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- eEAKp - FAIR.


The coming fair and bazar Of the GAR. Of
The Department Of the Potomac promises 10 be
one Of the finest things that ever interested the
society Ct Washington. A number Of society
leaders have taken an active part in the mat
Ter, directing Hacir energies IN way that can
not help but win success. Ers. Senator ingalls,,
who Is Chairman Of the ladies' Executive Com
mlttee, has called 20 her aid very many ladies
skilled % the management of fairs, and they
have gone into the work with the greatest zeal.
Among the many articles contributed Is a
handsomely dressed doh i5y the Princess Louise.
N rs. Gardiner Hubbard has cabled 20 Europe
Tor an assortment If Napoleon china which she
had purchased abroad and left there Ii is her
purpose 70 present it te the fair. aud II will be
one OF the greatest attractions In connection
with the art loan exhibition, Metzerott has
loaned one u has best pianos for the use Of Mrs.
y. II. GUtcheon. II is her intention 10 have
music and Rotations each night for the enter
tainment Of those visiting the art exhibition.
The booths have been named after famous
IDlon Generals, NOW deceased, and are under
the charge Of the f0il0Wing-named ladies'. Io-
gan, Mrs. NJ. 4. Anderson; Thomas Mrs Chas.
A. Baker; Grant. Ars. Fred Bracket: Han
cock. Mrs. Harvey Spaulding; Lincoln, Mrs ].
4. BUTTONS; Meade, Mrs. Cannon of Illinois
and AFs- Spincla, Of New York Mcpherson.
Ars. Charles +. Lincoln; Garfield, Mrs. J. NJ
Edgar; cigar stand, Mrs. o. II. Plat; art gal
lery, Mrs i. A- Cutcheon; commissary depart
ment. Mrs. Anses Medf0rd confectionery table
Mrs. y C. Months; Gypsy tent, Mrs f. r. True.
and floral bower, Mrs. Leland Stanford and
Airs. Arthur Hendricks 4 handsome tailor
made suit has been presented by g. II. White,
NO. LOG Fourth street. 10 be voted for, and has
been placed ia charge Of Miss Minnie Brown
And Miss Dorothy Phillips.
Ine Department Of the Potomac has need OF
al The money that can be raised by this means
or any other, owing TO the unusual calls made
upon u by comrades who come here to look
after their Claims or who are thrown out OF
employment in the Departments, or drift
&C 10 the city for other reasons. The member
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Mr.. BLAINE DECLINES.
He Writes a Letter to Say that He VIII Not Be I
Candidate.

Candidate.
Hon. Jas. G. Blaine has written letter, dat
ed at Florence, Italy, Jan. %, to Hon. B. f.
Jones' Chairman of the Republican National
Committee, in which he says:
BIy name will not be presented to the National
Convention called to assemble In Chicago in June
next for the nomination of candidates for President
and ce-President of the United States
am constrained to this decision by consdera-
tons entirely personal to myself, of which you
were advised more than year ago. But cannot
make the announcement without giving expression
10 my deep sense of gratitude to the many thou
sands of my oountFymen who have sustained me
so long and SO cordially that their feeling has
seemed TO go beyond the ordinary political adher-
ence of fellow-partisans and to partake somewhat
of the nature Of personal attachment. For this
most generous loyalty Of friendship can make no
adequate return, but shall carry the memory OF
it while life lasts.
He then proceeds to congratulate the Repub-
lican party upon the brilliant prospects of sue
cess in the coming campaign, and gives reasons
for his belief that it will be Overwhelmingly
successful. These reasons are based upon the
great changes indicated by the State elections,
which are all much more satisfactory to the
Republicans than the results of the elections in
the States prior TO the Presidential election of
1884. He concludes:
A closer observation of the conditions of life
among the old nations gives one q more intense
desire that the American people shall make no
mistake in choosing the policy which inspires
labor with hope and crowns it with dignity, which
gives safety TO capital and protects its increase
which secures political power to every citizen com
fort and culture to every home. To this end not
less earnestly and more directly as private citi-
zen than public candidate, shall devote my
self with the confident belief that the adnnistra-
ton of the Government viii be restored to the
party which, has demonstrated the purpose and
the power to WELD it for the unity and the honor
Of che Republic, for the prosperity aud progress
the people.
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A Homan,s Sweet WIZ.

She is prematureIy deprived of her charms
Of face and form, and made unattractive by the
wasting effects of ailments and irregularities
peculiar to her sex. To check this drain upon
not only her strength and health, but npon her
amiable qualities as well, is her first duty. This
is safely and speedily accomplished by course
of self-treatment with DIR. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, nervine and tonic of wonderful
efficacy, and prepared especially for the allie.
Walton of those suffering from +" dragging.
down" pains, sensations of nausea, and weak
ness incident to women-a boon to her Sex
Druggists
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Union Veteran Legion.

The following officers have been installed in
Encampment No. -. u " L., Erie, Pa: Colo.
mel Commander, j. E. Swap; Lieut. Col Com.
mander, d. G. Kendig; Maj ]. A. Black
Chap, J. d. Ross; o. D., J. A. Dumars; @. NJ,
H. II. Davis; Surg, VIM. E. Doud; Adj't, Geo.
J.. Young; o. g., VIM. Bell; Q. M. s., o. g.
Kinnear; S. ~, W. ID. Fielder; Color Bearer
J. n. II lie Drummer, NJ. c. Gardner; g.
]. II. Howard Trustees, J. P. Thompson, W.
Constable, George Demond.
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Col c. c. Matson,
the Chairman of the
House Committee on
Invalid Pensions, was
gently reminded Of
how the weeks are
gliding by without
anything being heard
from his committee
by theaExiously wait
ing veterans.
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WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weeks DOings at the Ma
tiOnal Capital.
ST. VALENTINES DAY.

OF con rse, i was not
present with all the
distinguished men of
the city when they
opened their mail last
Tuesday morning, but
"a little bird has whis-
.pered to me something
of the valentines they
reoeiyed-or ought 10
have received. There
was a timely suggest
ion to the august head
.of the Government to
Initiate. at least in one
particular, the illus
.trious Father Of His
Country, who never
now, ! am not going to
rir,~5. an-ffsinuohoTf
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts of the
World.
ABROAD.


The breathing of the Crown Prince of Ger
many became so much worse last week that it
was necessary to perform the operation of
trache0tomy. The operation was quite sue
cess, and the patient is now doing as well as
can be expected. British Parliament
reassembled last Thursday. Mr.. Gladstone re-
ceiyed an enthusiastic reception. His address
on the Queens speech was frequently inter-
rupted by applause.-The foreign powers are
making active preparations for war The Aus
trian Government has ordered $50 heavy siege
guns from Krupp, to cost three and half mil
lion forms.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
terrific explosion occurred at Dupont's
Powder Works, Wilkes Barre, Pa, Sunday, in
which four men were killed. The building
was completely wrecked and 40 of the employees
severely injured, but none fatally. The Wap-
wallopen Methodist Church, 800 feet from the
scene was completely wrecked.-Clarence s.
d. Bowen, of Greenfield, Mass, starved his wife
to death and committed sucide last week by
hanging himselE-A fire broke out in a
clearinghouse in Brooklyn n. Y, Sunday
morning. One man was killed and others seri-
ously injured John Buttery. of Mechanics
burg Ind, wounded his stepsister, killed her
lover and then committed suicide last week.
Jealousy is said to have prompted the deed.
john Janauschek, farmer living at New
IEdBuS, hIIHiiy hiI4Su MS WIG ana daughter
last week and then shot himself His wife had
commenced proceedings for a divorce. l..
Hudson's clothing establishment, Cleveland,
was damaged by fire Wednesday night to the
amount of $4,000. The fire, it is thought,
originated from the electric-light wire-Four
frame dwellings at Kutztown, Pa, were de-
stroyed by FIRE last week, and John Hopp and
his daughter, aged 10, and a son, aged years,
were burned to death. Mrs Hopp and the oc-
cupants of the other houses escaped in their
night Clothes though several were severely
burned.-An explosion of nitro. gIycerine at
Bellevue, o., Friday morning instantly killed
two men and destroyed much property. The
shock was felt for miles around.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The situation Of the Reading strike ia
still unchanged but an attempt will be made
to bring the opposing interests together.--
The United States ship Antietam, which has
done duty for years as storehouse and bar
racks at the League Island Navy Yard, is to be
broken up and the material sold.--Thomas
A. Edison, the famous inventor, has sent an
agent around the world to hunt for a particular
substance. If this substance can be found vast
improvements in certain electrical appliances
can be made and a new avenue to great inven-
tions viii be opened.
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Acknowledgement.

Miss Emma Swami, Wetmore Kan, who is
daughter of a veteran and an admirer OF TIE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, sends US a box Of hand
some paper flowers made by her own hands.
The National tribune., 1888-02-16

The Secretary Of
State received a pa
tbetic appeal for pro-
lection abroad 10 that
proud product OF our
Western c0rn6elds,
the American hog.
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Gen. John C. Black.
the Commissioner Of
Pensions. received
the grateful aekn0wl-
edgments or the de-
Tenders o. tbc Union.
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iagazines.

Table Tall, monthly magazine devoted to
the needs OF American housewives. Published
in Philadelphia. Price 81 a year.
Mr. David A. Wells, we understand, deyotes
the ninth article OF his valuable series on
Economic Disturbances to a discussion of
the labor question. 1t will appear in the Popu-
lar Science Monthly for March, aud promises to
be the most important contribution that has
lately been made to a problem which is now
facing the industrial interests of the world
The March Century will contain the story of
"Col. Roses Tunnel at Libby Prison" told bv
one of the 100 Union officers who escaped on
the night of Feb. g. 1864. The successful con-
struction of this tunnel, dug from a dark cor
ner of the cellar Of the prison. through so feet of
solid earth,-the only tools being two broken
chisels and q wooden spittoon in which to carry
out the dirt.-was one of the most remarkable
incidents of the war.
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The leading article in the March number OF
Scribner's Magazine will be the first of two pa
pers by John c, Ropes on "The Campaign of
Waterloo" Mr.. Ropes has made for many years
d careful study of the NapoleOnic wars, and ia
an acknowledged authority on that subject He
tells the story of the battle of Waterloo in q
most entertaining way The author explains
that " to those who are familiar in any degree
with the various works on the events of 1915.
it must frequently have seemed that really
impartial narrative of the facts and fair sum-
ming up of the criticisms were yet to be looked
for. The present papers are submitted as an
essay in this direction"
Comrade N. V. Mcdowell, Secretary of the
18th Ill. Cav. Association, sends us pamphlet
containing an account of the first Reunion of
that regiment, which was held at st. Louis, No.,
Sept. q and %. The pamphlet is well gotten
mp, and reflects great credit upon Comrade Nc
DoWell
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the little Ratchet though it is quite near the
22d Of February-but I am sure that George
Washington never, not even hardly ever, petosd
@ pension ball.
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Senator c. K. Davis,
the Chairman Of the
Senate Committee on
Pensions received the
thanks Of the veterans
for his prompt action
on the Disability Pen
sion Bill
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Mention The National Tribune.
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The Secretary of the
interior was advised
TO adopt an energetic
policy toward the for
eigners who are steal
ing the lands of the
people.
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UTASTED-By Dennis Ryan, Pennington, Conn.-
wv The address of DIR. BOke or BOquet VINO Was ID
charge OF Marine Hospital AZ New Orleans, La, IN s.
S37-A
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VETERANS N THE CITY.

G. G. Royce, Past Commander Department Of
the Potomac, has been here on visit for a
week or So His wife preceded him BY a fort
night. The comrades Of the Department re-
jOiced 10 see their old Commander among them.
for there Is no more popular man among the
soldiers Of Washington than he. At present he
IS engaged in the banking business in Troy, o.
and is also the editor ofa local newspaper. both
Of which enterprises he is managing success
fully.
Capt. Edward s. Godfrey, 7th U. S. Cav, is
here as a member Of the board appointed to
revise the cavalry tactics of the United States
army. Capt Godfrey went out in 1861 as an
enlisted man ia the 2lst Ohio, and participated
m several engagements while in that service
lie subsequently received an appointment TO
the Military Academy at West Point, graduated
from there Ia 1867, when he was appointed
Second Lieutenant IN the 9TH Cav, and reached
a Captaincy in that regiment Dec. 9, 1876
since that time he has been IN active service
on the plains and has seen an immense amount
OF Indian fighting. At the time of the Custer
massacre lie was with the battalion commanded
BY Aaj. Reno which, it viii be remembered,
held the Indians at bay after they had massa-
cred Custer, until help arrived. He was Sc
yerely wounded in the engagement on the Big
Horn. he is ranked very high for profess
slonal attalnments, and this caused his selection
some years ago for instructor in cavalry tactics at
West Point His appointment on the board 10
revise the cavalry tactics is accordingly highly
approved in the army. Maj. John c. Gilmore, of
the oath u. 5. Inf, is another member of the
board. be went out in 1861 astaptain in the
18th n. Y, and served in that regiment until
the expiration of his term, by which time he
had been promoted TO Major. He then accepted
the Leutenant-Colonelcy of the 1880 n Y,
until January, 1856 when he was given an an
pointment as Second Lieutenant Ia the 18th
u 5. he was transferred to his present regi-
ment in 1859, and has remained in it ever since.
Tue Major is a soldierly, stalwart officer and q
devoted believer that the old Sixth Corps was
the finest body of fighting men that ever faced
an enemy.
THE KOREANS WANT AN ARMY.
The Government of Korea-or Cerea rs il is
Commonly but incorrectly spelled wants an
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The Secretary of
the Navy was i'm
plored to stop the de-
struction Of cur float
ing bulWarks.
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WANTED-ADDRESSES.

Advertisements 0r addresses inserted under tlEs hssG
tss rss Of nv ests f0r aTss iissS. Adsas r11s %
GdHsTriserS-
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The Secretary Of
the Treasury, Mr..
Fairchiid, was ad-
monished as TO the
best method Of dis
posing Of the surplus
pay il to the vet
eran and the bond
holder.
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"ANTED-By Thomas Larson, Lisbon, Tl.-Ths Sd
w dress of Hiram stone Of co. II, SD H. or any
member OF said company. 3S9-H
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w PG-The address Of A. b. Hughes, Co. 3. 5th Pa.
He remained in Washington, D. c. 2t close Of The
Is a blacksmith by trade. Ssh
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The Government of KOrea-or Core,l. rs it is
Commonly but incorrectly spelled wants an
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VTANTED-By J. ". Hunter, Memphis Moths
w address Of any e0mrade who knew Martin Hunter,
of Co. G. 2st No. during the He had his right LED
shot Of the battle Of TupelO Miss taken prsOGer and
% Mobile Ala, and then AndersORyiiIe and
ported 70 have died there 340-2t
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ship of the Department is small, while the
demands upon its relief fund are out of all pro-
portion to its numbers OF wealth.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-07-06
HEADQUARTERS G. S. ARMIES, |
LIST March, 1865.
All Along the Line.

The Republican managers will not be
permitted to put all their energies, all
their money and all their campaigners
into New York state this fall. They will
have serious business demanding their
attention elsewhere. Their utmost en-
deavor will be needed to keep Illinois
from slipping into the Democratic col
umn, and it Is doubtful if even that can
do it. They themselves look upon the
situation in Michigan as fairly desperate,
and their best talent will be called upon
for fierce struggle there. Minnesota,
strange as it may seem, has grown so rest
i've under Republican rule that no little
anxiety is felt with regard to her. Oregon,
Colorado, Nevada and California are all
doubtful quantities.; and each of them
will witness spirited and aggressive
contest on the part of the Democrats and
stubborn defense on the part of the Re-
publicane. Indiana, New Jersey and Con-
necticut we claim as our property and
propose to keep them. In short, fighting
for the first time in twenty eight years
from the vantage ground of possession,
the party can afford to take the offensive;
and that it proposes to do. Its guns will
open in sharp earnest all along the line;
and, unless all present signs fail, the
victories of the final combat of the second
Tuesday in November will show no loss
of any state that we carried In 1884, and
the gain of many that we did not then
carry.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-07-06
why Should Any Farmer Want to Con-
tinue This ?
[From the Boston Globe. ]

Behold, then, the happy farmer as he
rises In the morning and puts on his com
mon flannel shirt, taxed 95 per cent. 1t is
perchance cool. and he puts on coat tax
ed 81 per cent. He cannot go out without
shoes, taxed IS per cent, and the hat that
he puts on is taxed 65 per cent. He draws
washes his face aud hands in tin
bowl taxed IS per cent, drying them on
cheap cotton fowl taxed As per cent.
But still more happiness is in store. He
sits down to breakfast and eats from q
plate taxed SO per cent. with knife and
fork taxed IS per cent. The sugar he puts
into his coffee is taxed 80 per cent, and he
seasons his food with salt taxed 40 per
and children who share his protection with
him, and then goes out and fills his pipe
with tobacco taxed 1872 per cent, or per-
haps lights protected cigar taxed 110 per
cent. Meanwhile the smiling sun streams
domicile on tax of SO per cent.
The thrice happy farmer now takes old
Nell out of the stable and puts on a bride
taxed IS per cent. neig hboring smithy
shoes her, using nails taxed 60 per cent,
driven by hammer that is taxed ~ PEI
cent. He then bitches her to pillow taxed
As per cent, with chains taxed So pei
cent and proceeds to highly protected la.
Dor. The days work being done he reads
chapter from the family Bible taxed 2S
per cent. and kneels to pray on a humble
carpet taxed 81 per cent. At last he lies
down and wraps his weary limbs in sheet
taxed As per cent. and sinks into the arms
of Morpheus under blanket that is taxed
104 per cent.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-07-06

toms taxes imposed for war purposes.
What. have we fought for freedom in our
At last to dodge and palter with a public
crlme?'"
ssNor does the republican party invite or
deserve our aid on other grounds. 1t has
only with extreme reluctance abandoned
Blaine as candidate, and its leading news
paper organs, without rebuke, continue to
protest that 'Blaineism is republicanism.'
We find too many reasons to accept the
shameful confession as truthful. The men
who were Blaine's fuglemen in 1884 have
still potent influence in the direction of
the party, and Blaine and protection re-
main the only ideas which awaken any en-
thusiasm in the republican ranks.
''For the working out of the reforms
which the Chimes" believes to be the chief
issues of our politics the democratic party,
with its present candidates, is the better
instrument to use Mr.. Tilden's express
sion. Its candidates are incomparably
superior to those of the republicans. and
the announcement of purposes with which
it enters the contest is more satisfactory,
and in respect to the dominant issue it is
firmly right, while the other is hopelessly
wrong. AS regards civil service reform,
though we have had occasion to criticise
the present administration for some of its
errors and failures, we have 81 eater conf
dence in Mr.. Cleveland's sincerity and
fidelity than in the written professions of
party whose leaders are unable to speak of
the reform without sheer. The Chimes"
will give Cleveland and Thurman its hearty
support, and will do what lies in Its power,
and it is not commonly an inactive news
paper in a presidential contest, to make
their majority such that there will be no
doubt about it the morning after election"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-07-06
New and Old.

The Democratic party has a happy fac
ulty of uniting the new and the old.
In 1884, Hendricks, representative of
the old Democracy, was placed in nomi-
nation with Cleveland that the cry might
be Reform and Revenge"
This year Allen G. Thurman is drafted,
and with amazing alacrity the veteran
takes his place beside his party's chosen
leader.
That there is strength in the combina-
ton was demonstrated four years ago.
The new and the old, the young and the
aged, are rarely found in perfect harmony
in this world, but it must be admitted
that for Democratic purposes the plan
works admirably.-Chicago Herald.
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An Opponents Tribute.

There is certainly no living representa-.
tive of tho Democracy who has rendered
that party better, trner, Drawer service
than ex-senator Thurman: During bis
long career in the senate he came to be
Of Democratic statesmanship. a sound
lawyer, an able debater, profound con-
stitutional student and an honest man, he
stood by his party and defended it in it's
darkest days, ALBANY Express.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-07-06

Let no man make any mistake apout
this. The power behind Grover Cleve-
land is not intrigue nor partisan cunning,
nor anything that arises out of political
expediency or any combination. The
power back of Grover Cleveland is public
sentiment. It is overwhelming. It will
be esistless.-ClevelandP Plain Dealer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-07-06

1t has always been an honor to be a
Democrat. The party even in its darkest
days was worthy of love, of devotion, of
the self sacrifice of high minded men.
But never before had Democrats more
reason for bearing themselves proudly
than they do at the present hour. Nor
has there ever been day since Jefferson
died when the party was more worthy of
its immortal founder than at this hour
Brooklyn Citizen.
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0netrg.
The Glorious Old Bandana.

Inc 91OrlOu6 Via Oduuhuds
Now take your partners. gentlemen, =
The dance Is just beginning;
Fraternal cheer, the Goddess says,
Shall have another inning.
Democracy Columbia takes
To lead the merry german.
And dance the States in unison
For Cleveland and for Thurman!
All promenade! Now balance all!
Hit up the old cotillion,
Terpsichore's reyeille soundsI
From feet of sixty million,
For four more years of honest rule
The people will determine,
So swing your partners now and shout
For Cleveland and for Thurman!
Salute to left! Salute to right!
Now courtesy down the middle,
The Goddess twangs the harpsichOrd.
The Eagle plays the fiddle,
Kentucky promeuades Vermont,
Maine swings Louisiana.
And all the solar system waves
The glorious old bandana!
". W. in Y07akerS Gazette.