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Year: 1879

IWyUSt {, I0I5,
HE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Co.-SIRs: / received your
letter. am the mother of seventeen children. Eleven
went into the army when the war broke out am
feeble old lady seventytwo years Old Three of my chill
dren killed in the army The that you speak of
is not at home now but he will write
you particulars You ask if a farm and
comfortably fixed No not. We have a small
house and lot That is all have except what earn
daily. We poor, and think the sacrifices of such
mother in the decline of life, deserves something
from the hands of the Government and the loyal people
Of the country. Never in the of my life have
needed assistance than My thanks for your
kind remembrance in sending THE TRIBUNE. hope you
will do for mo what you can. Yours with respect


ELIZA A. UPRIGHT.
In THE TRIBUNE of April last published an inter
estng letter from the Secretary of War to member of
Congress from Iowa in regard to the discharge from the
army of a of Mrs. Upright Feeling desire to know
more of the lady, we recently forwarded her The TRI
BUNE at the time writing letter Her is
found above. Now this is wonderful We question
if the military records of any other country produce
like one.
Year: 1879


Editor Of the Tribune:


Let say the soldiers of 1S6165 Are you prepared
for your duty next fall at the baotbox If not let each
of you no, thus early post yourselves for nel-
gent fight and in order that you may be thoroughly
posted that you will fail in the least your whole
duty get the yeas and nays every bill that has been
presented to Congress touching the interests ofexsoders
Mark the that voted nay also those who had
the courage vote at ALL for of all detestabe things in
the world, the coward is the worst How many of our
congressman when inteogaed the subject of bills
your interest have said 81 will do lthat for you
but when the yeas and nays called, skuked or
in their seats Can you in justice to yourselves
and your feow-solders go to the polls and for such
sneaks and volators of promises nnumerable trow
not. These have fed these promises long,
and for will vote against them when up for officers
But of them will say, ticket in hand on that
day Have not always told you that working in
the interest of the soldier and you going go
back me ~ Answer them as shall ''Y promised
TO do that which you too base coward to do and
skulked out leaving few to bear the burden And now
soldiers, since these fond of staying neutral
let them stay at home at their expense and
They soont do TO tie to-


AN Elk MEMBER THE OLp FOURTH
Year: 1879

In reply to Mr. Harrisons query, will say that we
should be in favor of giving the land Immediately and alb
soutey to all the soldiers if it for the fact which
apparent that by thus doing the best part of public
domain would fall into the hands of capitalists and specu
ators. SO many warrants would be in the market that
they would fall in value song perhaps $l5 or $50
each Now, it would be great misfortune TO have all
choice public lands owned by of great wealth who
could extort their price from poor wanting to
buy land The policy of Republic like should be
keep down great landed arstocracy such you will


find in England and Scotland Every in this country
ought to be freeholder 1t would be infinitely better for
TO have hundred freeholders thousand
than for reeholder to have hundred tenants Let
give the soldiers money, and then they use it as
they desire.-ED1ToR TRIBUNE.
Year: 1879

Editor of the Tribune


My education is limited but have got good head and
heart and will do the best can in writing to YOU The
TRIBUNE the best paper had in my family and.I
should hardly know how to keep house without it, feel
very much pleased to think there is the United
May God bless yoa for doing You TO hear from
the soldiers in regard TO the Equalization Bounty Bill
The way you propose is very good. Now, think the
soldiers should have interest what is due them Just
the bondholders That would be only fair Well in re-
gard to the hundred and sixty acres Of land say
old soldiers who hardly able to do hours work
day? conclude they must lose that much by not being
able to settle thereon should like TO hear from you in
regard to this


Yours truly w. w. HARRISON.
Year: 1879

Z,
MIR. EDITOR have good book that tells me about
Lord Of vineyard hiring TO work in it, Some went
in at the ninth and at the eleventh hour but they
received the same at night Now it looks to as If
Congress have given more to those who went in at the
eleventh hour The who went in in 1861 ane 1862
bore the heat and burden of the day. and great many of
them got little nothing Now if this looks right to
Congress it does soldiers who enlisted in 1862
and got one Of bounty. We would like Con-
gres to understand how the soldiers feel about this mat
ter


Yours respectfuly s. p. CLOUD.
Year: 1879

We do not think friend o. need give himself any
the action Of Congress this winter Who
the soldiers for in 1880 will be elected President
and next fall brings the election of House of Rep
resentatves all the present members who prefer not to
stay at home will support the Equalization Bounty Bill
and other the soldiers urgently demand.
Tie wachword Of the soldiers is, 1bose 1ho are not
for as, are against u.s.
Year: 1879

THIS morning Postmaster William M.
Pyle, received $4,000 OF me certificates.
The sale commenced at 8 As and lasted
until 20 minutes to II. The crowd
was 80 great many went away without
without purchasing any Of the bonds.
II is said that some of the boys had
been waiting at the post office steps
since six o'clock this morning. A
young man in his hurry thought he
had handed certain boy 500, and
when the boy came out Of the crowd
he handed the certificates to a Doctor
who was standing near by.


Tin young man seeing the boy hand
ing the certificates to the doctor, though
this very strange and the boy was taker
into an adjoining room when another
boy came along and handed the youns
man his certificates. The young man
was very sorry that the mistake wa'
made, and apologized to the boy.
Year: 1879

Professor Swing warns the American
clergy that as rule sermons cannot be
written in bed. He thinks one would
better get up and dress. no matter how
great man lie may be. Although men
do not wear nightcaps,as they did forty
years ago, yet one would hardly wish to
hear discourse if the preacher had
sat up in bed to write it, and had per.
haps upset his inkstand on the pillow.
"Whilc the great preachers,' the
Professor adds "do not state that they
get up in the morning before they write,
yet we may assume that most discours-
c5 are prepared by men who have wash
ed their faces, and have put on a clean
collar, and have been to breakfast"
Year: 1879

Considerable complaint is being made
about the filthy condition of Stall cup
run and surroundings. The run pass
es through the middle of the square
from Third to Poplar, between Walnut
and Poplar streets. The City Council
met there some time ago, and it would
be we'll if they would culvert the run
and open street through the square.
Year: 1879




HARD CAsEs.-A stove was missing from
the kitchen of the Exchange Hotel on Sun
day last, and although it had legs it was sup
posed some one had assisted in helping it off.
Next night wheelbarrow was missing from
the same place, and O'Brien began to get
anyinus then it was discovered that stove
was also missing from McAuliff's lumber
yard. A track was discovered leading TO
the Schafer & Bush terminus on Third st.
1t is supposed that they had organized fire
.leaartment on their own account, and were
the chief engineers and nremen al the COM
panv At any rate they were arrested and
placed in durauce vile. Shafer is a natural
born thlci, and has been arrested for stealing
everything he can lay his hands on. His last
previous effort WAS stealing geese.
Year: 1879

If you ike good solid comfort buy the Ne
Plus Ultra Spring Bed, the best and cheapest
now in the market. Its increasing popularity
has made it the general favorite. No place for
insects u harbor, being composed entirely OF
iron and steel is strong and durable and will
last life time Try one and you will buy one.
For sale at the furniture store of Erer1 4
Abels, opposite the st. Louis hotel, Walla
Walla, W. I. 5S-4w
Year: 1879

This fashionable resort is one of the incest
saloons in the city. Super ntendant jerome
takes pleasure in waiting and supplying his
customers with the best liquors and cigars
Tex himself is our beau ideal of a jolly host
and his popularity is to he envied.
Year: 1879

Total sharos sold for the week II00'ifo


The principal feature Of to-day's stock markcs
was the weakness of the coal stocks, the Immediate
n Is consdered an anomaly that these stocks
should have remained so firm all the season In ne
face of the f&ct that at no time tins year have the
Iock n new dollar for the old one ex-
pended in nining and transportation. SO the
drop of to-day capnot be considered much 2t a
weakness after ALL The general market was active
after the same fashion. The opening was brilliant
and IN majority Of instances the trst prices were
from !. to y per cent higher than yesterdays 1na


either way, and these are about equally
divided between tho gains aud losses


burlington. Cedar Rapids and Northern ad-
directors to-day failed TO confirm the loan TO the
Ohicano and Northwestern Company, the consider
Year: 1879

relations Of the churches In May,
1874, Bishop Pierce was in Louisville,
attending the general conference, and
last year he was present at the general
conference in Atlanta. One of the most
notable incidents of the conference in
Louisville was a little speech he made in
connection with the transaction ef aoine
conference business, Tht aged bishop
said:


MY BELOVED BRETHREN I stand
before you rather as q marvel in the his
tory of Methodist preachers. 1t would
De very unbecoiniug in me 10 coh9ratu-
lage you on account of my presence with
you, but it Is right that / should con
gratulate myself ON being permitted tc
sec this very certainly the last general
conference / shall ever attend. | have
been greatly hOnored-more certainly
than [ have ever deserved have never
been left out since the time OF my eligi-
bility as delegate. / have neve- done
much, / nave always felt inclined to
retire rather than make myself bold and
prominent. / had no expectation, when
it was announced to me that | was elected
to this general conference, that | could
be present with you, 1t may be consid-
cred as the first instance in history, at least
in chat Of our own ministry, that man
in his ninetieth year he's travelled six
hundred miles and occupied his seat
daily IL a body like this; but God has
conferred upon me this very remarkable
bIaeSiuo -
Year: 1879

The United States Economist says
\ constant. and steady export Of wheat
and breadstuffs will lloccur throughout the
fall and winter months. As the season ad
vances il would not be surprising ii
prices Would gradually grow frmer. II
as unfortunate for the general welfare of
the country that great operators in grain
manipulate the market in wheat as they
do stocks in Wall street. By concerted
action they can corner wheat as they do
railroad stocks and thereby unsettle
values to the hndrance Of legitimate
husines..
Year: 1879

To SWEETEN BUTTER.-When a
French woman has butter that is not
entirely sweet she adds to it little more
salt, little soda, and brings it to boil,
and then by allowing the settings to re-
main at the bottom and pouring off all
the clear the butter becomes entirely
sweet, and not too salt for cooking pur-
poses. In this condition it may be kept
in clock.
Year: 1879

THE deficit in the sugar beet crop IL
reported as between % and 90 per cent
less this year than last, 1t will have an
important bearing on the price of cane
sugar when it is remembered that beet
sugar is identicS3 With that of cane su-
gar, and that Gae beet-sugar manufacture
covers abqOt one-third of the sugar pro-
duct of The world
Year: 1879

We have noticed about as many
drunken men on our streets within
the last two or three weeks-since we
have had only a beer saloon in town
as when we had whisky saloons.
This fact is hard against the beer ad-
vOcates. The beer made and drank
these progressive times is about as
Intoxicating as whisky, is just a,
poisonous and twice as nasty.
Year: 1879

We had the pleasure Of spending
s short time at the Opera House, on
Thursday evening, last, during the
festival under the auspices Of the la
dies Of the Presbyterian Church. The
ice cream, strawberries and lemonade
were abundant and delicious and
judging from the unusually large
crowd present, the occasion was q sue
cess above the average.
Year: 1879

The big rain OF Friday evening.
Friday night and Saturday, appears
20 have been general throughout the
country and gave every place a good
soaking. It wss the right kind of a
rain st the right time
Year: 1879

We have heard from and talked
with great many people from every
part Of the country, and the senti-
ment Is universally in favor of ceIe-
brating the Fourth this year at Brown
Vile.
Year: 1879

Nebraska City Sun: The new
summer arrangement over the roads
west and south ofthis city seems to
have been planned with sd eye single
to causing the travelling public and
the people along the lines generally,
all the Inconvenience possible. We
have yet to hear from q single town
whose citizens are satisfied with the
present timetable. The people OF
Nebraska City certainly are not.


However, there Is supposed to be no
help for it. When the railroads once
get grip" on 6 place nothing short
Of a special interposition of divine
providence or the legislature can
loosen IT,.


Labies' and ChIIdrens, shoes
AT ILOVTUsan,E
Year: 1879

MYSTERIOUS MURDER IN MAINE.-Augustus
Gowen, an old citizen OF Bangor, Maine, aged
20. was found murdered In his room yesterday
afternoon. The throat was cut In two places
ana the skull crushed In. A bloody axe was
lying on the lounge. Nothing In the room was
disturbed, and pocket book containing bank
notes was found on the person OF the deceased


Tne OLD gentleman was last seen Sunday night
Year: 1879

FRIEND j. NJ. Murphy, Of Olym-
pia, was defeated as a Temperance
candidate for Mayor Of that city.
Instead Of getting up cutting item
about it, we feel like compIimenting
our friend upon his pluck in making
a stand for the right, He is with
the right crowd; and, if he sticks to
them, will certainly come to the top.
Year: 1879

Connecticut New York. relating to the petition
of the State of Connecticut to have the western
boundary line of the State defined according to the
claim of the petition already filed by Connecticut.
Year: 1879

William Miller attended the performance
of Uncle JOSH and saw man thrown
through window and skylight, and heard
uproarious applause. He went home and
sought to practice the same game on his
brother, who was boarding at his house but
the applause consisted of yels of Police I!
and Murder : and William was trotted off
TO the Incarceration. This is another proof
of what is one mans meat is another mans
poison. His Honor looked over the desk at
the prisoner and said


William Miller, this throwing people out
OF windows is not only damaging in its eff.
tects on ass, but there is faint show of
somebody getting badly injured. / cannot
countenance any such performance


4 don't feel as if | should ever do so any
more, replied the prisoner.


And you'll leave five dollars as a guaran-
tee that you won'tY


William left it, but it was a close shave.


After he had fished up four dollars he had
to hunt through all the Railways and garrets
of his pockets, and even when he thought he
had enough the clerk picked out and hand
ed to him three pants buttons which the
prisoner in his excitement had counted tor
ten cent pieces. He went away with his
vert pockets turned wrong side out, a sadder
aud wiser man,
Year: 1879

JULIA G. r. poRR.


iou placed this flower In her hand, you say7
Ihis pure, pale rose, In her hand OF clay?
hethinks could she lift her sealed eyes,
They would meet your own with grieyed sur


prise


She has been your wife for many a year,
Wben clouds hung low and when skies were


clear;


Atyeur feet she laid her life's glad spring,
And her summers glorious blossoming.
Her whole heart went with the hand you won
III It's warm love waned as the years went on,
IL II chilled IN the grasp of an Icy SPELL
what was the reason pray you tell.
You cannot7 can and beside her bier
MY soul must speak, and your soul must hear,
II she was not all that she might have been
Hers was the sorrow-yours the sin
Who was the fault II she did not grow
Like rose In the summer? DO you know
Does lily grow when It's leaves are chilled?
Does It bloom when its root is wlnter-killed?
For little while, when you first were wed.
Your love was like sunshine round her shed
Then something crept between you two,
You led where she could not follow you.
With name firm tread you went and came;
You lived for wealth. for power, for fame:
Shut into her womin's works and ways.
She heard the nation chant your praise.
But, ah You had dropped her hand the while ;
What time had you for a kiss, a smile
You TWO, with the time roof overhead,
Were as far apart as the sundered dead.
You In your manhood's strength and prime;
She-worn and faded before her time.
IT'S common story. This rose, you say,
You laid In her pallid hand day?
When did you give her a flower before?.
All, well! What matter, when all is DER?
Yet stay moment; you'll wed again;
mean no reproach; It's the way Of men.
But pray you think when some fairer face
Shines like star from her wonted place,
That love will statve II It is not fed
That true hearts pray for their daily bread.
Year: 1879

"She insists that is more importance, that
her family shall be kept in full health, than
that she should have all the fashionable
dresses and styles of the times. She there
fore sees to it, that each member of her
family is supplied with enough Hop Bitters,
at the first appearance of any symptoms of
III health, to prevent a fit of sickness with
Its attendant expense, care and anxiety. All
women should exercise their wisdom in this
way,"-Ex.
Year: 1879

LOST FOR EvER.-A party OF young men
dined sumptuously at a restaurant in Dub
lin, and each one insisted on paying the
bill, To decide the matter, it was proposed
to blindfold the waiter, and the first one he
caught was to pay the bill. He hasn't
caught any of them yet.
Year: 1879

Too CURIous.-A country paper. in an
obituary notice of a subscribers son, saws
he was an uncommon smart boy. Had a
little too much curiosity, perhaps, or he
wouldn't have peeped SO fatally into the
muzzle of his fathers loaded shot gum
Year: 1879

How To SwIM.-The editor Of the
London Truth, after observing that
probably not one in twenty OF the per-
sons who indulge in boating on hOli-
day can swim, proceeds to tell his read
ers how to acquire this accomplishment.
Nothing" he says, 'is more easy.
When the air is out Of a body, il sinks;
when the air is in the body, 1t floats.
Let any one slowly draw bis breath as
he draws back his legs and pushes for
ward his arms, retain it while he is pre-
pairing for the stroke which Is TO prOpel
him, and slowly allow it to go through
his Iips as his arms are passed back
from before his head to his sides, and
his legs stretched out. The action Of
the stroke should not be quite horizon
tai. but should be made on a slight in
cline downward. The real reason why
people take weeks to learn how to swim
is because swimming professors either
do not know or do not choose to teach
the philosophy of breathing, so as to
render the body buOyant. / would en-
gage to make any one a tOlerable swim
mer in an hour, unless he be a cOngeui-
tai idiot"
Year: 1879

GOOD ADVICE To READERS II you
measure the value Of study by the in
sight you get into subjects, not by the
power Of saying you have read many
books, you will soon perceive that no
time is so badly saved as that which is
saved in getting through a book in a
hurry. For il to the time you had
given you had added little more, the
subject would have been fixed on your
mind, and the whole time profitably
employed whereas, upon your present
arrangement, because you would not
give little more, you have lost all.
Besides, this is overlooked by rapid aud
superficial readers-that the best way Of
reading books with rapidity is 20 acquire
that habit Of severe attention TO what
they contain, that perpetually confines
the mind to the single object it has in
view. When you have read enough to
have acquired the habit Of reading
without suffering your mind to wander,
aud when you can bring TO bear upon
your subject a great share Of previous
knowledge, you may then read with
rapidity; before that, as you have taken
the wrong road, the faster you proceed,
the more you will be sure TO err. -
Sydney Smith.
Year: 1879

BoOKs.-Bo1ks are not made for fIrui-
ture, but there is nothing else that 80
beautifully furnishes house. The
plainest row Of books is more significant
OF refinement than the most deliberately
carved sideboard. Give us a home fur
uished with books rather than with
furniture-hoth If you can, but books at
any rate. To spend several days at a
friends house aud hunger for some
thing To read, while you are treading on
costly carpets aud sitting on luxurious
chairs aud sleeping upon down, is as if
one was bribing your body for the sake
of cheating your mind. Books are the
windows through which the soul looks
out. A house without them is a room
without windows. M man has a right
to bring up his children without sur
rounding them with books, if he has
the means to buy them. IL is a wrong
10 his family. Children learn to read
through being in the presence Of books.
The love Of knowledge comes with read
ing, and growing upon it; aud the love
Of knowledge in a young mind is almost
a warrant against the inferior excite
meuts OF passion and vice.
Year: 1879

There are few cases in which we have
ground to conclude that all goodness is
lost. AT the bottom of the character
there may lie some sparks of piety aud
virtue, suppressed, but not extinguished,
which, kept alive by the breath Of
heaven, aud gathering strength in secret
from reflection, may, on the first favor
able opening which is afforded them, be
ready TO break forth with splendor aud
fOrce.-Bidir.
Year: 1879

Once upon ime a Greenback man was
seen trying to draw new cart up long, steep
hill, when Democrat came along and offered
to help him. The Greenback man said he
guessed be could draw the cart up the hill
alone, but the Democrat guessed he couldn't,
and said they had better pull it up together.
Finally the Greenback man told the Democrat
that he might go behind and push, and al
though the Democrat felt as though he would
rather pull than push, he did just as the Green
back man told him to do and went behind the
cart to push. They got along pretty we'll for
while, when the Greenback man found that
the Democrat wasn't pushing very hard. By
and by, as the cart kept getting harder and
harder to pnll, the Greenbsck man looked
around to see what was the matter and found
the Democrat sitting upon the hind end of the
cart with his feet hanging off. Then the Green
back man got mad and told the Democrat that
he couldn't come that game on him, that he
must get of and push. The Democrat had
got tired OF pushing aud wanted to change
places with the Greenback man, and SO he
offered to pull If the Greenbacker would push.
The Greenback man said that it was his cart
and that the Democrat didn't know which way
to steer it, so he objected to the change. Bot
the Democrat got to the front and said he would
pull that old cart the rest of the wa6 or bust.
Then the G:eenbsck man and the Democrat
had a red hot time, and in the fracas the dog
goned old cart got loose and went rolling snd
tumblpg down to the foot of the hill, and when


it stopped you couldn't have told whether it
was cart or something else. Then the Green
back man and the Democrat heard somebody
holler from the top of the long, steep hill, and
when they looked up they saw Republican
standing there with the thumb of his right
hand on the end of his nose and the fingers of
the same hand sprawled apart and wriggling
the best they knew how. Then the Greenback
man and Democrat swore a duet in broken
time and you never saw anybody as mad as
they were unless it was wet hen. Moral
(Pick it out Yourself.)