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The National tribune., 1884-09-11
So A MONTH FOR A soLDrER.s ORPHAN.

So A MONTH FOR a soLDERss oRPHANi
Just think Of it!
Think for 50 much as a minute of the
"Munifcent provision"
Lavish generosity"
Fatherly care"
Of this great, glorious wealty and prosper
Gus Nation toward the
BereaYed orphans,
Fatherless children,
Homeless little babies
ofthe men who gave up their lives that the
Nation might live,
It's people become rich,
Enjoy peace by their own Gresides
Their bonds be at par, and
Their money equal to gold.
Two dollars each month for the children Of
the men who
Fell on the bloody slopes Of AIsrye's Hights +;
Sank down anid the flaming thickets Of the
Wilderness;
Perished by the dark waters of Chickamauga
Greek;
ROtted and starved at AndersOnville and
Salisbury
Fifty cents week 70 buy the little ones
Bread and meat,
Clothes, shoes and stockings,
sehcol-books and toys,
Medicines and recreationst
Seven cents day for the child whose father
gave everything to the people who now
Squeeze,
Pinch,
Screw
over every
Petty,
Miserable,
Insignificant
Red Cent
that they dole out to these heirs and wards Of
the Nation!
is this the
Anglo-saxon,
American,
Nineteenth-century idea
OF generosity?
OF gratitude2
OF munidcent provision for the orphans of
him who has borne the batsIe?"
Bah!
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

Young Biws'sr: Le' me advise you never
70 carry anything but Waterbury watch.
It'n stand a racket without gettin' hurt that
would ruin any other watch Lord, the head
ers' I used to take when I was learningi
Sometimes, il seemed to me, fell with my
whole weight right square on the watch, but it
never faxed it. There, you SEQ, the cases
denied UP Ike everything By the falls we've
had, but its never cost ne q cent for repairs
since got il from TIE NATIONAL Tribune
for raising q club Of 10 subscribers"
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE COSTS ONLY Two
CENTS A WEEK.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

FRANCE demands Of China an indemnity of
$16.OooOOo, or 100000 more than we re-
ceived from England on account of the Alabama
Claims. The only excuse France makes for
this is that the Chinese made an unauthorized
attack upon the French troops at LangstOn-
which, as the French were at that time en-
gagged in an unfriendIy movement, is very
thin pretext indeed.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11
wmm aoo 90 srnscnrnrns

TEE NaTioNAL TEIRUNE win speak every
week 70 oSE MmLIoE EEADEEs-old soldiers,
their families and friends Such backing as
this viii make the paper the leading power in
the journalism Of the country, and snca meas
ures Is il advocates for the benefit Of the sol
oiers wiil not fail to pass. Every soldier who
Is anxious FOR legislation which VIII do justice
% himself aud comrades should leave no stone
untuTned 70 bring all the soldiers and their
friends in The circle Of his acquaintance into
TIE AAToxAL TRIBUSE fold
The 8ati0na zr.5aae Costs bat Too Caass a
Fesk.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

wheat and vegetables can be raised each year
1t will be small trick for these 252, ,ooO. 900
people to raise on their $4,000 square miles
the 100,000,000 bushels of wheat which Eng
land annually buys of US. The English want
them TO do it, because they are dependents of
Britain, and every pound sterling paid them
for wheat will be taken back to England in
payment for English manufactures The rea-
son why this growth. of wheat has not been
encouraged heretofore was that there were no
railroads to bring it out of the interior, and
until the completion of the Suez Canal the
long voyage around the Cape of Good Hope
was great obstacle. Now there are plenty of
railroads. and the sea carriage is not half what
it once was
The way for our farmers to meet the COM
petition from this new source is by making
every effort to extend the home market Even
with our bonanza farms and labor-saving ma
chinery it win probably be pretty uphill work
to sell wheat in London in competition with
grain grown by men who work for eight cents
day.
But If we can add few million more to our
wheat-eaters we can sell to them our surplus
wheat at the price it will bring in London,
plus the cost of carrying it thither, and buy
from them the goods they make at the price in
England, without having to pay the freight
across the ocean
So, with grain bringing more and goods sell
ing for less, the farmers will be enriched in
every way by the development of home
market.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

FoR MAN who has done so much good
work in the world Henry Bergh can make a
terrible ninny Of himself He has written a
letter to Paris denouncing n. Pasteur as a
Jenner~of France, who now crawls 10 the
earth's surface and begins the fend-like and
disgusting work of polluting the bodies and
flesh of the lower animals" MIR. Bergh is now
getting so old as to make this tendency to
spasmodie idiocy beyond hope Of cure.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

THERE cannot help being something radi-
cally wrong somewhere when it takes three or
four years to examine into and allow claim
for pension. Such delay shows either shock
ing Incompetence or lack of business capacity
on the part of the pension authorities, OF a sys-
tenn of circumlocution and how-not -to-do-it,
which calls loudly for reform
The National tribune., 1884-09-11
HINDU WHEAT COMPETITION.

Thorc is no concealment of the fact that
India threatens TO become dangerous com
petitor of our wheat growers. Tho country
has an area of $4,000 square miles. or about
one-quartor that of the United States, and a
population Of 252ooo,ooo, or five times that Of
ours. iaborer there gets five rupees, or So a
month. Two crops a year can be raised in
many places, and al over India crop Of
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

QUITE number Of inquiries have been made
to us in regard to an allowance of three months,
extra pay to those who were prisoners of war.
Such an allowance was made by General Or
der of the War Department in June, 1865, but
subsequently it was discovered to be without
authority of law and reseinded Consequently,
no one is entitled to any pay under that order.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

The sad thought intrudes itself that there
must come an end to all Reunions. For many
years the men who made the memorable de-
fense of Baltimore against the British have
met each year in that city on the 18th of Sep
tember,-the anniversary of the battle of
North Poipt, formed into line to the sound of
fife and drum, each one wearing cockade and
The National tribune., 1884-09-11
DO You WANT ro EsfaPEr

Do you want to escape for few weeks from
the monotonous routine of household, farm, or
Office duties? Send to THs NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE for an agency for the sale of The Life of
Logan" You will make money, and have an
agreeable variation in your life at the same
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

WE continue to receive a large number Of
anonymous letters. Subscribers and patrons
simply waste their time writing these, as they
Invariably go into the waste basket. Our space
is entirely too valuable to print what man
does not think worth while signing his name
tn
The National tribune., 1884-09-11
TREaE Is NOTHING so Easy

as to geta new subscriber or club Of new sab.
Ecribers 70 TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, il one
DHly sots about it. livery one has heard Of The
paper aud everybody is well-disposed to it, Tor
Its praises arc in every mouth. Consequently,
people arc only waiting 10 be asked TO take it.
Now, reader you certainly are willing to oblige
to make the return to paper that you have
enjoyed 50 much, BY asking Others to enjoy ii
with you. DO one can refuse to subscribe fol
Il 90 the score Of expense, for
The Aatioaai z5iJass Costs 0aly Two Cents q
KeeL.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11
A NEW RRcETrrr

to the Grand Army and new subscriber to
TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE are two things that
every ccmrade should charge himself with
procuring before the week is over Neither
viii require any trouble. Thcy only need so
much effort as the mentioning Of them to the
proper persons.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11
sTEADILY INoREAsING.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE's circulation is
ever onward and upward. For a man to know
anything about the paper is an incentive for him
to take it. The more subscribers that it has the
of them becomes an advertiser of its merits.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

THE monument at Yorktown, adorned with
enblems of the alliance between the United
States and His Most Christian Majesty, and
inscribed with succinct narrative Of the sur
render of Earl CORVALLIS to His Excellency
George Washington, Commander-in-C Chief of
the combined forces Of America and France, -
the cornerstone of which was laid with ap-
propriate ceremonies on the occasion of the
Centennial celssration, Oct. 10, 1ss1,-has been
completed, andNill be unvailed on the 18th Of
next October, the 1osd anniversary of the sur
render of CORVALLIS.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

THE number Of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending Sept
1884, were as follows: Original, 40; increase,
5O2; reissue, Al; restoration, 21 duplicate, 0;
accrued pensions, o. total. I,osl
The National tribune., 1884-09-11
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C. SEPTEMBER II, 1884

To any person who win send us
a club Of ten new subscribers to
THE TRIBUNE we VIII present
new Waterbury watch, inclOsed
in a handsome satin-Iined case,
and warranted to keep accurate
time.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

THE Havana police have not been paid since
last May. They complain that the Summer
has been exceedingly duh and uninteresting.
The National tribune., 1884-09-11

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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08
Nutriment in Grain and Hay.

Corn is q atproducing food. It's
fat giving elements predominant 50
largely that it Is not fitted for con.
slant feeding, except to lay on fat at
the cost of suffering loss to the gen.
eral animel system. 1t Is hardly
worth while to take it into considera.
tion as a nutritious food, and il is
wholly unfit to feed exclusively or in
any great quantity to colts. 1t is in
no sense. what the developing system
Of young animal needs. The value
of food for this class Of animals,
and for animals that are heavily work.
ed, Is in the pro,ene they contain, and
common corn contains only from 3
to II per cent. Of that. In thousand
pounds, therefore, corn may be fairly
considered as possessing a hundred
pounds nutrimcut OF course. we
cannot wholly throw away the other
elements as being useless, but they
are so subordinate TO the one named
in point of nutrition that, in noticing
a subject like the one under consider
alton, it is not worth while TO at
tempt TO determine their value. Oats
will average larger in proteine than
corn will, and are pre-emircntly
nutritious food, as every one Of ex-
perience knows. They vary very
much in the proportions Of their Gle
mcnts, but an average lot Of oatg is
worth double for feed of horses and
colts what corn is, and that Is stating
it quite mildly Timothy averages
about 6 per cent. of proteine, but is
valuable also as furnishing bulk, the
value Of which cannot be accurately
estimated
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08

CH0KED CATTLE.-A correspord.
ent Of the Rurat New Yorker. who
signs himself "Grandmother, j" recon.
mends the cold water cure for dis.
trcssed animals. "If creature gets
choked,' she writes, "take some cold
water and a rubber syringe and squirt
a stream Of cold water into one o.
its ears. 1t gives the animal a sur
prise, and 1t shakes its head with .
vengeance that starts the obstacIe
from its throat with a jerk. have
seen it tried lots Of times, even after
hoe handles and broomsticks ana
divers other plans hand been tried ia
efiectualIy, and / never knew The cnlI
water stream % fail On cattle O.,
or horses or even hogs
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08
Pastures

The best pasturage is afforded by
moderate grade of upland with close,
strong sword. The soil should be
firm and naturally fertile.
Pastures are often spoiled by turn.
ing on stock too soon after seeding.
The grass roots should have time TO
become firmly set and in vigorous
growth before the grass is cropped.
The fibroas and deeprooted varieties
OF grasses are the best for permanent
pastures.
Care should be taken not TO over
stock the land. An area that will
support a certain number Of animals
in the most favorable season Of the
year may fail to furnish enough pas.
turage for the hot and dry months.
1t is the best plan, where possible.
to have different fields enclosed and
separated from each other, so that
change of pasturage may be had at
different times during the season.
The animals will be much more .hrif.
~ under such circumstances. the land
retains its strength longer and the
grass will not run out 50 soon.
With the best pasturage it is need.
ful that dairy cattle should have an
abundant supply Of pure water on
their range, easy Of accss. There is
scarcely anything that so quickly az
fects the character Of milk and but.
ter as water from stagnant sloughs
mud holes.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08

The Ig~1 Rcgtstcr says, in reference
10 the usefulness Of lime, that its
power 70 decompose makes it speci.
ally valuable in poor granite soils
Lime breaks up and pulyerizes stiff
clays, improving their texture. 1t
decomposcs inert vegetable matter.
peat, roots, etc. 1t hastens the decay
OF stable manure and dead carcasscs.
putresccnt matter, etc, butt al such
cases If the manurial qualities are 70
be made useful they must be covered
with earth during the action Of the
lime TO absorb the ammonia.
Mr. J. II. Moore, Of Winthrop.
Me, says Good English hay and
corn meal is good enough for my
COWS, and is what | feed to dairy
stock. Old gunny bags, rags and
yellow dirt mixed and ground TO.
gether, under the name Of cotton
seed meal, | leave for anybody who
wants to feed it; it's on a par with
meadow hay, straw and corn fodder
for the production Of choice butter.
The Canadian Meteorological Bu.
reau propose TO attach weather sig.
nails TO railroad trains for the benefit
OF farmers along the routes. our
Signal Service costs the country ST.
100000 year now, and if any sys.
tenn will make it Of some real benefit
to the country generally it should be
adopted.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08
Reviving Fruit Trees.

Mr. 5. y. Pratt writes TO the Amer.
lean Institute Farmers Club about
the care OF fruit trees as follows I:
Remembering Prof. Licbig's theory
shat when a vegetable is burned the
part which came from the air in the
process Of It's growth returns 70 the
atmosphere, and The part which came
l.om the ground is reduced to ashos.
/ came 20 the conclusion that ashes
would be beneficial when applied 70
,uy ROOFS of The trees. They we're
-,ard.ng In The soil strongly inclined
70 clay, with n turf around tbcm,,hat
bad not been removed for several
years. After pruning them properly,
removing every indication Of worms,
etc, and washing the body and
branches with soap suds, ! began
operations below, first removing the
turf two feet around the tree, then
with n garden pick the grJund was
looscnc1 from six TO twelve inches in
depth, toking care not to iuiure the
larger roots Twenty or thirty quarts
oC loose dirt were removed, leaving
large cavity, shaped like q saucer
with the treo standing in the centre.
Ahount one pint oC unlcachcj ashes
was sprinklcd about the tree, end
upon this chip manure was placed,
nearly Cling the cavity. Another
pint Of ashes was spriukled upon the
fertilizer, which was gently pressed
down, and the hole covered with the
loose dirt taken from the cavity.
leaving the surface nearly as IL was
excepting the turf 4 young orchard
was treated in a similar way. The
effect was wonderful Plum trees
that were going to the bad revived.
Peach trees that had presented small
and shrivcllcd leaves threw out luqu
riant foliage, and cherry trees gave
fruit larger aud fairer than ever be.
fore"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08
Glcanings

Col. F. D. Curtis says in the Co,p,-
Try Gentleman that great many
farmers comfort themselves with the
notion tbat If they change seed with
some other farmer they are doing 4
good thing. This is a mistaken jica
Seed should be improved and taken
from the farm where II is grown, and
10 which it has adapted itself 4;
home is the place for improvement,
The idea that the little germ of
seed can carry the good qualities Of
good farm with it is ridiculous.
but It can carry with il pcculiaritiee
in its nature growth and maturity
acquired in one place, which will be
unsuIted TO another. lie therefore
advises farmers to improve the seed
on their own land by car eful sol,c
tion OF the best ears for planting.
In planting cuttings of gooscbcr-
lies and currants single stemn ed
bushes should always be preferred
therefore, select the young growths
OF last year, which should be at least
9 inches long. y inches or 10 inches
not being to much. Cut out all the
eyes or buds except two or three at
top, and plant firmly in rows i
inches apart and G inches apart in
the row.
Chickens when FIRST batched should
not be hurried ont Of the nest. For
twenty -four hours at least, from the
time The earliest commence to show
it is better to leave them
under or with the hen mother They
need no food for from n day to a day
and a halt usually. When they get
strong enough to venture from be
meath their mothers wing it is time
to move The brood.
4 Cape Cod correspondent Of the
Boston journal says that he owns a
hundred acres Of land OF which some
was so poor that it yielded nothing
but poverty weed. In 1858 be com.
menced planting pine seed, planting
more OF less toT ten years, and now
he has about eighteen acres of quite
valuable woodland which was worth.
less before.
According to the Western Agricul.
iuris, sloos in fine powder is sure de.
struciion of lice on animals Good
feed and plenty OF it will generally
prevent the lice from getting on, but
aloes is a safe remedy, busted on dry
in all weather.
Gardening is regularly and prac.
tioally taught in more than 10000
primary schools in France. Every
school has .its garden, and teachers
must not only be good gardeners,
but qualified 10 leash horticulture, or
they cannot pass examination.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08

protTscted dry season. The expert
ence Of all gardeners is that seed
germs of cucumbers, squashes, mel
ons, lima beans, sweet corn and the
wrinkied peas connot survive pro-
tracted cold or wet weather, while the
seeds OF tbecaTot, beet, onion, turDip
and lettuce will withstand the trial a
great deal longer.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08

TnE Amrrjcaq Gur1cn says tha,
for the purpose Of making soil fria.
BILE siitcd coal ashes. where they can
bc readily had, are better than sand
They arc more easily disseminated
through the mass, and contain a
small proportion Of mineral sails like
wise though their merit is princi'
pally mechanical. had a patch OF
clay over taprock that after a rain
took on the consistency Of putty. I
could do nothing vi h it. Vegetable
manure is scorned, and the spade cut
IN it as though it were skim.milk
cheese. The place was made the 10.
ceptac!e of the winters ashes Two
years after it was dug up through a
mistaken order in the fall. The next
spring ! manured it and had it dug
over. Then planted it, OF all things
in the world, with melons. They were
a stricking success. More than tlat
the friability Of the soil renamed
permanent.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08

The success of many farmers is
owing in part at least TO the way they
have Of doing little things at the
proper time and in the right way.
COLTS should not be permitted TO
stand on a plank, cement, paved or
any hard floor the first year, as these
are liable TO seriously affect the feet
and legs. Unless the yard, where the
colts run has fine, dry, gravelly soil,
it should be we'll Uttered so as TO keep
their feet dry. Mud or soft. wettish
ground is apt TO make tender hoofs,
no matter how we'll bred a colt may
be.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08

LARGE farms usually mean large
taX.bIlIs, poor crops, poor horses aud
stock, brokcu.down farmers. spared.
settled districts old and 4uapida,ei
farm buildings, poor fences. snd
things have kind Of run down aud
worn out aspec, all around. Small
farms mean well titled land. good
crops, neat farm buildings, healtl
and intelligent farmers, good road.
pleasant and thickly settled neiehbpr.
hoods, plenty II good schools, good
fences and well fed stock, and sign,
Of prosperity everywhere.
OSE Of the benefits Of drainage j.
that land that is well draiuca can IL.
worked soon after rains and end1r,
the drought better, while the ground
warns earlier IN the spring, and per
mits Of more abundant crops and
better tiIlage.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08

President HOARD, in his address
before the Northwestern Dairymen's
Association, among other hard facts,
stated that not one in a hundred of
the patrons Of the cheese factories
and crcameries of the Northwest ever
attended a Dairy Convention. But
very few of them read such papers
as devoted special attention to this
subject. They do not seem to care
whether they succeed we'll or III at
the business. The only phrse Of the
dairy business that is seriously over.
done, and that continually, is the
making of poor butter anil cheese.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-08

THE beat of seeds, shabbily treat
ed, are liable 10 fail. Much wet
weather will prove fatal In some cases,
while other seeds will 20 right on /;
moderate drought will destroy many
germs, while others will withstand .
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-23
site for the Soldiers Home.

The farm OF Mr.. Claiming Robinson.
tbirty-siX acres, on the Grove road, has
been purchased as site for the Soldiers
Home, and II will not be long before build
ing Is commenced.
The sum Of $4,000 was paid for the
place, and IL Is in every way suitable for
the purpose designed. There are some build
ings on the iaud, which is we'll watered /;
has beautiful grove aud some fine fields.
II is Just above where the Boulevard run
ming from the new reservoir TO Broad
street crosses the Grove road, and il,
therefore. in the line Of city Improve
ment-in the fashionable, growing West
End. II will make beautiful home for
the worthy poor soldiers OF the Confede-
racy, and the property will grow and grow
In value for years 10 come