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Evening journal., 1889-09-09
Hair Brushes.

Think Of a genuine Dupont
Hair Brush, white Bristles,
fox or olive wood back, at 25ci
An unexampled thing in the
brush business. You'll wish
the lot ten times as big.
Centre of main floor.
Evening journal., 1889-09-09
so Suits sor SIS
$I2 Suits for So
S25 Suits for SIP

made of laces, silks, cloths.
armures, serges and the like
drop from $Ioo to 500, $50 to
$40, and in that proportion.
second floor, Chestnut street side. Five ele-
vators.
Evening journal., 1889-09-09

shall go at Ioc, originally 45c.
We want you to know a new
line Of Satin-edge MORE Rib
bons-same make and grade as
the picket-cdge favorite of
last season. There's a price
nod in the introduction.
Evening journal., 1889-09-09

To-day is general badge day at Heald-
moor.
The local mambcrs Of the y. G. =.
s4'eui saye iore rArge TlAe graetice
each fall.
Evening journal., 1889-09-09
S35 sorts for $50
500 sorts for So
$50 sorts for S25
Women's Suits.

IS Women's Suits, all in
proper colors and weights for
Fall and Winter, 60 to half or
less. Tricots, braided and
plain; cashmeres in dark colors,
handsomely trimmed; tailor
made cloths, neatly braided,
some Persian trimmed; serges
in seasonable shades:
Evening journal., 1889-09-09
East Transept
Dinner Sets.

O1li1iC1 OClos
100 Carlsbad Dinner Sets,
I25 pieces each, choice deco
rations, made to sell at SIS.
shall go at SIS. They are nat
seconds, but are just little
short of strictly frst-class
standard. Think of saving
$40 on a set because of a bit
wobbly cover, or even a more
fanciful fault
SO sets of the same feather,
100 pieces each, meant to
bring $27.5o, shall so at $50.
Chamber Toilet Sets.
Half dollars will almost do
dollar work in these:
80 Extra fine English Chamber Toilet
Sets. with iarl Old Han Decorations
regular Sls goods,
at $40.
IS sets same goods but without jar,
30 Chamber Toilet sets with iar) solid
eolors with oYer-glaze decorations, sia
kind,
70 English Printed Chamber Toilet Sets
(Yith jar assorted cDlOrs,
at $3.50.
100 English Printed Chamber Toilen Sets
'"''n ''D' at sa.75.
Sacond honr serond On liprv
Evening journal., 1889-09-09
The Delaware Peach shipments.

The number of cars loaded with peaches
shipped over the Delaware railroad yes
terday was as follows.
The National tribune., 1889-06-20
A vERY pRoPER ORDER.

The President and the Civil Service Com
missioners have at last taken an action that
we have been urging on them fora long time.
1t is the removal of theinjustice wrought by
the enforcement of Department Rule x, Gus
toms Rule VII, Postal Rule VII, and Rail-
way Mail Rule VI. This rule reads:
Upon requisition of the head of Department
the Commission shah certify for reinstatement in
said Department, In grade requiring no higher ex-
animation than the one In which he was formerly
employed, any person, who, within one year next
preceding the date Of the Tequsiton, has, through
no delinquency or mscenduct, been separated
from the classified service of that Department..
Under this rule all the veterans who were
dismissed by the last Administration from
any part of the Civil Service were denied
reinstatement, if they had been out over a
year. The only way that they could get
back was by denomination In competition
with others, and this is denied them in some
OF the Departments by the age limit.
This week the Civil Service Commission,
with the approval of the President, issued
the following order.
Departmental Rule <, Customs Rule VII, Postal
Rule VIII and Railway Mail Rule VI, are hereby
amended by adding to each of said rules, at the
end thereof, the following:
trorfded, That certiication may be made, SUBJ
Ject to the other conditions of this rule for the
instatement Of any person who served In the mill
tary or naval service of the United States In the
late war OF the rebellion, and was honorabiy dis
charged therefro, without regard to the length of
time he has been separated from the service.
This puts the matter on proper basis.
Under the amendment to the rule any hon.
orably- discharged soldier who has been dis
missed from the public service for offensive
craftsmanship" or for any other cause than
misconduct or ineffciency, can be reinstated
at once without having to undergo an ex-
animation or other technicality, no matter
how long he has been out of the service.
1t will be of great benefit to very many
deserving comrades who were made to suffer
loss of means of livelihood for the sake of
gratifying the appetite of political heelers
for place and pay. It will be of particu-
lar good to the Railway Mail Service,
which suffered the loss of large numbers
of its most valuable clerks, who devoted
many years to the requirement of the knowl-
edge which would fit them for the proper
discharge of their duties. The reinstate-
mentof these men will go long way toward
the restoration of that important branch of
the public service to the efficiency it mani
tested before it became the victim of the
spoilsmen.
The comrades are to be congratulated, and
the President and the members of the Civil
Service Commission are to be commended
for this act of justice and good public pol
icy,
The National tribune., 1889-06-20
Personal.

Commissioner of Pensions Tanner will take his
family to Georgetown for the Summer. He has
rented q fine, spacious old mansion on the nights,
which has large lawns surrounding it. and he viii
virtually be in the country, yet enough to the
Pension Office to make the journey between the
office and his home inside of an hour.
"Bewfalo BeeI," Is the way the Psrisians pro-
nounce the professional name Of Comrade VIM. F.
Cody, the distinguished head Of the " Wild West -
show.
The many friends of Capt J. G. Donaldson, As
sistant Doorkeeper Of the Senate, were much dis
tressed by fear that he was one of the victims of
the Johnstown disaster. It has been learned since
that he was not on the fatal train being detained
at his home in Defiance. o.. by sickness.
Ulysses g Grant. jr., who was formerly mem
Der of the unfortunate firm of Grant & Ward. has
re-entered Wall street the junior member Of the
stock-broker firm of Fox, Leonard & Co.
Denver, Col, is to have a celebration OF the
Fourth of July gotten up In the generous style Of
the free and unfettered West. A gigantic National
flag made OF colored electric lights, will appear
over the principal street, there will be sham bat
tie procession with floats. and other things to
swell the hearts Of the patriotic mouniaineers.
Gen. Wager Swayne will be the orator of the day,
and Gen Sherman will be present 10 lend eelat to
the affair.
Mai John w. Roder, sth u y. Art, recently STA
toned at Fort Adams, Mass, made desperate
attempt at suicide at Newport. r. l., on Sunday
last, but was rescued by some yachtsmen as he was
going down for the last time in an unconscious
condition In which he remained for several hours
but at last revived and will be out of danger
Mai Roder has been on sick leave for somemOnths,
and was very respondent. He entered the serv-
ice as private in the I'd q. s. Art. March so 1855
and was First Sergeant in that organization until
1862, when promoted Brevet Second Lieutenant,
4th Art He was made First Lieutenant, same
regiment in 1884, and Captain, 18th mr. in 1866 but
declined the appointment. He was promoted Cap
tain, 4th Art in 1879 and has been in command Of
Battery e for several years. He was breyetted
several times for gallantry.
Capt Robert T. lincoln, Minister 70 England
made his first appearance In that country as pub
lie speaker at dinner given at the famous Guild
hail. in London, by the Institution Of Civil En-
gneers to the visiting American Engineers. he
responded TO the toast, THE United States Of
America" In such handsome graceful mannsr 80
to arouse the enthusiasm of all present
The original of the Goddess of Liberty on the
silver dollar Is Miss Anna w. Williams, teacher
she Philadelphia kindergarten Training School. =
very able woman and successful teacher, besides
being little blonde of ideal beauty OF face and
peari-iiIxe complexion
The National tribune., 1889-06-20
GERMS OF CONSUMPTION.

The New York Board Of Health has ar
rived at very important conclusion, through
the investigation of Its experts. 1t afirms
positively that consumption is contagious
disease, and it can be prevented by inter
fering with the communication Of its germs.
This is usually accomplished by the direct
transmission of the tubercle baeiIli from the
sick to the healthy, usually by means of the
dried and pulverized sputum floating as dust
In the air.
The measures which were suggested for
the prevention of the spread of tuberculosis
are the security of the public against tuber-
cular meat and milk, attained by a system
Of rigid official inspection of cattle; the dis
semination among the people of the knowl-
edge that every cOnsumptive person may be a
source Of actual danger to his associates, if the
discharges from his lungs are not immediate
ly destroyed or rendered harmless, and the
careful disinfection of rooms and hospital
wards that are occupied or have been occu-
pied by consumptive patients.
The National tribune., 1889-06-20
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON, D. c. JUNE %. 1880.
RENEW IN TIME.

Let every subscriber whose subscription
has been running some time compare the
number he viii find on the yellow slip con-
tanning his name with that In the head Of
the paper. By this means he can find out
when his subscription expires, and be able
TO renew in time, so as 10 save missing any
numbers. It VIII be unpleasant to miss
any numbers now, when every one has SO
much that is important to the reader.
The number of this paper is 40. If the
reader finds that the number on his address
slip is, for example. 412, he viii understand
that lie viii receive but two more numbers,
and be should renew at once. lift is 413 he
viii get three more papers, and SO on.
The National tribune., 1889-06-20
TEE SAMOAN DfATTER.


The Samoan conference has ended with
complete triumph for the United States,
which have gained all they cOnteDded for
without the sacrifice of single principle.
A definite agreement has been signed by the
accredited representatives of the three Great
Powers, which VIII have the effect and force
Of treaty when it is ratified by the Senate
Of the United States. Great Britain and Ger
many are now as much bound as they can
Be, but the action of the Senate is necessary
to complete the binding of this country.
The exact terms of the agreement cannot
be made public until after the Senate has
ratified it, but it is known that it provides
for the restoration of King Malietoa, whom
the Germans deposed against our protests
two years ago, and have kept virtual pris-
oner on one Of the islands. This viii fulfill
our promises of protection to him.
The Samoan autonomy, for which We have
eontended, is guaranteed, and the Islands
VIII be governed by King and Vice King
chosen by the unipauenced vote of the
natives, and Senate, a majority of which
viii be elected, and in which the United
States, Germany and England viii each
have representative. The Germans get a
salve for their military hurts in the shape
Of small indemnity for the men lost in the
unprOvOked attack upon the Islanders, and
g commission is provided for, with an Eng
lishman as umpire, to adjust the land dis
putes
Altogether it was brilliant piece of dip
lomatic work, which has brought forth high
praise from all the Europeans except the
Germans, and greatly increased our interna-
tiOnal prestige. 1t strengthens our influence
in the Pacifc-particularly with Australia
and South Ameriea-eountries which it is
very desirable should think well of rs.
They now regard US as the strongest Power
In that quarter Of the world, which will be
much to our advantage in extending our
10000
The National tribune., 1889-06-20
THE EASTERN QUESTION AGAIN.

Russia has remained quiet so long in
reference to the attainment of her traditional
object of acquiring Constantinople that an
outbreak was to be expected, and it has
come. The Austrian Government has in
formed the Servian Regents that q continu-
ance of their present course will be consid-
cred casus beli, and this brings matters to
focus. The course of the Regents is the
result of the Russian intrigues to reduce
Austrian influence in the Danubian country
to minimum, in order to increase that of
Russia, and facilitate the attainment of the
great object for which Russia has already
fought a score of immense wars and sacri-
feed millions of lives. Austria's decided
stand has produced futter in the Courts of
Germany, Italy and England, who have all
a strong interest in the matter, and will
have hand in the fighting, if it comes to
that. Meanwhile Russia is going ahead as
if war was probability. She is constantly
strengthening her army and her fortifica-
lions, and getting ready for actual hostilities.
During the recent visit of the Shah of Persia
to St Petersburg he was distinctly told that
If hegranted any special privileges toanother
power 100000 Russian soldiers would at
once occupy his country, which was direct
threat against England, and was expected
to have definitely chilling effect upon his
negotiations with that country during his
sojourn in London. European statesmen
thoroughly understand that it is only q
question of time when great war will have
to be fought to prevent Russia from Selling
Constantinople and the whole of Asia Minor.
The question is as to who shall fight her,
with an increasing probability that the
Germans and the Italians will take large
portion of the work off England's hands.
Heretofore England has taken the brunt of
resistance to Russian aggressiOns, because of
her enormous commercial interests in Con-
stantinople, Eastern Asia and Hindostan.
But now that the Germans, Austrians and
Italians are seeking to push their trade into
the Danubian country and Asia, they feel
the same interest as England in preventing
the Slav Colossus from gobbling up all that
country. Moreover it takes the aspect of q
race struggle. The Tsar assumes to be the
head and champion of all the sIavs, whether
within his dominions or outside of it. Alto
gether these number probably 100000 600
the next most numerous race in Europe
and the Germans are naturally antagonistic
to anything that looks like uniting such a
mass of people under one autocratic head.
twill be terrible war when it comes, and
it will come sooner or later.
The National tribune., 1889-06-20
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.

The Samoan difficulty has brought out
very clearly one strong point in American
diplomacy which European statesmen have
not fully recognized heretofore That is,
our unfettered freedom to carry out any par
ticular line of policy without much refer
ence to the view that other great nations
may take Of it. We are alone among them
in having no embarrassing complications to
which we must give attention before we de-
eide to make any important move. II, for ex-
ample, the situation had been such as to make
it necessary for US to threaten Germany with
actual war, we could have done SO without
the least regard as to what other nations
might have thought of it. Our quarrel and
our fight would have been with Germany
alone, and we could have said to everybody
else, Hands off" But, on the other hand,
before Germany could have threatened rs
with war she would have had to find out
pretty definitely what Russia, Austria, Eng
land, and, most of all, France, proposed to do
when all her energies were strained in a
struggle with the mighty Republic of the
West. Would Russia take advantage of it
to carry out her long-deferred purpose of
Selling Constantinople? Would France
then see her chance for revenge and reeov-
cry of her lost territory? Considering this,
it is not at all surprising that Bismarck, the
moment he found we were really in earnest
about the matter, was quite anxious to haze
it settled upon our own terms. It is this
that makes us the strongest, automatically,
of any power in the world whenever we may
choose to assert ourselves.
While European nation must in any
serious controversy with another keep con-
slant finger upon the pulse of all the other
powers, we can carry ourselves frankly and
boldly without reference to any country but
the one we are in dispute with. Thus, In
this Samoan matter the British undoubtedly
felt about it precisely as we did, but they
did not feel it wise to take as decided a
stand as we did, for the reason that they do
not know how soon they may want Ger
many's powerful assistance in crushing
Russia's aggressiveness. They were delight
ed with our course. The London Times ex-
presses the English qualification over the
result automatically, but none the less ex-
plicitly:
| Perhaps Il Is as well that Prince Bismarck has
been made to realize that where American infer
| ests are concerned the American Government is
very little affected by many of those considerations
/ which restrain the action of those European Gov
| ernments with which he is more accustomed To
deal. 1t is easy 10 see there might be many rea-
sons why it would be inexpedient for England TO
follow the line of policy In regard to German &C
ton in Samoa, which II is natural and necessary
for America to pursue. 1t Is not less plain that
| Germany must think twice or thrice before pro-
| vol1ing collision with America over question.
Therefore, we rejoice at the influence of America
80 moderately and effectually exerted.
The National tribune., 1889-06-20

YEARS agO-say 25O-the good people of
Connecticut had about the same idea as to
correct Indian policy that the people of
Colorado and Arizona do now. The Pequots
were then very troublesome, and Maj. John
Mason, the ranking officer of the Connecti-
cut militia, marched against their principal
fort, situated on a high hill in the Mystic
Valley. He captured the fort in good style,
and proceeded to take effective measures
against any further trouble of that kind by
fastening large stone about the necks of
every male Indian taken and showing him
off a raft into the deep river. The women
and children were sold into slavery. Con-
necticut is now erecting statue to him.
Four hundred and fifty years seems a long
time TO wait for such recognition by ones
fellow-citizens, but according to present rate
of progress it viii be at least that long before
the New York monument to Gen. Grant will
be finished.
The National tribune., 1889-06-20
TIE PRINCrpLE OF PENsIoNs.

Judge Albion w. Tourgee, the distin-
guished author, takes as text the COM
ments of Buffalo soldier-hating paper
upon the article published in THE NATION
AL TRIBUNE of May Is, and says:
Is is this very vagueness Of idea that incIines
many worthy people to regard the pensioner as in
8 way fraud upon the Nation. The simple truth Is
that pension is nothing more less than defer
red payment, which the man who served the coun-
try in the of the rebellion just fairly earned
as he did the monthly stipend that paid during
the term of his enlistment. moments consider
alton OF the circumstances attending the enlist
ment OF our volunteer forces will show that this
statement Is no figure of speech, and does not In
any degree depend upon prejudice sentiment
for its acceptance. 1t is merely business view of
business transaction.
What were the circumstances? The average
age of our volunteers at enlistment was about %
years. They were Of necessity :" selected lives"
whose earning capacity naturally averaged higher
than the mass of laborers whose physical condition
WAS rule, less perfect. Many were profess
sional and business men. At no time during the war
was the soldiers pay equal to one-half the wages
these very men could have earned in civil pursuits
Ninety-seyen out Of every hundred-the enlisted
men of the army-received at different times from
IS to Sl3 month. Toward the last some nom
commissioned officers were allowed trihe more
During the whole period Of their enlistment the
wages of ordinary farm laborers ranged from SIS
to s35 month by the year, with board, and the
labor of mechanics and artisans, who made up q
considerable portion of our army, was proportion
ately higher still. It Is true the enlisted men
had an allowance for clothing which was, how
ever, rarely sufficient to keep him comfortably
clad, owing to the incidents of the service and the
fraudulent character of the clothing furnished In
fulfilment of specific contract on the part OF the
Government. Probably not one per cent of the
enlisted men came out even on the clothing allow
ance at the end of three years enlistment. So 1t
may safely be predicted of the enlisted men that
their pay as soldiers was less than one-half what
they might have earned at home during the same
period, with the prevailing wages.
The thanks of all the comrades are due
Judge Tourgee for this forcible presentation
of undeniabfe facts. The truth of what he
says cannot be controverted or obscured by
sophistry. The plain fact is that the coun-
try oges the veterans, as honestly and right
fully as any debt was ever owed, all that is
or will be asked for as pensions. These are
not bounties or gratuities, but simply pay
ment of just debts.
The National tribune., 1889-06-20

CoMMANDER-IN-CHIEF WARNER reports
that the preparations at Milwaukee for the
National Encampment are much in advance
ofWhat they have been in other cities at this
period before the Encampment, and that
they are characterized by liberality and
good comprehensive management. Every
thing, except the attitude of the railroads
and hotels, indicates signal success for the
great gathering, which he estimates would
reach 100000 but for the untoward circum-
stances mentioned. Unless the railroads
and hotels abate their greed somewhat the
attendance may not reach $4,000.
The National tribune., 1889-06-20
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The National tribune., 1889-06-20

THE social economists have discovered an
othergrave problem. They find that there are
100000 more widows than widowers in
Great Britain, while in France there are 1914
widows to every 100 widowers. This evil
condition, they say, has deYelopt from the
disposition of men in older countries who
put off marriage till late in life, and then
wed young women. The disparity is in
creased by the well known fact that
women, as rule, live longer than men, so
the chance is that every man will be out
lived by his wife. The only remedy that at
present occurs to them is to reverse the
present arrangementand make it the custom
airy thing for men to unite with women
somes years their senior. It will not do any
harm to mention this matter to the boys, but
we fear the chances are that they will GO
right along, as in the past, marrying the
girls without much reference to the chances
as to which side of the house will be at the
expense of tombstones and Grape for the
other.