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The National tribune., 1881-09-03
GEORGE E. LEMON.
REFERENCES.

As this may reach the hands of some persons unac-
quainted with this House. append hereto, speci
OF the testimonials in possession copies of let
ters from several gentlemen of Political and Military
distinction, and widely known throughout the United
States
BELvIDEEE Ill, October "a, 1875.
Itake great pleasure recommending Captain GEORGE
f. LEMON of Washington, ID. c., to all persons who
may have claims settle other business prosecute
before the Departments at Washington. | know him to
be thoroughly qualified well acquainted with the laws,
and with Department rules in all matters growing out
of the late especially in the Paymasters and Quar-
termasters Offices. have had occasion employ him
for friends of mne also in the soliciting of Patents and
have found him very active ellinforned and
full As gallant officer during the war, and an hon
orable and successful practitioner, recommend him
strongly to all who may need his services.
:. A. HURLBUT. NJ c.
Fourth Congressional District, Illinois
Late Major General, U. s. Vols.
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK,
WASHINGTON ID. c., January Il, 1879.
Captain GEORGE f. LEMON attorney and agent for the
collection of claims at Washington city is a thor
ough able, and exceedingly wellinformed man of busi
of high character and entirely responsible. be-
eve that the interests of all having claims requiring
adjustment cannot be cOntided to safer hands.
JNO. \. j. CRESWELI,
President
W. f. ROACH,
Secretary
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House OF REPRESENTATIVES,,

WASHINGTON, d. c., March - 1879
From several years acquaintance with Captain GEORGE
f, LEMON of this city, cheerfully commend him q
gentleman of integrity and worth, and well qualified to
attend to the collection of Bounty and other claims
against the Government His experience in that line
give him superior advantages.
w. p. SPRAGUE, NJ. c.,
Fifteenth District of Ohio
JAS ID. STRAWBRIDGE, NJ c.,
Thirteenth District of Pennsylvania
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., March /, 1878.
We, the undersigned having acquaintance with
Captain GEORGE T.. LEMON for the past few years and
knowledge of the systematic manner in which he
ducts his extensive business and of his reliability for fair
and honorable dealings connected Herewith cheerully
commend him to claimants generally.
A. V. RICE, Chairman
Committee on hlrGlid Pensions, House Reps.
w. F. SLENONS, NJ c.,
Second District of Ark.
W. p LYNDE NJ. c..
Fourth District of His.
X. w. TOWNSHEND, NJ. c.,
Nineteenth District Of H.
BB@ Any person desiring information to my stand
ing and responsibility will request be furnished with
satisfactory reference in his vicinity Congressional
District.
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L have known some men possessed of good
qualities, which were very serviceable to others,
but useless to themselves; like sun-dial on the
front of house, to inform the neighbors and
passers-by, but not the owner within
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Increase of Pensions.

Pension laws more liberal than formerly, and
many entitled to higher rate than they receive
From and after January, 1881, shall make charges
for services in claims for increase of pension where
disability is alleged unless successful i'll procuring
the increase.
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War of 1912.

All surviving officers and soldiers of this whether
the Military Naval service of the United States who
served fourteen (l days if in battle skrmish,
for less period and the widows of such who have
remarked entitled to q pension of eight dollars
month Proof of loyalty is longer required in these
1lni
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A good beginning is half the work.
knowledge consists in the possession of truths;
education in the acquisition or transmission of
knowledge.
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AND WHY d?

Georgia is the only one of the thirteen original
colonies which refuses to contribute toward the
Yorktown centennial
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=. o. DRAWER 325.
Pensions.

If wounded. injured, have contracted disease.
however slight the disability, apply Thousands
entitled
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Heirs.

Widows minor children dependent mothers, fathers
and minor brothers and sisters i'll the order named
nnfi lnH
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Bounty and Pay,
Collections promptly made.
Property taken by the Armyin States
not in InSurreCtiOn.

Claims of this character will receive special attention,
provided they filed before January l. 1880 If not
filed prior to that date they barred by statute of lmi
taton.
Naval claims oevery description procure Patents, Trade
Marks Copyrights attend to business before the General
Land Office and other Bureaus of the Interior Depart
ment, and all the Departments of the Government.
We invite correspondence from all interested assuring
them of the utmost prompttude energy, and thorough
ness in all matters intrusted to our hands
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Restoration to Pension Roll.

Pensioners who have been uniustly dropped from the
pension roll whose names have been stricken there
by of failure draw their pension for
riod of three years, by of re-enstment,
have their pensions renewed by corresponding with this
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Prisoners of War.
Ration money promptly collected.
FurlOugh RatiOnS.
Horses Lost in Service.

Amounts due collected without unnecessary delay.
Such claims be collected without the furlough
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DeSertiOn

from regiment vessel and enlistment in another,
bar pension in where the wound disease
injury incurred while in the service the United
States. and in the line of duty.
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This Claim House Estab-
IiShed in 1865!
GEORGE r. LEMON.
Attorney-at-LaW,

Attorney-at-LaW,
OFFICES, 65 Fifteenth St. Citizens National Bank
WASHINGTON, ID. G..
p. O. DRAWER 325
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Land Warrants.

Survivors of all from 1890 March 8 1850 and
certain heirs entitled hundred and sixty
of land if not already received Soldiers of the late
not entitled.
Land warrants purchased for cash the highest
ket rates, and assignments perfected.
Correspondence invited.
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Claims of this character promptly attended to-. Many
claims of this character have been enormously rejected
Correspondence i'll such respectfully invited.
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CLAIMS! CLAIMS!

OAl Ala ~ OAa a. Ala ~ 2
This Claim House Estab-
lished in 1865!
GEORGE r. LEMON,
Attorney-at-Law,
OFFICES, 6i5 Fifteenth ST.. Citizens National Bank.
WASHINGTON. ID. C.
?. o. DRAWER 325
Pensions.
If wounded. injured, have contracted disease.
however slight the disability, apply Thousands
entitled
Heirs.
Widows minor children dependent mothers fathers,
and minor brothers and sisters i'll the order named,
entitled
War of 1912.
All surviving officers and soldiers this war whether
in the Military Naval service of the United States who
served fourteen (lH days if in battle skirmish
remarked, entitled a pension of eight dollars n
month Proof of loyalty is longer required in these
claims.
Increase of Pensions.
Pension are more liberal now than formerly and
many entitled to higher rate than they receive
From and after January 1881. shall make charges
for my claims increase of pension where
disability is alleged, unless successful i'll procuring
the increase.
Restoration to Pension Roll.
Pensioners who have been miustly dropped from the
pension roll whose have been stricken there
from by of failure to draw their pension for pc
roo OF three years or by reason of re-enllstment may
have their pensions renewed by corresponding with this
house.
Desertion
from regiment vessel and enlistment in another,
is bar pension i'll where the wound disease
injury incurred while in the service of the United
states, and III the line of duty.
Land Warrants.
Survivors of all wars from 1890 to March g. 1855 and
certain heirs entitled to hundred and sixty
not entitled.
Land warrants purchased for cash the highest
ket rates, and assignments perfected.
Correspondence invited
Prisoners of War.
Ration money promptly collected.
FurlOugh RatiOnS.
Amounts due collected without unnecessary delay.
Such claims be collected without the furlOugh.
Horses Lost in Service.
Claims of this character promptly attended to-. Many
claims of this character have been enormously rejected
Correspondence i'll such Is respectfully invited.
Bounty and Pay.
Collections promptly made
Property taken by the Armyin States
not in InSurrection.
Claims of this character will receive special attention.
provided they filed before January L. 1880 If not
filed prior that date they barred by statute of m
tatiOn.
In addition to the above prosecute Military and
Naval claims Ofevery description Patents Trade
Marks Copyrights attend to business before the General
Land Office and other Bureaus of the Interior Depart
ment, and all the Departments of the Government.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23
No Further Flirting.

The New York Central and Hudson
River Railroad Company has issued
orders that hereafter nc employe of that
company shall firt with unprotected
females along the line OF. the road.
Heretofore every damsel from Gotham
to Albany had her particular mash on the
road; there was one railroader upon
whom she smiled to the exclusion of the
others, and now about 268 little romances
are pulverized under the iron wheel
of the monopoly. The men, of course,
do not mind the matter much, but the
poor little girls who have been permit
ting the tendrils Of their affection to
Irvine around the hearts of the errant
railroad men are awfully indignant. For
a time they could not understand the
sudden GOODNESS of their adorers, who
!. ceased all along, the line to laugh back
when the girls laughed at them, but now
that the order has become public they
are up in arms. A~numerously circu-
lated petition, signed by every sunmar-
ried female along the Hudson River,
between the ages of eight and eighty,
has been addressed to the company, ask
ing that the odious restriction be taken
off the men, and threatening in the event
of refusal to boycott this line. : The
sentiment is a unanimous n There
is some feeling in the female heart which
the failroader particularly stirs. 1t is a
sentiment rather than a hope They all
admit that the boys never marry-they
do not wish them to marry; they only
demand that, in the beautiful Language
of the song, they shall smile as they
were wont to smile. 800
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23
The Suez Canal.

Attention was first called to the sub
ject of q canal across the Isthmus yof
Suez. by the great Napoleon during bis
invasion Of Egypt. For years, however,
nothing was done. In 1847 France, Great
Britain, and Austria commissioned M.
Talabot, Robert Stephenson, and Signor
NegrelH to make o survey and decide
whether Napoleon's survey was correct
In the point that the level Of. the Red Sea
was thirty feet higher than that Of the
Mediterranean, and they found the two
seas had exactly the same level. The
canal project was never SO favorably en-
tertainedby the British as by the French.
The whole length of the navigation is
Lightweight geographical miles; of this
distance sixty-six miles are actual canal,
formed. by cuttings, fourteen miles are
made by dredging through lakes, and
eight miles required no works, the nat
ural depth being equal to that of the
canal. The cost of the whole undertake
ing, including the harbors, is placed at
about 800, 900, 600. Z In doing this won
derful work it is stated that there have
been about 80, 00O, 1000 cubic yards Of
material e~xcavated, and al. one time 60
dredging machines and nearly 10000
laborers were employed For their use
q supply of fresh water was conveyed
from the Nile at Cairo and distributed
along the whole length of the canal, a
work in itself of no small magnitude. 1t
is regarded as making a saving of thirty
six days ON the voyage from Western
Europe to the East Indies. It is difficult
to state by whom the controlling inter-
est il held. - A3stt 81. .hHf
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23
The Heroines of Nihilism.

They are mostly daughters of poor
army officers, or petty civil officers, or
ever of shop-keepers, who feeling the
influence of modern times, are anxious to
rise above. the level of their parents,
coarse, ignorant people in the main.
Either by their own talents or by the aid
of influential patrons, the girls gain
scholarships, and enter some high school
where their brains are crammed with a
heterogeneous mass of knowledge. At
10 they leave, and in turn become teach
ers. Finding their parents uncompan-
ionable, they abandon home for some
wretched lodgings, and exc out a miser-
able existence by giving poorly paid les
sons. Food is scarce, the feminine pleas
ures of dress are impossible, the restraint
ing power of family affection is absent,
they grow hopeless and discontinued,
when some day they form socialistic
acquaintance, rapidly adopt their ideas,
and, having found an object for their
life, with feminine rashness devote them
selves to the cause, v g to the very
death,-PariS Figdro. g.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23
The Pope's Peculiarities.

His Holiness Pope Leo XfH. appears
to be q decidedly enigmatical parsonage,
If we may trust the account given of him
by the Roman correspondent of the
Cologne Gazette. The ststriking fact
about him SO far appears to he the slight
extent to which his character is known
either by the faithfulsa large or by the
inmates of the Vatican. Every one knew
how Plus TX. lived; his hours were
allotted beforehand, and the same duties
always performed at the same moment.
There is a total want of this regularity in
his successor. He keepstlate hours, and
has sometimes been found by his ser
wants at his desk in the early morning
half dazed after writing through the
night He has all his meals served to
him in, the greatest privacy, is much
more sparing of audiences than was Plus,
and even his State Secretary and the
Cardinals can only see him at irregular
intervals. The great innovation he has
made has been his partial supersessien
of the above mentioned official, who IN
der Plus TX. practically administered
the affairs of the the Papacy. He has
set on foot a chancellery of his own, con-
sisting of three Private Secretaries, and
conducts his.affairs with their aidquite
independently of the State Secretary,
and often over his head. 1t not unfre-
quently happens that orders go down to
the Bishoprics from the State Secretary,
and are cancelled in a day or two byJdif-
ferent orders from the Pope, or that the
/ Secretary brings papers to His Holiness
and tells him that he has settled q par
ticular matter In such a way, merely in
order To he old that the Poue himself
had already settled it in quite a different
way. One thing is clear, that Leo XIII.
means to be master in his own house;
but the exact aim and tendency of his
policy is by no means equally evident.
But Leo comes from the country of the
Cioccari, and it is believed In Italy that
q man from that district is commonly
rather deep-a notion which appears
also to be strongly entertained by the
correspondent-PaU Mall Gazette.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23
Ever Changing Fashion.

Fashions change gradually. Unless
they did they could not be followed, for
suddenness would demonstrate their alb
surdity. The revolutions that they make
are not obvious until they have been re-
gsrded through q series of years. The
feminine mode of wearing the hair at
present is q fair illustration. A good
while ago, when the rage for phrenology
had brought high forheads into vogue,
the hair was brushed back from the brow
SO as to exhibit, it to its fullest expanse.
The ~fashionwas not pretty; itgave women
q bold, masculine, staring expression;
but it continued with the interest in
Entomology. Then women began to
dress their hair reasonably, letting it
shade the brow, as it ought to, instead
Of pushing it off as far as possible. They
haveao of Iateibeen wearing it lower and
lower, until many now hide their fore
heads with it altogether. It is not un-
common to see well-dressed women
whose hair, natural or false, comes down
to their eyebrows, while others draw it
forward nDsuch p~rofusion as to give
them q grotesque appearance. Most of
the New York women who make any
p~retense to fashion look as if they had
no brows, these being invisible on ac-
count of the peculiar arrangement of
their hair. They are not content to de-
pend upon nature, either. They deco
rate themselves with front-pieces of
divers patterns, and by their aid look as
Ill as they well can. IF they knew how
! they looked in the eyes of good taste
they would, we are sure, alter the dress
ingrof their hair. Hiding their forhead
\, fbok manner baafnwr ON Thorn a vorv
insipid, not to say imbecile, expression.
They might, with hair and eyebrows
mingling, be, mistaken for. bleached
South See Islanders, and candor COM
pels us to say that the intelligence of
some of their faces does not need toning
down.-Neso York Times.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23
A Fandango at La Venta.

TT happened that we reached La
iVenta on a festive occasion. .A;fandango
was in full blast but a short distance
from our quarters, and a large number
of strange Indians from the surrounding
country were IN the village. Our advent
had caused a temporary suspension OF
the festivities, but the people soon be-
gan to drift that way again, and by the
time we had finished gouri supper the
music of harp and 96andolon could be
heard, and the dance was once more IN
progress. Alexandra told us that the
village would probably grow lively to-
ward midnight as the dance continued,
for the Indians were drinking agood
deal of mescal, and many of them Were
still coming in from the country. he
informed me that the Alcalde OF the
town had already hidden himself,' s .
the custom on such occasions, n that
we must be on our guard, for the Indians
were bad men when drunk, and inclined
to dislike strangers. We were all armed
to the teeth, however, and felt no APP
p~rehensions. After supper, Marion n
I sailed out into the dark street, and,
following the sound of the music, soon
found ourselves in the midst of the
crowd of wild, half-naked jewellers. The
dancing was carried on under the shed
which was lit up by pine-knots, throwing
out a wierd glare over the dusky crowd.
Anumber of men and women would step
into the open space and shuttle slowly
around, each n apparently on his own
responsibility, and with no regard to
figure. In the. meantime those who
were not dancing would squat in a cir
Gle around the open space, and sing
m-onotonously in time with the music of
the instruments. The dancers would
finally retire, and otherstake their places,
the process being repeated with little or
no variations. But il was IN the outer
rim of the circle that the real fun seemed
to be going on. Little groups were
gathered here and there, drinking. sing
ing and carousing, and, as we left the
crowd and picked our way back to oul
lodgings, we noticed n of our men,
Ponciano by name, ogling o duskJ
maiden, and treating her to q drink Of
orchatasLD. s.. Richardson in GGts-
fornidn.1 ~ 81 r. sEE sdl ugh q-
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23
Cultivation Of self-Respect.

A child that is uniformly treated with
courtesy, with consideration. with JUS
tice,- will unconsciously deem himself
worthy of such treatment, and will be-
come worthy of it, unless he is by nature
wholly base; and he will unconsciously
treat others as he is treated. Tits a fear
full thing to give a child the lie, to accuse
hum of stealing, to accustom him to un-
expected and unmerited blows and cuffs.
He may merit punishment, but the wise
parent never will admit into the house,
hold vocabulary the terrible words aliar''
and "thief," and will never permit in
himself or others the hasty blow, the
bitter taunt, the singing epithst. The
refined and educated parent can never
tolerate such language a We have indi-
Gated. Bitter words are more cruel than
blows and infiict more lasting injuries.
Care in the choice of associates will do
much to foster self-respect In a child.
Some mothers think their. Sons and
daughters can go where they choose and
play with whom they please, and come
a greater mistake. AS well might one
think it no difference what air w
breathe. Children are quicker than we
10 CATCH Gu0 one Ol dSSOclabeS, 10 PICK
up slang words, bad grammar, vulgar
ideas-these often seem to be taken in
through the very pores, as typhoid poison
is, when least expected. Care in the
choice of reading will do much to foster
due ~self-respect in a child. The boy
who grows up with a familiar knowledge
of Washington, of Franklin, of Lincoln,
and other great men who have been the
L.
been conspicuous, will be far more likely
to find his mind filed with noble images,
with high ideals, with lofty ambitions,
than one who reads sensational newspa-
pers, dime novels, and the comic alma
nae. Any soil that yields abundantly
must contain in itself elements of fer
tility, and barren soil may have elements
artiticially supplied to them.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23
REsCUED FROM. DEATH,

William j. Coughlin, Of Somerville, Mass, says: 'In
the fall of 1876 was taken with bleedings Of the lungs,
followed by a severe cough. lost my appetite and
flesh, and was confined to my bed. In 1877 I vas adj
United to the hospital. The doctors said 1 had afhole in
my lung as big Us half a dollar. At one time q report
went around that I was dead. 1 gave up hope, but a
friend told me of DR. WILLIAM HAIL's BA1sAM FOB THE
LUNGS. got a bottle, when, to my surprise, I COM
menced to feel better, and to-day I feel better than for
three years past. I write this hoping every one afflicted
with diseased lungs will take DE-. 'WrILiAM Halls Ball
SAM, and be convinced that CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
l can positively say il has done more good than all tn
other medicines have taken since my sickness,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-06-23
How to Make q Tramp.

Next to spending money that you
meant to saw there is nothing in the
world so easy to do as to make a tramp.
Select any personal acquaintance who
loses his situation-and there are many
such-and when he comes to you to tell
you Of his troubles, supposing you to be
q friend, devote your time entirely to
explaining to him the various steps by
which he reached his present condition.
Tell him you are sorry, if you like, but
show him distinctly that you want to get
away from him as soon as possible.
When next he calls upon you, if in his
desperation he forgets his last experience
so far as to call, be careful to be very
busy and unable to talk with him. Cut
him severely If he wants to borrow
money and discourage him if he unfolds
any new business plan. If men in your
own business circle chance to mention
him in your presence speak condescend-
ingly about him. Advise your wife not
to call st his house, for fear she may lose
caste by visiting a bankrupt, and if your
children have been in the habit of visit
ing his family devise a method of dissuad-
ing them. If you see him coming along
the sidewalk as if he would meet you,
look the other way. Do not invite him
to any little party such as he has often
attended at your house. If the foregoing
directions are faithfully followed and
your friends act like you, as most OF
them may be depended upon to do, the
chances are that the poor fellow, if he
does not soon find employment in thu
city, will send his wife home to he,
mother, make some excuse to get out OF
town in search of a mythical business
chance, and then slowly but surely de-
generate into a tramp; for what else can
he do?-NeU York Herald.