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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-14

any of the comforts at all and made his
home in the cave, which can still be To-
Gated.
Here the great German mystic studied
profoundly the lessons of the stone.
The half he had brought to this coun-
try was identical with the half he left in
the old world.
Regarding the disposition of the latter
he had left careful instructions. 1t was
to pass from hand to hand from the male
head of the family down, and not to
leave the masculine until woman could
be found who would master the meaning
of the markings.
Long before l had passed from child
hood / centered my will on mastering the
meaning of the markings of the stone
and l had no trouble in convincing its
custodian that | knew more of the lore
than any of my male relatives There
fore the stone came Into my possession,
and ] have 1t now.
People of the west are apt to be
unjustly prejudiced against the wisdom
religion of the east, owing to the un-
pleasant things they are told about SER
pent-worship in India and Greece. And
explain how the fate of the world is
linked with that of the serpent in wis
dom religion. The term serpent means
wisdom, and nothing else, to the occult
student.
ITO the mystic the serpent represents
the perpetually renovated world, typi-
fed by the casting of his skin and the
return to a second youth every year.
To me the symbol is perfect. The
mathematical figure of life is likewise
complete in the symbol. where the SER
pent coils himself into a perfect circle
with his tail in his mouth, having neith-
er beginning nor end. This depicts
or more properly speaking.
Immortality, of which all mystics are
assured.
The other half Of the stone. of wis
dom which came to me in such re-
markable way was brought to the
United States because, / believe, the
country represents the modern Baby
lon, the highest development of the
world. Here are mixed and centered
the choicest products of past unfold
ment, just as the great Kelpius, who
was centuries ahead OF his time, be-
lieved. And l am sure he had a pre-
monition that the womans era must
dawn before the visions he saw in the
stone of wisdom came true. else why
did he break his great treasure in two
and leave the other half for me?
The institutions reflect the highest
development ever attained by the mind
of man. All of which are signs of the
perfection of symbols. and holy signs
and forms, intellectual and moral. For
eign nations must come to America to
receive the benefit of it"
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
Petriaed EGGS.

Editor National Tribune: While grad
ing the st. Louis Valley Railway, near
lockwood, ILL.,, a blast in a large sand
stone brought to view threeipatrified
eggs, as perfect in shape asoyou will
find in any nest. Further search re-
vealed in a fourth ledge quite num-
ber of these eggs. Two of them have
been worked out, and will weigh 500
pounds each. Biologists sthfsik them
to be concretions, because they have
no history of bird living atthe. time
this ledge of rock wasnfornndd Now,
IL concretions take on egg shape, it Is
possible that this is what we; find here,
instead of petrified eggs, buti they are
so perfect in shape and so curiously
situated in the rock that-it seems prob
able that they must be eggs, as stated,
and is worthy of further search by
geologists.--J. III. Hindman, lockwood,
Ill. re
We fear that we shall have to side
with the geologists. that instead of be-
concretions. 1t, would take bird in
finitely, larger even than the largest
famous Roc to lay an egg weighing coo
pounds. In fact, the bird would have
to be much larger than the largest
whale ever known, geDich is going some
for birds. There are strong limita-
tions upon the size of animals, pre-
cisely as there are upon the size of
steamships. That is the old rule, that
weight increases by the cube, while
strength increases by the square. only.
Editor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
.Rel,eIy or aConfederate..

Hon. l.. Bradford Prince, ex-Gover-
nor of New Mexico, made an eloquent
and forceful speech in the Legislative
Council against the proposition to cut
out the word rebel in three places
and insert Confederate" on the Sol
diers' Monument in the Plaza of Santa
Fe. He said that the monument IS now
inscribed. Erected by the people of
New Mexico, thru their Legislatures OF
uaI." The monument represents the
people of that time and not of ours. II
belongs TO them, and not to us. We
have no right to change their language
and put words in their mouths. We car
build monuments of our own and in
scribe them as we please, but we have
no right to change inscriptions made
by others. This is strong point, and
should be convincing. All over the
world are monuments erected in the
past and which have survived many
revolutions and changes of Govern.
ment. with no thought of changing the
Inscriptions upon them. This would be
an act of vandalism, and it should not be
considered in relation TO this monu
ment. Mexico has many monuments oi
the Spanish days, but they have been
left intact thru so years of revolutions
In Paris are the monuments celebrat-
ting the victories of Napoleon, but wher
the Bourbons came back these monu.
ments were left unchanged. The monu-
ment at Santa Fe was erected by the
loyal Legislatures of that time; the acl
was passed in Spanish, with 81 of tht
sS members of the Legislative Council
native New Mexicans. It is a part OF
the history of our country, and should
ne. sacred from mutilation or altera
hon.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
The Sanitary Commission.

Editor National Tribune: Can you
give me any information as to the
Sanitary Commission, with the names
of it's officers, scope of work, etc. p
Geo. Schermerhorn. Rutherford, n. ].
The Sanitary Commission was consti-
tuted by an order from the War De-
partment, June 8, 1861, which named
DR.. Bellows; Prof. A. D. Bache; VOL
colt Gibbs, NJ. D.; Samuel G. Howe,
M. D.; Prof. Jeffries Wyman, NJ. D. /;
w. H. Van Buren, NJ. D.; r. C. Wood,
Surgeon-General, U. S. Army; G. w.
Cullum, U. S. Army, and A. Shiras, U.
S. Army, such a Commission. They
were to serve without pay and have an
office at Washington. DIR. Bellows was
elected President and Fred Law Ohm
stead Secretary. 1t was estimated that
the value of the contributions raised
was 81 100000, four-fifths of this COM
ing from 1000 local societies. 1t did
vast amount of good in very many
ways, establishing homes for sick and
convalescent soldiers as they passed
thru. More than 10000 soldiers were
lodged in these homes and given $780,
600 meals. During the war $4,000
sick and wounded soldiers were trans
ported from the battlefield to the gem
eral hospitals. 1t also furnished the
sick and wounded with clean under
clothing, towels, blankets and various
delicacies. 1t kept records of the sick
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
Total. !.

This valuation was only the cost to
the Government at the place of pur-
chasing the property, and did not in
volve its transportation, which in those
days would have been an added so per
cent to the cost, nor did 1t include the
cost of the buildings, forts, etc. In all,
some 80 forts were surrendered at once
to the Secessionists, amounting to some
5000 guns, and which had cost the
Government over $20,000,000 to build
and arm. Altogether it was estimated
that before Mr.. Buchanan went out of
office the Confederates had possessed
themselves of fully s40.000,000 Of Unit
ed States property.
While Twiggs had surrendered the
forts and arsenals, all the men, muni-
tions of war, the horses. wagons and
everything else that could sustain life,
of the goods. The enlisted men de-
clined to desert the Flag. While it is
true that a few of the higher officers
were perfectly willing to go out with
Twiggs and did don the uniform of the
rebels. be it said to their everlasting
glory that the private soldiers could
not be cOerced, coaxed or bribed into
deserting the Flag. 1t is probably one
of the most remarkable incidents in
history. The officers who deserted had
been educated, clothed and cared for
by the United States Government, and
all that they had achieved of honorable
service had been while wearing her
uniform and under the protection of
her Flag. yet in her hour of peril they
basely deserted the country they haG
many times taken oath to defend from
foes foreign and domestic" Enlisted
men are nearly always attached to the
officers who command them, and ordi-
narily would never desert them. Capt.
Earl Van Dorm was sent by Floyd to
the troops whom Twiggs had tried TO
surrender, and was clothed with au.
| thority to offer these enlisted men high
er rank and greater pay if they would
join the rebel army. Their devotion to
the Flag of the Union caused consterpa-
tion in Secession circles. The idea was
presumably to take these weli-seasoned,
well-drilled men and make officers OF
| them for the raw troops which the
lConfederacy would now organize. Al
most to man these enlisted men
| turned from the brilliant promises
made by Van Dorm, and as fast as pos
sible made their way to the Union lines
and re-entered the service for the Flag
| As said before, Abraham Lincoln
could only sit in Springfield, a power
| less spectator of all this prearranged
ruin to the country. The agony which
must have rent his great soul can well
| be imagined.
| ITO be cont'oued.)
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
Forget the Name

Editor National Tribune: I am a
reader of your most excellent paper,
The National Tribune Oh, how 1 dis
like to see that some still advocate the
erection of a monument to that name
that is suggestive of everything that is
fiendish, inhuman and cruel! / would
propose that the name be dropped and
never be mentioned, uttered or written
by anyone. Let that name perish from
off the earth and be utterly and for
ever forgotten. / am the wife of Capt.
T. Z. Kinmont. Co. +, 44th Ind, who
was severely wounded at the battle of
Shiloh. He has been: practicing ply
sician here ever since the war.-Mrs
r. c. Kinmont, Hicksville, o.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
Utilizing the Waves.

For centuries inventors have been at
tempting to turn to practical use the
immense power expended by the waves
along the sea coasts. Any thoughtful
man who watches the rising and lower
ing of the tide and the incessant force
full blows given the shore day and
night by the billows, has longed for
some way to transmute this enormous
power into something useful for man.
kind. We have had numberless de-
vices patented and great expectations
these. Nearly, il not all, have been
failures, but it is now announced that
at Atlantic City wave motor on the
turbine principle Is successfully operat-
ing to light the long pier. Another
successful device is reported from
Santa Cruz, Cal. which pumps water
for the city, the power being obtained
by floats resting on the surface Of the
water.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
The Worlds TaIlest chimney.

worlds tallest chimney is a new one
built by the Great Falls Smelter in
Montana, and which is sos feet high.
1t was finished Oct. 3d. 1t is built in
side with acid-proof blocks and mortar.
and has unusual precautions to prevent
the loss of precious metals by fue dust.
heavy copper wire net suspended in
the throat of the chimney catches all
this is shaken back into hoppers. The
old chimney which 1t replaced was only
1875 feet high. and there was much loss
by fiue dust as well as destruction of
the surrounding vegetation by acid
fumes, -
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
The 10Th N. Y. Ind'p't Battery.

Editor National Tribune: Please pub
lish short history of the 18th N Y.
Ind'p't Battery.-James Daely, Soldiers
Home, California.
The 10th N. Y. Ind'p't Battery was
organized at Elmira Oct. 81, 1862, and
mustered out June 13, 1865. 1t was
commanded by Capt. VIM. Fl. Stahl,
who died of disease at Washington, D.
c., Sept. Is, 1868, succeeded by Capt
Edward w. Rogers. 1t belonged to the
Ninth Corps. and lost IA killed and IT
from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13

1t will lift weight of 10000 pounds,
and one of its important uses is to
pick up a great "skull cracker ball to
considerable hight, and let it fall
upon piece of iron which it is desir-
able to break up for remelting. 1t has
not yet been tested to its fullest load,
but it is supposed that this will reach
so, 900 pounds. I will lift kegs of nails,
"a SOW and pigs" from the blast furn-
ace, and gather up immense quantities
of scraps about the yard, 1t picks up
iron when it is red hot, and thus saves
much time. One of it's queer perform
ances is picking up a pile Of metal
sheets which can be dropped one after
the other IL the operator is skillful
enough in throwing the switch at right
intervals. psr 20
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
Gen. Phil Kearny,s neath.

L. B. Parker. Sergeant. Co. X. 9Th N.
Z. Cay, Ontario Center, N. Y. says
while leading a charge at Chantilly,
Sept. I. 1852. The night was dark and
rainy. and in some way Gen. Kearny
got outside our lines, and the enemys
lines were then not far distant from
ours. There was some talk that he
was killed by our own pickets mistak-
ing him for Confederate. Gen. Kear-
ny was good General and fine SOL
der IN every respect, and his loss waa
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
White Snots Mars.

A number of white spots appearing
on Mars have attracted the study of
astronomers. and as they come back
year after year in the same place, it
has been supposed that they were snow
fields on the mountain SUBMITS but it
is pointed out that there are no mount
aims on Mars. This is shown conclu-
sively by no evidence Of ruggedness as
Mars passes the sunrise and sunset
edges of the disk.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
Wa Orummers, Fifers and Buglers.

Comrade E. ]. Freeman. Audubon,
Iowa, and President of the National AS
sociation of Civil War Musicians, wants
all the old-time drummers, fifers and
buglers to know of the existence Of that
organization and that it meets annually
with the National Encampment. All
who did duty during the war with those
Instruments are eligible to membership,
and the association is now 700 strong.
Full particulars can be gotten by send
ing postal card of inquiry to Comrade
Freeman at Audubon, iowa.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13

and wounded and what became of them
for the information of their families,
and established a pension board to aid
soldiers in the prosecution of theff
claims. 1t had a hospital inspection
service, consisting of corps of physi-
clans, who visited all the general hos
pitals and reported as to their condi-
ton and management.-Editor Nation
al Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
Cementing Irrigation pitches.

Water is so valuable1n the irrigated
country that the people there have be-
gun to concrete the ditches so as to
save seepage. California has led off
in this with one water company lining
its main canal and laterals with con-
four inches. 1t is proposed to begin
the same practice in Colorado.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
RECENT LITERATURE.
LIFE AND TIMES OF HANNIBAL
HAMLIN. By Charles Eugene
Hamlin. Published by subscription.

LIFE AND TIMES OF HANNIBAL
HAMLIN. By Charles Eugene
Hamlin. Published by subscription.
Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, was one
of the really great men OF our great
historical period. After a long and
conspicuous career in Congress he was
nominated in 1860 as Vice President on
the ticket with Abraham Lincoln and
elected President Lincoln desired his
denomination, but the politicians felt
that political expediency required the
nomination of Andrew Johnson as a
Democrat. a Southerner and slave
holder Therefore, Hannibal Hamlin
was set aside, but was Immediately re-
turned to the Senate by his State. Dur
ing all the great years preceding, dur
ing and following the war Hamlin was
a leading and forceful figure. He was
originally a Democrat and elected by
the Democrats to the Senate. but he
broke with his party when 1t repealed
the Missouri Compromise. and led many
other Democrats of his way of thinking
into the newly formed Republican Par
ty. A very valuable contribution to the
history of those mOmentous days is
made in this volume. written by his
grandson, Charles Eugene Hamlin, who
had the assistance in the work OF his
father, Gen. Charles Hamlin, who was
so closely associated with Hannibal
"
In writing the book Mr.. Hamlin, who
is scholar of wide reputation, had
also important assistance from many
public men who knew and were asso-
ciated with his grandfather. The book
Is a handsome volume of 627 pages.
gotten out in the best manner by the
Riverside Press. Cambridge, Mass. and
is illustrated with good pictures of Lin
coin, Hamlin and others.
The Magazines.
The special features of the American
Review OF Reviews for May are two ar
ticles on the function of the church IN
healing physical disease, one from the
clergyman's and the other from the
| physicians viewpoint, by the Itev. Ly
| man p. Powell and DR. John c. Fisher
respectively; frank and searching cx.
position of Japan's financial condition:
and exigencies, by Adachi Kinnosuke
] a chapter of the late Senator Allison:
recollections of public men for -four
decades past, and an illustrated accoun,
of important experiments now beins
conducted by the Government to pre-.
vent the frightful loss of life in Amer.
| lean coal-mine explosions.
| The Craftsman for April is a special
house number, and presents impor.
phases of architecture. The leading ar
ticIe, Mural Painting in Relation te
Architecture" by William l.. Price
takes up the question of the right use
of mural decoration in our public ant
domestic buildings in a clear, incisivs
way that should make people think be
| fore they build. 1t Is illustrated will
famous pictures which amplify the ar
gument.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13

William Gott 1st Mich. Sharpshoot-
ers. Fowlerville, Iowa. feels that II the
Government can give 100000 70 the
earthquake sufferers 1t certainly ought
to give a little to the mon who suffered
so much for 1t In the prison pens Of the
South,
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
THE MAGNET CRANR
A Mechanical Device That Increases
Constantly I'm Ussfulncas.

The performances ofs sathe Magnet
Crane continue to groWatin in astonish-
ment, and its uses are every day devel-
opend in a surprising way. NIT is a
great labor saver. and will pick any
quantity of iron on the ground without
the work of a man. to gathersthe frag-
ments or to adjust slinGs. n
The largest one in the world has
recently been installed in Pennsylvania.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
CONTINUED from page one.)

senals and forts. Jefferson Davis prided
the personnel of the Army when he was
Secretary of War, and his successor,
John B. Floyd, had carried out Davis's
policy of putting only men favorable to
their desires in places where they would
be most useful. Thus the War Depart
ment itself was almost wholly in the
hands of these men. At the head was
the Adjutant-Gen of the Army,
Samuel Cooper, who, as soon as the
war broke out, went South, and became
the Adjutant-General of the Southern
Confederacy. Col. Joseph E. Johnston
was Quartermaster-Gene
The heads of the other Bureaus were
all the same way of thinking except
two, who were too old to be worth while
taking into account, and so we'll did the
South select its commanders that in all
the wide range of country, from the
mouth of the Chesapeake to that of the
Rio Grande, every commander of a
fort, arsenal and barracks or other
property of the United States, with but
two exceptions, turned their commands
over to the Southern COnfederacy upon
the first summons. The two exceptions
were Maj. Anderson, at Fort Sumter,
and Lieut.. Slemmer, at Fort Pickens.
The mental attitude of all of them
was best expressed by Gen. David E.
Twiggs, then the commander of more
than half the Army, which was at that
time stationed in Texas and along the
Mexican border.
Just previous to the outbreak of Sc
cession the whole frontier of Texas was
garrisoned by line of military posts
and semi-forts, which stretched from
point opposite Matamoras, at a little
town named Brownsville, to the Red
River. These forts were aboSt 100
miles apart, and were garrisoned 10y
or 10 III fNntn n1,rr, ,Ar,fu rf - =
of the Regular Army. San Antonio,
which was $50 miles inland, was the
headquarters of the department, and
the most remote post, Fort Bliss, was
distant from 1t nearly 700 miles,
Immediately following the election of
Lincoln, Secretary Floyd sent old Gen.
Twiggs to San Antonio, and gave him
command of the Department of Texas.
There is no doubt at all that Floyd had
an Interior purpose in doin., :I:s an!.
that it was part of the whole secession
plan to place that department in the
power of secession when the South
finally went out. Twiggs was an old
man and extremely infirm, and had for
long time been excused from active
service until assigned to the command
of the Department of Texas. His heart
was with the South, and Floyd knew
| exactly what Twiggs would do when
he had the opportunity, and that if it
uiu Hot come speedily ne would make
one. Twiggs had said that If the State
of Texas should send to him an old
woman with a broomstick demanding
his surrender she should receive 1t.
Gen. Twiggs hastened to carry out
this intention at once before TeXas's
act of secession had actually matured,
lsurrendering 81 companies of men, %
being of infantry, five of artillery and
10 of cavalry, numbering in all $500
| men, or more than half the available
! field force of the Army at that time.
With these went a lot of property in
voiced to the State of Texas, as fol-
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
Reunion of the 1Oth VI.

William w. Henry. President, urges
all the members of the 10th VT. to meet
In Reunion at Burlington. VT, July g..
This may be the last regimental meet
ing, and the veterans should bring a.
many Of their families az possible.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
HISTORIC POSTAL CARDS.
A Fine and Artistic John Brown Series

The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has published highly interesting
OF postal cards relating the John Brown raid There
of these and they give:
Photograph of John Bom (Which approved by all his family
Il Uie0v of the Court House aVhch he
HayPeYs Ferry
John Brooons Tanneyy Pennsylvania.
The Jail in (Which he confined
John Broasns Home at North Elba, NJ Y.
The Kennedy HOnse Maryland eye Browm collected forces
from zvhich he started upon his raid
of the lonely burng ground ahere BrouWs componions
inferred
The Fort Harpers Ferry pAee Boun made stand
North inferred
of Broun's trial at Charlesoen
executed in the manner printed in natural
beautiful
history On the back of each card legend giving brief
They make invaluable additions
pictures ani acceptable presents I, friends
Price as cents nth The National Tribune year. $oo
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. WASHINGTON. D. G.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13
FROM BULL RUN TO ApP0MATToY,

A Boys vicw. Just out: very interesting. by
Luther w. Hopkins, OF &c N. Sfu rf,s Cav.
airy. Every boy SHOULD haven't Ma led on approv-
al price Sf1O; 2I9 pages, illustrated VIII cost You
nothing TO examine IL. Address AUTHOR, Calvert
Bldg. Baltimore, Md.
The National tribune., 1909-05-13

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