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The National tribune., 1888-06-14

dismissed he only obeyed my orders, end could not
have done otherwise and remained Beckwith has
always been employed at headquarters as an ope-
rator, and have never thought OF taking him with
me, except when headquarters were removed. On
the occasion Of my going To Knoxville, received
Washington dispatches which could not read un-
I'll my return 10 this place. To remedy this for the
future, directed Col Comstock to aequaint him-
self with this cipher. Beckwith explained his in
structions before complying with my orders
ordered Beckwith to give the cipher to Col Com
stock, my Aid. had no thought of violating any
order or any wish of the Secretary of War.
j could see no reason why was not as capa-
bic OF selecting proper person TO intrust with
this secret as Col. Siager lEcSertl. In TACT,
thought nothing further of the matter than that
Col. Stager tEczerti had his telegraph operators
under such discipline that they afraid to obey
orders from any one but himself, without knowing
first his pleasure.
Beckwih my soldier operator) has been dis
missed FOR obeying my orders. A better man can
not be selected for the position. respectfully ask
that Beelcwith be restored.
Col. stager's orders are signed by himself and
not by direction of the Secretary of War. II IS
not necessary for me TO state that am no stieker
for form, but viii obey any order from any oi my
supeTiors, no matter how conveyed, If know or
only think it comes from them.
U. 5. GRANT.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
Size Was Not a Chatterbox Not She.

What she said burned itself upon my mem
oTy. She had clear voice, which seemed to
have obtained its resonance and precision from
long practice in saying over counter a thou
sand times day: What color did you say I?
That ribbon is 10 cents yard. Two yards, IS
cents-thank you-ca-a-a-sh! Anything else,
to-day2"
But she didn't discuss anything half so ma
terial or interesting as ribbon.
Two young men who were with her, one by
her side, the other in the seat behind her,
opened the bali with a few remarks, farewell
remarks they might be termed for they never
got a chance TO slip in another word till the
train stopped, and / don't know that they did
then. Then she sailed in with: "They call
me chatterbox at home; l don't know why;
I'm not fond of talking; it seems just natural
for me 20 talk, that's all; pa says | have great
conversational powers, and | don't know why
he says so, for I'm sure i don't talk we'll do
you think do? On, know you'll say do !:
gentlemen always tell me that; but | can't
help talking; seems so natural; gentlemen
tell me they like it; it makes 'em feel easy aud
sociable-like; ! can't stop myself when | get
interested in thing; just seems as if had to
do the talking but don't sec why pa should
say was chatterbox; | like To hear people
talk but / think man feels so aWk ward if a
girl can't talk; don't you? Oh, of course
you'll say that it's good for me TO think Of you;
gentlemen always say that; you never saw
anything like the way Mr.. Jones behaved last
night; when he called / saw him alone in the
parlor, and when l came in l just began as if
there was nothing unusual and he wasn't bit
nervous, as well he might be. after what Ger
trude said to that Miss Smith about lie and
him. and she told him"
She paused for breath, and one of the Young
men, laboring under the delusion that he could
stem the torrent, began: 81 think you
were"
She burst in again al knew you'd say so
gentlemen always say SO; but really if you'd
believe it, Mr. Jones's hand futtered and the
color in his face was like this curtains in our
! parlor-you know the curtains-and | lust
| kept quietly on and said nothing about the
| horrid story, and he sat still and you know
| how it s-0h, knew you would pretend YOU
don't-but you do, oh / know you do; and il
was so foolish Of me- and he sat still and
| talked
| stop here, not because the girl stopped for
she didn't, but because l know you can Judge
| from this sample of the whole. When she
| commenced upon Mr.. Jones and told of how
shehad talked to him / grew triie interested
| for thought il possible that in her excitement
she might reveal the murder of Mr. Jones by
talking before she got through. But whether
Jones is still in that parlor collecting his wits
| or in Dixmont or the river, she didn't say. She
| simply talked straight ahead, principally of her
| accomplishments IS q tlker, and the tw0 young
men hung upon her words with something OF
| the foeling, should imagine, of rabbit con.
tsmplating the approach Of a snake.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
Ernm ETerYMhera.

The rife, though not sociable in its habits,
rarely goes off by itself.-Harpsr's Bazaar.
Bennie was asked if he was afraid of the
dark. "Oh, no." he said; l go in great piles
of dark"-Y Youths Companion.
Doubling Young Man-What proof have we,
sir. that matches are made in Heaven?
Clergyman-The best pOssible-one was
thrown from there
"Hey 2-er-you don't mean it, now do your"
Assuredly. Lucifer, you know-struck
and was fired. Biaghanton Republican.
she-I am very sorry indeed, Henry, that I
cannot be your wife, but will be your sister,
He-Not much you won't I'm the only
heir to my fathers estate, and you bet l don't
intend to cut it in two for made-to-order sis
ter Washington Critic.
Mamma" inquired Flossie, didn't the
minister say that got my eyes from your"
"Yes, dear"
"And you really used to have four eyes,
mamma? ?"-Harper's Young People.
Funny, isn't it, that after man has once
given his word he should try so hard to keep
it?-St. Adams Messenger.
The material used in opium smoking is called
lay out" Nothing could be more appropri-
ate.-BOSton Gazette.
Adam never had mother-in-law. His wife
needed no assistance in making trouble in the
famly.-Boston Gazette.
The story from Indiana that boy had found
a nest of gold and silver coin while "grubbing'
will be accepted with caution by other boys
whose fathers have patches of ground to
"grub. Nashville american.
Brush street boy with q piece of black
cloth on his hat was playing in front of the
house the other day, when man stopped and
inquired:
Are you in mourning, bub?"
"Yes SIR"
Father or motherP"
"Neither one"
"0h, it's brother or sister,"
mo, sir I've put it ON to see if grandpa
won't die and give US a rest."-Detr0it Free
| Press.
| Psychologists have established the fact that
| the masculine heart weighs more and is larger
than that possessed by the fair sex, but it has
been equally well established that injury to
the latter commands the highest damages in
the courts.-BOStOa Budget.
When barber cuts slice off your neck you
| feel like getting up and lathering him.-Ihe
! Epoch.
1t doesn't bother lawyer to see breakers
ahead-that is, if they are law-breakers.-
| Northwestern.
| Doctor-Did you take the rhubard ordered
| Patient-Yes, sir. Doctor-How did you Ia ake
! it? Patient-In a pie.-DetrOi Free Press.
We don't see why Strawberries are not strong
enough to keep their own prices at a high fig
ure. They have plenty of sand in them
| Boston Post.
| II is said that it is much more dangerous for
colored men to be ship-wrecked than for their
| pale faced brethren, because they are not light
enough to fioat.-Ph Philadelphia North American.
One of the queerest things about agriculture
| is to a Congressman plant garden seeds
among his constituents aud then look constantly
| forward to crop of votes next Fall.-S0mer-
vile Journal.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
Col. Mntson and Pensions.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t seems as
though Col. MatsOn takes a curious view of
pensioning MANNED and crippled soldiers. 1t
is certain that his views don't correspond with
the views Of his comrades that were less fortu-
nate. 1t is great pity that men equally in
terested in the pensioniIig of the ex-solder can
forget their pledges SO soon. 1t would be well
to give some of them a reminder in November
If our legislators in Congress would cease to
vote so much money TO corporations and
monopoies, and put it In the pockets of the
crippled, blind aud deaf soldiers, then it would
seem that they would be doing a little of the
many duties they owe to the soldier. Those
that are able to earn living by manual labor
don't ask any help from the Government
Uncle Sam owes two debts: one is to the bond
holder, also one and greatest of all, to the de-
tenders of our glorious Stars and Stripes, for
which so many brave and noble men sacrificed
their lives. 1t is too bad that men like Col
Matson, man whom many brave boy in blue
was proud to call Colonel, should in so short a
time turn his back to them. But we hope, and
must say that we have not lost confidence in
his ability as a just aud true friend to his
comrades. 1t would be blessing for the
United States of America if that Mills bill
could die in the hands of its trainers. If Con-
gress would adhere TO the views of The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE it would do it's whole duty
w. A. JOHNSON, Co. Z, 10th Ind, Evansville,
Ind.
Ayers Sarsaparilla requires smaller Doses and
f@ nafFn ffxraf Flno~ ds.s.,
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
Wages Here and In Great Britain.

In the 10th annual report Of labor, by Mr.
Carroll ID. Wright, of Boston. az page l07, he
says: In the Fall OF 1883 we started upon an
original investigation through personal agents OF
the bureau. Ia Massachusetts, aud Great Britain,
and through these agents We have gathered from
original sources tmeaning by original sources
the pay-rolis o. great manufacturing establish
ments, the Official wage list agreed upon in Eng
land, so far as England is concerned, between
trade societies and employers, aud from other
reliable sources) the rate of wages paid in the
following "A industries, which are common TO
Massachusetts, and Great Britain:
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
A Neat Phrase.
IRnrin,, Gnt,ri.,. ]

Children sometimes hit upon phrase which
conveys more than pages in which their elders
have striven to set forth things clearly, and an
instance was afforded recently by girl Of six.
She had been present while her mother received
a call from neighbor, one of these immeasur-
ably voIuble women who are the terror Of their
friends; and after the caller had departed she
said to her mother with the utmost serious
ness:
Mamma, l don't think like Mrs. Blank.
She leaks words all the time"
The National tribune., 1888-06-14

Why IS it, wonder, that white animals are 80
often deaf? The white English terrier is almost
always so, and the white English bull terrier Is
very frequently afflicted with this defect. l am
told by those who are skilled in white cats, that
they too are apt To have the same inirmity. and
have heard, though / cannot cite my authority on
the spot. that white goat is even more deaf to
reason and discourse than other animals of the
same species but of positive color. So far as
know, white horses have the usual sense Of hear
ing. though investigation might prove that they
were deficient In this respeCl.-BosLon Post.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
Theory and Practice.

Omaha Man-Thiuk law is useless relic of
barbarism. Ell?
Enthusiastic Socialst-It is worse, it is a
curse there should be no law; men don't need
law aud they would get along much better
without it; but l am in hurry; have an en-
gagemeut to meet the committee tonight.
What committee? ?"
"The committee to draft oath-bound, iron
clad. obey y-ordie laws to govern our sOcialistic
organizations"
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
His Ideas Too Low.


L'ttD IUTN Jftfti
az want to put up about 5000 house on
that vacant lot" he said to the contractor.
Can you undertake the job"
"Well, guess so. About how much do you
want TO pay"
Why, $1,000"
{" 1t can't be done. A 5000 house will cost
you 81 900.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
HUMoR.


A female Mark Tapley, after life of toll,
found herself an inmate of an almshouse Re-
viewing her trials she said her husband had
abused her, often beating her, but the Lord
was good and took him away. When her son
grew up he also was unkind and abusive, but
the Lord was still merciful and carried him
off with an attack of pneumonia. She had much
to be thankful for in her old age; she had
two teeth left, and thank the Lord, they were
opposite each other.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
At the Reception.
FT.LI. TIL 1

Mrs. Gadabout-Oh, there you are, with your
devoted husband, Mrs. LOvematch. / often
think how much he resembles the letter q, be-
cause he and are always together.
Mrs. Lovematch-S1range, that should have
had the same thought about your husband.
He is very much like q, because, while he has
less to do than any of the others, he never
comes after u!
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

Water, says Dr. Whitelaw, forms three-fourths
OF the weight Of living animals and plants and
covers about three efourths Of the earths surface.
Prof ChRussier dried the body OF a man in an
oven, like brick in kiln, aud aller desiccation
the body weighed only ~ pounds. Rather more than
pound OF water ~ exhaied daily by the breath,
about one and three-quarteFs pounds by the ski in
and two and three-quarters pounds by the kid
neys, making the daily emissions Of water by the
body about Eve and Oue-half pounds. quite
three quarts. The following Is the percentage Of
water in some well-known articles:
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
Are you sad, despondent, gloomyf
A -, -. r.--.. a ,...--... . q

Are you sad, despondent glOomyf
Are you sore distressedf
Listen TO the welcome bidding
Be at rest"
Have you aches and pains unnumbered,
Poisoning life's Golden Cup2
Think not there's no balm in Gilead. and
"Give il up"
A Golden Remedy awaits you
Golden not alone in name
Reach, oh. suffering one, and grasp II,
Health reclaim.
There is but one Golden" Remedy-Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. 1t stands
alone as the great blood purifier" strength
renewer" aud health-restorer of the age
The Liver il regulates, removing all impuri-
ties. The Lungs it Strengthens, cleansing aud
nOurishing them. The whole system it builds
up, supplying that above al other things
needed-pure, rich Blood.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
New to Him.
TTid-Bits.l

Our New " Boy" (whose credentials are COM
ing by mal)-Deys a jennlemau down stahrs,
sab. what vans ter see yer.
Oursef-Dd he send up a card?
Our Boy-Nossr.
Ourself-What's that in your hand2
Our Boy-Dar's kyind ob cyard, sab, he
CUB me- but 'taint got no spots onter hit-on' ,
spellin'.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
Correct Diagnosis.
you $1,000

Doctor Feeling patients pulse)-What is
your husbands businessf
Patients Wife-He is a photographer.
D-Has he been working hard of later
p. WI don't know, doctor. He took the
portraits of four babies yesterday.
Dim. Brain fever.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
Rheumatism Well Named.

IUFIttftu WUTtu,I
Omaha mani haven't seen your papa to-
day.
Little Dot-Papa's sick.
Indeed What's the matter, rheumatism "
81 dess SO; he has to stay in a room."
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
They Took Him at His Word.
ITeras Stflinns.l

He was talking to a Kentucky audience on
the subject of the tariff Said he, Take whisky,
for instance" when every man in the audience
arose with the remark, Thank you don't care
il do" aud the lecturer had to stand treat or
die
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
Which

A woman in the western part of the State is
now living with husband No. Ii. In this case
it would be difficult TO tell which is the un-
lucky number. Thirteen is regarded as an un-
lucky number, but we'd rather be Ii than IA
No, I3 is dead
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
C0nsiderate.
Puck.

Mrs. Christopher Cross-This is q pretty
time Of night for you to come home!
Mr. Chris. Cross-'Sh, m dear! Amt come
home yet Jes' called t. shay y needn't sit up
f me Tonight
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
He Uses the Smaller Word.

Miss Ada-How do you pronounce Mephis-
| tOpheles, Mr.. SMITH"
| Mr. SMITH never pronounce it. / simply
mention his home address.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
His Bill.
lLegistoa Journai.l

Li~eOtstoa JOugilut
The funniest thing in town is the mishap of
a gentleman whose wife runs the store bill. He
has been in the habit Of having his cigar bill
charged up as potatoes, and the other day his
wife took her pencil aud began to reckon. She
finally fonnd that they had eaten over 10 car
loads Of potatoes the past year, and she Just
! didn't believe that the account was right. The
grocer aud the smoker are now between the
upper and neither mllstones, and it is hard to
tell who will be pulyerized the finest at the
/ close.
The National tribune., 1888-06-14
DON'T ScOLD

man for groaning when he has
RheuHnatism or Neuralgia. The pain
fs simply awful. No torture in the
ancient times was more painful than
these twin diseases. But-Oughtn's
man to be blamed If, having Rheu-
matism or Neuralgia, be wont use
Ath-lO-pho-ros, when il has cured
thousands who have suffered in tbe
same way? 1t has cured hundreds
after physicians have pronounced
them ineurable.
'Ths skin % Eve physicians eouA soA
cure ne OF Rheumatism which had asff1ad
II the hips neck and shoulders So intruaa
W1s the pam thst sleep was almost isnpos-
sitis. Tbs hrst dose of AthiaDhornS ava
me- relief and the third enabled ne 10 sissO
lor four and a half hours without EakinR
continued IL use ard an nov wsil
XIV. ) n TROYE ER, No1F Albany Ind
SS-send cents for the beautiful cOlOred ple-
ture. Moorish Maiden"
THE EATHL0PH0ROS co. Tf2 HqHSy yRY
The National tribune., 1888-06-14

Ayers Sarsaparilla requires smaller doses, and
Is more effective, than other blood medicines.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16
Friday, November I6, 1888.
DISORDER OF NOBLE ORDER.

DISORDER OF NOBLE ORDER.
 Unless their attention was called to it, few now would notice that the Knights of Labor are holding their annual meeting. Not very long ago everybody was paying attention te the performances of the Knights. The order had, or pretended to have, a membership of nearly million persons. It included men of all trades and classes. Powderly was g great man. He was at one time summoned to Washington by Congress to tell what was needed to make things go smoothly and to suggest amendments to the constitution. Walking delegates walked around with the authority of despots and got good living for themselves and all they wanted to drink. Boycotts were declared against everybody who dared to oppose any performance of the noble order, and 1t began to look as if there was to be new government for this great, glorious and comparatively free coun- try. But there was change. To-day, even on liberal estimate, the members in good standing do not exceed two hundred thou. sand. Two years ago there was something like $150, 900 in the treasury. Now there Is not cent, and the order is deeply in debt.
 
 walking delegate has run away, gone to work ] or to jail. Such changes do time and events ! work.
 The noble order has practically come to an ! end, and with it. for time at least, soma very harmful delusions. The members oi | the order have found out that 1t is impraoti- cable to bring together all the workingmeu | in kbo ST, with their great diversity of needs and grades of ability and intelligence, and do anything | with such an organization. They have found out that big strikes do not often pay And they have also discovered that the only sure way of getting good living Is to worl | for it. The Providence Journal says: seemed to be the thought-of those who or ganized the Knights, ard those who patsei them on the back as benefactors of thei kind, that through the agency of this new in dustrial force there was to be in some way ol other new and more communistio distribu tion of the worlds goods; that somehow ol l other labor was to come Con top'' at last I and that wealth and luxuries were to be ap portioned ont by counting noses and divid ing. Of course this idea that the pleasant things of material life can ever be obtained except by those who have money enough to pay for them was doomed to disappoint' ment; and the men who joined the Knight. under any different expectation quickly found that there is no magic in organization that can draw unearned money into the lear pockets of the lazy or the improvident
 The noble order was formed for the educs. tion of it's members. It has educated them though not exactly in the way at first pro \ posed
Morning journal and courier., 1888-11-16
NEW HAVEN coNN. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 1e 1sss

move. The charter provides that only 8 majority of the board of directors must al- ways be American citizens, which, of course, insures the control of the canal in American interests. The capital stock named in the charter is ], 1,000, 900 shares of $1o0 each, with privilege of doubling the amount. The gem eral government is not asked to render hnan- cial assistance, but will be expected to render
 such moral support and protection as is re-
 quired to prevent such mischfevous interfer- ence from other powers. Ample concessions
 have been made by the governments of Nica- ragua and Costa Riea, the surveys are prac-
 tically complete, and the engineers in charge of the work recently saiG that it wonld be
 begun this month.
 Some interesting facts in regard to popula- tions were noted in Photographic Study of the Diminution or increase of Families" re- soently read by Dr. Gustaye Lagneau before
 the Academic de Medicine. All aristocracies and close bodies of men have gradually lost in number and would have been extremely reduced without occasional mixture with new blood. Between 1583 and 1854 the Sovereign
 Council of the city of Berne admitted 487 families to citizenship. In 17S3 only 10S of these families had escaped extinction. Out of 458 baronets created by James I. and Charles I. between 1611 and 1644 only 107 of their titled representatives remained in 1731. In 1840 only eight out of eighty noble fami- lies existing in 1400 had escaped extinction. M Benoiston de Chateauneuf, after scrutiniz- ing the pedigrees of 3s0 noble French fami- lies, found that their average duration was 300 years. The great Burgher families of the Hanseatic towns of Holland and Venice dis appeared rapidly; not one of the original pa- trician families of New Zealand is now in existence. Laine, carefully examining thirty one charters of cities in Langusdoc, Burgun- dy, Lorraine and Brittany, granted at the end of the twelfth century, authenticated 314 noble families only represented in 1S40 by twelve survivors. Among the poor the ex- | tinction of small tenant families appears al-
 most as rapid. Out of 127 families existing
 in the Commune of Marginy>on-Orxeis, now \ in the department of the Aisne, in 1555, only fourteen appeared to be in existence in 1886.
 The struggle for existence in Anglo-Saxon communities must have the same effect.