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The National tribune., 1889-09-26
DISGRACEFUI. PRACTICES.

The moment that Past Commanders-in-
Chief Warner and Merrill were mentioned
for Commissioner of Pensions the soldier
hating papers opened their assaults upon
them. These took the particularly mean
form of putting into the mouths Of those
comrades, in pretended interviews, things
that they never said, intended to say, or be-
lieved.
1t is astonishing that papers claiming TO
be reputable should resort to these disgrace
full tactics.
Maj. Warner was represented as having
said that he could not afford TO take the
place, because ex Commissioner Tanner had
opened up a Conemangh freshet through the
Pension Bureau, which would submerge his
successor, who would find it impossible 10
satisfy tho Grand Army Of the Republic on
the one hand and the President and the
public on the other.
The New York Herald and Times based
specially mean and Bpleeny editorials on
this report, assuming it to be strictly cor
rect, and sneaked out OF making an aunnd
when the Major specifically denied the ex-
pressions attributed TO him.
In the same way Gen, Merrill was repre-
scented as saying number Of things which
he never did say, and had no idea OF saying
To such disreputable tricks are the sol,
dier-hating papers driven in their venomoui
eagerness to hurt the cause of the veterans
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

DURING the recent italian celebration in
New York new flag received official recog-
milton by being hung out from the City
Hall. 1t was the green, white and blue
banner of Italy. Real AAerican citizens
native and naturalized-may well ask where
this thing is going to stop? BY bloody
war We got rid of the yenomous heresy that
this country was a mere agglomeration Of
independent little Nations. Shall it be sue
ceeded by the idea that it is simply collec-
tion of colonies Of foreign powers, with
the Americans but one element in the great
congerie? Cranky as Mayor Hewitt was he
struck the popular heart when he decided
that the only flag which could rightfully
float above public building was that of the
country-the Star Spangled Banner. The
Green flag of Ireland had no business there,
any more than the "mete0r flag of Britain. !"
the black, white and red banner of Ger
many, or the tri-color Of France. If people
come TO this country to enjoy its prosperity,
and make money out Of us, they must be-
come Americans in all that the name I'M
plies. The Star Spangled Banner liz good
enough for us. 1t ought TO be for them.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26
THE FRUIT EyAPoRAToR.

Hundreds Of farmers waste enough every
year 10 support a family. They allow cur
rants, apples, peaches, citroDs, etc, TO rot
when If eyaporated they wonld more than
offset the annual store bill. When peaches
are ripe everyone elseis peaches also are ripe
and the market is glutted, and perhaps the
crop ID practically lost None are lost If
eFaporzted, and the producer is in position
10 wait till the market suits him. Send foE
our fruit evaporation, described on another
page, and try once the difference it will
make in the family account-book.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C. SEPTEMBER 26, 1889.
"TRUMPETER FRED. "
Capt. Charles King.

We have secured a new serial story from
Capt. Charles King, the popular author Of
aThe Colonels Daughter" and other tales
illustrative Of army life. 1t is entitled
HTrumpeter Fred, and is replete with stir
ring incidents Of the camp and field that
viii enchain the interest Of our readers from
first to last. No one should miss it. 1t
will be commenced soon, and will run
through a series Of issues of the paper.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

The reoently-imported Jews who are man.
aging PUCK bad no interest in this country
when il was In the throes Of almost mortal
agony. When it needed men to fight and
die for it they were careful to remain in
safety on the other side Of the water. They
only came here after it had been rendered
the best money-Inaking place IN the world,
and they are hungrily pursuing the al
mighty dollar by seryilely pandering TO the
mslignancy Of those who hate the soldier for
what be did for the country.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

We have printed large premium list,
which embraces great number Of articles
Of all descriptions. They are all 10 be had
free or on easy terms, and are all warranted
TO be exactly as described. Send as q postal
card with name and address before you buy
q watch, gun, any jewelry or china, or, in
fact, almost anything else You want, and we
win mail the list 70 Won FREE
The National tribune., 1889-09-26
ELGTN WATCHES.

No other newspaper has ever before been
able 70 secure Elgin watches OF the grade
We have for premiums. While all our
watches are exactly as represented, we wish
10 call special attention to our magnificent
gold Elgin.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

ALL the pension legislation which the
GAR is pressing upon Congress provides
that the claimants must be AOn0TaJly dis
charged, which has not been the case with
the laws passed from the foundation Of the
Government down TO recent years.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

II each subscriber 20 THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE sciH charge himself scih getting
one neD sKbseriJey the circulation Of The 1aDer
sill be doubled at once, and with Lille trouble.
Lei eacA snbscriber trHu
The National tribune., 1889-09-26
Our TrnenrIier.

Special attention is called to our typewriter
explained fully On another page. This is
novelty in the way Of premium, but nothing
could be Of more utility in the business Of
thousands Of our readers, aud it comes within
the means Of all.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is ae only
champion The soldiers haze among The great pa
pers Of tte country. The Lef uay 10 heEp all
veterans Is by getting IL more subscribers.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

EUeg man rho SDOre The HEe, and euery
friend Of has, should take THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE II giUes mare and better matter
fh0R any other family s0eekly paper, and costs
OnIg tauO cents a s1oek.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

TT has been suggested that the original
Monitor, which sunk off Cape Hatteras Dec.
20, 1852, be raised and brought to New York
for the Worlds Fair in 1892. 1t is esti-
mated that this can be done for 100000.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

Hare goa done g0uY duty tn getting one more
subse,7Jer fer 7JHEKATIOEAL TRIBUHEr
You should do this for Il is tie bet ray TO help
yOsT comrades.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

The War Department hopes to check the
wholesale assertions By increasing the reward
paid for the apprehension of deserters 1t had
better devote the money to employing laborers
to do the unsoldierly work now required of the
men. Men do not enlist 20 dig roads, carry
hods, aud break stone. If they are to do that
sort of work they prefer to do it outside of the
army, whore the pay is better and the priv
ileges greater.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

LAST week two highwaymen bounced upon
"old Hutch" the King of the Chicago wheat
gamblers, and went through his pockets, but
didn't find cent. The amazement of the men
who have dealings with him is how the foot
pads managed to get away from him without
losing all they had.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

THE Constitution of the United States has
only about $500 words but they have caused
more controversy and hard fighting than any
other thousandfold that number, outside of the
Bible.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

No, my young friend, the Q which appears
in the name of the sixth President was not put
there to indicate his fondness for billiards. The
younger Adams was an expert in making fine
shots, but they were made in the House. and
not on the green cloth. He did not put balls
in hole, but his opponents in debate.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

THE elixir of life humbug is already as dead
rs some of its poor victims. The life elixir
which kills has gone to join the Keely motor,
which won't mote.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

h0thf is the time to subscribe for
IVUV THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26

The Louisville Post explains how Kentucky
Colonies are epidemic in Kentucky. In the
first place. the State sent great many men
into the Union and rebel armies, and all those
who so served and are still living would prob
ably have reached Coloneley by this time If
they had remained in the service. Next, the
Governor of Kentucky has unlimited power to
create Colonies on his staff without pay or COM
mand and most of them are disposed 10 use the
provocative very literally. Gov. Blackburn re-
warded great numbers of Democratic wheel
horses who aided in his nomination and cleo
ton by appointing them COlonels. He made
90 Colonels in Louisville alone. Then every
manager Of n distilery is Colonel by virtue Of
his position, and there are very many sOur-mash
establishments in the State Every prominent
railroad man is r Colonel. and so is every lead
ing editor every holder of an important office,
and every landlord of big hotel.
The National tribune., 1889-09-26
TEE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
GsTAsusAEo 1879
PUBLIS SHED WEE KLY.
ESTABLISHED 1879
One Dollar per Year.
Invariably I'm Advance.

Kax rnonths, 80 cents. No subscription for
less period received.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
Hook-and-Eye Machin es.

Hooks and eyes formerly were made
by hand, the wire of which they are
formed being bent into the proper
shape by pliers; now. however, they
are entirely made by machines of
great simplicity and beauty. With a
pair of the latter it is possible to make
two hundred hooks and the same mum.
Der OF eyes in one minute. The
operations of the machine are. first, to
draw the wire forward from the sup
plying reel, then cut of the length re-
quired for hook or eye. as the case
may be; q sinker then descends and
forces it into a slot, by which it is
bent, and two projecting cams acting
at the same time on the two ends bend
them over so as to form the lateral
loops used for sewing the hook or eye
to the garment; then in the case of the
hook it is passed under another
sinker, which forces the double wire
into another slot and forms the hook
part; one side of the slot being nova
BILE is made to strike the bent portion
of the hook sufficiently to Hatten it.
1t is then complete. and drops out to
make room for another. Boston
BUDGET.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
Injustice of Newspapers

The press is always turning up the
whites of its hundred eyes in sorrow
and amazement at the frailty of women,
the littleness of their thoughts and
aims. the usefulness of what they read
and write and do. Yet what sort of
pattern does the press hold up for wO-
mems emulation? The woman who is
pretty and vain, or notorious and
vicious in an interesting way, may
quickly rise to some kind of celebrity,
for journalists build newspaper columns
beneath her, and raise her on a shaky
pedestal of glory. But the good wo-
men who win fame win it more slowly,
and without assistance from the fourth
estate. The women who inaugurate,
manage and support a hundred schemes
of charity and good, win the reward of
their own consciences merely. The
voice of the world says nothing to them
in commentator Or encouragement.
The noble deeds that are done by wo-
How many works which need publicity
to secure success can get gratuitOusly
so much as a cold notice in small type
in any daily? Think of the wasted
time of the reporters. correspondents
and compositors. the expense Of cable
grams and especial wires" to register
the latest freak of vanity, the skillful
accomplishment of something evil. or
evidence of some terrible crime! Would
they but spend the same time and mon
ey. and give the same publicity to the
worthy deeds of good women, the
world. in face of so much recorded
nobleAess. might in time see fit to
raise somewhat its standard of thought
and action. Sydney (Australia) Dawn.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
Typhoid Fever in France.

A report on typhoid fever WAC re-
Gently presented by the Board Of
Health in France by Prot Broua-del.
From 1872 to 1884 there were 151.3I9
cases of the disease in the army, 17.Gl2
Of which terminated fatally. The
mortality constituted about onc-third
Of the total from all causes. The fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted by
the board: ~ The conditions of the
propagation of typhoid fever. and the
means Of arresting It. are now so well
understood that it IL possible effectu-
ally to stay the spread of the diseas,
which counts annually /. 800 victims in
the National army and about %, 900 in
the civil population of the coun.ry,
and which threatens to endanger the
National defense; 1O The sanitation
OF France. particularly with referer CO
to typhoid fever. Il question OF Ma
tional importance. and ought to be tho
work Of the State. Prof. Brouar del
recommends especially the use OF
water and improved works Of drain
aga-G r RbeG
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31

well-known female academy. Mrs
Dow has been twice married. and Is the
motheDDf three children. Before her
marriage. she was correspondent for
several newspapers, among them the
Boston Journal and Traveller, New
Hampshire Statesman. Dover Enquirer,
and some Southern papers The Street
Halliday Gazette. from which we have
taken most of the foregoing particulars
of a really remarkable career, says in
conclusions: ..NIrs. Dow stands very
high in the estimation of her neighbors
and wide circle of friends. Her reputa-
ton is the best all round. And her
character is, like that of Caesars wife,
above suspicion. 1t would be well for
many larger street railway system if
it was under the supervision of such a
president as Mrs. NJ. E. II. G. Dow
W0man's Journal.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
WRITING FAMOUS, POEMS.

Something OF Interest to Remember
When You Road the Verses.
Gray's immortal "Elegy" occupied
him for seven years.
Bryant wrote 'Thanatcpsis'' in the
shade of grand old focest-a fitting
spot for such theme.
Cowper wrote one of the droIicst
and quaintest English Ballads. "John
Gilpin's Ride" when he was und.,r
one of those terrible fits of depression
SO common to him
The noted poem. 1.-The Falls OF Nj
agara," was written by j. 8. c. Brain
ard, the editor of a small paper in
Connecticut. in fifteen. minutes. He
wrote it under pressure in response to
a call for more copy"
''After the Ball." the little poem
which has made the name of Nora
Perry known in tho world of letters.
was jotted down on the bacl: of an old
letter. with no idea of the popularity
it was TO achieve in the pages of q
noted magazine.
Thomas Moore, while writing '.Lal-
la Rookh," spent so many months in
reading up Greek and Persian works
that he became an accomplished ORR
entail scholar, and people found it diff
ficult to believe that its scenes were
not penned on the spot, instead of in a
retired.dwelling in Derbyshi,e.
Poe first thought of The Bells"
when walking the streets of Baltimore
on a winters night. He rang the bell
of . lawyers house "a stranger to
him). walked into the gentleman's IL
brary, shut himself up and the next
morning presented the lawyer with q
copy Of his celebrated poem.
The "Old Oaken Bucket was first
suggested to the author, Samuel Wood
worth, in q bar-room. A friend with
whom he was drinking said that when
they were boys the old oaken bucket
that hung in his fathers we'll was good
enough Tor them to drink from Wood
worth Immediately went home and
wrote the famous poem.
.'Old Crimes" that familiar ''little
felicity in verse;" which caught the
popular fancy as far back IS 1928. was
. sudden inspiration Of the late Judge
Albert G. Green. Of Providence, r L,
who found the first verso in q collec.
tion Of old English ballads, and, en-
Toying its humor. built up the remain
der Of the poem in the same coneeit-l
ki6rosT
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
Give Her a Voice.

To-day woman may circumnavigate
the globe alone and yet be unmolested.
Twenty years ago, when l was travel
ing in Palestine, lady of wealth made
the trip. tenting by herself and escorted
| only by a dragOman, as was our own
party of ten men and three women. A
recent book, the name of which have
forgotten, gives piquant account of
the journey made by party of Amer
lean ladies, think in Africa, and moth
ing is more common than tie European
rambles of newly fledged coiiegians Of
the gentler sex. Our marriage laws
and customs are changing to meet these
new conditions. 1t will not do to give
the husband of the modern woman
power to whip his wife. provided that
the stick he uses must not be larger
than his finger; to give him the
right to will away her unborn
child; to have control over her
property; and in the State to make
all the laws under which she is tc i've,
adjudicate all her penalties, try her be-
fore juries of men, conduct her to prison
under the care of men; cast the bal
lot for her; and in general hold her in
the estate of a perpetual minor. twill
not do to let the modern man determine
the ''age of consent" settle the penal
ties that men shall suffer whose indig-
mites toward women are worse than
death, and by his exclusive power to
make all laws and choose all officers.
judicial and executive, to have his own
case wholly. in his own hands. To con-
tinue this method is to make it as hard
us possible for men to do right, and as
easy as possible for them to do wrong,
the magnificent possibilities of manly
character being best prophesied from
the fact that under such system SO
many men are so gracious and so good.
Frances E. Willard
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS.

A LADY of Wichita, Kas., writes that
the number of women registering in
Wichita will be more than double what
it was last year, although there is no
mayor to elect.
AWOMAN's LEAGUE has been formed
in New Orleans. One of its objects is
to look in a large and practical way
after the interests of women-as to
how they are treated in asylums, pris-
ons, stores, station-houses, etc.
Mr.. WM. DAWES has presented Ripon
College with cottage for the use of
lady students who desire to keep down
their expenses. No charge is made by
the college for room rent, and the
young ladies do their own homework
and cooking.
PHLANTHROPIC women in Hartford
Ct, have arranged classes IN dress.
making and commercial arithmetic to
aid young women in earning a living.
A skillful instructor in dressmaking IL
employed, and the course includes THU
teen lessons of two hours each.
REV. ANToNETTE BROwN BLACK
WELL, in paper on the work of wo-
men. read at the Woman's Congress re-
Gently held in Detroit said: Forty
years ago none but . few women
thought OF having any non-domestic
work, while now 5000, 600 women are
classified in work. There are "a. 900 40
countants. clerks and saleswonen, 27s
clergymen. and Is lawyers in this NUM-
ber."
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
A WISE EMPLOYER.

How He Gave Stimulus to the Ambition
of His Working-Men.
Breguet, the best and most scientific
matchmaker of Paris, was frequently
visited by Napoleon, who came dis
guised to the workshop, that he Nigh.
converse with the master about im-
prOvements in cannon and firearms.
When the Allies occupied Paris IN
1915, Breguet's fame made the En-
peror Alexander and the Dukc of
Wellington his customers. He nads
for the Duke "a watch which, on touch.
ing Il spring at any time, struck the
hour and the minute. Its COS: WI,
fifteen hundred dollars. The ACCURACY
Of Breguet's watches as time-keep@..,
was partly due to the fact that he EN-
plOyed only the best workmen. and
paid them literally. Some of them
received six dollars a day, enormous
wages at that period.
So many of the journeymen watch
makers were drunkards, and there,
were only fifteen or twenty in Par 10
whom Breguet dared to trust the cx-
ecutiOn Of the delicate work necessary
for such watches as he made. Another
cause of his success was the good
humOr and skill and tact with W, en-
he encouraged his meritorious work
men don't be discouraged" b.
would say to young working man.
cor allow failure to dishearten YOU.
Accidents will happen, miscalcu:,-
tons can not be avoided Be perse-
vering. Industrious, honest. and. aboy.
all. sober" The high wages he pail.
and the stimulus he gave to merit. ex-
cited the ambition of the workmen to
turn out the best watches in the world
They knew that it was the hi.hc- t
praise to be commended by the best
matchmaker Of Europe. and his words.
instead of making them self-satisfed.
taught them what sort of working-mea
they ought to become -Houth's Conf
pans0n.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
SPECIALITY FARMING.
Why 1t Does Not Pay as Well as So.Callet
General Purpose Agriculture.

Why 1t Does Not Pay as Well as So-Called
General Purpose Agriculture.
In some places farmers run to corn;
| in others, brOOm-cOrn; and again in
others, to flax, ETC., but, if you have
observed closely. you will not fail to
notice that where one made success
of this specially farming, there were
item who failed. A farmer, to be one
in every sense of the word, should be
able to plant a reasonable acrea of
the various crops, as they can be plant
ed in their season without interfering
with the cultivation or the planting of
other crops. His time should be so
divided with his various paintings that
no overtaxing of his working abilities
will occur at any one season of the
year, and idleness result at another.
The successful farmer has no spare
time for loafing at the corner grocery.
but can employ himself with the va
rious odds and ends Of the great end
less variety of planting. tilling. gather
ing and storing of farm products,
the repairing of fences and ma
ehinery, or the many other
chores that are always certain to
arise. But the farm hand, and often
the farmer himself, will complain that
this gives no rest from the labors Of
the year. This is mainly true, but his
labors are so various. his duties so
widely diversified over the months of
the year, that in change of labor there
Is rest; and he is his own Judge the
greater part of the time OF the amount
of work he is compelled To perform in
. day or a week. and can govern him.
self accordingly. But in what other
vocation of life, carried on success
fully. can this be said? When do their
resting spells come in: Only at o.
sacrifice of time and salary, or bust
ness The business man of the city
get NO relief from their m0notonous
t0il-the same round of duties day
after dav; this they are compelled to
do or business failure results. The
general purpose farmer is the success
full one. especially where small capital
Is invested; and to be able to farm all
crops combined with stock Of various
kinds, will bring in money at all sea-
sons of the year, and produce happier
and better results than any other 70.
cation that Il to be found In this life.
less worry. moro contentment. and bet
tor results in the end-C0r EasNsst
Gall
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-01-31
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

1t is coming, coming surely,
We can trace its golden CLEAN;
Ger the world it falls as purely
As glad, prophetic dream
Lo! intemperance before it
Shall forever disappear,
And the light that hovers DER IL
Shall make truth and justice clear.
It is coming, and its glory
Soon shall fill the world with grace
ill the fields with carnage CORY
In its glow shall have no place,
Till no jail shall be erected
And no gallows builded high,
With its shadow dark reflected
'Gainst the bright, effulgent sky.
1t is coming. and its beauty,
Reaching to the vile and low.
Shall awaken them to duty,
Aiding all that's good to grow.
With the power of concentration
VIII its day be ushered in,
Till in city. State and Nation
There shall be no licensed sin.
1t Is coming; let US hail 1t
With a welcome warm and true!
Vainly shall the wrong assail it,
Ignorance its ways pursue.
Bright with holy. high endeavor.
IT'S the ensign of the good
Held within lie hand forever
OF a nations womanhoOd.
1t is coming. coming freighted
With right divinely grand.
Soon shall be emancipated
Every slave o'e- freedoms land.
Hail it, sisters hail it, brothers.
Only bigots on it frown:
Hail it, fathers hail it. mothers!
II shall be the futures crown.
Emma Train, in E,omGR's Journal