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The National tribune., 1885-07-02

A GREAT deal of nonsense was suffered to
get into the Associated Press dispatches
relative to the introduction of intoxicants
into the good Prohibition State of Maine.
This was largely the work ofsome old maidish
people of the city who feared that if pint
bottle should in any way be smuggled in,
they would be given over to street riots
and dire destruction. The truth is, there
was considerable quantity Of beer and wine,
and probably something stronger, brought
to the city and drank there; but as those in
attendance were mature, staid men and
women of reputation at home, and with
quite as high a standing for conduct as the
good people of Portland, there was little
OR no excess, nor anything done which could
shock the most fastidi0us tastes We are not
saying whether it would not have been well
to have wholly excluded all stimuiants, but
if there are any persons in the world who
could be trusted to not abuse intoxicants
placed within their reach, it was the men
and women who were the guests of the Port
land people last week.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
PERSONS AND THINGS.

= The London Truth gives the following original
observations on astronomy from sermon of a
Welsh curate preaching to an English congrega-
ton: "A starr is but Iidl dot in the skyee. Saw
many stars mex one plannat. Saw many plannats
mex q constellesshon. Saw many considerations
mex milkee Six milkee ives mex one
rorriborriallis"
Americans are the third highest in point of man,
ber of the foreigners residing in Japan, according
to statistics published in native paper The
Chinese stand at the head of the list with AL resi-
DENTS followed by the English with 6l8, the Ameri
numbering 1S7. Although the Americans are
far less numerous there than the Chinese or Eng
lish, they occupy more houses in proportion to
their number than either.
The 81, 100000 of British people annually con-
sumo upwards of 800 900 600 quartern loaves 80
900 cwt. of potatoes, II 100000 cwt of vegetables
S00000O8 cwt of meat, 100 900 lbs. of fish, $780,
600 cwt of butter 20O0 900 900 lbs of sugar. 10000
900 lbs. of tea, 0C0 OOO 900 gallons of beer 100000
gallons of spirits and IA 600 900 gallons of wine. the
total cost to the consumers being about $780,
100000.
1t is singular historical fact that the elegant
soft hat of the Spanard has remained the same
from the earliest period to the present day, while
in that article has taken place. Comfort IN the
wear seems to have given place at all times to fancy
and the demands of fashion.
Austria is just now in the midst of a political
campaign, and the Vienna shopkeepers, not so ac-
customed to nuisanees as Americans have posted
in their shop windows notice To canvassers:
We pray you not to worry any more about the
elections" They are new to liberty in Austria. and
don't vet appreciate all its blessings as they should
= Indiana has an imitator of the Baroness Bur-
dett-Coutts in the person of Mrs o. F. Reynolds, of
Lafayette who is Sc years old. worth 81 900 600 and
the mother of Mrs. Congressman Hitt of Illinois,
and of the wife of Senior Valera, Spanish Minister
at Washington. The bridegroom is Randolph
Sheets, pleasant Indianapolis young man, half as
old as his wife and intimate friend of the Rey-
nolds family before his present step-daughters
were married
The Paris Salon contains 2,4ss pictures ss3
drawings of all Sorts .O67 sculptures, 81 medals
and engraved stones, 1SS architectural works, and
457 frames of engravings containing probably COO
examples; total, s. l34 works
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
THE GAR. WATCH.

The celebrated Waterbury Watch Com
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This watch can be obtained without any
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The National tribune., 1885-07-02

IT DID the heart of the old soldiers good
to see the magnificent array with which
Maine and Massachusetts, headed the grand
parade at Portland. There were said to be
5000 Maine men in ranks. Most of them
were above the average hight, splendidly
built, and they stepped out as they did 20
years ago, when the Pine Tree States men
were regarded as among the very best troops
in the Army of the Potomac. The Massa-
chusetts men were as rule of lighter build
than their Northeastern comrades, but they
were admirably uniformed and drilled.
Many of the Post uniforms were very taste
full indeed. AS the splendid array passed
the reviewing stand an, enthusiastic West
erner said: ut seems tonne that Maine and
Massachusetts, put down this rebellion alone.
With such men as these they ought to have
done so, at least."Sp
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
An Odd Story.
~. Y. HeYGid.l


According to the London Truth, very eS-
traordinary story is being told in Scotland. It
is to the effect that second cousin of the
Queen has Just gone to her grave, at the age Of
SIS, "unhonored and unsung." Her obscurity
is due to the fact that she married the man Sue
loved, Draw Scotch laddie, who had no an
cestry to boast Of Her letters were all burned
after her death, and some few documents bear
ing on her royal descent were taken to
certain quarter" All this is very English,
YOU know" 1t is not difficult, however. TO
read in the stars that somebody's Imagination
has been unduly excited. We attend TO these
little matters very differently in Republic.
When "a base-born ehurl aspires to and Sc
cures the hand of millionaire's daughter he is
not driven thereby into obscurity. On the
contrary, he is lifted into sudden prominence.
The girl exhibits her broken heart to the pub
lie. the father at the same time exhibits mora
or less ill-temper, breaks few chairs. possibly,
and then the balm of Glead is applied and a
reconciliation takes place. The ambitious
youth is at once set up in business, and the
happy couple occupy the second story front OF
the paternal mansion. A monarchy does not
know how to take care of young men,
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
RECENT LITERATURE.

GENERAL GORDON, THE CHRISTIAN HERO.
By author of Our Queen" New World He
roes," etc. New York: Thomas Y. Crowel &
Go.
This is a very well written and attractive
story of the life of this brave man, whose sad
fate in the Soudan excited the sympathy of the
world. The book will amply repay perusal,
and will no doubt find many readers.
STOCKS AND SHARES By the author of s. How
to Operate successfully on the London Stock Ex-
change New York: Carroll, Sprigg & Co.
This little book is further declared to be I" a
guide for investors and spectators, with q
treatise on the infatuation and danger of stock
speculation" The author advises people not
to speculate, but, for the information of those
who will do it, he gives 140 pages of advice as
to how to do it with the best prospect of sue
cess.
LUCK OF WANDERING DANE. By Hans
Lykkejeger. Published by the author, Box 75i
Philadelphia, Pa. Price, 25 cents.
Dedicated to nobody for the benefit of
everybody" is inscribed on this little book. 1t
is story of wild adventure on sea and land,
in the Army and Navy during the war of the
rebellion, in the great cities and the wild West.
The author assures US it is the true story of his
own life. 1t is profusely illustrated and is
readable.
RANDOM SHOTS. By Nelson Goodrich Hum
pkrey. Leroy, Ill.
This is neatly bound volume of rs pages,
full of bright poems, which the author says
"were written to please myself, which, be-
lieve, is the best way to please others" 1t is
finely illustrated and is worthy place on the
comfortable.
GLENAVERIL; or, THE METAMoRPHosES.
By the Earl of Lytton (Owen Meredith). Books III
and LII. New York: d. Appleton Il Co.
The poetry of Owen Meredith has many ad-
mirers. "Glenaveril," in six books, promises
to be even more worthy the authors fame than
any of its predecessors There is a peculiar
fascination in the easy rhythmic flow of the
story, which cannot fail to captivate the reader.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY JULY O. 1885,

Oberlin and entered the famous college there
paying his way by teaching during the
vacations between the sessions. He gradu-
ated in 1856 and went to Iowa, where he
taught school, studying law when not SO
employed. In 1853 he was admitted to the
bar and began the practice of law, but at
the outbreak of the rebellion he took all his
| savings and expended them in organizing a
company of cavalry, in which he was COM
missioned Lieutenant His regiment was
sent to Southwestern Missouri and employed
in bitter and sanguinary warfare with the
guerrillas and bushwhackers who infested
that region. At the end of two years of this
sort of service his health failed him so that
the Surgeons ordered him home, but he pro-
tested against this, and compromise was
effected by which he was given provost duty
in ST. Lous, where he remained until the
close of the war, when he held the office
of Assistant Provost Marshal for the Depart
ment of Missouri. Deciding to make his
home in that State he was given the position
of United States District Attorney for
Southern Missouri, and rendered splendid
services IN the dangerous work of bringing
to justice the rascals who at the close of the
war began systematic depredations upon the
people of that guerrilla cursed country. He
so commended himself to the people by his
course that he was elected to the 41st and
42d Congresses. In 1874 Gen. Grant ap-
pointed him Commissioner of the General
Land Office, which he held two years, when
his health again broke down. Upon recov-
cry he entered upon the practice Of law in
Washington, where he has remained ever
since.
He has always been very much interested
in Grand Army matters, and done jealous
and efficient service in the Department of
the Potomac, of which he was elected Com
mander three years ago. AT every gathering
of soldiers he is in demand, and his speeches
are always chief part of the entertainment
Of the comrades We predict for his admin
istration unqualified success, for he will sur
round himself with able men. He will make
good impression wherever he goes, and his
zeal and executive ability will, we are con-
vinced, bring forth rich fruits for the Order,
before the Encampment which will be held
in San Francisco next year.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
Why He Never Missed.
fABdny Argtts.l


"The prairies of the West are great places
for wind" said a telegraph operator. " i used
to have a station out in Nebraska, right out on
the open prairie. and the way the wind blowed
there was a caution. But it was lucky wind
for me. At station about 13 miles west my
girl lived, and as / had no Sunday trains or
business of any kind, used to go up there and
stay over Sunday. But livery horse from
Saturday night to Monday morning cost me too
much money, and so l riggeG up sail OIL an
old tie-car. All / had to do Saturday night
was to hoist my sail, push that tie-ear out on
the main track and in less than an hour / WAS
at my journeys end. For more than year /
went to see my girl every Saturday night by
means of that sail-car. Pretty sleek, wasn't
it?"
"Yes, pretty sleek. But do you mean to say
that the wind blowed in the same direction
every Saturday night during all that time?'
"Of course / don't"
"Well, how did you manage it those nights
when it blew in the other direction?"
Easy enough. 1 had another girl at a Sta
tion 10 miles east"
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
The Hight of a Tree.

Any person, however ill-informed, might
easily get at the exact hight of tree when the
sun shines or during bright moonlight by
marking two lines on the ground, three feet
apart, and then placing in the ground on the
line nearest the sun stick that shall stand
exactly three feet out of the soil. When the
end of the shadow of the stick exactly touches
the furthest line, then also the shadow Of the
tree will be exactly in length the same meas
urement as its hight. OF course. in such a ease,
the sun will be at an exact angle of 450. Meas
urements of this character could be best effect
ed in the Summer, when the sun is powerful,
has reached to good hight in the heavens, sad
when the trees are clothed with living green,
so rs TO cast dense shadow. To many to whom
this idea may not have occurred it might be
made annually matter of interest thus on
warm Summer days TO take the hight of proni-
nent trees. and so to compare growth from year
to wear.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
THE NEW COMMANDER-IN-C

Gen. s. S. Burdett, who was elected Com
mander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic at the Encampment held at Port
land, is man in the prime of life and the
full vigor of unusual powers of mind. He is
captivating speaker and popular with all
who know him. Born in England, the son
of radical and an admirer of republicanism,
he was sent by his father to this country at
the age of IL years to grow up in what his
parent esteemed the paradise of the world.
He first made his home in Northern Ohio
where, in accordance with the customs OF
that day. ne was bound out to farmer, re-
ceiving for his services his board and cloth
ing and three months schooling each year.
After getting all the education that coun-
try school could afford him he went to
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HON. GEO. SCOTS REMARKS
On the Bill Exempting Soldiers from the Civil
Service Rules,
Washington Co. (N. u Adrertissr.l

washington 20. tN. ~ ADVERTISER
Mr. SPEAKER: 1t has been said on the floor
of this House that the exemption clause in this
bill is an insult to the soldiers Instead of call
ing it an insult let us consider that it is an
honor to them. Why, sir, but few days have
passed since the honorable gentleman from
Delaware, Mr.. Cartwright, introduced bill
which exempts all medical students, who are
graduates of colleges-exempts them from
Regents examination, and when that bill
passed the House no member raised an objection
that the bill was an insult to the medical pro-
fession The students were exempted because
the presumption was that, being graduates of
colleges, they were qualified to pass eXami-
nation, and therefore the exemption clause, in
stead of being an insult to them, became an
honorable exception. New, sir, when men have
graduated in the service of their country
when that service has been the protection and
the safety of civil authority and civil appoint
ment-is there not a presumption that these
veterans are qualified by service and by ex-
perience for official positions? Just before the
last charge was made at Gettysburg an oppres-
siye stiffness reigned all along the line In
another moment the tide of the rebellion by an
other great surge might or might not reach its
flood. At that time, sir, the State of New York
was ready to say to the New York men along
the line, Save. save the Civil Government, save
the civil offices, and your services shall entitle
you to places by appointment Gettysburg did
not save you. The sea of the rebellion was so
large that the waves would not be quieted, and
New York regiments that fought at Gettysburg
were sent / 400 miles away to fght more battles,
and under the shadow Of Lookout Mountain
The National tribune., 1885-07-02

THE attention of surviving members of
all Ohio regiments and batteries that par
ticipated in the battle of Gettysburg is
called to an important meeting to be held
at Columbus July A. The object is to ap-
point special committee to act with the
Adjutant-Generali iof Ohio in carrying out
the purposes of the act, passed by the last
Legislature, appropriating $1,000 for the
purchase of ground and the erection of me-
mortal stones at Gettysburg, to mark the
positions and commemorate the valor of
Ohio soldiers in that battle. We doubt not
those interested will give the subject the
attention it deserves.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02

A MUCH needed lesson has been taught
New York financiers by the sentencing of
James d. Fish, ex-President of the Marine
Bank, to the penitentiary for 10 years, and
the certainty that he will be allowed to serve
out his term. Let us hope that this is the
beginning of the enforcement of rigid ac-
countability by law of the men who under
take the charge of other peoples money. We
have needed such a lesson for a long time,
and the disposition of the people and the
courts seem to be now to give it all necessary
stringency. Although good conduct and a
strict adherence to the rules of the prison
will shorten Fish's term Of imprisonment to
six years and four months, as he is now 65
years old, he will be nearly 72 when he
emerges While this unfortunately cannot
restore to the men whom he has defrauded
one cent of their money, it will have strong
tendency to deter other men from entering
upon the pernicious practices by which he
reduced so many to poverty. AS the old
English Judge once exclaimed to culprit
before him, who complained that it was very
hard to sentence him to death for stealing a
horse: You are not punished for stealing a
horse, but that horses may not be stolen," so
no punishment would be adequate requital
of EiSh,s crime hut It ia inflicted to dis
courage would-be imitatOrs.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
THE INDIAN TROUBLES.

As long as the Government pursues its
present policy of supporting the Indians in
idleness, there can be no security for either
the lives or property of, the settlers on the
Western frontier. The "noble red man {"
will not work or engage in any peaceful
pursuit while he is supplied with ammuni-
ton, food, and money to buy whisky. He
finds numbering, scalping and robbing much
more congenial to his nature than plowing
and planting, and the present threatening
state of affairs shows but too plainly that he
only awaits opportunity to follow his favor
lite pursuits. Last Fall the Cheyenne and
Arrapahoe Agencies were visited by In
spector Gardiner who reported that little or
no advancement in the way of the peaceful
arts had been made by the Indians, and that
they had no desire to become farmers or self
supporting, and never would while the Gov
ernment supports them in idleness and gives
them certain sum per head from the leased
lands.
1t is strange that this state of affairs
should have continued so long, and that the
Government should for so many years have
been tenderly caring for these rascals, who
are not only Of no earthly use, but vast ex-
pense to the country and terror to the
hardy pioneers who have pushed out into
the Western wilderness to advance civiliza-
tion and to provide homes for their wives and
little ones.
1t is about time this mawkish sentiment
tality for the "original lords of the soil"
gave way to stern practicality, and that the
redskin be compelled to use some of his
superfuous energy in another direction than
that of burning ranches and scalping women
and children.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

- The pre-eminent ear-plug of to-day is de-
scribed by the British Medical Journal consisting
of " little conical cap of vulcante made of flesh
colored material, so that, under ordinary circum-
stances it is scarcely noticed" 1t is mentioned as
q protection against both wind and noise, and is
recommended to iron workers. blasters, and artil-
lerymen. But its value as protection against bad
music and boreS seems to have been overlooked
= Near Astoria, Ore, there is deposit of clam
shells which covers an area of over four acres and
is piled in places to depth of 10 feet. The amount
of shells is ncalcuable. Over 600 loads have been
hauled away to make roads, but that amount Is
hardly noticeable in the diminution of the immense
heap. From time to time relics of the old clam
eating tribes that made that place their headquar-
ters are found. A party recently found clam
opener. 1t was made from whales tooth, is about
eight inches long, and is ground sharp at the end
There are some is inches of soil On top of these
clam beds, on which grow fir trees, some of them
400 years old.zSdn Francisco AnG.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
Tom Anderson and the Great
COnSDiracy.

1t viii abound in stirring incident, thrill
fng adventure and brilliant description. The
narrative begins at the outbreak of the war
and conducts the characters through all the
vivid and startling experiences of the great
conflict. 1t viii be splendid photograph
of those trOublous times, and be read with
fascination by every one. Nothing pub
lished of late years will equal it in living
interest
The National tribune., 1885-07-02
CAPTURING ALoCoMoTIyE.

We have but very few copies remaining Of
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The National tribune., 1885-07-02

ONE of the coming men in Pennsylvania
and he has almost got there's Hon.
Thos Stewart, Senator from Montgomery
He is natural orator and political manager,
and it was he who planned and conducted
the defeat of Gov. Pattison, of his State, on
the Soldiers Interment Bill
The National tribune., 1885-07-02

SENIOR VICE COMMANDER JOHN p. REA
made brilliant and fascinating speech. He
is an old cavalryman, and the troopers fire
and dash is infused into his oratory.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02

men were formed in line by Gen. Hooker, and
when they moved, they carried not only the
National Flag. but the banners of the State
of New York along with them, up even among
the clouds. in order that civil authority sad
civil office might remain amongst you. And,
sir, when these men came out of the battle OF
Resaca the men of the Fourth Corps said. and
the men of the Fourteenth Corps also said, that
the corps badges that New York men wore on
their caps were better diplomas than Harvard
or Yale Colleges were granting during the re-
beliion.
The National tribune., 1885-07-02

JUDGE ADvocATE-GENERALA AUSTIN was
greatly complimented on the able argument
he made on eligibility in the National En-
campment, showing thorough knowledge
of Constitutional Law and the rulings of the
Supreme Court He was complimented by
Gov. Anthony and others.