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WORK OF THE Pension OFFICE.

During the week ending Jan. q, 1888,
Ally claims were received, of which 927 were
original invalid so5 widows; 2war of 1912;
10 bounty land % navy 4 old war; 10 on
account Of Mexican service, and 1886 appli-
cations for increase.
The receipt of mail matter during the
week were 53OG1; 1879 letters and circu-
lars were sent ont. The names and post
Office addresses of 1891 officers ard com
rades were furnished for the use of claim
ants. The number of medical examinations
reported during the week was cole. The
amount of fees for the same was $27, 553.28
an average cost of 1888 per examination.
Report Of certificates issued during week
ending Jan. p, 1888: Original, $50; increase
sos; reissue, 221 restoration, sc; duplicate
26; accrued, &c; arrears, 0; Act of March
3, 1888, /; Order of April 3, 1884, 8; Act O
March 3, 1885, o; Order Oct 7, 1885, 2; Act
of Aug. 4, 1886, 1; Supplemental, Act Aug
4, 1856, 10; Mexican war, 282; total, 2, 423
Reissue same date, 0.
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WE DO not want those fellows over the
water to fight so as to give US an oppOrtu-
nifty to work Off our surplus stock of bread
atuffs and meat on them at good prices, but
if they are really so mad that they viii not
be satisfied without fight, we viii be glad
to furnish them all the bareback and picked
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pork they can eat and pay for while they
are engaged in killing one another. They
made good deal of money off Of us while
we were doing general Cunning business,
and we would like to get some Of it back.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WAITING FOR The NEWS.
Listening to the Fighting
at Belmont.
BY MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN

We have received from Mrs. John a.
Logan an admirable account of the early ex-
perienoes Of the soldiers who assembled at
Cairo IN the last part Of 1851, and especially
Of the anxious watching and waiting at
Cairo Of the wives Of the men who went
down 10 attack the enemy at Belmont for
news Of tie fate Of those who we're dear to
them. They could hear the cannon all day,
but knew nothing of the result until the
expedition returned. It wiz be published
In THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for Feb. 2.
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Gov HILL, of New York, continues to
win golden opinions from the veterans. Last
week he sent message to the Legislature
recommending that the law be so amended
as to exempt the Soldiers Home at Bath
from the list of almshouses and asylums, in
order to allow a vote to the soldiers who re-
side there. He thinks it is nothing but just
that these veterans should not be disfran-
chised after their service for their country.
This will give about $50 men votes who
have hitherto been denied that privilege
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LAST year the taxable value of the real
estate in New York city increased from
81 ,254, 491 $40 to 81, 3O6,3 10138, or an in
crease of 81 100000 week. The increase
in the value of other property was probably
several times this. This gives an idea of
the way that wealth is increasing all over
the land. The country is probably thou
sand million dollars richer than ii was at
the beginning of 1887. There would have
been little of this wonderful growth of riches
if the volunteer soldiers had not fought over
$500 battles, and died by the hundred
thousand to preserve the country from de-
struction. Yet one-half of the men who
broke themselves down in securing this for
our money makers are now pinching along
on from 80 to 26 cents day, doled out to
them by the grateful Nation"
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

been injured in its service, beggar's stipend
of few cents day, it degrades in the
most powerful way possible the whole stand
ard of wage-paying and living. This is so
clear that no one should mistake it.
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tn Omaha Rqu5li-oa which is a live and
brillart representative 81 that rapidly-grow-
ing eify, cauae out on the Iatof January with
an immense illustrated edition. describing
the loaa strides toward greatness made by
omata sriug the past II months This is
an as'aa -hiag showing, and the Repu1liean
deer great credit fer The admirable man
me- il las presented the story.
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THEY have sentenced man in Conneeti-
cut to imprisonment for life for killing an
editor Connecticut always did like to do
things different from other folks. Out West
when man kills an editor they pass compli-
mentary resolutions and give him the free
dom of the town.
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tainly ought to be:

THE GAR. Post at Lynn, Mass, Is one of
the richest organizations in the Common
wealth. It owns over 100000 worth of
property, $4,000 of which is in city real
estate. 1t has several distinguished sons of
Massachusetts as its members, including
Henry Cabot Lodge.
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STILL THEY cow.

THE NATIONAL TRIBuSEs club-raisers
continue to do better from week to week.
Here is a list of those sent in last week.
Let it go on till the NATIONAL TRIBUNEs
subscription list is equal in numbers to the
roll of membership in the GAR. It GER
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THIRD CORPS
AT
GETTYSBURG.
BY Colonel Thomas Rafferty,.
NEXT WEEK.

Col Thos. Rafferty,, whose writings have
heretofore been read with so much interest
by the subscribers to TIE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE, has written an admirable review Of the
action Of the Third Corps at Gettysburg
which viii appear IN next weeks paper
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GOOD butter now sells at from 25 to IS
cents pound in most of the cities. A pen
sioner at 81 a month has to devote his pen
sion for about seven days to get pound of
butter, or else eat his bread without that
pleasant and nutritious addition.
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THE LoGAN MoNuMENT FuNp.

Last week billiards prevailed nearly all
over the country, making it very difficult for
people to get about to do any sort of bust
ness. Consequently the receipts of the Lo-
gan monument fund were not so large as
they would have been had the weather been
more favorable We give them below;
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
GsTABusHEO 1919
PUBLISHED EEKLY.


BIZ r-aonths. 70 cents. No subscription for a
less period received.
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EDITOR NATIeyAL TRIBUsE: IN looking over the
| Logan donors list to the monument / find you
! have my wife's name-Mrs John W. Taylor
| credited 20 Valley Center, Kan. which is wrong
| Ii should have been Yassar, Mich the same as
John w. Taylor, yassar, Mich We arc not di-
vorced as yet.-JoHN w. TAYLoR Vassar Mich.
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And brought the chickens in the house to
roost by the fire
Yem7
And spliced a piece of gas-pipe on to the
bottom of the thermometer, sos the mercury
can get down as low as iU wants tor"
YEN"
"WeII, come to bed then; and let rs be very
thankful that We don't live across the line in
Canada, where the weather gets real cold"
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IT is so convenient for the soldier-hating
papers to have the pension attorneys to
abuse. If they could not shrek pension
sharks scheme" against every attempt to
do justice to the soldier the biggest part of
their thunder would be gone. That is the
trouble with the bills to remove the limita-
ton on arrears of pensions and to make the
minimum pension IS month. These bills,
if they are passed, viii put millions of dol
lars into the pockets of the veterans without
any pension attorney getting a cent of fees
ont of them, which must be gall and worm
wood to the soldier-hating editors.
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WE USED to think when we boarded at
Andersonville that the meanest men in the
world lived in that section of Georgia.
There are some of them still there, for re-
Gently it was discovered that the body of a
wealthy resident of Americas is but
a few miles from Andersonville- been
dug up, in order to steal the $500 coffin and
the fine suit of clothes in which the corpse
had been inferred. The depredators were
probably some of those little brats of guards
who used to shoot at US from the perches
on the stoezade.
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CHIEF REA and his Adj
iutant- General, Daniel Fish, have made the
best impression wherever they have been.
Gen. Rea is refined, scholarly man, who
makes a speech that goes right to the hearts
Of the veterans. His career in the army,
the estimation in which he is held among
his neighbors, what he says on the rostrum,
and his manner among comrades are all
calculated to waken enthusiasm for him,
Adi't- Gen. Fish is, like Gen. Rea, fine law
yer, and has been a Judge. His standing in
Minneapolis is equal to any one. He appears
TO good advantage among the comrades, and
makes a droll, humorous, pointed speech,
which never fails to bring down the house.
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The Home Of The RliEzarI.

i. Dakota u re to her
I H band Josiah,
have you blanketed al
the cows and horses "
josiah 3" Yes Maria. /"
IIaia And covered
the sheep ana hogs with
q good thickness Of
straw =
o " .,
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We give them below

Gen. J. c. Fremont Camp. No. IS, S. of v,
St. Louis Mo............ .......................
Y. V. Houseman, Bardestown, 0................
q. /. Cormack. North Baltimore. O...........
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s-..g9 y -Z ..a-a. sa.I ORC. IS sso0no oss u,-s.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12
The Fuver.a, Month O, March.

An obseryant metropolitan barber says
that he can tell ones physical condition
by the state Of the hsir!
Toe Bible tells rs that with his hsir
goue Samson lost his strength. The R)-
mans considered baldoess serious ef-
fiction, ana julius Casar was never quite
satisfied with himself because lis poll
was bare.
The face, however, is the open book
aud one can readily trace in ITS various ex
pressions, lines, chHug-s and complex
the state Of the system.
The eye that is acknowledgements and yet
has G pellid brightpt ss, the face upon
whose cheeks nature psiDts j cose sin
gular beSuly and flush, more marked N
contract wi b the slsbaster appearance OF
the forehead anu nose and lower part OF
the face, is ore # those whom the skilled
physician will tell you will some day drsed
the funeIeGl month o! March. becau'e it's
then taat consumption rsscs IFS richest
harvest. Consumption they tell us Is
caused by this, that and the other taing,
By microb inthe sir, by micro-oTganism
in the blood, 1yds fcient IutritioD, ~ q
,housand and Cis,lhiDgs, but wnstever
the cause, decay bsztSrs. with cou9h and
the remedy that Willg t6setualy step the
cause o. that eougSeursbstRs dissAse OF
the lungs. q
That is sill there is af it.
The cough assan evidence of wasting.
To stop 1t { f 9aSqslI3, remedy must be
used that will seSFah out the cause, re-
moSa that and hen heal the lung and do
awkg win the cough. This is the power,
soe ciAl taitseli, possessed alone by War
ner's Eog E.bin Caugh sDd Consumption
remedy WI hasiS 10 ne@ tangled notion
OF narcntiesssnd poisons, but al old fash.
toned prehsratial OF b&lsams, roots and
herbs, such as WSsA used by our ancestors
many Yesss ago, the f1rmuls OF which has
been sec1ged excla-iY lively oy the present
man ufsssassEs st great trouble and ex-
| peBses Il fgjrqt mere cold dryer. l. Is
a systssn-seaicheS rad upbuilter and d
CONSUMPTION expeti5nt. Where others
fail, 1t Wins, becaGss'it gets at the nsti-
| tn iopsls cause snd removes it from the
L.w. HaAssw of Greensboro, Ps., on
Jaafl5, 1883, Exported that che had de
riveAmore 1ess bspeat tor tn length OF
time, 4som WATneS's Log Cabin Cough
and Consumption remedy than he had fol
| years IIOId VIC O@SS ot9HS wy SACi3AD'
| II you have cough, night sweatsi
"posiuve assurance III your own mlnC
tat you, oh-vou, have no consumption
and yet lose & sb, appetite, courage, 81
your lungs waste away, you may know
that soon the funereal month of Marct
will cain you, unless promptly and faith
fully you use the article NAMED. II othe
remedies have failed try this ont
thoroughly. Ii others are off=red, insis
the more on trying this unequsled prep
a'auOn.
Same persona are prone to consump
ton and they should never allow III
disease 20 become seated.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12
John shermsn's Conspiracy.
FORT WORTH, TEX a., Mai

FORT WORTH, TEX March 10, 1855.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
NV that MIR. Blaine has declined c re-
nomination for the presidency, John She--
man regards himself as the neir, real and
spparen', 10 the crown and the titles OF
the "Plumed Knight" II we are not
mistaken, this is not the frst time that
Me-. Sherman has taken upon himself 20
claim the heirloom of smother. We have
not fOfgo len his anxiety to become the
successor of Mr.. Hendricks es president
Of the Senate and Ipso facto Vice PEST
dent Of the United States.
Unfortunately for Mr.. Sherman, the
American people have never yet tx
pressed choice favorable to his noition
to fill either the presidential or the vice.
presidential chair; and, therefore, seeiD G
the opportunity 10 climb one step higher
on the ladder of his lfe's ambition, he
seeks and accepts the vice-presideDcY
made vacant by the death Of .fbe noble
Hendricks. "The wizard Of the Senate"
seals into the dead mans shoes, not by
the voice or consent of the American peO-
pie, but by the confirmation of partisan
Senate.
1t is evident TO any msn who has fol-
lowed the puo ic career of John Sherman,
that he is a much overrs,ed man. A
mere compiler OF statistics and a reciter
of figures in pArrot-like fashion, he
Set ms to possess neither the power OF
cit q renee nor the methods CT logic OF
conviction. NAIrow-miDded and cold, he
foes not possess the magnetism Of the
Msine mAp, snd oily resembles the
later 10 the dupliCiy Of his nature.
At Birmingham and Nashville he speaks
a2plovIpglY Of the loyalty Of the southern
people, but talks Of their dIsloValty 10
Rpuoyicsn Legislature at Springfield.
MIR. Sherman belongs to that element
Of The Republican party yulgsrly called
"bloody shirt" mep, .who seem to forget
that the war ended more than Wenty
years ago hDd VINO are still firing cannon
and exploding bombsAells with their
mouths, while the honest soldiers who
fought IN either de are eI lying these
lOud-mouthed warriors war If wind.
WI B.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12

in violation of the law, have publishei
their forgls and followed them to a let
ter, and overruled principles that
have been settled for Centuries. The bar
OF Texas have often been made to
blush on account of their wanton careless
ness or ignorance. We could cite numer-
Gus authorities in addition to the many
cited by Mr.. Houston OF such fsgrant
wrongs.
Siuce we see this matter thus and know
ing that not only the prosperity of our
cit'z4ns, but also their liberty and lives
are placed in the hands Of this court for
fual &C Indication, we tremble as did the
Romans for not being able to read;
there were certain laws beyc nd
their vision. Mr.. Houston's seVerest
charges, and well founded, are against
Judges White sud Wilson, ond we see
with regret that he rather attempts TO
exculpste Judge Hurt. We agree with
Mr.. Houston In his charges against White
and Wilson, and think he should scrutin-
ia the record of Judge Hurt lit
tie closer. We have from the best au-
thority that Mr. Hurt Is notoriously con.
spicuous for his absence from the court,
when his presence is much needed. We
coul mention many Thugs which fail
TO exculptie him from the general
charge OF Senator Houston, beside his
assent IN many blunders. We say that
the whole thing should be swept clean,
and call on the Democracy Of Texas to
give us brand new court, men that we
know cannot be corrupted. Sweep il
clean, Texans, sweep it clean.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12
4 HARD BIT
Tbs Interstate Commerce C0mnIsslon
After the Standard OIL COMPANY.

After the Sk6ndRT0 vi OoEnp0Dys
MARIETTA, O., March 11.-Geo. Rice is
in receipt of an order just made to the
reads defendant in the case wherein he Is
com PlsiDsnt. The roads are the Louis
Vile and Nashville, S.. Louis, Ircn Noun
tain and Southern, Cincinnati aud Mt n
OLeans, Texas and Pacific, New
Port News and Mississippi Valley
aud tho Illinois Central
Railroad Companies. Alter recounting
Inc f1dings against the d. PENDANTS s sep
arste order is issued to each road under
the seal of commission which Gloss as
follows:
II is now ordered and adjudged that
the defendant, Louisvi lie snd Nashville
Railroad Companies do forthwith CT ase
aud dtstst from making any higher charge
for transportation by the 100 pounds of
petroleum oils in barrels, in srload
lots, including barrels, than it contem-
po AoeOusly makes for tae transportation
bY ths 100 pounds OF such oil 8 in tanks.
And 1t is further ordered and sdiudged
that said defendant Go wholly aid i'm
medletely cease and desist from making
uniform rates for the transportation Cf
petroleum oils by tank car, irrespective
of weight or quantity when the capacity
of the tank Cas- in use on it's line is not
uOiform or substantially SO, and that said
defendant is also hereby to wholly cesse
and desist from further giving undue and
unreasonable preference and advantage
TO the Standard Oil Company OF Kentucky
and o. hers shippiOg oil in tanks, oyer The
COMPLAINANT and others shipping oil in
barrels.
And it Is further ordered that copy
OF his order with notice r curing obedi-
ence thereto be forth with sent to The
defendant corporation and that at the
same time there be also sent 10 such de-
PENDANT copy of the report and opinion
OF the commission referred to.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12
THE BURLING TON STRIFE.
important Secret Meetings Held a, X ansas
City,

important Secret Meetings Held al X ansaB
City.
KANSAS CITY, March 11.-Vice- Grand
Master H4Dshan OF the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen arrived here this af-
ternoon and Immediately went to q secret
conference with S. NJ. Stevens, who has
had charge Of affairs at this point. Mr..
Hspshsn has in the last few days vIsited
Denver and the points between there and
Kansas City. He fficially reported that
he found the engineers and fremen OF
other roads determined in their stand not
to handle any Caicago, Burlington and
Quincy freight.
The general grievance committee of
the Chicago, R3ck Island and Pacific road,
met here this afternoon. They were in
session for three hours, during which the
situation was thoroughly discussed. No
final action was taken, the committee adj
journing to meet Tonight. Speeches
made at the meeting we're to the Effect
thai II the Rock leland touched BurliDg-
ton freight that the engineers and fremen
would leave their positions. o.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12
"a SERIOUS CHARGE"
Houston vs.. the judges" This Is One
of the Gases where the Public
Demands a Reply"
Comments of the stats Papers on Senator
Temple Ho1srsI' IS Grave Indictment
of the Appellate Judges.

Dallas Times Herald: One of the
mot remarkable documents that has
been presented to the public for It's in
epection within the memory Of Texans is
a letter written to THE FORT WORTH
GAZETTE by Sepstor Temple Houston.
The subject CT this communica
ton is the Appellate court of the
stSte-thaJ II, that part OF
the court made up by Justices White and
Wilson, for IstIce Hurt is excepted from
the charges made of ignorance and NAL
feHsarce. II is an Indictment against
these two high Cfflclals-An indictment
charging them with an igoorance OF the
law they are called upon to expound and
an IL dc IT ent against them for violation
of such law as they are acquainted with.
The Times Herald Is not prepared to con-
denim these gentlemen. l. does not c.
cult them oy auy irQlI int the motives
OF 6 .nator Fl Juston. Wnst may be these
ml.ives-Tnether springing from ps-
triotic desire to scourge unworthy
servants-Or spring'ng from personal
CT selfish rta 'oD.s makes no difference.
The Judges ere W be Convicted or &C
Quilted upon the facts in the case, with
out reference TO the reasons why the
Indictment WAS ed. Neither is the
Times Herald prepared TO convict
without giving these eminent SER
wants the opportunity to exPlsin.
Senator Houston has & character to main
tain. He Is nnL au idle pusY-bodY who
flads pleasure in sensational fights, which
il ending ois4strous!Y cannot il jure him.
He Is in the altitude Ct having made
fight in which he must win or forfeit his
character as good aud patriotic cltizsn.
IVAN frrvifh
them an attack not only upon the Learning
but upon the very integrity Of two Of the
stat lesning fl :ers. This is no light
matter. He understands this. He has
not Whispered these charges, but has had
them published in great daily OF wide
circulaIIOn. Therefore the presumption ts
that he con cred well The step he had
taken. Ard rum his facts, frIsn his In
terpretstIon of the law bearing upon
them, he is right. II he states facts cor
rectly and -easons from them correctly,
he can have nothing tn fear. But what
about The judi G.? Nine times
out OF ieu pa lie Cfficisls are not
warranted in Do,iciug the criticisms
of individuals. Toe public demands that
they shall not lower toe dignity Ct their
Oft :es by uaseemly quSrrels. But this is
one of the cas- wntrein the public de-
mands reply. The Judges were elected
by the people TO high Ii :e Their Oh ,rac-
tiers have b4en attack d uy Senator Of the
state. Thy are casTgsd with taking ad-
vantage Of their pcsi Ions to make money
Their character, not only as judges, but
their character as honorable men is at
taoked. There can be no silence
in cases Ike this. The judges must
come dnwn from the bench sDd
r=ply. TIey must answer the Indictment.
Houston has put in his evidence, and
from it and bis argument hiscsse Is made.
They must refute, they must show their
Innocence or they must come from the
bench to remain.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12

Miss Maria a. Brown OF Boston, wishes
Congress TO appropriate $4,000 to pay
'hs expenses Of herself and other anti
qusrians while they hunt through the
Libraries Of Europe for proof INST Lett
Ericsson discovered America about the
yesr 1000 a. D. She has already spent $
great deal Of time in Europe looking up
the record Of the Morse explorer, and
ieels confident that with little aid from
the government she could utterly destroy
the claims of Christopher Columbus IS
the discover Of this country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12

A family living on Butte Creek, Oregon,
is very superstitiJus. All seem to be
possessed Of the idea that the devil is
after thsm. Tnis is bad enough, but
lately they have teken TO hunting his sa-
tanic msjestr with shotguDs, and their
neighhors object. Several persons have
been fred upon while ridiog along the
road about their Own business, and very
naturally they dislike b=irg mistaken for
the Old Nick or his imps.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-12

Who would think OF calling deaf men
by beating 6 drum? Yet this is exactly
W3at is done in the Institute for the Deaf
and DUMB at Flint, Mich. With the
drum resting on the floor and beaten 10
the usu.l way, everybody in the buiIdir G
is awakened in the morning. 1t is also
used to call the boys from the play
grouGds. The teachers state that those
Hho cannot hear at al feel the vibrations
and answer the SUMMONS.