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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02
Sl8I,338,794

With the exception Of cheese, sugar, to-
bacco and wood, we have excluded from this
enumeration the manufactured forms of the
purely farm products imported. We have
also excluded host of minor farm products,
such as chicory, honey, beeswax, straw,
buckwheat, oats, bacon and hams castor
beans, hempseed, etc, where the total value
of the imports was not more than 100000
under each head. If all these were included,
it would make the total nearly rs per cent.
greater.
Here, now, we have between $3.50, O0OOO0
and $400,OO0,0OO going out of the country
every year for articles that our own farms
should supply, and would supply, if our
Government would foster their production
with the same persistent care that European
Governments give to every article prOduc-
ible on their own soil, and which viii put
money in the pockets of their own people
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

THE men of Heth's (rebel) Division feel
aggrieved that they have not been given
proper credit for their fighting and losses at
Gettysburg, and are writing to the papers
about it. They claim that their losses in
killed and wounded were much greater than
in Pickett's Division. The killed averaged
48 to the regiment.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

RUSSIA is meditating anothermoyea against
our grain-growers by the construction of a
great trunk railroad through Siberia to the
Pacific. This viii open up vast area of
country as fertile as Kansas, Nebraska and
Dakota, and of equally mild temperature.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

LET the Batchword be: american money
for Americans" Keep every dollar at home
that we can, and spend it among our own
people. This is the sovereign method for
making times good.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02
SENATOR sABIN's BILL RELATIVE TO
FLAX.

EIA6s
Senator Sabin has introduced bill look
ing to the encouragement of the growth
of fax in this country Every year now
the acreage in the Northwest devoted to
the culture of fax is very great, and it is
at the same time grown under a wasteful
system, because only the seed is marketed
while the fiber is not. Senator Sabin be-
lieVes that the Northwestern farmers should
be able to realize something from the fax
straw, as well as the seed, and he desires the
Government to devote 600 to the investi-
CATION of the matter under the auspices of
the Agricultural Bureau. In some locali-
ties mills have been erected for making
hackeled tow, but still by far the most of it
is not utilized except as ordinary straw
We import vast quantities annually of
flax, jute butts and hemp, which is manu-
featured into Irvine, rope and coarse bag
ging. There is no known reason why
the fax fiber of Nebraska and Minnesota
should rot where the thrasher leaves it,
while we buy the same thing from the bar
barians of the South Seas and the pagans of
the Orient
1t is to be hoped that Congress will pass
the bill and that the Agricultural Bureau
will be able to ind some practical plan for
adoption by our Western farmers.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

Gov David B. Hill, of New York, has
come around to THE NATIONAL TRIBUEE's
way of thinking that it is horrible to hang
woman, and has accordingly eommuted
the death sentence of Chiara Ciagnale, the
Cuban murdress, to imprisonment for life.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02
WORK or THE PENSION OFFICE.

WORK OF THE PENSION OFFICE.
There were received at the Pension Office
during the week ending July q, 972 original
invalid cases; $50 widows; 3 war Of 1872 ;
IL bounty land; IS navy; 4 old war, and So
on account Of Mexican service; 2,3l5 APP
plications for increase The reports from
Special Examiners numbered go. The total
number Of letters sent out, including 81
blanks, was 37,203.
The number Of medical examinations re-
ported was 500 fees for the same s., 1890
making an average cost Of S46s each.
Report Of certificates issued during week
ending July %, 1888: Original, 800; in.
crease, 40; reissue, AS; restoration, 70; du-
plicate, o. accrued, IA; arrears, 8; Act Of
March 3. 1888. o; Order Of April 3, 1884, I:
Order Oct 2, 1885. 5; Act Of aug. A. 1885. 0.
Supplemental, Act Aug. 4, 1886, o; Arrears
Act Of june 7, 1883, Isl; Mexican war, SO
total, 2y871. Reissue same date, o.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

THE first fruit of the full restoration of
the Southern statesmen to domination at
the seat of Government is shown in the tariff
arrangement of the Mills bill, which makes
all its vital reductions on Northern products,
while it carefully protects the interests Of
the South.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

Hare yOu done yO1Er duty IN getting one more
subscriber for THE NATIONAL TRLBUEEP
You should do this, for it is the best nay to help
gour comrades.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

THE downfall of the Bonapartes did not
reduce them to beggary by any means.
Prince Roland Bonaparte has $1,5OO,OOO in
vested in United States bonds.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

SENATOR VESTS lack of Judgment is not
confined to matters relating to the veterans.
He lost $500 by betting that Blaine would
be nominated at Chicago.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

A REPORT to Parliament says that the
Coroners' verdicts show that 80 persons died
of actual starvation in London last year.
England has all the blessings of free trade
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

IF IN 10 years Germany stopt the outflow
of money for sugar, and began the expOrta-
ton of millions of dollars worth of sugar
herself, we can do the same thing. All we
want is for the Government to give4he same
intelligent encouragement to sugar produc-
ton that the German Government did.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

ANOTHER professional beauty is about to
go on the stage. E. Berry Wall, the famous
King of the Dudes, proposes to initiate the
example of Mesdames Langtry, Brown-POt-
ter, ct al, and market his notoriety at the
usual theater prices.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

TIE husbands Of Mesdames Bragg, Pn-
low and Pickett did not render as much
service to the country during the Mexican
war as the average volunteer during the war
for the suppression Of the rebellion. Ger
taiuly, if those ladies are entitled to S. .
month, one widowed by the fight for tbs
Union should receive no less
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE believes in a
genuine " American policy that Is, Ia
American money for Americans Every dol
lar produced by American resources and
labor should be spent for other products Of
American resources and labor.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

WARNER MILLER points out that under
the influence Of protection the price of
sprint" paper has been reduced in 10 wears
from cents a pound to a.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02
1.-THE LOST ARMY. "
Scouting and Fighting Adventures Of
Two Boys
IN MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS.

BY COL. THOS. w, KNOX,
AufhOr OF The @B0y Travellers in the Far East"
@In South America +" in Russia "On the
OonRo," The Young Nimrods," "VOyage Of
the YiFan," etc.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

II is a duty gou ot0e 20 g0Er comrades 10 oct at
least ono near subscriber for THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02

SHOULD HAVE BEEN KEPT At HOME.
Last year we bought abroad the follow
ing amounts of articles, which should have
been raised at home, and the money there
for paid to orr own farmers;
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-08-02
BurLrn. PA. July %. 1888.
RocursrrR. n. 81. July 2s. 1sss.

ROCHESTER,, N. Y, July 26 1888.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please find in
closed So the contribution of @. J. Powers Post
No 391 Department of New York, and we sincerely
hope your noble efforts will find the ready response
in all to your appeal which it richly merits
Yours, in F., @. and L., n. G. FEELT,
Sergeant-M Major and Acting Adiutant
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THE LOGAN MONUMENT FUND.

THE LOGAN MONUMENT FUND.
The following letters were received last
week from Posts remitting collections for
the Logan Monument Fund;
HEADQUARTERS CATO Posi-, No. 272, CARO-. KAN.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Inciosed find SIS
for the Logan Monument Fund. Our Post is small
and the boys poor as old soldiers too generally
arc. Yours, in F., @. and L.,
j. K. BRowY, Qusrtermaster
ALLENTOWN, Pa, July q, 1885,
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Enclosed please find
check for IS as donation to Gen. John A. Logan
Monument from f. B. Young Post No. 81, GAR.
Yours, in F., G. and L.,
ORLANDO KEEN, Quartermaster.
HEADQUARTERS A. W. BARTLETT Post, No. 40,
NEwBURYPoRT, Mass, July 25, 1885.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Enclosed herewith
please find check for SIS, being the amount voted
by this Post st its last meeting for the Logan Monu-
ment Fund. Yours, in f., c. and L.,
THOMAS E. CUTTER, Quartermaster.
BUTLER, PA, July %. 1888.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Your circular letter
Of July in relation to the Logan Monument Fund
was received and presented to our Post-A. G..
Reed, No. los. GAR, Department of Pennsyl-
vania-at their regular meeting Friday evening,
July 20, when, motion, donation Of $40 was
made to the fund a contribution by said Post.
Inclosed find New York draft for that amount, and
to be by you so applied.
Yours in F.. @. and L.,
ALEX. MITCHELL, Quartermaster.
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OUR CLUB RAIsERs
last week

Our friends sent in the following clubs
LOST ruanLr.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the onlg
champion the soldiers hare among The great pa
pers of the country. The best toay to help all
gsteraaS is By getting IL more Subscribers.
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zszs - IL ...a-a ~ srll :. .saass o.s garIlE.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
Eastern and Western Shoes.

The Western and Southern shoe
trade demands wider last Than is
used in the East. This is not alto
gether due 10 differences in the pedal
structure. There are notions that pre-
vail among dealers rs to how shoe
should be fitted. which are peculiar to
sections. The E ,stern retailer pre-
walls on lady to wear a shoe that is
often full size longer than her foot.
Having plenty of room in that direc-
ton the foot can then be fitted with a
narrower shoe, with Simmer anil
more elegant appearance. On the
other hand. W ;stern and Southern
dealers make the tit snug rs to length
and often after the shoe is worn few
days the great toe protrudles over the
sole. Bling crowded longitudinally,
the foot must have room some way,
and the wiler last is therefore used.
The E IS ern is the correct metho of
fitting, being less injurious to the feet.
and The shoes will wear better and
LOOK better after a fortnighCs wear. -
81 Louis Globe Democrat
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
PlTH AND POINT.

-''Truth lies 1T tho bottom Of a
welr'-that's why the lawyers have to
pump for it.
Richard I'LL demanded another
horse because he was tired of the
nightmare that had been riding him.
TEXAS Sittings.
les better fur de 'jority o men ter
stay in de place whar da b'long. De
lcwberry vine doan grow so lorg
after i:'s lifted erbovc dc groun'. -
Arkansnw Traveller.
Sometimes it is hard to toll
whether n man is firm in principle. or
simply obstinate. but the man himself
never expresses any doubt. Journal
of Education
Tho destiny that shapes man,
end does not make a good shape with
out some little assistance on the part
of the man. o! Picayune.
mo mans character is formed. :"
says Howells. until he has been tried
by the woman he loves" That is
sometimes apt to be worse than being
tried by any judge. Boston Post.
There is a good suggestion in the
following: when q man sets about
an undertaking he should first have
settled these four things-what he
wants to do, why he wants to do it.
whether he has the right to do 1t, and
how it best can DO done.
ibid you ever go tobogganing.
Mr.. Wintcrwhea,?' NO." said the
old man, but once stepped into the
elevator we'll and fell down four
stories in three-tenths of second.
That is fast enough for me; Pm get
ting too old for much excitement"-
Burdet,e.
do you intend to hear the new
minister tomorrow inquired mem
Der of the deacon. NO. Idon't. I'm
not going to hear any new preachc,
until l know what folks think abou
him. But you ought to use you1
own Judgment. Il never work Sun
day -Hartford Post.
! Mr. Editor. did you read tina
article handed you yesterday" Yes
sir'' What would you think after
reading that if told you that hat
but one years schooling in my lifeP
Il would think that you must have
wasted your time most abominablyr
I-Aebr0SEn State Journal
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
INFLUENCE o. ORATORS.
Difference Between Mon Of Wiso Actor
and Brilliant Speakers.

Difference Between Men of Wise Action
and Brilliant Speakers.
Institutions are slow growths Of
centuries. The orator cuts them down
in day. The tree falls. and the hand
that yields the axe is admired and ap-
plauded. The speeches of Demos
themes and Cicero pass into literature
and are studied rs models of lam
guage. Bat Drmosthenes and Cicero
did not understand the facts of their
time; their language might be beauti-
full and their sentiments noble, but
with their fine words and sentiments
they only misled their countrymen.
The periods where the orator is su-
preme are marked always by confu-
sion and disintegration. Goethe
could say of Luther that he had
thrown back for centuries the
spiritual cultivation of mankind, by
calling the passions of the multitude
to Judge of matters which should have
been left to the thinkers. We our.
selves are just now in one of those IN.
easy periods and we have decided that
orators are the tiltest people to rule
over us. The constituencies choose
their members according to the flu
ency of their tongues. Can he make
q speech? is the one test of compc-
tency for q legislator, and the most
persuasive of the whole we make
prime ministers. We admire the man
for his gifts and we accept what he
says for the manner in which it is ut
tered. He may contradict to-day
t,what he asserted yesterday. No
matter: He can persuade others
wherever he is persuaded himself And
such is the nature of him that he can
convince himself of any thing which it
| is his interest TO believe. These are
the persons who are now regarded
rs our wiscst. 1t was not always So.
1t is not so now with nations who are
in sound state of health. The Amer
leans, when they chose a President or
a Secretary of State or amy function
ary from whom they require wise
action, do not select these famous
s"eech makers. Such periods do not
| last, for the condition which they
bring about becomes always intolera-
| bIe do not believe in the degcncr.
| acy of our race. l believe the present
generation OF En- glishmen to be capa-
! bleof I'LL that their ;llhcrs were, pos.
sibly of more; but we are just now in
a moulting state and are sick while
the process is going on.-"1hs En-
gish IN the Hest Indies," by James
| Anthony Lr0u1lc.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
MAIZE IN IOWA.
The Way in Which Prairie Farmers Har
vest TlVir Corn. ~

The Way in Which Prairie Farmers Har-
vest Their Corn. ~ ~
The Iowa farme: does not cut bis
corn and haul it TO the barn. WIFI
one OF two hundred acres he finds 1T
impossible 10 do any thing of the kind.
He simply fnishe, his p.owing and
digs his pota ocs. letting his corn
ripcn on the stalk. Then when the
time comes, the farmer drives afeld
with huge wagons. The ears arc
husked from the standing stalks and
thrown into the box. which holds from
fifty to sixty bushels. Sometimes this
husking time lasts f,r weeks, and
winter is well at the door Def re it is
concluded. The description of u bleak
November day in the field, the clear
ing up day Of the season, is thus de-
scribed:
And oh! those dawns! when the
morning psalm Of the threshing-ma-
chine began its low. musical bass
notes and the ringing call Of the bell:
metal pinion. and the ceaseless c"ci.
ling of the barn-yarl fowls made hal'-
mony wi it. And then Il half-hour
later, after ASKING brisk''y atlhe barn.
with What appettes we sal down to our
sausages and buc:zwheat flap jlcks, l
leave the reader to jn|ge. To this
day, when the smell Of fresh pork OF
sausage comes to me it brings up those
scenes. 1 hear the cook down below,
and the pleasant IS zz-s:zz-sjzz- ,izzle'
of the meat il the pan; l see again thu
long knife rs il gldes under The i'm
mense disks. the deft turn of the wrist,
and the flap jack with its brown side
uppermost, c. mig down with slap
We sal down t, those cakes with a RI
ish born of certainty. You WON'T
get any thing more till noon, boys; so
fill up?' We tipped the brown steam
ing disks on our plates two at a time.
poured some of the delicious fl, (filled
with the juice of the sausage) over
them. laid them together, poured
syrup made of sugar over all, and
downed them with satisfaction. This
was our only ''course;'' in fact we had
never heard of II dinner with COURSES.
: Coffee and dougbnuts finished the
meal. Then, HI for he field. though
it was not yet fairly light -Ameriea,a
AG1aziH<. .-:...
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
A Young Girls Grief

at seeing her charms If face and form de-
parting, and her he lti2 imperfect by fu e.
tional irregularities. o. her critical perio ,
of l Q, was turned to joy and gratitude
Favorite Pre- cription. It purii and en-
riched :; er tlt oil, gavo o. eal!hy activi y
to the kidneys, stomach, bowels, aud Their
organs, and her return % robust healtl
speedily followed. I'll tie only medicine
for women. sid by drugg SITS, un er pos
that it will iv, sati faction in every case,
or mon will be refunded. is guaran-
tee has zen printed on to DO, t,e-wrapper,
and faithfully carried out for many years.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
BETTER thnn 8 Ucr0.

"N hat q coward that Major Smith is, f"
said Jones to Robinson, "why the very sight
f Eun-powder would make i'm i'll. How
did he ever manage to become IN officer In
the army'a Don't 81 anything against
ss9ed nv fss saEoS you4 it se N S1Ss
8 nse, impossible! Whit do you mean"1
II mean tn I'll was in tho first stages of con-
sumption; l was losing strength and vitali'
ty every day wit, rno territ Ia diseas-,
when Smith advised no to take DR.. Pierce's
Kinds so o. Medicine w;tboSt success, and my
physician had given mo no hope; yet here
l am, as we'll as ever q man was, and owe
my life to Smi b, a. d to the wonderful
remedy no recommended.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

Ss een aG pp Bn. coppb snsS
10 not let the dealer sell you some 'just
good' but insist upon getting the genuine
with the Bulbs Head trade mark on the
wrapper.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
Purify the Blood

By taking Aliens ''Iron Tonic Bitters." the
great blood purifier, liver invi orator, ap
letter and general system rejuvenator.
1t is The best in the world. All genuine
bear the signature of J. P. Allen, st. Paul,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

A Dude a beautiful tight-trousered dude,
slippo on a loose stone and bruised its
dainty ankle. The gentle patient is doing
well. He uses Salvation Oil.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

MEN are too much inclined to accept q
pretty woman ut her face value.-1ezay Stft-
Slg8.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

If ship arrives in port . second latl
they dock It
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

II you want to know what sliding scale
Is try to handle q wet fish.-Bosten Com
npercial Bulletin
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

0TnE impecuaious man in need Of gum
shoes is not opposed to rubber lrust-BaL
tinaOre american. 3
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

Don't hawk, and blow, and spit, but use
DR.. Sage, Catarrh Rene y.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

The water in which codf has been
soaked is very good for washing the zinc
under the stove.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

The boo! black deserves to succeed He
gets right down to business -Gurhngton
Fres Presa
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14

P1so's Cure for Consumption is the best
Cough Medicine. If you don't believe it,
take q dose. by druggists, Csc. bottle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
UNCOVERED 2: Z; e; g.

In postage stamps you receive numbers Of ct
cards. catalogues books sample works Of circulars
magazines papers, samples, CSCovERISc TO
great broad ed e'.t md agency
that which purchased would SO ~ cash Thousands
Of aud mako large Of money In the agency
business Tens of millions of dollars worth Of goods yearly
cold through agents This Directory sought and used BY tho
leading publishers booksellers novelty dealers and
the United States md Europe IL regarded
the standard Of the world
arcin wkeep posted oil the money making
things that while literature will aow to them in
be put befou ALL Agents mako money their localities
Agents make money travelling all around some agents make
has sell Few there who know all abou. the busne.: OF
those who employ agents. those who have this information
make big money easily whose in this Dircc
this information FREE and complete This Directory
Is used by all firms all the world who employ
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will bring In great information and large vaue thou
sands will be led profitable work and FORTUNE
header, the best small you can make 70
address printed in this directory. Address
AMERICAN AGENTS DIRECTORY, Augusta, Mama >
a1eHANE THIA PApeR WITT.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
ICOpYHlGuT, lSS.1
CATARRH IN THEHEAD.

of the nasal discharges falling the
others thick tenacious puruent boody and putrd
the weak there ringing the hacking
together with scabs ulcers the is changed and
nasal the breath offensive: smell
inpaired theirs sensation Of dizziness with mental deres
d. likely to be in any one
9boyS result in and end in the grave
understood unsuccessuly treated by physicians
ouxo. ccucr If you would remove evil STRIFE at tts
l l catarrh is, in the majority of cases, some
7RcA1MfN1 / weakness, impurity, or otherwise faulty
c0pt lion G Ct the e IL aempg
directed to the Of gt The see Of this
nuay at the nvaids Hotel and Surgical institute the do
soothing and healing application thorough and persistent
nal use of bOOd-clcanSing and tonic medicines
o In curing catarrh all the various diseases with
EHEF which it is frequently complicated, throat,
l ~ / bronchial, and lung diseases, weak stomach, "a
RELIANCE vo5s I
n full powers and virtues of DR.. Perces Golden Med
Discovery extollcd specific
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
| CHEF
| RELIANCE.

ical Discovery
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-03-14
Common SENSE
TREATMENT.

directed to the removal of that caus
odious disease, and we treat SUGGEST
nually at the Invalids' Hotel and Su,
we realize the Importance of cOlnbin
soothing and healing application, II
nal Use of blOOd-clcansinr and tonic