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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-11
OLD DOMINION LINE

EOk NORFOLK AND NEW YORK.
". Richmond {foot Ash ST. daly...7P. NJ
Leave Newport a. n.
nLtaSs ~ ~.
Connects with main limo steamers leaving
100 P. N. Connection also mate BIZ ~. q
w Ry 3 p. NJ. and G. & Q. Ry. at t.P. N
Night Line steamers stop at Claremont -
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION co. James Ktyer
by daylight for Norfolk, Old Point Now
port News and all James River landlrI.5.
Steamer leaves Monday. "Wednesday RnSi
Friday at $3.50 A. NJ. Freight received t0S
81 ames River landings Ticket Office "a
Il. Main at. E
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SAILS FOR CHINA.
Miss Lacy, of Fredericksburg, Enters
on Missionary Work.
Especial to The Times-Dispatch

Especial to The Times Dispatch
fredericksburg. Va. September TO-
Miss Sallie NJ. Lacy. OF this city. who
has been visiting relatives in the West.
will sail next Tuesday from San Fran
cisco on the steamship Siberia for
China, where she will enter upon duties
in the missionary field under the aus
pices of the Southern Presbyterian
Church.
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Merchants and Miners Transportation Co
Norfolk to Boston. MasS., and
M proxddence. n. l. sly la

Steamers leave Norfolk for Boston. daily
except Thur; for providence Mon, Thur.
and sat- at p. NJ. Passengers and freighe
taken for all New England points Tickets
g. H. Bowman. 7os East Main. aud Rloh-
Trana- Co., 800 n. Main
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RICHMOND AND CHEsArEaKE BAY
HALFWAY CnMpA

schedule OF electric trains to and frop.
Ashland. stopping at intermediate stations
upon signal: Lv. Richmond (Broad ard
Laurel sts): 6:oob. '7:1O. s:l0b. $50 s.'lolo,
ll:io A. NJ. l:lo. 2:1o. $40. h:-0ba $40. So
$50. s:lo5. 1910. u;45 P. NJ. Lv Ashland:
obs. '7oob. s. Oh. TO- ''1l A. NJ. 'l2M ,...'l.
2. 3. I. hb. 8. Z. s. 80 II P. NJ.
lazy except Sunday. ''Sunday only
Carries baggage.
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Norfolk and Western Railway

ONLY ALL RAIL LINE TO NORFOLK
Schedule In Eject June IT, 1910
Leave Byrd street station, Richmond FOR
NORFOLK: bs:io A. NJ, $500 A. ~, A3:0o p
NJ. '4:i0 =. NJ, b7:0o p. II.
FOR LYNCHBURu AND THE WHIST.
e:E a. NJ. .sns A. H.. bi::ie room: ss:oS p.
NJ. 1910 p. II.
Arrive Richmond from Norfolk: bll:s A.
NJ. alt:+o A. N. $3.50 P. N. b10:25 p. NJ.
80 2. NJ From the West: $3.50 A. NJ.
ALSO p. NJ. b2:l5 P. NJ. $3.50 r. ~, ss:o9 p.
N.
.Daiy aDa,ly. ex. Sunday. bsunday only
Pullman. Parior and Sleeping Cars, CAfs
Dining Cars C. II. BOsLEY.
w. B. BEv1LL. D. P. A.. Richmond, Va
G. P. A.. Roanoke "a.
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Richmond and Petersburg Electric Raiwa,

Streets. for Petersburg:
-, 2. 8. y. 10. II. az p. ". !. 4. Il 4
sS:&6, %, ]. 8, %, 10 p. u.
u:oo p. II. for Chester. 1870 midnight Tor
Petersburg.
Cars leave Petersburg. foo sycamore
Street. for Manchests
SIS. s:a, '.7:ls. 7:s5. s,a, s:S. .1o:S u:u
A. T.. 1:aS. sl:ss. 49, s;35. .s:15, 5:a s:A
T:tS. s:@. s:S. s'lo4o. ll:to P. Ii.
Carries baggage and exDrsxA.
Limited. except sundays and hoiidayl
AL cars from Petersburg conn Wit. cars
for Richmond. ~ =
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES FOR THE EAST
ERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.:
To the creditors of JAMES NJ. JEFF
FRIES. of Kinsale, in the county of
Westmoreland, and district aforesaid
bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on tho
day of August. A. D. 1910. the
said JAMES NJ. JEFFRIES was duly
adiudicated bankrupt, and that the first
meeting of creditors will be held at
Kinsale. Va. on the GOTH DAY OF SEP
TENDER, "A. D. 1910. at II o'clock in the
forenoon. at which time the said credi-
tors may attend. prove their claims.
appoint a trustee. examine the bank
rupt, and transact such other business
as may properly come before said
meeting. c. p. CALDWELL.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
September g. 1910.
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5tean1hDat8.
Baltimore Steam Packet Co.

EQulpped With w..eless teiegraphy.
TO BALTIMORE AND THE ,G-TF VIA
NORFOLK AND OLD .,UiNf.
Leave Richmond Daily including Sunday via
~ W. Ry. 800 P. NJ, Norfolk e:sC r. IL.
z. q Q Hs. 400 p. NJ. Old Point 1850 p. II.
tolk).
Va Nav; CO. $3.50 A. N. tlIonds. wsdne.-
ply to H. N. gsOYKIN. Agent. $50 Is. Main
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JAMES NJ. JEFFRIES. No.
In the matter OF In
Bankrupt Bankruptcy.
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UNITED STATES FOR THE EAST
ERIN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA.:
To the creditors of BAILEY & JEFF
Ferries. of Kinsale, in the county of
Westmoreland. and district afore-
said-bankrupt:
Notice is hereby given that on the
day of August. "A D. 1910, the
said BAILEY g. JEFFERIES were duly
adjudicated bankrupt. and that the
first meeting OF their creditors will be
held at Kinsale Va. on the o0TH DAY
OF SEPTEMBER, A. D. 1910. at II
o'clock in the forenoon. at which time
the said creditors may attend, prove
their claims. appoint trustee. exam
Inc the bankrupt, and transact such
before said meeting.
c. p. CALDWELL,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
September Z, 1910.
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sEABoARD A1n LINE.

southbound trains scheduled to ieave Rich
mond daily: sac A. M.-Local 10 Norilna,
Raleigh. Charlotte. Whining ton. 1:co p. M
S!eepers and coaches. Atlanta, B;rmingha am
Savannah. Jacksonville and Florida points.
1850 p. At-Sleepers and coaches. savannah
Jacksonville Atlanta. Birmingham and
arrive Richmond daily; 577 A. ~. 6:0s r.
NJ. $40 Y. u.
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In the matter of No. -
BAILEY & JEFFERIES, In
Bankrupt. Bankruptcy
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Bankrupt Rofttes.

NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
CREDITORS.
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NOTICE OF FIRST MEETING OF
CREDITORS.
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legged errors in the trial court are
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

Henry Gordon. Plhm Run. Pa, wants a11
information as TO J. W. Golden OF Co n
10th Pa. He and Golden left the army tos
gether June II. 1865. while lying In camp st
Washington, ID. c. They left without dis.
charges and Comrade Gordon has never been
able to get one since.
Pharaoh Burke, 18th L. S, ut Vernon.
o.. wants TO hear from any of his old rsri.
ment.
Harry Forrer ISL Manhattan Ave, Jsrsey
City. n. J.. wants to find someone who e a
recall George NJ FOrTCT. Co. 4. 10th Pa Cav
He enlisted Feb. %. 1865. and deserted JuIy
30 1885. because he was sick aad could noe
have the charge of drsertiOn removed in
order TO get a pension.
George Belts. SO West :,03h St. New
York, y. Y. served in the Ith l.. y. from
1872 to 1877 and in the nth u. = from
1873 to 1883. He wants Information as n
Christopher Belts. from whom he has not
heard since 1868 when he was Sergeant in
Franklin A. BuShey. VI. H.. Greencastie,
Pa. wants someone to tell him what res tion
Capt. Thomas T. Turner. the cOmmandant Of
Libbey Prison was TO G. Beverly Turner, who
was the clerk and Inspector Of the prison,
and usually called Mai Dick Turner.
Mrs Charles G.. Higgins. South Delaware
Ave. Atlantic City, y. J.. wants the address
Of any survivor of the lst Pa. l.. A., better
known as "COoper's Battery.
wou!d like to hear from any of his old COM
radcs of the 22d Ind. Battery.
T. II. Vuuk. Vancouver, Wash, wants
the address Of John Clark, Sergeant, Co. B..
Isl Wis cav, who Il the author OF The
Trne Story Of the Capture OF Jefferson
Davis" mentioned in The National Tribune
of Oct. 13.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
FuIR,Is All the Promises.

The National Tribune: After three
months of actual residence in the G. A.
r. colony of st. Cloud 1 wish TO assure
YOU and your vast army of readers that
the colony fulfills all the promises of its
organizers, the Seminole Land and In
vestment Company. In my S7th year,
a Mexican War veteran, accustomed
from birth TO the rigors of New York
State climate, / find the genial atmOs-
phere of central Florida the renewer of
youthful vigor, a welcome escape from
Winters hardships, while in no wise
Objectionable as an enjoyable Summer
residence. During the last month or
longer the town is fast filling up. Many
arrivals now every day of substantial
settlers, who come for Il permanent
home. In every direction are seen new
structures rising, probably not now less
than 20 or perhaps so. AS they are
scattered over two square miles of ter
ritory at the south shore of our beauti-
full lake, il is easily seen that they mean
a very large addition to our popula-
ton. My own home on the highland
corner of Vermont avenue and 11th
street. 100 by $50 feet is within 500
feet of an orange grove, well laden
with yellowing oranges and grapefruit.
My soil is of the same character. My
20 acres, six miles southwest near Lake
TohOpekaliga, is muck" ! claim as
good land as any in the State, part of
a late rice farm, ready for the plow, not
tree or bush in the way. For my
S4cO / got full value, all the land COM
pany offered Business is lively; large
school going and soon to move into a
fine brick edifice; Presbyterian Church
tconcrete), nearly complete; the post
office. in its brick building, now selling
and paying money orders. st. Cloud is
a hustling town where there was no
population IS months ago.-Caivin ].
Mills, st. Cloud, Fla.
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~ Booster for st. Cloud" !"

The National Tribune: They call me
a booster for st. Cloud" and proud
am of il, for when i am boosting St
Cloud ] am boosting John McElroy, the
most highly esteemed and honored man
of our Nation to-day, who by his trials
and efforts has made il possible for
hundreds of the old soldiers and their
families to have homes here in St
Cloud. this beautiful land of sunshine
and flowers, where they can spend the
remaining days of their lives together
In peace and happiness, enjoying the
fun 365 days of the year. No, it was
not John McEiroy's defeat that caused
my heart 10 ache, but it was the under
mining way which they took TO defeat
him; not only that, but TO try to niure
Jur town of st. Cloud, with which | am
so well pleased, and which is to-day tho
most prosperous of anything of the
kind in the United States. Yes, the
reports against our town are untrue
and without foundation; they are as
black lies as ever fell from human lips
] know, for with my husband and son
we were the first family TO build on our
lots and live in St Cloud. 4 town of
which / am very proud to-day The
Land Company has not only done every
thing they agreed to do, but have done
more. The men who have had charge
of the business here have done every
thing as satisfactorily for the old SOL
diers and everyone else who has come
here as possibly could have been done
] am ready 10 stand by every word /
say any time or place. and If anyone
doubts IL let them come to me. Yours
sincerely-Mrs. G. w. Penn, st. Cloud.
Fla, oct. 4, 1910
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
THE REIGN OF THE VIGILANCE COMMITTEE
At Baxter Springs, Kan., Winter of 1866 and 1867.
By ROBERT NORRIS PECK, Alias Number 27."
Copyright. 1907, by Robert Peck.)

soon succeeded in catching both, tho
they had reached quite a distance from
the scene of the recent murder.
The Lees were both known to some OF
the pursuers, and were easily identified
when caught. When brought back to
the vicinity of their crime they were
not allowed to communicate with or
even See each other.
Lee maintained a logged silence. The
proof was SO clear concerning the muir
der of the old lady that the Vigilantes
had no hesitation about hanging him
on that score, but they suspected him
of other crimes, and tried to get him
to confess. He realized that the Jig
was up" with him, as he expressed it,
but altho the men strung him up and
let him down several times in an effort
to eXtoTt 9 confession of other crimes,
he obstinately refused to cough up
anything as to his own or his wife's
former guilt, and died game.
When the woman also refused to
make any confession of other crimes
and continued to reiterate her inno-
cence some of the Vigilantes began to
think that possibly this might be Lees
only crime, and that maybe she was
not really a particeps criminis; but by
resorting to a little ruse they finally
succeeded in wringing a full confession
from her.
They told her (they had already dis
covered that she was Lees wife) that
her husband had made a confession of
q number of crimes and they had then
hung him. This she refused to believe
at first, but when they led her out
where she could see and recognize his
body as ii dangled from the limb of
tree she broke down. and told them OF
a horrible list of crimes that she and
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

About the time of the finding of the
murdered catt1emen a man named Abe
Henderson, with whom l was intimately
acquainted and who was afterwards for
several years q salesman in a grocery
store in Baxter Springs and a few years
ago in the grocery business in Webb
City. Mo-. came to Baxter Springs look
ing for claim. He met Lee, who Of
fered him his claim so cheap that. after
going out and looking the place over,
Henderson bought it. Besides paying
Lee cash for his claim, farming tools,
etc, Henderson engaged Lee, paving
him in advance, to break some more
prairie on the place, while Abe went
back to his old home to settle up his
affairs and move to the new claim.
AS soon as Henderson was gone, in
stead of doing the breaking" he had
already been paid for, Lee again sold off
the farm implements and everything
else that was movable and also tried to
resell the claim, but before he had sue
ceeded in the latter deal he became
alarmed at the inquiries our NigilanteS
We're making, and he and his wife
slipped away so quietly that our men
lost track of them for some time.
The subsequent career of the Lees
was related to me from what ! conSid
cred a reliable source shortly after its
happening, but in giving the story now
from memory after the lapse of so many
years i may err in minor details, but
think the main features were about as
i here tell them.
Several months after Lee and his
wife disappeared our Vigilance Com
mittee officials Cor was it Judge W. NJ.
NIatheny, whom we had elected the first
Mayor of Baxter Springs?) received
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
st. CIoud n Happy and Wcll-Contented
Colony.

The National Tribune: / cannot ex-
press the sorrow l feel by reason of
the defeat of Comrade McElroy for
Commander-in-Chie of the G.. A. r.,
nor my detestation of the means by
which his defeat was brought about.
Men in the heat of a political contest
or in fierce rivalry in business may at
times resort to questionable means to
attain their ends and the offense be
condoned. but for a comrade of the
G. A. r. to traduce the character of
another who has gone thru the same
fiery ordeal of war as himself-well. 1t
may be forgiven, but can never be for
gotten. Since coming to st. Cloud /
have found the situation better in most
respects than ! expected to find them
and in some much better. There is no
sickness among the veterans that /
have heard of. but l have heard Of
many who have recovered their health
after coming here. / have found no
water standing on the ground within
the limits of the town. i find most of
the townsite well elevated and dry, so
much so that l should think it would
remain so during the wettest season.
Drainage will make the lowest spot
dry. / find the soil productive where
cultivated, and | predict that when our
town has three more years of life to its
credit it will be the happiest and most
coutented colony of veterans to be
found in the wide, wide world. Very
truly yours-J. H. McQuaid, st. Cloud,
Fla Oct g 1910
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Lee had committed.
She said that the old ladys murder
was the thirteenth that she had assist
ed or aided and abetted Lee in perpe-
trating- She seemed to be a firm be-
lever in the superstition of the evil
luck ascribed to the number 13, saying
that if they had only killed the daugh-
ter as well as the old lady at the same
time it would have made the number
IA, and thus she believed they would
have bridged over the fatal 'hoodoo"
that had brought them to their doom.
She expressed no remorse or contri-
ton for their fendish deeds, only a
deep regret at being overtaken in their
bloody career, and detailed with ap-
parent Indifference the brutal murders
she had participated in, among the lot
giving a minute account of how she
and Lee had murdered the two young
men on Rock Creek for their little herd
of cattle.
Getting up in the night, when sure
that the young men were asleep, she
and Lee, choosing silent weapons had
armed themselves, one with an axe, the
other a hatchet, and then, stealthily
creeping up to their sleeping victims,
at given signal each had killed them.
As soon as she finished her confess
sion of horrors the Vigilantes swung
her up alongside OF her mate-a we'll
matched pair.
(The end
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

Editor National Tribune: About the
year 1888 California purchased from
the trustees of the Yount estate a plot
IF 1000 acres of land for a home. No
site could have been better chosen. II
S known as the Yountville Veterans
Home. 1t should have been named for
some hero of the civil war. The build
ings erected from time to time now
number about 11J structures, built in
lose proximity. The style of the build
ngs is very pleasing. There is no waste
room. The annual expense of the Home
IS some 100000: the income about the
same. Pathways and avenues intcrsect
the grounds in all directions bordered
with flowers, trimmed shrubbery and
trees.
The scene is one of enchantment. In
the distance rise the notched hills, Civ
ing TO the landscape a yariegated per-
spective of rare loVeliness. There are
about 100 veterans at present in the
Home. Among them are many cases of
sad decrepitude. induced by 30 years
of labor, accident or disease, but along
with these are stalwart men who look
strong enough to swing a sledse. The
management of the Home is excellent.
The largest liberty is allowed the vet
Grams, abundance Of nourishing food,
clothing and bedding. games, books
and music. The Surgeons are skilful.
The. Home Is under command of Gen.
Woodruff. Col. J. ]. Lyon is Quarter
master.
The hospital is ably managed by DR..
Boston. and is in reality the abode of
silence. Most excellent food is served.
The management of the hospital en-
ploys a mixed corps of male and female
nurses. To the man nurse the care of
the invalid is an occupation bereft of
all novelty. The young woman nurse,
however. ministers TO the sick with a
deftness and tenderness characteristic
Of the mother. There is no canteen at
which TO crafty the social INSTINCT
George w. Bell, YountvilIe Veterans
Home and Hospital, Napa County. Cal.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
ST. CLOUD. IN FLORIDA.
Settler From the North Who II I'M
pressed With Pace.
(From the OIL City Derrick. }

st. Cloud, Fla, Aug. 29.-I have had
number of letters from friends in
your picturesque city among the hills
asking about st. Cloud, and would like
space in your valuable paper for q re-
ply.
st. Cloud is a colony town in the
middle of Florida, of 1000 inhabitants,
situated on a plain; is not a year old,
but a great big, overgrown youngster,
with the wealth, ambition and oppor-
tunities of any city its size. Going
ahead in its knee pants for want of
time to make a change. consequently il
don't look the grown-up city II would
if dressed in grown-up garb, which is
being fitted out up-to-date. and will be
put on as fast as many hands can do
the work.
1t is the rainy season now. It has
rained almost every day since the 1st
of July, and sometimes it pours. They
call it "cloudburst'' up North. The
rainy season comes in a time when all
to the wet No, st. Cloud is not under
water, but as clean as a new pin after
its God-given sanitary bath, ready to go
on in health and prosperity for another
year, with an occasional rain, as the
moon DEGREES.
There are still good opportunities to
invest in real estate. and properties are
being taken fast. viii anything grow
there?" is often asked. / will answer
with smile. / should say it will. If
one don't want n twig or seed to grow,
better not let it get into the ground.
for it is sure go if the do in the
growing season and no delay about it.
You see it in A few days: wonder what
it is; lift your hat, scratch your head.
and think and exclaim: "Oh. my; can
that be the seed ! planted in so short
a time?''
1t is the greatest place on earth to
raise chickens; yes. and children, too.
No frozen toes or staying out of school
on account of cold or deep snow: no
big stcre hills for heavy clothing or big
gas or coal bills in Winter. All that is
saved or spent for luXuries in St. Cloud.
Mrs. Ralph Livington.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
AMERICAN BANK, Coin AND
STAMP BOOK.
PRICE. IS CENTS.

Contains a concise history OF the develop
ment of money through the Cd Hunting ana
Fishing Stage. the tz) Pastoral Stage. the
i3J Agricultural Stage; the ~ Manufacture
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Illustrated.
Contains valuable information about Amsri-
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through the medium OF drafts, checks, notes
ard other forms OF credit
Contains a review OF American, Canadian
and English currency systems. and shows
what kinds of American currency Is legal
tender and the kinds not legal
Contains fun classified list of old colonial
and United States coins which there IL q
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terestiEg historical facts In regard TO rare
coins and paper money.
Contains fun classified list OF United
States Postal Department and Internal Revs-
nue stamps on which the premium Is worth
considering. Illustrated AIso the value OF
genuine Confederate State stamps. Also .
brief history Of American stamps.
Contains comprehensive guide to domestic
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and facilities. together with the government
circular, showing how official correspondence
should be conducted. etc.
Sent TO any address for 25 Cents by the
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street, Washington. d. c. One and two cent
stamps accepted.
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
Youngest Veteran.

Eben Foster. 209 North Second street
saltwater, Mimi, read in The National
tribune OF Aug. is the claim of John
Boyles, of Williamsburg, Pa. to beinp
the youngest soldier OF the civil war,
Comrade Foster was born June IA.
lS49, in Athens County, Ohio. He was
mustered into the 92d Ohio Sept. 80,
1852, and was mustered out at Column
bus. o., at the close of the war. He
was in the Fourteenth Corps, and was
with Sherman on his march to the sea,
and finished up with the Grand Review
at Washington, D. c.,
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
Census EnuncraInr

c. S. Woodward, Quartermaster of
Cyrus Hall Post. 13S, Shelbyville, ILL.,.
noticed in The National Tribune that
comrade Samuel +. Emerson, Show
hegan, Me, claims two records to his
credit as census enumerator. and asks
if anyone has two. Comrade Woodward
can go him one better. He took the
census in 1880 of the town of Shelby
vile, ILL.,, and in 1900 he took half the
town, and in 1910 he took the same
hal
The National tribune., 1910-12-29

some day to run up and see the old
boys, for l understand they have built
up a fine town and are having a good
time. The climate of Florida is all that
can be hoped for anywhere in America
for those who suffer from lung and
throat troubles and the aches and pains
common to old age. One can go out of
doors every day in the year, and the
Winters are as delightful down here as
The National tribune., 1910-12-29
The EX-Prisoncrs OF War.

Joseph c. Underwood, Union City.
Ind, says that if people in general only
knew the suffering endured by those
VINO entered the Confederate prison
hells they would be ready 10 grant ann.
reasonable request on the part of those
VINO suffered so much. They would
even cry aloud for Congress to do the
right thing and give a liberal pension.