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know their men and hold them to strict
account.
The Committee ON invalid pensions.

The Committee ON Invalid Pensions.
The composition of the Committee on
Invalid Pensions will be of interest to many
veterans who are looking to Congress for
relief in cases which the Pension Office has
rejected, owing TO the impossibility of pro-
curing proofs of disability incurred in line
of duty at this late day.
The chairman is CORTLAND G.. Matson, of
Indiana, Democrat. He enlisted at the
breaking out Of the war in the 18th Indiana
volunteers and after years service in that
regiment joined the 9th Indiana cavalry,
rising through intermediate grades till he
was its colonel at the close of the struggle,
This is his second term in Congress.
Benjamin lie Fevre, of Ohio, a Democrat,
served through the war as a private.
Robert W.Fyan, of Missouri, a Democrat.
served in the war of the rebellion as captain
and major of the oath Missouri volunteer
infantry, and colonel of the 4Gth Missouri
volunteer infantry.
Edwin B. Winans, of Michigan, Demo-
GRAFT, is farmer. He does not appear to
have seen any military service.
James FL. Budd, of California, Democrat,
was born only in 1851, and thus it is not
surprising that he has no military record.
Daniel a. Sumner, of Wisconsin, Demo-
GRAFT, has no war record, according to the
the Congressional directory.
John D. Patten, of Pennsylvania, Dem
ocrat, no war record.
Henry B. Lowering of Lynn, Massacbu-
sets, Democrat, is prominent member Of
the Grand Army of the Republic. He served
in the army in the same regiment with
Congressman George r. Davis, of Chicago
and was discharged for wounds received in
battle.
John Il. Bagly, Jr, of New York, Demo.
crat, appears to be without war record.
ossian Ray, of New Hampshire, a Repub
lican, was solicitor for his county all through
the war.
William Cullen, of Illinois, a Republican
is an editor, and has no military record.
LeonidasC G. Houck, of Tennessee, a Repub
lican, entered the Union army as a private
and rose to the rank of colonel of the 81
Tennessee infantry. In 1863 he was mus
tered ont on account of failing health.
John S. Wise, of Virginia. Readjuster
has been for years militia captain. He il
a son of the famous Governor Wise, of ante
bellum days.
Adoniram J. Holmes, of Iowa, Republi
can. left college in 1852 to enter the war
and stayed through to the end.
Edmund n. Morrill,, of Kansas, a Republi
can, is a native of Maine, who went to Kan
sas and plunged into politics in 1857. HI
entered the Union army in 1861 as pr
yate, and was mustered out as a major il
/ 1865.
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5000 Beatty Organs Shipped.

During the past three months Mayor Beatty,
the enterprising organ builder Of Washington,
n. r., shipped 5000 cabinet organs from his
great factory there as follows: September,
1000; October, 1880; November, two holi-
days. 1,600-total, 5000. 1t is said that this
is by far the largest shipment of organs made
there by any organ builder in America for the
same length of time, and it is proof that the
public are buying Beatty's organs in preference
to other makes.
He agrees to ship the organ that is adver-
tised in this issue the same day he receives the
order, or forfeit $500 in greenbacks. This is
enterprise, and to those who want an organ for
a holiday present it is a decided bargain.
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SMALL TALK
About paopIe and ThInes.

Mr.. Abraham S. Hewitt, who is a member of
Congress from New York, was discussing
strikes with q fellow-member the other day.
in the course of which he gave his experience
with laboring men. Said he: eve have never
had strike, although we employ 5000 men at
our iron works. The way / manage it is this:
Whenever there is grumbling and discomfort
among the men about wages, call up some of
their leaders and re arbitrate. tell them to
appoint a committee to consult with the firm,
in the first place to settle how much we should
make upon our capital invested. After we
have settled that point to our satisfaction, then
I propose a committee of experts, chosen
mutually, to examine our books and disclose
the actual state of business. If it is found
that we are making more than the rate Of
interest we had agreed upon would be fair,
why, raise the wages. II, on the other hand
we find that the profits are less than has been
agreed would be right, the men yield.
never have any trouble, nor do often have to
raise the wages, because disposition to strike
always comes when business is bad and times
are hard If we are making money, have no
objection to increasing the wages, or allowing
extra time and other concessions, which keep
the men satisfied, but when we begin to lose
money feel like contracting. Then, of course,
the men are dissatisfied, and my plan of arbi-
tratiun follows, which, from the nature of
things develops situation WHICH viii not
allow the men to either insist on an increase of
wages, according to their own proposition, or
to strike"
aWhen the crisis came in 1873 we began
Immediately to lose money. The question was
raised as to whether we had better close our
| works or go on and pocket the loss. We had q
great many men who had been with us for
years. who lived in houses we built for them,
| who were skilled laborers, and furthermore,
| who would have suffered had we thrown them
| out of work We decided, therefore, to keep
/ on and take our loss until better times arrived.
| For tho next five years we suffered net loss
/ of 500, 900 a year, but when the boom came, it
| found us in shape, with our fires going, and
| our business in hand, SO that we made it all
back again in less than q single year. was
not a candidate for a seat in the Forty sixth
Congress, and it paid me first rate. The first
| year that stayed out, after closing my SER
vices in the Forty-ffth, cleared just million
dollars"
| Mr. Hewitt ID very wealthy man, and does
not owe everyth;ng-as Congressman Kasson
| said last winter on the floor of the House--to
| the charity of his late venerable father-in-law,
Peter Cooper. He has been in business in the
manufacture of iron ware now for oyer thirty
years, and in addition to igood fortune has
| brought to the management of his affairs rare
| skill and sound judgment.
49,
The workmen on the White House grounds
cut down tree the other day about which
there are many historic associations 1t was
| edge Of the curved fagstdAes leading from the
portico in front of the Hofse to tho more east
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fallen Brigadier-General Mackenzie. With
record, before whose brilliancy that of
many an older officer paled; with youth,
with bis recent promotion to the command
ola Department, with the confidence of his
superiors, everything possible in life seemed
to be within his reach, when all at once
reason topples from her throne. He has
been taken to an asylum, and his friends
have hopes of his recovery.
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Now il Your Time.

We take occasion again to call the atten-
ton of our patrons to the new attraction we
have in store for them in Colonel E. r.
Roe's war story, @The Gray and the Blue"
We shall commence its publication during
the current month. No freside should be
without the pleasure it viii give to the long
winter evenings on the occasion Of its
weekly visit. Subscribers should not delay
The National tribune., 1884-01-03

WITH this issue of THE TRIBUNE the
subscriptions to the Union Volunteer expire.
The TRIBUNE has been sent to all subserib-
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We call our readers attention to an adver-
tisement of VIM. H. Smith, Scotsman Phila-
delphia. Mr.. Smith was connected with the
firm of HeAry A. Dreer for twenty-eight years,
and during the last ten years, since the death
of Mr.. III. A. Dreer, had control Of the business
of the establishment. By his long experience
excellent qualities, and upright dealing, Mr..
Smith has won the confidence of all. He can
be depended on to sell none but the best pro-
ducts of this and other countries, embracing
every choice variety of Vegetable, Field, aud
Flower Seeds
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The Charles A. Vogeler ConIp2ny, Of Balti-
mere, Nd, have just issued their second annual
St. Jacobs OIL Family CalsildsS and Book Of
Health and Hgasor for tss 1fdioa-as matter
of fact, we beliye, the edition consists Of fifteen
million copies, 80 say nothing Of the versions
printed IN foreign tongues and shipped to far
countries Between the richly illuminated
covers may be found great variety of original
humorous articles by the wits Of the day
among the contributors being such noted
writer's as Ell Perkins Bill Nye, 3Iuakittrick,
r. J. Burdette, Sweet and Knox. and Josh BIZ
Hngs-as well as the sketches which woa prizes
in the recent literary competition instituted By
the company. The book IS very Readable and
is lavisily i'll lstrated.
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TIE number Of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending Deem
her -. 1883. were as follows: Original, 2777if
increase, a; ne-issne, q; restoration, 8;
duplicate, "a; arrears, o: accrued pensions,
q pensions uader act Of March 3, 1883,
i; total, 3G7.
The National tribune., 1884-01-03

THE French have found one point upon
which they can agree with Bismarck. They
will not eat American pork. Very well,
California wines ara good enough for Us,
and there are plenty of Johnny Crapeau's
authorizations we can do without, both to
the advantage of our pocket and our stom-
ach
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WAsHISspoS, D. C, JANUARY 8. 1854

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To any person who VIII send us
a club OF ten new subscribers to
THE TRIBUNE we viii present
new Waterbury watch, inclOsed
in a handsome satin-lined case,
and warranted TO keep accurate
time. Here is an unlimited oppor-
tIInity for Christmas presents.
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W. T. SHERMAN

COMRADES. don't croal, but go to work.
You know a corporaI's guard VIII defeat a
rabble. Organize under the banner of The
Grand Army of the Republic
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A Wonderful Clock.

San Marcos (Texas) Free Press: Billy Reed
gives rather marvellous story of clock at
Major Standifers. 1t is thirty years old and
had been silent for eight years until a few
days since it suddenly Weakened up and struck
$50 without stopping.
The National tribune., 1884-01-03

EUGENE FIELD writes in the Chicago
Daily Nears:
Much Of the matter which oreeps into print now
adays under the of hrrnor is the yeriest rot
and the reading public is beginning to tire of the
very name of hutnorist.
1t is gratifying to note this frank con-
fession of what has been weighing upon his
readers for some time.
The National tribune., 1884-01-03

The attention OF our readers is respectfully
called to the advertisement, Ia another column,
of ID. d. Ferry SE Co, Detroit, Mich, the cele-
brated seedsmen. They do the largest business
In their line In The United States; raise the
bulk Of their seed on their own farms, by the
most approved methods, and have obtained q
Worldwide reputation for the quality and
variety Of the seed they put upon the market,
and their integrity in filing all orders IN
trusted TO them Their beautiful Seed Annuaa
for 1854, sent free TO all who apply for il viii
be found Of practical value TO al who desire .
purchase seeds trne 70 name
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READ The list Of special prizes for TRIB-
IKE Clulo-laaiscrs, pnliishe in another coll
umn- There should be a vigorous compete
tion for these valuable premiums.
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II IS sad commentary upon the ephern-
erai auality Of human greatness to note
the sudden mental afsictioa which has be-
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HEADQUARTERS ARaY OF THE Z. s.,


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WASHINGTON, d. c.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
=
Prom the nature Of the articles published
in the numbers Of TIE NATIoEAL TRIBUNE
sent me, I observe that it is published in the
interesG Of The soldiers Of the civil war. In
this you have nay hearty sympathy, and /
VIII eadeayor ia my own sphere Of action to
cooperate Wild yop in ali practicable meas
ares to that end, without money and with
ont price, With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
W. r. SHERMAN
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we ara IN receint Of snecimen conias Of ID

We are in receipt of specimen copies of OAR
ley's great historical engraving, .Sherman's
March TO the Sea, published by J. p Fitch, of
Hartford, Conn. Mr.. barley made the journey
to the field of active operation to make the
study of the design, in order to get every
movement, every position, every detail of
dress and the whole combination correct and
true to life He was eminently successful, ac-
cording to the testimony Of military men and
every ex-soldicr who has seen it.
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sending in their names, as it is difficult, if
not impossible, to procure back numbers.
The Steedn,an fund.

During the past week s8.45 has been re-
ceived in contributions to the Steedman
fund. The following is the statement to
The National tribune., 1884-01-03

CoMRADE FRED. T. TAYLOR, Adjutant,
Custer Post, New Tacoma, Washington Ter
ritory, notifies us that his Post has ordered
the sum Of ten dollars, which it RENTED to
Quartermaster- General Taylor, for the bene-
fit of the Yellow-feyer sufferers at Pensacola,
be turned over to THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE's Chickamauga fund for the bene-
fit of General Steedman's lite family.
Our correspondent wonders that $50 few
have needed the cry of dead comrades
widow and Children" abiding to the small
amount subscribed SO far for the Steedman
Relief Fund We advise him to have
patience and faith, with full assurance that
handsome sum viii yet be raised for so
worthy cause. The Grand Army Post at
New Tacoma has done well in this matter
The National tribune., 1884-01-03

AT the recent Encampment of the first
provisional Division, Sons of Veterans, Com
rade S. Bangs, provisional Commander,
declined to--accept reelection, and Frank
Ell. Challis, Manchester, Me-, was chosen as
his successor. Comrade Bangs, as our read
ers are doubtless well aware was one of the
most jealous workers in the Order, and its
wonderful growth in New England is largely
due to his well-directed efforts in its behalf
In DECEMBER, 1882, when General Bangs as
sumed command, there were but two Camps
in all New England, whereas there are now
forty-two in his Divisions record which
speaks for itself. Comrade Bangs well de-
serves the thanks which were rendered him
by resolution of the Encampment on the
| occasion of his retirement.
The National tribune., 1884-01-03

The directory now contains the Members
names, with their districts and States, and
short biographical sketch furnished by each
one, a list of committees of House and Senate,
the residences of the foreign legations, our own
ministers and eonsuls abroad, the names of
officials in the Executive Departments the
names of newspaper correspondents, with their
journals, and the location of offices and resi-
dences map of Washington, and much other
valuable information relative to public men
and Government buildings in the city.
The National tribune., 1884-01-03

Senator Jones, by the way, is rich again
When he first came to the Senate he was very
wealthy, and went into all sorts Of speculations,
which would. no doubt, have turned out well
but for the hard times which set in and con-
tinued through 1876, 1876 and 1877. All his
enterprises went wrong, it seems, and he was
in danger of becoming actually poor. He kept
going. however and has once more found favor
with fortune, and promises before long to again
rank in wealth with the bonanza kings of the
Pacific Coast. 1t is said that his recent luck
has come largely from Sierra Nevada.
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CERTAIN ADVANTAGES

over most other European towns as we'll Thus,
III the horde of men anas children who stream
Through the Zurich streets at noon, there are
rarely any soldiers TO be fonnd, for the Swiss
theory is modification of the American enc,
and the Swiss constitution forbids any eantons
having more than three hundred regular
troops. There is thus a sharp contrast between
French and German towns of seventy thousand
inhabitants and Zurich in the matter of soldier
uniforms and, though the eye misses the bit
of color at first mind and heart rejoice alike
at the absence of standing army. There is,
too no dearth of color Of the sort which art
critics call "local." That is TO say. there are
all sorts of little pictures here and there in
Zurich streets which are not quite Ike the
street scenes of other towns Sometimes the
picture is made. all unconsciously, by group
of masons in bright colored blouses carrying
umbrellas large and strong and heavy, and of
various hues; sometimes by 4 group OF school
children, distinguished under like umbrellas,
nothing visible but the hocts of the heys.
The National tribune., 1884-01-03

The workmen on the White House grounds
cut down a tree the other day about which
there are many historic associations 1t was
the first of the row Of 5bles along the outer
edge Of the curved dagstdAes leading from the
portico in front of the Hog Sc to tho more east
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-02-11
THROUGH THE HEART.
Mysterious Shooting Affair i'm Norwich

Mysterious Shooting Affair i'm Norwich,
Conn.
NORWICH, Conn.,, Feb. 10.-F. V. Conant
Alfred McCennau and a friend named Button,
took drive through the city. returning to Cc-
nant's home on Elizabeth street. Button drove
the horse away to the stable while Conant
aseee Mcclellan to go to shed near by to see
pony. A few minutes later Mcclellan ran
from the shed crying "murderl" Conant ap-
peared pursuing him and fred third shot.
Mcclellan ran across the street and fell dead
in the gutter, One ball hit his leg, another his
hat and the third passed through heart. &C.
nant examined the body to make sure of death,
then pot mp bis revolver of SO caliber, walked
to the First Baptist church of which his wife is
member and entered the conference room.
His wife was speaking as he entered He took
seat and sent boy to Call her and when she
followed him to the vestibule SAID to her 81
have killed AL. Mcclellan. She is reported
to have excleimed "My Godi never thought
it would come to this" They then returned
nome together where Conant was arrested. He
gave the officers his revolver aud accompanied
them peacefully to the station house. IL is ru-
mored that second woman some weeks ago
told Conant that his wife and Mcclellan had
been intimate before. Conant married her,
aud it s also rumored that Conant had been
seeking opportunities to meet Mcclellan ever
sicne. During ths drive this afternoon, But
ton says that both men were exec edingly
friendly and cordial and he heard nothing to
lead him to pect such deneucment. Co
nant has been salesman 10 the dry goods
honse of Hislop, Parteous and Mitchell, Is 30
years old and has boy five years old. Nc
Clellan was professional ath lete He travelled
with Edmund Rc4 of New York, under the
name of the "Rce Brothers." has besn with
Tony Pastor and Doris, and had an engage
ment with Barnum. He Was 20 years old.
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acted. If the author, however, wishes to
see his play put GU the stage, he must allow
the muderers of the Ms. to do their savage
work without biIidrance or control.
1t is undeniably hard; but 1t Is I'M
peraIive. Practical playwrights even,
like Bronson Howard, BARLEY Campbell and
Marsden do not escape the destI overs of the
ideal. They are vented to such attacks,
and resign themselves gracefully thereto,
because they understand the requirements
of the theatre. Each leading house has
man whose special business II is to turn
written pieces into acting dramas. The
Union Square employs Cazauran for that
purpose; The Madison Square employs Be
lasc0; Augustin Daily altei ds to that; aud
everything else at his own theatre.
Sometimes all author is so worried by
constant alterations, and becomes 80 troub-
lesome, thai il is necessary for the manager
to request his absence from rehearsals, as Is
reported TO have been the case with BOyeson
during the present pr. paration OF his al
pine Rps-" for the Madison Squire. The
piece had mahy literary beauties which have
nearly al been eliminated for pictorial group
ings and slage OBJECT / remember hearing
thai well-kuown author In town who de-
cined to witness the preparatory butchery
of his play, as he called it, was so moved,
on seeing il the first night, that he burst In
to tears. 1 W, bder how Robert Bucban-
an, " no has in full measure The vanity OF
poets would enjoy his marvellously trans
laied "StO m Bralen," now in its last week
at the Union Squared II is said to have
been greatly impi owed but il is hard to con-
ceive how it could have been much worse.
II eminds one of what IS known in rural
New E gland as protracted NEE ing,
which some novice had attempted to dra-
matiZp.