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UHFU FNI II ND III |NTH-
Receipts for week -. pigs E'p rt' dried apples 20
tsa i,urrll artct slow small lots u stale ovap.
af'tci Apos continue I, sc At ~ sc southern sliced
ra, h.tiIy 4 &c ior Ordinary fancy. Mot Of tho
Southern cut sour aad who're 81 male q
arrive Ito fruit ~ being ectdi w0uh be dlfc 10 g. nbl
,v,ra .0r The cls.4 Of here above 3Lc prime
lois I'm o. cond be .od at 80 Evspoatcd p"ach ruling
uuef ~ unchanged prices Suu-Ir.rd peeled still held
u confidence but crr appe y 10 b. NJ buyers at tho
.tl. rates IN KEEL gently. npcoci loser nj dull
nsphrrrirs also ccng under free offerings and
ifh drma nd little ng primo chetri at IT, 10
steady al hi o.. bACkbcrres vi. bout de-
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Receipts week 2oGl9 pios Under increased 10
ceips decrease In the demand stock has
cusuated IN rho weather a. warm ami holders are
sell especially such gOO's not strictly fresh
gathered prccs shade lower and close a. With the
tendency Sill In buycr-'s favor.
State and Penn per Western Held prncl5 4l3a
toz ............'.-...2o d.Oia " escrn and Cana
Western Prime. dOz ad2O ola Hold, nfe tor. 10 OF
Il
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sUsDRIEs.'
HoSEY-A fair supply of Offering for which there ia as
vet but little demand prices Oponng lower than usual
quoted IIo for fancy White Glover ~ sngo nbsi Y
Use for n ditto IL dl2c for In BuckwheatN lo@llc
for 2-fb ditto.
Tho daily receipts OF milk and cream at tie "a Jus
distributing points and the city for the utVe
been follows; Erie sos cans o. milk 20 cans ofeoA cd
milk and l0T of creamj Harlem. l,OpI caps VI milk
OF condensed milk susquehanna and esteTn
ilye cans OF milk and 81 cans Of cream Hudso liver,
lhp cans Of milk Hartford and NewlIhyen, Ob cans OF
milk Ontario and western $50 cans OF mig log cans .,
Northern p58 cans OF milk, Philadelphia and Reading ob5
cans OF milk, Long Island. 800 VI milk Morris aud
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DENVER AND RI03 6GR AMP Srn WESTERN
Copies OF the plan for adjustment Of the interest on tns
bonds this company be obtained on 70 inc
undeIslgned CHAS. w. DRAKE Secy
81 NassaLst, ". Y.
INVESTMENT FUNDS may be placed TO pay
per cent for years farm payable. prin
cipaI and interest, IN New-York city. For sale by
w. BRENToS WE'LL NO..
Is Wallst.
NTANTED.-By successful manufacturing
w firm three lve thousand dollars Annual interest
10 per monthly. Unusual opportunity tor
safe Investment GARDNER'5 Real Estate Bureau
49, West 23dst.
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Financial
ITO THE HOLDERS OF THE GENERAL
Il MORTGAGE AND COLLATERAL TRUST BONDS
OF THE WABASH ST. LOUIS AND PACIFIC
RAILWAY CO.

NEwYoRK, Aug 81, 1885.
In consequence Of Insolvency Wabash st Lcut
and Pacio Railway Company foreclosure and sale OF the
property by the general and collateral trust mort
cages hae become necessary plan Of denomination
having with the London committee of general
mortgage bondhoders claiming represent majority Of me
bonds held in Europe Of the collateral trust
bonds formal for carrying such plan into enec
ready the Of American bondhoders %
the Office OF the committee. No. 1875 Broadway.
upon signing the agreement VIII be required
TO deposit with the Undersigned and viii receive
temporary receipts signed by the Mercantile Truss
Company NewYork which will be exchanged Scr engraved
certificates they prepared The certificates
holder the bonds IN accordance with
agreement under which they to be Deposited ana
application will be made the NewYork stock Exchange0
place these certificates upon the regular bond list.
The undersigned appointed Purchasing COMMITTEES In tho
agreement proceed with all due diligence carry out
the provisions Of the and In urtherance thereof now
invite the mortgage and collateral trust
mortgage signify their by signing the agree
ment delay. Including the English boudholders
100000 Of the general have already
assented
Copies Of the agreement and further information OBJ
taneda the office, No. 1876 Broadway New.York City.
$$ s Ss$a$$ s:issi''s:
TNO THE HOLDERS OF BONDS OF THE
L NEw.oRLEANs BELT RAILROAD COMPANY;
aSn aesy p2ss
f. SSlsy pus i 'S.s GsG.ny
che &. & anS r.
that the said Belt Railroad Company will on
t SoSds s bsy oe spF y IN
BY % e ss s @
iss6 and peaam Of i've per cent upon such oonss you
and p"y@sns at the Office Of the Company
said day q no1 was1 ana where the 'en's' al"
New.orleans. sept 10. 1852 c,,or 9TH. Nor,
X ). CHARLEs
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4 II hObO fresluent.
THE INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS on the
house OF Messrs WINS Low LANfER & CO. corner q
E sss and Cedar '' S0"F0'A CITY on aud 'f'' Oct
ATLAS ENGINE WORKS, INDIANAPOLIS
c1NcINSiTiU,' iHHSfIroN AND DAYTON r. II. co.
Frst Coasolidatod Nor gaze S.
Np 'itSe nISsasAS9
pAvr6 5T't a Nq5t Ets' oHIffoAy RAILROAD CO.
GRAN j Rats .%SSS6 INDIANA r. n. co.
FIRST Mcrtsase *; Land GRANTS.
INp1a hS%'sn fsA af
Registered Refundins 3Ls.
INDIANAPOLIS. INDIANA.
nSuSisPsl s., ser!ss1PR...
eR4 fsiSs hs2as Co
s st;t aS %sfssss = i. sf ss;i..
Sis Pr i SD Dividend
School Is.
HAMILTON COUNTY, Indiana.
Gravel Road is.
pITTsDu re FORT WAYNE AND CHIC R'Yca
Regular Stock, ia per cent Quarterly dividend.
JOHNSON COUNTY. INDIANA
Gravel Road Gs.
vERMILLIoN COUNTY. INDIANA.
WHITE }or 10y Sfy INDIANA.
OCT. 10.
BATH COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
COnprom So 1s
BLACKBOARD tOUNrY, INDIANA
cENrkE' i Tp%WSsuIP INDIANA
n1cHEx%S Ss fowNsHIP. INDIANA
OCT. 10.
WHITE COUNTY, INDIANA.
Gravel Road Cd.
OCT. 20.
BEDFORD, INDIANA.
Municipal Is.
COLFAA, INDIANA.
Municipal S.
RENsS ELAER INDIANA.
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III y - -
.NOn-Acid
n A Ean


LEATHER IIemlock Sole has been in active demand,
and as been reduced quotations slightly ID
yapced and held firm.
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MANHATTAN RAILWAY COMPANY, .
No. IL BROADWAY
NEw.YoRK sept. 4, 1888. }
A DIVIDEND OF ONE AND ONE-HALF
~ PER CENT on the consolidated capital stock Of this
company quar- ending September 20 1855 has
been declared payable at the Mercaute Trust Company,
No. DrOadwa y and after october l.
books will be closed on saturday Septeanoef
l9 az O'Clock and rsOpened on Friday, oct ber2 AZ
10 O'Clock A. - - .
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s,rt % .%%6taass eoi2alo S57sl55 272s36 477Sll
SEPT, 10 42eis.a57 55oO67s 5Olas4s 2252S 45e5l
sent n l7soso e7S0eS9 ssiso57 6ss52o lO59se7
49,, an go, ana ~, oco ~ oc. ~,
% 26SOs 3oi ISooo'%o' o''@ooo 'oaO"- -Vo''o"
1883
nay AND STRAW-ChOice Hay and Prime Straw are
nod frmly while stock plenty slow and incne
weakness Hay-No. J. 90695ci No 2 SOcj \ o. s. 70GI3c
o ,spp5pHo / 80 % Sc; No 2, 60aGOc. Dat 400i5c.
III DEs-Trado was slightly more active. Prices show
m nder4nne but no advances been recorded Sales
inruacG 5000 city Slaughter and 800 bales calcutta
Ne
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FoUrgT Az GANE.

market IA still OVrrsupphu win i've poultry ana
prices aud weak killers and wagon boys arr taking
thiCkrn- grades 81 fowls and
co nmon and especially dull and 1t tie low
pr ccs current must be losing heavily
pon try pretty W, cleaned M last week ana
prcc, closed this week tho .rftvals hRv been
liberal and trade dull live fowls ana chickens have
soi 40 low that drRle In dressed poultry have
Ioug their supplies alive holders OF dressed stock have
hen on g,d shade prices effect To-day choice
western scaed chickens be bought Gt 100 ana fair lots
at sClldei moving slowly Rt dl2C
To,s are not plenty n ID at ~ l2c though tho
latter price full for whole ale business Philadelphia
cIckcIs plenty and Turkeys ste idy; ducks
changed. squads firm.
pnttfidges and Grouse are Ia fair demand light
supnly iirm English Snpe aud Povrr scarce. wild
.cldy. neither plenty nor much wanted NenisOn
u,to moe s1l4ble ami good, sound lots huner.
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Snring Chickens

WOodcock per par 90 al 50 PartdRes per pair Goal 20
CIrouso per pair SOdl 90 NenisOn. saddles, 10. lOGl2
English snIpo per doz al 90 Wid Ducks. perpmr 3Od4O
POTATOES AID VEGETABLES
Iris POTATOES received from ,ew York lnrge'
affected with rot and selling at very irregular prices no
offerings OF stock fair demand at about
81 1881 30 per bb bushels few lots reaching 81 Isl
poor range down 10 SOC lower Prime Jersey and
long Hand potatoes fair demand firm. Choice
potatoes plenty duh and lover choice dry
stoanyi wei ot- drl taulnower IN gool
demand irregular qualify and price Cabbsgos hig OF
and firm. Cucumber pickles firm other vegetables un'
changed.
Potatoes Green corn. por 100 l 90 N %
l. t. new. lbOal ~ Tomatoes. box 10 12O
OOQl 50 Cucumbers LII. per 100 ~ e70
N s. state. .........l 254l so White Turnips, 100
Sweet yellow, per - oohs 49,. 2OO02 90
oDinns '''''''''.''4 OoO' - Dbl - 1871 90
yellow per Dbl. 0Od2 20 Pickles perl 900 - OOd 90
Red. per Dbl. .......l 6Od2 90 squash, Marrow,
White per bbl....2 6Od2 10 Dbl ,........... $50 a. D
CabbaRes- / pumpkins DBL ....;.. -. :. az D
Plat 0Oa 20 90 Caunowor. per bb3 90 9j 90
Lima beans, bag -... Gbal 26l
Egg Plant l.. i. per .
bDl......-......... 600l O0l
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DO. Ga. peeled. sun.
dried. fancy ........ lO0ll
Do. Ga.. peeled. fair
10 ,hlfo ........ Z a Oh
Do. uuuCeipd. sun
dried halves. l-,5. 40.
iiu. "a Irirfs. lSS)... 81 .9..
Raspberrirs. cyapO-
rarL ls~I ..... % o
DO. suu-dricd, 1855. hdl0
berries. 49,. pTimelu 0I0a
nucklobcrrirs. 1855 sbD .
Bi-ckberi1es. ls55... 3 ~ D
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Welsh tuhs, s'c'ds.ll ais


Receipts week 5t.062 pkgs Exports 32oo5 pkSs
The has taken sharp upward turn on iancJ ate maize
stocA and clio firm at the advance quoted Trailing now.
ever crate demand confined closely To two0r hreo
large operators and there rather an feeling shown
To-Day Fancy late August ami september dates o al c
AMI the tendency toward further fractional advance Dut
the tive shippers they VIII i0low except
on positive AM there already fears That tho
" win carried 70 an unsafe pc mt But laying aside
the future have u report strong
market ay, with Obained under The rier ana moro
money asked for specials Tore Is also sympathetic I'm.
IN stock, but FOR cheese showiny
any mIkod defects and especially tho early August and
July there T. scarcely demand aud values are
large, nominal Very Ohio hatl coming forward ana
under good homo demand he market strong at 94a0c
Tennsylyana skins improving little in quality and best
lois s nj 2d2Jc, rarely 30. Liverpool cable 800 ID
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peccpts for week T. 49, bales Exports oS5 bales.
There I, rather quiet movcm NJ IN 1885 bales but values
are held fairly steady. csprcly On chocc CROWNS n
lngs have enough inquiry 10 kcep prccs firm on the as
~ Ne TOR prime stock small lots ~ Cl Eastern have
changed nils Il lOdlc. BrrwctsAtc SIN buying cautious
ly b. 4 there il fair inquiry from exporters
Crop uf ChOiCcll dll1 o. Low Grade 70S
no Prime ..-..lO diUL Do l-si, Trluc ...... . az
Io Mrdlun......... Sa9 o. Do. Low 10 Medium 597
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OFFICE OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY
BRoADsT. MILLS BUILDING,S
NEw.YoRk. sept rs. 1857
COUPONS due October /, 1885, from the
~ following bonds viii be paid AID after that date al
this offices
southern Pacific r. Co, OF Cal Mtg per cent
CEN PC r. r. Co san Joadnin branch list N per- eSns
Mursans La and Texas r. A. 3 > Co ~ Mtg per cent
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manu- ~ AAIf AAfNaa'tlA-
Apples. LvapUratcd
iSSi b. fancy..----.. "a
10. fair 20 prime. y a
DO evap. 1884 3. . a %.
Do, y. G.. sliced,
iH@i, fancy....... 60 n ! y
10. do. choice. .-. o.. a !
DO. southern. diced
l~Sl .............. : 3"
Do. Tenn. caro-
cut. las. bags. 2A20 q.
Tcl,hc-. Lei. uyap.
urclel l--6....-- ~ ~ ~
Do. uupeelcd. ls-5 IL q l5la
Do Y @. peeled
sun.drlcd .....-.-..lo dlJ
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II. A. Fhncy
Extra and

eGsicatia Buaalo. Light 20cd Niddle lS4Gl9oI DAM
aged. l7d1sc
METAIs-on Change 10 day; Iron dull but stronger ~
slbs6slgs BID transferable aotices October doyey)
yssneS ~ xiSz Tia qurt steady yo4D gOc,
spc 2Oa2o26c INJURIES THrsferabls uotioes issaea ~
The National tribune., 1885-05-21
PERSONS AND THINGS.

Mr.. Moody, revivalist, is the subject of this
little anecdote. He was asked in the recent con-
ventlon at Milwaukee whether he had grace
enough to die at the stake. He replied: No,
don't need it; all | want is grace enough to hold
this convention for three days in Milwaukee"
= Oliver Wendell Holmes is quoted as saying ot
The Chambered Nautilus" when / wrote thai
/ did better than | couldr
- Charles Longfellow the poets son, is about to
start on a tour around the world
= President Cleveland was visited recently by an
ONO congressman who wore a straw hat To the
Presidents remark that he had invested early he
REPLIED Il didn't want to he considered too slow in
making the necessary change" The President is
said to have acknowledged the point by q faint
smile.
The house which Philadelphia citizens pre-
sented to Gen. Grant in 1865 is advertised for sale
ut public auction June 2. The committee paid
SS5OoO for the house and Gen. Grant has not lived
IN 1t since he was elected President.
-Ex-Senator Conkling is growing fat. His hair
ambrosial curl is thing of the past The bald spo,
on top OF his head IS beginning to grow larger but
his voice is still full and rich and his sarcasm cutting
enough to win him many enemies.
Some people who believe that they used but
terine last Winter complain of feet If it pro-
duces that effect, shun its by all means-SchOoi-
craft (Mich) Pioneer.
"A man is circulating around in Southern Kan
sas with mule. He wagers that his mule can pull
200 pounds of sand hiched to the end of rope SOC
feet in length. The mule, by succession of sharp
Iunges, moves the wagon a few feet. The specu-
lator won 500 at Wiehta-Chicdgo Times.
just who Is meant to be described by the new
word drug gwump' appears to be a trife mixed
Whisky papers apply it to prohibitionists and pro-
it is word that hasn't come to stay.-Marion Kan
Record
The National tribune., 1885-05-21
GAR. GENERAL ORDERS
TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA


General Orders, No. 4, issued at Nashville,
Teen, May 4, are as follows:
The Grand Army of the Republic in accordance
with the Rules and Regulations of Order, will
observe Memorial Day on Saturday, May 80.
1t Ia expected that all Posts in the Department of
Tennessee and Georgia will honor themselves in
paying tribute to the memory of their fallen COM
rades whose dust now lies in the =" nine National
Cemeteries" located in this Department, who
through their deeds of heroisn and final sacrifice
have rendered the cause of union and liberty sacred
in the hearts of all people.
II is hoped that the shadows of evening shall not
rest upon the mound of "a single fallen comrade
that does not bear the floral token of remembrance
and love.
II is desired that each Post of this Department
attend divine service Sunday, May 2i, that we
may be more fifty prepared to decorate the graves
of our departed mot only with tributes beautiful
and fragrant that never fade. but with Fraternity,
Charity and Loyalty that shall live forever
recommend that especial steps be taken to Sc
cure the presence and aid of the children and youths
honoring the dead. with malice towards none
and charity for ALL let us unite in this sacred duty
Let the choicest airest and most fragrant flowers
be culed, and fashioned into and crown,
dropping here and there, like the dew. tear for
the dead.
We lift ~:ore the curtain that hides the past.
and fallen martyrs die for liberty. They
gave their lives a cheerful sacrifice Many sleep in
graves marked Unknown" but the loving hearts
and eager hands of grateful people will cast flow
ers upon the soft greensward that their dust
BY command of EDWARD 5. JONES'
VIM. J. WATSON, A. A. G. Dept Commander.
The National tribune., 1885-05-21
A Missionary's Wi,

For her earnest and important Iabors in the
Siamesc Mission, the wife of Rev. John IL.
Chandler is as well known and as much beloved
i'm the Baptist Church as her honored husband.
To a gentleman who visited her and her hus-
band q few months ago at their home in Cam
den, n. j., where she has resided since her re-
turn from Siam in 1880, she gave the following
narrative:
From my early girlhood had been ambi-
tious TO attain the highest degree of knowledge
and usefulness / wanted to go as a missionary
to some heather country, and prepared my
self for it. My gift for the acquisition of Ian
guages proved OF great service to me. On goin &
with my husband to Burmah l assisted in a
missionary school. At Bangkok l taught
schools OF the native Siamese. l had among
others the brother of the present King under
my care, besides number OF the children of
the nobility, to whom taught the English Ian
guage. also did much trans!aIing.
$50 arduous were my labors that my health
which had for some time been failing, broke
down in 1873. l had been of buoyant spirits,
but my nerves were exhausted and | sank down
Vitality gape out. Endurance failed gaze up all
sny uOrk. ,pds t0w that, 0rriring III this cOan-
tyy ip 1876, no physician W0utd giDe any en-
cc,uagemeat. When l returned to Siam it was
only with partially restored health. | broke
down again. aud for months absolutely helpless.
uas nervous to fright fut ertenf and could not
| obtain satisfactory sleep. We could not see
| our way clear to leave Bangkok until 1880.
When began to pack was afraid | could not
| go through such heavy undertaking. In the
| midst of this terrible state of depression, DR..
| Macfarland, the Presbyterian missionary
| loaned my husband book about Compound
| Oxygen. On arriving in Philadelphia We
went to the Office of Drs Starkey & Paien, and
procured Home Treatment. Has it done me
| good you ask Look at me. / am restored to
| fay otd good health There could hare been no
eepe-er fpsf fbrD 2r0s offered iu mn c0se ~
A" Treatise on Compound Oxygen" Containing
| history of the discovery and mode of action
of this remarkable curative agent and large
record of surprising cures in Consumption,
Catarrh, Neuralgia, Bronchitis, Asthma, etc.
and wide range OF chronic diseases. will he
sent free. Address DRs. STARKEY & PALEN,
lIO9 and ILL Girard ST., Phla.
The National tribune., 1885-05-21
FOR THE LADIES.

! The wife of Gen. Hancock has just returned
| from a long Southern visit greatly improved in
! health
News comes from Europe that Gerster is the
! happy mother of another baby. 1t is girl
Mrs. Oscar Wilde appeared at recent enter
tainment IN very becoming reseda trimmed with
| pink. kind of Kate Greensway dress tied at the
| waist by a dropping pink sash. Around her neck
she wore a wide Toby frill of two-row ficele lace
a large pink bow fastening bunch of yellow Mar
| guertes. jaunty Tam OShanter cap of the same
| greenish gray material completed the costume.
AT recent State entertainment the Queen of
Spain was clad in an olive-green velvet the front
of which was richly embroidered with silver. The
pettcoat was of silver CLOTH lined with pale-blue
! satin, trimmed with white lace profuseiy orna-
mented with silver stars; the train of the SATIN
| lined velvet and was more than l6 feet long and
very wide. The vail the Queen wore was of white
lace. fastened with diamonds and silver stars The
| gloves were of the lightest brown and reached to
! the elbow
An Indiana salesman was mean enough to
/ strike with a stave the panier of lady who had
been stealing grocery eggs and eoncealing them in
4 two big rear pockets.
! Mr. Gladstone will ask the Commons to pro-
! vide dowry for the Princess Beatrice who will
shortly marry Henry of Battenberg. Beatrice ex-
poets S1o,OOO as present allowance, and $50 900
| year hereafter from the Government. and looks to
her mother to make up the Si5G,OO0 to enable them
! to begin housekeeping
| Miss Dora Miller. young beautiful an heress ard
! only child of Senator Miller, of California is soon
/ to be married to Lieut.. Richard Clover of the Navy
baroness Burdett-C Coutts is about to establish
British honey company, for the purpose of promot-
ing the industry of bee keeping among the poorer
! classes of England.
Mrs. Carkson D. Raymond. of Wilton, Conn.,
reached the ripe age of 103 last week. She is still
clear IN her mind, and in good health. though she
| Is unable to ascend stairs. She supports herself
when she goes out walking with birch staff six
| feet long.
| Mrs. Tom Thumb. now the Countess Margr
! wears for shoes chiids number five, and the
| Count wears child's number eight.
Even the women have begun to turn moon
sinners. Miss Bette Smith was tried in the United
States Circuit Court at Nashville the other day for
dealing in Illicit whisky-genuine mountain
| dew. according to Tennessee vernacular. She was
| found guilty and fined. Three young mountain
| gallants stood the fine, and now stand ready to
fight for her. die for her and defend her honor Miss
Smith Is IL and is described having a slight
hgure dark hair. and eyes that flash fire. She is
the belle OF the mountains queen of her circle, and
shoots squirrels out of the taest trees with her
rifle. Several lovers worship at her shrine, but
none can capture her heart. She can't play the
piano, but those who know her say she can wind a
| horn In a manner that would turn an old army
| bugler green with envy.
The National tribune., 1885-05-21

A comparison year By year of the lapses and
the additions to the Tontine pool, coupled with
the fact that the surplus of premiums as well as
the valne of lapseG policies ought to go into the
pool, raises many questions of Great and curl
Gus interest to those interested in it; for exam
ple why, in 1882. did the value of S66i5.9l5 of
lapses and all thesurptus interest and the mar
gin on probably Sooo0.UO0 premiums produce
only 7,l2S for athe pool? Was it expenses
shrinkage, or readlustment of accounts?
BLIND POOL,
But it is blind pool; its real sources and
composition have never been disclosed. and so
far no legal attempt to compel such disclosure
has been successful.
The main point FOR the moment is this: In
10 years the company has lost by Iapses $685.
159,620 of insurance and has added S2,4S0.S49
to its Tontine pool, which now aggregates
s., $50. 1850.
Take now the Equitable: I can find no sep
arate statement of its Tontine iund prior to
Dec. 81, 1919 when it estimated it at ex-
actly 81 100000. Its figures for the 10 years
are as follows:
The National tribune., 1885-05-21
HARTFORD, Nav Q. 1885.
RANK IN THE GAR.
lie WouId Have All the DISTINCTION of Post Officials
Abolished,


Abolished.
To THE EDITOR "Comrade" has opened the
discussion of rank in the GAR in your edi-
tion of the 9TH inst, and | ga others will
speak right out about it, Theoretically. there
is no distinction among the members of the
organization, but practically all acting and past
officers appear as distinct class of men, and
tispOrt themselves in distinctive Uniforms and
badges, so that the crop of fictitious Generals.
Colonels, etc, is enormous and increasing. Let
us as American citizens beware of caste. The
average Post is numerically no stronger than
full military company, and the older ones In
our smaller towns present the iucOngruity of a
large proportion of officers and officers and
a small proportion of privates. Rel and blue
ribbon badges abound. while the old flag for
which we did our soldering is disappearing as
badge of the GAR.
/ suggest that there bn no distinctive official
uniforms used in the Grand Army of the Re-
public that all badges and equipments be the
property of the Posts, and be used only at reg
ular meetings OF the Posts; that Oh occasions
of public parades only the three Commanders
of Post appear armed and wearing badges;
that past officers of the organization wear no
distinctive mark.-CoMRADE, No. 2, Walling-
ford, Conn.