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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
..,,,--rcIAI RESUME.

..-+orae Gazette.
varr. July 24.-RaiIroad bonds
.a~ closed as follows:
49,. --~.r. Texas and Fort Worth certift-
ca. or. worth and Denver bonds, 9275.
r.r colorado ana Santa Te rs, 10Y.
re-a. ana Pacific rs, &525.
+-.,.rs and Texas IS, 571a.
,..r. g'.eto per cent.
s..-.ae. auu.
..mraDl5s, steady.
rr.a t. - points lower.
rattan. sr..eT-
rr...-. active all day
~. ..--..i to-day, opening at csc and
-..- r. t0 p o-ra.
......N-FuNT5, Ssft4s-ss AND BONDS.
--.r. v.aa. July 2+.-g'te. stock mar
......s-al r9 sign of getting out Of tAe
.....l.-- into 5siIch it has fallen,
.---...r..ns to-day were ou the same
.,...as usual of late, while the
.-.af the m4rset, which was strong at
49,. ra.anr weak later u the day and
... r.... were lost, Tie, p3rEet closed
.rr.- firm al fractional losses for the
~hr naqI rlanges are somewhat
.....,.rr hat generally in the direction
..r a.uIps and for fractional
sr.-t. only.
a...r. bonds continue TO show q
.. -...r.,r... uI business with no feature
..-.r.n.ut bonds dahl and without
State bonds dulI and strong.
n,v.uEsTE@ MARKETS.
rr..0-.-..I:. Julv2 the Guardian,
l--s commercial arJicIe, says:
Thur. .--..r little perceplbls alteTa-
..... ID. =tsatIou Occasionally there
.....r. .....-l. Business is variable.
~ DIP uuggs have improved their
..-.r. .....- -.Gt &C others have weak
. w.n good progress OF the mon
s.rsa hopeful feature Of the India
.-.. THE exports CT plain cotton goods
p. r.rt.a during July are likely 10
,.#t 81. -" 1000 900 yards. There wiz
-.. .e uu excess, although there are
r-- stocks at ports yet 20 90 to the
r-~ orders for China are few and
.-.. There is a moderate demand
mthe smaller foreign ana the home
markets.. The demand for bundled yarn
n-a,aare j.. low. 1t IS GiGcult TO sup
r.r ar.u... although the production Of
f.r'.l -,.lers las lessened. Cloth is
steady, and tAe sales are moderate.
There isIa bar more inquiry Tor Indian
s.-.l-s. +arr9auettes and dhoOties.
The business is local. Printing cloths
ST -.aH- Ganv manufactures Of the
l-r-.aHs want orders urgently. Me-
.rr. a.. ..a ana wen sold. Heavy
goods are quiet.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
Arrested for Embezzlement.

Special to The Gazette.
PALESTINE, Ten, July PIP. J An
derson was arrested to-day Oh a war
rant charging him with embezzling the
funds OF the Palestine Masonic lodge.
The amount embezzled so FAR IS ascer-
tanned, is S213 Anderson has lived here
about ten years, has been city alder
man for four years past, and was re-
Gently CLOSED out OF the. furniture busi-
ness by creditors. He has waived eX-
animation, and Justice watts fixed his
bond ri $4,000
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2 all they can to capture the two Grim

ing all they can to capture the two Grim
inals.
The Jefferson Light Guards decided at
their meeting last night to attend the
Shreveport fair in October and te COM
pete for the cash prize that IS offered for
the best drilled company. The company
has ordered fine fuil-dTess uniforms for
the occasion and viii get new stand of
arms from the state i'll few Gays and
viii return those now IN use.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25

tute, under the management OF Profess
sors Fronabarger and Miller, with COM
petant assistants, is now entering upon
its fifth term with brilliant prospects.
The number OF pupils enrolled at this
school last session was 27S This build
ing is also being extended by the addi-
ton Of another wing, which viii give
caDacity for 1000 pupils.
Springtowp as an educational center is
rapidly coming to the front, ana ere long
can truthfully be called the Athens of
Texas.
WHAT Is NEEDED.
SpIingtown only needs railroad out
let to make it one of the best towns in
North Texas. 1t would ship 10 600
bales of cotton annually, with an i'm
mense amount OF other produce, which
now goes by the slow wagon route to
other places. Mills aud factories would
be built and number Of other indus
tries follow on account of the wealth Of
the country and the abundance of pure
water found here. There are grand
prospects in the future for the little arte-
san city. clad.
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state Grand Temperance Council.

Special to the Gazette.
CLEBURNE, Tx. July 2i.-The State
grand temperance council convened here
to-day and the town is thronged with
delegates. A mass-meeting was held to-
night at the courthouse in the interest OF
the cause, and addresses were delivered.
Crantlu and other advocates OF cold
water camein tonight.
A. c. Syuri0cl5 Of the Cleburne Chron-
nnle returned this morning after five
weeks soi0urn in New York.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25

'.sar Twice Convicted Of Murder Escapes
&C.,. WIZ ..mrata for the Prize.

'.a.r Twice Convicted Of Murder Escapes
&C.,. WIZ ..mretg for the Prize.
t. Ga-eue.
TEN.. July 24.-About
'..s morning the Marion county
sheriff J. IA. beware at his
.e au5 told him that Bob Hines
--a- j. savage had broken jail and
&. arts unknown. An iuvesti-
r..unel the following facts:
Co. ' .ast week Bob Hines made an
Tak Jail 10y saving one OF the
.aa iron cage within which
rs enclosed. he had one side sawed
a.. " other about haif way when
~ .....- discovered it. He was then
~ aa-vreuJ cell, though not IN
49, --.. SO as to have the iron cage
-.G L was cut Of this cell that
---. .- his escape last night. ia the
- '.a a.m was War Elsteln, who was
:, SICK, and who made
n. a.,-Hu- to escape. and Saw
}. ... "as "a United States prisoner.
..- question that is receiving the at
d.. % Lne officers as to how Hines
.r,.. .s aud tools 20 work with on the
--.. nj occasions Hines was twice
eyed of murder IN the first degree
b, 81 The death penalty. His last
3 IS WIS three weeks ago and he was
So al" ais.ug the result of his Second
ana lie was convicted for having
sd Ike Bailey in cold blood.
LeWare and his detectives are do
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25

Spot Cotton Unchanged, Futures were
from 1 to Points Higher.
Wheat Opened Higher, Fluetuated Narrowly
and Closed at the Adyance-COfiee and
Wool Markets Unchanged.


Fonr WORM. TEX. July 2. 1883.
A heavy rain fell this morning, that 3,
while it was not needed, made the day
tolerably pleasant. Business in differ
ent branches continues slack with no in
dication of improvement for several
weeks. Merchants, however, are antic-
ipating the best fall trade that has been
had for years.
In prices there has been no change
since last report, the quotations at the
close of the day being as are given be-
low.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
EXCHANGE AT NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, La, July a.
SterlinE-CommerciaI co days......4 s4laG4 50
Francs-Commercial go days. 5 20
New York sight-BRnk.... -. 100 prem.
Commercial Per CT. prem
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
GALVESTON SUGAR MARKET
81. Louis WOOL MARKET.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 24.-WooI 1.-The feel
is quiet and easier. with a decline of fully &c.
based on actual sales; bright medium, l9d25C
coarse braid, l4d 22c;lOw sandy, lldloc; fine light
l6a2Sc; fine heavy, 1lGl9c; tub washed, choice,
36lac; inferior, 5OG Sac.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
EXCHANGE AT GALVESTON.
BONDS AND STOCKS
New YORK. July "a. Bonds and stocks closed
at the following prices BID:
BONDS.

New YORK. July "a. Bonds and stocks closed
at the following prices BID:
BONDS
Z s. Is, registTd ex NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .12sh
I. s, IS, coupon. Isl.
L. S. Al 6, coupon. 1865
Central racine ....-.........- ID
Denver and Rio Grande 4's-............ 800. 7siz
Missouri Pacific consolidated. SIS .-.........
Missouri Kansas and Texas general 6's 800 62Tz
St. LOUIS and Iron Mountain general SIS. e5i4
ST. Louis and san Fran. general mortgage lis
Texas Pacific land grants 1St gold j's....-.. ssl5
Texas Pacific RIO GrEnde second IN. U.s.. a55s
STOCKS.
central 81
Chicago and Alton .........l 10
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. 49, Sg3a
Delaware l4z-CLs.-Ta -lTi l43
Denver and Rio Glraade. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IS
Erie common. ................... 2j3l
Sort Worth and Denver. observation-disclosures.
Houston and Texas Central. ...........
hansG5 ana 4eLas. los
Lake Shore. ............ I0n
I0ulsYllis. NasnVlIie- ----..--.-.-. b-'s
Missouri Pacific ................ ........... G7.s
NoFttiSA S~A-lS- Zt1S
NOrtlWestefl-- lU6ss
New YORK central. iyjss
P6clnc Mail 5iS&
Reading 44it
Rock Island. ...-.....-........ .......... g4ls
St Louis and San Francisco. 49,. - IS
st. Louis and San Francisco, preferred..... $50
S.. Paul common. 68T
St. Paul. Preferred. ......................1C7
Tennessee Gel and Iron. 1855
Texas and Pacific: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -
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OTHER PRODUCE AND PROVISION NJ
KETS.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 24.--Flour--Quiet, but
firm; xxx, 81 2OG2 80; family, 81 SOAP 20;
choice, 81 90GS 90; fancy, So 75G3 IS; patent,
s. 2Oa4 35.
Wheat-The rainy weather with advances else
where opened the market . sc higher. There
was a relapse and rally, and the close was Sc
above yesterday. Cash, 1Il4c; July closed, al &C
asked; Agggus--24c sePt 5 5Olac bid De-
Corn-Dun and easy: cash, 3sc; August 33c;
September closed S3G3Slsc bid; December,
Corn meal-s2 1Oa2 Is.
Whisky-SI OF,
Observation-Disclosures irregular.
Pork-Sl1 50.
Lard-Prime steam. s. 62ls.
Dry salt meats-Shoulders, s. 1919; longs
and ribs s. 40; short clear, Sc OOa6 10.
Bacon-Boxed shoulders, s. SPA; longs and
ribs, So 10; short clear, IS Co.
CHICAGO, Ill, July 24.-There was only a
moderate degree Of activity in wheat to-day,
and during the greater part Of the session the
local sentiment was beariSh. December futures
show an advance based OF yesterday S closing OF
&c; July is li4C higher; September unchanged.
Fair trade in corn early in the dav after
which the pit became excited and market opened
at about yesterday 5 closing, prices were steady
for time but soon became easier, declined 5sc,
day. The market for mess pork attracted little
attention. Filling OF a few orders caused an
advance of 5GTi4c at opening, but weaker
feeling was soon developed and prices receded
l5G1Tbc. Fairly active business was reported IN
market for snort ribs.
Leading futures closed:
Wheat-NO. 2 July, S284c; August, 1910; Sep
TENDER, 7SIsc; December, s054c
Corn-No. 2, August, $3.50; September, 36l4c;
October, 363sc.
ST. 10; October, SO s..
Lard - August, So liz; September, S. 27l6;
Short rribs-August, IS IS; September. s. s2la;
October, s. 90.
Cash quotations were:
FlOur-Quiet and unchanged.
Wheat-No. spring, S294c; No. red, s22o.
COrn-No. 2, Soc.
Mess pork-S11 O5911 10.
Lard-S6 20.
Snort ribs-sides, loose. IS SOFAS IS.
Dry sailed shOUlders-BOIed, s. 1Z1a85 2j.
Short clear sides-Boxed, So S71aa6 90.
NEW YORK, July A-wheat-Moderatel
active; spot, No. red, s724c; options closed,
july ST3ic: August, s61sC; September, SG3.c;
October, s7s4c; November, sSIsc; December,
Sya4c; January, s9isc; May, 94l2c.
COrn-Weak; No. 2, 49, "a 4334 &C; options, July,
43ss; August, 4ic; September, 444c; October,
Cofee-Options opened steady, 1925 points
down, closed quiet. 15d35 points down. Irreg-
uIar cables quiet. Sales, 81, $50 bags. July.
Sl4 so: August, SI4 15al4 30; September, Sl4 %
ala 20; October, S1425GH 30. Spot Rio, fair
sagar-Raw, inactive. Refined, quiet and
firm.
leans, quiet.
KANSAS, CITY, Mo. July :.-wheat-Higher;
No. 2 red cash, GSl.c bid; July, Csc; August,
Corn-steady. No. 2, cash, 27a4c.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
EXCHANGE AT NEW YORK.
Special 70 the Gazette.
New YORK., july a

Sterling-Banr. 81 days .............4 s6lE
SterlinE-COmmeTcial. 90 days......4 S53z
eiclmaTzs-Commcrcill. GO days. .94S4
Fralcs-Bank, 90 s.--............ > lSIs
Commercial, 60 ays.................5 l93s
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
FINANCIAL.
pPITTsH CONsOLs.

Special to the Gazette.
LoNpoN, July 24.-Consuls closed at 98 GIG
for money; for silver, ~ 5-16.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
GALVESTON SPOT.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE SPOT
MARKETS.
Special to the Gazette

GALVESTON, TEX, July 24.-The following are
the closing quotations fer cotton on the spot to-
day at the leading markets. together with the
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on WALL STREET.

e.oet Market Still Continues to Sail
.long in the Rut Of Dizziness.
--- rf-mnass at the Close, but Final
-,-,-as were hregHlar-Government
and state Bonds Dali
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RECEIPTS AT UNITED STATES PORTS.
SUecial 10 the Gazette.
GENERAL MARKETS.

FRETGHTs FROM GALVESTON.
Special TO the Gazette.
GALVESTON. Tex, July 24.-Freight5 by
steamship from Galveston, Tex:
To Liverpool. ..-.--........... SGD
10 continent. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
To New York. 4Uc Rl00
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
HOTELS.
Oh! FOR COOL BREEZES!
The fine hotel built by the Arkansas Pass COM
pany st ROckpOTt is now opened az -
THE ARKANSAS tfssgsTl..S'
RREEZESI

1t will be run ialsffEsts5lzss style and rates
reasonable. Thefe issne prettier seaside resort
on the AmoS1s2lRs coast. Breezes cool and
steady. st5sesSSg bathing and fishing fine.
RailTeeds excursion rates ell summer. Fifty
seaside cottages have been contracted for by
mere healthy and pleasant and all Texas viii be
there, combine business anu pleasure. United
Estates government now at work on the port. For
railroad rates apply to Arkansas Pass railroad
company, san Antonio.
]. NJ. HanafOrd s. Sons. Hotel Managers.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-25
RECEIPTS AND EXPORTS AT ALL UNITED
STATES PORTS.

STOCK At ALL UNITED STATES PORTS.
Stocks this 139 12S
Stocks this day last year.. ...lS6, Cos
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THE GOOD RESULT.

Dun'S Feekly Trade ReUieO says that by
the course of the Government during the
year in paying out the money in the Treas
uTy for its bonds I" a more cheerful feeling
has been impaired to all kinds of business
Greater confidence has followed, and to that
extent greater activity" Precisely. That
was what THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE antici-
pated when it led all the press of the coun-
try in its demand that Secretary Fairchild
do his plain duty by the appropriation of
all the money in the Treasury to the pur-
chase of bonds. Secretary Fairchild was
ayerse to this course. Tt was the policy of
the Administration to "nurse the surplus +"
for political purposes, and he only yielded
to the pressure brought to bear upon him
which could not well be resisted any longer.
1t was May before he really began to buy
up the bonds, and up to Dec 1 he had taken
up $43517,75O of a per cent bonds, and
So, 163,550 per cents, or $94 ,681 300 in all,
or little over 10 per cent. of the whole. If
in the judgment of the leading trade organ
of the country, this impaired more
cheerful feeling TO all kinds of business"
why is it not a good policy to continue till
all the bonds are taken up, the public debt
wiped out, and the money now CONCEALED in
the bonds be thawed out, and set to its
legitimate work Of building railroads, i'm
proving farms, opening mines, or building
factories?
Let as, then, hare no tiakering agth The
revenues until egery dollar Of the countIy's
Indebtedness be Daid off.
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EauAL1zg4a nouNr1Es.

The Forum walls over this utteranee, which
it says was found in The NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE:
We must have all our bounties equalized. The
Republican party is pledged to do all these things
The election of Harrison securast 10, Us all these
things.
1t tries to make. out that this is something
monstrous-something more extortionate
than anything the world ever heard of be-
fore, something for which there is no shadow
of warrant, and something over which the
public should be greatly alarmed.
Now, what does "equalizing bounties y
mean? Simply that the Government should
pay all its soldiers alike; that it should not
discriminate against the men who were first
to enter the army, by higher bounties to
those who came in two years later. That
is all. The men who went out under the
first calls of the President, were given hut
800 bounty, and to get this they had to
serve at least two years Those who came
out after the war had been going on two and
a half years received 1902 bounty. Is not
the fragrant injustice of this so apparent
that no one can deny it?
1t was, in fact, a fine of 5000 to the young
men who formed the armies in 1861-62 and
the first half of 1868 for being so prompt to
respond to their country's call. Congress
made halfhearted recognition of the wrong
done the earlier volunteers by passing,
some years after the war, an act to give
those who had received but 500 an addi-
tional 800, but the inadequacy of this pre-
tended PREPARATION only emphasized the in
justice. If the men who came out in
1928 deserved anything, they deserved
at least as much as those who came out in
1864-5, and they should have it. To offer
them less is to insult them by depreciating
their services below those of the men who
came out at the 10th and 18th hours
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON. D. G, JANUARY 3, 1889.
HEALTH HINTS
For Old and Young.
BY PROF. FELIX L. OSWALD, A.
NJ, NJ. D.

We have secured a contributor Of unusual in
terest and value TO our readers in the person Of
Prof Felix I. Oswald, probably the best
known and most popular writer on health and
its laws Of any among English-speaking PEG
pies. He Is the authorof the following widely
read books, besides host Of minor works
Physical Edaeation; or, the HeaIth-Laws of
Nature; Household Remedies for the Preva-
lent Disorders Of the Human Organism" /;
"Summcrlaud Sketches; OF, Eambles in the
Backw0o5s Of Mexico and Central America !;
+" The Poison Problem; or, The Cause and Cure
Of Intcmperance" Geological Sketches: a
Contribution to the Outdoor Study If Natural
History; Days and Nights in the Tropics /;
THE Bible Of Nature"
Prof Oswald viii write exclusively for OR
readers 5 series Of plain, straightforward talks
on health how TO maintain IT. and how TO re-
gain it when lost. He viii take up the vari-
Gus diseases, describe them in simple, every
day language, free from scientific jargon and
the humbEg Of medical almanacs. BE VIII
give the best advice as TO the treatment Of dis
eases. and the hest methods to ameliorate them
and bring about a restoration to health.
We congratulate al our readers upon this ar
rsngement, which we feel viii be great bene-
1T 10 every one Of them, and every week be
worth vastly more than The entire cost Of the
paper. The articles win begin next month.
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THEIR INCONSISTENCY.

The article in The Forum illustrates the
hypocrisy and insincerity of the pension
haters. In one breath it denOunces pension
legislation, which
enables abe-bodied men to live In ideness, or adds
gratuites TO the incomes of people who do not pre-
tend to be in want.
A few paragraphs further it denounces the
Dependent Pension Bill-a measure which
was carefully framed to meet just such OBJ
jeetions as these. and give relief only to such
as were broken-down and in want-as
bill for the promotion of thriftlessness and the
punishment of private virtue. which provides that
any ex-soldier who by industry and thrift shall
have taken care of himself and his family and laid
up something for a rainy day, shall be excluded
from the privileges of the act and that spendthrifts
and sharpers with wit enoughto put them properly
under other names shall have the run of the Treas
ury.
1t is always wonderful to observe the in
genuity of pension-haters in demonstrat-
ing that any pension bill that can be pro-
posed win only benefit dead beats and scala
wags
There never was pension bill which met
their approval, and there never will be, even
though Infinite Wisdom and Infinite Justice
should frame one.
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THE WORST POLICY.

Cutting down the revenues means the
disturbance of every business interest, and
a vastly greater loss to the community than
any saving by reduced taxation. $The first
effect of a suggestion of tinkering with the
tariff or other revenues is to seal up all the
springs of commercial activity. Capital is
proverbially timid; all business men eau
tious. The moment that any radical change
is talked of they become alarmed and
begin to take in sail in order to get
ready for coming storm. Then caution
becomes infectious, and widespread paralysis
ensues. The agitation of the repeal of the
wool tariff, for example, has already cost
the country more than the pretended cheap
ening of goods would benefit the people in
20 years. The moment that the reduction
became at all possible, factories began to
curtail their operations, discharge operators,
stop additions to plant and material. Mer-
chants began to buy much more cautiously
of manufactured goods, buyers to cut down
their purchases of wool to the lowest
amount greatly to the detriment of the
farmers and wool-prOducers, who, in turn,
began diminishing their focks.
We have thrived enormously under the
present policy; why not let well enough
alone and go on building up our material
prosperity, developing our resources and
using our revenues as they are-without
change-to pay off the public debt, discharge
the Nations obligations to its soldiers, and
give it Navy and sea-coast defense to pro
tect it against any foreign attack
Let as hare no tiak@jag 10ith tie revenues
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has no more responsibility than for any other
causes of suffering among its citizens,
The above paragraph commands our adj
miration for its succinct mendacity. The
only way in which more malignity and false
hood could be gotten into it was by making
it longer. For broken-down veterans to ask
the Government to pay them what it prom
ised them is to become organized thieves
to receive what the law allows them, and
which is doled out to them under the most
stringent precautions is to beguilty of open
and wholesale robbery"
Enabling able-bodied men to live in idle
ness!" adding gratuities to the incomes
of people who do not pretend to be in
want"
Think of it, with half the disabled veter-
ans on the pension-ron receiving less than
So monthly cents day.
This is the way the Arrears of Pensions are
handled:
In January. 1879, II years after the close of the
war was passed an act Tor lnstgating and facilitating
frauds upon the public Treasury, commonly known
as the Arrears of Pensions Act In 1862 the law had
been that pensions should begin from the date of
discharge from the service, when the claim had been
filed within year from that date, otherwise that
they should begin from the date of filing the claim
In 1864, the time within which a claim filed might
secure arrears of pension was extended to three
years, and in 1868 to five years. And there 1t
rested, everybody being satisfied that five years
was long enough for man to find out whether he
had been disabled not. There no pretense
that any considerable class of deserving claimants
suffered hardship on account of this limitation, or
that relief by private bill not ready to flow
forth to exceptional cases.