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The National tribune., 1908-03-12
The day following the assault on Fort

The day following the assault on Fort
Sumtel, april l3, 1861. he enlisted as a
| private in the Independent Ringgold
| Cavalry. This was the first cavalry COM
mand accepted and mustered in the
Union army. Each soldier owned and
furnished his own horse. and the COM
| mand joined McClellan's army in West
Virginia, in June. 1861. No volunteer
command has left of record in the field
of war mere lasting testimonies of va
| liant an6 generous service than did the
Ringgold Cavalry. From the Ohio River
! on the west to the Antietam on the east,
covering the field of war, the men Of
this command won lasting fame. While
| this command was winning distinction
Private Hart moved up from the ranks,
| thru the grades. until at the close of
! the year 1863 he was the Captain of
; this famous company. A little later in
! the service he was brevetted Major for
gallant service.
The records of the War Department
show him as having served on the staff
of Brevet Maj-Gen. Kelley, Breyet
Maj.-Gen. Emory and Brig.-Gen. S. 5.
Carroll. Maj Hart was recognized as one
of the most daring and gallant cavalry
officers in Sheridan's army. The exploits
in which he participated and the hun
dreds of night raids which he led thru
the mountain passes. fording rivers and
swollen streams, form thrilling page
in the history of the civil war.
At the close of the war Maj. Hart re-
turned to his ancestral home in Wash
ington County, Pa. and again took up
the occupations of peace. He was soon
called by his fellow-citizens to the office
of Treasurer of his ~1unty regarded as
the second greatest County in the State
of Pennsylv' mia. The freaks of fortune.
whic% came with the black Fridays
of the '7Os, swept away his handsome
on not nd Inff h vim 70, iyy-
and broken fortune
Maj. Hart came to Washington about
1878 and entered the public service. His
employment at the time of, his death
was in the Office of the Auditor for the
War Department 5s~s
He was a member of George H.
Thomas Post. Grand Army of the Re-
public. and interment was in Arlington
with full military honors, with firing
squad from Fort Myer and the regi-
mental bugler to sound taps" The
casket was draped in the flag. tribute
from the Department President. Mrs.
Isabel Worrell Ball. and was lowered
into the tomb, as had been his wish. The
floral tributes filled one room of the
house. coming from friends everywhere.
A mountain of flowers was heaped above
the mound under which this valiant
soldier sleeps the last sleep. At the
head stood the emblem of the Grand
Army of the Republic, in immortelles
surrounded by wreath of roses and
lilies. a tribute from the Department of
the Potomac, w. r. c., of which Mrs.
Har, is Patriotic Instructor. Two sons.
five daughters and widow. Mrs. Ida j.
Hart. survive Maj. Hart Mrs. Hart has
long been known in church and chari-,
table circles. and has a continent-wide
fame as Past Department President
of the Woman's Relief Corps and as a
worker in patriotic organizations.
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MAI. JAMES p. HART DEAD.
A Splendid Record In Civil and Milital
Life-NOtable War Service.

There died in Was, ,ington the othel
day man with a military record thai
one could well be proud of, but hi,
service to humanity was just as great
in civil circles. and his going away lef
a vacancy in many avenues of life
where he had walked with friends. Maj
James P. Hart was distinguished as 6
soldier. but his modest. retiring life
kept him out of all popular display. He
was conspicuous in the minds of a cir
Gle of friends who knew his worth. He
belonged to the great army of heroes
whose greatest victories are won in
facing life's duties hopefully"
Maj. Hart was born in 1885 in the
old Scotch-Irish borough of Washing
ton, Pa.
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| 'h5 d iustStlSdtiOil, VI
till next December, when the elections
| will have been held.
| A giant fell when Senator Redfield
Proctor, the grand old man of Ver-
mont" answered the final summons last
| Wednesday evening. 1t was just as the
sun was setting and the lights in the
streets We're beginning to glimmer, while
in the big white building on the hill,
where Senator Proctor had been force
| for many years, the glow of the electric
| lights sitting thru stained glass was
| making soft shadows over the desk and
chair of the absent Senator, when the
| news came to the body that a man
| whose friendship was valued by every
| body had passed from death unto life
| BY a strange coincidence the matter
| under discussion was the increase in
| the pay of enlisted men," in which Sen
ator Proctor was deeply interested. The
| announcement was quietly made that
another chair in the United States Sem
ate was empty, and just as quietly some
one moved to adjourn out of respect to
| the Senator, who but a few hours before
| had been among them a moving spirit
and bulwark of safety. Then the Sen
ate adjourned. There was no lingering
about the chamber to talk over things
as usual. no jovial hand clasping. no
| noise of laughter. not even the break of
| a spoken word. One who was esteemed
by all had suddenly gone from among
them. and the shock of that loss was too
strong upon them.
| In honor of the memory of Senator
Proctor who was Secretary of War un-
der President Harrison, Secretary Taft
| ordered the flag half-staffed until after
the funeral. The ceremonies were sim
ple just as the life of the richest United
Ga l. l.
display, no lying in state here The
body was taken to the old home of the
Senator in Proctor, VT, and on Fri
day the funeral was held. 1t is stated
that nearly 10000 people came from all
sections of the State. and they repre-
sented all conditions of life.
A special train bearing the body of
the late Senator, which was accompa-
MED by his immediate family and an
official delegation representing both
Houses of Congress, went to Proctor.
The party at once proceeded to the
church. The schools, stores and all in
dustrial establishments were closed out
of respect to the Senator's memory. and
flags at half-staff were displayed thru
out the town.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Dr. II. H. Seaver, of Rutland for many
years an intimate friend of the Senator.
and were of the simplest character, con-
SiSting only of Scripture reading and
prayer. The casket and the pulpit We're
hidden from sight under immense
mounds of flowers.
The party proceeded from the church
to the Proctor mausoIeum in the ceme-
terry, about three-quarters of mile dis
tant. The procession consisted of the
family. intimate friends. National and
State officials, the Rutland County Bar
Association and the Grand Army Posts
of the vicinity.
Altho driving snowstorm was rag
ing, 10000 persons, nearly a third of
whom were employees of the Vermont
Marble Company. lined the road and
stood with barred heads as the process
sion passed.
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thing should be brought out that will
hurt the Republicans in their campaign,
and SO the investigating committee will
probably either apply coat of white
wash, as was done some years ago dur
ing similar investigation, or adjourn
till next December, when the elections
will have been held.
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1t is stated on pretty good authority
that no Statehood bills will be present .
ed this session for either New Mexico
or Arizona. While bills have been in
troduced it is not at all probable that
they will be brought up in the House.
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Representative Charles Lands. of the
famous Landis family, has been unani-
mously renominated to serve another
term in Congress. and it is said that
the election will be nearly unanimous
a
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the presidency recently. and at the
monthly meeting of the directors his
resignation from both the presidency
and the directorate was formally ac-
cepted
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The Honduran Congress met at Te-
gucigalpa, Honduras, on March 4, and
ratified, without change, the treaty and
conventions concluded at Washington
last year by the Central American Peace
Conference.
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The center of attraction in the Capt.
tai last week was the daughter of Sem
ator La Toilette. Miss Fola, who was
here playing in Bluffs" at the Column
bia Theater. Several box parties were
given in her honor. and her mother gave
an "at home" at which the charming
Young lady assisted. Miss, La Toilette
is very pretty. vivacious young lady,
and is as charming en- the stage as of
1t is said that the Senator once wanted
to go on the stage. but took to politics
instead.
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Such boys as grown men can be,
There are two Representatives from
Georgia. Adamson and Lee. whose dis
tricts join, and the two are great friends.
The other day Adamson had to go home,
and asked Lee to look after his affairs
in Washington. This Lee promised to
do if Adamson would promise to bring
him from Georgia some greens" and
corn pOne." This Adamson promised
to do. He got back the other day, and
brought with him two sacks of the fin
est Georgia greens and a boy of corn
pone, and the two Georgia members had
feast to which they invited several
friends. Query: Do weeds grow any
greener or more sUcculent down in
Georgia than they do on the Eastern
Branch" which is the famous trucking
section Of Washington?
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury Shaw
has severed all connections with the
Carnegie Trust IN He raSipuad from,
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"Most people have forgotten that
babies can be nourished naturally, and
they expect their doctors to tell them
merely what kind of bottled food is the
best"
DIR. Lenton +. Morse, of San Francis
co, who Is in Washington for visit, in
this manner aired his views on the
subject of feeding infants.
'The reason Sd many mothers do not
nurse their babies," continued Dr.
Morse, "is that it is no longer the fash
ion to do so, or it interferes with social
duties or pleasures. but rather because
it interferes with anything that is i'm
portant- am sorry to say that some
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Special delivery messengers have been
employed since 1885, and at present
there are 2,505, engaged at S19 post
offices. with ages as follows: 81, 13
years: 167, II years; 3lS. Is years; 654,
Is years; 499, II years. and $50, Is
years or over. At 344 offices substitute
clerks and carriers do the work.
In New York substitute carriers have
delivered all special delivery matter for
number of years, and in Boston only
81 boys are employed, substitute car
riers being used wholly at the main
office and at the larger stations. The
Postmaster at Baltimore has reduced
the force of boys gradually during the
last three years and given over the work
TO the substitutes, the boys now num-
bering only nine. in Brooklyn 20 of
the messengers are substitute carriers
and 46 are boys. Certain of the large
cities. however. continue using boys ex-
clusively. Chicago has 337 boys; Phil
adelphia, ia, and Pittsburg, 20.
There are some things that almost
make one lose ones faith In a Divine
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Chairman Jenkins, of the House
Committee on the Judiciary. said re-
Gently that his committee will report
unfavorably the bill proposing to amend
the Constitution so as TO grant suffrage
to women. Mr.. jenkins said that you
can't just take a pen and ink and write
an amendment to the Constitution as if
it were a special message. or words to
that effect. .e..a % r-
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Representative Livingstone. Of Geor-
gia, tells this story of his son George:
"One day 1 said to him, Mamma says
you've been very naughty. to-day, sir:
what's the matter?' Pop he replied
seriously, I think mas prejudiced
against me. Yesterday she told Aunt
Sarah was just the image of you"
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Mrs. Frank J. Cannon. wife of former
Senator Cannon. of Utah. died in Og-
den, Utah, last week. Mrs. Cannon was
well known in Washington several years
ego. when her husband was attending
the sessions of Congress here.
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Senator William B. Allison, of Iowa,
celebrated his 18th birthday anniversary
March 3, and on March rounded out
35 years in the United States Senate.
When he reaches his 8Gth birthday he
will have served six terms in the United
States Senate, a record that has never
been reached by any other man. He
served eight years in the House before
graduating into the Senate, however,
and has 43 years to his credit in Con-
gress. No man ever reached that by
many years. Senator Allison seems
hale and strong and good for another
term
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There are some things that almost
make one lose ones faith In a Divine
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RECIPE FOR REAL TROUBLE.
cheerfuIIy eontrsbuteu to an Airesfy
Unhappy World. Il


Trouble making is an older industry
than the maaufacture of steel. Calm
the trouble maker, got into action be-
fore Tubal Cain, the iron worker
and Eve got Adam into hot water long
before the Boiler Makers union began
business. III HI
There are three kinds of trouble
imaginary, borrowed and real.
Imaginary trouble consists 'of rail-
road accidents, earthquakes, fires, sui
cides. the poorhouse, death. and the
grave, carefully miTed and taken
after a late dinner, or drop in the
stock market. nj, , 'sIis16~ -.
Borrowed trouble is the kind we get
from our relatives It's, principal In
gradients are visits, borrowed money,
birthday presents, advice and expecta-
tons. But the real article is pro
duced as follows: Put the sandals OF
endurance on your feet, take your life
In your hands and follow by turn the
How-to-Be-Happy Philosopher, the
Preacher Of Physical Culture and,
the Apostle Of Diet,-Puck. MS .
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and a pipe in my face7-Veil, all right!
That's. my natural lfe;s and / cden't
need no book to tell me so, neither.
The Heavenlies enjoyed it, and
they'd ought to- ''TWds clear then,
thongh5it got hazy over to the BASTARD
lateToIon. but then, as / say twas
clear, and you could see the schooners
strung out on the Skyline, some full
up, with their sails shining white in
the, sun, and others down, over the
edge, with only their tops'1s showing.
Far off, but dead ahead, just as if
somebody had dipped their finger in
thebluing bottle and smouched it along
the bottom Of the sky, was the Wapa-
tomac shore, and away aft, right over
the stern, was the .Trumet lighthouse,
like a white chalk mark on a yellow
fence, the fence being the high sand
bank behind it. 3 -" a5'A'l . -
The Twins laid back and soaked in
the scenery. They unbuttoned their
jackets tand took long ,breaths. They
actually forgot Ito, smoke, which was
a sort of miracle, as you might, say,
and even Hartley, who had been bluer
than a spoiled mackerel all the morn
ing, braced up and got real clipper. BY
and by'they resurrected that book Of
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CHAPTER ~.
The Piq Race.

/ don't callate, that / ever had a
better run down the bay than. 1 done
that morning Twas a fair wind, and
a smooth sea, not the slick, greasy
kind, but with. little blue waves cha
sing, each other and going ''Spat!
spat!" under the Dora Bassett's quar-
ter as she danced over 'em. And
that's just what shetdid- dance. There
want any hog-wallowing for her; she
Just picked up her skirts, so to- speak,
and tripped along-towing the little
landing skiff astern of her-like a 1S-
7yearOld girl going to a surprise party.
An early July morning on the bay
down our way is good enough for
yours, truly, Solomon Pratt. Take It
with the wind and water like I'VE said !;
with the salt smell from the marshes
drifting out from the shore, mixed. up
with the smell Of the pitchpihds on
the bluffs, and me in the stern of a
good boat with the tiller In my hand
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managed to smile. AS for Lord James
he looked at me like Id trod on the
queens corns. (
Blessed if I could see what there
was funny about it. Scion cam play
like an Injun. why, I've seem him,
bust two strings at a Thanksgiving
ball and then play Mrs. McLeod's
goat, brown bread and beans"-on
t'other two, till there want a still foot
in the hall.
We made Eastwich Port about noon
and had dinner. i cooked upia Kettle of
chowder-fetched the clans along
with me from homeland 'twould
ohave done you good to see the Heay-
enlies lay into it. Lord James he
SKIPPED around like hoppergrass in
a hot skillet fetching glasses and
laying out nine or ten different kind
of iforks'' and spoons side of ] each
plate, and opening wineJ bottles, and
Il don't know what all. When he. hove
in sight Of the wharf. that morning he
was toting a basket pretty nigh as
D pig as AZ, was: asked him what it
why, the the ,am 65e' says IS he e'oa
"The which," says I. =. = go
''The lunch 'amper,' of course" he
says. "The ,'amper for the heatables."
! Well, 1 wondered then what in the
nation was in it, for twas heavier
thar lead. I remember that the heft
of it madeline ask him if he fetched
along some of the late Hannah James
leftover riz biscuit But now 1 see
why: twas heavy. There was, enough
dishes and, truck for, ten men and the
cook in that basket. We had. my
fchowder and four kinds Of, crackers
with it, and chicken and asparagus,
and nine sorts of pickles, and canned
plum pudding with sass, and coffee
and good loud healthy cheese, and red
wine and champagne. When I'd
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hoisted in enough of everything so
my matches wouldn't shut tight; and
pulling on one of the Twins cigars, /
says to Van: -
- ME. Van Brunt," says i, ''is this
part. of. what, you call the Natural
Life?"
: "You bet. 'skippreer!'' says he. He
hadn't finished. the ehowder end of
: the layout yet. - 80
Well, 1 heaved a sigh. Twas kind
of unnatural to me, having come on
me all to once; but I caF1ated I could
get used to it in time without she'd
ding no tears. Didn't want to get
used to it too quick, NEITHER; L
wanted the novelty to Finger along, as
you might say. :, l-d::.'- .'--
When the dinner was over-the
Heavenlies was we'll enough ac-
quained with the family to, nickname
it "lunch"-I started in to help his
lordship wash dishes. The Twins
spraWled themselves under couple
of pine trees and blew smoke rings. g
Hurry up there, messmate," says
to the valet; 81 want to get through
time enough to run up to the fair
grounds and see that creased pig
race"
Hartley had been keeping so still
cal'Iated he was dropping OF to Sleep,
but it seems he want. He set up
stretched, and got to his feet. lisp.
.'I1l go with you, skipper, = says he.
Might as well do that as anything.
I've never seen a creased pig race.
They don't have 'em on the Street"
Chase nothing but lambs there,''
draws; Van Brunt, lazy, and with, his
eyes half shut. Then he turned over
and looked at his chum.- xeys,t.t
s.tGreat Caesar! Martin" he says,
you don't mean to tell me that you're
going up into that crowd of hayseeds
to hang over fence and watch some
one run, do you? Why any one on
Gods earth should want to rum" he
says when they can keep stiil is be-
yond me; and why you, ofiall men,
{! should want tor watch 'em do sit--
that's worse, yet. Come here and .be
natural and decent"
But Hartley wouldn't do It. His
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theirs and had, what you might call a
Natural Life drunk. never see print
ing that went, to "a PERSONS head the
/ judged twas kind of light and gassy
reading and naturally riz and filled the
empty places same as you'd fill a bal
loon. fcy - ;s-lf ~ t5-1i.,. r.,f.r m
D., Everybody was happy but. Lord
James, and I could see that he want
easy in his mind. He set about amid
Ships Of the cockpit and hung onto the
othwart with. both. hands, like he was
tafraid 'twould. bust loose and leave
ohinf adfifti If the Dora Bassett had
struck "a derelict or something and
gone down sudden I'll bet they'd have
dredged up that Hopper valet and the
thwart together. a, And, then, they'd
have. had to ,pry 'em apart. His, lord
ship want used to water, unless twas
to mix with something else.
-' By and by Hartley shoves both
hands into his pockets Tits his hat
back and begins to sing. More, effects
of the Natural Life spree. I suppose,
but twas bully good singing. Might
have been saying most anything, call
ding ME- a short lobster for what I
know, cause twas; some foreigners
lingo, but the noise was all right even
if did have to take chances on the
words caPlate to know music when
i hear 1t. @i;} { sssjJcbe cf2ii z ciG9
Good" says Van, when his chum
stopped. "Martin;u you're better al,
ready. L haven't heard you sing for
two years or more. The. last time
was at the Delanceys' at home, Do
you remember the dowager and my
daughter? q Heavens! and my daugh.
,ter's's piano playing! Agnes told the
dowager that she, had never heard
anything like it. You and. she were
together, you know, Give US another
/ verse"
But Martin wouldn't. Shut up like
a clam and reached into his pocket for
a cfgarsD 4GSta NJ -ssaI afsai
F esThat was A No. 1. mr. Hartley, =
says I.ac.I wish you could hear Scion
I'Bassett play the fiddle;e you'd, appre
ciate it,
Van he roared and even Hartley
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News, from the Settlement.

1--WE are not exactly happy on, the,
way. but we are not too mean to.
shout Amen when the rest of the
world cries 'HaIleluia.
Just how the editor knew we had
'possum for dinner last FSaSday Is
more than we can tell, but he came
just in the nick of time and dined
with US. r., -tr.I :f.g .5ga.
I'VE have much for which to be
thankful. We raise our own turkeys,
but turkey for dinner is so common
in our settlement that we sometimes
forget to thank Providence for it ~
: There is no news to speak of. ex-
cept that We'll all build up this goid
country If we keep the saw in the log.
and keep the sawdust flying. "TAt-
lanta Constitution, .,.., -.
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while the southern states suffer
the stigma of night riders we cannot
justly point the finger of scorn at any
nation on earth" says the Pilot. And
while there is so much crime and law
lesspess here in the north none of us
can AFFORD to point the finger of scorn
at the southern states. Pointing the
niger OF scorn is poor business, any
way, remarks the Boston Globe. 1t is
great deal better, to be charitable to
our neighbor's shortcomings and to do
all in our power to correct our own.
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Sheer white goods, In a fact, any mn

; Sheer white goods, In fact, any NM
wash goods when new, owe much Of
their attracttveness to the way they
are Numbered, this being done IN q
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal.
ly satisfactory If proper attention wSS
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without, thickenins
Jthe goods Try Defiance Starch, and
you will be pleasantly surprised at tina
Improved appearance of, your work,
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A MuItipIIcitY of Fathers.

Ardyce had been learning to sing
America" at school and was trying
to teach it to brother Wayne, Ono
morning his father heard him shout
ing: Land where my papa died, land
where my papa died.. - -
Ardyce Interrupted: ooh, ~ no..
Wayne, not that way, 1t is Land
where our fathers died."
Wayne's expression could not be
described as he tipped his head side
wise, and in very surprised tone
gravely asked: 1.-TWO of 'em?-De-
lineatOr -'il..3tt. -. 81, lii, -.
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A Japanese lady of rank, who has
been travelling in this country, says
American women are unhappy and, dis
contented, and she ascribes this to the
fact that they are so well taken care
of that they miss in their lives the
stimulating influence of a little neg
lect. The inference is that if their
husbands beat them now and then
they would be more in a position to
appreciate their happiness.