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The National tribune., 1889-05-16

2byb 1880
5 423 1886 2
63S3 1887
9, 234 1853
Then as to the munifcence of the pro-
vision which the veterans secure after their
years of struggle to get on the rolls. One
would naturally say that nothing less than
q comfortable support was deserved by every
man shown to have been disabled by parti-
cipation in those years of fighting, where it
was a common happening for one man in
every four or five to be killed, and most of
the remainder more or less severely wound
ed. Who doubts, for example, that it was
the duty of the British Government to secure
from want for the rest of his life every man
in the Light Brigade who went through the
fight, where one in six of the number were
killed? But when we study the report of
the Commissioner of Pensions we find that
of the 326, 835 disabled men on his roll
2S3 get 81 q month, or cents day.
get Sl.S7 month, or cents a day.
81 722 get g 8 month, or 62a cents day.
8 get S2.121a a month, or cents a day.
get 50. month, or ~ cents day.
3 get 50 so n month or ST. cents n day.
get S2.66 month, or SIS cents day.
So get s.. 662 month.
1885 get So month. or 10 cents day.
gets S3.I2 month. or 1917 cents day.
34S get S3.75 month, or 1919 cents a day.
69,210 get 81 a month, or 1873 cents day.
426 get s4.25 month, or IA cents day.
l,462 get IS a month, or 1888 cents day.
get 1928 n month, or III cents day.
Is get 1913 a month, or 1873 cents day.
50 get IS 1915 month.
&c get S5.6635 a month"; or 1875 cents day.
l6 get 1915 a month, or 10 cents day.
1851 get Sc month, or 20 cents day.
rs get S6.25 a month, or 81 cents day.
get S6.37 a month. or 81 cents a day.
get S6.3715 month.
. get $685. month, or % Is cents day.
gel 1913 a month, or 2215 cents day.
2l5 get 81 a month, or % cents day.
IA get S7.25 month, or q cents day.
go get $50 month, or p cents day.
/ gets S76625 month, or 2512 cents day.
81 get S7.75 a month.
IS, 142 get IS a month, or 262S cents day.
That is, the vast number of $4,000 PEN
sioners, or one-tenth of the entire number,
get but 81 a month orless; 1O3,556. or nearly
one-third the entire number get 81 month
-77135 cents a day or less; 49,, 237, or nearly
one-half the entire number, get but Sc a
month-2O cents day or less; and 216,64s,
or over two-thirds of the entire number, get
but So month-263 cents day, or less.
Such facts as these need no comment. gen.
tlemen. We feel that merely bringing them
to your attention viii be sufficient to enlist
you among thewarm advocates of the speedy
adoption of a much more liberal and just
policy toward the Nations saviors.
Yours, hopefully,
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

Hare you done your duty IN getting one more
subscriber for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNEP
You should do this, for it is the best ,cay to help
your comrades.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

The authorities of Manistee, Mich, have
developt plan for dealing with mobs which
have often wondered has not been tried before.
They called out the fire department. and
drenehed the fighting spirit out of the rioters
This plan presents many advantages over club
bling by policemen, or shooting by militia. A
man who is soaked with water usually has the
fight pretty efieeiually taken out of him, which
is not always the case when he is dubbed or
shot; aud he suffers no damage beyond bad
cold, which is also not the case when he gets
his head cracked with BILLY" or bullet
hole worked into him.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

II can be said in favor of " Marching Through
Georgia" that it is the only distinctively
American air among our National music
The Star-Spangled Banner" America"
Yankee Doodle and "The Red, White and
Blue" are all English tunes.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

It thus appears that losses equal to the
world famous Light Brigade's were of ordin-
dreds of other regiments which lost in single
battles nearly as large a percentage Us those
we have enumerated. And, as we said with
reference to the LIST Mimi, this did not begin
and end their fighting, as the Light Brigade's
charge did it's They went right on for
years, fighting in the same determined way.
Looking al this exhibit one would say
that man who went through this terrible
fighting should have no difficulty in being
placed on the pension roll at once and at a
comfortable allowance. How sadly other
wise are the facts. The Commissioner of
Pensions report for 1888 shows that the 35,-
o8s invalid pensioners who were put on the
roll that year had been struggling to get
there for from one to &c years-more than
half having been under examination for five
years or longer. We viii astonish you by
giving his detailed statement of the length
of time their applications had been dragging
through the endless tolls of circumlocution
in the Pension Bureau;
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

SOME forms of gymnastics always seem obe
in public disfayor. jumping the bounty"
was held to be very bad form during the war,
and jumping claims is equally so in Oklahoma
now
The National tribune., 1889-05-16
TRIBUNETS.

PHRENoLoGY gets black eye. in the case Of
Oscar Moore, blind little negro, three and half
years old, who is astonishing New York with
his feats of memory. He simply remembers
everything that is told him, and can answer
without moments hesitation the most diff
cult questions in arithmetic, history. and the
languages. But where phrenologists place the
bump of memory there is an actual depression.
OUR virgin forests are yergin on to extine-
ton.
The wings of these new papier-mache houses
ought to be made of fly paper.
THE main motive in Ward politics" is to
reward politicians.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16
TEE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
ESTABLISHED 1879
PUBLIs HE'D KY
One Dollar per Year,

HE rnonGhs, IS cents. No subscription for
less period received.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

CHICAGO papers are blowing about what the
coming census will show for their city. 1t
used to be said that the way Chicago enumer-
ated her population was to station man at
the corner of State aud Madison streets in the
people who passed for an hour. The result
was multiplied by the number of hours in a
day, and that result by the number of corners
in the city, which last was taken as the true
population.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

THE LOGAN MONUMENT FUND.
The following additions to the Logan
Monument Fund have been received since
the last report:
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

KENTUCKY papers are excited over the dis
covery of a eOrkscrew in the stomach of a cat
fish caught in one of the rivers there. 1t is
strange that they should recognize the imple-
ment Kentucky bottles do not need cork
screw. Their eOrneOb shoppers come out easily
by hand.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

MAUD MULLER and the Judge met again
the other day; this time in Kansas City. The
interview was through the connivance of
police officer, who arrested Maud for being
drunk on the street, and the Judge was so IN
mindful of the little episode at the roadside as
to fine her SIS. Maud doubtless thinks that
of all the sad words of tongue or pen the sad
dest are that she did not have any SIS in her
clothes, and had to work her fne out.
EVEN Sarah Bernhart shows a desire to lead
better life She has quit smoking cigarets
and taken to mild cigars.
THE man who opened the fishing season with
catching 1OO-pOund sunish has taken hog
gish advantage of his brother liars.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

Minister-My son, don't attempt to return
the cruel blow that wicked boy just gave you.
BOy-All right. I'll do the forgivin' act till
he drops that rock out of his hand, and then
I'll bounce this brickbat often his head. He
can try the forgivn' act hisself for awhile then.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

From the following members of Rodney E.
Harris Post No. 30. Cohoeton, N. Y.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

s.-E.zs y &c r...ara. sos1 ere. :. ss0osa oss WIZ.
The National tribune., 1889-05-16

OUR virgin forests are vergin' on to extinc-
f;o,
The National tribune., 1889-05-16
ONLY WAITING.

THE main motive in Ward politics" is to
G. ward politicians
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-20

sum of money They are adapted for the
breeding Of stock, and at the present time
there are upwards Of 200 head Of stock on
the place, besides large number Of sheep
and pigs The principal herds are those OF
shorthorN, and Jerseys, but there are also
number CT Herefords and Devons, The object
is not merely ornamental, for the practical
production of beef and dairy produce is ever
kept in view. Considerable success has been
achieved in the production Of fat stock, and
the prizes won at leading Christmas shows
have proved that the system of feeding is
thoroughly understood 10y those in charge OF
the farm.
The operations are and have been closely
watched by members Of the royal family,
and at the residence of Mr.. TAFT, the manager,
who succeeded to this position on the death
Of his father in 1882, there is "A suite of apart
ments devoted 10 the use Of her majesty,
from which she can privately go through the
entire range of buildings 1t is the dairy
farm, near which is the magnificent range OF
poultry houses, where in days gone by mem
bers of the family were wont TO walk IN the
morning, and, in the comfortable room
which forms the center Of the block, partake
of new laid eggs, that will attract chiefly the
attention Of visitors The magnificent dairy
was built according TO the directions of the
prince consort and it embodes all that is de-
srabe in a place where cream and butter
are 10 be kept.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-20
Doctors, Give Heed!

A request is sent out from the census office
to the medical profession Of the United States
urging cooperation with the government
for the furtherance of most import
ant branch OF statistical inquiry. DR.. John
S. Billings, surgeon of the United States
army, takes charge of the report on the
mortality and vital statistics of the United
States, as returned by the eleventh census
The census affords the only opportunity Of
obtaining near an approximate estimate of
the birth and death rates Of the larger, part
of the country, which is entirely unprovided
with any satisfactory system Of state and
municipal registration.
In view of this the census office issues to
the medical profession throughout the coun-
try physicians registers" for the purpose of
securing more accurate returns of deaths
than is possible for the enumerators to make
The record should be kept from June, 1850,
to May 81, 1890 In 1850 nearly $4,000 of
these registration books were filed up re-
turned to the office and used for statistical
purposes 1t is hoped that double this num-
Der will be obtained for the eleventh census.
Physicians not receiving registers can get
them by sending name and address TO the
census office.
Physicians are earnestly requested to lend
their assistance, So that the mortality and
vital statistics of the eleventh census will he
more complete than heretofore. The circular
is signed by Robert F. Porter, superntend-
t.nt of census
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-20

has been in the United States no parallel case
of official sensitveness 1t is well, therefore
10 inquire who Hadji and-so-forth is what he
is vexed about, what the shah is liable 10 do
about it and what sort of country Persia is,
to the end that we may know what damage
the shah could do the Yankees if that way
inclined.
Hadji Hassein Ghooli Khan is the late
Persian minister to Washington. He is a
man Of wealth, learning and refinement, as
refinement goes in Persia, and among ORR
entails was considerable Of parsonage; but
he had had no experience in the social life of
western nations, and, like too many travel
ers, he undertook to measure the morals Of
America by Persian standards. Americans,
and still more Englishmen, make this mistake
30 constantly that they should be charitable
to II. II. G.. Khan.
Let us illustrate. II the average modest
man from Ohio, for instance, should go TO
Japan and see whole families and neighbor-
hoods bathing together in natures costume,
his first impression would be that the Japan
csc were licentious barbarians; but he would
be wrong. And in general it does not fol-
low because people wear but single gar
ment, or are total abstainers from intoxi-
cants, or veil their women, or disregard con-
ventionalities, that they are any better or
worse than we
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-20

Hadji H. G. Khan had not Travelled enough
to know this, and when he located in Wash
ington he was Mortified to see that women of
all ages walked into his presence and stood
around at receptions just as if they were as
good as men. He saw one of the fair sex
drink glass of wine and was Mortified he
met some of them in "decollete' costume at
a reception and went home sick. He asked
his interpreter what these indignities meant,
and that official intimated that the Ameri-
cans had not shown him any Of their good
women" 1t appears that he acted on this
theory at the next reception and-well, he
was suddenly undeceived.
About this time the shah of Persia, Nasr-
ed-D Deem, entered Europe, and the papers de-
scribed him as he was on his former visit.
Hadji II. G.. Khan could not stand that, and
so he has gone home. Americans who have
resided in Persia fear serious consequences.
They intimate that Americans may be ex-
PEELED from Persia, and that the missionaries
there may have to stop their work; but Eng
lshmen, much better acquainted with the
country, say nothing of the sort will happen,
because Persia has improved wonderfully in
the last twenty years. THE sleeping
beauty" says Cecil Smith in The London
Graphic lis rubbing her eyes after her long
sleep and is still young and beautiful. This
shah is the same who visited England sixteen
years ago, but in that time a great change
has passed over the country"
There has, indeed, as he says, been long
sleep in Persia. 1t was long the most noted
of ancient nations, and from Cyrus the Great
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-20
THE FLEMISH FARM.

ried on TO such a successful end. This posi-
ton enabled him 10 secure the execution Of
extensive schemes of drainage ard he per-
sonally observed the work as it progressed
In 1910 Prince Albert became member OF
the Smithfield club, and this was his first Off
cial connection with agriculture. In 1913 he
became an exhibitor at the show Of that club
and then onward every year since that time
the farms in his or the queens possession
have been represented more or less at the
leading agricultural and fat stock shows 1t
was not until two years after the formation
Of the Royal Agricultural society that Prince
Albert became member, which he did in
lS4l by taking the position Of life governor.
The Shaw farm, 50 called because it was at
one time held before the estate was purchased
by the crown, by a Frenchman, NJ. de Shave,
was more lately an appanage Of Frogmore,
and was occupied by the Princess Augusta;
but on her death in 1910 the prince cohsort
took 1t in hand, continuing as the tenant till
his death In 1868, since which time It has been
In the occupation Of her majesty.
II includes the management of some 72O
acres, Of which 100 are arabic; 600 acres be-
ing occupied by the home or dairy farm and
the home park.
Here are the splendid farm buildings which
form one of its chief characteristics The cost
Of the buildings erected by the prince must
have been enormous and with those on the
home farm must have absorbed very large
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-20

were Aryans-some people prefer the WORD
"Caucasiansn- is, they were OF the
same general stock OF white folks as the
Greeks, Romans, Germans, English, etc But
are they nowi
Well, the last English inquirers agree that
in the south and center the Persians are still
chiefly OF the race Of Cyrus and Darius; but
in the north the Tartar blood has prevailed
"The truest type" says Cecil Smith, lis
found in Ears, and handsome type II IL,
with aquilne nose, high forehead and full
lips As one looks at the natives one might
fancy that the Persipohtan friezes Of Xerxes
and Darius had come to life, SO little has this
type changed IN many respects
the Persans are totally unlike Orientals-
that is, such Orientals as the wild Hindoo
and the unspeakable Turk. They
are Of a restless, active disposition, and their
culture, intelligence and Imagination have
earned them the title Of the 'Frenchmen OF
the East"
In other words they are white folks just
like we uns, except that they are not well
bred up YETI The Mohammedan invasion
did not exterminate the people; most of them
accepted the new faith; those who could not
"a select few-are known as Parsees, and
have largely emigrated TO India. The sad,
lovely narration by Tom Moore-"The Fire
Worshippersn--is historically correct, but the
great Tartar invasions Of the Thirteenth and
Fourteenth centuries practically rooted OUT
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-20

the Aryans of the north. In the Eighteenth
century the Afghans overran the country
and their rule was horrible, but the present
dynasty is substantially Turcoman-that is to
say, Tartar. The prevailing faith is Moham-
medan, but there are large local populations
Of HISTORIAN Christians and the American
missionaries Of the Presbyterian board, are
assigned TO duty with these. Their principal
seats are at Urumiah and Tubriz.
In the old caravan days Persis was cen
trail land, modern traffic has left it TO one
side, and the peculiar topography has aided
TO Isolate it. On all sides 1t is walled by
lofty mountains, and so the interior isa great
plain, from 1900 TO 5000 feet above the sea,
with many lower valleys and fertile slopes.
In general formation 1t is wonderfully like
Utah territory the same interior basins and
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-20
A ROYAL FARMER.
THE INTEREST QUEEN VICTORIA
TAKES IN AGRICULTURE.

The Queens Two Farms in the Great
windsor Park-The Finest Dairy In the
World-Recent Exhibition Of the Royal
Agricultural Society.
The great interest which Queen Victoria
has in agriculture is undoubtedly due In
great measure TO the influence of the prince
consort. When the German prince married
Queen Victoria he brought 20 England II
mind devoted to the interests Of science, and
il is well known that his experiments in agri-
culture and other useful arts have been a
great aid to England. One of the most note
worthy of his plans had its outcome in the
two great farms, which together occupy l,l2O
acres of the great Windsor park, just out
side Of London and adjoining Windsor cas-
tie These farms, which are called respect
lively the Shaw and Flemish farms, have
been attracting much attention lately IN Eng
land, owing to the Royal Agricultural show
which was recently held in the great park.
This year the queen is president OF this So
Ciety, which dates back for fifty years, and
this has attracted throughout her majesty S
dominions attention to the fact that the
queen is a farmer-not only that, but she is
declared to have the finest farms in the
world.
This years exhibit is the largest ever
known. The show embraced everything which
comes under the head Of agriculture The
Great Windsor park is beautiful place to
visit The long drive goes directly through
the two farms and the show grounds adj
Joined, occupying l25 acres. From different
parts of the grounds, where the sight is not
DISTRACTED by the trees, magnificent view
of Great Windsor castle is obtained. The
show was arranged in the shape of fan.
Entering the handle of the fan, to carry out
the illustration, the first thing which present.
ed itself was the great seed department. Pass
ing this and following the main road is the
Queens pavilion. The pavilion is a tastefully
designed structure built for the use Of her
majesty and the royal family. The building
has frontage Of ca feet and depth Of "a
feet.
In the front is fine porch, over which was
panel containing the royal arms OF Eng
land, Handsomely executed. At the sides are
verandas, from which her majesty can OBJ
tain views Of the show in every direction.
The porch leads into the hall, and the hall
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-07-20


with the office boy He was admitted to the
bar before coming of age, and soon made
money. The railroad fever OF 1875 seized
on the country, and in one year Mr.. Barlow
made $4,000 Thereafter he dealt only with
large cases. From the Ohio and Mississippi
Railroad company he received fees exceeding
$50, 900. He reconciled the interests of As
pinwall and Vanderbilt in the Nicaragua and
Panama business; they united, the stock at
once rose above par, and they each paid him
5000
At the close of the Franco-Prussian war
Commodore Garrison held 81, 900, 600 worth
of arms for the French, which their new gov
eminent refused to accept. Mr.. Barlow sent
an agent to Paris and secured the sale and
payment, for which he received 5000.
His greatest feat, however, was the expulsion
Of Jay Gould from the control of the Erie
railway, Mr.. Barlow being employed by the
English stockholders 1t was in fact forci-
BILE revolution; the Barlow forces held the
Grand Opera house by arms against the
courts, then in the interest of the other par
ty, till the people declared against the courts,
and Gould compromised by paying S9,OOO,-
000
All this time Mr.. Barlow was tolerably ac-
tive in politics as a Democrat, but held no
political Office. He was at various times in
law partnership with Jeremiah Larocque
and his son Joseph, with ex-Judge Shipman,
ex-Judge Choate and others not so well
known. In nearly all his interests he was very
successful, which makes the fact of his losses
by swindles the more remarkable. Last au-
tumn James E. Bedell, real estate clerk OF
the firm OF which Mr. Barlow was a member,
swindled them heavily by means Of forged
mortgages. Mr.. Barlow, then in delicate
health, was completely Frustrated by the
trouble and never recovered