davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
sprcrAL ANNouNcEmENr.

MONEY soIf s5S ocTsriSe than By registered letter
postal soies postal snoneg order draft on Aeac
YoyL atill Jc at TIC risk Of the sender.
AGENTS VIC employ ageisis THE national
TRIBUNE has mann gOlanfeer cGnUGssers, and they
arc gonocEy honest ard .faiibfud; BAT persons iCho
coaf6e tcir subscriptions TO them must be their oicn
5udges Of their responsibility The paper OiI be sent
only on receipt Qf he subscription price.
1DDREsSEs. RENEWALS. Eic-Addressas rciR
Dc changed as often as desired bat each subscriber
should ~ ererg case gire hc old soo asnear address
Ia reneria subscribers should be carefl to send as se
label or urlast paper reooiUed, aud specify any cor
qeciicns OF changes u,oy desire made az name or adj
dress.
CORRESP0NDENCE.-Coy Correspondence as solicited
from cfc7y section ia regard 10 Grand AT1ny Pen
sion Biii,drg AqricGtra Industrial and Household
saafcrs and l,els Ge Editor zrii Glt0ogs roccirc
a1romp, attention. Britc on ONE SIDE Of The paper
ONLY We do not return communications OF manu-
scripts stHIess they accompanied b. request 10
that effect aad The necessary postage. and Under no
circumstances guarosi.ee n,eir publication at any
special date
Address al communications 70
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE,
Washington, ID. C.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

TIE business outlook at the present time is
of decidedly encouraging nature. There
has been during the past month largely in
creased demand for steel rails, and an advance
of several dollars per ton in the price of same
The report Of the foreign trade of the country
for August also makes a better showing than
that for July. In the latter month the i'm
ports exceeded the exports by 100000, while
in August the exports showed an excess of
1861, ,746.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
uNIoS CAMP FIXES.

A VERY pleasant departure has been inaugu-
rated in Southern Illinois, in holding !" Union
Camp-fres,' in which neighboring Posts join.
These are held in series, one Post after another
being the hosts and the others the guests.
The results 50 Ear have been of the happiesi
kind, and call for an extension of the system
throughout the country. Nothing can be more
pleasant and profitable than these gatherings oil
comrades in adjoining Counties who in many
instances have served in tho same regiment OF
brigade, and have but few opportunities O
coming together.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

BoTH Mexico and the United States are TO
be congratulated on the fact that the boundary
dispute between the two countries wiz be set
tied in a mutually satisfactory manner. The
survey just made by Lieut.. symons, Of the En-
gineer Corps, leaves little doubt that in some
places the boundary line is a few hundred
yards too far south and that the survey marks
have by some means been done away with. A
joint survey viii most likely follow Lieut..
symons's work, and landmarks of character
impossible to remove will be set up.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE wAsHNGroN c. THURSDAY

faster than England, SO that it now appears
more than probable that, vessel for YES
sci, the French navy is superior to that of
England sr
As Frances marine armament costs her 1885,
100000 year, it is entirely too expensive an
institution TO remain idle or have no other use
than that of bluffing" England, so that it is
put to the main purpose for which it was con-
structed at so much cost-to wit, that of ex-
tending French trade and commerce. Thus
we have the Tunis and Madagascar expedi-
tions, and finally the assault on China.
As these are direct blows on Engands pres
tige, and commercial as well as naval suprem-
acy, she is very wroth, and the situation be-
tween the two powers becomes dailyamore
strained.
The application Of China for us to act as a
mediator the placing under our flag of nearly
the whole of the great coast-trading fleet of
China and our own growing commerce with
the country, places US in position where it
may at any moment become necessary to assert
ourselves. This we cannot do unless we have
some ships upon the seas capable of coping with
anything that is afloat Congress has been
criminally negligent in the past in not provid-
ing against an emergency which is likely to
arise at any time. 1t should be made to feel the
force of aroused public opinion, so that this
humiliating condition of things shall not con-
tinue any longer than it will take skilfui hands
to construct fighting ships.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

We import every year about 100000 tons Of
sulphur, worth about s3,00O0OO. Yet there is
one mountain in California which IS believed
to have over 100000 tons of chemically pure
birthstone. If we would only spend our
S3O0o,000 year in digging out our own sui
phur, We would give employment to several
thousand men, and provide for the eonsump-
ton of say 100000 bushels of our surplus
wheat
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
Auother Lucky Coacbn,sn.

Still another lucky coachman is to be added
to the LIST of Jehus who have been success
ful in capturing for brides daughters Of
prominent citizens. This time the romantic
young lady is the eldest daughter Of Mr. j. j.
Drake, who for the past 10 years has lived in
Harrisoi, about two miles from Rye, ~ Y.
Miss Magdaiene Drake is about 30 years old,
and the coaehman, Jesse Carroll, said to be-
nearly 10 years her Junior. Aiaeaalene is quite
pretty blonde, short in stature and inclined
to embenpoint. Carroll IS goOd-l0oking fel-
low, nearly six feet in hight, ana sports a
light mustaehe. He had been employed by
Mr.. Drake ever since he was bog, and his
father worked for Mr.. Drake by the day as
gardener. The father took the matter very
cooIly and remarked that as his daughter was
worth 5000 in her own right she would lot
want for anything
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
THIS WEEKS PAPER.

It is splendid story Gen O. o. Howard tells
this week Of the mighty spontaneity with
which the Army Of the Cumberland boys
rushed up the frowning nights Of Missionary
Ridge, and swept Bragg's hosts away in the
twinfiing OF an eye. "carleton'sv account Of
the first disastrous day at stones River is full
offre and force, and the 'Yiclzsburg Campaign
is highly interesting. 1t is very good paper
Throughout
The National Tribune Costs 0,sly Tiro Cents .
WeeI.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
ROLLING IN

The orders for The NATIONAL TRIBUNE's
"Life OF Gen. Logan roll IN from all parts
OF the country The book is a splendid one
and splendid selling one. Young men and
women are making from s2 to SO day selling
1t. Send 10 THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for sam
pie copy and terms TO agents.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
bin " bas passed. and now lis said

Our q bill - has passed. and now lis said
You're making up the slate,
And some who marched and fought and bled
Would flin participate;
So Colonel Dudley. 70 this end.
just keep our names in view
They said you sreTs the soldiers friend
Now Dudley Dudley, do
There's H. II. Teller. bless his heartl
The soldiers friend IN deed
Who nobly took our hand and part
In our most bitter need;
For when reduction sore you pressed
From this yOur great Bureau,
lie nobly transferred the oppressed
And said they shouldn't 20.
The widow and the orphan too,
For them he did provide,
Well keep his honOTed name IN view
And speak of It with pride.
But petty Chiefs " of small renown,
With crafty hearts and hard
VII lay the cursed copper down
Upon the soldiers card
There's Sergeant True, the nobIest man
That ever welded sword,
Or marched, hero IN the
Ofthe army Of the Lord;
Ay, keen of thought and word, and wise,
Who wields powerful pen
To help the GRAND OLD PARTY y rise
Ger fifty million men;
Last night he woke me from my sleep,
With cruel words and cold,
To tell that wolves in garb of sheep
Were IN the Masters fold;
That he, 50 eleTxy and so bright
Grim ir0nS OF Fatei
The flower Of trHth Of might,
Was wiped out from the slate.
Yes some they We set above Us here,
Who should be true and inst,
Debase the blue they used 70 wear
To liza to place Of trust
The Thing that plueks the garments hem.
The Dude that hicks the shoe;
And if you VIII not sit on them
HeR run right over you
So Dudley turn yOur eagle eye
To what yOur future Eiars.
To -siIf1I games of those that try
To sTuireh the stripes and stars.
Else if yeu like not lines IN rows,
In shape Of song or hymn,
Wen give you frozen facts ia prose
By sturdy
BUGLEE TRIM
copper on il.
WAsHISGToS ID. c.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

SURVIVING MEMBERs of the Second Division
and Clusters Brigade of the Third Division,
Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac viii at
tend the dedication, at Gettysburg. Oct Is, of
a shaft erected on the field of the cavalry
operations on the right flank, July 8, 1863
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
General sherman on The Tribune.
Eo the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

HEADQUA ARMY OF THE g. s.,
WASHINGTON, d. C.
60 the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
<
From the nature Of the articles published
in the numbers Of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
sent me, I observe that il is published in the
Interest Of the soldiers Of Ihe civil war In
this you have my hearty sympathy. and |
viii endeayor in my own sphere Of action to
cooperate with you in all practicable meas
ures to that end, without money and with
out price With great respect
Your obedient servant,
W. 7. SHERMAN.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

THE reality of the misfortune which over
took Gen. Grant is freshened up in the public
mind by the offering for sale of the house in
Philadelphia which was presented to him when
he came back from the field crowned with the
laurels of Appomattox. 1t is appraised at
100000, and is part of the property turned over
to Vanderbilt
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

PUNCHED silver coins are bought in large
quantities at the Assay Office in Wall street,
New York, and melted down into bars. The
price paid is one per cent. less than the face
value of the coin, and 500 worth is the small
est quantity that the Office will receive
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C., OCTOBER p 1854.

To any person who VIII send us
q club of ten new subscribers to
THE TRIBUNE we viii present
a new Waterbury watch, incIosed
in a handsome satin-Iined case,
and warranted to keep accurate
time.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

office, all the soldiers in the country "will
have lain for century dead" before their
claims are settled. Though he promised to
finish up the whole business inside of three
years, he goes out of office at the end of that
time with it apparently no nearer an end
than it was when he began
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
ONLY TWO crETs

Have you thought just how much enjoyment
for yourself, instruction FOR your children, and
entertainment for your friends you can get for
two cents. l,y subscribing for THE NATIONAL
TRlBUNEg II not, take the first leisure oppor-
tunity to think about it, and you wiz end By
sending on your dollar for the paper for ayeaE
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
VOW Is TIE TILE
i IUuL JDCAILLI 81 aLllf
W. Z. SIBERIAN

to send in your dollar for TIE NATIONAL
TEIBrNE. The long nights are coming on,
there is plenty time for reading, AID 10 where
can you get as much and as good for the money
as il THE NATIONAL TsIBUNE. Remember.
The National 7libaae Costs Only 7,ro Cents a
TeetF
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

Mr. ARTHUR PosT, son-in-law Of Gen. Jas.
wadsworth, who was killed ia the Wilderness,
died last month in Paris. This makes the Sec
Ond of the grand old hero's daughters who has
been widowed, and his son Craig's 1ife-for-
merly the beautiful Miss Lean Peters, of fPbila-
delphia-is dying at Berkely Springs. Va
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

THE number of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending Sept. %,
1881, were as follows: Original, 792; Increase,
4S3; reissue, 50; restoration, 81; duplicate, 8;
accrued pensions, p; total, 1.I4L
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

The Prime Meridian Congress, of which we
spoke last week, has already begun its session
in Washington. It is expected that the United
States representatives will take charge of the
task of reasoning the others out of their pa
triotic adherence to their own meridians and
into accepting that of England. As every
school-boy knows the Danes reckon longi-
tude from Copenhagen, the Dutch from
Amsterdam, the Russians from St. Peters
burg, the Germans from Berlin, the French
from Paris, the Spanish from San Fernando,
and the Italians from Turin. We have had
double reckoning Washington and Green
wieh. The use of these various standards is
not only senseIess waste of time and atten-
tion, but occasionally positively dangerous, as
two ships speaking at sea may easily confuse
the reckoning communicated and send one of
them upon the rocks. The most trouble is
consider that the national honor is involved
in clinging to Paris aud in refusing to accept
the meridian of their time enemy. An
other thing that the conference will probably
attempt to change is the present method of
reckoning both ways from the prime meridian.
As the meridian of Greenwich lies in the
midst of the highly important coastwise trade
of Europe there is constant danger of confusing
east . and = west" longitude, in charts and
| elsewhere and it is proposed to reckon the
longitude in one direction clear around the
circle of $50 degrees
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

THE price Of Frank Smiths Kuapsack, the
advertisement Of which appears elsewhere, is
25 cts. 1t can be had by addressing comrade
Smith at Toledo
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

THE English complain very much Of the hard
times, and say that things are duller than they
have been at any time since 1879.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

PEorLE who would make out that protection
is the cause of the present staguation in man
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

Jay Gould is being steadily forced out Of
several Of the great enterprises in which he
has been a controlling spirit for several years,
and his place as President or Managing Direc-
Tor being taken by substantial business men
whose interest are in the development Of the
property instead Of lis use on Wall street, and
this is regarded as very hopeful indication.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

AMoSG the campaign lies there is none 50
stupid as that Gen. Logan was ever or on any
occasion hostile 10 the interests of the soldier.
The truth is, and it can be demonstrated by
irrefragable evidence, that the soldier has
never had better or more reliable friend any
where than Gen. Logan. His vote has always
been cast in his favor, and IN eommittee-room
or or the floor of either House the private
soldier has never lacked Gen. Logan's earnest
advocacy, whenever that advocacy was needed.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
TIE DROUTH.

The effects of the drouth which has now
been of more than two months duration, are
very. severely felt in nearly all sections of the
country. The last rain that was OF beneficial
character occurred on the 29th Of July, and
since that time, with the exception of one or
two little showers that hardly settled the dust,
no rain has fallen on the parched earth.
Springs and creeks that have never been known
to fail are now quite dry, and in many places
stock has to be driven quite distance to water.
The country everywhere presents dry and
burnt-up appearance, and the dust on the road
is of such depth as to make travel both un-
pleasant and difficult
The tobacco crop is very materially damaged,
and is now too far advanced to be benefited
by the rain. The grass, of course, is dry as
tinder, and farmers are compelled TO use
the forage stored away for Winter to keep their
stock alive. The turnips, beets and other root
crops will generally amount to little, and there
win be in consequence a large advance in the
price of butter and meat this Winter-the for
mer articles being in many places 10 cents a
pound higher than is usual at this time of the
year.
The farmers, too, are looking anxiously at
another danger that menaces them. There
has been scarcely any plowing yet done for
Winter wheat at the time when many farmers
usually have their ground seeded, and should
long coldor wet spell follow the drouth the
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

ONE thing besides free speech never seems
to have prospered in the South, and that IS an
educational fund In Virginia the school
moneys disappeared many years ago into some
ravenous nav, which has never been clearly
indicated The same is true Of several other
Southern States, and now word comes that the
millions of dollars which John McDonogh left
to help educate the children of New Orleans
has unaecountably dwindled to few hundred
thousand
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

ufacturing circles carefully forget that in
Free-Trade England the stagnation is vastly
worse than it is in this country.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

The Methodists have erected fine church
on the site Of the old Shiloh Meeting house, and
there is money being collected through the
South for a monument to the rebel dead who
fell On that ensa1gnined field.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
THE SWORD OF sEEG'T TRUE.
[Hri.le1 ~ Ths Nali9naI rrl5ans.l

Respectfully dedicated To those Chiefs Of Divisions
Of the L. :. Pension Office who prostitute the pat
ronage of this great country to the reward o.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
One Dollar per Year,
Invariably in Advance.

Six months, IS cents. No subscription for a
less period received.
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

- i "a -. - arraa s szoan1 - -
The National tribune., 1884-10-02

HEADQUARTERs ARMY OF THE c. s.,
V-,srrr,-,rax N r
The National tribune., 1884-10-02
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
ESTABLISHED 1879

PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-06
1.-THE NEW ROAnr

The completion of the link of
railway which will, in future, con-
meet our city directly with the broad
gauge systems to the north of us is
an event of momentous Importance
to our city, and one in which every
citizen of Palatka may well feel a
lively sense of satisfaction. The
rapid progress of this work, except
when delayed by the want of ma
terials, and its substantial equip
ment is creditable alike to the com
pany who have built it and the en-
gineers who have had it In charge.
It's completion to this point opens up
to our merchants, and to shippers
generally, practicable, quick and
competitive route to the fruitful
west and northwest upon whose
cereals the greater portion of our
population exists. It does even more
for Palatka, it resolves our town
into permanent depot or distribu-
ting point for vast sweep Of coun-
of country to the south of us EN-,
braced by the waters of tht St
Johns and the salts of the sea. The
trade of this section, hitherto much
divided and dependent on Jackson
vile must perforce, seek our market
as It's natural focal point, and the
happy effect of this concentration
will soon be manifest. We regard
the future of Palatka then as assured
Located on the divide, healthy a
regards climate, amply equipped
with capital and with splendid
railway system eentering in upol
her like the reflected rays of thu
parabola, our people have only K
be true to themselves and lay tn,
solid foundation of a city's prosper
i+v-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-06
Mr.. TiIden'S Ambition

Macon Telegraph.
The recent outgivings of Mr.. Dana, of
the New York Sun, leave little if any
doubt as to the desire of Mr.. Tilden to
become the candidate of the national
democracy for the presidency In 1890
Mr.. Tilden in an open letter confessed
that his physical strength was not equal
to the demands of a presidential cam
paign. 1t is conceded that intervening
years have not added TO his mental or
physical powers. 1t is known that he
desired to make the race for the govern
ship of New York state, aid that his
physicians gave it as their opinion that
the excitement would be fatal to him.
In the wreck of his intellectual faculties
and his bodily strength he still nurses a
hot ambition and a capacity for danger
Gus and harmful political maneuvers.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-06
A FLORIDA MONOPOLY.

The telegraph company which con-
trolls the wires in this portion of
Florida demand the most exhorbi-
tant rates for their service. 1t is
we'll known that the International
Company (so-called) is but q part
and parcel of the Western Union
system, and on the fiimsy pretext of
having to transfer" from one line
to another the public is bIed in
all instances for two full rates. A
person can send a message from
New York to Boston for the sum
Of fifteen cents, distance of near
ly three hundred miles, while for an
ordinary ten word message from
this point to Jacksonville, distance
Of seventy-fve miles, tariff of fifty
cents is demanded. Estimating the
difference in the distances named
and the cost of the service of send
ing, it will be seen that we pay seven
times more for our dispatches than
citizens of the more favored sec
+iOpC
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1884-03-06
INDEPENDENTS

The fusion party in Florida now
avows itself dependent on
both races for support, and feels
by close view of the stu
alton. In both they dowiseIy; they
have no fullowing in the democratic
ranks. and if they do not feel good
now they cannot realize the position
after election day. No democrat
can follow Bisbee or Pope; social
antagonism, race sympathy, custom
and enlightened thought all forbid.
But even Bisbee would find it ca
sier to draw recruits from our ranks
than the Independents. Bisbee is at
least openly harsh, his acknowledged
ability in party management and
long experience give authority to
his selfish Judgment; but neither
state nor party in Florida is ready
for a Malone, and Mr.. Pope, to his
credit, is deficient in many of the
qualities necessary to the creation eff
a successful demagogue.