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There was a large gathering of the
knights of Pythias and their friends,
including many ladies, at their hall on
Sunday afternoon, when Rev. r. l..
Bivins, of Furlow Lawn Baptist
church, addressed Cooper Lodge, tax
ing as his text: 'Let Brotherly Love
Continue Heb. 10: 10
Mr.. Bivins made an extremely inter-
esting talk. The close attention
with which it was followed showed
the appreciation of his hearers. In
part he said:
9EotheThood Ordained by God.
From the earliest days of the world
the principle of brotherhood has been
conspicuous in the relations of men.
God himself ordained it so. The first
crime of history, a crime which was
condemned of God most severely was
a crime against brotherhood. This
principle of brotherhood from that day
to this has drawn together the race of
men, though possibly tbs true that this
principle finds fnller exemplification
today than at any time in the past.
ennobled the thought, of brotherhood
and of brotherly love, until the uni
versal brotherhood of mem is no irri-
descent dream, no phantom hope, but a
real possibility and even probability in
the not distant future.
1t will be a glorious day for the
| world when this principle is universal
| iy acknowledged. Graft, oppression,
plumber and kindred evils will be
| things OF the past, and peace between
men and nations will rule supreme.
the Worlds Peace Conference at the
Hague, for the adjustment by arbitra-
ton of differences between nations, and
in the discussion of disarmament, thus
fulfilling the prophesy of Isaiah,
"They shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into prun-
ing hooks; nation shall not lift up
sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war anymore" The broth
erhood of the rich and the poor, the
fraternity of capital and labor, right
relation between employer and en-
| ployee, and the maxim of men and OF
nations will be in line of brotherhood,
Live and let live"
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Tribute 60 PythIanlsm

Various fraternal orders are founded
upon this principle of brotherhood, and
among these none ranks higher,is com
posed of better material, or is founded
upon better principles than the Knights
of Pythias. ~
It's very name is indicative of heroic
sacrifice for others. A sublime illus
tration of this is seen in the friendship
OF Damon and Pythias, which is lu-
minous pattern and inspiration for the
friendshipiOfaPyt hianism.
1t is but natural therefore that the
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he was refused admission to the boats,
but lust as one was being showed OFT
he jumped on and was allowed to re-
main On landing he turne'l down the
river lust under the bluff until near the
city, u ii5n he climbed the hill. and.
meeting a negro. asked him some ques-
tioDS about the city, and where ne
.could find Il gun store. He soon ran
into some other fellows. and together
they broke into some of the stores on
the west side of Main St. but not find
ing what he wanted Comrade BleythinS
went out onto the street again. ana
soon his brigade, with the goth Iowa in
advance came along. These troops
We're the first command to enter the
city. A number of bummers like HIM
self get in ahead of them. and a detail
from the 18th Iowa had crossed oppo-
site the city and raised a flag on the
State House. but they were the first
command to enter. As far as the fire
was concerned, there We're some cotton
bales in the street, but not so very
many, and they We're not burning when
ing a strong breeze but no gale sprang
up and a fire started in building used
for a bank. The fire engines tried to
put it out, but the boys cut the hose and
they had to give it up; consequently the
fire spread and burned most of the
night, destroying large part of the
city Comrade Bleything does not re-
member any effort being made by the
boys to stop the fire. tho some of the
soldiers did help the people to save
some of their things. He would be
pleased to hear from any of the Iowa
brigade.
S. j. Phillips. Co Fl. 9th Ind. Chap
man. Kan. thinks criticism of the COM
Il ac' -ifsia Nsrhi iIE N ".
National Tribune neither interesting nor
profitable unless it is to set right some
lmanifeStly false statement. Things dur
, ing the war were not seen from the
same point of view. and what one COM
, rade observed another may have over
| looked But he cannot pass in silence
! Comrade Averilrs criticism and ridi-
culing of his article on the burning ol
! Columbia. Comrade Averill says he was
amused by the aforesaid article. and
Comrade Phillips thinks he must be
very easily amused, and can well imas-
line the perpetual grin which must rest
upon his countenance. like the pictures
sometimes seen of the full moon. Com
rade Averill quotes Shermans report
| to Halleck as conclusive of who was
responsible for the burning. Gen. Sher-
man certainly did not burn Colum bia
because he says he did not and that
should be enough for any old soldier
Bat Gen. Hampton SAYS in effect, ''Sher-
man, you burned Columbia. because il
did not burn for IL hours after / left.
and Sherman says to Hampton, "Hamp-
ton, you burned Columbia, because wher
entered the city it was full of burning
cotton" We all remember the bitter
controversy between these two Gen
erals on this subject directly after the
war. Comrade Phillips objects decid-
edly to Comrade Averill saving that h /.
Comrade Phillips. waited Is years after
Sherman's death before writing his ar.
The National tribune., 1907-10-03
WITH HANCOCK DURING AND AF-
TER A BATTLE.
superb, MasterfuI When the Fight Was
On. Plying When 1t Was Over.

Editor National Tribune: As history's
pages record, in their dull way at best,
the events of the civil war. there often
comes regret on my part that to-day's
generation of students cannot feel, as
we who experienced those stirring
scenes. the human side of that great
Stru--le.
When in these late days the mem
cries OF those years come drifting back,
and 10 me the incidents become as
tho they occurred but yesterday. ! real
ize that to average youth, patriotic tho
it may be, the historian has brought
bat dull statistics and hackneyed de-
scription OF the hot-blooded young
fellows who fell at my side in private
uniforms. they know as mum Der kill
ed while see again their tanned faces
grow blanch and hear their dying cry
of farewell to friends about. OF the
more famous few. whom school books
have pictured and orators have lauded,
they may know as heroes, but not as
men.
When I was an Orderly with Han
cocks Second Corps during the assault
at Eloody Angle on May y, 1864, /
great General as at any time during the
war. and / recall with what enthu siasm
as hero-worshiping boy, barely in my
20's, / caught eagerly for every word,
every movement, every pose of the man.
Seeing class fail in school one day
because it could not remember his
name, it was hard for me to appreciate
their excuse for stupidity, for it was
The National tribune., 1907-10-03

safely stored inside. Reub and / climb
ed up and took passage on the roof.
had forgotten about my promise TO visit
our neighbor's chicken ro0st till our
train had moved up and come to halt
near their quarters. when L said TO
Reub: This reminds me that l am
under promise to steal one of those
chickens that are roosting in the oak
near that shanty. l must make good
that promise. Now, be ready to grab
the chicken when hand it up to YOU"
I then descended the ladder and quietly
approached the roost. Things seemed
propitious-"all was quiet on the Po-
tomac.' After a brief reconnaissance l
felt pretty sure that there was nobody
at home. a chicken, all unconscious of
its fate. was roosting on Il lower limb,
within my reach. BY ciasping its head
in one hand and its feet in the other
had succeeded in reaching the cars
without any mishap. but Just as the
train was starting, to enable me to climb
the ladder / let go of the chickens s
head, whereupon it let out a most un-
earthly squawk. which aroused and
brought out after me, pell-nle!l big
Peter Dinkerscheets, who. all "unbe-
knownst" to me had been left to hold
the fort yelling, You steals shick-
en-, hah! Tam you"
After ] had landed the chicken into
of the ladder, Peter seized and swung
lis 240-avoidrupois onto my lame foot.
Bracing his feet and taking a firm grip
he said. Now, tam you, l fetches you.
Just then l Strengthened out my foot,
which allowed my big old unlaced shoe
to come off very suddenly, landing on
big Peters head and shoulders. AS the
train moved slowly on and | stood upon
the roCf, | looked back and saw big
Peter on his feet again, shaking his fist
at me and trying to say something IN
every language at his command. ! called
back 10 him in a loud voice, Il have
fuIhlied my promise: l have that chick
en. and you may keep that old shoe for
luck"
Then came back to me above the
noise of the cars. We'll, i pc tam. eef
il ees not te Machor. Dot ees all righd-
It'd not know it vas you. You pees
very Welcome to dot shicken. Goot efen-
ing'-W H. Anderson, Lieutenant, Co.
II, S0th Ohio, Highlands n. c.
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ticle. making sure then that Sherman
could not contradict anything he might
say. If Comrade Averill will search
the files of the Toledo Blade from 81
to 40 years ago. he will find in some
one issue of the paper substantially the
same article. written at that time. by
Comrade Phillips.
Alex w. Arrasmith. 64th Ill. Joliet.
ILL.,, wants to know where the Seven
teenth Corps was at the crossing of the
Congaree River. His brigade. the First
of the First Division of the Seventeenth
Corps crossed the river in the after
noon. and marched thru Columbia. out
thru the northeast. where they went
into camp near large vineyard
There were several hundred gallons II
fine wine there in store. He knows that
the 27th and 39th Ohio. 18th Mo. and
64th Ill. got a good supply. When they
entered the city they found lot OF
cotton burning; Wade Hampton had set
it on fire when he retreated II was
near the depot. and soon communicated
the flames 70 the houses and barns BY
the time il was dark the city was doom-
ed. The boys did. in spite of the off,
GERS. set fire to many places because
they said il was where the traitors bred
the rebellion, so they would cleanse the
city by fire. He was sorry for the wo-
men ana Cnl!dren, the innocent hdd
to suffer with the guilty. The next
morning his brigade was ordered down
to the railroad. and completed the de-
struction of the round house and ma
chine shop. They broke up lot of new
car trucks with sledge hammers. All
the old roosters OF the Seventeenth
Corps should wake up and tell the Fiji
teenth Corps that they were there. Com
rade Arrasmith wants to hear from all
of them He oniy remembers that there
he got enough tobacco to last until the
war closed.
The National tribune., 1907-10-03
~, Soldiers Yarns.

Editor National Tribune: In your is
sue of May Rev. T. A. Stevens pays
a fiattering tlibute to what he regards
as the recent Improvement in The Ma
tional Tribune. Among the good fea-
lures he notices is the absence OF ''old
soldiers yarns" l was just on the
point of writing to GeplOIc the scarcity
of our old ades' war stOlis:s in
these latter days when / happened upon
Comrade Stevens's aruoie. Euring all
these 20 years that / nase ben taking
The National Tribune The first thing
that | scan lis pages fo.' is the 'old
soldiers yarns" and SO l believe it 20
be the case with Il large majority or
your great army of readers And l BE-
leVe also that a retu.n to the Old days
of the Camp otire," the Fighting Them
Over and the Picket Shots in which
we used to find those rich. rare and
racy old soldiers yarns" that so en-
1ivened the pages Of The National Trib-
une in the days of yore, would meet with
a warm reception. Eut | Will admit
that The National Tribune, even with
the old soldier feature eliminated, would
still stand at he h22d IS Il reliable
newspaper and also as first-ciass fam
lily paper Whatever my old comrades
may have so communicate thru its COL
umns | read with intense interest, eSpe-
cially the 'old soldier yarns"
In the following yarn which / am
about to relate l "fess up to stealing
a chicken Marvel not, Conrade Stew
ems. when / tell you that it was the
only chicken that | stole during my
four years service. / reckon the SOL
der who in war times would have stood
still and allowed Il chicken to come AT
him and bite him w0lld have been re-
garded as a rare curiosity. Eut fer my
story:
One day, in the Summer of 1864,
while we Were in camp 4 little way back
from the depot at Kingston. Ca, ! called
upon my good friends, a detachment of
Ifutchmen. who occupied neat little
shalty near the rai.rCad. From the
appearance of their quarters and sur
roundings they hal bsen there long
enough to have things fixed up in Il
very attractive styles for instance, the
CIT lying on the rug, the dog doing at
the threshold and the foek Of chickens
picking up crumbs il the door:ard gave
the place a very homeliise appearance.
] will explain here that while ! was not
entitled to wear the insignia Of that
rank, yet among my comrades / was
dubbed Major" OF cou Sc, / noticed
the chickens, and m2rveIed that they
had thus far escaped the clutches Of
certain nearby predatory parties that
] wot of, renlarking 10 M friends that
those chickens must roost mighty high.
"Oh, no; not SO fiery high they in
formed me, showing me an oak bush
near the door; "dere cas we're tay
roosts.' / then told them that we ex-
pected TO receive marching orders in 4
few days. but before We leave" 1 said
jocosely, Il promise you that / viii
eteaI one of those chickens" And then
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when the enemy had, in discourage
ment given up the breastworks, that
his mood changed utterly. As we rode
over the battlefield to view the terrible
results wrought by his own shot and
shell, his face wore an expression of
pity and anguish. The SIGHT after Get
tysburg and Antietdm had rot been
more grewsome. With the dead bodies
lying all about, distorted and ghastly,
his whole attitude changed from what
it had been with the men shouti is
and the flags flying and the struggle
for supremacy filling his veins. Win
an almost guilty air he turned away
from the carnage sooner than the rest
of the staff was willing. Evidently he
was seconding the expression as made
by fellow officer that war is hell. -
Oney +. Sweet, Courier for Chief Ar
tillery, Second Corps, from the Wilder
ness to Appomattox, Hampton, Iowa.
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BURNING OF COLUMBIA.
Two Comrades Who Were There Tske
Differing Views.

w. H. Bleything, Co. f, 30th Iowa.
7O1 Farmer St, Vicksburg. Miss. in re-
sponse to Comrade Averll's request to
the boys to speak up and tell what they
know of the burning os Columbia. says
that he was on detached service at that
time, his brigade, Stones, having moved
north on the west side of the river Op-
posite Columbia. throwing few shells
from the battery over into the city.
Comrade Bleything went ahead of the
trains to the river, where he learned
that his regiment was on the other
side. rope was stretched across the
river, and reinforcements were being
hurried over by loading pontoon boats,
the men pulling themselves across by
means of the rope. As he had no gun,
The National tribune., 1907-10-03
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pany marched to Resaca, I was left
behind on account of a lame foot. to
come up on the cars with the stuff :"
QuaI Reub Bobb also
remained lack to take charge of Quar-
termaster stores. The train oa which
we were to take passage was not ready
20 pull out till about dark on the even
ing we left. After seeing our goods
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A Year without a summer.

The unusually chilly spring of this year re-
calls other unreasonable seasons" ofthe past.
The year of 1916, the so-called 'year without
a summer" seems to have made the record in
this direction. In that year there was freezing
weather every month, and nothing but the
most hardy crops could be matured. The win
ter of that year was not remarkable, and the
month of April began with rather warm
weather, but grew colder as the month advan-
ced, and ended with much snow and ice all
over New England and the Middle States.
May was repetition of April, with ice half an
inch thick and corn entirely frozen. June af-
forded no relief. but had several visitations of
ice and snow, with almost every green thing
killed. There was nearly foot of snow in
Vermont, and quite snowfall also as far south
as Massachusetts. Even July had times of
frost and ice and still water froze over on sew
eral occasions. Corn which had been replant-
ed and secured new start was killed back
again, except in very sheltered and particularly
favorable localities.
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The Old Religious Fervor.
n1sa Ct,So T.a,...,..I

A prominent Methodist minister who has
been attending the Presbyterian Assembly
faithfully remarked the other day that the
Presbyterian Church was about what the Meth
odst Church was % years ago and the latter is
about where the former was then. He meant
this, that the Presbyterian Church had taken
on good deal of the old-time Methodist en-
thusiasm while the Methodist Church had
been marking time little, and taken up the
Presbyterian gait of the former time. There
was in this little expression of opinion min
gled note of gladness and regret. He was
pleased that The Presbyterians bad abandoned
their measured step and a little sorrOwful that
the Methodists had taken it up.
1t is hardly probable, however, that this
interesting transformation is more than APP
parent. Or, rather, the fact is that both have
felt the stamp of the age, as all denominations
will and must, for as science, invention, edu-
cation advance, so also do temperaments and
habits change, and even the statements of doc
trine. The stirring revival of century or
more ago does not often take place now and
especially in our rich churches, but one could
not doubt there is as much real, sincere reli-
gion in these as in those former days, when
religious fervor was more easily aroused.
There is q new disposition, but the faith is
about the same. And yet, when one thinks
about it, he IS apt TO believe that in those early
days the very winds of heaven were blowing
through the Methodist churches and today II
the Presbyteria are catching the breeze they
are mighty lucky.