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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

IT viii be observed that the investigation
into the management of the Soldiers Home
at Bath, New York, has failed to disclose
any ground for the charges of cruelty and
fraud recently brought against the admins
tration of that institution The report OF
the Grand Army committee completely ex-
onerates Superintendent Pitcher and COM
pliments him upon the improved condition
Of the Home.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

a CORRESPONDENT reminds us that In
our list Of war governors we failed TO in
clude Ex-Governor Kirkwood, of Iowa. That
we overlooked such stanch old patriot and
soldiers friend only goes 10 show the failty
of human memory. Oar Iowa comrades
may well be proud of him. The Oakland
lCal) Vidette also puts in a good word for
Ex-Governor William NJ Stone, the gallant
commander Of the Twenty-second Iowa V.
/, until he was elected governor in the fall
Of 1863" 4 subscriber at Hannibal, Ohio
asks Us to add the name of Francis Fl. Pier
pontB West Virginia's war governor, whose
residence is now at Fairlnont, West Virginia,
and another comrade wants Ex-Governor
John G. Smith, Of St. Albans, Vermont, who
was, and is, stanch friend of the soldier
70 be placed in the same category. Next,
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

TIE removal of General Henry Harnden
from the office of collector of internal reve-
nue. at Madison, Wis, and the retention of
Leonard Lottridge, collector at SPARTA IAN
inferior district, as collector of the CONSOLE
dated district. has justly excited great in
dignation among orr Western veterans.
Every consideration of law and public policy
has been ignored in this removal. II is an
inexcusable violation of sections 1854 and
1856 of the Revised Statutes, requiring pref
erence to be shown to all ex-soldiers in ap-
pointments to Office and removals there
from. General Harnden was one of the
most gallant volunteer officers in the service.
Entering the First Wisconsin cavalry as a
private, in 1861, he rose to the command of
a brigade, and his regiment had the honor
of being detailed for the pursuit and capture
of JEFF. Davis. But he did not come off un-
scathed. He was wounded On several occa-
sions, and to this day carries rebel lead in
his person. And his civil record is quite as
creditable as his war record. He made an
admirable collector, and, as his was the more
important district of the two, he should
have been preferred, on that score simply, for
the collectorship of the consolidated district.
Is President Arthur acquainted with these
facts Surely he would not knowingly be
guilty OF such an act of injustice, and our
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

1T viii be noticed that General Newton,
president of the Society of the Army of the
Potomac, has been invited to deliver an adj
dress at the coming Reunion of Parsons
Confederate cavalry at Dallas, Texas. This
is pretty and graceful compliment, and
we dare say General Newton viii have a
very good time with the Confederate cav
alTymen. Indeed, none of our soldiers
Union or Confederate-bear any feeling of
in-win towards each other. It is only the
politicians and a few irreeonciIables like
General Early, who are already in their
dOtage, that do not want to let bygones be
bygones. Yet, who would have ventured to
predict, twenty years ago, that the time
would come when Post of ex-Confederate
soldiers and a Post of Union soldiers, of
Richmond, Va, would in company make a
tour of the North-precisely what viii occur
next fall!
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

ELSEWHERE in our columns, this week,
viii be found a number of letters from ex-
prisoners describing their experiences in the
bastiles Of the South Conrade Black makes
it very clear that cruel as was the treat
ment which the Northern soldier received at
AndeEsonvilie, the inmates of Florence
Prison Jared quite as badly, and the testi-
mony Of our other contributors goes to show
that, in point of misery and wretchedness,
there was very little room for choice between
any Of these rebel pens. At the North, on
the contrary, as an ex-Confederate yolun-
sSrily testiGes, Southern prisoners were
treated with marked kindness and consid-
GRAFTON. They were well fed and comfort
ably clothed and ample protection was
afforded them against the rain and cold.
As the witness Ia this case was one Of the
rebel guards at Andersonyilie prior TO his
capture and confinement at Caap Morton.
it must be admitted that he is peculiarly
well qualified to draw the comparison.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

CoMRADE ANDREW FITE, New Albany,
Ind in the course of letter notifying us OF
the establishment OF a new Post at that place,
remarks: If there is anybody to blame
for the organizing Of this Post it is THE
TRIBUNE" That's all right, comrede; THE
TRIBUNE is getting used to blame of that
sOrt.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

this Nation honestly owes and ought to be paid In
other words, let the bounty be equalzed; put all
honorably discharged soldiers uponthe same basis;
pay them at the same rate They entitled to it.
The justice of it can dispute, and that is all
that this bill contemplates. am for it, / vote for
it with all my heartn
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

A CORRESPONDENT at Elk Point, Dakota,
writes us that the members of his Post are
frequently appealed to to subscribe for news
papers purporting to be published in the in
terest of the soldier, but that they deem it
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19
TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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DTS WIDOW Aho ORPHANS. 't- AEnal4aa LINCOLN
Tee VALIDITY oF TsE rgBuc 1E6T or TIE UhaTEo
STkrEs AUTHORIZED 81 law fcLCoso OCGTs INQUIRED Fos
PAYMENT or FEssicHs AID eooEurs Fo7 SERVICES Us SUI
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1loaE0.''sEc. = hE7 XIV, Constitutes OF TIE uhTzo
ETATEs.
coRsnEF IT TIE hrlEsT PsPER DEVOTED TO TIE isTss-
Este or THE sclDER sE COUNTRY. E'Es Thy
conNEEB " 70 al oonRkDEs or TtsE oa9Es."
p5oL NEsCERcoFT,
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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

Ak esteemed Pennsylvania correspondent
calls our attention 70 the fact that beneficent
~ the soldiers orphans schools in that
State are, and secure as the recent extension
OF The act providing for their maintenance
makes them, they are not in their conduct
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

IT appears that Pension Commissioner
and Detective" A. C. Webb has been operat-
ing in Maryland as web as Pennsylvania.
The Cumberland Nelos gives very interest
ing account Of his exploits there-withheld
until this late day, in order to give the Pen
sion Office detective chance to capture the
rascal. 1t would seem, however, as if Mr.,
Commissioner Webb were more than a
match for the detectives, for as yet they
have not succeeded in running him down
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

The present Grand Army administration
year terminated on the LIST Of July, and it is
in order now TO review the work Of the year
in each Department and see just precisely
what has been accomplished The report d
the Commander-in-Chief VIII contain the
consolidated returns from the various De
partments. but, meanwhile, We should be
glad TO have some cOmrade in each Depart
nent sum up for THE TRIBUNE, in con-
densed form, the actual gain for the year
Lzseir reports should show the number OF
Posts and total membership one year ago
and the number Of new Posts mustered and
members admitted up to July /.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C., JULY la, 1883.

THE TRIBUNE viii be represented at
Denver by Col. G. C. Knifin and Mrs. Kate
B. Sherwood, of its regular editorial staff.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

The Fifth Connecticut v. l., called the Bun
Dog regiment, but, perhaps better know as 5hs
Foot eapalry viii hold its seventeenth Reunion
on August 8, at the Atlantic Hotel, Bridgeport
Conn.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19
SMALL TALK
About Men aud Things.
next fall

1t is thought in diplomatic circles that the
British government is really good deal more
offended at French aggressions in Southern
Asia than about what happened at Tamatave
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-07-19

Some weeks ago a story started from Wash
ington to the effect that Queen Victoria wa:
about to abdieate. 1t has been traced to it.
source, which relieves the country 1t appears
that one Col" Roberts, who claims to hav.
commanded the Louisiana Tigers in the late
war. and who is now contributor to loca
Sunday paper, furnished this draft upon his
imagination. The Colonel is one of thost
men scarcely less famous than the noted but
Honorable 0ehiltree, of Texas, for the vigor O
his imagery.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
A LECTURE ON O 0

The audience having again come to
order, Lecturer John Spicer took his
stand in front of them, made his bow,
said his subject was Food, and began as
follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: If we did not
have food we should not have anything
to eat. Food is made in the kitchen.
Some of it is fried. some of it is baked,
some of it is boiled, and some is toast
ed. When it is toasted you call it toast,
and sometimes you have dip on it, but
not every time. Cracker toast is avery
good kind. [Applause:] Cake is very
good. [Applause.] The cake that is
not good to eat because twill make you
sick, tastes the best, and sometimes it
has frosting on it. Cake that is not
good { eat is made for company, but
Sometimes there is some left. Once
there was a little girl, a very small one,
that did something very funny. She
was playing with the other children
waiting for the grown-up people to be
through dinner, and one little boy said
he hoped there would be some jelly-pie
left, and this little girl opened the door
and popped her head in, and told the
people: "Please don't eat up all the
i~elly-pie" [Laughter.] There is no
such thing as jelly-pie. They made a
mistake. Pies are made of apples, and
squashes, and custard, and mince, and
huckleberries. Some pies are made of
large pieces and some are made of
small pieces. Once there was q stingy
little girl, and she had a saucer-custard
pie given her, and when she saw anoth-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Straw for Fattening Stock.

Few farmers realize the value of good,
properly cut, cured and housed straw as
feed for farm stock. It will paw to
build barns purposely to house it, for.
well cared for, it is worth half as much
as timothy hay, ton for ton. Any kind
of fattening animals if highly fed on
rich foods crave and will eat large
quantities of straw, especially if bright,
we'll cured and housed. each winter
feed a lot of young farrow COWS, milk
ing and fattening them at the same
time, and, of course, l feed high. They
get all the oil meal, bran, corn-meal,
good bright hay, and all the mangels
they can eat. Once u day their man
gers are filled with bright, b]arn-housed
straw, of which they eat what they like,
the remainder to be used as bedding.
We find the COWS always waiting for
their straw ration, and often they eat it
so completely that we have to throw in
extra straw for bedding, and we find it
as necessary for their health and rapid
fattening as any one thing. Icommend
this plan to Mr.. Ault, of Pennsylvania,
who asks about the advisability of
spreading straw IN new ground and
burning it for wheat. That course
would waste other vegetable matter on
the field, and leave only ashes, and
these he could get, though less rapidly,
by scattering the straw On the surface
to be turned under. If his land, being
new, is rough, and he wishes to further
subdue and level it, [ can sec no better
way than to pillow as o as crop is off,
giving plenty and thorough cultivation,
and re-sow to wheat before seeding to
grass; but by all means he should care
fully save and take the straw to tho
barn to De used in the stables and yard.
u. WCodW0ra, in n. Y. Tribune.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

Emma Fontaine, of Montreal, on
returning home from work, the Other,
night, received a letter that had been
left for her during the day. She had to
open envelope after envelope, and in.
the third one found q beautiful and sem
timental valentine containing a wad of
perfumed cotton-batting. She inhaled
the perfume and at once fell in a fit.
The priest and the doctor, when they
came, found her in commissions, from
which she passed into a severe attack OF
congestion Of the brain. DR.. Desrochse
carried away the valentine, and, with
the assistance of another physician, an
alyzed all its parts, without finding any
traces OF the poison whichit was gener-
ally believed it must have contained.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
THE DROP AND THE CLOUD.

Tn a mountain spring Q crystal drop
Tame trembling up to the CLASSY top;
+ came from the dark, cool depths Of earth,
md the sunligR kissed it at its birth,
Far up in the azure realms of sky,
T Thhe clouds of summer were sailing by.
And tho little ata drop drop looked looked up n said,
o would that to me the boon were given
TO move in the shining ranks Of heavenI"
As it hurried from its mountain source
a 1h,hble. borne by the Drumming brook
70 4 many a wild n Swallowed nook,
Or loitered slow with the hayward stream
Through woodland and meadow far below,
over sandy plain and stony bank,
And through swamps, Like jungles, dense an,
Imprisoned long within rocky walls,
VoWw plunging down over dizzy falls,
ifhcy turn the wheels of the busy mill;
Now white with foam, now dark and still.
viii at length a river, deep and wide,
+ lowed where cities stood by its side,
And at last the river reached the sea
And the dream and dreamerc ceased to be;
Where all the rivers of earth must sleep.
But the sun that kissed the newborn drop,
And whose floods of sunbeams never ston.
Had not forgotten his little child,
norn of a cloud in the mountain wild,
And he loosed his threads of golden light.
And nm from q wave of snowy white
The twas lifted SO tenderl
1t nevcrknew when it left the sea,
But found itself drawn up to the SKY.
Afoat in the heavens, soft and high,
As free as the winds of airy space,
AS fnir as the mornings tender grace.
One TRANQUIL eve, mid the purple ones M
THAT shine in the light of setting suns,
II saw far down on the distant earth
The forest-spring whore it had its birth,
And all of the winding way it went,
With many o murmur of ~discontent;
And the early dream came back again,
As the thoughts of youth come back to men
That thread Of silver that ever turned
Away from the skies for which it ycarned-
THAT wandering life of fall and foam
That seemed to lead it away from homo
II now could see was the very road
THAT led it up to its blest abode.
Il. d. BreWster, in st. Nicholas.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

ANY coward can fight battle when
he is sure Of winning it; but give mo
the man who has the pluck to fight
when he is not sure OF winning.-Georga
Eliot.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

"A Turkish pasta has shown his ap-
probation of the work of our mission
schools in his country by the following
"When a girl has come back
from thu, American mission school. you
should not say a girl, but a school has
comet
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

Il think the first virtue is to restrain
the tongue; he approaches nearest the
gods, who knows how to be silent even
when he is right.-Cato.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29

ses, have hitherto found insurmount-
able; for, if man is cne-to which we
are ready to agree-we must assign a
single point of departure for his mi
grations. In these migrations, man
has gone wherever he could. and, at
every spot he has occupied and set
tied, has acquired characteristics pc
culiar to the places. Hence the varie-
ties in human races. Some of these
spots seem to have been peculiarly
favorable to his advancement, and
became centers of civilization. The
number of such centers is, however,
very limited, and their distribution is
signiicant-Popoular Science Month";
~.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
How to put on a Postage Stamp.


Boston Traveller,
A man can always learn something
if he will only look about him. I
was at the Postoffice department the
other day and l noticed an employe
busy affiXing stamps to envelopes.
Every time he moistensd the right
hand corner of the envelope and then
placed the stamp upon it. l asked
him If there was any advantage in
wetting the envelope instead of the
stamp, and he said: "You notice that
l moisten the envelope first we'll, l
do that because it is the right way.
There is right and wrong to every
thing, and consequently there is a
right and wrong way to put on post
age stamps. 1t is impossible to mois-
ten stamp with the tongue unless
small proportion of the gum adj
heres to it. Now, this gum is by no
means injurious, but then the depart
ment does not advise it as a health
food so that the only way left is the
right way, and that is to moisten the
envelope first" After listening to
this brief statement felt as though
had emerged from the deep shade of
ignorance to the glorious sunlight of
knowledge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
A Reform in City Affairs.
From the German ] ournall


The doing of German, at whose
dictation Messrs. McLane, Roberts,
and Turner were nominated by the
Democratic State Convention, reach
ed their climax on Friday when ex-
Governor Thomas appointed Mr..
German as chairman of the State
Central Committee. The Young
Democrats and anti-ring Democrats
who advocated reform were COM
pletely ignored. The minority.
which favored the platform of 1879,
and the reforms then promised, was
not listened to, and retrogressiye
platform was adopted. That those
Democrats who have at heart the
prosperity of the state and city pro-
pose fighting with all their energy
the mandates of the ring is not to be
wondered at. Among those Demo-
Gratis who do not propose to obey Cor
mans dictates, and desire to main
tain their political liberty, there is an
inclination to break the yoke of the
ring and to organize Independent
movement, which it is intended shall
show the political bosses that the
people do not propose to be dictated
to in the election of their officers. At
present the movement is to be con-
fined to the selection of city officers.
Col. George P. Thomas, one of the
most influential reformers of 1875,
who has always been true to reform,
is named as the mayoralty candidate
by the promoters of this movement.
He has withdrawn from the Demo-
cratic primaries, as has also Major
Allison, the efficient clerk of the Su-
perior Court.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
How Was Man Distributed on the
Earth?

The question arises, how has the
human race been able to spread itself
over the whole surface OF the globe I?
Is it the product of different and in
dependent origins in the several con-
tinents, or have all men sprung from
acommon cradle, a "mother-region"?
On this point students are DIVIDED,
Agassiz holding that men were crea-
ted, and Carl Vogt that they were
developed, at different centers, and
Quatre-fages and the theologians
maintaining the unity of their origin.
The fact is left that man, the same in
all the essential characteristics of the
specie, has advanced into all the
habitable parts of the globe, and that
not recently and when provided with
all the resources that experience and
inventive genius could put at his dis.
posal, but when still young and ignor-
ant. 1t was then that, weak and
almost naked, having only just
got fire and a few rude arms with
Which to defend itself and produce
a4feod sshie human race conquered the
world and spread itself from within
the Arctic circle to Terra del Fuego,
from the Samoyed country to Van
Diemen's Land, from the North Cape
to the Cape of Good Hope. 1t is this
primitive exodus, as certain as 1T is
inconceiveable, accepted by science
as well as by dogma, that we have to
explain or at least to make probable
and that in an age when it is only
after the most wonderful discoveries,
by the aid of the most powerful ma
chinery for navigation, through the
boldest and most adventurous enter
priseS that civilized man has been
able TO fiatter himself that he has at
last gone as far as infant man went
in an age that is so far removed from
us as to battle all calculations.
We mnst insist on this point, for 1t
brings into light an obstacle which
those who have tried to trace out the
connection between widely separated
races. and to determine the course
that had been followed by tribes now
hv oceans and vast eXpan-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
from our Regular Correspondent.l
NEW YORK, Sept. 21st, 1888.

NEW YORK, Sept. 21st, 1888.
The Republican Convention at
Richfield Springs has done it's work
we'll. The proceedings were charac-
terized by the utmost harmony
throughout, the demoralizing lines
of factionalism were almost entirely
obliterated, and an earnestness was
manifested during the deliberations
which augures the best results for the
future of the party. Another point
TO be dwelt upon is the fact that the
u teIGommittee will probably devise
some new method of selecting dele
gates to the State Conventions. Sena.
tor Miller's speech on the necessity
of such step has caused a great deal
of thought, particularly as it showed
that he had long and maturely con-
sidered the matter. So far as the
ticket selected is concerned, it is the
old one, the only new name on it be-
ing Pliny t. Sexton for State Treas
urer, name well known throughout
the State. The New York City dele
cation at one time desired to present
the name of Jesse Seligman, the well
known Hebrew banker for the office,
but that gentleman declined peremp.
torily to accept the honor. They then
thought of Ex-senator, Einstein, but
he found no favor before the dele
gates, and his name was dropped.
The Massachusetts Republicans are
getting we'll in line for action, and
though Butler affects to treat their
work lightly, yet he cannot but be
annoyed at the earnestness of pur-
pose, and the obliteration of self that
characterizes the members of the OPP
posing party. Butlerat present cracks
jokes at the expense Of his opponents.
After election day the boot will be on
the other foot.
The Republicans of our sister State,
New Jersey, have likewise not failed
in firm cooperation. They selected
Judge Jonathan Dixon. man who
is well able to lead the forces against
Leon Albeit. He is we'll known
throughout the State, esteemed for
his personal and judicial qualities,
',;aassse-iiie combines in happy manner
those qualities which it behooves an
executive officer to possess. The Dem
ocrats have been shouting that with
Albeit they will have a walk-over.
"Dixon will not alone give them a
good fight" said leading and we'll
informed Republican, "but will make
it extremely doubtful whether New
Jersey can in future be classed as a
Democratic State.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-09-29

An old Alabama Democrat. who is
tired of the old order of things, has
suggested in a letter to the Selma
Times some novel changes. one being
that our Senators be elected for
twelve years. being paid $4,000 a
year salary, and be ineligible for re-
election, and forever excluded from
the Presidential chair. Also, that
the President be elected by Congress,
for seven years, and be ineligible for
a second term.