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The National tribune., 1890-07-24
NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON Co., THURSDAY JULY a. 1890

DANGER OF SYNDICATE OWNERSHIP.
Whatever one may think of Henry
Georges theories as to private ownership of
land, there can be but one opinion among
thinking men in regard to syndicate owner
ship, and that is that il is exceedingly detri-
mental to the well-being of the community.
Every time a syndicate buys tract of land
it diminishes by just that much the COM
mon heritage of the people; it reduces the
possible number Of homes and homesteads,
and strikes blow at the independence of
our common people. Wecan afford to look
with compiacency upon the requirement of
large tracts by single individuals, for we
know that in few years death will redis-
tribute the real estate; that what the father
has laboriously gathered the sons will most
likely scatter again. The sons and daugh-
tiers rarely keep the plantation intact, and
it returns to the possession of the common
people. But syndicates do not die and leave
improvident heirs. They rarely fail and let
the Sheriff sell off their property in lots to
suit purchasers. They are all contrary TO
public policy, from the syndicates which
own the bonanza farms in the Northwest to
the timber syndicates which gobble up inn
mense stretches of forest lands, strip them
of their covering, and allow the mountain
sides to wash down into the valleys. Laws
should be placed upon the books pro-
hibiting any corporation from acquiring
more land than is absolutely necessary for
the accommodation of its manufacturing or
other plant.
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The National tribune., 1890-07-24

THE Philadelphia Times has the audacity
TO say that we cannot raise as good barley
in this country MS in Canada, therefore the
duties should be taken Off In nothing has
the beneficial effects of protection been more
marked than in barley. When the duty was
first laid on barley, we were raising about
100000 bushels n year. Now we are
raising over GO0OO,0OO bushels, and it puts
about $1,000 900 year into the pockets of
our farmers. 1t stands eighth in Importance
in our crops, coming next after tobacco. The
annual value of our crops expressed in mil
lions OF dollars range thus:
The National tribune., 1890-07-24

The question Of whether person who
has bought ticket b an entertainment has
the right 10 express his or her disapproyal
Of the quality Of goods given for the money
by kissing is shortly to be settled by high
Tribunal. Oar fathers had no doubt that
they had as much right TO hiss as to applaud.
and they exercised it vigorously. But
managers and actors are Of late denying this
emphaticaily. Recently lady in New
jersey, who, with some friends had bought
tickets 70 an entertainment, in which they
were deceived, expressed their indignation
IN the old-fashioned way. She was taken
before Magistrate and fined, but appealed
the case 10 a higher court IL IL 10 be hoped
that the court viii affirm her right 10 do as
che did. The theatrical people confended
that if she did not like the show she should
have quietly Withdrawn from the theater,
30 as not 10 disturb those who did ike ii.
and were enjoying il. Against this mast be
said that people who buy theater tickets
have the same right as people who buy
other things, Of complaining if the quality
OF the wares furnished does not suit them,
and the only recognized way of doing this
Is by kissing. Leaving the theater is very
small satisfaction to people who feel that
they have been defrauded Of their money
BTheatrical people should be willing 20 SUBJ
NIT to the same conditions that other pur-
Feyors TO the public do, in accepting crit.
cism Of the worth Of the service they render
fAr the money they receive.
The National tribune., 1890-07-24
Rally on Boston Comrades.

THE decision of the New York Court of
Appeals knocks the sugar trust endwise TO
speak after the manner Of men. This is
splendid beginning. Trusts and monopoIies
of all kinds are repugnant 10 the letter and
spirit of our laws and they can be broken
up by strictly legal processes if attacked in
the right way.
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the country.

AT least four years of its valuable educa-
tional period are wasted by every child in
attempting to learn our barbarous spelling
which no one ever really learns. Let us
have spelling reform.
The National tribune., 1890-07-24

THE English propose to use portion of
the money derived from liquor licenses to
maintain schools devoted TO instruction in
agriculture and the trades. That would not
be bad idea TO follow in this country.
The National tribune., 1890-07-24

SOME daring men in Ohio have formed a
nitro glyeerine trust Well, they may trust
nitro glycerine If they want TO. and their lives
are properly insured, but We won't trust it any
nearer us than Ohio
The National tribune., 1890-07-24
HEADQUARTERS AT BOSTON.

The Headquarters Of The NATIONAL
TRIBCEE during the Eucampment at Boston
will be in the Hotel Vendome, near those Of
The Commander-in-Chief, and all comrades
are invited 70 drop in and visit us.
The National tribune., 1890-07-24

A GEORGIAN has acquired a National repu-
tation by having whiskers six feet long.
Georgians are most likely to become noted for
things which do not require either mental or
physical oxertion.
The National tribune., 1890-07-24

SHOULD not the ladies have something to say
as to whether we shall fight for our seal-skinsg
And where could we find better officers for such
a war than among the graduates of yassarP
The National tribune., 1890-07-24

Is man with club foot more likely to
strike than anotheF2
The National tribune., 1890-07-24

30. give-give me still waters" he sang.
Yet felt not the seas sickness sore pang.
No; the thirst that his soul was disturbin
Was for the strong, still waters called Bourbon
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TOO LATE.

Young Lady-Goodness gracious, Judge, you
are sitting on my new hat. Do get up.
Judge-DO you think it would do any good
to disturb myself nowP All the damage has
been done that can be, and am very COM
fortably seated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
SHORT BUT POINTED.
What Some Public Men Have Said About
the Liquor Traffic.

What Some Public Men Have Said About
the Liquor Traffic.
Lord Chesterfield called publicans
ARTISTS in human slaughter"
Ruskin said that they were "moral
assassins."
Carlyle spoke of public-houses as
''seething bells of vice and immoral
ity."
Lord Brougham called drink-selling
an internal traffic"
Lord Randolph Churchill spoke of it
as "a devilish liquor traffic"
Gladstone declared it to be productive
of greater evils than the combined
scourges of war, famine and pesti-
lence.
Wesley called the money received in
exchange for drink blood money"
Robert Hall spoke of drinks as Liquid
fire and distilled damnation."
Mr.. Walters, NJ. P. (of the London
Tines, charged it with being 1.-The
devil in solution"
Buxton, the brewer, said the contest
between the church and the school and
the public-house was but development
OF the war between Heaven and hell.
General Won Moltke says: Beer is a
far more dangerous enemy to Germany
than all the armies of France"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
A CAPITAL OFFENSE.



The offense of drunkenness was
source of great pcrpleXity to the an
clients, who tried every possible way of
dealing with it. If none succeeded,
probably it was because they did not
begin early enough, by intercepting
some of the ways and means by which
the insidious vice is melted and propa-
gated. Severe treatment was often
tried to little effect. The Locrians,
under ZAleucas, made it capital offepse
to drink wine, if it was not mixed with
water; even an invalid was not exempt
ed from punishment unless by order of
physician. Pittacus, of Mitylene,
made law that he who, when drunk,
committed any offense, would suffer
double the punishment which he would
do if sober; and Plato, Aristotle and
of wisdom. The Roman censors could
expel Senator for being drunk,
and take away his horse; Mahomet
ordered drunkards to be bastina-
doed with eighty blows. Other nations
thought of limiting the quantity
to be drunk at one time or at one sit
ting. The Egyptians put some limit,
though what it was is not stated. The
Spartans, also, had some limit. The Arab
ians fixed the quantity at twelve glasses
man. but the size of the glass was, I'M
fortunately, not clearly defined by the
historians. The Ang lo-SaXons went no
further than to order silver nails to be
fixed on the side of drinking cups, so
that each might know the proper
measure And it is said that this was
done by King Edgar after noticing the
drunken habits of the Danes. Lycur-
gus. of Thrace, went to the root of the
matter by ordering the vines to be cut
down. And his conduct was initiated
in 704 by Terbulus of Bulgaria. The
Suevi prohibited wine to be imported.
And the Spartans tried to turn the vice
into contempt by Systematically MAX
ing their slaves drunk once year, to
show their children how foolish and
contemplate men looked in that
state. Drunkenness was deemed much
more vicious in some classes of per-
sons than in others. The ancient
Indians held it lawful to kill king
when he was drunk. The AthenianS
made it a capital offense for magis-
trate to be drunk, and Charlemagne inn
itated this by law that judges on the
bench and pleaders should do their bust
ness fasting. The Carthagenians pro-
hibited magistrates, governors, soldiers
and servants from any drinking. The
Scots, in the second century, made it
capital offcnse for magistrates to be
drunk; and Constantine II. of Scotland,
SCI, extended a like punishment to
young people. Again, some laws have
absolutely prohibited wine from being
drunk 10y women; the Massillians so de-
creed. The Romans did the same, and
extended the prohibition to young men
under thirty or forty-five. And the
husband and the wife's relations could
scourge the wife tor offending, and the
husband himself might scourge her to
DEATH Liberty of the Subject" by
James Patterson.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
TENTED FACTS,

EIGHTY new w. C. T. unions have
been organized in Michigan within the
last year. One hundred and four report
an increase of mem bership.
You can tell where a young man is
going by observing how his tracks are
pointing. If the toes are toward the
saloon he has joined the army of the
devil.--Ram's Horn.
THE late Lord Napier, of Magdala,
was warm friend of the Temperance
cause. When in active service he was
constantly exhorting the men under his
command to avoid strong drink.
THE Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children in Dublin, Ireland,
declares that if the drink temptation
were removed tomorrow, the society
might with perfect safety disband and
cease to be-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

THE Orange County Farmer gives the
''cow DOCTOR whack. 1t says every
town has one, and it is great misfort-
une. 1t is it is.
THE thoroughbred feeder will make
even a scrub herd, if the cows have any
merit at all, do better than scrub
feeder can make thoroughbred herd
dc.
Do NOT waste feed. Profigate feed
ing, so far as profits are concerned, is as
bad as short feeding. Observe an eco
nomical liberality, if we may be al
lowed the expression.
ARE you and the COW on intimate
terms of friendship? If not, your COW
is not doing as well as she might be
made to do. A COW does her best only
for her acknowledged friends. .,
A FULL grain bin and an empty COW
are to be found on the farms of some of
the people who say there is no money
in dairying. There is no money in that
kink of dairy, never was and never
will be.
ARE there not families in the city
who would be glad to buy their butter
OF private dairy? asks correspon-
dent Undoubtedly, we reply; but we
do not know of any practical way Of
finding them.
How many pounds of food shall give
my COWS? asks a subscriber. No one
can answer that question but yourself
or some one who knows all about your
cows. 1t is matter that must be de-
termined by experiment
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
SCIENTIFIC FACTS.
Advice to a Young Man Who Is in the
Habit of Drinking Intoxicants.

Habit of Drinking Intoxicants
We saw you from our office window
yesterday entering place reputed to be
saloon. We have seen you and others
going into that place under such cir
cumstances as make us believe you are
regularly taking alcoholic beverages.
Do you not know that the habit is hurt
full to you in every way, without
single compensating benefit! This is
not the opinion simply of crank. You
may call us crank for saying this, but
it does not dispose of the physiological
and scientific fact, so important for you
to know. 1t is because the nature and
effects of alcoholic liquors are not I'M
derstood that people drink them. AL
cohol is a poison; it is not food nor ac-
cessory food; does not give nourishment
nor help digestion, neither does it i'm
part any heat to the system. 1t retards
digestion, impairs health, deranges the
brain, destroys the system and brings
on premature disease and death. Beer
does this as we'll as whisky. This is
shown by the very remarkable medical
testimony against beer called forth by
the Toledo Blade from distinguished
physicians. 1t shows beer-drinking to
be most prolific source of drunken
ness, dlsease-especially kidney and
liver diseases-and of premature death.
1t is demonstrated that beer is even
more deleterious than whisky and the
stronger liquor as the cause of incur
able physical disease and of mortality,
and that beer patients beyond all other
men are prone to succumb to surgical
operations. 1t is striking and power
full arraignment of the beer and beer
makers.
At the late Temperance conference in
New York, DR.. N. S. Davis, of Chicago,
who is president of the Worlds Medical
Association and must therefore stand
high in the medical profession, had
paper on "Alcohol Poison" in which
this distinguished physician ''placed
the total abstinence movement on the
impregnable cornerstone of science"
The action of alcohol, according to this
paper, is in every way poisonous. In
stead of warming the body in winter,
or cooling it in summer, alcohol simply
renders the individual less capable of
judging of his condition, diminishing
nerve sensibility and molecular force.
Prof Wright, of New York, said at
the same gathering: st is a we'll
known fact that alcohol speak as
chemists devitalizing influence, al
ways and everywhere. The nervous
diseases that atlict the human family
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
THE FARMING WORLD.
WOOl-GROWERS.
Some Points for Their Careful Considers
ton.

Some Points for Their Careful Considers
ton.
The American wool-grower has not
been the well-informed man ne ought
to be, says the Breeders Gazette.
There is no reflection meant of his skill
in breeding and management of focks;
no country excels America in this di-
rection; but the wool-growers of the
United States have been hustled by the
foreigner without knowing how the
thing was done. The idea has been to
shut off this unwelcome rivalry from
our markets by law, rather than prac-
tical economical systems of wool-grow-
ing, which would give such advantages
as would hold American markets for
Americans. To do this it is necessary
that we should know what we can do
for ourselves in addition to what Con-
gress is willing to do. providence
helps those who help themselves"
Congress seems willing to do something
in this way; and if we can do any thing
for ourselves it is nothing more than
right that we should.
ltis hoped the intelligent efforts to show
what can be done on American soil by
our own sheep-raisers may lead to
broader views in intensified, diversified,
direct systems and special purposes that
may apply to the varied conditions and
changes going on in agriculture, manu-
features and trade.
1t is important to know just how sue
cessfully we may be able to compete
with the wool-growers of other coun-
tries. After knowing what we can do
for ourselves we must know the skill.
methods and abilities of wool-growers
in the countries where the cheap woods
are produced that press US SO badly.
Yankee genius, SO proverbial for push
and persistence, succeeds by knowledge
Of their own resources and of those gao
oppose their enterprises. Let the
American wool-growers know all about
the methods and resources of the world S
wool-growers, and they will find the
way to protect themselvC. Settle the
systems of sheep.raising on firm facts,
not theories, and the plumbers of the
past will be removed by energy and
brains The American sheep-raisers
need to know all there is to know of
foreign breeding, feeding, management,
possibilities and advantages in climate,
feeds and all else that favor them; then
there will be a mutual understanding
and adjustment of means to ends that
we now know not of.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
What "HaIr-and.Halfn IL.

A Temperance writer has given us the
following original sentiments concern
ing the populr beverage known as 'half-
and-half'': ''The title of 'half-and-half'
is given to mixture composed of two
sorts of liquor. To the drunkard's wife
it suggests that her better half has
proved for worse instead of for better.
1t may also signify the many 'half-dol-
lars that have been transferred from
the drunkards pocket to the saloon
keepers till. In some cases it is sug-
gestive of half-witted children, born SO
because their father was drunkard-
half and half-the best half of the man
gone and the other going. Who 0!
what shall stop him?"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
SubsOiling.

Tearing up the subsoil with the sub
soil pillow, and thus giving the water
some sort of channels underneath the
top soil and the reservoir greater depth
is often of great help in undrained lands;
BUTT will not do much good where such
fields are now and then turned into
swamps, with water standing on the sur
face. There should be at least some ef-
fective surface drainage, and an outlet
sufficiently deep to carry off the surplus
water both from the surface and from
the lacerated portion of the subsoil. If
this is properly attended to there is no
reason why the land should not bear
good crops, and respond freely to man
ure application.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11
PINcERs FOR HANDLING BUGS.

Or tree, as the case may be, dies during
the winter.
have picked them off with my bug
pincers" on bright days when they
come out on the south side of the tree
to sun themselves, and think l have
saved some trees by that means.
The same or a similar bug noticed
at work on the apple trees at the same
time. The ''pincers' mentioned above
find very useful in many ways. They
work on the principle of pair of sheep
shears, are about eight inches long and
were made by local blacksmith at a
cost of twenty-five cents, and are fine
thing for manipulating many kinds of
nsects.-Rural New Yorker
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11

For several seasons l have noticed in
our ounce orchard bugs resembling the
large gray squash-bug in color, but
being rounder and hatter in shape and
having the nauseous odor of the ''stink-
bug" They infest the trunks and large
branches of the ounce trees during the
summer and fall. Where they harbor
the bark becomes diScolored and during
the fall will crack open, and the branch
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-07-11

throughout are traceable to the action
of this poison"
Now. young men, these are scientific
facts, indisputable facts. Should you
not, as an intelligent and sensible
young man, heed them, and at once,
and resOlutely. join the army of teeto-
talers, which, in this respect at least, is
your only safety.-Muscatine Qa.) Jour
nal
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SELF-CLoSING DOOR.

all around the yard or pen. A Slated
door made of light material is hung by
stout screw-eyes, as shown in the en-
craving. The pigs can pass readily
through the door, which clcses by its
own weight, while it is too heavy for
the fowls to move.-American Agrlcult-
urist
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MAAAAAAAAAMAAM
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Swinging Door for Hog Yard.

A very simple and effective arrange
raids of poultry while feeding is shown
in the accompanying illustration, from
sketch and description furnished by w.
A. Graham, Indiana. Pickets are
nailed to the top boards of the fence
Observation-Disclosures