this
concession. the wearers OF celluloid collars
arc By some hypercriticai observers of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-05

In the course of a debate on the sub
ject OF clerks to the Senate committees.
yesterday afternoon. Senator Gallinger
arose to recite his own experiences. noting
his craftsmanship of the committee on trans
portation routes to the seaboard and later
of the committee on pensions. He contin-
ued:
From that committee I was either pro-
NOTED denoted, l do not know which, to
the craftsmanship of the committee on the
District of Column bia. That committee IS try
ing to legisate for about 100000 people,
who are denied the right of suffrage, and
l think 1t is safe to say that at least 2Go,-
OCO of them are constitutional kickers. We
have a procession in that committee room
constantly. We have to deal with sewers
with lamp-posts, with electric lights, street
railways, steam railways, telephones, tele-
graphs, gas and almost every other con-
ceivahle subject. That committee has one
clerk, an assistant clerk and messenger.
1t ought really to have more clerical as
sistance. but we manage by hard work to
get along
The chairman of the Senate District COM
mittee is trife out of his reckoning in
this remark. and somewhat less good natur-
ed than usual. His figures are indeed so
broadly stated that 1t would be possible
to treat the entire remark as a pleasantly
were 1t not for the fact that disposition
prevails at the Capitol thus to dub the citi-
zens of Washington as chronic DIRECTORS.
If the population of the District is $780,
0G0 there are probably not more than co.
600 adult males. Are all the men of the
capital dissenters? Let US compromise on
600 as a very liberal estimate of the num-
der of taxpayers and others with whom
Senator Gallnger and his colleagues of the
District committee have to do in the course
of a session. That gives a sounder basis
than 100000
As a matter of fact the people of the
District are an unusually mild-mannered
body polite. They are long suffering. And
much of the clanor heard by the District
committees of Congress is in regard to
matters of urgent need, long delayed Each
session finds the committees struggling with
what may seem to them large and persist
ent flood of public sentiment on subjects
accumulated from past sessions of nom
action. If the District were for once given
square deal and brought up to date in
its equipment the annual work OF these
committees would be materially lessened,
and the 100000 of Senator GalIinger's mag
nation would dwindle to a very small ar
ray of petitioners and compliments indeed
This singularly unwarranted charge
against the District citizens would be neg
ligible altogether if it had not been spread
upon the pages of the Congressional Rec
ord and thus sent forth to the country as an
official declaration by a legislator of great
power and prestige. Really, Senator Gal
hnger owes the capital city and the country
an explanation. That it will be forthcom-
ing at some appropriate time may not seri-
ously be doubted by those who are acuuaint
ed with the eminently just and considerable
Senate District chairman, whose acquaint-
ance with his local constituents stretches
over long period of years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-05
Salaries Here and There.

In the changes that are taking place in
the leading New York life insurance COM
panies it is to be observed that while SAL
aries of high officials are lowered the new
figures are very tai. Paul Morton has
eighty thousand a year. and the new presI-
dent of another company has fifty thou
sand.
1t IS not in order to compare these figures
with the ones prevailing at the time the
explosion in New York took place. They
were not only out of all reason but out of
the bounds of common honesty. They rep
resented favoritism 10 that extent that they
suggested a species of robbery. The money
paid young Mr.. Hyde might be justified IN
Altruria. on the score that so sweet "a
youth must dress well. and live well. and
have a large allowance of pin money. in
order to appear at his best and impress be-
holders. but not in business circles IN New
York, where a fellows measure is easily
taken. The Equitable Life Assurance Com
pany was simply gouged to swell the in
come of a giddy swell. who returned moth
Ing. and had nothing to return. for it.
But how stand the new figures in com
parison with the value of men of recog-
nized ability in the business world? If we
turn to the railway field, we find tall
salaries there; If TO the banking field, tall
salaries there: If to the trust field. very
tall salaries there. 1t is age of tall
salaries in the business world. as it is the
age of fortunes and capitalizatiOns of
enormous size. The mere millionaire no
longer counts as does not the official draw
ing "a measly little ten or twenty thousand
a year To be seen and esteemed of the
money-makers now, one must starri upon
a huge pile Of rocks"
In public life the highest salary paid is
that TO the President of the United States,
who has as much as some presidents of
insurance companies, and less than the
earnings of a successful jockey for four
months of riding when the racing is good.
The judges of our highest courts receive
less than a good country lawyer at prac-
tice. while senators and representatives in
Congress are even more poorly paid. The
scale seems to be as much too high fl the
business, as too low in the political, world.
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Politics and the Judiciary.
dispalch from Frankfort saws:

4 dispatch from Frankfort says:
IAN echo Of last nights democratic sena-
torial caucus was the Introduction today of
a bill in the upper branch of the assembly
Intended to prohibit appellate judges and
circuit judges from taking an active part in
politics.
at is aimed at Judge Paynter and John
NJ. Lassing of Boone county, his most &C
tive manager
Ii should be said in behalf of Judge Payn-
ter that his carriage during the campaign
out of which he has just emerged as victor
was characterized by dignity and propriety.
Although challenged by Mr.. Blackburn to
a series of meetings on the stump, he de-
clined. and attended strictly and closely to
his duties while his opponent. who is an
effective stump orator. was canvassing the
whole state. Judge Paynter's campaign
was made by his friends, whose strongest
presentation of his case was Based on the
record he had made on the beach for learn
ing in the law and ability and fairness in
interpreting the law.
A reform, however. which should be eff
fected in the Kentucky judiciary relates to
the campaigns in which candidates for the
bench seek nominations and afterward
election. Those campaigns are waged with
all the heat Of, and often with quite as lit
tie dignity as. political campaigns There
is the stumping of the district the noisy
declamat ton, the appeals to partisanship
in the one case as in the other A stranger
indeed, without knowledge of the character
OF the meeting, might sit for a time under
the spell of one of these Iawyer-poltticana
without being able to tell that the speaker
was seeking a judgeship and not a seat In
Congress.
This sort Of thing has at times lowered
the bench Of the state in the local estima-
ton. Lawyers of high grade. and citizens
without distinction OF party, have COM
planned of it, and expressed a wish to see
a different order instituted. 1t lends itself
to the Introduction of politics into the
courts 10 greater degree than ordinarily
exists there With US politics enters every
where; but, as everybody must admit, there
should be little hospitality for it in the
court houses as possible.
Kentucky is not the only offender against
character and propriety in this matter. Al
though candidates for the judiciary IN
New York do not take the stump and har-
rangue crowds, they stand heavy assess
ments' from party bosses, and in that way
help pile up large funds which are used for
corrupt purposes on the electorate But In
every state, the farther apart the bench
and the bosses are kept the better 1t will
be for the general welfare.
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The Currency Question Acute.

From the New York Herald
The fall in stocks yesterday afternoon had
a curious cause. In an impromptu address
before the chamber of commerce the head
OF well-known banking firm condemned
our existing currency system and predicted
that unless 1t were changed there would
one day be a dreadful panic. The curious
feature of the furry in Wall street is that
it should be precipitated by statements re-
peatedly made in recent years by treasury
officials, newspapers, economists, legislators
and bankers, including the speaker of yes
terday. He was careful to say that the
country Is prosperous as never before and
that he foresaw no immediate disaster but
that this was the time to cure the defects OF
our circulating medium. 1t may be that
the hasty reports Of the address as they
reached 1.-The street. were exaggerated or
1t may be that the fact of It's delivery was
interpreted as indicating that interests
identified with the speaker were unfavorable
to a further rise in stocks at this time.
The furry at any rate helps to bring public
attention to bear once more on the conceded
necessity of imparttng greater elasticity to
our currency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-05
Urban and Suburban Whistles

MAJOR sylvester reports TO the Commits
sloners that he is in doubt as to whether
the police regulations against noises cover
The case of locomotive whistling outside of
the city limits, and he further expresses
doubt whether il is safe to check wbist1fn.,
IN the suburbs. This is not exactly the line
OF action to be expected from the head Of
the police department. His work is to en-
force and not to interpret the law or N
question its wisdom. If the regulations as
they are written are not sufficiently broad
TO cover locomotive whistling on the rail-
road right of way in tie city. or do not pro-
hibit such whistl,n re suburbs. Just be-
yond the city lin Test way To ascar-
tain that fact is hy 90 4ew arrests and a test
of the law in court
IL, as matter Of fact, the regulations ex
tend only 10 the city limits, and only tn
strictly defined streets, highways alleys
and other public spaces" then they need
amendment, and perhaps the sooner the
TACT Is learned the better for the peace and
comfort OF the people There is in truth no
earthly reason for maintaining the absurd
city limits" longer. Washington spreads
now far beyond the old boundary" A very
large per cent of Its residents live north of
Florida avenue. and their homes are In
every respect urban in character and sur
roupdipgs.
It the railroad crossings beyond the lefty
Units" were properly equipped with gates,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-05
Santo Domingo.

So far as this racket in Santo Domingo is
concerned let US all take comfort from the
pictures of the Dominican military, current
in the daily press Such awkward squads
cannot go far even In that country. There
Is ground for hope that by accident they
may exterminate each other in case of q
protracted struggie-say for thirty days.
American interests are certainly In no dan
ger. If our blue Jackets should be needed
elsewhere, the President could ask of the
mayor of New Orleans the loan of pla-
toon of police. and by rushing them to the
scene save the day. But the insignificant
character of the squabble between the Do
minican politicians does not belittle the
task we have undertaken to keep foreign
powers from bouncing on the island in the
interest of their money claims, and the
Senate might very well take early action
on the treaty to that end now In its hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-05

mems dress cast into outer darkness beyond
the pale of social recognition. That is a
marrow view. and. as this paragraph In the
news dispatches suggests, In some circum-
stances a costly one:
FREEHOLD, N. j.. January 2.-Samuel
Dey of this place has brought suit IN the
circuit court for 5000 damages against
William e. Curiey. proprietor of a steam
laundry, for injuries sustained under IN
usual circumstances. Mr.. Dey's injuries
consist of badly burned neck and throat
He alleges that Mr.. Curley touched light
ed match to celluloid collar worn by him
while the two were standing in the barroom
of the WoIcott House. Whether Mr. Cur
ley took offense at his wearing collar not
requiring the services of a laundryman or
whether he fired his collar merely as
joke Mr.. Dey does not know, but he says
Mr.. Curley will pay for his fun.
Trade enterprise is always to be admired
and encouraged, but hardly to the extent
of approving the destruction of private
property to boom the demand. If this New
Jersey laundryman is justified by the
courts as well might glass manufacturer
be warranted In hiring small boys 10
smash windows, or motor tiremakers IN
sprinkling tacks in the highways.