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The National tribune., 1882-04-29
EATING AND DRINKING WISELY,

The Farmers Club, at a racent meeting in
the Cooper Institute, New York, was enter
tanned with highly interesting lecture "On
the Relation of Food Products to their
Physiological Action" by DR.. Hubbard W
Mitchell. Some Of the convivial members
were rather disturbed by this reference to
alcohol. He said it was essential to the idea
of food that it should maintain or increase
vital or physiological actions, while drugs or
medicine may increase but usually lessons
some of them. A combination of foods is
necessary to maintain all the vital processes.
If this were not so single article must suf-
flee for all needs There are foods which
are more valuable than others, because they
supply greater number of substances that
the body needs, and hence are called COM
pound foods, while others, which supply but
one element, are called simple foods, and
usually are incorporated into the body with
but little change. Some foods are classed as
animal or vegetable, according to the source
whence they are derived; others as liquid or
solid, according to the density of their sub
stance. Both solid and liquid are absolutely
essential to the maintenance of life. Foods
are necessary to generate animal heat and
to promote growth of the body. Heat is the
more important, for the body may waste
long time and live, but if heat is Withdrawn
death follows.
1t is necessary, continued the Doctor, that
the body be supplied with certain salts as
those of potash, lime, soda, and sulphur, and
some acids. Experience has taught us how to
combine these for our proper needs Food
must be supplied regularly, although the
effect of the supply is temporary. The sense
of hunger is the sentinel that tells us when
we require food, and this is done through the
agency Of the pneumogastric nerve. Our
food is digested and assimilated to maintain
the functions of life. Physiology tells us
what is best for our needs, and the most i'm
portant are substances that are heterogeneous
and non-nitrogeneous Of the first are tleshes,
fruits, cereals, vegetables, tea, coffee and
milk; Of tho second are butter, lard, oil,
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
FARM AND WORKSHOP NOTES,

Too much water in the flOWer-pot is inju-
rious. Keep the earth moist only.
Cabbage will thrive on any soil that pro-
duces corn, but the stronger the soil the
better.
Dry fish guano contains more than fifteen
manure
Underground silos, of 500 tons capacity,
with proper ventilation, are now the rage in
Germany.
The Herefords are gradually gaining on
the shorthOrns in favor, and are considered
by some superior to them.
Never feed decaying roots to stock, espe-
cially to sheep, as they have been known to
seriously iniure some focks.
In highly-bred and liberally-fed animals
the teeth are produced earlier than in those
living under the reverse conditions.
Plenty of sun and a warm soil are needed
for growing mangels, while swedes thrive
best in cool, moist soil and climate.
To cement leather to metal: Wash the
metal with hot gelatine; steep the leather
in an effusiOn of nut-galls (hot), and bring
the two together.
Those who have spaded their gardens will
find the action of the frost beneficial in as
sisting to pulverize the soil.
Small, yoleless eggs, sometimes observed
in the case of fowls, denote overfeeding, most
likely an exclusive diet of Indian corn, with
little exercise and no green food.
To insure success in bee-keepiug it re-
quires a vigilant eye and proper amount of
industry, together with good location for
bees, a good movable-frame hive and plenty
of bee pasture
Hen manure carries less water than stable
manure, but more nitrogen and organic
matter. AS to potash and phosphoric acid,
there is great similarity in the constitu-
ents of both materials.
The exports of pork, meats, and lard from
all points in the United States and Canada.
from November l, 1881, to January 81, 1882.
were 323, ,595,S25 pounds, a decrease of o.
903,503 pounds for the same time the previ-
Gus year.
The produce of young mares are apt to be
the most healthy and vigorous There can
be no greater error than that of breeding a
mare when she is incapacitated for work.
either from age or accident.
The following is recommended as a cure
for collie or stretches in sheep: e-half pint
of lard to which one-fourth of teaspoonful
of cayenne pepper has been added. The at
tacks can always be prevented, however, by
giving feeding of potatoes or turnips every
day.
Intelligent breeders make rigorous Sc
lection of breeding stock. The late Edwin
Hammond was once asked what proportion
of the rams bred by himself he would be
willing to use on his own flock, and he an
swered promptly: "Not one in three hun
dred."
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
"MAD RIVER IN THE WHITE NOUN
TAINS,D

h'r Iongfellow's last poem, the proof slip q
which was corrected by him only few days befor
lsi- death. appears in the May number of tn
Atlantic Monfhly Just issued. The poem has tn
tile Mad River in the White Mountains" and
gives 81 dialogue between n traveller and a noun
tain stream. The pensive wayfarcr desires TO know
of the stream why all this fret and worry?n am
the river tells him Its story. After describing it
birth as n "brooklct nameless and unknown
il details its experience of the world and thus con
ciEdes:
heard the distant ocean cali,
Inporinc and entreating,
Drawn onward, DER this rocky wall
lplunged, and the loud waterfall
Made answer to the greeting.
And now, beset with many ills
A toilsome life follow;
Compelled TO carry from the hills
These logs to the impatient mills
Below there in the hollow
Yet something ever cheers and charms
The rudeness of my labors;
Daily water with these arms
The cattle of hundred farms,
And have the birds for neighbors.
Men call me mad and well they may,
When. full of rage end trouble,
burst my banks of sand and clay,
And sweep their wooden bridge away,
Like withered reeds or stubble.
Now go and write my little rhyme
AS of thine own creating.
Thou seest the day is past its prime,
can no longer waste my time;
The mills are tired of waiting.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29

PLANTING STREET TREEs.-The best trees
to plant in streets and on the sides of public
roads, and how far apart from each other
they should be set, are matters of particular
inquiry at the present time. Like many
other questions pertaining to rural affairs, a
definite answer can only be given where a
definite statement, embracing all the partic-
ulars of the case, is furnished. Country
roads are frequently too narrow, and too
badly kept, to admit Of shade trees of any
kind being planted on their borders, as they
Will prevent the drying up of the muddy
roadway after rains and winter SHOWS. If
trees are planted on the borders of such
roads, they should be set about fifty feet
apart and such varieties selected as are
either OF upright habit of growth, as the
Carolina poplar, or an open-h headed kind, as
the silver maple.
The same remarks will apply to narrow
streets In cities, where dense masses of foli-
age are more injurious than useful or sani-
tary. Too much shade in the close vicinity
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March l. 1873
We, the undersigned, having an acquaintance
with Captain GEORGE T. LEMON for the past few
years, and knowledge OF the systematic manner
in which he conducts his extensive business and of
nected Herewith, cheerfully commend him 70
claimants generally.
A. V RICE, Chairman
Committee on IprGIid Pensions House Reps
w. F. SLEM0NS, NJ. c.,
Second District Of 4rE,
W. P. LYNDE NJ. c.,
Fourth District Of His.
r. W. TOWNSHEND. NJ. c..
Nineteenth District Of III
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Increase of Pensions.

Pension laws are more liberal now than former
1y, and many now entitled to higher rate than
they receive.
From and after january, 1881, 1 shall make no
charges for my services in claims for increase of
pension where no new disability is alleged unless
successful in procuring the increase.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29

In China man who makes or sells adul-
terated food is imprisoned or hanged. In
this country it is the man who buys the
adulterated food who has to suffer. The
other fellow acquires five inches of fat on his
ribs, and is elected to positions of honor and
trust.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29

LARGE CoRN.-We lately received q few
grains of corn of very large size, and which
is represented to be new variety, from
which great results are anticipated in the
way of crops. This is nothing more than a
sample of South American corn, which is of
no use in our corn-growing sections, as the
climate is too cold, and the growing season
too short for it to mature 1t will grow to
good height, and might be useful as on ensi-
lage crop, although, even for that purpose, it
would probably be too watery, and thus be
inferior to the best kinds now used for fodder
purposes. The large grains of these tropical
varieties, contrasted with the small grains of
varieties which mature in the most northern
corn-growing regions, give evidence of the
influence of climates upon Seeds which have
doubtless started from one origin. Farmers
should be careful in investing in these large
seeded varieties from tropical climates, as
the plants will not mature to the extent of
even forming an ear in this country
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
Property taken by the Army in
States not in InSurrection,

Claims Of this character will receive special at
tention provided they were filed before January L
1880 not filed prior to that date they are barred
by statute of limitation.
In addition to the above we prosecute Military
and Naval claims of every description procure Pat
ents, Trade Marks, Copyrights attend to busi-
ness before the General Land Office and other Bu-
reaus of the Interior Department, and all the De-
partments Of the Government.
We invite correspondence from all interested as
surfing them of the utmost prOmptitude energy
and thoroughness in all matters intrusted to our
hands.
GEORGE Er LEMON.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29

THE BONE TREE.-On Jervis Island there
is tree called the bone tree, which picks up
bones. It is described as kind of banyan,
or fig tree, which sends down long tendrils,
or aerial roots, from its upper branches {;
these run along the ground and twine round
any small obstacles in their path, such as
bones and other unconsidered trifies. The
roots afterwards contract, and draw up what
ever is attached to them. What use, if any,
the tree makes of the things it gathers is not
stated
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
ITO be continued

CABBAGE GROWING.-J. J. II. Gregory
the popular scotsman, in the Fruit Recorder
says: II have raised many acres of the large
drumhead varieties on land that had been in
tillage and we'll manured for several years,
by stirring well into the place fer each hill
round handful of good phosphate, to be
followed by half handful of unleached
ashes at the first hoeing. Plant the seed, by
all means, where the cabbages are to grow,
and don't have the trouble and risk of trans
planting. Just as soon as they begin to break
ground-and watch sharply for this-sprin-
kle with fine plaster, and this will protect
them from the black fly"
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
REFERENCES:

As this may reach the hands of some persons un-
acquainted with this House, we append hereto az
specimens of the testimony in our possession,
copies of letters from several gentlemen of political
and military distinction and widely known
throughout the United States:
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War of 1912.

All surviving officers and soldiers of this war;
whether In the Military or Naval service of the
United states, who served fourteen ll days; or, if
In battle or skirmsh, for less period, and the
widows of such who have not remarked are en-
titled to pension of eight dollars month. Proof
of loyalty is no longer required in these claims.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
Rural Topics.
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM SAUNDERS
WASHINGTON, D. c.

Correspondence issolicited to this column. Com
mu rcations addressed 10 the Rural Department
Of TEE NATIoEAL TRIBUNE, 6l5 Fifteenth Street,
Washington, d. c., will be appreciatedl
The National tribune., 1882-04-29

CARE OF HORSEs.-A writer in the Amer-
two points in horse management:
I. The so-called disease Lampas never ex-
lists. The arrangement of the palate is lust
as it should be, as it enables the animal to
gather the grass more readily. The molar
teeth may require attention, but not the in
cisors or their surroundings, whose functions
are prepension and not mastication If.
then, the horse is off his feed, in most cases
the use of slight Alternative medicine, with
soft and easily digested food, will effect a
cure Do not in1ict that barbarous, terrible
punishment of burning out the gums, and
thus disable the poor brute from afterward
performing those natural functions which
sustain life.
2. Another mistaken kindness is horse
shoeing. 1t is not only injurious but is a
great tax, a two-fold reason why it should
be discontinued. Much time and ingenuity
have been expended in the effort to make q
shoe free from objections; but all produce.
more or less, physical injury, and do not
prevent the horse from slipping. When a
shoe does prevent slipping, it is from high.
sharp heels; but such shoes strain his foot.
cut his ankles, cork his hoots, make him stiff
and sore, and cause him to wound his mate
All the best authorities declare that nine
tenths Of the diseases of horses proceed from
their feet as consequence of shoeing.
physician in Virginia, DR.. Perkins, of
Hanover county, says that for number of
years he has not shOd his horses, believing it
to be the shoe and not the road that injured
the foot. He rode and drove, in his daily
practice, a horse for eight years without
shoes, and during the whole period the
hoofs were sound and good and less liable to
slip on the ice than q shod horse. A slight
rasping to keep the feet in shape was all the
care bestowed upon them.
This gentleman gives the example of a
bold riding fox hunter who would leap
fences and bitches and gallop on ice to show
the superiority of a barefoot animal to ono
shod, which feats his companions riding shod
horses dared not initiate.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
Heirs.

Widows, minor children, dependent mothers, fa-
thers and minor brothers and sisters in the order
named, are entitled.
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Restoration to Pension Roll.

Pensioners who have been uniustly dropped
from the pension roll, or whose names have been
stricken therefrom by of failure to draw
their pension for period of three years, or by
reason of re-enlistment may have their pensions
renewed by corresponding with this House.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., March -, Is75.s
From several years acquaintance with Captain
GEORGE E. LEMON of this city. / cheerfully COM
mend him gentleman of integrity and well
qualified to attend to the collection of bounty and
other claims against the Government. His expe-
rence in that line give him superior advantages,
w. p. SPRAGUE, NJ. c.,
Fifteenth District of Ohio,
JAS. p. STRAWBRIDGE VI. c..
Thirteenth District Of PennsAraRia.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
This Claim House Established
in 1861
GEORGE E. LEMON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Pensions,
?. o. DRAWER 325.

If wounded, injured, or have contracted any dis
ease however slight the disability, apply at once.
Thousands entitled.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
Land Warrants.

Survivors of all wars from 1870 to March 8, 1855,
and certain heirs, are entitled to hundred and
sixty acres of land. if not already received, Sol
derS of the late not entitled.
Land warra is purchased for cash at the highest
market rates, and assignments perfected.
Correspondence invited.
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Prisoners of War.
ion money promptly collected,
FurlOugh RationS.

Amounts due collected without unnecessary de-
lay: Such claims cannot be collected without the
furlough,
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DeSertiOn

from one regiment or vessel and enlistment in an
other, 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,
The National tribune., 1882-04-29
f'ITrzrSs, NATrovAy. RAVE

WASHINGTON d. c., january H. 1879.
Captain GEORGE E. LEMON, attorney and agent
for the collection of claims at Washington city,
is a thorough, able, and exceedingly well-informed
man of business, of high character, and entirely
responsible. l believe that the interests of all
having war claims requiring adjustment cannot be
confided to safer hands
JNO. A. J. CRESWELL.
President
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f5- Any person desiring information to my
standing and responsibility will on request. be fur
nished with satisfactory reference in his own
vicinity or Congressional District,
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Horses Lost in Service,

: Claims of this character promptly attended to-
Many claims of this character have been erro-
neousy rejected. Correspondence in such cases is
respectfully invited.
The National tribune., 1882-04-29

| of dwelling ho~rs ,rcvents the admission
of sunshine aud free circulation of ar
which are of such vital Importance 10 health
In this respect many errors have been COM
mitted in tree planting.
in the width and keeping of the streets,
! and their orramentation with trees, no city
on this continent can compare with the city
OF Washington. 70 this extent 1t IS the
model city of the United States. The great
and unusual width Of the streets, which was,
at one time, almost n matter of reproach, IS
now q matter for envy by strangers and So
Journers, who acknowledge that the arboreai
embellishments of other cities are insignih-
cant when compared with those Of the Capt.
tai of the Nation. The ample width of the
streets, as originally planned, makes these
improvements possible. Recent improve
ments have abridged the roadways to con-
venient breadths, varying from forty to sixty
feet, which has left spaces from twenty 70
+ thirty-fve feet in width from the buildings
to the curhstOnes, where lines of trees are
planted. This arrangement secures all the
most valuable sanitary effects of trees IN
cities, and affords shady promenades, with
out an excess of shade on dwellings. This
is feature Of tree planting in cities which
will probably be more thoroughly appre-
ciated in the future than it is at the present
time.
Street trees in cities encounter many evils
from which country trees are exempt. The
soil IN cities is generally untitled to their
growth. Holes about 18 inches in depth,
and wide enough to contain a cubic yard of
good surface soil, should be considered of
minimum size. After the tree is set the soil
should be made quite firm around and over
the roots, and the surface left somewhat
lower than surrounding levels, so that it
will intercept and receive all the water with
in reach.
Attention will be required, from time to
time, to maintain this depression of surface,
as dust will settle around the trees and fill
up around them so that water will be thrown
off instead of being retained. To prevent
the tree from injury it should be surrounded
by box, and secured TO it with leather
straps.
That the branches may not annoy pedes-
trians, they are trimmed off for height of
at least feet; if making good growth, the
top viii become too heavy to be supported
by the tall slender stem, hence the necessity
for pruning arises, in so far rs to thin out
the branches, that winds may pass through
them. The necessity for high trimming the
stem, and thinning out the tops, are evils
which cannot well be avoided.
The reflection of heat from the buildings,
the want of water and the exhaustion of the
soil, as time elapses, have a tendency to
check growth and encourage disease and
insects The bark scale is the worst enemy
of the street tree; the most etfectual remedy
for destroying this insect is to cover the stem
and branches with lime wash.
ITO be continued.]
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Bounty and Pay.

Collections promptly made.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-06-27
NUMBER Is.

demand that men shall not touch strong
drink. The U. P. demands that men
shall not be the worse for drink while
on duty, but am sure that many . man
braces himself with an occasional drink,
and carries his terrible responsibilities
under certain excitement that in case
Of sudden danger would not be conducive
to calm and benefcient action. We
don't want men under excitement, to get
the very best results from their labor.
Next fall Nebraska will vote on the
constitutional amendment striking out
the word male. cannot learn bow the
matter is likely to 60. / think that the
saloon men will oppose the measure.
Women are not generally over friendly
to saloon interests. expect that wo.
mems suffrage will obtain sooner or later.
Many men say it is only a question OF
time. expect the power of men, also
to be greatly curtailed in time. We
meet great numbers Of strong temperance
and suffrage men everywhere and they
are such men as help greatly in making
public opinion. slaf
ride on all kinds of trains, and one
day encountered car load Of Chinese,
about forty. Some Of them had pig-tails
that reached to the knee. They are per-
sistent shavers, not neglecting the fore
part of the scalp, the ear, the eyebrows.
or the nose. They kept the stove BOOM |
ing all the time, and cooked rice. All
dressed in blue, and many were good
sized men. / don't think they have
much ambition to learn "Melican mans
talk" ..
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-06-27
GETTYSBURG'S GILMAN.
A CANNONADE WHICH WAS HEARD
FORTY MILES.
THE MOST TERRIFIC FIGHTING IN OUR
WAR HISTORY.
EVERY BULLET FINDS LIVING TARGET
-NfpEI>fI's GRAND CHARGE.
fDetroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
At the close of the second days fight
Ewell had secured position on the Fed
eral right, from which Meade determined
to drive him a, any cost While he had
a Judgment among the Federal breast
works and riae-pits he had base from
which to drive a further wedge. He
knew what would come with daylight,
and he had reformed his lines and made
all preparations. Daybreak was stealing
softly over the hills and valleys, and it
was not yet light in the woods when
Ewell pushed forward 10 assault the
Federals. He found them forming IN
line to assault him, and the blaze of the
first musket was followed by rush from
either direction.
Neither Hill nor Longstreet were adj
vancing, but Ewell had not been engaged
FIVE minutes before the crash Of musketry
and the roar of cannon sounded all along
the line, and the awful work of the third
day had begun. But the real fight was
between Slocum and Ewell. The one
was determined to crush the other, and
the bravery exhibited by the blue and
gray on that flank that morning was
never excelled in wars history. Lines
of gray rushed forward through the
smoke to find lines Of blue standing as
firm as the hills under them, and whole
companies fred into each other at such
close range that the flames burned the
clothing of the dead and wounded.
When the gray lines rolled back the blue
lines followed, and there would be anoth-
err shock and another hand to hand strug.
gle. Ewelrs first advance drove tie
Federal lines.
IN THE REBOUND HE LOST MORE THAN
HE HAD WON.
Then Ewell was pushed quarter Of
a mile. when he rallied and crushed Slo-
cum back. So it was for hours wave