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The National tribune., 1909-04-01
11,osc Exclusion Bills.

Editor National Tribune: If we were
not kickers / sometimes think we would
not be true Americans, and not wishing
to be considered disloyal, 1 will register
my kick. After reading the bill presented
to the New York Legislature to pension
the soldiers who served that State n.
helping to put down the rebellion, | am
constrained TO think that the G. A. X. Of
the State OF New York are CHASING theil-
selves as many think Col Fox has the
ooo hghtIng regiments so frequently spo-
ken OF. Now, the G. A. r. of New York
may imagine that because they have been
SATISFIED to sit down in their old home
ana remain there, they are the only loyal
veterans New York sent into the field.
and consequently are the only ones enti-
tied TO pension from the great State
which furnished nearly one-third of the
army that put down the rebellion. We
VINO started out to assist in developing
the country are TO be cut off by this mag
unanimous pension bill from the meager
pittance allowed by it, Perhaps those
who remained in the State were too de.
creplt TO get awav. and that is why the
State Is to be so generous in caring for
these unfortunates. Perhaps, too, we VINO
We're able to get out and see what there
IS IN this graf Union, are better able to
take care of ourselves than the unfortu-
mates who could not get away from home
after the war was over. OF course.
thlnk the State is very generous in max
ing an effort 10 provide for her feeble
wards. With ill-wishes for none. with
charity to all, in i. c. and I,.-W. III.
wilson, Sergeant, Co. C, 134th n. Y,
Topeka, Kan.
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Department of Vermont.
OsaMatomie Battlefield.

The w. r. C. of Kansas is making
an effort TO have purchased and prop
erly marked the battlefield of Osawato-
mic. Aug. 80. 1856, John Brown, with
II or Is men. entered the town OF
Osawatomie, and prepared for its de-
fense against some 500 border ruffians
from Missouri, who were advancing
upon it. Brown put II men in a log
house, and went out with Is more to
scout for the enemy. He was Joined
by Capt. Cline, with IL or Is mounted
men, and came upon the enemy just
northwest of the town, on the
southern bank of the Usage, or Marias
des Cygnes. A fight opened, which
Cline's men kept up until they ran out
of ammunition, when they retired, but
Brown maintained the struggle until he
had only six or seven men left. Two
were wounded and possibly two or three
captured. The border ruffians then
burned the town in revenge for a loss
of 80 killed and 40 or so wounded.
Senator Ingalls, said as to this:
The battle of Osawatomie was the
most brilliant and important episode in
the Kansas war. 1t was the high di-
vide of the contest. 1t was our Their
mopylae, and John Brown was our
Leonidas with his Spartan band. 1t
was evident that somebody was in
earnest. But when freedom recounts
the sacrifices of her sons she does not
ask the number or rank of those who
fell, Winkelried is as dear to her as
Washington, and Osawatomie is as sa-
cred as Bunker HILL"
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
In North Dako,,

A corrvipondent at Glendale. N. ID
writes: Ohio and Pennsylvania didn't
do it all, on Feb. IL. They were not
the only cucumbers in the National
garden in doing honors to Abraham
Lincoln on the Tooth anniversary of his
birth. Glendale, n. D., had a great
day. We carried out the National pro-
gram successfully and impressiveIy. The
only variation was by the Post Adju-
tant, u. I. Martin, who, instead of the
Gettysburg address, read a speech made
by President Lincoln, March 16, 1864.
at fair In Washington, ID. c., held
for the benefit of sick and wounded
soldiers. Comrade Martin reminded
his auditors that the great majority of
those noble women of whom M. Lin
coin spoke so feeliDgly have passed 10
that eternal camp where wounds and
sickness are not known and hospitsIs
are not needed, but their example now
Is followed in all the world where
calamity infiicts suffering, and that we
now see the Queen of Italy kneeling bv
the cot of wounded and dying, follow
ing the example Of heroic women of
America. There was banquet provid
ed by the W. II. c."
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Heavy MOrtalities.

Editor National Tribune: In your is
sue of Feb. IL it is stated that Old
Guard Post, 23, Dayton, o., lost bv
death last year 21 out of a membership
of $40. Crocker Post, IL, Des Moines
Iowa, lost, during 1908, IA out of a
membership of 254. Among them, and
the first, was Gen. Josiah Given, who
died Feb. 3. He went out in Co. K
gath Ohio; was veteran of the Mexi,
can War. Maj. Chas. Mackenzie, Co
FL, 9Th Iowa, died March IA. He was
a brother of Maj. Mackenzie, U. S.
Army, who was here during his illness
Then Capt. NJ. T. Russell, Co. A. 51st
Ind, died July 2. He was of the few
who escaped thru the famous Libbev
Prison tunnel. The last death, Dec. 3i.
was Capt. Joseph W. Muffley, 140tb
Pa, who was on the staff of
Cen. Beaver. Capt. Mufiey was
the second Adjutant of the POST
called by death in 1908. ]. ]. Stucknev
Co. c, 14tt1 HI, who had served several
years, died April 6, Capt. Muffley suc-
ceeding him. The Commander George
M: Read, Co. III. 42d Ohio, who appoint
ed them, died July 5. Thus we had two
commanders in one year and three Adj
Jutants. The past year was the great
est loss in the history of the Post-W
Moines, Iowa. eS
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Call for Hamilton's Ex-prisoners, Bi,,

Editor National Tribune:
Never do l forget that in Richmond,s
Libby Prison .
There was home where but misery had
arisen,
Relations and comrades were all far from
me
And perhaps thought me gone beyond
hfes restless sea,
In those days when l suffered with many
brave men,
but seldom had book, nor pencil, nor
pen,
When hungry and freezing in the upper
middle-room
bitterly sighed: ''How heavy is my
doom"
Yet in spite of great sorrows my spirit
was right,
For 1t could see thru darkness the on
coming light,
Lo, liberty came! a friendly boat put to
shore:
For the North's Stars and Stripes we
cheered once more,
And nowi What is my fate? I have
grown old and gray,
Living IN Switzerland, lingering day after
day,
For the well-deserved, lons-expected
liamilton's Bill
Soon to be passed by the Senate's good
will e0''
--Casimir Muri, 18th No., Lucerne. Swift
zerland.
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Good Post and Corps.

Editor National Tribune: We had
here an impressive observance of the
Tooth anniversary of the birth of our
great President, Abraham Lincoln.
Comrade A. d. Holcomb presided, and
all the speakers were aole, interesting
ant Adjutant-General of the G.. A. r.,
Gordon; Comrade T. Il. Smith, Assist
ant Adjutant-Generol OF the c. A. R.,
columbus, o.; Hon. t. ID. Binkley, AS
sistant Secretary of State, Columbus. O.
and others. There was a fine patriotic
program, and the impression on the
minds of the children ana young folk
VIII never be lost, and will ever be help
ful to the country. Our Post-John W.
Fowler, 366-is in a sound condition,
with over so members in good stand
ing, and 1T is Loyalty, faithfully and
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Who Knows Thomas EuI,erp

Editor National Tribune: We desire
to ascertain the whereabouts of Thomas
Fuller, if alive, or his heirs or relatives.
Thomas Fuller in or about the wear
1864 resided with farmer by the name
of Frederick Becker at the village of
Charleston, Montgomery County. II. Y.
we are Informed that Mr.. Fuler's par
ents at that time were both dead and Mr..
Becker had taken him from an Albany
orphan asylum when he was about eight
years of age under an arrangement to
WORK on the farm until he arrived at The
age OF y. Sometime in August. 1864.
young Fuller enlisted at Troy, N. Y, in
u me G4th \; y, as a private, in Co. A..
on July ii, 1865, he was mustered out
win the company near Washington. ID.
T., but since then all traces of him have
peen lost. He nevee returned to Mr..
Becker's farm, nor did any member of the
ikr 5ecker family hear from him again.
Ihere is considerable property coming to
RULER or his heirs.-Keeshan & SleicHer.
Ils State street, Albany, N. Y.
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valid, no matter what the illness, could
not have ice cream or any really cooling
drink or food. Ice cream is now con-
sidered very excellent diet for sick
person, especially one who has much
internal fever.
A delicious and delicate way of serv-
ing apples to an invalid may be made
as follows: Stew tart apples quickly, SO
the sauce will be white and tender.
lStrain thru puTee sieve, then beat with
| the white of an egg already made stiff.
Add sugar and fiavoring to taste and
pile lightly in a glass dish.
Every housekeeper knows the great
discomfort occasioned from chopping
onions for chilli sauce. If they will add
the red peppers to the onion and chop
together they will find the annoyance
from smarting eyes entirely done away
with. Hold the onions under the water
while peeling.
Egg sauce for fish may be made as
follows: Boil four eggs for seven min
utes, then remove the shells and the
whites, and rub the yolks thru wire
sieve; put two ounces of butter into
stewpan with one and a half ounces of
fine u Iur, mix together on the side of
the soye till the butter is quite melted,
then add by degrees half pint Of hot
water, keeping it stirred over the fire
all the time. When it boils add the
juice of nalf a lemon, half gill of
cream, Il dust of red pepper and pinch
of salt; wiring thru the strainer, and
then mix in the prepared yolks of eggs.
Serve in a sauceboat. This quantity
will do for eight persons.
Oatmeal can be used instead of bar
ley or rice in the soup. 1t thickens it,
and adds flavor which is pleasant.
To get dried parsley or any other
savory herb, wash and shake it dry. Put
it into a cool oven until it becomes crisp.
Put il into tight tins or bottles from
which air is excluded.
Place mirrors so that the direct rays
of the sun do not fall upon them. 1t
gives the glass a milky appearance
which can never be entirely remedied.
A reliable test for mushrooms, says
an experienced housekeeper, is to put {;
bit of silver, such as weil-washed
dime, into a dish in which they are
cooked. If il discolOrs the mushrooms
are unfit for food.
A meat chopper may be better cleaned
by running a piece of bread thru the
machine before washing.
Cloths wrung out in hot water and
laid over the eyes, form one of the best
methods OF treatment for infiamed eyes
To take this application one must lie
down, SO the lamentations may be
placed on as hot as can be borne, chang
ing them frequently. This done after
a hard fit of crying, will draw out all
the Inflammation, it being only neces-
sary to allow the blood, drawn to the
surface by the heat, to be absorbed into
the circulation again.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Ohio Sons and Daughters of Veterans.

Editor National Tribune: Never see
ing any reports of the Sons of Veterans
and their Auxiliary, 1 thought / would
like to notify the comrades thru your
paper that the Sons of Veterans and
their Auxiliary are doing a noble work
in Ohio. and especially in Columbus, o.
Coy. Dennison Camp, !, numbers lis
of the most prominent young men of
our city. Among them are Congress-
man E. L. Taylor, Jr., Karl T. Weber.
Prosecuting Attorney of Franklin Coun-
ty, one of his assistants; Reed II. Game
President of the renowned Republican
Glee Club; VIM. II. Kennedy, Custodian
of the Government Building; Randolph
Walton, noted political speaker of
the State. and others too numerous to
mention. Their new Commander, Hor-
ace 5. Kerr, is a prominent young at
torney, and under his command they
are doing a good work
Their Auxiliary, IT. is not Behind
them in any way; We have over 1G0
members. The Auxiliary takes in
daughters, sranddaughters and nieces
Of soldiers and wives of the Sons OF
Veterans.
On Jan. the Sons and Auxiliary held
joint installation. The Auxiliary car
rfed off the honors in their installation,
as the floor work was almost perfect.
On that evening the Auxiliary present.
ed the Camp with a beautiful silk Flag.
with northumberland streamers. After
the ceremonies, which were witnessed
by over 100 people, we adjourned to
the banquet room, where ice cream,
cake and coffee Were served.
On Feb. 2 the Camp and Auxiliary
joined together and celebrated in honor
of Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, about
200 attending. Commander H S. Kerr
presided.-Jennie De Long, Press Cor
respondent Auxiliary, Z, Columbus, o.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Notice 10 Fat Women.

presumably yon know, ladies', that the
proper caper nowadays is lines Curves are
passe You have got. to take off your fat.
This must be done in one of three ways. Bv
die'ing, by exercises, or by means of Mar
mola prescription Tablets. The two former
will keep you busy for months and punish
yeu pretty severely, the latter will cost Won
20 cents at the druggists The tablets will
not make any alteration in your diet neces-
sary, and yet in all probability, before you
have used up one case, you will be losing
from II to 16 ounces of fat a day. Which
method do you like the best?
II you fancy this pleasant method of get.
ting Of the fat. see your druggist instantly.
or else write the Marmola Company, Dept. 1ss
Detroit, Mich, to send you case by mail
These cages contain 80 generous a Quantity of
aaeiets oaf tnat the treatment is very eeononi-
est ~. It ls. siso. quite harmless. for the tsb.
famous Aarmola Prescription.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Enlisted Brothers.

Editor National Tribune: notice
Joseph Filter, Co. II, 9th Va, sent the
names spf 1S pairs of brothers. Here is
the LIST of Co. X, 14th Pa. Cav: James
NJ. Briggs, Samuel w. Briggs. ChaIkley
BrocIus,. Amos Z. Brocius, George Bo.i.
ell, David G; Bothell, Henry j. BodenIorn.
Jacob j. IBodenhorn, Daniel FraiIey,
Henry trailey, Jacob NJ. Hankey. Reni'
". Hankey, Enos Hefiiefinger, W. . q
HHeniehnger, Il v: s. Hefiefinger, John A.
! Johnston, David Johnston, John King.
Hamilton King, David King, Thomas
king, Robert j. Lytle, Morrow LytIe
John ]. Martin, David Martin, John w
McNutt. VIM. NJ. McNutt, Siias Miller
James n. Miller, John s. Mcintyre, VIM
q. q Mcintyre, Joseph stoughton, John
Samuel Smith, Martin v.
Smith; Andrew Wissinger, Levi S. Wissin.
ser. william Young, Robert Young. Also
.nere were two psn named Ramsey and
Two T naWed Fry think were brothers.-
h.1ts EcMS =. Ht.ays, t.ys, o. e. 14th Pa. Cav,
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Gen. IIarller.

Editor NationaFTribune In The Nc
tional Tribune i see while around Re-
SAGA that our brigade commander, Har-
ker, was among the wounded. That
must be mistake. Col. Harker was
killed the same day / was wounded. on
ehe 2!th day of June l don't think
harker ever received g. wound before
ne got Killed while our brigade was
charging the works of Marietta on Ken
esaw.-Frederick w. Wagner, Co. K.
Alst Ill, kensingtcn, Kan.
The Life of Gen. Harker, says that
PC was slightly wounded at Mission
Ridge and again at Resaca. He had
xwo horses shot under him at Chicka-
mauga, and had his horses killed at Mis-
sion Ridge and Resaca.-Editor Ma
donal Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01

II IS not little odd that the Ameri-
Fan woman cares so little for flowers in
her house. OF course, the society wo-
man spends vast sums on her floral dec
Orations, but she generally succeeds
badly. because she does not give the
matter her undivided attention, and lets
a decorator who wants to sell his flow
erS dc the job for her. She tells him
the color scheme will be q certain
color or colorS, and he is to work TO
that idea. Now, if the society woman
really cared for flowers or knew any
thing about them. she would select them
more carefully for perfume, or lack of
1t, than she does for color scheme"
which is an abominable term at best.
j have known a woman to decorate her
dining room with hyacinthS, and others
SO lost to all sense of the eternal fitness
Of things as to use annunciation lilies,
heavy-odored lilacS and heliotrope in
their banqUeting halls. OF course, to
the dainty, eating is at no time a pretty
process, and one wonders why it seems
necessary to forever parade the matter
of feeding our faces" before people;
but surely q woman of really good taste
does not care to eat with her roast beef
and boiled onions the almost putrid
perfume of the lilac or heliotrope, or
mingle with corned beef and cabbage
the odor of lilies and hyacinths. A din
ner table that has upon it roses or car
nations has a healthy counteractor of
soups and sweets in the way of smells,
but tuberose or kindred heavy odor
will kill anything in the way of the
viands. The ancients understood the
art of flower decorating in their banquet
halls, and the rose was the flower If
something else is desired, then it should
be one of the scentless blossoms.
Again, the disposition is to crowd
flowers. Don't. Half a dozen roses in
a tall vase make the room seem bright
er and sweeter. A dozen roses crowded,
short stemmed, into a rose bowl spoils
the beauty of the rose, and makes too
much of a mass. The japanese do these
things much better than we do. They
put single blossom in a vase and it
seems TO fairly fill the room with its
fragrance and beauty, even tho it be
only few plum blossoms.
Here is a way to make ice cream for
an invalid at home: Put into a bowl
two teaspoonfuls sherry, one teaspoon
ful powdered sugar and one-half cupful
cream. Beat together until the mixture
begins to thicken, but not until like
whipped cream. Pour this into the
sterilized freezer or a baking powder
can. Fit the lid on tightly with a piece
Of manila paper between the lid and
the top of the can, set in the larger YES
sci of tin or wood, and fill the space
with crushed ice and common salt Turn
the small can five minutes, then set
away in cool place In short time it
VIII be frozen, and the invalid can have
a saucer of delicate and delicious cream.
Fruit juice or coffee may be used in
place of the wine, If preferred In such
cases more sugar will be required OF
course, it is easier made if you have
one of the tiny freezers that are now so
cheap. There was time when an in
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Who Knew Burns?

Editor National Tribune: Mrs. Burns.
war widow. is anxious to know whs
knew her husband. Charles Henry
Burns? He enlisted in a Pennsylvania
regiment at Great Bend, Pa. Several
years ago he was killed. being thrown
out of a buggy. His house was burned
before that, and all his service records
We're consumed. viii some comrade
who knew him write us all he knows z
Mrs. Burns is an old lady, and well de-
serves pension. Can some of you
help hers. r. Ayerill, Al Coinen ST.
Bradford, Pa.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
\ Widow Wants Information.

c. r. Webb, 215 Post Office Building.
Detroit, Mich, wants information OF
one Peter Edwards. who left Murray.
KY, at the beginning of the war, and is
supposed to have enlisted in one of the
cavalry or infantry regiments of the
state OF Kentucky. He was colored
man, and lost his life in battle. The
widow cannot recall his company or
regiment, and is now 75 years old and
in extremely destitute circumstances.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
ANSWERS TO
CORRESPONDENTS.

II. K, Fairview, N. j.: Pension rat
ings do not recognize any difference
between privates and commissioned Of
ficers. There is no pension classifica-
| ton in cases of sunstroke. The effects
of heat take various forms of trouble to
victims, and therein comes the classi-
| fication.
| d. w. L., Augusta, Me-: Comrades
who live in New England and the Mid
die States who expect to go to the Flor
! ida colony have choice of rail and steam
routes to Jacksonville. There is thru
car service from Chicago, New York
and other large cities direct to the
Florida metropolis. Various steamship
lines have service to the South Atlantic
/ Eseaports. Sailing dates from Boston,
New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore
can easily be had in advance, also par
ticulars as to connections with steamers
for Jacksonville. The fare both routes
is about the same, except that by boat
passengers get lodging and meals with
| out extra cost, and have a more de-
lightful trip if they like a journey by
water.
G. c., La Plata, Md: There is no law
in any of the States requiring two men
to separately pay taxes on the same
property Thru a blunder of some
kind such case might be possible.
The fence law differs in the several
States, and the dispute you mention is
one for your State law to decide.
c. T. B., Orting, Wash: A homestead
er who for reasons over which he has
no control fails to prove up on home
stead can try again on another claim.
soldier cannot transfer the time he
served in the Army to another person,
who may want it to apply on the period
necessary to acquire title to a home
stead.
j. B., Victor, Iowa: Pension vouchers
cannot be executed before the fourth
day of the month If the 4th comes ON
Sunday, then the procedure comes on
Monday or any day thereafter.
B. NJ, Derwent, o.: Mckinley and
Taft are the only Republican Presiden-
tial candidates to carry New York City.
In the last election Taft had 300,99S
votes in Greater New York; Bryan had
2S4,569; Hisgen, Independent, had 27,-
35S; Debs, Socialist, 1886; Gillhaus,
Social Labor, 1,S12, and Chaplin, Pro
hibtionist, 1857. Roosevelt never car
ried the popular vote of the city either
as Governor or President.
C. W. s., Winchester, N. H: In four
States, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and
Idaho, women possess suffrage upon
equal terms with men in all elections
Eighteen States give women school suf-
frage, and two, Iowa and Montana, give
women the right to vote on the issu-
ance of municipal bonds. Australia
and New Zealand grant full suffrage to
women, and Great Britain allows them
to vote in all elections except for mem
bers of Parliament.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Lincoln Centennial.

The veterans of Van Buren, and Lv-
sander Were entertained with the great
est honor on the Lincoln centennial by
the members of the Masonic Club of
Baldwinsville, n. Y George III. Cas-
Ter, Commander of Moses Summers
Post, was appointed the Chairman of
the evening, and delightful time was
spent enjoying the hospitality of the
club
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
The volunteer Officers, Retired List.

Capt. Arthur W. Gunther, I'd Kan.
Cav, and Chairman of the Wisconsin
Committee for promoting the passage
of the volunteer retired list bill, writes
that the General Assembly of Wiscon-
sin has adopted a joint resolution ask
ing Congress to enact a law placing
officers and enlisted men who served in
the civil war ON the retired list
The National tribune., 1909-04-01

ably supported by one OF the best. NEST
active, efficient and effective w. r. Ca
in existence.-John W Fair, Post Adjlo
tant, 9Sth Pa, New Lexington, o.
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Department of Massachusetts

Mrs; Elizabeth P. Sawyer, the newly.
elected President of the Department Of
aaassacnusetts. Mus o & mas issued her first Cen
tha u IA sue Gorns Sne ne extends greetings to
announces @ H tps tbe So,,ae S5 the Department. and
as elected at the sOtb 1nmma1 ro o,icers
ton: Mrs. Sawyer used that aa0th 10Th. An s
nual Convention verv nronJIu Su an =,
means m that Massachusetts Department
Is three ysars older than the NatIonal. %
The National tribune., 1909-04-01
Wants to Exchange.

g. L. Carter, r. 8, Box %. Yellow
Springs, O., wants to get some copies of
Sl and shorty" and would like to ex-
sSh.anse sh.s WIN some comrade for some