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ABUSING PENSION ATTORNEYS.

Part of the organized campaign of the
soldier-haters is virulent abuse of oil pension
attorneys. They understand that one of the
most effective ways Of denying man Justice,
is TO disable his lawyers. So fully is this
principle recognized in all the affairs Of life
that the Constitution contains o provision
that every man shall have the benefit of
competent counsel when he is on trial. In
the struggle which the veterans have had to
obtain justice from the Nation, they would
have Jared badly indeed if it had not been
for the help of their pension attorneys, who
have carefully informed them as to their
rights and the best way to 60 about securing
those rights. No lawyers in the country
have. ever worked so hard for their clients,
have done so much patient and exhausting
labor, have secured such great returns, and
for such small fees, as the pension attorneys.
Hundreds of millions of dollars, to which the
veterans have been entitled by law and
equity, have been gotten for them, which
would never have been paid but for the
earnest and skilful labors of the pension at
torneys. The fees have always been insig-
nificant compared to what other attorneys
have received in cases where there has been
much less involved, and infinitely less labor
required to secure the settlement Of the
claims In spite Of all the clamor that has
been made against this class of attorneys, the
statistics will show that the per centage of
loss by dishonesty and incompetence has
been vastly less among the pension attorneys
than in the general legal practice Of the
country.
There is absolutely no reason for the clamor
against pension attorneys 1t Is as honorable
to prosecute claim against the Government
for pension as for any other debt, and the
class of men engaged in this arc as honorable
and high-minded as any other class of
lawyers. The sole animus of the matter Ia
hatred of pensions generally, and desire to
cripple pensIon-claimants by taking away
from them their most effective friends and
advocates
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THINGS are looking very favorable for the
reelection Of Hon. JOS. G. Cannon from the
Fifteenth Illinois District The district Is
naturally strongly Republican, and the Re-
pubIicans are proud, as all his constituents
should be, of Mr.. Cannon's distinguished
service in the House. But the Democrats
put In nomination against him wealthy
and popular man, and the Farmers Mutual
Benefit Association, which is very strong In
some of the Counties, nominated the veteran
Col. Jessie Harper. He has had also TO con-
tend with q number of disappointed aspirants
for Office, whom no WAS unable TO satisfy.
II ut first looked as though these combined
elements would lose TO the House and the
country one of the very ablest, most upright
and efficient men In Congress. The loss
would have been severe indeed, for men of
Mr. Cannon's abilities are far too rare in all
branches of the Government, and such valu-
able experience as his is only gained by
lifetime of active public service. These
considerations are having their proper effect
with his constituents, and the prospects now
are that he will be returned with something
like the fattering majority the Maine
people gave his able colleague in the leader
ship of the House-Speaker Reed. Mr..
Cannon deserves no less, because his services
in the laat session were no less arduous and
able than the Speakers. We are in favor of
him because of his answering friendship
for the veterans. He deserves reelection if
for no other reason than for his getting
through the bill which did away with the
long waiting that soldiers, with bounty and
similar claims, had to undergo after their
claims were allowed until Congress should
appropriate the money to pay them. Now,
thanks TO him, they get their money at
once. This ia only small part Of the
services he has rendered the veterans.
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PERSONAL.

Capt. Meade, q. 8. Navy. IL said TO resemble the
late Gen. George G. Meade his uncle, as the latter
appeared when young man. Capt Meade says
that IL Is n mistake to suppose. many people do,
that the Union commander at Gettysburg died Of
nervous prostration. Pneumonia was the cause Of
death. "when post-mortem was made Of Gen.
Meade's remains 1t was discovered that . small
portion Of one OF his lungs had been slightly
wounded by a mimic ball. At Fair Oaks on tho
Peninsula, a ball struck the General in the right
side passed around his swOrd-belt and came ont in
ihe neighborhood OF the shoulder blades. No one
suspected that the lungs had been touched when
he received his wound. and the Surgeons at the
post-morGem expressed the opinion that the wound
contributed to the GeRerars death by weakening
tho lungs, and thereby making them susceptible
to disease"
1t IL announced that the eldest daughter Of VIII
liam Walter Phelps, United States Minister to Ger
many, Is engaged to be married to Lieut. Won Reu-
ter, and that the youngest daughter will marry
Baron witzleben. Both Of these gentlemen are
officers OF the Imperial Guards Of the German
Army.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll lectured In Philadelphia
last week for the benefit of Walt. Whitman. most
of his lecture being on the life and works of tho
aged poet. He praised Whitman to the skies and
said he was one of the frat to attack barba-
rsn that he taught the dignity Of the father and
mother and the sacredness OF maternity. He also
said that people had been taught from Bibles and
oreeds that maternity a kind of crime. Whit
man had attacked this theory In his works, and
should be honored by all mankind for doing SO.
Gen. Henry Hastlng sibley the first Governor
of Minnesota, and the only Democrat who ever
held that office, suffered stroke of paralysis Oct.
90 and Is in critical condition. He has been suf-
fering from drOpsy for some time. and the absent
members OF the family have all assembled at his
home In 81 Paul. a sister from England being among
the number. Gen. Sibley Is nearly 80 years old aud
his once-powerful frame has succumbed slowly to
the attacks of disease. Gen. Sibley was appointed
a Lieutenant of the I'd Dragons In 1898; Captain
of the same regiment in 1871. for gallant and meri-
torlous services In the Mexican war; Major Of the
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ELECrRoCUTIoN.

After two months digestion of the matter
the New York Commissioner of Lunacy has
reported to Gov. Hill that the eloetrocution OF
Kemmler may be regarded AS a successful ex-
pertinent, and the object contemplated by the
law was fully realized. He Is confident that
Reminders death was instantaneous and pain
less 1t certainly was success so far as the
death of the murderer, which was the primary
object contemplated by the law. Whether it was
moro or less painless than hanging is question
that cannot be positively answered In the
present state of medical knowledge. No man
knows what passes in that crowded instant
between the application of the killing agency
and death. There may be an eternity of agony
compressed into that intellectually brief space.
The ordinary indications such as lack of
distortion of the face and contortion of the
limbs are wholly unreliable. 1t may be that
the nerves which communicate with the face
and limbs are parayzed, aud unable to express
the agony the condemned suffers IL viii be
perceived that we are not very anxious to
have the condemned murderer's fate made any
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A STARTLING illustration is afforded of

A STARTLING illustration is afforded of
the intense selfshness and lack of public
spirit, not to say common honesty, of the
men who are represented by the New York
Times, Evening Post, Herald and similar
soldier-hating papers. Tax Commissioner
Coleman, of New York, reports that the
Assessors returned $4,000 citizens who had
personal property aggregating 81 ,50O0O0,0OO
which was subject to taxation. There was
at once general raid made on the Tax
Office, and up TO this time they have sue
ceeded in getting more than five-sixths of
this-exactly 81, 275 900, 0OO-struck off the
list, leaving but 1915, 900 subject to
taxation. Such thing would not be pos
sible in any other community in the cOun-
try. Some of the details are amazing. For
example, the Moses Taylor estate, which
was assessed-it is believed, very low-at
$20,000,000 has been reduced to $4,000, 900.
The Vanderbilt property was formerly az
sessed at $40,000,O00, but W. II. Vanderbilt
threatened that unless the assessment was
reduced to 100000, he would fight the
matter to the bitter end, and the Commits
sioners thought better to do this than
to enter upon costly and intermina-
BILE litigationl Since W. II. Vanderbilts
death an attempt has been made to raise the
appraisement to better figure, but his heirs
threatened that in case this was done to in
vest all the personal property in securities
that would be exempt from taxation, and
compromise was finally reached on $4,000
600. Jay Gould, some years ago, showed
party of Wall street financiers securities and
other personal property aggregating $50,000,-
600. but he strongly opposed to paying taxes
on more than $685. and finally cOmpro-
missed on 100000. One of the most profit
able branches of the legal business in New
York is that of fighting assessments for rich
clients, and wealthy firms of lawyers under
take these cases for contingent fees which
sometimes amount to one-half the amount
they can beat the city out of. Fully one
half of the $4,000 personal property owners
returned by the Assessors have succeeded
in getting their names off the tax-list. II
is this kind of soulless men who inspire and
encourage the villainous attacks upon the
veterans. They care nothing whatever for
the country or those who served and saved
it. All they want ia TO stuff their own
pockets.
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FORTHCOMING ATTRACTIONS.

Among the very many good things which
we have in store for the readers Of The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE are the following arti-
cles by writers of accepted ability. sAn Of
these are Of more than usual interest, and
we anticipate that our readers will enjoy
them 10 the utmost:
PREHISTORIC NAVTGA7IOK By Lieut.
LRciea Young, q. s. n
RENINLSCEECES OF JAPAN By Mrs.
Frcf R0mcyR Hitchcock.
TIE BATTLE OF LEPAETO By Lieut..
LVcicH Young, o. s. ~
BETWEEN THO FIRES Chats Nth the
boys ario serDed tn Virginia. By Capt. YIN.
+. DayIe.
%IECOLgS ASSASSINATION. Some ne,o
stories Of the tragedy By Frank G. Oar
peNteT.
CAN 4 NAN BE SCARED TO DEATRf
What soHe prominent soldiers think on this
question By Bm. Z. Curtis
COBO The oldest city bAA Jy Europeans
upon the mainland Of america. By Capt.
AlmOHt Barnes, Of BarHess Battery.
LOYAL MOUETAIEEERS BIZ Col THeo-
ACRE r. Lang 81 ". va.
HILSOYS CAVALRY RALD. IN account
Of The eIpediioR IN 1865 through alabama
and Georgia. By Capt. Ha. E. Doyle
A COETRABAND'S STORY. The Epely
Ad0eitUres Of a negro sIaUe during The
fighting on The RGpidaH.
zliE RICE AFTER WHEELER. An ac-
count u the tray IA Uhich Gen Wheeler Uas
goLiOlced and pounded By the caragry of Me
ATmy Of tie Cumberland t0hcH he made
Me Tgia on oar rear, after the battle Of Chick
GTaCVgd. By Capt. w. T. Doyle, I'm Ind
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On top Of the Mckinley Bill which cuts of
their profitable hay market in the United
States, comes another trouble for the French
Canadians. So far the Catholic Church has
only collected tithes on grain. leaving hay
untithed. The ha6itans, who are no more willing
to pay taxes to tho Church than other people are
to the City, County and State, have therefore
paid most of their attention to hay, and little
to grain. Now Mgr. La Flsche the Bishop Of
Three Rivers has issued an order that in future
they must pay 1.-THE of s. 80 per !, 600 bundles,
which is equivalent to II per cent. and those
who fail to do this will be cut OF from the
sacraments Of the Church. They are groaning
loudly over IT, but they viii pay, all the same
whore they would manage to sVsde . secular
tax.
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on their part will secure this. He was
elected in 1888 by slender plurality-70i
in total vote of 36,733. A majority of all
the votes cast was against him, he receiving
1920 to 1866 for the Republican candi-
date, 796 for the Prohibition candidate, and
221 for the Labor candidate Maj. Dunbar,
who is running against him, on the Farm
ers' Alliance and Republican tickets, was a
splendid soldier, is thoroughly acceptable
man in every way, and is friend of the
veterans. He should receive every vote,
without distinction of party, which is favor
able to veterans rights.
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EMANCIPATION or THE srREEr.cAn HORSE.


It looks as II the slavery of the street-car
steed really approaches an end, through the
development of the storage battery motor.
There are now over so cars propelled by storage
batteries in successful in various cities Of the
world, and they give the greatest satisfaction.
The only difficulty Is in the cost, and cleo
tricians are puzzling their brains to reduce this
Nearly the whole of it is in the positive plates
Of the storage-battery. A set of these now cost
about 5000, and they ought to last year with
good management bat frequently do not last
more than six months. They will run the car at
the rate of 100 miles . day, thus making the
cost about two cents car mile. Even at this
they are really cheaper than horsepower, since
the cost of the latter averages about 10 cents a
mile, while. with all the attendant expenses,
tho storage-battery car can BIO run for cents
mile
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PRoHIBITIoE has not cast the blight over
Iowa that was predicted. In 1890 the State
had population Of 1624G15; in 1890,
1,9O6,729, an increase Of 2s2,1I4 or 1876 per
cent This for purely agricultural State.
with no great cities, and which had a pop-
ulation Of 29.3 persons TO the square mile in
1SsO, Is remarkable increase. Ohio in.
creased in the same time from 3, 1876, O62 70
S,CG6,7I9, an increase of 468 657, or I4e5 per
cent Bat, then, Ohio has developt her man
ufactures largely, and the greater proper
tion of her growth is In her busy manu-
featuring towns and cities.
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I" REAL RUSSIA"
by AUGUSTUS BUELL., 1he cannonser.

This - most interesting account Of exps-
Tiences and observations IN Russia. by the tai
ented author Of The Cannopeer's Story -
de wa 'or time IN Russia, engaged in rail-
road building mingled intimately with the
people, and we need not tell our readers that
be kept bis eyes open, got down 10 bottom
facts all the time, and is able TO tell what
be saw and experienced in clear captivat-
Ing way. Ii is without doubt one Of the
most valuable studies Of Russia ever made
and viii be read with interest by everybody
II viii be illustrated by photographs secured
on the ground. We shall begin It's publica-
tiOn Within few weeks.
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THE Mckinley bill has set the spaniards
to thinking very seriously. The Cuban
planters have memorialized the Home Gov
eminent to do something to save their best
customer for them, and for once the Madrid
authorities seem to be in the humor to pay
some heed to them. We shall probably
soon hear Of negotiations which will relieve
American products of the onerous duties
that they are now subjected to in Cuban
custom houses.
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WE sincerely trust that the veterans in
the Third Iowa District will remember how
true friend Col. ID. Is. Henderson has been
TO them, and manifest this by rolling up
majority for him at the polls which will
surpass all previous ones. Col. Henderson
deserves the best the boys can do for him.
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Lors or TROUBLE AHEAD.
sion bill.

Tho Regular Army has produced man who
will az upon himself the eyes Of the numerous
class of people who are constantly on the look
out for that fulncss OF time when lot of dread
full things limited at in the Bible will come TO
pass. His name is Chss. A. L. Totem. and he
il Lieutenant In the 4th U. s. Art, and Pro-
fessor, Of Military Science and Tactics In Yale
University. he starts out first TO demonstrate
scientifically that the sun aud moon really did
stand still at the battle of Beth-HorOn, when
Joshua overcame the Ave kings of the Amorites
He does not attempt to explain how the sun
and moon were brought to q halt, but he gives
elaborate astronomical calculations to show
that they did actually stop from IL a. m,
Tuesday, Dec. Q, 1855 A. NJ, until 1920 a. m,
on Wednesday. Dec %, or % hours and 90
minutes. The count of time was atterward
Strengthened out by tho High Priest, who was
the official timekeeper, putting in day which
made it right all but 40 minutes. which were
made up In the time of Hezekiah, whom the
sun went backwar 10o-equal to 40 minutes.
This however, is matter of less vital impor-
lance than the result of some other calculations
of the Lieutenant and Professor which are to
tho effect that tho Hebrew sacred aud civil
years 5,65l which began last month, and
will end in March, 1892, will be filled with
events of the highest importance not only to
the Jews, but TO such Christians as are awake
and accept Moses and the prophets literally"
For these events the world il as now unpre-
pared as its people are to Immediately stand
before tho Judge of Men. The prophetical
Lieutenant is careful not to give particular
details as to what these awful things will be,
so that he shrewdly keeps himself in shape to
claim anything, from the teloscoping Of pic
mic train, to the ravages of Asiatic cholera as
fulfilments of his predictions.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Per Diem Sery-
ice Pension bill ia the fairest, most eaui-
table, and most practical pension bill pro-
posed by any one. 1t should receive the
support of every soldier and friend of the
soldier.
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storekeeper-I weighed that i've pounds Of
butter you brought in yesterday, Mrs. Hayseed,
and found 1t II ounces short.
Mrs. Hayseed-That's strange. / can't &C.
count for it, no how. / made it balance exactly
with that five pounds O. sugar got from you
the day before.
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We have secured from Mr.. George Alfred
Townsend, whose reputation as a Journalist
and novelist is more than national, "The
Fuel Beams" new novel, In his best
style, which viii begin in an early issue
OF The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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II ACCOUNTS Toa EVERYTHING.

Gushing wife-Don't you feel. William. that
we are growing deArsr to each other every
day.
Democratic Husband absent mindedly)-
Yes; yes; II g all on account Of that Internal
Mckinley Bill. It makes everything dearer.
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ssTlalD AZ 1r rOsT oros a, ssoosO.s 1rTrs
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& MAGNIFICENT STORY.
I" TIE FUEL BEAMS"

by GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND,
Gath
Author Of Kitty Of Catoctin," 1.-The Entailed
Hat" Mrs. Reynolds and Hamilton" etc.