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The National tribune., 1881-12-31
CLAIMS! CLAlMSI
This Claim House Estab-
lished in 1865!
GEORGE d. LEMON.
Attorney-at-Law,
OFFICES, 615 Fifteenth St., Citizens National Bsnk0
WASHINGTON, ID. C.
P. o. DRAWER 325.
CLAIMS
GEORGE e. LEMON.

WASHINGTON, d. C.
P o. DRAWER 325
Pensions.
IF wounded injured or have contracted any disease.
however slight the disability, apply at Thousands
entitled.
Heirs.
Widows minor children dependent mothers, fathers,
and minor brothers and sisters order named are
entitled.
War of 1912.
All surviving officers and soldiers of this war whether
in the Military Naval service of the United States who
for period the widows of such who have not
remarked, entitled to pension OF eight dollars
month Proof of loyalty is longer required in these
claims.
Increase of Pensions.
Pension laws more liberal now than formerly, and
many now entitled to higher rate than they receive
From and after January 1884, shall make charges
for in claims for of pension
disability is alleged unless successful in procuring
the increase
Restoration to Pension Roll.
Pensioners who have been unjustly dropped from the
pension roll whose have been stricken there
riod Of three years by of reenlstment may
have their pensions renewed by corresponding with this
house.
DeSertiOn
from regiment vessel and enlistment in another
is not bar to pension in cases where the wound disease
injury incurred while in the service of the United
States and In the line OF duty.
Land Warrants.
Survivors of all from 1880 to March s. 1885, and
certain heirs entitled to hundred and sixty
OF land not already received Soldiers of the late
no. entitled.
Land warrants purchased for cash the highest mar
ke. rates, and assignments perfected.
Correspondence invited.
Prisoners of War.
Ration money promptly collected.
Furlough Rations.
mounts clue collected without unnecessary delay.
uch claims annct be collected without the furlough.
Horses Lost in Service.
claims of this character have been erroneOusy rejected
Correspondence in such is respectfully invited.
Bounty and Pay.
Collections promptly made.
Property taken by the Armyin States
not in Insurrection.
provided they filed before January 1880 II net
filed prior that date they barred by statute of i
tation.
In addition to the above we prosecute Military and
claims of 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 Governments.
We invite correspondence from all interested assuring
them of the utmost prOmpttude energy, and thorough
ness in all matters ntrusted to our hands
GEORGE e. LEMON.
The National tribune., 1881-12-31

THE SHOEBLACK Plaintiffs plant is fire.
quently mentioned in newspaper paragraphs. 1t
is, botanicaly, the Hibiscus Roso-sineasis, Chi
nese shrub frequently cultivated as an orna-
mental plant, on account of the size, beauty, and
colors of its flowers. The flowers contain guam
tity of astringent juice and when bruised they
rapidly turn to black or deep purple color
They are used by the Chinese ladies for dyeing
their hair and eyebrows, and in Java for black
ing shoes, hence it is sometimes called the Shoe
black plant.
AS greenhouse plant in winter, and an out
door decorative plant in summer, the Chinese
Hibiscus and it's many varieties, are well-known
plants. More recently, double and semi-double
varieties have been introduced to cultivation ;
some of these are of dwarf-growing habit, and
sufficiently profuse of flowers to render them fit
companions for the gelanium, petunia, and YER
bena in the massive style of display now so much
in vogue in the flower garden.
The National tribune., 1881-12-31

THE CAsToR-oIL PLANT, (Ricinus Communists,
A REMEDY AGAINST FLIEs.-A foreign paper
states that the Castor-oil plant is an excellent
remedy against flies in dwelling-rooms. Flies
that alight on the leaves and suck the sap fall
down dead, their bodies changing to white.
Rooms in which flies are very numerous are by
this means soon freed of them.
The National tribune., 1881-12-31

TRENCHING AND SUBsoILING.-These terms,
applied to soil culture, are expressive of dis
tinct operations, although they are frequently
eonfounded and used as if they were synonymous
Trenching implies overturning or reversion of
the ground, and is when properly done, next to
draining wet lands the most important prepara-
tory process in the improvement of Soils Sub
soiling implies mere loosening or stirring of the
subsoil, without bringing it up to the surface
and so far it loosens the SOIL it is valuable, al
though not fundamentally equal to the more
thorough process of trenching.
But deep trenching is not advisable in all cases;
in ferruginous, clayey subsoil it would not be
judicious to bring more than six inches to the
surface; even that might require more than the
freezing and thawing of one winter to pulverize
it sufficiently for grain crops; but that it would
ultimately and permanently benefit the land,
there need not be shadow of doubt. But sub
soiing is always beneficial, and for farming lands
Except in preparing ground for special crops it
is better than trenching Lands will sensibly
improve where the subsoil follows behind the
plow.
The National tribune., 1881-12-31
Restoration to Pension Roll.

Pensioners who have been unustly dropped from the
pension roll whose names have been stricken there
from reason of failure draw their pension for pc
rod of three years. by of reenlistment may
have their pensions renewed by corresponding with this
The National tribune., 1881-12-31

Bones AS MANURE.-Prof Voelcker says:
"Bones are the first manure which farmer usu-
ally buys, and which farming communities
demand. Wherever agriculture is improved
throughout the world the first lack of the farmer
is phosphates The easiest source of supply is
bones, and not until that lack has been supplied
in the soil does he begin to search for ammoni-
acal manuresn
The National tribune., 1881-12-31

Claims Of this character promptly attended to- Many
claims of this character have been enormously rejected
Correspondence in such is respectfully invited.
The National tribune., 1881-12-31
Furlough Rations.
Horses Lost i'm Service.

amounts due collected without unnecessary delay.
uch claims annct be collected without the furlough
The National tribune., 1881-12-31
Land Warrants.

Survivors of all from 1890 to March g. 1885, and
certain heirs entitled to hundred and sixty
OF land if not already received Soldiers of the late
no. entitled.
Land warrants purchased for cash at the highest
ke: rates, and assignments perfected.
Correspondence invited.
The National tribune., 1881-12-31
DeSertiOn

from regiment vessel and enlistment in another
bar to pension in where the wound disease
injury incurred while in the service of the United
States, and in the line of duty.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22

Of rates; and the mercantile intetest Of I.c....
vile for the time expended In urging the .ccor.
pllshment Of these desired ends 7 Wake IN ,sn
tlemen. and bestir yourselves :.
The nominal majority Of $50 votes claimed h,
the Republicans in this city. by judiciOus man.
agement can easily and honestly be overcom.
The best element of Republican, ropcr,v.
owners In the city themselves, aye interested ,nr
fciently now to look to It, Invite their co.oper,-
ton and convict political friend TO the side Of
intelligent popular government.
Bee how events cast their shadows beforel II
Is said that in consequence Of the pairopave
which the efforts Of William H. Lucas In the i.
terest of General Ledwith at Tallahassee q.
United States Senator secured, he is to be =.
warded with the position Of manager Of the JacL
sonville post-of1ce when Genera Ledwth IA an.
pointed. This composition was made al Taus.
hassee, yet it is not settled that President Gar.
field will adhere 10 to the mixi ure and give !,
the finishing gloss. Major JaysAo doubt think,
it locks rather blue and won't stick. We can
only hope that it is little withdrawing, rattle,
too thin net to be brushed off,
Major Jay has administered tile affairs Of III,
postoffice to the satisfaction OF all concerned
and 1t is generally hoped he will be retained.
Yours truly, CARLOS
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22
France and a Three Per Cent.
Loan.

The Philadelphia Times of tile 9th saws th,,
patriotic body of freebooiers who, 10 enjoy
further term of high interest, brought about the
rejection of the three per cent. interest bill, VIII
be apt to have their patriotic pride stimulated BY
the news from France this NOR hing. That ma.
ton of thirty-six million people shorn of their
most productive provinces, burdened with an in
demnity equal to our national debt, put three
per cent. loan on the market simultaneously with
our rejection OF that rate. Nothing could more
forcibly illustrate the difference betwixt
government administered for the people
and by the people and a government
administered for party and by a
party The French are frugal, thrifty people
they permit no trifing with their financial affairs
Any party or Executive which should venture to
deal with funding bill SO wise in It's scope, re-
duclng the peoples burdens by. millions, would
be turned out, neck and heels Yet France has
no such resources to depend upon as the United
States. It's people have no such fertile millions
of acres; no teeming millions Of emigration,
bearing golden stream TO swell the national
wealth no mines OF inexhaustbe richness but
is, on the contrary, borne down by a constant
drain to pay armies and fleets greater in number
than we supported during the rebellion. Unless
all signs fail, the voter who realizes that the re-
lection of the funding bill costs this country
81 500, 900 each month will be apt to make the
responsible authors of this opalent sop 10 the
corporations pay, by an involuntary retirement
from the ranks of public life, -lor this treatment
10 the peoples interest.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22

"A correspondent of the Jacksonville Union
of the 10Th, says:
The freeze of December seems to have weak
ened the faith of many of the Middle Florida
people in the successful cultivation OF the orange
in this section, and the LaCOnte pear is being
looked to as the paying fruit crop, though some
are still giving attention TO the orange.
The freeze of December did a vast deal
Of damage in Middle Florida as it did
in many other sections OF The State; but
so far as it has dampened the ardor OF per-
sons engaged, or intending to engage in or
ange culture is concerned, the Unions cor
respondent is scarcely sustained by the facts as
they exist. A larger number of orange trees
have been set out in the immediate vicinity of
Tallahassee since the freeze than for several years
previous We know of one person who alone
has sold over 1 200 trees; and one gentleman,
Mr.. Geofge Lewis, has just finished setting out
900 trees on beautiful tract of land purchased
for that purpose, on the Miccosukie Road, east OF
the city There are many others who have set
out smaller quantities, and the prospect for large
| movements in the business Of establishing groves
next season is excellent. The trees hereabouts
are not nearly SO badly injured as was feared,
the damage being generally confined TO the old
trees some OF which, in exposed situations, are
killed to The roots, while others are putting out
new growth high up near the topmost branches
The orange fever is not over In Middle Flor
ida by considerable.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22


Who'll come and play withme hero under the tree
Nv sisters have LEFT me alone.
Ny sweet little Sparrow, come hifhef 70 me-
And play with me While they ere gone
"Oh, NO, little lady, ] can,t come, indeed;
I've no tina TO idle away;
I've got all my dear little children 70 feeds
And my nest to new cover with hay"
Pretty Bee, do not buzz about over the flower;
But come here and play with me DO;
The Sparrow won't come and stay with me an hour /;
But stay, pretty Bee-will Lot your
ooh, NO, little lady, for do You not see
Those must work who w0ald prosper and thrive
II / play they would call me . sad. idle bee,
And perhaps turn me out OF the hive"
Stop Stop little Ant do not run of so fast;
Wait with me little and play;
hope shall find companion at last
You are not so busy as they.
ooh, no, little lady, can't stay with you;
We're not made to play, bat TO labor;
always have something or other to do
If not for myself, for neighbor."
What, then, have they all some employment but me-
Who lay lounging here, like duuce?
Oh then, like the Ant, and the Sparrow and Bee,
III 60 to my lessons ut once.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22
"A correspondent of the Economist writes Il

"A correspondent of the Economist writes TO
that paper from Gadsden:
20. When . shf refqFp feAr s e lSz
nous, and so alarmed the Radical Administra-
ton that it was afraid just on the eve of election
to enforce it. How is it now after four years OF
reform? Was there a necessity 10 increase
taxes? Would like 10 hear from the Economist
on this point"
The Economta replies that there was no neces-
sity whatever for increasing ''last years mon
strous rate of taxation and adds that "ths,
those who engineered the thing, knew as well
as we do" But why, it may be asked, did not
the Economist correct The mistake of its cores
pondent as TO The rate of taxation imposed by the
Radicals? He says that ii ,oas seoen mills, when
in his own county (Gadsden) ii tcGs tsoelre and a
quarter mills, viz seven mills for State purposes
four and quarter mills for interest and sinking
fund, and one mill for schools, and this rate had
been imposed for years. In 1876, the last year
of Radical rule, the assessed Slate tax of that
county was $13,55O21; in 1881, on the same
value Of property returned last year, it will be,
at eight mills, $6,623.12, or $6,727.19 less than it
was in 1876, and only $75S9 more than it was in
1891
Perhaps it would be well for the Economisrs
correspondent 10 revise his figures, and for the
editor to study statistics There would have
been no increase in taxation ordered by the
Legislature had il not been shown that without
il floating debt, with IFS attendant evils, would
have been inevitable. Even at eight mills, which
we hope will only be a temporary rate, the
reduction is fully forty per cent less than the
Radicals imposed, while In some counties like
Gadsden and Leon il is over seUenty-fce per
cent less
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22

PROTESTING DRY GooDs *MEN.-A Cory,
Pa, special to the New York Herald says: "A
large meeting Of the merchants Of Northwestern
Pennsylvania, Western New York and Eastern
Ohio, comprising purchasers o. over $25 600 900
worth of dry goods annually, was held here to-
day to protest against the selling by New York
merchants, jobbers and manufacturers to ire
sponsible parties, or compromising with periOdi-
cal bankrupts. Great indignation was expressed
at the injury done by wholesale dealers in con-
tinuing to sell to and compromising with ire
spOnsible concerns Resolutions were adopted
tending to make the influence Of the meeting felt
make practice Of supporting such retail deal
0raO
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22

Col. Il. Jays term as postmaster at this place
expires to day. During the tour years in which
Col. Jay has presided over the post-ofice, he has
won the respect and confidence of the business
men and citizens generally Of Jacksonville, and
as manifestation Of the high esteem in which
he Is held, petition for his reappointment was
recently circulated by one Of our leading mer-
chants, and 10 Democrat, To which the names of
ever ninety Of our best business men, of all polit-
ical creeds, and representing almost every bust
ness house in the city were signed
Union, March 49,
We hope Mr.. Jay will be re-apponted, but
confess to misgivings on the subject The pres
ence of certain Jacksonvillians in Washington
bodies no good to the genial Hamilton. And 10
make matters still more uncertain Bisbee wants
Q more super serviceable tool In the Office than
jay has been, and we think on the whole he had
better set his house Ia order The outs are mere
numerous and will prove more, We suspect pow
erful than the ms.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22

"A young lady at Calf, Canada, having for
some time been afflicted with the receipt of anon
ymous poetic illusions of a most amatory com.
intimate married friend, who at once recognized
the hand writing as her darling husbands.
Among the passengers on the steamer James
HosoGrd, which was destroyed by fire last week.
were G. 8. L. ngle and wife, of Jacksonville Fla,
who were on their bridal tour, and lost all their
baggage. Most Of the passengers had retired
when the FIRE broke out, but fortunately no lives
were lost
The DeLand Agricultural Is the only one Of
our exchanges which gives the FLoRIDIAN credit
for !" Some Of the New Laws" which most of
them have published. The anxiety Of the PEG.
pie to know what new laws have been made.
proves the error made by the last Legislature in
not passing the bill offered BY Mr.. Spear. Of
Gadsden county, providing for the publication of
all general laws. once, 10 one newspaper In each
Judicial Circuit Of the State, which WINS promptly
defeated by the Assembly.
The Fernandina Mirror i" goes for the act
70 regulate the practice Of medicine In this
State, and for other purposes" as follows: 1--WE
would like to know what this act really means
Its purpose, a. disclosed In the first section,
seems to be 10 establish six medical universities
to examine and graduate persons mot graduates
OF medicine" and upon the payment OF five del
lars to graduate any and allsuch persona" Five
dollars Is certainly much less than the cost of
attendance upon medical college, the profess
sors of which usually receive from go to $50
each for each student, and If ~ ave practitioners
Of acknowledged skill and experiences. and Of Eve
years practice" ere willing 10 exsmine students
In anatomy, operative and minor surgery, OBJ.
Dtetrics. diseases Of women and children, and the
general laws Of health can be brought together
whenever an applicant applies, and will examine
him to gel no compensation II be fAilss and The
magnificent sam Of ave dollars II be passes, al
We can say b the medical profession OF Florida
must bsve pisnty Of spare time and valus their
'srvlces very lew! 1fi'itl' i}s
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22

In speech at the graduation exercises Of
the Washington Spencerian Business College
last May, President Garfield sAid: Laugh at Il
as we may, put it aside as jest il we will, keep
it out of Congress or political campaigns, sui
the woman question is rising in our horizon
larger than the size of mans hand; and some
solution, eIe long, that question must find
have not yet committed my miIid to any formula
that embraces the whole question. l halt on the
threshold of so great problems but there zone
point on which have reached q conclusion, ana
that is, that this nation must eIen up new ave-
nues Of work and usefulness u the women Oh
the country, SO that everywhete they may have
something TO do. This is, jus. now, Infinitely
more valuable to them than the platform or INC
ballot-bOx. Whatever conclusions shall be reach
ed on that subject by-and-by,. the present the
most valuable gift which can be bestowed on
women is something to do w.hich they can 90
well and wOrthily, and thereby. maintain Inc M
selves"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22

Irregular Corespondence.)
WASHINGTON, D. c., March 10, 1881.
The immense crowd that came 10 see the in
augural get drunk, get an Office, pick pocket,
has, to a considerable extent, returned to the
bosom of its family alive. The city fathers,
(Congress,) in anticipation of this crowd, and
that the things which ought to be done might
be commanded; the things which ought not,
prohibited, (Blackstone) appointed for ten days
300 special policemen. The three hundred ex-
PRED this morning Their little clubs were laid
aside, the gaudy yellow tassel torn from their
hats, the brass insignia Of office unpinned from
their manly breasts; now no more the midnight
scrimmage," the shrill whistle, the pomp and
circumstance of police courts-the specials occu-
patton is gone. The special was not altogether
ornamental, he was also useful. Quite number
got drunk, and one tumbled down the steps OF
the Central Station, greatly TO the confusion and
establishment of the regulars, who never, no,
never. The Especial" like the regular, found
that policeman's lot was not happy one"
For the first five days special officer Of the
Island was on duty, each day he got sound
drubbing from some one he attempted to arrest.
A special of the Fifth precinct shot himself in
the hand, and one special locked up another for
drunkenness 1t was amusing 10 listen to one
tell his experience few nights since; said he,
81 thought II was an easy job at first, but soon
found out differently. l made an arrest at
o'clock in the morning, from my beat went to
court where was detained until 10 A. NJ. At 10
went on duty then was on day watch, then
on special duty, and l had no time to sleep.
You can bet made no more arrests"
1t would be surprising to know by whom some
of the specials were recommended. AS rule
the men were of good character, yet a man who
had not been out of the penitentiary six months,
who applied but was rejected, had his papers
signed by two well-known ministers and several
good citizens. Another, who was well recon-
mended and appointed, was a defaulting col
lector another, drunkard for years, and who
was dismissed the third day after he was on.
A beautiful Herdic coach, made of polished
maple and brentwood, made its appearance on
the Avenue yesterday. This coach is triae
lighter than those already m use, and is to be
lighted with gas at night, all Of the coaches
now on the line instead of the dsagreeable coal
oil lamp. The Herdics are already making more
money in proportion to their expenses than the
railroad lines. Efforts have been recently made
by at least one street car company to buy up
| the right to run Herdics in this city, but these
y unsuccessful, ana will oontl.u.
to be 30. These vehicles are too popular and
necessary 10 fail for want of support and are
being introduced in every city with great sue
cess.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22
Flowers from the Government
Garden.

Abiding to the announcement that Seuator
Malone, Of virginia, the morning after he vq.ed
with the Republicans, found on his table 4
INDECENT boquet nom the government gard
with the compliments Of the President and Nj
Garfield, the New York SHn says: " 1t seems "a
US this osteniatious crowning with flowers the
desk of particular Senator, with compliments
Of the President and Mrs Garfield, may justly
be looked upon as carrying with Il q disagreeable
and hateful meaning. First, il means that the
President holds himself in readiness to reward
votes in his favor-to pay for them. The gin OF
flowers cannot signify less than that they are to be
followed BY the bestowal Of patronage. Again,
Il is direct affront II is declaration that the
President believes that United States Senators
may be pdtvonised by him. tits little thing in
itself, but very significant. The flowers have no
fragrance, but omit hateful and offensive odor.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-03-22

NORTH CARoLINA's Four FER CENTs.-The
Legislature of North Carolina, which adjourned
on Monday, the 14th, levied special tax OF SIX
cents on the hundred dollars valuation OF real
and personal property 10 pay Interest on the four
per cent. bonded debt of the State. The addi-
toua levy of six cents will raise &14o 900. which
Will be sufficient to pay the entire interest, if the
whole debt is funded in four per cents. The
amount of four per cents nov. issued is q, 5OO,-
900, and the funding is proceeding rapidly every
day. The Legislature also voted $4,000 iraid
of the celebration OF the battle of Yorktown