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The National tribune., 1890-04-24

A FEW weeks ago the comrades in Quebec,
Canada, applied TO us for information rs to
the best way of organizing a Post of the
veterans residing in that vicinity. We gave
them this, they forwarded money for the
charter fee, which was transmitted by US to
Headquarters, and the Post will shortly he
organized. They report that it will start
with membership of Mt least so, which is a
gratifying announcement. Nothing is more
pleasant than to hear that the comrades
whose business has taken them under other
flags still cherish the feelings of eomrade-
ship with those who stood shoulder 10
shoulder with them in the great war for
National life
The National tribune., 1890-04-24
TnennseiaaH.
ILn,rrene. Anlsrican.l

ILUWTeHtt AnrFltun.I
Soueers-You re no, loOkin well this morn
ing old man. What's the uiatters
Nicke!hy-N0 wonder. 1 Was unconscious
ten hoursi at night.
Sureers--Bv Joge! And up tsi5 mOrRjng.l
Why. man, you ought To bc under the doctcr'5
care. What wys the matter!
Niekelby-I was asleep!
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

II eaeh Subscriber 10 THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE riH ehGrge AiRtSslf wi5h getting
on. ncsg Subscriber tAe circRlafioa Of tie pqper
iri4 be doabIs} az OHee, Gad Wita ii,ile ir9s5ie.
Let each subscriber tFy it.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

Erery maa ,rio wors t3e 6lae, aud epsyg
friend Of his, should take THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. 70 gees mere and beiter matter
than any other j,tnily 'ceekiy Paper, and costs
oalg tgo cents a reek
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

WHY should any man begrudge those
afflicted men the increased rates which are
urged for blindness, deafness, amputated
limbs aud crippled bodies. No healthy man
would take their disabilities for many times
tho highest rates of pensions proposed for
them
The National tribune., 1890-04-24
TRACY TREMMEL.
The Experiences of the
Blue Jay Mess.
BY JOHN Me2LEOY.
WILL BEGIN MAY 1.

This latest story Big John MeEiroy. the
suihor Of @Andersonyille, a Story Of South
srn Prisons; "a File Of Iniautrymen {;
"Reminiscences Of an Army Mule" etc, Is
pronounced one OF the best ever written by
him. and is certain to be very interesting 10
all our readers. II viii begin with the iirst
issue in Nav.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

Haze yOn done yoRr duty ia getting one more
subscriber for THE M TION1L TRIBUNEF
You should do Ibis, for il is The best ,ray 10 help
y0ar comrades.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

If the article headed LOST on page 10 does
not interest you, please hand Il 10 some one
rhO may be benefited.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

Hare you asked all goH GcqWGiRtdRees 10
Subscribe for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE?
If not, do so at once TO gire he piper more
po,eer ia ehasnpiOaing the ealse Of he rsteraHs.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
WASHINGTON. D. C, APRIL "a, 1890.
SAMPLE COPIES.

$500 Any nOn-sub-
A(E scriber into whose
rs A- hands a copy of this
weeks issue Of THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE shall come, will under
s4ard that II i sent 70 him for examination.
We ask that he OF she will look over 1t care
fully, note its many special features, and COM
pare il with other weekly fireside papers We
are very sure that if they do this they will
find it to be superior in interest and attract
iveness to any and all Of them. it is beyond
question the best weekly family paper IN the
whole country. 1t has more distinguished
contributors, and greater array oil valuable
reading matter, Than any Of them.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

WHY should the Government skulk be-
hind the Limitation of arrears of pensions to
avoid paying its just debts? In what posi-
BILE way is the amount that it will take to
pay these debts a justification of this dis
honesty? No one thought that the billions
required TO pay in gold the principal and
interest of the bondholders' claims was any
reason why they should not be paid. Vet
Grams, then in their youth and prime, cheer
fully submitted to unprecedented taxation
in order to pay this. If the amounts neces-
sary to pay the expense Of all the recon-
mendations Of the GAR. Pension Committee
were multiplied by 10 or 20, yet they would
not bear so hardly on the people as the taxes
which, in the years Immediately after the
war, were imposed to pay the money-lenders
to the last cent of their claims. We have
twice ~ many people and nearly four times
as much property as we had in 1865. We
can pay $150,000,00O to the veterans in 1891
fourfold easier than we paid si43.7s1 ,592
interest, in gold, to the moncy-lenders in
1867.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

No Order has so glorious a future before
il ms the Sons of Veterans II has gathered
and is gathering into its ranks the very best
blood of the Countrywide sons of the lion
hearted, patriotic men who fought through
TO victory the most savagely contested war
in history. Everywhere Sons of Veterans
are becoming more prominent in business,
manufacturing, agriculture, enterprises of
all kinds, the professions, education, sci
ence, and society. Every year sees
them farther in the lead This is
because they came of good stock-they
are the offspring of men distinguished from
the rest of the community by energy of
brain and character, and who have inculca-
ted into them the true principles of life.
1t will not be many years when every inn
portant interest in this country is controlled
and managed by sons of veterans.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

AT the wages which prevailed during the
war, these stalwart, able-bodied young nlen
would have earned, had they stayed at home,
an average, at che lowest, of 500 year.
When it is remembered that skilled mechan-
les were paid as high as S. day, and that
wheat sold in New York at from 81 90 a bush
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

FI!s yew eia.a NON. BEAD w6st Aas 5ess
LOST, on page 10
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

WE are in receipt of communication
from the Siberian Exile Petition Association,
1907 Locust street, Philadelphia, Pa, which
asks us to aid in getting up monster petit
ton to the Gar of Russia for the exercise
of greater leniency toward the Siberian ex-
lies. We are also asked 10 contribute money
in aid of this movement We shall do moth
ing of the kind. In the first place, we think
that justice, like charity, begins at home and
we have little patience with people who are
constantly wanting to amelorate the con-
dition Of somebody at distance while
ncglectful of the needs and misery of those
Immediately around them. There is plenty
of humanitarian work to do in this country
without meddling with the affairs Of Russia.
When we cast the bean out of our own eye
we may then talk about the mote in some
body's else Everywhere in this country is
there abundant field for the efforts of those
who love their kind in caring for the poor
children of sin in the cities and in the Coun-
try. The Russians are working out their
own salvation in their own way, and we
have no right to interfere. Indeed, inter
ference would probably cause more harm
than good, for il is certain to be ill-advised
and ill-executed Let GU: friends of the
Siberian Exile Association turn their atten
ton to the slums of our great cities and the
| ignorance and crime that exists in the out
of-the-way districts OF every agricultural
community, particularly those of the South
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

In 1888 the whole people of the United
States voted upon the question of whether
the liberal pension measures urged by the
veterans should be enacted by Congress,
and decided in their favor by an emphatic
majority. That settled the question rs to
whether the people desired the measures,
and were willing to stand the expense. Now
all that is left for Congress is to carry out
the will of the people and pass the laws.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

WHEN the country called for men TO save
it, it was thought mean and selfish for "a man
to reckon the cost that it would be to him
TO enter the army. 1t is infinitely mean for
the Government now to potter and chatter
over the cost of paying these men what is
due them Let it pay its debts TO them, as ii
did the bondholders, without regard TO the
cost.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
One Dollar per Year,
Invariably in Advance.
(EsrAsuIsHeo 1919

IN rzSuths, 20 cents. no subscription for g
less period received.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

The amount expended for charity is a very
significant item IL will be seen that some
Posts pay out between $1,000 and $4,000 IA
year. The whole Order pays out for the as
sisiance of distressed comrades and their
dependent ones, over quarter of a million
dollars year. This shows at once the
nobly charitable nature of our Order,
and the great need that exists among the
men who gave everything TO save the Gov
eminent 1t speaks very emphatically as
TO the duty of Congress to pass adequate
pension legislation to provide for the needs
of these most deserving men, and lift the
great burden of caring for them from the
shoulders of their comrades. Let Congress
do this by passing the measures recon-
mended by the GAR. National Pension
| Committee.
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

Gain for the quarter ending Dec. 81. 1882 ll,27s
gain of II ,27S in three months is GER
tainly very gratifying to every well-wisher
of the Order. It is pleasant TO note that the
gain is so general-nearly every Department
showing healthy increase in membership.
The growth in the Southern Departments is
remarkable, showing that the comrades who
have gone thither are awaking to the i'm
7ortance of aligning themselves with their
numerous comrades in the North and West,
aud that they are not afraid to assert them
selves in the face of the overwhelming pre-
pouderance of those who wore the gray.
The little Department of Georgia increased
in three months from 237 to 355-l1s, or
just so per cent. Florida raised from 3I3 TO
1876, or 20 per cent Kentucky raised
her membership from a,264 to 5,603-1 800,
an increase of over 335 per cent Tennessee
added 3ii TO her 9, 7l7--an increase Of nearly
II per cent.
The six largest Departments aud their
The National tribune., 1890-04-24

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is The only
champion the soldiers haze among he great pa-
pers Of the country. The best ray 10 help all
referaas is by getting ii more subscribers.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-31


There Is living in Bolivar. Pa. AN old
gentleman named William Reese, who
was born ia England on June 10. 1778.
says the Medical Record. He has al
ways enjoyed excellent health. the only
illness that he can recall being slight
attack Of sciatica few years ago. Hts
hearing Is impaired. but his eyesight IL
still good. and he can read without the
aid OF glasses. He was always very
temperate In every way having made
IL rule 10 rise from the table unsatis-
fed. and although he is n pretty con-
slant smoker, his method IL 10 go out
on the porch for few whiffs aud then
return TO his seat at the treside. lie
Is very interesting old man to talk
with. and steadily declines all assist
anoe but that Of his cane in going
about. His father and grandfather are
both said to have lived TO be over a
hundred years old. and his mother also
had passed the century line at the
time OF her death. He has had five
sons aud five daughters. all Of whom
lived TO maturity. but the special
strength Of constitution seems to have
been Inherited only In the male line.
OF the sons but one Is dead and he
was killed In the war While Of the
daughters three are dead. one from
phthisis. another from cancer of the
breast and the third from ovarian cyst.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-31
''BEEN CLERK ron TEN YEARS. +"

BEEN CLERK FOR TEN YEARS.
the wolf and possibly could have wor-
ried along without the bear. but the loss
OF the elephant would have fatally Grip
pied my menagerie so decided TO take
up the tent and quietly steal away. The
night was dark, and we succeeded In
starting of unobserved. but had not
gone more than a mile before we heard
a shout that told us too plainly that we
were pursued. We FASTENED onward as
fast as we could. and were greatly en-
couraged until we came TO creek. Then
a difficulty arose. The elephant refused
TO cross the bridge. We tried To shove
him on. hut in vain. The shouts OF the
mob grew louder aud louder. We showed
the elephant into the stream, but he
climbed out on the same side. The mob
drew nearer. At last we got the elephant
on the bridge. The frail thing broke
down and all OF us went into the water.
The mob was upon US. The rascal shot
the elephant We proceeded on our jour
ncy with the lame bear and the one eyed
wolf.
The next day learned that we had a
rival In the field. Jack Brock. an old
Snowman. had whipped round and had
stolen our territory. We were billed
10 appear at Green Briar, aud knew
that II we made a good impression at
that place we should soon be able to
get another elephant. One day. when
we were within about twenty miles OF
Green Briar. a man rode up TO me aud
said:
Il want TO see you on a matter OF bus.
mess Jack Brooks circus IL billed 10
appear In our town-Green BSiar. II Is
the best circus town In the country. but
II IL necessary for you To get there first
N you want TO do anything. Now. am
the clerk OF that county. and am In
clined 10 favor you. Give me $3.50 and
| will promise not 10 grant Brock any
license. By this means you will have
everything your own way.
This was my opportunity. l gave
him the money. and feeling secure gave
n performances at little place few
miles from Green Brlar. When | did
reach the great commercial center
found that Brock had Just left aud that
he had taken nearly every dollar out OF
the town. ] hastcned 10 the clerks Of.
ice. The rascal had deceived me.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-31

A Live Lord visits zone Of the First
Families"

Several years. after the end of the
war once wealthy family living In .
certain region of Virginia, conceived
the idea that they were related 70 y
noble family in England. and opened
correspondence with those they believe
TO be of the same blood. Their letters
were promptly answered, and by .
comparison of facts and patching to-
gether Of fragments OF family history.
Ii was proved 10 the satisfaction Of all
concerned that they had sprung from
the same strain.
In few years Lord - having de-
termined 20 visit the United States, con-
cluded to seek out his Virginia cousins
aud wrote 10 them informing them OF
his coming. Although reduced in for
tune, aud their family servants scattered
i'm distant States by the curiosity
aroused by their new-given freedom.
the spirit OF their ancient and tradi-
tional Virginia hospitality had not flick
cred and died out OF their honest
breasts. They made haste with spade
and hammer and paint brush TO repair
the wastes of time and put their house
in order for the noble kinsman who
was on the way. There remained rs
servants only two or three Of their
former slaves. and Que of these was old
Moses.
Nose, as he was better known. had
always been a iieldhand and had never
discharged the delicate duties for old
master Of passing 1.-THE bottle when he
was dry" aud brushing away the
blue-tail fy.n Nose was pressed into
service at once aud hurriedly drilled
and disciplied for his untried task OF
butler. Time was short aud Moses
development in the courtly art was q
hot-house growth.
At last the awe-inspiring guest ar
rived Nose had been given his final
instructions aud received the last finish
ing touches of his rapid aud enforced
education as house servant. Break
fast was the meal at which he was TO
put into practice the lessons he had
learned. The final and vital Injunction.
repeated 10 him for the hundredth time.
was that he must not address the distin-
guished visitor as mister, but as nv
lord. Nose thought he had learned
his lesson well aud smiled with COM
fidence. With occasional stumbling.
the dropping Of plate and the break
ing of glass, Nose went otherwise
successfully through his duties.
But his doom was sealed. Returning
to the breakfast room with y plate Of
smoking buckwheat cakes he advanced
to the noble guest, but suddenly awe
stricken by the presence of such great
ness and excited by the fear OF making
n mistake. ho was seized with fit OF
utter Generalization aud yelled at the
top OF his voice la frightened and pite-
Gus tones. "My Gawd won't you have
some cakes" So complete was his
confusion that he dropped plate. cakes
and all aud fled In terror from the
august presence Of the majestic appari-
ton from over the sea. Days after
wards Nose crept back to his work. but
there had withered in his heart tho
ambition to be butler bold aud pass
the wine around. Richmond State.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-31
THE wILes or WOMEN.
Tricks Played by Them on the Clerks Of
Dry Goods stores.

"No doubt said dry-goods clerk
10 Philadelphia Inquirer reporter
You have seen the stories sometimes
told ia the newspapers of women who
order costly furs or other wraps sent
home on approval. and after wearing
them on the special occasion for which
they were wanted returning them rs
unsatisfactory. You would be sur
priscd TO know how common that trick
Is. We find II out sometimes--more
times we don't-but If the goods are
returned uninjured it rarely pays to
say anything about il. Nothing Is lost
by the trick. not even the sale of the
goods, for the borrower had no inten-
ton of buying them at any time. In
this case. as in the ease OF goods pur-
chased at some other store and brought
10 us TO have the money refunded.
eternal vigilance is the price OF safety
from imposition. We need TO know
our goods more thoroughly to avoid
being imposed on than We do TO sell
them.
They have a new racket now.
though" continued the talkative floor
walker that goes ahead of all the rest
in downright meanness. IL is getting TO
be common practice with a certain
class OF women TO buy rather large
dress patterns and after making up the
dress and finding they have "a yard or
two left over TO bring rs the remnant
and ask for the money on il. The
other day we had line of goods which
we cut up Into twelye-yard dress pat
terms and sold by the pattern. One Of
our customers, "A woman In very COM
Portable circumstances, came in and
bought six patterns. A few days after
ward she returned two pieces. with two
and half yards in each. and wanted
the money for thcm-or. rather. she
wanted credit for them, for, as IL hap
pened. she had an account with us, aud
this enabled us 10 trace the transaction.
She had TO be confronted with the
books, though, and convinced that we
knew exactly what She had bought be-
fore she gave up the attempt TO econo-
mize at our expense.
The worst thing about this over
reaching business is that II Is practiced
almost exclusively by women who are
not driven to ii by poverty. Really
poor women seldom trouble us. They
buy what they want. keep il. or IL they
do bring it back it is usually 10 ex-
change il for something else in the
same line, rarely for redemption in
cash. The people who drive bard bar
gains. who find fault with everything.
and who try to overreach Us in every
way are those who consider themselves
the better class of society, women who
dress well. appear TO have plenty OF
money. and affect great Indignation il
their boldest lies are not instantly be-
ieved. These are the customers that
make q salesman tired. and assure you
there Is an infinite lot of them"
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-31

The senior Brigadier- General OF the
Army is the youngest general la the
service Nelson A. Miles. He, though
the length Of time he has been In tho
army. compared with others Of his
rank, SO short time that II isn't no.
cording TO custom 20 say il. but he Is q
character" after ala noble charao
ter. II the old saying. man Is the
architect OF his fortune" was ever veri-
tied, IL has been SO In the career OF
Nelson A Miles. A Bostonian. but not
Of the Beacon street aristocracy. hs
started as beardless youth during the
war Of the rebellion, and before the
fuzz on his face needed the application
of a razor he was commanding q
brigade. and at the close Of the war.
or during the terrible conflicts Just pre-
ceding the interview under the famous
apple tree OF Appomattox. Paddy
Miles's boy as be was a1fcctionatoly
called. commanded as Mnjor-General
the Second Division OF the Second army
corps. Hancock's lighting cnrps.
koNsSs Cuy GLOBE
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-31

The correspondent OF the Lewiston
journal who sends this story says il
was told by a sewing machine agents:
Gentlemen. said the sewing ma-
chine man, zone spring father and
had sugar camp down in the edge
OF the grove. About half mile
from us was corniield owned by
a widow, and this widow never picked
her corn clean. On the other side was
a man who owned blind SOW. She
had one pig. and they used to go over
into the cornield every day TO eat
corn. Right in front OF our camp was
n creek. At one place about forty rods
from our camp there was tree felled
across tho creek.
This was the only place that the
SOW could cross. OF course the SOW
could not see 20 cross on the leg, so
the way they used TO do was for the
old sow to take hold OF the pigs tail
and the pig would lead her across.
Well. one day we were sitting in front
OF our camp when the old SOW aud pig
were crossing the log. said to Ia
Their, Hand me the rifle and see me
cut that pigs tail Of took aim and
fired, cutting the little pigs tail of
smack smooth. The pig ran for tho
corniield, but the old SOW didn't know
which way TO 60. SO father went over
and took hold of the pigs tail aud led
the old SOW clear into camp"