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An Unjust Reflection,

Joseph ID. Brooks. 90. L. Sd y. j..
Providence, r. l., referring to the COM
munication from Lieut. NJ w. Angel,
5th Ind. Cav, as to the number Of do
Serters from the Union army confined
in the Charleston Jail, says that il the
Lieutenant alludes to any time between
July 20, 1864, and the latter part of
October 1864, he is very much mis-
taken, and is casting a reflection upon
the loyalty of the Union army in gen.
eral Comrade Brooks doubts very
much if several hundred deserters
could have been corralled at one place,
and particularly on the inmates of the
Jail. He was captured July 20, 1864,
and taken to the Charleston City Jail.
The squad when LINED up" for regis
tration consisted of nine prisoners of
war and six or seven deserters. They
were entered as abolition prisoners
and Yankee deserters." The inmates
at that time comprised about so pris-
oners of war. 80 deserters. a number of
"Confeds.' there for military Offenses,
a few civilians and about so colored
soldiers taken at the attack upon Fort
Johnson. The different classes had
separate quarters in the Jail. but during
the day all were together in the yard.
They all received the same treatment
except the colored men, who had to do
the work of the building. The Confeds
had no use for the deSerters, and
punched them in with the prisoners
when they were transferred to Flor
ence in October. Comrade Brooks says
they were not treated badly at Charles
ton compared with their experiences
later on. At one time while at Charles
ton there were several hundred COM
missioned officers in the yard awaiting
exchange, and the boys were allowed
among them freely and were well re-
ceiyed by them. Serg't Joseph Darling.
1st Me. Cav, later Chief of Police at
Florence. was one OF his crowd. If any
of his comra 'es see this they can tes-
tify to the facts as given.
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This Is an invitation that you simply
cannot afford to ignore. III tell you
why.
I'm going to feed you on food that
helps digest all other foods. a food that
"stops the sharp panss of dyspepsia in
two minutes by the WATCH" SO swears
Mr.. Henry Gray. and many others.
A food that made Assistant Postmas-
ter Estes "feal like two-year-old IN a
clover patch"
A food that makes brains In FIVE hours
and blood in four.
A highly nutritious. stonachie food.
made from the pineapple and the paw
paw-melon, figs, oranges, celery and a
few other good things for the nerves.
stomach and bowels.
You may be starving your blood and
brain In the midst OF plenty. 1t isn't
how much you eat that counts. but it's
how you digest the food you eat. -
without fire; you can't get brain power,
nerve force and blood corpuscles out of
food without digestion.
Thousands lack sufficient vital force
and don't know why.
They think they need a tonic, a yaca-
ton or n change of scenery. But they
don't. It's old indigestion that's the
matter with them, and six days use of
my Biscuit Will prove 1t.
They don't get the strength out of
their food. It's like running corn
through mill with the rollers too wide
apart; the corn goes through. but the
mill doesn't grind.
Don't think you must have pain to
have indigestion.
Lack of flesh. too much fat. pimples.
Elotches. sallow complexion. lack of
nerve force. impoverished blood, insom-
mia. headaches. weak brain power, may
all be due to a faulty digestive process
either in the stomach or bowels.
Eat my Biscuit along with your other
food for week and find out how your
digestive organs are working. II the
Biscuit helps you greatly. gives you
more force. strength and brain power
you may set it down that your stomach.
liver and bowels were doing their duty.
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/ invite every man,
WOMAN and CHILD HERE
Every Person of Washington to Eat With
Me Tomorrow at My Expense.

Only yesterday your head may have
felt dull and heavy: You had the 'blues't
were cross. nervous or irritable: every-
thing seemed to go wrong. and you
couldn't tell why.
It's ten to one It was old dyspepsia
slyiy getting in his work. not enough
! to cause you pain. but just enough to
dun your brain. rob you OF your vitality.
upset your liver and deplete your nerve
force. Maybe you don't think so. but
just try one package Of nay Biscuit and
see II they don't change blues to
bright. CHEEKY red: mako tie old world
laugh in a I-;erry siee ana pGt vigJr ;sni
vim in your life again.
National Bank President Einner. OF
Olean. n. Y. had stomach trouble so bad
that he had to live on. matted milk. and
even that caused him pain-he ate three
biscuits and went to eating his meals
sounds like miracle Well. have Mr..
Kinners own letter to that effect.
W. C. Roach. of HorneIlsville. N Y.
says he hadn't been able to work for
several years-had dyspepsia so bad
after eating my biscuit two weeks he
got a position and went to work. says
he can eat anything now and feels "tip-
top This is only two of hundreds.
Mr.. Dyspeptic. have you ever heard
Of the wonderful Biscuit that talks.
that really tells you Itself what it can
do--that's Meals. Five minutes after
you eat it the biscuit begins to unfold
its virtues. and it will by actual demon
stration prove to you more in regard to
its merits in ten minutes than l could
probably make you believe IL 1 wrote
and read you ten books as large as the
dictionary.
at seems like q dream" swears Mr.
Charles F. Bowman. Gave me relief in
three minutes" says Mrs. ". Fl. Crutten-
den. stopped my pain in two minutes.
swears Mr.. Joseph Fentiman.
You may know some of these people,
or know somebody who knows thcn
I'll send you their pictures and full ad-
dresses if you want them. so that you
can find out all about my Biscuit and
the wonders 1t has wrought.
Probably you are now thinking
whether all this can be true-stop it.
I will send you absolutely free one large
25c package of my Dyspepsia Biscuit
and wonderful Fig Chocolates, at once,
and let them prove what 1 say, provided
you will send me cents to pay actual
cost of postage. Cut out and use coupon
below.
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clamps around the top Of the bottle.
Each week sees several patents issued
to other inventors for devices to take
the pl;lce Of this. This week there
were four One by George Kirkesaard.
New York, n. Y, has cap with a rigid
hook on one side and a movable one on
the other and an eccentric pivoted on
the cap.
Emile Fiuehr. Sprague, Wash. has
still more complicated affair.
William H. DOVE has a device which
has been transferred to the Cincha
Stopper Co., of Maine. II has top
plate with a rim and tags or fingers to
clasp the head of the bottle.
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the soap in another. He has patented
a brush with an apertured back and a
place in the same for holding the soap.
Therefore. there will be no time or
energy lost in hunting around to find
where in thunder the soap has gone.
Bottle Shoppers.
The immense pecuniary success
which followed the invention of the
simple device now manufactured by a
great firm in Baltimore for closing
beer, ginger ale and similar bottles has
stimulated q number of other inventors
to efforts to rival that device. The one
now in use is one of those exceedingly
simple conceptions that come only TO
genius. 1t Is thin wafer Il cork held
in place by little pellet of tin that
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Wounded and Captured In the Wilder

Thomas Mansbarger, Three Springs.
Pa, enlisted at Huntingdon in the 143d
Pa. in 1863, and at the battle of the
Wilderness was wounded and captured.
Many of his comrades were burned to
death in the fire that night. He was
taken to Andersonville. where he starv-
ed for four long months and was also
almost naked. He was paroled from Sa-
yannah and sent TO Annapolis. He was
so weak and poor that he could not
walk for days. and was discharged in
June. 1865. He has suffered a great
deal ever since, and it is all due to his
prison experience.
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The Cause Of Indigestion
Traced to the Nerves
A PHYSICIAN TELLS WHY

Stomach trouble Is not really sickness. but Q
symptom 1t 10 Q symptom that q certain set OF
nerves is ailing. Not the volun Eary nerves that
enable you to walk and talk and act-but the
AUTOMATIC STOMACH NERVES over which your
mind has no control
have not room here to explain how these
tender. tiny nerves control and operate the stom-
ach. How worry breaks them down and causes
Indigestion. How misuse WEARS them out and
causes dyspepsia. How pcglect muy bring on
kidney heart, and other troubles through SYM
psthy. ! have not room 70 explain how these
vitali1ed and made stronger by q remedy spent
years In perfecting-now known by ph ysicians
and Dfuggists every where as DR. Shops Reslor-
ative. (Tsblets or Liquid) Z have not room 70
explain how this remedy by removing the cause.
usually puts . certain end to Indigestion belch-
Ing. heartburn, insomnia. NERVOUSNESS dyspepia.
All q these things are fully explained In the book
VIII send you free when you write Do not fail
TO send for the book 10 tells how the soiar
pleIus governs digestion and q hundred other
things every one ought TO know-for oil Of u.s. nt
some time or other have Indigestion. With the
book Will send free my Health Token''-an
INTENDED paasport TO good health.
For the free book Book On DyspepsIa
and she "Hsslth Book on the Heafk
yoken yo1 Hnsb ID. Book 1on thAKtdneyx.
0fees d. Shoop. Bog Book for Women,
sSsl Hocine. Wis. State Beck for Men.
vhics boot yoa waa&. B0oksonR Rheunstism
d.. sAooe's Restorative Tablets-sive full
ehre4 weeks' Treatment Each form-Iiquid OF
oe1ee-hoD ceoAl oeeik Dsugglstssyesyv
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tirst Volunteer.

Capt. Alexander Smith. of Jackson
ville ILL.,. was the first volunteer from
Atlanta, ILL.,. enIsting April Is, 1861. in
Co. E. 7th Ill. At that time he was
working at the harness trade, and was
only 16 years and 10 months old. He
was promoted TO Captain when he was
II, and held that position until mus
tered out July 8. 1863. when but 10
years and six months old
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The 9Th lad. CIV.

The Annual Reunion of the 9Th Ind.
Cav. was held Oct. 3 and 4. at Brazil.
Ind. Over so of the survivors of the
regiment were present. and a most en-
joyable time experienced by all. e. 2.
Conley. of Clinton, was reelected Pres
ident, and Dr. Theo. +. Brown, of Sand
ford. Secretary. 1t was decided to hold
the Reunion next year at Terre Haute,
Ind
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A Correction.

Editor National Tribune: In your is
sue of Sept. % YOU give my name as c.
Van Ructer. Co. r. 3Tth Ind. There IS
no such man in Co. Il. 1t should be +.
G. Van Meter. VIII YOU please make
correction. 81 my old comrades may
know where ! am IT. G. Van Meter.
Go. 3. 37th Ind. Dwight. Kan.
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The. Geological Survey has again cast
up the area of the United States, ana
finds some differences from the pre-
viously made estimates. 1t now states
that the area of the United States prop
er is 3,026,788 square miles, an increase
of 1.1ss square miles over the figures
of the Census Bureau. 1t gives Alaska
590,Ss4. the Philippine Islands 115.O26
square miles, Hawaii 6.449 and Porto
Rico 3,435 square miles.
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Alabama, at least. is beginning TO
eternal Niger. The State IS bigger than
Pennsylvania, with quite as much nat
ural riches. and, encouraged by their
remarkable success in making iron.
Alabamaians are beginning to talk
about being the greatest manufacturers
of textiles, from the proximity of cotton
and the abundance of water power.
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Prof. James H Rrested. of the I'M

Prof. James H. Brested, of the Uni
versity of Chicago, is confident that the
Oldest fixed date in history in 424i y. C..
He says that the calendar was estab-
lished in that year, beginning on what
would now be July 49, Consequently
the calendar which has been discovered
in Egypt is 6,147 years old.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13

The production of coal in California
is singularly small the total amount in
1905 being but 1850 short tons, valued
at S2S2,725.
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Science Notes.

Castor-oii powder. according to a
new Holland patent. Is prepared by
precipitatlng the casein of liter OF
SKINNED milk. then adding five milli-
grams OF 10 per cent sodium carbon
ate solution and 40 grams of milk
sugar, and incorporating so grams of
castor OIL The mass is dried and pow
darn6
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SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work Of the Worlds Busy Brains in Discovering. Invenng and
Creating
d Dls6urred.

The Secretary of the Interior an
nounces that the following attorneys
have been dfsbsrred from practice be-
fore any Bufeauo of tho Department:
Jonathan J. Carey. Easton. Pa. and
Phillipsburg. N. D.; John T. Aldrich.
Clyde, o.: George M. Johnson. Paints
vile, KY; Lewis M. Croker, Austin.
Tex.
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with the mandolin aria extended at an
acute angle to the guitar body.
Coffee Urn.
Fred Theil. Chicago. ILL.,, has patented
an improved coffee urn which has a
water-jacket inside of which is the re-
ceptacle for the coffee and In the mid
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
e,,cero, Mild Treatment for Cancer.

The originator OF Cancerol claims
more cures from il; use than from all
other treatments confined. Costs but
q tri:ie to satisfy yourself. Drite for
handsome free book. Address DR.. L.
It. Leach. Drawer Ss NJ. Indianapolis.
Ind
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Mandolin Attachment.

Those who delight to tinkle on the
guitar and mandolin have now chance
to have both instruments mbined in
one and change from one to the other
at WILL Frederick G. Platts. Kansas
City. Mo-. has patented a combination
of a guitar body and a mandolin arm.
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Brush.

Burton II. Cook New York, n. Y,
would concentrate the scrubber's mind
upon his or her work. and prevent that
dispersion of intellect which comes
from the brush being in one place and
The National tribune., 1906-12-13

PILES CURED IN TO If DAYS.
PAXJ oISrM ENT IL guaranteed TO cure any
case Of itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
Piles In 6 to IA days money refunded. SOC.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
Ankle Corset.

III
Physicians say that the severest
chilling of the hpdy comes from the
wrist and ankles and if these can be
protected a great security is made
against taking cold. Gustave Krieger,
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BI;oMO Qninine Tablets
Druggists refund Nancy If 1t fails tn cure.
f. W. GROVES sig gaature il on each box. sc.
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Fight with Gompers.

The rapidity with which Mr. Gompers
has been recognized in the House of
Representatives has been one of the
features of the session. Speaker Can
non was eager to join issue with him.
in the belief that he could put Mr..
Gompers out of business by defeating
some of the labor measures with which
Mr.. Gompers has been identified OF
which Mr. Gompers has been fighting
The Speaker was encouraged in this
attitude by the recommendations the
President made in his Annual Message
with reference to labor legislation
These recommendations agreed in the
main with what Mr.. Cannon stood for
and with the President at his back the
Speaker thought he was strong enough
TO put anything affecting labor thru.
He realized his mistake the third da,
of the session, when he threw into th'
House a bill to abolish compulsory pi
lotage in ports of the Southern States
Representative Littlefield, of Maine
whom organized labor recognizes as It
arch foe, had introduced the bill at th'
last session of Congress. and fought
thru the Committee on Merchant Ma
rine, where President Gompers. of tn
Federation OF Labor, contested ever
inch of the ground.
There was a lively session of tn
House for nearly five hours. durin
which the bill was under consideration
and the session closed by stunnin
defeat for the Speaker and for MI
Littlefeld. There were some othe
causes, but the labor men nevertheless
herald the victory as one for them
selves. and instead of scurrying ava
from the Capitol, as the Speaker an
his Heutenants hoped the labor agita
tors would do, the latter are now walk
ing about very confidently. They de
clare they are stronger than ever. an
that the Speaker better not fiaunt hi
defiance in their faces. The Speaker
naturally much provoked, and Is watch
ing for an opportunity to get strangt
hold on the President Of the Fedora
don. :.
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Courts UndertakeTaSk
Of Clearing Titles.

brought under the McEnerney act to
re-establish title. This is the proceed
ing brought to test the validity of that
act
The matter came UP before the Su-
preme Court yesterday morning, and
an order for the issuance of an alterna-
tive writ of mandate was made This
alternative writ will command the SUI
perior Court to show cause before the
Supreme Court why final and peremp-
tory writ should not be issued COM
handing the Superior Court to make
the order in question.
Return of the alternative writ has
been fixed for 10 a. m. August before
the Supreme Court, sitting In bank, at
the Century Club building, southwest
corner of Suffer and Franklin streets
The argument will take place on that
day or at some time shortly thereafter
Every constitutional question that can
be raised In opposition to the validity
of the act will be considered, and a
prompt decision is expected, establish
ing the status of the act so far as both
the State constitution and the United
States constitution are concerned
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WILL INVESTIGATE
WATER OFFERS.
Supervisors Empower the
Mayor to Name Engi-
neers to Select Supply
LIST OF SOURCES

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
adopted the report of the special COM
mittee on water supply, recommending
that the Mayor appoint a board of three
competent engineers to investigate and
report on FIVE designated proposals to
furnish San Francisco with an ade-
quate water supply. The committee
but decided that only five of them were
entitled to the serious investigation
with view of ultimate requirement OF
the one deemed most desirable for a
municipal water supply. The FIVE pro-
posals TO be given consideration are:
l. By Russell L. Dunn, North Fork
American River.
2. By Grin S. Henderson, Middle
Fork American River.
8. BY William Muir North and Mid
die forks American River
A. By Bay Cities Water Company
South Fork American River and North
Fork Costumes River.
5. By Sierra Nevada Water and
Power Company, Tuolumne River.
The committee excluded six out of
the eleven proposals submitted, includ-
ing those from Lake Tahoe and Feather
River, as being impracticable for vari-
Gus reasons. 1t will be the duty of the
board of engineers to be named by the
Mayor to select one of the offers as
being the most desirable The report
says:
The protection against fire afforded
by the system of the Spring Valley
Water Company was inadequate even
as 1t existed before the earthquake
The system is in a less efficient state
now than before the fire, and, as shown
by the earthquake, the emergency re-
quirements are much more severe than
heretofore realized"
Recorder Nelson notified the board
that the coin taken in by his office on
April IL as fees was reduced to bull
lion by the fire. The bullion was de-
posted with the Treasurer for safety,
he receipting for it as a bag of bullion
there being no means of ascertaining
Its value. The bullion will be sent to
the United States Mint for recoining
The Native Daughters of the Golden
West filed communication suggesting
that instead of changing the name of
a street to honor General Funston
one Of the new parks be called Funs-
ton Square.
The petition of property owners that
the application of j. H. Kruse to main
tain an engine and boiler for a planning
mill on Treat avenue, near Twenty
second street, be denied, was referred
to the fire committee.
Frank B. Gilbreth was granted a
permit to explode blasts for building
purposes at the corner of California
and Drumm streets, under a bond of
$4,000.
The roadways of Belvedere street be-
tween Grattan and Parnassus avenue,
and Grattan street between Cole and
Belvedere were fully accepted.
A petition was filed by 100 residents
and property owners urging that steps
be taken to increase the insufficient
water supply on Railroad avenue
from Sixteenth to Twenty second
avenue. The petitioners aver that THE
Spring Valley Water Company fails
to serve water in the locality described
from p. m. to p. m The complaint
was referred to the Water Committee
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HOTEL MEN ORGANIZE.

The San Francisco Hotel Mems Asso-
citation was permanently organized last
night at meeting at the Majestic. The
following officers were elected:
President, Colonel j. C. Kirkpatrick
vice presiden z. g. de Wolfe; secre-
tary. z. ]. Naples; treasurer, J. D.
Barker
The next session of the society will
be held on Monday at the Savoy, when
the question of bylaws will be dis
cussed. Among those at the meeting
last night were Albert Bettens, George
Hooper, the Law Brothers, F. L. Tur-
pin, E. Rolkin, Charles Newman. W. L.
King, Colonel r. Weinecke. P. A. Young,
and E. T. Adams, besides those elected
to office.
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ASSESSMENT ROLL
IS CRITICIZED.
Supervisor Objects to Re-
auctions in Values of
Improvements Burned
TO REMOVE DEBRIS

4 AT yesterdays meeting of the Board
of Supervisors Wilson took occasion to
criticise Assessor Dodge for reducing
the assessments in the burned district
SO that the total roll amounts to but
S375,0O0000 Wilson said that insur-
ance amounting to $500. 10000 600 was be-
ing collected. yet Dodge had eliminated
the assessments on the improvements
on which the insurance will be paid.
Wilson cited specific instances of peo-
| pie who had received as insurance
more than double the amount of their
| last years assessment, and said that
under the new assessment they would
not pay taxes on such Improvements
! this year.
| Wilson urged the committee on
| equalization of assessments, of which
| he is chairman. TO investigate the re-
duction whereby he said certain prop
erty owners would not pay their just
share of the expenses of the city gov
eminent. Wilson said the assessment
roll should be s500.000.000 instead of
1875, 900, 900.
Supervisor McGushin took exception
to Wilson's remarks, saying that
Dodge was to be commended for re-
turning an assessment roll OF $4,000
600 In excess of the estimate of $685.
100000 made by the finance committee
in compiling the budget. This excess
would give $500, 900 additional revenue,
which. however, cannot be used until
the end Of this fiscal year. under the
charter.
The discussion was caused by the
resolution authorizing the Board of
Works to expend $4,000 to clear the
debris of public buildings from the
public streets. which was passed to
print. The debris on Larkin street
in front of the City Hall, will be the
first to be cleared away. The discus
sion on Dodge's assessment was re-
sumed just before adjournment and be- !
came rather heated.
The board decided to meet Thursday |
at 10 a. m. as a board of equalization |
to examine applications for reduction |
of assessments. The assessment roll |
was formally received from Assessor
Dodge and a large number of tax
payers scanned the rolls for the pur- |
pose of comparing their assessments |
with those of last year. The blank |
forms for applications were not ready, |
but will be furnished to property own |
ers beginning today.
The board adopted the usual resolu-
tions as to the manner in which per- |
sons. firms and corporations are to be |
notified to appear to show cause why |
their assessments should not be In
creased and setting a time for such |
hearing.
The board authorized the Assessor
to add to the roll all property which |
may have escaped taxation and to |
make corrections of all clerical errors |
in the roll.
There were no arbitrary assessments |
made this year owing to the destruc-
ton by the fire of all the records in |
that connection.
Tax Collector Nichols notified the |
board that the military roll for 1905 |
had been destroyed by the fire and 1t |
will be impossible to furnish a dupli- |
cate copy thereof.