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disability for which the pension

result of the disability for which the pension
was granted.
AS to the sbrinkage of the Pension List by
the inroads of mortality. the fact remains. as
Mr. Smalley has admitted, that very many
disabled soldiers have had more than an aver
age lease of life granted them-whatever to
the contrary the economic desires OF some
might lead them TO conclude. Most of the men
at the time of enlistment were young and
vigorous and despite the disabilities incurred,
had still q large amount of vitality spared
them when they left the ar-ay-not, perhaps,
TO toll for subsistence, but simply to live upon
the pension paid them for past service and con
tingent conditions. And thus their lives,
though restricted in activities and enjoyments,
have actually been prolonged by the fortunes
of war. Another and
\ VERY SAD FACT
is that soldiers who were not of the vigorous
type generally died from even slighter injuries
or diseases than these producing the disabilI-
ties for which the most robust are pensioned.
Thousands of this weaker class sleep in un-
marked graves, where stalwart comrades laid
them. while comparatively few of their names
appear as yet upon the lists granting pensions
10 widows and other dependent relatives.
POSTSCRIPT.
By way Of postscript let me add that from
personal observation as an Army Surgeon and
l.
gained in a somewhat extended professional
experience, l am convinced that comparatively
few men came out Of the army entirely free
from disease and disability. In short that the
perfectly sound soldier is the exception, and
that though diseased and disabled their release
from service at the Close of the war was fact
so cheering and gratifying, that many of them
for time actually forgot their ailments and
returned TO civil pursuits protesting the most
perfect health and strength. And further, that
instead of closing the books they should be
wider opened, and made more accessible to the
thousands OF soldiers widows and orphans and
the remaining defenders of the Nation.
VIII the present Congress see to it that JUS
tice is done the ex-soldiers? By patrioticservicc
and personal sacrifice they have earned all that
ever can be paid them. Will Congress pay the
widows and orphans of soldiers their dues, by
increasing their stipends to at least $l2 to the
former and So TO the latter, with corresponding
arrears?
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Bread Cast upon the Water.
1.-THE Rambler I

Charley Backus, the we'll known negro min
stroll performer, was in the habit of visiting his
old mother in New Bedford, Mass
While he was there he would &C to church
With her regularly, Sunday morn ing, Sunday
afternoon and Sunday evening. On one occa-
sion collection was being taken up in aid of
the missionaries at the Sandwich Islands. The
plate was being passed around and the frugal
congregation were putting in their pennies and
their shinplasters, in the denomination of %
cents Backus most munifcently dropped in
a silver dollar.
His mother leaned over in the high back
pew and whispered:
Charley. why will you be so extravagant ?
A quarter was plenty to put in that box.n
Never mind, mother" said the minstrel: {" I
play to the Sandwich Islanders next month,
and I'll rake in the whole collection"
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Too Two.
Merchant TrapeIcr.1

They were walking together under very
little umbrella. and she liked him well enough
not to want large spread of alpaca. He was
modest, and seemed to be nervous, and she
finally remarked, very softly, and with a note
Of Interrogation
"Charle?"
Yes, Fannie" he responded
IN carry the umbrella, if you will let NO."
"Oh, no; can carry it,"
Yes, Charlie; bat, you see, your arm takes
up SO much room that one side of me is out IL
the wet"
Il know that, Fannie, but what will l do
with my arm won't it be in the way just the
same?'
Il don't know, Charlie. Gus Clark always
knows what TO do with his, when he is walking
under an umbrella with Mary Martin, because
Mary told me So"
Poor EharliA.
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FEBRUARY FOLLY.

-Dietrichs proyerbial philosophy: Dietrich,
your fatherin law is very low, said the physician.
% think he will hardly live through the night"
better he is dead, de quicker he is off."-Brookiw
Eagle
= 1t very tender hearted young lady who
refused TO strike an octaye.-BOstOn Transcript
- Amor PatriR: The Esquimaux think their
snow place like home.-Life.
The wrathful reader and the urbane journalist
A fierce subscriber Sir, your paper. Send it
to h" Editor" Thomas change the gentle
mans address If Uncle Sam makes connection,
you'll find your paper there "-ArkdnSalU Traueler.
Charley is dead, and guess he died happy At
all events, he ought to have died hapny. 1t was
only a week ago that he got his life insured for
$4,000" 80? Well, that's the first piece of luck
Charley had in his life. What pity he couldn't
have lived to enjoy it."-Boston Transcript
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A Hero OF Miilen Prison.

Louis Abear, a man who served as a private
in Michigan cavalry company, was taken
prisoner, and before his release was confined in
i've different prison pens and two jais We
have all read OF the fiorrors prisoners ,nder-
went in the militaryfprison of the South. but
no pen has ever etgiven an adequate idea of
the terrible privations they were obliged to
face. While he was in Millen prison an ex-
change of sixty prisoners was to be made The
officer of the day told off sixty names at the
door of the pen, but for some reason probably
because he was to i'll, or perhaps dead. one man
did not come forth. At that moment Louis
who had been sent out after fuel-under guard
of course-come through the gate pushing a
wheelbarrow loaded with wood.
Here, Louis, here's chance for you We
want 90 men to go North and are short one
Jump into the ranks here2" exclaimed the
officer.
ITO be exchanged?" asked Louis, trembling
more than he did when under fire.
yes Be quick!"
"Then take Hank He's sick and will die
if he remains here" and Louis darted into the
hospital ward. Hank had a pair of pantaloons
and shoes, but no coat or hat Louis pulled off
his, put them upon Hank, and brought him out
weak and tottering. As Hank filed out of the
gate and once more breathed the air of freedom.
Louis, hatless and coatless took hold of the
handles of his wheebarrow and started for
another load of wood.
1t cost him seven months of o living death,
4: d all for a man with whom he was not even
intimately acquainted. Ever since the close of
the war, until few months ago when Hank
dled, these two men have lived in WAYNE
County-Hank with home and family; Louis
with neither Have met occasionally, but at no
time did Hank ever refer TO the act in the
Millen prison that set him free and saved his
life; never invited him to his home; never
alluded to the past, or addressed his savior
other than as mere acquaintance. On his death
bed, however, he told the story, and asked his
relatives, if they ever had an opportunity, to
befriend Louis for his sake. 1t was tardy ac-
acknowledgement of one of the noblest acts ever
known
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other hand. two signifies "strong and welcome" !"
four Sc laughter six binding together by love"
and eight. we resemble each other in likes and
dispositions"
A New York tramp, arrested the other day.
boasts of having been imprisoned as vagrant In
l3l different jails.
- The United States Government has in its en-
ploy 400 John Smiths.
- Dakota correspondent asserts that the air in
that Territory is so clear and so elastic on days
when the thermometer marks from 10 to 30 degrees
below zero that it IS comparatively easy for q
versaon to be carried ON between two clear-voieed
men at the distance of mile apart.
A chestnut tree at the foot OF Mount Etna fs
thought to be the oldest tree in Europe. 1t is 92
feet in hight and 2l2 feet in circumference. THE
trunk is hollow, and two carriages driving abreast
pass through it.
In Clackamas County, Oregon, there a is chest
nut tree from which have been taken 500 pounds of
chestnuts, and there Is in East Portland which
has borne 800 pounds in q year.
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PERSONS AND THINGS.

A melon shrub is the latest fruit novelty
reported fron, California.
- Wealthy lumberinen are engaged IN IA scram-
bile for the good pine that yet remains in northeast
Wisconsin and the northern peninsula of MichI-
gan. There is plenty of money to be made In
cutting the better quality, and large amount OF IL
is left in that region. With moderate and disorimi-
mating saving II might last for long time, but as
these meI. prosecute the work the end Is not far
off "What has posterity done for us?" Is imputed
to them AS their motto
- The Siamese make wedding presents, but they
never give odd number OF articles for the reason
they say, that one cannot stand without a partner
three means enmity, and five sickness On the
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4 NeM Lease of Life.

4 physician, writing to Drs. starkey &
Palen, of 1109 Girard ST., Philadelphia, says
The parties for whom | ordered the Com
pound Oxygen in Charles City, Iowa, were
much improved at last accounts. One of them,
who expected to give up and die. took ne,o
lease Of life, moved away and went into active
business He only used t'cO Treatments! So much
for your remedy, with the blessing of God"
A Treatise on Compound Oxygen will be sent
free by Drs. Starkey & Palen, to any one who
will write to them for it.
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[San Francisco Araonaut.l

I'S@'F T - 'tItttoVV n JVIstttstsI
In all policies of insurance these, among a
host of other questions. occur: Age of father,
if living 2" Age Of mother, if living?" A
man in the country who filled up an applica-
tion made his fathers age "if living" 112
years, and his mothers 102. The agent was
amazed at this, and fancied he had secured an
excellent customer; but feeling somewhat
dubious, he remarked that the applicant came
of a very long-lived family. 90 you see, sir"
replied he, my parents died many years ago,
but If living would be aged as there put
down." EXACTLY understand" said the
agent.
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Chattanooga, fastened together with chain
around their necks, and handcufed, as the
others had been, and ordered to the hole.
When they descended the ladder and Joined
our miserable company there assembled. they
heard some plaintive Yoice say in the dark
ness, to which their eyes had not yet become
got every one of us!" It was true. Every one
of the bold band had been captured and were
gathered into one of tlfe vilest dungeons ever
used by man to torture his fellow-man!
~ be continued
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A Correction.
Twas Sherman who said

That his marvellous faith,
Unshaken by failure and stronger than death
Saw the triumph ahead
For the Nation that bied
And gave heart to people alarmed at its toraith
Wraith-not wrath-as the types make me
say IN the poem on Grant, 1885" / meant to
suggest that the Nation was near death,-ce
tainly afraid that national life was aboat to be
extinguished. Since prdih-an apparition
that appears before one dies-in superstitious
times frightened the one to whom il came ]
deemed it allowable to use the term as did
with regard TO this people. Besides, wrath, "
if rhyme, is hardly reason in the place it ap.
pears, and so / stand by wrath. &c. A
HoBBS Delayan Wis
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; COwardly Brute.

"My husband is a BRUTE" declared Nine Y To
an intimate friend the other day. "Why, my
dear, what is the natter" He found fault with
a alittle vivaeity of mine yesterday, and threw
a candlestick at his head; then what do you
suppose he did?" az don't know" "Why, he
stood before the mirror so that couldn't throw
the other" "The brutei"
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Not that Kind Of a Woman.
TH0,r0rd PnuI1

4 woman is brought before a Police Magis-
trate and asked her age She replies: Thirty
five" The Magistrate says: 81 have heard you
have given that samea age in this Court for the
last five years" The womans reply is admir-
able: No doubt your Honor Pm not one of
those females who say one thing to-day and
another Tomorrow"
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g Acted Lie 4 Charm.n

This is what hrs Mayer, OF Baronne street,
New Orleans, says of Browns Iron Bitters. A
"Charm " works quietly, surely, promptly,
thoroughly and with delightful effect That
is just the way this wonderful family medicine
works on invalids who have been suffering the
woes of liver complaint dyspepsia and i'm
poyerished blood. Those who know its worth
say it is complete cure for dyspepsia, weak
ness, malaria, neuralgia, etc.
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Deaf Comrades. Iffenfioni

Having lost my hearing in both ears from
disease contracted while in the army, / would
like TO hear from every comrade who is SINH
larry afflicted, with full description of dis
ability, ETC Send stamps with answer.-WAL-
LACE FOSTER, Capt, Co. ii, 18th Ind, Indian
apalis Ind
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A Nomination.

To THE EDITOR: George W. RAIDER Post,
No Ii9, Niddletown, Ind, viii present the
name Of Past Commander J. A. Young as q
candidate for Junior Vice Department Com
mander at the Department Encampment 10 be
held at indianapolis the present MONTH
DAVID InNEs Adi1h
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People with gray hair may conceal from the
world the fact that they are becoming aged,
and passing on 10 decay, by the use of Halls
Hair Renewer. 1t is "a fact that this article
renews, ceanses, brightens, invignratos and re-
stores faded or gray hair to its Youthful color
and luster, cheaply, quickly and surely.
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To make good wages send To Hale Mfg. Co.,
Detroit, Mich. See advt. Oct. I6.
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GOODRICH, Attorney ~ l..,N, lgE
Dearborn St. Chicago. Advice free. IS years
peri Business quietly and legally transacted.
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7co gLSusa VERSES.

YY0R SALE.-Farms, limb and Mineral Lands IN
a all Southern States W. r STUART New Orleans.
Mention The National Tribune.
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Box lF PAINTS 15c. To-. Toy
SpeCtacles ard Eve

Flowers, &c, only lGc. ". Clinton, North III
Mention The National Tribune.
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ing themselves and their precious boat by day.
That night they passed Bridgeport, where they
expected to meet Mitchell, but found he had not
yet arrived.
When they sought solitary cabin to get
food the next day they heard great news
that the Yankees were n the town of Steven
son. This was confirmed by numerous fugi-
tives who were seeking safety from the dreaded
enemy. They got back to their canoe, rowed
down the river until they judged themselves
opposite Stevenson, and then started across the
country to find their friends. The good news
elated them so much that they made the fatal
mistake of not waiting for nightfall. Conse-
quently they found themselves in the town
sooner than they expected, and then to their
dismay discovered that the streets were swarm
ing with rebel soldiers! The story of the
frightened fugitives had entrapped them.
But they put the best possible face on the
matter. Buying few articles in a store, they
attempted to stroll leiSurely out, but were
stopped by an officer guard and questioned
They answered plausibly, probably with the
Kentucky story, rs they were now away from
the riyer,-and were about to be released,
when a man brought false accusation. He
recognized Wilson as being one of the Federal
cavalry that charged into the town the previ-
GUS night, and dared him to deny It'll He did
deny it, but in vain; and having been believed
so often when telling falsehoods, it was only a
fair compensation that he now told the truth
to unbelevng ears.
Wilson and Wood were put on hand-oBI
and run back to Bridgeport. At this place an
excited member of the crowd that gathered
around them declared that he knew them both
that he had seen them on the train with
Andrews! Wilson always thought this man as
much mistaken as his last accuser, but denial
was no more availing than in that case. They
were taken before Gen. Leadbetter, questioned
SeDaratelV. as usual in the cautfireS. Wood
"perspiring like man in July harvest" and
both virtually convicted, although Wilson an
swered the questions addressed TO him in the.
most undaunted manner. They were taken to
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Notta.

Srsenb Semano, ben Na9febenoes. ans
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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-09
Frequency OF T0rnadoes.

Though these storms may not have
increased greatly in frequency, as is
generally supposed, there is good
reason to believe that they are now
oomewhat more frequent and disas-
trous than formerly. The essential
condition of the birth of tornado is
the sudden formation of belt of strik-
ingly variant temperatures. These
conditions are realized when the polar
winds can, without Typographical OBJ
structions, approach the vapor-laden
equatorial currents on the margin of q
barometric depression. Whatever tends
to remove superficial distinctions to q
rapid coming together of opposing
warm and cold currents facilitates the
generation of tornadoes. We're the
Mississippi q smooth-surfaced, treeless
waste it would present the best topo-
graphical conditions for the formation
of these desolating cyclones. The
denudation of the soil which is now
going on at rapid rate must apparent
ly have the effect of augmenting in
some degree the number and intensity
of tornadoes. The decreasing of the
country drained by the great lakes also
may have the effect Of increasing the
ascensional movement of the air over
this vast area in summer, thus causing
the barometer to fall and inducing the
freer and more violent northward rush
OF the tornado-bearing currents from
the Gulf.
If, however, this outlook is not en-
couraging, the knowledge gained in
late years Of the origin, formation, and
normal movements of tornadoes, as
we'll as of the means of safety upon
their approach, is considerable. Were
local Geographic weather services es-
tablished in the storm-ravaged districts
there can be little doubt that the re-
ports thus obtained, with the aid OF the
national weather kilograms, would en-
able local meteorologists to previse
and successfully to predict the occur
curence of many of the most fatal in
terror cyclones.-Nelc York Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1885-07-09

Mrs. YsEULr DUDLEY, the woman who un-
fortunately failed to kill O'Dynamite Rosa
the great New York blatherskite, has been
tried and acquitted. The excuse for her
non-conviction was insanity. 1t is not prob
able that it was a valid plea, nor that the
woman was insane to any degree that should
have relieved her from full legal responsible
ity for her act; but, nevertheless, most PEG.
pie will not complain that the fiction was
successfully employed in her behalf. Even
had she succeeded in her attempt, there
would have been few tears shed, and she
would have been acquitted just the same
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Dating Eggs.

The only way for an honest farmer
nowadays to compete with rascally
adulteration and fraud is to get repu-
tation for his products, and let consum-
ers know where they come from. If his
butter, and cheese, and hams, go to
market, and they are such as he can be
proud of, let them bear the stamp OF
the maker, so that when purchasers get
hold of them they may know where to
always find a good thing. The latest
suggestion we have seen in this line is
that the man who sends eggs to market
should stencil his name and residence,
and the name of the breed of fowls pro-
ducing them, on each egg. This would
cause some extra labor, but not much,
and it might pay in the long run. Why
not add the date when the egg was laid !
-LotcelL Courier.
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The hair of a young girl who died at
the age of fifteen in an insane asylum
of Hamburg is reported to have shown
alterations of color coinciding with
periodical changes in the patients men,
tai and physical condition. Besides
epileptic fits, it was noticed that she
experienced while in the asylum quite
regular alterations of excitement and
calmness, each of about weeks dura-
ton; and that the color of her hair was
red during each period of agitation,
while il became blonde in her quiet in
tervals, a complete change of tint TAX
ing place in two or three days.
ArlldnsdD Irdpsler.
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Disappointed democrats damn Don. Dick
inson, Detroit's doughty democratic dicta-
tor.
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The first person who became model
is said to have been lover and lived
in the ancient days of Greece. He was
about to travel and leave his Sicyon,
and after repetition of vows of con-
stancy on both sides he fell asleep, and
from the position of the lamp his pro-
file was thrown strongly on the wall.
The maiden in passing through the
room observed this, and, taking up a
piece OF charcoal. sketched the outline
OF the shadow. The "a OF. when he
saw what had beer q bought il
well to preserve il in - ld taking
some Of the material in y he work.
ell. made the irst mol u. Imam
lie Il
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Watch Springs.

The best watch springs are made in
Geneva, Switzerland. These springs
are very delicate, and some of them are
so fine that 5000 weigh an ounce, and
are worth from rs cents to 81 apiece.
Thus an ounce of metal originally
not more than or cents, when made
into these fine hair springs, Is worth
from $4,000 to more than $4,000.
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II Is said that Cleveland is becoming
weary of the opportunities of the army of
democratic Office seekers who are wiling TO
serve their country-for a reasonable COM
pensation-and contemplates issuing an
order to admit no more democratic patriots
to his presence, unless their mouths shall be
padlocked on the great and only question
now agitating the democratic beast. How
unkind that would be.