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These gloves come in both long and
short styles and are made of various
skins, al of good quality and , IN
well lined throughout--price, pr. L.CU
Oilers nb TO 10 90
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
The 2Gth N. Y. md 9th N, Y, II, A.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the 26th N Y. and
the 9Th N. Y. II. AVN. p. Ketchum
Candor, N. Y.
The 26th N. Y. was organized at Ell
mira, May 81, 1861, for two years, and
mustered out May %, 1863. 1t was COM
manded by Col. VIM. H. Christian, who
resigned Sept. 19, 1862, succeeded by
Col. Richard H. Richardson, in COM
mand at the time of muster-out. 1t be-
longed to Ricketts's Division First
Corps, and lost LOG killed and AZ from
disease, etc.
The 9Th N. Y. H. A. was organized at
Yonkers, Sept. 2. 1862, as the 135th N.
y, but changed the next month to
heavy artillery and designated the 9Th.
TWO additional companies were added
to 1t in December. The organization
was consolidated into a battalion of four
companies June 25, 1865, the remain
Ing companies of the 10th and 18th N.
Y. Art transferred to it, and the con-
solidated force finally mustered out
Aug. "a, 1865. The regiment was COM
manded by Col. VIM. H. Morris, of the
Regular Army, who was promoted to
Brfgadier-General April 2. 1863, sue
ceeded by Col. J. Howard Kitching, who
died OF wounds received in action JAN
10, 1865. Col. George c.. Kibbe then
took command, but was discharged
June 2S, 1866, and at the time of final
muster-out the consolidated force was
commanded by Col. Stephen Baker. The
9Th belonged to Ayres's Division, Fifth
Corps, and lost 1876 killed and 2S1 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
Stone ChanneIiug Machines.
(From the Canal Record.)

The Isthmian Canal Commission
has purchased "a Sullivan stone
channeling machines of the largest
size, driven by compressed air, with
which the lock walls and portions
of the canal are to be channeled
Two are now in use at Bas Obispo
several others will be employed at
Gatun and Pedro Miguel, and the
rest will be employed in Culebra
Cut. These machines cut exactly
to the line as surveyed, making
subsequent filling or trimming un-
necessary. They do away with
blasting, which skaters the surface
of the rock and often makes neces-
sary the building of retaining walls
to prevent rock falls or slips. They
will leave a smooth surface on the
walls of the canal, so that if a yes
sci strikes at an angle its hull will
not be injured as would be the case
were the rock to have a rough sur
face
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
Some Comparative Figures.
(From the Canal Record.)

The average city block is about
$50 feet square. The excavation
| from the Canal Zone during the
month of November would cover 10
city blocks to hight of 40 feet.
The Pyramid of Cheops, the larg
est of the Egyptian pyramids. is
$50 feet square at the base and
| 451 feet in hight. 1t is said to have
taken the services of 100000 men
10 years to build road from the
quarry to the pyramid. and the
same number of men 20 years to
| erect the pyramid. The Canal Com
mission is moving an amount of
material equal to that contained in
this pyramid every so working
days, and by the end of the year
1908 it will probably accomplish
the same feat in a month.
The Suez Canal, under the orig
inal plan, was begun in 1859 and
completed in 1869. At the present
rate of excavation the Isthmian
Canal Commission could build the
Suez Canal in 3.S years.
The Manchester Ship Canal,
length 35k Y miles, connecting Man.
chester, England, with the seaport
of Liverpool, is one of the large
ship canals of the world. The
forces on the Canal Zone are NOV
ing an amount of material equal to
the excavation of this canal, at
present rates, every 25 months.
At the present rate of excavation
the 1sthmian Canal Commission
would build Kaiser Wilhelm's Kiel
Canal, 81 miles long, in little over
five years.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
PENSION POINTERS.
Inquiries Answered and Suggestions
Made.

]. P. c., Canada.-Under the bounty
act of July II, 1862, two classes of nine
months men entered the service. The
men of one class were militia, called into
the service under sections l and 2, and
were neither entitled to nor paid boun-
ty The men of the other class were
volunteers received into service under
section 3, and were entitled to and paid
$25 bounty. Sixteen regiments of Penn
sylvania volunteers, numbered from 122
to 1877 inclusive, were accepted into
service under this latter section.
Subscriber, n. J.-Neither temporary
nor permanent residence in a foreign
country will interfere with soldier S
rights to pension for service during the
rebellion if otherwise entitled.
H. c. j., Petoskey, Mich.-A wife may
draw one-half of her husbands pension
if he deserts her for more than six
months and she is in neccessitons cir
cumstances and a woman of good moral
character, or she may draw one-half of
his pension if he is an inmate of a
Soldiers Home. Date of marriage is
no factor in this, as the husband is
bound to provide for the support of his
wife, no matter when they were mar
ried.
w. II. E., Iowa.-Neither a Provost
Marshal nor his deputy is entitled to
pension on account of wounds or in
juries, unless same is received while
such soldier was actually in the dis
charge of his duty.
| Inquiry.-The act of March 2, 1895,
| provides that pension, check mailed
! to a pensioner who dies after the exc
cution of the pension voucher and be-
fore indorsing the check becomes part
| of the estate of the deceased pensioner
and payable to the estate. If an eXecu-
tor or administrator has been appoint
| ed, he should indorse the check and at
| tach thereto a certified copy of letters
| of administration and forward the same
thru a local bank for collection. In
cases where no administrator is to be
appointed request should be made to
| the Auditor for the Interior Depart
ment, Treasury Department, Washing
ton, ID. c., for a blank application for
payment of pension check without ad
ministration," together with the neces-
sary instructions The amount due on
the check should be given in the re-
quest to the Auditor for blank.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
The 11th Ill. Cuv.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 18th Ill. Cav
John Reinhardt, Miner, Ill.
The 18th Ill. Cav was organized al
Peoria, Dec. 20, 1861, and finally mus
tered out Sept. 80, 1865. 1t was COM
manded by Col. Robert c. Ingersoll
who resigned June 80, 1868, succeeded
by Col. Lucien II. Kerr, who was mus
tered out upon expiration of term of
service, Dec. 10, 1864. At the time of
final muster-out the regiment was COM
manded by Col. Otto Funke. 1t be-
longed to Kimbail's Division, Sixteenth
Corps. and lost "a killed and 245 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
Fishing in Dinfng-ROOm.

There is large hotel in Colo.
rado which has a notable feature
of interest in the fact that a trout
stream runs right thru it's dining
room. A guest is allowed to take
fish, which, when caught, are
cooked and served to him at the
next meal, and it is quite a regular
custom for a visitor to catch trout
for his own breakfast. Needless to
say, the stream is kept well stocked
with fish, and is a great attraction
to the guests. The water comes
from a genuine mountain brook,
and everything about the portion o.
it which flows thru the hotel is
kept as true to nature as possible.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
The 18th Iowa.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short sketch of the 18th Iowa.-Chas.
Hinman, Denver. Colo.
The 18th Iowa was organized in the
State at large in August, 1862, and mus
tered out July 20, 1865. 1t was COM
manded by Col. John Edwards, who
was promoted to Brigadier- General Nov.
Z, 1854, succeeded by Lieut.-Col High
j. Campbell, who was in command at
the time of muster-out. 1t belonged
to Thayers Division, Seventh Corps,
and lost 35 killed and 1872 from disease,
etc-Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
The 18th Tenn. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a sketch of the 18th Tenn. Cav-W. B
Hopkins, Hiwasse, Ark.
The 18th Tenn. Cav. was organized al
Strawberry Plains, Nashville and Gala
tin in October and November, 1868, and
February, March and May, 1864, and
was mustered out Sept. 5, 1865. 1t was
commanded by Col. John K. Miller, and
belonged to the Army of the Ohio
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
The 33d n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short sketch of the 33d N. Y.-C. B.
Brown, Chanute, Kan
The SD n. Y. was organized at Ell
mira, May %. 1861, for two years, and
mustered out June 2,-1S63 1t was COM
manded all thru its service by Col. Rob-
ert f. Taylor, belonged to SlOcums Di-
vision. Sixth Corps, and lost As killed
and 54 from disease, etc-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
The States of Illinois and Indiana were

The States of Illinois and Indiana were
passed over during the night, and Ohio
was reached in the morning. The bal
| loon then passed across Lake Erie into
| New York and onto Lake Ontario, into
which it descended, but rose again, and
a landing was made in Henderson, JEFF
ferson County, n. Y. The time occu-
! pied in making this journey was 19
hours and so minutes, and the distance
| traversed 1,150 miles, or S26 miles in
an air line. This was the record trip
until 1900, when the French aeronaut,
Vaulx, Travelled from Paris to the Rus
sian border, a distance of 1900 miles,
in 35 hours and As minutes.
w. P. H. Mobile. Ala, asks: When
was Car of Russia murdered in re-
cent years?
Nicholas H., the grandfather of the
present Car, was killed by the explo-
sion of a bomb on March 13, 1881.
r. L. s., Scranton, Pa, asks: What
does it mean when two green flags are
displayed on the front of an engine?
Two green flags by day, or two green
lights by night, denote that the train is
followed by another train running on
the same schedule, and entitled to the
same timetable rights as the train
carrying the signals.
]. w. P, Kansas City, Mo-, asks:
What is satin berber"?
One of the young ladies in the office
tells us that it is a satin-faced wool
fabric with a wool back. The name
explains the finish rather than the
weave.
c. F., Louisville, KY, asks: How
many potatoes can be transported in a
lotion car?
About 430 bushels.
j. r. A, Deccrah, Iowa, asks: What
does potage la puree de volatile on
bill of fare mean?
1t means chicken puree, and puree is
the name given to very thick soups, of
which the thickening, or rather the in
gradients for thickening, have been
rubbed thru a sieve
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
A Simple Mission Stain.

Mix boiled linseed oil and as
phaltum together in portions of
half and half and apply with a
brush. In one or two minutes rub
off with a rag, and one of the finest
mission stains is obtained. This
may be vanished One gallon will
cover about 500 square feet of
smooth lumber.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
The Same Right ta II.

Editor National Tribune: 1 have been
thinking that the money now COMING
to me from the Government is mine
just as much in 1865. and that I cer-
tainly am as much or more entitled to
the same interest the bondholder has
been getting all these years.-Colln r.
Bayne, Warren, q.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
Josiah w. Whitney.

Comrade VIM. Wilson, East Green.
wich, r. l., writes: Il see that you
have a discharge belonging to Josiah
w. Whitney. We were boys together.
1 have not seen him in many years;
last saw him IN Putnam, Conn, when
he was in the employ of N. Y, n. H.
e H. r. r. He had a son who was
clerk in the post office; had one or two
married daughters in Putnam"
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
THE NATIONAL TRlBuNE's REPOSITORY.

There SO much pressure columns by admirable
articles that should be published that decided to issue
monthly Repository in which will many of the best
ces sent and which think of such value should
be printed in form suitable for The
posoy will be handsome pamphlet printed paper large
type and Its contents will be of the highest class The first
this on the press. 1t will contain:
Ihe Amys Powerful Ally Was the Navy Important
tor In the Suppression of the Rebeion!" BY Lieut. Tom
of the o. NJ 1s6l5 and Paymaster Missouri Naval Reserve
st. Louis, Mo.
Fifteen Months in Prison; Experience Pemberton
Isle and Andersonvle BY James NJ Emery Battery
II. A, Chicago, Ill.
Mller,s Brigade at Stone River By j. NJ Barbour Co. H.
21st Ohio Detroit, Mich. -'
Fed With Vcssitudes; the Ups and Downs History
of the 3d Ohio from Shiloh the Grand Review" By Frank NJ
Lewis Captain 53d Oho and A g. Second Brigade Second Di
vision, Fifteenth Corps.
"Earlys Raid Washington; a Leaf History" By
Henry A. Castle NInneapo Mimi
The Regiment That Put Down the Rebellion" By A Ward
Teer will be other shorter but less important articles to
fill up the measure of GA pages.
In order to secure prompt renewal, will give The
National Tribune and the November December and January ise
of the Repository for $OO By subscribing you will secure in
addition the 50 issues of The National Tribune nearly 200
of excellent reading matter fe
Price of Repository Is per copv
Three copies of the Repository and The National Tribune one
year, $100 ' ~
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
A Grand Record.

J. c. Jackson, Co. F, SD Pa, Lake
ton, Pa, says he is enjoying going over
his army life thru The National Trib-
une much more than he did his actual
personal experience, which had moth
ing in it worthy of note. He is proud,
however, of an item concerning the
Township from which many of the
members of his regiment were recruit
ed. Monroe Township, Pa, sent more
men to the front than it had voters,
and never had a draft. He wonders if
any other locality could beat that rec
ord. There are only about SO of the
original members of the SD left
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
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lncosed find 81 90 The National Tribune one yar
and for the November December January of the Rpos
tory
City
The National tribune., 1908-01-02
An Incident at Sailor. Creek.

James E. MacGregor, First Sergeant,
Co. L, 73d n. Y, Mesilla Park, n. j.,
sends his greetings to the Sth N. j.,
and recalls that at Sailors Creek, two
days before the surrender, they got
some of the boys in gray from Long
streets Corps. 1t was beautiful sunny
day, and as the prisoners were taken in
they saw the white diamonds on the
hats and breasts of their captors, and
called out, Bully boys. Diamonds are
trumps today" Everybody was going
over the old Virginia roads very fast
about these times. Comrade MacGreg-
ors regiment belonged to the Third
Corps, Third Division, under Gen. Mott,
and had the advance.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02

John Walrod, Faribault, Mimi, in
sists that Gen. Mcclellan bestowed the
name of the Iron Brigade on the West
ern organization, and that after the
war he told Gen. John B. Calls, of Ian.
caster, Wis, at the Continental Hotel ir
Philadelphia, that he, Mcclellan, had
watched Gen. Gibbons Brigade engaged
at South Mountain, and could see every
movement thru his glass. They were
fighting against great odds, and wher
Gen. Hooker came in he was asked
what troops they We're. He replied
"Gibbon's Brigade of Western men,
Mcclellan said they must be made ot
Iron. Hooker answered with an oath
that they were, and if he had seer
them at the Second Bull Run he would
have known this. To this Mcclellan
remarked that they fought equal to the
best troops in the world, which delight.
cd Hooker so that he mounted his horse
ane dashed away to convey the com.
plinlent to the brigade.
The National tribune., 1908-01-02

Luther Seiders, Batteries F and G, 1st
Art. Pa. Reserves, Reading, Pa, ex-
presses the greatest appreciation for the
flag which was sent him by The Ma
tional Tribune as a premium with his
for 1908. He thinks that
every soldier, no matter in what war
he served or in what capacity, should
own an American flag, which he should
display on all proper occasions, and
which should envelop his body when he
leaves this world for the eternal camp
ing ground. He thinks no one need fear
that the rising generation will not love,
honor and protect Old Glory, as the
civil war generation has done, as there
are still millions who would die to
save it"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
ROCKVILLE AND VICINITY.
General and Personal News of Mont
gomery County, Md.
.spondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. February 1. 1858.
Miss Wilhelmine Dorothea NJ. liett,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry viett of
this town. and Enoch Crissman Kamey
of Washington We're married at O'Clock
this evening by Rev. Thomas H. Camp
bell, pastor of the Rockville Baptist
Church. The ceremony was performed
at the home of the brides parents and
was witnessed by only relatives of the
young couple.
The brides only attendant was her
sister, Miss Louise Welt, who was maid
of honor. Edward Graham of Washing
ton was best man. Following the cere-
mony a supper was served and later
Mr.. and Mrs. Ramey departed for an
extended trip They will make their
nome in Washington.
A progressive euchre party was held
at the clubhouse of the Montgomery
Country Club Thursday afternoon. 1t
was in charge of committee of which
Miss Eliza Choate was chairman, the
players including Mrs Morgan w ash
burn, Mrs. Robert p. Peter. Mrs. Ella
Anderson. Mrs. Theodore Mason. Mrs
Bowie f. Waters. Mrs George NJ. Hun
ter. Mrs. Griffith Misses Myers, Daisy
Hege. Eliza Choate. Louise Edmondston
and Rose Henderson Mrs Waters and
Mrs. Peter won the prizes.
State Senator Blair Lee, Robert G.
Hilton. chairman of the democratic state
central committee for this county; Ed
ward c. Peter and Messrs. Cummings
Ray. Waters and Williams. who repre-
sent the county in the house of uele-
gates, visited Gov. Crothers in Annapolis
yesterday and urged the appointments OF
Edward Waters OF Goshen for tobacco in
spector, Charles F. Brooke of Oiney for
fish commissioner for the western
shore. a position he now holds, and
George +. Nicholson of Olney Tor a
position in the state veterinary depart
ment. 1t is understood that the dele
cation also submitted recommendations
In regard to the appointments of justices
of the peace. notaries public. supervisors
of elections, school commissioners and
the other appointments soon to be made
for the county.
Preston b. Ray of Forest Glen who
represents Montgomery county in the
house of delegates. has introduced a bill
aimed at Migrants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Sandy Spring News.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
SANnV cDDJN-C ~

SANDY SPRING, Md.
February 1. 1905
The woman's Association met at the
home of Mrs. Joseph T. Moore. Jr., to
lunch Friday. having been deferred one
day TO enable some members at attend
the county grange. About twenty-five
were present. and they discussed do
mestic and literary questions and
plans for improvements at the aims
house at Rockville. Quaint minutes of a
meeting Of the same society. held in May
1863, at the home of Mrs. Moore's grand
mother. Mrs. Robert r. Moore. We're read
Mrs. Benjamin w. Miller will be the host
ess OF the February session.
The engagements of Miss Bosley of Bal
timore county to Macgill Palmer of Sandy
Spring and OF Miss Hopes of Whining
ton to Mr.. William Nesbit, former res.
ident here. have been announced.
Recent guests have been Misses. Bertha
McKe.dry and Miss Ethel Thompson OF
Baltimore, Mr.. Felix Dupont of Whining.
ton. Miss Bessie Dinsmore of Philadei.
phia, Mr. Edward Van Alstyne and Mr
John Jeanin of New York. The two lat.
ter conducted farmers institute at OIL
ney.
Mrs Walter H. Brooke. Miss Eliza
Bentley and Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph T
Moore are In New York for a month; Mrs
Catherine Janney sailed for Bermuda or
the same vessel with Mark Twain; Mise.
Frances stabIer, Ellen Farquhar ane
Mary NJ. Stabler are In Wilmington
Misses Martha Vickers and Emma T
Stabier. in Baltimore: Misses Rebecca T
Miller and Lucy Thorn. at New Bedford
Mass. and Miss Anna Farquhar In Wash
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
AROUND THE CITY

A man was taking peeps at human
nature through the storm doors of a de-
partment store. He was apparently keep
ing an appointment with some feminine
Iaggard, for after dawding at the valen-
tine counter and around the book section
he lounsed over to the entrance and
stationed himself behind the side OF a
double glass door marked closed.
The other half of the door was labeled
open and the outer storm doors were
ettered to show that one was to be used
in entering and the other in leaving the
store There was no room for ypisunder-
standings, for each door had its por-
celain tablet marked, respectively, in
and out"
for about a minute the expecting a
friend expression left his face and was
replaced by another SO entirely satisfac-
tory that it caught the interest of a
woman who had also been looking over
books and valentines While waiting for a
laggard friend.
II is always worth while knowing any
cause that makes a dignified family man
take on the grin of d small boy at a
circus. so the woman moved casually
over to the entrance, and, being the
taller of the two, looked over the mans
shoulder to see what was going on.
1t was merely the usual thing.
Women were bouncing in from the
street through the wrong door and col
lidng with women who were leaving the
store through the wrong door. Iney
took their humping as matter OF course
and neither apologized or frowned They
were used to 1t.
Having rushed in through the door
marked Out" they proceeded to Dol,
through the inner glass door marked
CLOSED" They must have seen the sign
and only blind woman could have failed
TO notice the man standing against the
inner side OF the glass. But that made nc
difference. They wanted to get into the
store through that closed door, and thew
went about il in various. ways according
to individual dispositions. Some. hav!ng
met with opposition from the bolt
frowned. read the sign. saw the man
smiled or frowned again and went through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Wiaya I Lecture to Women.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4. AT $50 PM,
9l8 Colorado Building.
Subject: 1.-TWO Epochs in Womans Lie
Admission free.

In the latter match the separate organiza-
tons will be consolidated into a provis-
ional regiment and a team picked from
the entire body The 1st and I'd Regiments
will also have teams entered. The matches
will be the first of series to show the
relative standing of the members of the
cub.
Some of the scores in the practice at fif-
teen yards last evening were: Lieut.. Holt.
Sc Lieut.. Heidenrich, Y; Lieut.. Holli-
field 76, and Lieut. Durston. Is. and a.
twenty yards Capt. Summers. So, and
Lieut.. Col. Reichelderfer. 81 and "A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
Plans of Revolver Association.

The practice last evening of the Officers
Revolver Association. n. G. D. c., was
preceded by a meeting of the executive
committee. 1t was decided that a match
between battalions be held the third Sat-
separate Organization to be entitled to en-
ter a team. The last Saturday of Feb
ruary a regimental match will be shot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
of mine a Job twenty-five years ago an

d IUD years ago
he's got it yet
What L was going to say" put in
John. who had plainly been interrupted
before he was through with his remarks,
lis this: The senator don't have to walk
if he don't want to. long as I own a
team-don't care if he didn't have hssgood
money. He's been d mighty good man
to me-"
And Vet there are wise folks in this
world who tell that there is no such
thing as gratitude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-02
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