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The National tribune., 1908-04-02

themselves particularly offensive by
taking from their pockets bottles of
whisky and drinking ostentatiously
Hehin demonstrated with them. to
which the negros responded abusively
Finally Heflin grabbed the worst Of
fender and threw him from the car.
sending his comrade after him. AS
the man fell. it is claimed that he at
tempted to drew a revolver, but Hefiin
was too quick for him and shot him
in the head. He fired a second shot
which glanced on the pavement and
struck a white man from New York
in the leg. Neither of the wounds is
serious and after the wounded were
taken to the hospital and their hurts
dressed, they We're reported to be in
good condition. Mr. Hefiin was ar
rested and taken to the police station,
where he was subsequently released on
S5, ,00S bail.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02
HISTORY OF THE 1ST WIS. BAT
Terry.
By Dan Webster and Don C. Cameron.
Published by Don c. Cameron, of
Washington, ID. G.

WushinStOn, ID. T..
No history which has reached the
desk of the editor of The National Trib-
une has been more interesting and sat-
isfactory than this loving work of two
comrades in perpetuating the story of
their splendid battery. The 1st Wis.
Battery was good from start to finish.
1t was made of stalwart lumber men
from the woods of Wisconsin and Min
nesota. 1t had excellent officers, and it
did magnificent work wherever it was
placed. The history is particularly COM
mendable, since it wastes no time about
the causes of the war or in describing
starts at once into the real story of the
battery itself. Every page is full of in
cidents and illustrations of the heroism,
the fortitude, the devotion of the men
individually, their pathetic and comic
experiences, and how every one of the
Vlcissitudes of long and active service
was met by them with hearty American
manhood. devotion to the cause and the
most genuine ana wholesome spirit Of
run wherever there was a chance to get
any fun in. 1t is story of vigorous,
healthy-minded, patriotic young men
who lived intensely every day of their
lives. The book is handsomely gotten
up, embellished with numerous pictures
and contains in the end complete ros-
ter of the battery, with the military
walk of every man.
The authors were assisted by many
contributions from their comrades, and
the whole has been woven into a narra-
tive of unusual fascination and interest.
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VETERANS IN THE CITY.

Daniel Harvey, Sd VT, Barnett, VT.
Comrade Harvey is a farmer, but has
now left the management of his farm to
his sons, and has been spending the
Winter at Southern Pines, N. c., for the
benefit of his health. He was much
improved by his stay there.
Edward I. Lincoln, 161 Devonshire
St, Boston, Mass. Comrade Lincoln,
who is an agent for the Massachusetts
Mutual Accident Association, has had
most eventful career. He ran away
from home and drifted West, becoming
train boy on the Illinois Central Rail-
road. Then for a year he rode pony ex-
press across the country, and finally
concluded that service and returned to
ST Louis. Everything was then in a
ferment, and he went to Gen. Lyon and
offered his services. Gen. Lyon sent
him with a letter to the Governor of
Illinois. Comrade Lincoln went up the
river on boat to Naples, Ill, where
he cut across the country for Springfield,
walking whenever he could not get a
lift from a wagon going in his direction.
The Governor sent him to W. II. L.
Wallace, then organizing the 11th Ill,
in which Comrade Lincoln was enlisted.
He was allowed to do little service in the
ranks, however, as he was needed else
where. His first duty was to keep watch
of the Big Muddy Bridge, which it was
feared the Secessionists would destroy
to prevent the concentration of troops
at Cairo. Then he was sent into Mis-
souri, with dispatches, and finally made
his way to New Madrid and thence to
Memphis. He stayed there some time,
acting as cook for some officers in the
Confederate regiments. and finally got
away and reached Paducah, from which
point ne rowed down the river in a skiff
to inform Gen. Grant of the expedition
which Gen. Pillow had sent out to seize
Paducah. Gen. Grant Immediately put
his forces in motion, and captured Pa
ducah before the enemy arrived Next
Comrade Lincoln was sent up to get in
formation in regard to Fort Donelson
and, representing himself as Kentucky
boy trying to make his way home, he
cooked for several officers, and finally
was appointed a watchman for the
Woods Rolling Mill, which he succeeded
In burning down, and then returned to
Grant with information regarding Forts
Donelson and Henry. He was later
transferred to Hopkins's Battery, Cd Ill
l.. A, and in 1864 was commissioned an
Acting Master in the navy, and kept on
secret service duty on the lower Missis-
sippi- There he was approached by
Acting Master Glenni with proposition
to turn the boats over to the Confeder-
acy and attack and capture the Benton
which would give the Confederates a
powerful fleet on the lower river He
gave information of the plot, Glenni was
arrested, confined to his quarters, and
that night he and his two guards de-
serted. Comrade Lincoln was also with
Grant at Chattanooga, and was one of
the messengers sent out down the river
with orders for Sherman to drop every
thing and hasten on to Chattanooga.
Comrade Lincoln was one of the mes
sengers who got thru.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

engineer societies of several countries
in Europe. Mr.. Bates has positive ideas
as to what the Panama Canal should
be, and he is insisting energetically up
on its being constructed upon the high
est grade of the engineering art. His
articles on this subject in the various
scientific publications have been read
with the greatest interest by scientific
and practical men, and he has done a
service in collecting them into one vol
ume. What he says receives indorse-
ment from high sources. and it should
be read by all who desire accurate
knowledge on the subject.
ST. PATRICK. By Hubert NJ Skinner,
Ph. d. Published by Thomas
Scholes & Co, Chicago, Ill.
This is a little pamphlet telling in
paragraphs of the life and wonderful
service to Christianity of the patron
saint of Ireland. The author made a
decided success by his Lincoln Leaf
let's" and this is another work Of the
same character.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02
153d Pa.

An up-to-date roster of the regiment
is now being prepared for historical
purposes, without which the history
now in preparation will not be accepted
by the State for library use. Neither
can Te notify you of any important
events, Reunions, etc. If during the
past year you have had no communica-
tion with the Secretary you may know
your address is needed. Send full name
and company, place and date of birth,
age at muster-in and present address.
If wounded or captured, when and
where? If dead, comrades or friends
please report place, date and age at
death. Any errors in the old muster
rolls may be corrected in the new ros-
ter. Information concerning Capt. Isaac
L. Johnson desired. When last heard
from (about 20 years since) was a resi-
dent of Washington, D. G. Report at
once to the Secretary, Newton H, Mack
Bethlehem, Pa.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

L.. Chancellor of Syracuse Universi-
ty. Published by d. Appleton &
Co., New York. Price. 81.
Chancellor Day, who has achieved a
National reputation by his opposition
to President Roosevelt's policies and
theories, has embodied his views on
National matters in this book, which, it
is needless to say, is we'll and forcibly
written. 1t is dedicated ITO my faith
er, Thomas Day, who taught me to re-
we're the Constitution and to regard the
rights of men," 1t embodies the results
of observations and studies which the
author has prosecuted with unremittiDg
industry since the time when as a boy
of IA he went around the continent from
Maine to Oregon, and then crossed it
again eastward overland He abhors
the idea that American citizenship has
any other basis than manhood. Riches
do not make citizenship, and the doc
trine now taught in this country that
there is class down-trodden and op-
pressed is an insult to our intelligent
population and foreign exotic hateful
to our methods of thought. He regards
as extremely dangerous the attempt to
create classes in this country, and hesi-
tateS even to discuss it, since that would
admit a terrific possibility. We all have
the same opportunities, and we need
only embrace them with faith and wis.,
dom to achieve success.
RETRIEvALs AT PANAMA. By Lin
don w. Bates. Published by the
Technical Literature Co., 22O
Broadway, New York, N. Y.
No man in this country knows more
about the Isthmian Canal than Lindon
w. Bates, an eminent engineer, who has
been distinguished by election to the
The National tribune., 1908-04-02
A Valuable Booklet.

Spencer. Trask & Company, invest
ment bankers, William and Pine streets,
New York City. have issued their 1908
edition of their book. entitled "Statis-
tical Tables" This has "a p9ges, and
is replete with information regarding
American railroad and industrial COM
panies. and is a reliable manual for
those who desire to invest.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02
A Patriotic Family.

Mary c. Fisher, Hueneme, Cal, says
that her family was torn asunder by
the war. She had three brothers in the
army, all in different regiments, one in
the 9TH Iowa, one in the 18th ILL.,, one
In the 18th ILL.,, with cousins in the 18th
ILL., and 66th Ill. One of her brothers
was killed at the age of %. She is rad
ical in regard to patriotism, and bitterly
opposed to any attempt of the South to
axalt treason
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

In chest, Choking Sensation in throat,
Painful to lie on left side, Cold Hands or
Feet. Difficult Breathing, Dropsy. Swell
ing of the feet Or ankles, or Neuralgia
around the heart? If you have one or more
OF the above symptoms of heart disease, don't
Iail 70 use DIR. kinsman's Celebrated Heart
Tablets, the remedy which has made so many
marvellous cures. Not secret or "patenth
medicine One out of four has weak or
diseased heart. Three-fourths Of these do
not know it, and thousands die who have been
Mrongfuly treated for the Stomach, Lungs,
Kidneys or Nerves. Don't drop dead like
hundreds of others when DIR. Kirsman's
Heart Tablets will cure you.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02
a PRESENT FOR YOU

Remember, make this offer of free gin, wholly
from my desire TO do you good. 1 no money for
III you will be under no obligation to
Now, Reader, this is the opportunity of lifetime;
let it slip and you have Sach another gain
Don't neglect H. just write today Send postal c.d
or your name and address in letter, and you will
have one of these famous ThreefoId treatments by
return mail.
Address Catarrh Specialist Sproule,
Trade Building, Bosom, Mass.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02
RECENT LITERATURE.

THE RAID ON PROSPERITY. By
James Roscoe Day, LII. D., D. c.
L.. Chancellor of Syracuse Universi-
ty. Published by d. Appleton &
Co, New York. Price 81
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

Last Friday evening Representative
Thomas ]. Hef1in. of Alabama, was rid
ing on Pennsylvania Ave. car with
some other Representatives. when he
became much annoyed by the conduct
or two half-drunken negros, who were
talking loudly. swearing and using OBJ
scene language. There were many
ladies on the car and the men made
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

The invariable practice, where a for
eign Prince or official contemplates a
visit to the United States, either official
ly or incognito, Is to give formal notifi-
cation of that purpose, whereupon the
Secretary of State makes suitable ar
rangements for the reception and enter
tainment of the visitor, in accordance
with his rank and station
He Is treated as the guest of the Ma
ton, and the Government defrays his
expenses while In the United States
Such was the course followed In the
cases OF Prince Henry Of Prussia, Prince
Henry OF Battenburg and in the more
recent cases Of distinguished visitors to
the jamestown Exposition.
Altho the Prince OF Wales will not
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

Is it to be q cause ceiebre? This Due
HAbruzzi- i-Elkfns business. 1t looked for
. time as tho the Elkinses would veto
all suggestions of their daughter marry
ing "de Dago," as some street kids call
the Due Of ancient lineage. but It looks
now as tho this healthy young Ameri-i
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

Veterans are sometimes slow to ask
for pensions. but It is said to be mat
ter of record that women are backward
not at all in thinking that the Govern
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

Monday. March 23.-Owing to the
death of Senator Bryan there was no
session of the Upper House.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

The sundry civil subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committee gave
a hearing 20 Representative Sulzer, of
New York. last week, and about half a
hundred survivors of the Slocum disas-
ter on the Suizer bill now pending be-
fore the committee to appropriate a
trife more than s1.000,000 for the re-
lief of the Slocum sufferers.
At the conclusion of the hearing,
which was quite comprehensive, the
committee adopted. by unanimous vote,
a resolution setting forth that in the
hppinion of the committee there was
neither precedent nor authority nor any
legal. equitable or moral obligation on
tho Government to extend the relief de-
sired.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

Ex-senator Hill, of New York. visited
the Senate the other day, and listened
with evident interest to the speech of
Senator La Toilette Senator Hill looks
b;'t little older than when he was one of
the prominent figures in the highest
body of the National Congress.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02
YOUR HEART

Does 1t Flutter, Palpitate
or Skip Keats 2 Have you
Shortness of Breath, Ten
dernese, Numbness or
Pain in left side, Dizziness,
Painting Spells, Spots
before the eyes, Sudden
Starting in sleep, Night
mare, Hungry or Weak
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

The Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that solicitation of
funds by letter is as unlawful
as solicitation by word of mouth, and So
there you are.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

The House consumed almost the en-
tire day in consideration, in Committee
of the Whole, of the Agricultural appro-
priation bill
At p. m. the committee arose, and
the House adjourned.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

In few days Mrs. Roosevelt with a
small party of friends will set out by
rail for Vicksburg, Miss, where the
Mayflower will be waiting for them.
They will board the Mayflower. and take
leisurely trip down the Mississippi to
New Orleans. From there Mrs. Roose-
welt and friends will return to Washing
ton, and the Mayfiower will so TO Cuba
for target practice.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

The decision is said to have been
reached by the President and his Cab
met officers that no Cabinet officer shall
serve as delegate to the Republican
National Convention. Secretary Root
has been talked of as a delegate from
New York, and, Gov. Hughes is thought
to be friendly to this, but under the
agreement reached the Secretary of
State will have to decline election. Sec
retary Garfield is also talked of as
delegate from Ohio. but he will inform
his friends that he cannot serve. From
California comes talk of Secretary Met
calf as a delegate, and there is some
talk in Massachusetts of Mr.. Meyer go
ing from that State.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

Rivalry exists among the members of
the House in the matter of watches. and
daily comparisons are made with the
chronometer in the lobby at the Wealth
er Bureau Station. While in Congress
the late Speaker Reed had a watch of
swiss make that was -theI despair and
envy of his colleagues. 1t held up to
the chronometer within FIVE or six sec
onds a month FEaG
A watch which Representative Jen-
kins, of Wisconsin, Chairman of the
Committee on the Judiciary, proudly
carries, the gift of his w-citizens of
Chippewa Falls, however, easily bears
off the palm. 1t beats the chronometer
manship of Dresden firm, and keeps
within a variation of IL seconds per
annum
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

Representative Llewellyn Powers, of
Maine, is seriously Ill of infiammatory
rheumatism in a hospital near Boston
While his family is sure that he will
recover, his physicians consider him to
be in very dangerous condition.
The National tribune., 1908-04-02

certain Georgia member of Con-
gress has a constituent that he got rid
of by sending at once to the Secretary
of Agriculture. The letter reads as
follows:
Dear Mister Kongressman," the cor
respondent began, sum time ago writ
yu, asking if there were anythink the
Guvrnment cud do to make a fiten wife
behave herself. I amt herd from yu
and things is no better
"Will yu please let me no II you can
git me one of them pizen snakes from
India at the Cultural Department? 1
hev alters voted for yu and this is rlitey
little to ask"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-27
Clean Watches with Bread.

Perhaps the most novel use to which
bread is pmt may be seen In the great
watch factory at Elgin, Ill.,, where
more than forty loaves of fresh bread
are required each day. Supt. George
e. Hunter OF the watch factory is quot
ed as saying:
From the earliest times in the his
tory OF matchmaking 1t has been the
custom Of watchmakers to reduce
fresh bread to the form Of dough. This
is done by steaming and kneading.
They then use this dough for removing
oil and chips that naturally adhere In
course or manufacture TO pieces as
small as the parts of a watch. There
are many parts of watch, by the way,
that are so small as to be barely visi.
BILE to the naked eye. The oil is alb
sorbed by the dough. and the chips
stick to 1t, and there is no other
known substance which can be used as
wiper without leaving some OF its
particles attached to the thing wiped.
This accounts for the continued use Of
bread dough in the Matchmaking in.
dustry.''
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-27
ONE ovgRcoAT ron TWO MEN

What Looked Like Good Working A..
rangement Upset by Circumstances.
"This having one overcoat for two
men, said man Of limited pecuniary
resources, isn't what It's cracked up
to be.
"As long as Tom worked nights and
I worked days it was all right. We
are Just about the same size, and the
overcoat fits one of us AZ, well as it
does the other. When he came home
in the morning to go to bed put the
/ overcoat on and went out to work,
and then when came home at night,
why. Tom would take the ovrecoat
and get out on his work: and you
couldn't imagine any nicer arrange
ment than that, could you? And I
thought we were going to get through
the winter very comfortably with the
one OvercOat between us.
But now all of a sudden Tom has
been changed from the night shift to
the day shift, and that puts US up
against it. One overcoat for two men
Is all right enough for two men when
they don't both want 1t at the same
time; but when they do, why that you
know, Is different proposition, and
guess our dream of getting through
the winter on one overcoat between
MS is about over
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-27
PosTMEN's WALKING FEATs.
Distance Travelled by Men Long in
British Mail Service.

British Mail Service.
There must be few, even among
men of letters" who, like Joseph
Hunt, a Lincolnshire postman, can
claim to have tramped a distance of,
roughly. 100000 miles, not much less
than the equivalent of ten journeys
around the earth, says the Westmin-
ster Gazette.
Not long ago George Thompson
retired from service as postman in
the Langrick district OF Yorkshire, az
ter covering on foot 125,OO0 miles In
twenty-six years of letter carrying, a
service fourteen years shorter than
that Of his Lincolnshire rival
In thirty-four years Orme NJ. Brown
walked 111.0O0 miles as postman be-
tween Cupar ond Kilmany and Logic
"a distance, as was stated at the APP
propriate presentation to him of an
easy chair. nearly equal to half that
which separates the moon from the
earth
John Sinmonds OF Henley-on-
Thames retired with record Of 1871 J.
600 miles Of fair 4'feeland-toe," the
result OF forty years tramping; while
most amazing of all, Thomas Phipps,
postman in the Chipping Norton
district, was credited with an aggre-
gate journey of 100000 miles between
the years 1870 and 1898.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-27
skRlMLEY's REGULARITY.
The Pink Of Neatness in asery Other
Way, He Never Brushes His Hat.

The Pink Of Neatness In avery Other
Way, He Never Brushes His Hat.
II suppose" said Mr.. MacBlink,
that we all have our little peculiari
ties, but some of them do seem queer
You take, for instance, the one odd
thing about my friend Skrimley.
Now, Skrimley is man very
scrupulous in all the ways Of personal
cleanliness. daily bath, constant fresh
linen. clothes always in perfect order
and always brushed, and his shoes al
ways cared for In like manner; but he
never brushes his hat, and that ! have
never been able to account for.
Anybody that didn't know Skrimley
that saw him going around with that
hat OF his all covered with dust would
think he was, so to speak, dusty all
over and all through, man in every
way careless about his person: but the
facts are as have stated them, he is
actually the very opposite of personal
dustiness, in everything but his hat. !
somehow he doesn't seem to care
how that looks, and when he comes to
that he just let's it 80. Just why he
does this | don't know;;I suppose it's
Just Skrimley's little peculiarly
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-27

be 30 used one trial will be sufficient 10
disabuse his mind.
PerunA is : great and useful family
medicine. II IL used In multitudes Of
homes. It has become standard REM
edy for various petty ailments in the
home. tits especially useful for climatic
diseases. It IL m excellent remedy for
colds. It ISIS well-tried remedy for o.
tarrh in all forms.
We have multitude Of testimonials
recommending 1t for colds, for bron-
chitis, for various affections Of the
respiratory and alimentary organs.
This 10 well known to Ill who know
Peruna by actual experience.
Cures All Catarrhal Diseases"
Mr.. /. w. Kightinger, Cambridge,
Neb., writes: ~ don't have any more
trouble in my throat, and have not had
headache for four weeks.
"Peruna ID the very medicine for e.
tarrh. There is no medicine like It in
the United States, for have tried good
many before using PerunA.
II will keep 1t in my house to guard
against catarrh, - 1t cures Al catarrhal
Diseases"
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-02-27
a DOG Which sharpens Knives.

A dog that prepares hash. sharpens
knives and freezes ice cream is one of
the sights OF the little town of Orange,
Mass. The owner of the dog has con-
structed machine Of TIE treadmill
pattern, and into this the ,log cheer
fully trots as soon as things ar, ready
for his share of the work. The ma
chine is attached to a shaft. which can
be connected by belts to grindstone,
meat chopper, and an ice cream
freezer, and sometimes the animal,
which is fine st. Bernard, walks Dig
nifiedly in this treadmill half the
morning, making Hamburg steak,
sharpening knives, preparing hash,
chopping up onions, or freezing ice
cream.