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The National tribune., 1883-03-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The last issue Of The International Rerie,v is a
double number, containing the numbers for
February and March, and it appears under new
editorial lmanagement-that of William RalstOu
Balch. According to the announcement, it is
intended to make it the leading publication Of
its kind in the United States. In consOnance
with this intention and the change in manage
ment the publication day hereafter will be tho
18th of each month for the month following
The number before us contains 4 full quota Of
able and well considered papers, among which
are: Protection to American Art" by ThOs
Donaldson; The Social Reconstruction Of En-
gland" III. NJ. Hyndman; admission of WO-
men to Universities" a." Florence Kelley; Decline
of the French Premiership" IN. Ford; Trial
by jury" G. S. Patterson; " Our Future Bank
ing System" a. 5. Bolles; "The Divine Law Of
Divorce" Ewd. Quincy, Jr. Poor Pay and No
Pensions" +. ID. Y. Carpenter; "Our Land
grant Railways in Congress" George w. Julian,
and The Story and Meaning of the New York
Election" Duncan Q. Mcmillan.
A special edition of the Baltimore and Obi0
Red Book, under the title How Twas Done"
has recently been issued by the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad 1t treats of the political revO-
luton of 1882, and contains the official returns
Of the vote in eleven States, with the returns OF
the preceding election, arranged in comparative
tables, in q remarkably clear and concise form.
The presidential vote of the States by counties
for 1876 and 1850 is also given, besides much
other valuable information relative TO the poll
tics of the country. 1t is a work of III pages.
neatly printed on fine paper, and with hand
some illuminated cover. Mr.. Joseph G.. Pang-
born, the efficient Assistant General Passenger
Agent of the railroad, is its author. No charge
is made for the book, and it will be forwarded
by mail to all who apply to Mr.. G. K. Lord,
General Passenger Agent, Baltimore, Nd. Men
tiOn The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
A unique and useful almanac is ST. jacobs
Oil Family Calendar for 1854 for, besides con-
tanning much valuable information, we have
seldom found book in which is condensed so
much original wit and humOr. Among the
articles will be found copyrighted contribu-
tions from such noted humOrists as NJ Quad,
Detroit Free Press; SpOopendyke, Of the Brook
lyn Eagle; George w. Peck, A. Miner Gris-
void, Bill Nye, the editors of Teyas SiffiHgs:
"The DanbuTy Ners man." Uncle RemHs, "a
also the wits of Puck, The Judge, Lowell Cisi-
gen. Boston Post, the San Francisco ITasp. and
other papers. The illustrations are also by the
best artists and are exceedingly amusing. Per-
haps never before has so expensive a work been
gratuitously distributed.
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4 Chance for BGrnum.

"Barnum has outdone acknowledgements ten
thousnnd-dolar beauty nowherel He has secured
at great expense, and will exhibit this season. n
soldier who served through the and did not
contract any disability or discover afterwards.
He is supposed To be the only living He will
be exhibited for few days only-in the House and
Senate and War Office"
This coarse attempt at wit emanates from
the Cape Ann Mass advertiser, a newspaper
which is in fair way to secure for itself an
unenviable notoriety. 1t really merits no
notice at our hands, yet it seems pity that
gentleman so famous for astuteness as Mr..
Barnum should be thus wantonly slandered.
Mr.. Barnum has had too long an experience
as a Snowman to be guilty of such an error
of Judgment as the AdcertiSer attributes to
him, and there are thousand curiosities
which he would be more likely TO select for
exhibition than the one in question. There
is, for instance, the editor who, twenty years
ago. wrote flaming articles on the duty of
the hour, and appealed to his fellow citizens
to take up arms in defense of the Union, and
now, when the Union has been preserved
and the men who saved it are crippled and
destitute, brands them as paupers and beg
gars! If Mr.. Barnum is in need of new
attraction, here is one that would draw i'm
mcnsely. Let cage be butt expressly for
him. Let it be ornamented after the manner
Of those containing other wild beasts, with
the name and species Of the monster, and
pictures illustrating his haunts and habits.
We venture to say that every soldier in the
land would be willing to pay fifty cents for
the privilege of obtaining good view of
such a curiosity. We can imagine with
what eagerness they would hobble up to the
cage, and with what a multitude of questions
ply the keeper! "Where did. you catch
him? Cape Ann, Massachusetts? Impos-
siblel Why, belonged to a company that
was raised there. You don't tell me that
this fellow has dared to call us frauds and
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American Farms.

According to the last census, the number
of farms in the United States is 4,O08, ,9O7.
The comparative smallness of these farms
furnishes the keynote to our unexampled
agricultural prosperity. OF the whole num-
Der, 2,208,374, or more than one-half, are
under 100 acres; 1906, 1888 of the remainder
are less than 500 acres; 1922 exceed 500
acres, but not 1000 acres; and only 1913
are 1000 or more acres in extent.
There are several reasons which might be
cited to prove the assertion that the size of
farms in this country has o direct bearing
on its agricultural prosperity. The first of
these is that the smaller the farm the more
productive, proportionately, it is apt to be.
A farmer may be land poor in more senses
than one, but never SO truly land poor as when
he has more acres than he has the means to
cultivate. The smaller the farm the more
likely it is to be thoroughly titled and its
resources fully developed.
The second reason is that the smaller the
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household when the soldier was powerless
to combat it! IF there is any class of women
that more than another have reason to know
and appreciate the truth of the saying
there's no place like home," 1t is the
wives and the mothers of our soldiers.
Reunited long since-mothers and sons
wives and husbands, brothers and sisters,
lovers and sweethearts-let US hope that
they are realizing at last all the blessings
which cluster around happy home, be it
ever so humble" For home is, after all,
where the heart is; and where the heart is,
though friends be faithless and Govern
ments ungrateful, there love and affection
will never be lacking.
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farm the more certain and constant is sure
to be its cultivation. The curse of England
to-day is the vastness of the landed estates
of her nobility, against the partition of
which the law of entail operates as perma-
nent restraint. So long as large percent
age of the lands suitable for agriculture are
thus locked up, her dependence upon other
Nations for food supplies must steadily in
crease. In the United States, on the other
hand, there is no bar to the acquisition of
land by the small farmer, and as a conse-
quence our agricultural development keeps
pace with the growth of population.
In this connection it may be of interest to
inquire in what section of the country large
farms pIedominate. At first thought one
might be inclined.to reply: in the West :"
but such is not the case. The census re-
turns show that large farms are more num-
erous in the South than anywhere else. The
State of Georgia leads with 902 farms of
1000 acres and over, Alabama has COG, Vir-
ginia Gal, South Carolina 482, Mississippi
481, Louisiana 81, and North Carolina 311.
Illinois has but 194. 1t would be more
correct, however, to speak of the South
ern farms as plantations" and their
large size is relic of labor system
under which they were formerly operated.
But even in the South the benefits resulting
from small farming are becoming manifest,
and the division of the old, unwieldy plan
tatiOns is going forward at rapid rate.
That it is not more rapid is due simply to
the fact that white immigration still shuns
the South. The blacks, dependent as they
are upon their own labor to acquire the
means necessary to buy land for them
selves, have not been able to effect rs sweep
ing changes in the system of farming as
would have been brought about had immi-
grants from the old world over-run the
South as they have the West since the close
of the rebellion. But the outlook, is, never
theless, encouraging, and the time is not far
distant when the agricultural resources of
the South will be as fully developed as those
of the North and West. The old planter
aristocracy is bound to wane and disappear
before the steady advance of the horny
handed SONS of foil
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tion of monument to that eitizen-patriot-
Flour Man Gridley."

IN another column of THE TRIBUNE, this
week, will be found sketch of the origin
and growth of the Grand Army, written by
Commander StimsOn, of the Department. Of
Colorado, for the Grand Army Magazine.
The main facts originally appeared in THE
TRIBUNE, but our subscribers have multi
publication, that to many of them the sub
ject of the reprint will be entirely new So
we believe this story of the birth of the
Grand Army is entirely authentic and to
Doctor Stephenson the credit is unquestiOn-
ably due of having founded the Order It
is to-day essentially what he created it, and
what it is to-day we trust it will eontinue
to be. The basis of fraternity, charity, and
loyalty is broad enough to support in Sc
curity the magnificent structure which has
been reared upon it, and so long as these
principles are rigidly adhered to there is no
danger that it will be undermined. 1t may
be that at some future time politicians will
again seek to control the Order, but they are
not likely to be again successful. The ten
dency is decidedly in the other direction
Party passions are powerless now to sway
the opinions of our comrades, and the ques-
tion which is most apt to rise to their lips
when their suffrages are solicited for this or
that candidate, is the simple query: as he
a friend of the soldier?"
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own shoulders, If not as matter of equity,
at least from considerations of self-interest.
This is the issue as it is presented to the
country to-day, and that it is one of the
highest Importance no person ofintelligence
is likely to deny. Upon its decision may
depend, for aught anybody can now foresee,
the preservation of our republican form of
government, for the intelligent use of the
ballot is, after all, the chief bulwark of the
Republic.
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NATIONAL WASHINGTON Co. THURSDAY 1885,

beggarsp Well! well! And he stayed at
home, the coward, did hep And he never
even smclt gunpowder, or heard the whiz of
bullet, or felt the surgeons knife, or
marched all day through the mud, or waded
river, or bivouacked in the snow, or starved
in prison? What do You call him, keeper !?
An migrate, did you say? What's that-a
man? No, I thought not Stir him up a
little-I want to hear him whine. All, it's
like faint echo of the rebel yell But
what do these figures on the side Of the cage
mean, keeper? What he was worth before
the war and what he is worth now? Why,
/ only got thirteen dollars a month while I
was in the army and lost my leg in the bar
gain. Called us frauds and beggars, did he?
Well, well, keeper, this is the greatest
show on earth,' and no mistake. Buy his
photograph? That will It'll just do to
match that picture of jeff Davis in my
wife's album. We kind of hated to stick
anybody's photograph alongside of his, but
it seems there's pair of them, and, if any
thing, 1 think he's little the worse Of the
two. Move on? All right, keeper, I'll let the
rest Of the boys have chance. But mind,
you keep sharp eye on him. I'd sooner
trust tiger than an migrate"
If Mr.. Barnum wants q new attraction,
the editor of the Cape Ann AdCertiser is
certainly his man.
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tend, they should resolve to work persistently
and unitedly for its overthrow.
The Adjournment OF Congress.

The work of the Forty-seventh Congress
is finished and the record of its labors is
before the country. 1t unquestionably COM
mitted many grave blunders, but some of its
acts will rebound to the permanent benefit Of
the country. At its first session it enacted
river and harbor bill of such huge proportions
that the people were constrained TO carry
their disapproval TO the polls AT its second
session, however, it put forth an earnest effort
to regain public favor and although it made
the mistake of constituting the result of the
fall elections as declaration in favor of
reduction Of internal revenue taxation and
tariff charges, it accomplished good deal
in the way of wholesome legislation. 1t
passed the civil service bill, provided for
reduction of the postage on letters, disposed
of the long pending question of the return
of the japanese indemnity fund, enlarged
the usefulness of the Court of Claims, and
took measures TO prevent the adulteTation
whisky extension bill and new river and
harbOr bill-both virtuous acts Of omission
The total appropriations made at the first
session amounted to $295, $685. ,G39; at the
second session to but 500 327, ,5i1.36-a
very considerable retrenchment, which Will
go far to balance the curtailment of the rev.
enues involved in the operation of the tariff
bill. As to the unwisdom of the last named
measure we have spoken at length else
where, but there is this to be said in extern
uation of its action that Congress was sub
jected TO 4 heavy pressure from those who
were anxious to have the internal revenue
taxes abolished entirely, and in consenting
only to partial reduction it preserved to the
Treasury at least half Of its annual surplus.
Indeed, if we were sure that no further re-
duction would be made in the near future,
we should be disposed to accept the result
with tranquility, since the revenues Of the
Government are still ample to meet the just
demands of our ex-soldiers without affect
ing in the slightest degree the discharge
Of its usual obligations, and it is only the
apprehension of what the next Congress
may attempt in this direction that has
occasiOned Us disquietude.
However, our ex-soldiers have carried
their main point in the defeat of the attempt
to abolish the taxes entirely and thereby
wipe out every penny of the existing surplus,
and it is now question simply of maintain
ing their advantage. That they can do so,
if they choose, does not admit of doubt but
it is essential that they should lose no time
in getting their forces into line. The ability
Of THE TRIBUNE to lead them on to victory
is only limited by the size of the army at
its back. 1t has held its ground so far
against superior numbers and in the face of
overwhelming odds, but in the campaign
that is opening it is necessary that it should
have the support Of every ex-soldier in the
country. It's influence is directly depend I
cnt on its circulation; the larger thatjs the
more potent THE TRIBu NE will be for the
ompiiiisiiment of the great work which
has been given it TO do
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As WILL be seen by reference to our re-
port of Congressional proceedings, Commits
sioner Dadley has transmitted to the Senate,
in compliance with Senator Bccks reso-
luton, an alphabetical list of all pensioners
on the rolls January 1st, 1888, and that
the Senate has ordered the list printed.
1t viii occupy about 800 pages of the same
size as those OF the Congressional Record, and
the cost VIII be about 900! IN all proba-
bility the list viii not be printed until De-
cember next, IN time to be laid before the
Senate at the opening Of the session, when
no doubt, Senator Beck viii make another
effort TO secure the passage Of his bill to post
the list at every post-oliice and advertise il
in the newspapers. When he comes TO figure
up the cost of the publication, however he
viii find some difficulty, We imagine, in con-
yincing bis fellow Senators Of the necessity
of such an expenditure Of the public money.
Ifit costs $4,000 simply TO prir. the names
in pamphlet form for the convenience of
the Senate, what viii il cost to print it in
the advertising columns of the newspapers
at twenty, thirty or forty cents per line?
Mr.. Beck is not the first statesman who has
been floored by a simple sum in arithmetic.
THE refusal of the House to pass the
bonded whisky bill, despite the desperate
attempts Of the lobby to compel action upon
ii in the closing hours Of the session, will
long be remembered to its credit. Had this
measure became law il would have robbed
the Treasury Of the interest on some eighty
millions Ct dollars. and possibly Of the prin-
cipal itself 70 the sole benefit Of the dis
tillcrs Aea.1-t the injustice Of such pro-
eedure Trr Tribune protested with all the
ability at iss command, and II is with no
slight SAT-; fiction that it records the failure
of the bin. At the openingof the next ses-
sion OF Coneuss, we dare say. an attempt
VIII be made 10 secure the repeal of the
whisky tax itself bat our veterans have it
in their power, between now and the first
Nonday in December, to array public senti-
Hlent so strongly against the movement that
Congress viii not dare to countenance il.
Forewarned If forearmed, and now that our
ex-sOldiers know the character of the op-
position with which they VIII have to cen-
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OPINIONS WORTH READING
What Our Contemporaries Have to Say of The Ma
tiOnaI Tribune.
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IWood County (WTs.) Reporter. !

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, published at Washing
ton, IL of the abest defenders of our soldiers
and their rights. 1t has grown from small
monthly publication in 1871 70 seven column
quarto weekly in 1888 and contains the choicest
reading matter of the day. IL Is making most
gallant fight for soldiers rights and in defending
the laws granting pensions and back pay and
bounty due them against the encrOnchmcnts being
made on such laws by the Eastern shylOck press.
IL is sent for the small price of 81 per year, and
should be in the hands of every Union soldier.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE should have an agent ia
Wood County Post
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A L0ng-LiYed Family.

A correspondent of THE tribune writes. There
is ia this state baby who, when nine months old,
had two great-great- -grandmothers and one great
great grandfather; three great grandmOthers and
two great grandfathers; two grandm0thers and
two gran dfathers, also father and mother living,
aged TWEEN ty-two and twenty-one years respective
ly At the time of its birth both great-grandmOther
and grand mother, on the mothers side, were
teaching in the public schools, neither one having
notice able grey hair. In October last five gsno-
rations met at the home of the maternal great
grandfather and mother. The eldest OF the five.
though over eighty-three years old, was abls -
enjoy the reunion quite as well as anyone else.
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A Live and Readable Paper.
TU1bcnoJ (PnO Trib,tne1

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, published at Washing
ton ID. c., has been enlarged from forty-eSht to
fifty-six columns. Although containing variety Of
general news this paper is largely devoted to- the
interests of Grand Army and pension matters, and
the publication of interesting "reminiscences of the
war II circulates in every State and Territory OF
the Union and has subscribers at nearly III $40 post
Offices IL is live and readable paper and TO those
who have been soldiers il Il probably the most
useful and interesting published in the country.
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Yes, 1t Has Come to Stay.
[ERin,eood lKan.l Erpress. ]

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, published at Washing
ton ID. C., comes TO us enlarged from a forty-eght
TO titty-siX column paper, asd Is printed their
new Scott web perfectng press. 70 is the friend Of
the soldier, and has large circulation in every
state and Territory in the Union. We cOHEratu-
uate the managers of THE TRIBUNE upon their
success, and hope they may long continue IN their
field of labor.
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First Class in Every Particular.
fEasi 81. Louis (IHsJ Weekly Signal.

II1tISI %. A@VUtS VIVtS'J TttN'y 'JI'''''I
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, OF Washington, ID. c.,
has enlarged from forty-eght to fitty-six columns,
and is printed from its new Scott web pcrfectinS
press built expressly for It's by G. Potter, Jr,
of New York. IL now circulatcs in every state and
Territory of the Union, and has subscribers mt
nearly eleven thousand pOst-Otices. 10 Is. without
doubt the best paper of its class in the country,
and is power in fur;hering the interests Of ex-
soldiers. No man who served in either the Union
or Confederate army should be without it. IL Is
first class in every particular.
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An UnmistakabIe Evidence OF Prosperity.

As an unInistakablc evidence of prosperity this
grand soldiers paper comes To us tins week en-
lIrged from torty-eight 10 hfty-six columns, and
printed on its Scott web perteCting press, built
expressly for its use by c. Potter * Co.. of New
York. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE now eirculates in
every State and Territory of the Union, and las
subscribers ut nearly eleven thousand post-oficcs.
1t is The soldiers paper. Subscription price. 80.
Washington ID. T..
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WE MUST again remind our correspond
ents of the importance Of writing their COM
munications in a bold, legibie hand. 1t
frequently happens that the signatures to
7s;y letters are uudecipherable, and in such
sir publication is, of course, out of the
ION. This statement viii perhaps ex-
gain to some of our correspondents why
heir articles have received no attention.
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The number of pension certificates issued
md signed during the week ending March
Bth, was as follows: Original, G78; increase,
III; reissue, 81; restoration, II; duplicate,
B3; arrears, o; accrued pensions, 81; total,
n21
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The Soldiers Favorite Paper.
[Cau County fNsbl .JotrnaL.l

The soldiers favOrite paper THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, comes to us enlarged from forty-eiglt to
ffty-six columns, and is printed on new press,
built expressly for it. THE TRIBUNE crculates in
every state aud Territory where there is an eS-sOl-
der, and is an excellent newspaper.