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The National tribune., 1907-01-10
COMPLIMENTS.

Editor National Tribune: Inclosad
find check for 81 for a renewal of my
subscription to The National Tribune.
I intended to do this long ago, but was
very busy before the Encampment for
some time, and have but just returned
from that notable gathering I was
glad to notice at Minneapolis the evil
dence of the value of the suggestions
and criticisms offered in The National
Tribune for some weeks in succession
before the meeting. The Commercial
Club had made good, and the Twin
Cities We're in good shape generally and
treated the old comrades well. And
the place was ideal with its clear lakes,
its lovely falls and ripping. crystal
streams: its pure, dry air and cooling
breezes; its most excellent system of
electric railways and the service on the
same, and the generous hospitality of
its host of native and adopted citizens.
I have heard nothing but words Of
praise from the many comrades met
since the close of the Encampment.
Trusting that the good work of The
National Tribune for the comrades left
will go on indefinitely and be repaid IN
cash as well as kindly words. 1 am
Henry A. Field, Grinnell, Iowa.
Editor National Tribune: Being
reader and subscriber to numerous
L must say lnere Is none
on my list that receives so hearty
welcome as does The National Tribune.
All others are laid aside until Picket
Shots, the papers by Gen Hood and
Comrade McElroy's article on the great
Central Campaign are read. every word.
don't want to miss a single number
of our grand old paper. We are get
ting too old and time is too short and
too many of the old boys in blue are
Col in, linz on 10 n m q
a single copy.-Royce Kelley, Hartford,
Mich.
Editor National Tribune: Inclosed
find 81 for renewal of my subscription,
and accept my hearty thanks for all
you are doing for the old soldiers. III
Capt. Sam. Hovey, who went out from
Cambridge, Mass, in Co. K, 31st Mass,
Is still alive, I should be glad to hear
from him thru The National Tribune
or by letter.-Geo. Young, 6 Rockwell
St, Cambridge, Mass.
Editor National Tribune: have been
a reader of your paper for many years.
do not see any account of my old
regiment What has become of all the
boys? 1 enlisted in 1864 at the age OIL
16 years. I went straight to Hatcher's
Run, aud there joined the 7th Va. and
served until the close of the war. Now.
comrades of Co. c, wake up, and let
us hear from you thru The National
Tribune.-W. B. Fox, Co. c, 7th Va, r.
F. D. /, Mount Morris, Pa
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
A New Metal.

Alien Is the name given to a new
metal, which is composed of two parts
of aluminium and one part of zinc,
writes Consul-Genera1 Guenther from
Frankfort. 1t is said to equal cast iron
in strength, but is much more elastic.
Alien is superior because it does not
rust as easily as does iron and it takes
a high polish. Besides being very strong
this new metal is capable of filling out
the most delicate lines and figures OF
forms in casting.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
A Quick Setting Cement.

One of the best cements that can be
found for fastening tools into handles,
or uniting small parts of metal or other
material, is common orange sheilac dis
solved in sufficient alcohol to form a
paste To use place the required
amount in a small tin (the top Of n
baking powder can will do) and set
fire to it. AS soon as the flame dies
down use Immediately before it has 3
chance to get cold.
When fastening tools into wooden
handles it is well to heat the tang over
the flame previous to fastening in the
handle. This cement is strong and
waterproof
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
CURED
Hemorrhage Of the
Bladder
After He Was Pronounced
Incurable.
Can Do as Much Work as He
Did Twenty Years Ago.

Bowling Green, KY, May 3, 1906.
DR.. d. A. Williams.
Dear Sir: After taking only four boxes
of your treatment l feel that / am fully
restored to health. My trouble was hem
orrhage of the Bladder, which was pro-
nounced incurable in consequence of my
advanced age, but thanks be to my Max
er | can truly say that l feel that / am a
well man again, and able to do almost
as much work as / could forty years ago.
l shall recommend your medicine to all
whom I find suffering as / have been.
Thanking you for kindness and free
advice conferred upon me and hoping
in your profession L remain, truly,
JAMES III. BIBB.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
"WfthOut Honor"


CHelen Louise HaIerton, in New YorN
They've followed the Flag in its travels
And it's carried them far and wide;
And to Keep it in place
Where it gained in the race
Their fellows have suffered and died.
But discharge them all without honor
Because some Of them know and
won't tell
Tho they've followed its Stars to glory
And would follow its Stripes to hell
For some of them know of the others
And the evil of that black night;
Perhaps some of them know
What made some of them go
Soul made in the thick of the fight.
So discharge them all without honor
Because some of them know and
won't tell
Tho they've followed the Flag to glorY
And would follow the Flag to hell.
They've turned in their kits and theiR
rifles,
And they've signed their names ta
the rolls;
Then what matters their years,
Or what matters their tears,
When honor has gone from theiE
souls?
So discharge them all without honor
Because some of them know and
won't tell
What matters that some have won glory
When others are doomed to thei1
hell,
But here is a Medal of Honor
Pinned over an old black breast.
m Mos f, fr,In
That this old hero, too.
Must vanish along with the rest?
Aye. discharge him, too, without honor
Because some Of them know and
won't tell
Tho he followed the Flag to glory,
He won't send a comrade to hell.
They've slept and they've fought with
the white man,
They've saved him sometimes from
himself;
They've kept men who are great
And are high in the State
From being put back on the shelf.
But discharge them all without honor
Because some Of them know and
won't tell
What matters it now in our glory,
The weaklings we send to their hell1
Their past is the past Of our hist'ry,
Their future lies with their God.
But the deeds they have done
And the glory they've won
Are theirs only under the sod.
So discharge them all without honor
Because some Of them know and
won't tell
Tho they've followed the Stars to their
glory,
Well send them in stripes to their hells
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Plant Memory.

Plant memory is a problem for the
inquisitive botanist. In 1901 a plant
allied to the squash and pumpkin was
brought to New York from the desert
of Sonora. in Mexico, and since then
it has been kept-without watering-in
a strange climate 5000 miles from
home. During the six weeks of rain in
the desert the plant grows its leaves
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

The Kansas Agricultural College
gives the hope that the electric light
will soon become cheaper and better
illumination for farm houses than any
other method. The college found that
a txo-horsepower gasoline engine out
fit would furnish 1s 16-candlepower
lights at a cost of only five cents an
hour AS all the lamps in a house are
never required at any one time, a por-
ton of this power might be profitably
used to help do the housework, such as
run the sewing machine and churn.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Diver Reads Under Water.

To test the qualities of a submarine
electric light diver at Aberdeen, Scot
land, descended 20 feet in muddy water,
taking newspaper and the light down
with him. While seated on an anchor
at the bottom of the harbor he read
aloud for 10 minutes to the men above,
the words being conveyed thru the tele-
phone in his helmet. The paper was
held 1S inches from the lamp,
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Telephone over the Missouri.

Owing to the constantly changing
bottom Of the Missouri River a cable
is not considered practical and the tele-
phone wires connecting Council Bluffs
and Omaha are suspended from a steel
tower on each bank, 1l0 feet high.
These towers are built of galvanized
iron. and each will sustain strain of
20 tons. The guy ropes are carried
back 700 feet and anchored to heavy
concrete blocks
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

fingers never conflict. Not only do these
prints differ in men, but the lines on
each of your 10 fingers are different
from each of the other nine fingers.
The discovery of these facts Is now
employed in system of Identification
which Is absolute and permits of an
enormous number of combinations. The
finger-print identification is an out
growth Of the Bertillon system, but has
many advantages. A change in whis-
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

ton Of ones temper on account of
bruised fingers by magnetic tack ham
mer which carries a reservoir of tacks
and magnet so arranged as to bring
one tack after another into position for
driving. 1t is to be hoped that the de-
vice will be all that its sanguinary in
ventor hopes, for the tack hammer has
probably brought as much domestic dis
cord into American families as any
thing but the use of tobacco or the
non-use of the front door scraper.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

brought from the battlefields into field
hospitals. or who die. there. can in this
way give a record which will lead to
their identification, and a copy of the
finger print buried in a vial with the
body will be a permanent identifica-
ton of It,"
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

apparently Mary ]. Hosac. Chicago, Ill.
has certain information on this poin
and anticipates it by hoop skirt which
she has patented and which will have
fewer of the disadvantages and more
of the advantages than the kind oul
mothers used to wear. The diagram
will give more information to those who
are wise on hoop skirts than can be ex.
pressed in the description.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

and flowers and perfects its seed. Then
it dries up, and leaves only water
filled gourd, which a thick, hard shell
seals against animals and evaporation.
The transplanted specimen still re-
members the rainy season of six weeks.
1t wakes, sends out rootlets, stems and
leaves. and then dries up again until
the following year.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

seeing them pulled out by slight
shower of rain will be interested in a
very complicated tent stake which
Nathan S. Dunnington, Leavenworth,
Kan. has patented. 1t consists of an
auger to enter the ground, which is
operated by handle. The stake, which
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Work of the Patent Office.

For the week ended Jan. /, 1907,
the Patent Office issued 662 patents,
eight designs. 2S7 trademarks. six
labels. five prints; making a total of
96S. OF these 604 patents and 273
trademarks went to citizens of the
United States and Sc patents and 25
trademarks to citizens of foreign coun-
tries
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
GREAT JUNK.
A New Industry to Spring Out Of San
FrancfscO's Ruins.

FrancfscO's Ruins.
Sixty million pounds of iron and steel
taken from the ruins of San Francisco
are to be melted into ingots during the
next two years. and the recovery OF
this Junk" will mark the creation OF
a new industry. A great plant with
enormous furnaces is being constructed
on the Pacific Coast and a years sup
ply-50.000 tons-of the wrecked grid
ers and beams is being laid in. About
1000 men will be employed.
One of the difficult problems of San
Francisco's reconstruction has been
how to get rid of the twisted steel and
iron skeletons that remained. The new
industry solves the problem and opens
up other possibilities for utilizing waste
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
THE ROTARY SNOW PLoW.
Snow Drifts No Longer the Terror They
Formerly Were.

The Western and Northern railroads
now view the approach of Winter with
more calmness than formerly. In the
old times snow drifts We're a serious
detriment to them, causing delays.
enormons expense, and, fr&Hy, great
labor and wreck of material in attempt
ing to remove them. The old-fashioned
way was to attempt to butt thru them
by one, two and sometimes more loco
motives working together The diff
Guilty about this was that the snow
packed the more solidly in front Of the
engines as greater force was employed
in ramming it. and it was likely az any
time that a drift would become so solid
by the impact of the locomotives as to
defy any amount of force taat could be
used and until the sunshine came be
absolutely as solid as rocks. y great
many engines were disabled in these
efforts and not few lives of engineers
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

A number of constructing engineers
are decidedly of the opinion that acety-
lene furnishes the best light for night
workers. They say that acetylene is
the most like sunlight of any artificial
light, and they find that the men do
more and better work with more cheer
fulness than by any other artificial IL
Illumination.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
PULVER1ZED COAL FOR LOCOMO.
TIVE.S.

Burns Otherwise Worthless E'uei-No
Manual Labor for the Fireman.
Railroad managers are now looking
to pulverized fuel as promising a great
saving in coal bills. Experiments have
been made under severe conditions in
both passenger and freight service. The
system permits the use of low-grade
coal, but also of sizes not now market
able. The two things necessary to sue
cessful operation of the new system are
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

and-eye seemed 20 have been exhausted
in the numberiess patents that had
been issued for that device. 1t seems
that We We're in error and there are
stii. new ways Of forming this neces-
sary article of feminine attire, and
Benjamin F. Gable, st. Louis, Mo-, has
received a patent for one which he
claims to have many advantages over
ali others. The special features that
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Weed ExterminatOr.

Edward F. Cameron, Helena, Mont.
| wants to save muscles and energy in
the back-breaking process of wedding
| by a device which can be operated
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine TabletA
Druggists refund money IL IL fails TO cura
Z. W. GROVES signature Is on each box. &c.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
HOOk-and-Eye.

Years ago The National Tribune said
that all the possibilities of bending a
piece of wire to form the useful hook
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

There We're two non-refiilable bottles
patented last week, three churns and
one rotary engine.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case of itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding
Piles In to Il days money refunded. Soc
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
SCIENCE AND INVENTION.
Work of the Worlds Busy Brains Discovering, nvenng and
Creating.

he claims for his are the triangular
shaped loop at the outer end and a
shank with a double strand of wire.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Tent Stake.

Veterans who used to pound theii
tent stakes with chunk of wood ol
anything else that came handy ant
afterward had the doleful experience OF
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

and other train employees lost. The
rotary plow which is now in use has a
'-fan" on the screw propeller principle,
cuts into the snow bank, whirls 1t out
of the way and restores the line without
any trouble and with the expenditure
of comparatively little power. In pre-
pairing for this Winter the Pacific rail-
roads have built some very large ma
chimes of this kind, an illustration of
which is herewith given. They will
make exceedingly short work of the
most formidable snow drifts that can
fall upon the line.
From England comes stories of the
value of sea water as a cure for corns
and warts. Both are common troubles
enough, and both are often highly diff
cult of cure. One experience detailed
is that if the affected feet be immersed
In sea water twice or thrice daily for,
say, 10 minutes at a time, the cure of
corns may often be effected. In cases
where sea water cannot be obtained it
Is added that a solution of ordinary
salt and water may prove equally bene-
fetal. There is no mystery about the
composition of sea water, and very
close imitation of it can be artfficially
compounded by any druggist. The cure
has at least the merit of simplicity, and
may well, on that account alone, merit
trial.
1 do not suppose there is any trifiing
disorder which figures so largely in the
folk lore of medicine as does the wart.
Every old woman has her "wart cure" :"
and this ranges from an Incarnation to
rubbing the wart with a gold ring. One
old lady practitioner assured me that
her never-failing remedy was to daub
the wart with castor oil. Fresh onion
Juice "a capital soother for bee and wasp
stings) is also favorite remedy in
some country districts AS for the
charming" of warts, I have been told
dozens of times that the old woman's
Incarnation or the rubbing with the ring
has proved successful That may be,
but If this hocus-pocus has any real
value at all as a wart-cure, We may
attribute the result to the influence of
mind on body. l can perfectly under
stand that as the body is affected by
the mind in many other directions, so
it may be affected If the faith of the
patient in the Incarnation is sufficiently
strong.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
SOLDIERS IDENTIFIED BY FINGER.
PRINTS,
From Birth to Death the Same Pattern
and in No Two Individuals Alike.

The finger prints of every individual
are distinctively and exclusively his
very own. In eyes. nose. hair, even the
entire face, he may so closely resemble
some other man as scarcely to be dis
tinguished from him. In fact, the state
ment is made that somewhere in the
world there is always double for
every one. But the patterns made by
the little lines in the puIpy ends of the
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

is of iron, has a spring upon II and a
pulley thru which the tent rope passes
The spring is supposed to equaliZe the
pressure when the tent rope is wet and
thus prevent pulling up. The stake
is held in the ground by the auger-like
fange.
Hoop Skirt.
The hoop skirt was one of the most
dangerous as well as immodest articles
of attire ever adopted by wo-
man, but like many other bad
things 1t still had much to
recommend it. There have long been
hints that the hoop skirt was again 10
return to the feminine wardrobe, and
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Indigestion

Stomach trouble Is not really a sickness. buts
symptom. It is o symptom that a certain set of
nerves is afling. Not the voluntary nerves that
enable you to walk and talk and act-but the
AUTOMATIC STOMACH NERVES over which your
mind has no control
1 have not room here to explain how these
tender. tiny nerves control and opera5e the stOm
ach. how worry breaks them down and causes
indigestion. Tow misuse wears them out anC
causes dyspepsia. How neglect may bring on
kidney. heart, and other troubles through SYM
p.thy. have not room to explain how these
Deryes may be reached and strengthened and
VitaliZed and made stronger by remedy spent
years in perfecting-uow known by physicians
and Druggists everywhere as Dr. Shoops Restor-
alive, Tablets or Liquid.) / have not room to
explain how this remedy. by removing the cause
usually puts a certain end to indigestion belch-
Ing. heartburn. insomnia, nervousness dyspepia
All OF these things are fully explained In the book
Will send you free when you write. Do not fail
TO send for the book. 1t tells how the solar
plexus governs digestion and hundred other
things every one ought to know-for all of us. at
some time or other have indigestion. With the
book will send free my Health Token''-ap
intended passport TO good health.
For the free book Book on Dyspepsia
and the Health Book g on the Heart
Token you must ad. Book Bon the Kidneys.
dress Dr. Shoop. Box Book for Women.
1881 Racine, Wis. state Book for Men.
which book you want Book6 on Rheumatism
DR.. Shops Restorative Tablets-give full
three weeks treatment Each form-liquid OF
tabiet-has equal merit Druggists everywhere.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
NATIONAL LEAGUE GOSSIP.

Hans Wagner leads the league in dou-
bles with 81; triples, "A; stolen bases, Al;
hits, 1853; total bases, 230. and extra bases,
n. He IS also third in the leagues in runs
scored with 50.
Here are the records of Abby and Ritch-
ey, each has played the same number of
games. 113: Runs. Abby 90, Ritchey 49,:
hits, Abby 96, Ritchey 81; doubles, Abby
home runs. Abby /, Ritchey O; stolen bases,
Abby %, Ritchey 9; sacrifice hits, Abby %,
Ritchey 10. The above record answers
many fans who want to know why Pitts
burg traded Ritchey for Abby.
Gibson, the Pittsburg catcher, has made
three home runs
Eddie Phelps, with Pittsburg, has not
made hit. longer than a single in AZ
Nealon. the Pittsburgers' big first base
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16

man. has made two more triples than he
has doubles this season. the count IS 30.
Deylin and Sheckard are tied Tor sac
rifice hits with %. Leach is second with
a.
Lefty Leifield made a triple in two sue
cessive days he pitched-August and 4;
he has not made a hit since in six games.
Like last season, Philadelphia !eads X, N
doubles. They had 5ss up to THIS time 10i
Maloney has scored the same number OF
times this year that he did the same date
last season and has IS. MADE dad one n ti,n more
Lumley, the Superbas' slugger, is not
hitting near as hard this year as he did
rs. he had made home runs and 13
triples, while he lost but home runs ana
9 triples in more games.
Jordan who led the league in home runs
last season. had up to this week year
ago 10 against now.
Tenn, who runor has it win be replaced
by Kelley next year as manager OF BoS-
ton, has made but IA doubles and triples
in lie games, but he has made 121 hits.
Beaumont, while a member of the Pr
has p this year, while he has 141 hits now
against rs last year and 50 runs against
the Pirates he would be playing there to-
day. But such is baseball.
Rftchey is hitting as well this year as he
did last He has "a hits now in 113 games.
Last year he had 50 in 11S games.
Funny things happen in baseball: Here
is Dave Brain of Boston leading the
league IN nome runs Win o. lie mas maze
six of them since August 16. UP to that
time he had played in "a games and could
get but two home runs.
Including the games of last Sunday
there had been 119 shutouts in the Ma
tional.
Wagner and Brain have each made three
hits ten times this season.
Philippe has not been able to get a hit
longer than a single this season of the IA
he has made.
Camnitz has sent the pigskin into safe
territory but twice in % games.
Shorty Slagle made his Tooth hit the first
of the month. He has scored Just half as
many runs as he has made hits.
In the 1O2 hits Sheckard has he has but
one triple and one home run
Schultz went from April is to August q
between making a home run or 81 games
Up till the time he struck the Pirates
twirlers, Schultz of the Cubs had hit safe
ly in IA straight games.
For hard hitter like Chance it looks
strange to see him with but one triple and
one home run. He made his home run
May 16 and his three-bagger July Is.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-16
Western Association Standing.
NUGGETS 4, SCRANTON 8.
topeka Ball Team Wins Easily From
the Usage County Lads.

The Midgets won a one-sided game
rom the Scranton team yesterday. The
playing OF both teams was decidedly
loose but the Midgets put up a much
peter game than the Usage county
lads Sears for the Midgets was in
vlncible and but one hit was made off
MIN which was a Texas Lacquer drop
pea back of first base in the ninth in
ming. A little faster fielding would have
made no hit game. The features of
the game were home runs by Prather
and Sennie of the Midgets and a catch
of foul ball by Sears back of the
nome plate after Catcher Snyder had
mls0udged 1t. Next Sunday at the To-
cal park the Midgets will play the Ea-
giles for the amateur championship of
the city. The two teams have played
against each other twice, each team
winning one game. Next Sunday the
rubber will be played.
The score: RHEt
Mtdgets - 0 l o - 7
Scranton ........1 0 0 0 Oils 1 Z
Batteries-Sears and Snyder; Sherrin
and Griffis. Umpire-Ritchie.