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The National tribune., 1909-06-17
Tribute to Old Glory.
(By Comrade BENJAMIN Harrison.

have recently returned from an ex-
tended tour of the States, and nothing
so impressed and refreshed me as the
universal display of this banner of
beauty and glory. 1t waved over the
school houses; 1t was in the hands of
the school children. AS we speeded
across the sandy wastes at some soli-
tary place man, a woman, child,
would come to the door and wave it in
loyal greeting. Two years ago I saw
sight that has ever been present in
my memory. AS we were going out of
the harbor of Newport, about midnight
on dark night, some of the officers
of the torpedo station had prepared for
us beautiful surprise. The Flag at
the depot station was unseen in the
darkness of the night, when suddenly
electric searchlights were turned on 1t,
bathing 1t in a flood of light. All be-
low the Flag was hidden, and 1t seemed
to have no touch with earth, but to
hang from the battlements of Heaven.
1t was as II Heaven was approving the
human liberty and human equality
Itypified by that Flag,
The National tribune., 1909-06-17
srAnsnS THE FLAG.
All Kinds of Designs Suggested, but
Parallel Rows Best OF All.

Every once in awhile somebody
wants to change the arrangement =.
the stars on the Flag. which are placed
upon it on the Fourth of .Jaly following
the admissions of a new state. wv
men, particularly. seem 10 opJee.
to the parailelogram arrangement
adopted 1000 years ago and SO
continued ever since. Ihe Betsy
Ross Flag had circle OF the 10
stars, and this arrangement endured
for Is or 20 years, but even during
those years the parallel rows were pop
ular 1t is fact, however, that 10 Is
difficult to arrange in parallel rows
and in those early days they got around
this by putting on IL stars IN three
rows of fours. The Paul Jones fiag'
which the Quaker women of Philadsi-
phia made, and which he run up on the
Ranger within a week after the estap-
lishment OF the Flag, has only II stars.
1t is in the Flag case IN the NaNai
Academy in Annapolis right now. Eltn-
CT the women who made the Flag were
superstitious or they couldn't make an
artistic arrangement of IL, and so let II
go at II stars.
A woman, name unknown, suggests
a star made OF the 13 original stars. 1,
4, 3, 4, 1, as the constellation appears on
the Great Seal of the United States.
Then from the one star at the top start
with the 33 other stars, turning to the
right and circling around the center
star. The stars double just half, leav-
ing a single row in the right circle. The
effect is inartistic. Mrs. Charlotte jack
son, of Buehtel, o., suggests the accom-
panying design. Mrs. Jackson, who
sent the other design to The National
Tribune, says she does not like 1t, as
Uncle Sam is long ways from being
broke why should he have broken
design for FIag?" She then says:
'"Thirty-two stars form one, which
makes 33; one in middle makes "a,
which stands for the "a States before
the civil war; large star formed out of
the 80 stands for Lone Star State; circle
stands for our motto, United we stand
and also for first design by Betsey Ross,
The National tribune., 1909-06-17
narIships Inflicted on widows.

Editor National Tribune: see many
complaints against the widows pension
bill, and they are just. The men VINO
helped enact such laws must have lefs
their brains and conscience at home. Il
a woman's soldierhusband dies, and if,
because he married her since 1890, she
cannot get a pension-if our marriage
after 1890 is not legal, why did they
give them license? 1t looks to me as
if they consider our marriage illegal.
Many a poor, honest widow has had a
hard time TO keep the wolf from the
door. Even those who lost their hus-
bands, tho they had been married 40
years, have to prove all sorts of things
and wait a year or two to get pensions
but let rich society lady come up with
a claim, and she gets it without any
questions or delay.-Amanda R. Church,
Fife Lake. Mich.
The National tribune., 1909-06-17
Monument to the 1eoth Ohio.

Aug. %, 1908. a fine monument erect
ed by the people9of Richland County,
o., to the memory of the 120th Ohio
was unvailed in the South Park at
Mansfield. The exercises were conduct
ed by Capt. j. 3. Taylor, of Wooster,
President of the 120th Ohio Association
Mayor Brown called the meeting to or
der. Capt. Taylor gave the history of
the monument, and presented it to the
city, when 1t was unvailed by Miss Ma
bel Eyerly. The monument was ac-
cepted by the Mayor of Mansfield, and
Monument" by Mahlon Rouch. Fhe
monument Is fine granite pedestal,
surmounted by a bronze statue of a
rade rest. Capt TavIor wooster q
writes under late date that the regi-
ment held its Annual Reunion in Woos-
ter. Tuesday, June l. at which Ss an
deaths of 15 comrades during the past
year.
The National tribune., 1909-06-17
Lincoln Day and Flag Day in Alaska.

Our good old comrade, William L.
Disston. who has heen for many years
Surveyor-General. Secretary OF State,
and is now Acting Governor Of Alaska,
stirred up his people thoroly upon the
matters of celebrating Lincoln Day and
Flag Day by inspiring proclamations to
which he attached the great seal of the
district. On Lincoln Day he recon-
mended meetings to be held every
where, at which the Gettysburg Address
should be read and addresses made
commemorating the towering figure in
the history Of our Nation and one of
the greatest men the world had ever
produced. He recommended for Flag
Day that each house and public build
ing should be decorated with a display
of Old Glory thruout the day, and that
the rising sun of June IA be greeted
with a salutation of artillery, the ring
ing of bells and the blowing of whistles
Of all kinds. Comrade Disston, it will
be remembered, is Past Department
Commander of the Department of Illi-
nOfS.
The National tribune., 1909-06-17
Ex-pRIsoNERs OF WAR.
Salt Lake City Is Preparing n Fine En-.
tertainment for Them.

Editor National Tribune: ] and my
wife have just finished reading your
valuable paper of May g.. and with your
permission l want to say a few words,
as I know many of the comrades thru
out this great and glorious land Will be
more or less interested.
First, as Commander of the Union
Ex-Prisoners of War, Department of
Utah, / want to advise the members of
that organization that our headquarters
at the AID National Encampnlent of the
G. A. R., TO be held in this city next
August, will be at the Hotel Wilson,
Room 334, and preparations are being
made for receiving the old boys of An
dersonvilIe, Libbey, Florence and other
Southern hell-holes. Also, that Salt
Lake City is doing nicely for your re-
ception, under the direction of that in
veterate worker, Col Sterrett, the exec
utiye head.
want to express my sentiments up
on the dedication of the monument to
the founder of the G. A. r. I wish the
matter could be delayed until such time
that the ceremony could be performed
at a great Encampment Of the Order,
which should be the crowning glory of
it's life.
hope, Mr.. Editor. that you will see
1t in that way, and that a resolution to
that effect will be introduced and car
ried at the forthcoming Encampment.
and a request for delay will be asked
of the committee having the matter in
charge. Let us go to Washington by
train loads at some near future time,
and make it the natal day of the G.
A. R.
Mr.. Editor, we indorse your editorial
on the WirZ Monument. With all the
horrors 1 saw in Andersonville in 1864,
1 have a sort of pitying shame for those
misguided Southern girls.
Comrades of the G. A. r., i want to
remind you of a comrade who, l be-
lieve, is not getting the attention due
him, and a word about him will,
know, cause a deep sentiment to spring
up among the old boys of '61-'65. Henry
Dorman, of Liberal, Barton County,
Mo-, is possibly the oldest soldier in the
world. He was 10 years old on Jan
10, 1909, and was alive a short time
ago. He served in my regiment, the
7th Mich. Cav, Co. F; was wounded at
Yellow Tavern. He is a child again,
and is being cared for by his sons
widow. The son sacrificed his life upon
the altar of his country. The old COM
in the gift of his Government or the
great Order of which he is a member
is too good for this grand old patriot
Henry j. Dorman was born in Steuben
County. N. Y, Jan. 10. 1893. His age
is beyond question. The Government
should treat him as a star boarder, pay
ing all expenses, and at death, which is
liable to occur at any moment, he
should be laid away by his Government
with the solemnity and love of CRATE
full Nation.-Thos. Loughney, Co. L,
7th Mich. Cav, and Co. A, 7th Mich.
Cav, P. o. Box 1888, Salt Lake City,
Utah.
The National tribune., 1909-06-17
Death Of Col. Healy.

Col. John G. Healy died at New Ha-
ven, Conn, June 6. at the age Of 69.
He was born in New Haven. and before
the war was member of the famous
Emmett Guard. With this he entered
the 9Th Conn, and rose to Lieutenant
Colonel of the regiment. One OF his
feats was the capture of a Confederate
vessel at Pontchartrain, La, which
brought him many compliments. He
went into the Fenian movement after
the war, and with Capt Lawrence
O'Brien and Lieut.. Joseph H. Lawler,
both former comrades of the 9Th Conn,
sailed for Ireland to head an insurrec-
ton. They were arrested as soon as
they reached the other side, and Healy
was kept in Limerick Jail for six
months, when he was released upon the
urgent demand of Secretary Seward.
The National tribune., 1909-06-17
The Wirz Monument.

The Yellow Jacket, published at Mo-
ravian Falls, N. c., says with reference
to the WirZ Monument: How long,
oh, Lord, how long will the intemper-
ate women of the South keep stirring
up the most painful memories of the
war" 1t compares Wirz to William
Cunningham, who commanded the old
Sugar House Prison in New York City
during the Revolution, and who tore
up the letters of Capt. Nathan Hale to
his mother and sweetheart just pre-.
vious to his execution. throwing the
pieces in the doomed mans face, saying
that he did not want the rebels to know
that they had man who could die
with such bravery.
The National tribune., 1909-06-17

ira duty, 539; sick, 4s5: in arrest. 2;
absent with leave. 760; absent without
leave, %; sick in Government Hospital
for Insane. 40; total, also; temporary
at post. 10: vacant beds in barracks,
40; vacant beds in hospital, 20. Deaths
in the Home: Thomas Russell. Co. e.
Sd U. S. Art. aged 6S; jeremiah Toomeys
U. S Navy, aged 6S.
The National tribune., 1909-06-17
The Hampfon Home.

The report of Adj't A. A Hager. of
the Home at Hampton, for May 27
shows that there were present for duty,
commissioned officers, 8; non-commis-
stoned officers, 80; members, 1924; ex-
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The Bugers Dilemma Louis Remiars
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The National tribune., 1909-06-17

done the Confederate element would
doubtless take revenge in going into
the prison park to destroy things there.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1909-10-22

player, but after Kingdom went to Columbia the
game was somewhat broken up; so as there was
fine professional tennis-playar at Lakewood he
took up court tennis instead 1t is game that re-
quires unusual strength and quickness OF notion
but he soon became expert at 1t that when he
was II he the American championship, and
when he was Is he carried off the English cham
pionship, which is of course, the championship of
the world.
boarding-schoo]s. We believe that the very best
associations that children can have during the
formative years OF their lives are home associa
lions. and that no guardianship is equal to the
loving watchfulness Of father and mother. There
fore we have kept our children right In the home
nest, and have had them educated by tutors and
governesses.
I'm educating the children we have tried to de-
velop each one along the line Of his or her own
natural bent. For instance. Marjorie adores read
ing, particular poetry and romance. She is good
musician and, said, speaks four languages: but
she does not care for what you might call the
drudgery of study, and have not afflicted her with
It. But Vivian has profound mind. She loves to
study and to delve into deep subjects.
Il am very proud OF my two big boys. They are
clever, and they are strong, manly boys, and best
OF all. In a mothers eyes, they are good boys.
Neither of them has ever caused me moments
uneasiness or single heart.pang, Kingdom is 81
and Jay is 20, and neither of them smokes OF has
ever tasted liquor. Not that Il am prohibitionist
at all, or have ever tried especially to keep such
things away from them, but they just have no de.
sire for stimulants. And that I take 1t, is about
the best indication of their health and strength as
well as vindicaton OF my method Of raising chill
dren. for after ALL It's the healthy body that gives
healthy mind and healthy impulses. isn't 1t ?"
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Woman Author al Homo.

Woman Author at Home.
Homemade jam is gradually disap.
pearing from the twentieth century
European household. And yet 6Oyears
ago George Sand. who treated most
OF her domestic duties somewhat
lightly. was discovered by a visitor
wearing 9 cotton dress and big
apron, and skimming painful Of fruit
destined for the jampot. at is not
easy work" she remarked. II find it
harder to: make good jam than to
write Valentine or 'Mauprat'; but
there are some tasks one cannot lea ye
to others Z a
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NEW YORK CRY
CHICAGO. ILL.
SAN FRANCISCO CAL
KANSAS CITY, MO.
BOSTON, MASS.
AZ AdvertIsed.

He (lank. lean, and much the worse
Tor drink Are you the young woman
to whom life would be burden with.
out the companionship Of man Of
noble character and imposing pres.
cef-Fliegende Blaetter.
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terry the French shrug their shoulders and spread
out their hands, and say: "Cherchez la femme"
If you desire to find the key to any family situa-
tions and know why the children of the household
are what they arevirile or weakly, sturdy lit
tie men and women or fabby jellyfsh. potential
citizens Of worth or mere cumberers of the
groundyou must act as II the old French adage
read: "Cherchez Ia mere
1t til the mother that counts where children are
concerned, and SO I sought out Mrs. George J.
Gould, and asked her for her recipe for bringing
up . family. I found her In their magnificent
suite Of apartments at the Plaza hotel surround
ed like Cornelia, BY her jewels. There was her
daughter Marjorie, lovely. slim slip Of q girl,
oneof the =debutantes and bellies of the season,
come Id totei Of the delights OF the ball of the
night before. There Was Edith, a sturdy little
mics Of seven, hanging upon her mothefs shout
der. There was George. shy lad Of 70, poking
his head In between the portieres from time to
time. Thesothdr children were absent. and mo.
tor was being sent to her school for Vivian, and
another to Columbia university for Kingdom and
Jsy for the day was bitter cold and snowy. Baby
G.oria, who Ii only two and q half years old, was
spcndinx the winter ct Georgian Court with her
grandmother, and trinkets were being got ready
TO send to her there.
z The room itself was very temple of mother
hood. for III empire tone had been ruthlessly
rinced before family affection and love Of things
hornelike, and everywhere on walls and nantes
ana tables there were photographs of the chill
& dren-- jay In tennis hannels when he won the
chsmpionship 81 the world, Kingdom with his first
1,0stache, marvelously like young edition of
~ kaiser Marjoriessin her debutante gown, and
habY pictures innumerable.
III Inc midst Of all this evidence of mothers
4 lbrucding love sat Mrs.. Gould. a radiant figure In
trailing palshlue silk. as young looking almost
\ IN own daughter, and thought that If were an
II artists should like TO paint her as triumphant
Y modern Madonna woman to whom motherhood
II han brought nothing but Joy, and whose children
81 IL her crown Of happiness. She has had all that
IL 3 crave. has this woman who is darling
n oxss ~ Sods First she had success and fame
III ilCh me won ~ her own genius; then she was
~ SfvaS I6ye and marriage and enormous wealth
sSn1 ~ noctal position She has beauty that is
hut the best that life has given
III III chiidrsn, md It e good to hear her
w 6nuaintAnces have sometimes pitied me,
w III ith " SMILE .'b because have had so
INN bit Il have not one child too many
a5S5 9S I'D " child that did not want or
Il IS n6 fcstnd j. warm welcome waiting for
& s. ~ one reason why my children
81 III ri - n and have had such SO,
mn IA Utilities q motherhood
~ " HI 1--WE my children 40 good 4
nm D ~ n III diving them sound bodies
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STUDEBAKER AUTOMOBILE co.
SOUTH BEND, IND.
Expressive.

"Of all the quaint expressions l
have heard recently" said clubwo-
man, ''none has struck me a. more de-
lightful than that Of an English wo-
man who told me that her daughter
would never smooth out Z ROOM =
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G0LHD

ever had on a stitch of flannel not even
flannel petticoat. They have warm wraps
when they go out of doors. but in the house
they wear little socks and low-necked and
short-sleeved cotton or wooden clothes. !
They live also on the simplest and plainest I
food-cereals and eggs, tender steaks and I
good roast meat. with plenty of vegetables
and fruit, and the simplest sort of dessert |
when they have any at all. No pies and
pastry, and no nibbling at candy all day for
them. l also put great stress on absolute
regularity in eating, and no matter who
else waits. the children have their meals
exactly on the stroke of the clock.
We are very domestic family and the
children have their breakfast and lunch 1
which Is really their dinner, with Mr. Gould
and myself but until they are 16 years old
they have their supper at little after six j
O'Clock, and only have something very light I
to eat. They never come to dinner, unless
upon their birthdays 1t is permitted as
great treat. Why, Marjorie never came to I
dinner regularly until last year, and she is
still so attached to the nursery tea that L
when we are down at Georgian Court she ri
often eats with the children by preference
"Of course have so many other duties that 1t
is not possible for me to be always with my ba-
bies and so kept a. trained nurse for each one
until he or she was two and half years old. and
past the teething time; but there is never night
even to this day. that do not go into each room
the last tnlng before going to bed, and tuck the
covers down with my own hands. good and tight
around each child. And have nursed every one
of my children with my own hands when they
were sick. had trained nurses, of course but
sat up with the sick child. too. When Marjorie
had that fearful spell of scarlet fever in France
the summer before last, and when 1t seemed ut
terly impossible for her to recover, her father
and never left her day or night for weeks The
doctors said that, 1t was the most malignant case
they ever saw. and that nothing but her marvel
GUS strength pulled her through They said that
4 II she had been French girl she certainly would
have died
Il believe that the chief thing about raising
children up to be well and strong Is to bring them
up In the country where they can have plenty of
fresh air and room for exercise and freedom. 1t
was for the benefit OF our children that we went
down to Lakewood and built Georgian Court The
second floor Of the house is devised especially for
the children, and the sunniest room in 1t is for
the baby and the next sunniest for the ex-baby
and wes always had great times and ceremonies
when the reigning monarch had to give way for
new king or queen OF the nursery and have his
! or her little belongings packed UP and moved on.
Everything has been sacrificed for the good Of
the children. For ten years we lived at Georgian
Court only In the winter, and took the babies
every summer up to the auietest and dullest little
place in the world In the Catskills. ten miles from
4 anywhere. ~ $s IRA Is
At Georgian Court we provided every sort Of
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diversion for our children to en-
courage them in athletic sports.
We have a background, and a
riding-ring, and tennis and
squash-courts, and the children
have their ponies and ride and
drive a great deal. The boys
were particularly interested in
polo, and Kingdom, my oldest
son, at Is was considered one of
the best polo-players in the
country. Jay was also fine
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GEORGE u. GOlZ0, az.

other place in the world is 1t more sell
dom seen than along Fifth avenue.
The home of Mr.. George ]. Gould.
however, Is an exception to this rule.
Seven times the domestic bird has Wis,
tied and blessed that abode. each time
leaving baby SO strong and lusty, so;
big and beautiful. that 1t fully justified
the fond parents declaration that 1t
was the finest child ever born. Bet
ter still, the Gould children have
grown up to be almost perfect speci-
mems Of physical health. and they are
so intelligent and SO natural and unaf-
fected In character that 1t seems
worth while to tell how this result
has been accomplished, and how a
wise father and mother have enabled
their children to lead the simple life
In the midst Of millions and luxury
that makes, that Of the tabled Sybar-
ties look like inakeshift with which
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aunar : YaIuahIa ronie.

medical Journal gives particulars
OF experimental cases n which sugar
was employed % tonic and invigora-
tor. One patient. subject to the most
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-03
SPECIAL TRAIN FOR ELkS

A special train conveying the mem
bers and families of Reno Lodge
No. 597 b. p. O. L. will leave Rene
on the night of the 9th of july fol
Los Angeles, where the Dig conclavt
occurs on July nth. The train will
stop for several hours at Oakland
San Jose. Santa Barbara and other
points. About eighty have signiiied
their intention of going from Reno sc
far. according to Secretary White
and an enjoyable time is assured
There will be room for several out
siders who may desire to join tn,
party. Reservations may be secured
by applying TO s. f. Bigelow or Il
F.. Pickett at the V. X 7. r. K. Office"
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-07-03
SOME FINE CERAMICS

Farrer & Co. have received a mum
Der of fine pieces Of White artware
that exceils anything shown in this
city. 1t is from the famous White
Bros. kiln in Chicago, and = the new
etched ware. Pieces in blue, IA color
heretofore impossible to tN in porce-