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A Bargain--Rare Courage.

In one of the wars on the continent
of Europe in the last century, in which
England and Spain were allied, George
Lakewood, an English soldier, was
taken prisoner by the Dutch, in COM
pany with twenty-three Spaniards.
Prince Maurice, who was in command
of the Dutch, ordered that eight of the
prisoners should be put to death in re-
taliation for like sentence passed upon
eight Dutch soldiers not long before.
1t was ordered that it should be de-
cided by lot upon which of the prison
ers the death penalty should fall.
When the Englishman's turn came, he
drew lot which told him that his life
was spared. He said nothing, but
stood by to see the rest of the dreadful
ordeal. Presently, two or three fatal
lots having been drawn, Spaniard
stepped out to put his hand into the
helmet, and showed great reluctance
to do so. He drew back once or twice
and seemed to be under great mental
strain.
care you afraid 7" asked the officer
NO." said the Spaniard "but fear
it is wrong to make my own hand the
instrument of my own death. | can
die willingly, but l fear the guilt of
suicide"
George Lakewood, the Englishman,
here stepped forward.
"Have you any money with you ?"
he asked the Spaniard.
eyes" answered the latter, 81 have
twelve crowns"
Every good" said Lakewood; eff
you will give it to me | will stand the
chance in your place"
"He is fool or mailman" said the
officer in command; che. does not de-
serve the life he has so providentially
obtained. Let him take the chance in
the others place"
Hazlewood put his hand into the
helmet and again drew himself safe.
CATER you had escaped once" the
officer asked him, "what made you risk
your life again ?"
Because" said he, 81 thought had
a bargain. You see [ risk my life
every day for sixpence, and here was
chance to risk it for twelve crowns. [
couldn't let it go by, sir"
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KILLED A LAwYER.-The lawyer
had been badgering the witness for
some time, and finally asked
"Was any member of your family
ever hanged p
eyes, sir"
"Ah, ha l thought as much. Now,
sir, who was it ?"
Myself"
yourself? Do you mean to say you
have been hanged and are alive to tell
of it?'
eyes, sir"
"Come, no triAing. Tell the jury
what you were hanged for and how
you happened to be alive to-day.
"Well, sir, a man was killed and |
was suspected of having committed the
crime. A mob took me out, put a
rope around my neck, and had just
hauled me up to the limb of tree,
when some one in the crowd shouted
that the murdered man was a lawyer.
They couldn't cut me down quick
enough ! l was filled up with the best
of whiskey the place afforded and given
banquet as the greatest public bene-
factor in the history of the town"
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LUcK.-We have always had our
doubts as to the existence of what is
generally termed "luck." Men who,
either by favorable circumstances or
an unexplained freak of fortune, are
always seeming to be favored, are
termed "lucky" and many are inclined
to covet them its possession. But here
is truthful remark which bears out
our theory that "luck" is only myth,
and in reality it is only by our person
al exertion and efforts that we are ever
really lucky: eff the boy who exclaims
Just my luck was truthful he would
say, Just my laziness 7 or Just my
inattention.
Golden wrote proverbs about "Luck
and Labor" 1t would be well for
boys to memorize them. Luck is
waiting for something to turn up.
Luck lies in and wishes the post
man would bring him news Of a
legacy. Labor turns out at 6 o'clock,
and with busy pen or ringing hammer
lays the foundation of competency
Luck whines, labor whistles. Luck
relies on chance, labor ON character
Luck strides down to Indulgence. La
Dor strides upward to independence.
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Beating a Bunco.


ture that while man will peril his life
to assist stranger who is being forcibly
robbed, he will turn about and delight
in seeing the same man taken in and
done for by Skin" game or bunco
man. On the next bench to us in Lin
coin park, Chicago, one day, sat long
lean, lank stranger who had hayseed
and onion tops scattered all over him
to prove his hailing place, and he gave
himself away in every move he made
Pretty soon slick young man APP
preached and extended his hand and
exclaimed
"Wel!, well, but how are you Stew
ens?"
'How ar ye ?" replied the man, as
he looked up in a puzzled way.
"What Don't you know me?"
"Why your face looks kinder famil-
lar, but can't place ye.'
Cant place me! | am William
Scott, nephew of the judge of probate
in Grassville !. | saw you hundreds of
times in the wo.years l lived with my
uncle"
ooh, yes, l thought l had seen you
before. And you knew me right off ?"
"The minutes | set eyes ON you"
"How's every body down there ?"
Cali tolerabie. You live here ?"
eyes. l look after about fifty houses
and stores here for capitalist
"Gosh you must get big wages"
ooh, a hundred a week."
"You do! By gum! but you are
smarter than fox traps Mebbe you kin
help me to a job?"
81 think so. Indeed, l was gong to
make you an Offer"
We were ON to him from the start as
a bunco man, but had no thought of
interfering. "Hayseed'' should take
the papers and keep posted.
Glow would you like to come here
and assist me at a salary of 5000 per
month ?" queried bunco after bit.
"Je whitaker !! but you don't mean
it ?"
81 do !"
"Give us yer hand on it Say, I'll
work all day and sit up all night for
them wages. Say, will we bind the
bargain right now?"
81 will. That is, p
"No funking out now! I've got a
hundred dollar bill here, and I'll give
we fifty to bind the bargain. Yes, by
Gosh I'll give we sixty"
81 was going to say that l ought to
see my employer first, but | know it
will be all right. l will take your $50,
but only for day or two, as l happen
to be a little short just now. You
know where the Palmer house is, of
course p
"That all fired big stone tavern p
eyes. Meet me there one hour from
now to sign a contract and begin work. "
"lll be thar, and I'll work like a
boss. Gin me $40 out of this bill"
He handed out bill, and the young
man scarcely glanced at it, so great
was his hurry to get away. think
he mistrusted us although we pretended
not to see or hear anything When he
was out of sight "Hayseed" came over
to us with grin on his face, and
queried
GLOW did it act boys?"
"What ?"
"My-young- man from the turnip-
fields"
But you-you"-
''I'm from Cincinnati. | do a little
business with the three cards and the
shells when home. Thought I'd see
what they were made of in Chicago.
"But you gave him a hundred dollar
bill"
"Exactly-one of the counterfeits of
1874. l had fifteen of them once. I'm
just $40 ahead. Pm going now. lfhe
should return before you leave tell him
that Stevens has gone to meet him at
Mr.. Palmer's big stone tavern. Two
hundred a month Wake snakes, but
hain't l jist struck a golconda with a
big Gw-Neao York San.
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Women are the cats best friends |;
particularly spinsters and married lad
les in middle life and old age. A story
is told of an old lady who was most de-
voted to her cats, of which she had
a great number, and they were trained
so that none but hater of feline pets
would consider them a nuisance. When
dinner came chairs were placed at the
table for the cats and footman came to
tie bib around each cats neck. Think
Of it Salmon was served and each cat
had portion. One fine yellow one
could not reach far enough for very
nice bit and put up his paw to arrange
matters to his satisfaction. The old
lady saw it, and called out to the foot
man: "Take Peter away He put his
paw on the plate p That set
tied it and Peter was IN disgrace. The
others took warning, and behaved ad-
mirably, and were unbibbed and dis
missed in good order.
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n. j., SATURDAY. APRIL 5, 1890.

knew when the laundering train was
due, and glance at the girl on the
track told him that she would surely
kill him if he did not do her bidding.
She said to him: 81 never thought
this of you, Morgan Duke. When |
rejected yon | thought you would bear
it like man"
He replied not, but glanced at his
watch.
"Halfpast twelve" he said.
"To work - was the stern command,
and Viola stepped forward and brought
the revolver nearer his head.
81 can't get them out, he said.
"You must" was the reply.
81 drove them in with a sledge."
81 did not hear the sound"
at was deadened with my coat.
The girls face grew paler than ever,
and she glanced fearfully up the cut.
"Take them out !" she said suddenly;
"the train is coming. l hear it.
The villainous station master heard
the rumbling and again turned to the
ties.
"You have your choice" Viola said
to him. GA bullet or an unobstructed
track"
She watched him as a woman never
watched a man before. She knew
that he was doing all that could be
done to undo his wicked work, and
while she watched her heart grew still
beneath the rumble of the express.
He'll soon call me-" she said to
herself There there p
The familiar shrieks cleft the cool
October air, but they brought no joy
to her heart. She was not at the old
window beside the light he loved to
hail from his engine. Perhaps she
would be the first to kiss his cold brow
beneath the stars at Gwynne's Cut.
She almost shouted for joy when she
saw the first tie drawn from the guard
by the desperate man.
"Quick the sledgel break the
guard" she cried.
"God, l never thought of that" he
said, and the next moment he was
SCATTERING the long guard with the
heavy sledge.
At that the tie was broken, and he
thrust the other ties down into the
long opening he had made.
At that moment the train, rounding
the curve, dashed into the cut, and
the flashing headlight, not twenty feet
away, almost blinded the eyes of the
twain.
Morgan Duke stepped from the
track He looked up and beheld the
CLEAN of triumph in the girls eyes.
In an instant grim look of resolve
settled on his face. On, laundering
came the train. He sprang forward
and the next instant it disappeared in
the woods leaving Viola alone with
the mangled remains of her rejected
lover. With tears in her eyes she
bent over the shapeless mass. How
could she fail to forgive the crime he
had expiated with his life.
The next day brought Ed. Gordon
to her side and none too soon, for the
poor girl was almost Frustrated with
the excitement Of the night.
The company presented Viola with
a beautiful house, when her husband
took charge of the car shops. / know
she will never regret her night in
Gwynne's Cut with her rejected lover.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-04-05

Poets are like watches-a spring sets
them going.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1890-04-05
WEIGHING THE BABY.

"How many pounds does baby weigh
Baby who came month ago1
How many pounds form the browning curl
To the rosy point of the restless toef
Grandfather ties the 'kerchiefs knot,
Tenderly guides the swinging weight,
And carefully over mis- glasses peers
To read the record, ''only eight.
Softly the echo goes around;
The father laughs at the tiny girl
The fair young mother sings the words,
While grandmother sooths the golden curl
And STOPPING above the precious,
Nestles a kiss within prayer,
Murmuring softly, Little one,
Grandfather did not weigh you fair"
Nobody weighed the babys smile,
Or the love that came with the helpless one
Nobody weighed the threads of care
From which woman's life is spun.
Nobody weighed the babys soul
For here on earth no weight there be
That could avail-God only knows
It's value in eternity.
Only eight pounds to hold a soul
That seeks no angels silver wings,
But sllrines it in this humane guise,
Within so frai and small a thing.
Oh, mother, laugh your merry note
Be gay and glad, bu. don't forget
From babys eyes looks out soul
That claims home in Eden yet.
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VARIETIES.

He is most powerful who has himself
in his power.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09
PERSONAL.

The Countess De None was married 70 Baron
Beresford Allied DEsie on Sunday, JAN s. in
Philadelphia. iThe Countess De Noue is AN Ameri-
can lady, anu Is the daughter of the late Gen.
Harvey, of the U. 5. Army, who died about a wear
ago in Florida, her maiden name being Elizabeth
Brown Harvey. She was born i'm StsLouis Mo
but has lived abroad most of her life. She was
educated in Paris, and speaks English with "A
marked accent. The Countess has two sons. who
are officers in the French army.
Green Il. Raum. jr., son Of commissioner of PEN
sons Raun, married to Miss Annie Iredeli
Rogers la Philadelphia at the Protestant EpscopaI
Church OF st. james, on New Years evening Alter
the ceremony reception was held mt the residence
OF the brides mother, and the happy c0uple i'm,
mediately started ON extended wedding tour
through the Southern States which will last a
month. when they will take up their residence in
Washington. MIR. RRum was recently appointed To
an important position in the Pension Bureau.
Col. James II. Phiuney. of New York, who has
been visiting Washington for the past two months.
has had the misfortune to be confined To his bed
for two weeks with Oarbuucle. Col Phinnsy
was appointed Paymaster early in the war, and
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09
WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY JANUARY o. $780,

Thomas Miller meager pension for the
year or two that he may live, and makes q
pretense that this was generous provision for
him and all his comrades. How c9ntempti-
bly, mean and degrading the whole sham is !!
The only decent way for this Government,
or any Government, is TO pay its debts when
they are due, and while their creditors are
alive. As n matter of honor, it had better
pay $40 where they are not due, than save
one by forcing n veteran TO 30 TO his grave
without receiving his rights. The Govern
ment took precious good care that no money
lender should be defrauded of his dues by
having TO wait unpaid till death seized him.
1t is infamous for il to treat so the men who
gave it what money could not buy.
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MEAN AND UNwoRTHY.

OF all the opposition 10 the Per Diem
Service Pension the meanest and most nm
worthy is that which proposes TO postpone
it until some time in the distant future,
when the great mass of those entitled TO it
viii be dead, and the Nation can then make
a pretense Of generosity and justice at little
cost.
One can have some respect for a man who
comes out frankly and says that he does not
believe the veterans are entitled to anything
more than what they have received-that
they went into the army for pay, and when
the Government paid them of at the end of
the job they were hired for, it fulfilled its
share Of the contract, and was entitled 10 a
quit-claim from them. Such man may be
honest in his belief, though he is necessarily
one Of low, sordid views, who measures
everything by the standard of cold, calcu-
lating seIfshness
But there is simply no honest or decent
excuse for man who admits that there is
much due the men who saved the country.
but proposes 10 swindle the great majority
out of it by delaying payment until after
they are dead. The cruelty, meanness and
dishonesty Of such proposition are beyond
Characterization.
The Government, we will say, owes pen
sion during their lives TO John Jones, Henry
Brown, William Smith, Peter Green, Joseph
Black and Thos. Miller. Itwaits five years.
and John Jones and Henry Brown die in
poverty, their death being hastened by the
lack Of the neceasaries of life, which the pay
ment Of its debt would have secured them.
IL waits another year, and WINS. Smith and
Peter Green die under similar circumstan-
ees. 1t Stands off" lis creditors five years
more, during which Joseph Black dies,
when it comes in with flourish and DAVIS
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C., JANUARY g, 1890.
TEN THOUSAND WATCHES
TO GIVE AWAY.

We have decided upon securing 100000
more subscribers, and 10 do it viii give away
10000 Of the famous Trenton watches TO
club Taisers
We viii send watch FREE, post paid, TO
every club raiser who seads US 4 club OF
ONLY TEN subscribers for one year.
This is an opportunity never before
offered, because this watch is not cheap
catch-penny make-shift, but genuine, full
ieweled patent-lever movement in dla-
mond-siiver case, warranted for u years.
DiamOnd-silyer is a compound metal, rs
It's name indicates, composed Of pure silver
and nickel. 10 give it hardness and color
Ii 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
on these Terms.
An hours work viii get one. We hope
our friends will appreciate the opportunity.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

THE comrades are waking up to the inn
portance of besieging Congress with petit
tions to pass the pension legislation before
any other business is taken up. Every Post
ought to take action in this direction at its
next meeting. Congress has now resumed
its session, and is getting rapidly down to
and at once, that the comradesare unanimous
on this subject, and that they will not stand
any dilly qualifying or evasion. They elected
a majority of the present Congress on the
distinct pledge Of immediate passage of the
desired legislation, and they want that full
filled with the least possible delay.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

Mrs. SARAH j. FULLER, Past President
of the W. r. C., and one of the most devoted
and efficient friends of the soldiers in the
country, has been in Washington for some
days, visiting Mrs. Odell. President of the
w. Il. G., Department of the Potomac, and
the other ladies of that organization. She
is on her way to Florida, where she will
spend the Winter. All the comrades will
wish her pleasant sojourn there and safe
return home TO Boston, where they will hope
10 meet her during the National Encamp-
ment.
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II is announced that the Hon. John G..
Carlisle will remove to New York City at the
expiration Of his present term in Congress,
where the Free Traders of the Metropolis are
pledged, it is said, TO find him pocket
borough under the auspices Of Tanmany
Hall. 1t appears that Mr.. Carlisle has worn
out his Kentucky district, and that there
is no place for him in the State, there being
other acceptable Senatorial and Guberna-
torial timber. While Mr.. Carlisle has been
in Washington, new star has arisen in the
person Of one Harry Myers the young man
who was last week unanimously elected
Speaker Of the Lower House OF the Kentucky
Legislature, and he seems to think Mr..
Carlise's seat in Congress would be a per-
feet lit.
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TINS is big country. Every day develops

THIS is a big country. Every day develops
something to show it. The american Gro
GERS statistics set forth that last year there
were packed 2,976,765 cases-each con-
tanning two dozen cans of tomatoes.
This would make a total of 60,712,360
cans or about one for every man, woman
and child in the country. 1t affords an
index of the improvement being made by
our people in their food In our fathers
day n can of preserved fruit was luxury
that only the very rich could afford. Now
the humblest of our laborers can have canned
fruit every day. The total pack was about
II per cent. less than in the previous year,
owing to the destructive storms which
greatly injured the tomato crop.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

RESISTANCE TO unwise reduction of the
revenues is not partisanship, but patriotism
The country has prospered ms never before, and
as no other country has, under the present
protective system. There is every expecta-
ton that the prosperity will continue and
increase if the policy is perseyeIed in, while
the contrary policy has always brought dis
aster. The men whose names are most hon
ored as the fathers of the Government were
the most strenuous advocates of protection.
Resistance TO Free Trade to-day is simply
following the advice given by Washington,
Adams, Madison, Hamilton, Jackson, Clay.
and others of scarcely less eminence as pa
tr.ots.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

COMRADES, do not delay in making your
Representative understand that you expect
him 10 do everything in his power to secure
the passage Of pension legislation before any
other business is taken up. Send him petit
tions and letters which will leave no doubt
OF your earnestness on this subject
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

KING SOLOMON came to the conclusion sew
eral centuries ago that there was nothing
new under the sun. 1t develops that the influ-
ena as an epidemic was described as long ago
as 1857, 63 years before the Pilgrim Fathers
landed on Plymouth Rock, when Bloody Mary
was on the throne of England, and the princi-
pal news of the day was of the martyrs burned
at Smithfeld. Forty-three years ago it killed
more people in England than the cholera had
five years before.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

THE coalition Of Free Traders and soldier.
hateFs managed 20 control the last Congress
30 rs 10 prevent pension legislation. Let
rs male sure mat they will not be able to
80 TIE anne with this one.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

The papers are making some stir about
the memoirs Of JEFF Davis, to be completed
and edited by his widow. Some enterprising
gentlemen think there will he money in the
publication Of them. They viii be mistaken
The publishers of JEFF Dayis's book lost
money by it. There were not enough people
who took sufficient interest in what he had
to say TO buy a book, to pay the costs Of pub
LEGATION. 1t will be SO with his memoirs.
They can contain nothing that the public
has not already been made familiar with.
Davis wrote and talked necessarily for 25
years after the war, and it was a tiresome
reitefation of the same old cant and spleen.
He never by any chance developed a new
thought or threw fresh light on any his
torical point. People are not likely to want
to buy book filled with the dreary stuff
that has wearied them for quarter of n
century.
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-01-09

The fight for pension legislation will now
begin in earnest Every veteran should be
sure that he gets THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
every week from this time on, that he may
be fully informed as 10 what is going on in
Couprr4a