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The National tribune., 1911-04-20
TRUTH IN HISTORY.

Prof. Banks, of the State University
at Gainesville, Fla, wrote magazine
article on secession, and asserted that
wrong This has started up the sCon-
federate Camps, and they are protest
ing vigorously. They are adopting
whereases and resolutions affirming the
right of secession. Among other things
they bring up the old assertion that Sc
cession originated in New England, and
cite the famous Hartford Convention.
This, we assert, has no bearing on
the question. New England was just
as likely to go wrong at some time as
South Carolina, and the fact has not
altered general truth. No matter
what hairsplitting logicians, North or
South. may say upon the abstract ques-
ton, the fact remains. unaiterably and
ihdisputably, that the people of the
United States intended the Union to be
indissoluble, and regarded the separa-
ton of the territory of the United States
as a great calamity. In the face of this
overwhelming fact juggling with the
trifiing There is a law of life for a
Nation as for an individual, and fine
spun theories do not prevail when a
mans life or Nations life is attacked
AS for the course of New England in
the War Of 1912, there is much to be
said in her excuse. For years before
the war the South had systematically
prosecuted and assailed New England.
with the probable object of driving her
out of the Union. The embargo act.
passed thru the Congress by Southern
influence, was a terrific blow to New
EngIand's interests At that time the
Yankees all lived along the sea shore,
seas During the NapoIeonic wars they
made a great deal of money carrying
food to Europe to the different armies.
but the embargo act spoiled all this and
compelled the vessels to remain at
home. 1t proved blessing in disguise,
however, for it was really the first tariff
act Shut off from their business of
sailing and cut off from obtaining man.
ufactured goods from Europe, the re-
sourceful Yankees turned to building
factories. and laid the foundation for
the present manufacturing greatness of
that section. Naturally, however, the
feeling in New England was intense
against the South, which had thus mall
treated them.
Next came the fact that the War of
1872 was unnecessary and shamefully
mismanaged from first to last We had
had abundant reason for fighting both
England and France, each of which
had inflicted numberless insults and in
juries upon us The New Englanders
wanted to fight France, and did so in
1898, while the Southerners wanted to
fight Great Britain. We had come
to settlement with France as
the result of the War of 1898,
and Great Britain had revoked
her obnoxious Orders In Council, which
took away our greatest grievance. In
spite of this the Administrati ton rushed
into S'ar with Great Britain for which
we were wholly unprepared. and our
armies met defeat almost everywhere.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

The Columbian Magazine has had the
fairness to investigate the pension sys-
tenn before writing about it. Seeing
the statement in New York papers that
Congress had removed the charges of
desertion, the editor of the Columbian
addressed a letter to Hon. Henry c..
Loudenslager, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Pensions, to which he replied:
"A prerequisite to the allowance of a
pension under the general law thru the
Bureau of Pensions, or by special act
of Congress, is a final honorable dis
charge of the soldier or sailor upon
whose military or naval service the
pension is based.
AT the close of the civil war many
men were found to have charges of de-
sertion standing against their records.
In many cases the desertion WAS mere
ly technical, and in many more cases
the desertion was actual but uninten-
tional. In order to correct the records
and to do justice to men who had per-
formed heroic and honorable service
and had unavoidably or unintentionally
absented themselves during some period
of service or at its close, Congress has
passed general legislation for the relief
of such as were regarded a. deserters
only technically.
I'm some cases which were not COW
cred byt the general legislation Congress
has, when the act merely meant to cure
a defect in the soldiers military history
which did not actually reflect upon his
integrity or loyalty, passed special acts
directing the amendment Of the records
in such manner as to render Justice to
the soldier without doing injustice to
the Government"
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
PAST SENIOR VICE COMMANDER
IN-CHIEF OLIN DEAD.

One of the most lovable souls In the
Grand Army of the Republic, one who
personified every day in his life the
who was a tower Of strength in build
ing up the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie in Massachusetts and maintaining
interest in the organization. has passed
away.
Past Senior Vice Commander-in-
Chief William NJ Olin died at his home
at Boston. April Is. of pneumonia This
news brings d great shock to all the
members of the Grand Army of the Re-
public and is ia limitless bereavement
to the Department of Massachusetts
Comrade Olin was a man of unusual
ability, of the, warmest feeling for his
comrades and tireless In interest for
the order. ,,
He served thru the war with great
credikr and fog returning to civil life
became stenographer and newspaper
man and then iengaged in politics For
number Of years he had been the
efficient and able Secretary of State for
Massachusetts His activities in the
Grand Army Of the Republic were in
cessaht. I
BILLY Olin's" gang. the chorus of
sweet singers, all veterans. have been
most delightful feature of Grand
Army meetings, Posts, Departmental
and National for many years, and there
wells up in the hearts of everyone an
aching regret that the accomplished
leaders voice will be heard no more
Comrade Olin was elected Senior
Vice Commander-in-Ch Chief in 1902. He
had not been well for some time, had
submitted to a surgical operation, but
appeared in his usual form at the An
nual Encampment of the Department
of Massachusetts,. G. A. R.. and every
one rejoiced over the prospects of many
more years of usefulness and cheer
for and from him.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
THE LATE COMMANDER BROWN.

In his annual address to the Depart
ment of Massachusetts, Commander
Granville c. Fiske made this touching
alIusion to the death of his predeces-
sor:
we mourn to-day that our beloved
Commander, ]. Willard Brown. whom
you elected one year ago to the highest
position in the gift of the Department,
was not permitted to finish his year of
service and preside over your delibera-
tionS to-day. But the Great Command
er of us all has called his name, and
he has answered Here in the roll call
above, where so many of our loved
comrades have gone before.
" He has crossed the river.
He has gone before,
And is signaling his comrades
From the other Shore"
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
THE
THE
New Town ofLynn Haven, Fla.
ON ST ANDREWS BAY.

ST ANDREWS BAY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY owns a
large lands around ST. Andrews Bay, Florida
On this land has plated the ownse Lynn Haven In which
the first assignment of lots has been made
subscriptions Company
successful development OF the of Lynn Haven and
Colony has been established beyond question and the de-
mand acreage indicates population of between
5000 and 5000 within twelve months
Since fling plat ownsie January development
has shown wonderful progress from day to day.
The Company and has built large
wide out to deep water with 40 by where it
possible for vessels drawing feet of BERTH
1t has let building railroad from this dock
junction with Railroad
miles of this have been graded while have
to he right of way
1t has purchased the machinery erecting building
electric plant sufficiently large for the requirements popula
ton of
1t has built printing equipped modern nachin-
cry and materials including linotype machine and
1t planning trolley and West on
the completion of the power plant.
Plans being drawn for comodous hotel
date not only the people of the but visiting
Lumber is being supplied the large
across the Bay and have been made with
other nearby mills and manufacturers supply lumber brick
other necessary building materials
In the meantime of lots Haven begun build
ing their homes fifty completed
of construction while plans
cured for the erection of many
Deeds property being subscribers under
the " assignment and expected that their
dred more will begin building a
The work dredging deep shin channel from
the Cult to the deep waters of the Bay nearly finished
from the of the Bay Apalachcoa
and the work This alone will
the of which
navgable waters of the Apaachicola and branches
1t fair predict that by Fall Lynn Haven and this
Gulf will become great that prices realty trebe
Mail for residents addressed Cav Fla
the posofice adjoining the
This postoce will be changed Lynn completion
of the postofice building townste
PRICES AND TERMS WILL BE FURNISHED ON APPII
CATION,
ST. ANDREWS BAY DEVELOPMENT COMPANY or
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
18th and Streets, N. w, Washington D. C.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

The comrades of st Cloud are anx-
ious to build a fine Memorial Hall, the
lower part of which will be occupied
by the Post room and also as n mu-
scum of relics and wartime souvenirs.
A notice of the same appears in anoth-
er column. The National Tribune is
much interested in this work, and shall
be glad TO receive contributions from
the comrades TO aid in the erection of
such a hall as will be a credit TO the
order and 10 our veteran colony. All
contributions received by us will be
acknowledged and promptly forwarded
to George w. Penn, the Quartcrmaster
Of l.. L. Mitchell Post. ST. Cloud. Fla.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
HORRORS OF WAR IN MEXICO.

According to the Associated Press,
the war is being prosecuted in Mexico
in way that we veterans never dream
ed of, and there are horrors there which
we, even with our wide experience in
four years of dreadful lighting, never
encountered A dispatch gives this
startling story:
The rurals rode into a canon on the
way to the small town and as soon as
they got within the shadow of its wall,
insurrectos on both sides of the bluffs
began to pepper at them with 30-30
Winchesters. One rurale dropped from
his saddle and the other nineteen
promptly surrendered.
The insurrectos then descended upon
the rurales and made each man give up
first his horse a2d ammunition belts
then his horse and finally his trousers
The latter were manisfestly valuable
acquisitions for the peace times that the
insurrectOs are hoping to bring about.
The nineteen rurales, carrying their
wounded brother, also trouserless. walk
ed by easy stages back to Guadalajara
Their way lay through hostile territory
and at no place along the line could
a pair. When they arrived at the out
skirts of Guadalajara they could not
rent the trousers there offered for leas-
ing because the insurrectos had taken
all their money So the rurales had
to march through Guadalajara to their
barracks They reported to their COM
mander that they had secured the coun-
try but had not seen sign Of insur-
rectoS
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION IN THH
SENATE.

There has been no previous question
in the Senate. and Senatorial tradition
required that every Senator should be
allowed to talk az long as possible upon
any subject that he desired. Senator
Curtis. who had such an unpleasant ex-
perience endeayoring to get the pension
bill through, has proposed the following
rule, which he hopes to have adopted
and which will limit debate at critical
times:
Resolution.
Resolved, by the Senate. That Rule
Nineteen of the Standing Rules for con-
Quoting business in the Senate Of the
United States be amended by adding
the following proviso at the esd of the
first paragraph of said rule, to-wit:
Provided, That after any question has
been considered upon five separate cal
endar days, or when any question has
been debated for ten consecutive hours,
it shall be in order for any Senator to
rise to a question of privilege and move
to close all debate and vote at fixed
time upon the pending question before
the Senate, after three hours additional
consideration. Said motion shall be sub
mitted to the Senate and shall be deter
mined by a yea and nay vote. If two
thirds of the Senators present vote in
favor of the motion it shall be declared
carried, debate shall close. and vote
taken upon the question as provided
in the motion. II less than two thirds
vote for the motion, the same shall be
declared lost"
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

Senator Lodge. tho very wealthy
man, is not so interested in economy
as to spend his own money when he
can have the Government pay the bill.
He is interested in the reelection Of
w. Murray Crane as Senator, and an
part of this campaign is sending around
Senator Roots speech against the pop
ular election of United States Senator'S
The object of this is to influence the
people against making their OWN
choice, so that it shall be left to the
Massachusetts, Legislature. Tho Sem
ator Crane Is multimillionaire, every
one of these documents is transmitted
thru the United States mails under tbs
frank of Senator Lodge.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

Norman r. Thompson, $50 Madison
avenue, Albany, n. Y, writes that the
good work in securing the Endorsement
of the New York Legislature for the
Sulloway bill was mainly done by Com
rade Bush, the only veteran in the New
York Assembly, and Past Department
Commander Harrison Clark, an en-
ploye in the Adjutant-Generars Office.
They organized The veterans employed
in the Capitol to do the work, and are
entitled to the credit. Past Department
Commander Cummings knew nothing
about il until it was done and the de-
cisicn in Washington.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
THE INVALID PENSIONS COMMIT.
TEE

The Invalid Pensions Committee now
stands:
Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood. Ohio.
Chairman.
George H. Lindsay, New York.
Carl c. Anderson, Ohio.
John a. NJ. Adair, Indiana.
Joseph ]. Russell, Missouri.
George w Kipp, Pennsylvania.
H. Al. Jacoway. Arkansas.
NJ +. Burke, Wisconsin.
John NJ. Hamilton, West Virginia.
W. J. Fields Kentucky.
Cyrus A. Sulloway, New Hampshire.
Thomas w. Bradley. New York.
Charles f. Fuller, Illinois.
N i. Thistlewood, Illinois.
Jonathan y. Langham. Pennsylvania.
John w. Langley, Kentucky.
There are six Republicans, Sulloway,
Pradley, Fuller. Thistlewood. Langham
and Langley. Sulloway, Bradley. Full
Ter and Thistlewood were the Republic
can members of the last committee and
Lindsay and Anderson the Democratic
members.
This is good list to study and be-
come thorolY acquainted with.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
HEAD DQUARTER NATIONAL
TRIBUNE
In the Blue ParlOr, Senaca HOTEL
Rochester.

The National Tribune has secured Tor
HEADQUARTERS at the National Encamp-
unent the capacious Blue Parlor in the
Hotel Senaca, adjoining National u. A.
r. Headquarters. The veterans are cor
daily invited to meet the Editor and
representatives of the paper there to
make it a place where they can meet
their comrades and friends. and to
which they can have their letters and
papers sent.
The National Tribune Will be very
glad to have the veterans and their
wives make fullest use of this room.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

Brazil seems to be a country whose
trade we should cultivate. Last year
we sent S24,9S8,337 worth to Brazil,
and bought from her $103,716.231
worth. Our importations from Brazil
last year increased $5.20O,0O0. Some
of the gentry who are raising alarms
about war with Japan had better turn
their intellects toward increasing our
trade with our neighbors.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

Five Past Department Commanders
and one Commander of the Department
of Massachusetts died last year. They
were: Commander, ]. Willard Brown
and Past Commanders A. B. r.
Sprague, Lucius Field, John w. KIM
ban George L. Goodale, Peter D,
Smith
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

The trouble in New York State in the
Republican Party is that one set Of
bosses are trying to redeem the State
from the bosses and return 1t to the
hands of the people," that is. them
selves. It is thought that the only way
that can bring peace in the party ana
good government in the State Is to
scrap" the whole political machinery
and bring in new men. :,
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

When you send IN your subscription
nlways state whether renewal! or ne"
subscriber.
When you renew from another post
nfffce give former address ss well.
When change of address is desired 5e
sure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

Gen. Sherwood issued a call for a
meeting of the Invalid Pensions Com
mittee last week and then revoked it.
no reason was given. 1t must have
been a strong reason, however. to have
prevented immediate action. Several
hundred veterans will have died before
he can get his committee together
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

The Department Of Louisiana and
Mississippi, E. K. Russ Commander,
will hold its Annual Encampment in
New Orleans April 27. 1911.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20

Who has actually seen that photo
graph of secret treaty between Mex
leo and Japan?
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
NDORSED THE BILL.
Twenty-six States, With 57,OOO,OOo
PeopIe and 291 Electoral Votes, Ask
for More Liberal Pension Legislation.

The following is the list corrected
up TO date of the States whose Legisla-
lures have unanimously indorsed the
Sulloway bill:
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

Entered at Washington, D. C, Post once
second-class matter.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
NOTICE.

WASHINGTON, D. C. APRIL 18, 1911.
The National tribune., 1911-04-20
JOHN McELRoY, Editor.

Office: 18th and Street. Northwest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
1eIegrspher's cramp.

An interesting feature Of teleg-
rapher's cramp is that certain let
tiers are nearly always the stumbling
block. The most frequent are O
and Y-that is, the code signals
used for these letters. When a
sender begins to be conscious"
about so common letter as G his
case soon becomes hopeless. Anoth-
er form Of cramp attacks the re-
ceiver Of the message. 1t takes the
form of inability to write fast
enough to take down a message
quickly transmitted. This is easily
understood when it is remembered
that q receiver often has to write
continuously to code dictation, SO to
speak, for hours at time. The
strain involved is enormous and
leads fairly commonly TO what is
practically form of nervous break
down.-D1ndee Advertiser.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
Wonderland of Delirium
Some of the Things a Man Saw i'm Deliriun
Tremens

Charles Roman gives record of his own eXper-
fences as victim of delirium tremens 1t is re-
markable psychological document comparing favor
ably In interest and as piece of writing with De
Quinceys Confessions of an Opium Eater" Fol-
lowing is brief extract which gives some sugges-
of the things the patient saw:
Cup to this point the geological visitations had
been Intermittent During the next few days, how
ever, saw all that could stand. saw such pre-
historic creatures exist nowhere except in muse
ums. | saw rats as they marched past my door, or
flew through my windows, or foated in my tub. Ele-
plants strobe in and out with numbering steps and
swaying trunks. At times they seated themselves
and taunted me with their thunderous bellows or
their ear-sptting screeches They Haunted their
snouts high in the air and guffawed. Monkeys Jump
ed from limb to limb in the trees outside my room.
Snakes of all colors, of all descriptions, reptiles with
phantastc figures upon their backs and with eyes of
sapphire or ruby or of milk-whte marble, wriggled
upon the floor or crept in out of heretofore un-
seen crevices in the walls and dropped into the wat
er in my tub. They swan around and around me,
squrming under me, with their tongues darting in
and out with ferocious activity. Giraffes craned
their necks around the doorways or through the
windows; chickens roasted over my head and cacked
dogs and wolves ran around the room barking and
swapping; pigeons flew from one corner to another
and cooed. Lions heard roaring. and tigers | saw
while they opened their mouths like huge cats in ST.
lent an cry dsapproval, licking their whiskers and
weting their paws, softly and dantily This and far
more
II saw crocodes in droves. Fat, scay, glistening
beasts they were, with frothy, foaming jaws, long
sweeping tails, crouching upon creeping along the
foot of my bathtub or my bed and grinding their
yellow teeth in gluttOnous anger as they contemCla-
ted me their prey, | saw the reeking slippery body
of croeodile slide into the water Of my tub Then,
as shrank in breathless horror to escape, his
greedy, my eyes arise to the surface with his cold
foul chin flush with mine. His icy 5eak touched my
flesh. ! turned as cold as ice and trembled like
leaf in a storm"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-06-30
Oddities in the Lives of
Girl Peasants.

Very expert is the Russian peasant woman and
unlike English and Americans, who have their ma
terals prepared for them, the lacemaker in Russia
net only spins the flax she uses but during the sum-
mer months helps to SOW the seed from which it is
grown. She a.so tends the plants for making the
dyes used for colored laces In the winter time the
making of the lace commences and she usually starts
work about 5 in the morning and continues until
nearly midnight. But she is her own mistress, and
the work she does enables her to earn her own "pin
money" At the early age of 6 Nr Z her training be-
gins, and by the time she has reached the age of 9
or ID she is quite an expert worker.
OF small build and bright appearance these peas
ant women are very interesting and great contrast
to their men folk, who are as rule tall and some
what somber-looking The peasant dress consists of
the sorochka or shirt, with sleeves embroidered in
fancy red and blue designs work, of course, be-
ING the womans own-a spodyntZa, or skirt of red
Or blue CLOTH and seeveless jacket, usually of black
For outdoors another coat is worn over this.
The way in which the hair is adorned is very curl
Gus, and has particular meaning The single wom-
an dresses her halr in two plats, which she binds
round her head and then throws shawl over it.
The married woman arranges her hair in one plat,
which hangs down at the back below the sorotchka,
and on her head is draped black and mouve shawl,
which forms very attractive headdress.
A very curious custom is a lottery which takes
place at SmOenski, in Russia, every three months,
when young girl is raled for in 600 shares of one
roube each. AS a rule the winner marries the girl
and consequently receives as her dowry the money
gained from the lottery. In some cases, however,
the girl refuses to marry the winner and in this
event the couple divide the money between them.