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Horror Of Dobt.

81 owe any success which may have
been mine" said Peter Cooper, "largely to
my attitude n regard to the banks;
would not put myself in their power by
running in debt. had learned three
trades by tho time was twenty ono years
old--ane Of them on what is now the
corner Of Broadway aud Chambers street.
| could make every part of hat. and for
several years worked in an ale brewooy with
my father. In my seventeenth year
entered as apprentice to the coach making
business, 10 which rempineJ four years,
till | became 'of age made for my
employer a machine for mortsing the hubs
of carriages, which proved very profitable
to him, AMI was, perhaps, the first of its
kind used IN this country, When | was
twcnty-ono years old NY employer offered
to build me shop aud set mo up in busi--
ness, but rs [ always had horror of being
hurdencd with debt, and having no capital
of my own, declined his kind offer He
himself became a bankrupt. ] have made
it u rule to pay everything as [ go. IF, in
the coarse OF business, anything s duo
from me to anyone, and tho money is not
called for, I make it my business on tho
last Saturday before Christmas to take it to
his business Placo."
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Little Jim.

The cottage WAS u thatched one, the outside
low and mean,
Yet everything Within that cot was won.
drons neat and clean;
The night was dark and stormy, the wind
was bowling wild,
y patient mohcr watched beside the death
bed of her child
little worn out crebture-his once bright
eyes grown DIM;
1t was cnllicr's wife and child, thew called
him Little jim ("
And, oh! to sec the briny tears, fast hurs
rying down her cheek,
As skc offered up prayer-in thought; she
WIS afraid to speak,
Lest she might wakcn ono she loved far
better than her life;
For she hnd all mothers heart, had TINT
poor golfers wife.
With hands upIited SEQ, she kneels beside
the sufferers bed
Aud prUys that lie will spare her boy, and
take herself instead.
She got her answer from the hoy, soft fell
those words from him
"Mothrr, the angels do 50 smile md beckon
to little jim;
| have no pain, dear mother, now, but, oh
am SO dry,
Just moistcu poor Jims lips sguin, and
mo'hcr, don't you cry.v
With gentle, trembling haste, she held a
teacvp to his lips,
III smied to thank her, as ho took three
tiny little sips
TELL father when Ec comes from work.
bid good night to hini.
And, mother, IN go to sleep Alas, poo,
little Jim!
She saw that he was dying, tho child she
loved to dear
Had uttered tho 'ast words she might eve,
hope to hear
The cottage door is opened, the ccllier's strr
il heard
The father ard the mother meet, yet nc-
thcr speak word
| lie felt that all was over, he know his child
was dead;
H. took the candid in his hand, and walked
toward the bed.
His qnivrring 6 lip gave token Of the gric
he'd filn conceal
And see, his wife has joined him, tn,
stricken couple kncrI;
With hearts bowed duwn by sadness, thcy
humtIy ask of Hin,
ln heaven once more to meet their own des,
little Jim.
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VOLUME XXXIII.-NO. 25.

and 30 on claim that the man who pays
tag on ten thousand dollars has ten times
the interest in the prompt and houest ad-
ministrotion Of the laws as he who pays no
tax at ALL He could be relied on to op.
pose any scheme Of plunder or extortion,
reckless taxation or extravagant expendi-
lures. A franchise like this would add
about 100000 votes to the present
poll list, 1t would ensure legislature and
State and county officers elected 10 tho in
tercst OF good government, guaranteed to
protect und foster the material interests of
the State. Tho cry about election frauds
aud ballot box stutfiug would no longer be
heard. Every interest would be represented
and 10 its Just proportion.
IT have not already wearied your road
crs would like in future article to clabo-
rate this plan to ensure just, safe and
honest government. G. j. GREENE.
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LIFE OF A COUNTRY EDITOR
a STORY WITH a POWERFUL MORAL
LET EVERYBODY READ.


Once upon time, nt"ut the beginning
of the year 1881, there lived lean
hungry country editor. An through TN,
year 1880 he had w,rkcd hard aud hid
lived for the most part on turnps, dncd
apples and hcrrings, Thanksgvin. D.y
and Christmas had come aud gone and on
those orc ,siuns tho editor had worked nfi
The best jokes he could get up us to turkirS
and cranhcrry snuce. He got up these
jokes mainly for the purpose Of making the
genera! public believe that he 1iued snmp
tunu,| |y on these oacasions. Bat the i,cr
of the matter is, the only change of die,
the editor bad on each nj those days, was
that he .ixtd his ,urrlps and dried apples
together and called tho mixture by n
beautiful French name. 1t is true tl,f
The editor was; not able to cat much nf his
new dish. even alter ho had given il u
rcauiful name. I}ut this did not matter
much He calmly ate his herring aud
congratulated hinself that this French
dccacy of his was dish few Of his
ac0uaintanccs had ever sal down to-
But we must go on with our story. as
we haze remarked before, our narrative
cnmm,nces with tho year 1891 Or
course, mat is long tine age; aud the
editor, ab"ut whom we are now telling, has
long sncc died aud gouc TO heaven. Bur
perhaps s"mc OF our oldest rendc's my
nave ne''l 'hnn s''n'''n'' Sp"'k Of the
winter OF 1851 aud 1881 How 1t snow' d
aud blowed aud lr"z"h a"d then Took "
fresh s''rt aud tr"zed and snowrd anh
tlowed. tow b"nts were frozen UP IN the
rivers aud railroad t,alns blocked 10 tn"
uddio forests b. lmpenetrnnIe t"nks OF
snow, and the oatt'e upon thousand hills
compelled 10 cat straw n"dcr shed--"ud
YET II kept on showing and blowing aud
freezing There lived about this time a
weather prophet by the name OF Vrnnor
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Follows Who Ought to be Killed.

The fellow who crosses his legs in q
crowded car and uses the space in front of
him as cnspadore.
The restaurant ficnd who insists upou
eating with his knife.
The fellow who cant sit next to woman
without insulting her.
The fellow who can't pass q woman in
the street without peerug into her face. !,
The fellow who tells old stories.
Tho professional borrower who never
pays-about tho meunest of all fellows.
The fellow who takes another woman to
the theatre and leaves his wife at home.
The fellow who sits behind you on first
| night and tells his ncighbors all the plot of
the pay
The fo'Iov who borrowo your umbrella
'just for minute and returns the handle
iu a mouth.
The fellow who goes out between every
act to got drink and comes in later after
epch drink.
Tho fellow who sits on your hat In
church because you have politely made
room for him. e
The fellow who has just heard ia good
thing"
The fellow who interlards every word
with an oath.
The fellow who omokes bad cigars on the
front platform or elsewhere.
The fellow who uses hair oil.
The fellow who has been abroad nyo,,
know"
The girls who ought to be taught better.
Gninsborough hat girls.
Oscar Wilde girls.
Girls with loud voices.
Girls who talk aloud in theatres.
Gigling girls
Too awfn!y young girls.
Girls who are only coming out.
Grls who are out too long.
Girls of thirteen who imagine themselves
eighteen.
Girls Of forty odd, who imagine them-
selves twenty-five and dress aocordingly.
Blue girls.
Vichcry Vassary girls. 4. .,r,.l
Girls who use slang.
Girls who have cousins to take them
home. ' "ns
Girls who can't dance.
Girls who can do nothing but dance
Girls who flirt with the wrong fellow. f
Girls who firt with the right fellow.
Girls who powder aud paint
Scientific girls who wear glasses.
Girls who know grammar too WELL
Girls who know anything too we'll.
Girls who like any fellows autograph
save one
Girls who Gun sing or play, and make
fuss over it when asked
Girls who don't know their own minds
Girls who do know their own minds.
Fast girls.
Slow girls
In fact!
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lessncss, dizziness, nervous
debility, weakness, &c.
Use only Browns Iron Bittcrs made by
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PASSENGER DEpARTNl ENT.
i and after the 10th Of April 1882, the
&engcr Train Service on he Atlanta md
3lotto Air Linc Division will be as fol-
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A desperate affray occurred ot Hickorv :
N. c.. recently Arrests vero NOD H.,
Tho nol;oo IF 10 tonn Inst ,.I. ~
.,aa t'.Ss - ~ 'o"u '.'. "ooA ol seVeIal
.oa"s "o" ""o ""u 'aiSso disturbance
ana resisted an oihcer Five OF them ro.
turned to town Saturday and made des-
perate aesuult on Policeman Ed Bradford
The attacking party were Pink Rowe
Ch,rlcy Rowe. Pink Svmon uowoI, por;sl
ond m.n nnn,oa roui;.. n, "''eu
,uno "" :. s''ou 10y. So,nss Ane lohoeman
""s %oun'eo ou' nc hred e'ght SHOTS at his
1SsutlaUlS, ana wQunuc0 HlDK Rowe. How
oil Parish and Coriss. Rowo was shot in
tno hoea, nead La.% ana shoulder and Parish in tho
named CHARLEY Bradfor9 and "H HarI;s Uaisr %ep epo
shot accidentally.
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T(leSeCret

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ply this: 1t is the best Iron
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compounded on thoroughly
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does just what is claimed for
it-no more and no less.
BY thorough and rapid
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it reaches every part Of the
system, healing, purifying
and strengthening. Com
mcncing at the foundation
it builds up and restores lost
health-in no other way can
lasting benefit be obtained.
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Dearborn Ave-, Chicago, Nov. 2.
have been n great sufferer from
avery ywcak stomach, ar,burn, and
dyspepsia in its worst form. Nearly
everything ate gave ne distress,
and could cat but little. have
tried everything ngrccommcnded, have
taken the prescriptions Of n dozen
physicians, but got no relief until
took Browns Iron Bittc.s. l feel
none Of the old troubles, and am a
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stronger, and feel first.ra,c. am
railroad engineer, and now make
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The National tribune., 1882-08-26
" How much land do you own?"

How much land do you own?"
"Not foot"
"Whose land does your stock Craze on?"
Government land"
How often do you see your cattle?"
"Once year,
Don't you have herder with them?"
"NO, sir"
We'll, young man, I would as soon loan
you money on the herring in Boston har-
bor"
a Cheyenne man who don't pretend to
know q maverick from mandamus, has
made neat little margin of $4,000 this
summer in small transactions, and hasn't
seen COW yet that he has bought and sold.
Cheyenne is wild over the market, and Six
teenth street is young Wall street. Mil
lions are talked of as lightly as nickels, and
all kinds of people in all professions are dab
bling in steers. The chief justice of the su-
preine court has recently succumbed to the
contagious excitement and gone to purchase
$4,000 herd. Everywhere the excitement
is as bad as it eve was in mining stocks in
the old palmy days of Comstock. How long
this thing will continue is matter Of pure
speculation. Whether the 1aboring classes
OF the States will eat porter-house steaks
when they taste like a Government bond, or
quit all at once and knock the bottom out of
the Chicago market, no man knows to dead
moral Cortainty.-BostOR Herald.
The National tribune., 1882-08-26
TREE-pLANTING,

Ninety-three thousand acres of land have
been planted with trees in Kansas under a
new .aw relating to arboriculture. This is
done To supply wood to the future generation,
and, i. possible, TO increase the moisture of
the atmosphere. This example ought to be
followed very extensively, for, since the
country was settled, the waste of woodlands
has been enormous. Immense sections of
the earth's surface are barren to-day, because
of the removal Of the ancient forests, and the
droughts and freshets of this country are in
great part due to the same cause. Every
farmer and landowner should regard it as a
duty he owes to his country and posterity to
plant more trees than he cuts down. Then
every municipality, every State, and the
Nation should combine to encourage tree
growing, and to check the reckless cutting
down of wood.
The National tribune., 1882-08-26
CATTLE MILLIONAIRES.
How Independent Fortunes Have Been Acquired in
Single Season.

How Independent Fortunes Have Been Acquired in
Single Season.
With the present high prices Of beef, and
the cow literally jumping over the moon,
Wyoming cattle men are re&ping q rich har-
vest, and many of them will make almost
independent fortunes this summer. The rise
has been so rapid, and transfers are made so
easily, that large transactions are made every
day in which the buyer does not see h0of
of his purchase, and very likely does not
actually use more than one half the purchase
money in the trade before he has sold and
made an enormous margin in the deal. A
year ago Laramie plains cattle man was
offered large Utah herd and ranch for So
900, which offer was accepted at the moment,
but later rejected. Since that the Utah man
sold $40 900 worth of the herd then sold the
ranch for 81 800, aiterward put $4,000 more
into the bunch, and last week sold it for
$4,000. In other words, the Utah man is
to-day ahead over $4,000 because his last
years offer was not accepted.
Several years ago one of the most promi-
nent cattle men in Wyoming, who can to-
day easily command $l,000OO0 for cattle
trade without impairing his business, came
TO Boston to negotiate loan with Massa-
chusetts capitalists. He met an old man
who knew more about cent. per cent than he
did about Wyoming and Colorado cattle.
and began to talk business. He said that he
was making large profits on his present in
vestmants, and, therefore, he wanted to put
more capital into the business, very natu-
rally, to increase his income. Mr. Money
bags asked what security would be given?
II would secure the loan by mortgage On
my herd, sir"
"Where are your cattle?"
Some in Wyoming, some in Nebraska,
and some in Colorado
"How much land have you under fence?"
"NOne"
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WORSHIP IN THE WOODS

How rich the embroidered carpet spread,
On either side the common way;
Azure and purple, gold and red,
Russet and white, and green and gray,
With shades between,
Woven with light in looms unseen.
Tho dandelion's disk Of gold
With lustre decks the meadows green,
And multiplied a million fold
The daisy lights the verdant scene;
The blue mints plumes
Invite the bees TO their perfumes.
A wrinlSled ribbon seems the road,
Unspooled from the silent hills afar;
Rest like an angel, lis the load
And in my path lets down the bar,
And here it brings
A lease of life on healing wings.
A summer leisure of the cloud
That wandcrs with its trumpctcr,
The wind, is mine; no wrangling crowd
Annoys the humble worshiper
In the white tent
Beneath a listening armament.
DUPLICATING on the ambient air
Sweet songs Of sacred music rise,
And now a voice distinct in prayer,
Like the larz's hymn, reaches the skies,
And the Amen"
Is echoed from the hills and glen.
The wood a vast cathedral seems,
Its dome the overarching sky;
The light, through trembling branches streams
From open windows lifted hight;
Under the frs
Soft shadows shield the worshperS.
George w. Bungay ift oar Continent.
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Increase of Pensions.

Pension laws are more liberal now than former
ly, and many now entitled to a higher rate
than they receive.
From and after January, 1881 / shall make no
charges for my services in claims for increase or
pension, where no disability is alleged unless
successful in procuring the increase.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.

WASHINGTON d. c., March 1, 1873.
We, the undersigned, having acquaintance
with Captain GEORGE f. LEMON for the past few
years and knowledge of the systematic manner
in which he conducts his extensive business and of
his reliability for fair and honorable dealing con-
nected Herewith, cheerfully commend him to
claimants generally.
A. V, RICE. Chairman
Committee HIUdiid Pensions, House RsDs
W. +. SLEMONS, NJ. c.
Second District Of DIRK.
w p. LYNDE. NJ. c.,
Fourth District of His.
Z. W. TOWNSHEND, VI. c.,
Nineteenth District of III,
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Ali surviving officers and soldiers of this war
whether in the Military or Naval service of the
United states, who served fourteen Il q days; or il
In battle or skrmish, for less period, and tho
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., 1882-08-26
Restoration to Pension Roll.

Pensioners who have been unjustly dropped
from the pension roll, or whose names have been
stricken therefrom by reason of failure to draw
their pension for period of three years, by
renewed by corresponding with this House.
The National tribune., 1882-08-26

A GENTS WANTED.-The grandest scheme
II of a lifetime; profits larger than have ever
been made by agents at any business; adapted
for any condition of life; old and young mar
ried and single, all make money faster than
ever before. Business strictly honorable; no
competition; no capital required. Seize this
golden chance without delay. Send your adj
dress ON postal to-day for full particulars.
Address GEO. DE LARA, 757 Broadway, New
York. 36-17t
The National tribune., 1882-08-26

JOHNSON GRAss.-This is name given
TO a Syrian grass which is botanically Sor-
ghum HaIapense. 1t has also many synonyms
il the Southern States, such as Cuba grass
Means grass Green Valley grass, and Egyp-
tan grass. This is a strong rapid growing
perennial grass, which is becoming quite
popular in the Southern States, where it
iourishes well and stands the dry, hot
weather better than any other grass Of equal
value for forage Like most other kinds of
strong growing grasses, this has to be used
while 1t is young and before the stems be-
come hard and woody. If cut for soiling
purposes several heavy cuttings can be
made during the season; with good soil and
reasonable rains IL viii afford good cutting
The National tribune., 1882-08-26

nowadays, there are lean and lank ones, who
sigh for the fashionable measure of plump
ness, and who would be vastly improved in
health and appearance, could their figures
be rounded with good, solid flesh. Nothing
is more coveted by thin woman than full
figure, and nothing will so raise the ire and
provoke the scandal of the "clipper built
as the consciousness of plumpness in a rival.
In case of fever or summer complaint, milk
IS now given with excellent results. The
idea that milk is feverish has exploded, and
is. now the physicians great reliance in
bringing through typhoid patients and
those in too low q state to be nourished by
solid food. It is a mistake to scrimp the
milk pitcher. Take more milk and buy less
meat. Look to your milk man; have large
sized, well-flled milk pitchers on the table
each meal, and you will have sound flesh
and save doctors bills
RHEUMATIsM-Whe horse falls lame
at uncertain and irregular intervals, and
suddenly RECEIVERS and as suddenly falls lame
again, it indicates that the cause is rheuma-
tism. rheumatism is form of inflammation
arising from disordered and usually acid
state of the blood, and attacks the fibrous
structures, the muscles and tendons of the
body. 1t is frequently constitutional and
hereditary, and shifts from place to place
without warning and very suddenly, and it
may as rapidly disappear by warmth, the
heat of the sun, or change OF weather,
rainy, warm weather being favorable Indi-
gestion will cause it to appear, or q cold, or
even exposure to a slight change Of tempeIa-
ture. The most effective remedy is alkaline
salts, as acetate of pOtassa or hypOsulphate
of soda given in one ounce doses and con-
tinued for week or two. Local applica-
tons Of hot lamentations to the limb affected
or of stimulating Iiniment will be useful.
No corn should be given, and soft mashes of
bran or oats and linseed should form the
bulk Of the food
LUMBER FROM STRAw.-The vast con-
sumption of lumber in this country, and the
consequent rapid depletion of the supply of
timber, gives great interest TO process, now
in successful operation, OF making lumber
from wheat straw. Boards an inch thick are
manufactured, which can be colored to re-
semble accurately any real lumber. 1t is
said to be cheaper and more durable than
natural wood and Will hold as we'll. 1t may
be finished with varnish or paint, and is sus-
Ceptble of high polish; it is water and
practically fire proof, being manufactured
under five hundred degrees of heat, and is
said to have been boiled for successive hours
without any apparent change of structure,
Its tensile strength is greater than that of
walnut or oak, and its weight about one
fifth greater than the former when dry.
Two thousand square feet of this material
can be manufactured from ton of straw
Exchange.
The National tribune., 1882-08-26

SHADE IN PASTURES.-During the last
week or two there have been some hot days.
We have felt time and again-;ls we have been
among the cattle, feeding steers, milch cows
and young cattle-that the men who teach
and practice that it is positive disadvan-
tage to have shade in the pasture are guilty.
of great cruelty. Oitentimes this cruelty is
unsupported, but the animals suffer none the
less. The claim that the cattle will lie or
stand in the shade when they should be eat
ing, can only have force il the case OF Door
pastures. Where there is full feed the animal
does not need TO eat certainly more than
twelve hours out Of the twenty-iour 1t
needs time for rumination and digestion
No harm comes if the cattle do quietly lie
in the shade most of the time from nine in
the morning until five in the afternoon
They win enjoy the food more in the even
ing and early morning.
We know that cattle will do welI-often
times very weIl-without shade; so thew
often do well in the winter without shelter
but shade in the summer and shelter in the
winter are more humane, and usually sources
Of direct profit.
On some farms mistaken policy prevails
Of keeping the milch cows in a dry lot dur
ing the night. Some time is saved, perhaps,
but the COWS lose the best time for feeding
in hot weather.-Breede,'s Gazette.
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War of 1912.

Widows, minor children, dependent mothers, IA
Tiers and minor brothers and sisters, in the order
named, are entitled
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Rural Topics.
CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM SAUNDERS,
WASHINGTON, D. @.

Correspondence issolicited to this column. Com
munications addressed to the Rural Department
OF THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, 6l5 Fifteenth Street,
Washington, d. c., will be appreciated.l
The National tribune., 1882-08-26
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

From several years acquaintance with Captain
GEORGE E. LEMON of this city, cheerfully COM
mend him as gentleman of integrity and we'll
qualified to attend TO the collection of bounty and
other claims against the Government. His expe-
rence in that line gives him superior advantages.
W.P. SPRAGUE, NJ. c.,
Fifteenth District Of Ohio.
JAS. ID. STRAWBRIDGE, NJ. c.
Thirteenth District Of PeRnSyIra
The National tribune., 1882-08-26
DeSertiOn

from one regiment or vessel and enlistment in
other, Is not a bar to pension in cases where the
wound disease, or injury incurred while in the
service OF the United States, and in the line OF
duty.
The National tribune., 1882-08-26
Land Warrants.

Survivors of all wars from 1870 to March g. 1855
and certain heirs are entitled to one hundred and
sixty acres of land, if not already received Sol
diers OF the late war not entitled.
Land warrants purchased for cash at the highest
market rate, and assignments perfected.