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The National tribune., 1877-11-01

These are taken from the residents of Fifth
Avenue alone 1t is estimated that besides
those named, there are over eighty persons in
New York city who own, each of them, over a
delphia there are said to be over fifty million
aires. In the city of Cleveland, with popula-
ton of only one hundred thousand inhabitants,
there are nine milionaires In San Francisco,
there are four men, Messrs. Sharon, Flood,
O'Brien, and Mackey. who are estimated to be
worth seventy-five millions each.
And in the face of these facts, we see it con-
tnually asserted that the country is too poor to
pay the bounty it owes its soldiers;-eight and
one-third dollars per month
The National tribune., 1877-11-01
THE WEALTH or NEW YORK.

1t will surprise most soldiers to be told that
there are three persons in New York city who
could pay the entire sum required under the
bounty bill. and still have more than half their
property left Senator Sharon, himself, could
pay all the claims that would be presented, if
the bill was passed; and would then be worth
fifty millions Senator Jones could pay it all,
and have fortune of millions.
On single street in New York city, within
the limits of few squares, live eighteen families
who derive fixed yearly incomes from an aggre-
gate capital of nearly taoo hundred and fifty MIL
lion dollars. -Four of these capitalists are widows.
Mrs. A. I. Stewart is probably the wealthiest
woman In the world. She could pay all the
bounties twice over. and yet she is lonely and
childless She has more dollars than there are
inhabitants in the United States, and an income
that would support a thousand families.
In a recentpubGcation, is given list Of the
wealthiest people, on one street, in New York,
as follows
The National tribune., 1877-11-01

DO not go to the trouble and expense of exc
cutting applications for bounty under the Equali
as there seems to be chance of its passage,
hordes of sharpers will be trying to get the
claims of soldiers into their control AS soon as
the bill has been passed by both Houses of Con-
gress and signed by the President, proper form
OF application will be adopted by the accounting
officers of the Treasury Department. Any other
form than this will be valucless. Keep your dis
charge-papers and other documents in your own
The National tribune., 1877-11-01
VETERANS OF THE MEXICAN WAR.

ton, have been introduced, providing for The
granting of pensions to veterans of the Mexican
war and their widows The bills provide for
the placing on the pension rolls the names Of the
surviving officers and enlisted men, including
militia and volunteer, of the military and naval
service of the United States, who served sixty
days in the war of 1916 with Mexico, or IN the
Florida war, or in the Black Hawk war, and were
honorably discharged and to such other officers
and soldiers as may have been personally named
in any resolution of Congress for any specific
service in said war; although their term Of service
may have been less than sixty days, and who
shall subscribe oath to support the Constit1I-
tion of the United States; and the surviving
widows of such officers and enlisted men, pro-
vded. that such widows shall not have remarked
This act does not apply to any person who is
receiving pension at the rate of eight dollars or
more per month nor to any person receiving
pension less than eight dollars per month, except
for the difference between the pension now
ceived and that sum- Pensions under this act
shall be at the rate of eight dollars per month
when person is receiving pension of less than
eight dollars per month, and shall be paid to the
sage of this act, duringAhe term of their natural
lives
Before the name of any person is placed upon
the pension-roll under this act, proof shall be
made, under such rules and regulations as the
Secretary of the Interior may prescribe, that the
applicant isentitled to- such apension; and anyper
son who shall falsely take any oath required to
be taken under this act shall be guilty of perjury;
and the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to
be stricken from the pension-ron the name of
any person whenever it sfsall- appear, by proof
satisfactory to him, that such name was put upon
the roll through false or fraudulent representa-
tons as to the right of such person to pension.
The loss of certificate of discharge will not de-
prive the applicant of the benefits of this act,
other proof of services performed and of an hon.
orable discharge, if satisfactory, will be deemed
sufficient
| The provisions of sections twelve and thirteen
of an act entitled ssAn act supplementary to An
act to grant PENSIONS" approved July 4, 1864,
and of sections two, three, and four of an act
entitled can act supplementary to several acts
relating to pensions" approved June 6, 1866,
shall be applicable to the pensions granted by
this act and no law now in existence which
in any way conflicts with the provisions of this
act shall be applicable to the survivors of the
war with Mexico above mentioned, or to be SO
construed as to deprive them of the benefits of
this act
This bill is one of the most popular measures
before Congress, as is shown by the number IN
troduced In the House. Those members who
have introduced bills are Messrs Scales, of North
Carolina; FELTON,, of Georgia; Hewitt, of Ala
bama; Turner and Durham, of Kentucky Whit
The National tribune., 1877-11-01

paro proof. The claimant, with his witnesses, to
appear before the commission and make out his
case, and the commission to cross-examine on
behalf of the United States
There are several vital objections to this scheme.
One is, the enormous extent of territory which
necessarily must be allotted to each commission,
even if the number be increased to more than
sixty. and, consequently, the onerous charge laid
upon each claimant for pension, of travelling ex-
penses for himself and witnesses. time lost in
waiting for the action of the commission, delay
and necessary cost of living at the place APP
pointed for the examination both for himself and
his witnesses, and the further fatal fact that no
means are provided by which he can compel the
attendance of his witnesses before the tribunal
Many pension claimants, nay, most of them,
are in absolute poverty many are widows, living
day by day upon daily labor; many are children,
without means and without support, wholly un-
able to travel fifty, one hundred, or two hundred
miles themselves, and absolutely poweress to
induce the witnesses to attend.
Take the great States of New York or Penn
syvania for instance Not more-than three dis
tricts can be formed in these and the pensioners
or claimants for pension are scattered all over
the State in halnlets far off the ordinary routes
of travel and distant from the point selected for
holding the commission To such persons this
scheme amounts to absolute denial of their claims
Take, again, the number of claimants in each
of these districts who will be notified to appear
and suppose that they do, in fact, appear. What
long and weary waiting, at personal expense
before the case may be reached
Take, again, the ordinary fact, that the indi-
vidual witnesses whose testimony is requisite to
prove the case, are scattered in different widely
separated districts. each to be examined by the
commission in each district; and thus the claim
ant even if able to attend at the place of his
own residence, cannot, by possibility, attend at
the examination of his own most important wit
nesses
Mr.. Bentley has looked at this plan, as is nat
ural, from the side of advantage TO the Govern
ernment only. But the pension laws were not
made for the benefit of the Government but for
the benefit of the pensioner; and the Govern
ment has no right to throw unnecessary obstacles
in the way of the Claimant; especially has it no
right TO crowd out the most meritorious, because
the poorest, class or claimants by regulations
which, in practice, forbid the assertion of just
and equitable claim, by requiring an expenditure
of time and money which their straitened means
will not allow
Ii such Commissions are to be appointed, their
number must be very largely increased, and the
Commissioners must visit the pension claimants,
not compel the claimant to come to them; and
such work can scarcely be done by any force
much less in number and expense than the pres
ent system of examining surgeons
The National tribune., 1877-11-01

hand When the bill is passed, the subscribers
to the NATIONAL TRIBUNE will be Immediately
notified. and informed as to the best course to
pursue to obtain its benefits.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

During the hrst two yearass 9f our
Civil War there was. . very large de-
crease of immigratiOn; but when it be-
came evident that the North would
conquer and the Union be preserved.
the mere fact that we were 1t war did
not keep back the crowd at all. It will
also be seen, by . study of the table,
that the political disturbances in the Old
World have had a powerful effect on
immigration. The so-called Irish Rev
luton, together with famine caused by
sudden failure of the potato crop in
1886 and afterward, brought many
thousands of Irish people who, under
ordinary circumstances, would have re-
manned in their own country. The
Franco-Italian and FrancO-German
Wars set in motion strong migration
from Central Europe, and very soon
the German far Outran the Celtic ele-
ment in arrivals here, disparity that
still continues. The latest and most
noteworthy Of the immigrants sent to
ns because of wars at home are the
Mennonites, from Southern Russia.
Nearly 10000 of these strange people
have arrived within less than four
years, whereas by the census of 1870
there were only AGA Russians in all
the United States. f
There Is considerable population
constantly drifting in from the British
Provinces north Of us who ought not to
be classed as foreigners though, be-
ing aliens, they are so put down. ..
z The records of sex have been accu-
rately kept for some years past, and the
following table for a period of ten years
will show the proportions: - III
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
Farm Accounts.

KEEPING accounts on the farm is tar
too generally neglected, and on this ac-
count many opportunities of curtailing
expenses pass by unnoticed; while the
actual value of the products of farming
are ,genersly, in such cases, greatly
undervaiued. The best housekeepers
in cities and villages keep strict ac-
count of their purchases and expenses,
and any petty storekeeper who neg
lected to keep an account of his bust
ness transactions would inevitably soea
become bankrupt. Not long since
clerk in a store at Boston, with salary
of 81, 900 year, finding his health in
jured by confinement, invested his little
savings in : small farm, and during the
the following year charged himself with
all the produce of the farm used in his
family at the same prices which he
would have paid for the articles in the
city. At the close of the year he found
that the credit in favor of his farm
amounted to nearly $1,000, and above
all expenses he had saved 800 in
money, and recovered his health thor
oughly. He has no inclination, how
ever, to return to his dependent posi-
ton. and IS now firm in his faith that
farming pays. The business principles
he brought to his undertaking made up
for his deficiencies in skill and expert
ence, and while the former will always
be Of advantage to him, the latter win
be yearly increased.-RMral NeO
Yorker, -
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PATIENCE.

WERE there no night we could not read the star,
:, The heavens would turn into binding Glare
Freedom is hest seen through the prison-heiNL
And rough scas make the haven passing fair.
We cannot measure Joys but by their luss.
When blessings fade away we see them then:
Our richest clusters grow around the cross,
And in the nighttime angels sing to men.
The seed must inst lie buried deep in earth
. before the lily open. tn the sky:
50 light Is sOwn. and gladness has its birth
In the dark deers where we can only cry.
Life out of death" is Heavens unwritten law;
Nay. it is written in myriad forms;
The victOrs palm grows on the fields of war,
And strength and beauty are the fruit of storms.
Come. then. my soul. be brave to do and bear;
Thy life is bruised that it may be more sweet;
The will SOON he left. the crown we IL wear
Nay. We will cast it at o9r saviOrs feet.
And up among the glories never told,
Sweeter than music of the marriage-bell,
Our hands will strike the vibrant harp of gold
To the glad song. He doeth all things WELL"
Henry Barton, in Sunday Hdga1ine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

in the food Of support Is the well-fed
cow; for she must support her own svs-
tenn befdrS she cam yield any milk; and
this food zof support is usually reckoned
at more than half of all the cow win eat.
It is from the little extra food she eats
that the $500 pounds of milk is pro-
duced; and, therefore, the extra food
given ID all appropriated to the produc-
don of milk. From this extra food
come all the profit. Then, it must be
plain that the more of this extra food
the cow can digest and, assimi1ate, the
more profit she will yield. How short
sighted, therefore, those dairymen must
be who think to economic and increase
their profits by scrimping the ration.
The dairyman liberal to his cows, will
be literally rewarded. .
The length Of the milking season de-
ponds very much upon the fall manage
ment of cows. And here let us say,
that the policy of drying off COWS at
eight months from calving is very bad
one destructive to the years profits.
A cow is very seldom found that yields
profit on eight months milking. The
cost of attendance and keep Is very
nearly the same during the year,
whether she gives milk eight or ten
months; and the difference in produc-
ton is enough to make a liberal profit
n itself. The average product per day,
for the whole season, win be about the
same in either case. The difference in
product will be from 1900 to 1900
pounds; and this will be worth, for
cheese-making, from twelve to fifteen
dollars, and for butter-making, still
more. If the cow is dried off at eight
months, it will soon establish q habit
which you cannot correct. A cow is not
worth keeping that will not give milk
for ten months; and then, during that
time, the dairyman must strive, by good
feeding, to get from 5000 to 5000
pounds Of milk. National Lice Stock
Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18

How OFTEN do we find dairymen
making very encouraging reports of the
yield Of their herds during the early
part, and perhaps the. middle, of the
season, excited by the pleasing hope Of
a profitable return; but if you inquire
at later period, say the latter part Of
August and through September, you
will find the product has fallen to one
half or less than that of May and June.
The excuse is, that drought has cut
short the pasture; or that the pasture
is not sufficient for the number Of cows,
and that they had nothing to feed as q
substitute. In fact, they do not seem
to regard it as an essential part of the
plan Of good dairyman to provide, in
advance, against such contingencies;
they charge it to ill-luck or the season.
But these are, not the dairyman who
make an adequate profit in their bust
ness; they are always yielding to adj
verse circumstances; not taking them
into account, and providing against
their expected consequences. Dairy
man who carefully study the details Of
their business. have learned that the
profitable COW is one that holds q nearly
uniform quantity of milk throughout
the season, or that gives the largest
amount Of good milk; consequently
they dBe u tie arts Of: good feeding,
not only to produce . large flow Of
milk, but t0keep this up ~ long as they
can. They seek for cows Of good stay
Inequalities, as the hoEsemenr say; and.
do not regard the COW Of great produce
ton in the. flush, but whose season il
short as q desirable, addition 10 the
herd. They know also that the best
cow cannot yield, large quantities Of
milk without liberal feeding; and this
abundant supply of. food is an essential
part Of their system. Dairymen who
study all these Questions relating to
their business, are seldom heard 70 COM
plain Of the season. or ill-luck. The
cow must, be provided for. whatever
NE season; Or She win be keptat q loss;
and those, A9irymen, who look ahead,
and anticipate short pasture, are able
10 report, in the most diSc0ufaging
lsessonsla yield Of from $500 pounds
TO 5000 and even 8, 600 pounds Of milk.
Let us suppose the scareles6 dairy
man, who suffers from short posture, 70
get . yieldof 800 pounds 1T milk per
COW; whilst his neighbOr, WHO selects
his cows, and feeds well under all cir
cumstances, gets yield Of 5000
poulodsipeA SAW.i sNGHt does any one
suppose that it costs the good feeder the
9psics bfsaj $500 p1nandsaads milk in extra
food to, produce this extra yieldp This
IS I'll fMp6 t36t question, to be-decided
bv every dairymAn:n and HDt lit ID not
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
Hints to Sick.Nurses.

TAKING it for granted that we have a
tolerably sensible woman to deal with,
and that she is called upon to nurse q
case of fever, smallpox, diphtheria or
any such like unpleasant ailment, what
precautions are best calculated to re-
duce the risk of infection to minimum
Ia risk which we cannot do away with,
but are certainly called upon to guard
against to the utmost in our power?
Attention to diet, SO as to ward off great
exhaustion at any time, and taking at
least half an hours exercise in the open
air, are excellent rules to observe.
Never go into the sick-room fasting.
And here we must strongly urge upon
every sick-nurse the value of coffee as q
restorative. In times of cholera epi-
denies among our soldiers, the first
precaution the authorities invariably
take is to order cup of strong coffee
to be served out to each man the first
thing in the morning. The effects of
this plan are known to be admirable.
Take a brisk walk shortly after your
breakfast; order a cup of hot, strong
coffee, to be ready when you come in,
and take it before going into the
patients room. Nothing hefp s to throw
off the WEAKNESS of nights watching
like this turn in the fresh air (even If
taken of necessity under an umbrella),
and the coffee braces the nerves and in
vigorates the system.
The proper ventilation of a sick
room is most important means of
lessening the danger of infection; and
this more particularly in such diseases
as fever, smallpox, or diphtheria; that
is, disease coming distinctly under the
head infectious. In those which are
contagious, ventilation is of course also
important, but not equally so. And
this leads us on to speak of the differ
ence between infection and contagi0n.
Infection is subtly diffused through the
atmosphere, the patients breath, the
clothes, hangings, walls, etc. Conta-
gion consists in the disease being prop
agated by the emanations of the sick
person. It is, therefore, obvious that
the latter (contagion) is more easily
guarded against by q prudent person
than the former (infection). The plen-
tiful use of disinfectants seems to be
one of the best preventives against con-
tagion.
We have no belief in the disinfecting
of clothes that have been worn during
attendance on cases of an infectious
nature. It is far better to wear an old
dress, wrapper, shawl, ETC., and when
the illness is over have them burned.
The same thing applies to clothing
worn by the patient.
We remember one most lamentable
case where Gas was supposedly every
thing was disinfected, washed and ex-
posed to the air; yet thegift of a night
dress to q poor woman resulted in viru-
lent smallpox, and the sufferer, q
young married woman, was cruelty
disfgured in spite of the best care and
nursing hospital could give.
1t comes, then, to this: infection can
not be evaded; but risk may be reduced
to minimum by an observance of the
precautions we have noted, by the ex-
ercise of plain common sense, and by
the reality-nOt romance-Of devotion
to the work undertaken by the sick
nurse. - Chambers Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-10-18
ECETlNE
SAFE AND SURE.

Mr.. H. r. STEvKD:
In 1872 your vEGETTNE was recommended to mo,
and Yielding to the pegsuAsionA o( friend consented
TO Try IT. At the time was suffering from general do.
bility and nervous prosraiOn Supefinducod BY over
work and irregular habits Its wonderful
and curative properties seemed to Affect my debilitated
system from tho 6rst dose and under fs persistent o
RAPIDLY recovered gaining than usual health and
good feeling Since then 1have not hostated to gve
VEGETINE my most unqualified Endorsement - bolnG
safo sure and powerful agent In promoting health an
restoring the wasted system to new life and ener1y.
vE0ET1NE q the only medicine uso and - long .
live newer oxpoc4 to find . bottoe.
Yours truly, W. CLARK,
120 Monterey Szee9 Allegheny, Pa
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Printed just as Received Per-
sonal Intelligence, NEW York HERALD.
Insert sure tomorrow. Mr.. 1900, ESQ.,,
who in September last welded the Sec
osd lovely daughter of Hon. Mr.. Peter
Smith, ESQ.,, Of Littleville, KY, is stop
ping at the ELEGANT residence in New
York city of Mrs. Jones, the elegant
bijOu and CHARMING leader of bon ton
SOCIETY, whose father, the late Hon. Mr..
Peter Smith, Esq, was sceH known as
a distinguished merchant in the seat
of Chimpanzee, N. j. The Joneses are
en- PEASANT q famous people for their
chic, ELEGANCE and BON TON. Mrs.
Jones welcomes her elegans and BON
TON sister and her no less elegant hus-
band to her RESIDENCE where she is
the leader of the BON TON in NEW YORK.
Please insert this in tomorrow Person
al Intelligence Of the HERALD, sure, as
it may be TOO LATE, in which event you
may PUBLISH it any way, and send
three marked copies to Mrs. Jones, No.
129 E street." This is no exagger-
ation.-N. 7. Herald.