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0 THE OMAHA DAILY BE& MONDAY , JUNE 29 , 1801. FOREIGN FINANCIAL REVIEW , Bpcovlativo Business in London at Ita Lowest Ebb. HOPELESS OUTLOOK FOR RECOVERY , A Kolupm ; In KiiulUli Il-.ilIrondH the Foilmr of Ilio Week Sir John I'emlcr Suoil Tor X i O,000. Lovnox , Juno 23. Money was ubtindnnt during th ) week nml ttioro was no demand for discount , which was quoted at VAQM- Tlio stock cxctmngo continual lethargic. Apart from tlio stoidy current of Investment buying of high clais stooks , nothing Is doing. Donlers concur In tlio opinion thnt specula tive business Is nt Its lowest ebb. Never before fore has such a prolonged period of Inaction been oxporluncod. The dullness Is partly attributed to the protracted settlement of the financial troubles of Baring Bros. , Mariettas and others , Hltborto such umburwssmotits on attaining a crisis have ended in u sharp collapso. After ttio climax of panic with a rapid full of values , the public has boirun to buy , tempted bv low prices : speculation has been resumed and Inislnu.ss hus soon recuper- nleil. The now system ot making a series of nrnincomei.ts In prolonging a liquidation has Bunatllutcd a slow mid prolonged dwlmlllnir of prices In place of a sudden drop. Dealer * now have no tope of recovery before the end of the holiday season. Tno feature of the week was the relapse in English railroads on adverse rumors In regard to the worltinir condition of certain line * . Chatham "A" Block declined 'I , Oreut Eastern H'I ' ; , South eastern 'I'J and others an average of I'/ ' . In foreigners , Urlzlllun was buutflittosomo extent nml rosol'j ' ; Hpanlsb rose Jf ; Chil ian relapsed Jf. Stugnntlon was especially notlcealilo In Amcricancrs. No department so disappoints speculators. With no sign of animation hero , with an entire absence of minport from Now York , and with the re newal of cold shinraonts , the expected revival appears likely to belong delayed. Ttio week's variations In prices inciudo the following : Decrease Denver & Klo Grande , preferred , ! ) ' < ; Louisville & Nashville , 'J ; Northern Pacific , preferred , 'J ; Wab.ish de bentures , IJf ; Union Paul tic , IJtf ; Norfolk & Western , preferred , 1(4 ( ; Ohio it Mississippi nnil I.uko Shore , 1 each ; Central i'acillc , Denver ordinary Now York , Pennsylvania it Ohio , ( each. Canadian securities were steady , Grand Trunk first , second and third , preferred , rose $4 each. Mexican ordinary was sold to dome extent ; seconds dropped 'J | < f and ordinary \yt. Among miscellaneous securities Guin ness lost 5 , Hells Asbestos 1 % , Eastmans U and Prlinitlva NItrate ! { . Sir John Pcndcr has withdrawn from the Hoard of Trustees corporation on account of bis colleagues suing him for the recovery of 10,000 Invested on his guarantee in a coal mining company. The trial is expected to lead to important disclosures. Havana Sii np Market AN'A , Juno UT. In the sugar market during the week although buyers Increased offers , onlv a small buslno-ts was done , owing to the higher demands of sellers , who hope thatan advance In prices will soon take place. The market closed firm with the following quotations : Molasses sutrnr , regular to good polarization , g3. ! i@ii7lif ! : gold per quintal ; muscovado , fair to good refining , 85 to ( K ) decrees polarization , { U.ito J.iiT1 ; centrl- f i ] fill , ! U to ! Mt degrees polarization , in bogs- beads , bags and boxes fci.BT'tfrg.'i 12J . Stocks In warehouse at Havana and Matan- rns , I'M boxes , l.y.VJ.OOO bags and 3,500 hogs heads. Exports of the week fid.OOO bags , nil of which was to the United States. Bacon ? IH.OO gold percwt. Butter , superior American , tiO.Oo gold per quintal. Flour , American , $13.00 gold per barrel. Jerked beef , $0.00 gold per quintal. Hams , Ameri can suear curod. $17.00 gold per quintal for northern ; $ ! .OU for southern. Lard in kegs , $ ii,00 : gold per quintal , in tins ; $115.00. White irnvy beans , $0.75 gold per quintal. Chawing tobacco , &M.OO gold per quintal. Lumber. shoolcs , hoops and freights , nominal. Ex change , week. Spanish gold , Si. 7J @ 2.17f. ! Monday will beousorvod hero as a holiday. Qulot on Ilorllii's Bourse. BKIIU.V , Juno -Business on the bourse xvos nulot during tbo week. The final quotations include : Prussian 4s , 105.50 ; Deutsche bunk , 15'J.75 ; Mex ican ( is , SO ; Bochumors , 113 ; Harponor , 185. Short exchange on London , 'M.'M ; long exchange on London , 20.a"J ; private dis count , ! ) % . At a meeting of ttio Kolchsbank directors tbo president declared that the dis count rate could not bo reduced before next week , since the bank's reserve might DO weakening by extraordinary demands , in- c'.uillng tbo withdrawal of government bal ances. _ Dull at I'ariH. PAW , Juno S3. On the bourse during the past week business was dull and prices weak. Three per cent rentes show no change for the week. Uio Tintos lost 4 > francs , Bank of Franco , ! C > francs ; Panama canal , 4 > f francs , and Suez canal , 25 francs. Dull anil Woulc. FIHXKFOHT , Juno U8. During the past week business on the bourse was dull and prices were weak. IJll'OHTAXT TO HVftlXKSfl JT .V. New York Kuprcmu Court Drulfilon on a Note. Ni-.w YOIIK , Juno 28. A case of Interest to business men was decided by Judge Cullen in the suprouio court u few days ago. It shows how an-oftlcer of a company makes himself personally liable for the company's Interest through Ignorance of tbo law govern Ing negotiable paper. Suit was brought by ttio Mornhauts' Na tional IfaiiK of Portland , Mo , , against John Clark and Edwin H. Close to recover the facu of it nromlssori' nnln [ rlvnn Iw dm lutt < ir- to the Clark & Chaplin ice company of Maine in payment of c. debt of the Uldgewood ice company of Brooklyn , which failed liut Sep tember and is now in tlio hands of u receiver. The note was afterwards discounted by the bank , which Is the plaintiff In the action. This note was given uv Clark ft Close , as they supposed , In their ofltclnl capacity as president and treasurer of the Uldgowood lea company and as an obligation of that com pany , but to their astonishment It now be comes apparent , by a technical error in the form of tbo noto. tUat they are personally liable as makers thereof , and the Uldgowood Ice company Is in no way responsible on it. The note , which Is in the printed form In use by the company for some time past , reads thus : IliiooKi/VN , N V. . September 18. 1890. Three months niter date wu jiroinlso to pay to thu order of Uliirk & Chiipiln Ice coiuunny tf.liu at .Mechanics' bunk , valno received. JOHN CI.AIIK. President , li II. CI.OSB , Treasurer. Across the loft hand margin Is printed In largo letters the words 'Kldgowood lea com pany. " Judge Cullen , in deciding the case , instructed thu jury that the words "Uidgo- wood Ice company1' ' on tt'O ' margin of the note meant nothing , and was not included In thu body of tbo note. Ho also Instructed them that thu worth "prckidcnt and treasurer" after the names of Clark and Close were merely suparlluous nml that they must con- elder It the Individual note of Clark and Close. Ho tllrvctctt the Jury to find a verdict , for thu plaintiff. As all ot the notes of the Hldgowood Ice company have boon executed by Clark & Clo.su in a similar manner , It is now moro than likely that tney will be held personally liable on alt of thorn , which aggro- ptUo the sum of about 183,000 now due and unpaid , Ht.VltKI.4MCV FUSTKil'N t'lKlfH. Question oCCoiitlnuril Coltiajo of Sil ver Dollars Not I'rnutlcal. WASHINGTON , Juno .8. After the cabinet meeting Secretary Foster made thu following statement in regard to the silver question : After full unj careful consldora- lon of tbo law relating to coinage of silver , ( Secretary Foster finds that the act of March it requires "that the secretary of tlio treasury hall as soon a * practicable coin trade dollar bars into silver. " Ho also finds that tlSO.OOO Save boon appropriated lor tbo ro-colaago of subsldary silver coin Into such denominations as will bout servo to give It circulation. There Is n constant demand for small coins , principally dimes , which the mints have not been able to supply. Tim secretary has de cided that his first duty In this matter Is to obey the direction of congress. Congress has ordered the coinage of trade dollar bars into standard silver dollars. Coinage of trade dollar bars In this manner will transform what cost * . ' > ,087i , ! ) . * > Into 5,148,281 , standard dollars. The secretary finds that this will quire four months to perform the work of coining trade dollar bars Into standard dollars lars and rocolnlng subsidiary silver. There fore the question ot continued coinage of sil ver dollars is not a practical ono at present. In advanced ago the dccllngng powers nro wonderfully refreshed by Hood's Sar.saparlllu. It really does ' 'make the weak strong. " ONLY AMATIiims YKT. Walt Till Tlioio Gentle nieu Get Sonic Ijxiicrlcnuc. "How big was the fish you caught , Harry I" was the salutation of TUB BKK man to Harry P. Dcucl. "Ob , I pulled In a nine-pound pickerel. That's but then I'm pretty good , always afraid to toll ibout my fishing exploits. " George iloagland nappcaod to step up Just at this time and overheard Mr. Dcuol's re mark. "Talking about fish you ought to have scon tbo daly I pulled In , She weighed 10 pounds on the hotel scales. I could tell you a long story about the trouble of nulling that tish ashore - " "Oh , come olT , " ejaculated C. E. Yost , who proved to bo as strong a fish story teller ns Omaha has met with In many a day. "While out fishing at Twin Lakes , W'ls. , I pulled in with my lone line all by myself a : )2-pojml ) maskalongo. I never saw ono of these fish before , and It nearly tipped the boat before I dis covered what was the matter with my linos. If you don't bellovo tnls story you Just go down to the Alillard hotel und see the fish. Those big pickerel that Deuel and Hoaglund wcro talking about look like minnows along side of It" A. H. Dufrono had been silent up to this time. The man who thinks ho has the best Msh story is always silent until tbo amateur storv-tollers have tried themselves. "Talk about fish , " said Dufrene , "you don't know what fish aro. Why lift winter when I was down in Florida my boy and I captured n 275-pound terrapin. I'll cheerfully set up the cigars to any man who has caught on a hook as big n fish as that within fifty pounds. It makes mo tired to hear you fellows who fish In the northern lakes talk about the finny tribe. If you want to sco good fishing you go down south with mosomo time. " "I'll Just take these cigars , Dufrono. " It was Chris Harlmau who spoke up nt this Juncture. The eyes of tbo Vest party had bulged clear out of their sockets at Dufrone's story. Their surprise wus a llttlo too prov.ous , however , for Chris Hnrtman , with his bland , frank faoo , deliberately , without reservation , crnckoa the head of Dufrcno and all the rest of them with the following yarn : "A year ago last winter my family and 1 were in Los Angeles , Cal. Ono day wo wont to Hedondo Beach , the best fishing port on the southern coast of California.Vo had been fishing with lines off the wharf for about an hour and had caught smelts and flounders and cod and I don't know what be sides. The fact is wo had been playing in the biggest kind of luck , when suddenly I felt a tremendous vank on my line , and be fore I know what I was about I was Jerked from the wharf into the water. I was fishing in my bathing suit , so that this did not make much difference , except that I was a trifle scared. I held on to the line , however , and called to M. G. McKoon for help. In a moment ho bad Jumped into tbo water and grabbed a line with mo. Wo swam a few feet toward shore and then touched bottom. Such a scrambling and pulling as followed no fisherman on any other coast over saw. It took us two hours to pull thu fish ashore. I thought I bad a whale or at least u Pacific coast porpoise before wo landed him. What do you suppose it wasl It was the biggest Jew fish that ever grow in the Pacific ocean ; It weighed 350 pounds. I'm fully 'six feet high inmy boots , as you can see , and uftor the 11s n was spread out on the beach I measured him and ho was eight feet long. Gosbl All persimmons I I never saw such a fish in my life. I sup plied ttio entire Omaha colonoy in Los Ange les with fish for three days , all cut off this monster , " Durfrono turned palo during this recital. It was too much for him , for tbo very good reason that ho ate part of the fish. Ho was knocked spcccQloss and as ho wiped tbo sweat from a closely cropped head of very thin hair , ho beckoned the party into the nearest refreshment establishment and they all drank to the health of Chris Hartman , wltb huts off to slow music and in silcnco. The crushed look of tbo popular ox- architect found a perfect foil In thu face of the vice president and general manager of the telephone company. The flushed and victorious face of Hartman shone wltb the brilliance of a Pacific coast oleandnr biassed and the other two fishermen simply smoiin and looked happy. Say ! Do you want to remove these pimples from our faces Use Holler's Sarsaparilla and Bur- ock. It Is warranted to ctToct a complete uro , 11 1C I G ( iH GIVJKS HIS I It KAN. A Discussion oT tlio Theological Kljlit Now On. New YOIIK , Juno 23. Dr. Charles Au gustus Briggs has , In tbo current number of the North American Hoviow , published yes terday , a discussion of the theological scraps of which ho Is the center. As an Introduc tion to the discussion , Dr. Briggs relates the controversies that have dlsqulotol the Chris tian church from tbo beginning. Proceeding further from theological progress , Dr. Briggs gives an analysis of the present theological crisis. This brings him to the very matter related In bis address and he relates bis case in moro popular language. JIu bas a para graph or two on biblical theology , of which he is the professor nt the Union seminary , He says , after showing the , importance of the science : "Biblical theology is the yougest of the daughters of biblical science. The writer of this article was , if he mistake not , the first In this country to write upon the subject nud to attempt n complete course of lectures upon it. " Then follows a few wor s on the much dis cussed subject of a future state between death and glory which Dr. Briggs calls the "middle state. " Says ho of It : "It banishes from the mind the terror of a' Judgment Im mediately uftor death and the Illusion of a magical transformation In the dying hour , , and it presents in their stead a heavenly unl- vornlty , a school of grace , an advance In sanctity and glory In tl.o presence of the Messiah and the saintly dead , which is a bfisscd hope to the living and a consolation to tlio suffering and dying , " The paper closes with a statement of tbo fruits of the theological crisis. These Dr. Briggs conserves to bo a strengthening of the sources and foundations of Christianity and a rejection of the childish conceptions of thu universe as prevail in the traditional aogma. Lr. ) Blrney euros oat irrh , Boo bldp. Texan \VliiH Klx Million Aaron. AISTIX. : Tex , , Juno 23. The * upromo court today rendered a decision In favor of the Mate In th ) famous railway case , in which the strUo sued to recover land granted to railroads on account of Hidings and switches. Through this decision tbo state will recover N.IXJO.OOO acres , Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for chil dren teething relieves the child from pain. 25 cents a bottle. DcolH'on lii Favor ol * the Cliloago , Milwaukee. & St. Paul Uy. Tlio now imluco Bleeping cars ot the ChluaL'O , Milwaukee < te SU Paul Ry. , with oiculrlo UplitH In every berth , will continue to leave tha Union depot , Oiimhn , t 0:20 : p. in. , dully. Passengers taking this train avoid transfer at Coun cil UlulTH , and arrive in Chieato at OtfQ a. m. , in ample time to innxe all otmtorn connections. Ticket olHco , 1601 Furnara street. P. A. NASH , J. E. PUKBTON , General Agent. City Passenger Agent. GRAND ARMY DEPARTMENT. Tlic 8011 ; ol' t'm Cniup. "Give ua a song , " the sofdlers cried , The outer tranches guarJIng , - ' 'When tha heated guns of the camps allied Grow weary of bombarding. < > - The dark Kcdan , in silent scoff. Lay grim and tbrent'nlng under ; , And the tawny mound ot the Malakofl t No longer belched Ita thunder. . There was n pause. A guardsman said : "Wo storm the forts tomorrow ) Sing while wo may , another tiny Will bring enough of sorrow. " here lav along the battery's side , Below the smoking cannon Bravo hearts from Severn and from Clyde , And from the banks of Shannon. They sang of love and not of farno ; Forgot was Britain's glory ; Each heart recalled n different immo , But all sang "Annie Laurie. " Voice after voice caught up the song , Until its tender passion , Hose like an anthem , rich and strong , Their battle uvo confession. Dear girl , her name bo dared not speak , But as the song grew louder , Something upon the soldier's cheek Washed oft the stain of powder. Beyond the dark'nlng ocean burned The bloody sunset's embers , White thu Crimean valleys luarnod How English love remembers. And once again tbo fire of hell Kalnod on the Russian quarters , Wl'h ' scream of shot and burst of shell And bellowing of the mortars. And Irish Nora's eyes are dim For a singer dumb and gory ; And English MnVy mourns for him ( f\Vlio sang of "Annie Laurie. " Sleep , soldiers I still in tionon'd rest Your truth and valor wearing ; Thu bravest are the tonderest , The loving are the daring. Itiitlct-'H War ltooc. ! General Benjamin F. Butler is hard at work on his war book , writes the Washing ton correspondent of the Globe-Democrat. Ho spends molt of bis spare time , whllo in Washington , at the war department , reading over the records and taking notes. His con tribution to the hlstorv of the war will bo tha last ono by leading generals on the union side. It will be in .some rcspecU the most in teresting. Old Ben's literary style does not mellow with age. It rather grows vitriolic. Tbo inquiries he makes and the records ho spends most time over indicate that ho will devote much of his attention to Grant and the closing year of the war. There Is-Mn- splratlon for this. General Grant's closing report and review of his operations bas been put into typo at tha war records oftico. It covers the period from the time Grant took command of all the armies , east as well as west , In the winter of ISO I , to thu surrender In the spring of ISO. ) . It is elaborate , and it is unsparing toward Butler. Toward Sher man , Sheridan , and his subordinate com manders with one exception Grant is con siderate and often complimentary in bis official report. 1'Vir Butler ho has only severe criticism , und moro than once denunciation. When Grant laid his plans for tha spring of 1SIM he had strong hopes of bringing the war to an end buforu midsummer. The most aggressive campaign was planned all along the lino. "I determined , " says Grant , " (1) ( ) to use the greatest number of troops practi cable against the armed force of tha enemy , preventing him from using the same force ut different seasons against first one and then another of our armies , and tbo possibility of repose for refitting ind producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistance ; (2) ( ) to hummer continuously against * the armed force of the enemy and bis resources until by moro attrition , if in no other way. there should bu nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our com mon country to the constitution and laws of the lard. " Then going into details of his plans and their execution , Grant , in bis report , holds Butler directly responsible for the failures of three great movements. In almost so many words he makes him responsible for tha con tinuance of the war a year longer than was expected , Hu charges * upon hlm.tho failurn of the movomunt to capture Richmond. Ho makes him the scapegoat for the Petersburg fiasco. Ho goes into details to show what a farce Butler made of tbo Fort Fisher affair , and then ho virtually dismisses him from tbo army in disgrace , in all Grant's official re ports there is not to bo found anything like tha scoring which is given Butler. It is almost vindictive. Butler has read the report of Grant's in tbo proof sheets , with all of the accompany ing correspondence ? and documents. To it ho will make elaborate answer in his own book. Around tlio Camp Fire. Columbus Post : "When wo cnuio up to Nashville " said a veteran " " , yesterday , "WO-T- "What corps ? ' ' asked a comrade. "Fourth. When wo came up to Nashville ville- " "What division < " "Second. When wo came " "What brigade , comrade I" "Third brigade. When wo first came up to Nashville " "What regiment ? " "Tho th Ohio. When xvo first got up to Nash | " Were you in the Franklin fight ? " "Yes , indeed. But , us I was saying , when wo first got up to .Nashville " "You bad it pretty hot In that battle , sura enough.1' "Yes , there was warm worlc. It was a great battle. Now , when wo first curao up to Na- Na"Didn't "Didn't you think your time had como when you mot Hood's veterans I" "Oh , no I As 1 wus saying when you inter rupted mo , when wo first came up to Nosh- villo- " "Wero you hit during the fight ? " "I wus detailed to go back to Louisville with so in o Johnny prisoners and didn't oven sto thu smoke of the battle. " The crowd immediately broke ranks. ICfTout of War SOIIKH. A veteran of 'tbo ' civil war , in speaking of the effect of wur songs , recently said : "I have been with tbo column , marching along roads which were muddy , when the men looked like anything but human beings as they crawled along , splashed from head to foot with dirt , their clothing disarranged , their pantaloons tucked in tholi * stockings , and tholr heavy brognns laden v/ltli mud. Some strong lunged fellow way up at the bead of the column would stnko up a war song. It , might Iw 'Tramp , Tramp , Tramp,1 or It might bo 'John Brown's Body , ' In an Instant ho would bo Joined by others , nud soon , away down the long road as far as the column strutched , a mighty chorus would bo going up , wbllo tha men would brace up , their eves brighten and their footsteps lese the weary movements as they kept step to the music , Twi-nty-llvo thousand or thirty thousand men stretched out over u long dis tance in marching , und you can Imagine the effect of such u chorux of male voices. Per haps away off on some parallel road , n mile or two away , another column would bo ad vancing , and this , too , would tuko up the re frain , and the vffeut would be heightened twofold. Those were the days when war songs meant something to the men who sang them. " Cure for tlio l.oyal Dead. It costs the United States about CO cents a month to tuko care of a dead soldier who lost his IIfu in the service of tha Union , says the Washington Star. The sundry civil bill passed by congress at Its last session appro priated $11)0,000 ) , for expenses of the national cemeteries during the fiscal year , In addi tion to this there wus the sunrof $70,000 sot aside for salaries of hii | > crlntenduiits of thcsu burying grounds , and thcra were also some odds and ends , amounting tosover.il thousand dollars , for supplying ho.idstonea whore they were lacking , and co fourth. The government takes charge of all these cemotrles , which are under the direct control of tbo quartermaster general of the uriny. There are eighty-two of them In all. Includ ing an aggregate of 327,000 burials. Tbo smallest of the burial grouud * U at Bull's CLAUSSOAP. You ! \SK ME ' pa , Sj\i4-p\ CL/\US ? , THE $ & ° B V CHICAGO. Bluffs , whore twenty-live federal warriors nro interred , only ono of them identified. Tha next smallest is the old bcttlo ground on Seventh street In this city. It would uoinuch cheaper to remove the bodies resting around thesu places to other locations , but senti ment accords to them u claim to remain where they fell In bravo light. So , although only forty-three ore buried at the battle ground , n superintendent Is maintained there in chnrgu at a salary of ? fit ) a mor.th and with n house free for bis occupancy The super intendents , as decreed by law , nro all dis abled veterans , none others being eligible for the positions , and their pay l according to the size of the cemeteries they have charge of , $ K ) , * 0."i , ftO and ? 7"i a month. Thus they nro divided Into four classes. The biggest of - thoelght3--twonational cemeteries - otories nro at AnderronvlllP , Ga. , with I,70:2 ! ! : dead ; Arlington , Vn. . with lit.VJ ( , : ; Chnl- mctte , La. , with rJ.HJO ; Chattanooga , Tenn. with 1I,0''H ! ; Frcdericksburg. Vn. , with 15 , 'J73 ; Jefferson Barracks , Mo. , with 11,04" Antletam , Md. , with 10,5:17 : ; Marietta , La. with l.'VJbU ; Nashville , Tcnn. , with Ili,5t7 : Salisbury , N. C. , with I'-MiB , and Vlcks- burg. Miss. , with 10GJ0. ! ! Of tbo ! 7.179 in terred , 178 , 1 are Known and 1-18,054 uniden tified. About 900 ! ! of the cntiro number uro confederates. The Real Soldier and the "Hummer. " The difference between the real soldier and the bummer , " said Ell Perkins in a speech to his own Grand Army of the Republic Post , Now York City , ( Kllpatrick No. 143) ) , is this : The real soldlor drew his sword in a cause of right and country , wbllo tbo bummdr drew his sword in n radio. "I know but ono place whore the true soldier and the bummer bore any resemblance. In the face of the enemy , when the mills flow Illicit and fast around him , the soldier's voice was still for war , anil it wus then that the bummer voice was still for war awful still , 'fho last thing Lord Nelson did was to die , for his country , and that will bo the last thing the bummer will do. General Pertoruy * > : "Tho bummer went to th o war fully equipped for 'every thing , from squirrel hunting to manslaughter in the first degree , ' uiAl his trousers were BO loose and ouggy that ho could get over a barbed wire fence without scratching him self. When bo wanted fuel on the march , ho took only the top raiL of tbo fence , and ho kept on taking thu top rail as long as there was any fence loft. " And now the bummer who got wounded by u-chlcken bono in his throat at Fairfax court house , whllo you bravo soldiers were storming Chancellorsvillo who got dvspcpsia eating sardines and Jam with tbo sanitary commissioners In Baltimore while you were losing your arras and legs ut Gettysburg , where is he now ? Whv ho Is In Washington working for a pension. Ono day Tunner tolls mo that ono of these bummers - mors with chickens' fbathcrs on bis coat , came to apply for a pension. "Where were you wounded ! " asked the commissioner. "At Gettysburg , sir. " "Gun-shot wound ! " "No , a monument fell on mo. " [ Laughter ] , Regimental Histories. Among Important records of the late civil war are regimental histories , both northern and southern , but survivors of thcso organiz ations arc so few and scattered , and many are so poor , that all plans end when the ques tion of ways and moans is reached. This difficulty has recently been obviated in a pleasing way for one hard fighting Now York regiment the First mounted rillos. An urt- ist-ofllccr of the regiment. Captain D. E. Cronin , has for two years been compiling a voluminous history of the regiment , illus trated with portraits of all members whoso families could find war time photographs. He has also completed many pictures from sketches made during his service with the regiment. The entire cost of this elaborate and expensive book Is mot by o wealthy cit izen , Mr. Daniel Parish , whoso aolo interest in the work Is patriotic. In any county in the union there are men who could easily afford to follow Mr. Parish's example and make enduring memorials of the soldiers of their vicinity. Such books uro ncodoj now ; in a few years they will have bocouio inval uable. Lincoln's , To' < o Alloiit llln n \VtllIam Graham Gfocn has many remi niscences of Abraham Lincoln's.young man hood , says the Sun , When Lincoln was elected president bo did not forget his old follow rliirk and friend. It was In 18i3 ( thnt they came together n aln , hut each had watched the other's career with great In terest. When Lincoln was nominated for the pres idency , ox-Governor Dennison of Ohio wont to Springfield to sou him and get from him a sketch of his lifo to bo used for campaign purposes. Lincoln said , "Oh , lot It alonu ; I never did anything worth writing about , " The governor Insisted that n sketch was very necessary , and then Lincoln guvu the governor the names of some of his friends to get his history from. Among these 1111 HIPS was Green's , and Lincoln said when ho gave it to DonnNon : 'Ho knows what not to toll you , which is moro important than what ho does tell you. " Lincoln in Kloliinond. Carl Schur/ the Atlantic : Now followed the closing scones ot the war. Thu southern armies fought bravely to the last , but all In vain. Richmond fell , Lincoln himself en tered the city , accompanied only by his bon , "Llttlo Tad , " and by Churlcs , Sumnor. Soon some negroes recognuc'U him , and then ho was followed by a llir ng of these who hud been slaves. They priced around him , kissed tits bands and bis garments and shouted and danced for Joy , wlillij , Clears run down tbo piusldenl's caru-furro-ved cheeks , "Mnked Her Nomn with Grant. " 'Vtunt Jleiute" tn.Wlrno < i Inter-Ocfan. A hero t lion In s orm und baUlc , Called from hotualy llfu ; Strong of soul and true of purpose Steady midst tUo.fUrifo. . On thy hand thoiiatlon trusted- Trusted not in1 vain. In our hearts tbat-unine is written Without blot or. All their debt In hour of peril Men will not forget. In that shrouded form before thorn Lives thy memory yet. Crowding round the hero's statue , Breathless thousands usk Who to lift thu veil is worthy I Who assume the task ! Then came forth a llttlo maiden , Drew the veil aslant , And henceforth In f > eng and story Liuucd her name with Grant. Lord Wolselvy's Imagining * in regard to our war , suyn the Cincinnati Commercial , which ho is now attempting to administer to the American public as history , have already attained almost equal rank wltn Jules Vcrno'i observations In tbo moon. Our people will not bo found hungering and tnirttlng after the military opinions or criti cisms of a foreign writer who , describes ' Wuiio Hampton's cavalry operating between Louisville and Nashville , and shuts the army 1 of the Cumberland up In Knoxville under , General Burnsldo , oven if ho Is the com mander of her majesty's forces In Ireland. The Torch In \ \ ur TlmrH. The union generals were not. squeumlsh In applying the torch when something was to ! bo gained thereby. On March 1 , ISlH , Gen- I cral George H. Thomas , at Chattanooga , I wrote to General U. S. Grant : "I have re- I cclviul a proposition from u man , who , from all I can learn of him , is reliable , to burn the ! bridge over tbo Eltowah lor $ : UK)0 ) ( ) in confederate - . federate money. I have but $10,000 and will I bo obliged If you will send mo $ ; 0UOO moro , < if you have It. I think It will bo well spent if we can get that bridge destroyed. " KnuampincntH and Camp Klrc . Eight hundred veterans attended the Black Hills reunion nt Load City last wook. The Missouri Valley Veterans' association held a reunion at Tynd. 11 S. D , on the U.'ld , The twenty-second ni.n ml luunion ol thu Societv of the Army of the Potomac will tnk > ) place at Buffalo , July li und 4. The city is making grunt preparations for the occa sion. The officers ol the society uro Briga dier-General Solden Connor , president ; Brevet-Colonel Horatio C. King , recording secretary , U75 Fulton street , Brooklyn ; Major-General George H. Shnrpe , corresponding spending secretary , Handout , N. Y. , and liiovot Lieutenant-Colonel SamuelTrucsdell , treasurer. Times building , Nuw York city. Admiral Warden , who commanded the original Monitor in its histuriu tight with the Merrimuc , .still s > hews in bis fuco the heavy Ccppnring with gunpowder which ho received i that engagement by tha explosion of n rebel shell at thu peep-hole to which his eye wus applied. Ho is living unostentatiously in Washington , and it is difficult to got him to say unj thing about htuiiclf or about the battle in which ho won distinction. Ho eschews nil articles of dreas which would in dicate his profession. The North Nebraska Grand Army of the Hrpubllc reunion will be held ut Crclghton , ICnox county , July 1 to 4. Many prominent Ncbra kana , including Governor Thayer , will bo present. William B. Barton , brevet brigadier- general , prominent of late years as u man ager of dramatic ventures , died at the Gllsoy house , Now York , last week , alter a pro tracted illness due to u complication of heart affection and Bright's disease. General Burton was born in ISItTi at Woodbridge , N. J. , the son of u Presbyterian clergyman. Ho went to the war as lieutenant-colonel of the Fortv-oighth regiment , Now York volunteers of Brooklyn , and was in many engagements. Ha was promoted to bo colonel ot tno regi ment in IStU. The $500 donated as n starter for a hospital in connection with the soldiers' home at Hot Springs , S. D. , promises to realize the objec of the generous giver , An organized effort it being made to increase thu fund to ? 5OOJ. The legislature of Pennsylvania enacted at its last session : "That any person who shall wilfully wear the insignia or rosette of the Military Order of tbo Loyal Luuion of the United Stales , or the badge or button of the Grand Army of tbo Republic , or the badge or shield of the Union Veteran Legion , or tbo badge or shield ol the order of Sons of Vet erans , United States of America , or use the saino to obtain aid or assistance within this state , unless ho shall bo entitled to u o or wear the same under the constitution and by laws , rule and i emulations of such organiza tion , shall bo guilty of u nii.sdonicur.or . , and upon conviction shall bo punished by u fine not to exceed 5100. " A circular from the Department of Califor nia announces that its candidate for com- mundiT-In-chiof at the national encampment next August in Detroit Is Past Department Commander William It. Smodborg. Califor nia delegates have been instructed to vote for him , nud California asks bar friends through out the union to support her nominee. The department headquarters at Dntroit , * Mich. , during the national oiicninpmcnt.com- motiving ; August4 , will boat the New Per kins hotel , Cass and Grand Itlvcr nvenuos , where accommodations have been secured for thu department commuuddV und personal staff. Pcrley Veazey of San Francisco , Col , , aged sixty-two years , died May Ul , and Jonathan Yeazoy , Do Soto , Mo. , died May 81 , aged seventy-two years. The gentlemen named were brothers of Commandor-ln-Chlof W. G. Voazoy. Mrs. M. A. Towlo of Exeter , N. II. , nml Comrade Voazoy aru the only surviving members of the Vouzoy inmlly , A law was passed by the last Illinois legis lature making It unlawful for any unauthor ized person to wear thu emblem of thu Grand Army of tlio Republic. Tbu Forty-first Illinois infantry's annual reunion will bo held ut Pann , September 21 and L'5. 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