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The National tribune., 1909-09-23
LIEUT.. FLUSSER.

The memory of a gallant naval officer
has been perpetuated in naming the
latest built tOrpedo-boat destroyer the.
Flusser. Lieut. Charles w. Flusser took
part in Burnside's Roanoke expedition,
where he commanded the Commodore
Perry. Later he commanded the Com
modore Perry. the Ceres and the Shaw
sheen, which forced the barricades in
the Roanoke River and steamed up the
river to Hamilton and then on to
Franklin, N c. This was a very haz-
ardous expedition. as the banks OF the
river were lined with Confederate
sharpshooters, who made il very risky
for man to appear on deck or at one
of the ports. The COnfederates also
felled trees across the stream to en-
snare the gunboats and cut off their re-
treat. AT the time that the COnfeder-
ate ram Albemarle came down the river
in April, 1864, with Hoke's Division of
infantry to attack Plymouth. n. c..
Lieut.. Flusser was in command of the
wooden gunboats Miami and Southfield.
each mounting five nine-inch guns and
rined 100-pounder Lieut.. F'lusser
was aware of the intended raid of the
Albemarle, and had placed DISTINCTIONS
in the river, which, however, the high
water rendered useless. In case she
passed the distractions Lieut.. Flusser
had connected the Miami and the
Southfield with long spars and chains
to hold her between them while their
guns would beat upon her armor. Capt
Cook, commanding the Albemarle,
avoided this entanglement by hugging
close to the shore until he had got past
them, when he turned and rammed the
Southfeld. Lieut.. Flusser was person.
ally directing the heavy gun on the
Miami, and he fired a shot point blank
at the rams side. The shell was shat
tered on the armor, and pieces flying
back tore Flusser almost to pieces and
wounded a dozen other men.
The tOrpedo-boat destroyer F'lusser
is wonderfully fast craft, having made
1921 knots an hour, while in one run
she made as high as 33.7 knots an hour,
or nearly three knots faster than any
other boat in the Navy.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
THE RACE QUESTION.
The National Tribune Commended for
Its Real American Spirit.

Editor National Tribune: Please al
low me to voice my appreciation OF
your great paper, which is edited pri-
marily for the benefit and substantial
good of the grand old soldiers, now fast
passing away, who are primarily re-
spOnsible for this reunited country.
L thank you for this paper, for the
reason that while you recognize the
peculiar character of the serious race
question which the American people
are called upon to settle, ycu approach
the same with fairness and with the
commendable intention of promoting
exact and equal justice to all concerned.
This is evidenced by the fact that your
columns are open to each side to an
intelligent discussion of the subject
Readers of newspapers in this day
have become used and Disguised, too.
with the fact that an all-prevailing
prejudice against the cause of negro
advancement and enjoyment of civic
privileges is widespread and prevalent,
and takes its place unblushingly in the
papers from which different sentiments
and far better things might with good
reason be expected.
While sitting in the Committee on
War Claims of the House of Representa-
tives l picked up one of the issues of
The National Tribune, and peruSal of
its columns, which so Splendidly eXem-
plify the spirit of National brotherhood
for all Americans, which in the final
analysis must be the saving feature in
the perpetuity of our Republic, l have
presumed to offer this little word Of
commendation.
I thank you in the name of hun
dreds of thousands of negros who never
see your valuable sheet, who are CROP
ing earnestly for the higher lights of
civilization. and whose very best en-
deavors are given TO become better citi-
zens and for the ultimate good of the
Republication H. Paynter.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
VETERANS IN THE CITY.

Maj VIM. II. Prince, I'd Md, 9th Md.
and Sd Md. COmrade Prince, who had
four years service, is now an inmate
of the Soldiers Home at Hampton. Va,
and is active in his good work among
the comrades there as elsewhere. He
and other comrades organized Camp
of Sorrow, which held services June 6
in memory of those comrades who have
been mustered out. The officers of this
Camp are: Colonel. Daniel Kreader;
Northumberland George w. Fowler:
Major, r. E. Hayes; Adjutant, G.. w.
BurChfield; Quarternaster, Charles II.
Haber; Surgeon, ". II. Prince; Chap
Ian, Peter Ball; officer of the Day, S.
NJ. Dawson; officer Of the Guard, c.
LawtOn; SerseantMajor, James CuDlis-
key; Quartermaster-Serg II. S.
Warfield; Sentinel. George w. Smith
Color Sergeant, Chas. f. Wondley (;
Daughter of Encampmen-, Miss Pansy
iCOlsan.
George A. Harman, NJ D., Major, 9th
Ohio, Lancaster, o. Comrade Hartman,
well known to all the comrades in Ohio.
is Past Surgeon-General of the G.. A. L.
and Past Commander of the Depart
ment of Ohio, G.. A r. He was accom-
panied by his daughter and grand
daughter.
Christopher H. Carpenter, Battery D.
1st r. l. Art, Providence, r. /. Comrade
Carpenter, who is employed in the Post
office at Providence, has been on a
sightseeing tour over the battlefields of
Virginia. His battery was in the First
Corps, and he has very vivid memories
of the fighting at Antietam and the
Wilderness. After his enlistment eX-
pired he entered the Sd Regiment of
Hancock's Corps, and was on duty in
Washington at the time of Lincoln's
assassination and the trial of the con-
spirators.
George Netchert, e2d N. Y, Newark,
n. j. The 62d N. Y. was raised as an
independent regiment and called the
Anderson ZouaveS. After its brilliant
fighting on the Peninsula Gov. Morgan
sent it the State colors, and begged to
enroll it among the New York regiments
and have its victories a credit to that
state. Comrade Netchert is the Deputy
Chief of the Lighting Repairs for New
ark, n. j. He has taken shares in the
st. Cloud Colony, and was on his way
to see his investment
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
WASTED EGGS.

An aeroplane enthusiast has added
to the airship scare by passing over a
part of Massachusetts and dropping
eggs just where he wanted them TO go.
Mr. Glidden, for such is his name. says
that he dropped one egg on the edge
of a reservoir near Fitchburg and an
other close to an automobile party, end
he believes that with Il little practice
he could destroy every village, electric
plant, water works, etc. This is of the
character of the predictions made thou
sands of times for inventions which
were going to stop war by making II 50
absolutely destructive that men would
not fight In the first place. We have
some incredulity that Mr.. Clidden
dropped his eggs with anything IKE
the certainty that he claims. Aiming
at the earth at the distance of mile
is good deal more uncertain than aim
ing rifle or n cannon that distance.
Viewed from the hight of 4 mile the
earth looks entirely different from what
it does from the ground, and the dis
Itance and features of the landscape are
greatly distorted from the ordinary view
presented to the eye. Next, in order to
aim with any certainty the airsh;p has
to be going exceedingly slow, an1 its
motion has to be considered as well as
the great disturbance of currents of air.
Furthermore. under war conditions the
man in the aeroplane will naturally be
a great deal more nervous than the man
with the gun on terra firma, and we
need not be told how unsettled the SOL
dier's nerves are in time of battle. and
how little chance there is for his aim
ing correctly. If there is an airship in
the neighborhood it will be subjected
to a pretty severe rain of rifle bullets.
which will have a tendency to disturb
the aeronaut's nerves. Added to this
is the exceedingly ticklish business of
handling explosives in such an uncer-
tain vehicle as an airShip, where the
slightest change of balance or other
circumstance may wipe out airship and
aerOnaut in one brief, highly inflamma-
BILE moment Mr.. Glidden has simply
wasted some eggs which would have
done better service for his breakfast in
connection with a fragrant slice of
Massachusetts ham.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
GOING TO ST. CLOUD.

The following were among those who
were in, the city this week on their way
to ST. Cloud:
J. w. Thomson. 10th N. J., New
Brunswick.
Henry c. Jacobs, 10th N. Y, Oswe-
go, n. ", boot and shoe dealer.
j. N.lPeifer, 34th n. Y. Battery, Mif-
dinviIle, Pa, tailor.
J. w. Stanton, Hooversville, Pa, res
taurant keeper.
j. W. Peifer, son of veteran.
Howard PETER. grandson of ]. N.
Austin Blanset, Stoyestown. Pa, a
son of a veteran and a farmer and car
penter.
John PETER. 'Miffiinsville. Pa, farmer.
John X. Bloss. 7th N. j., Wilkes
Barre, Pa, farmer.
G. a. Tompkins, 137th n. Y, Bng-
hamton, n. Y. Comrade Tompkins has
been "A railway postal clerk for 80 years.
Frank Paisley, 179th N. Y, Bing-
hamton, n. Y, city employe.
Fred NJ. Myers, Union Springs, N. Y,
son of a veteran. His father served in
the Sd n. Y. L. A.
]. NJ. Robey, 1st w. Va. Cav, CIarks-
burg, Va, farmer.
George b. Lyon. Co. ID, 104th N. Y,
Medina, n. Y.
Chester c. Lutz, Boiling Springs, Pa.
Mr.. Lutz, who is a carpenter, had two
brothers in the army, but was too
young himself to go.
George A. Goodwin, East Port, Md.
Comrade Goodwin served in the Navy,
and is IN the upholstering business.
w. Kimball, 1920 Pa. Trenton, N. J..
Comrade Kimball has been in the pro-
duce shipping business for a number of
years.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

ment. and possibly do a little more than
the officers of white regiments to make
their regiment appear to the best ad-
vantage, since they know the prejudices
that they will have to encounter in some
quarters. They have neglected nothing
to teach their men that they are SOL
diers and gentlemen, and a man who
cannot receive this lesson and act upon
1t is not tolerated in the regiment The
people of Vermont are likewise self-re-
specting American citizens, without any
foolish prejudices and who know what
is due to the United States uniform and
who are careful in respecting the self
esteem of the men who wear it and
treating them as men should be treated
Consequently there is no risk in pre-
dieting that the tour of duty of the 10th
U. S. Cav. will be entirely satisfactory
to all concerned.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
THE RICH OSAGES,

So much has been said about the
cruelties and wrongs done by the Unit
ed States against the Indians that ii is
oppOrtune to present another side of
the picture. The Usage Indian tribe.
which numbers 2,230 members. was in
possession of large reservation of fer
tile land which it. was desirable should
be brought under civilization and
opened up to homes for our people. The
Government entered into an arrange
ment with them by which each citizen
was to receive $2,421.S2 year, besides
other allowances. Each Usage was al
lowed piece of ground in severalty for
his own cultivation. and they also get
some income from pasturage and other
lands rented to the cattle men and from
oil and gas royalties During the past
10 years the Government has paid this
little tribe of Indians S5,40O,G69.O4, of
which mighty little remained long in
the possession of the Indians Most of
the money seems to have gone in buy
ing good things to eat, gaudy blankets,
buckskin moccaSins hack riding and
gambling. PaWhuska, near where the
Indians live, is known as the best hack
town of its size in the United States.
Many times a day hack driver may be
seen flying along with big Usage re-
clining in grandeur, surrounded by his
squaw and several children. They are
all inveterate gamblers, and in the lam
guage of the Far West, will go up
against any game that can be offered
them" This gambling habit seems to
infect the whites around them, and tho
| this great amount of money has been
distributed in that country, nobody has
accumulated any fortune. After all,
the Indian should not be wholly blamed
for his improvidence. The paternal at
titude of the Government toward the
Indian has caused him to believe that
come veal, come woe, the red broth
er" will be taken care of by the Great
" hite Father, and that when his money
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
THE NORTH POLE.

The dispute over the North Pole dis
covery has ragged continuously. but with
some abatement, particularly on Lieut..
Peary's part, who has been well advised
that his Incorporate denunciations of
DR.. Cook are unseemly and are injuring
him. The world generally has not taken
sides. tho each of the discoverers has a
little circle of fiery advocates. Every
body else is waiting calmly for the two
contestants to submit their proofs to
some impartial body of scientists and
secure a decision. 1t is not even known
what body will be called to act judi
ciaIly. but there are a number of them
in the world, among them being our
own Coast and Geodetic Survey, whose
award will be regarded as conclusive
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
THE ST. CLOUD COLONY.

In of the great of the enterprise the Seminole Land
Investment Company had intended to increase the price of
and lots from per to per the 18th of
September however, that mpracticabe together
prominent members of the G. A r. whom wished
the committee making the much before Oct and
therefore decided accept subscriptions
the old price of One Hundred Dollars ($OO) both
until assignment is made. The committee will assemble time
Sept and Oct The basis of present offering
follows:
you will receive town lot and fve-acre
For 5000 you will receive lots and two ve-acre
$500 you will receive three town lots and three ve-ace
For S40O will four lots and four ve-acre
No subscriber purchase than lots and
tracts.
Copy Cloud Tribune and copy of ST Cloud Prospectus
will be mailed o anyone sending his address.
Remember who wish avail themselves present
offering lot and veace both for $780,
promptly property will be sold that price assign
has been made
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON ID e
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
SHAKER TESTIMONY.

Elsewhere in The National Tribune
we give a most interesting letter from
the Elder of the Shaker Colony in Flor
ida. as to St. Cloud. 1t is by far the
most valuable testimony yet given as to
the desirability of the colony location
and the rich possibilities that await the
settlers there Anyone who even slight
ly knows the Shakers holds them in
high esteem for their absolute truthful
ness and for their exact knowledge of
what constitutes good farming land and
what can be done with it. Elder Stew
arts letter is that of practical man
who knows exactly what he is talking
about. has studied every phase of the
situation, and is telling the exact truth.
The exact truth is always the highest
praise for st. Cloud.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

Gen. John C. Black tells a story
apropos Of the polar row which has for
its location the Coloners tent of the
S37th Ill
An Irishman comes in and, saluting
the Colonel with great formality. says:
Colonel, Ofve just got letter from
my wife, and she says that the children
are sick and she is badly discouraged
She wants me to get a furlOugh and
come home and cheer them up a little
and do what ! can to help her"
The Colonel was touched by the
mans evident distress, and said:
We'll, Mick. come back later in tho
afternoon, and l will see what can be
done"
In the course of the day the Colone
made some inquiries, and when Mich
returned he said:
Mick, l have also gotten a letter
from your wife. and she says to not lei
you come home; that you get drunk
abuse her and the children and MAKE
things generally unpleasant. She wants
you kept here in camp"
The face OF the man hardly changed
but he said with the greatest polite
ness:
Colonel, we are alone in the tent
are we not?"
Yes"
There is no one but ourselves here?'
No"
Can L sphake my moind fully, with
out any fear?"
Indeed you can"
And you will not hold me RESPONSE
BILE for what / may say?"
No, Mick"
We'll, then Colonel, / want to say
that in this tent are two of the -
liars in the S7th III. 1 have no wife"
(Curtain.)
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
FOLLOWING TuE FLAG

An incident of the most dramatic in
terest brought the long and exciting
strike at McKee's Rocks. Pa, to a con-
clusion. The company. Influenced large
Iy by the citizens of Pittsburg and else
where came to reasonable terms with
its wOrkmen, and these were seen to
be reasonable ana accepted by the
American portion, numbering something
over 1000 The ignorant Slavs could
sonable and proper in the adjustment
of relations between labor and capital,
and with all sorts of wild, Anarchistic
ideas, turned savagely upon their Amer
lean colleagues. They proposed to pre-
vent them from returning to work, and
as they outnumbered the Americans
considerably there was a prospect of
bloody conflict. Some prelim mary as
saults had already been made, when
one of the Americans, seiZing a flag
from a pole, called upon his fellow
countrymen to rally around the Flag,
which they did, and marched triumph
antly thru the Slavs to the gates of the
works. The strike was over, and the
disgruntled Slavs. not daring to bring
down the wrath of the whole community
upon them by an assault upon the Flag,
dispersed to their homes. The company
has paid dearly for its experience in
employing these Slavs in place of Amer
leans. and it announces that henceforth
only American citizens will be en-
nInvel
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

Supt. Sluss, of Covington, Ky, is one
educator at least who has wakened up
TO the necessity of teaching his schol-
. ars spelling. The most of the School
Superintendents seem obliyious to the
complaints that come in from all sides
that the scholars they turn out are alb
solutely unable to spell. Every busi-
ness man is much annoyed by the in
ability of his clerks and stenographers,
only recently from the school room, to
spell, and yet the school authorities
will persist in their present inefficient
way Of education. Supt. Sluss. however,
is going back to the old-fashiened
spelling bees" where the children will
spell each other down" This is one
Of the most efficient methods ever de-
vised, as it arouses the children's ambi-
ton and emulation, and fixes the cor
rect spelling in their minds.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
Origin of Old Glory.

Editor National Tribune: 1 notice in
a recent issue of The National Tribune
that a comrade attempts to show that
the term Old Glory was first given to a
man, VIM. Driver, of Nashville, Tenn
The comrade has made mistake in so
doing In "Our Nations Flag" by Col
Nicholas Smith, the origin of the term
as applied to our Flag is shown 10 have
originated otherwise. to wit: | am m
debted to the Boston Globe for the fol-
lowing account of the origin OF the
name Old Glory: The Flag was named
Old Glory in 1881 by a Salem. Mass,
skipper named VIM. Driver. He was
at that time Captain of the brig Charles
Doggett. He was a successful deep-Sea
sailor, and was preparing the brig FOR
a voyage to the Southern Pacific Just
before the brig left Salem a young man
at the head of party of friends salut-
ed Capt Driver on the deck of the Dog
gett, and presented him with large
and beautifully made American Flag.
When it was sent aloft and broke out
to the air, Capt. Driver christened it
Old Glory. He took it to the South Pa
cffc. and years after, when old age
forced him to relinquish the sea, he
treasured the Flag. Capt. Driver set
tied in Nashville. in 1897, and previous
to the civil war the Flag was displayed
from the window of the Captains
house, but at the beginning of hostili-
it was kept in out of sight until Feb
81, 1862, when Gen. Nelson (shotH,O
death by Gen. jefferson C. Davis, Louis
vile, Sept. %. 1862 appeared at Nash
Vile with division of the Union army.
Capt. Driver presented the Flag to the
General, to be hOisted on the Capitol.
The original Old Glory could not endure
wind and storm, and was carefully
stored away, and after the death of the
Captain, in March, 1886. the Flag was
presented by the compiler of the Driver
memoir to the Essex Institute, at Sa-
lem, where it is securely kept US9S)-
AS the above seems an authentic and
reasonable account of the origin of the
term Old Glory, it seems but fit ana
proper that it should be made known
as the correct version, showing thar
the man who originated the term Old
Glory first applied it to the Stars ana
Stripes, and not to a man, tho that man
was himself. Long may 1t wave as Oid
Glory.-Frederiek d. Carson, 5th Wis.,
Sedro- Woolley, Wash.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
Magnetizing "a Knife Blade,

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please give me Instructions as to how
to magnetic knife blade? 1 suppose
it is done with lodestone, but do not
know how to apply it. A magnetized
knife blade is useful in many ways,
among others in removing iron filings
from the eye.-O. Anderson, Jasper,
Ala.
The simplest way to magnetic q
knife blade is to rub it on a highly
charged magnet or lodestone, or let it
remain in contact with them for some
time. The usual way of magnetizing a
piece of iron or steel is to put it in a
coil Of wire connected with a battery or
dynamo. If the current is taken from
a dynamo, the coil should be about two
and one-half inches long and consist of
10 or IL layers of No. IL wire. II a
battery is used, the coil should be one
and one-half inches long and composed
of IA or 16 layers of No. 1S wire.-Ed-
tor National Tribune.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

The cow-catcher is strictly Ameri-
can attachment to a locomotive, and
like other American ideas is making
8 headway abroad. European railroad
men have laughed at the cow-catcher,
which they did not need, as their lines
were so well fenced and guarded. Else
where the cow-catcher is proving to be
most useful. In Siam recently two rail-
way accidents were caused by ele-
phants, and tho the elephants were
killed. they overturned the engine and
telescoped the cars. Hereafter Siamese
railroads will have cow-catchers, and
the railway running from Damascus to
Mecca has cow-catchers strong enough
to throw a camel off the track. In AL
geria the locomotives will also be pro-
vided with cow-catchers.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

1t will be gratifying news to the vet
Grams everywhere that the gallant Gen.
GrenvilIe NJ. Dodge, one of the four
commanders of corps yet living. has re-
covered from his severe illness, and now
is physically vigorous and full of men,
tai alertness. CorpI Tanner, returning
from the National Encampment, spent
two days with the General at his home
in Colorado Springs. and found him his
old strong-wiiled. strong-minded, viva
cious self
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

1t has been claimed that diamonds
have been produced in blast furnaces
and a number of exceedingly small
brilliant crystals have been exhibited
as diamonds produced in the manufac-
ture of iron; but it was noticed that
they showed no facets and would not
burn in oxygen. A recent careful ex-
animation has been made of them, and
they have been found to be composed
entirely of alumina, and consequently
not diamonds at all.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

Now comes some troublesome ques-
tions: Shall we make the North Pole q
District like Alaska and Columbia or a
Territory like Hawaii and Porto Rico
VIII the tariff follow the Flag to the
pole, with the polar products admitted
free of duty. or will there be discrim-
ination? VIII the officials be selected
according to Civil Service, or will they
be berths for politicians who have fall
en- outside the breastworks?
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
PROVERBS.

Trust in the Lord with all thine
heart; and lean not unto thine own
understanding,
In all thy ways acknowledge HIM.
and He shall direct thy paths.
Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear
the Lord. and depart from evil.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

Is all gone he7will get bread and meat
and clothes, and he is cunning enough
to understand that he can gamble these
away for whisky, and that these. gam
bling and whisky, constitute Indian
The National tribune., 1909-09-23
WASHINGTON, D. c., SEPT 2S, 1909.
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When you renew from another post
office give former address as we'll.
When change of address is desired be
sure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1909-09-23

Ithael Landrus, McKee's Rocks, Pa.
of Co. /, 123d ILL.,, and Co. c. 61st III,
would like to correspond with some OF
the comrades who served in these regi.
ments, as he wishes to review old times