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THIS WEEKS PAPER.

This week Gen. Howard gives an account
of the night fighting which succeeded the
second days battle of Gettysburg, and
brings out some new facts never published
before. Col. Richards, of the 29th Pa, tells
the story from his standpoint of the way
the White-Star Division gallantly carried
the slopes OF Lookout Mountain and won
for Gen. Hooker the battle above the clouds
This weeks installment OF Engine Thieves
gives an account of the thrilling race for life
which followed the successful capture of the
locomotive.
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1T WILL LIGHTEN THE TAx-PAYERS
BURDENS,

BCLIttt1NS.
The Mexican Pension Bill as amended
does not and cannot add a dollar in taxation
anywhere. It does not require any man to
pay single cent more than he is now pay
ing. On the contrary it will lessen taxation
everywhere It will reduce the public bur-
dens of every County, Town, and Township
because it will take the expense of support
ing disabled soldiers from such local Treas
uries and place it where it properly belongs
ON the General Government.
This is but right This is the commonest
kind of justice. The Government had the
benefit of the veterans best days. It had
given it the very cream of his youthful
energy. All that is was possible for him to
do for anybody or anything was done for it.
The years which should have been devoted
to gaining a start in life, to acquiring
knowledge of q trade, or business training
were given by him to the wild trade of war.
The health and strength which would have
carried him victoriously through the emer-
gencies and demands of peaceful career
were wrecked by the terrible strains Of the
camp, the march, and the battlefield.
Therefore, the Government should take
care of him when he can no longer take care
of himself 1t should do this primarily, be-
cause it owes it to the man who has done so
much for it. It has no honorable alternative.
Next, it should do it because if it does not
the County, City or Township must, and
these have had none of his services. What
they give to support the man is aims
charity wholly. What the Government gives
is repayment of most just debt. 1t is un-
fair in every way that the people of Counties
and Cities should be taxed to support men
who were broken down by service for the
Government.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

FRANCE is whaeking off good chunk Of
China, Russia gobbles up small kingdom
or two in Central Asia every lunar month.
Germany annexes any South Sea islands she
cannot find any one else guarding with can
non and bayonets, and England is grabbing
all she can get hold of in the middle and
both ends of Africa. Yet they are all much
disturbed because we want only enough Of
Nicaragua to do about S1OO,OOO,OOO of ditch
ing on. Some folks are very unreasonable.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

THE New York Board of Health has been
doing some splendid work among the candy
makers. Several tons of candy eolored with
poisonous dyes were seized and dumped
into the river. At first the Board proposed
to publish the names of the makers of the
poisonous stuff, but it finally decided to let
them off with warning that any repeti-
tion of the offense would lead to pubHca-
tion of their names and prosecution.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01
THE WORLDS cYcLnPEpIA

is one of the most valuable books now In
print. 1t contains probably more informa-
tion than any book of its size that has ever
been published. This little library COM
pressed into one volume we will send together
with copy of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
for one year on receipt of SLIGO; or we will
send it free to anyone sending us S. and FIVE
new subscribers.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

THINK of Bismarck's audacity in ordering
the German flag hoisted over northern New
Guinea, New Britain and New Ireland, whose
very names indicate how much they have
always been regarded as part of the British
dominions. The Australians rage, and
another long step has been taken toward the
inevitable war between Germany and Eng
land
The National tribune., 1885-01-01
THE DEAD YEAR.

1894 is now numbered with the "unre-
turning past" It has Joined the procession
which has marched unrestingly on since
Time began, and will continue to march
until Time shall be no more. Yesterday
1854 was the immediate present; to-day 1t
is but another grain of sand upon the limit
less shores of Eternity. 1t brought to this
Nation much both of good and bad. Its
account is now made UP, and we might make
a balance sheet of its debts and credits in
true commercial fashion, something like
this:
THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1884,
In account Nth the People Of the United States.
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"The Battle of Moscow
EDWARD HATCH, BVT. MAJ GEN., U. S.A.

There has been so much discussion, not un-
mixed with recTimination, over the engage
ment at Moscow, Tenn, that it is with pecu-
liar qualification that we announce a con-
tributicn on the subject from the pen Of the
gallant Gen. Hatch, who was the hero of that
occasion.
1t is a vivid, spirited account, and settles
some disputed points very definitely. 1t will
appear in next weeks paper.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

A CAREFUL observer says that the great
est benefactor the South can have is one
who will teach it to abandon planting"
and all that implies, for farming" and all
that implies.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

LAST week we received a petition for the
passage of the Mexican Pension Bill from
Raleigh, N. c., which was signed by the
Governor of North Carolina. This week we
have one from Olathe, Kan, which is signed
by Col. st. John, at one time the Governor
of Kansas, and lately candidate for Presi-
dent of the United States
The National tribune., 1885-01-01
THE TESCHE CAMPAIGN, "
Soldering Among the Louisiana Bayous.
FRANK H. MASON AND JOHN W. FRY,
42d o. Y. VI.
To appear IN oar issue for neat aceek.

The writings of Comrades Mason and Fry
have been singularly acceptable to the read
ers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and we
take pleasure in announcing the above pub
lication. 1t viii tell the story of the de-
tachment of the Thirteenth Corps from
the Army of the Tennessee, and its joining
the Army of the Gulf; of the pleasant days
in New Orleans; the arduous march to Bra
shear, the Winter spent in the delightful
country about Plaquemine, and the depart
ure to cover the retreat Of Bankss defeated
army.
Comrades desiring extra copies should
send in their orders at once.
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there is no honorable course for the Govern
ment but to grant some such measure of
relief as this bill contemplates.
A DYING STATE.

Can State die? That is a solemn ques-
ton which the few remaining white people
in Nevada are pondering over. The exigen-
cies of the war called for the admission of
Nevada as State in October, 1864, when
she had about $4,000 people. In 1870 she
had AZ, ,591, of whom 1900 were Chinese
the Pah-Utes and Diggers were not counted.
The census of 1880 enumerated the popula-
ton thus:
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

A VIRGINIAN sold walnut tree last
week for $500, and the transaction was still
very profitable one for the purchaser.
Walnut trees at 5000, or even a somewhat
smaller figure, would seem to be better
crop than wheat at So cents bushel
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

SPAIN wants Us to give up between
S4O,0OO,O00 and S5e,0O0O00 of revenue,
while she only gives up between 100000
and $3,00O000. This is about as "reeipro-
cal |" as the famous turkey transaction with
the poor Indian.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01
NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

are frequently good things; and, then, they
should be kept with steel-like frmness. The
list should always start off with these two
which viii make an excellent cornerstone
upon which to build an excellent fabric oi
good conduct for the coming twelve months
1. viii at once subscribe for THE Ma.
TIoNAL TRIBUNE.
2. will do all can to induce my neigh.
b0rs and acquaintances to take it
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

We shall hardly attempt to put figures
columns and say which one exceeds the
other and how much. Every man will be
likely to do that according to his tempera-
ment, business and the manner in which
things have gone with him during the year.
If he is one Of the 10000 bankrupted mer-
chants, he viii he likely to estimate at low
figure the value of peace at home and abroad,
and regard cheapnsss of food and clothing as
things which should be charged against the
year rather than credited to it. In the same
way the farmer who has his granaries full
of wheat, which has suddenly fallen off q
third in price, is not disposed to rate highly
the fact that the workingman in the city
can now buy his flour cheaper than ever
before in the history of the country. Nor
will one of the Hooking Valley miners place
the highest Importance upon the fact that
the wheat crop of Kansas averaged 2S bushels
to the acre.
Yet, despite all misfortunes and hardships
to indiyiduals-and there was rushing
flood of these-there is a heavy sum total to
be placed to the credit of the year. In spite
of the immensity of the so-called "shrinkage
of values" and the bankruptcy Of merchants
the country is much wealthier than it was
on Jan. 1, 1884. When we say, for instance,
that the New York Central has diminished
in value S50,0O0,0O0 during the year, we
do not mean that there has been any
absolute destruction of values, such as would
follow burning of its depots or rolling
stock, or the washing away Of its bridges. In
reality the road is more valuable property
stock, more track, and better facilities than
it ever had, and there are more people who
viii patron1ze it and pay money into its
treasury. The shrinkage has only been in
certain arbitrary rating of the property.
This is true of every bit and species of
property in the country. Every acre of
land, every stick of timber, every mile OF
railroad, every factory and furnace is really
worth more than it was last year. The only
people who can be said to have really lost
money are those who have been deprived OF
their property altogether, and especially
those unfortunate workingmen who have
lost their only capitalize market for their
labor from day to day.
But for all this there is much consolation in
the h0pefulness of the outlook Periods oil
great depression like this has been are
always followed by corresponding activity
in ali departments of business. It is within
the memory of all how the almost utter
stagnation of business in 1873, with 10, SOC
failures, was followed by the splendid pros
perity of 1879 -'S0,-'81-82. We can count
with the utmost confidence on a similar
season of prosperity being ushered in by the
year which has just opened. And so, with
the frmest belief that there will be work
wages food and comforts in full measure foI
all that dwell beneath the shadow of oul
glorious flag, we can cheerfully wish all oul
friends
| a HGpDq EelU Year,
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General sherman on The Tribune.

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE q. s.,
WASHINGTON, D. c.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Frcm the nature of the articles published
in the numbers Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
sentme, / observe that it is published in the
interest of the soldiers of the civil lwar. In
this you have my hearty sympathy, and /
will endeayor in my own sphere Of action to
cooperate with you in all practicable meas
ares to that eud, without money and with
out price With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
VI. T. SHERMAN.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

The I'd Iowa boys, who were the first into
the works at Fort Donelson, are not at all
pleased with Gen. Lew Wallaee's treatment
of them in his article on the capture of that
fort in the December Century
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

GEN. SICKLEs complains that he is bored
everywhere he goes by strangers asking him
how he lost his leg. He told an imperti-
nent waiter in a restaurant, who asked him
the question, that he had his leg shot off at
Bunker Hill.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01
LOOK OUT FOR YOUR NUMBERS.

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their slips, and see that they are not in
danger of having gap in their subscrip-
tions. The way we keep our accounts makes
it imperative that subscription be stopt as
soon IS it expires.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

d. H. HILL, who commanded a corps In
Lees army, and is even a more rancoroas-
tongued rebel than Robert Toombs, is stin
alive, and has moved to Macon, Ga, to make
that his permanent residence.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

FREE TRADERS are somehow not making
prominent the fact that the wages of English
iron workers were reduced so per cent last
year. They were low enough in all con-
science before.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

THE Spanish treaty will cheaper neither
sugar nor tobacco to the American people.
1t will only make wealthier few Cuban
planters and those who handle their products.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

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WASHINGTON, D. c., JANUARY /, 1885.

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A REAL FRIEND.
The following letter speaks for itself:

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, q. s.,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 20, 1884.
To THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Have received the
numerous petitions forwarded by you in behalf of
the Mexican Pension Bill, No 5667. 1t will give
me great pleasure to present these, together with
large number of others received from my constit-
uents direct, and to do everything in my power to
aid the passage of the bill.-JAMEs LAIRD M. c.,
Second District of Nebraska.
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Send ttro-cent stamp to The NationgI Isi6-
une for petition tn .faror Of the immediate
passage Of the amendments to the Merican
Pension BiU," and do it at once. Time is
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

The best arork that any comrGde can do is to
circulate a petition in favOr Of the Me1icaa
Pension Bill. This is substantial service for
the needy and deserving.
The National tribune., 1885-01-01

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Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-24
DRAINING A CELLAR.
An inexpensive Method OF Securing abr!
Cellar liniIOnI.

An inexpensive Method OF Securing sDry
Cellar Hotton'.
Occasionally people are Obliged to live
over wet cellars, for the reason tha'
there Is no fall for drain, or the es-
pense seems too great, or the landlord
won't drain. We were once thus STU
s,ed. Every freshct or rain that came
the cellar would he u foot or more deep
with water, which had to bc bailcd up
and carried out by hand. Disliking to
move. rs our own house was nearly
completed, we finally hit on the follow
ing plan, which worked TO charm: In
the lowest corner, or where the water
came I'm most, We sunk an old rain
barrel, perhaps foot below the level OF
the cellar bottom, slan,ing away III,
earth pretty well about the top OF the
barrel: then, commencing at the op
positc corner of the cellar, with n hoe,
we followed ont a drain close to the
cellar wall, making II slightly deeper,
ms we proceeded. 80 rs 10 give II the
uoper fall into the barrel. We did the
other two sides Of the cellar in the same
way, and hcnccforth The water coming
in at the sides of the cellar followed the
drain into the barrel, thus giving a dry
cellar bottom, much more wholesome
10 live over. The water was rs clear ~
crystal, and was used for washing veg
etables, dishes, ctc.-Cor. Country Gen
tsmGa
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-24
a QUEER LAWSUIT.
An Ensiish Nebuchadnes'ar claims Jam
ages for tho Destruction of Ills foou'

An English SebuchadnesJar eiaihs "s"
ages for tho Destruction OF Ills foou'
A curious popular custom has just
given rise 10 curious case ct law IL
appears that at Ashbournc, in Derby
shire-Rousseau's Ashbournc and Dr.
Johnson's- a public game OF football IS
played .vc-y Slro,c Tuesday, the goals
being ut two mills mile apart. IL Is
not stated whether the Rugby or the
association rules obtain In this foot.
ball stceplcchasc; the course, at any
rate, does not seem TO DC very clearly
marked out, for in the progress OF the
game last Shrove Tuesday an incur.
sion was made into private
park, the owner Of which summoned
one of tho iniruders for having '.un'
lawfully and maliciously damaged n
plant cultivated for the food OF man
and beast" This plant was none other
than the herb commonly known n
grass, the statement that il WAS cult
waited for the food Of man seeming to
indicate that the Lord OF the soil traces
his descent back to Ncbuchadnezzar.
The Magistrates convicted on the sum-
mons, but Mr.. Justice Day, on appeal.
held that. although there might have
been u trespass, there was Clearly no
intent to damage or destroy. and that,
in fact, no damage or destruction was
caused. The appeal was consequently
allowed, and the Dcrbyshirc Nebuchad.
nezzar is left TO ruminatG bitterly in his
desecrated salad garden.-PdH Mall Co.
zette.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-24
aounnY.s INCONSISTENCIES.
uov = Prseoeious YounEstsr Discovered
New Kind Of Dirt.

uov = Prseoeious YounEstsr Diseevsrsd Q
New Kind Of Dirt.
On a train up In Wisconsin was q
small boy from Chicago and his large
mother. They had been visiting SONS
country relatives. and tho large mother
vas evidently afraid the small boy had
,couired bad habits and other para
ites while playing with his country
cousins, for she got his head
down upon o newspaper In her lap and
,eld II close to the window, and begah,
q look around In tho hair as u she hnd
lost something. Every few seconds
Johnny raised his head and inquired IN
loud voice: -,
"Ma, what you doing"
"Hush, Johnny" his mother whis'
pered. III am looking for dirt" -,
Then Johnny resigned himself 70 MS
fate, only to rise up again In q lew sec
onds, and exclaim; , 80
"Ma, do YOU find any dirtP.
"Sh.h! Lie down, Johnny" was the
good mothers reply.
Twenty seconds passed. and the in.
auisitive boy bobbed up his head once
more. saying: =, g.,
"Ma, j want to see the dirt"
"Be still, child, sh.h!' whispered the
industrious matron. :.
Down went tho little head. but i
could not rest in peace. The eyes in u
rolled around curionsly, and soon y
bobbed up again, and the boys gaze fell
upon the newspaper.
"Say, ma said the amazed Johnny,
In voice 80 ,oud that the passengers
all turned to listen.
"What, child?"
al say, mats awful queer dirt
that's got feet, amt it9'-Chiedgo hcr-
aid,
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-24
% sa.dmsn.s- Iae.ax.

aBlrsin exclaimed man in the homsiy
garb Of mechanical Richelieu, Pri - MIN
istsr OF France, rs no was entering bis pal.
ace: "Sirc, I have made discovery which
Oh I mako rich and great the natl n which
sha.l dovelopit. Birc, will you give mo An
audience"
Riche.icu, constantly importuned, finally
ordered the " mailman" imprisoned. Even
in he did not desist from declaring bis
"deius which ono day attracted The
attention OF British poblennn, who heard
do Causes utory, and developed bis disoov.
cry stsain powerl
All great discoveries arc at frst dsridsd.
Seven years ago n man yet under middle
age, enriched by business which covered
tho continent, fannd himself suddenly
stricken down. When bis physicians said
recovery was impossible, he used . new dis
covery, which, like all advances In science,
had been opposed bitterly by tho school.
men. Nevertheless, IL cured him, ana out
OF gratitude therefor he consocrated pan
OF his wealth To tue spreading OF Its merits
before the world. Such In brief IL ths bis
tory VI Warmers safe cure, which has won,
according TO tho testimony Of eminent per.
sons, tho most deserved reputation ever 40
corded to any known compound, and which
IL finally winning on itS morits alone the
approval OF tho most conservative practi.
TONERS. Its faino now bolts the gtobe.-
TIE Herald.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1885-12-24
A Common Superstition.

The conversation turned on supersti.
ton and travelling man from Chicago
remarked TO viii Shields:
"Do You believe in ghosis'"
"a do, indecdy." replied Willie.
"Come oil, now, have you ever seen
oueP"
"You bet have"
al don't believe It,"
"would yoa believe 1t II I showed you
one?"
"Of course"
"Well. look at that" he said. pulling
out a pockct.book so thin and cmariatcd
that the light shonc through II like an
open NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Trdreicr.