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Another Venerable Veteran.

Editor National Tribune: I notice in
The National Tribune of July Is that
Comrade Bell, of Marinette. Wis. claims
for his Post the honor of having the
oldest veteran for member, but Bart
lett Logan Post, 6, Department of Cali
fornia and Nevada, can go him one
better. Rev. w. \. Irwin has for many
years been Chaplain of our Post, and is
now Department Chaplain of the De-
partment of California and Nevada. He
is hale and hearty, constant in his at
tendance at Post meetings. and was SO
years old on the 4th of March, 1907
Was a member of Co. I, 18th n. Y. Cav.
p. P. Livermore, Los Angeles. Cal.
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Mother Of Veterans.

]. L. Eby. NJ. D., Santa Cruz, Cal,
says that his mother has just died at
Healdsburg, Cal, in her 9sth year. She
retained her mental faculties to the
last, and on each birthday received
many reporters, whom she entertained
by telling of what happened 80 years
ago. She had three sons in the army,
one being Assistant Surgeon of the 7th
Ill. and later in the 77th ILL.,, where
Comrade Eby also served.
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levies, as well as other less formal

levies, as well as other less formal
functions.
And SO 1t happened that the bridal
present of President and Mrs. Roose-
welt was an exquisitely done painting in
oils of the south portico of the White
House. where one looks out on the
wonderful fountain and the century,
old trees, with the historic Potomac
glinting in between as it flows placidly
down to the sea. In the middle dis
tance is the monument, and it was
standing on this portico, with a sum-
mer moon playing mad pranks with
zephyr-tossed leaves, that Lieut.. Grant
told the old story that is always new
and won the heart of his wife.
The National tribune., 1907-12-05

Lieut. John w. Crawford, Naval Sec
retary to Admiral Dewey, has disap-
peared, and the suggestion is that of
suicide. tho there can be found no rea-
son for such an act. Lieut.. Crawford
was a very bright and very valuable
man in the Navy. He is supposed to
have drowned himself. but no trace Of
his body has yet been found
The National tribune., 1907-12-05

A special effort will be made at the
session of Congress to procure
an appropriation for a new building for
the State Department. The present
quarters occupied by the Depa partment in
the State. War and Navy Building are
so congested as to seriously interfere
The National tribune., 1907-12-05

The hole in Civil Service is soon to be
attacked by Congress, 1t Is stated on
pretty good authority. The policy here
after will be to shear of ali power the
Chiefs of Divisions iii the Government
Departments who up to the present time
have had the right of promotion and
demotion for merit" and merit get
ting lost most of the time There are
many Instances of fragrant abuse of this
power. Circumstantial stories have
come to members OF Congress with
great frequency that there have been
tn the Executive Departments large
numbers of cases of unfair promotion
owing to the partialfty of chiefs, and
many demotions because of the preju-
dices of chiefs against people under
their employ. II is matter of record
that many times the President of the
United States has been turned down
when he has desired the promotion of
good men by the chief of division re-
porting that the man is not fitted for
promotion, when as a matter OF fact he
has been eminently fitted for it. 1t
has been known to clerks and their
friends for years that q chief of a divi-
sion had things exactly his own way
% far as promotion or demotion are
concerned, and it is said that some of
the most unjust things have been done
In recent years by chiefs who. taking a
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The difficulty of securing recruits for
the Army, the prevalence of desertion,
with the reasons therefor, and sugges-
ton that the European system of COM
pulsory military service may become
necessary to maintain the American
Army at its maximum strength, are fea-
lures of the annual report of AdJ't-tien
Ainsworth to the Secretary of War.
Says the Adjutant-General:
Notwithstanding the most strenuous
efforts on the part of the War Depart =
r1ent and the recruiting officers and
their parties In all parts of the coun.-y,
it has been found impossible wholly to
make good thc losses occurring in the
present strength of the Army, to say
nothing of increasing that strength to
| the limit authorized The Government.
| in its efforts to procure men for the
Army, is now competing everywhere
with private employers, who are able to
offer much greater inducements than
the Government If Present con iitions
continue, there will be nothing for the
Government to /, hut to meet this
competition by materially increasing the
soldiers pay. or to eyade competition
altogether by conscrip Ion"
The National tribune., 1907-12-05

Mrs. Louisa Taft, mother of the Sec
retary of War, is seriously ill at her
home, in Milbury, Conn. She
is suffering from a return of the illness
which endangered her life last Summer.
Her recovery from the present attack is
said to be doubtful.
The National tribune., 1907-12-05

Government official has really re-
signed good office. Mr.. Ernest G..
Timme, Auditor for the Post Office De-
partment, has resigned, much to the re-
gret of the President Mr.. Timme says
that his wife is not at all well, ana
cannot endure this climate, ana that he
thinks his place is with her at their
home in Kenosha, Wis, so he rendered
his resignation. 1t has not yet been
accepted.
The National tribune., 1907-12-05

President Amador, Of Panama, and
several American officers, accompanied
by the members of the party which ac-
companies the President of Panama,
went down to Mount Vernon on the
Presidents private yacht Mayflower on
Saturday. The President of Panama
spent the greater part of the day down
there among the Virginia hills and ex-
pressed himself as delighted with the
trip. At the tomb of Washington he
stood with uncovered head, and rever-
emily placed a great bouquet of roses
and lilies upon the sarcophagus.
The National tribune., 1907-12-05

By n recent revision of the naval
regulations, the Admirars white flag
has been abolished as naval flag.
Hereafter there will be but two flags
for flag officers, a blue flag for the
senior Rear-Admiral in command and
red flag for all junior RearAdmirals
In a fleet. That arrangement will pre-
vail during the coming cruise of the
Atlantic fleet to the Pacific Coast. Rear
Admiral Evans, as the COMMANDMENT
Chief, will fly blue flag, and the other
Rear-Admirals commanding squadrons
and divisions of the fleet will fly red
flags from their fagships. Similarly
Rear-Admiral Dayton. the Commander
in-Chief of the Pacific fleet, will dis
play blue flag and the other AdmiraIs
in that fleet will fly red flags In case
the two fleets are combined under one
command, Rear-Admiral Evans, as the
senior officer, will have command and
fly the blue flag.
The National tribune., 1907-12-05

President Roosevelt never fails to
honor writer's when he can, writer's of
books, of songs or just plain newspaper
folk. He admires them all. His latest
literary guest was Will N Harben.
whose novels on Southern life have
pleased so many. 1t is stated that the
picturesque village of Roswell, Ga, the
birthplace Of the Presidents mother, is
the geographical center of the last nov
el written by Mr.. Harben, and that he
has described Bullock mansion, the
Colonial home of the Presidents moth
er, very faithfully.
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During the last fiscal year there were
1922 desertions-5.6 per cent of the
Army, as against "A per cent during
the preceding year.
Reasons assigned by the Adjutant-
General for desertion and deficiency in
Army recruits are: Low rate of pay,
dissatisfaction with hard practice
marches, drills and fatigue duties; fire.
quent changes of company officers, and
the lack of capable noncOmmissioned
officers.
The actual strength of the entire
Military Establishment on Oct. Is was
5S,99S men, including $3.50 officers, but
not including 3,400 men of the Hospital
Corps, SO that the establishment was
1851 men short of its authorized
strength. The deficiency on the corre-
spending date of the preceding year
was 1850 men.
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An interesting bit of news in connec-
ton with the return to this post of Mr..
WI Ting-fang as Minister from China,
recently received by friends of the Min
lister in this city, is that his son, the
famous Chao Chou of a few years ago,
will return with him TO Washington, and
will be accompanied by his bride. She
is a distant cousin of Chao Chou, very
pretty and an heiress.
With Minister and Nine. Wu's predf-
lection for Washington society, and
Chao Chou's advanced ideas, no doubt.
the little bride from the Orient viii take
her part in the social life OF the Lega-
ton, just as Nine. Wu always did.
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fstrangely Different. But she could not
put her heart into the service.
There car never more be a day
of thanksgiving for me-" she thought
~drearily, as she sat in her widows
weeds in the square wooden pew.
The long. long prayer was finished
Patience liked the prayer, for In it she
could hide her face. II was never too
long for her. although n modern
church-goer would be aghast at having
10 listen TO ever a sermon of such
a length. The psalms of rejoicing had
been sung. These had been harder
to bear. The preacher had settled into
his discourse. He had turned his hour.
glass, and was already at thirdly"
God in his providence has ex.
ceedingly blessed us in delivering
us from danger--he was saying. Pa.
enc .~shuddered. What good was 1t
to her to be delivered since John had
persisted under the Indian tomahawk!
A ngure appeared in the doorway.
Such q figure! Gaunt, tattered, wild.
eyed, unkempt. barefooted, bleeding
q mere skeleton covered with ragged
shreds of garments. 1t stood in the
doorway Quivcring and motioning
strangely.
"Pat!encei Patience." It cried.
lis some crazy exhorter such as
used to come and harrangue the con-
gregatiops in my grandfather's time"
SAID Judge Fletcher, whose ancestor
a been q judge in the days of the
persecution of Anabaptists and
Quakers. The tithing man stalked
down the aisle to put out the intruder.
Some OF the men half rose, but sat
down again when they saw that the
matter was being attended to. 1t was
a dfeadfu thing in those days to dis.
turb a meeting. But John Halcomb's
widow, unmindfnl OF disturbance. start.
ed up at the cry and fairly ran down
the aisle.
1T is John! 1t is john she
cried.
Never had q religious service in
bethlehem Hill been broken up like
this one. The minister stopped in
the very middle of his most important
sentence. The dreaded tithing-man
himself. who bore upon his soul the
awful responsibility of every man and
woman, boy and girl in the meeting.
house, forgot it all and cried out like
a frightened boy: "It is a ghost."
But 1t was not a ghost. 1t was
John Halcomb himself, safe.
The story Of the Indian attack on
the village of Wyoming In 1778 is a
story of marvellous escapes as well as
OF torture and massacre. No adven.
ture in it seems more marvellous than
that of John Halcomb which is one OF
the well attested stories of his
tory.
With Is other captives, John Hal.
comb had been ranged around a large
flat stone while q woman fury called
queen Esther" who seemed at the
head of this ceremony Of sacrifice of
prisoners. crushed the heads of one
after the other with a great stone
death maui. Two of the captives sud.
denly leaped to their feet and dashed
into the forest. The Indians pursued
them but did not shoot, probably be-
cause their plan was to bring them
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-15
EQUITABLE
Cost Of Production Should Always Be
a Factor in the Matter of Prices.

Profits should bear an equitable re-
lation to cost of production. The farm
er who has money invested in lands,
agricultural implements. stocks. and
other things necessary to carry on his
business, when selling his products
must take into consideration the inter.
est on his money invested, the wear
and tear of farm equipment, the a
OF hired help and a salary for his
service. When he sells his products
for less than pays the expenses nee.
essary to carry on his work and cult
Vate his crops, care for his stock, ETC.,
ne Is the loser The same principles
apply to the person engaged in any
other line of business. There is inter-
est on capital employed, wages, taxes,
license and cost of articles which com.
prise the stock necessary for opera.
ton. Goods must be sold at a certain
percentage of profit or there will be
a case for the sheriff or the bank
ruptcy court. In dealing with our
fellow men we should always bear in
mind the principles of business, and
not exact too great profits or sell or
buy at prices other than equitable. 1t
is also a good thing to remember when
great bargains are offered that cost
of production and legitimate profits
must be considered. Too low prices
give cause for suspicion that goods
are inferior in some way. or that there
is a niger in the fence.
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MARKET DAYS IN TOWNS.
Successful Plans to Entertain Visitors
and Attract Trade.

How to attract trade to towns is d
question that interests every business
man. There must be some attraction
some entertainment to please. Many
means have been put in operation by
different towns to bring about the OBJ
jects desired. The people of the small
er towns in different western states
have ~inaugurated street carnivals, fall
festivals and similar enterprises to
entertain people from the surrounding
farming sections. These methods
have been universally successful, and
have resulted in bringing trade to the
towns that otherwise would have gone
elsewhere. Not alone this, but the
residents of the rural districts are
brought in contact with the city peo-
pie on a friendly basis and harmonious
relations established that are highly
desirable.
In many towns market days have
been established. From early spring
until late in fall one day In the month
is set aside for market day" For this
occasion bands of music are engaged,
balloon ascensions, baseball games,
races and similar attractions are en-
ployed to interest the people. All these
are free. the expense being borne by
the business interests of the town.
The farmers are invited to bring to
the town their horses, cattle, hogs, in
fact, every product that they have for
sale, and the same is auctioned off to
the best advantage. On these market
days all kinds of articles can be had
at bargain prices. Each storekeeper
makes special efforts to offer bargains,
and generally the sales are enormous
A few enterprising small towns that
have adopted the m~arket-day idea
have become noted for many miles
about as lively trade centers and take
trade away from territory in the neigh.
borhood of less enterprising towns.
The market-day idea is worthy of con-
sideration by business men in small
towns who desire to pursue an mex.
pensive method OF attracting trade to
the place.
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FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION.
Prosecution of Oppressive Combines
Afford a Lesson to Home Traders.

Never before has there been such
a stirring up of the masses and ar
awakening as to %rottenness in fnan-
cial affairs among the large corpora
tons as at present. Some one at one
time said that when thieves fall out
the devil gets his reward" So it
seems at present when faction is ar
rayed against faction in exposing
crooked operations in great financial
Il business deals, In which the little
fish are swallowed by the big ones,
and the men in control, like wolves,
lead the lambs to slaughter.
1t is amazing how f~arspread are the
frauds practiced, and how high up in
public estimation are the manipula-
tors of the rotten deals. The steaiings
of the m~illionaires and multi million
aires, the intrigues and their perjurt-
GUS lying and misrepresentation to
accomplish their aims; the intricacy
OF the machinery used in their opera.
tons. the perfection of the means, the
combinations employed to fleece the
people of dollars, would do credit to
a Gagliostro Or a Machiave!li, or 8
Capt Kidd.
There cannot be doubt that these
various articles appearing in the mag.
aZines and general newspapers will
have the result of opening the eyes
of the public to things that few hereto
fore ever gave serious consideration.
They will have the effect of making
the people more cautious in making
investments of their earnings, and
will result in lessons that are bene
fetal to the country at large. Home.
trade principles preclude the POSSIBLE
ity of people losing by the operations
of such gigantic schemers. Money In,
vested In your own community in tho
development of its latent u
will give excellent returns, is ever
under your own observation, and while
the percentage of profit from some
home investments may not be up to
the representations made by the ma
nipulators Of stocks and the shearers
of lambs In general. you are not so
likely to be a loser.
d. NJ. CARR.
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back alive and torture them to death.
One Of the two-and 1t was John Hal.
comb-tripped on q vine and rolled
down the steep river bank. Then he
gave himself up for lost. But the
fall, instead OF bringing him to'death,
saved his life. He lodged under the
heavy branches of a fallen tree and
the pursuers, sure that he was ahead.
dashed past it without discovering
him. He lay concealed in this lucky
hiding place until darkness came.
Then wounded, lame, and almost fam.
ished, he started out on the journey OF
days through the trackless forest In.
tested with hostile Indians that Law
between him and Patience. A man
less brave of heart would have given
up a score of times, but there was no
give up to John Halcomb. He might
be so weakened that he could only
crawl, but he crawled on. Tottering
stumbling, crawling, dragging him.
self along his painful way by inches
and in danger of his life all the way.
he covered the toilsome miles and
came to make for his wife Patience
q real Day of Thanksgiving.
Copyright 1907, by Wright A. Patterson,
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Crown of Great Britain.

weight-39 ounces and 5 dwts. To
add to it the Cullinan diamond would
increase the weight by about three
quarters of a pound avoirdupois,
which, it is estimated, is what the
jewel would weigh after 1t Is cut. The
crown, as 1t is seen today in the Tow
er Of London, contains isis dia-
monds. 297 pearls and many other ex-
quisite jewels. It's chief gem is the
ruby, the value of which has been es-
timated at e100. 600, which was given
to the Black Prince In Spain In the
year 1857, and was worn by Henry
". in his helmet at the battle OF
Agincourt
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-15
THE STORY.

JERUSALEM. which had but a few
y hours before wept over the aged
king, as he fed with his few follow.
ers, now rang with the shouts for the
new king. Ever a lover of pomp and
ceremony, that was a most spectacular
entrance which Absalom made as
with his gathered army and the IN
creasing m%ultitudes who were carried
away by the enthusiasm of the mo-
ment, he made the journey from
Hebron and took possession of the
royal city and the palace Of cedar
which David had built.
AS he rode through the streets sur
rounded not by fifty runners and a few
ehariots, but by a multitude of chart.
OTIS and a great company of fighting
men. he smiled with grim satisfaction.
Far beyond the greatest expectations
had his plot carried. He had not ex.
pected to enter the gates Of Jerusa-
lem without a struggle. He had not
dreamed that so easily and quickly
were his ambitions and hopes to be
realized. But here he was within
Jerusalem's gates, and yonder was the
splendid palace of cedar. The air
rang with the shouts of the multi
tudes as they cried: Long live King
Absalom."
With al expression of supreme sat
isfaction and self-assurapce upon his
face Absalom turned to Ahithophei
who was riding with him in the char
lot, and said:
Where are those who stand with
David?"
BE not over-confident, oh, king, for
where David is there will be found
those who will lay down their lives
for him." rejoined Ahithophel, almost
CURLY.
There was no mar in all the land
so keen and wise as Ahithophel. Fo.
long years he had served at the court
of King David, and vas acquainted
with every detail of the business OF
the kingdom. Through some slight
fancied or real. at the hands of the
king, he had become dissatisfied, and
when the plotting of Absalom had sc
carried the nation by storm he haG
welcomed it as his opportunity of
gaining a greater ascendancy over the
nation and had quickly joined himself
to the court of Absalom which he. had
set up at Hebron. and when tidings
had come that David had fled from
Jerusalem he counseled that they re-
turn to the royal city and take posses
sion of the palace. This advice Alb
SALON. speedily adopted and. as we
have seen, his welcome to Jerusalem
was all that the heart of an ambitious
man could desire.
And on the day after his return
came Hushai. the Archite. saying:
Whom the Lord, and this people,
and all the men Of Israel choose, his
will ! be, and with him will I abide.
Yea, whom should / serve? Should
! not serve in the presence Of David's
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-15
The Hungry Parrot.

Everybody knows one or more Of
those conscientious cyclists who can
not rid themselves of the idea that no
1ne can be trusted to carry out the
simplest details of routine work
without personal supervision. 1t
was one of these men who sailed for
America, leaving In his brothers care
a parrot OF which he was very fond.
All the way acros the Atlantic he
worried about the bird, and no sooner
lad he landed at New York than he
sent over this %cablegram to his broth
ar:
BE sure and feed parrot"
And the brother cabled back:
Have fed him. but he's hungry
again. What shall / do next?"-Tit
Bits.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-11-15
An American HOLIDAY.

Thanksgiving day is distinctly an
American holiday, It's origin resting
with the Puritans, who first celebrated
it in 1921. AT the same time the Pu-
ritans abolished Christmas, which
they concluded was a relic of prelacy.
and should not be observed by free.
thinking people. Thanksgiving day.
it is needless to say, has proved a
popular holiday with their descend.
ants, though Christmas has also come
into it's own again.
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LITTLE TOWN HELPS.

In these days Of invention and pub
lie conveniences, it rays to be right
up to date. Well graded and paved
streets, shade trees kept in order,
walks and ample lighting make a IA
yorable Impression on the stranger
who visits the place.
q
There is a wholesomeress in the
right kind of competition, and In CO.
operation: but neither foolish CO.
operation or foolish competition has
ever been known to help along the
business OF any town. unless it is that
other town" near by.
SAFES days In the town that IL SUP
ported by the farming trade, and some
particular attraction that will enter.
tain and instruct the members OF the
farmers families. have been iuaugu.
rated In towns OF the west with good
results.
The American farmer Is a progress.
oiNC liz tdI. TIC kS always READY 10
learn new things. He realizes more
than ever the necessity cf education
In his business. He no longer ignores
the fact that science is Il wonderful
factor in his work. a money saver
that must he considered il he sue
coed. The more intelligent is the
farmer, the more interest will he take
In the furthering of the interests OF
his home town.
American public schools are the
great props OF national government.
The more prosperous is a community
the higher will be the educational ia.
cilities. Good schools arc a help to
any town, and bring into 1t the most
desirable classes who seek to educate
their children. He who assists in
building up the business OF a town,
also assists in bettering the schools.
No town was eve made great by it's
people and those i'll its neighborhood
giving patronage to distant institu-
tons.