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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-08

Hens and ffOys' Gloves.
Knit Jackets heavy underwear. WOODEN half hose
fur caps. extra heavy blue flannel shirts &C., to b.,
500 al ha!f price. before taking stock, at Auer-
bach 5, corner It'll ard II streets
Wells Health Remover cures dyspepsia. fmDo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-08

The UNION VETERAN CORPS FIRST COMPANY
capt NJ A. Tappar'5 first company. Union Veteran
SofpS, neid Largely atteIded meeting their az
mory. corner 9Th and l. STREETS. last night The ey-
ecutlSe committee reported that all the arrange
Hents mad been made Tor grand masquerade ball
70 oe gwen at Abners hal, on Friday. the 18th.
Other matters, showing the progress OF the co-ps
we're reported by the committee. Capt. Tauran
has received letter from Commissioner West max
Ing some suggestions concerning the organization
ol Ihe District militia by having the officers prop
erly commissioned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-08

THE EGYPTIAN MINISTRY RESIGS.-The Egyptian
ministry rendered their designations TO The kile,ya
at O'Clock last evening. Cnerif Plsaa the prime
minister. accompanied The Te>ignat Ions with let
ter to the khedive explaining Tie reasons FOR this
OF the ministers and requested them 10 remain in
ONCE until their successors are appointed. The
London StaRdd,W = rOrreSr,pndent at CAIRO SAYS that
Rtiz PaSiii and Nu5ir Fasnt steadily decline the
Office Of forming new mir Str-. At COast anti
nnpe II is rlInOred that FL Naidi has declared that
hr IS willing to recognize Hahn PaSha as khadve
OF EgyO OF.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-08

"CH1NFSg' GoRnONS New POSITION-The report
that the King OF Belgium has offered Chinese
Gnhion Henry VI. Sffn'ry place at tn" head or the
exp" iitiCn or the international Association for The
development Of Africa. according to a London dis
patfh. Is incorrect. Gordon has merely been in
Nl,tH u. the kih; To accept position Of inint
sponSi,ility with stanley who iinl;S that his work
In establishing trading posts on I'll. Congo river
and opening M the country II commerce. is grow
IIg into proportions beyond his cIpacit 10 property
supervise aud control. "ChiGasen Gordon arrived
IL London yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-01-08

PRACTICAL CHARITY IN ATLANTA-Tie suffering
among the poor in Atlanta. Ca. account 81 the
cold weather. was 50 severe that yesterday an
pea! was made by The CoaStitHtj2u, and thirty
wagon loads OF ruel provisions and groceries We're
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OYsTxks IN TIE RIvgR.-No more oysters may
De expected other than those sent by way OF rail-
Ioau through baltimore until the Ice blockade Is
removed by big thaw. Already the price OF oys-
ters mas taken rise OF about thirty 70 forty Der
cent al our slucking houses and viii be higher.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
GAR. POSTS, ATTENTION.

It is highly essential that every GAR.
Post take action in the matter of the Mexi-
can Pension Bill with its amendments. The
passage of this bill deeply concerns every
soldier and every friend of the soldier 1t
is matter to call out all the efforts that
can be put forth for the benefit of the de-
serving men who saved the country. Every
Post in the Nation should Immediately take
steps to see that petitions asking the passage
of the Bill be signed by all its members,
and it should also divide up the Town or
City in which it is located, and appoint can
vassers for every division, who will see that
the signature of every man favorable to the
pensioniug of disabled soldiers is secured
and sent on. This is work that will ex-
emplify in the highest degree the grand
principles of Fraternity and Charity. Let
the matter be considered and acted upon at
the next Post meeting.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
THE BUSINESS WORLD.

Scarcely anything Of interest developt in
in the business world during the week, and
now there is little hope of decided change
before the middle of January. This is the
season for shutting down factories, discharg-
ing employees, taking account of stock,
scraping to meet bills, and general wind
ing up of the years business. Just now.
too, the whole long Winter seems before
everybody, whereas, after New Years the
Spring will seem close at hand, and every
one commence to take steps to get ready for
it,
There was a very slight advance in raw
cotton during the week, though the manu-
factured article continued to have down
ward tendency.
The best feeling was displayed in the
wooden market, though the livelier demand
made but little improve ment in prices.
Cassimeres, which at the beginning of the
season brought 85 cents, are now offered at
62l, and this figure is maintained, although
the orders have been quite large. In boots
and shoes the reports from Boston say that
trade has been really better this year than
any preceding it, except 1883, and the feel
ing for next year is very hopeful, indeed.
The grain market was very irregular.
Corn advanced 4 cents, but wheat dropt off
q cents, and oats /! cent. December wheat
sold in New York at 70 cents, and the best
-four at s.. In Chicago December wheat
closed at 70; January, 1928; February, 73s
May, 79i. Corn, year, 36i; December, 36II /;
January, 345; February, 344; May, 373.
Oats-December, 2Sa; May, 274. The de-
preston in the wheat market was partially
accounted for by the news that the French
Cabinet had decided to recommend tariff
ON foreign grown wheat.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
NOTICE TO COMRADES.

The season for electing officers for Posts
and Departments is about to open. We can
not too strongly impress upon the minds of
all who send us the results of these elections
the necessity of writing names plainly. Any
failure to do this is to invite the most seri-
GUS mistakes, even making names wholly
unrecognizable. In q town where every
body is acquainted Of course any scrawl that
bears resemblance to a name is sufficient
indication of the person intended, but in q
newspaper office, which deals with millions
of names every year, it is necessary to make
names as plain as pen and ink can do it, in
order to guard against the errors which
printers and proof-readers in common with
all other frail humanity are prone to. Again,
let us repeat our adjuration to comrades to
take any amount of time that is necessary
to write a name plainly, in order that it
may reach US in such way that it will be
impossible to mistake it. Let each Post
deputize one man alone to send the list of
officers, SO that we may not receive names in
duplicate. 1t would also be well to select
some man with special reference to his dis
tinctness of penmanship.
The matter is of more importance than
the mere desire of seeing ones name in
print, because the publication of these off,
over the Nation as to their whereabouts and
what they are doing. This makes it duty
of more than ordinary Importance to neglect
no precaution that will insure the proper
printing of the names.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
TRIBUNETS.

The young man of Cumberland Ind who shot
at his sweetheart, but missed her. and then turned
his revolver loose himself with fatal effect be-
longs to type that should be encouraged. Here
tofore this style of fellow has usually killed his
sweetheart, and then lived to enjoy the attentions
and flowers and sympathy of silly women and
goody-soody gushers-
Puck: The great scientist says that cholera Is
only the paralysis of the liver Paralysis it is-bus
liver! Why the man who has got cholera aint .
liver. Not much he aint. Not after the cholera
has got the grapevine twist on him.
The New Orleans Picayune inclnes to the opin-
ion from the way that he is improving, that II
Henry Irving stays much longer in this country
he may learn to speak the English language so
that he will be understood.
Nashville Budget: I" Is the bowling of dog al
ways followed by death?" asked little girl OF her
father. Not always, my dear. Sometimes tbs
man that shoots at the dog misses him." was ths
prompt reply.
Evansville Arg,:s:
A festive dude came into our sanctum
He had poem we kindly thanktum.
With the Office club gently planktum
Over the top of his phizarapktum.
He swore an oath which sounded like blanktuIn,
And gazed at us like dinged old cranktum
And there then was a vacancy in our sanctum
The Marathon Independent says that the differ
enee flute player and bartender is that one
blows the notes and the other knows the bloats.
indianapolis has an Indian lawyer. One Of the
Kaws doubtless.
There must be hot political campaign in pro-
gress in the Soudan. The report reaches us thaa
Ell Madhi is brutishly dirty, and nothing will
induce him TO wash.
The Australians are so simple and unsophistf-
Gated that the Government confidingly pays them
bounty for sparrow's eggs. If our Governments
should try such a thing it would get rung in upon
it the biggest sparrow-egg factory that the world
ever saw.
The papers have much to say about the "e evils
arising from the of the cheap grades of arti-
feially favored cigarets." Nothing well be
much worse than even the best varities. The eig-
arget that will not make a room smell worse than
garbage wagon has yet to be invented. Beside
the odors that trail after the burning of OF the
favorte brands of cigarets the smell of '2for-5"
cigar is fragrance, and the rankest pipe is bed Of
yiolets.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
RELIEVING THE COUNTIES.

Very singularly, one of the most impor-
tant features of the legislation proposed by
the Amended Mexican Bill has escaped all
notice by those who oppose it.
They are so purblpd that they cannot see
that it accompiishes what everybody desires
to see accomplished -rthat is, transfers from
the tax-burdened Cities and Counties to the
powerful and rich General Government the
duty and expense of caring for thousands of
broken down men and their families.
The bill provides that any man who
served three months in the late war, who
was honorably discharged, who is depend
ent upon his own labor for support, and who
is wholly disabled for manual labor, shall
receive $24 month: Provided, That his dis
ability has not been occasioned by his own
vicious habits or gross misconduct If he is
not wholly disabled from manual labor he
gets proportionately smaller amount.
Now, whoever reflects moment will see
that if a man is dependent upon his own
labor for support, and is wholly disabled for
such labor he must be supported by some
body. At present it is generally done by
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
WHERE TO BEGIN THE CUT.


If there is one class of work more than
another which imperatively demands a
sufficient force of competent men to carry it
on in all its details it is railroading, and yet,
ON occount of the railroad war, and the con-
sequent reduction in the earnings of the
company, the Pennsylvania road is preparing
to cut down its working force some fifteen
hundred or two thousand men. Everybody
knows that as rule the railroad employees
work more hours than is consistent with pub
icsafety and this reduction can result in only
one way-putting more hours work on the
already oyer-worked brakemen, engineers,
telegraph operators, conductors and switch
men, making them thereby less able to do
their work properly. Amy one of these
officials holds the lives of scores of persons
in his hands at almost every hour in the
day, aud this may cause, during moments
doze, an accident of the most frightful ma
ture. Seeing the Presidents, Vice-Presidents
and other higher officials are not so nearly
connected with the public safety as the class
aforementioned, and as a rule not nearlyso
hard worked, would it not be fairer to the
travelling public to cut their salaries down
and leave the proper complement of the
workers on the road? Or, if that cannot be
DONE it would be better for the stockholders
dividends to be reduced than for the lives
of the travelling public to be imperiled.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11

the County or City. We need not tell any
body how grateful to taxpayers would be
that relief which would take this expense
Off the County Treasures, with their meager
funds, and put it on the National Treasury,
with its enormous surplusage.
Many schemes have been urged for return
ing to the States the excess of the Govern
ments income over and above its ordinary
expenditures This is one of the things
that very many people believe ought to be
done. Infinitely the best step the Govern
ment can take toward using the money for
which it has no use is to pay with it its just
debts to those who served it faithfully in its
hour OF need.
Instead Of the Amended Mexican Pension
Bill adding cent to the peoples burdens of
taxation it will reduce them. 1t will lessen
the annual expenses of every County north
of the Ohio and the Potomac. This is a
time when tax-paying comes with unusual
hardness on all classes of people. Every
thing that offers relief has welcome from
the moment Of its suggestion. To have the
Government take from the poor-houses all
over the North the broken-down old SOL
diers and their widows and children found
there, and assume charge of their support,
will bring substantial relief to every tax
payer. The first result of the passage of the
bill will be to reduce the taxes and expenses
of every County in the North, or else give it
much more money to spend on works, I'M
provements, and other desired objects.
Everybody recognizes the duty of each
community supporting those of its members
who have become unable to support them
selves. This is a duty which now bears
hardly On every community in the loyal
States. The Government has incurred def
mite obligations toward those who served in
it's armies. 1t has also Treasury full to
overhowing of money collected by taxation
which nobody feels. 1t is proposed to apply
this money to paying the Governments
debts Of honor, and at the same relieve peo-
pie everywhere of some of the burdens of
direct and onerous taxation.
There should he nowhere dissenting
voice raised against SO just and sensible a
proposition.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.

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are generally honest and faithful; but persons srto
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Judges Of their responsibility. The paper UiQ be sent
only on receipt Of ;Bc subscription price.
ADDRESSES. RENEWALS Ec.-AddreSses tgiN
be changed as often desired, bat each subscriber
should i eJeg gjUe e old trei nelc address,
In reResGag subscribers So5d be careful to sead aS The
label or The last paper recevcd, and specify any cor
rec;ionS changes they desire made in name or Gd-
dress.
CORRESP0NDENCE-Co Correspondence IS solicited
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THE Ohio Board of Agriculture reports
that the prices paid by local buyers and
shippers at 600 points in the State average
as follows Wheat (per busheD, "a cents !;
corn, 43 cents; rye, Sc cents; oats, % cents !;
barley, 81 cents; buckwheat, SO cents; pota-
toes, AZ cents; leaf tobacco, s cents pound;
hay (per tom, S966; sorghum molasses (per
galion), 40 cents; Winter apples (per barrel),
S1.53; good steers (per hundred weight,
live), S438; live hogs (per hundred weight,
1898.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
GAR. RECORD.
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record of the owner TO be attested by the officers of
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WHEN wheat was at 81, bushel of ii
would only buy seven or eight pounds Of
sugar, and from eight to 10 yards of calico.
Now, that it is at go cents, bushel of ii
will buy from 10 to IL pounds of sugar, and
the same number of yards of calico. Still,
wheat is beyond question too low, and a
strong rise is needed for health in business
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
THE WORLDS CYCLoPEDIA

is a book which no family should be with
out, as it contains more information on
almost every conceivable subject than any
volume of its size that has ever been printed.
Every family can afford to have one, for by
sending So for six new subscribers copy
can be procured free! Or we will send the
book and THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for one
year for $1.50. Don't let the opportunity
to get as valuable book ON such easy terms
go by.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11

WITH steel rails selling at S27 ton-only
~ above the duty-refning sugar at Al
cents pound, and calicos at to 4 cents a
yard, it would not seem as if the "war
duties were expressing the people of the
United States to any noticeable extent. The
old nonsense about the amount of the duty
being added to the selling price ofthe goods"
Is pretty well exploded.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11

Now, above all things, the good work
must not be allowed to flag. The necessity
Of it is daily becoming more apparent. Every
day it becomes clearer that if we are going
to get this Or any other pension legislation
through this session of Congress, it will only
be done by the presentation of the names of
hundreds of thousands of petitioners who ask
for the passage of the bill. The time remain
ing to this Congress is so short, and so filled
up with imperative demands upon it, that
none but the most necessary and most siren
uously insisted upon legislation will stand
any chance whatever Of success.
From all over the country comes the in
quiry of comrades and men and women who
do to most effectually assist ex-soldiers and
their dependent ones?" and this has been
our invariable reply:
Let as impress upon comrades that the most
urgent thing before them is to get all the names
they possibly can on these petitions. 1t is the
most e5cctire acay that they can go about helpiag
their needy and deserving comrades. II is di-
rect, practical charity to eUery soldier Of the
Union, for At is helping to,oard securing him
such pr0Uisi0n as he can ia honor accept, and
achieA a0iH keep him and has family ont of the
poo,-house. Let them giUe a little of their time
and energy to this most bener0lem purpose.
Those aeho hare already sent in petitions, and
feel that they can secure additional names,
should send at once for another blank petition,
If ii is only for .fUe more names. Remember
that tfUe more names from eoe1y pOSt-C6ice IN
the United States w0uld mean more than 10000
an tie aggregate! Euery Post in the GAR.
should take this matter up, and not only see that
epery comrade belonging to 1t signs a petition,
but should appoint committees aud canraSsers
to get euery signature possible an the community
achere the Post is located Let as again assure
tie comrades aOih all the earneStaeSS possible
that this is the only hope for reliecing IMMEDI-
ATELY tie toaats of tens Of thousands Of needy
comrades.
The passage of the bill will give every
honorably discharged sailor OF soldier who
is dependent on his own labor for support
and disabled for such labor, from $2 to S24
month, according to the degree of the disa-
bility 1t will give his widow and minor
children $l2 instead of $8 month, which
they now receive, and it will simplify and
render vastly more just and equitable the
whole pension system. These are sufficient
reasons for the earnest support of the bill
by everybody.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
CFIANCELLOESYIIIE.

We have new contributor this week
Lieut.-Col. Z. c. Culp, formerly Of the 25th
Ohio-who tells in a straightforward, SOL
dierly way the tale of grievances which the
soldiers Of his brigade have always felt they
had against Gems. o. O. Howard and Devens.
Col Culp is an entertaining writer, and his
article will be read with profound interest
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
A BOY

viii appreciate as a Christmas present, above
almost anything that can be given him, a
Waterbury watch and years subscription
to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Both of these
excellent things can be obtained for the
small sum of 1915.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11

THE number of pension certificates issued
and signed during the week ending Dec. 8,
1884, were as follows: Original, 1856; in
crease 424; reissue, 70; restoration, Sc;
duplicate, 21; accrued pensions, Sc; total,
1882.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
a MILLION NaMFS.

There ought to be at least one million
names on the petitions to the House of Rep
resentatiyes to pass the Amended Mexican
Pension Bill, and there viii be if comrades
everywhere viii take the interest that some
are doing in circulating the petitions.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. c., DECEMBER IL. 1884.

To any person who will send us
q club of ten new subscribers to
THE TRIBUNE we viii present
a new Waterbury watch, incloSed
i'm a handsome Satin-lincd case,
and warranted to keep accurate
time.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11

WE publish Lord Tennyson's new poem,
Freedom" this week, because it is esteemed
the correct thing for every live newspaper
10 do. But it would be much more appro-
pirate in column of REFUSES and puzzles,
with prize offered to any one who can tell
what it really means.
The National tribune., 1884-12-11

PROF. H. w. WILEY, one of the Chemists
of the Department of Agriculture, and who
has made a speciality of sorghum study, re-
spends in crisp, bright letter to our invi-
tation to write out of his abounding knowl-
edge for the instruction of the half million
readers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. What
he says should command all confidence, for
he is as high authority on sorghum as there
is in the world.