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The National tribune., 1889-10-31
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C, OCTOBER 81, 1889.
TEN THOUSAND WATCHES
TO GIVE AWAY. (

We have decided upon securing 100000
more subscribers, and TO do it viii give away
10000 of the famous Trenton watches to
club raisers.
We will send watch FREE, post paid, to
every cIab raiser who sends us club of
oELY TEN subscribers for one year.
This is an opportunity never before
offered, because this watch is not cheap
ratch-penny make-shift, but genuine, full
Jeweled patent-lever movement in q dia-
haond-slver case, warranted for Is years
DiamOnd-silver is a compound metal, as
its name indicates, composed Of pure silver
and nickel, to give it hardness and color.
It is not plated but solid, so it wears the
same clear through, and is SO warranted.
Now, who wants one? There are just
10000 Of them to give away, and we do not
anticipate much trouble in dispOsing Of them
Oh these terms.
An hours work viii get one. We hope
our friends viii appreciate the opportunity.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
OUR SCHEDULE.

We win present TO the-Teaders of THE
Rational TRIBUNE from now on the finest
array Of reading matter offered by any paper
Ia the country.
First, We have the Observation-Disclosures
ing CannOneeris Story" the most fascina-
ting war article ever written. 1t will be
found to grow rapidly in interest every
week, and the descriptions OF Gettysburg,
tbe Wilderness, the siege Of Petersburg, the
Shenandoah campaign and Appomattox are
81 fne ae anything in classic literature.
Capt. Chas. Kings Trumpeter Fred is
q most captivating story, as everyone knows
who begins 10 read paragraph anywhere
IN IT,
Prank Carpenter, whose letters have given
% mscb satisfaction 10 our readers, will
continue his contributions.
We have a number Of articles by Gen.
Pope, which viii appear from time to time.
John MeElroy, the author Of Anderson
vile" a File Of Infantrymen," @Red
Acorn" = "reminiscences Of an Army Mule, "
etc, viii shortly begin a very interesting
war story.
We have host Of other contributors
whose writings will be received with the
highest favor by all our people
The NATIONAL TRIBUEE's aim is TO make
itself beyond doubt the most valuable and
interesting paper in the whole country, and
NO money on effort viii be spared TO secur,
tnat end
We are sure that all our readers will b,
even much better pleased with US in th,
future than ia the past.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
THOSE BoUNTIES.

So much is said about the enormous
bounties" paid by local authorities, to in
duce men to volunteer that it is worth while
to examine the statistics on the subject.
The truth is, much the larger proportion of
the men who volunteered received no local
bounty whatever, and what was paid those
who went out later in the struggle has been
grossly exaggerated. The statistics show
that the whole amount of local bounties
paid was $295,941 036 As there were
1859, 1876 enlistments, this would make
an average of about 500 a man. AS
at the time these bOunties were paid the
greenback was worth less than so cents on
the dollar, the value of the average bounty
was really less than $50-a very small in
ducement indeed for an able-bodied man to
leave his comfortable home and well-paid
employment.
Colorado, Dakota, New Mexico, Mime
sofa, Nebraska, California, Nevada, Oregon,
Washington, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ten
nessee and Texas sent 89541 white troops
and 63,5u colored troops into the Union
army, and did not pay dollar of bounty.
Kansas sent 22,231 men into the army,
and paid $57 ,407 in bounties, or an average
of $3.50 apiece.
The Western States and Territories sent
altogether 1,11O799 men to the field, and
paid them 500 ,299,1 1856 in bounties-or about
$6S-gold value $50 each.
The Middle States--New York, New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania-sent 914,164 men
into the army, and paid them S153653, 152 in
bounties-about 1854 each-present value
ST. The New England States sent $751;
131 men, and paid them S52676,605 in
bounties about 1913, or $685. at present
value of greenbacks.
SO much for the big bounty clap-trap.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
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The National tribune., 1889-10-31

IN 1868 the infamous John II. Winder
exultingly informed his superiors that he
was building place at Andersonville
(which would kill more Yankees than any
four regiments in the field" The reason
Winder is not now an active leader of the
soldier-hating horde, and fountain of SLAM
ders against all who wore the blue, is be-
canse he died suddenly, in 1865, of what the
unfortunates whom he was torturing pro-
nounced Visitation of the devil"
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
RALLY AROUND THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE

The banner of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
is the rallying point for ali veterans and
their friends in the great struggle for right
and justice this Winter. 1t will lead the
van in resisting the assaults of the sordid
Free Traders, unrepentant rebels and mall
content Copperheads, who have COM
bined to defeat pension legislation. It will
refute their calumnies, and spread truth
where they are disseminating lies. 1t will
encourage the soldiers friends in and out of
Congress, confront their enemies, stimulate
the wavering, and be constantly on guard
to serve and advance the interests of those
who saved the Nation. 1t is the only great
paper in the country that is the reliable
champion and friend of the veteran.
Comrades, do your part, by increasing its
subscription list, and gathering upon its
rolls every soldier of your acquaintance, who
is not now a subscriber
Besides being the soldiers champion, it is
one of the very best weekly papers in the
country, and no other gives as much first
class matter for the price as it does.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
RENEW IN TIME.

Let every subscriber whose subscription
has been running some time compare the
number he will 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 to save missing any
numbers. 1t will 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 400 If the
reader finds that the number on his address
slip is, for example, 431, he will understand
that he will receive but two more numbers,
and he should renew at once. If it is 432 he
will get three more papers, and SO on.
No subscriber can afford to miss u number
of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE now, for each
one will be full of matters of unusual inter
est and value. 1t was never so valuable to
everyone who wore the blue as now.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
THE worst that any of the Mugwump

THE worst that any of the Mugwump
papers have so far been able to say of PEN
sion Commissioner Raum is that he is a
politician who held Office under Grant"
They neglect to add that he also fought
valiantly under Grant at time when the
chief need of the country was fighting men,
and that he made record in the military
service of his country such as no one in the
Mugwump ranks can begin TO show He adds
TO this record of ability to grapple intelli-
gently, effectively and honestly with great
administrative duties which no one in the
opposition ranks can parallel. A man who
in the trying experimental days of the in-
ternal revenue system collected $S50000 900
and discussed S3O0OO.OOO without faint
of inefliciency or dishonesty anywhere, must
rank as valuable public servant, far above
any Mugwump theorizer or malcontent ex-
rebel.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

THE bondholder, the money-lender, the
dollar-grabber has always had his innings
with Congress before the soldier. VIII this
Congress, which has been elected by soldiers
upon the pledge of doing justice, con-
tinue this practice and allow the men who
only want to fill their pockets to defeat
justice to the men who saved the countryP
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

tice, that this is a critical time, when they
need the voice and aid of all their friends, and
especially of those whom they have placed
in power Their enemies are numerous,
well-oTganized and exceedingly audacious
Every effort will be made to embarrass, post
pone or defeat pension legislation ut the
coming session. Money without stint is
being used by the English Free Traders
to stimulate venial papers to attack
the pension system, veterans as class,
and all measures for their relief Bust
ness greed has made wicked league
with partisan malice to defraud the vet
Grams of their blood bought rights. If
direct assaults or covert intrgues can Sc
cure even the postponement of the long
promised legislation, ii will be siclhening
blow at the veterans and triumph for
their enemies. Should the coming session
adjourn without passing the requisite leg
islation, many-very many--thousand vet
Grams will be dead and beyond the
reach of all relief before another session
can do anything in their behalf. At
least four of the recent Congresses-cover-
ing nearly decade in point of time-have
opened with the fairest promises of favor
able action, and passed away without the
fulillment of those promises. In that time
fully rs many veterans rs stood in the ranks
confronting Lee at Gettysburg, have gone
to their graves with the Governments debt
TO them unpaid.
Now, with a President and a Congress
elected by them on the distinct pledge Of
immediate justice to them, il would be an
ineffable cruelty TO suffer this TO continue
longer.
We respectfully but earnestly urge upon
you, Mr.. President, that it is your place to
present these considerations to Congress,
and recommend as strongly rs official
language will admit of, the duty of Con-
gress addressing itself to the consideration
of pension legislation, as the most pressing
matter after organization, and that before
any other business is entertained, IL pass
the legislation perfected by preceding Con-
crosses, and add to this such other as viii
embody the wishes of the great body oil
veterans, as expressed through their consti-
tuted representatives, the GAR National
Pension Committee, in its recommendations
This is of infinitely more consequence to
a greater number of more deserving people
than any other recommendation that you
can lay before Congress.
We are sanguine, Mr.. President, that you
will give the matter the attention that its
Importance deserves, and that in your mes.
sage i, will have the same prominence given
it in the Republican platform upon which
I you stood, and in the campaign which
resulted in your election.
With greatest respect and confidence.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

WE import about 81 100000 worth of sala
annually, yet there are said to be in Colo
RADIO mountains of salt, miles in length, and
so pure that newspaper can be read dis
tinctly through block six or eight inches
thick. Suppose it could be so arranged that
instead of sending 100000 month to Eng
land for salt, it could be sent to Colorado
and paid out to the workingmen there, and
through them TO farmers and others, would
not everybody be more benefited by it?
But, some Free Trader will say, if we do not
buy anything of England she cannot buy
anything of us. Quite true. But the Free
Trader forgets that of the 81 100000 which
we pay England for salt not 10 per cent
comes back to purchase our products, and
those that are so bought are corn, wheat,
-four, etc, upon which we make but slight
profits, after deducting the heavy cost of
transportation such long distance. On the
other hand, if we paid out the money to
Colorado salt-miners, every dollar of it
would be spent at once for home products
and those upon which our profit would be
great
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

last year we paid out 10 foreign countries
over $4OOo05oJ0 for hemp, fax, jute, sisal
grass, linen, etc, every pound Of which could
and should have been produced on our own
soil, and the money for the same put into
the pockets Of our people. VIII some Free
Trader tel us what obligation there rests on
as 10 take money out % our own pockets
md pat i into those Of people beyond the
seaf Many things, beside charity, begin at
home, aud among them the practice of sound
ideas OF political economy.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
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NATIONAL TRIBUNE shall come, will under
stand that it is sent TO him for examination.
We ask that he or she viii look over it care
fully, note its many special features, and COM
pare it with other weekly ireside papers. We
find il TO be superior in interest and attract
iEsness TO any and ali Of them. 1t is beyond
question the best weekly family paper in the
whole country. 1t has more distinguished
contributors, and q greater array Of valuable
EeadiBg matter, than any of them
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
civil SERVICE ExAaIINArroN.

If milk sells in the country at six cents
quart, the dairyman adds ten per cent. water
and charges the ice-cream man eight cents, aud
the latter uses two pounds of sugar two pounds
of corn. starch and four fair to middling eggs
to every gallon, and retails the mixture at 100
per cent. profit, what will it cost to court
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
WHAT HE DID

SNoOKs-Pm determined to keep warm this
Winter. I've laid in six cords Of hickory and
seven tons of coal. What've you dOne2
Pooks-PVe put a blanket mortgage on my
house and furniture
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

II each subscriJer 10 THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE wW charge himself ,rih getting
one aer subscriber The circulation Of the paper
ieiH be doubled at once, and NTH THE trouble.
Let each subscriber try IL.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31
TRIBUN ETS.
STRIFE AMONG TIE SAINTS.

STRIFE AMONG THE SAINTS.
There is jolly row in the Sublime and Mys-
tic Temple of TheosOphy. Madame Blavatsky,
who claims to DO the only true and accepted
Supreme Priestess of Occultism, has solemnly
and with due and ancient form excommuni-
Gated aud cast out into utter spiritual darkness
Prof Elliott Coues, who also claims to be the
sole true and genuine, ame-blown-in- the bot
tie High Priest of the Utmost Sanctuary of
Theosophy. Coues is not the man to take such
punishment tamely and so no resolves himself
into High Court of Impeachment, and hurls
an awful bolt of accommodation at Madame
Blavatsky. Having thus knocked each other
out, with weapons that both have claimed to
be almost omnipotent, the question is, what
will follow2 VIII Blavatsky be spirited away,
some bowling. windy night, by demons which
Coues's curse has called from the vastly deep,
or will Coues "dwindle, peak and pine" under
the awful blight of Blavatsky's curse, or will
both be extinguished by their reel prOcal male
dictions? 1t really does not matter much to
people generally which comes ont on top in the
row, or whether either does. There is only
little curiosity, because both have claimed such
extraordinary powers, as to which can really
do the most or least effective cursing ON an
occasion which puts them TO their trumps to
do their utmost.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

1T has always been claimed that the last
words of John II. Winder, the arch-fend of
Andersonville, Salisbury and other rebel
prisOn-hells were: BE sure and cut down
the prisoners rations." Were he alive To-
day, with what vim he would go into the
wicked raid on the pensioners!
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

If each subscriber to THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE riH charge himself ieitA getting
one pelO subscriber the eireuiatioa Of the paper
,ViH be doubled at once, and Icith little trouble
Let each subscriber try ii.
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WHICH ?

MISS GossIP-So that awful firt, Miss Nay.
bury, has really gone and got married. And
they say that the night before the ceremony
she told her future husband all about her past
flames. Just think of her eouragel
Miss Kawstik just. think Of her memory, I
should say.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

AMERICAN mince-pies are unknown in Italy,
yet the King of that country is breaking down
with dyspepsia.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is the only
champion The soldiers hare among the great pa
pers Of the country. The best ,0ay TO help all
veterans Is BY getting IL more subscribers.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

Erery man ,oho ,c0re the blue, and epery
friend Of his, should take THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. II gires mare and better matter
than any other -family ,ceekiy paper, and costs
only ttco cents i0eek.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

EMULATINa the enterprise of Chicago in
securing Libby Prison as a relic, Pittsburg is
talking about buying John Browns Fort" at
Harper's Ferry. and removing it to that city.
The fort" is about to be torn down to make
room for improvements that the paper-miIl
company which bought the United States prop
erty at Harper's Ferry propose to make.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

~ HOt, 40 so dt once, 70 gre He paper more
pOIrer IN chdmpioHing the cause Of The Veterans.
ONE of the things that distinguished
Cleveland from his predecessors was an ex-
aggerated, boil-like sensitiveness to things
which they would have passed by as not
worthy the notice, much less the resent
ment, of men in their exalted position. He,
on the other hand, always had a sore thumb,
against which somebody was consciously or
unconsciousIy rubbing. He seemed to be
perpetually on the lookout for something
which could be considered slight" an
affront," an insult to his high office" and he
made life burden for some of his newspaper
friends by insisting that they must make
serious Offenses out of what were at most
only the vigorous sparring of craftsmanship.
He even went SO far as to follow up the silly
performance of a boy clerk who impudently
put on lot of initials on lette. addressed
to "Mr Cleveland in regard to the taxes on
certain property owned by MS vile IN Omaha-
Undoubtedly, the impudent boy light to
have been taught more sense, but it was
hardly befittiDg a President of the United
States 10 write personal letter to the boys
employer which secured his discharge. This
peculiarly oftheex-President still manifests
itself At Atlanta Gov. d. b. Hill raised q
laugh by saying that he would not attempt
to astonish the people of Atlanta with any
display of familiarity with statistics as to
the growth of their city, etc, because he had
left his cyclopedia at home" Cleveland and
his friends are highly indignant at this, and
mutter audibly that Hill will pay for his
fling at the ballOt-box. All of which is very
small business for an ex-President
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

h0skI is the time to subscribe for
VUW THE NATIONAL tribune.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

Have you asked all yoWr GequaiHfaHess 10
subscribe for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE;
If not, do so at once, 10 giUe the paper more
pOpeT in championing the cause Of The UeteraHs.
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

healthy girl one Summer Of three calendar
mOnths2
The National tribune., 1889-10-31

IsTEElD AZ Tr vA.'uasrO. ssOO~O Oss uTTs.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-07

a great many strange and decidedly
remarkable events have TRANSFERRED Ia and
about the famous old Mormon town, and
many occurrences, 10 this day unex-
planned, have become matter Of history.
Possibly one OF the most remarkable III
stances of mind reading that has ever
come 10 the knowledge OF the people here
was related by Judge George Edmunds,
prominent attorney OF this state, who
NOW has hls residence at Carthage, the
county seat Of Hancock county. Judge
Edmunds was a resident Of NauyOO dur.
inc the Mormon era, and was well known
to Joseph Smith and his apostles. Pos
slbly 40 other man ~ better informed on
Mormon history than Judge Edmunds.
At that time, as yet, the judge OWNS
several extensive farms in Sonora town
ship, near Nauyoo. They are operated
entirely by trusted overeers. Immense
quantities OF hay are grown and shipped
by river to southern points.
One summer, not many years ago,
Judge Edmulds was hastily summoned
70 New York city. At the time his men
were baling hay and storing it in huge
warehouse near the river bank. Henry
Benner, for many years faithfal en-
ploye, was supervising the work. The
judge proceeded on his journey, trans
acted his business, and was en- route
home He was sitting in parl0r car
the afternoon after leaving New York.
Gradually he fell into a pleasant little
nap, but soon awakened. Ge looked OH,
Ut the carriage window. but noticed
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-07
THAT ALLEGED PROBLEM.

THE Constitution says that its Wash
ington correspondent calls attention to
the fact that Republican politicians at
the Capital are pretty we'll agreed that
President elect Harrison has determined
on the exercise of a rigorous Southern
policy.
But the Constitution proceeds 10 argue
Just as we have done, that the South
should not take reports, or anything but
facts. to base any condemnation of a
policy known only by hearsay- We
have no cause TO cry out before we are
hurt. and the fact that no reason exists
for rigorous Southern policy is the
best reason for supposing that the
Southern States viii remain under tie
protection Of the oath that a President
takes TO support the Constitution which
the Southern States have certainly not
violated. All this idea Of a rigorous
Southern policy is predicated by Radicals
on the idea that because large negro ma
jorities DO not give prOportionate Repub
lican msjorities, hence, Of course, tie
negro vote is bulldozed
All this time the Republican party
leaves their brethren in the South with
out means 20 carry on party canvass,
but still holds that either 8 Republican
majority is fact entitled TO be cowed
where the negroes arc numerically SUI
perior or else the representation of the
South should De curtsiled That is tho
whimsical absurdity Of the whole thing
But taken for granted that black ma
FORTY means Republican majority. and
that the count not being Republican
means Democratic fraud, why, what
win you do about itg You gentlemen,
political philanthropists in pursuit Of a
Republican South, say that tho Southern
whites will not stand being dominated by
the blacks and will use the Winchester ri1e
sooner than be oyerrun by baTbarism.
Now does il not occur to any civilized
man that no force Of arms can enforce
the Radical idea Of negro supremacy
simply because no white soldiers would
do IL