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m WILL L.ESSEN TAxEs.

In their mendacious howl about the
burden laid upon the taxpayers by the
Disability Bill, the soldier-hating papers
carefully keep from their readers one i'm
portant fact, to wit, that the bill will really
lessen local taxes to large amount.
At last accounts there were fully 10000
disabled veterans of the Union in the poor
houses Of the country. Besides these there
must be thousands more dependent fathers
mothers, widows and orphans of soldiers, who
will be taken out and placed in their homes
by the benefcent action of the Disability
Bill. Each year would have seen the num-
Der Of these greatly increase, as old age
made its sad inroads upon the health and
strength Of these relics Of the war.
Every Township, County, City and State
Treasury will be relieved of burden by the
Deficiency Bill, because it win take the bur
den of supporting these deserving people
from the oyer-taxed local treasures, and
place it where it belongs-on the strong box
Of the Nation. The veterans did not fight
for their Townships, Counties, Cities or
State, but for the whole Nation. Consc-
quently, their communities should not be
burdened with taking care Of them and their
dependent ones, but the country which re-
ceiyed the benefit Of their services aud sacri-
fees
The Governments income Is not burden
TO the people. It's revenues do not take the
shape OF taxes-are not taxes in fact, but
exactions for their own benefit No man
is conscious Of being assessed by the Govern
ment. II is the reverse with local taxation
There the money is taken directly from the
pockets Of the people, and they feel every
cent they pay. Local taxation is everywhere
a burden, and whatever Iightens it is a direct
relief The money that will be saved to the
local treasures by the Government assuming
| the care of the thousands now supported by
them can be well used for nnmberless inn
provements which the people desire to make,
but hesitate to for fear Of increasing their
already high taxation
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THE DISABILITY DILL,

The best evidence of the excellence of The
! Disability Bill is afforded by the virulence
with which it is assailed by the soldier
hating papers. They denounce it unstint-
edly for its " extravaganza" its " favoritism
TO undeserving men," and because of " the
enormous burden it viii lay on the tax
payers of the country"
All this indicates fairly the measure of
its benefits. The better law it is-the more
good it does, the nearer justice it is--the
more that class of journals will denounce it.
We are convinced that the more the COM
rades see of its operations the better they
will be satisfied with it. While not Serv-
ice Pension Bill, which we all desired, it is
a long stride in that direction, clears the
way splendidly for that measure of justice,
and is q great improvement on all the Disa-
bility Bills which have been previously
urged.
II has already begun the distribution of
at least S4O,oO0,0OO year additional among
the veterans, their widows, orphans and de-
pendent parents, and is carrying long-waited
for relief TO hundreds of thousands of little
homes
IT viii benefit the entire country, for it viii
set millions of money into active circulation
among the common people, Every commu-
nifty will receive ashare each quarter of the
Sl00C0000 then disbursed to the veterans
from Maine to California, which will be atonce
paid to the butchers, bakers, dry goods deal
ers, druggists, physicians, carpenters, black
smiths, shoemakers, etc, and enter imme-
diately into the arteries of business, to pro-
mote the general prosperity. Thus every
body viii receive some benefit.
Let US cordially accept the law, comrades,
for the vast amount of good there is in 1t,
and reorganize our forces for grand effort
TO secure, by additional legislation, that por
tion of justice in which it falls short Now
is the time TO begin concentration in favor
Of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE Per Diem Ser
vice Pension Bill, the removal of the Limita-
ton on Arrears, the Equalization of Boun-
ties, the Prisoner-of- War Pension, and other
measures of right and Justice
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"THB CIVIL WAR ON THE BlRDER.
A New and Valuable History.
BY WILEY BRITToN.

ComEzde Wiley Britton, who has written
5 number Of very excellent articles for TIE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE and the magazines,
relating TO the operations in Missouri,
Kansas. Arkansas and the Indian Territory
during the war Of the rebellion, has just
produced a valuable book which gives full
account Of the struggle in that locality dur
ing the first two years. AS Comrade Britt0n
served actively from first 10 last in that
region. and took part in all the prominent
engagements. he started with a good fOunda-
ton Tor the study 10 which he has devoted
the years since the close Of the war. As a
student be is diligent and painstakiBg. and
a. a writer he is clear, concise and forcible.
So that his book, which he calls The Civil
War on the Border" has high merits as a
history, and is very interesting 20 the
general reader he begins with the situa-
lion in Missouri just prior 70 the outbreak
Of the rebellion, describes the capture oil
Camp Jackson, the minor fights in the in
terror Of Missouri, the battle Of Wilson +
Greek, the siege Of Lexington, the fights be-
tween the loyal Indians and the rebels, the
battle Of Pea Ridge, the smaller engage
meHtE following, the battles Of Cane Hill
and Prairie Grove, and ends with Marina
dukes attack On Springfield and the fight
al HartVille.
The book contains 4Gj large pages, printed
IN gOod-Eized type On heavy paper. IL il
embellished with fine portraits Of Gems
Lyon and Sch06eld and large maps Of vii.
sons Greek, Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove
WewiIl send the book 10 any address on
receipt ~ 50.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Washington, d. Q.
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eight men killed, and II wounded But 10
men remained fit for duty. The company was
soon strengthened by the arrival of 40 recruits
At Fredericksburg it was very effective in
silencing the rebel sharpshooters who were
firing on the bridge-builders, and during the
battle it devoted itself to picking off rebel
artillerymen. 1t did the same at the crossing
before the fight at Charlottesville. In June,
1863. tho rebels kept up murderous fire On
the pickets Of the Sixth Corps, at Deep Run
The Andrew SharpshOOters went down to ex-
postulate with them on the wickedness of
piclet-shoOting. After two days debate of
the question with telescope rifles, the rebels
became very thoroughly convinced that picket
shooting was barbarous and iDhuman, and they
asked our folks to stop. At Gettysburg the
Sharpshooters were posted in the main line,
with the Second Division of the Second Corps
and lost four killed and four wounded. At
Bristoe Station they drove the rebels away
from three cannon, and dragged two of them
inside our lines. The company became so re-
duced that it was attached to the Goth Mass,
and its last commissioned officer was killed in
the assault on Petersburg, June Is. The rem
nant concluded their service as members Of
the 18th Mass. In all there were 225 men
enrolled in the company, of whom II were
killed on the field, 81 were killed, Is died of
disease, and great number were disabled by
wounds
The I'd SharpshoOters were raised after the
1st left the State. by Capt. Louis Z. Wentworth,
and were finally consolidated with the 22d
Mass.
We are indebted for most Of the foregoing
facts to Comrade Jas. L. Bowen's "Massachu-
sets in the War;"
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THE BAY STATES BLACKBERRY PICK
EKS-YII.

The LIST Mass. II. A.-Cols VIM Il. Greene.
Thos. b. Tannatt Levi Wright and Nathan iol
Shatswell-was organized at Boston, March 26,
1862. 1t went to Washington. aud put in sew.
eral months building and guarding fortifca.
tions around that city, with occasional exeur.
sions to neighboring points that were threatened
by the rebels. Col. Greene soon resigned his
commission and WAS succeeded by Lieut. Col.
Tannatt. Co. | was sent 10 Winchester just
before Mlroy was driven out of that place aud
45 Of its men were captured. AT the opening
of the Wilderness campaign the regiment was
sent 10 the front and placed in the Second Bri-
gade of Tyler's Division. with Col. Tannatt as
Brigade commander aad Lieut. Col. Levi +.
Wright in command Of the regiment. It's first
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NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D. c. THURSDAY JULY TO- 1890
THE TII,sT GOOD EFFECT.

One of the first good results Of the revis-
ion Of the tariff schedule by the friends OIL
protection is the revival of the shcet-tin
manufacture, which was destroyed when the
duty was unwisely taken off tin plate some
10 years ago. Since that time we have sent
| abroad-principally TO England-an average
of $30,000,000 year for tin plate. The ag-
gregate Of The money thus sent out of the
country has been over $500 000, 900, or nearly
half the sum total of the National debt.
There was no real reason why the country
should have been impoverished to this ex-
tent. We can make tin plate in this coun-
try quite as well as il can be done anywhere
The production of the article was rapidly
developing, and it was giving an increasing
amount of employment to our workingmen
when it was Frustrated, at the demand of
the canneries, by taking off the duty. There
was then n great deal of demagogery about
taking the tax off the poor mans dinner
pail y; but the pail was not made any cheaper
by the removal of the duty, while the wage
fund of the country was considerably re-
duced. Fully 95 per cent of the cost Of
making tin plate is in the wages paid to work
ingmen, 1t goes to the men who dig the
ore and the COAL who smelt the iron, and
convert it into wrought iron, roll il out into
thin sheets, and cover those sheets with n
coating of tin.
If the S30000,000 year which we have
sent abroad for tin plate had been kept Mt
home and paid to our workingmen, it would
have found its way directly into the pockets
of ourfafmers, and the whole country would
have been much richer.
The United States Iron and Tin Plate
Works at McKeesport, Pa, is getting ready
to start into the manufacture of tin plate on
an extensive scale, and other establishments
Will soon follow. They will use new proc
ess, much shorter and easier than that used
in England, and which will greatly cheaper
the product A number Of chemists have
been at work for months trying to devise an
economical process for separating the mica
from the tin, which exists in the greatest
quantity in the Black Hills Of Dakota,
Should theJ"sueceed in this, and they are
sanguine of doing so, we shall have much
the finest tin mines in the world, aud be
able TO control the market.
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IN 1888 certain importers who felt them
selves injured by the duty which was i'm
posed on wrappings and coverings" in
which their goods were brought in, snc-
ceeded in securing the repeal of the duty.
The effect was immediate and disastrous
large business, employing thousands of
people, had been developed in the manuiae-
ture of paper boxes, fancy and plain. These
factories went down, one after another, like
a row OF bricks, and their employees had to
seek other means OF livelihood. The whole
business of paper.box making was trans
ferred TO France Nor was this the worst
Many articles which were packed and cold
in these boxes were also made in France.
because the boxes were made there. The
Mckinley bill proposes 10 undo this bad
work, and rebuild the prosirated industries
which were unwitlingly destroyed seven
years ago.
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THE French have found ont that women
will fght, and that desperately. The worst
foes they have had 10 encounter in Africa
were the King Of Dshomey's corps of ANA
IONS. who repeatedly charged them in com
pact masses with a determination that the
best troops of Europe could not surpass, aud
actually reached their works in face OF a
destructive Ere Of bfeech-loaders and can
non. Out of 1000 who made one attack
more than 200 were killed, and OF these 6s
fell within reach of the works. They were
readily rallied and led back TO the attack,
too. Let our Woman Suffrage friends put
this plume in their helmets
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Washington, ID. G..

TIE New York 7imes shows it's animus
by speaking Of Alex DedoDet, who was a
member Of the convention which voted
Louisiana out Of the Union, a Representative
in the Confederate Congress, and for a
short time Colonel Of the 2eth La. (rebcl). as
Sen" and Of the ex-President of the
United States as MI" Hayes.
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ENGLISH papers estimate that American
tourists spent $6o,O0OOOO in Europe last
Summer. This is several millions more than
il cost Hungary to support her
great standing army Of 2720OO men last
year, and it is within $20OOO0O of the cost
of the Italian army of $4,000 men for the
same period
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nELr SPREAD TIE LIGuT.

Comrade if you have an acquaintance who
was a soldier, and does not take The Ma
TIoEAL TRIBUNE, call his attention TO the
paper, give him copy, or write US to send
him one. DO what you can 60 increase the
papers circulation, aud strengthen its power
for good in the struggle for additional PEN
sion legislation, which will be made before
the next session of Congress
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GUATEMALA has levied an export duty of
two cents a pound upon coffee exports, for
the purpose Of building fine theater. An
other illustration Of our silly demagogery
about free breakiast-table for the work
innmanO
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A MAN in Birmingham, Ala, writes 10
some Northern papers that great deal of
nonsense has been written about the feroci-
Gus character of the bloodhounds used 10
hunt slaves, prisoners Of war and conyicts.
The dogs used in trailing escaped prisoners
were small loxhounds, small, slender-limbed,
insignificant and harmless animals The
Albanian tells direct lie, by concealing
the greater part Of the truth. 1t is true, as
he says, that the dogs used for trailing
prisoners were small and not specially dam
gerous. But the packs used for hunting
pris0Bers-and the writer speaks from per-
sonal knowledge, as he was overhauIed by
dogs in trying TO escape from Andersonyille
were made up of two OF more dogs which
followed the scent, and AN indefinite nsniber
Of other large, fierce dogs, Of every descrip-
ton, which ran after the trail-fnders, and
attacked the prisoner when brought to bay
They were the terrors which. the prisoner
had TO reckon with, and behind them came
their master, revolver in hand, TO help his
bTutcs torture the miserable runaway.
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THE greedy ring Of yulturcs around the
Spanish throne are in need Of more money,
aud consequently have raised the import
duty on American -four from $780, barrel
to $685.. Yet we talk of taking off the
duty on sugar and giving them tens of mil
lions Of dollars more every year.
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OUR old friend of pioneer days the pac-
ing horse, is about 10 have his innings. No
longer is he to be obscured by his slower
footed but more aristocratic brother, the
trotter. A National Association Of Pacing
Horse Breeders has been formed, with Frank
G. Buford, of Tennessee, as President and
Frank II. Jermyn, of Scranton, Pa, as
Treasurer Anyone can become member
by sending his name and So to Mr.. Jermyn.
Personally we are glad Of it, We always
liked PAGER better than trotfer, and we
are glad that our favorite is az last to have
show commensurate with his merits.
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Chicago Globe: Is the man with shady char
acter any cooler than other folks?
T'erTe Ha,de Express: II is only National his
tory that repeats itself" Your private his
tory is repeated by the neighbors.
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TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

WASHINGTON, D. c. JULY 10, 1890.
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Concluded.
TRIBUNETS.
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Wanted, an active col
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lions Of dollars more every year.
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,esE9 y -E r...sra. to.r 0-oI :. s.oOEs 0..
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wav. "Miss Dre1el and I are excellent
frieuds-''
And you will continue to be so!'' said
Mrs. Ellison imploringly. "Now, Vincent,
promise mel You know there are crises in
woman's life when she expects little
consideration when she expects to be
petted-and have things little her own
way; well, promise me now you will be very
kind to Loue-kinder than ever-why,
what an omen at a wedding it would be If
my chief attendant and the groomsman were
to fall out"
"Oh, we shan't fall out aunt, be sure of
that" he said good-naturedly.
"Ah, but want more," she persisted. u
shall consider myself horrid mischief
maker If don't see that you are more at
tentive and kind to Louie Drexel than ever.
It's your duty. It's your place, as grooms-
man. You'll have to propose their health
at the wedding breakfast; and of course
you'll say something nice about American
glrls-could you say anything too nice,
wonderland yon'll have to say it with an
air of conviction. For they'll expect you
to speak well, of course; you, a young men,
Der OF Parliament; and where could you
find more welcome toast, at a wedding
breakfast, than the toast of the unmarried
young ladies? Yes, yes; you'll have plenty
OF opportunities OF lecturing a sleepy House
OF Commons about Leasehold Enfranchise-
ment anf things of that kind; but this is
quite another sort Of chance; and I'm look
ing forYard to my nephew distinguishing
himsel las he ought to do, when he will
have louie and Anna Drexel listening"
And Here this astute and insidious adviser
ceased, for her future husband came into the
roomb to pay his last afternoon call.
Whether Vincent spoke well or i'll on that
ausbicious occasion does not concern us
here; it only needs to be said that the
cepemony, and the quiet little festivities fol-
LOVING, all passed off very satisfactorily;
a4d that bride and bridegroom (the former
being no novice) drove away radiant and
Happy, amid the usual symbolic showers
1t was understood they were to break their
5ournev southwark at Paris for few days;
land Vincent-who had meanwhile slipped
along to his hotel to change his attire-went
up to the railway station to see them of.
He was surprised to find both the Drexel
girls there.
Now, look here, Vin," said the charm
ing, tall. pretty-eyed, and not inexperienced
bride, 81 want you to do me favor. If
woman isn't to be humored and petted on
her wedding way-when, then? Well,
Louie and Anna don't return to town until
tomorrow morning; and what are they to do
in that empty house with old Mrs. Smythe?
1 want you to take them in hand for the
afternoon - to please me. Leave that
wretched House of Commons for one more
evening; in any case you couldn't go up
now before the o'clock express.
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"At all events" she said, 81 Will say this
for the House of Commons. that there are
number of very gopd-looking men in 1t. No
one can deny that. But the House OF LORDS
-whew! You know, my contention is that
my pedigree is just as long as that o! any OF
your lords; but I've got to admit that some
of them more nearly resemble their ances-
tors-I mean their quadrumanous ances-
tors"
''Louiel'' said the sister, reprovingly.
And she was going on to say some very
nice things about the House OF Commons
Gas contrasted with the Upper Chamoer)
when Vincent happened to LOOK out into the
now gathering dusk.
why" said he, "we're at rockingham;
and we're at the foot o! an awfully steep
hill; l must get OUT and walk up"
mo. no, no." said Miss Drexel lmpa-
tiently. 'The horges have done nothing all
day but hang about the church door. You
English are so absurdly careful OF your
horses; more careful of them than OF your
selves-as I've nuticed myself at country
houses in wet weather. 1 wonder, when L
get back home, if the people will believe me
when 1 tell them that I've actually seen
horses in England with leather shoes over
their feet to Keep the poor things warm and
com Portable. Yes, in this very town OF
Brighton"
But here Miss Lcnie had the laugh turned
against her, when he had gravely to inform
her that horses in England wore oVershoes
OF leather, not to Keep their feet warm, out
to prevent their cutting the turf when haul
ing lawn roller.
"But where are we going?" said he again.
"Oh, never mind, she answered pertly.,
cali right-all right" he said. and he
proceeded to ensccnce himself still more
snugly in the back seat "Well, now, since
you've told us of all the absurd and ludi-
crous things you've seen in England, won't
you tell us of some of the things you have
admired? We can't be insane on every
point, surely"
"But all the same, you know" Miss
Drexel proceeded, "some of your country
men have been very complimentary when
they were over with us. OF course you
heard of the one who said that the biggest
things he had seen in America were the
eyes of the women"
"What else could he say? An English
man prides himself on speaking the truth, !"
he made answer, very properly.
By this time, however, he was beginning
seriously to ask himself whether those two
young minxes meant to take him-a run
away expedition carried out with some
body else's horses. At all events thev were
going to have fine night for it. For by
now it ought to have been quite dark;
but it was not dark; the long-rclling downs,
the wide strip of turf along the top of the
cliffs, and the far plain OF the sea were all
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1F your complaint is want of appetite. try
Angostura Bitters before meals. TTssu