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Aims, Perhaps, Pensions, Never.

Comrade VIM. A. Robinson. Co. E,
29th Ohio. Weliston, Mo-. writes: II
notice that d. l.. Hearn, of Atlanta,
Ga, is heading an alleged movement
to secure Federal pensions for former
rebel soldiers. Pension rebels who
sought destruction of the Government?
Now to be asked to pension them for
meritorious assault upon its existence?
What a self-contradictory and absurd
proposition! Humane people feed their
enemies when these are hungry, tho
the rebels starved men by thousands
for no other reason than to destroy
them and thereby weaken the Govern
ment they defended. What Govern
ment ever thinks of paying the wages
Of the soldiers in the ranks of the
army that fights against it? Would it
not be as reasonable to ask the United
States to pay the wages due the rebel
soldiers from their alleged Government
as to ask the United States to pension
them after their failure to destroy the
Government they assailed? Should they
be INDECENT, suffering, none would deny
them relief of aims; but pensions are
not aims, but debts of the highest
honor, and not to be degraded by be-
coming rewards for reform enforced by
lead and iron and steel upon the field
Of battle. 1t is not true that these men
have been loyal since the war. Read
their speeches, their newspapers, their
magazines, their school books. their his
tories, their poetry, their literature. All.
all. all, laud disloyalty. Look at their
monuments to men who would have no
place in history were they not conspicu-
Gus for disloyalty. For four years these
men who now beg for pensions from
the Federal Government fought to de-
stroy it. They fought till their own
sunny South was a desoldte waste; till
every hamlet of the rugged North was
community of sorrow; till millions
upon millions of property was utterly
destroyed; till every street in all the
land was hung with Grape and every
thorofare swarmed with war-maimed
men, and half a million graves were
filled with men slaughtered in efforts
to destroy the Government to which
they now allege loyalty, and Of which
they solicit pensions. Why? Because
of all this woe and all this ruin? No
loyal man can consent that rebellion
shall be made honorable when directed
against the Union"
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REGIMENT TO BE PROUD OF.
Z Member of the I'd Del. Tells Somethin:
nf Its Serxicea.

y Member of the I'd Del. Tells Something
-. of It's Services.
Editor National Tribune: I have had
n in contemplation for several months
10 write a sketch of the I'd Del, and in
feading yonr interesting and valuable
paper (Which thoroIy perlse every
Neek), the article under the captain of
sNot a Fighting Regiment" under date
Of, Oct. 8. 1908, written by Comrade c.
r. Stevens. Captain of the 77th n. Y.
Of Westport, n. Y, it deeply impressed
me, as ] mad intended to write in the
Same vein about ''Fox's 300 Fighting
Regiments"
Il began to fear that many people
will think there was only 800 fighting
regiments in the whole army during
She war OF the rebellion, if one not men,
toned in Col. FoX's book cont come to
tiie front and make claim that there
tyere others, and many of them, who
had a share in the suppression of the
rebellion, and fought just as bravely
and underwent the same hardships in
defense of the Flag of our Union. I do
hotwisf to deprive the gallant 300" OF
pne iota of the glory and honor they
Xon and are justly entitled to. but
there were others in the army who
Fought Just as valiantiy in defense of
our Union, and I think it is no more
than right that they should share in the
glory and honor.
I cannot agree with Comrade Ste-
Sens (of course, he was only using a
little justiiiable sarcasm) when he says:
Slut we were not fighting regiment"
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Five Brother. Wounded.

Editor National Tribune: We have
in our town veteran named Douglass.
who carried his brother, shot thru the
breast, off the field at Gettysburg the
brother getting leg broken by another
ball before getting cover. At the Will
derness our friend Douglass was him.
self shot thru the breast and left for
dead, but he managed to crawl off.
Both brothers recovered and received
other wounds before the war was
over. They belonged to the 105th Pa.
Three other brothers of this Douglass
family were out during the, war, and
all OF them received what were regard
ed as mortal wounds. All those five
brothers are now living and have fami-
lies. Our friend fired over 100 rounds
in each of the 10 or IL general engage
ments he was in. The adventures of
these Douglass brothers would fill a
volume. Like all good soldiers. our
friend is an active, sincere Christian:
the manifest kind of a quiet man he is.
too.-F. b. Fulton, I'd Ohio II. A.,
Oakda1e, Pa.
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The sun ..d the Earth.

Editor NationaI Tribune: BY what
you have published I see that you are
interested in questions of science. i
wish to give You a few thoughts on the
relation of the sun and earth to each
other They are in direct opposition to
common belief but that is no evidence
of their being untrue. OF course. in a
short article / cannot give full reasons
for my position. II is common belief
that the sun is within the earth's orbit
and that the earth's orbit is an elIipse
This 1 controvert. and say that the
earth's orbit is a circle. and that the
suns position is outside OF the earth's
orbit. He has an orbit of his own
nearly twice the diameter of the earth's
orbit. When the earth is passing from
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Served at Newbern, N. c., thru the yell
low fever epidemic; also at Second Bull
Run.
8. Edward w. Greene, 1st r. T., al
first battle of Bull Run; also served in
2eth Mass. at the Seven Days fight in
front of Richmond. Va, under Gen. Nc
Clellan.
4. Daniel II. Greene, 4th r. l., at the
battle of Newbern under Gen. Burnside:
was taken prisoner at the explosion of
the mine in front of Petersburg.
s. Willard II. Greene. 18th R. 7.
Served as Medical Officer with Battery
1, 1st N. Y. Art, at the battle OF Chan
cellorsville, Va, and Gettysburg. Pa;
also Acting Assistant Surgeon in Gen.
Field Hospital. Army of the Cumber-
land. on Gen. Sherman's campaign from
Chattanooga to Atlanta; also Assistant
Surgeon, 14th u. S. c. T., under Gen.
Corbin, on duty at Post Hospital, Chat
tanooga, Tenn. Mustered out at Nash
vile Tenn. March 2s, 1866.
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home in Richmond Township. James
Winans enlisted IN the 150th Pa. was
taken prisoner at Gettysburg. and died
at Andersorville- David Winans en-
listed in the 18th Pa Cav, and was
killed at Hanover. Pa, June 20, 1863.
Jason Winans belonged 10 the 33d Pa.
and served thru its enlistment, when
he re-enlistcd and was killed at Hatch
er's Run. e. C. Winans served in tho
f09th Pa. aud was discharged for dis
ability and is still living. Samuel Wi
mans seryed in the 169th Pa. and is still
living. He is. now "A years old, and is
receiving a pension of SIS under the
McCumber law, and for which he is
very thankful to this good and great
Government which he helped to save.
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Three Dozen Brothers.

Jos. Fitzer, Co. H. 9th Va, Ironton,
o., sends the following fist of is pairs
of brothers who served in his company:
George Ball, Mint Ball; Andrew Blair,
James Blair; Bird Burns. John Burns;
John Corn, Peter Corn; Daniel Estes.
Reuben Estes: Arnold Felix, Warren
Felix; Clark Howard. Wesley Howard I;
John Huggins. Robert Higgins; Alex
Jacks, Levi Jacks: John Markins. N,.;.l
Markins; Gains Massie, Loudra Massie !:
Richard Nance, Wilson Nance; John
Neal, Robert Neal; Eulan Payne, Uri;th
Payne; BENJAMIN Schumake, Wash.
Schumake; Michael Smith. VIM. Smith;
John Tiel, Vim. Tiel; Edward Willis,
John Willis
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HARPER,s FERRY.
The Sd Md. sad Il. GaIlasf Colonel.

The I'D Md. sad les G;hilnaf Colonel.
Editor National Tribunes, 1 wish to
call the attention ofTCaI& Esmond.
125th N. Y, to some errors pf memory
in his article in The National Tribune
on the disgracefui surrender of Har-
per's Ferry Sept Is, 1852 Comrade.
you are in error when you say the Sd
Md. relieved you in support Of battery
on Saturday, Sept. IS. The Sd Md. was
with you on the march from Martins
burg Sept. IL: arrived at the Ferry late
that evening; Saturday morning early
the Sd Nd crossed over On Maryland
Hights. When on the plateau the regi-
ment was formed into two tattalions.
The first, under Col. Downey, marched
direct to the support of Col: Ford. The
other battalion. under Mai Graffiln,
marched up on top OF the Fights near
er the river Greeley saye: miles re-
inforced Col. Ford on the 18th with tho
39th and 12Sth N. Y, and the next day
the 115th n. Y. and a MRryland regi-
ment. which was the Sd Md. p. Fl. b.
After Col Sheriff., 126th ~. Y, was
wounded the command fell on Col.
Downy, Sd Md. When commanded to
evacuate the Nights by Miles. he fell
back slowly some distance. when he
was Joined by the I'd battalion. He
then halted the command and formed
line of battle, with right resting on the
top of the mountain. the Sd Md. in the
first line, with New York regiment in
reserve. He sent Lieut.. Pratt with Co.
e out as skirmishers. Who did not ad-
vance far until he met the rebels ad-
vancing. Lieut.. Pratt fell back in line,
when the Sd Md. opened fire, which
checked the enemy, and 1t turned into
a sharpshooting scrap. 1t was here
that a negro was shot, who was acting
as a rebel sharpshooter. When Col
Downey was before the Committee on
the Conduct of the War he told about
a negro being killed as a 'sharpshooter.
One of the committee asked him how
he knew. His answer was that my men
killed him. Which was true. as was
a witness to and participant in the
shooting. / can veslch for the truthful
ness of 1t. Late In the evening the Sd
Md. was ordered over the river into
Harper's Ferry. I will now relate a
little unwritten history. When the
regiment was marching through the
Ferry Col. Downey met Col. Miles, and
demanded to knew why Maryland
Hights was evacuated. After some
angry words Col. Downey said: "Miles,
you are a - traitor or coward for
this"
Miles threatened to place Downey
under arrest, but did not: but tried
to place him and his regiment In such
position that he would be killed and
his regiment annihilated. That night a
council OF war was held, in which
nearly all the Colonels 'of the different
regiments were present; Gen. White
presided. Col. Downey recommended
that the council place Miles under ar
rest, Gen. White assume command,
and the garrison cut its way out. or die
like soldiers in the effort. fo my mind
Miles was one of three things-in-
competent, a coward o,,o traitor.
Let us hear from more of s!iie unfortu-
nate ones of Sept. Is, 1852. at Harper's
B. Sd p. H. B.. Clearyiile. Pa.
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The 7sd Ohio at Getfs.burx.

Editor National Tribune:g In The Ma
tfonal Tribune Of Oct. 20. in your battle
Of Gettysburg. you print list Of regi-
mental losses by Cola Fox. Among
during the battle wasS tneD 73d Ohio.
being Fl killed. .120 wounded, four
1nissing-145. Please eteh me how this
one regiment lost these men and on
what day of the battle. The 73d Ohio
was brigaded with the 55th Ohio, 1S6th
N. Y. and 33d Mass. at Fairfax C.. H.,
Va. These regiments were together in
all the marches and battles except
Beverly Ford, when the 33d Mass. went
it alone. These four regiments went to
Gettysburg together. arriving on the
field between ~ and 1 o'clock of the
first day. There was no fighting by
brigade the first day. not until the
afternoon of the second day. when the
whole brigade took part, helping to
repel Hays's and Hoke's rebel brtsades,
in which Amess Division and Busch
beck's Brigade took equal part. After
that all the men lost by the Second Bri-
gade. Second Division, were lost on the
slSirmish line, in which the 33d lost 40
men on the Fourth OF July. fighting
Lees rear guard. The 73d Ohio was a
first-class. regiment and always did its
duty manfully when called on, but no
better than the other three regiments.
and how Col. Fox came to pick this
regiment from the others is something
strange to me. for / was there and saw
the whole thing, and have been on
picket with the 73d Ohio a hundred
times.-Henry II. Gushee. Co. B. $50
Mass. Hamilton, o.. r. r. D. 7.
The history of the 73d Ohio in "Ohio
in the War" says that the regiment was
almost constantly engaged from its
arrival upon the battlefield late on the
afternoon of Ju1v 1 until fha and of
the battle. During this time 1t held
the line in front of Cemetery Hill to
the left of the town, and its loss
amounted to 143 officers and men out
OF about 900 engaged.-Editor National
Tribune.
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A REMARKABLE FAMILY
Five Brothers Who Took an Active Part
In The War.

A family group of five brothers. who
went to the front and took part in all
the principal battles of the civil war to
maintain the integrity OF the Govern
ment. Their united services amount to
10 years. Two onlr are living. willard
II. Greene. NJ. D., and Daniel IA. Greene.
The others I'm order are Jerome B.
Greene, Nj. D., Edward w. Greene and
Capt. Henry Greene
1. Capt. II. A. Greene. .st Cal. Served
three years in New Mexico. fighting the
Indians. He also commanded com
pany in the I'd regiment. Hancock's Vet.
Reserve Corps.
2. Surg. Jerome B. Greene, 5th r. I.
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Veteran Corps and continued in the
to accurately say. s2ot
In conclusion, / will fsay that. aithp
the regiment was not fated among Col.
Fox's "3o0 Fighting Regiments.'' feel
very proud of hayingF belonged to the
Cd Regiment. Delaware fa3unteer In
fanry!-Robert G. Smith. SECOND Lieu
tenant, CO. A. I'd Del.s Newfown, Pa.
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The special features of the American
Riyiew of Reviews for December are an
illustrated article on "Grcnfell of Lab
rador." by + Il. McGrath, with tl,rill-
ing incidents out Of the Gaily life of
one whom Lord Strathcona has declared
to be 'the most useful man on the
North American Continent to-day"
George Grey Barnard: q virile Amer
ican Sculptor" by Ernest Knaufft, with
reproductions of some of Barnard'y
most famous works.
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The Reu.on They Liked Mcclellan.

George F.. Morgan, I55th Pa, Chi
cago. ILL.,. says that In reply to Capt.
Osborn, the Army Of, the Potomac
idolized Gen. George B. Mcclellan, be-
cause they were fighting soldiers and
he was great General. 1t was not
necessary for Capt. Osborn to state that
he did not serve In the East. Gen. Nc
Cieiian made OF the Army Of the Potc-
mac the pest nghtlng army the world
Gen. Lees Army Of Northern Virginia.
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The winan. Family.

Saml Winans. Townvilie, Pa. desires
some mention made of the Winars
FAMILY. In 1861 there were six broth
ers between the ages of Is and 2S
years, living together in the family
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Nose.-By deducting Sc nsen who
died from their wounds from the list OF
as reported above. the total
loss of the regiment was SAB.
The remnant of the regiment was
brought to Wilmington, Del, after the
expiration OF their term of service, in
charge of First Lieut.. James w.
Co. A, and mustered out
OF the service. think the number was
about rs. A few had Joined Hancock's
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SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS
ARE PRIZE WINNERS.

After % Years OF Experience in breed
ing different varieties of thoroughbred
chickens, including L.eghorns and
Barred Rocks. much prefer the Single
Comb Rhode Island Reds for general
utility fowl. / have few fine birds for
sale bred from prize winners at Madison
Square Garden, Boston and Washing
ton, ID. C. Eggs and stock for sale at
reason e prices. Write for booklet.
j. NJ. Heagy, Rockville, Md.
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Pension News.-See classified ads. on
page ..
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
THE DUPLNG
....OF POLLY

serted the captain. ut beats all the
shine so many of these girls take to
me. Can't understand why they
do it,"
Neither can l." agreed the mate.
s%avagely. ut amt your beauty, I'll
swear. Mebbe it's the lies you tell
'em. Some women go daffy over a
slack-mouthed liar"
That's not the point" returned
Brundage, sourly. There's only
one way to square it. We don't
carry passengers as a rule, and she'll
likely be the only one aboard. What
you've got to do now is pass the word
to the crew to keep their mouths shut,
and I'll keep up this deaf and dumb
racket. She'll never know me in this
rig, specially if l only show up after
dark"
And who's to stand your watches?"
demanded the mate. Think I'm a
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monia which had carried off the vic
tim in record time.
Miss Polly Antrim listened with an
odd CLEAN in her intelligent eyes.
Wasn't there-that is-didn't he
leave a message or anything of that
kind for me-" she demanded, when
the mate had finished his melancholy
recital.
ooh, yes" replied Mr.. Prout hur-
riedly. THE poor chap sent you his
love, an'-an' hoped you'd meet him
in heaven" he concluded in a burst
of inspiration.
Polly Antrim glanced at the mate
with frightened lips. Very nice of
him." she commented coolly. ''Who
did you say took his place."
Capt. Chester" returned Prout.
Nothing like poor Brundage, though,
he amt"
81 should like to see him." said
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-06-06
A HOMEMADE eRooDER.
Suggestion for the Making Of a Serv.
iceabIe Device.

The homemade broOder may be a
drygoods box, made about 2kx2h
"A feet long, built of matched lumber,
with a loose owe made a little larger
with it's edges dropped 4 inches.
The entire outside Of the box should
be covered with felt roofing. The door
on n end should be large and low.
A frame, made of three-inch stuff,
laid fiat, fits close around the bottom
of the inside. A 6-inch cross piece laid
fiat through the middle of the box
engages the side of the frame. =
A 3-inch cross piece Is placed on
edge, across the middle of the box,
resting on the 6-inch fiat cross piece
and held by cleats nailed 10 the inside
of the box.
The hover, explains the Farmers
Mail and Breeze, Is made over a rec
tangular frame, Of lath made to fit in
side the box, with thin canton-f1annal
on the underside, arranged in a loose
bagging or flowing manner and held
In place with carpet tacks. The hover
rests upon three buttons, one on each
side and n on one end, 4 inches above
the bottom of the box.
A wire is stretched across one end of
the top of the box, carrying a hook on
which to hang a lantern.
To use at night, close the door, place
a mat in each end or division, also 40
chickens in each division, place the
hover on the buttons, hank a lighted
lantern on the wire and put cover in
place, on which lay a good-sized stone.
A brOoder without the two following
essentials is not worthy the name:
First. The door should be large and
low enough that the chickens will go
In at night without help, by the end
OF the first week of their existence.
Second. 1t should be so constructed
that the door may be closed in bad
weather, the hover removed, chicks
fed and watered, mats changed, etc.,
without opening the door.
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Miss Antrim. Perhaps he could tell
me something more about jim"
Not him." responded the mate, has
tily. HE didn't know Jim Brundage,
an, anyways" he added as an after
thought, this here Chester's deaf an
dumb; can't speak a word"
A look of intense surprise deepened
on his hearers countenance.
Deaf and dumb" she repeated.
why, good gracious! how a a deaf
mute be captain of a steamer"
The mates face flushed. Its this
way" he explained. His uncle's the
main guy of the Sherlock Navigation
Company, an he gave Chester the
job. He amt much Of a sailor, an
all the work falls on me-"
The girl eyed him steadily. "All
the same" she remarked calmly, I'm
bound to see him, for I've made up
my mind to go to Chicago on the
Arklam."
Mr.. Prout uttered a Mortified ex-
clamatiOn.
Back on the Arklam!" he repeated.
What fOr?"
ITO visit Jim's grave" responded
the artless Miss Antrim.
ITS the least I can do under the
circumstances. And it'll be a sort of
consolation to sail on the boat he
used to command, poor fellow"
well, Capt. Chester's ashore just
now,' declared the mate, desperately.
THAT doesn't matter, I'll see him
later" she said, airily. I'm going
home now to pack my things and get
ready"
Much aghast at this unexpected
turn of fortunes wheel, MI. Prout
sought the presence of his chief, who
had prudently remained in seclusion
during Miss Antrim's visit. Capt.
Brundage, respondent in a false
beard and wig of inky blackness, as
sunled to deceive his lady loves pene-
trating optics in case she insisted
upon a personal interview, received
his officers tidings with a violent ex-
plosion of highly ornamental pro-
family.
you've bungled the whole business,
you nigger-headed swab!" he said,
heatedly. What the blue blazes are
we to do now? If that girl ever
lands in Chicago and finds out I'm
alive and have a wife and four kids,
there'l be the devil to pay"
""Tain't my fault" protested the
mate, sullenly. What business had
you to make love to her? Might
have known there'd be trouble"
Il wasn't all to blame. Bill" A.